Evening star., 1928-04-11
BIBLICAL PROPHECY.
FULFILLED BY WAR.
Oriental Society Told Res
toration of Jerusalem Was
Predicted in Daniel.

An exactly dated prophecy of tSe
World War and the restoration of Jer
salem which followed 1t is found in the
last Two verses of the twelfth chapter Of
Daniel when interpreted in the light
of modern knowledge, John w, Lea OF
the University OF Pennsylvania told the
American Oriental Society meeting at
Catholic University this morning.
The time periods given by Daniel, Mr.
Lea said. must be interpreted by sub
stituting year for day to find their
remarkable correspondence with the ac-
tual facts
This chapter Of Daniel" he said.
makes specific mention of deSolation OF
the Holy Land by an abomination
which should hold sway for 1850 DAYS
and at the end of that time the deliver
ance would be effected by Michael the
great prince, special blessing is pro-
nounced upon him that cometh at the
end of 1885 days.
Coincidence in Dates.
81 had some Egyptian coins on which
the English date 1917 is stamped to-
gether with the corresponding Moham-
medan date 1885. Now 1917. or 1888, was
the wear in the great war when the Bal
Palestine as the Jewish home land and
the events then in progress resulted In
the deliverance Of Jerusalem and the
Holy Land from Turkish domination.
Thereafter the Old Turks passed away
and the new Turkey has arisen. MuSta-
pha Kemal is gradually eliminating all
characteristics of MohammedaniSm civil
and religious. The Sultan has been de-
posed and the Christian calendar adopt
ed. Side by side with the decay OF Mo-
hammedaniSm has been the growth cf
ZioniSm. a movement which started IN
1897. exactly l.260 years after the
Caliph Omar captured Jerusalem and
erected on the temple site the mosque
which bears his name.
The remarkable coincidence in dates.
Mr.. Lea said, is evidence of the divine
inspiration of the book OF Daniel.
India still has much TO teach the
Western world in sober. scientific fash
ion. and not with the mysterious senSa-
tionalism of the Swamis. Dr. JagadiSh
c. Chatterji of the International Schooi
of Verdict and Allied Research told the
society this morning.
Modern physics. he said, slowly Is APP
preaching the position regarding the
unreality of matter. which has been
held by leaders of Hindoo thought for
hundreds of years this advance being
demonstrated particularly in the work
of Einstein and his followers.
Hindoo Philosophy.
In the Hindoo philosophy. Dr. Chat
terri pointed out, the fundamental idea
of matter is that it consists of ultimate
ingredients, each like a mathems teal
point, all alike in every respect. so that
they cannot be classified in any other
way than through the effect produced
on human beings through the senSa-
tions of temperature. sight. taste and
odor. The sensation of sound, he said,
is not fundamental, because everything
material known in the world can exist
without being heard.
This position. he said. Is almost ex-
actly matched in the conception OF
Western physicists that everything Is
composed ultimately OF electrons and
protons. each exactly alike and each
ike a mathematical point
But mathematical points, having no
dimensions. cannot enter into any COM
bination 10 produce actual physical
things because any combination OF
mathematical points simply would con-
stitute another mathematical point.
These points. he said. are called
paramanus
Back OF these points. in the Hindoo
philosophy, he said, is a continuum
called Akasha. corresponding 10 the
ether of the Western physicists, with
the difference that while the ether Is
considered capable of wave-like move
ment, such as is set up by light waves,
the Akasha is considered incapable of
movement because movement Is dis
placement OF parts and since all space
is filled by the whole the parts would
have no place 10 move in.
In Areord With Einsfein.