The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
PROPHECY SAYS war
WILL end VERY SOON

any, is an old parchment, yellow with
age, supposed to have been written
in 17O1 by a monk. 1t is a prophecy
of the present world war, giving the
causes and the countries engaged.
One of the translations runs
"Lord, have mercy on thy people
despite the fact that they are turning
more and more away from thee; that
they are destroying thy monasterlcs
and cloisters and forgetting thee; "A
time will come in Europe when these
people will feel the weight Of thy
hand, when malignity and hatred Will
rule. It will be at a time when n
papal seat will be vacant, and the
co%nfagration will come as the result
of the murder of a prince. Seven
nations will rise against the eagle
with one head and the eagle with two
heads. The birds will defend them
selves furiously and viciously with
their talons and their wings will pro
tect their peoples. A prince ron
their very midst, a sovereign VINO
mounts his horse from the wrong SIDE,
will be encompassed by a wall OF
enemies. His slogan will be Onward
with Godv The Almighty. God Will
lead him from victory to victory ana
many will meet their death.
"There will be wagons without
horses, and fiery dragons will lily
through the air dropping fire and SUI
phur and destroying cities and VII
lagos. The people will turn to GOD.
The terrible war will last three years
and five months. The time will come
when food can neither be sold nor
bought, and bread will be carefully
distributed. The seas will be tlnged
with blood and men will lie in wait
under the waves for their prey"
Here follows a reference to Amerl-
ca, which was in those times often re-
ferred to as the country Of the seven
stars" ,,
"The people of the Seven Stars will
attack the ring of steel and suddenly
fall upon the bearded nation in n
rear and rend it in twain. The whole
of the lower Rhine will tremble, but
nevertheless will endure to the end.
"The land to the west will be one
vast d%csolation, and the land in the
ocean will, with it's king, be crushed
and suffer all the pangs Of hunger.
The land Of the bearded will still II
dure for a long time to come and Iol-
lowing the war the world will be unit
ed in one great brotherhood.
"The victors will carry a cross, and
between four small cities and four
steeples of equal height the decisive
battle will be fought. Between Two
linden trees the victor will fall upon
his knees before his army, lift his
hands to heaven and thank God. Fol-
lowing this all ungodliness will dis
appear; the indecent dances that pre-
vailed before the wal will be seen ne
more, and God will reign in church,
state and family.
"The war will commence when the
grain is ripening and will reach its
height when the cherries bloom for
the third time. Peace will be consum-
mated by the prince in time for the
Christmas mass"
A publication at hand states that
the prophecy was written in 1000 by
a monk named Fratre Johannes.
The translation here differs in text.
This difference in the two transla-
lions is probably due to the transla-
tors and not to the existence Of two
parchments: !.
The real Antichrist will be one of
the monarchs of his time, a Lutheran
Protestant. He will invoke God and
give himself out as His messenger, or
apostle.
This prince of lies will swear by
the Bible. He will represent himself
as the arm of the Most High, sent to
chastise corrupt peoples.
He will have only M arm, but his
innumerable armies, who will take for
their device the words, "God is with
U.s." will resemble the internal re-
gions.
For a long time he will act by craft
and strategy. His spies will overrun
the earth, and he will be master Of
the secrets Of the mighty. He will
have learned men in his pay, VINO
will maintain and undertake to prove
his celestial mission.
A war will afford his the oppor-
tunity of throwing off the mask. 1t
will not be in the first instance a war
which he will wage against a French
monarch. But it will be n OF such
nature that after two weeks all will
realize it's universal character.
Not only all Christians, but Mussel"
man. and even more distant peoples
will be involved. Armies will be in
volved from the four quarters Of the
earth.
For by the third week the angels
will perceive that the mar is Anti
christ and that all will become his
slaves if they do not overthrow this
conqueror.
Antichrist will be recognized by
various tokens-in special he will
oeooo 80 thu rrfac+c thn 1nnnkC the
women, the children and the aged.
He will show no mercy, but will pass,
torch in hand, like the ~barbarians, blu
invoking Christ.
His words of imposture will re-
semble those of Christians, but his
vows of all the human race.
He will have al eagle in his arms,
there will also be an eagle in the
arms of his confederate. But the lat
ter will be a Christian, and will clio
from the malediction of Pope Bene-
dict who will be elected at the be-
ginning of the reign Of Antichrist.
In order to conquer Antichrist, 1t
will be necessary to kill more men
than Rome ever contained. 1t will
need the energies of all the kingdoms,
because the Cock, the Leopard and the
White Eagle will not be able to make
an end Of the Black Eagle without
the aid of the prayers and the vows
of the human race.
. Never will humanity have been
faced with such a peril, because the
triumph of the Antichrist would be
that of the demon, who will have
taken possession of his personality.
For it has been said that twenty