The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-06
lore than 1000 for each person now


Where would the necessary food. fuel
and clothing be found? Computing all
the tillable portion OF the earth nt
twenty-five million square miles or six
teen billion acres would give but one
acre for the support Of two hundred
and ten people, or less than five square
yards each. At the close of second
such period. 5000 y. D.. mt the same
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 risdOm that tells
us that the Millennium is ffty thou
sand years eff? The answer is found
in Isaiah's prophecy xxx. IA.
Are we ASKED how the Millennium IL
at once introduced would avert the diff
ficulties of the first statement, two
hundred and ten people for each
acre Of the habitablc earth? We re
ply that the Scriptures clearly init
mate that the rapid increase of our
race Is associated with mans fallen
condition: rs cur Creator declared to
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will greatly multiply thy sorrows and
thy conception" Genesis iii. 1G,.
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 como to the condition
where there Will be neither marriage
nor giving in marriage. and where sex
conditions VIII be lost III II u"HorM
STANDARD Of hHMGWiB cmbodylng the
qualities at present displayed III the
two sexes. luWner COD promise Tor
the Millennium is tdat under his bless
ing the Caruh Will weld hcf increase
and the waste places be reclaimed
springs broaNiA@ forth in deserts.
Furthermore recognizing the DIVINE
power in connection with the matter
we can readily SEQ now vast con
tinentS can De raised III 'le Atlahtlc
ana III the racine ocean. But aslue
from tnrS' 'l'E'NI'S Nhlch pIoperlS
enough co"d "c'"'HlF'hE 'he MAleh-
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tbousond ,n.r; Yrcorlinr to what vo
believe are Trustworthy evidences
world nuuilcr ,,lto~ethcr nbout twenty
Thousand millions Mut more than
twice that number could be buried in
the State of Texas in separate graves
and more than eight times that mum
Der could find standing room in8TeX-
as. as n school-boy with his pencil
could readily demonstrate.
But we need not look thousand
years ahead. The world vii! find it
self in great trouble very shortly IN
less the Millennium lie usher"l in Al
ready there is shortage OF timber
what Will b" the condition OF thln%S
one huhdfFd years from Row! Al
ready our captaIi1S are buying up the
coal deposits on speculation. realizing
that It's rapid consumption is making
1t more valuable every wear. Already
BIOLOGISTS are calculating tie number
or tons OF coal not vet mined ana tell
ing US that with the present average
OF increase III the consumption OF coal
the entire supply of the world will be
exhausted in Tess man f~o hundred
gears what VIII he the price OF coal
as the vanishing point Is neared: ana
now VIII mankind do without II. and
without wood Tor fuel unless the NIL
lennium come promptly with its mrsc-
ulous pfovlsiohs!-the taking OF tne'
from our atmosphere and from wafer
py methouS which WILL no douot' DC
simple wheh mankind come 10 UNDER
s'ahd 'hem 1ully' out when at present
are SO expensive as 10 ne OF little serV-
iee'
Other scientific men have been study
ing the increase Of insanity and telling
us that progress in this direction is
terrific. Some have estimated that In
Tess 'hah TWO hundred years the en-
TIRE world, ut the present rate. will be
insane. How opportune 1t would be
tor the Mlilennlal Kingdom of the
great i.lte-Giver to be ushered In with