Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25
THE WORLD WAR IN
LIGHT OF PROPHECY
Evangelist Hayward Says 1t
Is But Preliminary to Battle
of ArmageddOn

A battle greater and more terrible
than those which have thus far been
fought in the present war was predict
ed by Evangelist Phil c. Hayward at
the tent in Marion park last night. He
spoke ON "The World War in the Light
OF Prophecy and declared that the
national disturbances of today are only
preliminary to the final great clash of
national interests which are spoken of
in the Bible as Armageddon.
Evangelist Hayward attracted an au-
dience which was too great for the seat
ing capacity of his large tent. This was
the first of series of eight lectures
which he will give on Biblical topics,
and the arguments which he produced,
and the interest of his hearers augurs
well for a large attendance during his
stay here.
He spoke with convincing power, and
made it very plain that what the
prophets of old saw in vision concern
ing the last days is now actually being
fulfilled in the conditions which exist
among the nations of earth, He based
his lecture upon the prophecies of
Daniel which he declared teach that
when the Turk is driven out of Europe,
and finally comes TO his end, then the
Saviour will come again to this earth.
He said in part:
"Those who question the prophecies
win find it very hard to explain the
close parallel existing between some of
those prophecies and the conditions
among the nations today. The scriptures
definitely speak of the time when the
Mohammedan power shall become ex-
tinct, and the leaders in earth s move
ments are now declaring that peace will
be impossible until that power shall be
dismembered, and his territory given to
the control of some strong neutral pow
er, or divided among small independent
buffer states.
g The spirits of devils. working mir
acles, fifty describes the influences
which are in the world today. As one
power after another becomes involved
in the complications of a great world
war. he must be blind indeed who does
not recognize that there is some master
mind back of this concerted movement
of the nations in their resistless march
toward Armageddon.
"'Only last November the president
was reelected to his high office by the
largest popular vote ever given to a
presidential candidate. And the slogan
which won for him this overwhelming
approval expression of approval from
the American people was, He kept us
out of the war
''But now we behold a change. Just
four weeks to day from the time
when Mr.. Wilson assumed the office to
which he had been reelected upon the
slogan, He kept lis out of war; he
stood before an extraordinary session of
congress and urged them to declare war
and now those who most earnestly APP
proved of his policy in keeping us out
of war are today Just as resolutely reg
istering their approval as he leads this
nation through the open doors to Arma-
geddon.
''That one of the results Of the move
ments of nations at this time will be
the extinction of the Turkish empire,
all statesmen agree And above all this
the Bible fortells, He shall come to his
end, and none shall help him.
"And then what win happen? Oh, !
glorious thought At that time, the
Bible declares, Christ viii come And
the question today that is of far great |
er importance than the questions which /
the belligerents are trying to settle by |
force of arms. is, Is your name written
in the book of hfeP -
Tonight Mr.. Hayward will speak upon
the subject of "'World Peace, How is it
to be Brought About2" !