The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-09

felt Christ-as the ''desolating abomi-
nation standing in the Holy place."
and, ''overcoming the. saints;''
Daniel very naturally asked how
long was such a fearful state of
things to last? The answer was: so.
Daniel, shut up the words and seal the
book until the Time of the End
According to Biblical dates that speci-
fed time was reached in the year A.
D. 1899, when Antichrist received
stunning, If not fatal blow at the hands
of Napoleon Bonaparte, and rendered
incapable OF. again "wearing out the
saints;;'' he will linger on in sorrow
and sadness until his appointed. time
shall come, when, with all the gentle
systems with which we are surrounded
including 'schurch and State'' will
60 down together in the coming
"crash," and 'dashed to pieces like
potter's vessel"
The ''Time of the End,'' not only
closes the Gospel age, but in it all the
time-prophecies terminate, reaching
their fulflments.
It also includes the s'day of His
preparation" I'm the eventful year of
1914, period of lis years; dur
ing which time all the discoveries,
mechanical inventions and advantages
which are but so many elements work
ing together in this day of preparation
for the convenience of the incoming
Millennial age. The last forty years
of the 'sTime of the End,'' or day of
His preparation, constitutes the SYM
bolic harvest or the "day of the Son of
man. whose second presence was
s'due'' in our world the first day of
that harvest, and throughout that
eventful time will be heard more or
less the tramp Of His foot, and the
sound Of His voice-in the shape Of
symbolic ''shouting, the voice of the
archangel, and the sound of the
seventh trumphet''- literally mean
ing-''religious, social and political
disturbances, controversies, upheavals,
reactions, revolutions, third parties,"
etc. And who to-day is so blind? AS
not to see the portent signs of the
times-now visible in the lurid and
murky sky Of capital and labor; and
who so deaf as not to hear the ominous
sound of the symbolic shouting, Qabor
agitation, strikes, &c. AS it arises
from behind the ramparts of the respec-
tive hostile camps, and waited on the
dark wing of the gathering cloud now
lowering over the atfaiis of mankind, i,
at which civilization stands aghast,
and with which the most eminent
craftsmanship feel it's inability to
cope: and the heart Of those who are
g watching'' are beginning to fail them
at seeing such things coming on the
earth.
In the spirit of the present disturbed
state of things-has the monopolizing
power of money found its way to the
little town of Henderson as we'll as
elsewhere. and has placed it's mighty
hand on one of our principal productions,
which constitutes one of the famous
articles of commerce: although we are
as yet in the first stage of the coming
trouble, or kindling state, its scorching
influence is already felt; the ''fre" is fast
getting underway and the burning
time is at hand; the furnace is being
heated, and in twenty-five years from
now it will be in full blast, when
the ill-gotten gold Of "trusts and
monopolies'' will melt with the fervent
heat Of divine wrath, and the bigger
the pile-the higher the blaze. Money
the darling idol of man, (at the
shrine of which he is constantly bowed)
will soon become as sordid dross and
it's evil effects will be felt no more for.
ever: yet, in this case, money must be
treated with some amount of fconsidera-
ton since it is the unwilling agent in
the hands Of Providence for bringing
about the fulfilment of the most as.
founding prophecy on record, cul-
minating in the greatest trouble our
world has ever known.
King Emmanuel, whose second pres
ence was ''due'' in the earth in the
month of October, 1874; but not in a
state of humiliatiOn-as at the first
advent-without place to lay
His head, is now setting up His king
dom in power and great glory" pre-
paratory to His assuming His roya
prerogative of ascending the throne
given Him by the Father, when in 1917
He will ommence His thousand year mil
lennial reign-''judging the nations ir
righteousness and ruling them will
Rod of Iron.''
His mighty forces are abroad in th'
earth, the shock of His presence ha!
set the ''angry nations in a ''tumult,
and are now being shaken from center
to circumference, prior to their fina
destruction in that terrible-culml-
mating day of the ''Son of man,
when they are destined to be ''grount
to POWDER and to pass away will
great noise"
We learn from the sacred dates tha
both the sixth thousand years of TIL
permission of evil, and the gospel ag
ended in the year A. D. 1873; in 1S7-
we entered on the seventh thousan,
year Of the age Of man which is tn
sabbath Of thousands. Constitutin;
the millennium; during that age tn
prostitution of all things''-and tn
resurrection of the dead will come
pass; the first forty years of that ag
, is the symbolic harvest-alluded to i
the parable of the ''wheat and tares.
As before stated, the second adven
was due in the month Of October, 1877
but not generally known, hence tn
coming as "thief in the night;'' i
1873, He set up His kingdom in tn
earth, which could not be done withou
the presence of His ''little flock G
brides" consequently the first resurre1
ton took place in that same year; 70
, lowing on that great event, ''Babylo
the great" nominal christendom) wa
''spewed OUT and ''fell to rise II
more.n
From that date she is not recognize
Fl by the head of the church, neither doe
, she represent Him on earth, and tn
| ''voice Of the bridegroom nor of tn
bride shall be heard i'll her no MOI
| forever