The San Francisco call., 1897-01-04

he doth not move nor stir them until the said
measure be fulfilled. II Esdras iv: :37
The following is one of the striking par
agraphs of the odd production and it con-
veys fair idea OF the entire context:
The sultan of Constantinople and the Pope
OF Rome are in an equally lamentable condi-
t1on and their circumstances are parallel
While the Pope has been compelled to accept
the position of a subjects stool, after having
had the chair of royalty snatched from under
wall a lost kingdom and departed glory, he
can now comfort himself on the principle that
misery loves company-with the reflection
that the Sultan of Turkey occupies q throne
which he must soon vacate. These two repre-
sentatives of powers, the legs of Daniels I'M
age, and the beast ana false prophet of the
Revelation must soon crumble and fall to rise
no more forever. In scanning the newspapers,
we find the times are pregnant with events of
dire significance. Many of the leaders in the
nations OF the Old World are On the verge of
the grave. Queen Victoria is not young. the
Gar OF Russia sleeps on dynamite, France is
feverlsh and awaits crisis, Spain and Italy
are in war, Turkey is still committing out
RACES on the poor Armenians and is the sick
man of Europe. The whole world is in con-
dition which is favorable al any moment TO an
entire change and universal war. A single
night might alter the destiny of the nations.
The author, after discoursing at some
length on probabilities and possibilities.
says:
Statesmen, politicians, scientists. socialists
and all classes of men are anxious 10 know
the future, and are using all their Iowers to
peDe rate it. From their human standpoint
they take observations, form their conclu-
sions, and produce their arguments concern
ing the events of the future, and attempt to
show what will be. But they do not all ar
rive at the same conclusions, some taking into
consideration the nations of the Old Wo.ld
and their conditions and seeing the war
cloud which is gathering over them, tell us
that sooner or later they Will become in
volved in general conflict. Some one, per-
haps England or Russia, will triumph over
all other nations, and establish an empire
that will control the world.
Now concerning these theories, we say. one
mans opinion is as good as another's, pro-
vided both have the same degree of intelli-
gence But with all mans ability and powers
of reasoning no one is able of himself 20 fore
cast the future and tell what will occur
Now, while men are unable TO penetrate the
darkness of the future, God has lighted it up
before by his prophetic word. Prophecy Is
the only light which sends its rays into the
darkness, and that light shines for us as Peter
declares: 1--WE have more sure word of
prophecy, whereunto ye do we'll that We take
heed, as unto q light that shineth in dark
place, until the day dawn, and the daystar
arise in your hearts,"
The peculiar interpretations of Scripture
put forth by Professor Simcoe are be-
lieved IN by many enthusiastic followers
who discuss the probe ms at their weekly
meetings. The book which they follow is
fillei with many problems, classified as
seml-religious and mathematical. The
fol owing is an example:
Sixth problem-2559 376S 3 :: 4074 5000.
2549. The capture OF Jerus alem and Pales-
tine from the seventh Canaan nations ard
dividing the land by lot to the twelve tribes Of
the Children of Irrael by Joshua is to 376S 8
the capture OF Jerusalem and Palestine by Al
exander the Grest, the first King OF Greece
representing the belly and thighs of brass OF
Daniels image, and dividing Jerusalem and
Palestine among his people
AS 4O74, the legs of iron and feet part of iron
and part of clay, that part of Daniels image
which should be the fourth kingdom that
should rule the whole earth, which all know
was Rome pagan and Rome Papal so at this
date the Roman Government captured Jerusa-
lem from the Grecian Government, is 10 5000
that part OF the vision which represents a
stone cut out without hands and smote the
image on his legs and feet that were OF iron
and Clay and brake them to pieces
Therefore the capture of Jerusalem by Joshua
is to the capture of Jerusalem by Alexander.
as the capture of Jerusalem by the Romans IS
to the capture of Jerusalem by Jos hua's people
Israel, or the Stone Government TINT fills the
whole EARTH the kingdom over which our
blessed Christ will be King when We the
Christians, are all immortallzed.
The work is full of queer problems of the
charac cter indicated by the excerpts given.
and the devotees of the cult have i'm piicit
faith In the accuracy of what their leader
says.