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The Saviour adds: “Now learn a parable of the

fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and

putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is

nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all

these things, know that it is near, even at the

doors.” Matthew 24:32, 33.

Christ has given signs of His coming. He says

that we may know when He is near, even at

the doors. When the trees put forth their

leaves in the spring, we know that summer is

near. Just so surely, when the signs appear in

the sun and the moon and the stars, we are to

know that Christ's coming is near.

These signs have appeared. On May 19, 1780,

the sun was darkened. That day is known in

history as “the dark day.” In the eastern part

of North America, so great was the darkness

that in many places the people had to light

candles at noonday. And until after midnight

the moon, though at its full, gave no light.

Many believed that the day of judgment had