Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

call the Messiah is Antlchrist OF whor1
it is said that he will be born in Baby
lon, the capital Of Persia that he will
be nursed at Bethsaida and that during
his youth he will make his home in
Chorazin. That is why our Lord said:
Woe, woe unto thee, Bethsaida; woe
unto thee Chorazin'
During the coming year. continued
Brother Joconde, will be witnessed
the greatest wonders that have ever
been seen.
"rhe time is at hand He has come
to life, that man of sin, the son of
perdltion. the reprobate. the abomina-
tlon of desolation, the beast whose
home is in hell. He belongs to the
tribe of Dan, of whom it is written:
He shall be serpent in the way, an
adder by the path
Brethren, you will soon see the
prophets Elijah. Enoch, Moses, Jere-
miah and st. John the Evangelist, re-
turn to earth. And 10, the day of wrath
is dawning. on which the world will
be reduced to ashes, according to the
testimony of David and the Sibyl. That
is why you ought to repent, to do pen
ance and to give up all thought of
worldly things"
At these words of the good brother
sighs issued from many troubled hearts
and several men and women almost
tainted when the preacher cried:
II see from your eyes that you have
in your possession mandragora roots,
which will surely be the means of your
going down to hell"
In Paris, indeed, there were at that
time many persons who were in the
habit of procuring from certain old
fortune tellers roots of mandragora,
for which they paid high prices and
which they preserved carefully in boxes.
These magic roots have the appearance
of small, very ugly and abominably
deformed man. The owners dressed
these grotesque dolls magnificently in
fine linen and silk and hoped through
them to acquire wealth. which is the
source of all the evil in this world.
JOCOllQC diSO lHuiidCi Od
against the attire of the women.
Away with your horns and your
tails" he exclaimed. Are you not
ashamed to wear such satanic cos
tunes? Light large fires in the streets
and burn in them your damnable head
gear, your trashy ornaments and your
trappings of leather and whalebone
with which you decorate the front of
your hoods"
Finally he besought them with so
much zeal and loving kindness not to
lose their souls, but to trust in the
mercy of God, that all who heard him
wept tears of penitence And Simone
la Bardine wept more than any one
else.
Coming down from the platform, Bro
ther Joconde passed through the clois-
ter and the people knelt on both sides
of him. The women gave him their
little children to bless or asked him to
touch their medals and beads. Some
snatched threads from his gown, since |
they were confident that if they placed |
them as holy relics on any parts OF
their bodies that were diseased they |
would be promptly cured. Guillaumette |
Dyonis followed the good father as
easily as though she saw him with |
her eyes. Simone la Bardine' trudge1 |
behind her. sobbing bitterly She had1
taken off her peaked headdress and had
wound a handkerchief around her head. |
In this fashion the three passed |
through the Streets, in which men and |
on returning from the cloister |
were lighting fires in front of their
houses with the intention of throwing |
into them their headdresses and man |
dragora roots. When they reached the |
river, however, Brother Joconde sat
down under an elm and Guillaumette |
Dyonis approached him and said:
Father, it has been revealed to me
that you have come to this kingdom |
in order to restore peace and good WILL |