E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 18815-h.htm or 18815-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/8/1/18815/18815-h/18815-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/8/1/18815/18815-h.zip) THE MARK OF THE BEAST by SIDNEY WATSON Author of "In the Twinkling of An Eye"; "Scarlet and Purple" New York Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh Copyright, 1918, by Bible Institute of Los Angeles Copyright, 1933, by Fleming H. Revell Company PUBLISHER'S NOTE. After the Lord's Second Coming, what will happen to those left behind? What will the Tribulation period be like? What will happen during the reign of the Antichrist? What is meant by "The Mark of the Beast"? What will be the fate of those who refuse to bear this mark? All of these questions and many others connected with the mark of the beast, are answered in this realistic, startling, awe-inspiring story. Although entirely fictional, the author has based his narrative on just what the Bible teaches concerning the Great Tribulation--that awful period of distress and woe that is coming upon this earth during the time when the Anti-christ will rule with unhindered sway. It is a story you will never forget--a story that has been used of God in the salvation of souls, and in awakening careless Christians to the need of a closer walk with Jesus in their daily lives. This volume deserves a wide reading. It should be in every Sunday School Library and in every home. TO THAT CHAMPION OF "THE WORD OF GOD," THE REV. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D.D. THIS BOOK IS (BY HIS PERMISSION) HUMBLY DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF THE SPIRITUAL HELP, AND A DEEP QUICKENING TO BIBLE STUDY RECEIVED BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS. PREFACE. PROLOGUE. CHAPTER. I. TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER II. A "SUPER MAN" III. "TO THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL" IV. FORESHADOWINGS V. CRUEL AS THE GRAVE! VI. "A REED LIKE A ROD" VII. "THE MARK OF THE BEAST" VIII. THE INVESTITURE IX. THE DEDICATION X. A LEBANON ROSE XI. HERO WORSHIP XII. ANTI-"WE-ISM" XIII. "THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION" XIV. DEATH OF THE "TWO WITNESSES" XV. FLIGHT! PURSUIT! XVI. MARTYRED XVII. A GATHERING UP ILLUSTRATION The Mark of the Beast PREFACE. The great acceptance with which the Author's previous volume "In the Twinkling of an Eye" was received, when published in Oct. 1910, together with the many records of blessing resulting from the perusal, leads him to hope that the present volume may prove equally useful.