58. Was Medo-Persia a great country?-59. Did Daniel by a bear prophesy the Kingdom of Medo-Persia?—60. Did Daniel prophesy the reigns of Cambyses, Smerdis, and Darius Hystaspes, kings of Medo-Persia after Cyrus?-61. Did Daniel prophesy Xerxes, "far richer than them all," as successor to Darius Hystaspes?-62. Had Daniel prophesied 222 years before the event that Persia, led by Darius, would be conquered by Greece, 63. Did Daniel by a leopard prophesy the Kingdom of Greece?—64. Did Daniel prophesy that the kingdom of Alexander would be a great one?— 65. Did what "has been pronounced the greatest military achievement of Alexander” fulfill a prophecy made by Ezekiel 258 years before the event?- 66. Did the result of the battle of Ipsus (301 B. C.) fufill a prophecy by Daniel that no descendant of Alexander the Great would ever sit on his throne, but that his kingdom would be divided between four?-67. Did Daniel prophesy, 369 years before the event, that Greece would be con- 68. Did Daniel through prophecy give a correct picture of the Roman Kingdom?-69. Did Daniel prophesy, 435 years before Rome was mistress of the world, her marvelous strength and power?-70. Did Roman soldiers, led by Pompey, conquer Syria in the year 64 B. C. and Jerusalem in the year 63 B. C., in fulfillment of prophecies made by Daniel 470 and 471 years before those events?-71. Hundreds of years before the events, did Daniel prophesy that Julius Caesar and Cleopatra would become infatuated with each other, and that afterward Cleopatra would turn against Rome?- 72. Did Daniel prophesy the death of Julius Caesar 490 years before the event?-73. About 425 years before the event, did Daniel foretell that Augustus Caesar would be a tax-raiser?-74. About 900 or 1000 years before the event, did Daniel prophesy that the Roman kingdom would be 75. Did Isaiah prophesy 712 years before Christ that John the Baptist would be His forerunner?-76. Did Jesus fulfill a prophecy in the Penta- teuch that a Star would come out of Jacob?-77. Was Christ a descendant of David in fulfillment of prophecies made many hundred years before His birth by Moses, Isaiah and Jeremiah?-78. Did Micah, 710 years before He was born, prophesy the birth-place of Jesus? - 79. Did Isaiah prophesy correctly that Jesus would be a Light to the World?-80. Did Isaiah prophesy correctly that Jesus Christ would be a corner-stone?-81. Is Jesus Christ the World's Masterpiece?-82. Was Jesus a Great Physician in fulfillment of Bible prophecy?-83. Did the Psalms prophesy the suffer- ings of Christ on the cross?-84. Did Isaiah prophesy the death of Jesus and the power of the Cross of Calvary?-85. Did Mary, the mother of Jesus, prophesy correctly that all generations would call her "blessed"?—— 86. Did Jesus die of a broken heart; and 487 years before Christ was born, did Zachariah prophesy that the body of Jesus would be pierced?-87. Did Jesus prophesy correctly His own resurrection? 88. Did Jesus prophesy, 37 years before the event, the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman gen- eral Titus in A. D. 70?-89. Did Jesus prophesy correctly that not one stone would be left upon another in the Temple of Jerusalem?... THE DARK DAY AND THE FALLING OF THE STARS 90. Was the Dark Day-May 19, 1780-foretold by John the Revelator? -91. Was the falling of the stars as figs from a tree on November 13, 1833, PROPHECY AND THE LATE EUROPEAN WAR 93. Did Jesus prophesy the perplexity of the world during the late European war?-94. Did Daniel, about 2500 years ago, prophesy failure for William Hohenzollern's dream of World Empire?-95. Did the "intri- cate relationships".... "existing between the reigning houses of Europe" PROPHECY AND TO-DAY-WORLD DRINK TRAFFIC-WORLD EXTRAVAGANCE 96. Is there a message from the Prophets to the nations of to-day?— 97. 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History repeats itself, and, during the next few years, the Church must decide whether the social wrongs of the present age are to be dealt with by religion or revolution. We are as near to revolution as Pompeii to Vesuvius on the day before the eruption. Anything may happen at any time. The separation, distrust and hatred which exist at present between various classes of society cannot go on forever. A crisis must be reached. soon, for life is becoming intolerable to everybody." These are strange and startling words to be published in 1919 by Chaplain Thomas Tiplady of England, author of "The Cross at the Front," and "The Soul of the Soldier." .... Oh, for a few days of real sanity, when with composed nerves and calm judgment and without bitterness of feeling we could look at our problems and meet them with our traditional hopefulness and confidence. "Recklessness is in our blood, a great willingness to take risks that we have no right to take. We will suffer for this spasm of selfassertiveness on all sides. I want to see a new conference of leading minds that will think in practical terms, a real council of national defense against the kind of civil war which some seem to think another irrepressible conflict." "Oh, for a few days of real sanity," what a plea-what an amazing plea in October, 1919, from Secretary Lane, Secretary of Interior of the greatest Republic in the world! |