Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-29
in III. 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 winding up, and ire
mendous occasion for you and meper-
sonally. My father was on the turn
pike road between Trenton and Bound
Brook, N. J. He was coming through
the night from the legislative halls,
where he was serving his State, to his
home where there was sickness. Oft
en- heard him tell about it. 1t was the
night of the 10Th and the morning of
, the 18th of November, 1888. The sky
! was cloud!esS and the air clear. Sud
denly the whole heavens became
, scene never to be forgotten. From the
constellation Leo meteors began to
shoot out in all directions. For the
two hours between 4 and 6 in the
| morning it WAS estimated that q thou
sands meteors minute flashed andex
PRED. Itgrew lighter thanh onday. Ar
rows OF fire, Balls OF fire. Trails OF
fire. Showers OF fire. Some OF the
appearances were larger than the full
moon. All around the heavens ex-
plosion followed explosion. Sounds
as well as sights. The air tiled with
uproar. All the luminaries OF the
sky seemed to have received marching
orders. The heavens ribbed anal in
! terlaced and Carlanded with meteoric
display. From horizon to horizon
everything in combustion and contla
grafton. Many a 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
| f<>c ,,l,, ~,
mated? For eight momentous hours
the phenomenon lasted. East, west,
nor II, south; it looked as though the
heavens We're in maniac disorder.
Astronomers marching that night
said that hose meteors started from
222UO miles above the earth's surface
and moved with ten times the speed
OF q cannon ball.
The owner OF q plantation in South
Carolina says OF that night scene: II
WAS suddenly awakened by the most
distressing cries that ever fell on my
ears. 5 ricks OF horror and cries Of
mercy / could hear from most of the
negroes on three plantations, amount
ing IN all to about six or eight hun.
dreh. While earnestly listening for
til- cause heard Il faint voice near
he door calling my name. | arose
and taking my sword, stood at the
door. AT thus moment | heard the
same roce still heseech!ng me to rise,
;mtl saying Oh, my Cod the world
is on fire | then opened the door,
and it Is difficult to say which excit-
cd ne most, the awiulness of the scene
or he distressed cries OF the negroes
Upwards OF 100 lay PROSTATE on the
ground; some speechless and some ut
tellnI lie bite st cries, but most
with their hands raised imploring
God Q save the world and then. The
S enc WIS truly awful, lor never did
rain fall much thicker than the me-
teors ell toward the earth" But the
eXrtemen thus described by the
Sou hern planter ran among the
whites a.! well as the blacks, among
the intelligent as well as the supersti-
tlouS.
THE LAST SCENE.
The spectacle ceased not until the
rising sun OF ne November morning
eciipsed 1t, and the whole American
nation sat down exhausted with the
agitations of q night to be memora-
BILE until the earth itself shall become
IL falling star. The Bible closes with
such scene OF falling lights not only
iidgety meteOrs, but grave old stars.
St. John saw it in prospect, and
wrote: 1.-The stars OF heaven fell unto
the earth, even Us a fig tree casteth
her un:imely figs when she is shaken
Of q mi"hty wind" What @ time
that will be when worlds drop. Rain
of planets. Crawl alton letting loose
he grip on worlds. Consultations
flying apart. Galnxies dissolved. The
great orchard OF the universe swept
by the last hurricane letting down the
stars like ripened fruit. Our
old earth will 20 with the rest,
and let it 90, for it will have
existed long enough to complete it's
trem-ndou experiment. But there
will be enough words left to make q
heaven out of, if any more heaven
needs to be built. That day finding
us in Christ, our nature regenerated,
and our sins Drrdoned, and our hope
triumphant, we will feel no more alarm
than when in September passing
through an orchard you hear the APP
pies thump to the ground, or through
q conservatory and you hear an un-
timely ay drop on the floor. You
will only &C upstairs into ano her
story, a better lighted story, better
furnished story, II better ventilated
story, p better pictured story, and
into q story where already many OF
your kindred are waiting for you,
and where prophets and apostles and
martyrs will pay you celestial vista
ton, and where with a. rapture be-
You'd the most radiant anticipation,
you shall bow before him that
''buildetl his stories in the heaven"
Why This Distinction?