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Further on still he says: “ I say deliberately that I am prepared to be shot rather than to kill a German peasant with whom I have no conceivable quarrel. I will do nothing to kill a foe directly or in directly by my own hand or by proxy. So help me God. Never.” The Grim Outlook in Europe T HE NEW HAVEN JOURNAL-COURIER of Friday, October 16, 1914, has a long editorial with the above caption. We wish we had space for the entire editorial. We give, however, only the closing paragraph: “At best, the outlook is grim and saddening. No one can predict on which side suc cess will be ultimately gained and "no one would think of fighting for so many different ends. It is only the unprecedented disruption of all the forces of progress and industry that can be dimly foreseen. Whoever wins, whoever loses, the thought of the price to be paid by the entire civilized world grows daily more appalling. Nobody can comprehend what it is going to mean. No one seems able to put a stop to a titanic struggle whose awful destructiveness is without excuse.” These words are wisely and well spoken. But in spite of this “ grim out look” the one who believes in God and knows his Bible, can look out upon the future without fear, knowing that God makes the wrath of men to praise Him and that the remainder of wrath He does restrain (Ps. 76:10), knowing further that the era of war and bloodshed and hate and satanic triumph is to be followed by an era of peace and plenty and joy and glory such as /this old world has never seen or dreamed of, when the Lord Jesus shall come and take the reins of government, when war shall be at an end and when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. As the days get darker and darker we can look up, not only with expectant hearts but with exultant hearts and cry ever more and more earnestly, “ Even so come Lord Jesus— Come quickly.” Unwarranted Interpretations of Prophecy T HE war has moved many to rush into print as to its prophetic place and meaning. Even writers and papers that have hitherto shown no" great interest in prophecy are now giving voice to the wildest explanations of current events supposedly from the standpoint of Bible prophecy. The Novem ber number of OTJR HOPE contains one of the wisest words along this line that we have read anywhere. Indeed, the whole November number is of un usual value. The word to which we especially refer is this: “A WORD OF CAUTION.” “The great European disastrous war is leading many good people to make rather dogmatic assertions about its relation to the Word of Prophecy. The word ‘Armageddon’ is freely applied to the great struggle. If those' who think that the battle of Armageddon is being fought would read Revelation 16:16 and 19:11-20 they would soon discover their mistake. Armageddon is in Palestine and not in Europe. Armageddon comes at the very end of the age, when the Lord comes out of heaven with His Saints. Others claim that those European events are'the breaking of the second seal and that the rider upon the red horse has begun his deadly work, taking peace from the earth (Revelation 6:3, 4). This also is incorrect. If peace is to be taken from the earth, then peace must have been on the earth first of all. The rider upon the white horse, a deceiving one, no doubt estab lishes a mock-peace. But such has not yet been the case. Perhaps when these nations are
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