Show aror 11 trio EXEN IN till alls as who they were and they 1 caine line ironi DY by jolts JOHN Y it has been said that evil could not cot prevail while balder baider was alive anil and also that loke tho the promoter of all evil succeeded in in having lim him killed up to the loath death of balder everything was waa prosperous nud and joyful but titter that event the whole of the creation became burdened with morrow borrow all ud lamentation a monta tiou evil lad had the upper hand in in all things everything every thinK had lost loat its for niter splendor and harmony lif life a it self became a dreary looking shadow aba dow every thing tiling seemed to indicate the tha last great struggle the ragna kagna rok ilok was waa itagia rok is from ragna the high and mighty anil and twilight ight 1 tho the final struggle the siasulu bissol a 1 ion on 0 t the gods find and tho the world the last day the tha records of tho the old norsemen norseman Nor semen show clearly that they regarded all things changeable charitable chari gable with tho the exception lee aln of t the he ablat er or iia le is is eternal and everything has to bow to him and lna his decrees debrea de crea even the tha nome urd dorandi anti sauld were subject to him death said they it la hot but a testing resting place and long journey lourney they regarded it cowardice to spare a life that is to return they ibey thought thou lit it folly to care fer a world MY that must perish while they t adow new that their heir t spirits would be clothed with increased vigor in 10 the other world and that eternal happiness could not be gained by earnest life and heroic death and every day they looked for ward to the inevitable llaina rok kok the 1 he si signs g no that were to td precede this LIB notable event were great and numer ous one the evil should have the upper hand band in general depravity arid and strife would increase increase inci ease three great winters won would id follow each other in in succession without a summer the snow would fall all from the four corners of the world 1 the frosts would bo be very P piercing a fig tho the weather weah 0 r t tempestuous 0 ampe 8 too no and the sun ann would impart no glad feesl brothers fathers and sons for the sake of more anaro gain would kill each other the bun anti and the moon would liy lit lawall d L by y tile stars should be hurled burled from the bea heave venla qa the earth should bo be shalan shaken so violent ly that trees crabs would be torn up by the roots loots the tottering mountains would tumble headlong from their dounda eions tion sand and all bonds find and fetters lie be shivered to pieces the bouris wolf breaks loose the sea rushes over its bounds through tho the serpent striving to gain land the ship fari comes from the east and is under the command of the gia giant lis t lit iirvin y m who is the steersman i the fenris reans wolf advances and opens his enormous mouth tho lower jaw reach ing to the earth and the upper jaw to the leaven heaven while lire fire hashes flashes from his bia eyes and nostrils the serpent places himself side to side with the bedris wolf and vomits enormous floods ot of poison fills falls the air air and the waters amidst this devastation the heavens are rent reat in twain and the sons of kuspel come riding through the opening in a brilliant array sort hurt with his sword that outshines out shines the sun itself with flames before and behind him leads the van the Bi frost na as they ride over it breaks dohnt they then direct their course towards the battle field called the tha wolf tho the ser giant haymand Ury mand all the re rep uta tives of death and hel the godless goddess of ileath gather there also albo but the sons keep their powerful forces separate froni from all others mankind dies dhea fro from in fear meanwhile heimdal blows the tha trumpet GiBlI arborn and balls the rods gods to fountain to seek advice from dimir as to how he ha and his war giors are to enter into action i g the trio trea Y il beg begina Is t to 0 quiver al i ver and everything 9 i in has heaven on an and on earth fea fears r 8 and tre trembles ile in that hat terrible ter hou hour r the bob arm themselves and sally forth to the field with odin as a leader who places himself against the fenris wolf thor advances by his hia fathers oi gaje e inda 3 encounters the tha him vances only a few steps estepa from tho the ef e facts af 0 t the poison vomit ted on him hia by the serpent the F henria anria wolf awal iowa odin but odina son Vidar sep aeo iut ing his fathers death advances and kills the wolf Heir heimdal adal and loki light fight noil and kill each other then thaia 6 hurt it rt flings fire and flame over the world i smoke wreathes around the all nourishing treo the highs high flames play against the heavens and the earth consumed sinks down beneath the sea thus as neat near bif a we wa can got get to I 1 it t was waa the Nort hinen belief to regarding arding the final consul of alf the rhe heavens a and d the earth and the whole world last has boon been destroyed by fire the gods goda and all mankind have peri alil ahad bod what next bit I 1 la Is that the felt fast of it itt Is not lot man immortal I 1 shall not the gods goda be ba rulers were 0 all their bright hopes about peaceful future life lifa in dial the prophetess vala vada 1001 looks a still farther slie ahe sees a new flow heaven and a now new earth anich faro aro imperishable everything is en dowed with immortal life the gods nomi forth with renewed strength every kind of grain with other useful things grow on the earth without boing planted thoy all meet together or on the tha itla plain where aagard at stood before ard and pry pro I 1 pas para tore to rebuild build tint that city alere they i find the golden tablets which the goda god sac etota fr ora tile the beginning of 0 the world where every event was record M irom arom tile the bog inking of time to tho the aragun rok nok ual wider ier has haa come to life again and pruce peace find and 1 harmony prevails both in heaven and on the earth the sun eun has been rec eacek laced by ono ano who id is far superior to tin w lo 10 was deti destroyed troyed from above cornea comes GreM und and mighty who rules over all lie he sets beta his court anti and passes juat eau anci ii judg ou on nil all lie he establishes a holy hoi pence peace which lait ladt through h ZI all eternity only calf pure para and virtuous winds can pass before hue him all the 1 wicked are ara to aastrand nas Na strand whole where they shall through al all I 1 ebern ity wade through venomous st streams reama and be tormented by the dragon and the wolf the good and righteous shall lave have their abodes in the halls balls of the gods and at an everlasting pence peace end and bap pines jas aas a just reward for their honorable lives liven haying having taken a brief vein of the tha religion of the ancient I 1 we shall in our lax beit t number place be ba fore our renders a some bome of their laws manners and customs to be |