Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . wling Green, Mo., as follows: Though there was no moon, when we first observed them, theirbrilliancy was so great that we could, at times, read common-sized printwithout much difficulty, and the hght which they afforded was muchwhiter than that of the moon, in the clearest and coldest night, when theground is covered with snow. The air itself, the face of the earth as faras we could behold it, all the surrounding objects, and the very counte-nances of men, wore the aspect and hue of death, occasioned by the con-tinued, palKd glare of these coun
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . wling Green, Mo., as follows: Though there was no moon, when we first observed them, theirbrilliancy was so great that we could, at times, read common-sized printwithout much difficulty, and the hght which they afforded was muchwhiter than that of the moon, in the clearest and coldest night, when theground is covered with snow. The air itself, the face of the earth as faras we could behold it, all the surrounding objects, and the very counte-nances of men, wore the aspect and hue of death, occasioned by the con-tinued, palKd glare of these countless meteors, which in all their grandeurflamed lawless through the sky.* There was a grand and indescribable gloom on all around, an awe-inspiring sublimity on all above; while —The sanguine flood Rolled a broad slaughter oer the plains of heaven, And natures self did seem to totter on the brink of time! ... There was scarcely a space in the firmament which was notfilled at every instant with these falling stars, nor on it could you in gen-7. THE SIGN OF FIRE As this sign of fire in the watchtower was a signal to Godspeople anciently to flee from the coming danger (see :1), so the signs appearing now in the heavens and in theearth are Gods signals of warning to the people of our day. The Falling Stars of 1833 99 eral perceive any particular difference in appearance; still at times theyseemed to shower down in groups — calling to mind the fig tree, castingher untimely figs when shaken by a mighty wind.— Volume XXV (1834),p. 382. A Sign to All the World It was not in North America alone, but in all the civilizedworld, that the attention of men was called to the propheticword by the discussions of this event. Thus the EngHshscientific writer, Thomas Milner, writing for the British pubHc,spoke as follows of the profound impression made: In many districts, the mass of the population were terror-struck, andthe more enlightened were awed at contemplating so vivid a pictur
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