The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-28
THE WORLD IS TO END
But Not Till After the Fall
Festival, Thank Goodness.
s'The Noah of Today" Another
Crazy Prophet
Is In Topeka ana Says the World is
Donaldson of His Maun
der4ngs

''The world is doomed" so says R. w.
Rodgers who styles himself THE Noah
of odAy." Mr. odg rs CAFE h re from
Hennessy, Ok, last Sunday and has
been stopping at ALP East Fifth street.
Mr.. Rodgers is a large robust man and
though 55 years of age is very good
traveller. Mr.. Rodgers said: ut is my
duty in this world to let the people
know of the coming of Christ. 1 have
Travelled through Missouri, Nebraska,
Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, On. o,
Kansas and Oklahoma. / was born in
the Green Mountains of Vermont in
1912. When a young man came 10
Kansas. Ny work on this tarth was re-
vealed to me in a vision one night in
1893. L am the Noah of today and am
here to save the people from the wrath
of God. The world is coming TO an
end"
The reporter asked Mr. Rodgers when
he expected the millennium to come. He
Id: There has been a warning. That
warning has been given to the people
in the form of the Cretan war. The
curse that the Lord has placed upon the
earth is the strife between capital and
labor. The money question is brought
into the world to set up contests be-
tween the people and bring on the Bat
tie of Armagedden. The end of the
world will not come in the form of a
food but in a great battle. The Battle
of Arma gedden. The chosen few will be
gathered at Jerusalem. They will num-
Der 14U ana thousand Inc cream
war was the first sickle used in the
harvest of the world. The Cuban war
was the second and the Battle OfArma-
gedden will be stra ted by the papal
powers and will be the third and last.
p 1t will be pouring out of the seven
walls of Gods wrath. The end will be
gradual and all will know it and have
time TO repent. If the people could only
understand the Importance of my mis-
sion on this earth they would be saved.
They cannot be saved by the churches.
None of the churches have the right be-
lief. All Christians must give up their
churches and must acknowledge my be-
lief. The SpiritualiSts are but tempting
the vengeance of God. They do not
show the people the truth. They are
false prophets and all who believe in
their doctrines will not be translated to
Jerusalem but will be lost"
The reporter asked Prophet Rodgers
when the end was to come, he replied:
1.-The first was the Patriarchal age and
came to an ur timely end, the second
was the Pathetic age and this is the
Christian age The Christian age will
come to an end when the sheep are sep
arated from the goats and that viii be
one year from October. The first ven
geance of the Lord will fall upon this
earth next October and that will be the
warning. l shall go to the noun tains
and remain there in seclusion until the
wrath of the Lord is spent"
The reporter then asked Prophet
Rodgers how he managed to meet all
THE Lord provides me with all I need
How he does this no one shall know but
nee. By and by he will provide me in
arother way. At present it matters not
to anyone how make my way arouD d.
The reporter asked Mr.. Rodgers how
the people should be prepared to meet
the end? They will have a warning.
The warning as I said will be in OctO-
Der and the beginning of the end will
he in one year. L am going from here to
Lincoln, Neb., and from there [ will go
to the mountains to meet the first vial
of Gods wrath in SecluSion. l do not
fear the end as l am to gather the peo-
pie together who are to be saved as
Noah did in his day, and we will all be
translated to- Jerusalem
How were you prepared for your
reveIation?' asked the reporter. MY
God made it known to my parents in
1912 before 1 was born. My father made
was in 1893. All my life I knew the
Lord had some mission for me to per-
form. Three times I thought it was
to preach and 1 did preach at different
times but each time became convinced
that was not my true calling. 1 was a
Methodist for 81 years before received
the true faith. I then found that the
coming of the Lord would be like the
lightning in the heavens. I was then
convin ed t. at he chur1 hes were wrong
and then received my vision. The first
vial of wrath which will fall upon the
earth in next October will be a harvest
death. After that / shall return to To-
peka and then the people will be glad
to flock to me and seek the true faith.
I warn all to prepare for the end. 1t is