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true that his prophecies have
been faithfully fulfilled as the
time has arrived for fulfillment.
History has recorded the actual
happening of all the events fore
told by Daniel, except his visions
of the "latter days." and events
of the present time clearly indi.
cate that these visions are now
being fulfilled.
And the Apostle John. Another
great prophet, given wonderful
visions and commanded to re-
cord them. In one of his visions
he graphically pictures events
that are of world wide signlh-
cane in these days.
Comparatively few people Of
our war-smitten world realize
that the Prophet Daniel and the
Apostle John many centuries
ago actually saw panoramic
views Of mOmeutous happenings
of the present time and recorded
them for future generations.
This old world wags along
from day to day and month to
month and year to year. accept
ing whatever comes in a matter.
of-fact way, not realizing that
there is controlling hand run
ming through it all.
The world knows of these
prophets, and rather passively
accepts their statements. 1t
does moi study the word pic
lures, but in self satisfied way
concludes that they, of course,
refer to other periods of time.
We have no prophets today
This is not prophetical age. We
are not supposed to be prophets
in order to understand the pro
phecies that have been recorded.
All may read and study them,
and if the time is due, they may
be more readily comprehended.
To establish absolute confidence
in ali Daniel s visions of the rise
and fall of nations, we should
understand that his prophecies
were written hundreds of years.
before the occurrences of events
concerning any but the very first
of them, and that historians,p pro-
fame as we'll as sacred, concede
the actual fultillment of all down
to the latter days. The fact
that the prophet accurately fore
told events covering the last
$500 years Is sufficient basis for
serious speculation as to the full
fillment of the last.
Following Daniels description
of the beast with ten horns, con
coded as representing the Eu
ropean nations that followed the
collapse of the Roman Empire,
the great prophets vision swift
Iy passes to events of the pres
ent age, which he introduces
with the words "there came up
among them another little horn.
That is, another little horn Cor
nation) came up among the ten
horns Cor nations.)
Prussia is not one of the king
domS that came out of the Ro-
man Empire, but it came up
among those nations, and dsvel,
oped into the German Empire
only forty-six years ago. Ger
many's wonderful growth in
strength and power, and in
financial and industrial opera
tions, has startled the world and
this was accurately forecast by
Daniel.
The nation seen in the vision
was different from the others,
and Germany surely has been
very different, especially in it,
spirit of militarism and in its al
most universal desire to rule the
world. While other nations de.
mauded military strength to
preserve the balance of power,
all Glasses in Germany have
, united in the upbuilding of a
great military machine that
] should enable them to overcome
!. all Propositions and to achieve
their ambitious desire and dream
that Germany should lrule the
world. The progress of the wal
has revealed a remarkably spon
taneous sentiment and belief BY
the iprivate soldiers, as we'll al
the officers of the German armies