well said, "Mr. Spalding's predictions were based wholly upon 

 scientific calculations. They were entirely devoid of any 'sec- 

 ond sight' features or the popular 'inspiration' methods." 



To understand Mr. Spalding's theory, which to many has 

 ceased to be a theory and has become a demonstrated fact, this 

 paper of 1892 should be read in its entirety, but some of its 

 salient points may elucidate his ideas : 



"If the equinox of our planet is powerful enough to give 

 us periods of violent storms, it must make its effects felt pro- 

 portionately to the earth's mass upon the sun." 



"The equinox of Jupiter should be felt not only upon the 

 sun, but in a reactionary way throughout the whole planetary 

 system proportionately to the mass of Jupiter. ... If the 

 equinoxes of these two planets give direct evidence of their 

 impress upon our great sea of force, why should not the equin- 

 oxes of the other planets have similar effects each in proportion 

 to its mass?" 



■ ""And when two or three of these happen along with their 

 equinoxes, is it not reasonable to infer that the disturbance 

 would represent their joint energy?" 



"As the periods of atmospheric disturbance are dependent 

 upon the perturbing effects of the planets and as the movements 

 of the planets and other oerturbations are calculated by astron- 

 omy thousands of years in the future, so it will be possible to 

 calculate tererstrial disturbance." 



"We may even put orr finger upon i date, a year, or ten 

 years, or a hundred years, or a thousand years in the future, and 

 sav with reasonable certairty. that that year will be one of hur- 

 ricanes, and tornadoes and floods and violent cold and earth- 

 quakes. And why shouldn't we? Astronomy is able to tell us 

 what the position of a ulanet, millions of miles distant from o'"r 

 sphere, will be a thousand years hence." 



In connection with the foregoing statements Mr. Spalding 

 presented a chart showing that for the time from 1906 to 1909 

 the equinoxes of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Earth, Venus and 

 Mercury would occur in conjunction, thereby cumulating their 

 electro-magnetic influences during that period, and he closed his 

 remarks with these words, viz. : 



"When tliis earth reaches the year of grace ipo6, it z^'ill need 

 to gird \ip its loins and prepare for a sez'ere visitation. Here 

 you see tJic caninox of Saturn is not merged gradually into that 

 of Jupiter as before, but is almost exactly superimposed upon that 

 of Jupiter, and the other planets drop into line, indicating that 

 their disturbing influences will be united at, or near their mav- 

 imum and the electric tension of our planetary system unll be 

 raised proportionately. Tlien. if there is anything in this sys- 

 tem, look out for something to pop." 



We who lived in California in 1906 know how bitterly that 

 prediction was fulfilled. 



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