The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-12
END OF WORLD
NOW At Hard
SAYS PASTOR

Rev. N @. Nelson, pastor of the War
rem Street Advent Christian church or
Boston. In an address at the Greene camp
meeting declared that the end OF the
world was at hand. He referred to the
words OF the prophets and declar ed that
i'm the recent events I'm world history con-
ditions were approaching those which IL
was foretold would precede the beginning
OF the end.
II believe" he said, "that there will be
but one great event before the end OF the
world. and that event will be the coming
of the Lord"
In reference to this Mr. Nelson said:
According TO Joel. just before the end
OF time there shall be great preparations
for war by the nations. There shall be
strife and conflict and great wars shall be
waged.' The world was never so warlike
as today. 1t seems to be the sole thought
OF nations to acquire more territory to
wage war The armies of the nations
were never so numerous, and the terrible
machines of war are being made more
and more terrible. Strife among nations
is rampant. What does all this mean?
"The prophet told us these things would
happen Just before the coming OF the
Lord They have happened. They are
happening. Then the coming OF the Lord
Is at hand
Now let us listen TO the words OF
Micah He tells us that before the end
there will be preparation for great
peace among nations. 'Ye shall beat your
swords into plowshares and turn your
spears into pruning hooks. Now, how can
we reconcile the seemingly opposing
facts? Joel says that there shall be great
preparation for war and we have that
condition existing today. Micah says that
just before the end we shall get together
for the purpose OF making peace between
all nations. Are we not now having
Are we not planning and talking about
disarmament, turning our swords into
plowshares and our spears into pruning
hooks.
micah says we shall plan peace; he
does not say that we shall really disarm
and make peace. We are fulfilling the
prophecy of Micah Just as we are fulfill
ing the word OF Joel and what does this
fulfillment mean?
LAS a Christian man I would not dare
to tell you that II does not mean that
the end OF the world is at hand.
again, the prophecy tells us that just
before the end 'the weak nations shall
be made to take their places among the
strong. and we see that a short while
ago the United States as a result OF events
which could not be forestalled and OF con-
ditions which could not be ignored, was
forced to take place among the great
powers OF the earth after having during
among the weaker nations. Japan also
has bounded TO the front from the place
she had occupied in the background
among the weak. What does this mean?
II was said that this would come when
the end was at hand. 1t has come. Then
the hour of the Lord is near.
The prophecy tells and way shall
be made for the kings OF the East China
after slumbering for centuries and CEN
turtles, since before the time of Abraham,
has suddenly awakened. She has her
schools and colleges and are rivaIling
those Of the Western nations. She has
standing army equipped in modern fash
ion, and her navy is rapidly becoming one
OF the greatest. The way has been made
for the kings of the Fart.
'Daniel tells us that in the time of the
end knowledge shall burst forth. Now let
us see III II has. During the 10th CEN
tury there have been more epoch-making
inventions than during the entire previous
history OF the world. The history OF IN
tellectual advancement In the world is the
history of the 18th century. knowledge
has burst forth"
Shang Bailey was the speaker at an
open-air meeting held at 1:9o o'clock.