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divers places. Then in The four
teenth verse the first sign is given
"This gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached an all the world for a
WITNESS unto all nations, and then
shall the end come. - Today the
gospel Of the kingdom has reached
revey nation of men. The Macedon-
ian cry. "Come over and help us. y
Is being answered in every land of
his dark world of sin.
I'm the twenty-ninth verse of
the same chapter Jesus says, elm
mediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darken-
ed and the moon shall not give her
light. - The days referred to are
the twelve hundred and sixty years
# papal supremacy, beginning in
t3S and ending in 179S. During
this dark and dreadful period from
fifty to one hundred and fifty mil
lions of the people of God sealed
their faith with their blood. In
Mark s narrative OF the same event
he says: "But in those days after
that tIibulation shall the sun be
darkened. " Papal persecution ended
in the year 1776, so between that
year and the year 1898 we are to
look for the fulfllment Of this
What happened in those days p
Every school boy knows that on the
10Th day of May, 1880, the sun was
darkened and the following night
the moon did not give her light
This was in those days, after the
tribulation. Eight hundred years
before Christ the prophet Joel,
locking down through the ages, re-
cords the following prophecy, 81
will show signs and wonders,
blood, and fire, and pillars of
smoke. The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and ter
rible day of the Lord come. +"
Isaiah in his prophetic word de-
clares that many people shall go
and say that they shall not learn
war any more, Isa. 2:3.4. Bat at
the same time we see that every
effort is being made by all the
nations to outdo each other in in
renting instruments of death. This
condition is in harmony with the
true condition MS referred 10 by
Joel in the third chapter Of his
prophecy. verses 9 and 10. "Pro-
lain We this among the Gentiles.
Prepare war, wake up the mighty
men, let all the men Of war draw
lear let them come up; beat your
)lowshares into swords and your
pruning hooks into spears, let the |
weak say / am strong"
"Another sign of the second com
ng Of Christ is given by the
lpostle Peter in the third chapter
4 his second letter: "Knowing
his first, that there shall come
n the last days scoffers, walking
'fter their own lusts, and saying
where is tn epromise of his comingP
or since the fathers fell asleep,
il things continue as they were
rom the beginning Of the erea-
ion. " In verse five, God declares
trough this prophet that they are
willingly ignorant Of all these
hings.
In z Tim. 3 we read, "This
now also, that in the last days
'erilous times shall come; for men
hall be lovers of their own selves
ovetous' boasters. proud, blasphem-
rs, disobedient TO parents" who
an net see that we have reached
he time referred TOT
go again with me to Matthew
A and read the Doth verse: "The
m shall be darkened and the moon
hall not give her light and the
tars shall fall from heaven. - On
Iovember 13, 1888 the stars did
all and men thought that the
Judgment day had come. In Rev.
:13 we are told how these stars
hould fall "even as fg casteth
er untimely figs when she is shak-
n of a mighty wind. +" History
ecords the fulfllment of this prop
eey.
"We are admonished to learn
arabic of the fig tree, ,--"Now learn
parable of the fig tree; when his
ranch is yet tender and putteth
orth leaves, we know that summer
nigh. So likewise ye, when We /
ee all these things, know that he :
margin) is near, even at the door. II
lay God help us to study His /
'ord, believe it, and prepare to /
leet Him in peace when He shall |
ome. I"
Elder C. B. Thompson, who has
ecently returned from a missionary
our of the world, arrived at the
ann yesterday. and will speak
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