Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-05-18
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Remarkable AIlegory.

clipping was sent W tie IecpuDilcdi
by friend at Weippe:
In publication called "Omens of
the Great War;. the following al
legory, written by Brother Johannes
300 years ago, appears, says the New
York Herald:
The clipping which gives this sing
ular allegory was brot into prominence
about two years ago, and the progress
Of the European war has been watched,
thotfully by readers with regard to
its fulhllment.
Unuersea and aerial warfare, re-
ferred to in the phrase ''blood should
flow in the domain of the four ele
ments at once seems to be fore
Swallowed in the old testament, and of
course many passages show an analogy
between the history of nations in
Bible times and the present situation.
Does it not seem reasonable to in
terpret ''the anti-Christ, as here
used, to signify armed militarism?
Certainly Germany has believed it her
!
worldly ct so great is the difference
between the German view that indi-
viduals are of value only for the pre-
servation of the state and the view
held by all English speaking peoples
that We as individuals construct
government for the benefit of the in
dividuals, that the former cannot but
seem contrary to the spirit of Christ.
Or possibly the term "anti-Christ"
refers to the kaiser himself for his
astounding opinion of his relation to
the Almighty.
That Germany should become di-
vioed into twenty two states at the
close Of the war is very significant
just at this time when everybody
wants to know what the kaiser thinks
about tae downfall of the czar.
That there should mot be single
spot in the Christ an world that will
not be red has occasioned no small
speculation as to just what this al
legory might portend for the United
States.
THE ALLEGORY.
In decipherirg the allegory, it must
be remembered that: France is rep
resented by coek; England by a
leopard; Russia b. white eagle /;
Germany by black eagle, and Aus
tria by the 'other gle, " while the
lamb stands for justice, mercy and
truth.
Towards the year g. 900 the anti
Christ will manifest himself His
. army will surpass in numbers all that
can be imagined.
There will be Christians among
the legions and there will be Moham-
medans 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
9 will not be red, and red will be the
heavens, the earth, the waters, and
; even the air, for blood will flow in
a the domains of the four elements at
once.
l ''The black eagle will throw himself
on the cock, who will lose many
feathers, but will strike back heroic.
ally with his spurs. He soon would
be crushed were it not for TIE leopard
and his claws. 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.
!. 1.-THE white eagle, coming from
: the north, will surprise the black
F. eagle and the other eagle, and will
invade the country of the anti. Christ
: from one end to the other, The black
eagle will see himslf forced to liber-
ate the cock in order to fight the
white eagle, and the cock will pursue
the black eagle into the country of
the anti-Christ to help the white
eagle.
THE battles foughtup to then will
be as nothing compared to those which
!. will take paice in the country of
LuCneT, IOr Tie ScNcH Angels Will u
gether pour in the fire of their censers
on the impious earth, wNch signifies
that the lamb will order the extermi-
nation of the race of the 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 strike fur
iously at him.
''They will cross rivers over the
bodies of the slain, and these. in
places. will change the course of the
waters. They will bury only men Of
noble families, the leading comman-
dants, 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.
1.-THE anti-Christ will ask many
times for peace, but the seven angels