The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
From the Christian Witness.
The End Of the World. af

tlme, or when the earth shah
be deluged with fire. This ex-
citement has been greatly
augmented by certian indiyid-
uals who have made calcuIa-
tions and fixed upon a time,
when they should see Christ
comingin the great white cloud,
with all the armies Of the Lord
to destroy the earth and purify
lit. We remember the excite
ment on the memorable night
of August 18th, 1843, when ali
most all stood anxiously wait
ing to see the great demonstra-
ton of Gods power,aud to hear
the angels declare that time
should be no more. But they
waited in vain, or at least many
of them did, for on that even.
ing, as on all other nights, of
the 1lth of August, there were
some that heard the Angels
trumpet calling them away
and they were warned that
their probationary state was
changed, for that of perpetual
happiness or eternal misery. 1t
was not only then that time
closed with some but it is con-
tinually bringing others to the
edge Of the precipice Of dissolu-
ton. e3 aoleiY
Every day is the last day
while it is the first. The last
day will come to all of us
sooner or later, and we are to
be called away from our labors
here, to partake of the joys or
sorrows that never end. ~
While it is true that there is
to be one great last day we do
not believe that any one is able
to tell the day or the hour, any
more than one is able to tell
when one of his neighbors are
to die. Life is uncertain
death is certain. 1t is the duty
Of every one to be ready for the
calling ofthe death angel, when
he shall call us away; for when
we are called, that will be the
last day with us, and it is as
necessary for us to be prepared
to meet God in peace, when we
are called to meet God iadivid--
aally, as though the whole
world were called at once; five
are wicked, then we will be as
certainly lost as if we were,
when the whole world shall be
wrapped in flames and the smoke
rolling up to heaven and dark
ening the sun; and all the stars
are blotted out and the moon
has been yelled away to hide
it from view, of the awful judg-g
ments of the Creator upon the
creatures. The last will GER
tainly come and it is almost
here with some of us, and this
may be the last with some, for
ought l know-then let all
see that they have their lamps
all we'll filed with oil, and all
nicely trlmed and burning, all
decorated with the wedding
garments of Chriss's righteous!
ness, then there will be no
terror in his coming; then you
may set out on the journey from
this time world to the land of
the zeal. Hsbila
How many have thought that
they were to live a long life, and
go on without thinking about
God or his requirements and
how soon they have run their
little bark upon the rocks Of hui
man depravity and been wreck
ed,and then sunk to the bottom
of the Gulf in dark dispair;
never to rise more, there to live
with the Devil, and all the inn
pure vicious and ungodly.
Is it not better to enjoy a \
peace of mind here in time and
not be left to drift among the
breakers, when we are brought
to the harbor of death, where
"a. IA
we shall find the old ship in
which we have trusted, fail as
and go down and we in sightot Z
the shore. How great must be-
the remorse of those that have
thus made ship-wreck Of life,
and have seen the happy receps
ton they might have received 2
if they had taken a differents 3
pilot, and obey'ed different cap-b
tain, but in sight Of the happya
and the saved with only q span