, 1896-10-17
SOCIAL AMERICA,
The R CRANks.
THE Daiiy IeIegrdph.)

cumstnces 80 remarkable a> that Witnessed
Yesterday afternoon in tIn, city on Port
Morris Beach. 1t was the final lowe taking
Of this world 10y nine men and ti1. women
preparatory to their being Transferred and
caught up into Heaveu-whlcu event is 10
take place Tomorrow morning. New York
has been AMUSED to learn that Sept. > to
be tue end of the world for the elect"
FredeIick Stutzke, u black-bealde,l German
missionary Of the Christian apostolic CON
gregation. has been pr~oclaiming the news,
and he had it at hrs hand from Juiius
Stanofsky, to whom, while living in Germa-
ny, it was revealed that exactly thirtythres
years later would come The end Of all things.
1t would seem, according 10 Stauofsky and
his Apostle Stutzke, that The Saviour Of mum
kind Mas born, and died, OH Sept. End that
from Abraham to Christ was just 1896 years
and that as Jesus Of Nazareth anne in the mid
die epoch between the Father OF Inc Faithful
and he final contamination, therefor observe
tile Cogency OF the reasOulnB-e-HorOW.
"Wednesday. Will see the Last If Natures
facV IS Adam saw har PRIME Sometime
about noon the elect ire to b, borne
aloft to the skies from Uuiou squire. Per
sonally | am glad that tins site II 5 been
chosen for this ascension. b,ttuse it IS near
my hotel, and if the void l., to come to Au
end in Union-square. Il would ~ there to
see" 1t must not bs supposed that these four
teen are the SUM total of the believers. They
are merely converts, the last contingent
Of the host, The faithful number thousands,
and news reaches Us from Brooklyu, Chicago,
Milwaukee, Kansas CITY. ON ltu. lincoln
(NeOraska). Plum City (AYisc 1nslul, UnAtilla
(llchl6an), Germany, Brazil, AMI Other PARTS
of the world, thai everywhere the Apostolic
Congregation has made all its arraureuents
to 10 lifted to the skies tomorrow morning.
IL one takes in oil its signihcance. it was
really a wonderful sight on the shore Of he
Harlem River. In this dollar.m,king. Prs.
sld"nt-clecting city, rNclod with the mys-
terIss Of gold and SHY 81 stan Itrd-. where even
the hotel waiter asks iii u conf leutIal Wits.
per what is your opinion, sir, Of the sixteen
to one rattle p even here are found 4 number
Of sincere, earnest souls to whom Presidents
and conventions ire no more than kings and
bishops were to Macaulay's PuritmS. 1t is
rAinjn & hard, the mir is chill. With bue fest
and holdings on but night-g2wns other.
wise celestial white Iobes-ir>t the W. men
then the mon step over tho rough, sharp
stones and the mud INTO the turbId waters.
Apostle Stutzke is in already up to the waist
An elderly woman is the first to 10 I'd the wuV
She has heart disease, and VisibIy shivers in
the cold, muddy stream. Friends have warned
her that this shock may be fatal; but, as the
apostle AMI his preanh0r. Redwood. argue
What matter about the body when the soul
will be in Paradise the day after to-morrow?"
So i'll they e., women aud mon, Young and old.
and all are dipped-all but ono fat middle
aged man, whose faith gives way At the last
moment, Seems to me- says a bystandsr,
"they ouKhter wehr more olothes." Then,
having bid good bye to an unrspentant world.
which will have no other chance, for this 10
the last baptism, the waiting elect gather at
the BrsvooIt Hall, where Stuizks addresses
them with cheering words. No there can
"be no doubt about it, he Says. "At the ap.
pointed moment we shall ses the Lord in the
sun, but he will be invisible to uubslisvssu p
to noon; there will DO no unusual demonstra.
ton. but Just as the sun reaches the zenith
every member OF the congregation will leave
the earth and all at the same moment Lee
carried up TO Heaven" "Hallelujah." shout
the elect"
"What will become of the rest of the
world?" inquiries an irreverent listener. The
answer il not clear, except that they will be-
left behind, and will be very sorry when they
find themselves outside tho gates of New Js.
rusalem. / ersonslly | can only hope that
some sort Of Monroe doctrine will apply to
aliens like myself. These poor folk meet again
to- night-sit round a table, eat rye-brsad, and
drink wine at tEeir last supper, and then.
vain world, adieu! !" OF course there il no.
thin. c,,;t, ,au in oil fI;c 1900. A. 4-