Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-08
LAST ACT IN DRAMA?

Evangelist Charles Patterson GiTes
An Interesting Address at Elks'
Home Last Night on the World
War.
aginr Tia views upon the prop
s. sae Z be, Evangelist Chas
s.s3z, S.,aag night at the Elks
an, Esse-1ea that tha1e nev4:
va! tie another world-emp!re until
Christ Gomez and sets mp His eve
lasting and universal kingdom. Iii
address was an answer from the ths
ocan Bible 70 tsc question, "Wi.l car
maay nile he Worid?' "Ne'e
again viii any single empire I'LL .tne
world" vas the answer. C-n.inuins
he said: 'sThe crash Of all empite
il coming soon. In proof of thi
strong assertion ! ask you TO tut.
with me to the second chapter C..
na,,iel. Here is portrayed the c2urs
e,.r..a5 from Babylon, dow
aa ire ares, closing with the
sa.l,5.li II Ill nations, and The SIT.
lns ~ 9. Gods worldwide and
eternal izinsdcln.
- magnificent image, OF eigant,
+. form, is seen, This images head was
Of fire gold. his breast and arms u
silver, MS belly and his thighs Of
brass, his legs Of iron, and MS Fee:
part o. irol. and party OF cay. THU
sawest till that stone smocs
the image upon the feet that wera
OF iron and Of clay, and break thAn
in pieces and the stone that smote
Inc image became great mountain
ed filed the whole earth. Dan. 2
.:.-35. .The prophet Daniel inter
.,Ysc:s ir thus, as he addresses the
.2aGvlcnian nonar.h: Thou art enlS
hea,; OF gold. and after thee shall
ar:so another kingdom inferior To
thee, and another third kine1"m o.
!,rass stall rule over the earth. An
the fourth kingdom shall be a
strong as iron 3 and wheTea
t:lou sawest the feet and toes par
OF rotter's clay and part of iron, che
kingdom shall be dividad--they Sinai
rning!e themselves with the SEED 81
rs.cn, but they shall not c-eave on
TO another, even az iron is not mixed
with nniry clay. Ana in the days Of
-hcss kings shall the God or heave->
e, up a kingdom which shall neve'
ao des+vcved. Dan. 2:37-44.
4 cali 20 WITNESS the fu!i!iment !
the very letter. Beginning with
Babylon, four world kingdoms arosr
consecutively to rule the worid
namely. Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greco
and Rome. Babylon has gone an
eli her glory. Medc-Hersia has ,ca?
since passed away. Greece is ai.n1s
forgotten. Rome, once proud mis-
tress Of the world is entirely ar.
forever divided, Though strong al:
iron. Rome has remained divided +
fourteen hundred years. These iiV
SONS are now known as the mode +
a,tica3 T. Western Europe. the grea
nations Of today. n five Sh7&t v.rSe
tie !:riHr Coo foyetold What the III
man historian takes volumes 10 tc'
iron 2aa clay viii net mix
The wcrd Of Gcd cannot be broken
Mighty men. have triei and a!anGa
ana plotted to unite the divided kir@
ionls CT Eucope into one wdr.a-en
bracing empire. But earth's m:ghtiest
armies, headed by her greatest gen
erals, were not sufficient to break
the power Of a few simple words )
scripture. Napoleon attempted to &C
complish what God said could never
he done. but his dream CT world en-
waS .rae1: shattered AZ Wafer.
.o5. a- scn:D2Jrc cannot 5e broker
No l;.iag man and no nation how
"s.ai Great en- create "lo'ae
worldwide kingdom. Gcd sal
t corld not &c done, an
rhat s".t|as it. cou~n sho~
words spoken by the living God, vii
prove Stronger than earth's praaf.
sS11 war lords aad their hosts. Fo"ce
failed 70 unite the divided Kingdoms,
50 men tried another scheme. Thin
Zoe. the prophet foretold; they shall
mincla themselves with the seed Of
men. bur TREY shall not cleave one to
smother evaa as iron will not nj;
Nth MI" CLAW Witness how tn
fa..r~i~o fn~ees Of Frrone llnva iater-