The midland journal., 1917-07-20


in the Evening Standard; republish-
ed in Boston Transcript in summer
of 1914, during first weeks of the
war.
In deciphering the allegory it must
be remembered that France is
represented by Cock; England
by a Leopard; Russia by White
, Eagle; Germany by Black
Eagle; Austria by the "Other
Eagle; while the Lamb stands
for justice, mercy and truth.
Towards the year 1000 the Anti
christ will manifest himself. His
army will surpass in numbers all
that can be imagined. There will be
Christians among his legions, and
there will be Mahometans and saw
age soldiers among the defenders of
the Lamb. For the first time the
Lamb will be all red. There will
not be single spot in the Christian
world that will not be red, and red
will be the heavens, the earth, the
water and even the air, for blood will
flow in the domains 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
De crushed were 1t 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 side, and will in
wade the country of the Cock up to
the middle of it.
The White Eagle, coming from
the North, will surprise the Black
Eagle and the "Other Eagle" and
will invade the country of the Anti
christ from one end to another. 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
Angles will together pour in the fire
of their censers on the impious
earth, which signifies that the Lamb
will order the determination of the
race of Antichrist.
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
4tvers over the bodies of the slain,
end these, in places will change the
course of the rivers. They will bury
only the men Of noble families, the
leading commandants, and the
princes, because to the carnage made
by the armies will be joined the
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 Animals defending the Lamb |
have declared that victory will only
be granted on the condition that the |
Antichrist be crushed like straw on
the barn floor. The executors of |
the justice of the Lamb cannot stop
as long as the Antichrist
possesses soldiers to fight against
them.
That which makes the DEGREES OF
the Lamb so implacable is that the |
has pretended to be a fol-
lower of Christ and to act in His
Name, and if he does not perish, the
fruit of the Redeemer would be lost |
and the doors of Hades would pre-
vail against the Savior. The fight
which takes place where the Anti
christ forges his arms will not be In
any way a human fight (This may
have reference to Essen where the
Krupp works are, and many author
tiles believe that the decisive battles
may take place in Westphalis.) 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 unto
states, but none of them
will any longer possess fortresses,
armies or vessels. (Curiously
enough this number comedies with
the number of German states.) The
White Eagle, by the order of St
will drive the Crescent from
Europe, and will install himself at