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The Adair County news., 1915-09-22
THE END OF THE WORLD AND THE SECOND
COMING OF CHRIST.

ropean War some have expressed
the belief that it is the begin
ming of the great time of trouble
spoken of in connection with the
end of the world and the second
coming of Christ.
In the oath of Matthew, and
in some of the other gospels, Je-
sus spoke to His disciples of the
destruction of Jerusalem and the
temple and of the end of the
world, and of His second coming
and of the great time of trouble,
and of many other things that
should take place about that
time. In this same chapter He
said: Verify l say unto you,
this generation shall not pass,
till all these things be fulfilled. :"
Now, that generation meant the
people then living. So if Christ
was correct, and of course we
believesHe was, then the destruc-
ton of the temple, the end of
the world. the great tribulation,
His second coming, and all the
other things referred to in this
connection, are in the past.
The end of the world, as we
understand, was the end of the
Jewish age and covenant, in
which Christ and His apostles
lived and taught.
In the year 70 A. D., which
was before that generation of
which Christ spoke passed away,
Jerusalem and the temple were
destroyed by the Roman army,
and more than a million of Jews
persisted in the siege and de-
struction, and the remainder,
except the Christians, were car
ried into captivity. This was
the end of that Jewish world,
the Jewish covenant and the
Jewish nation as a distinct and
separate nation.
Speaking of this time of the
end and the time of trouble con-
nected with it, Daniel said: "At
that time thy people shall be de-
livered, every one that shall be
found written in the book. ~
From profane history we learn
that not one Christian persisted
in that greatdestruction. When
they saw Jerusalem compassed
with armies, they remembered
Christ's warning to flee to the
mountains. And when the great
Shepherd, IN His providence, SC
ordered the movements of the
armies as to make a way fol
their escape, they fled from the
city to the mountains and not
one persisted; thus fulfilling Dan.
iel's prophecy, that every one
written in the Book should be
delivered. This, l understand,
was a fulfilling also of other
prophesies, namely, "Whosoevel
was not found written in the
Book of Life was cast into the
lake of fire." and cit shall come
to pass that every soul which
will not hear that prophet shall
be destroyed from among the
The Adair County news., 1915-09-22

revealed. Things that men and |
angels had desired to look into
were made plain. God was man.
ifest in the flesh. He spoke as
never man spake, and they mar
veled at the gracious words that
proceeded out of his mouth.
Life and Immortality were
brought to light; and the way
into the hottest of all was made
manifest when the old taberna-
Gle and the old order of things
passed away. Here was the
ushering in of the new heavens
and the new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness" Here
in this new covenant we may be
perfected forever, and made pill
lars in the temple to 90 no more
out.
| Again Daniel says: when he
shall have accomplished to scat
ter the power of the holy people,
all these things shall be fin
ished." The power of the holy
people we understand, is the
gospel, and this prophesy Of
Daniel agrees with Christ's
words, that this gospel shall be
preached in all the world, and
then the end shall come. AS we
have already stated, the gospel
was preached in all the world
and to every creature under heav-
en- before the end of that world
or age.
Following are other scriptures
on the second coming and the
end of the world. Christ said:
eye shall not have gone over
the cities of Israel till the Son of
man become" and "There be
some standing here which shall
not taste of death, till they see
the Son of man ceming in his
kingdom" Paul prayed that
Thessalonians might be preserv-
ed blameless, spirit, soul and
body, unto the coming of Christ
and added, Faithful is he that
calleth you, who also will do it. {"
PAUL. thought the coming of
the Lord was near" James
said: "The coming Of the Lord
Fdraweth nigh" Peter said:
THE end of all things is at
hand" John said: Little chill
dren it is the last time: and as
ye have heard that antichrist
shall come, even now are there
many antichrists, whereby we
know that it is the last time. "
In revelations John was shown
things which must shortly come
to pass" It was said to him:
"The ime is at b "a n d.
when Jesus said: my time
is at hand" and when Paul said:
"the time for my departure is at
hand, they did not mean the
i time was off two thousand years
in the future. So l think when
Jshn said, "the time is at hand''
he did not intend us to under
stand it was off at some remote
period. l think he meant the
Judge was standing before the
The Adair County news., 1915-09-22

ed from among the people, least
into the lake of fire." The few
accepted him, escaped out Of the
CRATE tribulation, and were
caught up into the New Cow
enant. the New Jerusal e m.
which came down from heaven
to receive them as the old city
and temple and covenant passed
away.
According to Bible chronology
Daniel prophesied of this time of
the end about 600 years B. c.,
and was told to shut up the
words and seal the book; for the
vision belonged to many days to
come. Christ prophesied of this
same time about 633 years later
and said; "This generation shall
not pass till all these things be
fulfilled. p" John wrote Revela-
tons about IS years after
Christ's prophesy and just before
the destruction of Jerusalem,
and he was told to Seal not the
sayings of the prophesy of this
book; for the time is at hand. "
Hear Josephus' testimony as
to what took place at this last
destruction of the Jewish city
and temple. He says: "The en-
tire nation was now shut up by
fate, as in a prison, and the Ro-
man army encompassed the city,
when it was crowded with in
habitants. Accordingly the null
titude of those that therein per-
ished, exceeded all the de-
structions that either men or
God ever brought upon the
world. Neither did any other
city ever suffer such miseries,
nor did any age ever breed a
generation more fruitful in
wickedness than this was. 1t
appears to me that the misfort-
unes of all men, from the begin.
ming of the world, if they be
compared to these Of the Jews,
are not so considerable as they
WERE" This testimony agrees
with Christ and Daniel as to
this being the greatest time Of
trouble that had ever been.
This is what Christ referred to
when he said: These be the
days of vengeance, that all things
which are written may be full.
filled" This was "The great
day of His wrath. Speaking
again of this time, Daniel said;
Many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased. u
From the beginning of Christ's
ministry to end the of that age
was a great running to and fro
and a great increase of heavenly
knowledge, the kind Of knowl.
edge Daniel was speaking Of.
Christ's disciples hurried into al
the world in obedience to His
command, and preached the Cos.
pei to every creature under heav.
en- before the end of that age.
There has never been time in
the history of the world wher
the knowledge of God and divine
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dogs and sorcerers and all who
rejected the Son of God. They
had said: "His blood be on US"
and it was permitted to be so,
not because God was unwilling to
forgive them. but because they
stubbornly refused his offers of
mercy until the door of escape
was closed, and the word went
forth, He that is unjust let him
be unjust still; and he which is
filthy, let him be filthy still. T" If
one had rose from the dead and
told them that Jesus was the Son
of God, they would not have be-
lieved it; so they were left to pay
the uttermost farthing in that
hell of fire. against which the
Savior had so often warned them.
The darkening of the sun and
moon and the falling of the stars
-spokenlof in connection with
the second coming, was a figure
used in those days as an emblem
of revolutions and the overthrow
of nations and cities. Referring
to Isaiah 1910, we find similar
language used in foretlling the
downfall of the ancient city of
Babylon. The heavens are rep
resented as being shaken and
and the earth as being removed
out of her place,
Concerning the fearful sights
and great signs" which were to
precede the destruction and Sec
ond coming, we may learn some
thing from Josephus. He says :
I'm the midst of the night an
unnatural light shown over the
temple and the altar. Upon the
clouds at sunset were pictured
chariots and men of war gathing
for battle. The priests minister.
ing by night in the sactuary were
terrified by mysterious sounds.
The earth trembled, and a multi
tude of voices were heard crying,
let US depart. hence The great
Eastern gate, which was 80 heavy
it could hardly be shut by a score
of men, and which was secured
by immense bars Of iron fasten-
ed deep in the pavement of solid
stone, opened at midnight with
out visible agency. For seven
years a man went up and down
the streets of Jerusalem declar-
ing the woes that were to come
upon the city. By day and by
night he went up and down cry
ing A voice from the East ;
a voice from the West a voice
from the four winds a voice
against Jerusalem and the tenn.
Pile; a voice against the bride
groom and the bride and a voice
against all the people. This
stra nge being was impris-
oned and scourged, but no com
plant ever escaped his lips. To
all the insults and abuse he only
answered, woe to Jerusalem
woe, woe to the inhabitants
thereof and his warning cry
ceased not until he was slain in
the destruction he had foretold. "
Toopa said. "Wban va Goa Ia
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
GERMANS PREPARE
BLOW AT SALON|N|
London Convinced Teutonic
Powers Are Determined to
Strike Before the Allies
Are Fortified.

London, Dec. 1S.-The unprecedented
military situation in Greece has de-
Veloped a new crisis.
The allied troops, which, according
to the estimates of British newspapers,
number zoe, 900, are fortifying them
selves about Saloniki. digging trenches
and placing guns. 1t Is reported that
the Germans are preparing to advance
into Greek territory to attack them.
Whether the Bulgarians also will
cross the border is a vital question to
the Greeks. 1t is believed a Bulgarian
advance would rekindle old enmities
and might draw the Greek people into
the conflict.
The Bulgarian army on the Serbo-
Greek frontier is estimated to number
100000, a Saloniki dispatch states.
Some correspondents there believe the
that they will cooperate with Austro-
German forces in Il movement on Sa-
loniki.
The Greek general election will be
held tomorrow, but 1T is not expected
the result will have any controlling in
%fluence On the policy of the govern
ment. The party of former Premier
VeniZelos has refrained from putting
candidates into the field and the SOL
diers under arms, constituting a large
proportion of the electorate, will not
vote. King Constantine remains in
disposed.
According to the Athens correspond
ent Of the Times, the German minister
at Athens told Premier Skouloudis that
the Germans would be compelled to
attack the British and French forces.
The landing of italian forces in AL
bania is likely to prove an important
factor, as the Italians may be able to
attach themselves to the remainder Of
the Serbian army for concerted action.
London, Dec. 18.-The threat that the
German minister at Athens is said to
have made to the effect that Ger
many would be compelled to AXE ac-
ton to drive out the allies at Saloniki
il the fertilization Of that base con-
tinued, brings the Balkan develop
ment a step nearer q crisis. How soon
the Austro-GermanS cross the Greek
frontier will apparently depend upon
how soon they may be able to collect
sufficient troops.
The Posts Athens correspondent
says that the fact that an attack upon
Saloniki has. not yet begun, is at
tributed in diplomatic circles to the
necessity in which the Germans find
themselves of concentrating sufficient
forces. repairing communications de-
stroyed by the A~nglo-French and Serb
ians and the bringing up of sufficient
supplies of munitions, but that the mo
ment they have made these prepare
tons the attack will be begun and
pushed home.
Dispatches to the Daily Mail from
Athens estimate the total available
German forces at 200, 900 men who
however, are %fatigued by continuous
mountain marching and state that it is
reported the intended German rein.
forcements have been diverted tt
Rustchuk to meet an expected Russian
menac
According to the Athens Embror, the
ministerial organ, the government will
address a fresh protest to the entente
powers against fortifying Saloniki.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
ASKS SENATOR'S AID
IN BLOCKING KERBERG
Congressman Steele to Prefer
Formal Charges and Fight
Confirmation.

Washington. Dec. 20.-Congressman
Tom Steele has peer soliciting the
support of Sena members to oppose
the confirmation of j. f. Kerberg as
postmaster at Sioux City. This seems
to indicate that Congressman Steele
has been unable to get the admins
tration to back down on the Kerberg
appointment, as made during the con-
gr%essional vacation, and that Mr.. Ker-
berg's name will be reported to the
Senate at an early date.
Senator Cummins was one of those
whose aid was solicited by Congress-
man Steele in the fight against Post
master Kerberg. Senator Cummins
stated that he would not be disposed
to AXE up the case if it is based
merely upon factional or partisan
grounds, but that il any charges are
made against Mr.. Kerberg's fitness for
he office he will consider it his duty
to bring the charges to the attention
OF the postoffice committee, as in any
other case.
Congressman Steel informed Sena-
tor Cummins h a formal charges will
be filed if Mr.. Kerberg's nomination
is reported. There is considerable
speculation rs to the character of the
charges, but they probably will not be
known until they are heard in the
postoffice committee or on the floor of
the Senate in executive session.
Some Of the democratic senators
are understood to have indicated their
belief that a serious political mistake
was made in. ignoring Congressman
Steele's desires as to the postmaster in
his home town, according to Washing
ton reports, n the possibility is pre-
sented of a very lively session when
the kerberg appointment comes be-
FOR the Senate. The question of sup
porting the Organization" or submit
ting to secret, private influences in the
selection of public officials in involved
Ih1s is always a tender point with con-
sressmen and n in which they are
always Threatened.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
Austria to Be Informed That
Unless She Disavows Sink
ING of Liner Relations
viii Be Broken.
VIENNA NOTE MADE PUBLIC
UP to Vienna If Friendly Rela-
tlons With United States
Are Observation-Disclosures
alton Is Grave.
NOTE MADE PUBLIC

NaSi!lhgton. ID. G.. Dec. 20.-Presi-
hent Wilson began work today on the
second note to Austria on the sinking
of the Ancona.
FRIENDLY relations between the
uiitlea states and Austria, it was
statJu authefltauNelN, are nearing the,
oieaklli& point, and their ontinuance
WI depend entirely upon the reply
austria viii be asked to make i'm
nledlately to the note being framed to-
DAY. ~
Nhile the word ultimatum was not
hseu by of1lcialS IN discussing the note.
1t was indicated that the reply will
state clearly the alternative which win
tory.
me official text OF Austria's reply to
the American note Oh the Ancona made
PUBIC here today reveals that the
vienna government denies that the
views presented by the United States.
even II correst. warrant the blame for
The disaster being placed upon the com
mancer of the submarine.
Inc reply denies also that blame can
be placed apo the Austro-
government even if "a most rigorous
!egal construction We're applied to the
judgment of the case
The note also states that the Aus
tro-Hungarian government is unable
to determine what the United States
intended to indicate when it mentioned
the attitude which Germany had as
summed toward submarine warfare.
IL adds that if the United States in.
tended ito express an opinion to tha,
effect that a prejudice of whateye,
nature existed" with respect to Judi
cial consideration of the affair. the
Vienna government declares that il
reserves to itself full freedom OF
maintaining its own legal view"
except for slight variation in trans
iatlon, the remainder of the officia.
text is identical with the unofficial
version cabled from London.
Situation Very Grave.
1t was agreed seemingly, in officia
quarters that the official text did no,
InAnlmlze a realization of the gravit,
OF the situation which was impressed
upon officials by the unofficial cables
u 1t also was apparent that the dool
TO further negotiations was not closed
While the state department wa.
making the note public, Presiden.
Wilson was at work in his study OF
the outline of a reply which will e
some time next week.
The state department also mad,
public an official tex of the Austrian
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
WHITE STAR LINE TO
SETTLE FOR TITANIC

New York, Dec. 18.-The White Star
line has agreed to pay $644,O00 in set
lement Of all claims arising from the
sinking Of the Titanic on April 15, 1912,
when more than 1,500 persons We're
drowned, attorneys for the line an
nounced here today.
OF this amount approximately $780,
900 would be distributed among Arneri-
can claimants; $4,000 to British
claimants, and s114,000 would be re-
CURED for interest and expenses in
connection with the numerous suits.
Forty-four attorneys representing
that number Of persons out Of more
than 60 who have filed claims against
the line, have signified their willing
ness to accept the settlement terms, ac-
cording to George w. Belts, jr, n OF
h lines attorneys.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
CAR BRIDGE GOES
DOWN.; SEVEN DEAD
Ten Persons Hurt When Trolley
Car Piunqes Through De-
fective Span Into the
SWiriing River.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 2O.-Seven per
sons We're killed and 10 were injured
today when a street car went through
the Division street bridge owe the
Spokane river. The killed We're in the
car more than an hour after 1t went
into the river The injured were re-
moved to a hospital.
Two street cars were on the bridge
at the time of the accident. They were
owned by the Washington Water Pow
or company. One of the cars was leav-
ing the bridge when the whole struc-
ture collapsed. One end Of this car
fell to the water and the other rested
on the abutment. The car crew and
w passengers We're rescued uninjured.
The Astor division car, which fell in
to the river, was inbound and carried
about 20 passengers besides the crew.
A heavy steel beam fell lengthwise on
the car as it went into the river. The
beam crushed the passengers on one
side of the car and two hours after the
accident they could be seen pinned I'M
der the water. The passengers on the
other side of the war were injured, but
ftrmen rescued them.
The bridge took with it the water and
gas pipes that supply the northeast
section of the city with water and gas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
FRANCE TO CHECK
UP WAR ACCOUNTS
Special Committee of Deputies
Named to Go Over Books
of That Department In
Search of Graft.

Paris. Dec. is. (delayed.)-The Gre
alton of a special parliamentary COM
mission of ID members to which the
lists and files of all government and
army contracts, past, present and fu-
ture, with the amounts involved, must
be submitted, is provided for in a
resolution adopted by the OF
deputies today.
The name of Under Secretary Thier-
ry was brought into the debate by
Deputy Leon Perier, who discussed at
length La Morue F~rancaise," a large
Goldfish company, which was recently
tried and acquitted on a charge OF sell
ing fish chemically treated.
Deputy Siegfried secured the floof
at this point amid tense feeling. He
tached to the government at the tune
of the process against the goldfish
company, and he declared That the
criticisms which had just been made
contained much eXaggeration. n so
cialists protested at M. Siegfrieds re-
marks, and President Deschanel re-
minded the deputies that M, Sleg~
fried's words lac great weight in the
chamber.
Deputy La Font also attacked the
Goldfish company, M. lie Gasse, and
! particularly Commissary Julia and
I'll liV ~
ing of the contract.
General Gallieni her replied to those
presenting the Interpolation regardln2
the purchase of war supplies. Inc
minister of war cited numerous cases
in which a judicial inquiry was being
made. Re said that Comm1ssary julia
was confined for 80 days as punish
ment for his action with La Morue
Franchise and Their was retired. me
same thing happened to severa others
whose names were given. The minis
ter said that Of II cases in which pro-
ceedings had been brought there We're
Of COMBINATIONS. 13 no bllls, TWO
acquittals and 20 were on hearing.
General Gallieni dramatically re-
called the orders to defend Paris When
the Germans in the early part of the
war We're not far from the capital.
"In the office of the minister OF
war at that time was General Duqualn.
who was a commissary," said General
Gallieni, and whom I did not spare
from punishment for his actions in the
affairs of the Goldfish company"
NJ. Thierry spoke next and with
considerable emotion asserted that ne
! had been unjustly and violently at
tackled. he stated that he had beer
| connected with La Morue Franchise
from January to August, 1914, and that
when he was called into government
service he resigned his connection
I with the company. He gave a brief de
| Tense of his career and received mucf
/ applause as he concluded.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
FIVE KILLED AND II
ARE HURT IN WRECK

Chester, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Five persons
We're killed n IL injured, one prob
ably fatally, in a rear end collision be-
tween an accommodation train, bound
from Wilmington to Chester, and a
train Of empty express cars on the
baltimore & Ohio railroad last night at
FELTON,, two miles south of this city.
Two Of the dead were employees of
the railroad and two were negro pas
sengers. whose bodies have not been
identified. Daniel Challenger, a passen-
time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
TERRIFIC BATTLE AT
G0RIz|A IS Renewed
Most Violent Cannonading Of
Campaign Is Reported-Aus-
trians Beaten at PLAYA.

Geneva. Dec. 20. (via PARISH dis
patch from L4iablach, Austria. to the
Tribune De Geneve says that an ar
tillery duel, which began yesterday
morning, is still continuing around
Gorilla. This has been the most vio-
lent engagement for several months.
The Austrian unite attack at PLAYA
was repulsed with a heavy loss, ac-
cording to the dispatch, the outer forts
there and the inner works at Gorilla
having been pulveriZed and affording
no protection to infantry from artillery
fire. 1t is stated that Grand Duke Eu-
gene has taken command of the Aus
trian forces in that sector.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
FORD PARTY UNABLE
TO SECURE QUARTERS
Christiana Hotels Crowded and
Pacifists Cannot Make
Reservations.

C~hristiania, Norway. fvia London),
Dec. 2O.-Efforts to make arrange
ments here for the reception OF the
Ford peace party, on it's way here on
the steamship Oscar II, have failed.
The hotel are crowded for the Christ
mas holidays and will not agree to re-
serve 1853 beds from day to day, while
awaiting the arrival of the travellers.
The Christiania branch of the
Clereymen's Peace association is con-
sidering plans to hold a prayer meet
ing for a when the party arrives.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-12-23
HIGHLAND DEFEATS EGAN
IN SUPREME COURT DECREE

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 1s.-The supreme
court decision in the Egan-Kickland
case this morning is against Egan. The
trial court had entered judgment in
favor of Egan, but the supreme court
reverses that order.
The case was brought in Minnehaha
county by Kickland, who contended
Egan had taken advantage of his client
in charging exorbitant attorney fees
for settling an estate. This case is one
Of the points upon which the present
disbarment proceedings are pending
against EgaE.