THE NEAR APPROACH OF THE END.
An uneasy, feverish expectation of some great, jndescribable revolution, fills the thoughts, and escapes from the lips, even of worldly observers in watching the history of the last fifty years. There seems to be a tone of earnest, busy preparation in every department of Providence. It wa> a parting message to tlie beloved Daniel, when the vision was sealed unto the time of the end, — " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall; be increased." When before have these words been so signally verified ? When was commmii cation so rapid, or the number of travellers so greatly multiplied ? The sea is ploughed by ocean steamers; the earth is belted by railways the air itself has its new pathways, along which intelligence travels with the speed of lightning When was knowledge, in almost every field of thought, so immensely increased ? Our microscopes are searching out wonders of life in every drop and atom around us, and gigantic telescopes fathom the abysses of heaven, and detect worlds and systems of worlds never seen before by the eye of man Our earth itself, under the piercing gaze of science, becomes one vast, magnificent, sepulchral monument, rich with hidden memorialsof the uususpected works of the Creator in long forgotten ages. The wonders of the past are uuveiled to mankind to prepare them for the greater wonders of the coming future. . . . . May wet.not conclude that the time is come fully to unseal the vision, and that the man greatly beloved will soon, according to the promises, stand in his lot at the end of the days —Rev. F. R Birks, M.A.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 December 1855, Page 8
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273THE NEAR APPROACH OF THE END. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 December 1855, Page 8
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