PRESENT DAY PROPHETS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 December 1924, Page 15

PRESENT DAY PROPHETS.

REMARKABLE CASES. A startling prophecy was made by the Abbot of RongOui-:, a monastery on the slopes of mighty Everest. When the Everest expedition left Rongbuk on its way up the mountain the Abbot warned the native porters that if an attempt were made to reach the summit disaster would follow. “The Spirit of the Mountain has up to now been merciful,” said this prophet, “but should his solitude be again disturbed be will surely wreak his vengeance on the distributers of liis eternal peace.” That solitude was disturbed by. two intrepid British climbers—Malory and Irvine. Neither of them came back, says “Ideas.” The Abbot’s terrible prophecy was fulfilled.

. An even more remarkable case of successful prophecy was that made by a Finnish fisherman, named Anton Johansson, when he visited Stockholm in 1923. Months before the World War had been thought of, this amazing man startled Sweden by prophesying a great conflict. Johansson made four distinct prophecies, all of which were subsequently fulfilled to the letter, and have .since become historical. He prophesied that a world war between Germany and Austria on .the one side, and England, France, and Russia on the other —with Belgium dragged in—was shortly to break out; further, that at the end of the conflict Germany would have lost Alsace-Lorraine; that during the war a Socialist Government would rule in Sweden for the first time; and that Denmark would not take part in the struggle.

Another astounding case of successful prophecy connected with the war was that of an Italian priest samed Bosco % who, in 1901 —13 years before the World and before the great itice for naval supremacy had. been begun, . declared that the World War would come in 1914, that Germany would invade France, but be driven back, and her army destroyed; that Belgium would once more become “the cockpit of Europe,” but would rise again from the . ashes of her towns, asd that Poland would once more become a nation.

An amazing case of prophecy was reported a few years ago from a Sussex village. A man named Burns, who had never been out of Sussex in his life, was told by a friend that he would eventually die at a place called Talaki. He remarked facetiously that “in that case he would live to'be as old as Noah, for there was no such place, in Sussex.” The prophecy was forgotte’n when Burns heard that a relative had died on a South Sea island and left hint some property. As the value of this amounted to some thousands, be decided to see the- island that bad been left him and arrange for it to be sold. He sailed for tile Pacific, but the trading vessel on which he was completing the journey was wrecked ill a tornado with all 'hands. The bodv of Burns was washed ashore on the island oi Talaki, in the Solomons Group, and carried by natives to Pa mi a for burial.