The San Francisco call., 1895-11-15

focking to his standard as they did with
the "doom heaters" and other eccentric
persons in the Athens of Mayor Davies.
As well cease all effort TO bring the Re-
publican Convention TO San Francisco.
There will never be another Republican
President of the United States.
Grover Cleveland will never serve a third
term.
Let the City Hall angel go. Let Mr..
Huntington have California if he wants it.
Quit spilling adulterated milk. The milk
mans reign is short. Postpone adding an
other story to the City Hall.
These are few of the admonitions and
arguments urged by the newborn prophet
come to proclaim the day of judgment.
He mas strange personality, this man
who claims to have received the Holy
Spirit" and been commanded by the Lord
10 90 forth and warn the world of an i'm
pending doom. He is 4. B. Deming OF
1903 and 1909 Clay street, Oakland. He is
a man close to 90 years OF age. tall, well
built and has a fine head and face which
bear a striking resemblance TO the features
OF the late James q. Blaine. He has ap-
parently made a close study of the Bible,
ana quotes any passage OF Scripture as flu
emily as might the ordinary layman the
Lords prayer. He talks upon his favorite
hobby with great fervor at every opportu-
nifty, and teaches that the second coming
of Christ will occur about September II,
1896.
Deming conducts a sort of tailoring es-
tablishment in Oakland, and when bust
ness IS dull he peddies a prepared char
coal, a remedy for indigestion, in this
City. He takes advantage of the charcoal
peddling tours to preach his belief, and
often, when crossing the bay, takes stand
on one OF the seats of the ferryboat and
regaleS the passengers with mis- flow OF
oratory. He also does considerable curb
stone preaching, and may often be seen at
a street corner with crowd of attentive
listeners about him. His strongest follow
ing is in Oakland, and although he has not
yet succeeded IN creating the impression
or Juror that crowned the efforts of former
cranks, still he has made many converts
and claims the number is swelling con-
stantly.
II believe in the second coming of
Christ" said he, land l have been told by
the Lord to go forth and proclaim it to all
men.
Christ viii come to the world about the
18th of September. 1896. I am not yet pos
tive of the exact date, but he will certainly
come about that time.
II will tell you how I became inspired.
/ was Baptist for twenty years, but dur
ing ali that time | did not know what it
was to be Christian, for l had not been
born again. Some years ago in New York
l was converted by Presbyterian minis
ter. ] was born again, and L now have a
understanding of religion than
persons who have not had that experience.
Il was told to repent my infirmites, for
sin OF that nature is the only kind possible
TO me now, by fasting, humiliation and
prayer. For four years | tasted weekly
from Saturday night till Monday, but the
Holy Spirit appeared TO me and told me
should fast only when the Spirit COM
manded me. Since then have tasted fo1
intervals at various times and
have always had visions during. those
times by which my course was directed
until / was ordered to fast again.
"In the last days of October / was COM
manded to fast, and l did so. For eight
days | ate and drank nothing, and the
ninth day / drank some water. That
evening the Spirit visited me and told me
to end my fast ana go to a restaurant on
street, which was named,
and to eat toast and drink some tea, which
l did.
while was fastiug had the customary
vision. and in it all things pertaining TO
the final coming Of Christ were revealed
to me. lay on the side of a huge ravine
or canyon, and on the opposite side was
great prescipice with perpendicular sides. |
On the top were gathered multitudes OF
people. and those in the fore were being |
gradually pressed toward the brink by |
hordes who came crowding behind.
Finally they began toppling over, first |
dozen, then two. then fifty, and SO it went. !
tell you the sight was terrible, awful. | |
can't describe 1t adequately. 1t meant |
that on the last day there viii be the most |
trlghtful earthquakes the world has ever |
known, IN fact many times more terrible, |