R. R. Cars Described B. C. 713.
What, a description of steam cars more than twenty-five hundred years before they were invented? Impossible! No, my friend, not impossible. Please open your Bible to the book of Nahum, chapter 2, verse 3, and read: “The chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his (God’s) preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.” Now we have a good description of the appearance of our modern chariots, or railroad cars. Then follows a description of the conductor passing through the cars stumbling in his walk and recounting his worthies (or passengers). But this has only existed in the earth for a few years. And when does the prophet say it will be so? In the day of his (God’s) preparation. Then we are living in that day; a day of special preparation. There was a day of preparation in Noah’s time, when they were to prepare for the flood. But what is the preparation that is required now? It is not against a flood, for God has said he will not again drown the earth. But we read that before the Lord comes a people should be prepared to meet him. This is the preparation for this time. When you see another railroad train please think of Nahum’s description, and remember it was to be in the day of God’s preparation. Then let us prepare for the most solemn event the world has ever witnessed, which is at hand. Who will be able to stand?—Notes of Warning.