The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-29
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reckoning, the D0ttlc Of A|rlnagCddOn
should have begun before this. He
expected fighting to begin IN the 18th
inst, and has been troubled nj the OBJ
stinately peaceful condition of affairs
And then, again, Matthew xiv 80,
says Aud 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 tba,
giQn, and considerable nervousness and
anxiety was manifest in their manner,
But il they wore n little nervous for
fear that after all il might not he, there
were n great many more VINO were
nervous for fear il would. Persons OF
the Adventist belief have been applied
TO n great deal recently for Information
on the subject, and the Book Of Daniel
has been cOuned %studiously. A good
many people said their prayers last
night with extraordinary fcryOr, and
resigned themselves to sleep with some
perturbation Of feeling. The Advent
lists have been receiving acccBslOnB TO
their numbers I'LL during the p ,et week.
Yesterday morning three persons were
DIPPED ~ me LAKE,
and thus received into their communion.
To be plunged face downward three
times in icc.cold water is IN unpleasant
ordeal, aud with the high wind and
heavy wash Of yesterday the ceremony
wal very severe TO the flesh.
Elder Thurman secluded himself
from the public all day, deyoting n
great portion Of the time TO earnest,
agoni2iug cntrcaty to God, The ma.
jOrity Of them during the morning and
afternoon ~wGrePathercd together at their
place Of meeting, No. 40 Desplaines
street. They sat about the room with
their dinner.baskets and other impedl.
mcnts, presenting u rather spiritless
appearances. The front Of the hall is
p%artitioned of for the residence Of n
family, and here dinner wGs cooked and
II table spread, ut which they ate. Chill
dren ran about, played and aIualled,
and, although together, the company
looked more like IA party Of emigrants
than II company OF saints awaiting the
coming of their Lord. They were
greatly annoyed by continual invasion
ON the part Of sight.soera. The nymphs
who reside along Halsted and other
streets in the vicinity sailed III, stared,
and gigRled. The railroad hands made
it II lounging place and were often rude
and offensive in their department.
They bore all these %annoyances with
great m%eokncBs, however, and comfort.
ed themselves with thoughts Of their
approaching triumph.
The aged, white haired who
has been such II conspicuous figure ut
their gatherings shook her withered
head Mt somo Of the intruders, and said,
"You may gcoir now, but tonight you
will be dumb with fear and trembling.
The children displayed Il Auency in the
use of scripturol ~phrasoology that
would have delighted Brother Ham
mond, had that converter Of the infnn-
tile heart been present. One thGologian
Of 7 or \ made himself conspicuous by
his parrot-llke iterations Of opinions in
regard to the approaching event.
Notwithstanding the depression OF
feeling that was manifest, there wore
converts almost up to the last hour. AT
4:30 some of the brethren consulted to
gcther in regard to three persons who
wished to be baptized, They estimated
that Christ would appear ut Jerusalem
in about an hour and n half, and al
though it would not be until midnight
that this portion of tho earth would
roll around so ~ to come under the
seat of His glory, it was II mOoted point
whether this difference of time could be
held to count prior to His coming, and
90 afford time in which persons could
he still taken into the church by bap-
tlsm, or whether the fact that He had
actually come to the earth would over
ride all other considerations. The
Advcntists showed themselves to be wise
in their generation in not revealing the
place where they were to hold their last
supper on earth.
They believed that it would not grow
dark last night, IN declared by the
scriptures. 1t will be recollected that
during the thunderstorm, yesterday
evening, there was a peculiar yellow
light diiluscd through the air. This
gave them fresh heart and hope. This
same thunderstorm, however, which
lightcned their hearts, saddened those
Of hundreds of others. There wore
many nervous people who viewed with
l. rror these d%arkening skies and flash
ing lightnings. They were less inclined
10 disbelief than the day before, and
actually began to imagine that there
was something in Elder Thurman's cal
culatiOns after all, and it might be well
to "make their souls" The storm
cane mp just rs the %toilers were return,
ing home, and the Second Advent was
tho only subject of conversation on the
cars. That little thunder storm was of
interest, in that it showed how great il
the reserve fund Of superstitious fear in
the human breast. No one can be
found to-day who will w that he sat
up till midnight, but there We're ua-
doubleday many of them.
The Adventists slipped off in order tc
avoid being bothered by the inevitable
mob of curious. They took the chars
ut Stanley Hall, loaded them on n wager
driven by one of the brethren, and senl
them off. The reporter, however, could
not afford to lose no peculiar n sight Oh
that of their solemn awaiting OF the
Advent day, and 30 set out in pursuit o
them, with a very uncertain clew. Hi
labors were rewarded with success, ant
he finally discovered them ut Syea Hall
on the corner of Wells and Superio
streets. The place is controlled by tn
Scandinavians, who have contribute,
many ndherents to the faith, and wa
obtained without difficulty, which woul,
not have been the case with the Catholi
or many of the German halls. The,
needed n large room, since, including
the children, there we're fully $50 o
them. They had to eat the passove
supper, for which purpose n pascha
lamb had been procured some day
previous, and hence a long table had t,
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