The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-02
THREE HUNDRED YEAR OLD PROPHECY
 COMING TRUE

A most remarkable prophecy made by the German monk. Fratre Johan- nes, in the year 1so0. seems to be near. ! ing a tuiillment As a key to this prophecy one has only to realize the following
 The Kaiser is a German Lutheran he has a vi.hered arm ;ernaay is the Black EaHe- Austria. her ally. has also an eagle
 France is the cock.
 England. the British Empire, is the Leopard
 The following prophecy by the
 monk Fratre Johannes. who lived about lsa0 is remarkable in its ap- pncatioa 10 the present world crisis. The authenticity of this prophecy vas at first doubted because Of few dis acrepancies in the text but the matter was referred 10 the newspaper infoF- nation bureau a, Washington, and Di- rector Frederick J. Haskins replied as to,loxs:
 In reply to your letter asking whether the prophecy by the monk, Frzrre Johannes, is real. we would say that this prophecy was discovered ia old parchment in the convent of .he Holy Ghost, a. wismar. h Germ any. and is kep. under glass in the town hall os this city. There have been numerous translAtions which text vary somewhat We are return ing your copy of this prophecy. The discrepancies which we not cd and which you also may notice. are probably due to the variations in the .sranslations og the text On the whole it is a remarkable prophecy. It .is as follows:
 The real an.ichrist will be one Of the monarchs of his time, . Lutheran Protestant He will invoke God and give himsek oos as His messenger or apostie-
 This prince of lies will swear by the bible He wIl represent himself as the arm of the most high. sen. to chastise corrupt peoples. He ~ill have only one arm. but his .nnumera5le armies. who will take for their device the words. God is with us,- vsn resemble the internal regions.
 For . loog time he will ses by craft and strategy. His spies will ovefyun she earth. and he will b. master of the secrets of the mighty. He viii have learned men fn his pay, who wfll maintain and undertake to prove his celestial mission
 A var vill afford him the oppostun- fly os throwing of the mask. It will ] DO. be in the Arzt instance . war which he will wage against a French monarch. But It win be one q such nature tha. after two weeks all win realize fts universal character. Nos only all Christians. but Musse,. mans and even more distant peoples
 will be involved. Armies vtll be in-
 Tolved from the four quarters 0f the earth
 For by the third weeks the angles
 Eiil percieye that the man is anti. christ and that all will become his
 slaves If they do not overthrow this cooquesof.
 ! Will Massacre Helpiess | Autichrist win be reosEanized by various tokens-fn special he will
 massacre the priests. the monks, the
 women. rhe children and the aged He
 will show no mercy, bat pass torch
 n hand, Ike the barbarians, but in.
 okfng Christ.
 His words f impogtuge will resem.
 ole those Of Christians, but his vowa
 of all the human race.
 He vill have an eagle in his arms isheTe wfll also be m e4Sje h thl
 srms of his confederate. Bat thl
 latter will be . Christian, and viii
 die from the maIsdsc1iea q RoDe Ben ledjcs who VIII be elected at the be ginning of the reign of autjehrist. I In order to conquer snticbyist, |
 vm be pseessss1 to ti1 noge Dsl
 han Rowe sveg conaoipe6 IL VII
 leed the enesgiss of e1l the kingdoms \ ecause the cock, the leopard and tn 1 rhite eagle vill not be able to makl
 n end Of the black eagle without thu A q fhs srsJss -anA rozs- kvtal -unaA raes.