Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-17
signs of the Times.
HAzELToN, KS, July 10, 1895.


ED. INDEX: 1 gave your readers last
December a notable sign of the second
personal coming of Christ that dark
mes (which is put for ignorance) shall
cover the earth and gross darkness the
people," lisa TX Is. 1t is growing
darker and there Will be no light till He
comes. But now among the many
signs of the second advent is the one
that has arisen in the last two months
In the political heavens of the great
powers of Europe that will no doubt
pave the way for drying up the politi-
cal Euphrates 1.-THE Turkish empire)
REV. xvi 12) but the the most import
ant sign of all is the antique of the
golden calf the single gold basis that
has gradually been coming in view for
. long time till now it can be seen and
felt. And another sign follows closely
after, that is the time of trouble spok-
en- OF by Danial xii, 2. For the former
causes the latter financial and other
disturbances for trouble in increases as
the antitype Of the golden calf nears
completion. For proof that We are
right In our Interpretation we will
state that inspiration teaches us that
the law of Moses and all that happened
unto the Jews "were shadows of things
to come" (Col. Ii, ~ "All these things
happened unto them 1.-THE Jews) and
are written for our admonition upon
whom the ends of the world are come"
Il Cor X, III Ito the Jews first and also
to the Gentiles" from. ii, 9-1O) Paul
says they are mot the very image of
the things" Heb. x, ~ So that the
single gold standard is mot the very
image" of the golden calf yet they
both are gold and both exalted as
objects OF national worship. So that
the single gold standard is the anti.ype
Of the golden calf, there is no mistake
in this.
In the absence of Moses the Lords
people by the aid of the high priest
made and set up the golden calf and
when they were dancing around it
Moses suddenly came upon them and
destroyed it and when he saw that the
people had been made naked unto
their shame" he called for all that
were on the Lords side and they slew
about three thousand men. See Exc
dus xxi, 25-28. See the whole chap
ter for it is type of what will soon
come to pass. Now in the absence of
Christ the antique of Moses the so.
called christian nations led on by chris
tian England, leading Jews, corrupt
rulers, and paganized clergy, have
nearly completed the antitype of the
golden calf, which perhaps will be COM
pleted after they defeat the will of the
people once more and when they are
dancing and banqueting over their sue
cess in London the head of the calf,
Christ, will "come as thief" and de-
stroy the single gold standard as Moses
did the calf and demonetize it for ever
by first breaking the British power.
This may be expected A. D. 1908 the
details are all given but cannot give
them now without making this too long
but will hereafter if desired.
There is no gold money in the types.
Silver was current money with the
merchant in Abraham's day about two
thousand years before Christ (Gen. xxi
49, How long before that time silver
was current money with the merchant
is not stated, but from all the evidence
it has been used for money for about
four thousand years. The silver shekel
and half shekel of the sanctuary was
ordained of God as the money of His
people (see Exc. xxx, 12-16) and faith"
Paul says ''by faith they crossed the
Red sea" and Through faith subdued
kingdoms." So according to the type
silver and faith money will be the
currency in the age to come. In order
to be plain 80 that your readers may un-
derstand will say "by faith" in the
greenback money we put down the re-
bellion and Through faith" in the
greenbacks we repaired the ravages of
war, built up the country, employed
labor and fed the hungry with green
back currency. The people were pros
porous and happy. But now under the
single gold basis the antitype of the
golden calf has already as in the type,
made us naked to our shame" is a
sure sign that the antitype of Moses
will soon come to establish a political
kingdom on earth the only hope of the
world.
n. B. BLANToN.