The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-19
WAITING THELASTTRUMP
SECOND ADVENTISTS GETTING
READY THEIR ROBES.

Given.
From the Ne,g York World.
Forty thousand apparently rational men
and women throughout the United States
md Canada believe that on or before the
coming 18th day Of October, A. d. 1889,
+ba world will have come to an end; that
,ba nations of the earth will have been
blanded into one people, speaking one
.ongpe and that over all for 1000 years
ona snirltual ruler will hold sway. They
holiave that if it does not happen before
that day the sun on the morning of Oct. 20
will remain stationary on the horizon, and
~, its upper aud visible arc will appear,
reaching back into an illimitable vista, an
an7aIic host. and in the midst Of this host
,,s yvoman. clothed with the sun and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head
crown of twelve stars" Then the seven
trnmnets are to be sounded by the seven
ANGELS. and the third VICE." as predicted
in the Rock of Revelations, will have begun
its fulflment.
Contrary to all precedents, the Second
AdyentistS, both Of the United States and
England. have not set specific day for the
end of time, but they are mutually agreed,
with a few isolated exceptions, that the
most careful calculations prove beyond the
possibility of an error that the hour will
not 90 beyond the date named. In 1S43 and
1S44 William Miller fixed the day in each
wear as Oct 10, and when his prediction did
not come to pass he explained that the
difference between Jewish and Roman time
mjsled him both as to the month and the
ID 10 vHthf nl, ION r,I1
in l849, he left directions showing how &c
curate calculations might be made, and on
these we're based the prophecies of the
worlds end in 1857, 1867, 1878 aud
the present year. They all rest on
one foundation, viz, the fulfillment of pre-
vious biblical prophecies and the assump-
ton that this indicated further fulfllments
thereafter 1t is claimed that iuasmuch as
the birth of Christ was foretold isaiah vii,
~, and that the birth should take place in
Bethlehem micah ", p, and the several
other prophecies concerning Messiah
isaiah ill.,. SO; Psalms XVI, 10y all came to
pass precisely at the time and in the manner
prescribed, that the fourth prophecy (the
second appearance of the Messiah) de-
manded belief. 1t was not until William
Miller undertook to set the exact period
that there had been any previous effort in
that direction. The beginning of the
eleventh century lad been looked forward
to-with awe and dread, it is true-but
none of the religious teachers of those days
ventured positive predictions. 1t was not
until nine centuries had elapsed that
prophet arose, who, in an incredibly short
space Of time, gathered about him thousands
OF followers who have maintained their
faith with steady persistency in the face
Of failure, opposition and rldicule.
Millerism, or, as it is called now, second
adVentism, has its strongest foothoId in
New England, where all heruerodox isms
seem to flourish best. 1t has more believers
in the state of Massachusetts than in any
other Of the eastern states, and in the city
Of Boston there is a weekly publication
devoted to the PRONUNCIATION of the doctrine.
Vermont furnishes the next largest quota,
and then comes New Hampshire and Goa
necticut. A few are scattered through
Maine and Rhode Island. There is no
regular place of worship in the city of New
York, and the believers, even in a city of
1000, 900 people, are few and far between.
In the city of Philadelphia there are two
small congregations, aud in south and east
New Jersey half dozen all told. In the
upper part of this state and on the Pennsyl-
vania border line there are several thousand
believers.
The western states, especially Minnesota,
furnish the next largest number Of believers.
They may be grouped in this wise: New
England, 1900; middle states. 5000;
western states. 5000: northwest, 1000:
Canada 5000. AS body the Second Adj
yentists do not differ materially with the
great leading doctrine Of the Evangelical
church. They are essentially Casuists, but
conform readily to whatever forms of law
under which they live.
The failure Of Miller's prophecy in 1S43
1rst brought the sect into prominence
throughout the civilized world. The
founder was a man of much magnetism
and, while not scholarly, possessed a rude
oglc that attracted attention even among
the learned. His hypothesis was so in
geulous and 50 cleverly dovetailed that the
announcement that the end of the world
was at hand created a noticeable excite
nent all over the country While
thousands scoffed at the theory, they never
ueless felt slightly uneasy as the day
approached, and there are men living now
VINO remember many who, though loudest
N Ihelr rldicule, were the last to go to bed
lat night. Among the believers the faith
was hrm. Scores of farmers in Massachu-
sgIts, IN the vicinity of Pittsfield, abandoned
aeir property to whoever cared to take it
I tvr lew hours, and patiently awaited the
sagements were broken, written business
vontracts between believers were destroyed :,
a. tne belief that they could never be carried
ouU. children were permitted to go I'M
. saleu Tor, and mothers who had been
.LLl11y housewives for years dropped all
Aelr household duties. As the day came
uoatef the fervor grew greater, and con-
t 1eps hooked to the MIllerite standard by
Saot Among the extremists in the
~, acVlVe preparations were made for
wlSt tney then believed would be an i'm
r ibpGiate translation. Spotless robes of pure
fo ,n;G were made, and in these dozens of
t na;LteS attlred themselves and repaired to
Aousetops to await the signal.
S SuSI out Of Boston the 9-year-old son of
fo Go.out adventist insisted as proviso, be-
ho .dRing to the roof, that his dog should
cn9 ~ luiGted to accompany him. Unac-
beas Stinea TO such a hight, the wretched
into aS uegan to howl, and the sacrilegious
fatboru ptlon caused the patiently waiting
evan..,,t TO attempt chastisement, which
the o aoualy resulted in his falling through
thu souICie A stout young woman near
men 1a u Village caught the hem OF her gar
with with IL IL nail as she was going upstairs
startd Asl mother, and a thread becoming
omar S'l, ner ascension robe" was ripped
mort, a. Vhe principal seam, much to her
n the ee Y4 e1e night had come and gone, and
befo~o VI "a looked the same as it did the day
Il blingV a mere began good deal of SQUAD
4 AVA ''9r zoe property that had been given
peled "a an old farmer near Pittsfield COM
Il duce biS me grantee of his property to pro-
s. tberaanll' .QIeed, and it was found stipulated
II and VI gi 1nat the instrument should be null