Show SIGNS OF or THE TIMES there inhere is no man who reflects however little but must admit that we live tin an n eventful e period the signs of the times indicate that there is a tower rower working among the nations of which the 1 inhabitants of the earth seem to be entirely ignorant ignon kut jut from the east and the west from the continents of the earth darth and the islands of the sea come reports that tell tall how rapidly the world is Js moving on to a vast and important change chanse Olih nse IF rf the news is not so sensational lnita inita character as it was some time ago it is still exciting event follows event so rapidly that the news of yesterday is forgotten in that of today to day lit the chronicling chroni cling of an earthquake on the tte h pacific coast is followed by the re oyd ota hotd of moral depravity among what bare hate are known as respectable women that is at degrading as revolting the crushing but odthe of the rebellion in the south is followed aw ed by the exciting situations sit lations brg bro brought aught 0 about by the intricate nature of uhe the problems to bo be solved and in the middle middie comes a fenian alas flash h md und a nili fili master iiii raid d on canada which has apparently collapsed at its inception incepts 0 n yet aimas atmas give rise to some of feeling ing an ancl anil d knotty questions that may be as gravo grave ura gra veas as the he are unlocked unlooked for in the eastern hemisphere the eattle cattle of the vast russian steppes lias has i found a temporary home in britain where ns us the its ravages have fien flen teen chroni chronicled cled to an alarm alarming ilig extent fenew e W diseases asare are appearing that baffle the medical skill of the age of which the one called tr trichina lc 1 hina is perhaps the latest while that terrible scourge the th cholera olera is i s making slow but steady desin in its westward gestwa rd career of death V L 3 U I 1 not jet yet sd so wide spread in the work of destruction as in previous visitations bultas blivas but as the slimmer stemmer months advance the probability is strong that it will increase 34 jt fits a area jea iea of mortality and the number of Us victims disasters by sea and jand land have been more numerous and destructive I 1 lve during the past winter and spring ithan than perhaps has ever been recorded d in ithe ahe same length of time before fires 0 whether by or the work vork of in have e destroyed property proper to an amount that would be scarcely i credited I 1 were tho the figures placed on p paper aper iri iti in the tho midst of all dil this and much finore jlii 1111 gie pie that is is unnamed there beems seems to gex dex tex sexist A rivalry between nations and L eules cities for notoriety in degradation and morality in that is painful to read of ifor or contemplate the mere publication of ithe disgusting lus cUs gusting details of actual occur reil rell reilies bences ces with which many papers are filled would shock any virtuous pure s mind bind n id n who might knight peruse them add to a these war past present t and prospective oil oll adf d the picture is ominously signify i i t cant nt j irhe dee aee 0 claims to li have ve made rapid strides in science and andara an dart art in inventions s and me thee development of knowledge and it has men bren can cross seas and oceans without sails and in the teeth of the wind they can converse across continents and bid fair to soon girdle the 9 world with the electric wire kot kol only can they ascend above the clouds but lve ive noticed lately an account of gaviga ing iu he air hl bl earth as tas ships are navigated A through g the waters rs every mental faculty skeins seems stimulated toan to an extraordinary degree of actie activity ity inventions vent ions and disc dise discoveries discovers overl ei crowd u upon pa n each other mechanical contrivances are multiplied to an tent the ag age ago els cis is prolific in them hidden sources of wealth are revealed gold is in the prophetic language of scripture becoming plentiful as brass other elements of wealth are being discovered daily petroleum has crumn comity e y actively speak speaking ingi sprung into notice in a day and millions on millions of capital have been sunk in it and realized by it yet with all the increase of light in science the faculty lre ire are no more successful in warding off the ills that flesh is heir to than they were half a century ago if they have advanced in knowledge the ravages ravages of the destroyer are manifested with more than equal rapidity they are nonplussed nonplus sed and impotent before phases and forms of disease of which their experience and study give them no knowledge modern science in naval architecture pales before the storm and the tempest men are growing more heady and high minded more the slaves slave of passion and evil with their rapidly acquired wealth the inventive powers of the age a ge seem to be devoted more especially to purposes of destruction instead of seeking to bless mankind to promote peace beautify the earth and garnish it with all manner of loveliness physical moral and social the destruction of life and property and the decadence of moral excellence cel lence ard are greater now than in the dark and barbarous days of ML medieval diebal times in europe a peace congress is s talked of the london satirizes the idea andi andl and ilits Ats at the governments to be represented and the questions to be discussed it intimates that russia austria prussia france and italy are will ing to send their representatives if their pet objects are excluded from discussion orin orlu other the questions which the congress proposes to discuss are carefully avoided A few theoretical and unpractical minds have the idea that they can calm the turbulent passions of nations restrain the growing ambition of governments settle vexed questions and allay old rivalries and antipathies antipa thies by argument of words but they cannot they are impotent to turn back the rushing tide of a worlds passions the spirit of war is working among the nations and the forces of destruction are gathering for the conflict if the scriptures were read and believed it would be seen that they speak of a time like the present they point out the signs of the times that shall shail indicate an approaching consummation foretold for thousands of years yearb inthe if the prophets whose writings concerning the latter days tire are preserved had lived in our own times they could scarcely have declared in plainer or more keable ta language fhe the leading features of the age when men calmly review for a moment in the midst of the whirl and bustle of this turbulent busy stirring world the present condition of mankind and the signs of the times they involuntarily ask themselves what do they portend but they live in a whirlwind and the great mass catch at the straws that are re driven furiously around fancying they tend towards a certain point they are in uncertainty certai nty and doubt full of vain exp eap expectancy ee and hence the news is to them exciting anticipation is put on the stretch for what will next appear and when it comes there is often disappointment and renewed expectancy how different the condition of those who having humbly received the light of truth mark the objects it illumines the they yean can see in i nil all that passes the overruling hand band 0 of t a wise providence whose objects and purposes are surely reaching ug c consummation tho the tho light of t the gospel with the holy calm and land sense of safety which wilch it bestows bestons be stows Is is at the present time a blessing whose greatness mankind cannot comprehend it enables those who possess it to see bee geothe the way marks to the future ln the tho signs of the times |