The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-01
PROPHECIES OF 1916.
Adduced From the Pytha-
gorean Code. .
(By DR.. DeImer Eugene Croft,
New Haven.

yet a little while and 1 viii
snake the heavens, the earth, the
sea, the dry land, and 1 will shake /
all nations, and the desire of all
nations shall come. Saith the .
God of hosts.''
The present war is to be worlds
war. The tragedy of the western
hemisphere will spread. Greece will
enter the conflict, within the first
cycle or the new year. Every neutral
nation viii. be goaded to madness by
the spear of Mars. AS I said a year
ago, the conflict would go on and the
crisis of America would come, it is
now at hand- Prepared or unprepar-
ed the United States will play her
part in this greatest drama of arms in
the history Of thew GRID.
Again declare, the German EN-
peror5 will not live to see the end of
this war. His regal star will set while
the profound thunders of cannons
shake the heavens and the earth. and
all nations. It will be a crucial year
for royalty, the burden and sorrows
OF war will remove two regal rulers
and two others will be taken from
royal families before November L.
England's rulerswf1 be twice in ir1arili-
nent peril. 3 The shadow, of ASA ssina-
= W.
1t spreads over Greece, Austria, Italy,
Bulgaria, Spain, Mexico and America.
As I. said over a year ago, all the
extended Offices for mediation in this
war from the Vatican down to the
Ford Augonauts have failed. This is
not mans war; nor will it be sti1led
by mans peace. st will give peace
saith the God of the nations, land the
glory Of this later. shall be greater
than the former War is a divine
crucib1e in which humanity is fused
intoia new brotherhood. A new world
is being born amid the travail Of arms
"A new humanisn. A fairer era of
dust decaying institutions Of greed
and selfish ambitions. 1t will con-
sumo in it's fires stale forms of class
government. It, will iI1dividualize
civilization. It will christianize in
dustry. It will spiritualize social liv-
ing. It will unity Christian, social,
political organizations. The world
will become one great human family.
Humanity win have a new. faith, high
as God, broad as brotherhood, deep
as love. War shall not destroy, but it
s.shaI1 shake, the heavens, the earth
and all nations and then ..shaII the
desire of all nations come,
The chronology of the Christian.
Era ends with a worlds war, and we
are now entering epoch of sfuIfillment
strong movement for church unity
will begin in the year. Meetings Of
great religious feryor will abound. Not
a good year for educational institu-
lions, the excitement of war, the great
demand for young men in our indus
tries will affect both secular and de-
nominationa1 institutions. Noted Isa-a
wants Will pass from educational
circles, while religious circles will
lose note men. These changes will be
the very pillars of organizatio ns, in
situations and systems.
Z Governments will be shaken. Every
kingdom land republic will undergo
drastic reorganization. adjustment and
renewal. Younger men will come into
power. Governments Will suffer the
shocks of revolution China India,
Egypt and all the Orient will be as a
sea dashed to fury by the madness Of
war. Humanity twill unfetter itself
from worn out systems and stale
forms. The war has stimulated all
governments with a mighty dynamic
desire for power, progress and pros
peFity. A tidal wave of this spirit will
sweep America The present Congress
will witness giant struggles, new
ideals against the old. Pseudo and
petty reforms will disappear like peb-
bles tossed into a lake. Alien sym
pathy will place Congress. govern
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crucial espionage, and the shadow of
the assassin will be seen in many
places. Our war office and navy will
not escape. Three noted senators pass
away.
Our President has a master mind
His administration has been marked
by profound scholarship, penetratiVe
logic and that patience which comes
of knowledge. But America is rest
less, impatient and filled with ambi-
lions. The President viii see a crisis
in January, will be in danger the last
of February and again in March. He
will suffer both mental and physical
depression in June and July.
1T will be an old fashioned winter
from January to April Severe
storms, high winds. The Middle West,
will suffer both storms and floods
The South will be favored with early
rains, but have a midsummer
drouth. Cotton will be an abundant
crop of fine quality. The early. crops
will be the best in the West A great |