The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-25
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In comuncation TO the Meadville. Pa,
Tribune Republican a few days ago. Mrs
c. C. Shorts made the following analysis
OF the Book OF Revelations and its con
nection with the present world war:
Recently my attention was called tC
the 18th chapter OF the Book OF Revela-
tlors us applying to present world con-
dltions. have always looked upon Bible
prophesiea as being either too deep or toe
vogue to be applied TO our own times, 50
tegan my investigation and the mora
read this chapter and compared II with
events dt present and OF the past three
years. the more became Interested. And
now ] tffer the following notes. hoping
tina, Suu readers viii investigate for
themselves and corre"- me II am wrong
In any Of my statements.
Verse / reads. And L 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 his horns ten crowns
ad upon his head the anne Of blasphemy.'
The German empire is composed OF the
following: Twenty-six states and divis-
ions. The kingdoms OF Prussia, Bavaria,
Saxony and Wurtemburg. The grand
duchies OF Baden. Hesse. Mackenburg-
Schwerin. Macklenburg Strelitz, Alden
burg and Saxe-W Weimar; the duchies OF
Anhalt. Brunswick. Saxe-Altenburg,
Saxe-C Coburg- Gotha, and e-Neiningen;
The principalities OF Leppe-Demold.
Reuss- Gretz. Reuss-schleiz. Schamborg.
Lippe. Schwalzborg- Rodolstadt and Wal
/ 40 o. ha fraa n
Hamburg and Lobeck. and abe imperial
territory OF Alsace-Lorraine (Enc. Brit.
Vol. IL. Page SO5.)
Add to these rs states Germany's col
onial possessions as another class Of pol
itiial division and we find an empire COM
posed Of 27 parts. The beast too. had "a
parts: Seven heads. 10 horns and 10
crowns.
Verse 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
chara acteristics have been shown by the
worlds enemies in this present war.
Verse reads: And 1 saw one Of his
heads as it were wounded to death and his
deadly wound was healed 1t is well
known that the Kaiser has been operated
on for cancer Of the throat, which is US
ually deadly disease, but ne has recov-
cred.
Verse 5 reads: And there was given
him a mouth. speaking great things and
blasphemy, and power was given unto him
to continue forty and two months Great
things ad blasphemy. What better des-
cription could there beof the kaiser's
speeches, when he tells his troops that
they are the chosen Of God and that he
is Gods vice regent. and then he sends
forth his soldiers to rob and rape, pillage
and burn an innocent neutral country like
Belgium, and his diplomats to lie and de-
ceive.
Verses 6, Z, 8, 9. ad 10 are descriptive
Of Germany's early successes in the war
and the fate which awaits her.
Verses IL and IL: And l behold anoth'
er beast coming out of the earth and he
had two horns like a lamb and he spoke
as q dragon. And he exercised all the
power Of the first beast before him and
causeth the earth and them that dwell
therein to worship the first beast whose
deadly wound was healed
''Aunstria- Hungary. the ally of Ger
many, is an empire composed OF two
kingdoms, often known as abe dual mon
archy, as st. John puts 1t. 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, she be-
gan the war when he was ready In ac-
cordance with his wishes, in other words
she 'causeth the earth and them that
dwell therein to worship the nrst beast
Also Austria Hcngary is almost a land
locked empire, as st. John says, she
cometh upout Of the earth,' and not out
of the sea as the 1rst beast.
"Verse 13: And he doeth great won
ders so that he maketh nre to come down |
from heaven on earth In the sight OF men.
1.-THE German troops were the lrst ana
1 think the only ones, to use liquid nre |
in battle to the CONSERVATION OF their op- |
ponents.
''Verses 16 and IT: And he causeth ALL |
both small and great, rich and poor, free |
and bond, to receive a mark in their right |
hand or in their forehead. and that no |
man 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 |
nave Deen 50 SCdICCb O0b SS "~NN N-
buaed that they have devised card sys-
tenn whereby every person, rich or poor
small or great has a card sisued to him
or her every week, showing the amount
(and a very small amount 1t ts' too) OF
bread or potatoes or fish which may De
purchased during the week, then no more
can be bought of that article until the
beginning of the next week, and the Is
suance of another card. understand the
cards have printed on them the name OF
the German government, the anne Of the
beast; the name Of the person to whom
the card is issued and a number, so that
no many may buy nor sell save he that
hath the mark or the name OF the beast
or the number Of his name
mo such plan as this has ever been
adopted before by any country at any
time, and probably no other country Dut
ef1cient Germany would have devised so
thorough a system, and 1t is certainly
remarkable that it should have been SO
well described in vision nearly two thous-
and years before being put into opera
tion.
''Verse IS. Here is wisdom. Let him
ahat hath understanding count the num-
ber of the beast, for 1t is the number OF
a man an dhis number is six hundred
three score an dsix.' This prophecy then
applies not only to a government but to
A man, and the number 666 is especially !
connected with that man. The Kaiser
was born On January 81, 1859. the great
war began July az. 1914. Do a little
arithmetic and you win md that 1t is 666
months to the very day from the date OF !
he Kaiser's birth to the beginning OF the
great war. Looking back at verse we I
wa tOla Ahat apnuvor was given unto him