It is a sign of our times,
answering to the prophetic forecast.
Throughout the present generation the thoughtful have watched with grave
forebodings the preparations of the nations for war. Queen Alexandra, of
Britain, once said of it:
"I was educated in the school of a king who was, before all
things, just; and I have tried, like him, always to preach love
and charity, I have always mistrusted warlike preparations, of
which nations seem never to tire. Some day this accumulated
material of soldiers and guns will burst into flames in a
frightful war that will throw humanity into mourning on earth
and grieve our universal Father in heaven."
As the race of armaments went forward on a scale never before thought
of, statesmen and writers began to make use of the word "Armageddon" to
describe the conflict that they saw was inevitable. Years ago the London
_Contemporary Review_ said:
"Odd things are happening everywhere.... Russia, Germany,
England--these are great names; they palpitate with great
ideas; they have vast destinies before them, and millions of
armed men in their pay, all awaiting Armageddon.
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