Our Hope, Or, Why Are We Adventists?; The Second Coming of Christ, the Resurrection of the Dead, the Inheritance of the Saints, and Final Disposition

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... CHAP1ES XIV. PHYSICAL PREMONITIONS. Nature speaks for God. The heavens and earth and seas lift up their voice responsive to the written Word. The elements bear witness. The sun and moon and stars declare the approaching doom. "Meanwhile the earth gave symptoms of her end: And all the scenery above proclaimed That the great last catastrophe was near." The divine love and faithfulness are in nothing more strikingly exhibited than in the ample and timely warnings which always precede great calamities and judgments. The merciful God has no pleasure in the sufferings of his creatures; but he resorts to all proper means, and employs every consistent agency to avert impending evils by startling the world with a great variety of premonitions. If every important event in history has been foreshown in prophecy and signalled by abundant omens, what may we expect in regard to the awful, final catastrophe? It is clearly the purpose of God to faithfully advise all classes of men of the imminence of the 'udgment scenes. And so, as the solemn hour of destiny draws near, the heavens and earth teem with signs and wonders. On every plane of human life; in every department of society; in the thronging marts of commerce; in the fierce arena of governments; in the broad fields of science; across the whole domain of nature; in the councils of state; within the sacred enclosures of religion; in the halls of learning, and at the hearthstone--everywhere; day and night, without ceasing, blazon the portents of coming dissolution--the end of all things earthly. To the mind, the consciousness, the eye, the ear; to every faculty and sense the proofs of final scenes address themselves. "The prophecy for confirmation stood; And all was ready for the sword of God. The righteous saw, and f...