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PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED BEFORE OUR EYES. Arresting Predictions About the Great Conflict Called From Holy 'rit. ' An awful, whirling Armageddon of the nations; the rise of an anti-Christ; or, as is the correct and vastly more significant rendering, “A Man of Law- lessness” (Thess. II. Chap. 2); his aim at supreme personal power and world dominion; his claim to be God; his use in the world-combat of “power and signs and lying wonders” (deeds which create astonishment and fear); his overthrow; the coming of Christ, and then the end of the world! But Armageddon is with us; there is famine in Belgium; pestilence in Serbia; and, without doubt, men's hearts are failing them for fear. What the next year may hold, or even the next month, is best unthought of. We may pass from horror to horror. “And there shall be signs in the sun. and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” (Verses 25, etc.) But it is in the Epistle to the Thes- salonians that prophecy seems to find its fulfilment to-day. The language is very difficult, and the English transla- tion fails to get the full force of the original Greek; but there, as in Reve- lation, the “Man of Lawlessness,” the one who is responsible for the fearful and horrible world-cataclysm, is plain- ly indicated. Here is the passage (Thess. II. Chap. 2), with explanatory notes fol- Such seems to be the purport of Scriptural prophecies. But immense difficulties surround the subject, and the difficulties are not lessened by the fact that many phophecies which seem to point directly to the present time were fulfilled by the Fall of Jerusa- lem, says a writer in London An- SVVQI'S. “Nation shall rise against nation; and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pesti- lences, and fearful sights and great signs, shall there be from heaven.” (Verses 10, etc.) There remain some, however, which, without a forced or fanciful interpre- tation, are surely being fulfilled be- fore our eyes. The Gospel prophecies by Christ are found in St. Luke, 21; St. Mark, 13; and Stl Matthew, 24. They differ but in detail, and St. Luke may be quoted: The Scriptural books in which these prophecies occur are Daniel, three of the Gospels, Thessalonions, and the Book of Revelation. Daniel may be excluded, because his prophecies are practically repeated in Revelation. lowing: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (i.e., the last day) shall not come except there come a falling-away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exaltcth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let. until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked one be revealed; even him, whose coming is after the work- ing of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders.” V :X difficuli pissage, but full of sig- nificance. especially when studied with the prophecies in Rgvelapion. A dread personality is indicated. Back in history he was taken to be Nero. and then Napoleon. But when we learn that the “Wicked One," if the words were rendered literally, is really “The Man of Lawlessness,” who, as indicated in Revelation, will convulse the earth and drench it in blood. and set himself up above all law, then we know to whom prophecy has pointedâ€"the Kaiser. In his bid for world-power, he has broken every law of God, men and na- tions. He is the anti-Christ; the Man of Sin; the Lawless one. And it is within the memory of us all how he has blasphemously claimed to be Di- vine. Again, the passage which shows him in action using “powers and signs and lying wonders” is fearfully signi- ficant. The Greek word which we translate “wonders” really denotes the efl‘ut of inhuman methods, and the astom shment or fear they create. "0P v. er” is a reference to,the agency behind the deedsâ€"in this case, ‘Sac tanic. ‘Signs” denotes the signifi- crme of the deeds. “I am your God!” he told his Guards. The point need not be la- bored; we know it. Taken From the Gospels. Armageddon Is With Us. Full of Significance. Heretot‘ore, fish has not been a pop- ular article of diet in Canada. The ieasons fo1 this are Various and some of them must be remox ed before fish. ' eating can become a national habit. ‘In the fiist place, fresh sea fish in prime condition has been almost un- lobtainable ex en at points not far re- ‘1 moved from the coasts. This has been !due frequently to inefficient hand- ! ling of the fish by the fishermen and lby the distributing agencies. It has 7 also been due to unsatisfactory transâ€" Lportation and retail market condi- Itions. These difficulties are not in- surmountable, and some of them are already being ove1 come. Education iiof fishe1men and others who handle fish is a necessity that cannot be {much longe1 ov e1looked. Traditional methods of handling must give way I to mom scientific and efficient prac- itices. Such changes would mean in- ! c1 eased profits for the fishermen, and, fat the same time, by making avail- able large quantities of food which have hitherto been wasted, would im- §prove the quality and lower the price lto the consumer. Transportation is galready being improved and, in time, 2 when the inland demands f01 fish war- ;rant it, fast train services should, . and probably will, be established from g the fishing ports to the larger inland icentres. The present offers splendid iopportunities to the fishery industry. 1A demand for fish is already half :created bv the high price and com- paratixe scarcity of meat. But if {Canadians are to be taught to eat :fish, there must be more enlightened !methods of producing and handling it. As 3 Substitute for Meat Fish Should Be More Used. "Eat fish” should prove a valuable slogan for combatting the high cost of living. Meat has risen in price steadily within recent- years, and, strangely enough, the available sup- ply is becoming less competent to meet the demand. It is not surpris- ing, therefore, that fish should be looked to as a substitute. As a food it is excellent, comparing not unfavor- ably with meat, although the propor- tions of nutritive elements such as protein, albumen and fat difi'er con- siderably. We have only to think of poisonous gas, liquid fire, and other inhuman barbarities to see that prophecy is be- ing fulfilled in this war. ing fulfilled in this war. Further, when we are puzzled as to the long years when the Kaiser seem- ed to be the one who kept the peace of Europe, we can turn to the prophecy and see that such a period is indicated. “He who now letteth” means “he who now restrains,” and the reference is clear enough. Bismarck held the Kai- set back, until “the pilot was drop- Ped,” and war preparations, hidden under a fearful cloak of hypocrisy. be- _ The pregnant passage in Thessaloh- ians (verse 8, chapter 2) indicatesm mysterious language the destructlon of‘the “Lawless One.” His end may be awful! One feels that we are living in the times pointed out, and watching the awful drama being unfolded, even if the greatest of scholars cannot un~ ravel the strange and tangled threads of the world-war prophecies in that wonderfully prophetic Book of Reve- lation. “The Lord shall consume him with the spirit of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of his coming." A Man of Many Religions. Let us remember that the Kaiser, if he poses to-day for a Christian, has posed as Mohammedan to the Turks, and it would surprise no one if he openly flung away Christianity, and proclaimed himself as the new God. It is but a step, and the prophecy will be complete. ' Chapters 17 and 18 continue the allegorical prophecies, and in chapter 16 we come to the reference to Arma- geddon, when the kings of the earth do battle with those which have the “spirits of devils.” “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blas- phemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blas- phemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle.” The prophecies in Revelation as the great worldâ€"combat are clothed mystical language, and are full puzzling allegory. But chapter 13 significant. The reference there is a “beast" which shall make war! The Military Aeroplane Frequently Carries One. When the military aeroplane is scouting it usually carries two men. One is the pilot, who runs and steers the craft; the other is the observer, who marks the placing of the hostile troops, the position of their guns, the movement of trains, etc. The ob- server also makes many sketches ,of the ground over which he is flyingâ€" work that often interferes with his writing notes and memoranda. In cer- tain conditions of flight, too, it is of- ten hard for him to use a pencil and paper. To obviate that difficulty the mili- tary aeroplane now frequently carries a phonograph, with a speaking tube running to the mouth of the observer, so that by talking into the machine at any time during the flight he can re- cord his observations and still have his hands free for his field glass or his sketching pencil. WAR AND THE PHONOGRAPH. FiSH AND COST OF LIVING. THE BREDE OF THE PRINCE 0F WALES Marriage of the Heir Apparent to an English Lady Would Be Popular. , As a result of the war a serious problem has arisen in regard to the marriage of the Heir Apparent of the ‘ British Throne. NO FEAR OF A GERMAN “FRAU” FOR H.R.H. NOW. It is quite certain that there can be no alliance between the English Royal House and that of any branch of the German Royal Family for many a long year to come, if ever, indeed, such an alliance becomes again possi- ble. But the hard fact remains that, outside German Royalties, there are serious difficulties in the way of find- ing a suitable bride for the soldier son of our Sovereign who is one day destined, if he lives, to reignover the British Empire, says London Answers. It would be out of place to discuss just now the special character of these difficulties; but it may at least be stated that it is the earnest desireâ€"- indeed, one might say that it was the. settled intentionâ€"of the King and Queen that the Prince of Wales shall not marry anyone who has not been brought up in the Protestant faith. Someone of Royal Blood. A way out of the difficulties that have arisen in connection with the marriage of the Prince of Wales has been recently suggested in quarters closely in touch with the Royal entour- age: that the Royal Marriage Act should be repealed, or, at all events, suspended. Under this Act the sons of the Sovereign must wed someone of Royal blood, otherwise the marriage is a morganatic union. If the Act were repealed or sus- pended, the heir to the Throne could marry the daughter of an English peer, or even a commoner, and the marriage would be valid. Were the Prince of Wales to marry the daughter of a great English aris- tocratic house, there is not the least doubt that such a marriage would be vastly more popular in the country than would any foreign alliance, and it is at least possible that, after the war, this may happen. The daughters of the English sov- ereigns have ere this married the sons of peers; and nothing really stands in the way of the future Princess of Wales being a lady of pure English descent, except an Act of Parliament that can very easily be altered. A1- liances by marriage between Royal Houses of different countries in days gone by were often made with the idea of preserving peace between them. But in later days it has be- come quite obvious that peace cannot them. But in later days it has be- come quite obvious that peace cannot be preserved by Royal alliances. Of Long Descent. At one time there was talk of a marriage between the Prince of Wales and the daughter of the Kaiser, and if such an alliance had been arranged THOUSANDS OF WOUNDED HAVE BEEN MOVED IN THIS MANNER In the picture we see one of the British soldiers who is convales- clng from wounds in the arms unable to help himself, go down the lad- der to the hospital launch. "or such as ho a chair has been rigged up, and he is seated in it while the crane from which the chair is sus- pended is being swung out to tho launch. Thousands of wounded Brit- ish soldiers returnln" from the Dal-danclles and other zones of war, are removed from the hospital ships on their arrival in ports in such man- ner as this before being transferred to the hospitals ashore. -no doubt it was never seriously eon- ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO There are some who fear that it would weaken the Monarchy, or possi- bly give rise later to conflicting claims to the Throne, such as in ancient days led to civil war; but there is no real justification for such fears. The war has tended to deepen the affection of all classes for the Monarchy, and it is more firmly established than ever in the affections of the English :monle. A The suspension or repeal of the Royal Marriage Act would, of course, be bound to influence profoundly the future destinies of the English Royal House. There are several families among the English aristocracy whose descent is as ancient and honorable as that of our Royal House. What more natural and fitting than that the future Queen of England should be chosen from among these ancient families of the purest English descent? An alliance between the H. Apâ€" parent with the daughter of a great English aristocratic house would tend to strengthen this afi'ection further, and would be vastly more popular than a foreign alliance. Pleased in One Thing. A story has been told of the Prince of Wales that on the night when the news reached Buckingham Palace that war was certain, the Prince rushed off to his sister’s boudoir, where he found her Royal Highness writing some let- ters before retiring. templatedâ€"no one for an instant thinks it would have had the least effect upon Germany’s long-conceived ambition of smashing us at the first good opportunity. “I once knew a fellow who gave a girl an. engagement ring of Opals.” “Gracious! Wasn’t it unlucky?” “You bet it was! She married him.” Bixâ€" “Getting in debt is as easy as falling out of an airship.” Dixâ€" “Yes; and getting out of debt 15 about as easy as falling up to it again.” “Mary," exclaimed the Pr’ince, “we are going to war with Germany, and now I shall not have to marry a Ger- man princess, thank goodness!” When the great scheme of the Fa- thers of Confederation was finally rea- lized, and the nine provinces grouped themselves together into one great confederation,a seiious difficulty was presented by the choice of a suitable name. For a time almost a deadlock ensued. The Story of Why Canada Was Called a Dominion. Canadians are accustomed to take the expression of the “Dominion” of Canada for granted; but the origin of that somewhat unusual term is known to very few. At length one old member of Par- liament rose from his seat and told his colleagues that he had read in his Bible that very morning the words: “His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other.” Accordingly, he suggested that Canada should be known as the Dominion, or God’s Land. The suggestion seized upon the hearts and imaginations of those present, and it was promptly acted upon. GOD’S LAND. London, Sept. 22.â€"The events of? the past three months make it _un-‘ necessary to demonstrate further how"; great is the effort which lies before us, if liberty is to be saved in Europe- ‘ Now that Russia has been forced to evacuate not only Galicia, but. Poland, every citizen of the Empire must be able to see for himself that the war is likely to be a very long business indeed, and that the cause of Liberty Will triumph only if we put forth our whole strength. Germany has produced no Napoleon. But in the forty years that her General Stafi . has spent in working out the theory: of the conquest of Europe she has_ created a military system and a na-r tional organization unequalled by; those of any of the Allies. By com- parison we are all somewhat ama-ii teur. It will, therefore, be by our'i endurance, our courage and our! numbers rather than by any superior-I ity in generalship that we must reek-1 on to win the war. :darkness even when we thought end, and at least something would be done. If the nation could oms,‘ realize that it is not fighting so much against militarism, or for Belgium, or for anything else, but just against itself, against all that which has kept us where we are, instead of the living 'Empire we ought to be, there would be more hope. Unless we first cast the beam out of our own eye it is no use shrieking at the size of the mote in the eye of another nation, and ’until we do it our struggles and the heavy price of manhood we are pay- ing will really be as vain as they sometimes appear. Our light at pre- sent is a peculiarly thick darkness, and great because so few seem to ‘ know that it is darkness and has been it light.” We propose to consider this diag‘ nosis in two- parts. First, as it con- cerns our conduct of the war, and lsecond as it concerns our national Till recently nobody fully realized:- these facts. In consequence as a na-] tion and as an Empire we have so farj failed to approach the problem of or-i ganization for war in the spirit of ab-i solute subordination of the conditionsz and controversies of peace to the su-i preme necessities of war. It is thisl failure which is the root cause of the: dissatisfaction and unrest which have] manifested themselves in the bodys politic in the last few months. In? one sense We have nothing to be; ashamed of. The spirit and bravery; of the individual have been beyond alli praise. The figures for voluntary en-i listment, the endurance and couragef of officers and men by land and sea,i the long hours spent by workers, male} and female, in factory and workshop! producing munitions of war, are ani answer, final and conclusive, to the'g charge of degeneration in the nation-3? a1 stock. Nor have our actual per-g formances in the field fallen short of ‘ what either we ourselves or our Allies 3 had good reason to expect. It would; probably have been impossible by any ] other method to have produced a larger army, better trained and bet- ter equipped, and of better material, in so short a time. The task of the fleet has been discharged with such silent efficiency that people are in- clined to forget that it may yet be the most decisive achievement of the whole war. Yet there has been some national failure of method or purpose in the war, though it is difficult to see exactly where it lies. It cannot be ascribed to delay in achieving mili- ; tary success, or to a shortage of muni- ‘itions. Both of these might have in- l duced disappointment, but not the un- ’easy conscience which afflicts us to- day. " Special tank cars for fire-fighting I purposes constitute efficient means of § conserving forest resources along rail- ? l way lines. The Canadian Pacific rail- “I write to voice that which I think many of us are feeling now, and more will be before we get much nearer the end of these times, and that is the wonder whether there are to be found anywhere the men who will at last rise to the required greatness and take hold of our poor blind-eyed coun- try and lead it, when its eyes are opened at last. I think many regard, as I do, this change of government as a pity, while fully recognizing that it was necessitated by our system. What we want is not a change of gov- ernment, but a change of system, and this last move smacks very strongly of an attempt to pour the new wine, which is already running (for those who have the eyes to see it) from this great treading of the wine press, into the old skins, and they patched at that. Out here our view, both physi- cally and mentally, is apt to be bound- ed by the sea and the summit of Achi Baba, but we do not altogether for- get there is something beyond. If there is any possible influence which could be exerted to show the nation at last what it is really fighting for, there might be more hope of a near The general nature of the trouble is well indicated in a letter written from the trenches in Gallipoli and received a few weeks ago: Railways Are Being Equipped for Forest Protection Work. The management of the Govern-- ment railways has made material pro- gress in fire protection in Quebec since taking over the line of the Na- tional Transcontinental for operation. A tank car, for fire-fighting purposes, has been equipped and will be sta- tioned at some convenient point be- tween Edmundston and Quebec. This car has a capacity of ten thousand gallons and is equipped with hose to reach a fire five hundred feet from the track. The question of placing two similar cars at convr'iient points be- tween the City of Quebec and the Ontario boundary is under considera- tion. Special fire patrols will also be necessary, and the details are being considered. Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Railways and Canals, has announced that the same measures for fire protection will be taken on Government railways as are required by the Railway Commission of lines under private ownership. The mea- sures referred to above constitute an excellent beginning. The Govern- ment railways are not under the juris- diction of the Railway Commission. CARS FOR FIRE FIGHTING. National Duty in War From The Round Table. We propose to consider this diag« nosis in two-parts. First, as it con- cerns our conduct of the war, and second as it concerns our national mode of life. In substance the criti- cism of our conduct of the war amounts to this, that as a nation we have not yet risen to the full level of our duty in this supreme crisis of the world, that we have spent much time in abusing the sins of Germany, while we have dealt lightly with our own, that we have criticized our own Government unmercifully, and have changed it, but that we have not yet begun to make the sacrifices and in- cur the discipline that are necessary if we are to support our own brothers and our Allies at the front to the ut- most of our power. That individuals: and an immense multitude of themI have sacrificed their all, but that as a community we have not pulled our- selves together, nor abandoned abso- lutely the shibboleths of peace, nor accomplished fully the three things which really matter in war: the or- ganization and disciplining of the whole population for the purpose of ithe war, the absolute suspension of :every hindrance, however dear to Ecapital or labor, which impedes the lwork of national supply, the husband- §ing of the resources of the nation by la rigid enforcement of public and lprivate economy. That people are istill left to serve only if they choose {and when they choose, that industria‘. {service is rendered by many employ- iers only if they are handsomely paic‘ ‘for it, that trade union regulations restrictive of output are still enforced1 that strikes occur, and that, through- ;out, money is squandered lavishly as gif nobody could be expected to do his {duty without being paid for it, and ‘paid extravagantly at that. In con- ’: sequence that, while one section of the 1 nation is enduring hardships and mak- ling sacrifices greater HEW IEnglish history for the sake of their fellows, the rest are still living at their ease, seeking pleasure and en- jjoyment as usual, and wasting re- ;sources which are vital if we are tc 'g'make certain of victory for our cause a democratic and unwarlike State. When all has been said and done oul effort has been prodigious considering our unpreparedness for war. But still in this charge there is funda- mental truth. We are now fighting the war with only half our national strength. One half of the nation and that the smaller half, are sub- mitting themselves to discipline and to separation from relatives and friends, are suffering untold hard- ship, pain, and, in great numbers, are giving up their lives for their friends, while the other half are making no equivalent contribution to the common cause. That is broadly true, and, in- asmuch as it is true, it must be changed. We owe it to ourselves, to our brothers at the front, and to our Allies to put our whole nationaf strength into this war. It is easy to lose sight of the im- mense amount of hard and efficient labor which is being put forth amid the confusion and turmoil incidental to the sudden transformation of the industrial, social and political life 01‘ way has two such cars stationed at Brownville Junction, Maine, where serious fires had previously occurred. The Grand Trunk Railway also has equipped a tank car during the pre- sent season, placing it at Algonquin Park station, to he used in extinguish. ing fires along the railway line be tween Ottawa and Depot Harbor especial attention being given t6 tha' portion of the line within Algonquir Park. Excellent results have been se- cured by both the Canadian Pacifi< and Grand Trunk railways from the use of these cars for fire-fighting workmâ€"C. L. in Conservation. relative?” Gusâ€"“Hist! I’ll tell you how it is. She is the mother of Miss Beautie, and I’ve always heard that the nearest way to a girl’s heart is through her mother’s. That’s why I’m so sweet on the old lady. See?” “Humph! Yes, I see. I played that game, too, when I was young.” “Yes, and you married the girl, didn’t you '2” “True. But the old lady took such a fancy to me that she has been living with me ev er since.” Georgeâ€"“You seem devoted to that. old lady you were with. [5 she a near There is an average of about 350 births and seventy deaths a day in London. Played the Same Game. (To be continued.)