Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-01-07
WAR FoREToLD
Remarkable Prophecy, Written SOC
Years Ago, Outlined Present
War in Detail

Years Ago, Outlined Present
War in Detail
Ina publication called Omens of
the Great War the following remark
able allegory, written by Brother
Johannes 800 years ago, appears. In
deciphering the allegory it must be
remembered that France is represent
ed by cock, England by leopard,
Russia by a white eagle, Germany by
black eagle, and Austria by the
"other eagle" while the lamb stands
for justice, mercy and truth.
There will be Christians among
the legions and there will be Mahome-
tans and savage soldiers among the
defenders of the lamb.
"For the first time the lamb will be
ala red. There will not be single
spot in the Christian world that will
not be red, and red will be the hea-
ems, the earth, the waters. and even
the air, for blood will flow in the do
mains of the four elements at once.
'The black eagle will throw him.
self on the cock, who will lose many
feathers, but will strike back heroic
ally with his spurs. He soon would
be crushed were it not for the help of
the leopard and his claws.
''The black eagle will come from
the country of Luther, will surprise
the cock from another sike, and will
invade the country Of the cock up to
the middle of 1t.
1.-The white eagle, coming from the
north, will surprise the eagle and the
other eagle and will invade the
country of the Antichrist from one
end to another.
1.-The black eagle will see himself
forced to liberate the cock in order to
fight the white eagle, and the cock
will pursue the black eagle into the
country of the Antichrist to help the
white eagle.
"The battles fought up to then will
be as nothing compared to those
which will take place in the country
of Luther, for the seven angels will
together pour in the fire of their CEN
sers on the impious earth. which
signifies that the lamb will order the
determination Of the race of Anti
christ.
"When the beast sees that he is
lost he will become furious, and for
many months the beak of the white
eagle, the claws of the leopard and
the spurs of the cock will furiously
strike at him.
"They will cross rivers over the
bodies of the slain, and these, in
places, will change the course of the
waters. They will bury only the men
of noble families, the leading COM
mandants and the princes, because to
the carnage made by the armies will
be Joined the wholesale death of those
who will die of hunger or the pest.
"The Antichrist will ask many
times for peace, but the seven angels
who walk in front of the three ami
mails defending the lamb have de-
clared that victory will only be grant
ed on the condition that the Anti
christ be crushed like straw on the
barn floor.
"The executors of the justice of the
lamb cannot stop fighting as long as
the Antichrist possesses soldiers to
fight against them.
THAT which makes the decree of
the lamb so implacable is that the
Antichrist has pretended to be fol-
lower of Christ and to act in His
Name. and if he docs not perish, the
fruit of the Redeemer would be lost
and the doors of Hades would prevail
against the Savior.
''The fight which will take place
where the Antichrist orges his arms,
will not be any way human fight.
(This may have reference to Essen,
where the Krupp works are, and
many authorities believe that the de-
cissive battle may take place in West
phalia.)
"The three animals defending the
lamb will exterminate the last army
of the Antichrist, but they will be
forced to erect on the battlefield a
pyre as large as city, for the bodies
of the dead will change the aspect OF
the countryside, as there will be
mounds of the slain.
"The Antichrist will lose his crown
and will die in solitude and madness.
His empire will be divided into TWEEN.
-ty-two states, but none of them will
any longer possess fortresses, armies
or vessels.
(Curiously enough, this number CO.
incides with the number Of German
states.
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