« Notwithstanding the world’s fear of war and the general desire to introduce the Millennial peace before the time and before the proper conditions have established, we opine that more wars are near at hand. Why ? Because (1) the Scriptures seem to indicate that the anarchy which will crush our present civilization will be preceded by general wars. (2) Such wars seem inevitable as the forerunners of anarchy, because so long as the nations are powerful anarchy will have little chance of success. (3) The Scriptures assure us that there will be a general call to arms about this time, resulting in the weakening of the nations. (4) There seems not enough time intervening between now and 1915 to have a general financial depression and another “boom” and then another depression leading up to 1915, and hence we expect present prosperity to continue in some measure for the next four years. (5) In order to have measurable financial prosperity for that time, war, somewhere, is almost a necessity—involving large expenditures of money for armies and navies, etc. » — Magazine : Zion’s watch tower and herald of Christ’s presence, Peace ! peace ! when there is no peace, September 1905, pages 260-261 [3619] § 1.