St. Paul writes, as we all know: "Despise not prophecies, but prove all things, hold fast that which is good" (I Thess. v. 20-2 I). That there have been, and are, many persons to whom a knowledge of the future is imparted in ways that transcend our comprehension, I fully believe. But that this knowledge ever extends to the foreseeing of political events of general interest is very difficult to establish by evidence. It does not seem to be part of the divine dispensation that assurance regarding the decrees of Providence should be given to any considerable body of mankind. Certainly a careful...

How many we hear speaking about the spirit of the age, and, yet, how few are prepared to define that creature of the mind, to tell exactly in what it consists, whence it springs, what role it plays in the great drama of existence or what influences it posessess When we speak of the age, we doubtlessly refer to the century in which we live-consequently from the expression the spirit of the age we naturally infer that each successive period in the history of the world has had its particular spirit, different from that which held sway in preceding or succeeding epochs, and that our age has also...

The title chosen for this book sets forth the contents of the inspired message revealed to St. John, the Apostle. It is a summing up of the prophetical work in the Bible by the Holy Spirit and a revelation of the Great Causes shaping future history which will constitute the destiny of mankind. This destiny will be created and developed by man's free will. It is the Book of Destiny, because it shows forth the destiny of the whole human race. It is building up now and will grow until the Day of Judgment. This building up began with the renewed persecution of the Christians by Trajan after the...