ance of acts not, hitherto, “dreamed of in their philosophy." The evolutionary socialist party man holds that but for abolitionists there probably would have been no Republican party; that but for the Populist organization there would have been no Bryan Democracy; and, likewise, that but for the Socialist party, with a half-million votes behind it, there would not now be constantly manifested in high places the radicalism which most people regard with so much satisfaction.

In the third place, such a party can, as in Wisconsin, actually do business in the political field. There a cluster of active, intelligent, competent workers is in the city council, and another is in the

state legislature. They are not held back by the fear of offending "allies" or "conservative" party members, possessing necessary votes or funds. They are "permeating" as fully as Fabians can permeate and, in addition, are constantly strengthening their organization and acquiring the practical wisdom and administrative capacity which they will need when, probably a few years hence, they will control, first, Milwaukee, and, then, the State of Wisconsin. Obviously, the lessons learned in that city and state will prove of fundamental value in other cities and states and finally in the nation. THOMAS ELMER WILL.

Washington, D. C.

another," is strictly true. They always rise just two hours apart. There are twelve zodiacal beasts that apparently circle around the earth every twenty-four hours. Therefore the twelve beasts rise

and set within that time. These facts are known to all astronomers.

Dr. Uriah Smith, in his voluminous work of 757 pages, entitled Daniel and the Revelation, on page 113 says: “All Scripture language is to be taken literally, unless there exists some good reason for supposing it to be figurative; and all that is figurative is to be interpreted by that which is literal."

This arbitrary ruling gives us the reason why the immortal blessings of Jacob and Moses have never had an accurate and adequate interpretation. These allegorical blessings are recorded

in Gen., 49, and Deut., 33. They were written three thousand years ago and this mode or manner of ruling would prevent their being understood forever. Fortunately we chose another view, we sought the aid not only of the science of astronomy, but that of mythology, and we have made a valid interpretation of their meaning, a meaning that is not only rational and consistent, but carries the inherent marks of truth throughout.

The meaning of these ancient blessings speaks volumes for the intelligence of the two distinguished authors who gave them to the world. They change the meaning of a hundred essential passages of Scripture, and remove all their inconsistencies. They will stand throughout all time and defy all opposition as easily as the rock of Gibraltar defies and resists the waves that beat against it.

Dr. Smith, on page 4, in his preface, says: "There are two general systems of interpretation adopted by different expositors in their efforts to explain the sacrd Scriptures. The first is the mystical or spiritualizing system, invented by Origen, to the shame of sound criticism and the cause of Christendom; the second is the system of literal interpretation, used by such men as Tyndale, Luther, and all the reformers, and furnishing the basis for every advance step which has thus far been made in the reformation from error to truth as taught in the Scriptures.

"By the mystical method of Origen it is vain to hope for any uniform understanding of either Daniel or the Revelation, or of any other book of the Bible; for that system (if it can be called a system) knows no law but the uncurbed imagination of its adherents; hence there are on its side as many different interpretations of Scriptures as there are different fancies of different writers."

The Bible Allegories refutes substantially every word of the foregoing. Why have they not made a valid interpretation of the blessings of Jacob and Moses by this wonderful system? They have not

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made nor cannot make an interpretation of Daniel or Revelation by that system.*

The author of The Bible Allegories has formed and has proven to demonstration that any of the Bible allegories which are accurately and adequately interpreted will accord and be in full harmony with science, and any modern scientist will cheerfully accept them.

You may ask with reason, What is science? Science is the immutable laws of Deity. Man has no power to make or invent them, he simply discovers and records them. Let us give a brief illustration of allegorical language. The Bible Allegories on page 217, says (Num., 23:24): "Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion, and lift up himself as a young lion." The word people here is allegorical, and is misleading to any one but the initiated or an astronomical class. To them it is plain, beautiful and instructive. The words, "the people," signifies "the stars." Then it becomes an easy matter to observe how nearly literal this troublesome text has been. To illustrate: Behold the stars shall rise up as a lion, as the constellation of Leo, the lion, invariably rises, on schedule time, on each and every night or day. And he is lifted up apparently by the turning of the earth, as all the other constellations are, and with all the ease of a spry young lion.

Further, the text says: "He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain." Here we encounter the words "blood" and "slain." Their plain and obvious meaning has been changed to the esoteric or allegorical, which has figuratively imprisoned their sense for ages. Behold, the people the children of Israel, the tribe of Judah. Leo, the celestial lion of the zodiac, represents a tribe of Israel, and Jacob's son Judah personifies this lion, which shall not lie down-that is,

Wilderness; or, The Lord's Highway, and The *See the author's pamphlets. The Celestial Oriental King's Dream.

this constellation of Leo, the heavenly lion, shall not pass by, shall not leave his celestial domicile, as the guardian and protector of our earth, during the season of summer until he eat of the prey and drink of the blood of the slain.

The prey is the bread made from the then present crop of grain, that has ripened and been harvested, ground and made up into bread.

The word "slain" signifies the ripe and gathered grapes, which are allegorically slain; and to drink of the blood of the slain signifies only to drink of the rich and purple juice of the gathered or slain grapes. Hence, little by little, is unfolded a sensible and tenable solution of these ancient texts, that must have resisted the efforts of many enterprising students who have grappled with them. Before we begin the direct interpretation of these four great beasts, which rose up from the sea, we desire to give our readers the reason why we deny that the prophet in reality saw visions, but that the word vision was used on purpose to deceive the illiterate class, those who know not the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, or the elements of plain astronomy. In other words, the prophet's so-called vision was in reality an astronomical observation, all of which any modern astronomer will verify.

Webster's unabridged dictionary says of the word "vision": "That vision, is that which is seen; an object of sight. Especially that which is seen otherwise than by the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic or imaginary sight, an apparition, a phantom.” "No dreams, but visions strange." (Sidney). "The baseless fabric of a vision." (Shakespeare.)

There is nothing in heaven, or upon the earth more real than the constellations of the zodiac. They have been rising from behind the sea, or horizon, for thousands of years. They are rising now, just as they were rising then.

We now come to the direct interpretation of the four great beasts which rose up from the sea.

Our earth in round numbers is ninety million miles from the sun. Then a line drawn across the middle of the earth's orbit would measure one hundred and eighty million miles,-the length of its diameter. Three times a diameter equals a circumference; therefore the earth's orbit is approximately five hundred and forty million miles in circumference. This vast and almost infinite circle passes through a belt or zone of stars, eight degrees on each side of the ecliptic, or the earth's orbit, known as the sun's apparent path.

This celestial belt is divided into twelve equal divisions, which are known in astronomy as groups of fixed stars or constellations-from the word con, together, and stella, a star. But in Scripture they are known as kingdoms and dominions. Each one of them is fortyfive million miles long by twenty-four million miles wide; and one of them rises from behind the sea or horizon every two hours throughout the year. These twelve great divisions or constellations are represented by twelve hieroglyphical signs, or beasts, known as the twelve beasts of the zodiac. They are Aquarius, the Water-bearer; Pisces, the Fishes; Aries, the Ram; Taurus, the Bull; Gemini, the Twins; Cancer, the Crab; Leo, the Lion; Virgo, the Virgin; Libra, the Balance; Scorpio, the Scorpion; Saggitarius, the Archer; and Capricornus, the Goat. The sun passes through three of these constellations in spring, three in summer, three in autumn, and three in winter, and has ever done so.

THE FIRST GREAT BEAST.

Dan., 7:4: "The first beast was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."

This great beast is a hieroglyphical sign, a drawing or diagram of a group of fixed stars-a constellation, which never

moves, its apparent movement being due to the revolution of our earth. The earth is perpetually turning from west to east at a rate of one thousand miles an hour. This makes these signs or beasts appear to rise up out of the sea, or rise above the horizon, and pass over the firmament towards the west. As a constellation rises up from the sea or earth its appearance or attitude is ever changing. Sometimes it seems to stand upon its feet as a man; then it crouches as a beast of prey; at other times it is decending towards the sea or horizon. This beast has neither wings nor feathers, but is wholly composed of stars of every magnitude. When the sun's golden rays gild the eastern sky, the stars all fade away, his superior light totally obscuring them. This is why the prophet said they were plucked; and every evening or night, when they rise, they seem to be lifted from the earth or the sea, and ascend the eastern sky.

This great beast or constellation rises every day or night of our lives, and has been doing so for untold ages. The reader may witness its ascension, because it is daily rising now, just as it was rising then. The phrase, "And a man's heart was given to it," signifies that Jacob's son, Judah, is the genius of the Lord, the sun, and personifies this lion of the zodiac.* Jacob and Moses, in Gen., 49 and Deut., 33, appointed each of the twelve sons of Israel to personify the twelve beasts of the zoniac, and this is one of them.†

By the introduction of the lion as the first beast which rose up from the sea, the prophet departed from the conventional course or beaten track of Jacob's and Moses' arrangement of the zodiac. Moreover, Daniel himself, in a former chapter, made these same four beasts come in the regular order of these two distinguished leaders of Israel.||

These four great beasts which rose up *Vide, The Bible Allegories, chapter on Judah, Pp. 179-226.

†Gen. 49:9. "Judah is a lion's whelp.” See the author's pamphlet, The Oriental King's

Dream.

from the sea do not symbolize any of the ancient political kingdoms on earth, as Babylon, the Medes and Persians, the Grecians or Romans.

The first great beast was Taurus, the celestial Bull. He from the first in Scripture opened the allegorical kingdom or literal season of spring. This matter is known by all astronomers. Jacob's grand or adopted son, Ephraim, personified the Bull 2150 years, and was the first king of kings who ever reigned. He reigned from about the time of Abraham down to about 388 years before our era, as king of kings, or leader of the twelve tribes or constellations of Israel, which is the celestial zodiac. It was on account of his being the leader of the twelve constellations of Israel that the Israelites made a symbol of him and worshiped him as the golden calf. Moreover, the calf that St. John saw with the three other beasts which were worshiping round the throne of heaven, was Taurus, the celestial Bull, the same beast which Daniel saw, rising from the sea. All this information comes from Jacob's and Moses' blessings, now for the first time given to the world clearly and adequately interpreted in The Bible Allegories.

The four beasts which Daniel saw rising from the sea, symbolize the four seasons of the year; notwithstanding all Bible commentators now have an opposite view.

Dan., 7:5: "And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised itself up on one side." This is qualified in the margin: "It raised up one dominion."

This peculiar situation needs the reader's most earnest attention. Each one of the four seasons contains three months, and over them are these constellations of the zodiac as their guardians and protectors. They are represented by these hieroglyphical signs, or beasts in this instance. The Crab, Lion and Virgin are the celestial guardians of summer during June, July and August; but only the middle constellation, the

Lion, is lifted up. The reader cannot discount this language, because it is mathematically true. He can have ocular demonstration, because the Crab. the Lion and the Virgin are things eternal, They are all now plainly visible in the heavens, just as they were then.

The blessings of Jacob and Moses, recorded in the two immortal chapters, Gen., 49 and Deut., 33, inform us beyond the emergence of a doubt, that the twelve sons of Jacob are the genii, spirits, angels, or messengers of their Lord, the sun, sent out through all the earth; and further, that the illustrious twelve sons personify the twelve beasts of the zodiac. Judah is the genius or messenger of this shining lord and personifies the lion. This is why the prophet said: “And a man's heart [intelligence] was given to it.'

This celestial lion is the guardian and protector of summer, the season of harvest. And to further corroborate this fact, we desire the student to consult any standard celestial atlas, where he may find in the flowing mane of Leo, the lion of the zodiac, seven resplendent suns or stars of the first magnitude, which represent the heavenly harvest sickle, beaming from the dome of heaven throughout the summer season.

Assigning the celestial beasts to their proper places will make no essential change in the meaning of the texts, as it all relates directly to the sun and the four seasons of the year.

And the prophet said: "It had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it; and they said thus unto it, Arise and devour much flesh."

This language implies that this second beast represents the season of summer, June, July and August, the most productive portion of the year. During this delightful season the plains and verdant pastures, the undulating hills and mountain meadows, have heavy crops of rich, nutritious grass, verging towards maturity. Here in these sequestered regions, on these wide expanses of territory, ten thousand sheep

and cattle make their rightful home. Vast flocks of sheep, with half-grown lambs, were grazing on a thousand hills or drinking of the mountain streams. Great herds of kine, with sleek and well-fatted calves gamboling around them, were enjoying the grateful shade.

These were the pictures before the prophet's mind. Then, with all this vast array, these innumerable flocks and herds of harmless ruminating creatures wholly within the power of carnivorous beasts, such as the lion, bear or leopard, would not these rapacious beasts be certain of abundant prey? It was no wonder, under such conditions, that the prophet saw three ribs in the mouth of it, or that he exclaimed: "Arise, devour much flesh."

Dan., 7:6: "After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast' had also four heads; and dominion was given to it."

The beast which the prophet saw and described, which he says looked like a leopard, has the identical place in the zodiac of the celestial Scorpion. This constellation, with the Scales on one side and the Archer on the other, is the guardian of the season of autumn, while the shining Lord was descending to his winter solstice in Capricorn.

It is bound to develop sooner or later, as we proceed, to an absolute certainty, that it is the Scorpion. Nevertheless the prophet has selected beasts outside the zodiac to represent the seasons, all of which is against the authorities of Israel. However, this will probably adjust itself as we proceed.

Our first effort will be to examine the expression "which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl." To duly appreciate this language, one should imagine himself back in the dark ages, when the theory of the most enlightened nations was that our earth was the fixed and solid center of the universe; that the sun, moon and constellations revolved around us, for our exclusive benefit. The mag