The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-09-26
LETTER FROM j. ID.
AUSTIN, TAMPA, FLA
Writes Relative to Subject Discussed
by MIR. w. II. Estridge i'm Recent
Issue OF The News

Issue of The News.
To the Editor Lancaster News:
Dear Sir: l see clipping from
one of the back numbers of your
paper, wherein one Mr.. w. F.. Es-
fridge of your county undertook to
show that the Kaiser of Germany
was the man referred to in Rev. uu-
der the number -666. Now 1 wish to
say, that l have given Revelation
quite study, on the plan to sim
plify, rather than to mystify. 1 find
that Gods revelations to man were
put on a very simple basis. which did
not require the unexplainable system
which the brother has displayed. in
order that his revelations may be
understood; but rather, placed His
prophecies in manner that their
fulfllments may be understood by
the common minds. / find in my in
vestigation of the Scriptures. that
Antiochus (called Epiphanese) Of
Syria, fulfills the prophecy of John,
who was to give not only the pres
ent and future. but the past also.
That the number CSC is a misprint;
that it should have been 166 The
fact that the first six is written in
capital letter, and the lis immed!-
ately preceding il is in italics, show
that there was something wrong,
and not well understood about the
number by the translators. We find
that this Antiochus fulfilled every
other item Of the transactions re-
corded Immediately preceding this
number, according to the histories
given concerning him. full re-
hearsal of which / could not take
space here to repeat. Ihe number
of the beast" referred to. evidently
had reference to date in history.
If you will go backwards 166 years
from this Antiochus. you will find
Alexander the Great conQuering the
Persian empire (under Divine con-
duct) and establishing the Greecian
era from which dates were originally
reckoned. If you will go forward
sc years from this same Antiochus
era, you will find Christ Jesus con-
quering the world, and establishing
the Christian era, from which dates
are reckoned today. The beast was
the syrian head. under Macedonian
rule, or Antiochus, as l have stated.
The other beast (V iD was Anti
ochus' head officer if the ramy, who
was sent to destroy Jerusalem, while
he went over into Persia. and robbed
a rich treasure. The dragon which
is referred to as giving the beast his
power, was the Egyptian crown.
Egypt was called dragon. The two
horns like lamb" were two gener-
ais who same to Judas under the
guise of friendship. to deceive him
and get the advantage Of him. I
have given only a few suggestions on
the line of proof to show that my in
depreciation Of this parsonage is cor
rect, for ! would not ask space to
make a full application (Which
would like to do) OF this character.
hitting him up to every condition set
forth in the narrative. There is
great lack of knowledge in regard to
Johns writings, l wish to say in CON
clusion, that this European war is
not in prophecy. 1t is the result of
a set OF bigoted. ambitious. jealous
nations. and God is not in il on eth
er side. They began it contrary to
His principles, they have depended
on Man-God all the way through.
and Man-God will end it. They will
like the two black snakes, swallow
each other up, until there is nothing
left to fight, and they will then quit.
entertaining the one thought, What
fool / was"
j. d. AUSTIN,
504 Morgan ST.,