POPULAR PROPHECIES IN EUROPE.

Evening Star, Issue 3410, 26 January 1874, Page 3

POPULAR PROPHECIES IN EUROPE.

' [Continued from our last.) ■*' 1 | .; The popular, prophecies of Germany .fonp an equally interesting chapter in ’ the collecRon of uninspired predictions j. but we have left ourselves no space to speak of them at largb. A very instructive article respecting them, by Dr William Gregory, of Edinburgh, will be found in ‘ Blackwood’ for 1850. . The careful reader of that article will be struck very much with the curious coincidences between mony of these unfulfilled prophecies quoted by Dr Gregory, and the leading events in European history since 1850. Thus, Brother Herrmann, a monk of Lehnin, who dh'ed about the year 1270,’ clearly predicted ;9^. tbh Prussian monarchy, and the re-estsblisKment of this German Empire, in the eleventh generation' from Joachini the Third. The present Emperor is Joachim’s eleventh successor.- Jaspers, aga ; n, the peasant seer of Westphalia, who lived in 1830, predicted the same event as well as others equally remarkably. “ Germany shall have one king, and then shall come happy itimw,” were his words. Another peasantprophet of recent times foretold that “when the Prussian soldiers should be dressed like those who crucified Our Lord, war .would, break out with great violence. V The present Prussian helmet and military tunio are almost .exact copies of, the ancient Roman military uniform. The main points in which all'the German seers agree are the re-establishment of the empire, a great war between Germans and invading. Russians oh the banks of the Rhine,'the overthrow of all priestly power, the internal division of Franc® into three parts,-and.a final stupendous battle “at the Birchtree, uear Werl. ” A long era of peace, and prosperity for Germany and for the world is to follow this great Gorman battle of Armageddon. It is, by excellence, the coming; event for Europe and the whole world. The impending battle at tne. Birektree holds firm possession! of millions of Gerihan minds at this - moment. And this is the circumstance that lends a true historical interest, and value to popular ■ prophecies of the kind we have been detailing. They are firmly believed in by the millions, and that very belief is a factor amongst the several elements which go to determine a nation’s destiny. The predictions help to fulfil themselves by preparing the minds of the multitude for their fulfilment. Herein lies , the secret of the true philosophy of popular prophecies.—* Argus.’