Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-14
rhe CnmInr End OF ,he World

the Government, if at all.
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The Coming End of the World.
Inuurers after the truth have often won
dered why it is that large number of de-
votedly pious people appear to take such
| sincere pleasure in the reflection that the
world is Just upon the point of coming to an
| end. When placed in immediate contem-
plation of their own sudden demise, they do
not seem to take any especial delight in the
prospect but nothing can exceed the liveli-
ness of their emotions, when out of some
passage in the prophetic books, they are
| able to convince themselves that the whole
human race-men, women and children,
saints and sinners-are standing upon the
very brink of common and indiscriminate
death: q sweeping destruction. If their
words are to be believed, they not only long
IN land the saints in Heaven, but the sinners
in He'll, as speedily as possible; and, in some
cases we find them quite inclined to be i'm
patient and to quarrel with God because he
does not second their efforts and bring on the
catastrophe.
We listened with much interest to a part
of the address ofour venerable fellowcitizen,
Judge Storer, to the friends of Bible-distri
button, the other evening, and had ayocations
permitted, would have been happy to have
heard the remainder. Judge Storer is fully
convinced that the fnality is at the very
door. He sees in current events unmis-
takeable evidence that the hand of God is
suspended over the earth, awaiting the last
of the few remaining vibrations Of the pendu-
lum that measures the period allotted to time
and humanity; when it will descend,
and there will be no more of the
earth or its inhabitants. We confess we
did not see any thing unusually comforting
in the prospect, from any point of view.
The world is a vale of tears, it is true, but it
is seldom we meet with an individual who
is not willing-nay,T rather anxious-to stay
out the full period allotted to him in the
common course Of nature2
The question occurs; Why this anxiety
for Wholesale exodus2 Why are not these
people content TO begin their journey to the
other world alone2 Can man die easier or
with better chances for the future by doing
it in a crowd2 Can it be any consolation
to him in the moment of dissolution to re-
feet that thousand millions Of other human
beings are taking the same dark road at the
same timer To us this longing for sudden
extinguishment of all humanity is cruel
aud we can not but wonder how and where
it is that men contract a religion that leads
to such indiscriminate destructiveness.
Judge Storer is a humane and worthy gen.
tleman. He gives TO the poor, delivers lee
lures gratis for charitable institutions, on
occasions when the hat goes round, and
would be reluctant to enter his neighbors
house and kill one of his children. He would
probably not be very willing to die unless in
company with the rest of mankind; and
doubtless will expect to be a candidate to fill
the place made vacant by the expiration Of
his own official term, if the end shall be de-
layed until after the election-in spite of the
danger of speedy termination of his useful.
ness by the catastrophe under consideration
And vet what can exceed the blood -thirsti
ness of that spirit which is able to contem
plate with compacency the sudden arrival o
the time when every thing that lives will bt
cut off at a blOw-when even this earth
which looks so beautiful, and all that it con
tains, will be totally wiped out and eradi.
Gated.
Now it has not, perhaps, struck our friends
the interpreters of the prophetic books, thai
the total destruction of the world will, wheI
it arrives, be good deal of an event. Moth
ing so decidedly sensational has, we are as
sured. taken place within the memory Of the
oldest iDhabitant. 1t will not suffer in com
parison with the John Brown raid, the grea
India-rubber law suit, the oyster-war o
, Governor Wise, the secession of South Caro-
lima, OF even the tornado that unroofed th'
Commercial office, and laid bare the metro
q poIitan facilities of highly-indignant co
temporary. We doubt, gentlemen, whethel
. you have ever arrived at an accurate menta
3 admeasurement Of its magnitude, OF of th
number Of persons who will be seriousl,
. affected in life, liberty and the pursuit c
happiness by. its occurrence. Think of il
gentlemen. Take another look at the pre-
: phetic passages, and see-.if the thing can nc
A be put over. Like the dissolu iep of ou
> glorious Union, we had rather Fould nc
happen in our time.
1. |, When a man has come to bel |e implicit
j \ SRhis own inspiration-as the All do, soone
l5ser later, who devote themselSs Sss to the intel
3 $retation Of prophesy-i is Useless to aso
sASwith him; as reason is thing in which b
B 4 does not indulge. He knoFs that he is righ
~ and summarily dispOses o all who disagree
q with him by calling then infdels. But fC
} others there are certain 9lcts that are worth
to be borne in mind There has bee
! no time within the last 1900 years
0 which there have moi been large numbe
= Of men who were fut ~ convinced that Il
If end Of all things wa at hand' even az u