The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-28
THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR IN PROPHECY


because It IS the spirit ot de mons" See Rev. 16:I3 II. And l saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three un- clean spirits, as it were frogs: for they are spirits of demons. working signs, which go forth unto the kings of the whole world to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the 1 Almighty Tbe frogs left the iver and pools and took posses sion of all that the Egyptians possessed. They took their land houses, food and raiment. They also took possession of the kings palace and throne. The frog spirit prompts rulers to attempt to attempt to conuef ana rule the world The Egyptians carried rods, types of the rulers of this world, they turned water into blood Rulers can cause war. They also caused the frogs to come forth. They had the un clean spirit ot coyetousness, But they could not heal the water nor drive the frogs out of the land Therefore we will not Lave per manent peace on earth until Je- sus comes. Then and net until can we beat our swords into blow | shares and our spears into prun- ling hooks.
 In the third plague we have | presented to Us one of the results of war. l do net hesitate to say that the plague of lice is a sym bol of poverty "Aarcn smota the dust of the earth and it be | came lice And lice was upon man and beast " War causes poverty The land is laid waste; crops destroyed; man and beast suffer The prophet Habakuk | saw the destruction of Judah by | the armies of the Ghaldeans. and | said; Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall | i fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the field shall yield no meat tgrain1; the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be 10 herd in tue stalls. "-Hab 3:17 The prophet here gives a good description of Belgium and other parts of the land that the German Armies have laid waste Dust is often used in the bible as a symbo of poverty. See 1st Samuel, 2:7-6 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust. :" The elders Of the daughters of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast dust upon their heads: they have girded themselves with sackclOth. the children and the stockings swoon in the streets of the city. They say to their mothers, where is corn and wine?"-Lamentations 2:l0-11.
 Josephus, in his History of the Jewish Wars. mentions this plague, chapter Ii, page 89. He says: There arose out of the bodies of the Egyptians an in numeraole quantity of lice, by which, wicked as they were. they miserably perished; as not being able to destroy this sort of yer min either with washes or with ointments, the manner of this death was also reproachful. " This awful plague is always found among great armies.
 now quote from a medical book, How to Live" page 75: The lOuse is one of the direst offenders in the insect line, as it must take the responsibility for many cases of typhoid fever and for the dread plague of typhus, which is raging in the European armies " This plague came forth from the dust of the earth, from d low part of the earth Jehovah used this plague that is always associated with war to symbolic the impoyerishment of the na tiOns that engage in war. As we think of the billions of dollars that are being spent by our own nation as we'll as other nations to carry on this awful war, it caus eS us to be alarmed
 The fourth plague-a swarm of all manner of fiies-a symbol of sickness Note how all of these plaques contribute to one anoth- CT All manner Of flies" Flies that bite, and sting; flies that carry poisonous germs. So many soldiers die of contagious dis