AN IMPRESSIVE PHENOMENON.
By William Penniman
The Christian Herald of Jan. 6, 1881, says: "An impressive phenomenon was witnessed at Pittsburg, Pa., on Dec. 23. Until after noon on that day darkness settled over the city so dense that it was necessary to burn lights in the houses and stores, and even to light the lamps in the streets. Snow several inches in depth lay on the thoroughfares, and deadened the noise of vehicles and the footsteps of pedestrians. The darkness and silence together had a strangely solemn effect, and many citizens were seriously alarmed by the thought that the day of Judgment had arrived. Later in the day the darkness lifted, but a day is fast approaching when for the impenitent there will be real cause for alarm. Of this day we are fully warned (Matt. 24:29), but how many there are who live in carelessness, disregarding the warnings, and neglecting the refuge offered them." WM. PENNIMAN.