The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-27

iHs into the sea at a rate of a foo
a century shall suddenly subside in
night and ships for a time will sal
over her tallest buildings.
Where the Pacific is deepest 4 grea
crack will open in the ocean bed
The waters will rush Kissing therein
with a noise like Niagara. clouds o
steam will arise covering the e2rtl
with darkness, shutting out HI
light Of sun, moon and stars 10
days.
When it clears away the bottom
Of the Pacific Ocean will be dry. SAVE
where mighty rivers flow through
! the lowest parts, as the Mississippi
now winds down through its grca
valley. The greatest Of these river!
in the Pacific plain Will he the unit
ed San Joaquin and Sacramento Riv.
ers, which will flow westward pasl
the Hawaiian Islands. which will
then loom up like mountain PEAKS
TIL mighty river will flow to the
yawning cracks in the earth where
the ocean disappeared. II vii! De
called the great sink.
San Francisco. purified by fire and
earthquake, will rise into city
beautiful. Before her will spread
the valley OF the Pacific TO pay eter-
nal tribute to her
The interior valley of the Rocky
Mountain aud Sierra Nevadas will at
first be ravageG by floods from the
,,u-I,. ,.;co,, mountains Of Tho NicSiS
sippi Valley. Their inhabitants will
build arks. as Noah did. and the wis
est Of them will escape.
After the food subsidies they will
60 forth upon new and beautiful
country. clothed in verdure and trop-
ical plants, With no more need TOR
irrigation works, for the rains Of
heaven will hereafter provide them
with moisture While the Western
World is thus being destroyed and
made over anew equally strange
things will be happening 10 the east
ward.
Across the South Atlantic there is
thin spot in the earth's crust. The
volcanic outburst Of Mt. Pelee and
thes haking and sinking Kingston, on
the Island Of ,Jamiaca. show how un-
stabe this part Of the earth is.
AS a result OF the commissions in
the Pacific. this part of the Atlantic
will also split open. the seas viii
flow in. and the bottom Of the At
lantic and Mediterranean Will then
be dry land.
In this great fertile plain, watered
by the rivers flowing from the noun
,ains. Europe and Eastern America
Will come together and live as one
nation.
1t will be the new~Garden Of Eden.
and here will be the new heaven on
earth. Earthquakes and fire and
foods will have purified mankind
and made them fit for a new destiny
on earth. The signs Of the heaven
all point to these changes on the
earth.
Mars has been discovered by Pro-
fssor Perciyal Lowell, OF Boston. 70
be a world on which the seas have
disappeared, where all the people
live together as one nation.
Scientific men the world over have
for. some time forSeen some such
destiny for the earth But they nave
lacked the courage to proclaim the
coming Of the new earth. They nave
hinted at the changes that Wouid oc-
cur. but have said these things are
millions of years removed.
| now foresee that they are close
at hand. The trembling Of the eartn $
surface, the wonders seen in the
skies. the crises in the affairs OF
men, proclaim that the new creation
is rushing upon us
The calamities that have occurred
in the past twelve months are DIS
nothing to what is before US
Greater things are yet to come 10
awaken and convince the people my
words are true, not only IN TINS
country, but throughout the whole
world. -,
There will be great sickness all
over the world, such as the dClofs
will not be able TO wipe out, as bon
ious vapors from the earth inter,
Tor fill the air. Strange diseases VIII
annear. such as never before existed:
Medical skill will be exhausted ano
the doctors will not hno" wfi.' 10
do. .,,;,.
All these and many other things
will occur simultaneously before the
destruction Of the world. People VII,
laugh at my predictions, but te!l
Won they are true. They are coming
thicker and faster One right afteT
the other. and yet the people are SO
blind they cannot see that II Is Ioo
hand working out the destiny OF man
,nd the evolution OF the world.
So J tell you that there VIII ne d
new heaven and ne" eal'h' '''i0
there will be no more sea.
Lee J. Spangler.