Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-12-03

years of fire which will rage with fury IN
all parts of the world from 1850 to lSs..
These fires will be the means Of annlhl-
lating every germ of disease. In TACT,
every CITY or portion of city i'll which the
plague appears should be burned to the
ground. This will destroy the scour5e'
Nothing bat fire can do it.
Those who pass through those t'rnbie
years of woe will have greater capacity
for enjoyment of the pleasures "i the
earth. The earth will yield twIre as
much as formerly. All the animal king
dom will be more prolific and llie more
prolonged. The average duration 81 lie
is said to be 81 years now after the year
1887 it will be twice as long, or 66 wears.
The reason of this remarkable prolohSa-
ton of life is owing to the healthy eiec-
tricity or magnetism that will surround
this globe. From 1880 to 1857 the eiec-
tricity of this earth will be deadly, owing
to the malitic influence of Saturn and
Uranus upon our atmosphere. during
the black death the most wonderful crles-
tlal phenomenon will be seen. For weeks
the sun will appear as red as blood, and
terrible commissions will appear III that
great BODY. The sun will discharge
oceans of flaming hydrogen gases that
will roll IN tum ultuous billows hundreds
Of thousands OF miles from its centre.
The moons actions on the tides Will he
spasmodic and irregular. Tremendous
showers of meteors will fall to the earth
and remain IN an Incandcscent state Tor
| hours. Dense black clouds will veil the
sun for dave, and the moon will not shed
US bright or as steady light as before
those dreadful days. The whole heavens
and earth will tremble at the awful. con-
tinuous reports Of thunder, lGstinG fire.
quently for hours binding flashes of
| lightning will illumine the black sky;
people will scream with horror at the fan
tastic shapes the lightning will assume
thousands will go insane with fear of the
celestial phenomena all modes of egress
from the city will be stopped ; trains will
be stopped on the prairies, in the mour
tains and valleys, and their occupants
will die in them of disease and starvation
steamships and sailing craft will rot on
the oceans with their dead human freight,
drifting where the winds and waves may
drive them.
Stout will be the heart that will not de
spair in those dreadful times. Fanatics
will arise and cry out that the hand of
God is against mankind, and religious
frenzy will be rampant in all the large
cities so-calledprophets will nclte their
followers TO deeds of blood and rapine,
but they will not hold sway long insan-
ity from religious causes will predomin-
ate in those times the mortality III the
cities where the sewerage is defective will
be appalling Everything that is ate or
drank should be boiled well before being
used no cooked food or water should be
partaken of if allowed to be exposed to
the air for even n quarter of an hour ;
food must be eaten rs soon after being
cooked as possible every kind of ami
NAL food should be eliminated from the
table even fish and game should not be
used milk, butter. eggs, fats and oils
excepting vegetable oils, should be pro
hibited A.; vegetables, grains and fruits
that are produced i'll each country should
be used. The electric condition of every
thing on earth will be changed, therefore
the products of the soil i'll our Immediate
vicinity are the best to keep the human
system iii Il positive state. When the
human organism is in a positive condi-
ton, it is practically impossible to con-
tract disease. All persons IN negative
state to their surroundings Will be the
first to fall victims to the scourge. The
tlesh-eater and the alcoholic imbiber will
60 hand in hand to the grave, for their
blood will become impure and lnfiamed,
and therefore be in negative state, and
necessarily unable to combat the disease
Bear in mind, no part of the world Will
be exempt from the plague. The frigid
homes of the Esquimaux will be invaded
by the demon of death, and desolation
will be rs apparent there Ill that frozen
land as in the sun -scorched sands of Afrl-
ca. The Mongolian race will suffer most,
for it is without doubt the most ancient
Races are like empires-thcy have their
rise, decline and fall.
China viii he depopulated, or nearly
su. and when the plAgIe breaks out IN
1881, III their country, hordes OF the
Asiatics will crowd thor ships ami flee
their country, to spread the loatAsome
horror over every land they turn TO-
Every island III the Pacific will be swarm
ing with Mongolians, and they will at last
reach the Pacific states, and then Amcn-
ca must suffer destruction of life with
out parallel in her history. say that
the inhabitants of the plague-strlckcI
districts will reach there unless more Wig
lance is used with preventive measures
to keep therl back | am not actlated
by any feeling of prejudice against any
particular race, but the voice of the host
OF the heavens should be hearkened unto,
and, ii by mathematical scheme We can
deduct certain facts portentous to the
Caucasian race they should be given and
/ followed. In mortality the Fast India
/ country will be next in order OF maGni-
] tude to China Africa next, Europe next
| and America next. The Atlantic states
. Al. 81
America more than North America, and
California will be the last and least suffer
er of this most malignant plague era the
world has ever known. The plague Is
not ONLY what the perihclia brings US, but
it will be accompanied by civil war, DIS
cord, civil strife, floods, inundations, and,
in seven -tenths of the world, drouth and
unless extraordinary provision IS made to
quell great uprisinSs, anarchy, with all
its horrors will reign from lSSoto 1887.
/ In 1887 the Star of Bethlehem" will
be once more seen in "Cassiopia's Chair,
and it will be accompanied by total
eclipse of the sun and moon. Tins star
only makes its appearance every 80
years 1t Will appear and illuminate the
heavens, and exceed i'll brilliancy even
Jupiter, when i'll opposition to sun. and,
therefore, nearer to the earth and bright
est. The marvellous brilliancy OF the
''Star of Bethlehem" in 1887 will surpass
any of its previous visitatiOns. 1t Will
be seen even at noon-day, shining with
quick flashing light the entire year, after
which it will gradually decrease i'll brIgiit-s
ness and finally disappear, not to return
to our heavens till the year 1902, or 3l5
years from 1887. This star first attracted
the attention of modern astronomers III
the wear 327 1t WAS then called n new
star 1t was no new star. however, for
this was the star that shone so brightly
T. C., and was the star that illumined
the heavens at the nativity Of Christ. 1t
has reappeared every 3l5 years SINCE and
every educated nstrologer is certain that
it Will appear III August, 1857. The up
pearance of this star, accompanied as IT
will lie by solar and lunar echpscs, togeth-
er with the baleful influence that follows
the positions that Mars and Saturn will
occupy, will cause an universal war and
portentous floods and fearful shipwrecks.
North America will he involved i'll civil
strife, and reign of terror will prevail
in the Atlantic states, unless II Napoleon
arises to quell it. There will be war of
classes-the rich will array themselves
against the poor, and rice rcrSa, every
where
The WEEk OF PRAYER, 1880. The Evan
gelical Alliance, as representing Protestant
Christendom throughout the world, have for
year. suggested II programme for the Weei;
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