The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-26

In communication toI the Meadville.
Pennsylvan Tribune-Republican
few days ago, Mrs c. C. Shorts made
the following analysis of the Book OF
Revelations and its connection with
the present world war:
Recently my attention was called
TO the 18th chapter of the Book OF
Revelations as applying to present
world conditions. / have always
looked upon Bible prophesies as being
either too deep or too vague to be
applied to cur own times, so | began
my investigation, and the more ] read
this chapter and compared it with
events at present and OF the past
three years, the more | became IN
terested. And now / offer the follow.
ing notes. hoping that your readers
will investigate for themselves and
correct me II / am wrong in any of
my statements.
Verse l reads. And l stood upon
the sands of the sea and saw beast
rise up out of the sea having seven
heads and ten horns and upon his
horns ten crowns and upon his head
, the name OF blasphemy.' The German
empire is composed of the following:
| TWenty-six states and divisions. The
Kingdoms of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony
and Wurtemburg. The grand duchies
| of Baden, Hesse, MecklenburG
| SchWerin, Mecklenburg-Streli Aid
cnburg and Saxe-Weimar; the duchies
of Anhalt, Brunswick. Saxe-AHen
burg, axe-Coburg-Goth and SAKE
Neiningen; The principalities Of
Leppe-Demold, Reuss-GretZ, Reuss
| Schleiz. Schamborg- Lippe. Schwalz
borg-Rodolstadt and Waldeck-Pyr
mont; the free towns of Bremen
Hamburg and Lobeck, and the imper
! ial territory Of Alsace-Lorraine (Enc
Brit. Vol. II, Page 805.)
Add to these 26 states Germany:
colonial possessions as another clas:
of political division and we find al
empire composed of q parts. Tn,
beast too, had q parts: Seven heads
10 horns and 10 crowns.
Verse 2 describes: The beast, Civ
ing him the brutality of the bear. Tn,
blood-thirsdness of the lion and tn,
deceit and treaehery of the leopard
all of which characteristics have beei
shown by the worlds enemies in thi
i present war.
his heads as it we're wounded to dealt
and his deadly wound was healed I
is well known that the Kaiser ha
been operated on for cancer OF tn
throat, which is usually a deadly dis
ease but he has recovered.
Verse 5 reads: And there was civ
en- him a mouth, speaking great thing
and blasphemy and power was give
unto him to continue forty and tw
months Great things and blasphemy
What better description could Their
be of the Kaiser's speeches, when b
tells his troops that they are tn
chosen of God and that he is God
vice regent, and then he sends fort
his soldiers to rob and rape, pillag
, and burn an innocent neutral countr
like Belgium, and his diplomats to Ii
and deceive.
Verses 6, Z, s, 9 and 10 are descril
t tive of Germany's early successes
the war, and the fate which await
her.
Verses II and II: And beheld al
other beast coming out of the cart
and he had two horns like lamb an
he spoke as a dragon. And he exc
cised all the power of the first bea.
before him and causeth the earth an
them that dwell therein to worship til
: first beast whose deadly wound wa
q healed
Austria Hungary, the ally of &c
many. is an empire composed of tw
kingdoms, often known as the du
j monarchy, as st. John puts it, 'havin