The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-27
MILLENNIUM IN 1914.
Baltimore Mnn Says TwO-Thirls Or
the People Will Die-Cancels His
Life Insurance.

| Lie insurance.
Seriously believing that in October
1914, or in the year following, the
millennium will come, the existing or
der Of earthly things will change and
that two-thirds Of the people Of the
earth-the wicked two-thirds-will go
down to eternal death, Mr.. Charles H.
Anderson, senior partner In the COM
mission firm Of c. H. Anderson & Co.,
on South Calvert street, has Cancelled
two policies of life insurance, which
| would become effective at that time.
Mr.. Anderson Is well known in the
commission trade and, being a busi-
ness man, he sees no use in continuing
to pay premiums on policies that will
do him no good, because the mix-up
that's coming will turn the insurance
companies upside down. The policies
Cancelled were issued by New York
companies and are Of the 20-year
kind, one expiring in 1914 and the
other after the time the millennium
lis due.
Lots Of things are going to happen
In 1914, Mr.. Anderson says, and he
supports his belief with line of
Scripture argument. He believes
that there's going to be a great trou-
BILE on earth. There will be financial
panics, he says. cities will be burned
down, earthquakes will come every
day, riots will break out and anarchy
blossom, armies and navies will kill
each other trying, to put down up
risings and insurance policies will not
be worth SNOWFALL in the place
which he says does not exist.
ITO prove that those things will
happen" he said. "all you've got to
do is to look at the things that are
happening now. The trouble is be-
ginning. Look at the panic la* Octo-
Der; look at the outbreaks of anarchy
and all the other trouble in the world.
In 1914. when the millennium comes
and Christ comes to rule the earth,
all the existing forms Of government
will be wiped .out and nations will
cease to exist.
That's proved In the third chap
kter Of zephaniah, in the eighth verse:
Therefore. wait ye upon me, saith the
Lord. until the day that rise up to
the prey; for My determination is to
gather the nations, that I may as
semble the Kingdoms, to pour upon
them mine Indignation. even, all My
fierce anger; for all the \earth shall be
devoured with the fire of My jeal-
| ousy.'"
Mr.. Anderson is in earnest about
the coming Of thu millennium. He
says he has been studying the Bible
for 10 years to get at this conclusion,
and he'has read. besides. the writings
Of Biblical scholars who believe the
same thing. He believes Christ is on
earth now. having come in 1878. which
was the end Of the gentle age in
which we are now living. The years
between 1873. the end OF the age, and
1904. which he says is going to be
the time when the good and the bad
are separated, are the years Of har-
vest, in which the decision between
who shall die and who shall live is
being made.
The date when the end is coming
is determined. Mr.. Anderson says, by
Biblical chronology. which shows
that the year 1873 was just 5000
years after the creation Of Adam.
That, he says. ended the ageI
"The Lord made heaven and earth
in six days" he said. land as 1000
years are as but day in the, sight
of the Lord-you'll find that in the
second epistle Of Peter-the age shall
end. We are now in the harvest per-
iod. which is the beginning Of the
end.
'The Lord came on earth in 1873.
That was his second advent. He came
thief-like, as the Bible says he would,
and he Is preparing to come into his
inheritance and rule the earth. We
cannot see him in the flesh. but he
is here.
When the millennial dawn comes
two-thirds OF the people. the SUBJ
jects Of Satan who now rule the earth,
will go down to eternal death. while
the other third, people who have be-
lieved in God and loved him; will re-
main in eternal peace on earth. This
will be the promised land.
Now. I don't believe that all busi-
ness will stop and that the whole
world will be DESTROYED believe