The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-12
ArmageddonIs
Neor,Say the
Aduentists
Revival on staten Island for
Members Of Sect Ready
for Doom.

ventists, who have long
foretold the event, are preparing for
the battle of Avmageddon, OF which
the present crisis, they assert. is the
precursor. All the 150 1000 members
of the sect in this country are seek
ing 20 prepare themselves In antici-
patton of the final struggle to be
heralded by Turkeys downfall.
On Staten Island there is "A big re-
yval in charge of Elder II. e. J. Wal |
leker of Brooklyn, and nightly there
gather beneath the gospel tent Mt
West New Brighton large numbers of
those who believe the end is not far
of and who want to be saved. Pas
tor Walleker and his family are en-
camped close beside the gospel amphi-
theatre in smaller tents, which, with
the improvised garage OF canvas for
the evangelist's car. covers "A city
block. Seen after an enthusiastic
meeting. Elder Walleker laid further
emphasis on his words of the eve
ming, asserting his belief in the ap-
proach of doom and making use of
Biblical references to prove it.
with the world suddenly plunged
into this mighty conflict which is de-
vastating Europe" said Elder Walle-
ker, "the prophecies of the Bible stand
clear. We have reached the closing
days of the earth's history. In the
phenomena which have occurred in
the heavens and in existing conditions
in the physical, social, industrial, re-
ligious and political worlds we find
unmistakable evidence that the cli-
max in this worlds history has nearly
beer reached. 1t is a fulflment of
the prophetic word of u Lord when
he declared:
Nation shall rise against nation and
Kingdom against kingdom. and there shall
be famine and pesjilence and earthquakes
In divers places. Matthew .i:b
There shall be signs in the sun and IN
the moon and In the stars. and upon the
earth distress of nations, with perpleNlty,
the sea and the waves roaring Men =
hearts falling them for fear and for look
ing after those things which are coming on
the earth: foI the powers Of heaven shan
be shaken. And then shall they see The
Son OF Man coming In a cloud WIN power
and great glory, luke 2l:@5-@H.
I'VE have reached the time Of dis
tress of nations" said Elder Walleker
as he pointed the correlation of the
Biblical prophecy with the events or
the times. There is trouble from
within and without, perpleNing prob
lens Of commerce and industry, the
Stern struggle for existence on the
part of the laboring masses II the
spirit begotten in their hearts by their
hard lot. These are some OF the things
which are bringing distress to the
nations Of the earth.
.'My soul has been stirred by the
terrible conflict and the sight of civil
ization going to pieces under the pIow
Of this cataClysmic struggle. the
blazing out of the primitive passions
OF the race have set the whole world
afiame with the lust for war and
blood. The Hague Peace Palace has
become the worlds jest. for with one
blast OF the trumpet of war the Ito
plan dream of peace has been shat
tered.
.'That this strife is leading t. the
closing conflict in the history OF the
world the prophecies of the Bihlt
clearly indicate, for it tells us clearly
md without ~equivocation mat the emo
of the world will come suddenly and
UNEXPECTEDLY in the midst of just such
a war as Is now in progress. The
vast and feverish preparations which
for the past three decades the nations
Of the world have been making fol
this struggle have all been clearly
sforetold.
"'Proclaim We his among the Gen
tiles the prophet has said. Prepare
war. wake up the mighty men, let al
the men of war draw near; let then
come up; beat your ploughshares int
swords and your prun!nghooks int
spears; let the weak say | am strong
- the sun and the moon shal
be darkened, and the stars shal
withdraw their shining. The Lore
also shall roar out Of Zion and uttei
q his voice from Jerusalem, and thu
heavens and the earth shall shake
but the Lord will be the hope OF hi:
people, and L strength Of the chill
dren of Israel CJoel ill.,, 9-l6).
"How fully and graphically do w
see this divine prediction fulfilled il
the situation which exists Throughout
Che world to-day. We cannot mistake
ITS significance, 1t is not a mere co
Incidence. 1t is an exact and litera
fulflment of divine prediction. Surel!
we cannot escape the inevitable con
clusion to which this fulhlment mus
lead us. The very line referred to il
THESE pIOpleltS 80 many N'lllul''
ago is here and the very conditions
described by these inspired men arr
now taking place before our eyes.
an the midst of a peaceful civiliza
ton, when in theory the principles o
Christianity were the animating pr!n
ciples of the world, "A resistless fore
has changed whole nations into wa
crazed mobs. for no one can deny tina
the most striking feature in the Who'll
awful outburst is the lust and en-
thusiasm Of the people for war, Whs
does It ali .Aeanf
1T means that the coming OF IN
Lord Is al sand. The Bible for cen
turtles has been predicting that tn
end of the world would come in tn
midst of a gigantic conflict whic
livion. There Is no reason TO dont
but that supernatural forces are he
hind the movement of the nation
which are being impelled into tn
present strife with each other. TIL
final issue of the age long conflict be
tween Christ and Satan is impending
such men as David Starr Jordan
William Jennings Bryan and Andre
Carnegie tried to assure IS that Ou
civilization had reached the poir
where another great war was impO'
s!ble. The present gigantic contli'
has dissipated the theories Of thes
sirens Of peace completely, and .