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of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side; and they
four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also
had the face of an eagle.
Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward;
two wings of every one were joined one to another;
and two covered their bodies.
And they went every one straight forward; whither the
spirit was to go; they went; and they turned not when they
went.
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of
lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and
the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance
of a flash of lightning.
Now, as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel
upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like
unto the colour of a beryl; and they four had one likeness:
and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel
in the middle of a wheel.
Robert felt sure that this was the prediction and description
of an airplane that Ezekiel was talking about.
He thought that an airplane could be built with four
wings, which would be more powerful and useful than
any of the airplanes yet built. It was his great desire
to build an airplane of this kind.
Robert read Ezekiel 5: 2 and 12:
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the
city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt
take a third part, and smite about it with a knife; and a third
part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw but a
sword after them.
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with
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famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a
third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I
will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw
out a sword after them.
Also Ezekiel 7: 2 and 12:
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the
land of Israel. An end, the end is come upon the four corners
of the land.
The time is come, the day draweth near; let not the buyer
rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
Robert thought he saw in this the coming war and
famine on the earth from the cycle, that a greater
portion of the earth would be destroyed by war and
famine, and that the end was near. Ezekiel 7: 13:
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although
they were yet alive; for the vision is touching the whole multitude
thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any
strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
Ezekiel 8: 1 and 14:
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month,
in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and
the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord
God fell there upon me.
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's
house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat
women weeping for Tammuz.
Ezekiel 10: 9-11:
And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubims,
one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another
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cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as of the
colour of a beryl stone.
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness,
as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they
turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head
looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Robert felt sure that it was an airplane which Ezekiel
was talking about and which was going to be made in
the future. He thought the one referred to with "the
face of an eagle" referred to the United States Government.
He hoped to build some day and help win the
great war in the air and make peace when the days of
the "End" come and the great air battles would be
fought. Ezekiel 10: 19 and 21:
And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up
from the earth in my sight; when they went out, the wheels
also were beside them; and every one stood at the door of
the east gate of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God
of Israel was over them above.
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings;
and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel 12: 22:
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land
of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision
faileth?
Ezekiel 14: 14, 16 and 21:
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it,
they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,
saith the Lord God.
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord
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God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only
shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
For thus saith the Lord God. How much more when I send
my four judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,
and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from
it man and beast.
Ezekiel 16: 1 and 44:
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb
against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Ezekiel 17: 3 and 7:
And say, Thus saith the Lord God, A great eagle with great
wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours,
came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
There was also another great eagle with great wings and
many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend her roots
toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that
he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
Ezekiel 20: 46:
Son of man set thy face toward the south, and drop thy
word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of
the south field:
Robert interpreted this to mean that the day was
coming when there would be a great air fight from the
southern part of the United States. Ezekiel 20: 47:
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the
Lord, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will kindle a fire
in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and
every dry tree; the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and
all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
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He thought this meant the South would be destroyed
by airplanes with liquid fire and poisonous chemicals
when the war would take place.
Robert read Ezekiel 21: 14, 26 and 30:
Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine
hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time,
the sword of the slain; it is the sword of the great men that
are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Thus saith the Lord God, Remove the diadem, and take off
the crown; this shall not be the same; exalt him that is low,
and abase him that is high.
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge
thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of
the nativity.
Ezekiel 28: 3:
Behold thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that
they can hide from thee:
Robert had great faith in the prophecies of Ezekiel
because the Lord said: "Behold, thou art wiser than
Daniel. There is no secret that they can hide from
thee." He understood from Ezekiel's prophecies that
a great war was coming and that it would be fought in
the air by the great airplanes as described by Ezekiel
32: 1 and 2:
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth
month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the
nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas; and thou
camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with
thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
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From these predictions of Ezekiel and others in the
Bible which Robert believed was a repetition of previous
battles, he interpreted it to mean that there was
to be a great flood during the year 1927. He predicted
terrible floods along the Mississippi Valley, which would
destroy the cotton crops and would lay waste vast acres
of fertile land. He wrote that it would be one of the
greatest floods in history. Ezekiel 32: 7:
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and
make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a
cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Robert understood this to mean the two great eclipses
that would occur in June, 1927.
Ezekiel 33: 21 and 33:
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity,
in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one
that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The
City is smitten.
And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come) then shall
they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Robert felt that he knew the Scriptures and was prepared
to prophesy the future and warn the people of
the famine, pestilence and the coming war.
Ezekiel 35: 1 and 8:
Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy
hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they
fall that are slain with the sword.
Ezekiel 36: 1 and 34:
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of
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Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
Lord.
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate
in the sight of all that passed by.
Ezekiel 37: 9, 16, 17, 19 and 22:
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son
of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come
from the four winds, O Breath, and breathe upon these slain,
that they may live,
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write
upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions:
then take another stick and write upon it, For
Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel
his companions:
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall
become one in thine hand.
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim,
and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with
him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick,
and they shall be one in mine hand.
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains
of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all and
they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be
divided into two kingdoms, any more at all.
Robert interpreted this to mean the coming of the
great war when the United States should be the one
great nation that would rule the world; that there
would be no more divided kingdoms and no more divided
countries, that it would be the United States of
the World, which would be the land of liberty where
freedom exists.
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Ezekiel 38: 19:
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath, have I
spoken, Surely in that dav there shall be a great shaking in
the land of Israel.
Robert understood -- "the jealousy in the fire of
wrath" -- to mean chemical elements which would be
used in the coming war and the use of airplanes.
Ezekiel 39: 2:
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of
thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and
will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.
Robert's interpretation of this was that the last great
battle of the war was to be fought in the northern
part of the United States.
Ezekiel 39: 8 and 9:
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this
is the day whereof I have spoken.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth,
and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years.
He thought the 9th verse where it says that everything
should be burnt with fire seven years, meant
either seven years of war, or seven days. He had read
where it says, "I will appoint a day for a year and a
year for a day."
Ezekiel 39: 11, 12 and 14:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto
Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers
of the east of the sea; and it shall stop the noses of
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the passengers; and there shall they bury Gog, and all his
multitude; and they shall call it, The Valley of Hamon-gog.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of
them, that they may cleanse the land.
And they shall sever out men of continual employment,
passing through the land to bury with the passengers those
that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it; after
the end of seven months shall they search.
Robert thought all this referred to the war yet to
come, in which the United States was to play the final
and principal part, and the use of the airplanes should
reach its greatest perfection.
Ezekiel 43: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10:
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that
looketh toward the east:
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the
way of the east, and his voice was like a noise of many waters:
and the earth shined with his glory.
And it was according to the appearance of the vision that
I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were
like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar: and I fell upon
my face.
And the glory of the Lord came into the house, by the way
of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel,
that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them
measure the pattern.
Ezekiel 44: 1, 4, 5 and 26:
Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward
sanctuary, which looketh toward the east, and it was
shut.
Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the
house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled
the house of the Lord; and fell upon my face.
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And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and
behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, all that I
say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of
the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering
in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
And after he is cleansed they shall reckon unto him seven
days.
Robert thought this referred to the last seven days
at the end of the Great War in the Air.
Ezekiel 45: 25:
In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month,
shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to
the sin offering, and according to the meat offering, and according
to the oil.
Robert thought this referred to the 15th day of July,
1932.
Ezekiel 46: 1, 2 and 17:
Thus saith the Lord God, The gate of the inner court that
looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days;
but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the
new moon it shall be opened.
And the prince shall enter by way of the porch of that
gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and
the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace
offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate:
then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until
the evening.
But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants,
then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall
return to the prince; but his inheritance shall be his son's for
them.
Ezekiel 47: 5, 6, 8 and 9:
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that
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I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to
swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this?
then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of
the river.
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the
east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the
sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall
be healed.
And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which
moveth, whithersoever, the rivers shall come, shall live: and
there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these
waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and everything
shall live whither the river cometh.
Ezekiel 48: 14 and 15:
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate
the first fruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.
And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, over
against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place
for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs; and the city shall
be in the midst thereof.
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CHAPTER VI
obert wrote to Walter in New York and told
him about his plans for the future; how well
he was getting along, about his new discoveries and how
he had worked out the future from the Bible. He asked
Walter's advice about sending an article to Walter's
father in regard to his future predictions based on the
Bible. Walter thought it the opportune time, in view
of the fact that his father had confidence in Robert.
After he had worked out his cycle theory according
to the Bible, and decided that he could forecast the
markets and make money, he wrote to Mr. Kennelworth,
his employer.
Texarkana, Texas.
January 15, 1927.
Mr. J. H. Kennelworth,
Texarkana,
Texas.
MY DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
I want you to know how much I appreciate the bonus
you gave me on the 1st of the year. While I want to use it wisely,
together with a little other money I have saved, I feel it is
my duty to tell you what I intend to do with it.
I have been studying the Bible night and day for many
years, and I believe that I have found in it the key to all
prophecy, -- the rules foretelling the events in the history of
the country, the progress in invention, and also rules for forecasting
the future of stocks and commodities. I have been
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reading some books and studying commodities and stocks and
have applied the rules as I understand them from the Bible.
I feel sure that I am able to foretell what is going to happen
in stocks and commodities, and I am very anxious to make
some money out of it so that I can go to New York and join
Walter there, where I will have greater advantages and can
study and experiment with some inventions which I have in
mind.
From the teachings of the Bible and the methods which I
have worked out, I feel confident that the price of cotton is
going very high this Spring. I figure that there are going to
be some heavy floods along the Mississippi River, and that
there will be a late, wet Spring, and that the demand for cotton
will greatly increase, helping to put prices very high.
Therefore, I have decided to use the $500.00 which you gave
me and another $500.00 which I have saved up, to buy cotton
to hold for the Spring and Summer. I would like to have
your opinion of this venture.
Assuring you of my appreciation of your advice, I am
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT GORDON.
About this time Mr. J. H. Kennelworth received the
following letter from his son, Walter, in New York:
New York City,
January 12, 1927.
DEAR FATHER:
I have just received a letter from my good friend, Robert,
and he tells me that he is anxious to join me in New York in
a few months, that he has figured out some new discoveries
and inventions from the Bible, and that he wants to do some
speculating in order to make some money. He asked my
opinion of putting before you some of his discoveries and
getting your opinion on them. I wrote him that I was sure
he would find a sympathetic listener in you and advised him
to put his plans frankly before you.
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Father, I hope that you will give Robert your best advice
and co-operation because I have great faith in him. He is
a brilliant boy and is going to have a great future. He is
loyal and honest, you know, and a hard worker, and I would
hate to see him leave your employ. At the same time I would
like to see him in New York as soon as possible.
I am getting along nicely with my studies, and hope to
graduate in a couple of years.
Give my love to mother, and all,
Your son,
WALTER.
When Mr. Kennelworth received Robert's letter, he
dictated the following reply to his stenographer:
MY DEAR ROBERT:
Your very interesting letter received. I have the greatest
faith in your ability and believe that if anyone can work out
anything valuable from the Bible, you can do it. I have
watched very carefully your persistency, and am much impressed
with your loyalty and determination. It is admirable
the confidence and faith that you have in yourself, as well
as having great confidence in the greatest book of all, The
Holy Bible.
But when it comes to speculation, Robert, I want to give
you some advice from my experience. It is a very dangerous
game. It may be inviting, but it is not a business, Robert. It
is a gamble. Of course I know that some men make it a
business. Most men cannot control themselves when they get
into it, the result -- they gamble, and in the end, lose all.
I will give you a little experience that I had. I went to
New York many years ago, and on advice and information
from some friends of mine, was induced to buy some oil
stock. This was in the Fall of 1919. Oil stocks advanced
rapidly, and along in October, my friends advised me to buy
more. I had some handsome profits and did buy more. I
confess that I knew nothing about oil stocks or any other
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stocks, but simply followed my friends' advice in buying them.
In November, 1919, the market smashed all to pieces, and the
oil stocks declined 50 to 100 points. I had big profits at the
top, but before the break was over, I not only lost all of my
profits, but about $50,000 or $60,000 of my capital.
This taught me a lesson. I had made my money in the
lumber business and in railroading. I had now gone into
something that I knew nothing about and suffered a heavy
loss. My friends and brokers tried to induce me to hold on
and put up more margin; said that I would eventually come
out all right, but I took the loss and charged it up to experience.
Had I held on to these stocks, I would have lost my
entire fortune, because they continued to go down during
1920 and 1921, and were 50 to 60 points lower than where I
sold out. So you can see, Robert, what a costly experience
this would have been and how wise I was to stop in time.
The best advice that I can give you is, to stop before you
start. You will save time and worry, aside from the loss of
what little money you have saved up. I want to encourage
and help you in every way possible, and I feel that I am
helping you in giving you advice of this kind.
Wishing you all success in your studies, I am
Yours very truly,
J. H. KENNELWORTH.
Robert's second letter to Mr. Kennelworth:
January 24, 1927.
MY DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
I have read your letter with a great deal of interest. I
appreciate your fatherly advice and know that you have my
interest at heart. I appreciate your telling me of your experience
in speculation and know that this can be the only result
where people only guess at the market, or follow tips. I have
secured some books from New York and read a great deal
about the market, and I feel that I already know that there are
many pitfalls in the game of speculation, but if it can be made
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a science and followed according to the rules laid down in
the Bible, success and profits are sure.
Sir William Crookes said: "To stop short in any research
which bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil
from fear of difficulties or adverse criticism, is to bring reproach
upon science." I feel that I have my own life to live;
that I must have faith in myself and above all, have the
faith which is instilled in me through the study of the Bible.
I must neither fear difficulties nor criticism. I must put my
theories and my discoveries to the test. The only way that I
can do that, is to follow what I think is right.
I have already made arrangements and sent my money to
a broker in New York, and have today bought 200 bales of
July cotton at 13.80. I am going to hold this cotton. If it
goes up, as I am sure it will this Spring and Summer, as my
profits accumulate, I am going to buy more on the way up.
I believe in what the Bible says:
"Prove all things and hold fast to that which is good."
Jacob said:
"I have read in the tables of heaven whatsoever things
shall befall both of you and your children."
I believe in the stars, I believe in astrology, and I have figured
out my destiny. The Bible makes it plain that the stars do
rule. 147th Psalm, 4th verse:
"He tellest the number of the stars, he callest them all
by name.
Dante said:
"Follow thy star -- thou shalt see at last a glorious haven."
Napoleon and many other great leaders of olden times followed
their stars, and believed in them.
Mr. Kennelworth, I have gained a great deal of knowledge
by following the Bible. I have gone into secret places to
pray, and have kept my discoveries to myself. I believe in
the saying:
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"In silence, by silence, through silence were all things
made."
Daniel makes it clear that the stars influence:
"And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth
kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom
unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding."
"He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth
what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with
him."
I have followed the teachings and admonitions of Solomon,
and realize that knowledge is the greatest of all things.
I have tried to get understanding and believe that I have
received it from the Bible, and that I must use it.
I refer to Daniel:
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven
set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and
the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand forever."
Mr. Kennelworth, I believe this prophesy is yet to be fulfilled.
I believe that the United States is the kingdom which
is never to be destroyed; that we will eventually see the
United States of the World, and that this country, which is
the land of love and liberty, will rule wisely all other nations.
I quote from Daniel:
"And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of
the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee,
after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do
rule."
I have demonstrated this to mean that the planets rule our
destinies. It is right for us to understand them as Daniel did
and interpret the secret and hidden things.
I believe the wise men of the East, the astrologists before
the birth of Jesus Christ, knew where and when he would be
born by the study of the stars. St. Matthew, Chapter 2: 2 --
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"Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the east, and are come
to worship him."
This shows to me that the wise men believed that certain stars
arising would indicate a great man would be born, a savior
of the world. St. Matthew, Chapter 6: 6 and 8 --
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy Father,
which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in
secret, shall reward thee openly."
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask
him."
I have prayed and studied in secret, and I believe I am going
to receive my reward. I believe that our heavenly Father,
the ruler and maker of this universe, does know our needs,
and that he gives us understanding according to the way we
would receive it.
I was much impressed when I read St. Matthew 6: 33 --
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you."
I have sought that kingdom and I have found it where the
good book says it is: "The kingdom of heaven is within you."
Again the good book says:
"If ye believe in me, greater things than these shall
ye do."
I believe that I can and will do great things.
Ever since I was a small boy, and used to kneel at my
mother's knee, and she taught me first to pray, I have believed
in that great book and in God's power to guide me right and
give me understanding of all things. My own father never
understood me or had any sympathy with me or my ideas,
which I feel were far advanced. My own brother was my
worst enemy, and I find that the Bible bears me out in this
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."
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My father and brother opposed me because they did not understand
me.
I firmly believe that the Bible and the Scriptures contain
the key to all knowledge, and that all a man has to do is to
seek and he shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto him.
I believe it is best for me to go away to New York as soon
as I can, away from my own people, for the good book says:
"A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country,
and in his own house."
The Bible points the way to read the signs and the stars.
St. Matthew 12: 38, 39 and 40 --
"Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered,
saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee."
"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there
shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas:"
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the
whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days
and three nights in the heart of the earth."
I have read the Book of Jonah thru very carefully, and I
believe that I understand what the Saviour meant when he
said:
"No sign shall be given, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas."
I believe there was a secret meaning in what he said; that
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart
of the earth. I believe that a man who understands the meaning
of that has all the power under heaven and earth, as the
Bible says he shall have. I believe that that is the key to
the interpretation of the future. I am sure I have found it
and know how to apply it.
I do not wish to burden you further with this long letter,
Mr. Kennelworth. I am very much interested in my work
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on future cycles, and if you are interested in what I can work
out on the future cycles, I will be glad to send them to you
and let you watch them. I have figured out the repetition of
each cycle when wars will come. I believe that the wheat
prices forecast coming wars. Through my study of the Bible,
I have determined the major and minor time factors which
repeat in the history of nations, men and markets.
I trust that you will understand me and not feel that I do
not appreciate your advice when I started speculating. If
my new discoveries work, as I hope they will, I look forward
to the day when you can join me in a great campaign for
making money.
Assuring you of my deep appreciation of all your kind advice, I
am
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT GORDON.
On the same night, January 24th, after Robert had
received a telegram from his broker in New York, stating
that he had bought 200 bales of July cotton at
13.80, Robert figured that this would margin him to
12.80. He was sure from his study that July cotton
would never decline to 13.25.
He sat down and wrote:
MY DARLING MARIE:
Love is the greatest thing in the world. It is all powerful,
and your love for me is going to make me the greatest man
in the world. Today I have started on the road to fame and
fortune. When we were together last, I told you about my
discoveries of the cycles from the Bible and said I was sure
that I could figure out what the stock, cotton and grain markets
were going to do; that I was going to start speculating
as soon as I got the money.
You discouraged me. Recently I wrote to Mr. Kennelworth
about the matter, and he also discouraged me. He told me
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what a hazardous and dangerous business it is. I hope that
you won't scold me, because I have already bought 200 bales
of July cotton at 13.80 and put up $1000 as margin. I am
sure that I am going to make money, and that it is going to
be the means of bringing us a great deal of happiness. If
I can make money, I can complete my invention and discoveries,
go to New York where I will have all the advantages,
and we can soon be married and realize our dream.
Ever since we made up last Fall, and I was sure of you
and your love, I have been very ambitious and have not
wasted a minute, have studied day and night. Wanted to
prove to you that your faith in me was not to go unrewarded.
I believe that the great success of many men has been because
some good little woman placed a hand upon their shoulder
and said: "I trust you and love you." I have read a great
deal of the history of the men of great achievement, and every
time I found back of the success the love of some good woman.
It is the love of my mother and the love of you which has
inspired me to greater things. I am sure that success is going
to crown my efforts. Won't you give me your good wishes in
my start on the road to success?
With all my love, I am
As ever,
ROBERT.
Sherman, Texas.
January 26, 1927.
MY OWN DEAR ROBERT:
Your sweet letter just received. No, Robert, I am not going
to scold you, because I believe in you. I know you are doing
what you think is right, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
I love you all the more because you have confidence in yourself,
and above all, confidence in the Holy Bible. I want you
to know, Robert, that should you lose your money and should
things go wrong, disappointment befall you, my love will
never waiver. My confidence in you is supreme, and I look
forward to the day when I may bring you before my father
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and show to him that my confidence was not misplaced and
that you have sustained my faith and hope.
I love you and will always love you, Robert, if you never
make a dollar. It is not the money that counts with me, but
it does count with my father and mother, and I want you to
prove to them that without the help of anyone you can make
as much money as father has. I know you can, and I will
always love you and stand by you.
Devotedly,
Your MARIE.
On January 27th Mr. Kennelworth wrote to Robert:
MY DEAR ROBERT:
I have read your letter with a great deal of interest and
understanding. You are a deep thinker and a great reader.
Success is bound to come to a mind which interprets the
meaning of things. I shall be very happy to have you write
me about the future cycles as you interpret them, and shall
watch them with a great deal of interest.
Now that you have taken the step, Robert, and started in
speculating, I want to wish you success. I admire your courage
in following your convictions and the faith you have in
yourself, and if it is possible for you to win, I believe and
hope you will.
Sincerely yours,
J. H. KENNELWORTH.
Robert's reply:
MY DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
My great desire to make money, I want you to understand,
is to do some good with it and benefit my country, when she
will need the benefit most. Please read Ezekiel very carefully,
for I believe that Ezekiel is the greatest of all prophets.
He aptly describes an airplane which I can make that will be
a great aid in time of war. I believe that Ezekiel plainly
foretold the war yet to come which will be fought in the air,
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and that the United States will be in great jeopardy, but will
finally win out. So you see, my object in speculating is not
a selfish motive altogether, but to help others and to help
my country.
The following verses show that Ezekiel was predicting something
to happen in the future and was carrying out God's
instructions. Ezekiel 13: 2 and 3 --
"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel
that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy
out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord";
Ezekiel 14: 14, 16, 18 and 21 --
"Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were
in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their
righteousness, saith the Lord God."
"Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the
Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters;
they only shall be delivered, but the land shall
be desolate."
"Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the
Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters,
but they only shall be delivered themselves."
"For thus saith the Lord God, How much more when I
send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the
sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the
pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?"
Ezekiel 17: 3 --
"And say, thus saith the Lord God, A great eagle with
great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had
divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest
branch of the cedar":
Ezekiel 21: 30 --
"Shall I cause it to return unto his sheath? I will
judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the
land of thy nativity."
From this, I believe that more famines, earthquakes, pestilence
and wars are yet to come and that the noisome beast
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referred to is the airplane. If we make calculations from
the date and place of birth, I think we can determine what
our future is to be, and in this way live according to cause
and effect, which is God's divine law.
When I stated that I believed Ezekiel the greatest prophet
of all, my authority is found in Ezekiel 28: 3 --
"Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel. There is no secret
they can hide from thee."
Daniel was known to be a great prophet and astrologer. In
his prophecies, he foretold war, pestilence and famine to come
upon this earth, and by a proper study of the repetition of
cycles we can determine the time when important events will
take place in the future.
I am enclosing an article which I have written on Future
Cycles, and also one on the Cycles of Transportation.
Thanking you for your interest in my work, I am
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT GORDON.
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CHAPTER VII
FUTURE CYCLES
January 28, 1927.
N making my predictions I use geometry and mathematics,
just as the astronomer does, based on
immutable laws.
I am a believer in the Bible. It is the most wonderful
book ever written, a book of science, philosophy and
religion. I claim that all scientific laws are laid down
in the Bible if a person knows where to find them.
Refer to St. Matthew 7: 7, which says:
"Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find,
knock and it shall be opened unto you."
I hold that the Bible contains the key to the process by
which man may know all there is to know of the future,
if he will only seek diligently for the rules laid down
in the Holy Book.
My calculations are based on the cycle theory and on
mathematical sequences. History repeats itself. That
is what I have always contended, -- that in order to
know and predict the future of anything you only have
to look up what has happened in the past and get a correct
base or starting point. My authority for stating
that the future is but a repetition of the past is found
in the Bible.
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Read Eccl. 1: 9:
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
and that which is done, is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun."
Again
"That which has been is now and that which is to be
hath already been."
This makes it plain that everything works according to
past cycles, and that history repeats itself in the lives
of men, nations and the stock market.
We are told that the great continent of Atlantis, for
centuries submerged under the Atlantic Ocean, possessed
a civilization greater than ours of today. The
people of Atlantis had their telephones, wireless, radios
and airplanes. There is considerable truth in that
statement. According to mathematical sequence, the
wonderful inventions that brought comfort and convenience
to the Atlantians are due to appear again, and
we are now only on the threshold of another great age.
Remember, everything in this universe is elliptical
or circular in motion; that applies both to the abstract
and the concrete, the mental, physical and spiritual.
Every thought you think makes a circle, and it comes
back to you. It may take years but you will get the
effects, good or evil, according as the thought was either
good or evil. That is a truth we should learn, and the
world will be the better for it.
In making my calculations on the stock market, or
any future event, I get the past history and find out
what cycle we are in and then predict the curve for the
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future, which is a repetition of past market movements.
The great law of vibration is based on like producing
like. Like causes produce like effects. Wireless telegraphy,
the phonograph and the radio are based on this
law. The limit of future predictions based on exact
mathematical law is only restricted by lack of knowledge
of correct data on past history to work from. It is
just as easy to figure 100 years or 1000 years in the
future as one or two years ahead, if you have the correct
starting point and know the cycle which is going to be
repeated.
A few years ago even scientific men, not alone the
public, would have laughed at such a thing and refused
to believe it. But mathematical science, which is the
only real science that the entire civilized world has
agreed upon, furnishes unmistakable proof of history
repeating itself and shows that the cycle theory, or harmonic
analysis, is the only thing that we can rely upon
to ascertain the future.
Sometime ago an article appeared in the New York
American commenting on the writings of Sir Arthur
Evans, foremost English archeologist, who published
"The Palace of Minos," a book concerning the ancient
City of Minotaur. He described the excavation on the
Isle of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea, in which they
found modern apartment houses, bath tubs and corsets,
the same as used today. The plumbing that they found
was so excellent that it is still working after thousands
of years. It is estimated that the ancient city was destroyed
over 5000 years ago, or about 3500 B.C. The
fact that a long time elapsed before apartment houses
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became popular again is another proof of history repeating
itself and shows
"There is no new thing under sun,"
but that we simply resurrect the old ones.
"How do I forecast future cycles?" you may ask.
In order to forecast future cycles, the most important
thing is to begin right, for if we have the right beginning,
we will get the right ending. If we know the
cause of the effect, then there can be no doubt about
predicting the future event or effect.
I have always looked for causes and when once I
determine a cause I can always be sure of the effect
or future event which I predict. IT IS NOT MY
AIM TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF CYCLES.
The general public is not yet ready for it and probably
would not understand or believe it if I explained it.
In every law of nature there is a major and a minor;
a positive, a negative, and a neutral. Therefore, in
cycles there must be a lesser, a greater and intermediate
cycle, or cycles within cycles. Like Ezekiel says:
"Wheel within a wheel.”
Time is the great factor that proves all things. The
measurement of time first originated and is based on
the earth's motion upon its axis. One of the smallest
cycles, or time factors, which repeats regularly in things
that are very active and have a high vibration, is the
four-minute cycle. The reason for this is that the earth
moves one degree every four minutes. The next cycle
is 24 hours, the complete time required for the earth
to make one revolution upon its axis. That is how man
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measured his cycle of a day. The next important cycle
is one year, the time required for the earth to move
around the sun. This brings about the four seasons
of the year. These are the minor cycles.
The major cycles run in 100 and 5000 years with
variations based on minor cycles. In order to be sure
of world events and important changes, it is necessary
to go back at least 1000 years and prove up the cycles.
We find ample proof of the 1000-year cycle in the Bible:
"A little one shall become a thousand and a small one
a strong nation; I the Lord, will hasten it in his time."
Also
"One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and
a thousand years as one day."
Another evidence of the 1000-year cycle:
"And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which
is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand
years."
If we go back 1000 years, we can find ample proof
of how history has been repeating itself in the past few
years. From about A.D. 916 to 923 Europe went thru
about the same conditions that prevailed 1000 years
later or around 1914 to 1920. During the first period
referred to, Europe experienced wars, panics and crop
failures. History shows that in 916 agriculture in
the British Isles was at its lowest ebb and that there
was great scarcity of wheat and corn. Very few people
were engaged in tilling the soil on account of wars. The
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same conditions prevailed 1000 years later in 1916 and
1917, when this country was called on to furnish food
to starving Europe and send men and money to save
their armies from defeat. In 917, Constantinople was
besieged by the Bulgarians and war continued to 919.
We know that war prevailed in Turkey and all over
Europe between 1914 and 1919. In 923 there was
Civil War in France and 1000 years later, or in 1923,
France again had her troubles and is still having them.
Another proof of the 1000- and 2000-year cycle is
evidenced by a lecture given by Prof. Hans Delbruck
of the University of Berlin at the University College of
London, just before the outbreak of the World War
in 1914. He said:
"One of his first observations in comparing the phe0-
nomena of the history of wars in the different ages
was the likeness between the battles in which the Swiss
conquered Duke Charles the Bold, and the battles in
which the Greeks overcame the Persians. They had in
an interval of 2000 years exactly the same arms and the
same political institutions fighting against each other."
What proof of the 100-year cycle do we get from 100
years ago of what has happened in the past few years?
In the United States, between 1814 and 1822, we had
crop failures, war and yellow fever, especially from
1819 to 1822. In 1821 Persia was visited with Asiatic
cholera. In 1823 cholera broke out in several ports
along the Mediterranean. During the same period,
corresponding to 100 years ago, the United States had
the terrible epidemic of influenza and in Europe, Russia
was visited with famine, cholera and all kinds of dis81
eases, killing millions. In 1822 there was a famine
in Ireland and 100 years later they were winding up
their troubles and trying to make settlement and peace
with England. In 1922 China and Russia were both
suffering from famines, another proof of the 100-year
cycle. Some more important evidence of this cycle is
found by going back 100 years in history, in which we
find that in 1819 the first steamship crossed the Atlantic
Ocean. In 1919, 100 years later, the British dirigible
R-34 made a successful flight from Scotland to
Mineola, Long Island.
Where do we find proof in the Bible that the great
World War was coming?
The proof that it is possible to make predictions of
wars, famines, pestilences and general world events
thousands of years in advance, is plainly substantiated
by the Bible. The great World War was prophesied
in the Book of Revelation.
What proof do we find in the Bible of what events
or conditions will follow wars? What does the Bible
say of the great World War which St. John the Divine
foretold in the Book of Revelation?
"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences,
and earthquakes in divers places."
Again the Bible says:
"Immediately after the tribulation of these days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken."
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Again, it says:
"The Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also
come upon the land seven years."
And seven years from the close of the World War,
Europe had the terrible crop failures, strikes, business
depression and calamities, which occurred in 1923 to
1926.
Some evidence of long-range predictions which have
been fulfilled, that has attracted attention, appeared in
the New York American, January 29, 1922. The
article refers to an amazing prophecy of the twelfth century
made by Malachy, a priest, in A.D. 1139, in which
he foretold accurately the personality of the Papal succession
by means of mottoes and numbers. He foretold
the long struggles which Ireland would have to go thru
and the eventual peace, which has been recently signed.
His prophecy on the future Pope is No. 266. Fides
Intrepida, which means -- "Unwavering Faith, unshaken
belief in the face of danger; unfaltering devotion."
To those who understand numbers, "266" reveals
some remarkable events that are to follow the election
of the new Pope. It shows that wars are not yet
over and that Europe will have troublesome conditions,
and in fact, the entire world must yet pass thru a very
evil period between 1926 and 1932. It also confirms
both the major and minor cycles which indicate that
the years 1928 and 1930 to 1932 are to be years of
famine, depressing business conditions and panic, not
only in Europe, but in the United States. The maximum
evil of the great 1000-year cycle, which will not
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be completed until 1932 to 1934, will bring serious
troubles to the United States. Another bad period for
the United States will be 1940 to 1944.
The question arises: -- If we can know the future, is
it of value to us? It has been well said: "Forewarned
is forearmed," but I prefer to look to the Bible for
authority and proof. When Pharaoh had his wonderful
dream, he went to Joseph to have it interpreted. Joseph
said:
"And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up
after them are seven years; and the seven empty years,
blasted with the east wind, shall be seven years of
famine."
Listen to the advice Joseph gave him:
"Let them gather all the food of those good years that
come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh,
and let them keep food in the cities. The people
throughout the land should take warning and prepare
for the unfavorable years to follow."
The Bible is the BOOK of all books, and if we only
study it and understand it, we can gain a proper knowledge
of all things. I believe it the duty of any man who
understands science and mathematics and the cycle
theory, and knows what is coming, to warn the people
in order that they may prepare for trouble ahead.
Many will scoff and laugh and refuse to believe until
it is too late. The Bible is full of references where
God has given us signs by which we may know what is
coming, if we will only believe them. He says:
“O, ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky;
but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
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Again the Bible says:
"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament,
of the heaven to divide the day from the night, and
let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,
and years."
How few people are willing to study the Bible in order
to understand the signs and discern the future and profit
by it.
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CHAPTER VIII
CYCLES OF TRANSPORTATION
HE coming mode of transportation will be by airplane
and I feel sure they will be used in the
great war to come. The Bible tells us that Enoch, who
was the seventh from Adam -- a number generally referred
to as divine -- was translated to heaven for his
faith at the age of 365 years. This event took place
about 3017 B.c. I believe that at that time they had
all modern inventions and that Enoch went up in an
airplane. The writer of the book, probably not having
seen an airplane before and seeing Enoch go into the
sky, thought that he had gone to heaven. We are now
in the 5000-year cycle, from the time that Enoch was
transferred to heaven, and this indicates the progress
of the airplane at this time. Elijah was also translated
to heaven in a cloud of fire, in 896 B.C. I believe this,
too, was an airplane. Since the chariot was seen blazing
with some kind of fire or gas, the recorder thought it
was just something to take Elijah to heaven.
Man first traveled by land, then conquered the water
and last, the greatest feat of all, is conquering the air,
which was plainly foretold in the Bible.
In 1602 there was a railway built in New Castle,
England, operated by horsepower. In 1776, the first
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iron rails were laid, the first important step leading to
railways. In July, 1801, there was a completed tram
road from Croyden to Wandsworth, England. In
1802, the first high-pressure locomotive was invented.
In 1813, William Hedley built a locomotive. In 1824,
the first locomotive, by George Stephenson, traveled six
miles per hour. In 1829, the Rocket made a speed of
fifteen miles per hour. In 1834, the Firefly Locomotive
made a speed of twenty miles an hour, and in 1839,
the North Star made a speed of thirty-seven miles per
hour.
Man used the air as power for sailing vessels long
years before he ever dreamed that it could be used to
travel thru by airplane. The first idea of steam navigation
was patented by Jonathan in 1713, and later in
1783, a steamboat by Fitch. In 1793, the first real
steamboat by Fulton. On August 9, 1803, Fulton's
steamboat, "The Claremont," made its first trip up the
Hudson. In 1807, Fulton started a steamboat line on
the Hudson. On July 15, 1819, the first steamship
made a trip from New York to Liverpool in twenty-six
days. In October, 1829, a locomotive by steam carriages
started in Liverpool. In June, 1838, the "Great
Western" made a trip from Bristol, arrived in New
York, making the voyage in eighteen days. The next
record for ocean travel was made in 1851 when the
"Pacific" crossed the Atlantic in 9 days, 19 hours and
25 minutes. In 1917, a German submarine boat made
a successful trip from Germany to Baltimore.
The advent of automobiles, or gas engines, began in
1877, when the first gas engine was invented by Otto.
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In 1879, a gasoline motor was invented by Selden. In
1892, the first automobile was operated by C. A. Duryea.
Note that this was repeating the 500-year cycle,
and 100 years before the first attempt was made to start
an iron railway, and in 1783, the first time a balloon
went up which carried a passenger.
In our modern times the first attempt by man to conquer
the air by means of plane or balloon was in June,
1783, when Joseph and Stephen Montgolfier built the
first balloon, but it carried no passengers. In November,
1783, for the first time man went up in a balloon
that sailed over Paris. In 1859, John Wise sailed in
a balloon from St. Louis to Henderson, N. Y., in twenty
hours; the greatest distance accomplished up to that
time. In 1900, Count Zeppelin flew the first dirigible.
In November, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made
their first flight in an airplane which rose under its
own power. Note that his was 100 years after Fulton's
first steamboat went up the Hudson, again repeating the
100-year cycle. In July, 1908, Glenn H. Curtiss flew
his first airplane. In July, 1909, Charles K. Hamilton
flew from New York to Philadelphia -- seventy-four
miles. Note 100 years before this, in 1807, Fulton
started the first steamship line up the Hudson.
From 1914 to 1918, airplanes were used in the great
World War; 100 years before steamers began crossing
the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. In June, 1919, first
non-stop flight from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Ireland.
In July, 1919, the R-34 made a successful flight
from Scotland to Mineola, Long Island. The R-34
made the trip in 64 hours and 13 minutes. One hundred
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years previous to this the first fast steamship crossed
the Atlantic.
In May, 1923, Lieut. Macready and Kelly made a
non-stop flight from New York to San Diego, California.
In July, 1923, sunrise to sunset flight from
New York to San Francisco. The flight was made by
Russell L. Maughan. March 17th to September 28,
1924, L. H. Smith and Lee Wade flew around the world
the first time. May, 1926, Richard E. Byrd circled the
North Pole with the dirigible. May 21, 1927, Charles
A. Lindbergh made the first successful flight across the
Atlantic from New York to Paris.
Note how the airplane followed 100 years later after
the fast steamer across the Atlantic. As railroad and
ocean transportation made rapid progress from 1807 to
1838, so is airplane transportation making rapid progress
and I predict that in 1938, airplanes will be traveling
at the rate of 1000 miles an hour to all parts of the
earth, carrying passengers and freight. My interpretation
of the cycles to repeat in future indicates that from
1928 to 1932, one of the greatest battles of all history
will be fought in the air. In the next few years airplanes
will be making successful trips around the world
and carrying passengers.
Man has succeeded in traveling on the earth by steam,
gas and electricity. The automobile solved the problem
of motor transportation without rail. The water was
first conquered in a crude canoe, next with a sailing
vessel, then the fast steamers and later the submarine
by which man can travel secretly under the water. The
next and last great conquest was the air, and as nations
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have fought battles on the land, on the water and used
the submarine for successful warfare under the water,
the next and last great step in transportation will be in
the air. It is but natural to expect that the greatest
battle of all will take place in the air when all modern
inventions will be used to destroy human life. As stated
in the Bible, unless the time be shortened, no human
being will be left on this earth, but the Good Book has
promised that the time will be shortened. Nations
will try this new mode to conquer each other before the
United Kingdom, spoken of in the Bible, can be
realized.
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CHAPTER IX
UPPLEMENTING his former letter, Robert
Gordon wrote:
DEAR MR. KENNELWORTH:
I am anxious to make some money in my cotton deals and
get into wheat for the big advance that I figure is coming this
Spring and Summer. Then I want to be in position to buy
some Right Aeroplane and Sell Major Motors and other stocks
short, because I believe that in the next few years I can make
a fortune buying Right Aeroplane stock and selling short
Major Motors.
Just as the railroad locomotive attained great speed from
1834 to 1839, and the big steamers cut down the time between
New York and Europe, so will airplanes 100 years later cut
the time around the world and to all points of the world. Just
as the automobile has supplanted the railway passenger trains
in carrying passengers across the country, so will the airplane
take the place of railroads and automobiles in transportation
through the air, because it will be much faster and safer. I
believe that the airplane described by Ezekiel is going to be
the model of a great plane in the future and I would like to
make money enough to be the man to build the first plane
according to the plans laid down in the Bible.
Mr. Kennelworth, I want to help you and show my appreciation
for all your kindness to me. I would like to help you
make back the money that you lost in the big slump in stocks
in the Fall of 1919, and believe that if you will buy some
July or October cotton right now, and hold it, you will make
a lot of money. To show your faith in me, buy at least 100
bales. Then along about the 5th of April, we will have a
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lot of big profits made and can buy some wheat and corn
as I figure that wheat and corn are going to start up the early
part of April and advance twenty-five to thirty cents per
bushel. Haven't you faith enough in me and faith enough in
the Bible to risk a few hundred dollars and make back all
the money you have lost? Of course you don't need it, Mr.
Kennelworth, but it would make me very happy to see you
make some money, anyway.
Sincerely,
ROBERT.
After reading over Robert's letters and explanation
of the cycles, Mr. Kennelworth answered:
February 1, 1927.
MY DEAR ROBERT:
Your amazing letter and forecast of the future cycles, received.
I am surprised to find one so young possessed of so
much knowledge. It shows that you are a deep student and
have been searching for the hidden mysteries. You will receive
your reward.
I have faith in the Bible and in you, Robert. In 1919, I
followed tips and lost a lot of money. Now I must have
enough faith in you to risk a little money on your predictions,
based on the Bible, so I telegraphed my brokers in New York
today and bought 500 bales of July cotton at 13.70. If it
goes up, I am going to hold it and the money I make on it, I
am going to give to you and Marie when you are married as
a wedding present, or if you need the money to promote your
invention, I will let you have it to use for that purpose.
Please keep me posted on your studies and on your new
discoveries. Always feel free to come and talk your matters
over with me. I am always interested in anything that you
have to write or talk to me about. Have faith in you and
believe you are right about the great war to come.
It is plain that the nations in Europe are rapidly getting
ready for war, and, of course, it will be with airplanes. While
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I hate to think the United States will again be called into
war, at the same time I realize that all of the foreign countries
are jealous of us, because we have such enormous gold supply
and have grown so prosperous. The United States is now
the banker of the world, and while it was no fault of ours that
the great World War occurred, which resulted to our benefit
by transfer of gold from other nations to us, at the same time
they are jealous and have a real hatred for America.
So you are probably right in preparing to build a great
airplane to be used in defending your country. Such noble
intentions, my boy, fill my heart with pride. I am going to
drive out to the farm to see your mother next Sunday if I
can get time. Want to have a talk with her and tell her of
your brilliant achievement. It makes every mother's heart
glad to know that her boy is trying to accomplish something.
I feel sure that you are going to accomplish your aims, Robert,
and I am with you always.
Sincerely yours,
J. H. KENNELWORTH.
After hearing from Mr. Kennelworth, Robert was
very happy, and of course, had to share his happiness
with Marie.
February 5, 1927.
SWEET MARIE:
I am very happy on this Saturday night, and nothing could
make me happier than to be with you. I feel that I have won
a great victory. I have put my theories up to Mr. Kennelworth,
explained all that I could about my discoveries of the
cycles in the Bible, and urged him to buy some cotton and
make back the money that he lost in 1919. He said that he
had faith in me and the Bible so he bought 500 bales of July
cotton at 13.70 as I suggested.
While the market hasn't gone up much since I bought mine,
at the same time it is holding steady and I am sure that it is
going up. I believe Mr. Kennelworth is going to make a lot
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of money on his cotton and I want to see him make it because
he is an honest, whole-hearted man and has done everything
he could to help me. The $500 bonus he gave me in January
enabled me to have margin enough to buy the cotton, and if I
make a great success I will feel that I owe him a great debt
of gratitude, because he has really helped me get a start.
Don't think I fail to appreciate all you are doing, my little
sweetheart, and the faith that you have in me. I am looking
forward to the day when I will make Wall Street hum with
you standing by my side. Nothing would be left for me to
work for if it wasn't the hope of having you, and the happiness
that you can bring. Money will not mean anything except to
accomplish my purpose, help my country and buy the things
that will make you happy.
Love is indeed the greatest thing in the world and you are
the greatest woman in the world. With your love, there is
nothing that I cannot do. You are my last thought when I
go to sleep at night and the first when I wake in the morning.
Everything I do, I always think is for you. Your sweet little
letters are always so encouraging and your supreme faith in
me urges me on to greater things.
With all the love that my heart can send, I am as ever
Your loving
ROBERT.
Monday, February 7, 1927.
MY OWN DEAR ROBERT:
Your letter received this A.M. It is the happiest Monday
morning that I have ever had. Am glad to know that Mr.
Kennelworth is backing up your judgment. If I had some
money I certainly would send it to you to buy some cotton
for me. Maybe I will have some in a few months, because I
am saving something every week from my allowance which
Papa sends me.
Every night when I kneel to pray, I ask God to give you
strength and confidence, Robert, and I know that he can and
will help you. It makes me very happy to know in all of your
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plans for the future, you think of me, and I am going to try
to prove worthy of that great love. You are so noble, pure
and unselfish; always thinking of others and thinking of what
you can do to help protect your country in time of war.
I do hope and pray as your mother does, that the days of
wars may pass away; that man may cease to fight and may
know and understand each other, setting their differences on
the basis of love. I will welcome that day, and hope that I
may stand by your side, when there will be no more wars and
our loved ones will not be taken away to war.
Write me often, Robert, and know that you have all the
love that the heart of one little woman can send.
Your own
MARIE.
The month of February slowly passed away. Cotton
was very slow and inactive, but on February 23rd, it
started up and went up fast. On March 2nd, July cotton
had advanced to 14.80, and Robert had a profit of
$1,000.00 and Mr. Kennelworth had a profit of
$2,500.00. Robert was very much elated over his progress
and the profit for Mr. Kennelworth. He wrote
Marie how the market was working out according to his
prediction; how the money was piling up; and that he
would soon have money to start on his invention and new
discovery. Marie was very happy over Robert's success
and wrote encouraging letters. Mr. Kennelworth was
also very happy and congratulated Robert on being able
to buy cotton very close to the low level in January.
March was the month to bring disappointment to
Robert. Cotton started to decline and by the middle
of the month had declined to around 13.75 wiping out
all Robert's and Mr. Kennelworth's profits, but still
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aged. He told Mr. Kennelworth that the flood was sure
to come in the Mississippi Valley during April and
May, the Spring would be late, and the price would be
sure to advance. He had no thought of selling out his
cotton and urged Mr. Kennelworth to hold his, which
he did.
Marie had become very much interested in the market
and was reading the paper every day and watching the
prices. She saw the price decline to around 13.75 and
knew that Robert's profits would now be wiped out.
She felt very sorry for him and wrote him:
March 15th, 1927.
MY DEAR ROBERT:
I have not heard from you in several days. I see that the
market has declined to where you now have no profit left on
your deal. Do not get discouraged; I have great faith in
you and believe that you are yet going to come out all right
and make a lot of money. Why don't you hold your cotton,
and tell Mr. Kennelworth to hold his, because my intuition
tells me that you are certainly right?
I have been saving money every week from my allowance.
A few weeks ago I wrote Papa and told him that I had to
have some extra money and asked him if he could let me
have $300.00. He sent the money at once, so I now have
$400.00 and I am sending it to you. I want you to buy me
100 bales of July cotton. I was talking with a broker from
Dallas a few days ago, and he says that he believes cotton
will go up even tho it may be slow for a while. Take the
money, and if you can get the broker to buy a hundred for
me, do so. This is my faith in you, and in the Bible. So don't
be afraid to buy for me, Robert. I am just as game as you are.
With all love and wishing you luck,
As ever, your own
MARIE.
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This letter was a great consolation and encouragement
to Robert. He had begun to feel a little blue because
cotton had declined. Not that he thought it wouldn't
go up again, but he was sorry that he had failed to get
the profits.
He took Marie's money and on March 17th bought
100 bales of July cotton at 13.90. The cotton market
was slow during the balance of March, but it did not
decline, and Robert was greatly encouraged. The market
was slow again during April, but prices were holding
steady and Robert felt encouraged that they did not
decline. On April 20th a flood started in the Mississippi
Valley. The Spring was late and planting delayed.
Cotton started to advance and went up fast, July
reaching 15.40 by April 25th. Robert's profits were
now piling up fast, and Marie had a profit of over
$700.00 on her 100 bales. Mr. Kennelworth had held
his cotton and profits were accumulating fast for him.
He congratulated Robert on his wonderful prediction
that the flood came as he forecast. Marie was watching
the papers so she wired Robert as follows:
YOU ARE A WONDER THE MARKET IS MAKING GOOD AND WE
ARE GOING TO WIN I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS LOVE
MARIE.
Robert now began to see possibilities of his dream
being realized, and thought in a few months he could
resign his position and go to New York and continue to
speculate in order to make money enough to build his
airplane and work out ideas for his other discoveries.
So he wrote Marie this letter:
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April 30th, 1927.
MY DARLING MARIE,
The Lord has been good to us. Fortune is smiling on us.
Cotton is on its way up. In a few weeks will be up around
17c a pound, and we will have a lot of money made. I bought
another 100 bales today and Mr. Kennelworth bought 500
bales more. It won't be long until I have money enough to
go to New York. When I go, I want you to go with me,
because I cannot go there and succeed alone without you. I
need your love and encouragement, and want you to marry
me and start to New York together. Of course I don't like
to have you leave school before you graduate, but I feel it is
best for you to go with me.
Write and let me know what you think about it.
With all my love,
Your ROBERT.
Marie's reply:
Sunday, May 1st, 1927.
MY DEAR ROBERT,
I have just received your letter, and I am happy to know
that the cotton is moving your way. I know that you love
and trust me and I want you to know that I love and trust
you, so please try to understand me. While I have the greatest
faith in you and know that you will succeed, I feel that
marrying you just now might handicap you and prevent your
success. When once I am yours, Robert, you will have realized
your fondest hope, and possibly your ambition may wane.
You will fight harder to win if you still cling to the hope of
winning me. They say that hope and anticipation are greater
than realization, Robert. Never cease to hope for I am with
you. Even when I am not with you, trust me as I trust you,
for I love only you.
I am going to tell you a dream that I had a few nights ago.
I saw you a great success. Fortune was smiling on you. The
world was at your feet, but I seemed to see a great tragedy
follow this. It seemed I left you in a mysterious way and
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then came back to you just as mysteriously. Now, don't think
that I do not want to go with you, Robert, and don't think
that I believe in dreams, but somehow it has made a great
impression on me.
Of course you know that father would never consent to me
leaving school to marry you, and if we married, we would have
to run away. Would it not be best for you to go to
New York, as you have planned, work on your invention, and
let my love and faith guide you to success? You could live
for my love, which you have always said was the greatest
thing in the world. You have all my love and will always
have it.
I could continue in school and later, if you became despondent
and could not get along without me, remember that I
would have faith and love enough to give up father, mother,
and everything else and come to you. I want to do what I
feel is best for your future, Robert, and I hope that you will
believe me and see it that way. I want you to come over to
see me next Sunday, so we can talk over all your future plans.
With all of my love for you always,
Your MARIE.
When Robert received Marie's letter, he was disappointed,
but felt that when he saw her and talked matters
over, he could get her to change her mind, give up
school, if necessary, marry him and go to New York
with him. He had heard and read much of the pitfalls
of the great City of New York and felt that he did not
care to venture there alone without Marie with him as
his wife. While his old school-mate and chum, Walter
Kennelworth, was in New York and could work with him
and be a great help and comfort, he felt that Marie,
his one great inspiration, was absolutely necessary to
his success and that he must persuade her to go with
him to New York.
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On Sunday, May 1st, Robert went to visit his mother
in the country. He found that Mr. Kennelworth had
been there and told her of Robert's success and his faith
in him. Robert's mother was very happy when he told
her that cotton was advancing and he was making money
rapidly and Mr. Kennelworth was making money; that
Marie had such great faith in him that she had put up
her only $400.00 and bought 100 bales of cotton and
now had a profit of about $1,000.00.
Robert told his mother of his plans. That he expected
within a few months to go to New York, establish
himself there, and speculate in order to make money
so that he could build his great airplane according to
Ezekiel's plan and prepare to help his country in time
of war. Mrs. Gordon was very happy to learn of her
boy's success. She was sad when he began to talk about
war. Robert assured her that the Bible plainly foretold
the great war which was to be fought in the air and
that it was his duty to help protect his country. While
his mother admired his patriotism, she again referred
to the dream that she had had years before, about a great
war which would come and in which she thought that
Robert lost his life in San Francisco.
She talked to Robert of his future and told him she
hoped he would be a preacher. Robert confided to her
that he could never be an orthodox minister, for he
could not preach and teach the things which the orthodox
ministers were teaching. He did not believe in a
personal devil or believe in Hell, but believed in a God
of Love and Justice. He did not believe that God would
inflict upon any of his children eternal punishment but
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thought that whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap and that we receive our reward here upon earth.
He told her that the Bible plainly said that the kingdom
of heaven is within us and he believed it. If we
kept our conscience clear and did unto others as we
would like to have them do unto us, he believed we
would find our heaven and our reward here upon earth.
Said that times and conditions were changing rapidly;
that the new inventions and discoveries caused men to
think differently than in the old days; that the old religious
ideas would pass away and give place to more
liberal, advanced ideas. He hoped to live to see the day
when men would not only be too proud to fight, but
would be too full of love for their fellowman to settle
disputes with the sword. This was God's plan and it
would come to pass this way, and he believed that he
could be a great power for peace and hoped to live to
see a world of peace with all nations united under one
kingdom and one God, the God of Love and Justice.
Mrs. Gordon felt that her faith in Robert had been
justified and that she understood him better than his
father and brother. He told his mother of his hopes
for an early marriage with Marie and that when he
went to New York, he wanted to take Marie with him
as his wife. His mother was not in favor of an elopement.
She wanted him to make good, act in an honorable
way and ask the consent of Mr. Stanton to his
marriage with Marie, but she felt at this time Mr. Stanton
would not give his consent because he wanted Marie
to complete her education and it was right and proper
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