St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-20
THE END OF THE WORLD.
Rev. W. Baxter, OF london, Says it
will Come in Thirteen Years.

Rev. w. Baxter. OF s.OpdOns Says il
will Come in Thirteen Years.
Rev. NJ. Baxter. London, Eng, a heavy
built man with blue eyes and full brown
beard. lectured on the Second Advent" in
Market hall yesterday afternoon. All about
the stage were hung gorgeous pictures in red
and yellow colorS, depicting such scenes as
.he maker supposed the prophetic visions OF
Daniel, Zachariah and st. John brought be-
fore their eyes. They represented strange
beasts. demons and men, with cOmbina-
lions of all three in startling prominence.
In one of them was depicted the ''wOe OF
two hundred million fre-breathing demons
shaving one-third of the human race, about
1889 i'm which a host of fierce looking
men were riding at full tilt on bare back
horses. from whose nUStrilS came
streaks of fire and clouds of smoke
Another represented the Scarlet Woman
of Revelat OnS seated on a fierce looking
animal. from whose head grew seven horns
shooting in all directions. Another was a
miliienia scene, where a little child was
stroking the shaggy name of fierce look
ing lion, while other wild beasts sported
near by. Another represented knight Oh
a black charger and with drawn sword.
dashlng through cloud of dust, fire and
smoke. And yet another was representa-
ton of Christ, in snowy garments, on a
spotted horse. riding in triumph through
the clouds. that rolled white as banks of
snow from beneath the horses hoofs.
Directly over the center of the plat
foru hung map. showing the
present boundary lines of the coun-
fries of Asia Minor, Northern Africa
pointer in his hand and spoke for an hour
or more in a tone that was rather a high
tenor. About $50 persons sat in front of
him.
The speaker went over the prophecies of
Daniel. and from a large picture of the
prophetic man, with lOins of brass spoken
of in the book of Daniel. drew the infer
ence that there would soon be a general
overturning of Kingdoms in Europe. bloody
wars and the final resurrection at about the
wear 1900 The word pictures of the car
mage in Europe in the next two or three
wears were as red as the fire in the picture
of the million demons. and the final scene
as mild and peaceful as the scene where the
little child played with the lions name.
IT is COMING SOON
4sWithin three years. said he. '.Europe
will be torn with sanguinary. cruel, dread
full relentless war between France and Ger
many. in which, strange as it may seem,
France is to he the conqueror. Little do the
citizens of France and Germany. sitting
quietly in their homes this Sunday afternoon,
know what is in their future. They think
they may live long years of hPppiness. per-
haps But in two or three years they must
die, by bullets, by canno1 balls and by bavo-
nets. The, must die, perish, be gathered to
their fathers and shuttle off this mortal cuil
You in this country may well be thankful
that you are so far from the scene of car
mage. But tie horrors Of war will come upon
this country in about twelve years. Socialism
is gaining ground. and in few years it will
burst in roaring. seething. Kissing. boiling
food, and flow over this far country And in
about ten years everybody Will be caught up
It is disputed whether tne dead shall
rise as a cloud, an exhalation,
mist from the earth, or whether
there Will be an actual breaking of tomb
stones and a breaking up of graves The
stone was rolled awav from the tomb of
Lazarus before he came forth, and also from
he tomb of Christ, and this would indicate
that there will e an actual breaking up of
graves In few years thousands and tens
of thousands vii pass from this world as
Elijah and Enoch did. ard not de- Tens of
thousands will die vioeatly, amid BOOM