The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-07-05
WHEN WILL The VAR END,

IN a publication called "0mens Of
/ the Great War;, the following re-
markable allegory, written BY Broth
en- Johannes 800 years ago, appears.
IN deciphering the allegory, 1t must
be remembered that France is repre-
scented by a Cock, England by a
Leopard, Russia by White
Eagle, Germany by a "Black Eagle,
Austria by the "0ther 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 Christ
ians among the legions, and there will
be Mohammedans and savage soldiers
among the defenders of the Lamb,
For the first time the Lamb will be
all red. There will not be a single
spot in the Christian world that will
not be red; and red will be the Heay-
ems. 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 come from
the country of Luther, will surprise
the Cock from another side, and will
invade 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 will invade the
country Of the Antichrist from one
end to the other.
The Black Eagle will see himself
forced to lberate 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.
4 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 Angels will
together pour in the FIRE of their
censors on the impiOus Earth, which
signifies that the Lamb will order the
determination of the race of Anti
christ.
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 win cross rivers over the
bodies of the slain, and these in places
will change the course of the waters.
They will bury only the men of noble
families, the leading commanders and
the Princes, because to the carnage
made by the armies will be joined the
wholesale 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 de-
Tending the Lamb have devlared that
victory will only be granted on the
that the Antiehrist be
crushed like straw on the barn floor.
The executors Of the justice Of the
Lamb can not stop fighting as long as
the Antiehrist possesses soldiers to
fight against them.
That which makes the device Of the
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christ has pretended to be follower
Of Christ and to act in His name, and
If he does not perish the fruit of the
Redeemer would be lost and and the
doors of Hades prevail against the
Saviour.
The fight which will take place
where the Antichrist FORCES his arms
will not be in any way human fight.
This may have reference to Essen,
where the Krupp works are, and
many authorities believe that the de-
cisive battle may take place in West
phalia.) The three animals defending
the Lamb will exterminate the last
army of the Antichrist, but they will
be forced to erect on the battlefield
pyre as large as city, for the bodies
Of the dead willechange the aspect Of
the country side, as there will be
mounds of the slain.
The Antichrist will lose his crown
and will die in solitude and madness.
The Empire will be divided into %
states, but none of them will any
longer possess fortresses, armies or
vessels. Cautiously enough this num-