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Excerpt from The Prophesy Concerning the Rosh Keläläh
The darkening of the sun, moon, and stars, is the symbol for the darkening of the light of truth, which is as the sun; and the darkening of faith and hope, which are our light in the night season. The wave of atheism which followed the falling of the torch-star of learning, is recorded in history, and is not yet spent.
After the wave of atheism comes the invention of machinery. The Hebrew Abaddon, the Greek Apollyon, the English Destroyer, is fire. The apostle has given us a word picture of the opening of the coal-pits, the coming of the steam engine, and the torment caused by the introduction of machinery into industrial life. The steam engine, the iron horse, is the instrument for creating wealth; its use is crowned with gold. It is as a king, yet it must be tended and controlled by men. The steam ?oats like women's hair. They are mighty to rend. They are able to resist all assaults on their use. The formidable noise which proceeds from the steam engine is well known. The tail of the engine is the factory and its consequences. If we could see the whole of the world's machinery, and the whole of the torment associ ated therewith, we could not describe it in any other words than those that are written. Nowadays, when the golden crown of the engine is before our eyes, we are apt to forget the torment which the coming of the steam engine has caused. The five months symbolise the currency of five events.
Waters, are a symbol for peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And of waters, the great' river Euphrates is the symbol for the ruling class. The machinery for transport, together with universal military service, and breech-loading artillery with their high explosives and cart ridges. For their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they do huit. The land, and the air the water, and beneath the water. We have seen the begin ning of this event, but not the end.
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