The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-04-13
ISM-THE CoMET-sIGNs AND
WONDERS.

MILLERIS M-THEC OMET-sIGNsAN AND
WONDERS.
Never was a sec, more iortuuaIe-never
a hypothesis sustained by more singular
coincidence Of Extraordinary events. The
prophets of MlIIerism seem born to good
luck. To sustain their theories and induce
a belief in their predictions, We have per
feet rush Of signs add wonders. There are
wars and ruinors Of wars in every portion
OF the world. One day hurricane slfews
the shores Of The ocean With wrecks Of IA.
sies. Then come series Of earthquakes,
shaking half the globe, b1rying towns and
cities, destroying thousands Of people, sgi.
tat:ng :hc vast sea, shaking The hills, and
sinking whole islands bcneath the waves.
There IS hole just now, God knows bow
deep, in the bed OF the Mississippi river,
! down which, the wreck OF one steamboat has
sunk, and where the waters are running IN
a whirlpool! The whole valley Of the MIS-
slssippi rolls and trembles as II II feposed
on a great ocean Of melted lava.
As Il Tins we're mol enough, here Is com
ct, blazing across the sky, spreading terror
with It's strange radiance and lis fiery tail.
The sun, they say, has a strange appear
ance, and we should not he surprised 10
learn that the Man 10 The Moon was max
lng ~ry and frghifuI faces.
The preachers of the doctrine Of the
worlds immediate destruction are exuiing
IN all this. They triumph in The success
of their creed. JoyfOlly they welcome the
sound Of the earibquake--ihey point 10 &c.
stacy to The cou ct" Lo a sign" they
cry al every new event on the earth, al ev-
cry extraordinary sign IN heaven. Daily
the lnialuation Of the ignorant IS increased.
Neglecilng their buslness-given up TO the
contemplation Of horrible event with
narrow minded notions Of the Almighty aud
/ his Providence, they are sinking into a
mania, too deplorable 10 be ridiculous.
We depore all this sincerely. " hle
we laugh al we pity this deluslon. Since
the human race has inhabited the earth,
I men have been mlsled and made miserable
and wrctched by religious ianaiicism.-
Every age has It's prophecies and It's mpos
lures. Mlersm is but a reyamped hum
bug. I; IS piece Of gross assumption 10
these men to pretend that they understand
the prophecies and their Interpretation
better than the churchmen Of so many cen.
t1ries. Have the !heologians Of all ages
been in darkness, that the lIgh; should burs,
upon this Miller
Since the earth began !, has always been
subject to conyulsions, volcanoes have biaz.
cd, earthquakes have engulphed, storms
have wrecked, pcsti,ence has destroyed, and
comets, rneieors aud atmospheric phenome
"a have diversified al times the aspect o.
The heavens. ". Y. Ple6tdn.
4 good Thing.--The following, al
though brief, is beautiful and cognpfehen
sive livery ny, every pebble, aud eve
! ry flower, are tutors in the great school o
nature, to instruct the mind and improve
the heart. The four elements are the foul
volumes, in which all the works are writ
ten. Every man has in his own life, folliei
enough--ln his own mind troubles enough
: in the performance Of his duties, def
! clencies enough-in his own fortune, evil,
euough-wlthout being curious about the
affairs Of others"
lou are great goose, SIR" said Z
y0nug lady 10 q patient aud witty lover