How Will It End? by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 27, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 20.

How Will It End?

By Editor

"How will it end?" meaning the world, is a question which is discussed in the San Francisco Chronicle of May 19, and as usual the religious editor of that paper has shown that whatever other virtue he may possess faith in the Scriptures is not a part of his stock in trade. Referring to the testimony of Inspiration, he says: "A sacred writer has remarked that when the final catastrophe comes the heavens will be rolled together as a scroll, and the earth will melt with fervent heat. He had probably seen volcanoes, experienced earthquakes, and so gained some idea of the irresistible character of subterranean forces." And that is all. He then turns to the vague theories of science falsely so called, and dwells at length upon the hair-brained idea that the world is destined to freeze up. Anything is, it seems, preferred to that which the word of God teaches. But the newspapers are not to blame, they are only following the lead of the popular ministers who speak smooth things and prophesy deceits.