The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-10-13
LAKELAND MANS VIEWS
on PROPHECIED WORLD
DISTURBANCES DEC. Il

Editor Telegram
The press of the country is hand
ing around the information that on
December 18th several of the planets
Will be in conjunction, and scientists,
who are in position to know, predict
great disturbances in the sun which
will in turn cause disturbances in the
electrical medium Of the earth, such
as has never been before in the his.
tory OF man, consequntly, they give
notice to hoist the storm-flag and
make ready for the terrible catastro.
phe that will probably come upon us.
Some of the editors Of the land,
fearing that their readers may take
this phenomenon too seriously and
pass many sleepless nights between
now and December the seventeenth,
are throwing oil on the troubled wat.
ers and trying to pass the matter by
as of little consequence.
We are no Seventh Day Adventist
but we believe in Divine Revelation,
and that shows us some things that
will come to pass sometime in the flu.
ture.
That we are now living in the third
and last age of this old world, need
not be doubted. That this world, that
now exists, is going to pass through
an awful ordeal, need not be doubted.
That we are living now, and have
been for four years, in the most try.
ing times that the world has ever ex-
perienced, need not be disputed.
In the first age Of the world, when
God himself walked and talked with
men, He showed to his servants. the
prophets, things that would happen
along down the ages Of time. Some
OF those prophecies have been full
filled. Others are yet to be fulfilled.
There is no special set date, like De.
cember II, 1919, or any other fixed
chronological date for any of them
to transpire. 1t is sufficient for us
to know that sometime, somewhere.
In the sequence of events they will
happen. They come upon US as a
thief in the night. We may have a
general expectation but the day and
hour no man knows.
Now, that science has made such
wonderful progress, it is possible
probably, to foretell with mathema.
tical certainty events that arise from
natural causes. But If we pass into
the supernatural, then we are in
field where the naturalist cannot on.
crate. His telescope, microscope,
prism and chemical laboratory are
useless.
jeremiah, who talked face to face
with God, received of Him valuable
information that reaches down thru
the ages. jeremiah 25: 1888. reads
like history that is right up-to-date,
and about to be fulfilled: For, 10. +
begin to bring evil on the city which
is called by my name, and should We
be utterly unpublished? for l will call.
for a sword upon all inhabitants of
the earth, saith the Lord of hosts"
Jer. rs; 20.
The recent war that was waged
about Jerusalem would answer to the
first part of that prophecy. The fact
that the Jews have suffered much dur
ing the European War answers to the
second part and that all nations of the
earth whether directly in the war or
out of it, have felt the effect of the
sword, looks like the fulflllment of the
last part of that prophecy. This is
the nrst time In the history of the |
world when "all the inhabitants of
the EARTH" have experienced the "ef. |
fects Of the sword" so far as we know. |
Therefore prophecy has against |
them all the words, and say unto
them, The Lord shall roar from on
high, and utter his voice from his
holy habitation; he shall nightly roar
upon his habitation he shall give
shout, as they that tread the grapes.
against all the inhabitants of the
EARTH" Jer. Is: 80.
We doubt if this prophecy has ever
yet been fulfilled. If so, when did
the Lord "roar from on high" and ut
ter his voice from his holy habita.
ton" (the heaven no doubt referred
toy?
That electrical storm predicted for
December II, If it comes to pass
might be the unearthliest roar we