Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-01-25
THE MILLENNIUM AT ITAXn.

The "dorkest hour is just before dawn
says the old saw and the Scripture proph.
cts have informed US, from time immemo
rial, that ~ the Last hour Of ,bi. eoodl,
world approaches, preparatory to the mi /
lennium, wars and rumors Of wars, earth.
quakes on the land and sea, and disrup.
tions and rascality among men, are to pre-.
vail. We begin to believe, indeed we hav,
every day good evidence, that the time for
the fulhllment Of the long.wished.ior mil.
lennium is at hand.
Not only individuals, not only society
not only petty governments, but dynastie.
are tottering, great nations are shaken
with the chills aud fever of revolution,
and veneTated geographical landmarks are
being rubbed ont with a force almost ns
| certain as the work OF awful cataclysms.
We 90 to Europe, ana war stretches her
broad, black wings over all the land. The
Russian Bear devOurs the i'm petuous Turk.
Every day brings fresh accounts Of disas-
ter, and the triumphant Russ marches on
to his destiny, which is TO wipe one more
nation from the map of Europe, absorbing
or dividing it among his neiRhbors, and
taking the lions share for himself.
England is watching the great conflict
with wary and anxious eve, spreading
out by degrees her nets in every direction,
preparatory to snaring a part of Turkey
or her dependencies when she falls to pie.
cea. The gentle Queen may favor neutral
ity IN pHblic form, but in secret her Cab.
met COunselors are sharpening dali bayo.
nets, polishing rusty guns, organizing the
army, equipping powerful ship, and put.
ting everything in grand order for
mighty spring when the hour comes for
action.
Bismark, pronounced by cable dispatches
aick in bed be assured, IL not too i'll 10
have n telephone at his ear which extends
through every section OF the civilized
globe, and Germany will not lose Il lot of
her mastery by inaction. She Is alive, and
knows her rights, and can maintain them.
Austria will recognize no settlement of
Eastern questions that does not give her a
plum from the pie. France has her swn
inward troubles, but can easily forget them
for the nonce when the time cUmes for di-
vision among other nations, aud when
spoilsare to be distributed. Greece is in
arms, ready to fight TO the death for self.
preservation. Aud thus the scent of blood,
the 0dor of powder, and the scream OF war
pervades every section 1f Europe.
On the American continent there are ma
tional troubles, too. Happily in the United
States We have political peace. A Presi-
dent aiming, however imperfcctly, to do
what is right, has at least for the time
lullsd iRto sleep the harsh discords of in
ternecine conflict, and invited all sections
to repOse, which they have seemed willing
to accept. But in the petty States surround
ing us the dogs of war have been slipped,
and are laPping their lewd lips with car
mage. Mexico is in travail, and some Of
her many factions have even endeayored,
upon the Texas border, to embroil the cit
liens OF this country in war, so that they
might gain a standing for their broken
cause. The Costa Ricans and Guatemalans.
two brothers rs nations, have insulted each
other, as u preparatory measure for bitter
fight. And thus the spirit Of spite goes
from place to place.
In business circles, all over the world,
the era OF stagnation and death has come.
Banks burst; merchants are bankrupted
officers of once high repute embezzle the
funds of the people and disappear, and
ruin and despair settle like a pail upon
the people.
II all this is not "the black darkness he
fore dawn" what isit? II the millennium is
not at hand. what in the name of all that's
good, is the end to be2 We pause for
reply, aud echo only answers !-Bredkfast
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