Show 1 I I END I WILLA WILLIAM PERRINE ERRINE OF THE WORLD ix TIM I 1 T. T T. ms I j jI It I was about the of th the famous night of or the tho shooting stars In November November No No- vember ember 1833 that chat there b began al to come into general view fE a 1 r religious prophet who loudl loudly proclaimed that the days of or th the world worM were welo numbered and nd that men men and women might soon look ook forward forward for tor- ward art to lo such a sight In the te heaVens en cn as QS would causo cause the terror terrol o of the meteors which hichi the they had Just been gazing on with wih fear ter and trembling to fade into utter Insl Insignificance insignificance- Most of or his hrs mature mature mature ma ma- ture life had hol been one long Ions course of or preparation for Cor his prophetic role roie Born Dorn Bornand and arni and reared In a 1 Massachusetts farmhouse farmhouse farm farm- house ouse h ho lie spent his bo boyhood hood under unter the c care r of oC pious parents then h ho he removed to to- the to-the the te Green Mountain region relon and Inthe inthe in inthe the time of or lh the war of ot 1812 was WS known as ns a captain in the recruiting service ser or the United States In the vicinity of oC Plattsburg N. N Y y and ad ad afterward be became became became be- be came a local officeholder UH us well wel as a prosperous l lr r of or he the sol soil Ills His ro roof no- no 10 tor or a 4 11 U C q Tt tn h K u n CeIl settled down eventually alY pi p f sJ n of faith in tile the Baptist church At this period of oC his life hl hi his mInd turned to a atud study of or the Bible For years all al the tie time which he te could spare from his farm wn was vaS employed in exploring the thc Dl Bible le and in itt attempting lo to discover tho the mystic meanings which he believed were r hl hidden den In tho the passages es that puzzled him He lie became tiet with wih the 1 Idea a that the great task of or revealing them to the world IH had bad been reserved for him and nd nt in time satisfied himself himsel p that he had penetrated the tho awful truth that the the day day of 6 Judgment or the second see sec ond advent of or Christ was near at hand Su Such Sueh h were tho the tidings with which William Wilam Miller at the age of oC CO GO started startled star star- tIed ted his friends and nel neighbors In was vas ant little time to to lose lose lose- lose for lor not moro more than a dozen cozen years were to elapse l before th the coming ot or th the en end vall of things s earthly h earthly he he proceeded to toso so sound ul d his warnings throughout the country coutry Ho lie 10 easily Impressed impi-essed multi multi- or h hearers with wih his sincerity and bc and mystified many of or tn t becoming econ n fol followers followers- w r h by j nl I in mathematical tables and bib bib- lical charts chants tho the precise reason reasoning Ing h by which he lie had hod reached reache the conclusion t it the day ay of oC days tag would suddenly In 1843 or J. 18 Ills His sermons lee lee- cm turps anti anil tracts were distributed all ni o o eV r tho United States anti and the they began such an effect on the mcm- mcm r IH lq o many Christian churches that IJ the clergy deemed It I necessary or derl deride e his teachings As 8 the time for tho f fulfillment nt of or hl hK hia prophecies approached the number of or 11 bL IS converts gradually Increased It I l hair been estimated that there were swore cre not not fewer titan than men and women wl op openly professed their faith In Father Miller and It is c certain that t rc were many mans thousands thousand of or the then un- un n whoso minds for or a were much mitch disturbed 1 by the oracular Y with which ho he Ox fixed d his hs dates for tJ tJi terror 1 for the be of or lie tho orl l. l many nl towns the Miller- Miller ller- ller It- It formed former congregations nt ns or heMm held heM Hj m In order orter to prepare for Cor the s supreme da day and to warn swam the heedless The most zealous amon among them began beJan Tl l the faith that was In lii them b by abandoning air 11 worldly eon f some m up their customary pursuits somo o of the women made ascension robes and there thero fanatics fanatics- who insisted Inflated 11 ori oti or giving away their watches swatches their m money ney and ant oven their dwelling houses and there thero th the delusion took sucha such a ohl on heated minds that grand ju juri juries jurn ju- ju ri ries re regarded It a as dangerous enough rn trl them in Indicting the preach PreaCh- ers cis Scorer and ant mischief makers v ul ulI I sometimes to throw hirow t th trie meetings Into a a lJ by sU suddenly surrounding the tho church or or Ie meeting tn and exploding pice w ln waving In lit 1 Philadelphia for or ex- ex c- c and his had the Rh sheriff to guard th the lel believers eM from the teas teas- tn or of rowdies and Idlers Idler Not dead dad walls fences and wern worn covered with placards o or posters reading Prepare f C r rUle Ule D Day of Da DayS Day The me En of oC th J ij ar at Hand and rhe hc Bridegroom room COlleth Cometh Mike Mik Y Ye Heady aily for or th the Son Sn of or S Mali liati while on the windows of or stores storeS which had been n closed cosed ir r by b- their owners were re sue such sucU Igna 1 as u v i r 1 Go li E. ot of NIMI Nei e I York ork orl t S O. O OM M f M M t M t t M 9 M f tt t-tt M t t tO t t M t-O t Q 4 45 5 This ThUs Shop hop I Is hosed ed in Honor of oC off f ft t- t the time King ICing of oC Kings f 4 Who nl Will WIl Appear About the 2 Othor Uh Oth Uhf f 4 of or October f ff f Get Ready J Friends and anI Crown 4 Him Lord of or All MI 11 f 4 f 4 t i M J 4 1 J 3 4 J I 4 i 4 4 n J In 10 Dost Boston n th the I built huit a huge huge wooden structure known as the time Tabernacle Tabernacle Tab which occupied th the site sie of or tho the present Howard Athenaeum While hlo tho time hul Building in was In course courso o of construction it I t was noticed that proper attention ha md had not been given ghen to the front wall ivall that tH it leaned out toward Howard street l So croat groit was tho the dan danger t that ho tho ra mayor or of ot nos Boston ton felt Cel that I It I was his dut duty to Interfere at once When h 1 he 10 pointed out th the terrible consequences which tl might ht follow ff rr It were not re repaired repaired re- re paired h ho he was pityingly I informed that he ho was going oln to much unnecessary tr trouble C. What Will vIll vII it make s i loa l a dor r r ho n nl 1 r n lh ro th n 1 att I was a headed hard pe pCS sOn 1 with lh scant sym sympathy paths He lie Insisted that tho wall sahl wal should be le rebuilt imme adding however howe with wih grim hur or that hint while care lre was lo to be bp taken that it i should not hot fall fal outward the they might Incline it I so that It I wo way Id ll fall inward Indeed tho the frenzy renz which they exhibited nt nl times lines fully justified his indifference as asto asto asto I to the results If IC it I were swore to collapse in inward in- in war ward For tho interior of ot the edifice was weirdly decorated With pictures and hangings s representing tho the monsters spoken of or in tho time Book Dook of the Revelation Lion tion ton and in iii 11 the midst of or these the theIma Ima Imagination of or the thc people was aroused set aro to to such n a pitch pich that at nt tunes times they seemed to have gone gono sheer out o of ot their minds minds From portentous s Ila diagrams in which which were d depleted depIcted the tue beasts of or which which- Daniel dreamed the preachers and lecturers proved tIe tle te truth of or Millers Miller's prophecies pointing to th tho lion with winged four leopards the tw lon eagles eagle's wings s and the beat bear ber with wih three ribs In his lila mouth While the the- agitation which th l titus thus ex excited ex- ex cited Boston was In progress s and ru- ru t y-T y lk i IJ II r. r mors mor swore wee circulated that hens had hadn been bern n laying eggs mysterious marked markoll ES lt 13 a n blazing comet made matte its is ap up- up In th time the heLenS heavens th time tho brightest t of tho time c and vIsible to the naI na na- na- na I ked iced d eye t-e t tm e even In broad broat sunlight ht It I was Afterward good admitted by Charles T I C 11 1 n lon who was long tong as- as sedated with Greeley on the thc editorial staff starr of or the New York York Tribune that the phenomenon caused even tho the most to ted teel a n little ble ide and aud that he was not nol ashamed to tos s say pay that h he lie himself waa among thom them a. Tho United States wa was then in tho the midst r ot one of or it he most exciting pres pres- campaigns In in- Its IR history but when tho the were asked b by th Iho politicians to vote vot for Cor Clay or for Polk at nt the approaching elections tho they thoy grim grim- rIm rIm- ly 11 smiled and ant admonished th Iho Whigs and the Democrats to tl think co no o moe morr or slavery AU and attil tho the tariff hut limit on only of or salvation One a n Mrs Miner Uner was sas 1 so deeply a agitated that fh she could coull not content con- con tent herself with awaiting tho the l L 1 I Day DIY In This hils country and so 10 journeyed i all th time the wa way to Pale Palestine then a f rc- rc I feat Ceat for tor a n woman woman oman In order that she might be stationed In what sin sin-s thought would he be the tha Jt moat t bio blo place for tor greeting the Ue Ma Master aher ter I It I wn was e observed however that Miller Uler himself wa was wa apparently I J moved d b by byI i I hl his own o than ro man many many- of ot his hiI orl cOI converts Professor ProCessor Won I then of r the Troy Trox Conference academy pi paul pall Id a visit to him on op the night before 0 i the dJ day set set- for for- tile tle He lie Hea 1 a was surprised t to find that there were ivere ere no 10 indications on nit the tw farm of or contempt for things thing te tc and that It Its owner own own- er or lr had hod not riot been hen engaged In giving away his pe personal lona I e lie Hi Il Hibo lie bo- 11 1 lies U tI said Dr Wentworth In th thi the i scriptural Injunction Occupy till I II ironic come om and hla hll n ld hl were clean mown I 1 mi ott t r apr Ml big li was sva wa full tul of of- or I sawed and nd for tor winters winter's uso use I Jo ro Js iC C a n new w mono wall had rs been len l I built th id iid Lull a a 11 r ready ady a of or boulders to be laid cargo argo bl upon th Un wail wull wUl ho J t da day B I ihie Ile he r r On that tiny day th the of ot October 1811 IH I at ft arlous various points throughout the country cun- cun coun outi try on hilltops or In open O fields Id wore were J I to be seen bands f of oC men women and nt children praying or chanting chanting- their theli yes f es ea eagerly turned toward the heavIns heas' heas ens Ins At t one or two places thc they wore wor ascension robes believing that wh n the tue hour canto camo the tho to skies would open nut and a whirlwind carry earn them upward Others to have anticipated a deluge of or flames Hames which would consume tho the wicked and from which they would woul conic come forth In tho the glory of ot purified purl purl- fled fied souls On one of or the suburban roads near Philadelphia there was enacted a n a sc scene nc which may mf bo be cited to typify We tiit M M-ll 1 gatherings The congregation had hal repaired to a n largo large Jargo held field beyond th time tho populated limits having given gIven awn away their thel household goods and left Ic-ft Ct th their ir houses with wih tho the doors and windows wide wile open Usually coors their neighbors who had taken compassion on them wro ivera thoughtful enough to lQ fasten up the deserted houses house or to secure their property against thieves thieves- Tho The com corn pany numbering perhaps pS pitched a tent near the roadside hit but it ii was not not- not large lirse enough to shelter them nl all m put up Meantime irne a. a lt I M ln LR g h hV V Violence or n lh tho time city timid people who hn had ridiculed the time prophecy wore We greatly agitated and the tho ers believers hele themselves s ivere filled flet with wIh the time very sery ecstasy of or lear lean Those who were unable to t Into nto the time tents stood in the tile feld held luring during most of or the black blak and tempestuous night the pitiless pitiless piti piti- less Iss rain lam beating upon them while thy they shivered with wih cold Hour after aCer hour with uplifted hands as they peered into the dripping skies the they sang eang and prayed prayed pray pray- pry pry- ed anti and a 11 wept swept until gradually the they sank to the ground exhausted One man mn sat on the grave of or his wife eagerly ex expecting ox- ox tho the soil soU to break and ready to throw himself Into her arms aims as sh she arose Druse from her ler coffin Ch Children huddled d close chose to their parents or ran about CIng crying cry cry- C- C ing ng for food nn and rest rOl Every roar of oC time the wind every ever glimmer of or light sent senta a n thrill through the distracted crow crowd It I was ivas not until daylight camo that the delirium began hen tto tb t pass paRS away Hungry Hun Bun gry r anti and wretched hc thc they returned one ne neby h by one or In 1 grouls groups to their homes where thc they were received derisively b by their neighbors Ien Heavy Indeed Were vero their when the they learned that In In p the e midst of or the excitement nt one of their enthusiastic leaders alter gathering tl together ther thousands thousand of or dollars dol dol- lars had tied ned to parts un unknown Time The he first day lay of or the worlds world's now lease case N. N P Williss Willis's In an n art ar- ar t tide lelo ho he w ote for tho the Now NeW eW York Yur Mirror Mir MIr- lr- lr nor the tho next day expressed tho tIme good good- cay g ot- ot naturel thou ht of or th the worldly over or o the pausing passing of or tim the excitement A finer night than last night said 11 Willis writing in itt that city el a n liner finer da day titan than lhnn today today never relieved watch upon thu tho tented heavens We Ve stood looking up a a steeple our bedroom window at nt nigh midnight having first finished an for Jays ito paper upon 1100 tho ven- ven tuio of or Its Is holn being needed and we sto stoOd l shivering at the same window when the time golden smile smie of ot time time- tho unexpected the sunrise sunrise sun sun- rise called caled upon tho the surprised weathercock weathercock weathercock weather weather- cock to look about t nho him as aa usual We c therefore certify to thin thu worlds world's comIns coming com corn lug ing Ins honestly h by b It Its situation ton Go about your business oh 01 mankind rite ri ir of th the lie oC her lillton Mj th Yet possibly neither time the nor not any other religious sect euse caused 30 io o much of a subdued uneasiness oh on the tho Question Queston when the world should come cime mc to an au el end as ns did an nn ancient prophecy credited to an old woman and ant printed printed-at at one time In n p perhaps every neW newspaper l fer In tills this country durI during dur dur- I lug ing the time twenty years pars following the time outbreak of tho time Civil war The Tho reputed authoress was alleged to have h e circulated ciru- ciru kited it first In tho thie time of oC King Henry VII YU It I wis was ascribed scribed also to tOI a publisher pub puh- usher lisher laher In the this time of or King Kh g Charles and Oliver Cromwell amid when It found Its US way across the tho Atlantic tanto moro more than thian thano 40 10 o years ago age It I came to to bo be accepted here bore the credulous and by bv an Ignorant as asa n a really ancient production that hind had come down dowil from one ono generation to an an- other It I was called Mother Shiptons Shipton's Prophecy and as there thelo wore were traditions that such a person had |