| Show of sa 1 OK OF b churches of III a and d t tin civil aimers of liuda gibout 41 to lnla lit 10 taus sa 1 11 uwel thi ca C it anul 11 n N I 1 0 ov V j rhe brooklyn ademy of music w ft H crowded to the lim jim it today to heat beat pastor a at or Ilus sella dl on the battle or of arms geddon ills 1 text was ws he I 1 gathered ered together unto a place pa called la in I 1 EL the hebrew tongue armageddon ari L ie 16 tle the speaker said Armac armageddon eddon in tn the hebrew signifies the hill of or mount 0 of de st ruction it was famous as a battle feld in old testament times the lod ld lo d has seen fit to isto associate clate the name came armageddon with the greit con tro troverse versy between truth and error right and wrong gol god and mammon with which this ago age will close perish and the new age of messiahs glory be ushered in ue he has purposely used highly symbolical figures of speech in the last book of the bible evidently with a view to biding certain imbor tant truths until the doe due time for their lt but even in the due time the bible assures us none of f the wicked understand daniel ill 9 0 10 nono vt ho are out of heart har bar mony with gadbut only the wise of ills 1 people veople the wise virgin class of the matters masters parable I 1 have long avoided presentation of my understanding of our text and ard its context I 1 take it up now by reque t and because I 1 belleve it Is due time to be b understood I 1 disclaim any special inspiration in some particulars my levi lews n agree with thoe those of other bible students and la in other respects they disagree each bearer must use bis his own judge nt do his ills own bible study ind reach his own conclusions kindly remember that I 1 am not re for the figures of speech used by the lord my interpretations doln do in deed constitute a terrible arraignment of institute na which we havo have all rever encee and which embrace good people of good words and good works god a saintly people lu la these various eions being few are tire ignored when PR a whole are dealt with in prophecy cv ev the dragon bt gast falia false prophet our context tolls wa that three liu int pure lit mill go forth fro r be mouth 4 of if the dragon t and the false prophet ibea three v hlll ill I 1 ie e in accord ind symbolical ly the doctrines are by frogs thee three doctrines are to have haven a mighty influence throughout th the civilized e irth they are to gather the kings and their armies to the great battle of armageddon the ecclesiastical kings and prin prince ceis and their retinues of clergy and faith tul ful adherents will be gathered Ra in solid phalanx Protestant and catholic the kings nod captains of industry and as many ns call be by them will be gathered to the atme 1 the political kings and princes with all their henchmen and will fol low in line on the same side the financial kane and merchant erchant ru prince princes and rod all whom chev clin influence by t the hp most gigantic power ever yet ed in ili the world ill join the same side according to this prophecy obese I 1 doctrine of demons depre flensted by the broj fioti will ivill ind leid man maw noble people in this greit army to as sume an n attitude quite contrary to their preference for n time the wheel hi of f albirty and progress will tw be turned boick and medieval re will I 1 if considered necess necessity nece siry iry for elf for the malate nance of the present order of things in girting interpretation it Is 1 for us to indicate what 14 1 by the dragon the be best and the ra lae prophet bible student a of ull all denominations agree with us u that the dragon of revelation represent si the purely civil power Prote protesting stint interpreters generally agree that the tile like a leopard Ico leo pird beve ladon 1111 21 2 depre ants the papacy but fewer still we fear will be read ready to support our view that protestantism la Is the be linage of the beast 1 I eT elation evel atlon zill 11 in our context given another name the aalst prophet ve we rge no one to accept our intern elation nor shall we think bard of any who refuse it ne e will neither slander no nor r othal oth wf wl 0 o injure them now nor threat en eo then with eter eternal tIMI torture they have the same right to their views that I 1 have and the sume right to make them known to others and I 1 for oni ont will be very glad to consider consId Lr any tiny thing which opponents may set forth us as their interpretations of oar our text unclean Unel nn S cirit lib like frogs the yui boHnn of scripture ture right ly under understood tood are always forceful when the 1101 spirit a R frog to certain doctrines or teachings we may ma be 1 enre sure the true will tit welt well A frog roe baa las a sage look a wise look it wells sells itself 3 in an apparent en deavor r to impress the beholder ita its great mouth well represents presenta re tta its chief power used to croak applying these symbols wr wf learn that ao an evil spirit influence teaching will come from the protestant churches federated from the church of home and from the civil authorities all in full agre agreement eLent the spirit of all wu will be boastful an air of superior wisdom and will be proudly assum ed all will III croak in harmony all will tell of tf dire results that would follow InT the interests In teresta of both the and the future life tf if their be not followed however con filching filc ting the creeds the differences will be ignored in the general proposition that nothing ancient most must bo be disturb ed or looked into ar or repudiated the divine authority of the church and the divine right of kings aside from the church will not bo be allowed to conflict any persona persons or teachings in conflict alth ith these boasts l and an un scriptural claims will be branded as everything vile at the mouths months of these frogs speaking from pulpits and platforms and through gli the religious and press the abler a bler gentl menti of some will be stangl d by the of the same evil spirit which spoke through caiphas the high priest respecting jea in As cala abas declared it expedient to commit a calme in violation of justice human and divine to be rid of jesua jesus and ills so this I 1 frog spirit will op prove of every violation of print principle ale necessary to their self protection T the be croaking of these I 1 frog spirits or doctrines will III gather the king and princes financial political religious and industrial into one greet great army the spirit of tear inspired by the cron gs igi of thes frogs will scourge the d alons of otherwise good and reasonable men to fury desperation in their blind following of these evil spirits evil doctrines they will be ready to sacrifice and everything on oil the altar of what they mistakenly suppose li Is justice truth and righteousness under a divere arrangement for a brief time as an we understand the scriptures these combined forces of armageddon will triumph free speech free F alle and other liberties which have c cac me tu be the very breath of the masset in on oil day will be ruth cesily shut off auder ier the pica plea of nieces reces fit sit the glory of goil oil the commands of tl it e church etc all ak will ill seem to be serene until the greet social explosion lo 10 our t described es as the I 1 great earthquake I 1 an earthquake in symbolic sym bolc language signi signifies fles social revolution and the declaration of the context Is that none like unto it edw before occurred Ile revelation xvi 13 19 10 jesus described it as a time of trouble such ns as never was tat was a nation matthew motthew 21 the lord will gather them the false frog like teachings will gather together into one host the great the rich the wise the learned and the kings of the earth to battle at this juncture allne power will step tor for ward and our text tells us that JIS HE shall gather the marshaled hosts to Armageddon to the mountain of destruction st the very thing thich they the sought to avert by their union federa tion etc will be the very thing the will pill hasten haste other scriptures tell u that god will be represented by the great Messi ib and that he ile will bo be n the bide ode of the masses this we bead aa in daniel sll ill I 1 at that time shall At michael ichael the godlike One Messiah stand up assume authority he ile will take posse possession ision of ilia 1 kingdom in a manner little looked for D t many of chube tho aha who 1 have been claiming that ticy were ills Is kingdom and authorized by ulm to reign la to ills rame and in ills 1113 stead jesua declared ills servants ye are unto whom ye render service some may be rendering ser service serice ice to satan and to error who ho cinta to be rend eting service to god and to righteous righteousness nesi and some of these may be berving serving ig nor antly as did saul saut of tarsus who gorily thought that he did god a lc in persecuting the Cli church the so same we principle holds true Is Vs no an earthly king does not bold hold him self self ible for the moral charm ter of each who lights la in his ills bit bt ties tics BO 0 the I 1 0 ord r I 1 does not vouch for the morns moral 1 ati chir iLter er of all who will enlist and tight on oil ills 1114 site of any question ills ilia ser servants rants they are to whom they render service whatever the motive or object prompting them the principles will nill apply in the coming flattie of armageddon irma geddon 1 code gods side of that will be the people peoples e side and the try nondescript boat host the people w II 11 be pitted at the begin ning of the battle anarchists social lets and hot headed radicals of every school of reamon and anti unreason will be in the forefront of tint thit battle the majority of the poor and tha the middle class 1 prefer ilace sit 1 almost any price A comparatively small number gods god a consecrated people will at henrt be longing fur for kingdom these will bide the lords time end and wait pa dently for it they will ill be of good gi courage knowing the outcome outlined la in tha the I 1 more eure sure word of prophecy to which ill they illey ey have done well to take heed aj iu unto a light in n I 1 dark place until the day dawn lawn 1 11 II I peter 1 10 th mas masee mases es will nill be restless of their but will be conscious conc lons of their own weakness as an compared to the klags kings and princes princ financial rell elo I 1 and political which will thel then bold Bes idest the mass L nave daye no sympathy with anarchy they realize truly that the wort form of govern ment Is better than none the masse masses will seek relief through the ballot and peaceful adjustment readjustment re of certie af jim for he the elimination of evil til for f th placing of and litt and the PuP supplier plies of ita nature titre in III the handi handa of the for t he 1 bublic good mt I 1 I 1 bt be arish w nil III be ie w bell lie me to upholds I 1 s of uw hr 11 ty fi vi v w latora of the tile law lav and unit res loters if 1 in ht will of the majority its j the ballot I 1 for ilie the future u wl 1 lead the well ell ill ulita to dp r atton and an ingv will 1111 ritia hei socialism lall falli the cloud claud a silver lining horrible would be this outlook foi fot be the future did we e not have hare too the latilla ble nord ord of god assuring us of a glorious glor lous outcome out comel divine NN adom hi hit i withro withheld id until our bourd aty ay iy the amat knon kilo I 1 I 1 edge and anti which Is it the saint time breeding millionaire nd ill discon soot had flat god llah d the sell 11 a 0 thou sand yein sooner the world hare blued up tip for fur IH its Artna armagh gedion ion a thousand eara cars sooner hut but abul would bae tatu too soon soot for the ali DI 11 vine 1 purpose because messiahs king iving dom doin Is to be the great thousand lear bat blib of the world history god in kindness eyes unit the time owe when the gathering to ar maZ mauldon masl eddon don would immediately messiah messiahs taking to himself ilia great power and beginning 1114 reign rave lation il it 11 IS solid them thorn strong delusion delusions st paul wrote prophetically of out time that it aull be one of trial many professing tc he be christian aas the reason for this bs u stat tates cathey they received not the truth in the love of it 11 thessalonians 11 10 20 11 they preferred their own erron pus gus theories the apostle explains an ant i god oil will gle give them over to a strong del delu I 1 and let them bellev 11 1 the llo which they preferred and lei let them buffer suffer for mashing tho the which they did not love thus thos they will be la to the condemned host I 1 fight ing against gal because bt cause of their lad of love for the truth it la Is sad to eny any that we al all as chris hans have been laboring under a thor ough delusion respecting gods god a man IN fi e have claimed that christ set ui ul ula 1115 church in kingdom power and that the church has been reigning oc or the earth as ills 1 representative oc ot the strength of this delusion jews antl heretics herf tice have been persecuted to daentl as opponents to chrasta Chrls ta kingdom AL the while we e thoughtlessly repeated the I 1 ord prayer thy IC KIngi Ingdon lonc econe thy will be done on earth aa as it ir Ile niri vie ile knew that the Rede redeemer emet said that iio ile would cume ngien tc male make its faiq bride and joint helm bill we wc ignored the Scrip scriptures tires IN e ire ro drunk na its tho the scriptures say I 1 all nations were drunk trunk with ali false doctrine it Is thu falso false doctrin that will constitute the frog spirel ahl li eoon soon will begin to croak and tc t prepare for armageddon the bible 1 lj that th IN 14 I 1 4 a section of the universe ir reLi reL Illon tIllon against divine authority nn tid ar tho the captaincy of satan and bila as fallen angels by divino divine grac lm halt already death fw foi ever inan and the merit of that enc rifle must eventually grant adam anc LIs his posterity a full fair opportunity toi tot the attainment of ev blasting ula sting life all who mho thus seek the divine crostan aad and are walking in the light may know tit t least respecting the 1 limet and seasons I 1 these br brethren ethron nn not in durki durkt icso icis that bat that day lan javi that battle of armageddon rhul hould L overtake iti ahin ein ilia pa n thief un anarea armageddon not yet but soon for forty years the armageddon forces hare been mustering for boil sides of the conflict strikes lock lockout outi and riots dots great and small have leei beet merely incidental skirmishes as th belligerent partle p crossed rich ir paths court twid army scan dili it europe insurance trust and gour scandals scan dala in ameria cb avo laaken pil lie lic confidence dynamic i pilotr fb ell tr arg 9 ed by tarui on oil employ co s and on ein em have furt lier shaken baken conti dence an I 1 tended to maii each earb dis tile trustful of the other bitter rind angri a feelings on brith sides are more jn a more manifest the alln linen of f battle rt dally daily beoni booming bo oming ing more distinctly n c aly gnarl marchl Never evert thelt liel sq briged cannot at be fought other mattir intervene according accord lne to pro prophet gentile hare still til two years t run thy the of the least of ou on context must let 1 life power the image must be nd froit a mere to t living force protesting Prot Pro catin federation reder I atlon realizes that it ili ion will still be futile unless it receive unless its clarg directly or indirectly shall be lecog posses qed of apostolic tao ant nu I 1 authority to teach chis tho pr ophery indicates will come from th till two hornell beat beatt bea tt t which we believe belleve ret resen the church ol 01 anglan I 1 high bai hat ul u activities ot of and catholicism conrat ing in conjunction for the suppression of ot bamin baim in liberties awalt 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