THE STAR SHOWER by Uriah Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 19, 1877

THE STAR SHOWER.

By Uriah Smith

Do not fail to read the graphic account of the great meteoric shower of Nov. 13, 1833, given on our first page. Much has been written on the subject, but some particulars are here given which have never before appeared in any of our works. The objection raised against our view of this phenomenon, namely, that it cannot be a sign because many other similar exhibitions have taken place, may be answered in the same manner as the same objection against our view of the dark day of 1780. See No. 2 of this volume. First, it is the most remarkable event of the kind of which we have any record; and, secondly, it took place within the limited time marked out in the prophecy in which the falling of the stars, as a sign, was to occur. There can be no question that this was the sign predicted by our Lord, when he said, “The stars [meteors] shall fall from heaven,” and by John when he said, “And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a figtree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” U. S.