The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-30
Pailed to Mater1alIze.
How the New Jerusalem Did Not Put in
an Appearance at Chicago as Expected.
Chicago Tribune. ADriI %.

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though still continuing in the faith.
Elder Thurman has been uneasy for q
couple of days past. According to his
the battle of ArmageddOn
should have begun before this. He
expected fighting to begin on the 18th
inst, and has been troubled at the OBJ
stinately peaceful condition of affairs
And then, again, Matthew xiv: 80,
says And then shall appear the sign of
the Son of Man in heaven; and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn.
They have been somewhat troubled
about the delay in appearance of that
sign, and considerable nervousness and
anxiety was manifest in their manner.
But if they were a little nervous for
fear that after all it might not be, there
we're 8 great many more vino were
nervous for fear it would. Persons of
the Adventist belief have been applied
to a great deal recently for information
on the subject, aud the Book of Daniel
has been conned studiously. a good
many people said their prayers last
night with extraordinary fervor, and
resigned themselves to sleep with some
perturbation of feeling. The Advent
lists have been receiving accessiOns to
their numbers ali during the p lst week.
Yesterday morning three persons were
DIPPED IN THE LAKE,
and thus received into their communion.
To be plunged face downward three
times in ice-cold water is an unpleasant
ordeal, and with the high wind and
heavy wash of yesterday the ceremony
was very severe to the flesh.
Elder Thurman secluded himself
from the public all day, devOting a
great portion of the time to earnest.
agonizing entreaty to God. The ma
jority of them during the morning and
afternoon were gathered together at their
place of meeting, No. 10 Desplaines
street. They sat about the room with
their dinner baskets and otherSimpedi-
ments, presenting a rather spiritless
appearance. The front of the hall is
partitiOned off for the residence of a
family, and here dinner was cooked and
table spread, at which they ate. Chill
dren ran about, played and squalled,
and, although together, the company
looked more like party of emigrants
than company of saints awaiting the
coming of their Lord. They were
greatly annoyed by continual invasion
on the part of sight-seers. The nymphs
who reside along Halsted and other
streets in the vicinity sailed in, stared,
and giggled. The railroad hands made
1T a louDging place and were often rude
and offensive in their department.
They bore all these annoyances with
great meekness, however, and comfort
ed themselves with thoughts of their
approaching triumph
The aged, white-haired woman who
has been such a conspicuous figure at
their gatherings shook her withered
head at some of the intruders, and said,
" You may scott now, but tonight you
will be dumb with fear and trembling. -
The children displayed fuency III the
use of scriptural phraseOIogy that
would have delighted Brother Ham
mOnd, had that converter of the infan-
tile heart been present. One theOIogian
of or 8 made himself conspicuous by
his parrOt-like iteratiOns of opinions in
regard to the approaching event.
Notwithstanding the depression oil
feeling that was manifest, there were
converts almost up to the last hour. Al
4:3O some of the brethren consulted to
gether IN regard to three persons who
wished to be baptized They estimated
that Christ would appear at Jerusalem
in about an hour and a half, and al
though it would not be until midnigh
that this portion of the earth woulC
roll around so as to come under tn,
seat of His glory, it was a mooted poin
whether this difference of time could bl
held to count prior to His coming, anC
so afford time in which persons cOulC
be still taken into the church by hap
tism, or whether the fact that He haC
actually come to the earth would over
ride all other considerations. Thu
Adventists showed themselves to be wis
in their generation in not revealing tn,
place where they were to hold their las
supper on earth.
They believed that 1t would not grow
dark last night, as declared by tn
scriptures. It will be recollected tina
during the thunderstorm, yesterda,
evening, there was a peculiar yellOI
light diffused through the air. Thi
gave them fresh heart and hope. Thi
same thunderstorm, however, whicI
lightened their hearts, saddened thOs
of hundreds of others. There Wer
many nervous people who viewed wit
a. rrOr these darkening skies and flash
ing lightnings. They were less inclinet
to disbelief than the day before, ant
actually began TO imagine that ther
was something in Elder Humans cal
culatiOns after all, and it might be wei
to "make their souls" The storm
came up just as the tOilers were return
ing home, and the Second Advent wa
the only subject of conversation on tn
cars, That little thunderstorm was c
interest, in that it showed how great
the reserve fund of supersttiOus fear
the human breast. No one can b
found to-day who will own that he SO
up till midnight, but there were III
doubtedly many of them.
The Adventists slipped off in order
avoid being bothered by the inevitabl
mob of curious. They took the chan
at Stanley Hall, loaded them on a WACO
driven by one of the brethren, and SCI
them off. The reporter, however, cOul
not afford to lose so peculiar a sight 6
that of their solemn awaiting of I'll
Advent day, and so set out in pursuit {
them, with very uncertain clew. II
labors were rewarded with success, IN
he finally discovered them at Syea Hal
on the corner of Wells and Superb
streets. The place is controlled by I'll
Scandinavians, who have contribute
many adherents to the faith, and WI
obtained without difficulty, which wOul
not have been the case with the Cathoi
or many of the German halls. The
needed a large room, since, lnclUdII
the children, there were fully $50
them. They had to eat the passov
supper, for which purpose n pasch