Prophecy Fulfilled

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 13.

Prophecy Fulfilled.

"MEN's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth." Luke 21:26. The following will serve to illustrate this text: The mills of Ferd. Schumacher, at Akron, O., were recently destroyed by fire. Although a man of abundant means, he does not intend to rebuild, not caring to hazard his fortune in the present unsettled condition of labor. When there is a stable Government, property is safe; but when mobs rule, as they do to a great extent at present, nothing is safe. The increasing strength of so-called "labor leagues," which recognize no law but their own wills, the popularity of the boycott, and other nihilistic schemes, make men afraid to invest their means anywhere, and they do not know what to do. There is a general feeling of unrest and insecurity; and there is no prospect of any improvement. On the contrary, things are fast working toward the bringing in of such a time of trouble as the world has never yet seen. Who is preparing for it?