A Remarkable Prophecy.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4437, 17 July 1909, Page 3

A Remarkable Prophecy.

Mrs Flora Annie Steele, the wellknown novelist, has sent to the London “ Times ” a curious Indian prophecy concerning the last days of the Kah Yug, or present age. The prophecy is contained in the passage quoted below from a portion of Hindu Scripture :

“ The man who owns most gold, And lavishly distributes it, will gain Dominion over all. Religion will consist In wasting alms at large, and self- . willed women Will seek for power. They who rule the State Will rob the people and abstract the wealth Of merchants on the plea of raising taxes. And in the world’s last age the rights of man Will be confused, no property be safe.” Mrs Steele remarks that the wide yet detailed sweep of the forecast remiuds her of the Budget recently brought down by the British Government, to the farmers of which she recommends the last line but two. It should be remarked that the prophecy dates back to 1000 B.C, and is very remarkable as depicting present day conditions. One London journal commenting on it, remarks that there is something almost uncanny in the way in which tbe primitive writer has realised the evils of the present day. “He apparently held sound charity organisation society views (see third and fourth lines), was an anti-suffragist, and an enemy of bloated budgets, and, further, held with Bastiat that the rights of property are one of the best guarantees for human liberty.”