Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-30
War Prophecy
800 Years Old

deciphering the allegory it must b'
remembered that France is represent
ed by cock, England by a leopard
Russia by a white eagle Germany By
a black eagle, and Austria by the 9th
er eagle. while the lamb stands FOL
Justice, mercy and truth:
Toward the year 1000 the Anti
christ will manifest himself. His
army will surpass in numbers all that
can be imagined.
There will bo 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 single
spot in the Christian world that will
not be red, and red will be the heav-
ems, the earth, the waters, and even
the air, for blood will flow in the do
mains Of the four elements at once.
"The black eagle will throw him
self 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 the help
of the 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,
"The white eagle coming from the
north, will surprise the black eagle
and the other eagle and will invade
the country of the Antichrist from
one end to another.
THE black eagle will see himself
forced to liberate the cock In order tc
fight the white eagle, and the cock
will pursue the black eagle into the
country of the Antichrist to help the
white eagle.
"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
censers 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 cook will furiously
strike 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 the men
of noble families. the leading COM
mandants 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 ami
mails defending the lamb have de-
clared that victory will only be grant
ed on the condition that the Anti
christ be crushed like straw on the
barn floor.
"The executors of the justice Of
the lamb can not stop fighting as long
as the Antichrist possesses soldiers
to fight against them.
THAT which makes the decree Of
the lamb so implacable is that the
Antichrist has pretended to be fol-
lower of Christ and to act in his
name, and If ne does not perish, the
fruit of the Redeemer would be lost
and the doors of hades would prevail
against the Savior.
THE fight which will take place
where the Antichrist forges his arms
will not be in any way a 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 Antlchrist. but will be forced
to erect on the battlefield a pyre as
large rs a city, for the bodies OF the
dead will change the aspect of the
countryside, as there will be mounds
of the slain.
"The Antichrist will lose his crown
and will die in solitude and madness.
His empire will be divided into twen-
ty-two states, but none Of them will
any longer possess fortresses, armies
or vessels.
(Curiously enough, this number CO.
incides with the number of German
states.) "
"The white eagle, by order Of St.
Michael, will drive the crescent from
Europe, and will install himself at
Constantinople. Then will begin an
era Of peace and prosperity for the