Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-29
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

! Thursday evening at the tent Elder G.. d.
Rogers, Of Emporia, spoke to good audi
ence upon the theme of the Signs OF the
Time. He said: We, as people, hold that
the great event end day, for which eli events
and days were made, will not burst unher-
aided upon the devoted heads of slunber-
| ing world, but that God will remember his
wanted mercy and love in a truly and abund-
ant warning, which will be commensurate
with the character of this most solemn and
decisive work Of God for man. As this viii
determine the destiny Of every human beng,
ample to warn every conscious intelligence,
will precede and announce the doom OF the
world. This, he held, was clearly set forth
| in the Saviour's words III Luke 2l:34-oo:
Take heed to yourselves lest at
any time your hearts be over charged
with surfeicting end drunkenness, and the
cares of this life, and SO that day como upon
YOU unawares. For as snare shall it come
on all them that dwell on the earth" The
Saviour,s gracious warning viii not surely
mock the euq;Iiring soul, who watches for the
onens of the coming day, with desire to es-
cape the deep laid 'srare Of tho devil. As
it is proven BY reference TO Rom. l1:9, : Tim.
2:26 this snare is, as will be seen by the fore
going. the discourse Of tho evening, is to
| trace out the events noted in the Scriptures
of truth, as signs Of Christ's second advent,
till the last scene ushers the redeemed into
the presence of their coming redeemer and
the abode Of the blest,
Our blessed Biblo CLEANS with gems Of
truth on this point. Last evening the three
great signs given in Matt. p Dark
ening Of tho SIM and moor,
and falling OF the stars, which the
Savior gave, as the Immediate precursors OF
the great day of the ''Sons Of Marc" were
fully explained, and shown to have occurred
between 1850 and 1888 A. D. We now note
ono point more in this line of prophecy in
this in Luke 81: 2J, 90 is shown to include
Distress of nations with perplexity," so pat
ent to every student OF the. day. Tidal
waves" OF which the late disaster ct Sabine
Pass, Texas, and nearly comprising the
earth is a vivid fulfllment; "Mens hearts fail
ing then1,' graphically descriptive Of the
condition of the crowns of Europe over the
Turko- Russian national conflict and cululinat-
ing in the hopeless general wall OF Rev. e:
Il, II, calling mountains and rocks fall on
US and hide u.s." when the great earthquake
Of the Savior's prophecy in Rev. 1G: 1929
shall lift every mountain OF earth
from its base, skip lightly, and every
island to sink out Of sight, in the seventh and
last plaques, closing with the Son OF Man
coming in cloud with power and great
glory These are some of the physical signs.
Who can ignore them?
MORAL SIGNS
Are no less wildly marked. Hearts will be
overcharged with surfeiting and drunken
ness. It is to be ''as il was in the day Of
Noah" Mat. q: 37-33. SO infatuated with
the determination to crafty appetite and
passion will become that as Paul describes
them in Rom. IL: TO- Their eyes are dark
enad and they cannot or will not see. In
this re see all the race arc not involved but
only those who would not heed the warning.
this is also proven in 1st Thess. s. 10, where
2nd Peter 3: $40. 1t is markedly plain one
class are pgoclaiming the Lord Is come, al
other scolfingly say where is any promise of
it and remain willfully ignorant, though
warned Of the approaching event, until the
great "Day OF the Lord arouses them in
il their overthrow.
RELIGIOUS FEATURES
are also made prominent as marking the
coming day. Joel says ''tho trumpet will be
blown in Zion," when ''the day Of the Lord
is nigh at hand" Or ministers will preach
it and tho people should trelnble. Chapter
2:1. Amos says this will be based upon the
prophecies. Amos. 81.
Jesus says this feature Of the gospel, ''the
coming Kingdom near" even the last gener-
Grafton who are to live to $50 him come,
shall be prea ciloi in all the world for a wit
ness to all nations, and then shall the end
come Not thousand or hundred years
afterwards. In Revelations, 4:6-12, He who
was dead and is alive forevermore tells Us OF
this Same feature OF the gospel, its world
wide proclamation, announcing the very
hour God opens tho Judgment OF the great
| Gay, tells US there will follow o great spirit
decIension and moral fall and spostasy
among the churches and this will be sue
ceeded by world wide message warning the
world against accepting the Papal change Il
the law OF God, substituting Sunday for the
Sabbath, which would develop people VINO
! keen all the commandments OF God and faith
of Jesus. All these sigus are before us. l: