Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-01-21
SIGNS OF THE TINES.

unmis;akaL!e evidence. Nor is it ap-
parently confined to this county,
The same agitation is visible in va
rious forms in Europe. Mems hearts
seem strangely stirred as with the
premonitious Of some great future
event. Learned divines who have
made tie prophecies of the Bible their
special study, find the times rropi-
,ious for free ventilation Of their ia
vorite theories. Others who are less
versed in prophetic loTe are, never
the.ess, led to ponder on the remark
able signs Of the times as OF mystic
rious presage. Rev. DR.. Cumming, an
eminent Scottish divine in London, it
is said gave emphatic expression TO
his views, in lis New Years sermon,
that the dawn Of the millennium is at
hand. So sanguino and so confident
is he in the correctness Of his conclu-
sions that he ventures the prediction,
that the second coming Of the Saviour
will occur not later than September
Of this year In support Of this pre-
Liction he enleavors to show that the
prophecies leading up TO The mlllen.
ium have been or are about to be full,
filled. AS a part Of the millenlal pro
sramme he gives it as his view that
Turkey as a nation will this year dis
appear from the face Of the EARTH and
the Jews will be drawn together from
all quarters Of the world into the
Holy Land. This is but a theory and
The theory Of one man. Dr.. Cumming
has been wri ing on the general sub
iect for several years past, and 1t l.
not surprising that as time goes for
ward lie become more etlectually we'd
ded to his theory Such men seldom
give up such theories. Meantime 1t
is not to lie disputed that the Turkish
question is regarded with peculiar IN
terest at this very time, The watchers
stand very closely by "the sick man,
as the feeble Sultan Of that magnlti-
cent empire is contemptuously termed
by cotemporancous monarchs. But the
very disintegration Of Turkey would
N all probability involve Europe in
A great war and the millennium and
war are not associated in our extecta-
tons of that glorious period. The re-
cent acquisition by England Of the
control of the Suez Canal is also
shrewdly suggested as q forerunner o.
Jewish reoccuration Of the Holy
Land. 1t may be, but looking at
things as they stand, we do not observe
any striking signs Of Jewish Emigra-
ton in that direction. Scattered IN
every nook and corner of the globe
as the Jews are, they seem to be salts
fed with their thrifty condition, and
far from longing after the land OF
their fathers. We do not derlde as
we publish these views Of enthusiastic
theorists. The truly devout man as
he reads them will however prefer to
regard that higher injunction, ut is
not for yon to know the times or the
seasons which the Father has put in
His own power, and preserve his at
titude OF patient waiting.
One Of the most remarkable signs
of the times certainly is the popular
preaching Of the two men, Messrs.
MOODY and SANKEY. Commenced
with but little pretence in Europe and
growing vi I'll steady force until all
ranks and glasses in England We're
stirred with its wonderful power, it
was thought to have reached its cul-
minating point at dheir meetings in
London. Their most sanguine friends
had grave misgivlngs as to the tl;ansfer
~,f the revival spirit to this oountry.
The spring in Brooklyn however was
amply sufficient to show that the wide
ocean had not quenched the spirit
But in Philadelphia far larger accom-
modations were provided for the null
tjtuqe, and as the result shows not
more than needed, The great religi-
Gus movement under the lead Of
Moody and Sankey will undoubtedly
stand Us one of the most eXtraordina-
ry events in history. We learn from
the Philadelphia papers, that their
labors vii! close Oh Thursday of this
week, after two months Of religious
service, holding meetings twice and
often thrice 4 uay, each Of which