he
tale-bearer."

He paused, and glanced around on the throng nearest to him, as he asked:

"Does anyone present know anything in the Scriptures relating to this
present position, that will serve as a guide to our movements now?"

A tall, fine-looking man responded by lifting his right arm. He was
asked to speak. He came forward and stood upon the hillock where Cohen
stood. Holding aloft a Bible, he cried:

"Men and Brethren, of the stock of Israel, and Gentiles associated with
them. I was a Christian minister, so-called, in Australia, when the
'Rapture' took place. I was _left behind_, because, though I could
preach eloquently enough, and could keep my church filled to
over-flowing. I was not a converted man; I had been trained for the
church, as my only brother had been trained for the bar. I never
realized the need of conversion, my soul was filled with pride in my
gifts, hence I was left behind when Christ came for His own,--and,
among His own, thank God, were many 'Israelites indeed,' as well as
Gentiles.

"Since my conversion, friends, (and though too late for the Rapture,
yet still the glorious event took place within forty-eight hours of the
Rapture) I have _studied_ my Bible, to see what should happen.
Everything _has_ happened according as the New Testament has laid it
down: The 'people of God,' the Jews, have built their Temple. They
made their seven-year covenant with Apleon. The Anti-christ, the
Scripture calls him. At the end of the three and a half years (_half_
of the covenant time) he orders the Sacrifice to cease in the Temple at
Jerusalem--and everybody here knows how _literally_ all this has
happened.

"He has set up his own image to be worshipped, as was foretold, and
God's ancient people, with those of us here who are Gentiles, have
fled. We are here, to-day, here at this moment, living out exactly
what the New Testament had all along prophesied would come to pass. In
that wonderful book, which deals with these times in which we are now
living,--Revelation twelve, it says, that the faithful Jews, and
others, '_were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly
into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time,
and times, and half a time_, (three and a half years from now,)
friends, which period will complete the seven years of Apleon's
(Anti-christ's) reign.

"Now listen again to that same prophesy, friends: '_And the Serpent_
(Apleon) _cast out of