The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-15
READY FOR THE END
Adventists Think the Seventh
Trumpet Is About to Blow.
War Is Imminent in Europe, They Say
Rev. A. w. Bartlett breaches
OH the Coming End.

Last night at the Seventh Day Adventist
Church on Central avenue, the pastor. Rev.
Arthur w. Bartlett, preached from the
text found in the seventh verse of the TENTH
chapter OF Revelations; but in the days
Of the voice Of the seventh angel, when ne
shall begin to sound, the mystery OF God
should be finished, as he hath declared TO
his servants. the prophets" The sermon.
as has been previously announced, was an
exposition Of the doctrine and belief cf
the Advendsts. Mr.. Bartlett in a CONVERSE
ton after the sermon said that he and
all other ministers of their denomination,
while believing in the near approach Of the
final ending of the world, always RETAINED
from stating definitely just when the end
might be expected, because according to
their belief It was to be soon, but still
might not occur for number Of years or
even century yet.
His sermon was in part as follows:
This mystery spoken OF in my text is
simply the indwelling OF God in the hearts
wonderful offer; high or low, rich or poor,
Tree or bond the offer is open 10 all. He
49, 1 VIII IL TAKE away your SINS ana give
unto you lie everlasting and allow you TO
partake of my nature through the iuteTVen-
uon or my son Jesus Christ This offer
snail soon cease to be made. There is moth
Ing more interesting 10 mankind than the
consideration of this offer in all its phases
Some people say this world will go on for
ever and the offer continue TO all the mil
lions OF our descendants. But does not my
text state definitely the time when il shall
cease to be and our time of probation shall
nave passed? After that time, the blowing
or the seventh trumpet, he that Is filthy
with sin shall be filthy forever and he that
IS righteous shall always be righteous. The
number seven, as used in the Bible always
mas meaning that we must search to
find. There were seven seals on the book
represent
were seven candlesticks indicating the seven
spirits of God. There are seven days OF
the week indicating completion and the
seven trumpets always indicated war The
sounding OF the seventh trumpet was to
SSIIg sig nall, the end of all time. And when
re mad opened the seventh seal, there was
silence In heaven for the space of half an
hour; And saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and 70 them were given
seven trumpets' The blowing of the
trumpets signify war. pestilence and ca
lamities to fall on the earth just before the
end Of time.
ITO outline briefly what followed I will
state that just as the angels were ready
TO blow their trumpets another angel came
anu stood at the altar and told them to
wait that he might offer prayers to God
This was the beginning of the Christian
era- linen the angels began to blow their
trulnpetS in succession. and as each blew
his trumpet some calamity befel the earth
Ihese expressions are all fgllratiye. and
we must interpret them, but to all of them
cred the work is made easy. / will prove
10 you by succeeding events that the sound
ence to the wars that were the final cause
OF the overthrow or downfall Of the West
y SIn fin bH Inc first one was the wars
the second the fearful devastation caused
ny Genseric. the leader of the Vandals;
the third the wars of Atilla, the Hun and
the fourth period was the wars OF Odoacer
the head OF the Herull This brings us to
the sounding of the fifth trumpet. This
can only be considered to have reference
MOhammpdanG ,bat
said that this woe was TO last for five
months, which we must interpret TO mean
hammedan empire began July "a 1909 and
Was overthrow just $50 years later
proS6eeS comes the the i5l positive Of all the
was to last an hour. a day, month and
| year. In this prophecy we have the only
| place i'm the Bible where the prophets ever
| gave the time Of the duration OF ANYTHING
| In days Figuring the day of the prophe-
sizes 70 mean q year, which is commonly
result Sel years and fifteen days. This
time added to the date OF the downfall of
tnG Mohanmedan empire. July p. 1H9,
prnlSS US TO Aug. IL. 1910, the date of the
| surrender of the Ottoman empire to the
| allied powers of Europe This remarkable
prophecy and the proof as shown In these
TWO important happenings being separated
| by the exact time as stated in the proph-
ecy, is Iail proof OF the correctness of our
| system or computation.
This brings up to 1870 and then. ac-
cording TO the prophecy, there was to be ,
1 great
| or the blowing OF the seventh trumpet,
| We VIII now go back to the prophecy corr
| tanned In Daniel viii. 10 and Il, in which the
| angel OF the Lord told Daniel that 1t would
| be 1900 days before the sanctuary of the
| Lord should be cleansed and that when II
| was eleansed the mystery of the Lord
| should be ended. The $500 days was to be-
| gin with the command 70 rebuild Jerysa-
lem EN-, which was In the year ass b. c.. and
] 800 years from that time would be A. d
| 1874 just four years after the blowing OF
the sixth trumphet. The blowing OF the
| turmoil among the nations of the earth.
| And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath
Is come Revelation xl. is. In 1874 all
| power. Every monarch sat on a throne
that was ready to topple In the dust at
| any time. tt then. that the spirit of
| republicanism passed like n wave over
Europe. Since that time the. condition OF
necessary for ali nations to keen large
| standing armies. which necessitates q bur-
densome rate of taxation, which in time
| ell. At the present time the nations OF
| Europe are going about with chips on their
| shoulders, daring each other to knock them
| off, There Is no other way out OF it: they
| must fight, and thus will be the fulfillment
of the prophesy Of the blowing Of the
1.-The year 1874 marked the beginning OF
| the seventh period, when Christ was 70
| enter the sanctuary of God and begin the
| cleansing OF record OF all those names tina:
| were not acceptable in the sight of God
and since that time He has been hard al
| work fulfilling His duties of Judging the
| dead. AS soon as He shall have completed
the work Of judgment Of those who are
| dead He will begin on those living AT that
| time and il will be only n short time till
| the end Will come and Christ shall begin
His second reign. don't believe that be-
| fore the year 1914 n single spirit, except
| those that were translated, had entered the
kingdom Of God. but that they were I'm an
| intermediate state between life and deatl
| waiting the coming OF the time when Christ
| should enter the sanctuary of God C
| cleanse the record"
| There viii be services every night this
| week at their church, on the corner OF
| Central avenue and Irwin street. The Rev
| William Covert, of the Vermont Confer.
| ence. viii assist in conducting these meet
| ingS.