planes to afford a way of escape for such as will avail themselves of it. The completion of this article as far as the preceding paragraph was followed by a prophetic vision in full waking consciousness. With an account of this vision he may very fittingly conclude. (It will be given in the first person singular, in order to avoid cumbersome expressions.)

I saw the land (Europe) spread out below me. At the four corners stood four Men, holding each the corner of a black cloth. Now a wind came from the East, causing the cloth to billow and shake. Then I asked one of the Men, “What is the meaning of the cloth?” And He said, “It is the Shadow of those things about to come upon the Earth.” Then the four Men lowered the cloth, and it covered all the land.

The wind now blew with violence, and there was a great shaking, with clamour and confusion, and the cloth became soaked with blood. Then I asked the Man, “Why are these things done?” And he answered me, “Because those things which hinder are about to be removed.” And I said, “What are the things which are to be removed?” And again he answered me, “They are three: the first two shall be destroyed by the third, and the third, when its work is accomplished, shall be changed.”

Yet again I asked him, “How soon shall these things be?” And he said, “The lands which you see have passed the Cycle of Hate; they are now in the Cycle of Madness. The next Cycle is the Cycle of Destruction.” And I said, “How long until this Cycle shall end?” And he answered me, “In about two years it shall end, and destruction shall commence. Then, in nine years the times of nine nations shall be accomplished.”