W. C. Thurman and the 1868 Prophecy
A statement was made by one of our correspondents a few weeks since, on information which he supposed reliable, that W. C. Thurman had “abandoned his ’68 time and now is positive that the Lord is coming in ’75.” Mr. C., it appears has been called out on this and responds as follows:— “The evidence was never so clear to me as now, that the 1835 days end in 1868. I know no reason for changing my mind in regard to my expectation of seeing the Lord in that year. The evidence appears more conclusive to me than ever before.” With all this positiveness, we can only regard the statement of our correspondent as a little premature; for we believe, as we published more than a year since, that as soon as ’68 passes, those who are now so positive that it is the year of the Lord’s coming, will immediately shift to ’75. The evidence will all at once become marvelously conclusive, that he is coming in that year; and they will profess astonishment that they ever should have rested anything on ’68.