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22 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
Every time he saw the image the words “My
kingdom is only of this world “ flashed through his
brain. At last he thought that the words wrote
themselves in the air and began to wave before his
eyes, now in fire, now in blood, now in smoke.
He stood still. He stood there with gun in hand,
but he had stopped fighting. Suddenly he knew
that this was the word that he had sought after all
his life. He knew what he would say to the people,
and it was the poor image that had given him the
solution.
He would go out into the whole world and
proclaim: “Your kingdom is only of this world.
“ Therefore you must care for this life and live like
brothers. And you shall divide your property so
that no one is rich and no one poor. You shall all
work, and the earth shall be owned by all, and you
shall all be equal.
“No one shall hunger, no one shall be tempted
to luxury, and no one shall suffer want in his old
age.
“And you must think of increasing every one’s
happiness, for there is no compensation awaiting
you. Your kingdom is only of this world.”
All this passed through his brain while he stood
on the barricade, and when the thought became clear
to him, he laid down his weapon, and did not lift it
again for strife and the shedding of blood.
A moment later the barricade was stormed and
taken. The victorious troops dashed through and
quelled the insurrection, and before night order
and peace reigned in the great city.
The Englishwoman sent out her servants to look
for her lost possessions, and they found many, if not
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