Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-05
The Signs of the Heavens.

Lien.. Totteu, o. s a., In an interview at
Nav Haven. Copn., on Wednesday regard
inz the conjunction Of Jupiter and Venus,
had tolls t, say IN addition to what be ssid
n ? previous interview
II is rare occurrence Instead OF fIe.
queGt cne. 1 always comedies With pots
Die cyeute Theee planets are for signs ard
seasons They never fell to msks them
Some 81 Cor apclions have occurred since
Luther's time. will refer cnly to the lat.
Or July 20 ard 81, 1859, there was con.
inntt On of Jupiter and Venus which closely
resemb!sd the coming one. Now, this con.
jopc,ion followed the regular Law ard pre-.
cadad historic events Of the utmost moment.
Ttey give warning TO The wstcbeYs exactly
as the corjauciion which preceded the ma.
tivity by several years warned t1e MsRt OF
coming evente. The conjunction OF 1859, Of
course, preceded tina year 1860 Let us et @
what occurred IL 1860 aid thereabou.s. II is
pcrhans needless TO mention the civil var ,ar
urperalied strife. But the world vas In the
thso@e of war at the came iine, for all tie
world hss hitt efto resolved about Rome. 1t
waa in 1860 that Vitty Emanuel led the In.
sur.ett on In tie Papsl SAFES, on sept.
The SarGlniars eDtertd on Sept. II, defeat.
ed the Papa troops at Os' tel Fldardo on Sept
IS, taking ArooEa on Sept. 1928. Victor
Emanue! took command Of the army, and
ea!ered the Kingdom OF Nap'e3 on Oot.. 10.
GalibaGi defeated the Nep politsns at Vol
turno. ard greeted Victor Emanuel as King
OF I,ely on Oct 26. He entered Naples es
King Oh Nov.7. This vas as short ss tae
Franco Pfussian war. In the far Fest sf.
fairs were likewise significant In religion.
Tho massacre Of the Christians By the
IN Tnlc
henanedsns maesacred the Christians at
DAwascua 8 3CO slain. on July 8; the Eng
Ii.h and Ffench governments irtarlered in
Aueus,; 0O0 French soldiers landed e.
Bsyrott on Aug. %; LoId Duferin, the
British Commissioner Syria, arrived at Da-
mascus on Sept. 6 Note noR that these Sep.
temher 6&tep, both in Mohammedanism and
in Iialy-both struck ;o5e!her. Note. how
e;e-, mure significant iso!: From ihs Mo.
hsmmedaa capture c: Jerusalem, a. D. 637,
10 the Syrian massacre, followed By Eu-
rcCasn iltsrves ton, End tt Victor
Emanpe!'s SUCCESS 10 the re; t IN HER
a,ehy, ara e5Rtt'y 1850 lunar years. Tho
naxt ea7sn years were loaded With religious
6aiep @! vital diplomatic import, snd ended
with The $50 .h solar gear from Jus!!nian.
All krow the events OF the succeeding yeare,
f5r tia decade closed In 1870, or 200 years
fro.n !he oslo5ts ed decree of Tie Emperor
Pa55ss. and the temporal power Of the Pcpo
wa$ ST ieaat for little seaeon over.
Take again one moro Illustration, hrief
cue-I have 10 time for more. Ibelieve TIE
sovent aeasou actually dates from 1928. This
wes exactly $3.50 years from Isrsers osptiy.
ity. uaa Israel IN distinction from that OF
Judah. Their limes o! punishlent were
oyer. Since 1928 the watchers are counting
one generation of ,hressoore years end ten
&, at least the lnrar beginning of tie climax.
bo that wnas II may. Now Mil!es's day
comes Ia 5atwsen. Hlsto,iaGs vi never
forget chose dsys Of excitement. Venus and
Saturn came in,o conjunction in the same
fieli CT the TELESCOPES on Dec. 10. 1916. and
marked auother OF these coincidences which
never fell"
when do you expect he end OF the
world, LeuteuaOt?
M; answer to that is, tho world eDdu.-
eth forever have never put m5 mind at
work to solve 20 outrageous problem. The
eod OF the age is different thing. My b.
N,f is that /. ends with the generation now
living. The Ssvlour's advent is mmlcsnt at
a1v fDinEton "