PEARSON'S
(Formerly The Fool-Killer)
Volume Xlh Boomer, North Carolina, U. S. A., June, 1923. Number 12
"HOW LONG TO THE END?"mong the Adventists. Now thefectly natural and gradual man-
! mistake was not in the time-'ner. The world is full of auto-
I have just read a very inter- j setting. The date was right, j mobiles today, and we can say
PARAGRAPHS.
But they were looking for thej
wrong thing and got disappoint
ed. Other dates have been set
for the "end of time" to come,
and the dates were light for
something to happen, but not
the thing they were looking for.
And our friend Mr. Young is
going to repeat the experience.
esting little book called "How
Long to the End? written by
W. R. Young, formerly editor
of Messiah's Advocate. Mr.
Young belongs to the Adventist
group, and in this little book he
claims to have found the key
to the mysterious 12th chapter
of Daniel. Although claiming He has set a definite date for rive in large numbers that we
t.fi Via p.n Advpmtist. thp author lwfain A pfmitp vpnt t.n take noticed it much. And that's
in a general way that they have
been here for fifteen or twenty
years, but we can't name any
particular year when they came.
To be sure, there was some year
when the first automobile was
actually madebut the world
oaid no attention to that. It
was only after they began to ar-1
Smile even if it cracks your
face.
The only way to get value is
to give value. Be square.
Doubt and Fear are the devil's
match hosses.
Faith and Hope are God's
match hosses.
has brought out some calcula
tions in connection with chron
ology and the "time features"
of prophecy that have hereto
fore been taught only by the
Bible Students. He uses a
chronology which is slightly dif
ferent from Russell's, and he
makes a different application of
it in some places, but the final
result as to time is almost the
same that the Bible Students
get. He -correctly understands
the "seven times" punishment of
the Jews, to be 2,520 years, but
he begins his count a few years
later than the Bible Students,
and ends it in 1924, when he ex
pects the "end of time" to come
and everything to be wound up
in one literal day. He knows
nothing about the Jubilee Peri
ods, and has no place in his
scheme for the thousand years
Millenial reign. He is just look
ing for a sudden visible coming
of Christ, a sudden resurrection
of the dead, a sudden burning
up of all evil in the world, and
a sudden establishment of !an
absolutely perfect paradise on
earth.
The trouble with Mr.- Young
and many of his Adventist fol
lowers is that they are looking
for the wrong thing at the right
time. Their- dates are in pretty
close agreement with Bible Stu
dent dates, and therefore they
must be very near right. Some
thing of far-reching importance
is going to happen to this old
world pretty soon. Any per
son can easily see that, even
without any help from the Bible.
But the old theology has led peo
ple astray until even those who
get the "time features" figured
out right are in danger of look
ing for the wrong sort of an
event to take place at the time
appointed. William Miller did
some figuring and some time
setting a good many years ago,
and he was going to have the
"end of time" . come in 1844.
Well, the "end of time" didn't
place the end of time, the com
ing of Christ, the resurrection,
the judgment, the destruction of
the wicked, the .establishment
of a perfect paradise on earth
and he will not see them. Hence
he will have to conclude that
his time-se.tting was wrong. Now
if Mr. Young and the rest of
the Adventists could only be
taught to look for the right
thing in 1924 or somewhere near
that date they, could save them
selves from a big disappoint
ment. In the first place, there
will not be any "end "of time",
either in 1924 or in any other
year. There will not Je any
literal trumpet blown in the
skies, and there will not be any
visible coming of Jesus with
great lights shining and a big
demonstration that all the world
will see. The resurrection of
the dead will not occur all in
one literal day, but will continue
through a period of one thou
sand years. Sin and evil will
not be done away with suddenly,
and paradise will be established
by a slow and gradual process.
Hundreds of years after Christ
has been reigning over the eayrth
there will still be some sin and
some bad people living in the
world. It will take a whole
thousand years to get the sin all
removed and to bring the earth
to a state of Edenic perfection'.
There must necessarily be some
year when all this will legally
begin, but that particular year
will not bring change enough to
be distinctly noticeable. In fact,
we can see that great changes
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Will continue to go on much ml for delivery yet. We plan to have
the same manner tor some years-fit ready by the 13th of September.
to come. There will not be any
definite year that you can put
your finger on and say, "Para
dise started right here". It will
come gradually, and after awhile
you can see that it has certain
ly come; but you will not be. abl
to say exactly when it came.
Paradise and all that comes with
just the way our earthly para
dise will come. So far as out
ward and visible indications are
concerned, men will do most of
it themselves, just as they have
made the automobile, the elec
tric light, he radio, and so
many modern wonders. Some
of the things that will make
paradise are already here, and
others are coming every year.
It is all working according to
God's divine plan, and His hand
is in it all, but He uses men to
do the work.
The Adventists are mighty
good people, and they have been
very helpful in getting the pro
phetic time periods figured out.
And now, the main thing they
laek is- ah understanding of
what to look for on the dates
which they have set.
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The "smile that never comes
off" is in great demand. You
got one?
Don't even think a crooked
thought, much less act one. Be
straight. Be honest.
Falling down isn't any crime,
but lying there and crying is
Get up.
When you are fishing for sue
cess you mustai'tl baiit with a
long face,
Failure always keeps company;
with the main who will recog
nize her as an equal.
The head that can't be used,
for thinking purpose isn't of
much value for anything else.
How is your head ?
The man who is a saint on
Sunday and a rascal the rest of
theweek is worse than the man
who is a rascal all the time.
If you ever climb high you've
got to use something for stepping-stones.
Your failures will
answer the purpose all right
Try them.
It might be a mistake to have
Henry Ford for president, but
it would certainly be a smaller
mistake than to have anybody
else that I know of. If he would
be a mistake, then anybody else
would be a fatal calamity.
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It is all (right to (have fun
sometimes, but this ig a time in
the world's history when mere
fun cannot satisfy. The, condi
tions today are such as demand
serious thinking. But don't get
blue and despondent over it. Be
a Joycrafter.
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