The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-06
a PROPHECY.

.ss-aK most rSfiarKa Bile prophecy. Made
+----- Monk Fratre Johannes i'll the year
100. Nearing fulfillment. Tho pro-
,ilecy handed to the jolly Elk for pub
stication BY Minneapolis Elk
81 Note The following proph ecy by
the Monk Fratre Johannes, who lived
about the year 1000. is remarkable in
Ito application to the present world
crisis. The authenticity of this proph-
q Vcy was at first doubted because Of d
lew discrepancies in the text, but the
Niatter was referred to the newspaper
Information bureau at Washington
and Director Frederick j. Haskins re-
plied as follows:
reply to your letter asking
whether the prophecy by the monk
Eratre Johannes is real, we would say
That this prophecy was discovered i'll
aid parchment in the convent OF the
Molly Ghost, at Wisner, in Germany,
K hid is kept under glass in the town
Z Hall of this city There have been num-
ekous TRANSACTIONS, which text vary
" EOmewhat. We are returning your copy
Il Of this prophecy. The discrepancies
which we noted and which you may
also notice, are probably due to the
variations in the translation of the
text" On the whole it is d remarkable
prophecy 1t is as follows:
TsTke real Antichrist will be one OF the
gflarchs of his time, a Lutheran prot
tant. He will invoke God and give
ftlSelf out as His messenger, or
4postle.
This prince of lies will swear by the
s6ible: He will represent himself as the
arm OF the Most High, sent to chastise
L Abrupt people.
He will have only one arm. but his
yfnnumerable armies who will take for
iSheir device the words, God is with
u.s." will resemble the internal regions
For q long time he will act by craft
Sand strategy. His spies will overrun the
,j6hrth, and he will be master Of the Sc
f6etsf Of the mighty. He will have
harmed men in his pay, who will main
YSin and undertake to prove his celes-
Iii mission.
la war will afford him the oppor-
unity of throwing off the mask. 1t
Will not be in the first instance a war
which he will wage against French
monarch. But it will be one of such
nature that after two weeks all will
ISaIize it's universal character.
\ sy s Not only all christians, but Mussel
uiails and even more distant peoples
vfll be involved Armies will be in
5Tolyed from the four quarters of the
aartll.
For by the third week the angels will
Perceive that the man is antichrist
and that all will become his slaves ii
fjaey do not overthrow this conquerpr.
Antichrist will be recognized by var
i0s1s tokens-rin special he will massa-
C16 tile priests, the monks. the women
sni the aged. He will show no mer-
III, but will pass, torch in hand, like
Il barbarians, but invoking Christ.
His words of imposture will resemble
Nose Of christians, but his VOWS of all
the human race.
ys He will have all eagle in his arms,
here VIII also be an eagle in the arms
y his confederate. But the latter will |,
I5Nsa lchristian and will die from the
1ladiction OF Pope Benedict who will |
~ elected at the beginning of the reign !
- xntichrist. :.
NJn order to conquer antichrist it will |
~ necessary to kill more men than |
Iaome ever contained. 1t will need the !
snerEies Of all the Kingdoms. because /
ma cock, the leopard and the white
s. rle win not be. able to make an end
& The black eagle without the aid OF !