Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-09

world. according TO the statistics "
the worldiy-wise. Many college pro
fessors and d. DIS are inclined 10
speak glibly Of the Second Coming o.
Christ being far In the f~uture-'fifts
thousand years yet say some. But
evidently these learned gentlemen have
not used their educational advantages
In connection with such statements
Any school boy can figure up what the
population Of the earth would be one
thousand years from now taking the
present population as per the census
at sixteen hundred millions and the
ratio of increase as shown by the cen
s,Is reports AT 8 per CEN in ten years
The total would show 3,375.325. 900, 900
population for the year 1000 A D.
more than 1000 for each person now
living.
What would humanity do II the
earth were crowded to that extentf
Where would the necessary food, fuel
and clothing be found? Computing all
the tillable portion of the earth az
twenty-five million square miles or six
teen billion acres would give but u
mere for the support of two hundred
and ten people, OF less than five square
yards each. At the close of a second
such period, 5000 A. D., at the sam
rate, there would be ten persons for
each square foot of standing-room. In
other words they would stand fifteen
deep on each others heads. What
shall we think of the tofsdoD that tells
us that the Millennium is TIN thou
sand years off? The answer is found
In Isaiah's prophecy (xxix, 14).
Are we asked how the Millennium if
at once introduced would avert the diff
fculties of the first statement, two
hundred and ten people for each
acre of the habitable earth? We re-
ply hat the Scriptures clearly init
mate that the rapid increase Of our
race is associated with mans fallen
condition; as our Creator declared to
mother Eve after her disobedience, Il
will greatly multiply thy sorrows and
thy conception" Genesis Iii, 16).
The Earth Shall Yield Her Increase.
The Scriptures also intimate that
with the return of humanity towards
perfection the average increase will be
less, and that eventually the human
family will come to the condition
where there will be neither marriage
nor giving in marriage, and where sex
conditions will be lost In a uniform
standard Of humanity eInbodying the
qualities al present displayed in the
two sexes. Further, Gods promise for
the Millennium is that under his bless
ing the earth win yield her increase
and the waste places be reclaimed,
springs breaking forth in deserts.
Furthermore, recognizing the Divine
power In connection with the matter
we can readily see how vast con-
tinents can be raised in the Atlantic
and In the Pacific Ocean. But aside
from these miracles which properly
enough could accompany the Millen-
NAL Kingdom of Christ, what can the
world who ignore the Bible expect!
III OIucT WfIdS Will 6uull lucy CAHCNt
who claim that the present order OF
things is to continue, saying, IAN things
continue as they were from the begin.
ming Of the world?" Ql Peter Iii, A.
Some NAV inquire, What about the
resurrection of the millions who have
died? We reply that the world has
been only gradually working up to It's
present dense population. The people
living in the world for the past six
thousand years, according TO what we
believe are Trustworthy evidences,
would number altogether about twenty
thousand millions. But more than
twice hat number could be buried in
the State of Texas in separate graves
and more than eight times that num-
Der could find standing room in Tex
as. as a S hool-boy with bis pencil
could readily demonstrate.
But we need not look a thousand
years ahead. The world will find it.
self in great trouble very shortly I'M
less the Millennium be ushered in. AL
ready there is a shortage of timber.
w udl Will Dt AhC NVANAlAOh Va ShAASS
one hundred years from now? Al
ready our capitalists are buying up the
coal deposits on speculation, realizing
that its rapid consumption is making
1t more valuable every year. Already
biologists are calculating the number
of tons of coal not yet mined and tell
ing US thai with the present average
OF increase in the consumption of coal
the entire supply of the world will be
exhausted In less than ttoo hundred
years. What will be the price Of coal
as the vanishing point is neared? and
how viii mankind do without 1t, and
without wood for fuel unless the Mil
lennium come promptly with its mirac-
ulous provisions?-the taking of fuel
from our atmosphere, and from water,
by methods which will, no doubt, be
simple, when mankind come to under
stand them fully, but which at present
are so expensive as to be OF little serv-
Ice.
Other scientific men have been study
ing the increase of insanity and telling