The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-07
WORLD ENDS NEXT YEAR
DIR. j. IT. BOYD ANNOUNCES THE Elk
ACT DATE NOV. 1S, 1899.
He Explains the Matter to an Audi
ence at the MOravian
Church.

1.-THE End of the World" was the subject
of an address at the Moravian Church, cor
ner of College avenue and Twenty-fifth
street, delivered last night by DR.. j. T.
Boyd. DIR. Boyd fully believes that the end
of the world will come Nov. 13, 1899, and he
uses the Bible to confirm his scientific cal
culations. Christ is always represented as
coming in meteoric shower" said he. land
the words, The Lord burned up His en-
emies,' prove that the world will end by fire.
In the sixth chapter of Revelation is said,
The sun became as black as a sack-cloth
of hair, the moon became as blood and the
stars FELL and this is an exact description
of what will happen on Nov. 10, 1892
DR.. Boyd reviewed the history of the cal
culations by which he had discovered the
time for the worlds destruction. He said
that the earth passes through the stream
of meteors known as the Leonid meteors in
a different place every thirty-three years.
He said that science has practically proved
that the meteors are led by two or more
immense solid masses, probably composed of
iron. DIR. Boyd's calculations, and he says
those Of other scientists, show that this
globe will pass directly through the center
of the head of this comet on Nov. Is of next
year. The consequence will be the extinc>
ton of the human race, with the exception
of those who believe in Christ and are re-
moved by Him at His second coming, which
will occur before the final destruction. The
speaker gave an illustration of the end
which he believes is approaching.
suppose there is an engine on the Big
Four which passes a certain crossing at II
o'clock every day. said he Upon the
track crossing the Big Four at right angles
is long train of freight cars passing at IL
o clock one day, and one minute later each
succeeding day. Finally there will be
probably be carried away. Upon the second
day a car, and so for each succeeding
day until the engines strike, when there is
general destruction. The earth is the en-
CINE upon the Big Four, the freight train
is the comet. with the engine as the
solid body at its mead. Heretofore the earth
has struck only the small particles in the
tail of the comet, and these have been dis
solved by the atmosphere. Had they struck
the earth, coming as they do at the speed
penetrated through it. But when the i'm
mense solid mass strikes the earth one-third
of the world will be destroyed, the surface
of the globe will be changed terrific gales
from the interior of the earth will over
spread its surface"
This" said the speaker, lis the awful
manner in which the end will come. But
those who are saved need not fear it, for
Christ will remove tilem until a new heaven
and new earth is evolved from the chaos"
Dr. Boyd is a kindly old man, with bright,
dark eyes and long gray beard. lie seems
TO be profoundly in earnest and is anxious
to impress his belief upon the rest of the
crowd which heard him last night and he
addressed them in tones almost fatherly.
DR. Boyd had an interesting article in the
Journal yesterday on the meteoric shower.