Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-08-24

Power that really wants to as.
sumo and exercise the response
bilities of autOcratic power and
dominion over all people of the
world. The Germans not only
want this power, but have been
taught to believe that it is theirs
of right by their might, and they
therefore have not hesitated to
make war upon the world to sat-
isfy their am bition.
In Johns vision of the nation
just as it plunges into the war.
he saw it with two horns like a
lamb" This description accur-
ately represents the two great ma
tons, Germany and Austria,
united under the leadership and
authority of the Kaiser, as the
beast in the vision.
While the two horns of the
lamb represents the two nations,
the beast of the vision represents
the Kaiser. John plainly says
that the beast Is q man. From
the description given by the
two prophets we may well be
lieve that both of them saw the
Kaiser pictured as clearly as
though thrown on the screen by
our present day films. showing
him in his military uniform and
giving an accurate likeness of
him. For John says. "He spake
as dragon and Daniel says his
look was more stout than his
fellows" and he had "a mouth
that spake very great things"
In both speech and appearance
the Kaiser fits the visions of the
prophets. Egotism, boldness,
haughtiness characterizes his
language and appearance to an
extent THAT is net found in the
worlds list Of gres, rulers.
Never until the war did any
man make fire Gene down frsm
the heavens. Jshn says, He
maketh fire come dow, from
heaven" and this most startling
prophets statement has been
verified before the world in our
time by the dropping of fire
Belgium. Hewas a man 666
months old when seen by the
prophets, This evidence is con-
elusive. The proof is apparently
complete that the German Kali
ser is the beast of the prophetical
visions. Very closely does he
and his nation meet all the re.
quire ments of the visions of both
of the prophets, Daniel and John.
We may be sure that this beast
does not represent any ruler of
past history. And it is difficult
to conceive that the future will
present conditions and rulers will
so nearly approach the picture in
the visions as the world is now
witnessing
The forty-two months foretold
by Daniel will be completed with
the month of January, 1918.
Then, the prophet says, 1.-THE
judgment shall sit, and they
shall take away his dominion to
consume and destroy it unto the
end" At the present time we
do not know who will sit in the
judgment on the Kaiser, with
power to dethrone. 1t will be
the verdict of q council consti-
tuted by representatives of the
allied nations, after their armies
have won victory over the Ger
man hosts. Or possibly the Ger.
man people will themselves re-
move Kaiser tron the throne and
inaugurate government by the
people. The ending Of the forty
two months in January, 1918. is
based upon the belief that they
begin with the commencement
of the war, July, 1914.
When the Kaiser has been de-
throned, the prophet says, 1.-THE
kingdom and dominion, land the
greatness of the kingdom under
the whole heaven, shall be given
to the PEOPLE of the saints of
the Most High
| Daniel saw the monarchies
"break in pieces And became
like the chaff Of the summer
threshing floors, and the wind
carried them away"
Ali signs point to the fulfill
ment of this part of Daniels