Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-17
ME UND GOTT?

Cod" Can we think the kaiser is
right when In Revelations 13, we find
this verse: And | stood upon the
sands OF the sea and saw a beast rise
up out OF the sea having seven heads
and ten horns. and upon the horns
ten crowns, and upon his head the
name OF blasphemy" Notice the car
toon. Any encyclopedia will show
that the German Empire is compos-
ed of twenty-six states and divisions
hunt the names for yourselves
Add to these twenty-six states, Ger
many's colonial possessions and we
find an empire composed of twenty
seven parts. The beast, too, had
twenty-seyen parts, seven heads, ten
horns and ten crowns. Verse two
describes the beast, giving him the
brutality of the bear, the blood
thirstiness Of the lion and the deceit
and treachery of the leopard" all of
which characteristics shall have been
shown by the worlds enemies in the
present war.
Verse two reads: "And l saw one
of his heads, as 1t were wounded to
death. and his deadly wound was
healed" 1t IL well known that the
kaiser has been operated upon for
a deadly disease, but he has recov-
cred. Verse five adds: "And there
was given him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies, and
power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months" Great things
and blasphemy!
What better description could there
be Of the kaiser's speeches when he
tells the troops that they are chosen
of God and that he Is Gods vice re-
gent, and then sends forth his SOL
diers to rob and rape. pillage and
burn an innocent neutral country
like Belgium and his diplomats to lie
and deceive?
Verses Z. 8, g. and 10 are descrip-
tive OF Germany's early successes in
the war and the fate which awaits
her. Verse IL and IL: "And / be-
held another beast coming out of the
earth and he had two horns like a
lamb and he spake as a dragoon and
he exerciseth all the power OF the
first beast before and cause the earth
and them that dwell therein to wor-
ship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed" Austria-Hun-
gary, the ally of Germany, is an en-
pire composed of two kingdoms, Of
ten anown as the dual monarchy, as
st. John puts it. having two horns
as a lamb" Her part in the war has
been that OF the understudy of Ger
many-the willing tool of the kaiser.
Her troops have been at his disposal
and she began the war when he was
ready in accordance with his wish
In other words she "causeth the earth
and them that dwell therein to wor-
ship the first beast.
Also Austria-Hungary is a land
locked empire. as st. John says, "She
cometh up out OF the earth" and of
the sea as did the first beast. Verse
10: And he doeth great wonders, so
that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of
men," The German troops were the
first, and think the only ones to use
liquid fire in battle to the consterna-
ton of their opponents. Verses 16
and IT: And he caused all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free
and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their forehead that
no men might buy or sell save he
that had the mark, or the name, of
the beast, or the number of his
name" In Germany for the past two
years the necessities of life have been
30 scarce, but so we'll distributed,
that they have devised a card system
whereby every person, rich or poor,
small or great, has a card issued to
him or to her every week. showing
the amount (and a very small amount
1t isl, of bread or potatoes or fish
which may be purchased during the
week, and II one buys the entire al
lowance early in the week that no
more can be bought of that article I'M
til the beginning of the next week
and the issuance of another card, ]
understand, and the cards have print
ed on them the name of the German
government, the lame of the beast
and the name of the person to whom
the card is issued and a number sc
that no man may buy nor sell, save
he that hath the mark or the name
of the beast or the number" of his
name"
No such plan as this has ever been
adopted before by any country at any
time, but efficient Germany has de.
vised so thorough system that it is
certainly remarkable that 1t should
have 30 we'll described in vision near.
ly 1000 years before being put into
operation.
Verse 1S: HE is wisdom Let
him TINT hnfh undaraf q ding coup,