The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-07-24
MILLENNIUM COMING
DECEMBER Il, SAYS
KANSAS preacher
Western Pastor Says Period Of Holl-
ness Begins on December II This
Year and Gives His Reasons
For This Belief.

The millennium Will begin Decem-
Der II, 1920. No evil of earth; thou
sand years Of holiness with Jesus re-
turning to reign the world. That's the
millennium, as mentioned in Revela-
tons.
Such was the startling statement
made by the Rev. w. A. Bosworth in
the pulpit of the Paramount Congrega-
tional Church, Sunday morning.
The prediction coming as it did, in
the regular course of the sermon
created a sensation in the church audi
ence. While many people believe that
the millennium is coming some time,
few had any idea that it would be so
soon..
To persons who recall that the Rev.
Bosworth foretold the date Of the end
of the world war, his prediction will
carry more than ordinary weight.
The Rev. Bosworth is an old-time-
preacher. He is veteran Of the Kan
sas G. A. R. He bases his remarkable
belief upon his own original deduc-
tions, adduce dafter a long and care
full study of the book Of Revelations.
He told Sunday, how he had arrived at
his astonishing conclusion.
Reading the Book of Revelations, he
cited the passage where after the
breaking of the seventh seal, 1t is mar
rated that there was silence in
Heaven for the space of half an hour.
This silence preceded the sounding of
the seventh trumpet, and the opening
of the Millennium.
The Rev. Bosworth declared that the
world is at present passing through
that half hour Of Heavenly silence. In
explanation, he said that the prophetic
day was not the day as customarily re-
garded, but a century. To prove his
contention, he named a long series Of
great historical events which were
spanned by centuries and half CEN
turtles.
If the prophetic day is a century, the
prophetic hour must be one-twenty-
fourth of that, or four years and two
months, the Rev. Bosworth said. Hence
the half hour must be two years and
one month.
He believes that the breaking of the
seventh seal, which resulted in the
punishment of the seventh nation, was
fulfilled In the defeat during the world
war of Germany and the Central Pow
ers. The armistice, then, may be con-
sidered the beginning of the half hour
of silence" Figured from that date,
the half hour would end on December
IL. 1920, and millennium would begin
at that time.
But the preacher was not content to
let his prophecy rest upon that evil
dence alone. He brought other sup
porting testimony. The Bible relates
of two great flights of the Christian
church, he said While 1t does not state
what these flights are, he is convinced
that the first was the fight from the
Jewish church to the Gentle world
Tie second from the Old World to the
New World, typified by the landing of
the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, Deem
be- II, 1880. Three hundredth ami
ver5ary of the landing Of the Pilgrims,
he pointed out, would come on Decem-
be- II, 1920, which he holds is con-
flrmatory of his contention. "A
The Millennium is period of 1000
years, in which the world is to be I'M
der Divine rule, and in which all sin
is 20 disappear from the earth. Its
opening, according to the Bible, will
be heralded by the first resurrection
in which all the early Christian mar
tyrG will come to life and assist in
managing the affairs of tho world.
At the end Of the 1000 years, the
devil, who will have been chained up
during the period Of the millennium,
will be released and the second res
direction will come, at which time, all
the dead will arise. Judgment day will
be held, at which the elect will be
chosen to go to Heaven and the devil
will take the individuals who failed
u tread the straight and narrow way
during their earthly carer, and will
rerair with them to the neither regions
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