The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress

Olmstead’s Testimony Professor

Professor Olmstead, of Yale College, Mass., who has been called “America’s greatest meteorologist,” said of the falling stars of Nov. 13, 1833:— GSAM 96.3

“The extent of the shower of 1833 was such as to cover no inconsiderable part of the earth’s surface, from the middle of the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific on the west; and from the northern coast of South America to undefined regions among the British possessions on the north. The exhibition of shooting stars was not only visible, but everywhere presented the same appearance.” GSAM 96.4

Of this display, which began about 11 P.M., Nov. 12, and continued until about 4 A.M. of the 13th, the professor says:— GSAM 96.5

“Those who were so fortunate as to witness the exhibition of shooting stars on the morning of Nov. 13, 1833, probably saw the greatest display of celestial fire-works that has ever been seen since the creation of the world, or at least within the annals covered by the pages of history.” GSAM 96.6