Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-19

of stellar population, especially when theJ
heard that in ORDER TO arrest the disaster
of centuries the World Maker and tn,
World Starter and the World Upholdel
must give up his only son to assassination
to expiate and restore and save the victims
of the planetary shipwreck.
THE BIBLE rs SCIENTIFIC.
On the tower Of Pharos. Egypt, . metal
lie mirror was raised which reflected al
that occurred both on land and sea for O
distance of three hundred miles, and SC
Egypt was informed of the coming OF hel
enemies long before their arrival. BY what
process know not, but in some way this
ship Of a struggling, earth think is mir
rored to distant worlds. Surely this one
experiment OF world unloosing itself from
God will be enough fer all worlds and all
eternities.
But notice that as ether worlds rolled
into the first book Of the Bible, the book
of Genesis, they also appear in the last
book of the Bible, the book of Revelation
They will take part In the scenes of that
occasion which shall be the earth's wind
ing up, and a tremendous occasion for you
and me personally. Ny father was on the
turnpike road between Trenton and Bound
Brook, New Jersey He was coming
through the night from the Legislative
halls, where he was serving his state, to
his home, where there was sickness.
often heard him tell about it, 1t was the
night of the 18th and the morning Of the
18th of November, 1889.
The sky was cloudless and the air clear.
Suddenly the whole heavens became q scene
never to be forgotten. From the constel-
lation Leo meteors began to shoot out in
all directions. For the two hours between
4 and in the morning 1t was estimated
that thousand meteors a minute flashed
and expired. 1t grew lighter than noon
day. Arrows of fire. Balls of fire. Trails
of fire. Showers of fire. Some of the ap-
pearances were larger than the full moon.
All around The heavens explosion followed
explosion. Sounds as well as sights. The
air filled with uproar. All the luminaries
Of the sky seemed to have received march
ing orders. The heavens ribbed and inter
laced and garlanded with meteoric dis
play. From horizon TO horizon everything
in combustion and connagration.
Many brain that night gave way. 1t
was an awful strain on strongest nerves.
Millions Of people fell on their knees in
prayer. Was the world ending or was
there some great event for which all heay-
en- was illuminated? For eight momen-
tous hours the phenomenon lasted. East,
west, north, south. it looked as though
the heavens were in maniac disorder. As
tronomers watching that night said that
those meteors started from 2,200 miles
above the earth's surface and moved with
ten times the speed of a cannon ball.
WHEN THE STARS FELL"
The owner Of a plantation in South Caro-
lima says of that night scene: II was sud
denly awakened by the most distressing
cries that ever fell on my ears Shrieks OF
horror and cries of mercy l could hear
from most Of the negroes on three planta-
tions, amounting in all to about six or
eight hundred. While earnestly listening
for the cause heard a faint voice near the
door calling my name. arose, and taking
my swerd stood at the door. At this mo,
ment heard the same voice still beseeching
me to rise, and saying. oh, my God, the
world is on fret then opened the
door, and ID Is difficult to say which ex.
cited me most, the awfulness Of the scene
or the distressed cries of she negroes. Up.
ward Of one hundred lay PROSTATE on the
ground, some speechless and some uttering
the bitterest cries, but most with their
hands raised imploring God to save the
world and them. The scene was truly
awful, for never did rain fall much thicker
than the meteors fell toward the earth"
But the excitement thus described by the
southern planter ran among the whites as
we'll as the "lacks, among the intelligent
as we'll as the superstitious
The spectacle ceased not rntil the rising
sun Of the November morning ec]ipsed IL.
and the whole American nation sat down
exhausted with the agitations of night
to be memorable until the earth itself sh. I
become a falling star. The Bible closes
with such a scene OF falling lights-not
only fidgety meteors, but grave old stars
st. John saw 10 in prospect and wrote, 1.-THE
stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as
q fig tree casteth her untimely figs when
she is shaken Of a mighty wind" What a
time that will be when worlds dropl Rain
of planets Gravitation letting loose her
grip on worlds. Consultations flying apart
Gslaxies dissolved.
The great orchard of the universe swept
by the last hurricane letting down the
stars like ripened fruit. Our old Garth will
go with the rest, and let 1t go, for 1t will
have existed long enough to complete its
tremendous experiment. But there will
be enough worlds left to make a heaven
out Of, II any more heaven needs to be
built. That day finding as in Christ, our
nature regenerated, and our sins pardoned,
and our hops triumphant, we will feel no
more alarm than when in September pass
ing through an orchard you hear the APP
pies thump to the ground, or through a
conservatory and you hear an untimely nR
drop on the floor
You will emily go up stairs into another
story, better lighted story, better fur
nished story, u better ventilated story, n
better pictured story, and into story
where already many Of your kindred are
waiting for you, and where prophets anG
apostles and martyrs will pay you celestial
visitation, and where, with a rapture be
yond the most radiant anticipation, you
shall bow before him that 'buildeth his
stories in the heaven"