The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
TOTTEN'S WARNING VOICE
We Are in the Midnight Hour" and
Better Have Our Lamps Trimmed.
The Lieutenant Gives Something Of His Sys-
TEN of Hep,sds, Showing that the Mil
lennium Will Be Ushered in Shortly.

- a. thoG A0 - "a
q doubt as to the general accuracy OF his
chronological work. nor as to it's particular
accuracy within the necessary personal
equation of ali human effort" He MAIN
tains that we are actually in the "midnight
hour" specified in the parable OF the ten
virgins. The clock" said the Professor.
lis still striking; the tenth stroke will end
it's sounding at the coming March equinox.
the eleventh in June. and the
twelfth. or final stroke. at the
September equinox of the current
year. After that none of the virgins
need be in any further doubt as to the
time OF as to what or who Is at hand. 1
DO not expeot to awaken the world. but /
DO expect to arouse my own race and par
ticularly them that be of it's household of
faith. The motion In the religious world
Is already too apparent TO be mistaken. lt
is the long predicted aw Weakening. The Wise
and the foolish alike are stirring in all
directions and some are already trimming
their lamps"
'.But how can you be 80 sure about this
matter"
because all OF my calculations unite IN
an increasing concert OF testimony Ard cry
aloud INTO the ears of all who Will pay any
heed thereto. / am testing the general
~ tAlo kitbO aho = IL hoAoty
q week that l do not aid collateral and
corroborating proof to the main demonstra-
tioD."
But if all this lie so clear to you. we ask
bow is It that tho matter Is SO hard for
others to underestimate"
How do you know it is so hard q mat.
ter TO understand. unless you examine LII"
said Professor Totten. II reject the prop
osition at once; the public press makes no
effort tn present my side of the case. or
oven to review my wOrk-it suDpresses all
the real evidence | offer. and condemns me
to ridicule without any chance OF reply or
without fairly stating the proposition to
Its own readers. / have no money to adj
vertise even a card in the newspapers.
hence, but few know where to get my
books, although the most determined IN
quirers seek information directly from me.
That. however. is neither here nor there
every stroke of the clock Las been faith
fully gwen to the press. and by II to ALL"
but, Professor, even the public pulpit
does not uphold you, why should the press
do sol"
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PULPIT.
Neither am ], my friend, responsible for
that. 1t ia written that they are not 'all
Israel who are of Israeli The duty of the
pulpit is clear. and that whether l am
right or wrong. lt shOuld refute my fig
ures with facts. or else preach and guaran-
tee them with equal anxiety. The fact is.
hundreds of clergymen are preaching from
my very books. and thinking men have got
to come my way in so lar as /
am right, and investigation alone. aud
that only OF men wiling TO think. Will
settle how lar my cry Is serious
and worthy TO be needed. My
w0rks have now had hundreds of
thousands of readers, and hat among
all classes. They are beng translated into
German ard Swedish, and are being print
ed in Danish; this without my instance in
the matter. 1t is a sad commentary upon
my own race that its public press and
pulpit condemn them unread. In the mean
while, among all the classes who have
actually read them, but one reply is echoed
back. There Is not a dissenting voice. that
the matter is worthy OF immediate atten-
tion of ali men,"
"But 1t has recently been suggested that
II your labOrs and warnings are really au-
thorized there should be some simple way
OF reaching those of ordinary intellect, and
of demonstrating to them the proximity of
the second advent in a clear and positive
way"
That is certainly q fair, logical and
ant. .auu if l could not answer It
/ should forever hold my peace.
Let me then demonstrate this matter in q
familiar way. The Christian era ia used b.
all civilized nations, and. by common con.
cent. it's origin is taken as that of the
Savlors birth. l am not concerned with
the correctness of this assertion here; right
or wrong. 1t is the current system. and IL il
too indelbly stamped on our records to be
changed. We are in the sighteen-hundred-
and-ninety-third year of this era, and
upon every legal and Off oial document We
call it the 'eighteen-hundred- and.ninety-
third year of our Lord. O., A. d.. ammo
Domini: Now. upon one of the scales en-
plOyed In prOphecy-and it is not only the
principal one, but the very scale upon
which most OF my own calculstlons have
been worked-twenty.fve hundred and
twenty years are a day The times
q day. The Savior was the bright
and morning star of another such q
day over which our s0-called gospel age is
still extending. There being no interrup-
over 1t. But as we are now at the end of
the 2,5l4th year since the B~abyionian head
OF gold was set up it Is q very serious cues.
tion as to where we stand as upon o similar
scale In the gospel dispensstioD.
SUNRISE OF GOSPEL DAY.
The answer is significant. If the year 1,
A. d., be taken as the sGnrise of the gospel
day then on this the most prominent scale
employed In the Scriptures ii. e. upon the
one above referred to-2.520 years, twenty
four hours one day. then / say upon this
scale the year $50. A.. d.. marked its
high noon IL O'clock meridianl. the
ominous year 1860, A. D., marked it's
sunset 10 =. NJ, as it were,) and
in 1880. A. H.. we reached the midnixht
hour. There Is no escaping this astonish-
ing fact. nor can any man deny. In the
face of whole columns of journalistic evil
dence, that it was In just the very year
1890. A. d., that my own public work be-
gan at Yale University in q lecture in
tended TO be "A Midnight Cry from the
military standpoint. and in which | OIL
ciAlly announced the avowed tenor of my
role as that of an aiarmlst. Nor can It be
denied, in the face of the testimony of their
own dates. that it was In just that year
1890, A. D., that our Race Studies' were
given to the world Study No. !. Lost
Israel Found, being dated March 90. 1890.
A. d. Now. ali OF these studies are re.
lated TO the specific Midnight Cry
was SO donomInsted. and by the
actually dated Sept. 9. 1880. i.e.. treating
Fac year as a day the cry Was raised at the
very midnight of the year itself. So much
for your required familiar illustration. and
i can only say TINT if we wish 1t abso-
Iutely, and on the Julian years, and SO &C
deeper than the common man cares to fol-
low, You get the facts by which am able
TO announce even the strokes of the olOok.
In the face of many facts like these l know
That i am right. We are at the midnight
hour of the Christian dispensatl0n, and /
am sure that L stand and CRY aloud In the
day OF the seventh and final thunder and
/ AN further satisfied that the seventh
angel OF the Ssviors revelation to st.
John Xxi, Isl in soon to sound the
seventh and final trumpet which lifts