Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-07-10
BLANTON DUNCAN.
Tho Rontucl,y Ex-Politician as a
Scripture Expositor.
some InterestinE aud Curious Inqdiries-
Il ~ Mahdi th. F.,l-e Prophet whom
the Archangei VIII Ov.rthrow--
scriPtarai Prophecics.


Ihthnloh nunChn. IN 4. NtnrsI
Do you see anything moro than tho mere
freaks Of nature in tho singular ply sical
phenomena, for which tho last three
months have brought in their train so
much misery and destructionp
In past years you have published my
suggestions that the prevalonce OF earth :
quakes and anomalous weather would
come from tho influences Of the great
planets natural causrs working out the
events foreordained by God. All over the
world ] perceive statements AZ TO the ter
riblo severity OF the cold and the depth OF
tho snow, from which avalanches have de-
stroyOd thousands %. lives, aud We may
apprsheRd stul f.nFeher desOl alton from
the floods which may follow the melting %
the SHOWS. We Nave not vet reached the
calmination Of planetary disturbances,
which may no apprehsndei between now
and July. when Jupiter will pass through
the heliocontric longitude Of the greatest
electric intensity. Men and women will
appreciate physical pains and troubles
when oil the warnings OF tho wisest men
would go unheedcd.
IL New York City should DO engulfed BY
an earthquake t1-m lrrow tho effect on the
rest OF tho Unitei States might be terrific
FOR thirty days. But II the world con.
tinued 90 rol on, human passions and hu.
man habits would soon resume their sway.
whilst physical wonders will occur, as
foretoli In the prophecies as % the days Of
the "ond"-the political status will also be
shaken 90 It's very foundation. Ia 1881 you
published from mo;
In the complications surround ing the
TuFEia EutF.fr.
owing event may Rt any day startlo the
world-the declaration % holy war and
the summoning OF 200,O)0.OOO OF the Faith
Inl throughout Asia and Africa to defend
the successor Of Mahomet."
This was simple deduction from the
prophecies, and long before the African
Mahdi had commenced his crusade, 81
bloody as u has proved since 10 be. Your
columns Will show my suggestions that
prophecy pointed TO British defeat when
they frst started their forces into Esyrt
Ezekiel, think, clearly foreshadowed the
future disasters which are - comc upon
England and the Empire. The "cnd"
usod by the prophets and by Christ TO be-
tokon distinct period Is not tho dsstruc.
tion Of the world; not tho judgment; not
tho second advent. IL will only usher in
the foreordained "gre u trbulations such
as was not siucs the beginning OF tho
world" which "should 10 shortened" rs
Christ promised, because otherwise ''thcre
should no hesh be saved"
IL has been the belief OF many great
theolor ians that these calamities would
occur within n single herdomad Of seven
years. II thoy are oreshadowed now for
isS1 tho dcsolations would continu. until
1872; and then other great everts must &C.
cur through n series Of years, aud the sec.
ond advent not prioT to 1917. Tho Rus
stan disasters ar 10 come a. set forth bv
Ezekial In the thirty second ami thirty
third chapters. - miol, in my jud sm m.
has set forth clea ly in his eleventh cham
tT the rise and progress similar to Bl
MahdL The person por rayed is 90 lie the
antichris., because, after Stain the con-
tlnuod success OF this leader. he Ia only
overth~own by Divine power. Daniel
specifies
"And at that tim, shall Micha, u stand
mp, the grcat prime, which s;andoth Tor
the children OF thy poole, and there shall
DO tim, Of trouble suct a. never was
since there was n nation, even O. tha,
time"
III the Mahdi q tho fcrctold Anticlrist
tho ''wise shall under.tand" and prepare
for coming evelts. What Daniel wrote
applies 20 the Mahdi;
"And In his estate shall stand up n vile
person, 20 whom they shall no. give the
honor o. tho kingdom" Then verses - "a
- show his cout tlnucd success The British
arc 90 come, but without defeating htm
"for the SHIPS OF ChittSm shall como against
him."
81. And arms shall stand on his part,
and they shalt pollute tho san tuary Of
strength, aud shall take away the daily
sacrifice. and they shall place the abom-
ination that NAL, ,th dosolate.
Christ in Matthew xiv, 1t, told what
should occur first, "And then shall the
end come" Add IN the iiftoenih verse the
terrible calam'it wcre foreshadowcd, =,
"when yc,' therefore. shall see the aboru-
inatiou OF desolatiou spoken OF by Daniel,
the prophet, stand in the holy place." etc.
II. Then shall 10 great tribulation,"
etc.
The Mahdl has already proclaimed him
self 10 bc the cqud in power 90 GO,l-de-
rived from Him. Daniel tells what Is 10 he
n this Mahdi Is the anfichrissi
aG "Aud tho King shall do according
20 his will; aud he shall exalt himself, and
maknlfy himself above every god, and
shall speak marvellous things axainss the
God Of gods, aud shall prosper tin tho in-
diEnation bo accomplished; for that that
Il determined shall be done"
This person l. 20 eonqucr all before him
--''tho land Of Egypt shalr- not escape"
"Tho Libyans and tho Philippians shall be
~ his stops"
tA "And he shall plant tho tabernacle
ot his palace betwoon the ssas On the gio.
rious holy mountain" And after this che
shall come TO his end aud none shall heir
hiui." In the next verse Is foretold the
coming Of Michael.
Christ and 81 John have very much IN
the same manner depicted the antichrist
endowed with such powers for miracles
making Images TO speak and fire to come
down from Heaven In the sight OF men, as
almost 20 deceive the eloct themselves, al,
70 were possible"
1echariah was the last Of the prophets,
about 0S5 years before Christ He gave
spe,idc details OF the wonders which
would occur when Michael led the heaven
lyl forces against the antichrist--xiv., 4:
sand his (ood's) feet shall stand In that
day upon the Mount Of Olives, which 4
beforo Jerusalem on the east, and the
Mount Of Olives shall eleave in the mids,
thereof toward the east and toward tn,
west, aud there shall DO a very great val.
lsyi and half OF the mountain shall re-
move toward the north, aud half OF II to-
ward the south" Verse 8: 'sAud Il shall
b In that day that living waters shall 60
out from Jerusalem; half Of thsrn to,varI
HENRY FISHER. HORACE n. 81