Milford chronicle., 1892-12-23


Many brain tnat night gave way. It
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 heav
en- was illuminatede For eight momen-
tous hours the phenomenon lasted. East,
west, north, SOUTH it looked rs though
the heavens were in maniac disorder As
tronomers watching that night said that
those meteors started from 1920 miles
above The earth's surface and moved with
ten times the speed Of q cannon ball.
WHEN 'THE GLARS FELL"
The owner Of q 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 / could hear
from most Of the negroes on three planta'
tions, amounting in all "a about six oi
eight hundred. While earnestly listening
for the cause heard faint voice pear the
door calling my name. arose. IKE aking
my sword stood at the door. Az 40
ment heard the same voice still beseS
me to rise, and saying. oh, my God,
world is on firer / then opened Il (
door, and It is difficult to say which ex-
cited me most, the awfulness Of the scene
or the distressed cries Of the negroes. Up
ward Of one hundred lay prostrate 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. T"
But the excitement thus described by the
southern planter ran among the whites as
well as the blacks, among the intelligent
as well as the superstitious.
The spectacle ceased not until the rising
sun Of tie November morning eelipsed IT,
and the whole American nation sat down
exhausted with the agitations OF a night
to be memorable until the earth itself shall
become a falling star. The Bible closes
with such scene Of falling lights-nOt
only fldgety meteors, but grave old stars.
St. John saw It in prospect and wrote, "lhe
stars Of heaven fell unto the earth, even as
a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when
she is shaken of a mighty wind. !" What q
time that will be when worlds dropl Rain
Of planets. Gravitation letting loose her
grip on worlds, Consultations flying apart.
! Galaxies dissolved.
The great orchard Of the universe swept
| by the last hurricane letting down the
l stars like ripened fruit. Our old earth viii
20 with the rest, and let it go, for it will
\ have existed long enough to complete its
tremendous experiment. But there will
be enough worlds left to make a heaven
out Of, if any more heaven needs to be
| built. That day finding us in Christ, our
nature rcgenerated, and our sins pardoned,
1 and our hope triumphant we viii feel no
/ more alarm than when in September pass
ing through an orchard you hear the ap-
pies thump to the ground or through a
conservatory and you hear an untimely fig
drop ON the floor.
You will only 90 up stairs into AMI ltheF
story, better lighted story, betteS fur
nished story, a better ventilated std az a
better pictured story, and into story
where already many Of your kindred ART
waiting for you, and where prophets and
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 hi,
stories in the heaven