In the train of Comets, it has ever been held, come wars, bloodshed, fires, floods, plagues, famine and the fall of mighty rulers.
Our Holy Bible confirms this time-honoured belief.
The Saviour Himself said, according to the Gospel of St. Luke, Chap. XXI., Verse 10-11:
“Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from Heaven.”
In the Revelation of St. John the Divine (Chap. VIII., Verse 10) we read:
“There fell from Heaven a great star burning as a torch,” and again (Chap. XII., Verse 3):
“There was seen another sign in Heaven, and behold a great red dragon ... and his tail draweth a third part of the stars in Heaven. And behold the third woe cometh quickly.” (Chap. XII., Verse 14.)
The “flaming sword” in the hands of the angel of the Lord, when Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden, many sacred writers hold, can only be interpreted as a Comet.
“For the Almighty set before the door
Of th’ holy park a seraphim that bore