Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-01-08
SIGNS OF THE T1MEs.

HAZELTON, KS, Dec. o, 1885,
again from my watch tower of time
! desire to call the attention of your
readers to few of the many signs of
the second personal coming of Christ.
LIST. In July we called attention to
the great sign that had just then arisen
IN the political heayens of the great
powers of Europe which has since
grown rapidly to great proportions and
will soon dry up the political euphrates
The Turkish empire) Rev. xvi II.
That the way of the Kings of the east
might be prepared"
End. The establishing of the single
gold standard throughout the Christian
world is the anti-type OF the golden calf
which will soon be completed, SO that
its friends will begin to banquet and
dance around 1t by this time next year
then soon after Christ the anti-type of
Moses, Will come burning with his an
ger" lisa. xxx % and will destroy the
single gold standard as completely as
Moses did the calf by breaking the
British power with the Russians at the
great battle of Bozrah lisa. xiii AZ
and He shall Stay the dragon 1.-THE Brit
ish navy that is in the sea, lisa. xvii
~ with an east wind (Psa. Xviii n
See Sind chapter OF Exodus for the type
of the present times.
3rd. The ''time of trouble such as
never was since there was a nationu
dan, xii II, has now commenced and is
increasing as rapidly as the anti-type of
the golden calf nears completion.
4th. Evil shall go forth from ma.
ton to nation and great whirlwlnd
shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth" Jer. XIV 81 Read careful.
iy from verse 80 to the end of the chap
ter and learn how the Lord will soon
dash the nations to pieces against each
other and how he will punish the shep.
herds(the preachers)of the goat church
es that make the people hope for saliva.
tion In another world beyond the grave.
5th. There is to be great prepare.
ton for war, Joel iii Is, Rev. xvi 49,
IA. which is now the case in nations.
9Th. Literal and political earthquakes
will be frequent, growing more terri
BILE until Christ and his gloriied hosts
arrives on Mount Olives, (Zech xiv 81
when the ''clties of the nations fen,''
Rev. xvi Is q. Will be trod down by
the fleet of the poor and the steps of
the needy lisa. XIV Sc. When ''all
shall shake at his presence, Eek. XXX
viii 20 %
18th. Darkness (which is put for
ignorance) shall cover the earth and
gross darkness the people," lisa. TX 2.
This is plainly to be seen and felt on
every side, that even the ruling powers
IN their ignorance or wickedness rec.
ommend measures that are sure to il
crease the distress of the people they
have made lies their refuge" to grind
tue faces of the poor" so that spiritual
wickedness in high places" has became
so great that they ''call evil good and
good evil" instead of Judging the
Cause of the poor" they ''divise:h wick
ed disguise to destroy the poor with Iy-
ing words even when the needy speak
eth right, lisa. xxxii Z, and a great
majority of the people love to have it
So" Jer. 81.
The great ignorance of the people on
politics and religion, will give in detail
in future letter.
Watch the eastern question. Turk
ey is soon to go down and the power of
England is to be broken by 1.-THE King
of the North," Dan. XII 40 10. Then
Russia is to fall ON the mountains of
Israel. See 38 and 39th chapters of
Ezekiel. blessed is he that readeth"
and understandeth these remarkable
political signs. n b. BLANToN.