The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-22
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Christ. They finally disperscd quietly.
Almost every year scene ofthis kind
occurs somewhere in the country. Las
year it was in the East, on an island OF
the coast Of Connecticut, where the SAINT
identical folly that took place at Chicago
such as gathering together in white robes
was gone through with. 1t seems queel
that lot OF people who profess to be
lieye the Bible should come to the cOnclu
sion, despite the text that no one shal
know the day or hour OF the coming o
the Son Of Man, mot even tho angels ii
Heaven" that they can work out, like nj
astronomical problem, the time Of Ih'
Second Coming, They are never at a'losi
after q failure takes place for nm excuse
as to why the Coming did not come off
Onre.examining the various texts Of the
prophet Daniel, or st, John, the Rcvcla'
tor, they find out that there was flaw In
the count. They always miss their calculn'
tions by not having paid sufficient atten'
tion to some little allusiOn in regard tc
the Htime, times and half time" Sc
they pick their ilints and try 1t again ncxt
year, and always with the same result
And thus no doubt they will keep on unit
perhaps something docs really happen.
A large number Of people have beer
engaged In the business Of bringing the
world to an end for great number OI
years. In 1913 the first great scare was
got up throughout this country and
Europe. Tho Millerites, "a the Advent
lists were then called, really grew
to bo sect OF considerable pro-
portions, and they had their missionaries
and colporteurs trayersing the country,
and, like ancient Noah, warning sinners
togot ready for u grand catastrophe But
the sinners, rs in the days before the
food, turned u deaf cur, having faith cith-
ct III He po" 'ha' ""' nc. !" 'i' ',"""'
or In something else, that there would moi
be much Of a shower either oil water OF
birthstone. The failure on that appoint
ed September day in lsl3 was 40 signal
and the ridiCule that followed was 80 gen
cral and severe, that no very considerable
excitement on the subject has been pos
siblc from that day to this. NeVerthe
less there are always u few who are llnd'
Ing new keys that unlock the mystic ~
lusions of the prophets more perfect!
than heretofore, and they get 80 ter
ribly In earnest about II thal
they scare the nervous ana ignorant
like Moody and sanky' INTO conversion
OF this kind were the leaders at Chicago
who with their followers to the number
oil $50 kept watch ana wait on Mohaa!
night for the signs In the heavens thai
are to prccede the coming oil the Bon o
Man and his angels But not II Sign no
m angel appeared, and the poorcreature
with their robes on, at last dispersed
some Of them perhaps diSgustcd and 9th
ers swearing mad.
These periodical delnsions would b
laughable II they were Alway" harmless
But they do not pass away without leNV
ing wrecks behind IN the shape .
persons berett oil their worldl
prospects and the sanity OF thel
intellectS. Many oil the delnde.
feel tito be their duty to follow ont al
scriptnral injunctionS ns literally as pos
slble, and to this end, esteeming n genera
winding up near at hand, they give al
their goods to the poor, and on the da
appointed Tor the Coming nave harul
enough means leIt to procure heceSS"r
food' When the day passes ana INC y On
comes not, reaction sels ln' anu mum
themselves alone ana uepe"u'n' ~ :"
world, and the opleets OF heerS anu Jecr'
they not unirequently give way to deSper
alton, and either become miserable mora
wrocLs mr. lo,e their senses entirely,
80 t. a 'DN a. Stta.. -.
According 10 'ne onlc"go papers
Tuesday, the deltidcd band In that cit
we're very sangtlinc that they had hit o
n,onvoo, d,y Th,v yotherod ious,6o
''o V""V' ,,'O "' - ~ ~ -. J.. y.
IN d large room anu spent .ne .I"'e III II
ligions exercises aud ina "high state @
expectancy" When wicked scollrrs cam
10 the door and pecped in and laughed Il
them, an "arcd, white haired woman,
who was especially Jealous, would Ehul,
her withered hand at them and say "yot
may scufr now, but tonight you viii b
t,n,h with Ion, orJ ,rambi;n1B wobr
rSS 80 n'., !" ~ w. ,", I n.it ~.
'o'u that aS ia'e Us nan past lou
o'clock In the day some Of the brGthtei
consulted together "in regard to tire,
nor.,ns wi,, ~on,s,t :, Lo hSn,;,o,,D III,
ps'oV'' ,,". WV Wv, ,' """,,I ~ ;, =. 49,
reporter iOf 'he ir'Oa"e says Ihat
"They estimated that Christ would ap
pear at Jerusalem in about an hour ant
hall, and although II would not be until