Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29

n MoNI the many prophecies
IN brought from their hiding
Il places by the war, there are
two or three which. from the
course of events. are attract
ing unusual attention. And these in
some form tell of the defeat of Ger
successive sevents. battles already
fought and calamity awaiting the
Hun.
Probably the most astonishing
prophecy is the one known as BRO
Tier Johns Prophecy" which first be-
came known to the public about two
generations ago through the efforts
of the French writer, M. Adrien Pela-
dan, who, it is said, received it from
a certain canon of st. Michel de
'Frigolet. near Tarascon, who had
been given it by an Able Donat, a
learned priest who died at Beaucaire
at an advanced age. The author of
this prophecyi is said to have been 9
Roman Catholic monk, who lived
about 1900, and was know, known to his
'(Frater Johannes). The prophecy is
as follows:
"The real Antichrist will be one of
the monarch OF his time, son of
Luther. He will invoke God and
give himself out as his messenger Cor
apostle).
: 1.-THE prince of lies will swear by
the Bible. He, will represent himself
as the arm Of the Most High, sent to
chastise corrupt peoples. ~
"He will only have one arm, but
his innumerable armies. who will
take for their device the words GOD
with u.s. will resemble the Internal
1egions. .'-, 49,,
"For long time he will act by
craft and strategy. His spies will!
overrun the earth. and he will be
master Of the secrets Of the mighty.
He will have learned men in his pay
WHO will maintain and undertake to
prove his celestial mission.
"A war will furnish him with the
onportunity of throwing off the
mask. 1t will not be in the first in
stance a war which he will wage
against French monarch. But IT
will be one of such nature that
after two weeks all will realize It's
universal character. .~
"Not only all Christian and all Mus
sulman, but even other more distant
peoples will be involved. Armies will
be enrolled from the four quarters OF
the globe. For, by the third week,
the angels will have opened the minds
man is Antichrist. and that they all
will become his slaves IL they do not
overthrow this conqueror.
"Antichrist will be recognized by
various tokens; in especial he will
massacre the priests, the monks. the
yl-np tho children and the AGED,
He will show no mercy. but will pass
torch in hand. like the barsarians, yet
invoking Christ!
"IIis words of imposture will resem-
BILE those Of Christians but his actions
will be those Of Nero and Of tho Ro-
man prosecutors. He will have an
eagle In his arms. and there will be
an eagle also in the arms of his con-
fcderate, another bad monarch.
but the latter will be Christian;
and will die from the malediction Of
Pope Benedict, who will be elected at
the commencement OF the reign OF
Antichrist.
"No longer will priests and monks
be seen confessing and absolving the
combatants, because in the first place
the priests and monks will be fight
ing with the other citizens. and. fur
Their, because Pope Benedict. having
cursed Antichrist, will proclaim that
those who fight against him will be
III state OIL HFdcc, anu, SlOuiu lHeS
die, will go straight to Heaven, like
the martyrs.
1.-THE bull which will proclaim these
things will create a great sensation.
1t will receive the courage of the foes
of Antichrist and cause the death of
the monarch who is his ally.
''In order to conquer Antichrist 1T
will be necessary to kill more men
than Rome has ever contained. 1t
will need the energies Of all the
Kingdoms, because the cock. the Loop
ard and the white eagle will not be
able to make an end of the black
eagle without the aid of the prayers
and vows of all the human race.
"Never will humanity have been
faced with such a peril, because the
triumph of Antichrist would be that
of the demon, who will have taken
possession of his personality.
!; !:
"For it has been said that. twenty
centuries after the Incarnation of the
Word, the Beast will be incarnate in
his turn, and will menace the earth
with as many evils as the Divine in
carnation has brought it graceS.
howard the year 1000 Antichrist