The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-05
A CURIOUS CALCULATION.
Ehe End OF the World Figured Out, and
tho Period Fixed at 1890.

Ane 1olow:ng singular and very Gu
RUS calculation, by which the ap-
preaching end of the world is deter
mined, has never before been made
known to the public, writes a Water
100, Kan. correspondent of tho Louis
vile Conrier-Joarnal, and may be of
very great interest to those who have
been studying tho prophecies, or
watching the progress of human ovonts.
believe tho results or not, as we may,
nevertheless here are the figures, which
any reader can verify for himself If
these results are here correctly fore
told, then the startling fact stares us
In the face that tho world is within
fifteen years of its close. In tho fall of
l899 the final winding up is to take
place. Hero arc tho calculations. Let
the reader carefully examine them:
10 begin. There are several impor-
tant prophetic periods made known in
tho scriptures. and various dates, as
well as significant numbers, such as
the great period Of $500 years men,
toned by Daniel, tho period of 1890
years, and the period of 1885 years.
Besides those there are in the book CT
Revelation other periods and signiti-
cant numbers, such as tho /, 200 years;
! the period of the woman's sojourn in
the wilderness, 1000 years the period
of Satan's being bound, and 666 the
number of beasts. Enoch's ago (365
years), who prophesied of tho second
advent among the antediluvian sinners,
Is also beyond all question symbolic
| number.
Perhaps, like the 365 days which
| complete one revolution of tho Garth
around the sun, making ono year, so
his 365 years may be symbolic Of the
| great prophetic periods known rs
"days,' one grand revolution of which
is to complete one of times great years
also ono Of the significant numbers of
scripture, and q "wcek of seven," or z
times z, still moro so. The student of
scripture will readily recall frequent
instances of this significant figure z,
and especially tho more important one
of times z, or 49-the number of final
completion, the finishing of all mys-
tcrics, the winding up of carth's affairs
Very we'll. Now, take these figures,
add them together, and see what you
| get:
| $500 years, Dams great period for
the cleansing of tho sanctuary.
| l,29O years, measuring the continu-
ance of tho "abominution of dcsola-
ton"
1885 years, tho period of 'blcssed-
ness" to tho saints.
1850 years, tho duration of the wo.
mans So ojourn in tho Wilderness.
1000 years, tho binding of Satan.
666 years, the number of tho 'beast"
who is to 60 into pordition.
365 years, the symbolic age of Enoch,
the great prophet of tho advent.
49 years, the number of final compile.
ton.
Total 8, 2G5 years.
. Now remember that before all tho
catastrophes denounced on mankind as
the divine judgments against sin there
were usually periods of "waiting' bo-
fore the judgment foil. so as to afford
opportunity Of repentance and escape,
and these periods multiplcs of DO, as,
for example, before the flood, 120
years; before the conquest. of Canaan,
4O years; and before the fall of Nine
Vch, ~ days, denounced by tho pro-
Phet Jonah. Now add together 12O
years of Noah's warning before tho
flood came, 40 years of Israel's warn
ing before judgment fell on tho guilty
Canaanites. 81 years that the witnesses
laid unburied preparatory to resurrec-
ton, and three years during which tho
owner Of tho vineyard came seeking
fruit and finding none, at the cxpira-
ton OF which period tho fig tree was to
be cut down, and you have 1864 us tho
| sum.
Now, to apply these mystic numbers
and learn their significance, imagine
your life divided into tho four periods
of childhood, youth, manhood, and old
age, so rs to get it in its completeness.
Take your age in years, leaving off
months and days, add it to itself three
times Conc for each of these four
periods), add to it the mystic number
8, 265 (the sum of the great prophetic
| periods) in order to ascertain the full
sum OF times revolutions, and divide
the amount of four (tho number of
universally, because those calculations
apply equally TO overy human bcing),
subtract from tho quotient tho other
mystic number 1864 (periods of warn.
ing given to man before tho execution
OF final doom), and from the remainder
deduct the number of years you have
hVed In this sublunary world, and you
| get the number 1,8993.
Now it matters not what ago YOU
take, that of the little Child or the old
man, the result is the same, tia omni-
Gus 1899 always remains as the one
fatal period when every human life is
10 close. But the one year in which
every human career is to terminate
and every life closo must be the final
year, the winding up, the conclusion
OF ali sublunary things, the year of
| doom.
a singular confirmation of this cal
culatlon Is to be found in tho fact that,
according to an old jewish tradition,
tho world was created In the fall of the
year, of which the old feast of trum-
pets' occurring in October, was sup
posed to be tho memorial. And it
would be natural to suppose that it
would be very appropriate for it to
close its career on the completion of
one OF its annual revolutions; in othe
words, in the fall of the year, And so
this remarkable caiculatio' plainly in.
dicates. The three-fourths singnlarly
points out that fact. Hence, II these
conclusions are not erroneous, wo hayo
ll,n