Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-05-23

The Great Play of Nations, a
Through the Telescope OF !.
Prophecy. |.
BY JULIA JUDSoN
All quiet along luncheon Valley to-
night,
Save a voice Of distress from afar;
Where our emblem Of virtue nnfurled
To the light
Shall revive hope out Of despair.
However. sincere the penning
of the prophetic line of this
stanza, or whatever our conf
dence may be, that the termina'
ton of this great strife will full
|ly justify such a prediction. yet
we cannot certainly know what
result will issue until such event
has really occurred. 1t is not
within the range of human un-
derstanding, unaided by the
light of Divine Revelation, to
foretell events that shall pro-
duce great social and political
changes in earthly governments.
If, however, this world wide
confusion be a matter of Scrip
tural prophecy, we'll may we en-
large our confidence that its con
clusion will be most favorable TO
the allied powers. This assump
ton is based upon the approach
ing fate of the Sick men of the
least" as foretold by the prophet
Daniel, which will, in it's proper
place, be again referred to, and
considered at some lengthy
great military movements
and war like operations of the
past, which perhaps, were not
of so great magnitude as are
| those now it progress, have been
subjected to Divine prophecy, is
. ouite evident. This may be
, known by comparing the pro
e phet's Interpretation of that
b very remarkable dream of Neb
uchadnezzar, King of Babylon
t with testimony recorded in the
history of those ancient eastern
empires, in which all the specl
tications mentioned in the intel
~pretation given by the prophe'
are fully met. In the prophets
general solution of this vision
4 especially, that portion OF
which represented the changing
% condition of things controlled b.
, human passion, he predicted
, number of events, circumstatiaI
ly connected; some of which
we're hidden beyond the count
less changes to which huma'
If affairs are ever exposed. that oc
y cured through the vast perio'
re of a Thousand years. He clearl.
10 foretold some of the creates
political changes that have eve
i taken place on the earth; tn
n. rise and progress, the declln
n. and final dissolution of the fou
great monarchies so celebrate
lie in history. 1t may, with som
propriety, be observed here
le that if there were no other ev
dences, that the Scriptures
m the old and new testaments al
al the sure word of God. The e.
ul act and particular manner
of which the prophecies contalne
I'd in them, have been, are are b
b ing fulfilled, is sufficient to TO
I'd ever scatter to the winds, tf
le boosted achievements of tt
d skeptical philosopher. In I'll
of book of Daniel, 2:3l. 80 and 3
we have an account given of tn
vision, or dream, that was
1g righteous in it's purpose. so va
n in it's scope and so instruct
ST in it's meaning. When Nebuc
d. adnezzar, the King, awoke fro
". sleep on that eventful morn,
~. felt keenly a sense of unusn
ay quiet. A family glimmeril
'te ray led back his thoughts to
&c scene, where in his night dreaI
al a great image, dreadful and te
rible and exceedingly brigf
S. stood before him; all the part
al ulars of which had Withdraw
set from his memory, only a CO
fused impression remainin
His feeling of unrest grew
- intense anxiety; he summon
all the wise men OF BabylC
whose pleasing conduct, on pr
til .,,4;Eol I