Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-14
THE PRESENT WAR
 AND ONE TO FOLLOW.
Sermon Subject for Preacher at Me-
 KinIey Avenue Church.

In his sermon at the evening ser vice Sunday at the Mckinley Avenue A. M. B. Zion church, the pastor, Rev. E. George Riddle. preached upon the subject, The Present Great War and That Which is to Follow, speaking from the text found in the first nine verses of the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel, which he affirmed he believed was a prophecy of the near close of the times of the Gemtiles'' in which we live, although belief in the book of Daniel as prophecy Is not &C., cepted by many Bible scholars and historians, among whom is Canon Farrar
 These beasts spoken of in this chapter, the speaker said, do not rep resent any kingdom of history nearly so well as they represent the English, Russian and German governments of our time. The symbolic Lion, ''Bear'' and Leopard" compare with the well known and worldwide titles of Eng land, Russia and Germany. There is the British Lion, and the Russian Bear and the German government may well be represented by a leopard, a beast of many spots; for Germany and Austria are of all governments on earth, best represented by a spotted beast"
 
 AS for the reasons or causes for the present almost worldwide war in which these beasts" are now engaged, each trying to destroy the other, we should remember England's envious and jealous attitude towards Germany, ever planning and seeking her down fall; when few days ago 1t was re- ported that the Crown Prince Of Ger many was slain in battle, it was said that London was "all agiow with re- joicing.
 France for over forty years has been controlled by hatred and an intense desire and purpose of revenge; Gen- era1 JOfre, her commander in. Chief when making slight gain on the Ger man border. issued a proclamation. in which he said: After forty years of sorrowful waiting French soldiers once moro tread your soil, they are pioneers of a great work of revenge That Is Frances only reason for this war.
 Then there is Russia's Jealousy, and determination to have an outlook on the Black Sea, even though 1t were necessary to crush Germany and Aus tria to reach her goal These are re- sons for the present war.
 With England, France and Russia in an alliance against Germany. what else was she to do, but to organize and maintain a great army for her own protection?
 Gods Place for Germany.
 However this war may end-though there is carceiy a doubt but that Ger many will be greatly humiliated not alone because so many enemies Sur round her, for she still has Luther's God to rely upon; but her weak ness is this, that her Emperor and her statesmen and soldiers are striving for first place among the world powers, while God has said by the mouth of the prophet that she shall be third Every man and nation must occupy the position God has planned for them
 The close of this war will not set tie anything, any more than that of Russia's war with Turkey; or the Franco Prussia war; or the Russia a- Sapanese war; or the Balkan war set tied. The victors, whoever they may be, will be filled with pride and arro- gancy. the defeated will be equally to nave vengeance, and to recover lost ground and prestige. What kind of ground will that be for Gospel seed First pure, then peaceable," is the only way.
 Fourth World Power to Arise.
 With this deplorabie state of the na- tions the fourth world power or king dom will come to the front, rising probably from the territory of Italy and Greece (having either Constan- ttnople or Rome as headquarters) There is no intimation that the rise and development of this fourth but there are definite and positive pro- phetic assertions that 1t will come forth in war and tumult; it "devours, and breaks in pieces" and stamps