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CQPy/?/(P//?/9/f; by C/MRL& JCMSMTSPIJ J&*s £pi SEDERICK PALMER
in this story Mr. Palmer, the
noted war correspondent, has paint
ed war as he has seen it on many
battlefields, and between many na
tions. His intimate knowledge of
armies and armaments has enabled
him to produce a graphic picture of
the greatest of all wars, and his
knowledge of conditions has led
him to prophesy an end of armed
conflicts. No man is better quali
fied to write the story of the final
world war than Mr. Palmer, and
he has handled his subject with a
master hand.
(Continued from Yesterday.)
This public reproof could have but
one meaning. He eliould soon receive
a note which would thank him politely
for his services, in ilia stereotyped
phrases always used for the purpose,
■■'before announcing his transfer to a
less responsible post.
"Very little, sir!” Bouchard replied
doggedly.
“There is that we had from one of
*Br aviators whose machine came
down in a emaEh just as he got over
our infantry positions on his return,”
said the chief aerostatic "He
was in a dying condition when we
picked him up, and, as he was speak
ing with the last breaths in his body,
naturally his account of what he had
Been was somewhat incoherent. It
would be of use, however, if we had
plans of the forts that would enable
ue to check off his report intelli
gently.” (
“Yet, what evidence have we that
Partow or Lanstron has done more
than to make a fortunate guess oi
Bhow military insight?” Westerllng
asked. “There is the case of my own
belief that Bordtr was weak, which
proved correct”
“Last night we got a written tel*
graphic staff message from the body
of a dead officer of the Brcrwne found
in the Twin Boulder Redoubt,” said
the vice-chief, "which showed that in
an hour after our plans were transmit
ted to our own troope for the first
attack they were known to the en
emy.”
“That looks like a leak!” exclaimed
Westerllng, “a leak, Bouchard, do you
hear?” He was*frowning and his lips
were drawn and his cheeks mottled
with red In a way not pleasant to see.
Stiffening In his chair, a flash ot
desperation in his eye, Bouchard'*
bony, long hand gripped the table
edge. Every one felt that a sensa
tion was coming.
"Yes, I have known that there was
a leak!” he said with hoarse, painful
deliberation. "1 have sent out every
possible tracer. I have followed up
every sort of clew. I have trans
ferred a dozen men- I have left notl»
ing undone!”
“With no result?” parototed W«rt*»
ling impatiently.
“Y es, always the sama result: That
the leak is here in this hooee—here
In the grand headquarters of the army
under our very noses. I know it is not
the telegraphers or the clerks. It la
s member of the staff!”
"Have you gone out of your head?"
demanded Westerllng. "What staff
officer? How does he get the infor
mation to the enemy? Name the per
sons you suspect here and now! Ex
plain, if you want to be considered
sane!”
Here was the blackest accusation
that could be made against an officer(
The chosen men of the staff, tested
through many grades before they
reached the inner circle of cabinet se
crecy, lost the composure of a council.
All were leaning forward toward Boo
chard breathless for his answer.
” "There are three woman on the
grounds,” said Bouchard. “I have been
against their staying from the first.
I—”
He got no further. His words were
drowned by the outburst of one of the
younger members of the staff, who
had either to langh or choke at the
picture of this deep-eyed, spectral sort
of man, known as a woman-hater, in
his revelation of tbs farcical source
ot his suspicions.
"Why not Include Clarissa Eileen?"
some one asked, starting a chorus of
satirical exclamation a.
"How do they get through the Huai"
"Yes, past a wall of bayonets?"
"When not even a soldier hi uni
form Is allowed to move away from
his command without a pass I”
"By wireless?”
"Perhaps by telepathy r
"Cnles*," *ald the chief of the aaro
etatic division, griming, "Bouchard
lends them the use of our own wires
through the capital and around by the
neutral countries across the Brown
frontier I”
"But the correct plane end location
of their forts and tha numbers of their
guna and of their planea and
f dirigibles—your failure to have this
lurormation is not the result of any
leak from our staff since the war be
gan,” said Turcae In his dry, pene
trating voice, clearing the air of the
•moke of scattered explosions.
' “A)! were staring at Bouchard again.
V What answer had he to this? He w*s
the box, the evidence stated by tha
prosecutor. Let him apeak!
„..iJe was fgly'.y boalde himself In a
paroxysm of rage an 3 struck at the
air with his clenched fiet.
" Lanstron!” he cried.
“There’s no purpose in that. He
can't hear you!” said Turcas, dryly as
ever.
"He might, through the leak,” said
the chief aerostatic officer, who con
sidered that many of his gallant sub
ordinates had lost their lives through
Bouchard's inefficiency. "Perhaps Cla
rissa Eileen has already telepathlcally
wigwagged it to him.”
To lose your temper at a staff coun
cil is most unbecoming. Turcas would
have kept his if hit in the back by a
"In My Own Defense and for Your
Aid.”
fool automobilist. Westerllng had now
recovered his. He was again tb« su
perman in command.
"It is for you and not for ua to
locate the leak; yes, for you!” he
said. "That is all on the subject for
the present," he added in a tone of
mixed pity and contempt, which left
Bouchard freed from the stare of his
colleagues and in the miserable com
pany of his humiliation.
All on tbe subject for the present 1
When it was taken up again hla suc
cessor would be In charge. He. the
indefatigable, the over-intense, with
medieval partisan fervor, who loathed
in secret machines like Turcas, was
the first man of the staff to go for In*
competency.
“And Engadir to the key-point,” Wee
terling was saying.
“Yea,” agreed Turcaa.
"So we concentrate to break through
there,” Westerllng continued, “while
we engage the whole line fiercely
enough to make the enemy uncertain
where the oruclal attack is to be
made.”
“But, general. If ther# is any place
that is naturally strong, that—” Tur
cae began.
“The one place where they are confi
dent that we won’t attack!” Wester
ling Interrupted. He resented the
■tafPa professional respect for Turoaa.
After a silence and a survey of the
faces around, he added with senten
tious effect: “And I was right about
Bordlr!”
To this argument there ocruM be no
answer. The one stroke of general
ship by the Gray#, who, otherwlaa, had
succeeded alone through repeated
mass attacks, had been Westerling's
hypothesis that had gained Bordlr la
a single assault.
"Engadir it is then!” said Turcaa
wtth th# loyalty of the subordinate
who makes a superior's conviction hla
own, the better to carry it out.
Hazily, Bouchard had heard the talk,
while he was looking at Westerllng
and seeing him, not at the head of tbe
council table, but in the arbor in eager
appeal to Marta.
"I shall And out! I shall find out!"
wee drumming In hla temples when
the council roes; and, without a word
or a backward glance, be was the first
bo leave the room.
When Bouchard returned to hla desk
he guessed the contents of the note
awaiting him, but he took s long time
to read its stereotyped expressions in
transferring him to perfunctory duty
well to the rear of the army. Then he
pulled himself together and, leadeu
hcarted, settled down to arrange rou
tine details for his departure, white
tbe rest of the staff was Immersed in
the activity of the preparations for the
attack on Engadir. He knew that he
could not sleep if be lay down. Bo he
spent the night at work. In the morn
ing his successor, a young man whom
be hlmaelf had chosen and trained.
Colonel Bellini, appeared, and the
fallen man received tbe rtaing man
wtth forced official courtesy.
"In my own defense and for your
aid," he said. ‘1 show you a copy of
what I have Just written to General
Westerllng.”
- A. brief note it wts. In farewell, be
ginning with conventional thanks for
Westerling's confidence in the paet.
“I am punished for being right,” it
concluded. “It is my belief that Miss
Galland sends news to the enemy and
that she draws it from you without
your consciousness of the fact. I tell
you honestly. Do what you will with
me.”
It took more courage than any act
of his life for the loyal Bouchard to
dare' such candor to a superior. See
ing the patchy, yellow, bloodless face
drawn in stiff lines aud the abysmal
stare of the deep-set eyes in their
bony recesses, Bellini was swept with
a wave of sympathy.
"Thank you. Bouchard. You’ve been
very fine!” said Bellini as he grasped
Bouchard's hand, which was icy cold.
"My duty—my duty, in the hope that
we shall kill two Browns for every
Gray who has fallen — that we shall
yet see them starved and besieged
and crying for mercy in their capital,”
replied Bouchard. He saluted with a
dismal, urgent formality and stalked
out of the room with the tread of the
ghost of Hamlet's father.
The strange Impression that this
farewell left with Bellini still lingered
when, a few moments later, Wester
ling summoned him. Not alone the
diffidence of a new member of the
staff going into the presence accounted
for the stir in his^. temples, as he wait
ed till somo papers were signed be
fore he had Westerllng'# attention.
Then Westerllng picked up Bouchard’s
note and shook his head sadly.
“Poor Bouchard! You can see for
yourself,” and he handed the note to
Bellini. "I should have realized ear
lier that it was a case for the doctor
and not for reprimand. Mad! Poor
Bouchard! He hadn't the ability or
the resiliency of mind for his task, as
I hope you have, colonel.”
"I hope so, sir," replied Bellini.
‘Tve no doubt you have,’’ said Wss
terling. “You are my cbolcel"
CHAPTER XVIII,
A Change of Plan.
That day and the next Westerllng
had no time for strolling in the gar
den. HU only exercise was a few
periods of pacing on the veranda. Tur
caa, as tirelessly industrious as ever,
developed an Increasingly quiet insist
ence to leave the responsibility of de
clsions about everything of importance
to a chief who was becoming increas
ingly arbitrary. The attack on Enga
dir being the Jewel of Westerling’s
own planning, he was disinclined to
risk sucoesa by delegating authority,
which alao meant sharing the glory of
victory.
Bouchard’s note, though officially die
missed as a matter of pathology, would
not accept dismissal privately. In
flashes of distinctness it recurred to
him between reports of the progress
of preparations and directions as to
dispositions. At dusk Of the second
day, when all the guns and troops had
their places for the final movement un
der cover of darkness and he rose
from bis desk, the thing that had
edged its way into a crowded mind
took possession of the premises that
strategy and tactics had vacated. It
passed under the same analysis as his
work. His overweening pride, so sen
sitive to the sueplolon of a conviction
that he had been ’fooled, put his rela
tions with Marta In logical review. He
had fallen in love In the midst of war.
A cool and Intense impatience pos
sessed him to study her In the light
of his new skepticism, when, tuning
the path of the first terrace, he saw
her watching the sunset over the crest
of the range.
She was standing quite still, a slim,
soft shadow between him and the light,
which gilded her figure and quarter
profile. Did she expect him? he won
dered. Was she posing at that in
stant for his benefit? When she
turned, her faoe in tbe shadow, the
glow of the sunset seemed to remain
In her eyes, otherwise without expres
sion, yet able to detect something un
usual under externals as they ex
changed oommonplaces of greeting.
"Well, there’s a change in our offi
cial family. We have lost Bouchard—
transferred to another post!” said
Westerllng.
Marta noted that, though he gave
the news a casual turn, his scrutiny
sharpened.
"Is that so? I can't say that my
mother and 1 shall be sorry,’’ she re
marked. "He was always glaring at
ua as If he wished us out of sight
Indeed, If he bad his way, I think ha
would have made ua prisoners of war.
Wasn’t he a woman-hater?” she con
cluded, half In Irritation, half In
amusement.
”He had that reputation,” said Wee
terllng. "What do you think led to
hts departure?" he continued.
"I confess I cannot guess!" said
Marta, with a look at the sunset glow
as If she resented the loss of a min
ute of it
"There has been a leak of Informa
tion to tbe Browne!" he announoed.
“There has! And be was Intelli
gence officer, wasn't he?” sbs asked,
turning to Westerllng, her curiosity
apparently aroused as a matter of cour
tesy to his own Interest in the sub.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
"Who do you think he accused?
Why, you.” he added, with a peculiar
laugh.
She noted the peculiarity of the
laugh discriminatingly.
”Oh!’ Her eyes opened wide in
wonder —only wonder, at first. Then,
as comprehension took the place of
wonder, they grew sympathetic. “That
explains!” she exclaimed. "His hate
ful glances were those of delusion. He
was going mad, you mean?’
"Yes,” said Westerllng, “that—that
would explain it!”
"I have been told that when people
go mad they always ascribe every' in
jury done to them to the peraon who
happens to have excited their dislike,”
she mused.
"Which seems to have been the oase
here,” Westerllng assented. He did
not know what else to say. His pride
was recovering its natural confidence
in the infallibility of his judgment of
human beings. He was seeing his sus
picions as ridiculous enough to con
vict him of a brain as disordered as
Bouchard's.
Marta was thinking that she had
been skating on very thin Ice and
that she must go on skating till she
broke through. There was an exhila
ration about it that she could not re
sist: the exhilaration of risk and th#
control of her faculties, prompted by
a purpose hypnotically compelling.
Both were silent, she watching the
sky, he in anticipation and suspense.
The rose went violet and the shadows
over the range deepened.
"The guns and the troops wait.
With darkness the muslo begins!" he
said slowly, with a start of stern
fervor.
"The music—the muslo! He calls
it music!” ra;. through Marta’s mind
mockingly, but she did not open her
Ups.
"They wait, ready, every detail ar
ranged,” he continued proudly.
The sky merged into the shadows of
the landscape that spread and thick
ened into blackness. Out of the drawn
curtains of night broke an ugly flash
and farther up the slope spread the
explosive circle of light of a bursting
shell.
"The signal!” he exolatmed.
Right and left the blasts spread
along the Gray lines aud right and
left, on the Instant, the Browns sent
their blasts in reply. Countless tongues
of flame seemed to burst from count
less craters, and the range to rock In
a torment of crashes. In the Inter
vening space between the ugly, sav
age gusts from the Gray gun mouths,
which sent their shells from the midst
of exploding Brown shells, swept the
beams of the Brown search-lights,
their rays lost like sunlight in tho vor
tex of an open furnace door.
"Splendid! splendid!” exclaimed
Westerllng, In a sweep of emotion at
the sight that had been born of his
command. "Five thousand gune on
our side alone! The world has never
seen the equal of this!”
Marta looked away from th* range
to bis face, very distinct In the garish
Illumination. It was the faoe ot a
maestro of war seeing all his rehear
sals and all his labors come true In
symphonic gratification to the eye
and ear; the face of a man of trained
mind, the produot of civilization, with
the elation of a party leader on the
floor of a parliament In & crisis.
"Boon, now!” said Westerllng, and
looked at his watch.
Shortly, In the directloh of Engadir,
to the rear of the steady flashes
broke forth line after line of flashes
as the long-range batteries, which so
far had been silent, joined their might
ier voices to the chorus, making a con
tinuous leaping burst of explosions
over the Brown positions, which were
the real object of the attack.
"Tile moment I’ve lived for!" ex
claimed Westerllng. "Our Infantry is
starting up the apron of Engadir! We
held back the fire of the heavy guns
concentrated for the purpose of sup
porting the men with an outburst.
Three hundred heavy guns pouring In
their shells on a space of two acres!
We’re tearing their redoubts to pieces!
They can’t see to fire! They can’t
Mve under It! They’re in the orater
of a volcano! When our infantry le
on the edge of the wreckage the guns
cease. Our Infantry crowd In —crowd
into the house that Bartow built
HeTl find that numbers count; that
the power of modern gunfire will open
the way for Infantry In masses to take
and hold vital tactical positions! And
—no —no, their fire in reply Is not as
gtrong as I expected.”
"Because they are letting yon lnt
It will be strong enough in due sea
son I ” thought Marta In the uncontrol
lable triumph of antagonism. Five
against three was In hie tone and In
every line of bis features.
"It's bard for a soldier to leave a
sight like this, but the real news will
be awaiting me at my desk,” be con
cluded, adding, as be turned away:
"It’s fireworks worth seeing, and If
you remain here I win return to tell
yon the results."
Turning her bark to the range for
tbe moment, she saw the twinkle of
the lights of th* town and tbe thread*
of light of the wagon trains and th*
sweep of the lights of th* railroad
trains on the plain; while In the fore
ground every window of the house was
ablaze. Ilk* aoin* factory on a busy
night ohift. Hhe could bear the click
of the telegraph Instrument* already
reporting tbe details of tha action a*
cheerfully a* Urobdlngnaglan crickets
In tbslr peaceful surroundings. Then
out of the shadows Westerllng reap
peared.
To be continued tomorrow
NOT FIFTY-ONE PER CENT.
"Th# Braggsbys take a great Inter
est in their children, don't they?”
"Yes; but not a controlling Inter
est.”
inn '
w n in
“Babylon Is Fallen! Come
Out of Her, My People!”
SIGNIFICANT NAME OF CITY.
Towsr of Babel Typical—Anciont Bab
ylon Typical of a Spiritual Babylon.
Babylon, Mother and Daughters.
Golden Cup In Her Hand—Wine of
False Doctrino Antitypical River
Euphratea—Antitypical Waters Dry
ing Up—"Fleo Out of Babylon."
Sept. 6. —T h e
Photo - Drama o f
Creation is still
being woudorfully
used of tbe Lord
to Interest the
public in Bible
stud y. Through
this beautiful col
lection of master
pieces of art the
Scriptures are be
ing opened to the
understanding o f
all classes of peo-
pie everywhere.
Pastor Russell's text today was, "De
clare ye among the nations, and pub
lish; set up a standard; say, Babylon
Is taken.’’—Jeremiah 50:2. He said;
While our message for today Is
“meat In due season” to the Household
of Faith, and in every way important
to be understood, it is nevertheless a
subject difficult to treat without giving
offense, without seeming harsh. Bear
With me, then, while expressing what I
believe to t>o the Divine Message In
as kindly a manner as 1 know how.
The Scriptures which 1 mn.v quote in
support of my presentation seem harsh
almost to cruelty; but I assure you, my
hearers, that 1 am not responsible for
the Inuguuge of the Bible. My respon
sibility is to speak the Word of the
Lord. In doing this I shall endeavor to
present the I.ord’B words In as kindly a
manner as possible, nnd so far us pos
slide explain some of Ilia harsher ex
presßlons; hut 1 must not shun to de
clare the whole counsel of God—nnd as
fully as l believe He would now hnve
Ills people understand it.
In the days of Jesus and His Apos
tles there was no Mystic Babylon
Therefore the expressions in the Iteve
latlon of St. John bearing upon Mystic
Babylon were prophetic of the systems
•nd conditions which have since risen
In the Church. The word Babylon has
a double significance. It is derived
from tbe word Babel, nnd reminds us
of tho time when the sons of Noah
lost faith in the Divine providential
cere and In the rainbow promiHe, and
endeavored to erect a structure for
their own preservation—the Tower of
Babel. This attempt led to the con
fusion of tongues.
Similarly, following the days of the
Apostles and of the persecution of the
early Church, an attempt was made to
erect n great religious system for tbe
protection of the Church, not watting
for the fulfilment of the Divine prom
ise that In due time Messiah would
come and establish His Kingdom for
the blessing of the world.
Tbe religious "Tower of Babel" was,
primarily, I’apacy. Bo fur as it went
It was a wonderful structure, but It
never accomplished the designs of its
founders. It never mastered and estab
lished the Church far above the power
and Influence of the civil governments
and earthly monarch*.
It was when the Tower of Babel rose
to a considerable height in dignity and
grandeur that the Lord manifested His
Power amongst tbe workmen and con
founded their speech. Disconcerted,
tbe people ceased tbe further bnlldlng
of the Tower, and each set up for him
self. This corresponds well with the
ProtestaDt Reformation Movement nnd
the various denominations into which
those once Catholic became divided.
Babylon and Ita Wall.
Another thought connected with our
subject is that tho llterul city of Baby
lon was a prototype, a prophetic figure
of Mystic Babylon. The name Baby
lon signifies “The Gate of God”—the
gateway bv which access to God is to
be attain*l This In effect was the
claim made by I’apacy. nnd the claim
which she still makes—that she Is a
great City, a great Kingdom; that she
has a great wall of Divine salvation
and protection round nbout her—s
great wall built of superstition and
Ignorance, say her enemies.
in tbe Revelation Jesus prophetically
pictured the greatness of this City, this
spiritual Empire. It Is essentially
religious, although it Includes the greet
kingdoms of earth, which unitedly are
styled Christendom This great "city,”
Babylon. I* represented as being
divided Into ten different wards, each
of which represents one of the king
dome of Christendom, and which cor
respond so the ten horns of the syin
hollo "beast,” Compare Rev 11:13; 13:1
As this great ’’city." or spiritual king
'lorn, thus Includes the chief mon
archies of Kuro|>e. so under another
figure Babylon. I’npncy, Is represented
as a woman. In whose forehead Is
found the name "Babylon tho Great,
the Mother of U a riots ■ Thus Is
shown In some manner tho various
Protestant systems of Christendom
which separated from the “Mott, -i
Church" of ftom< hut which are still
tiei daughter* -oh minted |r her. par-
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takers of her character, traits and dis
position. Thus Babylon with her ten
wards Includes practically all of Eu
rope; and Mol iter and Daughters of
this same family name include nearly
all of the Protestant denominations as
well ns the Catholic Mother Church.
What Is Meant by Harlotry?
It should lie remembered In discuss
lug this subject that tbe Scriptural
language is figurative—that if does not
signify that either tlie Church of Rome
or her Protestant Daughters are ini
moral. The correct thought is this:
Primarily the Church of Christ was a
"virgin” company of persons, called
out, separated from the world, ita aims
nnd its ambitions—called to bo saints
aud joiut-beirs with Christ in His
Kingdom. To whatever extent sys
terns rose amongst the followers of
Jesus and became affiliated with any
of the kingdoms of this world—to that
extent, Bcriptnrnlly, figuratively, they
commuted harlotry; for they were
espoused to the King of kings and the
Lord of lords, and were to wait foi
Him, that at Ilia Second Coming they
might become Ills Bride and Ills Asso
elate In nis Throne.
It will not be questioned that Papacy
became affiliated with the Roman Em
plre and sat, down on the throne of
Rome; nor that the Church of Eng
land, ns one of her "daughters,” be
came affiliated with the British Govern
ment aud now sits, representatively, li
the House of Lords. It would not be
questioned that the Greek Church ex
perlenced a similar betrotLnl and mar
rlnge to the Russian Government, th.
Lutheran Church to the German Gov
eminent, etc., etc. It Is on tills account
and in this sense that the Church of
Rome and her Daughters-mother and
daughters, organizations of Protestants
—are figuratively called by the family
name of Babylon
Babylon's Golden Cup.
Tinder the- figure of "u woman cloth
ed In purple and scarlet" the Mothei
Sysfom of Babylon lung centuries ago
“made all the nations drunk with hot
wine," the doctrines which she hud in
her Golden Cup. (Revolution 17:1 O.i
The Golden Cup represents the Bible
tho Divine Stand til'd, or authority, t'
whs misused when the wine of fHI ■
doctrine was put Into It—when the HI
ble was claimed ns authority for vnrl
ous erroneous teachings of the Duel
Ages. The Intoxicating "wine" which
made the nations drunk, and which Ini
them to support the “woman” and h
call themselves Christian nations. Pit
pacy still holds In her hand, and stlh
offers to whoever will receive It. Bui
the nations are gradually sobering up
it 1b not necessary to supitbse that
every doctrine presented hy I’apacj
was fnlse anti Intoxicating. Tin
thought. Is, rather, that a stupefying
potion wus put into the wine already In
the Cup. As the Golden Cup represent
the Word of God and its Message, tin
stupefying potion may well be under
stood to he soma of the doctrines; foi
Instance, tlmt God's Kingdom has al
ready been set tip. that tho papal
throne Is the Throne of Christ, and
that tbe Pope reigns ns Christ’s Vice
gerent, or substitute nnd represents
live. Other poisonous elements threat
ened the people with purgatorial tor
ture or with eternal torment If they
fulled to keep In Hue with the papal
authority—this claimed vicegerent an
thorlty of Christ.
The Protestunt denominations were
all born under these intoxicating In
(lueneea nnd fulsc theories. While they
separated from the Mother system aad
denounced her, nevertheless they hold
doctrlnnlly to many of her Intoxicating
errors. Consequently they, too, claim
thnt somehow, they know not how
Messiah's Kingdom has been set up
and Is reigning They, too, Join In giv
tng tho nations some of the same com
pminglod "wine” that the Mother gave
them, telling the people thnt these are
Christian nations, even though they
have anything hut the Christian spirit
and are building guns undrlreadnuugbts
to blow each other off the earth.
Ko strong Is the taiwer of this In
toxlcatlon thnt the Inconsistencies of
such theories are not discerned hy
those intoxicated. Only the few who
are gradually getting free from tbe
stupefying pollen are able, by Divine
assistance, to see somo of tbe mistakes
along this line. These see that nelthei
tho Church of Home nor any or hei
Daughter systems Is the true Church
Each system professes to bo the
Bride of Christ, yet each knows that
the murriuge of the Lamb Is to take
place at the Second Coming of Christ
They have therefore very generally lost
sight of the fact that the true virgin
Church of Christ, only a Little Flock
(Luke 12:32), who will he accounted
worthy to become tbe Bride of Christ
must wait for the l-ortl from Heaven
(i Thesauloidun* 1:1». 10.1 *h* inusi
keep herself "unspotted from th.
world," a virgin, that she may be ue
counted worthy to enter Into the Joy*
of her Lord, heroine Ills (Jueeu uml
Jotnt-heir In Ills Kingdom
It ts not to be expected that either
the Mother or the Daughter*, who ure
now claiming to reign with Christ
who ure now claiming that His King
dom ts already set up, who are now
claiming that their union with tin
kingdom* of this world Is legitimate
can ha vo the Bridegroom’* approval
It Is not to be expected that they
realise their true condition - that tbev
are disloyal to the Heavenly Bride
groom and King.
Babylon, tho Groat City.
In the symbolic language of the
Book of the Revelation, as already ex
plained, the name Babylon Is applied
not only to the typical woman. Papacy,
snd her mystical daughters, the Prut
cstnnt denominations, but also to tile
great City. Mystic Babylon. The sym
hot woman more particularly repre
sents the ecclesiastical systems, and
the symbol city the governmental sea
Hires the sacerdotal nr religious, an
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thorlty to govern and control the king
doms. tbe nations of the earth.
We all remember the history of tha
ancient city of Babylon, with its most
wonderful walls and its hanging gar
dens. We all remember that it
built across the River Euphrates, whlafc
flowed through its center and was
supposed to protect it fully from th#
hazard of invasion. Besides its vast
storehouses of food it had tha river
for Its water supply. Babylon was
therefore considered impregnable.
Mystic Babylon, Christendom of our
day, is a most masterly orgumlzation.
Its walls are built of ignorance and
superstition, whose great foundations
were laid centuries ago. Ancient
Babylon’s great gates of brass, which
came down to the level of the Eu
phrates. represented Mystic Babylon’s
worldly wisdom, human ingenuity and
dexterity of organization, to maintain
tho control of the symbolic waters and
to protect the “city” from a possible
approach from that direction,
in the symbolic langunge of the
Scriptures the word water has two dis
tinct Interpretations: (1) Wuter is ft
symbol for Truth; (2) Water also sym
bolizes revenues from outside people
and kingdoms. In harmony with this
latter thought we reud that the woman
with the golden cup Rlts upon many
waters; "and the waters which thou
sawest are peoples, and multitudes,
and nations, and tongues." (Revela
tion 17:1-15.) This “woman” does not
reign over one nation or people alone;
her rule is catholic, or general; for all
nations were made more or less “drunk
with her fnlse doctrines.” The water
of the River Euphrates, flowing
through Babylon, might therefore be
understood to symbolize the peo pies
and nations supporting Mystic Baby
lon by contributions, tithes, offerings.
The Euphrates to Be Dried Up-
In the Revelation not merely is the
name Babylon used long after the an
cient city was so blotted out of exist
ence thnt for centuries its site was un
known, but the symbolic description in
cludes also the River Euphrates. Of
that great river we read, “The water
thereof whs dried up, that the way of
tho Kings of the East might be pre
pared.” (10:12.1 If we are correct in
our Interpretation that the waters of
that river signify revenues from nil
nations, the drying up of the river im
plies a cessation of the revenues of
Babylon, a decline In the contributions
which heretofore have made her
wealthy—millions coming every year
from rich nnd poor of all lintlons for
her support.
It in In full accord with this Divine
prediction of what Is yet to come
that we hear cries of distress rising
from all denominations, both Catholic
and Protestant, to the effect that tlio
revenues of the churches are being
“dried up,” and tills nt a time when the
world Is larger In population and In
wealth than ever before.
History tolls us that ancient Babylon
wag captured by Cyrus the Great and
his army after u siege of considerable
length, which was unsuccessful until
Ills soldiers digged a fresh channel for
the river and turned aside Its course.
Thus was the Hirer Kuphrates dried
up; und the Medo-Perslan army entered
the ancient city suddenly in the night.
While these events were occurring, the
princes of Babylon, corresponding to
the notables of Christendom, were
holding high carnival, rejoicing in their
security, boasting of the strength of
their walls, the impregnability of their
gates and the sureness of their wnters.
As then they were using the golden
Teasels of the fjord's Temple from
which to drink their wlno, so now, In
the hour of Mystic Babylon's fall, wa
may expect something to correspond to
this—a spirit of boastfulness, of pride,
of Intoxication with error, apparently
drawn from the Divine Wor<J.
At this moment of tbetr exuberance
there uppeared In Belshazzar’s ban
quet-bail a band, which wrote the
words, "Mrne. Mrne, Telcel, U phonin'"—
the days of your rule have beeu num
bered by God and are finished; you are
weighed In the balances and found
wanting; your kingdom Is divided and
given to the Medea and the I'ersiaDH.
(Daniel 5.25-28.) The strong symbolic
language used in respect to Mystic
Bubylon corresponds so well to tbe
prophetic language respecting ancient
Babylon (bat we are warranted In un
derstanding that city to have been a
prototype of Mystic Babylon and her
fall a prefigure of Christendom's fall.
“Fla* Out of Babylon."
When foretelling the disaster upon
Babylon the Prophets of Israel gave to
God's people the message, "Klee out of
Babylon; deliver every man his soul”—
his life—nud terrible descriptions,
which seem grossly exaggerated unless
we view the matter from the stand
point already suggested—that the ex
periences of the ancient city were fig
urative und prophetic of the much
more serious experiences of Mystic
Babylon, then long future. If further
evldeuce were required to demonstrate
that Mystic Babylon represents a great
nominal system, It Is found In the Rev
elation, n part of which Is, “Come out
of her, My people, that ye be not par
takers of her sins and that ye receive
not of her plagues.”—lß:4.
This csll must be beard and heeded
before the disaster cornea; for It will
come suddenly, as In an hour. Those
who do not stand aloof will be In
volved in the disaster. And It Is God's
will that they should be involved If,
after seeing the truth respecting Baby
lon and her character, they are not en
thusiastically opposed to her decep
tions and Intoxicating false doctrines.
The tribulation* upon Babylon will
constitute a part of tbe great tribula
tion with which this Age will terminate
and the New I)ls|>eusutlan of Mes
siah’s Kingdom be ushered In— “a Time
of Trouble such as was not since there
was a nation.” l*t God's people re
member thst loyalty Includes setlou
and faithfulness eten unto death.
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