The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
END OF THE WORLD FORECASTED
BY STRONG MEN OF THE CHURCH
DR.. George William Carter, of PhiIadel
phia, Strikes New Note by Predicting
Close to Mundane Existence
BY JAMES Ii. MORROW.

BY JAMES ID. MORROW.
New York, Dec. 3O.-Many educated
men. scholars. indeed, believe the world
IS rapidly approaching its end. The doc
Irine is being preached to large congre-
cations in New York, Internationally,
rcverently, and with faith. 1t is declar-
Cd or limited to some of the strongest
c1ngregations in the United States. Not
10y Shakers or Seventh-day Adven-
lists. but by clergymen Of high standing
in ;he greatest denominations of the
church: Second-COmers. they are called
10y their diSagreeing professional breth-
ron.
1t is tragic. proposition. Peter, once
Il fisherman. then an Apostle, and later,
- i is 4, clared. the first Pope Of the
Roman Catholic Church. says the hcav-
ms shall PASS away with d great noise,
the clements shall melt with fervent
neat. the earth also and the works that
IRE therein snail be burned up.
40 Tally burned up; not figuratiVelY.
I-nuspired prophets followed Peter, &C
"cpting his description and fixing date.
William Miller. once a resident of Pitts
field in Massachusetts. afterwaTd a cit
zen OF Low Hampton, in New York,
hrowsed upon NoltaiTe and Tom" Paine
and then accepted the Bible as being the
Word of GOd-'IOsinC" as he says, "all
taste for Other reading.
At the age Of fOrty-nine. after years
or study ana reflection. Miller announced
that some time between March 81, 1913,
and March 2i. 1874. the Saviour of man.
kind would descend from heaven and
judge the world. Hundreds of thousands
of people believed him. Immense crowds
turned out to hear him preach. All
churches, excepting those of the Episco-
palans and the catholics. welcomed him
10 their DulpitS.
Il heard YOU were dead" n pumpkin
headed individual once said to Mark
Twain. with grin. The rumOr was
premature" Mark replied. not changing
the Solemn look on his face. William Mil
Ter. farmer, d recruiting officer in the
war of 1872, AMI respectable man, &C
knowIedged that an error in computation
confusing Jewish with Roman time-led
him into hitting on date that was d little
too soon. Nevertheless. $1,000 men and
wom' n. good people, all of them. Contin-
ued TO think that he was apprONimately
right. They gradually driftod off into diff
i"rent Adventist sects. until there are
hundreds Of thousands of industrious
and Iaw-abidng Americans now who
think the world has entered its last days.
Signs of the Last Day.
1t is not of them that I incidentally
write, but Of the Presbyterians. Metho-
dsts. C0uETegationalists Baptists. Luth-
Grams. and other regular dcnOminatiOnaI-
lists who are confident they foresee the end
Of time-nut exactly as did Miller. but in
exactly. is betting to piOus persons of
Intelligence and brains. The signs arc
present, thy say. They are supported
in their opinion. as was said, by numer-
Gus great scholars of the Christian
Ihurch-heaIthy, cheerful, and modern
men. If they arc not mistaken, the
widest and most spectacular and prOdig-
IpUS event since creation is soon to
happen, when weeping and gnashing of
teeth" will he minor incidents of a
superlHuvely terrible occasion.
among the ministers so believing and
quietly t"achiuG is George William Car
ter Pin. b.. forty. perhaps. and drlv-
ing force in religious matters and
thoroughly educated man. Moreover he
formerly belonged to the group of high
critics., who, tiumbiug the Bible page
lay page. and Judging it verse by verse,
say: This Is true. but that isn't" DIR.
Carriers scholarship is beyond discus
sion. lie was graduated from Wesleyan
I University and Drew Theological Semi
nary. winning a fellowship at Oxford.
ON his return from England. he took up
post graduate work at Yale, where he
obtained a masters degree. His doctors
degree was given him 10y New York Uni
Vcrsity.
Born at Rosario, Argentine Republic,
his father being a missionary. he came
to the United states when a small 10y.
He knew no language at the time, but
Spanish. After preaching for twelve
Years in Providence and New Haven. he
was called to this city to be general sec
rotary of the New York Bible Society.
which was orEariz"d i'm l>9 and which
has given away ,p,C"o Bibles and 100000
Testamcnts.
Bibles in Fashionable Hotels.
More than lOO0n copies Of the Scriptures
nave been placed in the bedrooms of the
principal hotels Of New York City. And
4 good many OF them are constantly
read. When Chicago or Pittsburgh
millionaire enters his suite, he finds a
FIRE" Bible on his parlor table. The
clearinghouse transient finds his in a
rack against the wall Of the office and
general lOunging room and peruSes it
50 diligently that it is often worn out.
Every immigrant is met at Ellis Island
by n government physician, who examines
his face and eyes; by government in
spector, who investigates his pockets 10
sc If ne is a pauper, and by an agent
Of the Bible Society. who puts in his
hand a book, when he is willing. which.
# read and obeyed. will make him a good
citizen Of the republic.
Many unique and humanity interesting
incidents come within DR.. Carriers oh
He is not a dry man. Cant
l. a word that he does not understand.
7 he earth will soon pass away. IN his
view of the proofs and his Interpretation
~ the prophecies, but he is not worrying
about the results. nor shutting his mind
either TO the sunshine or the business of
life. a Bible expert, and the phrase is
written down IN respect. he trains large
lasses of Sunday school teachers in New
York and all who bring up holy matters,
Clergymen or laymen, find him TO be a
living and healthy exegesis of the Scrip