El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-03

who has made n life study Of biblical
prophecies. In the article below. which
was written October ., he shows how
the great war and its results were
fOretOId.)
I ONDON, Eng, Jan 81 am the vic
Il tim at present OF a snort par
sent 4 few weeks ago to a London
newspaper by some very competent
free lance journalist who heard my
remarks on prophecy in a way side
cafe near TO Fleet street. I can truth
fully say had only tried for several
years to throw light on this war from
that mstchless electric torch IN the
dark called the Bible.
The German higher cHltics found
time to deal with biblical prophecy.
They followed Christ's order to read
Daniel" but injured Britain by
drenching her pulpits with scepticai
hypothesis.
I found that one-third OF the Bible
consisted Of prophecy. I noticed when
young man that the biblical prophe-
cies were definite and explicit. events
were foretold. and exact dates were
given The implications were OF in
finite importance.
They came up into the realm Of
practical politics. For instance. when
Winston Churchill decided on the Cal
lipoH expedition I uttered these words
In my pulpit at Chesham- 1.-The expe-
dition will fail. It is starting at the
wrong place and time. The Turk will
not experience serious defeat until Oc-
tober. 1917. and this. not at GallipolL
but in Palestine; yet II I wrote and
told Mr.. Churchill this, he would prob
ably consider me q fit subject for an
asylum"
We all know whether nv words
ct 4 Nd he
longer I watched events. the more sure
was that the historical exegesis OF
bibltcal prophecy was the correct one.
The biblical figures have never
been found wrong since e03-4 b.
c. Every great predicted event
since the Babelonfan empire has
been fulfilled TO the hour, and
some TO the minute.
1 concluded that If the historical in
depreciation. rather than the spiritual,
was the correct one, biblical prophecy
was the unanswerable argument in
favor OF the existence Of God and the
Inspiration OF the Bible.
Alasi I soon found myself in the
Tower OF Babel among the expositorsi
One section said that Christ had come
again, a thing that would never have
occurred to my mind unless had been
told. Another section pltchforked the
coming OF Christ into the far distant
future A further section treated the
prophecies spiritually" And a fourth
section used the figures to denote the
date OF Christ's immediate coming.
When he failed to come on the date
chosen. the next date was adopted.
But one 1act haunted nv mind The
greatest men known to Christendom
had fed the fires OF their faith in God
by a study OF biblical prophecy. Not
TO speak OF our Lord, I noticed that
Noses. Daniel. David. Ezekiel. Jere-
saak -
NonarOla. Polycarp, EuSebius, Luther,
Calvin. Cromwell Sir Isaac Newton,
DIT. Grattan Guinness. Cachemaille.
Harold Norris. dean Elliot, and many
others, in all they wrote and said. i'm
piled their belief that the bibilaca1
prophetic figures applied TO definite
European events, but the tendency Of
nearly all the historical expositors
during the last so years has been TO
choose each OF the later dates as the
one on which Christ might return
The thoughts arose in my mind:
What II these figures do not apply
directly to the coming OF Christ at all.
bat rather 20 definite events that have
to precede His coming7 I came 10 the
conclusion the Bible contains no diff
mite date Of our Lords return TO this
world.
Not, please note. that this great
event. IS not predicted 1t Is stamped
inferentially OF by actual statement
on every prophecy. I believe Christ
viii come again. The Jew believes his
Messiah Is coming. We both believe
His approach Is near.
Definite dates about something OF
other are given To what do they ap-
ply?
What the Bible ForetoId.
This simple question revOlutionized
my treatment OF the entire subject
saw clearly that the following
prophecies had been fulfilled to the
day and hour: the dispersion OF the
Jews all over the earth without king
or country. the birth OF Christ and
His death. to the exact day; the fall Of
the Greek empire (the year, the
month, the day, and the hour prophecy
in ''ReveIation-); the Lutheran revo-
luton. and the wonderful three and
half years prophecy concerning the
two witnesses: the French revolution
in minute detail with exact dates: the
rise and fail of Turkey, with dates so
exact in relation to actual history that
my mind was stunned with the revela-
ton; and every great event since 1874
was outlined and dated 10 literal per-
fiction
You viii naturally say. where is all
this found2 The answer turns on an
other question: Are "DanieP' and
Revelation" genuine prophecies OF
European events since B. G. 605-04 on
to at least 1923 A Dr. Ny answer is
In the affirmative
The Balkan war In 1912 left me IN
no doubt as to the meaning OF the
biblical prophecies and figures Ny
mind was made up that the figures