The Parker post., 1916-11-11
A PROPHECY.


/ clast, a weekly newspaper, published
III country town in Texas, enjoyed
a wonderful and country wide circu-
lation. Mr.. Brann was a most con-
summate master of the English Ian
guage, and he had a big brain filled
with ideas. His independence of
thought and the manner in which he
asss'led all sorts of shams gave his
paper a wide circulation and great
reputation. He was killed by some
one whom he had assailed.
/ Recently a correspondent of the
Miami Silvr Belt has dug up an art
!cl" written by Mr.. Brann fully TWEEN
/ ty years ago, which In the hight of
contemporaneous history is we'll
worth reproduction.
/ The Seven VitaIs of Wrath.
/ Uniess all signs fail, the world is
n tn" eve of p war such as was never
known in all the mighty cycles OF
human history. Lucky indeedwiu it
be i the twentieth century is not
born amid the shock of universal
! battle
Is our boasted civilization breaking
down beneath its own ponderous
we!ght-tht rotten props and pill
lars, unable to sustain the gilded
roof? Are The prophecies OF scrip
ture about to be fulfilled--the world
rushing heaGIong to the final catas-
trophe?
A murderous mania hath every
where seized upon the minds of
men. The pulse of the race is beat
ing the reveille; the soul Of the
world is sounding boots and saddles
Savagery Is re-establishing itself
the Christian nations are further than
ever before from the age of gold.
When the war-drum throbs no longer
And the battle-flags are furled
I'm the parlaments of man,
The federation of the world.
, Peace? The ostrich may avoid
seeing the approach of the fierce
SIMEON by hiding his head in the
sand, but cannot stay its onward
march
The craze for slaughter, the lust
blood is abroad in the land. The
stars are evil, and Hate, raging hot
from hell, plants her burning feet on
every brow.
For years the brute passions of
| hox LnA 1ot
| ed peace hath become the good GUS
tom which doth corrupt the world,
A new generation hath arisen in
Europe and America which knows
naught c the horrors of war, but
Is intoxicated by it's glory.
Its Supei fluOus energy must tind
expansion; its pent up passions are
ready for explosion.
1t is all weary OF these piping
times OF peace-wildly eager for the
glorious pomp and circumstance of
"ar-the bullets mad hiss and the
crash OF steel
Civilized man is but an educated
| sayage-sOOner or later his natural
ferocity will demand Its pound of
flesh.
| know not whether deity or devil
be the author ofwar. All human
achievement is born Of strife Only
war-llke nations march i'm the van or
the worlds progress. Prolonged
peace has ever meant putrefaction.
The civilization of Greece and Rome
were brightest when their blades
were keenst. When the sword was
sheathed there followed social degre-
dation and intellectual decay
When all Europe trembled at the
matchless tread of her mighty infan-
try, Spain was empress in the realm
OF mind. The Elizabethan age in |
England was shaped by the sword !
Americas intellectual pre- eminence
followed the long agony of the revo-
lution, and blazed a banner of glory
in 'the wake of the civil WAR. The |!
Reign OF Terror gave forth flashes of |
true PrOmethean fire--the crash of
steel in the Napoleonic wars studded
the heavens with stars. 1t required
an eruption of war-like barbarians to
awaken Italy from her ethargy,
while Celt and Saxon struck intrepid
fire from the shields OF the intrepid
Caesars
The Israelites were humble and
civilized slaves in Egypt, covering
beneath the lash and finding sweet
Flavor in the fleshpCts of the Pha-
raohs Thrust forth in the wilder
ness, they became the fiercest of all |
barbarians before giving us the |
Psalms of David and the Song of |
Solomon. They had become conquer
! ing warriors-had to be heroized be-
fore they could breed inspired poets. |
The age of blood Offering has
not passed. Is it possible that these
awful rites are necessary to foster |
| that spirit of Self7Sa crifice which |