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THE JACKSON ECONOMIST. VOL. VII. IS THE IILLEffIUM HKRE? What Dr. A. B. Simpson, of New York. Says on the Subject. Dr. A. B. Simpson, of New Aork the well known divine who has been at the head of the American Evangelical Alliance for several years past, is tenaciously of the opinion that the millennium has already commenced to dawn upon the earth. On last Sunday he published in The New York Journal the follow ing statement, which has created something of a sensation in the re ligious circles of the metropolis: “I shall give you reasons why the millennium is upon us. But first let me sav what the millen nium is. The popular conception of it is that of perfection in all things. This is not true. The millennium will be a time of present conditions intensified. The good will be better, but the bad will be worse. It means Christ’s personal residence upon earth. Christ’s presence will uot mean peace, but a sword. That .He has promised. The millennium will be a trial period, After that heaven or hell. “1.1 see the dawn of the millen nium in the progress of nations and politics according to prophecy. I see it in the subdivision of the great empires of old as promised by the prophets. “2. In the present convulsions, caused by war, that have changed the map of the world within the year. “3. In the progress of ecclesiasti cal systems, as described by the prophets. Daniel dwelt upon the rise and progress and gradual de struction of the great apostate re ligions, papacy and Mohammedan ism. I see these realized in part, in part strongly foreshadowed. 4. In the progress of tb.e Jews toward the restoration of their an cient home, in Palestine, and their growing tendency to adopt the Christian religion. 5. In commercial and intellec tual affairs. There is promised to us in the last days before the mil lenuium, that ‘'There shall be much running to and fro upon the earth.” Never have people travel ed so much. Never have the facil ities for travel beeu so great, nor numerous. 6. In the vastness of human knowledge and the differentiation of science. '‘Knowledge shall be increased.” said the prophet Dan iel, and it i3 even so. Instead of oue professor of natural history in our colleges there are a hundred representing the shades and branches of that science. 7. In the moral degeneracy of the age. The world is more wick ed than it has been since the days of Noah. There is an inventive ness in evil never known before. 8. In the fact that there is less natural affection than ever before. In prophecy of this state the New Testament repeatedly tells us that in the last days ’‘evil shall abound. The love of many shall wax cold.” 9. In the eagerness to adopt new and false religions. Spirit ualism and kindred pseudo faiths are flourishing. The “spirits shall teach ihe doctrines of evil,” we are informed by the Book that is our guide, 10. In covenant breaking by WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1899. professed Christians. 11. Iu churchism without the spirit of worship. 12. In the rapid spread of the gospel in heathen lands, An infallible sign in the light of prophecy is the complete fulfill ment of sacred prophecy in na tional affairs. All through the hooks of Daniel and John we find the proves of national and polit ical organizations. We read of four great empires referred to as four great beasts. Those empires were Babylon. Me do-Persia, Greece and Rome. We read further of the breaking up of one of these into minor sub-divi sions. After the fall of Rome there were gradually formed from that monumental wreck Russia, Turkey, France, Germauy, Austria, Spain. Portugal, the Netherlands, Scandinavia. Italy and Great Brit ain. with all her Anglo-Saxon rpeaking peoples. Daniel vii, 2 says : “And four great beasts came up from the sea diverse from one another.” Dan vii, 23, says: “The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth, and snail tread it down and break it in pieces. “And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise.” These words of Daniel have been fulfilled in history. One of the taslo of fulfillment set for the world has been completed. Revelation xiii discribes the course of religions, in which we recogj ze the twin apobtate reli gions. Papacy and Mohamme uanism. “And I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy,” says the first verse. “And I beheld another beast coming out cf the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake like a dragon,” says the elevtutb. Thus have we seen the progress of these great false religitns. Both, as are described elsewhere, are be ing destroyed by a gradual process. The recent extraordinary victories of Protestant Germany over Francce, of the United States over Spain and of the triumph of British arms over Mohammedan arms in Africa, the great victory of General Kitchener at Omdurman are modern signs of the triumph of the true over the false systems, which, however worthy some of their followers, are still systems of religion—triumphs predicted everywhere in the scriptures. The moral signs of the age are not promising. They are what Daniel bewailed when the gift of second sight brought to him so much of misery. “We have sinned end have done wickedly and have rebelled,” he says in Daniel v, 5. “Evil men will abound and the love ©f many will wax cold,” we are warned again and again in the New Testament. This is deplor ably true. There is less of family attection, more of divorce, more social corruption than has been seen since the flood. The adoption of new faihions in religion is an ex ample of the corruption of the age. “New the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seduciDg spirits and doctriuese of devils,” we read in I Timothny, iv., 1. Spiritualism is a fulfillment of this prophecy. Courage, Reformers. When year after year the lead ers of reform have seen their cherished hopes for reform go down in the gloom of defeat, when the appeal of our leaders to the reason of the voters seemingly has had no effect, when men have left all and saorifisml time, money, famili.-s and friends in order to bring about a change for the bet in our affairs of government; after all this to see men rush to the polls with blind partisan zeal, rushing him heedlessly along with as much force as the heathen ihrows himself under the wheels we sometimes pause and ask if it is worth our while to still urge the American people to throw off the yoke of galling bond age and be a free people or forevt r close our eyes to the condition that confronts us and submit to the inevitable, but when we read the history of all reforms, both religious and political and know that they have come to bless the people only after repeated at tempts and failures, to know that thousands have lived and died for reforms that never came until they were dead, when wo remember the proudest boast made on any mon ument erected during the nine teenth century the inscription, “Thermopylae had its messenger of defeat —the Alamo bad none,” was the result of defeat and was the rallying ery for the next bat tle that lead to victory, when we read of the Spartan King Leonidas combing his long hair and dress ing himself with utmost care in order that he mignt die decently for his country ; there seems to be a compelling power stronger than man uplifted us. We say that such examples and thousands of others we might mention, gives us enthusiasm at every great crisis when the time has come for meu to give up everything, good uame, fortune, life itself for tho worlds advancement. They think of oth er men who dared to do the same, and make them enthusistic, which means that God is in the work. Whether it te the Spartan at Thermopylae, the heroes of the Alamo, it n eans to the brave man no such word as defeat, wherever we find it. it is the spirit of pro gress and all that progress meaus. History is full of such devotion to the country and to the cause of truth and justice and right. We see it in Simon Peter seeking mar tyrdom because he had denied his Savior, wee see it in the Anglo Saxon protest burning at the stake the hand that had Bigned a recan tation of his faith. We find it in the Jesuit Missionaries win dared to preach the gospel to the fero cious savage when he would be tortured to death. We see it in the humble jpnvate soldier who dares to die for his country’9 honor. These all account for the begin ning antagonising it has always been a force that seeks to oppress the weak through law and there has always knen men, brave men and women that dare to die for the rights of the poor and opposed fellow laborers for the cause of re form. Take courage victory may crown the oppressor tor a while but as su*e as God reigns reaction* will come and if we have only been humble instruments in stay ing the hand of the assassin until rescue can come, we have only done our duty as reformers. —Alli- ance Vindicator, Democracy “Sized Up.” Two years ago every street cor ner in St. Louis was occupied by a free silver orator, but now de mocratic lips in this city are clos ely sealed on the subject. The St. Louis plurality of 15,000 against a debased dollar ought to be repeat ed aud enlarged-Globe Democrat. That is the course the democrat ic party is expected to persue. Had it not beeu for tbe people’s party it would never have declared for the free coinage of silver. They do not believe in the free coinage of silver. It is solely, entirley aud ab solutely an aggregation of official desire. It wants offices and pie. It yearns for power aud the flesh pots. It cares for nothing else. It has no principles. It never had any. It knows the people’s party was a party of patriots. It knew that populists had prin ciples that were pure. A few old boodlers like Jim K. Jones got together and etold a part of the populist platform and then declared themselves “purified.” They care nothing for principle. They care nothing for promises. They care nothing for good laws or good government. They are willing to have the free coinage of silver or the gold stan dard or a protective tariff or free trade, or anything else if they can hold the office and rob the poople. The democratic party is to-day the arch-enemy of liberty and civilization. When a party arises and shows signes of a strength determined on the emancipation of labor, this old hog, at once begins to grind and whine around those it has robbed, pillage and plunder for years and makes great pretentions of friend liness for the* poor laboring man. When it thinks the party the true friend of liberty and the peo ple is disorganized and bewildered, it turns again to its plutocratic allies aud begins anew its career of robbery and blood sucking. This has been its history for ages to come. It is a mystery entirely beyond our comprobenßiu how a really and truly honest man can run with such a crowd. —People's Tribune. Prescott Ark, Populists Principles. Washington Special to the Post- Dispatch Dec. 15. —United States Consul Boyle, at Liverpool, has communicated to the State De partmeut some very interesting in formation respecting the great change that has taken place in England in the matter of street railways. He says that from be ing one of the backward iu the mat er of providing such accom modations the cities of Great Britain are now moving on an enormous scale towards their con struction. He describes this move ment as oue feature of the remark able “Municipal socialism,” which is taking possession of British cit ies, verifying the comment of Lord Rosebury that the London Com mon Council was conducting the greatest experiment in practical socialism the world had ever seen. Not eouteut with municipal owner ship ot street railroads, electric aud gas lighting plants, water supply and telephones, in several cities the municipal corporations build dwellings for workingmen, run ho tels and erect and operate magnifi cent baths. Iu Liverpool the coun cil has gone so far as to charge part uf what should be the rent fromjmunicipal houses occupied by workingmeu as homes against the taxes of the community. Recuring to the subject of elec street railways. Mr. Boyle says that the first line was started in Liverpool a few davs ago and de scribes the equipment. For the benefit of American manufactur ers of electric plants and rails, the consul sets forth the best means for these to put themselves in po sition to secure valuable contracts, though he points out a strong pre judice on the part of the large class of people in the cities against the award of contracts to foreign ers. The Liverpool line is an over head trolly, a committee of experts claiming to have discovered that the underground conduit system, installed in New York, Washington and Baltimore, is a failure. Ho speaks of several other systems of ehctric car propulsion which have been brought forward in England as novelties, but which are well known here, such as the surface contract system. A scheme under way, he says, is to connect Liver pool with all the manufacturing towne within a radius of seventeen miles by light suburban electrict street railroads, which will carry passengers in the day time aud freight at night. Gems From Tom Watson. The only way to regulate a nat ural monopoly is for the people to own it. It is poetical to talk of the land of the free, but like a good deal of poetry, it is not true. Gold has less actual utility than almost any other metal. Yet goldbugs talk forever about the intrinsic value of gold, The man who has nothing to hope for has nothing to try for, therefore he becomes shiftless, lazy and worthless. Some men have more faith in the corrupt politicians in their party than they have iu the great body of the people. If the people could vote on each law seperately, they would g6tover swallowing platforms in a lump. The man who will not change his opinions for fear people will laugh at him is liable to be laughed at for his stubbornness. Those who are hunting for a “standard of value are having as hopeless a search as those who sought the fountain of youth. The transportation companies are making a big thing out of the war but they are not willing to pay the one cent stamp on their bills of lading. Money is only the representa tive of property. Will any oue tell us why the representative of a thing should havi greater rights than the thing itself. Railroads which cannot afford devices to protect the lives of their employes can always afford a lob by to protect the pockets of their stockholders, nKuAA CUBAN RELIEF cares fr , |/|||?£r 5 Colic, Neuralgia and Toothache ■ BBBW>B v in five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price, 25 Cent*. G. W. Delaperiere, Winder, Ga. NO 1.