The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26

progress similar to Ell MahdiS. The |
person portrayed is to be the anti |
christ, because, after stating the con-
tinued success of this leader, he is on.
ly overthrown By divine power. Dan
lei specifies:
"And at that time shall Michael |
stand up, the great Prince which |
standeth tor the children of thy peo- |
pie, and there shall be a time Of |
trouble such as never was since there |
was a nation, even to that time"
Ii the Mahdi is the foretold anti
christ the wise shall understand" and
prepare for coming events. What
Daniel wrote applies to the Mahdi.
And in his estate shall stand up
vile person, to whom they shall not
give the honor of the kingdom"
Then verses % to 80 show his cont1n-
ued success. The Bristish are to come,
but without defeating him, "tor the
ship of Chitten shall be against him.
81. And arms shall stand on his
part, and they shall pollute the sane
tuary of strength, and shall take away
the daily sacrifice, and they shall place
the abomination that maketh desolate.
Christ in Matthew, xiv IA, told
what should occur first, "And then
shall the end come" And IN the fif-
tenth verse the terrible caiamitie5
were foreshadowed, "When ye, there
fore, shall see the abomination of des-
olatlon spoken Of by Daniel, the
prophet, stand in the holy plac5," etc.
81. Then shall be great tribula-
tion," etc.
The Mahdi has already proclaimed
| himself to be the equal in power to
God-derived from Him. Daniel
tells what is to be if this Mahdi is
the antichrist:
So. "And the King shall do accord
ing to his will; and he shall eXalt him.
self, and magnify himself above every
god and shall speak marvellous things
against the God OF gods, and shall
prosper till the indignation be ac-
com plished, for that THAT is deter
mined shall be dJne."
This person is to conquer all before
him-'the land of Egypt shall not
escape" "rhe Libyans and the
Philippians shall be at his steps,"
40. And he shall plant the taber-
nacle of his palace between the seas
in the glorious holy mountain" And
after this, che shall come to his end
and none shall help him." In the
next verse is f0retold the coming OF
Michael.
Christ and St. John have very much
in the same manner depicted the anti
christ, endowed with such power for
miracles, making images to speak and
fire to come down from heaven in the
sight of men, as almost to deceive the
elect themselves, ''if it were possible.
Zachariah was the last of the pro-
phets, about 5S7 years before Christ
He gave specific details of the won.
ders which would occur when Michael
led the heavenly forces against the
antichrisc.-Xiv, 4:
"And His (God's) feet shall stand il
, that day upon the Mount Of Olives
which is before Jerusalem on the east
: and the Mount of Olives shall cleav'
in the midst thereof toward the cas-
and toward the west, and there shall
, be a very great valley; and half of thu
mountain shall remove toward thu
north, and half of it toward tn
: SOUTH Verse 8: "And it shall be IL
+ that day that living waters shall g
y out from Jerusalem; half of them to
ward the former sea, and half OF then
toward the hinder sea-
r Christians ought to remember tina
9 the last of the requisite events fore
told by Christ has occurred, MATTHEW
xiv, IA: "And this Gospel of tn
Kingdom shall be preached in all tn
d world, for a witness unto all nations
Il and then shall the end come"
a Livingston and Stanley opened u
u the only hitherto unknown vastly poI
Q ulated regions on the Congo, teemin
e with a hundred millions of people, wh
now follow and worship Ell Maid
i The gospel has been made known t
Ii all, though they refuse to hear or b.
5 lieve it. Mahomet's successor is abou
e to shake the fabric of government
= its centre; to preach the same do
trine, the "Koran or DEATH"