The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-03
DIRE WAR PROPHECY
Uncle Sam to Save John Bu11-Amer-
len, Britain and Japan Against All
Europe-Seer Found all About
II In the Book Of job.

\ New York Times.
| Through letters addressed to Presi.
! dent Roosevelt and Pope Plus x, In
| which he predicts a universal war tc
follow the preliminary conflict be-
tween Russia and Japan. a new pro.
phet has emerged into the limeligh'
in the person of Chesser Lortie OF 157
Miller avenue, on the outskirts OF
Brooklyn, near Jamaica Bay.
The latest prophet does not study
the stars to learn what they may por-
tend. because he spends his nights as
a freight clerk in the employ of the
Long Island Railway Company. where.
when he is not otherwise occupied, he
pores over the Old Testament, finding
in the Book of Job more advance news
than all the special correspondents in
the Far East and those scattered in
the capitals Of European nations soon.
according to Lortie. to be busy In re-
arranging the map of the world by
means Of the sword. He Is a modest
young man, who has announced that
his preference will be for the Canadian
woods when the great conflict begins,
although he feels that his heart might
set for the better of his discretion
when the United States is In peril.
In his letters to the President and to
the Pope he, fixes March 10 as about the
time for the appearance of the sign
that Is to Indicate universal war. He
explained yesterday that he felt he
was bound to warn Mr.. Roosevelt
I'm my letter to the President" he
said, Il told him that I would give him
a sign early in March. probably on the
10th day of the month. I told him that
the sign would come from either the
Balkan States or Turkey, and that a
year later the United States, Great
Britain and Japan would be arrayed
against Russia, China. Germany,
France, Spain. Austria, Italy and many
smaller nations I said that Turkey
would be driven from Europe and that
England would be surely beaten.
was wrong about England in the sense
that when she is beaten she will be
saved by the United States. The signs,
as foretold, about the Balkans and
Turkey seem to be in the way of proof
even earlier than I had expected.
Il wrote to Pope Leo XIII and Plus
x telling them that had been born in
Canada, and that after attending many
masses, 1 had been possessed with the
spirit of prophecy. and that this had
come to me at the conclusion of d
three weeks fast
I knew that every word written in
the Bible was literally inspired by
God. He had told through the pro-
phets that Leo's reign should be the
light of heaven I told his successor
that his "signus ardens' could not be
interpreted other than that he was to
rule over burning world. I also call
ed attention to the fact that on the
occasion of his coronation he wore his
cardinal stockings, which meant, I'M
mistakably, that he would rule ankle
In hn @f
There can be no doubt as to the
truth of my prophecy, because in the
Book of Job the Lord reveals the mys-
terious workings and the wonders of
a war to-day, when 1t is battleships
that count. He describes the battleship
under the name of the Leviathan. To
prove what / say. are not the following
marvelously descriptive:
Chapter XII. verse 20. Canst thou
draw out the leviathan with a hook.
or canst thou tie his tongue with
cord?
"22d verse. VIII he make many sun
plications to thee, or speak soft words
to thee?
"27th verse. Lay thy hand upon him:
remember the battle and speak no
more.
"2sth verse. Behold his hope shall
fail him, and in the sight of all he
snail be cast down.
Chapter Kill, LIST verse, I will not
stir him up. like one that is cruel; for
who can resist my countenance?
18th verse. Who can open the doors
of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
9th verse. His body is like molten
shields. shut close up with scales press
ing upon one another.
18th verse. One Is Joined to another.
and not so much as any air can come
between them.
18th verse. They stick one to another.
and they hold one another fast, and
shall not be separated.
9Th verse. His sneesing is like the
shining of fire, and his eyes like the
eyelids of the morning.
10th verse. Out of his mouth GO
forth lamps, like torches of lighted
fire.
18th verse. Out of his nostrils goeth
smoke like that of a pot heated and
boiling.
18th verse. His breath kindleth
Goals. and a fame cometh forth out of
his mouth.
18th verse. His heart shall be as
hard as stone and as firm as a smiths
anvil.
18th verse. When he shall rise him
up the angels shall fear and being af.
fr1ghted shall purify themselves"