The Pope as Arbiter of the Nations.
The Western Watchman of March 16 remarks in an editorial "The Rod for Bad Little Nations," that "the time may be a good way off when the pope will be accepted as the universal arbiter; but all sensible men feel that that must be the ultimate solution of the question of arbitration." Roman Catholics know that when the world settles its questions by arbitration, there must be the Great Court of Arbitrament, and they hold that the logical head of that court is the pope. They have this advantage: no other power makes such claim, and many powers would recognize the papal claim. When that time comes that Jerusalem is made the seat of the Papacy, as Samuel Garrat contends "many Roman Catholics advocate," then we shall have the fulfillment of Isa. 2:2-4, the siren cry of the world's peace, and immediately thereafter Armageddon.