r HREE VVORLDS,

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THE JI.A.RV:EST OF TRIS WORLD.

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CONTENTS.

Thrco W11rlll•, . . •
Comiug Jo'orl) Y1·111,; o f Tr1111hlc. Ill
t:c\'Cll l I c·ntl.i 111 I !111111:. •
)l111111<·r 111 1h1• C:1i1111n~ 11f ('hrbt, :r:
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Tu£ K1:-wo11l! oir t:uo-\\'ill it he: :-C•'" hy )l urcal,'
The !\:11111al :11111 tlu· :5pirirnal 1
S1ipl1 i>-1r1'. • • .;:,
1'11111 cJf ltctl•·111p1i1111,
• • . • • • • . .w
.) um•m·:ST, '1'1ut\I., P1wH.\TlnK-'\'ill 11111 R11i11ts Ito llrn11i;l1l It> Trial ~ Ii'!
DilJlu Vhru 1111h>,~.'" Iii
1111· t :c11tilcs,
'l'i11tc.i of • • . • • • •
Tim 'l' wt1 (.!ov 1·:N.\1S 'l':i, or, .fcndsh 1111d Gus pc:I 1Ji, 1·~·111<11tions,
The Juhilt·c, • • • • • • . .
Th e lluly Ph1<'!!,
The H1~~1tl'l\0 1·lit.111, • • .
£1ijnh, thu l' r.>phcl, . . . •
Tiii! ll.\m·i::.,, ·; Its flcgi 1111i11~ and ils Eud, l:.!4
The F i,·c h:ingdo rn ~. 1111!1 their Loculity, 1:11
A11:icl11 j,l, •
The !:>1·•·1·11 T n1111rwt;o1,
Th e Sc•c11 :-;1·al:<,
The Sc•·cn La.,l Pl:igu~s. •
The Church :11111 1hc \\'urhl,
A. P11ralilc, • . . _ • .
The Two Thou:;and Three H1111dr!!ll D11y.; 1 •

The Eastern Q11cs lio11, • • • •

n11by lo11 i~ 1"111 11:11, • 111~1
Th o! Ki11i;1lo111 of Ootl, llili
Tile 'l'wo· h'l rnc!I Bc11~l, l li\I
P arnhlc: o f the T c:n Virgins, ,_
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Th e Sc\·c11 Uhurc hcs or Asi:1 , I Iii
S11m11111ry, • _ IS:?
Note' on Chr1,nolo;,y, IU2
 THE THREE WORLDS

and plan of reclcmptio11,

A folll'th world, or n fourth heaven, is nowhere nnmcd in the
Ilililc or nssocintcd with the past, pre1>011t., orfnt11r<.', of 111n11;l,11t.
three heavens and th.1·ee c:wths, nre clistinct.ly 111entio11cu. J\nrl
in order to understand the fa11gnnl?'c of Scriptnre, these tlire<.'
worlcls must be recog11ized.-N ot tlie hl'n vcn, enrth, nm.I hell, of
t.hc catechism; bnt the "·orld that wns before the flood; "this
present evil world;" nnd "the world to come." Apd nil thnt
God hns revealed of mau or his destiny, is associated wit.h 011e
or moro of these worlds. Aud they follow each other; that is,
no two exist at oue nud the same time; hence the Bible is n pro-
gressive science.
1£ the above is trne, the whole of Hevcbtion, when properly
ha11dled, will armngo itself into one grand system. And the do-
t.ails, instead of being n confused mass of facts, uomm:mclmcnts,
and promises, will prove snsccptiblc of perfect organization, ev-
ery part taking its true place. '
Ii one wonl<l but admit ihc truth of the above, :md it is sns--
tnined from Genesis to Hevelation, much of the obscurity con-
nected with tho pl au of sa h'nt.ion would vnuish; and lurnnony
exist among t.he mnny apparently contlictin~ texts of Scripture.
Ench of t11ese three worlds is spoken of rn 2 l'cLcr 3r<1, :i~ n
distinct" heavens a.nd eai·t/1:" "The be:wens were of ola, :111il
1l1c earth, stnncling out of tho water, nncl in the wntcr; whcl'cl•y
the world that thcu was hein.t? ovcrllowccl with wn.lc1'1 jl('l'is/i,·d;
hut the henYCnR rrnd ca r~h which arc ncno [clcnl'ly 1>pnkt•11 of 111<
dis1.i11ct from the Connel'] hy tho same won1, :ire kept. in i;tol'<.' lttt ·
In lire . ... Ncverth<.'lt•ss, we, ncconling- t..o l1is p1•omi~c, lo11k f.1r
n ncu; l1cal'c11 :111<.l !l 11c10 earth wherein 1lwcllcth 1·igl1 tMH~ll""'' ··
{,-,,m<. 5-1:~) . Notwi1rhi;t,m1t1:ng thc11c \'nrio1111 worl(l"li nrl' 1<:1i•1 1..
 J'IJE 1'HREE lVOlllJJ.S.
"pcl'ish," 0 1' "Jt:lSSnwny," this pla11ct is the uasis of :tll thn•c;
passin(J away mca11ing 1wLhi11g more th:in :l chn11gc of clispcrn;a-
tion; l'l!I is provc11, not. c111ly by the facts conncctccl with the flood,
but :1lso by posit,i,·c Scriptnre testimony. At the fl ood the wa·
tcrs rose until the hills were covered, :incl then the mo1111t:1i11s;
nnd when the w:1Lcrs subsided, the I.ops oC the mountains and the
hills nppcarcd :lgaiu. ~\ncl even the trees were 11ot 11prootc'1, for
if tl1ey ll:tll been tloaling 011 the water the dove could h:1.1·e fo1111d
rest fo r the i;olc of her feet. Ancl when sent out thcscm•11cl ti11rn
i;he rclul'llccl liraring an oli rn lraf, plw:!.:cd o,ff, 0 so Noah knew
t.l1at the waters were 11bnted from ofI the enrth.'' 1f ~he olinl
t.n'c lt:i1l been Hunting, the pl11cked-0IT lc!\f would h:we hoen un
sign of the w11lers haviug nbatetl. 'l'hus it nppenn; th1·rc 11•ns
little or 110 chnuge of tl1e earth 1 or hcnvens, but sim('I)' a ~rent
dcstr11clio11 of lifr.. 1\ 11<1 yet the Jn11g11:ige1 tnken lit~·• ally, would
imply a tot:il n1111ihilatin11 of uolh hc:\\'cns :\lld 1:arth j and t ltl•
one "th:it now is," is mentioned :is 011otl1r1· hc:wcns a111l e:irlh,
which, iu turn, is l.O "p:1ss away," not. with a great flood, but with
'' n gre:1.t. noise." _i'rnc,l yet the genernl tcacliing of Scripture is
that the "pnssing :1.wny" of tu is pl'csent. ltctl\'l'ns :wd earth, j.,
only :i ch:u1gc of dispcnsnlion, nttc11tlc<l with grcnt 1wtivnul clc -
struct.io11. "Thou, Lortl, in the bcgi1111i11g h nst. lai1l tltc f onntla-
tiou of the cnrth, nncl the heavens arc the works of tlty lta11cl ~.
They shnll perish, but tbo11 rcrnuincst; they :ill sh:ill wa~ old :ui
cloth n garment, aud ns a vesture s halt thou fold them 1111, :\lltl
they shall be clta11gcd; but thou art the s:llnc, nn1l tliy rears shall
not fnil" ( llcb. J: Ill). ·
This is in hnrmony wiLlt Ps. 03: I, "The \\'Orltl is established
that it r.n1111ot be movC'd." "\VJ1ilc t ltc c:irtl1 n•mainet!t, scctl-
timc and hnr\'cst, col<l :rnd heat, summer nn<l winlcr, l\nd dar :rntl
n!ght shall not ccnse ;" aud "the earth nhicklh .forei:t:'I'." ·And
"tho rirrht.eous sh nil iuh_cri t the land, and <l well th rrci n fore\' Cr."
The former <lispcns:iL10n w:is called "the old worl1i" (2 Peter
2: 5). J\nd this, tc the world that now is;" and that ll'ltich ii; lo
fol low, "the neto hc:i v~us :incl new ~arth ;" or " worl!l to come."
TJJc order o f s11cccss1on may be 1ll11strntcd to tha eye, thus;

There :ire :ilso thr<'e snbtli visions of Lho wo1ld Lh:n now is, viz.
 J.'JIE 1'1IREE lVORLDS.
the Patriarchal n.ge, ren.chi11g from the Hood t.o tho dc:nh of h -
cob; the J ewish a~c, renclti11g to the death of Christ; nnrl the
Oospel nge, rcachmg to the finit rcsurrnction, ancl end of this
world. Tlicn follows "ag<!I! to come" {Ephc. 2: 7)); the firnt of
which is the millc11ni:il age; or rnther the ngc o f conqttest, fol' in
it Christ is to "reign until he h:ts snbducd nil enemies; and death
is the Inst enemy that shall be conquered'' (J Cor. 15: 20).
Li tlic world th nt wns before the Hood, m:m was without law
or nationn.l go,·cr11mcnt; nnd the result was utter r.orruption. Jn
the world tha t now i~ a system of gradunl development h a..~ ob-
tained. Under the patriarchal age a i•cople were called out; af-
ter which," the ln.w_was a schoolmaster 1,0 bring ns to Christ."
'l'hen the gospel wna given that t.lw" 1;cet1," witf1 the G reat Cap-
taiu of om salrntiou, "miglit be mn1lc perfect t hro11gl1 Sllffering."
The "Seed," means one complete Uhrist; in other words, the
hencl and b ody; " Ile saith not, and Lo Sl'L•(lii, as of many; but
os of one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ" (<.fol. 3: 1G). "And
if y.c be Christ's then are ye J\ bralin111 's i;cccl [uot see:c1s], and
heirs according to the promise" (,·er. 20) . Thus the obje~t nud
'''ork of the gospel is to perfect this "seed," those who are to
take the name of Christ, nnd bl'conic one with him. Aud this
ngrces with Acts 15: 14; " Simeon hntl1 ueclared how God nt tho
first did visit the Gcntilc!i, to take out of them n peoplefor Ms
name." 1\.ud this is the sole object o f the gospel to t11e Gen-
iilcs; 11ot to convert the world, that work belongs to the millen-
nial ago, but to perfect the second .Adnm nnd the second Eve,
Cltrist and his wife. Arn) tho millennial nge is introduced by
the marriage of the J.,nm b; "J..1et us be g lad and rejoice, and give
honor to him; for the rnnrringe of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready" (Hev . 19; '7).
This 'vorld ends with the second coming of Christ and the res-
urrection of this "seed;" just this 11nmber who makeup the body
of Christ, " Christ, the fi rst frni ts, afterwards they that nrc
Christ's, nt his cominl?." And t he n it is, the work of the sal va-
t.ion of t.he world b egrns.
.All that was lost in Adam, is to be restored in the second Ad-
am. Ancl this "restitution of nil things," begins only nt the sec·
ond ndvent: "RcpC'nt ye. th erefore, n.nd beco11vcrted, that your
sins mny be blotted 0111, when tho times of refre::;hing shall aome
from the prcsc11co of the Lor<l, n11d he s hall i;c11d .I csus Christ,
whicli befo1·e wns preached uuto yo u; whom t,hc he:wcn m 1111t re-
ceive witil the times of rci;tit11tio11 o f nll thing:;.; which God liaLh
spok en by the mouth of all his ·11oly p1•ophet~ since the worl<l l>c-
gan " (J\ct.s :I: 10- 21).
1\ l'C'~Li t11 ti o11 of itlT l11i11g1<, 111 11:<1 i11cl11d1: :~ rc~ l'ITl'l'lio11 of llt l:
6 'l'JI H 'l'HREE WURLTJR.
whol11 lill n 1:1 11t'n111i l y ;1~11<1 a:; tl!e rcs11rrectio11 ilocsuotcvmnw111•t>
1111til tltc end of Llii:; gospel age; and docs 11ot end mi iil "the
Lhousn11d years nn: li11ishcd ;" t he refore the restitnt,ion l>clongs,
uot 1.0 t.hc gospd, hut 1.o the millc1111ial nge, nnd world to come.
A1id it is there we get our rc•w:inl; "There is JIO man thiit hat,h
left h ouse, or pnrtn ts, fo r the kingdom o f Goel, who s hnll uot rn-
cci\'e mnny folil more in this t ime, null in the world to come, lifo
e1·C'rlasti11g" (Lnkr I S: 30) .
The ki11g\lo111 o f (.;od belongs to the wor11l to come, :111c1 is n
:;piritnal k i11gdn111; arHl 1.J1osc who i11!1erit it nrc to !Jespiritu:il bc-
i11g!O. t'lirist, it ~ ltl'!Hl, \\·:1s "p11t t o death in the fl esh, butq11i,:k-
e11rd hy the Spirit.." 1\ Jl(l the apostle nttirms, "Though we l1:1v t·
k111Hr11 ( 'l1ri:-t nltcr 1.J1e flesh, hcnccfortJ1 know we him 110111ore."
;\11d of t hu 1l~n<l in Cl1rist, it is ~;ni(l , tl11•y nrc "sow11 n n:1t-
11r:il [or n11i111nl] hocly; milled n spiritual uo<ly. There is 1111 :111-
i111nl liody, antl there ii: a spirit11nl J,01ly . .A11d so i ~ is w1iltc11,
the fir;;C 111:-in A1l:\m wn!' made a li,-ing animal; [iooul, in t.lii8 text.
mean~ J>Pr:;on j, 1.hc last Adam n quickening spirit. l low·beit tlwl.
wni; 110L first which is spiritnnl, bnt thM whic h is au im:il; allfl 11 f,
cenrnr<is th:11, whir.Ji is spiritnnl. 'l'he first man is of t he e arth
c:irUiy; t.hc second man, the Lord from bcnven . • .. No,1· this I
~'\y, l.iret.hrcJ1, 1.J1 :it tlcsh nn<l blood ca1111ot inheri t the k ingdom 0f
Goel" (1 Uor. 15: 44-50) . A spiritun.I body docs not meru.1a soul
without :i. ho<l y. I knee, in tl1c state of cl enth, man lws no body;
for it is ouly at the resu rrection we get a s pirit.uni body. Ancl
i11 l Oor. 15, Paul clai111s that if t.liern be 110 °n.!s111Tcctio11 "then
1hey which nrc fa llen asll•l'Jl in Christ :trc7>erislwcl.' 'Bntsomo
\\·ill say, llu w am rhc ile:i<l rnise1l 11p? :\Ila wi t.Ii what bodies clo
l hey come" •t Thc11 lie goes on to show th:i.t the cl c:~d in Christ.
arc r:1isc1l a spirit11ul body.
Altho11gh t he ki11g1lom o f G od is a spiritual kingdom, it is lo
lie i;ct. 11p on t his c:lrth; n11tl we are.t:~ught to pmy, "Thy ki11g-
d•>111 c<1mc.,, 111. the scc~mtl of Daniel, four great empires, Bab·
ylon, J\l c<l o-l~e rs1n , G rcc1a, a11d ltome, :ire bronuht to view· :rnd
the fourth was to be di 1•i(lcd i11 Lo teu p:u·ts, repf.escntetl l>y the
ten toes o f t.hc image. Tlicsc ten divisions of the ltoman em-
pire now exist :v; Frn11cc, <:: t'rmauy, Austria, Switzcrlanc1 Eng-
land, Spniu, l'ort.11g:d, Lomba rdy, Romn11~n, and Raveuna'. T lw
iaf:t three, being "1111· !lirl'e pluuke<l up" by the papacy. Aud
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Nhc11 " tltu 111 orw "1m1ii l'S the image, it iii on " the feet ai1d toes-''
Yiz. I.he divi:•iv11.~ of I h!' t•lll pirc. Aud the expl:rnntio11 g i vc11 \11
t.h:1t" Jn tl 11! days of t.ht•se Ltcn] ki11 gs slrnll the God of hcn1'.cn
SP~ up. a k i11w l o 111 ~li:11. >'hall 11e\·cr ~c <~cstroyc<1, nn1l it. f t.hut i~
t.l11s k111!-(d o111 o f ( "" l I -"ha II hrc:l k 111 p1C'l•es anrl 1;011 s 111n t' :1' 11hr~P
l:i11«il.i111~ '' '"'it <Ii· II,,.,. ,. , f,.,, r •·r 1' I 11:111. ~,: 11 ). ,\1111i 11 1: (•\ .
 TllR TJlRElt WORLDS. k
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11: 15, under the sonmlin~ of Llte scvcntl1 trnmpct, the ki11gcloms
of tl1is world become the kingdoms of onr J.,ortl. And in Dan .
7: 14, "One like the Son of mnn came in t.hc clouth of heaven,
and there was given him dominion, and glory, and n kingdom,
that all peQples, nations, :rn1l languages, shoul t1 Rcrvc him.''
Here u1 pc>sitiYe proof that this kingdom of God is not get np,
nor given to Chril!t1 until ihc cud of this world, whe11 He coni c~
in tho clond11 of heaven. And He himself sn.ys "My kingdom
is not of this world."
'l'he kingdom of God being a apidtnnl kingilom; nnd those who
nre to i11herit it Jmdng spiritnal bodies; wl1en set up, it will he
diiitinct and separnte from the king<lom11 of this world. Under
the seventh tnunpet, the kingdomli of this world ;ire not i;nicl to
become the kin[Jclom of our J.,or<l; but tho ki11,11dom.s, in the plu·
ml. "Flesh iincl blood c:rnnot inherit the ki ng:lo m of God; nei·
th er <1oetlt corruption inherit incorrnption." Jtis t.he kingdom of
God, set up "in the clays of these kings," which is to conquer nnd
bring the kingdoms of earth into subjection, nntil "all 1>cople111
nations, and langnnges, slrnll serve him," "nnd ltis will be cloue
on earth, ns it is in heaven," n11c1 not the gospel of the ki11g1lo111.
This subjugation of the 11ations i~ nlso nflinned in R cY. 17: 14;
"'l'hese [ten kings) shall mnke wa1·with the Lamb, nnd theJ.-:m1b
el.mil overcome them: for he i11 Lord of lords, nnd l{ing of kings:
nnd they thnt are with him arc called, ancl clloscn, and faithful."
And in Iiev. 19: 19, it r ends, "I snw the hen st, and the kings of
the earth and their armies, gathered togcthc1· to mnke ioar ngninst
him that sat upon the horse, nnd ngaiust his army,,, "1VhnteYer
the nature of this" wnr/' it is certninly opposition by the king~
of the earth towards Cl1rist and those who nre with him. And
in no way can such language be construed so 1\8 to menn gospel
conversion, unless being cnst "alive intio n lake of fire," means
conversion. It is only" the beast, and false prophet," howc\'el'1
who are cast into the J:i.ke of fire.
It will be remember1id th:i.t God hns promised the kingdoms
of this world to Christ;" Ask of l\Ic, nnd I shnll give thee the
heathen for thine inheritnuce, nnd the uttermost p:rrts of the
enrth for·thy possession; and thou shnn break tbem with n rod of
iJ·on; thou. shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel" (Ps.
2: 8). 'l'bis certainly docs not look like tl1c mi1'1 aw:i.y of tlie
gospel. And in Re\', 11: 15-18, we learn tllllt when the king·
doms of this world l>ecomc the kingclomii of our Lor<l, "Tho n:i·
tioos were an[J1·y, nncl thy 101·ath is come." Ancl in ch:iptcr 2:
20, 27, the same promise is matle by Uhrist, to hie people, to ho
fulfilled nt the end/" Ho thnt O\•rrc:omet.h , 1\11<1 kr~pct.h my wnrks
1111tn the encl, to him will I gi\'C j>owcr O\'Cr tl1r n :i tlo11s: n111l he
B 'j'JfR 1.'HRER won.TJ)l:!.
shall 1·nl1• thcm1 with n J·ocl of iron, :ind ns the vessel of :1 poL!cl'
i:h:dl Liter 1ic broken ~oshircni;cvcnn~Irc ccivcdofmyFath cr. "
T his i~ 110 1 f ospel c:onvcrsion, else lfo is simply promising hiii
hricle th:1t, i she is faithful to the cud, she shall be permitted to
rnlc 01·cr nnd <h;h herself in pieces. Nor is it the lmming of tl1c
wod<l, ns some suppoi;c ; for in that cnse they would not rula o var
1.licm at alt. In Luke 19: 11-27 1 Christ snpports the s:ime irl e n,
tl1nt the 7·e(qniu,q nnd the gospel are distinct; nnd thnttl1c :1bov c
"rnling with n rod of iron/' mcnns 7·eal i;ubjugntion. He g :we
1h c following;" B P.cause they t.ho11ght, heing 11car to.fernsnle111,
thnt tht1 kingclom of Goc1 should immediately appear; He said
th<>refore, A certnin nohlcman went into n far country iorcccil'c
for l1imRrl f n kingdom, nncl to return. And he called his ten scr-
v:rnti;, :ind dclirnred them ten po1111ds, :md snid unto them, Oc-
cupy till I come. [Herc is the work of tlle gos pel, "Occnpy till
I come]. And it cnmc to p:i:s;;, 1ohen ltc lw.d ?·ettwnecl, undng 1·c·
rei\-ed thr. king dom.'' he fir;;t reckone<1 with 11i.s se~·v:rnts, nnd nf-
tcrwn1•cls excrcisc<l l1is ~o\·cn..ign po\Ver over his enemies. "The
Lord nt thy righ t hn111l shall strike throngh kings, in t,hc clay of
Jiis wrnth; he i;hnll judge nmong thchenthcm, heahnll fill the pl:t-
c·r.s with tlcrid borlk•s, li e ~hnll wo1111d the ltcad.'> ovcrm:rnr conn·
1.ric1;" ( Ps. 110). Compnrc also Pr.aim 4G, nnrl 47; "l!or the
Lonl m ost high i!f terrible, lie is a gfoat king over 1111 the carthi
he i;hnll subdue the people under 111s, nn<l the 11ntions 1u1der 011r
feet. Goel reigneth over the hen then: God sitteLh on t ho throno
of his holiness. Come, lrnholil the wo r ks of I.he J,onl, ,vh:it d as-
olaticns he hnth mndc in Lhc cnrth; he mnketh wnrs to cease un·
to t he ends of the C!trt Ii. Be still, nn<l ·know Lhnt l nm God: l
will be exalted nmong the heatltcn/ l will be exalted in the em·th."
This work of 1mh<111i11g, nnd ruling tJie nations with :i. rod of
iro n, docs n<>t corumcncr., however, until t he sounding of the sev·
euLh t.rumpet nt. the en<l of the g ospel nge; for until th:i.t time
the kingtloms o f thii; world r emain in possession of "the prince
of t.hiii worlcl ;" "whent nn.d tn res g row together;" "evil men nncl
i>cclucers wnx worse n111l worse," "and they thnt will live Godly
i;ltnll s11iicr;" "for ncry son that he lovetli, he cbastenetb."
'l'hn.t Christ anrl J1is saint!l nre event1tally to reign 01~ tlie em·tll
is placc<l beyon<l nil clo uht l)y compn ring H.ev. 20: 4, and 5:
"Auel hnst mndc ns unto om· God kin gs and ])l·icsts: andwcslwlt
io:
rdgn on tlte em·tli.." .And this. reigni11g is positivelr. nnirmed to
Le a.f?.cr th e resurrection ; nnd m Dan. 7: 1:-J, 14 , ns 1£ to rn:-ikc it
dn11bly fllll'C, i ~ is ~liow11 thnt the rlomini<Jn over the nntious is
11nt giYcn t.o Ohri>;t H11til he com<:s in t/ie c!o1eds of lieavm, whi1·h
we k11 0 10 iii :it. hi .~ f'l•cn11t1 ~11h· r nt. .Aml nnclcr the SC Yen th tnirn·
prt, wlwn the i:nlnti; nn· r(' w:irdrrl, the l~ingdomR of thiR wnrlrl
 J'JflJ,' 1'1IREE WORLnE. 9
uccomc the kiug<loms of ou1· J,ord nud of his Chris t. H ence w i-
til that time, they 1·cm ai n i11 possession of those who :ire opposed
to Chris L. And J esus n oL only acknowledged the <le,·jl to be the
prince of this wol'lcl, b ut positirnly nfiinus, "l\ly kin~<lom i3 not
of this world" (John l 8 : 30). But the p eriod of l1me during
which the seventh trnrnpet is sounding, a period to continue yet
nearly fm·ty y ears, is a pi,·otnl poiut, 80 t o spank, uet"·een " thi11
present evil world," nnt1 "the world to come." A11cl during this
transition period, t he kingdoms of this worlcl are to pnss iuto the
J1ands of om· Lord, but i11 the midst of such a "time of trouble, "
nnd "angry nations," as this world !ins 11eve1· " rituessed; when
these kingdoms will h e "dashed to pieces, like a potter's Ycsscl ;"
and t.be above Scripture realized, "God reigucth O\'er the heath·
e11 (not over tbc immortalized bride of Chris t J, Come, Debold tho
works of the Lord, what rlesob t ions he ]1ath mncle ju t,hc earth;
he m:ikc Lli wnrs to ccnse unto the cuds of the c:1rt.h." Aud 1Qft.en
this sLnte of things ob tains; to/ten " the kingdom ii; the Lord's
nn tl he is the Governcr among the nations," David says, " .All
the ends of the enrth. shall remcmbc1· :rncl tunt to the L ord; and
nil the kindreds of the uatious shall come nnd worship before
thee" (Pa. 22: 27). And there, in the millcnninl nge, "Christ
rand his iiumort:i.l bride] shall reign until nil enemies nre sub·
ilucd; and death [whicl11s not conquered until the thousand yenrs
nrc ended] is the last enemy." And the corwersion of the wol'ld,
clearly promised, will then be consummnt.ed.
The christian clrntch have been right in hclicving in the even-
tual conversion of the worlcl, no doctrine of the Uible is so clear
a.ud unmistakable; but they have failed to distinguish between
the work of the gospel of the kingdom, and the kingdoJU itscU;
the one b eing n preparatory step to the other.
Ii the reader will but cnter~1iin tho natural and Bible outcome
of this progressive plan; that" tlie world to uorue/' belongs af-
ter the " world tJ1at now i s ;" th:tt the passage from t.hc one lo
the olhcr, is but a change of clis pcnsnt1011, g1'eatcr t.han occurred
nL the first ndvcnt between the lmo and the gospel, but. still only
i l ch:111gc of clispensntiori from Lhc gospel of the kingdom to tho
kiug dom; n cha11gc invoh·ing n rcs11rrcctio11; for, "n~ in Atl:nn
all tl ic, so in Christ, sh nil nil lie mn<lo ali vc, but every m an iu
his own orclor;" he will sec t haL ":i. res ti tu ti on of nil thin(!a,
which n od hns s poken l1y t he 11\0 ll l.h of nil th ~ h oly prop h~ts
i;i11ce tl1c worlll bcg:111 ,, (Ac ts :i : 21), ill t\V L :i fo1·0cd clocLrinc1
hn t a 71 C!('t•.~s if.y. J le will nlso RN• thnt. :;s yd, 110 one h :\ ~ r11 t1• n •1l
tltc "wo l'ld l<£io11 1 o r :i g~] Lo c:om1:," 11 0 1' cnn 11 11 t.il t/d,~ <111e crnl i;.
,\ ud t hat tltc•rd<tr<', :hv Atl:1111i\' 11~, a t lt is 1:11 1 •1 .•lt:<'/>: •11111 111•!1·
JO 7'II.l!..' 1'11R.EI!.' lVO R.l.lJ.S.
when " l hl'}' that i;Jecp in the <lust of Lite earth, shall awake, 11 do
they enter 11po11 :i. fntnre lifo.
l'rob:11.io11 to :i. restored 1111111:111 family in the mill cunial age, is
not. co11sii;r.c11t, it is trnc, with tlrn idea thnt tl1e hc:l thcn, nud ull
thcu11co111·crte<l go to a place of torment at death ; bntisconsis-
tent w i ~h the stnt.e111c11 t so universal i11 t he Bible., tliat they arc
not d..:.ucl, liut sleep. 'Jhc til most unanimous testimo ny of Scrip-
t ur<', whrn one was i..·itl to die, was, that "they slept with t heir
fathc.irs, nnd w(' re 1Hlried" &c.; "They that sleep m J esus, will
CJcytl bring with l1iru." And Christ said of more tha.n one who
w:1s buried, nr ready for burial, " Ile is not ac.:ad, lrnt slecpeth."
This is wh:it the Bilife terms "sleep," but the1·c is n death ; to
di1<li11guish it, it. is C;)IJcd the "seco1l(l death.'' J\ncl it is :i clear-
ly Scriptural position tltat no man can die the rnal dea th, with-
0111. committ.ing thnt one llin wliiuh is" 11111.o <lcn.t.h;" "There is
:t sin trnto lle:tth ; I do 11C1t say that y e shall iu:"ay for it" (l Jobn
5: l G); :t. si11 whid1 1':1111 l'laims that one must "taste the good
w u rcl of Gatl nnc1 the powers of the w orl d to come," and thns be
l>ro1ight "to the knowlec1ge of t he tnrth; if such sin wilfully,
there rcmai11eth no more sacrifice for sin, but a fourfol lookiug
fo1 o f fiery i11dig11ation" (compare H eb. G: 4--0 1 :mcl 10: 2G 2 7) .
A ~in J csus s:iys "C:tn be forgi,•en, neitlrnr in this world; neith-
er in the world to oornC'." But one must sin toiifttlly after havi ng
hcen brought Ly tl1c H oly S pirit, to the knowledge of the truth,
l>efore they can con1mit the sin" t hat is uuto d eath.'' .But God
has declared that "Ile ~cill liave ALL men come to the kno1ol-
e<lge of the trnth." Hc·fo.re the pl:tn of redemption is finished
this will Le nccomplh~hcd . Goll l1:is promiseu a re.sun·ection to
all; and a uni \'Crsal 1·esf.itutio1i; a11d tli:i.t ''All nations which thou
l1ast made, sliall co111e an cl w orship b efore thee." Even the Sod-
011 1i tes arc promised a restitution back to their "former estate"
(Ezek. 16: 51i).
There is 11111ch pMili\'e Scripture, to be adduced, to prove tllat
there i11 t,o be problltion in t.he millenninl 11gc, or world to como,
for nll wl10 h:wc not u cen brought t.o tile knowlc<lcre of the t1·uLh
i11 this ll'Vrld, nntl com 111ittct1 tho unpardonable sin~ ChrisL garc
hi111solf "11 r:iw;orn for all, to ho testified i1i due time" (1 Tim.
:t: ti). tJod " is tli" f'avionrof :111 men, spec:ially of those that.be·
lic1·c" (1 'l'i111. •J : 10). N1>t t,h:lL 110 s:wcs all men atemallt// Lnt
he will save nil ntl'11 frnm the l\llnmic fall. Every pori:.0;1 l!lust,
;111<1 will l ie s:\Vccl; that i ~, 001110 to the k11 011'lcdg1J of tl1c tn1Lli,
l11~1c nf 1l1c giwd 11·11r<l 11f God :111d power of the \l'Ol'ltl to co111c;
:n1<1 hn\'C (/tr' ir ,,in.~Jill'f/i1•r.m , ht•fore t.hcy t'ttn" foll :1way" i11lo
tlinl fr;1rl 11] \'1111oli1 jo11 for which "I h l'l't: l'l'lll:t.i11C't.l1 111> m ore sat·
 'J'JIE 1'1IRER WOR LIJS. 11
11
J'ifice. • "I hn,·cr;wo1·11 by myself, the w ord is goHe out of my
mouth 111 rigbteous11css, and shall not return, Th:i.L nnLo mo et·c1·y
knee shnH ho\\·, nn<l every tongue confess" (Isa. 45; 23}. Paul
iu reasoning" tlmt Christ lJOth died :\IJ<l rose, that he mi~ht we
Lord both of tho <lend nnd liviug, For it is written, J\s l live,
saith the Lord, evc:·y knee shnll bow to me, nucl every tougue
slinll con fess to God" (!tom. 14: 11), is J>l'O\'i11g n resurrect.ion;
nud that all, both deacl aud liviug, will, in the day of j111lg111e11t.,
or milleuninl age, be brought to this good coufessiou.
If j t be nsked, 'n1y <lid 11ot God bring these extinct Hnlions tu
the knowledge of t.hc t.rnth l>cforo they foll nslccp, if h o evc1: i11-
tenclecl to do so? I answer, Go<l. hn·v ing arrnngc~ t.lrnt t.hl.!ro was
to be a second Adam, nnd n second Eve, the" wife" of this sec·
ond Adnm (sec Rev. 19: 7); and that throngh this second Adnm
nll that wa.'l lost through the firl)t Adam shoul<l be restored;
has, thus fnr, been doing only a preparatory work. The ,lewi&h
na~ion supposed tho promise of God that "All the fnmille~
of tho on1·th should be blessed," t lu·o11gh the Seed of the womnn,
would be fulfilled uodcr tho la10; while the Christian oh11rch lrnve,
with ns little authority, clnimetl nll for the r;o.~pcl. If God h:ul
satisfied Lhe .T cwish nntion, much Seri pt.ure in rein I ion ~o Gc11tilQl'I
would have remained unful.fillcd. Ir God satisfies the 111?minal
Christian church, much prophecy irrecoucilnblc wit.It "the nar·
1·ow way," would reruai111111fnHillcd. But he has said t.li:it "He
will be for a stone of stumb!iJig to both the housci; o( Israel."
Tl.le snh•ation nnde.r the law, was for a clnss, and not for :ill
maukiud. The s:ilrntio11 111u1er the" gospel of the kingdom," il'I
for n clm;sl "the bride, the Lnm b's wife." Hence, the wny is 11ar·
1·ow, nncl.fcio tltere be iliatjindit. Ilcnce, "many arc en lied, n11d
few· are chosen." Hence, "No mun cometh unto me except the
F:ithcr draw him.'1 Rut in the kingdom, the waters of life will
lie hroa<l Rud deep; aml there, will the" Spil·it, nncl tho bride ~ay
(Jome, :mcl whosoever will, let him take of the wat~r of life freely .'1
.A!! the "marriage of the Lamb," and beginning of "Lhe res·
t,ituLion of nll things," follows the second advent; tlic salvation
oi' the wol"ld docs not commence 11ntil the n. lieuce, Christ snys,
"I pray not for tho world, but for them tbon hast givl'11 me"
(.I ohu 17: 9); am1 a1l<ls, (ver. 20), "Neitber pray I fo r th~o (t.hc
twckol :done, but fot them.. also which r;hnll believe on me
througli their worcl; thnt they all may be one, .. i11 us; tli:1t t.hc
wwlclm:1r belicYe Lhat. thou hn.st sent me." Notiec curcfnlly the
llll':tlling; flr pr:1yi:, iwt fur I.he world, hut for his own, hii; britlr,
rt// t.hnt will hclicn• through the wor<l o f the t.weh ·c, t.hnt tlrey
rt// 11rny lie 0 11 0 wi~l1 him; "they I wai11 bc(1omc 0 11e;" !lllcl I hr• m1 1·
C'i1111•11f thio; my-;tic:nl 111nrri:1g<', ii: 1' thnt the world 11mr l 1Pli1•1(.',
 TllE THREE TVORLIJ B.
.A111l, lo sliow ~1rnt this i.~ the trne 01·der, the mnniage i11 plnceil
nL ti10 t?llfl of the gospel dispcni;ntion.
1'hc positive proof th:i t there is a chnncc for tl10 t001"ld in the
millcnninl age, after this present •lispc11!mtio11 cnCls; after tho
sceoncJ 1\ll:im nncl his" wife" nrc joiucd togctlier, is gathered,
first, from tho order of progression given in I Cor. 15: 45-4 0.
The npostle, be it remembered, is speaking not of the indivicl11n I,
lt11t of the 7·ace of Adam: <t A11d i;o it is wTitten, The 1irst m:m
.\tlnrn was mn<lc n living i;onl [pc1·son] ; the l:ist A<lnrn n qnick·
(•11i11g i;pirit. Howbeit that wns 11ot fir~t which fa spirit11nl, but
I hat which i11 nnturnl [or nnirnnl]; nn<l nfterwnrds that whicl1 is
i:pirit11n1. The firi;t mnn is of the enrtli, enrthy; the second mnn
is the Lord from heaven. An<l ns we have borne Lhc image of
t.hc earthy, we shall also bear the imnge of the heavenly."
The npostles reasoning is, thnt the first stng\l of tliis progres-
l'i\'C development of the Jmm:in family, fo to 1'cnr the imnge of
tho first mnn, male n11<1 fcmnle, for" they wc1·e olle flesh;" nf-
t er "~hich, they nrc lo bear the imngc of the "seconrl mnn," who
n li:o h:111 n 11 wife " who hccomc.q one with ltim. J\ nd to suppQsc
the npostle is Rpcnking of only the u scconcl man'' nncl his to~fe,
simply the hride of Christ, is jnst ns absurd as to imppose when
i:penking of the" first Adnm," he meant only thcindiviclunl pair.
I le is showing tbnt the enrthy animal m:m, p1·ecede.~tho hcnvenly,
~pirit11al ma11, as God's trne order; and therefore, the work <.'f
the "first m:in," precedes t.hnt of the" seconcl mno. 11 And God
docs not perfect scpnrnte incliviclnnls, h11t workR liy di,'fpen.9atio11.~.
'While under the .T ewii;h <li11pcnE<ntion, not n Gent.ilo could be
siwed; :mu even the .T cw "could not. be mnde perfect, with on t
111;." H ence, "JJavfrl hath not Mcentled into the he:ivcms" (Acts
2: :14;) nor hns any mn11, "No man hnlh nsce11<.lcd up to hc:wcn,
lrnt ho thnt cnme down from heaven, even the Aon of man which
is in hc:n·en" (.Toliu :l: 13). J\11cl the Rcoo1Hl .<\dnm docs not b11-
r1i1~ the t"c-generaLion of the" ch ildren of the kingtlom/' until t,he
"maninge of th"e Lnm b, when h is wffe hath made herself ready."
r
J\s the 11at.11rnl ()l" nni111:1ll mn111rns mnlt.iplicd nntl replenish-
ed the cnrth i so nll5o, 11 l n tl1c r e-generation, when the Son of
11i:\n 111.inll sit on t,he t~11·one o~ l~is glory,~' will He multiply noel
r"Jllc111sh the earth with :i spiritttal fanuly; u ancl n n:itiou shnll
be born in n dny.' 1 Ancl.thc evidence is conclusive, thnt wl1en
he i;i ls on the throne of Ins glory; when "t.hc ki11g1lom is the
Lord's, n111l he is the goYernor n111011g the m1 t,ion~,' 'J\ II the emlll
of the cnrth i;h:11l rc1J11cmhnr flllcl turn to the J,or<l; nncl nil kind-
n•,ls o f thr nnLion1; sl1:dl come nn1l wor~hip, he fore th1•e." Hn ~
it i!'! 111ily whPtt hu r11111c~ in Ii iii glory, nnd 1l11ri11g lht· i:c111 111ling
l•f t.lw '"'Hll th trn111p 1 tli:il "the ki11g1lo111i; of 1his Wlil'ltl ha1•0111.e
 7'11E 'l'JlRJr:Jt' ll'ORLDo.
1l1c kingdoms of onr 1..onl (Hcv. J l: 15), :md he thus IJcco1ncA
' the go\·e1·11or alll O ll~ lhe> !l:l.tions. Jf~ 11 ce, it is :tfter the mar·
1 11

ri:ige oft he Lnmb; n ftcl" t Iii$ present dispensation is cnide<l: nnd

i11 the millc1111i:d age [1w "worltl to come"], th:tt Lho COJl\·ersi cm
(,f t.he ioorld, is <luc.
1f Go1l li:1s been t.ry1:ng to s:wc the world before the "~econ<1
111an" and 11is wife were perfectc<1 [in oppo~i ti o n to his own prc-
:u·r:inged plan], he hns tnken n.str:tngc \\':\)"to do it. ·why, for
1111we than two tho11s:rna ye:ns, rlid he let the lrnm:i.n family f!."
tl QWn in death [fo1~" denth reignc(lfrom Arlam to Mose.~"], wit.Ji
110 effort to l1ri11g them to the knowlctlgc of t.l1e t.rnth? \Thy,
if he wM trying to ~::i 1·c t.hc 10orl<l 11ndcr t.he Je1ofaA dispcns:itiQn,
cl id lie make it "1111ln wfu 1 to g .i ve the chi ltlrcn 1s me:t ~to dogs"?
\ Vhy sl1on1<1 Christ commancl his rlisciplca, "Go not in the wny
•)f the Gen tiles; !\lid into noy city of t.he S:imnrit:us~, ClltQ r ye not.''
They ·were a yi11g day l)f <.h y, nn<i if mocforn iclens UC (Yllf!, were
gQing t o hell, to etcl'llnl torment.; nn<l Christ, who WM about. tll
ghe his lifo fo r tlie world, would uot <1llo10 the" breacl of life"
to be giYen t.hem; nnd excused himself by Raying, "Ji'or I nm
sc.nt but to the Jost sheep of tho l1 ouso of Jsrnel."
If there wns to be no "restitution;" nnd thi!l life was indeed
the end of nil hope to the sinner, 1rnch :tpp:lrent i,11di1Ierellc<! to
m:111's cternnl interest.s, conlrl i 10L he reconciled witli God's pro-
fci;sions of love to the w01·ld;" :tll men,"" eve1·y man thnt cometh
• into t.he world," &c. Not n Gent.ile Ravc<l, or e,·c11 nn effort in
t h nt. dirnctio11, un til n pre:trrnngccl and definite point of ti me had
nnived; and yet God 1·10 respecter of persons: "Ancl when the
fnlneiis of time had come, God sent forth his Son, mnde of n W O·
m:rn, roa<le under the l:iw, to redeem them thnt were under the
{a1oi" n11rl nntil the dny of P en tecost, h e mncle no prori!;ion for
any other class. Ile did not come, nt his first a4lvcnt, to llnve
the world; for he wns sont only to tl1osf! under tho l:iw. H e dill
11ot even 7Jray for tho world, "I pr:i.y 11ot for the worlcl ' 1 (.J 0 1111
17 !l). He took 11pon l1im ou r 111~ture, "thnthcmighttnstedenth
for cverr mnn; nnd "gnve himself n. rn.nsom for all; to ho testi -
fied iii due time" (1 Ti m. 2: 6). Ancl this " dne time," is nftcr
his Reeotld n.chent, an<l <luring the mcllenni!\l age.
The gospel is desiffne<l to reach only a class, "a 1·oynl pricst-
hoocl, n holy nation;' t.o become one with Christ; l;rnJy n won-
tlerfnl exaltation, to become part of tbe Gorlhencl; cxnllccl n.bo,·c
nngels, princip:i.litics, powers; "knowyenotthntyeshnll jutlge
angels"? But the gnspel dis pemia tiou m11::; t encl , n.n<l n. nc10 or·
1lcr of things comrncuce, hcforc the 11>orl<l cnn be rC'nchecl. ] Trre,
wr arc t.o i,,," pilgri111~ a1Hl 11tr:rngcr1;,'' scpnrntr from t.Jse worl11.
l l <• r;~. we :ire to 1111ffi•r, :111J olwy t.he pow1ff~ tl111t 111., Tl1·rr-. 1.lic
 14 'l.'llE 'l'JIREE H'ORLIJS.
wny is narrow, "strnit is Lhe gate, nnd nnrrow is the wny, ancl
few them lie that fincl it.." Herc," many are called, 11.ncl few:ire
chosen;" wlte:it :ind t:trcs grow togetbe1·; evil men and seducers
wnx wor~e nn<l worse; cn:•n :is it wns in the days of Noah. II ow
tlwn c:111 "all lrno11- Lhc l... or<l, from tho lenst to the greatest,"
:wd t.he knowledge o( thr Lord 001·er the earth, as tho waters <lo
Ll1e sen," in tlti"s di1qw11salio11?
\\' hen tlic "seooncl mnn," Chrjst :mcl his boc1y, are com plete;
tl1tm. begins lhc proces::i of re-genernt.ion, n11d " the restitution
of nil things." " .An<l thou, 0 tower of the flock, the r:;trong
hold of t,he d:i.11gl1tcr of Zion, 11nto thee sltnll it come, even t.he
r
first dominion thllt. lost by t.he Jirst .A<lnrn1, nn<l the kingdom
shnll r.o mc to the rl n11g htcri; of Jerusalem (Micah 4: 8); the bri<le,
"the .Ternsalc111 th:it i;i nbo1·c; the mother [in prollpentJ of us nil.''
J<>c wns a p:irt of the l111111:in fnmily; :ind w:is" the mo.thar of
:ill living" [ e:t:(!l']lli•11f7 hc:rst•lfj.
Then. ind eed, whC'n Chris~ "takes to himself liis g reat po,rer
n11il 1'f'igni;," the 11ntions 1dll ho subduacl unde r him. Anil lle
will l'lllc tl1em with :i rod of iron;" nncl when thyjnclgntents are
ahrn:ld in the cnrth, tho i11l1nbita11ts of the ?co-rld will learn righ·
t cousJ1c$s (lsn. 20: O}. And th is is the !long to be sung by the im-
111ort:1 lizc<l IJl'ido on the•• sl.!:i. of glass;"" All nations shnll come
ancl woi-ship before thee, for thy judgmcnti; :ire m:i.de manifest"
(H('''· 15 : 4.). *
"Come and let ns rcnson together, s:iith the Lord." If God
has Leen trying to serve tl~e 1l'o,.ld d11ri..11g the gospel dispeus:ition,
l fo has made nsgrcnt n failure M tl11 ri11g the Jewish age. And
if he was 11at trying to srwc the worlcl during thcJewishnge, nor
for tlw thousnncls of years prior t.o thnt, if he did not then care
how m:u1y Jnunan bci11gs went to hell, whnt put the hap py idea
in to his hcnrt, e1·en nt this Int.a day, to send JcsttS to suffer a.nd
try to ,• rwe a .fe1oi for unclcr 1hc gospel, he claims bttt few," n:ir·
ro11- is 1he wny, nnd few thc1·c be th:tt find it"? If it be claimed
t l1nt. pcrhnps there wns some way, before the first nclvcnt, for the
myriolds who nevc.r hcnr<l nf ::i Snviour, to ho s:ived · then_it wns
a (: ntc.:1 riling to send. Christ; for no10 tllere is 11 0 otl~cr w:iy, "01·
11n111r gi vc11 nmong meu, whereby wo CCtn be saved." .And -with
~ N?Lc. 'l'hc word •· ju_dgmen ts," in Itev. lG : 4, in the Greek, is
((l1ka.iom1t), nn<l means nuhtem~.~1u.ws; ~rHl is so reudercd in most
cuses iu tlrn New 'l'csl1\111l'l1t.. /ln<l the Hebrew·word occ:trrin"' in
h:J.. 21i: 0, (mis11·11ahf.) hus prccisrly the !mrne menning. '!'he s7une
word ~CCl!l'S in l's. 112: 1i ·'1!1! wi ll guide his 1tlfo.irs wi!.h 1H11cretio11,"
(111o.rg111, )11r~1<11~e11t.J., fl1•nr.i:, t11~ 11.llove t.<?.xt.-; Me cq11h·11.ll)nt to fln.y-
mg, \V"hcn Clmst i;n!tl('s tl11 1 nl~n1rs o_f t.he eo.rth: when he is t.11e gov-
1•:11o r 1u1101115 t.hc nntious, the rnhu.l.ntnnts of !.he world will lcui·n
n ~ht oo11 ~ 11i-ss.
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nil the dark ages unclcr the papacy, the re has uot been ouc rnilliou
in n lrnndrcd millions, since the gospel began, who hnve 1rnd any
knowledge of Christ, or the wa.y of salv:ition. lf nny ma n of
ordinary nbility could ham bceu in possession, for these eighteen
hundred years, of one bi.If· the m enus of llim, whose ' 1 a rc th e
cattle upon n thousand hil ls, " he could have pbccd t he simple
story of the gospel b efore every human being on t.his eart.b.
ls God's nrm shortened that it cannot. save? Docs lie not care
for perishing men? O r peradvent.ure he sleepeth, nod must uc
nwa kc<l; o r on a jonrncy, and left the ctcrna.\ w·el fa.re of his c1liil-
dre n to a fc"· church societies, l.rnstingtlJat tlLay will successfu l-
ly carry out the great pla n of the redempt.ion of a lost world.
A11e Gocl's wnys ltncqunl; or is it our theology w hich is une-
qual? It is true Cl1rist sent. his disriples with a world wide com-
mission, to gather out from nlJ nations a chosen people; but it is
not true that be commissioned us to send all others to hell. "He
that licJic,·eth and is b:i ptizad shall b e saved, nncl h e t.hat beli(!v-
eth not., shall be d::unncd" (Mark lG: 16). Tho Gree k [katnkri·
J
?10 "damned," occurs eighteen times, in sixteen of which it is ren-
dered condemned. "Thcnnen of Nineveh shall rise in judgment
with this generation and shall [katakrino] condemn i ti because
they r e pe nted at the preach ing of J onas; and, b ehold, a greater
thau J onas is h ere 11 (l\Iatt: 12: 41). This lrnsno connection with
eternal torment, but menns that the repentance of the Niue,·i tes
is n precedent which will condemn, or put to shame the noore·
pentence of the Jews .. In the next verse, the queen of the south
JS to condemn that generation. TheJ ews condemned Obrist by
rej ecti ng hi m nod choosiug Barabbas. Many thousand men nnd
11orses, were seut to the frou~ · nnd condemned, in our late war,
b eing uufit for the service. And the great mass of mankind
will he condemned as unfi t for tho service of tile M aste r, in this
"11igh calling.'' " Many are called, fe\v a.re chosen." lie thnt
believeth shall be chosen, he tbat believeth not, shall be rejected.
II the secoud Adam and E ve, nre t.o restore wlint was lost by
the first Adam, they must of necessity restore this rejected clnss.
And there is to be not ouly a restitution, but a 1·e-generation, or
rcprod ncing. Even the Sodomites, who nre held up, all t hrough
the 13illlc, ns nu c nsamplo of wickedness; and ''as suffering the
ve ngencc of ctc11:il fire" {Judc '1) ; arc to share in tl1c restitution.
" "When I shall brin g agam their captivity, the cn ptil'it.y of Buc1-
o m 1uH.l her danght.ers, nncl tl1e capt.ivity of Samaria antl lier
<laughters, then will I l>ri1117 agnin thccnpLiYiLy of thy capti 1•cs
in tho midst. C)f Lhcrn .... 'I\ hen thy sisLcr, Sodom and her daugh·
tcrs, shall ·return to their formc1· ci;t,at.c; n11<l Sam:~ria and lier
l1a11 ght•"'S i;l1a II rctu nl Lo t/11rir rVrllll'I" C':<t.:i II~, t.111•11 t ' 1•1 11 :111<1 th,.
 10 'J'JIJ:: 1'IIREz~· lVORJ.,J)S.
d;t11gh Lcrs shall 1·d11r11 Lo your former estate.... 'l'hc11 thou shnlt
rcmcrn u<·r thy wnys, :ind be ashame~ whc11 thou s11nlt receive thy
sisters, thine cider, :111'1 thy yo1111gcr ;and I t11illgive th.em wito
r!teejiJ1· dat1r;lilcn;i' hut not uy thv coven:mt " (Ezck. lG: 53-61).
I,011g bofore this prophecy wa~ w·ritten the ~rnlom ites were sub-
merged 11 nder the dead i;ca; a111l if, in the res ti tu 1.io11 of nil thing!!,
tlie,I/ nro rest,orecl to their former cst:1Lo [::i nd if the above is true,
t hc>y cer tainly will be], ·why mnp1ot Ph:mwh :rnd his Egyptian
host also bcrestorcd? even if Goel clid rnise hi111 up, n.nd hardeu
his hen.rt for the cx-pres!-1 purpose "of showing- fo rth his power."
13ecause Go<l h:t11 "foreonlninetl n11d prede#inated certain meu
to destrnction, is uo O\'idcnco thnt they nm 11ot to share in the
rcstit11Lio111 fort.he cviclc11cc is co11cl11s;rc that, auch destruction,
however st.roag the langunn-o used, hns only to clo with this Ad-
:imic lifo. Ch rist " insLc.tl ~c::ith for evc1·y m:rn," Flmraoh ns well
as Moses. As the potter has power o\·er the 1:lay1 to make one
Ycsscl to honor, nml anoth1•r to clisho11or, that. is, to 1Je usccl for
a less noble piirposc; so Goc1 has power to 111olcl the works of
Ms h:mds. But that tloes not prove that all who arc not cnlletl
to this "high cnlli11g in Cht·ist .lt.>sus,' 1 ::ire Lo be tonneutcd to
nil eternity. 0 how lornulu is t.hc God of t.he niule; and how
hideous is the God of LhMlogy I
Elcctioll is n glorious doctrine; it is cl1oosi11g out :l few, to be-
come the bride, the spirit.uni mo Liter of ii re1hH'llled world. Auel
"we trust in t.he !iring Gocl, who is the Snviour of all n1en, spe-
cialty oI those that. bclic\'c." (1 Tim. 4: 10). Aud the fact that
"he gnve himself :unnsum for all, will be tei;tificd indite time"
(1 Tim. 2 : G); n111l this dispensation is 011lynpreparntion, "th:it
in the ages to conic, he might show the excc1!di11g riches of his
grnce, i11 his kindness town rd us, through ChriRt" (Eph. 2: () .
There is 1\ second l{(c, ns well ns a" scco111l tlcath ;""As in Ad-
rim nil die; i;o in Christ shnll all be m:ulo alillr.i n111l if any man
rlie tile secollCl c1eatlt, i~ will be because he cruc1'1cs Cltdst afresh,
after h:wi11g l>cc11 brnught to the kuowlc1lgo ti[ the truth. And
"for suc!t, there rcrnni11cth 110 more sacrifice, l>ut n fearful look-
ing for of fiery inclig11ntio11."
ln nil the ~!iul c! there nro .bnt two or tlirel' pnE<sngca which itp -
ptmr Lo coufhct.w1th t ltc!;o new.s, an<l they nr111iamblcs, given to
illiu;tr:lto cert.nm Lrntlis; and, like tho" J'lch 111a11 anrl Lazarus,"
r(!(cr to 11atio11s, or churchrs, !Jut. 11cvcr to i11di1·<l11:tla.
Lc!t it 011cc ho ad111ilt1·1l 1h:it there is t1> f,., 11 n·stit.1tl.ion that
111n11 sh·cps i11 dl':1d1, lJnt. hi lo liro n sccmtd 1.i111c, t.hnt o:i.~ re-
g1•111.:1·atio11, or 1·0111·,·1l11ci11~, i:; as n11ivcrs:1l :i11 I.lie ~c11crat icu of
tlll' first Adnlll, a11il ~. ·ript11 rt• l 11•C\<1 1llc~ li:1n11n11io11~, (he wnys
t• f Cw\ t·i111 :d, :111d Iii:< f.,11·••rdi11at1n11:-i 1 :111d d1·1111111·la1i u11s1 rcfrr
 2'1ll!,' TIJREE WVRLlJB. li
only to this presc11t forfcite<l Acfamic life; aud toould have been
eternal i11 all their comicqueuces, had n o~ Clidst, when there was
oo nrm to 5ave, steped in, nnd as the second Adam, taken 11po11
himself to reproduce and restore wh:it was lost iu Adam. This
being true, the other cbss of texts have sorue meaning, Christ tas·
tcd death for every man; he gaYe himself a rausom for allj J1e
is the light that lighteth every man tliat cometA ·into tlie toorld.
There nrc myriads of men who h:we come into the \\'Orid and
]>:\SSed out of it, who ne\•er saw this light; "Ilow can they hear
without. n preacher; how can they prc:tch unless they aro sent"?
n11c1 if that text is trne, they must rcce.i ,·e that light herecifler.
Some t.bink this is to good, that jf the thrcatnings of God's
wrath arc oonfinccl to this .Ad:unic life, that if Christ is to step
ir1 1 n1Hl restore, and give e\·ery ma11 a fair ch:rnce; men will <mase
to. fear, nnrl a great i11clncemc11t to repentaucc will be lost. In-
riee<l, thon let us go back to ' 1 pricsL, candle, an<l j>urgntory ;" ii
en-or is better th:m trnth, let tts have it in abundauce.
THE END 01" ·.rms WORLD;
t,hat i111 the encl of the gospel, :ind beginning of the millennia' nge
i.'1 ncnrcr thnn most men suppose; jucleed we have al ready enter-
ed the transition ]Je riod, which js to be a "time of trouble, such
as ucvcr wns since there was n nMion" (Dnu. 12: 1). The evi-
dence of this will be given in n series of tracts, of which this is
No. 1. And also soon to be published in book form.
As tho "olcl world" ended with an almost entire destructio11
.of individual life, so naeiona.l life is to be destroyed in the encl
of this world. And it will Le noticed that, the clemmcin.tions
and judgments, every where point nt, Md are :ulJressed to
the natious; "Ancl the seventh nugel sounded, and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this worltl nrc
become the kingdoms of our Lord ant1 his Christ; and the nations
were angry, nncl thy wr:ttlt is come, and the time of the c1cac1,
that tlie;- should be judged.", . "The Lord nt thy right l1a11d
s hall sLr1ko t.hrongh kings, in the day of his wrath; he shnll j11<lgn
among the lie11then; J1c shnll fill tho places with thedcnd botlic:;:
he shall wonntl the Le nds ovel' many countries" (l's. 11 0: 5),
«A noise shall come even to the c111ls of the earth, for tho Lorcl
hath n contrnvcrny with tho nations, he will gi\•e them thnt ara
wiokccJ 10 the sword. 13chold, evil shall go forth from nntiou
to 11<1liol1, 1111<1 t,ho slai n of the J,orcl Rh::ill be from one encl of tlic,
t!n rlh to lhc other e11tl of the r.arl.li. Thuy i;h:dl uot ho Iamen Led;
11or gathtn•tl, nor i.H1ric<l; they Rh:dl ho dung 11po11 tho grouud 11
(.J1•re. 'lli: :'11 - a:l). 11 Bchol1\, Lhc (1:1y of the IArd cowetil.
1111'1 1hy •p•1il flhall Le didtbl i1l the midst of the~i .fol' l wl.::
 1'~ J1JB 1'Jl1U.!.'H 1JTOBLDB.
gnLhl;'r :ill nnt,io11s against. Jernsnlcm to battle.... Theu shall t.he
Lortl go fotth and light ag:~irn;t those 11:.itions as wl1e11 he fought
in t.ho day of battle. And hia feet" shall stand in that da y upon
tlie rn ount of Oli1·ca" (Zach. H : 1-4). "\Vhioh go forth unto
tho kings of tho t•11rth :1n<l of the whole world, to gather them
to the battle of that g ren~ dny of God Almig hty" (Rev. 1U:14).
1
• I will shuke th e h eavens and th e aarLh, nnd 1 will 01·01·throw
the throne of king<10111s, and I will destroy tho strength of the
kingd oms of the hcatlicn" (llag. ~ : 22). F or my determination
i:; to gn.t.11cr the n atio11s1 th ot I may assemble the ki ngdoms, to
pour 11 pon them mine inclignation, oven all ruy fierce anger; for
:di U.ie c:\rth i;hnll be c1e1·ourcd with the firo of my j ealousy. For
then will I tttrn th.c people a. p w·e l it.?t[JUaf!C, thn.t they may all
c:ill upon the name of tu~ Lord, to serve him with one consent 11
(Zrpli. 3: 8).
Bero nnd elsewhere, is proof in nbnndance not only that the
millrnnium is pr<~ccdc<l by the most terrible jndgmcnts on the
nations; but that ill co11seq11e11cc of these judgments, the vcople
arc t11n1ed to a plirc 1ro rRliip. Aud this time of tronblc, jn the
which " all the c:lrt h is Lo be dcrourcd with the fire of God's
jealousy," is, donbt.less, the.fire spoken of by Peter through which
tho worh.l is to pas!', at th is next great dispcnsatioual change.
''THE FULNESS OF TIME."
The world that wa11 before tlic flood, measured 1655 years.
Jn this worlcl, tl1e pat1;nrchnl :lgc, from the llood to the death
of Jacob, was 650 years; nnd the Jewish a.go, under the twelve
tribes, mc:lsnred 1845 years. Allc1 we have now been under the
gospel clispcnsntion since the crucifixion, in A. D . 33; makin<T a
peno<l almost equnl t.o th:\t of tbe Jewis h a~c. An cl there is no
0

Jack of e1·idcncc thnt a cl111.n~e of dispe11sat1on is at hand.

Ill the world to come, the fi rst, or millennial age, is to be a
1000 years; a11cl is introcllleed by the" time of trollble," so often
rcfcncd to i11 Soript.11rc. There is Yery conclusive evic1encc that
this time of trouble is to continue 40 years; and h:is Blreoncly com-
menced; :111d t,!11\~ "m!!n'i; l1eart,s arc fhcginning already] to foil
them wit.h fear~ and for looking afler those things 10Mcli are com-
?°ng on the eartti" (Luke 21: 2G).
 1'1IE OOMIN G FOR1'Y YEARS OF TROUJJLE.
-o-
Thc organizing of onpitnl ngai11st lnbor, the rising of the peo-
ple 1n self defense, the O\'ertbrow of lnw and order, the c:-isting
down of Lhc "thrones" nnd govrrnments, nnd "n time of tl'ouhlc,
such as ne,·er wns since there w:-is n nation;" :-ire nli- clcnrly
foretold in Scripture ns events to precede the millennial ngc of
glory. And tbc signs of great events at hand arc so nppnren t
t.hnt all nre impressed with the <lark shadow of oominrr trou hlr·.
The nationg are perplcxe(l, and nre J)rep:uing for ~ terrihll·
stl'llgglc; huge engines of wnr arc bcin.,. mnltipliccl by bml n11(l
sea; millions of men nre under arms, n~d still their n11mbers n1·c
incrcnscd, while the people are becoming desperate nncl nl:mnc<l.
·when the struggle begin~, ns soon it must, :i. ball will be set
in motion before which "nil tile kingdoms of tl11:1 world, that arc
upon the face of the e:wth, 11lrnll he thrown down;" :mcl, ncconl-
ing to Soriptnre, one wil d scene of <lesolntion and terror will re-
sn it. (This is the baµti!lm of" fire" through wl1ich the world i~
to pass, e'er It enter thnt long pmmised nncl much desired ngc
of glory when nations shall "learu wnr no more".]
- 'l'ltat Lhe millennium j!! to be ushere<l in, or preceded, by the
m ost terrible and desolating Wllrs this world has en~r witnes;;-
ed, is so clenrly revealed, ns to le:wo no room for the believer in
the Bible to call it in question. Many texts migl1t be olTcrcd in
proof, but :-. few will sufiice: "For they nrn i:pirits of devils,
working mirncles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth,
and of the whole worl<l, to g:it,hc r them to the bntLle of that grc.>nt
dny of God Almighty" (Rev. 16: 14). And in .Joel 3: the res·
1.i tu ti<m of .I 11dnh and .Terus:i.lem is foretold; lJ,nd it is ad<led, "I
will also gnthcr all nations, and w ill bring them down into 1hc
vnllcy of ,Jchoshnph11t, an(l will plead with them there, for my
people... . rrocl:lim ye this among the Gcnt.iles; p1·epnrc war,
wnko 11p the mighty meu, let the mel1 of wnr drnw nenr; bent
your plonPhshares into swords, nn<l you r pruning hooks int.o
spcnrs ; let the weak say, I nm stroHg;, .. r11t ye in the sickle,
for the hnnest is ripe; come, get you down; for Lhc press is fnll,
t he fats o verflow; for their wickedness \s p;re nt. J\lnllilndes, m lll-
- ti l.11<1es in t he vnlloy of clecisiou, for t.hc <lny of the Lo1'!l is ne:w.
. . . The Lo rd nlso sh:ill ronr ()Ht of Zion, nncl 111.tc r his voice
from .J c rnsnl<'m, and the hc:n'clls :incl the e:t rth !!hnll shnke; lrnl
I he Lo n.I will lie the hope of hi~ people." And n.rc the nations
ntit prcpn rci11g for war, :u1 nc,·cr ltcforc ? Hugo gnns nre boi11g
tlHalt.iplictl, somt• of which nrc 011p:l\1le ofproject.ing n tnn of iron
lh ro n g h t hr nir fnr 111iJc,,q; n11 rl ot.ltcr prcpnr:Hi1111s of r qnnll .1
\ :\sl ) l'P f •lll'l i n 11 Sj :t11d Wh C'l1 the 1'(1111' o f tlll' l'fllltli1·t l'i':l<'I\(•!! i ls
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highth, the hcn1ens :md t.he enrl,h ll'ill indeed "slrnke,11 "but the
Lor1l wjll b~ the hope of J1is peo 1il1,." "I "·ii~ tl'end <)own the
people 111 m111e :in0r1c r and m:iko t hnrn rlrunk, in my fury; and I
w1·11 b!·1ng
. 110\\·n their ' i:trl'ng1 h t11 t lie c:i.rtIi. " ..nn. A d yet, notw1th
. -
st:t11dlllg these desol:lt.inu ju cl!!i n1 •11 I~, the L ord will not cast olI
foreve r, \for" he doth 11~t nlifi<'I. willi11g ly, nor ~rieve the cli il-
<lrcu of men." These j ti\l!Tm('nt:-i 1111 the world, like the chastise·
rnent of l1is s:iinL.c; nre fo r their"' 1•11 t11:tl good; antl good is t o re·
snit : ''For my cle~cr111i1i:it.iot1 is, 111 ~:ithcr the n::itions, that I
r~Hty assemble the ki11gdLll11$, to I"' "'' 11 po11 th em mi11e inclignn-
tro11, even nil my ficrrc nni:rl!r; f,11 id I tho rnrth shall ho devoured
with the fire oi"rnr k:ili, 11 5\., }'.. r f/, rn will I turn tJio JJCople to
n pure luugu:itre, (h ~t t li•:)' ·m:\y ~di l'.:tl! npon t.he n:-1me of J eho-
,·ab, to serve l1i111 with ~1 1 e r 1111s1•11 I" (Zeph. 3 : fl) .
Thus we lc:irn tli:it nftcr the i:r.•r111 comC's the Rn111ihine. By
these jurlgmcuts, Lht> JlOO}'lc a rt! ,,,,.,,..,1 to" t:Cl'l"C' tlrn Loni wit.Ji
one consent.' 'J\ tHl the knowlt·•li:•· of the Lord shnll cover the
C!lrLli, ns the wntors cl .. ll1c !'l':l."
But 8cript.11ro 11ecd nnt UC' m11Hi1.li1•cl 1.o pro\·e either t.he finnl
corn·crsion of tho wodil, or that. 111wlt Cl') IWllrsion follows these
<1csQl:iti 11g j11clgmcnts (>JI t hi• 11:1' "'1 11<; for ]WOJlhecy clenrly fore·
tels n rcig11 of pe:icC' when "u:lt i··•t:1 1<l1nll learn wnr no rnore. 11
.And until the battl~ of 1he grr:d .tny; 11otil the scones are p:issed
in which Gou calls upon the uni i.i11.i to "Ilrep:ire for wnr," they
will "Jc:1rn wnr." "Tho liont fl ,111 raged, the kingt.1oms were
moved; lie uttered his Y<'ice, t.hP ,111rt.h melted ; Come, bcholcl the
works of the Lcml wh:it de~nl n f i1 •11 1l he hnth ma<le in the enrth;
he maketh wnrs to' cca.c;e 1111 to t.li•• 1•111ls of the e:uth" (Ps. 46) .
No one will cl:i.im th:1t thi:i i!-! 1drc·:uly nccomplished, 11ence, i t
l·emains to be fnlfill c11. Anil cl'rl •ii11ly no one will for n moment,
claim thnt the "desolntions mncl•• i11 I.he cnrth," by which w::ir is
mndc to cense, is r;o.<1pel coiwer.~i"'.'· H euce it is by these judg·
n; e 11~s :rntl th<: conq11C$t of the 11 : 1111111!1, and not: liy gospel conver-
1>1011, that the J·cigu of pence is f ,, ho 11sher~cl 111 •
.At. the prese11t time the ki11g t1"1111i of this worlcl belong to the

kmgdoms of our Lnrcl, and oI ltl.• <Jhnst., 1 1111 t.1l the "times of
~c11t1les by n God ·gi \'en rig ht, 1111.I t!1e~ <lo 1~ot become " the

the Gentiles arc folfillcd;" nor cl•'•'~' wnr nncl oppres:;ioncense t ill
t.l11?1l,_f or Christ snp, " .T C' rus:-1)<•11• t<li.all IJc f,ro1ldc11 down of the
Gentiles 11111.il the t imes of t.hc 1:.·111.1lcs he fol!l llccl" \l~nke 21:
2·1). [L!.!t 110 one n1i~t:ike tl1r " 1im1;11 of the Centiles, ' for t.he
"/ii(nca.~ of t.he 0 r 11 tilt>i;" (l<r1111 I I_; ~5), f1~r t.hey. nre r11Lirely
d1st111rt; t he fornwr llll':tfliti'' 1lt1 1 Lime <111n11g wl11ch t he four
Ui>t1Lih• killJ.!•10111~. ihlidn11. 'l\1 ...1•• I '1•1'!-\ia, n l'l!(lin, 1rn1l H omr, nrc
to rule 0\" 1•r ::·i d lr.. :tcl ~l1>w 11 .I• 111>1:d1·1n ; lh n lntLt•.r, Llw pe:riutl
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which spans the goi>pel to the Gentiles nnd cc blind11es!l t-0 lsrncl.1']
'1'110 t.ime~ of th e G entiles br.gnn when tl1cdiadem wns remov-
ed f ram the l1ead of Zedekiah, the last prince of the house of Da-
vid; and terminate only nt, or <luri11g, the sounding of the scv-
e11th and last trump. And to Zeaekiah iL was snld, "0 thou
profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come; take ofhhe
dinilem, remove the crown; ... J will overturn, overturn, O\~l'­
t.urn it, nn<l it shall be 110 more till Ile come whose rigl1t it is, and
I will gi \•e i t him" (Ezek. 21). cc And the aeventh angel sound-
ed, n11d there were great voices in hc:\\'e11, aaying, The kingdoms
o( this world nre bccoml' 'he kingdoms of our Lord, nnd of his
Cln·ist.."
This inte rregnum in the royal line, from Zec1ekinh to David's
great Lord and Son, is the time during which these "four great
beas~s" (Dan. 'I:), were to treacl dowJ1 the whole earth. But it
i!l 1tlmost e11tle<l, as we purpose to sh ow; the fonrth and last, or
Homan cnpire, having p:i.ssad th rongh all its many elrnuges ex-
cept the one Jnst tlenth strug gle, is now gircling up its loins, to
enter the :i1·cnn of Armngec11lon.
The fou1·th empire, 1•epresente<l by Rome, w·ns to pass through
mnny ohnnge.c;. It wns to exist fost ns n purely civil power. It
wns then to exist ns nn ecclesiastical power. It was t o be divitl-
e<l into t ell pnrti;, reprcseutcd by cc the toes of the image " (Dnn.
2), antl t.he " horns ofthe b east 11 (Dan. 7) . Jt was nlso to ha¥e
"seven hencls" or governments. !n Rev. 12: its characteristics
ns a pmdy civil power, nre given under the symbol of "a drag-
on Jinving se,·en h cntls nnd ten horns." Jn chapter 13, its lead-
ing characteristics as ii com pound of "church and state," arc rep-
resented. ln R ev. 17, i ts characteristics nre given as a dual pow·
er, with church nnd stntc, "woman" and "beast," kept disti nct.
It is n foct. thnt the lloman empire, or civil power, while under
the dominion of the p npncy, although held in abeyance by the
church, had a ,qepat·ate existence; nnd this dragon efomen~, as we
s hall see, is mai11taincd in the symbol to the end. The ecclesi-
as~icnl clcmeu t also exists to the end. An<l so docs the body of
the heast nftcr its heads have fallen. And thus it is the" grc:i.t
city,'' [t he fourt.h empire) is divided into "throe p nrls" (com-
pare R ev. 10: 13, 10); n. <l1vision now b eing cons1unmnted. I re·
fer to tho mo1111rchicnl, thercligious, and the republican clement.a
n( Europe. The monarchical, rnprescnts the imperial or " dnrg-
0 11" powC'r; the papacy, the religious clement; " the false proph-
et th:it wrought n1irnclos" before the Roma1~ bcnst (Her. JU: 1a,
!111 <1 J !J : 20). While tho Tnternatio11nl, or re publican clcmcut
1'(IJH·<·sp111 ~ " t he liorly of the bcMt;" or" the people!!, :lll1l mu lt i-
1 11111·.~. :11111 ttllti1111,., nn1l fn11g111·~. " on which the w o 111n11 sat. And
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I/tis Lhir<l of the <'lllpir<', whc11 fully dcvclopecl, is to be a. /i cart-

/,;s.~
111QnsLcl', or the" hc::i<:t," afte r its faRt « hcn<l "is fallen (He''·
l i: 1 1); j nst "·hat Lite Commwie, 01• Internationals profess to bo. ·
THE "SEnrn H EADS II OF ROME.
Tbe fourth empire is nl)t rc•rogn ii~r.cl in prophecy 1mtil its con-
qncst of tho third cmpin1 • ] lc11cc nnr go,·ermncnts it lll:lyl1ave
hn<l prio1· to the foll 11f Ry ria n11<1 Rgypr., :ire no part of the J1ro-
phct ic "seven." J\11th11ny c11111p1crecl Egypt nt about 11. c. 30;
rtL which time, :rn11 f,• r 1101110 1.i111 r prc,·i1rni:1, the government of
Home was n trinmYir:ito 11111lcr three d ictators, or consuls ; hence
we will c.all this firsl hcnd, (,'ans11lar. Tltis J1entl foll when An-
gnstus Ccs:i.r, one of the t.hrc<.>, clecl:irccl the empire inn. c. 27.
This sccoM1, tltc I 111;1rriat l1c>a<l, rcmai11cc11111t.il the empire was
hrokcn n p hy the Goths ::it nbon t. A. n. 4 'iii, wltt'n tho Oothic
king!! took possession o f R ome. 'l'l1i'1 t.liinl or Ootltic l1c:i1l fe ll
in 5 3~, nnd H ome W:l-" gin>n int o tlrl' h:\ll•l oft.ho p ,1pacy, which
t.hnl3 ht'C::tme the fon rt Ir lrc•n1l f r0m 5:J 8 to l 7!J8; or fo r I 2UO years.
Alt.hough tho power of 1.h11 JlO!'CS was only clclr.g:i.to<.l; n p ower
confcn·c,1on them a t the p lc:i.~ nrc of one or more of "these tcu
king~' who "·C\re t o' n~rl'o and gin.! t heir power :rnll strcngtlr
11nto the hen.st, 11nt.il 1111? " ·n rcls of Go1l, the t.irne, times, nncl a
hnlf, were follillcd ;" still 1.hc Pnpal, wns tho ouly govcrmnN1t
li:'n·ing it.s i:c::i.L nt R ome, from 5:J8, to l i08. This fon r th hcn<l
·was " wo11n<lccl 11ntn .1eatl1 ., (H e1'. 13: 3), when, in l 79S, n R e-
7;11b!io "'vas 11cclarccl; mnking th1~ fi fth h1:a<l of H.omc. Ju 1800,
pnpacy wns l'<'>'I Ort'll, n111l fl'1111 1 that 1i111c unt.il S<'ptcmhcr, 1870,
w:u; nn·ain hc:i1l of Hnm{•. Thici rcston••l p:\J':ii:y, ho11·cvel'1 wn.s
not t.l~ same :ts <luring tlw 12GCJ ycnn~, it was but an imngcofit.s
fo r111cr self; nncl in the prophecy, is call<:tl "t.110 imnge of the
lwn ~t. 11 ll c11 cc, we will c:dl th i ~ 1.he In111ge l1cad.
D111511g t!tc existence t•f thi.5 sixth he:i<l, or from 1800 to 1870,
tl1c "Jttclrrmcn t " has l1r<.'11 cxcctttcd on tho "wonrnn" Ticv. 17:
J ) . 'l'h:tt is, the ten horns h:l\'o hatccl th e hnrl ot, rind have mncl e
lrc:l' clcsohLo :~nd 11:ikctl (vt'r. lG). 'l'h<iy ham tnkcn nwnr h er
1lo111inion, and confi~cntc tl her proper Ly. ln D an. 7: 20, m 1·e·
r1:ri11g t.o t!to snme power ns the" little l1oru," it says, 11 l311t, thl~
j11ilgment shall sit., n11d they shnll tnkc :.\wn.y its clominion, to cou·
"11mc nnr1 to destroy it unto tlie cml." 0lenrly showing tl1:i~ the
j111lgmc11t wns to ~i t on t.hnt, power nn1l ta.kc :iwny its dominion
btif'ore the encl; nft.cr which l hc execution o f that j11clgmont hy
n g r:Hl11nl ron~n m ption, wns t.o foll ow; nil of which h1111 b c<.'11 ful -
iillccl 011 the p np:Mw ""i n('C' 1 illR. 'l'his i;ixt.h hcn(l wont clown in
~.. pt cmlim', l f: iO ; ! 11•11 <:1', 11111 pr<'-"('ll f. gl)\'Cl'llltl<'llt of 1<01111-, that
1111d C't \'i l'lc\ r J•:111 :i1 111f'I, i ~ ""' SM' l'll lh 1111 '1 l :1~t.
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ltl!:V ELA'l'ION 17;
·we will llO\V make the application of this prophecy iu detail.
"Come l1i thcr; I '"ill show unto thee the ju1lgme11t of the grea.L
bnrlot th:it sittcth upo n many waters .. • So he carried me away
in the spil'it, i11to the willlc.ruess ; nrHl I saw :i. woman sit u11on a
sc::n·lct color•cd beast, full of n ames of blasphemy, having seven
heads antl ten horns'' (''ers. 1-3) .
•John was thus carried in spirit from A. u . 913, down to where
"theJwlr1nu~11t " was to lie execut.etl on the pnpncy, or from its
restoration in 1800, to lSiO, durin i; the existence of the si:xl.!t
hend, as tl1e statc111 cnt in vcr. 10, llc11111111ls ; because it is there
stthl, ".five :u·c fnll c11, a11<l one is [the six.th], nud the other [the
se\1 enth] l1as 11 ot yet come. 1' And after seeing the visiou frorn
th:1t standpoint, the a11gcl says to l1im, "I will tell thee the mys-
tery of the 11·0 111 :in, and of tlte beast that; carrieth her, which
lmth the sc1~en hc:uls, n11d the ten horns. The beast fthis fourth
empire] tbnt thou sawcst, teas Lns a civil power, or "beast], aud
is not [foT untl1r I.li e papncy i t lin<l become n11 e.;clc.~iastical or-
1

ganization]; an<l sl.Jall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go

into perditio n."
Yers. O, 10; "IIere is the mind which hath wfadom; the seYen
heads arc seron mountains on which the womnn sitteth. Aotl
there are seven kings; five are fallen, nnd one is, and the other
is not yet come; and wheu he cometh, lie must continue a suort
spnce."
These senn mountains, like other symbols in t11is ch apter, 11:\Yo
n douule m enning; l st . they represent the" seven-liilled city/' and
thus fix tllc locality of the seat of the woman ns being tbe same
ns the seat of the drngon (ltev. 13: 2). •rhey also symbolize gov-
enuuents, 0 1· !wads of tire cmpiJ·e. And while the womnn was
said to sit upon Lhese seven mountains, which is literally true,
she is also sni<1, in the symbol, t o sit upon many 1oaters (ver. 1) ;
and upon the bea.~t (nr. 3) ; which in Yer. 15, is expl:iincd to be
"pcopl CR, nm1 multitudes, nnd nations, and tongues."
Of these sc1•e11 hcnCI:;, five hnd fallen. 'There can be no mis-
take about. the standpoint of tire prophet; it wns <lu riug the
time of t.llO sfa;t.h hcnd, 1111tl while the.fudgment wns b eing cxccu-
tetl on the woman. .And tlrnt thcso ten hornslta.ve hated th e h :u~
lo t, nnd rnatle her·• dcsulato nncl uaked," during this present cen-
tury, i:; ku ow u to all the world. And :tlso that the sixth head
u1· &ovcrnmenL of H.0111e, cxiRLell from l 800 to 1870.
l•rnru t lr ?r~ s111111lpoin l, lire ltacl fallen; and 0 11c hacl 110L r1•r
C'IJ llll'. ' l'lw ('1111.mlal', .li111wrinf, Gothfr, .l'u1>11/, a111 l R111111lJ/i1•,
h:1d f11 ll c· 11 ; l h<' i:i ~ 1.1t 1 rc~i;f or!'cl Ilil[HH\1', 111· t h ~1 ' I 1111 1,:111 of l he lica~t,'
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hcltl the; reigns c f 5orcmmc11t; :rncl the scvcnt!i, that tt111lur ·,·it. -
tor Emanuel, h:i1l not thc11 come. "And when he comcllr, ho
rn11:s t <.;011tinne a sliort space." Thil'I last governmc.nt has no 1Y
cnntinucd as !teatl of Ron1c !liuce Septehlbcr, 1870; and to day
more than 150 millions Cat.h olies nrc biding their time, waiti11g
:wd lo11gi11g for the aulipicious moment wlten a blow cnn be struok
for its OYcrthrow; Yainly hoping for a rcstoratiou to I:.omc of pa-
pal soveraignty. 'Yhile the prophetic symbol demands, irot the
rcRtoration of pnp:tcy or nny other government, but tho' risi11g
of the boas~ itself, ?Cit/to ut a head i in other words, the l' coplcs,
nnd nations, or hody of tl1e beast wilhout an orgauized goreru-
mcnt; M the next nm;e will show.
y er. 11. "An<l the oeast that ""ns, tnHl ii' not, C\"Cll he is the
ei9ht.h, and is of the 11e1·en, n11d goeU1 i11 tu purc1ition.1'
I'his ci_QhtA, is n o t!~ ltearl, i;ince tlte bca11t. ltall hut seven. It is
the beast itself; t h:1l <m which tlie wom:111 i:at; tl1c one having the
Sc\·en heatls nrnl H 11 l111r11s, ns it is to he nfter its last hen<l
1

has fallen (sec n •rs. fl, ~). " I will 1dl tlicc the mystery of the
womn11, n111l of t.h" h e:ii::t, that c:1rrieth her, which hath the seven
heads, antl ten horn~. ':Phc benst that thou suwest., was, :111d is
not." And h rrc, Yer. I J," t.hc IJenst that 1oas, and is not, even ltc
is the eighth, and is p f the sci:en." The 11atious on which the
womnu snt, have been "of the seven;" and they do compose the
bod11 of the I.least ; antl 11rc already taking on n. se1iarate existence
as the Internaticms, or peoples of nil uatious,
The rende r cnnuot fail of seeing ('tU r present locality i11 the
world's history; nrHl t.hn.t we nr c on the "l"Cr~e of g'reat events.
Antl if lie will rcrl'l't. I.:1tk t o near the encl of tl1c Inst century,
may jtHlgc somcwh!lt of t.hc c1inractcr of the cvcuts whicl1 a.re to
foil ow the fall o( tit is last hcaJ of Home, :111cl the nsccusion of the
beast ont of tlio bottomless pit. "And they th:it dwell upon the
cart.It shall wonder, [whose names are not written iu tLe hook of
life, from tho foundation of t.ho world,] when tLcy liehold the
be:\st thnt was, nn1l is not, nntl yet is."
The state of chaos nnd r eign of terror in tk\t domouiac cqual-
1:ty, nnd :1theistic li/Jl'rl.'f, which dclugecl Fr:uwe i n blood, under
the Oommtmf'; wlt1•11 1rnc:lt monsters ns Dupont, Hobcspicrre, :inll
thei r class, coultl wil'ld Lhe g11illoti11e and ride the storm, is on -
ly a fai11t pict urc of tlw fully tlevelopctl co1t1mu11e, or hecidlC$s
monster. Tht! lic·ni::L tl1 a t :1sccm1et.h out of the lJottomlcss pit nnd
m:iclc w ar 011 "ill y L\\'t> ll'i t 11csi:;es" [t.he Old nucl tltc Nc1v1'esta-
rnt't1t 1, durin ~ th t! l1'rc111• h rc1·olutio11 in l 7!l:J c;, (H<' 1·. 11; 3, 7),
wns t1w inf":uH:y oft his r<:111lo (,'0111mw1.c, 11ow to be folly orga.u·
i7.cd .. Tire n,~c;c 11><i" 11 out of Lit!! lioLL0111h•1.;s pit, 11\l':t!li11g on ly 1~
l'rl'<'<I,, 111 front r1•!11r ;.,,,.~ n ·~ t rni 11 l. /\IHI 1.ltc d1a l':lt'l('r 0 r ('Ulll-
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in~ cv~nts cru1 l1e gntherNl by whnL t.licn oceurre<l in Frnncc, wi t!~
tlus <11[erencr, Lhc r.omm11n(' c::mw to Lhe 1mrfacc in ouly one 'lt
the ten clh·isionR o f tl1c empire nt that time, nncl was soon drive11
bnck; while now iL is to hccom~ n 11ni1' ersnl scourge. Anil not.
only a.re" :ill the kingclo1n11 of the w0l'l<l that arc on the face of
t11e earth, lo be 1.hrom1 llown ;" bnt there. is to be want of em-
ployment, i;o tlant there slanll l>c "no hire for man, nor hire for
bc:ist" (Zech 8: 10}; the nntnrnl out.come of this growing wnnt
1of confidence between man and man.
" 'ith Y<.'l'. l l; where "the benst goelh into perdition,1' the encl
i!'l reached. But it. will he Telllembcl'ccl t.lia prophet was taken
in spirit, from t.lic isle of Pnt111os nncl the Tear A. D. no, down
the stre:nn of time Lo t.hc J11cZ1me11t on tlie woman, while he wns
.~acing the Yision; th11RJ110st of it i11111e11tio11eil ns in the past. D11t
in the explanation, it.is noL so; with thnt, ne:irlynll is in the
future from 11. n. no. ''The lHm11t. that tho u sowast" (vcr. B);
[in t.hc vision yon hnYc seen]. "The Inn homs which thou !lnW·
est." &o. (rcr. 12). \Yi thout recognizing these two stnndpoint.s,
:\ll is confusion; hut if yon all ow, nio the text <lemnnds, that the
saei11g is do\\·n t,hc /lt.re:un of ti rue to where tlie jntlgment is exc-
cntccl on the pnpncr, whi le the expl:u1ntio1! is 1.inck :itthe date of
the propbC'cy, :ill Is h:i rmo ny.
"'l'hc t c11 horns wl1ich thon ~nwest hnve recei\'ed no k ingdom
as yet [in the yc:ir !JO, the empire hncl 11ot been dividetl], bnt J'e-
ceive power ns kings one h our "·itl~ the beast. 'l'hesc bnve one
mind, :md shnll give their power nn<l sf,ren~th nnto the benst.
These shnll makc wnr with th_c L:u11b" &c. (vcrs. 12-H).
Herc n r:ipitl ~nrvcy, CYCn to the cn<l, is agnin given. After n
few centnries the empiro wns clivi<lc~l, and these ten received
power ns kings one £horn] hour;" that is a little season; rthe
snme worcl (ltora), is thus rendered in Pliilem. 15: "Ile therefore
clepnrted for a season l". H wns but a. V61'Y short time after the
empire wns folly divided into its parts, ns nll historinns are awnre,
before "these ten kings" did become of one mind (tha t is, they
all bccnme C:itholic], nnd g:wc their power and strength to the
t he beast. Yer. 15.; "The waters ~wJiich thou sawest, nre peo·
plcs," &c. Yer. Hi; "The ten horns which thou snwest, shnll
h:ite the whore, nnd make her clesoln.te nnd naked." And who
ao blind as not to sec it.s present fulfilment? Ver. 1 '7; ''For God
hath put i t into their hcnrts to fol Iii his will, nnd to ngrcc nud
give their kingdom nnto the benst, 11nt.il the words of God (the
l2GO ycn1sl shall be fulfi ll ell;" since which they havo made her
ilcsolnte. ~,{ct'. 18: "An<l the womnn which thon sawcst, is thnt
g1·eat citr which rcignelh ()\'Ct' the king:> of the enrtlt."
Thus the i;~·mliol nncl the explnnntion nro compl<>lc; n1111 OU\'
present l oc~ li.Ly cl_cnl'ly uefine<l. 'l'lie fourth empire hns Mme;
h~1s ~ ·cl' n 1l1ndcd rn to 1c11 pnrts; hec11 lost, or s11li111crr•c<l nn•lcl'
I I M_} S'l' lmY, DAD1 Ll)N 'l'HP.G Lrn/\T. TllE MOTJJ Git OF HAR-
J,() l'S, AN]) 'l'lil.3 ABUMLNt.'l'!ONS OF 'l'lrn E:/\ lt'l'll ." And
·· _the bc:1st th :it tlton s:nrc!>t wns, ·a111l it> 11ot, !\na sltnll (lscc1Hl out
o J t,llCJ 11ottomlcss pi t n11cl go into perrlit.ion." The 50\"Cll h cn4s
1i ~1 n• r.0111c, :mcl the" eightl1," tltc licnst it.RC'lf, 10it.lw11t n l1eall,
<•rc·rywh cre corning to t.ltesurfncc; !lS Reen in the I11tcrnationol
( 'rnmnune, Gr~111gcrs, lnl.>or org:inir.nt,ions, &1~. ext.C'nding OYCr nll
l';nts ?f t.hn worhl. .ln fact, tl1c body of t.Jic 1moplc e\·crywlicro
;an· lH'111g rnonldcd like f,hc pot.tcr'i; clny, :ind prcpnrcd for the
d1•:1 th-strngglc. An<l ::ioo11 tho rich mrn, who hare hc:i pe•l t rens-
11 l"<'!I together for the Inst llayf:, wiil "11-i•ep :11111 howl for their
1nii>r.rios tltnt shnll co me upon them."
At the part.ial <lcYclopmc11t of t.his hcnrl!()R!l mo11i-:t,rr ncn r the
C'ml of the )nRt ct~nt,nry, whc11 the st.rcctR of P:tri ~ rn11 with gore;
Lhc li1ood of li<>r ric11, hcl'liohlc, nnd her hc:wt.iful; men looked
nn wit.h woncl er. Hnt uow, when "c11cn; n1n11';i h:uul shnll he
ngni11RL his brntlter;" :lll<l nll co11H<lc11cc i1cLwcc11 111 :i11 nnd mnn
shn ll ltnYe fot·i::nkcn t,he earth (l\liunl1 i: 1-G) ; when" the thrones
:ire cnRt tlo,n1;" when !-aw a111l order gh·ei:; way l.>cforo Lhc mncl
pas!\io11R of the n1thlcRS mob; when want of work and hunger,
Rhnll (,nrn goo<l mcll to clc.111011:1; wltcn the coming time of troub-
le sh nil be foll~' iunngnratc<l; then indeed 11 they whose nam e~ nrc
11ot written in the J,nmb'11 book of life, from t.hc fonn thtiou of the
worlcl, shall wonder, when they br.hnltl the l1enitt th:i.t wns, nnil
1s 11nt, nn1l yr.t. is."
This time of tronhlc, nlrcn\ly beginning, is to s1~cll to a migh·
ty wiwe <luri11g the coming forty ye(lrs. lt."I measnrc is found
hr two prophetic 1>eriods, one marking it.<> beginning, the other its
end; which, for l:ick of space here, must appear in some £11t11re
No. I will only say, the seven" times of the Gentiles," or 2,520
yc:tt'S <luting which .Tcrusalcm was I.<> be troclclen clown of the
four Gentile king<loms, docs not encl for for1.y y<'nrs from the
hcgi11ni11g of the Jewish year commencing April Oth, 1875; as
may lie i;ccn bradding 2 1520 to 600 n. o. Lhc ihtc of the begin·
ning of their cnpLi\'i ty, :uul the t.reading nn<1cr fo<>t. of Jcrnsnlem.
Bnt ~he kingdom of l-i1>r1 is to be Rct up b efore. t.hc rh ys of the
Oe11tilo1; c1Hl, for 11 in !.lie 1l:tyR of these kings shnll the God of
Jic:l\'rn !'CL llp a Jti11grlom; nntl it shnll break in pieces nncl co~1·
stnnc all t.hci:c ki11~tloms" (lhn. 2: 44). An11 t.l1is l.>rcnking 111
piecc>i;, Lognt.ltcr Wt t.h the bnLl.Jc of the great, chy, nrr !'OlllC 0 [I.he
o rr11 L~ nf't.his fort.y yr.nr!I of troulilc; 1u1rl l')'ll!1hro11 i1.c 11-ith
Ht•\. 1'i : H , "Th c~r [t.c11 kingsl 1'l1nll m:1k1J w:ir 11 it lo th!I La111_b1
and lh•' l.:1111h i-h:di '"'('ri'n11u1 tf1l·m." ,\1111 tl m~ Iii'.' 11a1 io11c; w1JI
 Lc ''bound for :i. th1111:1a11d year:<" 1111ucr the l'l!((l Chril!t 1 n:< the
<lragon has liecn, in a very lit11lted se11sc, t\11(}er tho a ntichrist.
By com prtn:i11g Hcl'. 12: 9, an cl 20: l , it will be seen th:1t tlrn
"c1rngo n called the Dtwil, n111l S11tf\11," :ue th1• !'rune in each; and
the " angi:l" of Her 20: wit It I.he gre:i.t. clia in, ·who h i ncli; tl1t! clrag-
on, reprcsent.s tl1c nnny uf \hrist., wh o subdue tho uatiuns an<l
" rnle them witl1 a ro<l of iron." "To bind their J,iugs wit.It
ch :iins, and their 11 ollk~ with fettc1·s of imn; to execu te upo11
them the jllllg111c11I wl'il ten. This l1onor hnth :i.11 his i;aint.s"
(I's. 140: 8). "'J'ltu s:1i11t.s sl1all jnclge the worlcl" (1 Col'. O: 2).
The bi11cli ng of th e clrn~c111 is a wc; rk of time, but will be co11-
snmn1ated l>y tl1 u c111I uf chis fort.y yc:irs ; for t11cre, t he "times
of the Ge ntile:;" e111l.
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Jl LL.YNl '..'R Of" 'i'JIE CO.MINO UF (;JIRL '1'.

'1'11E:re arc f.wo dnil!'CS of S~·riptu rc ill r c l:i.tio11 to the COmi11g vf
Ultrist whic.:h Bt·c·m r.ontr:ulit•lnry; "Bd10ld, I cowe as a thiE:f;"
a11d "<..:omi11g in nil his glory."
A thief ne ver co111cs w il lt :I "great so1111u of it trnmpet;" l>ut
secretly. Christ went n1vny quietly, nud it wns nukuowu by t.l1v
1mbelievi'.n;1; n11<l is to return "in like manner as they saw 11i111
go." Ile went i11 Lo " t.lic lfoly l ' lace" u11glorifiecl; and ten dayA
after, the lloly ::Spirit 1v:is giYcn: "The H oly Ghost was not J et
g iven; bec:ltlsc that .Tcsu& was not yet glori1iccl" (John 7: 30).
And ho comes bnok in like mcmne1·. '!'his also agrees ~with l-he
law; tho high priest on t he day of atonement e11t1wedthe taber-
nacle nn:irll,lrnccl with those glorious linen gar111e11ts, c.:overcu
with gold, :11111 purple, n111l scarlet, and sLuddeu with twelve ki111h
of precious sto11(:s, " :~1111 nrn1le for Luauty autl for glory" (Exo.
28). 'l'hcse gni·111c11t:;. put 011 after he e11tered, were to be wor11
only while i11 the holy pl :•ce, nud he was to" leave them there,"
whe n J1e came 011t (Lev. I G: 23). Thus hecameont tt1l.[Jlori.fied,
ns he went in ; ii11cl it is thus Christ returns, for uo p art of tlie lnw
will fail of 11. fullilm cn t. Ile did 11ot go up to heaven iu flaming
fire; yet "Ifc shidl be rc,•cn.lcd from hc:wen in flaming fire." ·
A g ain; Jl i1; sai11t.s arc sleeping in the dust of the enrth. A111l
yet we re:ld of "The c:o111i11g of 011r J.ionl J cs11s Christ 1oi.t1' o.ll
Ms suint.s." "\\' it.h tl:11 Lho11s:rncl of his sai11t,i;;" "The Lonl 111y
God shall co11u:, a11tl oil t hy sni11ts with thee" (l Tltcs 3: 13; J uclo
14; Znc.:h 14: 5). (l':ii111., 111c:i ns Eloh-ILeem yelt-rag (God-seed).
And lJoth i11 1 lcbrt•w nncl (; rct' k m uans, the "holy' 011ci;;"
tho~c begotten hy the ~pil'it :ui<l liom of God; viT.. Ohn st :11111
i11s briclv\.
',,, 1·i.• il 11 f 1111 1(• rnllt'<l Lite h:11·,· r·~1. : " Tltr· h:1r-
 , ""t. is Lia• c111l of thC' worl d ; 1u11l i11 the t.ime 11[ hn n csL" &c.
(.:'l lntl.. l:J). )J e re w11 )cn rn t.h:it t.hc gath e rin g of the s:\iu tsittn
11a1·t. nf the w or k of t.hc h a r ves t. 1\ nll it is t.:ing ltt., i11 many 11ln-
,·(I.~. tli:u 1 h<'ir l'<'ll nrr':!ct.iou occnrs on ly at t he r.orni11g of Clnist.
I lc1H,:r, if Ire is to come to lwn;est the cn r l h, to g-rithor his snint.s;
1111d i1< also 1.0com e '1oith al l h is sai nts;' then• 11111.'l! ho two parts
or stagc•s of !Jis corning.
\ \' i1.l1 thii; vir w, nlHl i t. seems t10 11 ~i;;1r 11 L, t.hr.sc t wo cl:\:;;Rcs of
" Pl'if'l lll'C' ))l•('O!lle hnl'll\CllliOU1'. ) fc COJIH'S l\S ll tJ1iC'f 10 h:tf\'(>:;;t the
1·. 1r1h, nr gather his fiain ts; null he ctw1 t•i: op<'11ly, 'dth nil hill
-:ii 11I!>, :t1Hl C\·cry eye &hnll :;;cc him, :iftcr LhC' hnrn~~t is cn1lecl.
I ( l'ltri% C·<'llll'il in nl! hi;; g lo ry , 011 IP:n·iftg il1c lloly l'lace.
it w1111!1l he in d irect op poi;it.io11 to l ht• tr:1c hi11g o.f 1h1• ll1w;,:tn cl it.
,~ "(.':1~i1•1· ior hcnxcn nntl r;irt.h to j):tSR; thnn f"r 1111~ jot 1 11f tl:e
:.1 11· tl1 f:1il. '' ThC' laying off o f t hose glorirrns p:nrm('11t.s 1 nn cl com-
i11g 011~, (IS heioent in, was made n vrry ]'romi 11c·1n 1..:1i11rc of the
:11 11n1• 111<:11 t. H ence J woulcl ask tliP rr n1lcr for his 0w 11 11:.ikc1 to
!11~ e:1111li1l c n 0 ug h to ad mi t t h e re nwy h e morn in rcgnrtl t.o 1.he
1·11m i 11 ~' t hnn t he one g r:w1l glorious 1)11t l111r~t for which 110 ma ny
!t:t' c lo11kc<l.
Tlt1• l1 a1TC."t is a defi ni te pcrio1 l nf ti me callocl "I.he! encl of the
wnrld." Aud t h e w o rk of t he han·cst i!l of nn e ntirely diffo.rc11t
11:it11rl,} from t.h:tt. of the gC1spel. 0 11c is sowing se<'cl, the otl1er,
~:1 th r ri11~ fruit. One is clone b y 111('11 , t.lie a t.her, by Christ :lllrl
the nn ~t· l s. And a lthough both m ay be g oing 0 11 a t the sam e
1i111(', r;l ill the wo rk of J1arvest m ui;t li:1,·e a defi ni te b eginn ing.
..:\ ttll as larrs a11<l wheat :ire t o g rm1· tog~t h C' r w1t il tho harvest.,
a 11d th (i harvest is t/1e ciul t~{the tN>rld l.11ion, :1gc•), i l. fo llo ws 1;ltnt
whc111.lw hnrvest b eg in::;, n p crio<l c:ill1:tl 1.h ~· end o[ the ngc, b egins .
•·\ ttd y(lt Lhe liviug saints arc no t t.nken 11 11 1.il ncnr the end of t he
hnn·l:st. And ns t h ey are foun d in the m ill, licltl, :rnd b ecl, il is
wry (:d rlont the a ngels are invisible t.o them while gathering
the tan•s ; whetl\C.r it be a longer or sho r Lo r pe ri oci. And yet
i1otwit.hsLnncli11g Lhis, it is n ot out of chnrnr.t1•r t1) 1rnpposc, ns they
:irn cltilil rcu o f lig ht, t ltnt t.lte <lay of t.hc J1onl w ill not come on
llo!m 1111aw:irrs; lmt thn Lh~· t aking h cc<l to t he 1111re word o f proph-
~·cy, t l1uy f'lwu ld k no w t.hC'ir whe\C:t.hou ls :rn rl t.imc l•f vi::;it:iLio11.
Br1~:u1 :>1~ l.lw d1u11.'JC from mor t nlit.y t n i11cn10 r1,;di 1.y 1i01111•::; in IL
1111111w11 t., i t <l<ws lt•ll· fo llow alt t.hc w ork of 1,h(! lt:irvc!<I. must; be
1:(111Sll11111l:llf'1l i11 i hr S:tllll' 1ll0111Cll l..
Jt is tWL 011r ohjuct 11ow to sh o w tii C' lr,!!gl h of t.h(' h a n ·cst; hut
l'i111pl_r t.hnt tht•rt' is ::;nch n ii m <', :1t11l t h~ 1 it. is lo l r:1tt:;;pi rc <l11-
1·i11g t. h 1~ 111111'l:1lil\" 1; f tit(• ,;;ii 1d.s. ,\ ;11l (!t:11. wlcil t· l 'liri!:;l ;11111 t he
'111!.!<' 1 ~ ' II '(• d11 i111: ih r· \\·,,1k oil' ! hi,; :_:-1 1~ 1" ' 1 lt: 1 n· •·~ I tit•• \l' lldd ll'il l
l,,. i"ll " ' '! cc d , 1°f ,1f1·11 i-: ''"II"' •t1l' •11 1.f tJ, .. 1·l 111n•h · 'ill "';ilki11!.!
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liy fnlt!t, 1vill know tho time of Yisitntio11 u11ly hy the c1·idl!11rt•s
clrnw11 from the Scripture.'!.
ls i~ possible that a chri.~t.ia11. will let. prcj11c1icc, or preco11ccivcd
opinion keep him from an invcstigntio11 from a purely llihlc
st:u1 <l poi11t, of so important n subject? Nomillttl cl1ristiani- 1vill.
.1\1111 Llteflrst house of Tsrncl sL11rnlilc•d 01·or thi8 vr ry i:tmnhling
:;tone, viz. the fulfilment of Rcripturc!i in rcl:Hio11 to 1.ho co111i11g
of Christ, inn mn1111er they <lirl not :1111.icip:lte. And J nm sat-
ji;fil.'11 t.lrnt you, who now holn th\11 p:1p<'I-, if you :ire not alrcrtd!I
interested, whether yon arc :t Preiiuyt.ct·ian, .Mc1.hotlist, lbp1.i~t,
J\tl vent.ist, Catholic, or wh:H not.; aR yo n arc pa rt of the Lao die<:·
an church (Rev. 3 : 14), think that you :Ire rich, inn spiritual
sense, nncl will 11ot gi1·0 thcs<' things a f:iir i11v es tlg:1tio11. l\Inny
:tro cnllc<l, few nro chosc11. 1 f you :ire 1wL one of the chnsen,
soma excuse will be fonn<l; for his 11cr111in to come upon all the
world ns ~s11nrn; while "ye, brethren, nrc 11ot in clnrkuess thnt
1.h:1t<lny shouluovortnke you as n thid." The llihlc so cll.!arl y
t e aches that the m:iss of t.he cliristian world, :111<1 cspocinlly the
lca4ers, will Rtumble, that it. cnn11ot he nt he rwii;c.
"Coming," often menus Jffe$e11ce; ""'hat i;h~1ll be t.hc Rirrn of
thy coming, n.11d of the (harvest) end of the world" (1'lntt. 24': 3).
This word in the above text, is [pai·ousfo.], :incl means presence.
1t occurs in 2 Cor. JO: 10; "For hi:s lcttl'rs :ue powerful, but his
bodily presence fparoi,sin] is weak." And in Phil. 2 : 12; "As
ye have nl1rnys obc-yecl, not as in my pm·oi~ia only, but now mnch
more in my nbsei1ce." And 2 P oter 3: 4, in the Emphatia JJi-
a.glott reads, " Knowing this flrst, that in the 11\St of the DAYS
scoITcrs will come witl1 sooning, .. nnd snyi11g, vVherc is the
prom~e of his PRESENOJ~J l•'(Jr from t.he time tbe fathers
fell asleep all things continue in this wn y from the beginning."
No one would be so simple ns Lo ask for a promise of his com-
ing; the Bible is full of snob promis<.'Sj and we shonld point to
J olin 14: 3, "If I go and prepare a place for yon I will come
:ig11i11; 11 orLo J\ctsl:ll, "This snmc Jesus shallsocorue,
i11 like manner as yebave seen him go. 11 They mightnot believo
i11 the promise of his coming, b11t 1.hcy 110 not Mk, where is there
s11ch n promise. But there :ire i;cnfT<'rs 11ot far from you1 who ask,
with :~ 61HH~r, 'Vhere is I.here n p r<1i11iso of hi s p1·cM:nce while ns
yet nil things co11ti11uc as they wcre from tho bci;inning. Aud
1his is jtist wl1aL so 111n11y nt'c !•ffc11<l<'d nt, bc•:mi.sc wo tench tl10
prosc11cc of Uhrii;t, while as y et 'all tl1ings continue M they were.'
1\ 1111 yon wonlcl porhal111likc1 0 kuow where t. hi~ promise is found.
f 11 ill answer yo11. II al.t. 24: !li i .. nll(rnf tlil'~e 1•ro111ii;eR : "Bnt
; p; t Ii \• ol:iyi- of No<' Wl'r1!, s0 i:li:ill al~•> 1.Jw 71111·1J11.<i1r, I prn:<1•11c<']
11f !lit• :'i1111 ,,( 111:111 I••'." Thny " ' 1•n! l':•ti11)! :ind dri11ki11g, pbnl·
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ing a111l lrnil,ling, nrnrrring, nnd giving in marriagn, :is t hey had
bl'Cll from the b1•g in11ing, and knew not (nnt.il the flood came.]
They cl id kno,1·, wht·11 ~hcj7oocl came; n11cl they will now know
when r>\•ery eye i;hall ltcholll hi111. But his parow;ia is nowhere
t".i npnre1l to the flood, lmt"tothecl:lysofN oc,""the days that
were before the flood," whilQ the nrk was pn1 1>:Hi11g (1 Peter 3:
20) : wl1ilc C\ crythi11g co11 1.i1111c1t as from 1.hu begi11111ng.
"And as it wnsin the 1lnp nf Noe, Roc:hn ll itnli;o lie-in the days
of 1i1r Son of man,, (T.11h 17: 2ti), fo tht• <bys of Nonh, they
11 rrc f'l :111t.i11g nncl h11il•li11g :unl knw· 11 01.. ] f he i11dee1l co!nes t o
1•·:ip 1l1c c;i rt.h :m<l gatlH'r the fr11ii, before he comes with all
hi:-: gnldt·11 grnin, y on 1,:u1 see how the nl11>1·c cnn lie true, n11d the
h11n1•H en•l h l.'forc t he worltl will kno'~ :my tbing of it; :iU1l how
lu~ 11111·011.~iCI, en·" t hc> lfays oft.he f'o11 o f m:rn,'' c:111 lie compnr-
1ii tu the duys of .J.\-u1i/1~· while they were pla 11t.i11g :rn rl lmil 1li11g.
'1'1i,. 1l:iys o f the Sou Clf lil:iu, is "lite time of ltcH"vc..t; 1he time i11
11 ltit1li he i$ prcp:u-inrr for the d C'Strm:ti vn 11 011· t1>llli11g ; when he
will lreacl the winep~ess nlouo.
'l'!tc nuo1·e ucing lnt<', you cnn sec. t hn.t a time '1tU,•t come when
we iohnll he iit tlt!J time of hai·v,.st :rncl the n11gclf1 g:ilheriug the
"l"hilclrcn of t.hc wicked one" int.o orgn11iimtio11s ; whil e yet the
"children of the ki11gtlom" arc about their busi11css i11 the field
:111cl mill. And that tirnc J1as nlreacly commc11ccd, t,he harvest,
or end of the aion [age J bcg:i11 on thi:i tc11 th rl:\y of the scYca th
month in 1874. And t.his "Lime of hnn•cst," mca.'!urcs three and
n half years. If you nllkJ1ow we know this, I nnswer, by tak-
~11g heed" to tlic sure worcl o f prophecr, which shines ns a light
111 n cln rk pince."
If you desire to irn·ci;tigate, take some steps to t.hnt 01111; either
chtnin :111cl read all the ev idences; or comc out from org:t11ized
"bundles," which arc c11<leavo1fog to scpurnt.e you from present
tr11th, aucl hear cnch one for himself. But if you haye. uo desire ;
no drawing of the Spirit, th:lt will cnal>le you to "search, as
men i;e:irch for hid ti·c:isnrcs;" and feel spirit1tally "rich," nucl
that yo1t noto hnve :ill that is neccs!;:wy, :incl "have need of noth-
i11g ;" I counsel yon t.o b11y eyes:tlvc; least "tAat day come up-
on yon unawares."
"Ye br11tlm:n arc Mt in ch rKn ~ss that t.h:\l, cl:ly i:hot1lll overtake
!/OH ns n thief." Bu t ye &l:ttff~r:::, who Ray" where is the pro111-
ii<e o f his 1•1·csc11l'e? for :i 11 I hi 1w11 rn 11Li1111 l~ as they w~rn from ~he
l1cgi1111i11.,L!," (Ire i11 d:irlrncss ; !'1~11 though yo11 hnv11 the Hound
L:ik1~ N 1111·ti.fi.1:11lic11, or from nnr othr1· cnusc, feel that you nrc
" ric:h, :111'1 i11on•:1sc•l in gnolll' i1:11·c• nc·crl of 11othi11 ~."
The t 1·,:1 rift l'llr ltr11t h•·rl1110:1 i.11 ( 'h l'i;;l.. is 11ot"/i:r.fi11r1 1 fir 71ro ·
!'~.~-~,.,.I· Jn:I \\· :d ki ! .- .• , ,hp li td 1i " f l •t't •C:H • li 1 1•1tfl1 '. nd w·l11·Lh
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er we aJ·o 11010 in Llic.> time: of hntTest, or it clo!.'!l no~ cmne for ten
tlJous:lll<l fC:\rs, WhC'll it <loM come; \\'hC'll this t.r:inl<ition period
that is to i;cparnte t he tares nn rl whc:i.t, nn<l 11!:her in the clcstrue·
tion of t.he dny oft.ho l ,onl, cloC's come, the f.rne church will be
in. the li ght 011 tliat part.ic11l:i.r sul1jnc1,, nn<l ·Lil others iu chrk·
ness. Else l 'l'ltr.$. 5: 1-r1, hns no nppnre11t mcnniug.
This hnn·r!'t mc~sn.gc is the nnt.urnl 011tc:o11w of the pnrablc of
the ten virgi1111; a11tl tlit.'y t.hat. :i1·c l'Cn<ly will go in before the
others kno w n11y1hi11)! 111nre t hnn tllllL he is uen r. And believe·
i11g him ncm-, in the i111111c<l i:i t.e fu ture, ns so many do; with no
U<.'fi uite know le<lge on !.he s11lijcct; will help yon ns it lielpccl tl1c
first h ouse of JsraC'l, whcm thl'ir rnlibics t.n11(!'i1t thnt th e time of
hi~ eomi11g dre w 11{·:tr1 "n11<l nll men were in expectation." And
they eontin11cd 10 think it nc:ir, 1111til th eir d estruction came.
They lookt><l for lti1r1 tc' cnmo 011 1 of Bet.hlchem. Ilut the an ·
gel or"the ],or1l 1 urrw11 lti111 :i,;:i11o (,l) ~ar.:i rcth ,. that he might be
cnllccl n N:iznrclll', \"011 :1rn l•111ki11g fr>r hi111, not ns he went, but
in nll bis gl01·y. Br 1•:1d11I y•rn 110 llOt i:t111n l>lc lJecnnse hc corucs
M he wc11t :l\\·11r, n11 (l h:11 ·,·c~ts the cnrth licfQ1·c he makes the
open m:miiestnLions for which you look ; :i.ml when too late, you
fi11d "the. hnrrcst is p.'lst, nncl the s11mmcr is ended, nnd your
soul not saved.'' A111l ~ourself wi th the cl:iss represented in
Matt. 25: 11 : "Aftcna1mls cnmc 11 lso the other virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, o pen to 115. 11
Cl.irist nppc:irecl in \':1rio11s forms, :intl 011 various occnsions, dnr·
ing the for ty dnys nftcr hiHcsurrect.io11, because he wnnted wit·
uesses that he h:i<l rii;cn. Bu t wltcn he won Id "vnnish out of
their sight," they ro11l<l 1111t follow, or t.rnce his locality. But
11ou1 h e hns n work to 110 11/onc, :i.nc.1 r equires no eye witnesses : " I
hnve trocldcn the winrprc~s aloncj nncl of the people, there were
n one with me." During that fo r ty days he did :i.ppcar i11 those·
cret cham1>er, "the doors being shut ." Ile also appeared in the
wilds of Galilen "nrnl there shall ye see him." Dnt no10, "if they
eh:ill say unto you, l.>eholrl, he ili in the secret chamber, believe
it not; behold, he is in the desert, go not forth." Then he requir-
ed wil11essc;;; now lie \\'ill h:t1'(' nonr.: "Tho dnys will come when
ye sha.11 clcsirc to i:cc 1"\11e 11f the d:iys of the Son of man, nnd ye
sltallnotsec" ( Lnkr li : Q~) : "Fornsthelightninglhnt.cometh
011t of the enst, an cl Rh i11rd1 CYen unto tho wc!'L; i;o f'hnll also the
presence of the ~011 11f m:i11 lie" (1\fatt. 24: 27). .A nd Lnke 17:
·24, supports t lw ~nnl" rrouclerinr;; "Ji'or 1111 the lightning &c. so
sh:ill the S1111 ofmrmbr, in his dny."
S1)iritunl b11diN1 are rn111·es<mtcd as .~!iining as the Jig ht11ing:
"l bchcdd $:1t:Hl n.~ lir:-!Hning, fnll from lir.:wn11" (T,ukc 10: J'i).
"lli;; ('1,1111tcnnnrf' " ·;1..: lik •• lil!litnin!.! · C'f111t. ',:! -l· !f\. '· Iii ~ f:11·0
n:; the nppcnr:i11cc of 1igltt11i11g" (D:rn. 10: o). "An<! l:i!:t. of nil
ho w:i.sl)ccnofmenl;;o"( l Cor. 15: 8) . '11' hc11Pnul s:rn·h 1m tho
sltinin.' l wns so brighL t.hat, Iii~ i:i!"'ht w:i::1clestroyocl;11nd yt'L " t.ltc
me11 Ll1:11. journ ....J wil h him i;a 1r 'ho mnn." Thu clt:iriots o[ Jir{',
n111l ltorscs of lire rou111l nho11t Elishn were noL seen hy his scrvn11t,.
.Antl uccnusc <luring r.lw "dar:=1 of the Son of rnnn," Christ is to
he hero in his s11irit11nl h,xly; t o gnt.hcr his own; instead of prOY·
i11~ thnt n1ortnls will sec him, pron~s e:rartl,11 t/w r1mtmry. For
n1lhQ11gh spiri t11:ll 1io1l ics n re represented ns sltini11g- Ii ke th e Iigh L·
11ing; :-inrJ, pcrhnp!I, moving as the lightning; &till r.o mort:tl 01'-
cr s:i11· n glorifiecl spiritual body1 wiLhont a miriolc. Norint1ccrl
o ne 1hnt w:ts not glorific<l. No sinful m:rn will c1·cr ~cc him" ns
he is/' for "\Vit.hout holiness no m:in can sec the Lonl." J\11d
yet ho iH t.o reveal l1imscl f to I.ho worl<l "in thming fire," :ind i11
rnrions wnys. "llnt 1cc ;;!t:dl be lil.:c /iim, for 1N shnll sec hi111
((1• ltc i,9."
" J l e s hall rlcsc<'11!l from hc:n-on with :u;hont., with ~he 1· oio<>
ni l hr archnngcl :11111 t.ho trnmp of Goel."
Th e t rnmpctH nll ltn1·c "voicC's" (sec Hl'v 8 : 1:1)_ And th!'
?10i.qe, shout, voicr8, trumpat,q, &c. connt'ctrrl with the coming of
Chrii:t, :111(! tho cloi:ing work of tho gospt!l, nre cuenll~, n11c1 not lit-
eral 1111isc, or motnllic t.rnmpet.s ns under the lnw. "fict yo np n
stn11 ~l:trtl in the land, blow the trumpet among tho nntions '' (J er.
fll : 2i), docs not mcnn metallic t.rnmpet.~. J\n<l tn suppose thnt
Ci11ist. and tho nngols nrc to get up an exhibition o f thnt chnrac-
Lor, is simply childish. Tho angelic movement!! nncle1· the sc i··
nth irnmpet, nro its noiseless as they h:i1·c been n11<ler the nthcr
s·i x trumpets; or, nR were the hosts t.hnt snrronncfoil Rlish:t.
The wny is 11arro1v ; even tho ?Mn1i11g.~ of Christ, nncl some o f
the snyings of Pnnl are" hard to be unde rstood," n~ I'ctc r says;
:ind nrc designed ns st11m1Jli11g blocks.
Kn o wing the time is perhaps of no inport,n11cc in it.~clf, but
walking i11 the light is all im portan t; nnd if yon arc in tlte ligl1t
you tcill know. "The, wise shnll nnderstnnd ;" nml the Ef.rle.sin. .
will know the t.imc of their" visitation," whntevcr your tc:ichcrR,
who nrc themselves in dnrkncs mny say to thecontrnry. '"fake
hcctl lcnst yow· hear Ls lJc ovcrchnl'gcd wit.h tho c:ircs o f this Ii fe,
:nu] so thnt 11ny cn111c upon you w1ri1ctcrcs."
"The Bridegroom r:1111r, :\llcl t.hcy th:it, ·were rcatl y went i11
w!t.h hi m to Lhc mnrri:tcrr., :1n<l tho il oor 11'!\R a.1 1111•• " Nowhorr. in
t.hc Hi hlL• is I.here :i liinf thnt, the w11r11l, nr the f<H•li ~ h Yirgini;,
.":ill ii1•iwlil the mr,(l(.i11 g (I f the H riflcgrnom nnd his ~h oi;•m.
l lir·y 11:·p La ken away no iRr.lc::;sly nml hy 1111 ~<!cn h:rn•h, 1l11n11g th1•
i1:1n·1•":, :111.J will 111! ,·i~ilil••, on!\• when" Tho J,nrrl ro111,,t.h with
\en •1 ·11• :111 .i of )ii< i:~intc:, lo (lXrc:11t1' iutl rrmrat 1111n11 nit."
 Tiil~ Olt!GI;\J\I..
81\ TNT, r.md 1\ .N (i 11; I •.
-o-
Tlte wonl trn11slnt.ctl a11gcl, in tltu (;ret~k i", [rtnf/c'los); nwl tl w
wonl for saint, is f/trt!fil>.~J The litcr:il for nugclos, is mes.~e11yo1"
.(\llll for hngios, [li.oly, or fiol!J·01w ].
In the llcbrcw, the wor<l used for :i11gel, is [mal-ultc/\'] i t lic
lit. of which, is me.~se11.r;1.w. A11d Llic wol'Cl for sai11t, is f !/lutli-
·sccd]; the lit. of which is God-seed. When t1l!c1l iii: :111 :1dj,
tlteworcl sai11t, is [kalt-dvli.~li]; lit. /io/y ,· nntl is tltcn applictl to
t.hings ns well as perso111;. A11gcl alwny" 1111•an~ wc.~.~ellfJIW; :rnd
t.he character of t he nngel tlcpe11ds 011 wltose :rngtd lie is. 1f it is
nu nngel of Ll1e Loni, it. il'l g<'llL'r:ll Iy ,.;o .~t.nt c<l; or i r i1. iii t.hc De\'·
il's nngcl, we nre i11formt•1l of tlm~ fout, 'l'lic Mme wonl is u~c1l
whell spcnkiug of tl1 e 111cssm1r1m· of $J111111i·I, ~n1d, JJir:1111, &r.
Bnt the words for snint, r.11d-.Mccl, or t lie holy rn11•s, :lj'l•licd to
1icrso11s, !\hrnys rcfors to U!i.rist, in· 1.IJ11;;1- who n1·e l'hri1't.'i;; tl1:it
is, those who" 11re r.ou11tc·1l for t!io ;;('('!] , "Neitlwr wilt Lho11
~nffcr tliiuc Uoly 0110 (t/li.(r/i.-.qi;ed; >':1i 11t ) I ll >'('I' c<1l'l'l'11lin11, Ps. lG:
10). "Gatlwryorn;r (t;htth-.~ eed) ~:d11ts togt'lltcr; 1.hos(! tlt:it h:in.1
m:idc a covc11nut w1Ll1 111e hy s:~cri01·1.," ( l 's. IHJ: '•) . .,\ ~: liu : the
word i-aiut when usetl ns an adj. j,, I k1tl1-doh,.~h I; Lhns, " l >L•spi$ccl
the word of the lloly One [kah-rfolish, Mi111.] of. Israel,I) (Isa. 6:
24) . "A111l the Lord my <.~011 shall come, 1\11d all thc(!.:<eli-do/i$h]
~mints with thee, (Zech- 14: 5).
T h ere is n ot a i;inglc i 11:-;tnncc ei Lher in the Old, or N cw 1'cstn.-
111e11t, of :rny word 11st•cl for a11gcl, hcing t.r:111!<la t.c(.l sni11t, or vice·
· ve-rsa; nnlcss it l>c ass11mctl t.h:it. 1.hc twu "!;:ii11t s," of D:in. 8: Ia,
were angels. But ns the wo1·d I kr1h-do!tsh.] H:1 i11t, n1Hl 11ot. [m.al-
·ahc!L] angel, is nsod; Enoch :1nJ Elij:ih :ire s11ggcsted. l ltlncc,
his appear ing" with all his .~ctints," 111L<a11s with "the church of
the firstborn." "A111l when l le 1diall :ippJ.":lr, wo shnll ''Jl)ICar
ioith him." Therefore, he will ·110t uc
visible until tflO "ha.r vcst
is pnsti'' "a11c1 l1is s::iint.s, who have 111ado n covcnnnt wit.Ii him by
Rnc rifice," nro gnthc1·ed toget.hor n11to hi111. Aud the Snriptuml
~widcucc that we arc no10 in thi:=!" li111e oJ' harvest,'' is so :ibun<knt
t.hat those who nm inve.qti!Jttli?111 this sul1jcct, "can lift 11p their
hcncls, a ncl look np; knowing their 1'l'tl1!lll['Li1)ll«1rawoth ui gh."
"Oomi11,r1," i11 .Matt. 24: :1, 27, :11, 30; an cl 2 Pct, :3; 4, iR (J>a.
?·011..~ia), and 111nans pr<.'!<c110c; :uul iR so re11<1t,rc<l in the J~mphat­
ic Diagiott: "What sh:ill lie tlw 11ig11 ill. th y 7n·e,•(mCe awl of t.hc
«1111 o f tlic 11.. 1rlrl "? 1\1111 t.hc :111s 1r1·r 1~, 1·crnc :JI," A!i I hC' 1by:;
11f Nor, :'<O 1<h:1ll ali;o tho Jl?'BS IJllCt' of t.h(! ~011 of 11m11 l.1<'. ,. U111n-
1'al'C! nlso Luko 17; 2(i.
 llEAVEN.
THE WORLD J'O

~Judi we know cnch o tl1 r r !11rrn ?

\\'hnt is ihC' f11l11n· of lhl' rcdc·cmc<1? n1ul 111111· arc i.l1cy t,o pass
the cl:iys n11(l yc•nrs of forl'\'C'r? J;; Llwre 110 due lo lhi: 111y;;1.m·y?
lJus Gort i11clcl•d lt~ft 11:; i11 1hrknc;;;;, with 0111\· n n~11c.• 1111tlcfi11e'1
l10pu? No ot.l_1er s11hjcct. has so deeply i11tcrcs1c1T mnnki11d in
nll n~c·;;, n;; l.lw; of the future life. Hoth ln11g11ngr ~rncl i;ong
liavr hcr11 cx h:111 stc1l in describing its iinngi11n1-r jo,,-c;:-
" W c ;;pc:ik of the realms of t.he lilc!>L;
()f I.hat COlllltry SO bright nnd SO fair;
J\11<1 oft :ire iti; glories c0nfc:-;~:
Hut what 11111'.;;'t. it be lo be t.hcrc"?
The ln<lian lnn~.'I t.o rn t•cliln lc nf t.ltr lt:q11')' llll11ti11g ~ro1111d,
wlwrc the ho1111cllc;;s woocllnncl 1111cl lirn:1d J'l':tirit•s <lwtl lPC·111 11·ith
elem· nnil l>ison. Tiu.' 1\1ul1n111111c<l:i11, nf 11 p11racli;;c• uf l11n• n11cl
i!C'l•!>llal <lc•light. Thc,13ucl tl hist, of pcrl'cd.1·cst.; a J1 u:lYCll wh1•1·e
hr will hC' nbsorhc<l into l>cit.y, :ind rcm:iin pn~ionlc·ss. i11:1ct i,·c,
n11cl inexpressibly hnppy. Hut the Glarii;ti:111 world i~ dh i<lccl;
011C pn1't believe t.hcy :ll'C to unsk in t.hc i111m ed i:1t.C~ Jll'CSt'll CC Of
U·od, whcl'e "t(lerc is folucss of joy;" but have no dl•finil.e idc:i.
of their occupnt.iou; h en ce tliofr hc:wc11 :ipl'roximn.tci; sorn<'what
nearly to thnt of the Hniltlhist: perfect, lint 11ndcli1w<l hnppiness.
Tho other pn.rt of chri:::te11do111, i11el11ding l'rc-111illt•1111ialisls,
Agc-t.o-como bclienrs, :ind :ill cl:li;!'ei; of J\dvent.ists, bclie\' C in
:111 (fric ultm· l he:t\'(•11, wlH•rr "the right.ro11s :::h:ill i11l1C"ri1 t.hc
lrm.d, :rn<l dwell thcn·in f(>l'('\'(•r." .J\ntl 1111• <ll'~1·r 1 ld<l.~som
M the rose; :t11d i11st.l•:t•l of f.hr t hi :;~lc: sh:il I c11111(• 11 p 1lt1~ myrtle;
:incl inst.cad of the thorn, sh:i.11 come HJ• U1r !ir Lr<'<' and hox t re<~ ,
t.<> l1ea11t.ify .the plni;c of his s:\llctunry. Th<'y :tlsn c·x1•1•1·t. t.11 h11ilrl
ltrmscs, nud inl1abit them; plant viucya1·cls, nnd cat. 1111• !'rnil. Of
t.hc111, nnrl lo11g enjoy tlte works of t heir hn11cls ( li:!l. ti:i: 11-25).
These approximal.c in prin<,iplc more 11cnl'ly to 1h1• l'l'ol 11irrn's
ltc)a,·en. \\'ho, being :i r:icc of hunter;;, h1,licn• in a'" '""''' where
:di t.ho <lifli cut t.ics :ttHI cb11ge1'S of the c:hnsc will lo,, f11n·1· e1· ban·
isltccl . The Uhrisl.i:in, l1r.i11g, in the m:ii11, :111 :lt:"ric:t1lt um! race,
look fo r:\ hcnve11 whrrc' thorns n11ll 1.hi~ 1 .IC;s a11d drought nncl all
t.lt r. cffrctR or tlH' <·111·.sc• \\'ill Le rc1110,·r.<l, n11d en•ry 111°:111 prt•mit-
.. <1 "t.o ;;it, 11111lc r !tis own viii(' n11cl fi g trer, with 1101lti11!! 111 linrt.
or d c~t,rny."
Titus ,,.,, Ji11d th« rnlirrioni; rif IIi(' worltl .Ji,·icktl int11 i 11 11 cl is-
• n I
l 111<•t t:l:1sst•s; Liu· 0111' 1e:1c·l1i11 g a "Jliri1.11:d, 1.h1• ot l\C' r :i \1:111pn rn,
or matcrinl he:iven. And there iR mul'l1 i11 I he Bible whioh fay.
ors both. 'l'he pr!lphcts clearly foret.1•11a 111:1trrinl heaven, nurl
:i high st:lte uf ngrioultm-e for mn11ki11tl in the mi llennial ngc.
There is to bo "I\ rcst.illlt.ion of :ill things" (Act.a :l: l O) . 1\1•11
"As in .Ad:11n all die, so in ~hrii<t Rl1:ill :Ill be 111:11le alive, but
every mnn in his own o.r<ler." Awl i11 llw n·~LiLutio 11, :ill nntio11s
will enjoy to some extent , their own illl!ns uf lie:i ven. T o il11111-
t.rnte: There is n d istinct. promise for the So1lomilcs, cve1·y 1111e of
wh om were destroyed, that they shall l1c l'N>Lore!l to "their for-
111er estnte,11 :rncl given to .Tudnh fo r da11ghLcrs by nnother cov-
cnnnt. (SeeEzek. 10: 51-61). H11tin th1•n•stit11tion 1 the "curse"
being rcmo,·erl, the evil of thl'ir fonnrr estnte will m>t. be.
Hence they will en joy, as "tlnnghtcr11 ,,r Judah," Lite high·
ci:t degree of hnppi nc..o;s they arc c:1pnliil• of :lf'prNinting . So in
the restitut.ion of etll thi11~s 1 Lhc l11di:111 will l•1· n·st11red t.o fn',q for·
mer condition, without. the edl; :11111 thus n1j"y to some cxLCnt,
his eirpeoted happy hun ting g rcmn•I:>. l'rps1·1111•d in j11st t.hil' wny
this mny sccin like n strnnge <hwt ri11r; 11111 :i 1·c.~titutio11 of ali
thing11 i11 clearly promised, :uul is ncerp!Nl It~ fully one hnlf of
the l'rotcst:int church.
As" t here is no kno\ldeilg e in tlic ~rare wit it.her thon go<>-"t"'
"nnd th:it Yc1·y <lny, his t.l1ough ts JIC'nslt;" :i.11 nntions will con;e
np iu the restitution, with the snmo itlea.<1 tht•y !ind in this life·
:wcl nt fi rst, kuow nothing more t.111111 t hey knew nt Lhe momeut
they fell asleep. H ence, they will com111c11ec with nil t.he hab-
it.s, good and bnd, with which they ll•ft thii:; lifr; nn<l wi ll require
to be ruled" witJ1 a rod of iron," 1111ti l they ~hnll ":ill know the
J,onJ, from the lenst to the grcntcl'I ;•· for (:1111 has sworn," As
J li ve, saith the Lorrl, Every knN· sh:11l how I n mc, nnd every
to11g11econfcss to God." llcn<w, fro111 lhe .lewil'h nntion, · who
are promised n restittrtimrto l'alcstiuc, 1l!'w11 lo the lo west H ot.-
t·u tot, they will, in the resLit11 lio11 1 each an<l nil realize to some
cxtent, t.heir highest ir1cm; of hnppineRl! n111l hrn\'l•n.
Hut t.here ii; a l•ingdom of hc:wen, nnrl n "li t.tl1• fl ock 11 who
:ire to inherit it, and become" :li:t th1• :111gtl11 11r c:o1l, nciLhcr can
tliC'y die nny more. 11 J\11rt nlLhough "\\'t• t.rnst. i11 the li1·ing Goel
11 ho is the 8:wiour of nil men, .~111•1·iall!I <> f 1li11;;e t.hllt believe"
(l Tim. 4 : 10); yet this special i;:ili·atio11 to i111111urt.nlity \\':ts not
11111h·11'Lno<l, or t:\llght, 1111clcr Lhe .1'cwi11h m·11111•111y; "lint is 11.0111
111adc 111:\11irl'11t hy thc:ippr:irin~ of 1111rS:\\'in11r .Jp;;111> Christ., who
hath ali11lishc1l 1lc!'lt h, :u11l hnth l1n111~hl lifl• :w<I i111111ortnliLy to
light t l11·•111!.d1 the gn;;pcl" (2 Tim . 1: Ht) 'l'l11·i:1~ :'Ir<' I hry
11f who111 it j._ \\f·itt<"ll, "_\n<l ll!'\st 11u11l1• 11•: 111110 1111r C~ nrl king•
38 HEAVEN.
n111l prirst.><, irnd we sl1:ill reign ou the cart.It 1' (He.\'. 5 : I 11). I•'or
thr king1lom :11111 clominion nnd the· grcn.tne;;s of tltc kingtlom
11 111h!r Ll1e wl1ole hrn,·c.11 1 sl1all bcgjvcn to ~h e people of 1.Jicsai11r.s
of t.hr J\lost J ligh; n11'1 :i 11 peoples, a nd nations, nntl h11g11nge:-:,
sl1nll scr\'c 111111 ob1•y ( U:111. 7). lt !s to tM.s cl:iss in the \\'Orld
t.o come, :11111 1101 the 11ntio11s in the.flesh, to wh ir.h our quest.ion
refers. Shnll 1M know u:1ch other t here?
"llelovccl, 1101r nre wo the sons of Go<l, :111<1 it d(ILh 11ot. yet
!ll'f'l'nt· wh:\L we slinll be; but we know 1.liaL wltc11 he slrn ll apprnr,
11·0 ;;linll he like him; for we shall seol1i111 nshcis" (I J ohn 3: 2).
This l>< c•1n!; :'IL first to shut ont allinq11iry 1 "itl111Lh no~yt'l.np·
0

ponr \\'hnt we shall he;" lrnt there is another pnrt of lliis ten,
"\l'C knoll' t, hal when he shall nppe:ir, we shnll he like him."
l lc:11cc, nil thnt. ii; revealed of him,' is just so inuch l'<'\'CHll'd of 011r
fntnrc.
"~11pposing him Lo hr 1he gnrdo11cr. Fhc ~:1id 11nL0 hirn, Sir,
if th<'H hast. hurnc l1i111 hence, tell me where 1ho11 l1111;L lnid him and
l will t:ikn him :rn·ay. .Tcsns said 1111to her, Mnry. • She turnc<l
licrs<'lf nn~l saiu mno liim, Hn.bboni."
l>i<l .1es11$ know Mnry, a.11d Peter, and John? Then we shnll
k11011· 11ur :;\[:uys, :i.no oitr brother .John. For 11·<' :::hall be like
him; "n.ncl know as we are know n."
"Bnt as it is writ.ten, Rye hath not soe11, no r ear hennl, neit he1·
hnth enterotl the heart C)f nrnn, the things wh ich Goel hath propnr-
cd for t,hcm tha~ lo\'e him" (1 Cor. 2: 0). D oc8 this mnke the
case clouhtful? l tcad on," Uut Goel hn.th rC\'enled them unto us
by his Spirit, which Rcarehcth n.ll thi11gs, ye:i, the deep things of
Goel, .. th:it we might know the thing~ t.hnt :we fn•ely gi1«.'t1 1ts
of God" (verses 10, 12). Herc isn ccl'tflint.y t,hn1 l1·hat we wish
to k11ow i, reueried; "and those t.hingl'i which an· n•rt•nlc1i, be·
1<111~ 1111to 11s n111l to our children forever."
Now comes Lhe question, llow shall we fi11r1 it? for truth ii; hid,
:111tl m11st be fo\lnd uy Sl'nrchin g cc :is fo r silver." The next \'erse
:111s.wcrn:" " ' hich th i11gs :dso wespc:ik [Lite things which nrc free·
ly gi ,·cu 11;; of UntlJ, 11ot. i11 t.he words which man's wisdom teach·
eth, hnt wliiclt thr H oly fipirit to:\Ch<'Lh, cmn7>cl1'i11t1 spiritu.a·
tltinf1·9 tl/ith spiril11(1.. " I lore is t.h c rule; n111l we arc :iliout t.o np·
ply i~; th:it is, Lo cu111parc what is rovo:-ilod of Ohriiil and ~hcnn·
gt'li;, wit.h the rii;c 11 i<ai11t; uf whom it iii \\'ri1.tc11, "t)own a nat.ura l
ltot1y; r:tisc1l a ;;i1irit11al lw r1y." But. loL me s:iy, if t.h<' rC':ldC'•:
Im." LradiLi011s so s:icn•d t.o 11i111 1.lrnt. he is alrc:tlly tkl.t'rn1i11rli to
"PJIOI'\' llV<' rr 11c\1' icl1•:i s11ggci<ltd; :1nt1 is 11l:1n11t'1 IMt.nun•1111rsr•
i;h111tld leatl to iipirit.11nli!'111, or som~ 11rPi\tlf11I tliin;.t lir> h:11' 111tt.
 heret.ofore believed, he hncl be~tcr l:Ly t,lais n~it1u and rend 110
more. For we shnll not 011ly ncccpL n11 I.ho Hililc teaches clfrect-
ly, bnt nil tlrnt cnu be.fairly decl11r;ed from the mo\'emcnts a11d
manifestations of both good anti avil spirit.n:i.l Lcings; not-
witlu:;tn11ding it may cany us so for:is .Lo put Lo shame a ll pn.Ji;-
c11t spiritual ruauifostnLions, aud develop facts of the future life
of the saints, 1111pnralleled by the gol<lc11 drcnrusofEnstcrn genii
and fairy l:\llqs-T hings hcyo11d what 1.he eye hath secll, tire ear
lteard, or the lrcnrt. of m:rn co111,;(•i l'c<l.
Did the genii of tl1e lamp sup11iy till' t,nlrlC' :tt Bn.gtlacl with tho
choices wi11 es? So Christ supplier! llrt• tnhle :11 O:urn of Galilee.
·was Allndclc11 trn11s1iortccl hy i11 risilrlt 11:11111:< t.o the palace of
the king? So Paul was caught nw:ty t.o t ire' thircl heaven. Did
the genii eu:tble .Alladclen to bintl 1.l1e l'ri11cc of Persia " ·ith cor1ls
of hemp? So Christ s:i.ys, " H e _t.h:1 t kccputh my works unto the
end, to him will [ gi\Cl j)Ower OYC!r tl1c nation!<;'' nnd l's. 149:
8, n.dds, "To bi11d their kings with d1:1i11i;, n.11d t.beir 110\Jlcs with
fetters of iron; this 11onor hath nil his fi:l i11ts." All t.hnt Christ
or the angles hnve do11e 011 e::irth, arc hut fooL·prints in a shin-
ing pathway i11 which the glorific<l will walk. " Ile that 1.ielie\'·
et.Ii 0 11 me, t.he works th:\t 1 do slt:lll he: do nlso; :wd greater works
t hn.n these shall he do, because J g<1 1n1LO 111y I<'ntlter. "
Very little i s k11ow11 of the nntun: nf nspiril.nnl body, "It doth
not yet appear wJrnt we slrall be." Hut we k11ow mnny t hings
they have doue, n11 d which, by cv111pnring spiri t1.al thi11gs with
spiritual, we k11ow the sitint.i> will <lo. f'J1irit11al beings can np-
pear as a flame of fit'e., ".Who ·mak(•th his angels SJ•irits, a11d his
ministC\rs a flame of fire," (Ps, 104: 4 ; Heb. I: 7). "Aud the
angel of the Lo1'd appeard unto hi111 i11 :1 fl:w1 e ot firn ont of the
midst of the bnsh, 11 (Exo. 3: 2). Christ also is t.o be revealed to
the world, i11 flnminJ? fire. « J\11\l it c:1111c to p:i.i;s, .as they still
went 011 nutl tnlkecl, ·that, behold, t.ltt'rc 11ppc:1rc1l a chariot. of fire,
nn<l horses of fi1:e, iinu pnrted the111 both ns11nclcr, And Wisha
saw it, and he cried, My father, my fnt.hcr, the chariot of l srnel,
:~n d the horsemen thereof, (2 Kings 2: l 'l).
They c:111 be as the lightning; ' 1 I Ii.'> 001111L1'11a11ce w:is as light-
11i 11g," (J\J:ttt. 28: 3). Seo rrlso J>:in. J(); tl. "For 11s t,he light·
11i11g that lightencth out of the 0111• p11 rt 1111<1<1r hcave11 slti11 eth to
tlte ot.hct· J':'lf'L ltll(ler he:wenl s<i shnll al:::o the· l-;011 of mn11 lie in
r
hi.~ clay, 01' dn.ys." Tlti8 wore\ /i.er'IJl.IJl'(I 1"""'/, ii; t.hc i<!lllll! in V<'l'.
·.rn, "J\ R it W:11l i11 tire th ys of 'l\to1., !"11 shall ii IH~ :llso i11 I.ho /i1 10-
mm·1r. [11:i y, 1lays, or time] of I.he Sn:1 r•f 111:111." I ic11ce 1 110Lwit.h-
:<La11di 11g l 'li1·ist. is to be" ;is t,hc liglil 11in.!.\"," 111 ltis 1hy, or tlayR;
·ffl HEAVEN.
yet, it. is to lJe "n.s iL wns in t he ilo.ys of Noe," when they pl u11tc!l,
and lJuild e(l , and kne111 n ut. .
The npp enril 1g n'< fire, li~htni11g, &c. seems to be UieiI· own pec11-
li1~1· g lory, ns tlh'Y netunlly o.re ; o.n(1as71Je shn.11 see them whr11 we
nr<.> 111nde like thc111; but. n.~ t h e world will never see t h e m. A full
dr.sc riptio n of lh:.• r,;lo rili ecl. o r spiritual bol1y, is i;iv p.n i11 Uun. 10:
G, O; 0.11<1 ltev 1; 12-lii; "Then I liCten up 111y ey c!3, "11d Iool<P1l. 1111<1
he holtl a. cerftLi n rnn.11 c lothed in linen, whose loins were~inl1•d with
line gold of U phu7.: his hotly wn.s like the beryl, ttnd ltis fa1!1> n ~ the
;ippr:i.rnn <:P. of lightning, nncl his eyes ns lo.mps of fire, n.ml llis;1n11 s
n11d hi s fret li ke i 11 colo r to i1o lislie<l bra.~s. n.n<l t i 1e voice of his worcls
likr U1r \'l1 i re o f n ll111llit.11de. Ancl th er e r Pmnin e d 110 strengt h in
1n1>; for my r.11 11ili11 e~s WI\$ t.urned in me in to con11ptiv11, A 1.,J rn iln.r
d1·st:riptio11 is gi\'en of Ultrist's glorious b ody, i11 lle ' '. 1: ancl \\'IHm
t hii; r.n rrn pl ion ~hn l I !mt o ti incorruption, we sh11 II 1'!'<' hi 111 as he is,
.'' forWP!'>hllll l>r Jike tiw." H11t the spi ri tun.1 borl y, t hon,dt ,:hi11-
111)! " tlhO\'P. Lili> lil'igh tn<1ss of the fir11111.10en t." ciinnot h!' :-;eC!11 I1y rnor-
taft- wiLhvut l\ l<fl'"'ial r e,·cJntion; n.s is pro ,·er1 by n11111p1·ou!' i11~111.11-
cr$ wlarrf' t h ey l111\' e l1ce11 present:'" And Elii:hn. pro~ elf, n11d ~llid,
Lol'd. I pray lhcl', 011r.11 his eyes, that lit> 11111,v seP.. A11tl lit!? Lorll
o rmnrrl t.hc f\yr.s o( th<! you ng m1\11, nml he !mw; nnt.i, bPholcl. t.l lll
111•rn11t:1.i 11 wn s full of h o rsPsof lire, n.nd c h nriots u f fire i·o11111l11hnllt
1-:tishn," (2Kings1; 17), ",~re they notoJl rni11iste ri11h i;piri l!'. ioe11t
forLh to 111i1til'fcr 10 them tha.t shn.ll ba heirs o f sn.lvotin11," (! Cc-h. J :
7 1l [O whl\t liwk o f faith in the. climcl.l ! J "Ne\rert.h e lei;s whr•n t h "
S<Jn o f 111nn cometh, shall h e fiud f11.ith on the en.rth " '/ Al,;(I ill Lh e
('a~e or I>1Lni e l1 t he men thn,t were with him "sn w not tl1e 1·i $1on."
:\nrl n.lth o ugh Jes11sn.1111e11r<1 ill his presentgloriou;: u ody to ~au !,
it hurt t h e C'yes o f no one else; fo r ' the men tllat jou rn e~·NJ \\'ith
me so.w no mnn.'' And Christ is to b e, not ns ho WM in t.111~ !1\"sh,
out" llS the li gh tniu~ llrn.t. shinct11, if.re. $0 i<lut.11 t.hr Son o f ll illll //e
i 11 his clu.y, or <7ri!IS," (Lu kc 17: 24). And men 1ue t o eo11t.inm• to eu t
dri nk, ru11l 1nn.rry, nnd know n ot, eve n n.s t.h i>y 1l id in the tla~·s of
>'on.h, l\nd J.JOt. " /Is itwns in the cln.vs of Noc, so i<hall it ue a lso,
in t.he dnys o f t.h e Son of mru1. 11 Antf a.ltlto11gh l·hnc i:; 11\'Prwhcal·
mi11g proof fro m the Bi b le, and given in tll eRe pn.ge:<. Ui n.t wi> nre
11ow i11 th<.> 'httn-e~t~' o r end of tlie world; and that Christ ha s actu ·
nlly come i11 pcm;1111, !Jut wiJI not be mani{P.sted 1111 til t.ht> ltnn·est;
is pa.<:SP.<1; yet so s trong are old thelogical idl!a,'!1 t·h n.t I. ho nom in11l
1'l111rch, n.11d especially those who b1wc though~ the inost of t hC!se
thin~s. n.11d nre, t,h e re fore , thorouglJly intl oct.rirll\.Led in to t.h1 1 false
ill cu. t ho.t hi~ ;nLrmr,~in, !prese nce], 1Jegi11s wit.h I.ho 1171f'n 11m11ifest.a·
t.io 11s, inste11-tl o f tln1s (' ncllng, 1~rc sure to st111111Jl11 anti li e s 1111 retl.
F:piritut1.l lJei11 ~s r n11 npp0M' n.s co111rno11 m e n wi th fl r·~hly l1udi ei;,
a ~ tlid CJ1rist., n.ff,er II ii> res111-roc t.ion; aml ns nni.eh; 1111.ve al w11 y~ clone
whm1, iustl!:ld of ap1wori11g iu t.h cirnc.tunl g-lory, t.11cyhnn• 1q 1pc:.t.r·
eel:\,.'\ co 111u1011 111 1>11 . <...:0 111pnro J>n.11. !l: 21, nnu 10· r..
'l'lwy will , wla•n a1•1>n1cri ng unde r 1Vt'ail ·~!'.ffrsll, 1•at n ncl d ri 11k i.ltl'
fnn cl of 111ro11 ;-" J\11• "·hilr they yot ht•1ie,·l'cl 111)(. for jeoy. ;111d wv11·
clt• r , J) 1\ Raid 1111IC1 tlH) lll, Jf1\Ye \'e h <'.rn UllV lll<'l•t 1 1\nd 1111 ·~· ttn.\IU
hi111n. piro1•r.1of lH't•ilr•<l (i;:h, ntl(f o fr~honc\cl'lt1U. Ar"l 11 1• l;.,,1; it.,
11111) dicl c11t. 11.. rnrc t.lw111," ( Luke !?·1; 42). · An• l so it. w11i; 1\'ll h Lhc
 JIEJ\YEN.

Lord, and the Lwo :i.ngcls:-Allfl Sarnh hast<'ll an cl s;ct before them
b utt.er, nnc.l milk, :ind the dressed calf,·:rnrl the cakes; a11d they
did eat. :ind talkecl ·with A b raha111, (Gen. l !J : :1). ·
They will be nhlc to t.rnuspor t themselves frorn pince to place
indepeudent of ph ysical lnws :- " Th e s:i.me day, n.t C\·en iug, when
t he doors were 11lmt, where the <lisciples were assembled fot fear
of the J ew11, came .Jes1rn n11d st.oocl iu thci r midst" (.Toh n 20: l !J).
".And after eigl1t cbys, ng:\in his disc.;iplcs were within, then ca111c
J esns, the c1oors being shut, and sLOotl in their 111idst, and s:\i<l,
Peace lie unto yon" {n•rsu 2G). '' A11il their c•yes wore opened.
:u1d they lmew him, n.rHl l1c ' 'anishcu ou t of their sight" (Luke
2·1: 31). .
S ud1 lnng1m~e wn.s ncvf!r nppli etl to t he moveme11l.R o f .fesns
l1efore his crncifixion, and is n!ied oniy in sprnking of ~piri tu nl
lielngs. \YJ1en the Lorc1 and the nngcls ap pNll'Nl to 'Ali111hnw:
Jfo liftecl np his eyes n11!l lookecl, and, I{•, thrne men stood by liim."
H e difl not.see them r.wm.in.?, l m~. npparcut.Jy, it was jnsL ~he re,
at 11is side, they took 011 n visible form.
We o.Jso lenru in other plnces, thn1, shut clnor:o, or priwn wa lls,
are no barrier to spirit ual beings. \\' lien the n11gel appcare<l f,o
Peter, notldng is snid of the priso11 lH.1ing OJlC'llecl~ hut !IS rctcr
cnrne out, "The iron gnt.e thnt lenclctJ1 unto t.hc city 011ened to
them of its owu accord" (Acts 12 : 10). Hence, even if doors
had to l>e opened for them, and cnn he made t:o ope11 nnd 11hut of
t lieir own accord, t hey could not obst.rnct their mo,·emcnts.
\~' h nt is controry to ph ysical l:\11", is cnllecl mirnc11lo11s; but
these Yer~· mir:i.cles mny be in strict acrorcl:rnce with the laws of
spiritual life. At least Cl11·ist and the :mgcls exwciscd such pow-
er before his nsceusion to'~ My Fn ~h e r , a11cl your Fat.her ; my God,
nnd your Goe}." And" the wOl'ks t.hnt I do sl1all yc•lo nlso;:rnd
greater works t hn11 t.hesc shall ye •l<i, hcc:uH;e J go to my Fntlter."
I suppose the reade r begins to think tit is is spiritualism; and
so it is, r<?al Bible spiritualism; a g liin ps at the inne r life of what
is in resen ·e for tile g lorifi ed saint whc1l this mortal shall have
put on immortality; which Goel has revealed hy his S pirit; not
in words wlti<:h m:u1's wisdom t.c:i clteLh, Lut which the Holy
Ghost Leachctll, not. Ly pn1phec y, 111n· hy er:pi11in.'J 1111fulfillod
prophecy, hut liy compm·inf! spirit.1111 ] 1,hi11g wit.It i-pil'iLil:tl.
Tltc11 yon may ask, II ow dncs Hihlt: !lpi ritnali ~ 111 diITcr from
t.hc popular s pi ril 11:ilis111 of t he clny '?
l'il c11iern s piri 1.1mli1;111, like 11111<h•rn t ltt'nlogy, frncltcs tlt:iL all
tnt• n ht•<•n111t• !<piri l.11nl h1·i11~:; nl d t'ii l.11. \Vl1ilt• t.lt 1· t:ililc LPrwhcs
11tnt. <•II" m 11~1. h1• ll()r11 ,,r tlil• ~l' irit. i11 ortl('r 10 ht'<:n111t' :1 !'l'iri t.,
 I:! JJEAVEN.
11:\1 hci11g:- " Thnt l\'hich is born of tlte lfoi:h, is flesh; awl \hnt
wltid1 i1; liont of Lhc- spirit; is !Opirit. " (.folt11 3: G). l f tltc i::Ottl of
1It•· 11:1 t11r:1I 111:111 ii; burn of tltr llcsli, iL h:1s 110 chim t.o ::i. :<piriL1111I
Ii fL•. If it is horn of I he Spirit, it will "inheri t Lht ki11g1l1rn1
of (;o.J;" for il1 t• I'(' ;1n• 11\1(. the I.WO ki111ls (lf hi1ths. ((e11c<', 1111-
)(.'s!l :i 1n:1t1 i>; l111rn :1g:ti11, he c:t11 ncvcr l/(.lcome a spiriLtrnl hci11g.
. \11tl iL is ouly .spii·it1t11l l.wi11gii win ,·n11 materialize thr111sc!l·rs ;
;;:i11C<' :ill others an• rtlri;arl.11 m:itcri:tlir.ecl .
. \ .(!'.:1i 11:-Thc llililr tc·:ichcs tlrn.t aff.<.\rckath, 11i:u1 " ..hip.~., 1111-
1il 1111• rC'>'>11rrreli11n; :rn<l th:tt ;;uch as ::ire Lo become spiritual lw-
i11!!-<, :ire" sown n 11:1t111•nl l>ocly; rnisotl n ;;piritnnl body ·· (I C<>r.
I'> : 4·1)). I lc:11ce; ii. ii; 011ly after the "rctlcmption of thl' l1111ly,"
1lit·"111:111ifcstntin11 of I hcsc sons of Gor1" isrl11c ( l·: orn, S: Hl-'J:l) .
. \ 1111 i11 thl• n•s111T1·ctio11, 1hcsc hcco111e " :l!i tl1c aug-t'I~ of (io<l"
(.'1:11.1. 22: .10). 'J'ht•n•forc only :lllgrls, or tho;;c \\'lio. i11 tli<· l'l'"·
•1ITl''\lio11, :1n1 111:11lc /i/;p. tht•rn, 1·.xi;;1, ns ;;11irit11:1I htin!.{~. M rn1-
1·r11 !'1'irit.11nl 111:11ii fo;;1:11io11 is thl'rcforo the ll'ork 11f t11lf/cf.<. J:ut
a" t ht·v ,.[,1i111 it Lo lie tl1c work of c1ccc:isctl l111m:111in·, lht•\· nn·
lyi11g,"i1 r f:ill e11, n11gcl:<; n111l nrc, tltc•refor!'1 .co•111tc1:/i•ii.~, :111d hc:11·
tli1· s:inw n•l:itio11 to Bible spiril11alis111 th:tL .J:i1111 c•s:111t1 .l:1111l•rr">
•lid !11 :'ll osc·s, "hut they shall proceclu no furtlwr: for th <'ir fol-
l.1 "-li:rll J,c 111:111ifcst 1111L1J nil men, crcn ns tlrnfrs :ilso w:i:s" (2 Tim.
a: !l). f1\w whL1 11 Lhr ccm11Lerfcit is comp:\rccl with wh:'lt is rcrenl·
..it 11f thr gr11ui1 1c, its fal~c clmr:.ictcr c:111Le: 111n11cnpp:trc!llt to all.
",\11d lhc n11gcls tk1t kept 11ot Ll1cir liri:t ri;tal1', l111t left
tl1cir ow n 11nuitntim1 1 he hath rcserl'c1l iu cycrl11st.i11g !11gc b~t.·
i111;! J c linin~ 11111ler tbrkncss, 1111lo tl1(! j111lt!1·11cnL of I ht• gn:a l 1la y "
(.Judc tl). "(~od 11p:trcu not the ang,.ls thalsi1111ccl, lmt.r.:1sL tltcm
'low 11 Io I tm·ta n10] hell ;~lit11rulb;. the tcnot.s1· 11111111.<ph.ffa; he11ce
tht• l>l'\'il is call ed" the prince oi' the power of Lh ~ air;,'-a11<l
ill'li11•n·tl t l11·111 i11t.o cltai11s of. 1farlrncs.~, Lo Le rcsern•d 1111Lo j111lg-
111l'11I ,. ('.! l'l!lOr '2 : 4) .
. \ 11g1•li.:, cir spirit11:il beings, ltave the power to :ippc:1r in <lif-
f'Nl'ltl f11n11s, as h:is l>cc11 show n. J lcncc, thc!'n f:1llc•11 :rn~rls ~·m 1
:11•111·:11• in the form aml clt:irneter rJf :my pcrsou Llt1•y l'hC.1c11<l• t.o
1·1·11n•!<1·11t.. :ts <•:1~ily :i.s CltrisL could :tppo:\I' :is :i. ganl(•rwr, sl1':1t1-
:.!1>1 , .,,. wirh 11i1·1-.wd li:111ds :i.11<1 i;idu. ·
That l.11C'.<:1• i;piril-s who d:iim to n•prci:P11L dt•<•t•::ist•1l l111111:1!liLy,
an 1 "n•i;1•n·1·d 1111dc•r td1:1i11s of cl11rlrncss," t hn· t/11•111.~1·/i•t•s :11l111iL.
/J11 i-k1 1• -~" i>< I '11• li rst :uul forc111ni;l 1:.6nclil ion ;,r :ill r lit•:r 111:111ifL's·
1111iom., 1111r 1::111 they 1•11d11re lho fu ll g l:irc• 11( a lalloll' 1•:1111lle,
•·11•11 1l11111gli pl:1<:otl i11 t.lic f11rLl11•r1·01•110r11fLhrn111111. ( ' 111\ ha~
1.!:11·1•.f 111 1•111 1111drr I.his 0110 t'Cf:t.rit'linn of d:irk11ess.
 llEAYJ~N .

I t is useless to deny their wonderful dcvclopmc11 ls. J\nd that

t.liey tTo 11ow mnterializc tltcn1i;clves, nnd nppcnr in tlHrnctu:\l like-
nc:ss of the pcrso11 they choose to represen t, is plucc1l bcyn11tl all
rcn.sonnble c1oubt b_v the testimony of 11urncrnus nncl crccliLablc
oye wit11csses. J\rlll that they will yet <lo still m ore wo11tlcrful
d1ing1', ns clnimed oy Lhcir ,·otnries, we canuot <louLt. 'l'hnt
tlwy mny y<'t e:it nud drink, and tll\tS actually cons11111c foocl of
man, is not at 1d l improbable. Angels of lir;ht ha ve l:lO done in
forn1cr dispensations; :111<1 :i.ftcr the resurrection, the sai11Ls will
th us m:rni.fcst themselves. llcllcc, there is oHc aml 011ly one nb-
sol ute test by wliicu to d etermine their t1·ue character,
That I.hey nrc spfri~, all admit; nncl sorne of them claim to lie
11oocl spirits; but," by t heir fruits ye shall know tl1t•111. 11 Ask a
lish if it is a creature of the air, or of the w:i tcr. l\11!1 if iL liarl
t.hc gift o f lm1g11agc, :i.11 d shonlcl cl:tim to uc a llir!I of pn1·a1lisc;
yo11 h:ive only to take it ont of its clement, to discover the frnutl.
" 1t·y the i;piri ts" ! Throw back the shntters, open the douri;;
let iu the clcnl' light of clny; and if they a.1·0 i::pirits of' lig ht, yo ur
SCJW.ce will m>t be clist.mbccl. The a.ngcls of light :lf'peare<l to
J\ brah:im <I as he sa.t in the door of his Lent, in the !teat f1f t/1c cloy."
Bnt if they ni·e the spirits Goel has rcsen·ecl 1111tler chains of dnrk-
ness, th('y will Le compcllc<l to retreat fro111 the light, cren as
vermin slink into holes under similar circu111 stn11cc~ .
No ration:il human l>ciug, except their deecl s arc evil, cnn clc-
sire tl1c fellowship of spidts of darkness. 'Th r.y a.re obliged to
have some lig ht by which moving objects cnn be discerned, as :i
necessity to the spectntMs, we know; and so is 11 f1,.sh obliged
to have some :i.ir; but the line of demarcation uetween tlteir cle-
ment, n11<1 the lig l1 t, is clcndy defined; and no one need a11y 1011 ·
gcr be <lccieived, unless they love to bo led ca.pt.i\'o by spirits of
dn.rlrncss; fo r jnst in proportion to the amount uf lig ht., "their
power of matcrializ:ition is diminished.
To say you clo 11 ot believe these are follou angels, <loes 11ot help
1.he matter; you know they nre of tho darkness; n.1ul th:~t clarkncsi;
is twin to evil; nncl that nil the fonl s1>irits of carLh seek iti- cover.
1\ nc.l f,IJnt JlO rcspcotablP. person likes to 'be found i11 thc.sc dcnR of
1lark11ess ; or with tl1c litl!nit1u·e tu:iL comes from snch a. fou11tnin.
As it is n c+o<l-givan rnlc to conipctrc wh:1t i~ known of nugds
111irl spiri tua l thiugs, i11 orc1cr to lcnow '\yh:it he l1ns i11 Rt.Ore fu r
the 11:1lnts, we gat.lieT, from all of the nLnvc, lirsl.; 1.h:11. i11 filli11~
t.lw ollic<' o f" kingi; n111l prici;ts, a111l rcig 11i11g 1111 the t•:irth; 11 !lit·
Hain!,.-; will lit• and :qqwar 011 :111 or1lin:1ry uccasio11~, j11~t like h11·
111:111 l1d 11gi< i11 t.ht• 11<.oilli. 'J'h:lL tlwy will 0:1t, clri11k, :ind .~fo'J'·
 H EA VEN.

:\ t Jcaiit tlit• ,. wi II rest, even as Go<l rcstccl : " Let the R:ti n ts he
jnyful in g lciry; let them sing nlou<l i1pon their heels. Let. the
hig h pr:tii;vs of Goci be in their mou tl1, and a t woedgecl sword in
thei r h:11111; to excC'nte Ye11gcnnce upon the heatlien, and pu11islt-
mcnts upo11 the people; 101Ji111l their k in gs wit h chains, and their
nobles with fetters of iron : t. 01 c xrcu te ll pon "them the j11<lg111crlt
writ t.en: this honor h:tlh 1111 his s:iint,s. Pr:li!lc ye the L or d" (Ps.
HO : fl-fl) .
Tn t h c~c 11111 11ifostatio11s if t.hey t.:i.kc on n. roal body of Jlcsh,
eating :1t11l d rinking is either a 11 ccessit y, or n plensure. F or in
those c:t:o:t•s where Ch rist or :rngcls ha\'c thus ni,aterializcd 1.hr m·
~elrt.!s, a nd so rcrn:ti nctl for n co11side rnhle time, t hey have c:it and
1lr:111k; Pthrrwise tiwr ha"c not. 'Vi t ne~s the case of GahriePs
:ipprari11g to Da11 ic·I, ·10 7,:iclrnrins, null Lo hlary. Also that of
) I:111nah ·-" 1\ nd th,• :111gel of the L ord i::iid, Though thou detain
me 1 will 11ot o:it of th~· hrC'n<l. . .. J\ncl the a11gel dit1 wn1ul rou;:;.
ly . For it c:ime 10 p:1~. when thil fl:i.me wc11 t np from off tl1e
:ih:tr, that tile ~ng<'l of the Lnnl :iscenclNl i11 the flame of Llie ni·
tar" (.J 11<lgcs 13: l\1-20). llcnce, there is 110 l'Casou wii y resting
011 their bed.~ rnny not he either a n ecessity, or plensul'(:. The
nhQV(' (CXI clenrl y pJnces t he snin ~ ju {jl01',I/, !\lid a t, I.he t.iu1e he
ii prC'p:trcd to exeentc judgment on the niitions, when he iscallccl
npun t.o "si11g aloud 11 pon his betl. " Hence, it. appears their li fe
n11c1 e11joy 111euts, :i rt! in many rcs1Je0Ls, to be similar t.o those in
the murtal state. ~\ ll this, includ ing t.hcir power to. tilke 0 11 , or
pu t off :i. body of fit>sh, is no mor e wonderful than is the clrnnge
i1i:;clf from T]Jortalit y to immortality, which occurs" in ii morncnt,
i11 tlie t winkling of :in eye, :i.t. t.lie last. trump." A m1 as ;rngels
cn11 nrnlr ria.lize themsC'hcs, or pass off in :t ll:imc of fire· ; we kJ1ow
th r suints will do tltci:e thi11gs ; for in tlic resurrccLion, t.hey arc
w J,t• "Hi> the ::rn gC'IS of God. '1
The ext•c ution of" \'e11ge:i.11ce," [ cl1nsLisemc11t] ·upo n the hen·
1111•11, n11d ji1tlgmcnt upon the people &c. is explained by Lhc npos-
llc, a11d nlso by Christ. "Tbe s:i.in ts shnll jtHlge the worl<l" (1
C(•r. I;: 2). " Ile th:it kcepeth my works 1111 to the end, to h im
will J g i l'<.1 power O\'tlr the nntions; n11<l he shall 9·ule th<• m with
a rod or il'O n: nli t ill' vessels of n. JlOl,Lcr shall they l>e broken Lo
sh i\'cr1<j even :is I har e received of m y Father " (Hev. 2 : ~ti) .
\.V i1h 1.lw 111 yri;1·l~ t•f ig 11orm1t, a ncl h:1rh:11·111 1 ~ huat.l1r11, w ho
h;l\'I! g1111l' dnw u t" the grave wit.h li fe-lnng h:tliit~ nf fi(•1·t·(• l':IS·
1<i011 a111l <lcv l' 1Jt..~ra dntio11, nil of wl1n111 nr<' co111in~ up just ns
1IH•y fr•ll :1 ~ l ('l'J', f,,r " the>'<: ii: no kn n wll"lJ.!:(~ i11 t.hc l!l':l\'<' wliith·
1·r 1""" _!!11! 111.:" th" ,I' " i 11 l't.!IJHirn Lu L" "ntlud with a nul uf i 1'011 "
0
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11111.il Lite\· lca1'11 Lo lrnow tl1c J,onl, J\ls.11, i11 1l1t· '' n·~llll1lir111 o f
:ill thing.~," Lhc 11alio11s will Ji::n·c to Le rcorgr111izl·1l; !l 11c1 Jil'CS\! llt
g'•ll'Lll'Jl111c111"s :ind n::iLio11alities will be t111shc1l in piroc L·>::- " 1\sk
of me, :rnrl I shall gi1·c thee tl1e h c:ttl1cu for th i110 inlrnritcmr.:e,
nml t he uttermost ]':1rts of the earth ior thy jtOS~cR>:io11. '1'11 0 11
shalt break them with n rod of iron; L11 0 11 i;;hali. tlasli t.licn1 in
pieces ns n potter's l'l:si;()[" (Ps. 2:) . "Auel i11 the clays nft.hcse
ki11gi1 [tho tlividcd Homan empire] ishall the Gnd of hua1·on set
up n ki11gclori1, nnd iLsliaJI brcnk in pieces nncl <'onsumc all thc:sc
ki11grlom~" (D:rn: 2: 44) . .
The Sn.inti.;, who n.re to lie kings o.nd priei;t~, 11110 1·1•if1n •m 1he
enrth, will not 1Je izhost.s or phn11t-0ms, but wlrn11 tlic· ~· dwo~e to np-
pe<tr u11cler (~ "vu.ii" or Jlesh, will wo,l lc the earth in 111(> n1-el1t or da \',
ap11e1wi'n!J like mortn.ls, but wit,11 :i. mysterious po11·cr, tlrnt <."ou iu
hurl destnwtion on an opposing host, evP.11 n.s tlr e n11gr,I o f the Lord
u,·,.rt h rew ttn hull() red nnd four-score t.ltoui;nnd Syri:i oc;;, :\s they lay
e11cn111pN.l l>y deep finlilee. 'l'bis will indeed ht> h:l\·i111; "powl·r
o,·er t.h P nutions; to hind their kings with c bn.in!l, und \,heir· uolJles
with fetters of iron.•·
The" rn:inifestntion of the suns of God," nnd the• .i•1rl~111r11t. o n
t-11~ 111itions, is not till I.he resurrection: "For th~ c•111·111•st cxprc•t n( i1111
of Lhe cren.t11re w n.itetll for the manifestation of nm son1' of Gn<l .•.
And 11ot only they, but ourselves rdso, who h:11·e t.h f! tlr:-; tfrnit1' of
the Spirit, even we 011rseh·es groa.u wHhin 011r;;pJ\·p.;, \\'niting t't>r
the Ml.option, the redemption of out• l>o<ly," {Hurn . 8:). 'l'lw cr~·1i1
urn (T.;tisi.s], i$ t.he s:imo a.sin ll(u.rk 10: l l:i, ''l'rrn"h LhP :.:n~1> el to
e\'ery c'l'eol11re;" 1111d men.us 11inn 1'.n the.flesh. 110 1. t•af.tlc" 11.s ~0111e P.X·
plain it. lt is then, ju the nge or world to come th1•t t h e rn·1t(ure
will come to the saving Jrnowledgeof the truth :- 11 )3oc;1.11!<e i h P c.n·nL·
ure [klisisj itself shall be delivered Crom the> bo mln.gl! of corruptio n
iulo the glorions libed:y of the chilclrPu of Gou, (1·ersc 21).
1-l ow llhnll they be clothed? "Aml enteriiig in10 t.!11! sepulchre
they sn.w a yonng mnn ~it.Ling on the right side, clotlw<l in n lorig
white g11rn11• nt." And of Urn a.nge l wl10 rollecl tlWI\)' t.hf' sf,o ne, ft. is
sn.id, ")Jis rni m cnt w:Ls white as snow." l>!l.niel !law uno "olothed
ill li11cn, 1wcl his loins girded witbflne gold of Uph111. 1 ' (; hrist, nlsn,
was see11 l.Jy .Tolm, cloU1etl with ngarment down to thi; foot., 0.1111 ~irt
witl1 t\ gol<len gir<lle. J\11d out.he mount of trnuslig11rntio n his rni -
ment l1oct\Jl1e shining, cxceedlngly; white n.s s111,,1•; St> M; 110 full er on
en.rt.Ii r.nn white thcrn. Then the snint.s will not mil)r rPc piirc foorl.
hnt. rn.i111e11t; how a re they to liesu11plied? J-lowdiu {'hrlst t.rl!t the
i::irrlc11cr's);11it.in wbioh he n.ppen.rd to 11.In.ry? H e l('ft l.hosr· in which
fiii; eu,rthi\• botly lmll l> el!ll wmpcc.I, cn.rcfully fo ltlt?•J up lei t.l1rs111Hil-
c hr!':-"'l1ake uo the>ui;lit whn.t ye sb:.ill cu.t, or whn.t. .vc• Rlrnll drink;
or wllcr<'wi th:il vu s lmll IJ e clothed. 13ut seek lirst fli t• ld11l!'cl11111 of
(iod, 111ul h i:-: right.eo1rn1u•i;s; 1uitl 1~11 t h ese things i;hall heo i1iidrcl 1111
to yu11, '' Whn n Cll1·i1-1t,wct11tetl wiue, heco11ld si~y. L~t ll11•n • tic win!.!.
\\'IH•u II•• ,1•;11 \lc<l u fin:, n11d con.ls, m1<ltisli In.iii lhc rc<>11 '""! f\ren cl ·
l1f' :<Jlltk•" 111 111 it wa!< clo1H'. "Auel without. hi111 In"'" '" ·lld:t!.'. 111:1111:
\,h11,I 11•11' 111n.ch·," ' ' Tl r• 1hnt hPlievd.lo <>11 11w, 1111' 11·111·1, .. llo11( l 1111
~ 111 Lll h" d•J 11 IK<1; 11,111l i;n•:\.111r workR t.lmn t.11 ('i;r. shnll ho• tin.
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:-'0111c 11nYc supposud, from hn. U5 : 21, that the sai11ts; l.lw~c
wl10, Ji11Yi1tgrcccivel] UiJl'iSt, wit.Ji lJitil UC()lllll(l h uirsofallt/ting.~,
:rnd kings a11c1 priests of the .\[<il'\t. High; :trc to "b11ild housci;,
plant. vincyanls, :11111 lung t·11j·;y the w<Jtl.: of their lia1Hls." Evc11
tht> genii of t.hc wo1111rrf11l l11111p was uctt-ur tl11111 that. J\lladde11
cuuld hnv(~ 111i11e wit.lrnnt "/}llnlil!!f ,·i11cyanls;" and the choicest
,·inmls for his talJle; :incl C'\'c11 a richly furnishc<l pal:tce, built lJy
11111;cc11 lw.111lx, in a:::ingl_c 11igl1t. .And think yo.u t.l_1e heart. of man
has co11ce1vc11 ueuer- tlm1ys tha.11 whrit Gl)d h:is laid up for them
tha1. love hin1? Thi11k of (~nhricl, with saw :111t1 chisel, framing
II hollSCj .\lid1:1eJ, SCLti11g Oll l grape \'illCSj nncJ, (be it SJJOkCll With
1·t·l'l'rr11r.r J. "ou r El rler Brother" doing t.!te heavier spading.
'1'11111. .wc/1 is t.he lwa,·cn for the glorificu s11i11ls, i~ liclievecl by
the h;tlf 11f christen1lo111. ~\ hen1·c11 110 better Lha11 is promised
th\• .Je11) iu the Hcsli. "Tilt· c::1rth wns made for 11w11," aud the
111cek sh:ill inherit it; but. the.• int.~, t.hu Elohecm sc,,![, nlthongh
rlwy pn~scss tl1e ki11 r1durn 11uuer t.hc whole hen,·en, look for nn
"i11lwrit:111ce inuorrnpLihle, 1111<lcfiled;:reservecl in hca,·en; ready
to he n·1·cnl(•1l i11 the Inst time.>'
" If yt· hnd fnith :is n grnin of must.n.rd seecl , ye rnighr. say to
this mn1111tni11, Be thou removed, and cast int.o tbe i;en; nud it
s h1Hilil lie 1lone," Hen now in this life. "f:i13ek first tlie kingdom .
o f God, nn<l nll these tMngs shall lie added." Obrist bas prcpnr·
('(] t.hetu :-" J 11 my Fat.lier's 11ou!!c arc mnny mansions ; if it. w13re
1wt so l woukl hrwc toltl yon; I g_o to prepare a place for yo11."
These, arc :\lnong "the Lhings which are frccJy given ni; of Uo(l."
Shall we rct.a i11 onr lmmcm fceli11gs, so ns t.o. mingle, to :i.11 n.p-
pcnrn11ce a.s 011e of themselnis, with the ~011s :11Hl d1iuglilers of
"n rt h; who ~re thus to uc lctl to a holier awl higher destiny?
\\"hen Mary arfr;cd nt. t.he sc1rnlchre t.hc two nugcls say un~o ·
l1t•r." \\"u111n11, .\Vhy weepcst thou? P.he said unto them, He·
ca11i;c thoy h:i 1·<' t;ikcn ;i w:iy my Lorcl, nud I know not where they
h:11·c lni1l lii111. A11d turning l1(jrsclf, shcsnw Jesusstan<li11guy
her; n11d k11c,1· 11o t thnt. it. w:.L~ .lcsu!l. A11d lie sn.it.h unto her,
\\'m11:l11 1 \Yliy 'll'l'J•l'SL t.ltun "? :iii though he knew 110L t.he
Klight.ei;t. c:ausc for her tc:i.rs. Butnfary, t.oo full to a11swcr, and
yt•l. Rt.ro ng in her ifll'C a11d ~ricf, folt t.hat 110 t.ask W:\S t.oo ltr1rcl
l'or hl·r, \i11rst. t111t. wit Ii, "Su·, if t.hou hast \tome hirn hcnCl\ tell
1111' wlil're t.l1et11 li Mt. lai<l him, aud I will t.nlw hi111 away."
.\g-:ii11; wil-11 t.hc t.woo11 their wny t,11 J•:111111:L11s, Christ :wll; the
-1 r:tl l!!l'r:- " \Y ha! lll:tllll(•r or Cl )llllllllllit::il iurn; !ll'f' t l1<'"t' 1li:it. Y"
li:11'<' '11111• wiili :111otht•r :1~ p· ll'alk, 11 11'1 :1rn sn1l n? :-;p thl''; l'Xpl:1i11
:dJ :1Ji<11!1 ll!IC .f('~ll~ .,f ~·!1 1,:il'('!h, ll'hidt \\';\<; :1 lll' ll J'hPt: 111il('illy
 IJEAVEN. ...·-
i11ch:cd hcl'orc Gol1 :mcl man; nntl how tl1c .lo\\'i: h:1d put hin1 tn
1\eath; :rnd th:it this was the thi.rtl day 6ince thtr-;c thi 11gi> Ot'<'111n•1l.
.l c;.u.'I nil the while gravely listcui11g, to learn the p:ntic;1dnrl'.
".r\ud they clrew uigh unto the vill:ige1 whither they w1•nt, n11d
he mnde ns though he would h~wc gone furth er. But thay cou-
st.l'aincd him, s:i.ying, Abide with us; for the 1ln y is far Fpcnt: :rnd
lte went iu to t:m·y with them" (Luke 24: 28).
" 7 hy wns this, unless for our instruction? Th e deep tl1111~s
of God, t:wght liy the Spirit; nrc often found rc1·e:iletl . not in
w,,nls, which men's wisdC?m tenchctl1; but. which the Spirit tn:wh·
Pl Ii, comparing i;piritu:i.I things with spirit.ua]. ,
l':1·e11 as Christ pnsse<l from this to another worhl, :\Jld :1n!!Cl.~
hn1·c come n11d gone; so too the Rain ts Rhall t.rn.\"Cl'!c'C' l'p:lr.<', "n nrl
l':l ·'~ with lightning speed from star to star: or n·:ilk the· er11·111 :1~
111orLals:-" Tlwy shall mount up as eagles; tl1ey ~linll run nrHl
rwL weary i they sh nil wnlk nnd not foint."
Tltc~<>c few f:lcts clrnwu from tlte many spirit.nril t.hing!' rt•\·calcrl,
:11·1· e11ough for us to gather a general idea nf wli:it 1,111r ful11rris
t.o lit'. "J\nd h:i.st made us 1111t.n 011r God king!\ anrl pf°icl'l!i, n11tl
11·c sl1:i.ll r<:'ig11 on the cnrtl.i ." llencr, if you nre one of "tho
<·nllecl, nnd chose11, and faithful;" it will be your work, 110L only
to 1·ule tho 11:itions, and enforce obedience to divine law, a~ /.::inn.~ ;
hut t.o exercise the gentler oflice oJ "pl"i11M.~ of the J\f(lSt 1 liglr
Gotl." B ut in your ministration to mankind, whether :ii:; j11'1gc
-"The saints shnll j1tdgc tltc world "-or :is friemi, compa11io11,
nucl g11ide:-evcn ns God was tt1e frieml of J\brahnm-yntrr ac-
tions will no more be clogged with the imperfcction11 of mort.nlit~-.
fi you noto possessed such power it wonld make you misernbl<•;
yon wonl<l l>t' conLinu:i.lly fr:irfol lenst you might err in j11dg-
tnl'nt; "but then you will know, as you are kno\rn ;" ancl like
the S:wiorr1', "need not tllnt nny one should t ell you ll"h!\t ii:: in
mnn ;'' he1u•r, yon will net with decision and judgment.
~u carr be visible ns n11 ordinary mortal ; or yon cn11 he pres-
ent, and remain im·isible. You cn11 1.ransport yourself fn•rn Jllnce
to pince ind ependent of pl1ysicnl obstructions. ThuR nll i:eorr:ts
will he l:\i<l open to your persounl iuvestig11tion. Yorr cn11 enjoy
~ocinl inte rcourse with friends, p:Hents, or the chilrlrc;rr you h:we
ll'ft; with 110wer 11ot only to comfort, but to prntcrt.. J\n<l in
Lllis ti11w of t'. r<rnhlo, 11011· coming on the earth;" tho11gh pe11t.il -
r11ce walkdlt i11 1l:irkrlc~s, ancl cJc.qtl'llctiorr w:ii;tl'lh :11. 11oondny;"
" 1u1 plague shall come nigh t11y dwelling; 011ly with t.hilll: cy1•1<
ioh:11l tltorr hrhokl, ancl RN' the rownrd of tltt• 1rnc;ked." Y •) 11 Rlrnll
·!rink (1\lrHt. 26: 20) of I.lie• fruit of Llw l'irr", and yel ]'lnnt 1111
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Yiucy:i.nl~. Y 011 shall h:H·c nu•nsions on the lirm ks of a river mnr-

gi11ctl hy fr11iLs of gnltl, 11ncl whispering my1tlcs. J\1l\l w:dk iu
1 l1clight of i;kins :til rlomllcss, save wiLh hc·ro nnd them a roi:cnt c
hut', ni;, thrn11gh Lite years of fo:·cver, shall l>e the tnlilct, of yo11r
ow11 hc:i.rL' (Hev. 2'.!; Js:i.- ClG: 13). ¥011 shnll b11t call, '"Nn v
l>crorc Lltcy c:;ill, 1 will :111:::wcr," :rnd cvcl'y de1:i1·e shall he !mti!'lt°-
~·'1. You can :ipt\:ik, :u11l iL will he done; command, nod it. "·ill
stnnrl fnst. "'l'hii:; honor h:u·c nil In;; snints; l'rnisr. ye the L onl."
These :trc the thi 11gs; :111d this n §!lim ps 0f wlint. iH in st(> re fo r tlic
body of Chri;;t; the Jxrlc.~ifl. who inherit .Lhc ki11gdorn.
- -o--
Tll E KINGDOM OF GOD:
li"i/l it be seen O?/ mor~uls f.
.. And \\'h<'ll hr. ll':ui dPrnn11dc1l or thr. rhn.risr.es, when the k.iog-
clo111 o f (iocl i;l1011lll Milli', Ii<' nnswerr1l t.hcmn.ndsn.id, 'rl1e kingdom
c>f God con1eth 11ut. wit Ii olixrn·af.ion, (or mnri;inl 011twttnl show;
ll(·i ther shn,11 thry !<l\f, Lo hem. c•F". lo Ll1t're ! !tor, 1,ehold, th o king-
dom of <:iod is wit.hi11 l"o r, 111ar2in] 111111111g you, (Luke 17: 20).
E1·ery where in t.he 1lible, t.he Uhnrch, or people of God, repre·
sent t-h e ld1111rl11111 of (i orl: "And ye sho.11 be unto me a king1lv111 of
pl'lr>St!', n.nd 11 holy rn1tlon," (li:xo. JO: li). And tbis promise to the
typicnl lsme. I ttnd kingclout; is to be fultilled t'° the t111.achi11 lre11 o f
the kingllom;-" And hn,<;t ml\de us unto ou.r Ciod kings n.ncl p riests;
nn<l we sli:~ll reign on the eurth," (Rev. 5: IO),
A complete ki11g1lo111 i~ im orgnni1.ed powe1·. The gos1;>el r.liurch
is not co111pldc, u.1111 ~·c>t Ch1·ist makes it represent t-he kmgclom , in
nil his p1trn.ules. Uut it 011/y represent.<; it; ancl not nntil it shn.11 be
glori!ie.11, will it renlly hen. kingdom io the foll sen se.
Lnnd mn.y be 1rn elr>111c11 t. Qf nn c::irthly kin{:llo111; hut 1101.hing t.hnt
is of t.lic eitrth, cl\rl.h~·; will e 1·er be 011 elr>ment ur t.hc "hen.\'cnly
kingdom." lts lw·al1 /J/ will bl' 1i !;pirit11:il or h c(l.vl'\nly City. Anti ,
itlthough t.he ::ni11 ls who compose the king1lo111, will bl'\a,1wmn them,
still the worlu will not be able to point to u.ny locn.lit)r, or sa)· Lo
hr?rt1, or lo thc>rr is the kin~dom of God.
'l'llC! ki11gJ0111 or hen nm Lor cllltrchJ, is now likened to n. net in
wliirh n1·e tlslt, hoth goocl and bad. Also to t.a rcs n.ncl wh en.t; wise
nnll foolish '"irg:ins; ~~c. And in the h;irvest, b e will gn.ther otfti of
his king(l om :tit things t lmt. olien<l; nnd thelll which <lo iniquity; 1\11cl
cn..o,t. t.hcm i11to n. furunt'" cir fire. The n slmll Ute righteo us shiJ1e
forth u.s tlrn sun. 'l'lwr, is the church will then lie glorified; nncl tho
k ing<lo111 m·11n 11 iz1?1/, ori<1!t. up. (Cow pare Ill n,tt. 13: 28-'l:l; 1~11d l)an.
2: 1·1. /\1111NlI.he11atio11s rlre now sub,jP.ct to the s piriL111tl powers
1ul<l rulE>.rs pf 1.11,~ (l:LrlrnrM of I.his worlcl; so in t.h1~ world (n~J to
~!nme, all proplus :LIHI 1w.l·Ll'l1ll u11<l~t t.h e w l11•l" h f'n,\'t1111'11 shall ser n'
thi!' ki11g1111111 or pri,.!'I" llt1t C.X<:C'pt ll 1111111 \It' ltnrn ug-:ii11; (hltt is
l11>1•c11nros 11. i;piril.11111 li<•i11,.:, he 011n11ot s1:e th•' ki11gd ,m1 of Uo11.
Tl1..: llihlr· 11•11 f'.h1•,.: tlwt. the fallrn Hllr:"r>I<;, lil;,1' tbn 1111f!~ls of liC(lit,
rtn• ,;pidt11nl l1d11 ~s. 11111l l //r1111rr i11vi~ihl r. ' ''''t'pl 11111lc•r t.lt•' <iNI·
"i \'" 11 r<'si,r•i d i1111 of ti 11r·h11 ' '""· 11111le> I' wli i1·l 1 l'i 1'<'11111 s t lllll'•'-"· I/Oil'. ~i 11nl
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thr "chy of thr Lonl" begau, they scern to hn1·c bt•cn pcr111il.Lcr1
lrJ mntcriafo~c Lhemsch-es. The Bihlc nlso lcarltcs that the 1;se11
snint is to hen ~piritunl l•cing. .I 11~t whnt n spiritn:il hocly is, 1lC1t h
not. yet npprnr; only that Lh<'y nrc capable of w~m<lerful clra11gcoi.
J1cc:111sc the saints nrc to !·eig11 01·er the nalions, mn11y seem
unable to distinguish between the kingdoms of earth, n11d tho
kingdom of Goel, .wuieh is to brcnk in pieces n111l co11s11111c thcn1.
Tho kingclo1n o f Goel is a ltenvenl!I kingolom (2 Tim. 4 : l ll) i 11ot
hcna11se of its locnlif.yj bttt because of its nature. Il~auenl.y, iii
l'pi1·it.11nl. "..:\ s is t he earthy, sucl1nrc th ey nlso that nrc earthy;
n111l ns is the he:we11l.r, such nre tl1ey nlso that nro h eavcnlr.
And :1s we hn 1·e liorne the image nf tl1 e enrthy, we shall :il~o bc:1r
the i111nge of the heavenly (Lhnt is, be rnil!e<l spiritual l1odie~'J.
1\1111· this J say, hrethren, that flesh :incl blood ennuct inherit thr
ki11wlnm offiml" (1Cor. 15: 47-50). llence, the tt•nn "l1l!n1·e11-
ly k111gdom;· i<i d escript ive of its c/lflru.cter, nnd uot it.s lorn lit v.
The kingrlom of S:itnn is cnllerl n •·spiritual po\\·er [kingd(>1n]
i11 lie veny plncrs" (Ephe. G: 12, mrf1i11 ).
IJow some men cA11 p<'rsistcnt ly •wcrlook nil these sLalemcnt!I
in rel:itio11 10 t.lie spiritual nature 11f the kingdom of c;u,J, n111l
mnintnin thnt i~ is uothing more nor l c.s.~ than nn enrtltly king'·
olom, puzzl e>~ me. Jf they arc correct, why must 011e "he horn
ngnin , born of the Spirit," in ord er to sec it? lf it is :i li ternl
tlcshly king1lorn, "set 11p in the clays of th ese kings," n11<1 is to
"break in pieces :ind consume nil these ki11glloms" (Dan. 2: 44 ),
why cnnnol the heathen kingdoms sec it while it is qi.i11.q the111
wit.Ii a rocl of iro1i, and hrcnki11g them in pieces? (This 11ncst ion
is for such :is oppose t.hc Age to come. J\nd the following, for
such ns n1'C<'Jll. it.J. lf the kingclom of God is con fin ed to finlei<·
tine, 1111 so1m' helie\'e, will not. those nnLiou:~ in the fl esh who go
np to .lt•rnrnl<'m from year to yenr, to keep t.he fc:u;t of L:lU<'l'll:t-
clcs (Zcch.11: 10), see Lhc ki11gdom of God, withont being horn
from :1l1ove? Hut nU this con fn Rion, n11d 111nl;i11g Lhc. 'cript11r<•1<
cr,11t.l'nrliC'.t.11ry is qui Lo as rensQniLhlo ns ifi the kindn•d iolcn of Lhc
i:lol'ilic1l s:iints, who :ire t.o hc1~0111 e "cq1rnl 11 nto Lho :11tgcls," :i111l
"like 1111 111 Chl'ist's glorious b orly," pln11ti11g vi11cyanlt<, n11cl
l.111ildi11g 11011s1•s. llnt yon rnny say, Lhey appaar :u; co111111f/ 11 mC'11.
f'o hn1·c :u1frPls whnn t.huy h!'\\'C mn11ifcslu<l U11:msclrcs to 111 ortal~,
h11t. to im(ll'Ol'I' they will come clol\'11 Lo Lhe 1h11tlgery of n flesh
ly li(c i!' 111111 hPn• Lm1ghL. ' \'hr11 they Rhall c•nl<'I' Lite" lll':H"t•11-
ly ki11~1 ln111.'' :11111 arr" :ii; lite frnj!cl11 of l~ocl," they will Irr ll'ith
t lll' Loni, :1 11•1 ~1·r him, :i~ IH' i'I. 1:11t the i;aiu t ~ 1111 not i11hr1;1,
tfi1• l:111tl, 011ly 111 thr lm1:11l s1•11.<1• i11 which tlu•y i11IH'rit r1/f 1hi11!!"·
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l'ri1tt:1· ,\ ll1l•t"L is IH•ir I.<> the crown of 1..-:nghncl; he tlo<!s not i11·
1i ~~rit 1.hc! fo11cl; the 1·om111011 p eo pl e i11hcrit t lcnt. . Ile inhcriLs tl10
ki11gdo111. "Tice right<·nn~ shnll in herit t.hc lnnd," hut th e Gotl·
seed, tlil' J~i·dr:.~irr, an· 1>f the H o~·n l f:nn ily, antl « tnko the king-
110111, n11d pol'i:<·s~ 1ht• ki11~do111 111dler the whole hcavc11." l311t
that tloe1< mrl jll'l'l·lndc the iclcn tlrnL lhl:f nre of n hig her order
than "t.h<: people$, nnd 11:tl ions, a111l ln11gnagc:s n w ho serve :rnd
ohcy. Th<'~' shall br kiu~s :111cl pricsW;, both t'1tle1·.~ nn•1 iMln1c-
lnrs,· :incl n>nnkintl, 11nt ~,he fflncl, il' il1l•ir work-i;hop. They
haven rii::i;hl t<1 w1lt•r thrcrngh !he gates ini.o 1.he heavenl y [spir-
it nai l .J c·1· 11~al P m, who;<c• 111alwr :111•1 liuiltler is Goc1. Hence they
lrnilrf nn hro11 o;1•l': tit• ir 111 1111.~ion.~ nn• prepared for them. And
tli1'1·-: i ~ 1 lcr J.0111<: nf !he rcdt'emetlj "hnt wichvnt. arc dogs,
:11111 son·{•n•r;., a111l wlinrrmongt>r!', nn<l 11111nlc.:rcrs, :mil itlolators,
:111rl who;.nt•rc• r Jn ,·c•t,h :11111111nkl:lh :1 lit• ;" n phin tkscript ion of
thn 11nl11r:1i liP:'\l't. 111 11 co l' rl e1111rn!'. J\11<1 Chris!, n.1111 hi:« glorifiec1
sni11ts :ire 10 rult•. i11~ll'llt'l. l\l'tl ;:111Jj11 1ratc Lht~sc 11a1io11s who nre
s 111'(:cl frv111 Ll1l' 1\tl :1111i1• d~nt,h; wnik in the ligllL of Lhe city; and
liri11g 1lwir {/Im·:; int n it. :is from time to tirnl', they shnll ht' trnn~­
lnt <'il into tlr t• h<·a,·1·11 ly king1l on. (Sec H.cv. 21 : 24; Hom. 8; 21) .
)lo~t'li 1r:1s a l._qic of the (~od-seed; Christ, anrl t.h cy that :ire
Cnrist's. I lcncr he w:i.s both king [la w-gi1·er] :incl priest; and
hn<l r<Cl'<'SS w L~nd :111<1 mrrn, ns Christ a11tl his sai nts rire to ha,·c
wl1<'n llf', t.hr med iator and l1is "ho<ly," is "perfect.eel. \V hc1\
:.'\Joses came from I.he presence of God, his face shone i-o t.hat
without :1 1·:iil 1 th<' chil<lrcn of I srael could uot lichol<l it. Hnt
when he ,,·c11t, i11 IJcforc t.he Lon1 the vn.il w:is bid :1sirlc 1111 til he
cnme ou1 .. ( l~x. 34 : 34) . This v:iil menns the flesh (Heu. 10: 20).
\Yhen ]IIoscs w o11 l<l co me ont to t he people to exercise his oflicc
ns ln\\·gi 1·cr, j111lgc, or )'ricst; ho wore a vnil uec:insc t lwy e;ould
11ot. enc.lure tl1<• !flory. \Vhen the "kings n.ud priests of G011"
shall go 11111. 11f the city · ~ whi ch !i ns no need of t.hc suu, 11ciLhcr
of tl1c rn vo11, t.n Rhi11c in it; fo r the g lory of God tlid lighten it,
aml Lhc l ,:1111h i ~ 1.h(' lig ht thercof,1' they will need Lo w e:\r n. r!li!;
"For if t, ha~ whic \h was clone awn.y was g lorious, mnch m ore thn.t
which rr111:1irn; is g111rio11s. Seeing tl1e11 th:it we h ave such lw;1e,
we use g rc·nt plni111H•!l~ of i;po::ich" (2 Cor. 3; 12) .
In Lh<• ma"i f1•1<1.;1 ti1111 o f the sons of God to" t,hc crct1lnrr,,'' wh o
is wi thrmt. t.111· cily, tht'Y wi ll nc(ld to be 1111 1lcr !L vn.il 0f fl esh,
[I) t)hRCll l'C thc·ir ~l ri r.v j even :is Christ :u11l nngcli; h :~yc 111:111i f1•s-
t1:cl th rm~c·Jrpi:; Lo 111t•11. f>:111l could Ho t endure l.OhcliQl<l tlic u11·
v:ii lNl Nar.:1rP111•; :1 11;1 Jl:m icl aml .f ohu wCl'C! '1\'1'1·wht;l11w1l , 11 11<1
licra1111· =•" .j •.: .. J 1111·11. ''lien pr n11it tl'<i L1) !<e<· 0 111• ll'iLl11111I thi• 1·:1il
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nf fl cslt; '' 1\11cl tl1cro rcrnai11ed tlO st.rcngtl1 in 1110; f0r HI) 1;111.tt ·
li11css w:1s l.11rncd i11 me into c;orrupt.ion" (Dan. JO; 8).
Sorne 111ny :<:ty, thii< i:; too much like spirj1.u:ilis111 ; we 11 ill lta1 c
110Llii11g to do wit.Ii it.. Do )'<Ht bulievc there :ire fallcu u11gd~,
as t.a11ght in .T utln n11<l l'ctcr? tlint they arc the" spirit.un i ntler~
nf the uark11 c::;~· of I.his worl<l"? 1 f so, is it strn11gc thcj' sltoul<i
1·ct.ui11 some of their former char:1ctcristics nncl power? :5urcly
tltc tli1Ierr.nce bet.ween these lying spirits, bound nuder cltnins uf
dnrk11ess, nnd angels of light, is clear nnd well dcfinc<l. I l o you
·b11lic\'C "the :ingels of God arc mi11ist.eri11g spirits: seitt /vrth t11
111 in istllr to thc111 tlrn t :>hn 11 be bcirn of salvation "? P1:rh:q•s yu11
do not l.JclicYe we slinll be" ns tile angels of Gou;" " r:1i11cti u
spirituol lio<l y ;" "born of I h~ ~pirit ;"or tltat "t.hnt 11·hi fd1 ii; l1t1rn
uf rho f'piril, is spirit." J'erhups you expect to kno\\' <.'hrist a!'!
he was 011cc kno\\'n, after tire Jlci;h; n 1H1 think t.hntj/e.~/j ~:1111 in-
herit the ki11gdorn of Uo<l, if Mood en1111ot. "Th:Lt whil'11 is lioni
·if flesh, iii tlcsh ;" :J.11<.l thcro is not oue atom of f'c.:riptural i:upport
lo fa I' or such a d ew, rxccpt. nn i.1~/iwencc dr:iw11 from tlu.' uppt>r1r-
i11r1 uf Jesus nnclur a 1·nil of llcslt nftcr his rcs11rrcot.i1rn. J'lo-
scs. i11 t.lie type, nppemcd ttncll'r a mil, not once, or twice, h111, al-
torr.ys wheu he pn!:sccl fro111 the presence of tlic J...ord, out 10 tlw
people. "AccC1r<li11g to thy faith be it llnto thee." "There is a
spiritunl bodr;" nncl 100 expect to be thns"' clotJ1cu upon;" :incl
have :\ rigbt to enter Lhrough the gates iut.o tho city.
"\Vh::it mnkes these things look the ruor e glorious, il' that they
nrc nhout to be l'Qn.Jir.e<l. For, though the sriint.s have liHe11 loug
slceping .i11 .J cs us; the rcsnrrcction morn is l.irginni11g t o dn wn;
mal the shadows to tlcc away. "Aud t11c pathway of 1.ltc just.,
which is as a shining light, tha t sbineth more and more unto the
perfect doy ;1' is, e1•iclc11tly, in tlrisp·r cscnt truth, reeciving ilii ln~t
hnlo from t.hc grent fountain. 'l'hesc truths 11:1ve shown in 1.hc
p:rLhwny. of "the virgins," just :it. the time where tlwy wt·ri•
due. \ Vitucss the midnight cry, the jubilee message, Lhc lnri-v-
cst mr,ssrrgc, nu<1 now the light is . shining on tl1e things "Eye
h:11.b not !'ce11, nor ca.r heard; neither hath entc,re<l the lt(•n.rt r\I'
m:in; lint God lrath revt•nlod th om unto us, by his Spirit; n.nd 11\•L
iu ?001·ds, but hy the lloly Ghost; comparing spi ritua l Llting~
wit,h Rpiritual." And t/ifa, togcf,hcr with all tin' other c1•ille11-
ces, fn 11 y cou 1•i n cc us tit nL 1.hc great cltan gc is at Ira ml, a ncl the
millC'1111i1u11 about Lo dawn.
"FM I.he crin1c!:I, c.x pcc.t.ation of t.lw crcn.t11rc wait.cLh for tho
rn:rnil'nslali1111 or Lf11• S<11t>l or Ci url. J\1 1cl 11nt Olli\' l,lt t' \"1 lmf •1111 ·
i-•· h cs n.hw, 1d1it lt '1111" 1lte 1i1·stf1·11its of tho Spi;·it, c1~c111 w0 0111-
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fiuh·cs groan withi11 011nrnlve'J,' waitin g for Lhe adoptio11, LhaL is,
the rc<h•111p1io11of1111r b1>cly.'' Jicncc 1.hisgll>l'io11s manifcst.atio11
i ~ 110t due 1111til t.he ioai11ts, "Sown a nat11.1·al l1ody, a1·c raised :i.
.~pfrit ual l1ocl y.,.
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l\lnny s1•r111 tu thi11k that. a s11i rit11al l1ocly is not a litei·al bocly.
111 other w11nli<, tha t it i:- 11ot. a ?'l.!(/l u1111r . Lite ral, says Webster,
111en11s real; 11 nt. tiguratin• o r i11ct.:1 plwriral.
•( The re i!< a rn11.11ral r:11 1i111aJl l1ody, aucl t l1 erc is a spiriwal
111•11,v," {I t'M. J:;: -f-1). Dues a11r 1•11c su ppose tltc aposLle here
tc:whc•i; th11t thNc is a l'r.nl lJC>dy, n111l t-.11erc is a figu ra ti,·c or
mrl nplwrical liocl.r; 1111d :is ll'C ha.1·1; i>ul'll t lte image uf !,he rea.l,
\1·e shall lic:ir 1l1e i111age o f the 111etnphorie11!? One would sup-
p0se till·~· so n·:11l, fro111 1,l11•i r e:\1't'l'tli11g hli11d11css in 1·ccog11iz-
i11g tLll)' h11t ll11• 11at11rnl, or :1111111al hocly. They l'CClll fenrful lu;;t,
if the ic1c:1 he e11t1•rLai11cd tlrnt Chrii;t. c:o111e:i Lhe second tinic in
:111y other t.l1:i11 n11 u11i111al body, it will lent! 1.n the rejcctiN1 of
:i l1t1•rol r<'i::11rrecti011 1 &e. \\.<' clo n•jct:t. !he i1lea o f t he l!:li l\ LS
hl•i11g rni,;etl ":1 i1nl11rn/, 01' :rni111al uody;" !\lltl if tlillt. ii:: reject-
ing a lif<Wa.l res11rrel:tiu11 of t he sai111., we m11SL plead guilty, nutl
beg to he cxcusec.1 sirn ply 011 the gro 1111tl Lhat t he Almighty has
snid," It ii:: rai$Cl1n1'piri:t1uil body."
N<n,· will i;o111e 011e inform rne why it is 1111sc rip t ural, or f::w ati-
cnl to m!linL;1i11 1.h:1t Christ hns :i .91h-iwal hotly; :ind, ns t he
i:::1ints arc to he lil.:c him, that lltcy :ire r :iisell spiritual bvtlies.
JJ ec:1 11sc some i:cc1n to thi11k thnt n :;;piritual botly i;; uo't re.al, bu t
ii; only n mct:lphoricnl \Jody; and tlrnt no&hing is real except it
is" nf ~he v:11·tlt, c:ll'll1y,'' is Ill) rrnso n why Llil>!le who c:iu dil'-
ccru spiritual t.hi11g1<, which the m1tur:il man cn1111ot, (:sec l Uor.
\!: 14.), :;lw11l.t re111 ai11 in darkuess. The two cases 011 record iu
\\'hicf1 a !>piri1.11:d borly io describetl, (Dan. IQ: Cl-, iuicl Hcv. I :
l :l-, represc11t n very 1ti l'.C ki111~ of a holly, a11fl 011c which Dan-
iol nppc:trcd to t.hi11k was real. . AnJ we hnvc t be prom ise of be-
ing mndu like unto his glorio us h ody; :rnd t.h at :is we h~wc bonra
t.lio i lllnge of 1.hc en rt.hy; we sh:i ll nlso bear the i magc of the !ten v-
<· 11 I,r. Tlw llrs~ 111:111 a11d his mcc a rc of the dnst of the g ro11nd,
a11d 1.l1crcf•1t'e, of rite t•flrtlt. Christ :ilso took 11pun him 011r 1rn-
111re, tu work 0111 it pl:in li_v wlrich \\'C' cn11 l:tl; l' 11po11 11!' his 11n-
t11n•; :111d :1:< li e• lm.< horr11• t,.lic· i11wgc of tlie c:11:1.liy; 11c sli:1ll :\I·
1<•· heal' I Ii<' i111:1~1· of 1 Ii,: l 1<~:11'(' 11iy, " Y i•:t 1 lu>11~ h II'\' !tan;~
k111111 II l hri .. 1 :11'11•1' tli\· {h;sh, li(•fl CC'fo l'lh k1111\\ ll'C lii111 110
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11111rc." j\fany seem t:<) th ink th:it l1cc:iuse C hri~t. nppcnnl u111ler
n uail of Hcsl1, after his rrs111Tcctio n, just ns tile Loni appc:ireil
10 J\hrnhnnt, that in i;omc w:iy thc>y arc Ln lrnilw hilrl f/(/11i11 ar-
ter 1.hc !Jesh. The t1Jorld 111:i.y sec him t.hus; lint 10esl1nll i;ct· him
11$ lie fa : and 11ot under n ,·nil.
To tltc 11nL11ral n1:i11 ii. ii; rooli:<l111cs.., neither CUii he 1111dcrsl:111d
Lhc ~hings of I he Spirit. l lc11cc, t.o tench that 011c who ii; born
of the.Spirit cnn come :11111 go likt: t.hc wi11'1; is fooli:::hno!<ll LO
rhc111. If they c:11111ot ri;ic nho,·e t,hc Ocsh. how c:w t.hcy believe
«rhc-11 t.oJcl of hc:l\'c11ly thi11gs? Uc1wc, the only c<HHSC lt•ft. fo1·
Lhcrn, i!l lo cxpb in :i.w:ly Lliese \,cxtll.
\ Vlwn ii. i~ snid1 "This i;amc Jesns wllich ye hn,·c 110\\' ""t'11 ~o
int.o lwarc11, sl1:ill so come, in like mnnner, ns ye h:1nJ :st•t• n hi111
g<lj" t.hc "11:1t.urnl rnnu" n~ once fixc." his rniu<l on, noL tlir. .J t'1m;;
who wonlcl &111lrlcnly appc:ll' in their midst; :111<1 then rr.r1ish .ont
.,f their i;ight; :111d who wns mys11•rio11sly ill\· isi!Jlc d111i11g most
of th:n forty chys of his prei<cncc in his 11pfrit.11a{. llody ; bnL 011
.fos11s i11 the flush; forgtti11g thnl we :ll'(.i to know hi111 mi 111 01'<',
:1 ftc r tho tlc>~h. Th e J cslJi; t hnt. wc11t all'n,· wns t.hc 011c lior11 uf
t.lte ::;l'irit.; n l1ci11g wl1 0, accon1ing to hii, o ~rn wor<li:, ii< as ill\·isi-
l1lc to 111ort.:i l1', wit.liout a mir:tclr., as is the wi11d. lf1• wnuld
suddc11ly appt':U' in their m\(lst, "Lhe rloors being shut:" :rnd t hc11
" ''~t11ish 011 t of thei r sight." Nor cou lcl t h cy tel I "w lir111;c IJc
came, or whit.her he went. So is every one t.hnt is born ci f th(•
BpiriL." J'kis is the Jesus who we11~ :i.wny; a11cl who co m e~
:igni11 "i11 like> m:rnncr. Thern nre exper ts :tt e:i;pla·i11iu:1 «way
Scripture, who cnn dii<pose of these things nnd m:i.ke tlicrn mc:lll
11otl1 i11g, l :11l111it; n11u so they cnn nny ao<l nil Sct'ipL11rc; 1u•1·(•r-
theless the wnnl of Gotl st:llldeth.
'l'o the muurnl n1n11, a spiritunl body me11ns nn c:irt.hy :111i111n !
Lo<ly witl1 1<pi1·it., instead of l)Joocl, ruuing t hrough the 'dw;
nncl artcriciZ. And yet spirit is 11othi11g r eal, but r.1ct:ipl1nrk:il.
Tl11:reforc, :1 i:piriL11nl hcrwcnly body, is n fleshly earth~ ht1dy
with n fignrntil'C or mctnphori c:1l substitute for ulood. Tntl)' ii
wo11clcrful rl1l;covrry . Auel tlii.•, it seems, is 1.he highest ideal of
:t :;pirit11nl iJCHl}' to whic'h t.ht• nnturnl ma11, nnnidcd lly i11i<pir:1 Lio11 1
c:rn au.:~i11. 11(1'1" thl!l1 cn11 \\'l! Lnlk 1.0 Lliem of Ll1c ki11gdo111 of
Uo1l, which :i 111:i11 cnn1111t l><'l', 1111ti l he is horn of t.hc ~pirit, :1111 1
wllic:h will 1l11'l'<•f1irc 1u1\'l' I' ht Yisiblr· t.o thc Jllllll i11 Lite llc·~h.
" 111• ~l1:ilJ ,i 1 11po11 1.lt1 1 thrnnc of' his f:tt.IH'r J)a\'irl," 111 1111•111
nw:111x a l <''-lil1 1rin11 <11' 1:-:ntc l i11 lltu lh·slt, \l'il,h Cltri!=:t 1•.x:illt•d 111
rc! i~11 011 :111 c a 1ilil1· 1.l1r1111c 1•,·v1· :rn l'il rthl r .lt! n1:;i:ilrn1.
\\' li:11 1!1• ·; i),. .. .; C:1I. I: ~2-:i'J. 1111·:111?° " 1 ~111· i1 i!< 111·i:1 1•:1.
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J\hrnlin111 hnd 1.wu l'tllls, the one by :t lt0n1l111nid, the otht·r 11y n
l"n.'<' w11n11111. \\.hiclt 1.hi 11gs :ire :w allegory." 'l'h(· cart.lil y .r,~­
r11s:ilt•m with h\•r rlti l•ln·11, i11dn1li11ir t.lie llc.'lhly kingclom of lhvid
wi th ;ill that pt'l'lni11cd t.o tltnL tlispe11s111.;011, "Rt:rnds for ~ l r1a1·,
whid1is1\Io1111t Si11:ti i11 J\rnbin." Is Lite great plan of redcrnp-
tinu tn pro~rc,:;s li:u·k "·anls? Is tlie kingdom of D:i.vill f or t he
Annointcd, !\nd whic:h i11 1•roplt('cy, alwnysmo::lllll Ch1·ist t o be
:oet up :ii; n p:lrt of the llC'shly house? ls it Agar, th e.! ol< inount
Si11ni i11 J\rnl1i:1, LIH• .f(•rm;:tle111 th:1t i::t i11 hn1Hhge, the chil<lrc11
tJ[ tlte.liu111lrnnid, wlin 1:lt:tll 110L I>~· hei r:.: wi1h thccliiltlrcn of tliu
l'rcc \1'm11a11, wh r1 :1rt I n constitute the king<lorn? That typical
kingdom wns l,111 nn nllr!!M}" :1,/i(;•1rf'.1 or "l'h:itlow of goncl things
to co111 t•, n111l l'oi11tl••l tn so1111•thi11g1·r•tl, rir.. an hc:n·cnly, "a city
whitd1 hnth fo1111da1i11n~." I::; it. thcJi.fJ1M·e, nr t.ht: tru'1, Uhrist is
going t.o C1Stal,li~h 'f Tl11• Oc,:;ldy kingdom of thn.t Clld llispcnsa-
t ion wa::; just n::; t ntly aJi[111i·a <• [ t.lil' Lr11c ki11r;drm1, ns wns the
tnberna<:le 111:11fo \\"illt h:111cls. :i fil!nrc "nf the t.rn<: t:i.licrn:tclc."
Ultl .J enisalP111 i~ l.C• 110 n·~t.nl'c;l, 1n• tlo 11•iL 11onli1., "Tims saith
the J,11r1l, lfoh11lcl, 1 wi 11 bl'i11g ngnin the ca pti \' i ty of .lacol>'s tc11 ts,
noel Itani mcn:r 11111•11 liis dwt.!lli11g places ; and the city sh:ill be
bnilt up o11 her old hl1 :q1:0. 1 will m1dtiply them, nnd their chil-
dren shall be nsaf<t1''!/i111e.'' ".J\11(! Jcnti::llemshnll bcinhnbited
ng nin in her own J~l:iee, cn~n i11 J crnsa!em. There shall be no
more utter d cs1.rncti1111. bnt J l'rusnlcm shall be safely inh:ibitccl."
"Behold the d:iys l'Clmc, is:ii1.h the Lor1l, that tlie ci ty shnll be
huill to the Lord frlln1 1 he tower of Jl:l.nnncel mi to t.hc gate of
the col'llcr. The mcns111:i11g line sh all yet go forth Qvcr against
it 11pon the hill Gnrcb, nml s hall l'0111p:u;::< :ibout t.o Goath. It
sh:ill bo hc)lr 1111 bo 1l1c Lon I; it. shall uot he pl nckc<l 11 p or th rown
<low11ft'tr1•11e1·," ( J e r. al) . "Beltol d, f crc:itc.Jerusalem a rejoic-
ing , :tri<l ht· r 11cpple n j oy; .. . :ind Lh ey $hall build lio11scs, and
i11hnbit t.hcm; nod they !\fin.II pl:int vi neyards, and e:it. the fruit
o f them," (ls:1. -1 5). "Th us s:i.ith th e J,ord of hosts ; I w:i.s jc:i.l-
ous fo r Zion wit.Ii gn•nt j c:dow1y; and I wns jealous for her wiLh
fu1-y. Tiius sllit.h lhC' Lorcl. L nm returned 1111Lo Zio11, nucl will
dwell i11 t.hc 111itli:t of .I t•rus:ilcm; a11<l .Terusalem shall be onlle<l a
ci ~y of tn11.h; :111cl the mo1111t,ain o f the Lo1·d of hoi;ts . There
shall yeL old 111c·11 :111'1 nld 1\·c•.;»11 d well i11 Lhc streets of .forusn-
lcm, Mll cn•ry 111:111 wi1 h his sLnff in his han<l "for \'cry age ; and
thci;trcl'l!': ol' tlil' t•ii 1' l'h:dl \i{' full <If I.mys 1111d g irl!-11 play iug in LhC
~tl'l'~ts t.hvrno f, (Z.1·l l1. ": '.! F:). l•'or hdr1 rc t.lw.•c dayR, there was
1111 hir11 l'nr 111n11, nnr l1i11 fnr lw:isl," &n. ( \' C' r~H JO).
Tl1:1l .I," '''"""Ill 1< l11 l it n•l111il1., :i11tl 111:1.!1• ~ l m·ious, there is 110
 ::51'1H.1TlJAL.
l:wk of e\·iC.lc:ncc. Auel that t,hcy will b11 il d li o11sc: , :rnd 1.Jant.
1·i11c.1 :i.rds, i~ bcyo11c1 qucstion. Dut. t.ltat this r cst.orcrl Jcrusalc111
with her olu rncu and <ilcl \\'Omen leaning Oil their stnllfor Hry
11gc, is t.hc king<lotn of Go<l, I do not. belicvo. Because <~<id
li:is promised grc>nt things for tlic .Jews, and other nations, i11 lite
restitut ion age, it cl oe~ 11ot ~ollow that, the chilclrc n of t.hc fl t-:;h
are to lie heirs of tlm kingdom. "1n that llny s hall Israel 110
thi r,l wi th Egypt :111ll with Asi:yrin, e1·c11 a hlc.~sin g i11the111i1J;q
of the land; who111 I.he J ,onl o f host:; shall bless, sayi11g, Bll'"5(~<1
he E3,Yt>l· my p1•opl c, :uid ·J.\ ssyria the wo rk of 111y ha111.1:>, and !::;.
r:11.:l 111i110 inh erit~wcc, " ( lr;a. HJ: 2+).
T lwrc :lre ttoo .Je:rnsalcms; one st.an els for the homl111(tid; 1hl•
•itlil!r for the f1·c• c wo111:\11. T he t wclrn tribc:s, or J1:q•ncl i11 the.fl·J..~li,
110 111:1l1 cr l1ow 11111ch Uocl 111ay do fo r them, ·st:rnd for A gnr; :1s
d11l':> ]Jrwi1l, a 111<ll'O t.ypc, stn ud for Cliri;;t.
"They \1·liicll arc the chilci rnn of ~he flcsll, these arc not. the
ch il(lrcn of God: hut tile chilclrcn of the prornise nrc countctl for
flit• "t'C(L" Fl<.!lll1 a11cl blc10tl cn11nol inheri t th r ki11g1lo111 of l: otl,
nci 1.licr d m h corm p1.io11 i11l1<•1it. inconu pl io11. If the restored .J Cl\'
is 110L in lht•.flt!s/1, hut. au ir11111ort,al spiri tnnl he i11g, t.ht•11 hern:1y
i11li r.rit, the ki11gclo111, otherwise Il e c:111not. .Alt.hough Lite Jk~h ­
ly house of l!-:rn el are t.o be restored to thei r fonnrw csLnt.c, th:1t
former cstn~e is M mut:h ve11eaLh the !.:i11_qdom, whic h fl esh :111d
hlt.lod c:1n11ot i11hcrit., ns 011r present, position is l>eucnth th:it. of
the angel (~nhril' I : " ~\\' he u I uring ngnia thei r capti1·it.y, 1.hc
capti,·it.y of ~odom and ltc r µ:i11ghtcrn, nn<l thccnptiviLy or ~a·
m:1.1·i:i a111l her d:inghtl!rs, thou will l hriug again the e:1ptil j 1.y
of thy capt i vcs f.1 cr11salt•111) in the Ill ill st CJ [ t,htm," (T~y.ck . I (i: 1a).
Tliii: is 11JltC11 a1Hl lww, tlic .Jews are to be restored. J\n<l ·'•'I'll·
~nh•111, re·u11ilt, i-; t.o b e tlic heacl q nnrtcrs of t he 11ntio11l', (Zt·ch.
14: Hi); :111<1 will belong 1.0 Chrillt, j ns t :is nil oLhcr 11nt.i11111: i11
the ll esh will be subject Lo l1im. ·. Bu t "Except :.i. m:t11 b1.: i1orn
o f water, ti11il of the S11iri1.1 lie c:111not e n ter into Lite king·
clc1111 of t;otl." J\ntl yet,, r,~ y 011r .Age-to-come brnthren, oltl .lc-
1·11s:de:1n , t'l-'li11ilt., " Agni-," is to be the en pi Loi; :11111 Lhc11:1Lionl'o f
tlH• cn.rLh arc t.o go t here fn11 11 year Lo yea.r t.O kct' P Lhc fra~ ~ <Jf
1.alicrnaclcs, :111d lie p1111isliccl if they do 110L gl1, Thc. .J er11sal<·111
t.llllt. tlc!'ccnd;; frn111 hcil\·c11, "the 1110Llie1: of ns nil;'' l.hc one J\h1·a-
h~1m lookccl for, :1 11<1 t hro11 g- h t,h c g:1tcs o f which 1100110 who li:ui
11411, ))(Jt'll htll'll o[' (.Ji.1 :->pirit /i:\11 l' lll.1'1', Ulld$ 110 place in !.heir thn·
ol•l!f.'" \\·11:11. .J ..es th is 1.11lk aho11L the t wo .J cr11 s:ilc111 ~, 011t· r••1 •·
l'<'~l'lllill).!' 1111· 1•l1i ltlrc•11 11f 1.hc· fl t~h, 1,h(• oLh(!r thc•!'l' 1rho arc• l1t•r11
.. r 1111 "1•i1i1 j1:11~1.. l ""l'iri1.ual IH1i liC·sf' 111 l·i111; i i 1. l 11·r1·i~ J.111 tl1<'
56 s1•rn1TUAJ,.
Pnc ol!l typic:d .I 1·1·11:m l1·111 11 f P alcs1,i11e, ll'hich is to r1'p1·e:<c11t
j lte real ki11 gdu111 or ( :,111? , \ 111:u1 c:rn110L .w:e 1.he Lrue ki11g-
<1om of God, t l1c Olll' 1Jf II' Ii i d 1 l>:l\·e(1'i:; was Lite ty [JP., cxct•pt. he he
born frum :iho,·1·; :11111 I hat ll'hich is \Jorn of 1.he ~;1irit, is .<:pfrit.
Onr .i\ ge-Lo·c..1111• l1l'f•I hrc11, :i1111ost to a ma11, seem incapable
uf rr1·apl'Jing wit Ii 1l11 ..•;i/rit111tl. Cnn it lie that nonn of 1.hcin :He
yct"'ucgor..1.c11 <•f 1h1• :-:pirit ? "The 11:l~nral 111:111 reoei n~th not I.he
1.hi11gs of t.IH! S11iri1 1•1° < i11i l: for the~· arc foolish1w.o;.5 1111to hirn:
11ci thcr c:1 11 h" k 11 1111· 1I11"111,_IJl'<'!111:<e t hey :ire 1')1i ri t.11:dl )' cl i1>1·cn1<:d .'
Ca11 t.hey ll <l l SJ·•· 111:11 · 1h1• \\'hnl<' t f'lllll' of K c 11· 'I\•s1 :1111c1JL
is
toachi11g :i11 :1d1·:11u:1• fru111"thr 1111t.11r:il t11 t.11e:;piritu:ilj"Trom
the 11at.me t)f th!' li1·!'t . \ 11:1111 10 that of r..he second? " fl owbeit,
that which i.1;s11irit11 :1I is 11111 lir<I, bnt tl1ntll'hichis nat11 r:i.l;:u1cl
nfLcnr :inl~ tlt:\I. "·hi <'h i;; ;:11iri 111:11. '' 011c \\'ho can .~ce nothing in
1.hc resti 111ti1•11 of iltl' kitt:.!.d•Jlll l'lf brad, buL wh:t L stam1s for
Agar, Lhc -l l.'ru<:ah•1n of t lt1• fksh, a mere shadow, "or figure for
t.he 1.ime Lhc11 p1·1·:w11t :.. j,: i111lct'd m1:ibll' t0 "<1iscrrn Fpiritual
things.''
" ' it.Ii t.l1C'ir \'il.!11·..: ,,f I hl' agt• to come, no wonderthose who arc
spiri i,unlly 111i11llccl c;i11 1 111~ a C'G<' }1t it. The New Tcst:J.menL e,·cry
where tcach i11g t.hnt llll' kingfl<•n1 of Goll is to be· of a hig her nr-
<ler t ha11 \\'as 1hl' ..:irl lily k i11g clom o f fsr;le l; as much n.s the scc-
oml ..Ad:1111 is liiJ.rltt•r 11 1:11 1 thP first; or as Christ is nbO\'e David;
that ll(lsh nntl hle>od 1·n11111H i11heriL it; thnt except n m:w be horn
of the Spirit.. lac c:1111111t. c•111 er into it; while .i\~e. to-come pe:ople
tench that t.hc rcst.on·cl .J ew, con 1•crtccl to Ohnst, hutRtillin the
mortal fl eshly l'iL:it.e, 1ni.l/"f"11 ter the kingdom of God. And, in tbe
111ai11, co11stit111.c 1hr ki11g cl n111; the i1umort:il sn.ints bei11g nnly
one feature or du.~.~. i11 llw king•lorn. Thus putting new wine in-
to olil boW 1·~. ll111 1 h1•ir lmu les will burst.
Jesus n111l I.Iii • g'P~ l 1"1 I l·:icli1•s t.hnL one wl1 0 is born of t.hc .Spir-
it c:i n no m ore h l· S•'"'' qf on<' who ii; in t.hc flesh, tha11 can the willll;
that the ki11gtlo111 ul' t !nd 1·oi11r th not. with olJservatiou, or visi-
lily; :in<l tlH11. 1~Xl'''l'' :1 11n111 111: h ti na agni11 he c:mnot sec it; a11d
u11ly tliosc wlio IH1:t1• 1.110 i111:igc of the heavenly, c:w cntC'r in, or
inlifrit it. J\ ru11' ""'"d or rc:>to1·ctl .few, no more hears the im-
:tgc of the IH~rP11d 111' hl•:1,-1!1ily 111:i11, 1.lta11 docR a nwrt.al c/wistio11 .
So long as :111'~ an· lJr 1111· 1·arlh, eart.lty; 11r it.licr of t.hl•111 l.':111
c 11~>1! 1' i111 11 tltl· k:11µ.t .. 111. lfol wi1l1 the "~t·cd" pcrfoct(l(l ; Lite
st•<:oncl mn11, 111:1k :111.J rl' ll t:d", t 'hriRL 111111 hi!'l hriill', l'IHll l'lcle;
1lt 1:n· IH•).!:i 11~ :1 :-11•·1·i:il 1r1Jrl> ,,r n·tl1· 111 p1.in 11; vi1.. Tiu• rT1 1ut111·r., .. r
"11nl.11r:d rn: 111," will, :1 h1· lw1' fl ll\ 1':< 111:1<.uro-. " l ie d1·li\'l'n'il fr11111
tl1l· l•o11d :11 ·1· ,,f •"•11111-<11111 1:\lu l ltl g l o ri1111 ~ lil•<:rl y of tltl• l'Pil''
1
 ,-\J' ll~!Tt i. \I.. :l1

<•l Unrl.., That is, lio trn111'htt•d from !11(' earthly, t<> the he:wu1·
1,- ki11::'10111. or l1L·:1\·c11l,· .J ,•rns!llc111. 'l'hc rcstorcc:l Jcws:i rc nnt
c::111~ o~f I ;,,,j, tit•'}' :trc r'lu· <'hildn.•11 or ,\1.Jr:iha111 according to the
llv~h: 11 'i'lit·y wl1inh iirc· th <' <:ITil.Jrr11 of tl1c flesh, these are n11t
t h <' cliit.lreu ,_.f Gorl ; h11t the childrc11 nf tl1c promi:;c :ire co1111:.·
"'I for t.heiwcu, ( Ho111."0: S) . TIH·reforc the J ews, not bci11.,.
the trne h··in:, will 11Pl n·r<'iYe tltr kin~i1om; uor will (.hey Lei~
f 111• ki11g d11111: "Exc1•pt a 111n 11 he l1<1rn o f water, and of the
:->111rit, /c,. ··111111to1 c11 t1·r in lri tlic ki11r1d·1m of (i ncl.'' The kingr101u
,iJ !:l••l wn-: t:1k(·11 fr11111 t !i1:111. to hr· g i ven tn :i rwople IJl'ingi11µ:
f.. 1·tl1 lh·· frnir~ tltr-n·11f Anr1 llii« litll<.>lln~!k, hfJl'n of the Rpirit,
1 11:-•·d ·1•111111:1: Ji,.,J 1t"" ~,,., going ft ' ha,·c it, i11 ~pite of age tu
<IOll H' I h t~"l'll'< ,
011e l.':rn C!Cl :1k•11~ YC11· 11ctl wit l1 t.hc Ol1l 'l'cst.!ln1c11t ed1lr.11rt•
10 J•wvc 1l1al 111<• t•ltl .Ti-1·11~al1•111, the t.ypicnl ki11g11om of Da\•id,
:11J<l IJN;hly isra•·I, :m• n~ain to represent the king d om of God;
i111t. IJt• 11111s1 iµ:1t1n" or t'~)'l:iin awar, nil the tenching of Christ
:111il Llw t{'•'P<·I. Tht\ ki11!!'1 n 111 •lf l>:ivi11 is to be rrst.ore1l ; 1111t
Dai•icl 111cn1 1.< l'liril<t; j11sr. :t!' f.~11ccr, tla• .<:r1!tl 11f promise, st:111c1s
for Uh1·i~L ..-\11.J t hr king<lom of D!lvicl, wni: the ki11gclom of the
T,urcl, · (i:"l' l C' lin•n. 2!1 : :i:1). <loil's ki11gilnm w:i~ given t.o Isra-
l'I i1 1 tlt1· llc::l1, :11111 1rns t hrnwn 1low11. Hut is now to be ~i \·cn to
t. h1• lritc .<:t•t•d; "t ii<' 11;1l.11rnl firi:t, n11(1 aherwnrcls the sp1riL11:il ;"
is the order i11 wh ic h t.he lfo1y Spirit. Leaches that the wl.iole plan
is l1lO\'i1tg .
A faiLh whid1 1::111gr:t!'f•11nt.hi11g liig h<' r than a kin!?dorn in the
tl 1·~ h, will, l rear, l':llli(' lhMc who Jl<lSSCJ'l; it., only to 1tsow11 IC\'·
<•I; 1'tltist.111s 110 1101 !iring forth g r:i.pes." "But it sa.'JS Ile
i;hal l rcigu i11 1111•1111!. Z.io11, :11tcl in J cntsnl c nt, !llld bdorc his A11-
l'i<'11ts glori o11 ~ly.'' 'l'l'lle ! Anti so doci; D:iviil s:iy, "for my
111<·:1t tJ11·y g:l\·u 111c 11:1111 ; :i11rl in my thir$t they g:ive mo vi11e·
~:1 1'. " l~11 t. t ll\' •[ll<!i> t.10 11, i11 t.hc light of the gospel, which brought
t11 light. irr111wrt.ali ty :11111 <'t,crn:1.l li fo, is, H{lw nrc we to in terpret
Il ic> J > l'Ollli!ll'~ llf c:nd in r1•l:1ti u 11 LI) lhc ki11gilom: Arc tliey to be
J :dlillccl in 1ltni>t' l111rn of 1.ltc f1C'11l1, or those h orn o f the Spirit?
I 0111 h1•gi1111i11 g 111 t.l1i11k A~t··l• >·co mc pe<1pk•1 :i11<l 111:i11y othrrs
:1111•H1g J•rt•-111illl''1111i:tlis.ts 1 do 110L lrnlit•\·e in a11ythi11r1 of :i spiritual
11:11 11re, " r lo:t\'\' tit<· rnvst r1•111olc r ompn·hent.io11 of things of t.h:i t
" t rl•·r; Pi 1lt1·r that th1• s:ii11(. is r:lisc1l " n !'pirit11:d bod!f," or i11 thc
' ~ i-t :1 11l'I' 111' ~ l> irit u:i l h1•i11.t\'il, Ill' ••\'I'll 11 f t.Jw ll nly S['iriL it!'Jr•lf.
I I. .,,11r 1111•• ··hi;s 11f :1g1•·tt•-<'P1111• l11•li111'1'l"', tlH• ('}/7'i.9t11delphi<111.<.
' " 1• ''· 'l'lil' ll i·l r :->pirit , Sii\' 1111·1-, i« 1'111 :i 71riw·i71ttt, or r-11 •
:1:"1 I •11 I ., • '', :11:.i 1101 :111 1111 .. (li,:••11•·1'. I t. i-. 11nllti11~ 111"11' 11111
 :::>Ol'l llS'l'lff.
l.·c:,; I h:111 .. .-lt•t:t.l'il•il y :" i1': lrtU!!ht. i11 CtllO of Lli(>il' li1111k1':, J)(I\\ lw·
f11n· 111t" W h:1t. wo1;der t !icy (lisccn\ 011ly n Hc~lily fu turc.

SOPI I lf:Tlt Y.
l':tlsc reasoning 1111 thi:i "lllttllrnl '' or animal plain, by t, ho~c·
who c:n1rn otcli;:("t'l'll !:pirilll:il things; is laacli11g 11nrnyutl1<·r, 1lian
f 'liristadelplti1t11.~, i11to 11ark11C'~c:. l will gi\'e n s:unpk C)f tli<'il'
11 :iy of reaso11ii1g-: The w•1nls Satan, a11rl D1.:d l, says the 11h<11't'
l11iok, menus acc11;<1• r, n r achcrsary; ttnd arc 011 ly Jlililc sy1w11~·111~
f nr si11. J~'r11(l. It w:i .~ a Bihlc sY11onrin for Rin that. cr111t L•11ci-
r1l with th;! :11·1·h:111ircl 11l1ont thc-l1o<l}; of Moses. "J\l:1ry," is
:c "'.1·n 1·n~ 111 for liilf· r: tl'f/I): It wn~ Liu· princi1ilc of hittr-rnc.~.~ thnt
I•" ·k Cliri~t 1o ht• 1hL• ganlc.:11cr. "The ll'Orcls t.lint I spt•nk, they
:er" ~pirit. ;" t h:it i~, a pri11ciple of po11·C'r. Christ ii; L1t<' ll"onl,
(.l ..Jin I: J.1); i:rr111: \'hrist is n pri11cipk, :111tl not:rn e11Lity. l lo-
1~· "l'iri1. f 7"11111 111] j, :111 d0111l'nt. ,,r 1rn11·1·r, t:fc•c.;1.riciLr " C:rn! i~
: t ·1·i1it 11w11111o11 ... n·:1n: <..: 011 is electricity .
. \ m:111 l11·<'tllllC'I' nir <·111:'111)-, he 1s :w ad1·crs:iry, thrr" l'or0 h<.>
of1.,., 11rif 1•xi;.;1, lit' il' !I syih111y111 of opposin11 Granting- th:it sill' it
:1 1., i11.~ :•"-the ))('1'il dvr.(cxist., willso111c1J( thcsef30J1l1ist;.; 11l(':is0
1Pl! "liar ltc' •'1111/d h:1Yc been c:ill<Hl? If he h:icl been 11:imc1l
f',1 ,,., tl1"'· ll'l)nld hnva insistad t.hnt he'was onl v n stout•.
:':cta11 h~it Is clC'i::ircd Lo hnve yo11, LhttL he mi~h t sift. :•ou ns wh..::1 f.,
~:1i1l ('ltril'L. J\ pri11i:iplc <lcsirc<l to h:irn l'cter. lf Bible ln11-
g11ilgc 11·crc <·hy, rlc1':ig11co1l t.o he slinpccl l1y C\'Cl'f reailcr to s11i t
bim~l'lf, ihc;.;c llH'JJ might he 1'igltt.
There is tc11 ti Illes t.lic c1•idcnce of the existc11ce of fallen n11!.(cls,
Cnm ili:tr Rpirit s, "wil1ke1l spiri t..-; i11 ltciwc11 ly pl11ce1':" rm:1n1i11l;
" l hr· ruler~ of LIH: 1lnrluw;;s oft.hisworld;":incl ofthcirdti<•f, thl'
"1•ri11c(1 of t li1• 1H1w1•r of the nir;" that there is of the cxi~r.c11c:e
,,f .\ lii:h:it• l t.11(' :1n• l 1:111~el, with whom t he Devil c1111 te11dcc1 :ilJ011~
t ltL· hocly of l\111scs, (.liulo.: \l). And l,hc s:u11c kiud of Rf)jlhi~Lrr
tl1:11 will rxpl:ti11 :L11·:iy frrllcn i;pirits, ll'ill also explain away the.
!'x i:-1:i 11t•t111f :111~r.l!'l who arc" mi11 istc1J·ing spi ri ts." A11gl'I rnca11s
a 1111·:<sc11gc•r nr St'rn111!., S:it,:t11 rnr:i11" :w :irhc•rs:iry. J\11d lint Ii :in•
:i i'plic•d IC> 111Prt' 1li:111 01rt~ onlcr of hl'i11gs. 1 :till t h:111kf11I 1l11•y
d11 JJ••I t/r.<irc to 1•ro1·c 1lmt, :lllg<•li: nre Jill'!'!' pri11ciplcs in 11:1L11J'l';
~in"'·' it 1n11d1l loll ;;111:h nn c:uiy t:i~k. , \.1lll if tJ1cy really set :1l•o•lt
i1. :1..; 1IH· ( :1trisl:ulclphi:\1tS c]q, tli1'y t':r11 explain :111·;1y tht~ Holy
~1.irit. 1\r1 •l 1l11.l 1<:\1111\ rrni-oning, t·:11Ticd io ils IL·~ilin1:1te con·
1·l11,j1111. 1·:111 :d;.;11 tli;;f'"~·· c>f hofli C'h ri><: a11.J Ll11• l"at.lil!r. ll•1\\'
1u·r1i111'11( thu11 li1 •1;11 111"" tlw cpt1·1·y, "\\"Ir,.., tl11• Kt11111 1' 111a11 <'l•ll l
i"I'. ·:!::di he· li11cl f11i1lr 1111 tJ111 \':tl'tlr .,
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l 'LA}I OF REDE.i\lPTlON.
An 0 uJ.l·ine.

The vl:'lll 11 f l\:1.lvnt.jon is progressive, and h;1S rcq111rc1.l :ig\!S fvl'

iLs <le1·clopmc11t. 1\ ".$Clecl" w:i.s promised (<1e11. :J :) 1 it11d th:1L
promise was re11c1H«l to J\hrnhnw, "Now to J\hrnl1a111 :111<1 his
S1'<'cl were the Jlromiscs made. He saith 11 0 1., J\11<1 10 scc<ls, as f> f
rnany; but ns uf 011e, 1\ nil to thy se<'cl, ll'lii ch ;,- ChrisL . . . ..:\11<1
!f yu lie Chri1<1·s then nru ye 1\ l) r:Ll1:11n's s.;crl (not RCl!ds), nu ll
lwin; nccorcli11g to the promisC'," (C:111. 3 : 1U. 20). " They whil'11
nn· 1,he chi lllrcn o( the flesh, tlwsc :1r<' not I he chil(l rcn of (;oof;
h11t. 1.hc chilcl rcn of the pro111isc arc co1111tC'd f,,,. thesoe<l," (Horn.
fl: A) . lfo11cc, Lhe "seed 11 means, not Chris t :tll111c, "t.hc lir.5l·
liPrn from t.he clcncl, 11 bnt "the clnwch (lf tlw lirstl>orn " cc1111·
1'l11 te : Ohri11t nml his liody. A11d not 1111t.i l t lic" mnrri nge 11 wli1•11
l 'hl'ist 111111 his bride nr!' rnnde 011e, will the prr>1t1ise<l ":>c1•d,"
which wns to h ruise the :::crpent'R hear!, '11! ]•i·rfcctetl. W hile
tli1• hlcsRi11g w hich is to tlow to tl1c world th ro ugh t.hnt H'l''l,
"J 11 t.hy seed shall all the 11ntio11s of Ll11· l!nrth lie hfessed" ((; 1•11.
~2 : !fl), does 11ot t-.ome before its clevelnprnt•nt, hut fo lloll's it .
The promise i11 1£cl en 1•ns ,·r.ry dark, a rn crc germ of a grc:i t
I rec. Centu ries p:issecl; n whole worl 11 were born a.11<1 t1ied, a11d
a ne10 world came in to beiug before thnt promise 71C(la.n to he
1·c11 lized. Theo it was renewed n.nd c11l:trgu<l with i1 li ttle i11crc:i,-e
of light. Bnt not until the lnw w:i.s given from Sinni 1lid the
light begin to sh ine sons to point to the true $(•(1(1, and thell on·
Ir through the d:wk inwgcry o f types. ·why 1litl Ood )'er111it
011<! whole world, n11c1 mnny gener:lLiona of :1.11othcr, to go 11()\1'11
in tlc.ath wi th liltlc 0 1· no effort to bring them to a kno wl edge o f
r.hc 011e and only great plan of redempl.ion? "])eilth reigned
fro111 Adam. to ~Ioscs." The cxccpt io11s b eing Abel, Enoch, n11d
Noah ; Al.m1b:1111, Jsnac, antl J :icob. N ot.l! ing but the fact that.
them is to be a restitution, thnt ":is in Adum nll 1li c, i;o in Christ
,oliall all be tnallc alive,'' can Mcou nt. for this :q 1pnrc 11 t 11cglcc:t
i11 Llic slo11' de1·elup111e11t ot: a pl:tn for the sah·ation of 111:wki11ll.
Uod'R lorn for the worl ~l, :ind t.l1e fact thaL h\• is no respecter
nf pcr110111;, cnn lie rcconr.ilecl lJy no other vit!''" Nl}r c::111 tho
-;(,at.1·rnc11Ls t.haL OhriRL "taslo1l dc:LLli fo r en:ry 111:111 ;" thn t, he i1"
l hl' "truo ligh t. t.hn.L lig litcLh t•rcry 111:i 11 Lltnt «fl111ct.li in Lo Liiv
11111·lol," 111• lt:1n111J11i7.0<1 wiLh t.ht• s 11ppn~ it. i n11 t h:i l ali noi..t. tht• •'II
Ill'<' r:ii:t• fru111 .\ rla111 t,I) () hri ~t, )'Crisl1cd w itl 1•>1 1l hl'i11g hr"ll!fli l
1., t lw k11n11·h·tl•"',., 11f t.hl' 1.r11 Lh.
 t\11 OLr'J'LLNE.
J)urini; Lite ~ l us11ie c1i~1 ·c11s:it.i o n the w!tulc world, cx 1~<' f'liu ~
th at OJI(\ ll:ttinn. \\'CJ'(' ldt in d:.irkncsi:; anu i t was noL "hll'f11 I I
t ~1 g i\·e th<:m light. ~ or, a fter Ids ncl vent, >vou ltl Chris t. permit
l1is cfoiciplci; t o go to the G<:ntilt·~. Ulcnrly l1ecn.11sc t!Jc timr. tv
bt'lJin to M1xc Gtntiks had 1wt come. lio n~e, it can IJc seen, :i
rlc fi11ite plan \\'!\!> ho.: ing lle \lcl l"(lC(l; :incl t,hn.t plau is not yet com ·
plctc, since l'011 11tle~;; millio11;;1 during the go1>71et dispcn ~ati(l n,
1 ~:.t \'e cliecl ll'i tlto11t l 1ci11?! t•n light.c ne<l by "the t rn o light ~lint
l1ghtet.h c1•a,11 111 11 11 1/,111 <'<1mcth into tire wurl<l."
" ' it h v111. ll l'l'"t.i1111 i11n "f nil who have thus diea, facts n111! l\i-
hlc cn1111ot l1e i·ccoucilrd; for even if the gospel were to conti 1111t'
until th e world';; c1i1p·crsi1111, t.hc dific11lty \\'ith respect t.o thi~
d: tM w h11 co111 i1111n t t> .iil• 1111c11lightc11cll, would ouly bo i11cre::1sc<I.
!3111 iu the n·•tl )'la11 1•f re11cmpt-iot1 , ns it. i11 rc,-ealed; t hese rlili-
culties find a sol11t.iur1 . \nicn the "seed" is completr; wlit•11
Cltri:;t. :111.t his hor1~· arc pc1·frcted; when L11e gospel to t.hc Oc11-
tiles, wh ich wns ' 1 1•> tnkc •)ul fro111 wnong t.hc l~crit.il c1rn people
J fir hi.~ 1111111c" (:\ ct:' 1.5: 14), is enc1 ct1; then all who ilnve dio.:11
in J\rlam will l>c rn11d1~ ;dive 111 Christ;" a nd all t.hc 11:1 Lio11s wi1id1
tlio11 hust 111ntl t• shnll co11H' nnd ;n)rship before thee;'> -" :iml 111
tliy Seed slt:ill nl l the 11nt ions of t.he eart.h be blessed."
'J'o pru,·e :i rci;tit.11tinr1 in one c nse, of s uch nslinve clied in their
sini;, is Lo prove it. in (1l! c::iscs (only of tlrn.t c l:iss who, hn\'i11g
si1111~d against the lfoly ~pirit "sh:il l be fo rgiven 11ei thcr itt t.his
er ion (ngc), no r in the aivn t.o come." [Some t each thnt uonc who
die can Lr forgi 1·cn i11 the ai.on to come]. This exccption:i.l cla~s,
anvrng whom arc those wlio h:we pcrsec11,ted t.he s:i.111t1;, lire not.
ngnin 1111 t il Lhc aio1i to no111c ("the thon:mnd years") :trc cndccl. *
* ' l' l10.t fi cv, 20: •I, Ii, refl,rs ton. clas.~. 0.1111 11ot to o.ll mn.nkind, is
alrar ;or elsC' 110111• h11t tltt~ m1irt)·rs unc1 e r tl1egospol, will r eign with
, C lrrist. N('it.lwr "thl' l>c11.o;t.," rnfe rrecl to, n o r i ts" imn.ge." existed
in I.he dny::< of J )1wi1l, ~1r tit~ pn.t rinrch;;. Antl surely t.hcr o.re not to
be 1'<'11Ja.nl1!t/. for no t \\l•rsl>ipirtg it_ Those o f whom tlrnltevchtt.o r is
t.lt ere spNi,ltiu~ ;i.r~, rl'id1~11t.ly, t.lto ma.rtvr clmrch 11.1111 those who
pllt them t.n 1\io:i t.lt. 'fltt\ i•t·;;t o f t hi s cla.ss liYe n ot ;:iga.in &c.
Th<' word l1<•rr ir:tllslnl.<!ll "rest," is the so.me n.s . t luit occaring
iu tltc l a~t \'Cl'l->1' 11f lltl• p1'<1\·io11s elrnp!cr, [rn111nontj; "n.nd t.llCl rcm-
u:uit. were shiin wit Ii tho ;;word of hir11 t h1d; Sl\.t ll[HJn the horse."
'l'ltoso wl 10 lt:ul \l'lir:'hip<!d the brir.st, nnd its i111:1.r;e, tu\d pnt to
tl rnt h God's :mints: tho 1•.ln.ss re ferrer! to in 2 'l'ltcs. 1: (J-11; t.he
I rn>1/111"rs:onu hetmycr• of (lie hotly or Uhri st.; who, lik eJmlns, would
h1t1·c hl't 'll b(:t.t.C"t' olf hnll Ui·~Y 11ot. "l.>crn li1>rr1 ;" tin's c lni;:s, J11L'·ing
cu11w in 1'11111:!1'1. willi . 1\1111 nppo;;c1l Um t.ru!.11; IJ:i.vr. no s lmn• in tlte
r1 ·~litll lit u1 . If tl11• la11;,;11:.i;r. ltr. 1·r.11~ccl, c1tn 11 0~. be JtHtdo t.o !111\'l'r
:ill 11 lio un• lo li\·1• a111l n•i:!l l " 'itl1 Uhrl!!l•, 1111\l it, t•Mt.n.inly 1!11rs rwt
i1l'• l11d1· lh•· l'l'' 'l'h"l:-111111 '-•Li11I::: ofc•t.11t•r11i;•·~, l>ttLfi1111'ly11fLh·~ gw:.
 OUTLINE. 01
pcl ( 'lu m .:h, how <.at11 the" re111110.11t," o f w h u 1u he tJ)llilks, u1eun 1111
the hu111an fa1r1ily? A.n .i to i11sist upon such n.Io rccd construction
ill oppusii.ioT\ to the whole te1111r of Scripture ill rehttiun to the work
11( re;:r.irntfon und jmlg1u..,11t. is not <lemnncled by tltu ln11guni;e.
That Lhc Su1lomitc" tlic1l i11 their si11s, 11011e will <1ue.<tio11; or
t ltaL thcr woulu li:wc rc)'enLetl, if tltey cou I.I !ta vc liad tltc chance
offcn.lll the J1 \\'S: "If :lte inigltty works wltiult h:11•c Lce11 dt111u in
1

th ct\, ls:id bccit done in t;odom, they wu11l1l Jinn rupc11Le1l long
!1go." But tlwy werr11l·1•lroycL1; 111)tm1c1•,;c!IJ>l'11. ll 1•1Jt;u, there
i!' 110 r('mu:rnt. left nli1·c ; ntHl if l'l'Ct· thcy !'Ire rc;:tor.:icl, it must l>e
f'rn1111. IH~cn1 1l i1·ityt•f thCl'11e111ytlcnth. L1•t, Go1l he 1.rnc, tho11gl1
thcol(lgr mny he fo1111d nt fn11lt. Ezek. lU; ('\l':1rlr 11•nr ltl•s Llia t,
t.li(.')' arc f,n lJe l'l'Stllr('d tu tltcir former CSL:Hc, :llltl !!il'Cll lo .J 11·
•hh for cl:lnghtt1r$ by :l 11(•w UO\'tn:ltlt. A11cl iu h11g11:igc ll'hi cli
,::11111111. IJc made to n1c:111 nny tl1ing else. So1ln111 :i1Hl her t1:111gh-
1<.•r::. :5:uunri:i and her cl:iugl1t.C'l'S. :11111 .for1t!":llt'1n n111l i1 t·r cln11gh-
Ll'rs, :11•c nil (.I) he l11·t1t1gl1t lrnc:k, 11vt tn judgm~nl rncrel~· , :\1111
1he11 t.o lic:wrn or hell, bllt LO their "ji.;;·me1· c.~tate:" "./\nrl I
1nill qivr. them wito tlu!I (.J crns:i lcrn J for da,1gliler.~, 11111. 11ot
liy t.hy co1·e11:111t," (C:11ck. Ill : Iii). ·
Hcn<l Ezek. lG : 53-Gl, :111cl rnakc up your 111i11rl whether you
II' ill Lclicve it, or whether you prefer your ol11 tl1uology. Th en.~
nrc Lliose wb11 admit tliis ticri ptnrc is tnu~, l)ll t, c!:li1h that, it is
11ot unt il after the 11cxt nge is c11clccl thnt. th e Sodomites :ll'C! to
hl' restored. J\1111 yet these sn111e th.cologinns ni ni11tni11 tlin1. 1.he
Jcios will lJe n•i:torerl immrdiatcly :1ftr1· t hr second !ltlvenl of
Christ. That the J cws :1ro to lie restorc1l :it th<! cud of the ~VS·
pcl nge, if ever, I fll'CSlllllC :ill will aalllit. Th at the Sn1l o1111tcs
nrc not yet restored, I neml not sLnp to prOl'C. Hllt. whnt l cnu
l'rove, is ti.mt 11 1dien Sodom 1111c1 lw1· rln11ghters shall 1·ct,11rn to
1hcir forme r estate, tlum thott l J crns:ilem] :rn1l thy daughters,
shall return to· you r former ostnt.c," (IJ:zc.k. UI: 55). And le:i.st
yt1u niisi ntcrprct it, rend also tile 5:.l rd vo,rsc: "\\"hem 1 hring t.110
l::tptivity of Sodom :111d lier daughters, .. th c11 ll'ill r uring the
t::1ptivit.y of thy cnptivci:, in tluJ midst of th.em." 'l'hcrc is uut
one rcstit11t.io11 [yet futu1·c] p romisc<l t,o Isrncl, dc::id or ;di ''e; n11d
whcm tit.cit tn111spirci;, Sodom will nlso lia\' C a n•st.it ntion . And
ns ccrt:iin ly o.s tlw .Tcwi; :ire to return t.o Pnl t•s1.i 11c inrn1c1lint!dy
afl-<!r t,hc clo;:c of l,hil; prcsc11t. gos1wl i1ispc11;::1tio11, so certain is it
thn(," Lhe rest.it11t.io11 n f :ti ! 1.hi11gs," 11t•gi11s :1L t h:il time.
'l'li!lt ~ht• rest.ii 111.i1m of llrn ~od(111tit.(·:< is l'ro111 dea(/i is 1·1•r1:1i11 .
1111d liow :111y Olll', aflp1· rl':\di11g l•'.r.1.f;, :l!l : r.:1 11 hnl<l lhl' 11u.<!'rii'
lnr:d ptt~illron lh:1l. t1uly thof'l<• anwug 1J1l•·Jc:11<; 11'1Hl :1n•fl ri11y 11l
(1 11· ap111·:1ri11g 11f (' Iii ii<t, arl• t.11111• n·~lun•il, pur.·1.(1"""" '1111 1111
 J UJ>G.JUENT.
1.01· l':q·t. ol '"'l'~'· :.!:J, rend:-, " T herefore hid 1 my fauc from iltem,
:111.I g:l\'C tltc111 iut o the l1a11d of their enemies, so .fell tli11y all by
th.1; .~1nunl." ]\'ow l'catl \'Crs(•.s 27, ZB; which eml tltuR, "But I
h:~\' G gnLh crccl them i11Lo Lhc ir own laml, n11d hnve lc\ft 11rmc of
tliem :rny rnnrc there." First they :1.l'c scntLcrcd :i.ncl foll hy lhc.1
:;word in Lhtir enemies hnd; t.hcn lie brings them i11t.o Lhl'irowu
!nucl, :rnd hmn~s 11n11c of Lhcm there; nud nlso i11 t.he 37Lh clrnp·
1.cr lw 11tnt1•:; 1111.~rttivaly thn.L it ii; from the ~r:we ltc bri11 ~i: lhem,
:111<1yet,111:1Jt y 1\ gc-to-cor11c pcojtlC deny that any but, the living
:r (.'\\' ~, will ('\'\II' ill• !'CS LOrc tl .
.I UDG:\fENT, THIAL, P~OBATION.
Will t-hc saints be brougli.t, to t1·ial .'1
J 'crhnp~ 110 ~nhjecc of revel:l ~ion is so litt le n11dc rstoocl ns is
1.hnt of the ,j111ly111e11t. Pro hat.ion nud jmlgmen t, mean qnc 11 nr!
thC' s:11m•; v ir.. n. ti·iol. l'robntio n, s:i.ys 'V'ehster, is tlic uct o f
111·0,·ing; a t.rin l, or rxnminat.ion. In the .l\L E . Chmch, con-
verts a.re placed o n pr<>bation; Lh nt. is, ou trial for six. 1nouth::: : :w<l
if Ll1cy pass through tl1is trial successfully they are admitted to
full inc111bcrship. During this six months trial they :ire expcc-
te1l to lc:H11 t.hc ways :rnd doctrins of that church. The <lay of
jutlgmcut is· the cla)· 0f trial, or probation for eternal life. ·
" \ V c sh al I al I stnml bcfore the judgment seat of Cit r is t. " T l1a t
is, nil urnnkipd must pnss through a tria l or t1robation under him,
in unler to 1letennine wi t h 1il1 c 111 the <Jnestiou of cLer11al life, l•r
ct.crnal rlcR th. Christ himself snbmitt.ecl to a tri:i.1, won 1hc
victory> :111tl hccaruc the " li.rstliorn from the dead." Aud "now
l'! the jullg 111<:nt of tbis world; uow is the prince of this. worl1l
cast out. J\nd r, if I be lifted up will dra.w nil un to me, (.Joh11
1'2: 31). The (~ n:ck hen.: Co r Jud,r1me11t is the same word as in
;\l:~tt. 1 1: 2·1, :11111 tlt:1 ~ rl:tss of t e xts; a nd eviden tly refers Lu Lhc
linnl n.1td 1lm·isin• jndg111cnt.
Th e final j111lg 1r11' nt 1if a lt mankinJ, then, beg:rn with t.hc hc:nl
t>f t he Uhurd1; wlw, of conrse, pa.ssccl h is trial triu111phr111~ly.
1\ ml thuR :1h11lishetl , or conqncrcd, dc:i.tl1; a nd commenced the vro-
tc~s whid 1 :;h:1 ll cast. out Lhc pr ince of tli is world, or him 1,l111L
l 1at h the JH>11·cr of 1lcath. l'rio r to this, t heir probat io n w:ts fo1·
:111 c:1rtl1 ly illltl\J·i1011cu, nn<l a. fl eshly kingdom; aud had uCl'll . a
tr•t.:il failttn· . li11l 11<111; "I le sc111Jg forth j11dg111c11t rtri:ill 11111.0
?•fr{11ry 1" (~ !all. I~: :.'ll); a1id llf1• :w 1l i111111urt,nlity ILl'C Lt•>11ght
L'' light. lis h i~ o wn s1wc:1•l'xful prnuati1111.
1\l'IPi• ('ltri:-1, l.111· 1 w ~t 1.1. pai:s t.hn111glt ll w j11 d ~ 1111· rtl , ! J1rnb:t·
111111, 1>1' I 1·1:tl 1 •x '' 111•· d111rd1 11(' l.ltl' Jiri>Lh1l1·11," •ir '11>11.sc •ii <.~0 1 1;
 .JUDG.l\rnNT. (l:l
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whose h ou,c;c :ti'\' ll' fl 1 if W<' h(llil fast t.lic co11fid c:11cc :iwl the 1·c
joic;i11g or the· hopt' lirm unto 1.110 end," (Heh. 3: o). That. i~, if
we pa;:s t.hc 1rial1111ccc•:;i; fully.
Jlavi11g see11 tli:\L t,hc judgment. of this worlcl bega.11 with onr
Lonl; we II' ill now show tltnt the judgment 011 his ()h11rc11 also
t.ra11i;11ires in lids l~fc. ln ot.hcr words, judgme11t [not the sen·
1.e11ce, but the ·1·1uA1.J tr:ins1,ircs duriug probation; he re 011 tlw
C'l111rch, heren f •cr on the world .
"For the ti1110 i;i come [ s riys ] 'ct.or in hi:- first cpist.lcJ 1.lint. j11tlg-
1111.111t. 111t1iit begin :it t.hc honso of Uod; allfl if.first at u-s, what
i;hn.11 t.he end be of tl1c111 thnt obey not the gospel of Gou"?
J\s ju~gm cnt mcn11s t.rial, i t follo11·s that wh!;!rc probation ends,
the j11clg111e11t. ends. "\\'i1.h the g o.5pcl church it e111ls :it tl~ath;
n11cl wiLh the world i ~ will e nd with their time of trial.
The objection may be nrgctl t.hat jndgment r.omc~ after dc:ith:
"H fa npr,ointed \into man once to c1io, a1Hl afLN· Lhat tho juclg-
mt•nt.." This is true o nly of mankind in general; hut the gospel
chnrcl1 is an exception. "Vcrily, verily I siiy 11111.o yon, Ile Lh:H
hc:ii·eth my word, and believeth on liim that sent me, liat.h ercr·
!:isling life, :ind shalt not cume i1ito.fuc~r;11wnt; 0•1t is p11ssacl from
death unto life," (Johll 5: 24). The wMtl "j11<lgme11t," which
in this text is rendered condemnation, is !crisis, the same ns i1l
lleb. 9: 27; nnd also in .i\fa U. 12: 36; t< Every id le word t.ha t men
shall Sj)c:i.k, they shall give an :iccou11t thereof in the cl:i.y of jndg-
mcnt" Pcrisis J; nncl clcnrly me:ms the final grcnt dccisi'\·e 1hy of
trial. those who accept of ChriRt )1erc, hrwc their trial, or juclg-
mcmt in this life, n11d "IJn,·c p:i:;sc<l from cJc:~th unto life," tb11tis,
the seoteuce of life is p ronounced, and they "sh:i.Jl ·not come
into jtt<lgrncnt," or another tri:1J; nre the words of the ])faster.
.Judgment is not exec1t1ecl nntil after the trial, but the t1·iitl is
t.hc jtidgmcu t, and wit.h t he sn.int e nds nt dcntli. So that with
~he apostle he can say, " I hnv e finj shcd rny course; l liave kept
the faith; LI am noL going to another tri:Ll; I :un not going LO
jnc1gmen L; the sen ten cc of eternal 1i f c has been alrcail y n. w:mlccl)
a11J a crown of rightconsness is laid up for me, whic h he, the
righLcous jlHlgc, shall give me at that <ln.y, :iud 11ot to me un ly"
&c. If sentence had 11ot been pronouncccl :i.t. tlil.l cn(l of l'anl's
pro\Jation 1 anCI. he has yet to stnucl a td:d to dc•citl0 whf't.hcr a
c row n of ri ghtconsnci:s is hi cl up for hi111, t.hcn thu 1 foly ~piri t
was prcmat.nrc in passing St1ntcuoc. ct Ile that. bt•licvelh on him
that. sent me is pa,ssc1l from dc:i.Lli' unto life , nn<l ~l1nll 11o t c1 1111c
i11t.0}111lt1mmll," lfonc<' nil t.lw f 1J t nr<! jutl~mcnt for lh t· !:a i11t,
or
I ~ it.B t•x1•<:11ti1111, ( ll' I.ho l't'\'(•iving' 1.he l'C W!ll'll: "!"Ol\'11 :1 11!11.ll·
 (l..j .JUDGMENT.
r:tl hocly; raised n spiritunl body." vVhicl.i scco111l hirth, i.s the
<:'row11 of Ii fe ; " 11ci l her can they die any more."
Th11s "the j11dgine11t of this world," which.Christ s:ii<l hcgnn
with himsel f; who w·:is tried in :di poin t.s; hns, 1;hus far, been a
1n·obationm·y t.rinl fo r life. And there i!l ab11uJc11cc of e,·iclcnce
ihnL the grunt j11tlg1ncnt day is <le1<ig11c11 nnil set. npartexprcssly
for t he purpose of pl:n;i11g the 1oorld on ;i prohl\tic)11 or trial for
life. It is certnin tl11~ 111:1;:~ of m:111ki11 cl, from i\d:1111 In the· prcs-
l'11t time, hnvc nu t. h:1d proh:t1iou in Ch rist, ihc 011ly 11:ll11e g i\' e11
111Hlcr h e:wen or :tmo11g men, ''°hl!rrhy they um;;!, lie ;;a\·Nl. Aud
no one cnn escn.pe, either in t.liis nge, 11r ~h<! next., of ;:tillldiug a
111·olintionnry t rial for his life nt Christ's t rihunal, "For to tltii;
c1Hl Christ. both died, and revivecl, Lh:it lcc might h\! Lo1·rl hoth
of the rlcnd and living. For weshnll all [C1ithcr while liYi11g, or
nftur d~:iLlt] stand brforc t.he j11clg111cnL sent. of Glwi~t. Fo1· it. is
writ.ten, As I Ji,·e, sait.h the Lord, e\·ery knee sh:'lll bnw to me,
and CYCl')' to11g1t ~ ~11:'11! co11fcss t<J (~11tl," (Hom. 14: !i-11).
'' 1\lan·cl n ot nt this, for the hour Lt.i111c JcomC'I li, whe11 :ill t.hat
st 1't: in thcgm>es slinll hear his \'Oicc, nrnl slinll come forth; r,11cy
tlint have done good, unto the re::;u1Tcction of /~fc; n11<l Lhey t lrnt
}1nn1 rlouc evil, 11oto the resurrection of jndgmant," (J ohn 5 : 28) .
[ICrisis, is trnnslntec1.fu~qment tf1irl.y·11ine limes, nn<l is the word
used when speaking of t.he dny of judgment; nn1l yet in this, nud
t1oO other cases it is, for no other titan a thcologicnl reason, ren-
{lcreu damnation]. cc I t is appointed unt.o 111:u1 once to die, nncl
n.11d after this damnation," (lf cb. V: 27); this is ~he A:tmc wor~,
a11cl t.hc same rendering. i3ut our f,ord tenchcs in this, ns
in otlier Wxts, that 011c. class arc rnise<l t.o life, sentence being
:.iln•:\1ly passed, so thnt they cc shall not. co11w it1t(1 jurlgment;
while the others nrc rnisc<l to proli:\I io11:try t.rinl. tr it be oth -
erwise, :1111! he has; 110 good fol' Llw111, 11111 t.hcy :ire rnii;c1l on ly for
pn11ishrne11t., how is it that every ucou "wheLlter it, ho !JOO!l or
whet.her i t he evil, is to be ?·cwardacl? " 11'/wsoaocr l t.his is a h ig
word, anc1 takes i11 m en of all clmrncters] sha ll g irc you n cup of
water t.•> lhink, in my n ame because ye bclo11g Lo 0hrist., ''crily
[ i;ny unto yon, 11cshnll not lose ltis rewarfl," (Mark 0: 41).
From t.he gcnern.l tcMhing of Scriptnrc it. rt)lJ•e:1rs !lint the pro-
l1:1tio11 o( the nc.xt ;ige will dilfcr from that nf Lili!'. age. Here
it h:1)l hccn llll<lcr grnce, nn'1 e:nclusivd,11 [pt- rl1c ,, Cl111rclt or the:
lirstltl)r11. «No rnn11 cmi co111e to 1111' cx<'t' pt. thC' Fa t.hl'r which
i<nnt, lilt~ rlrnw him.'' Thl'se :irn juclgcd i11 ( 'liri~I.; 111111 hPncc rip-
1'<':\r 011ly l>y proxy. 'J'Ji:1(, r,liii; 1:l:1!1~ 110 11or. 11p1•<•:1r i11 j11!lg111c11t.
11'(• !.·11111r, for tli111>c who lil• lic \'<' 011 him ".~l11tll 11111 1•11me into
 .JUDGMEN1'. 05
j1algment, lint ::ire pnssctl from dcnt.h unto lifr.." The scuteuce
of a crown of rigliteo11sness Jni1l 11p for thorn, is alro~Hly passed,
n11d it is to lie givc11 i11 t.J1nt cby. llut wit,h thr; \\'Orld it is
uot so. They rnnst a11swer for t.hcmsch·cs, n.11<1 rccci,10 n reward
for cv~ry dce·d, whct.l1w· it bc·goorl, nr ll'lwthcr it he evil. And
t liis incl ncles alt who :1 re raised to j11df1111c11t. J\ 110Lhcr proof thnt
thl: sniut~ who n1•c fnr~in11, nrr 1111L raised 10 j11<lgmc11t. A
queer forgivu1•si:, if we l1a,·c Et ill t11 nnswer fur e\•cry dec<l. Jn
tl 1e j11<lgmo11t of tltc 11•111·1t/, 1.J11•y will he rcwnrllt>d for every good
deed tl1cy ever rlnuc i11 Lhcir life, if it \\":ts only the giving of n
uu p of cold water to help a 1lisciplc of Christ, ::is surely :u1 thry
will b<l rewarrle1I for LhL•ir evil deeds. And it is thufl, they cn11
now" make to thc111scl vei: friends with the mammon o f m1right·
. t!Onsness." For" he that ginlLh to tlit' pnnr. landell~ t<> t he Lorri,
and he will repay hi111 :wniu." ,\ 111 1 lw has appoiutccl a clay in
which these tl1i11g:!< will 'f,l' acl,imlit·alt!cl. Hut their rewnr<l~ and
pnuishmcnt.s will he prnf'nrti•1111·d, m•t \.:; t.ltc 111ag11itu1lc nf the
deed merely, l111~ hy 11 riglitoons jndg r11r11t: "The serv:\llt
who kuew his lords will, nntl clirl it not, shall lie beate11 wit.h m:wy
stripes; while he who knew not, but c1i<l ccimmit things worth~­
of 11tripes, shall lie bent1"?11 wir.lt few." .·\ 11tl 11 where tllora is nu
law [not even t.llat of co11scie11cs], siu is not imputed."
Iu this gospel age, t.herc is 111> law to 011e who walks not n.fter
tho flesh, hut aft.er the :-5pirit. Hn t i11 that ngc 1111111ki1111 \viii be
subject to law, n11<l 1wt, t,o gmc;c. ,\ncl those laws will he e11-
forcc<l with rigor: "Thou shalt rule them with.a rotl of iron."
'l'he age of judgment is: the time of sep1trnLion as l.11·011gh t to
.view in •lifat.t. 25: ;J 1- -- ._ The sheep arnl gonts, of that par-
able refer to the good aud bad of th:i.t nge. Ancl those who are
finally saved \\ill surely inhcril th e kiug1l•llll. Tho i;ccne is nt
tlte time he sits 011 "the throne of his glory," nucl therefore at
the time "the kingc10111 is t.he Lonl's, atH.1 he is the governor
among the natio11s." A11d Christ reig ns d11ri11g the rest.itution
age which is n tlto11sn11cl years duratio n. "For he must reign till
ltc hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall
lie dcstroye<l is 1lc:1th." HuL this cn1l i!'l 110L rn:1che<11111ti l :ill class-
es arc raised; "For :LS in 4\-c..lam nil die, so i11 Christ sh:d l all l>c
made alive. llnt every mnn ·in his 0\\'11 orclc r. 1' Though the
aposUe gives the " or<lcr ' 1 of the res11rrecLio11 mt! y Ro far ns ir.
rel:itcs to the Church of the firstbcwn, Hill 1.111! statement is, that.
nil arc to be r:iiscd, "then cometh Lhc c111l; whc11 he sl111ll hi11·c
<lclirnrc1l up the king•hwi. J\ s 1rnc nrtlcr of the de:11l "Ji,·c
not tlg:1i11 1111til tlic tl11111sa11rl vcr1ri; arc 1·11clc1l ;" 11'0 k111>w wlt•·1·t•
 .J UDOl\lEN'I'.
1lt<· "1:1111," nr w h i1il1 ht• s pC':i.ks ii; clue, yiz. \ Vltcn :i ll the 1foatl arr
di;;1111;;1·d •>f, :111rl thP 1:1~1. c111l1111y, do:1t.lt, is 11ostroyod. .A11cl as
1h1·n· c·:rn lw 110 trial [or lifC', after Ll1crc is " no mo l'c d<inLh," iL
I11!111w:-; d1nLprohntirm n111~t cml wit.It the t.housa11<1 years.
' l'ltc rc is no Lhird •ll.'ath 11w11tio11'cd; l1cnc:c we 111ay assume Lh:it
m1•11 will 11 0L 1lie in 1lt:1r age., 1111lcss they <1ic t.ltn "s1.:c:o11d dcnLlt,"
wliich is ct.on1:il. 'l'li1•rc fn rc, :1;; Lhl'Y c' n11c lo 111:it11rity, Lhc goml
will lin J.r:111sb1.1•ll, or" 1h• li,·cn•1l f1'0m this h11rnlage of corrnp·
Lion, i11to J.h<' g l1n·i1 111s lilil•r1.y nf Lho so11s o[ Uocl," wit.hout. t.nst.-
ilig dcnt.h; a i; w e mny .wppose woulrl li:i\·e obtni11cu, had man not
si11111 11l. Tit is •1•011'<1 b1.: a perfect rcstiJ,ution. "But th<• si1111 er
being n lt11111ln:rl }'<':11';; olil, sl1nll lie :icc:.:11rsccl.1' 'l'linL i~. in 1.he
1·t·~ tit1t1.i1111 1 whl'11 111e11 arc once 111a<lc nlirn in Ch1·ist, they wil l no
l 1111~cir 1li1• in , \ d:1111. r•r l'll'c Christ's work is made f>f noue cJfoc.:t; ·
l11tt lltl' ;;111111l1:\t~i1111cll1 tlie si11 whir.11 is 11111 0 !\(•:\Lh, i;hall die.
\\. hc11 all the hu111n11 fn111ily who )rnn· •lil'd i11 J\1hirn, h:t\'C hntl
)'roliat.ion f11r lif~" I hat is, l1an~ licc11 \1ro11g lt t 111 Christ':; tribnn-
rd, nnd 1.l1cr<: is 11 0 ot.lwr 11a111e liy whid1 they c:i.111Jh t:ti11 lifo, t/um
lltosc who ha,·c 'C ri111mi1cd tl1e u1q1:1ril c111:tulo sin, i11 Lhis life, and
"Ii \'C 11ot n.g:ii11 until t.hc I ht1rn:antl ycar11 :irn c11(letl," arc misctl,
ancl, with the wttions wl10 :ire ll'ft, after the goo1l h:tve been
ta ken out, 11.re liro11gh1 to the fin:i.1 ei:ccutivc ju<lgrnont; :1s gi\·en
in H.e1'. 20: !l, 10; "· 1tid1 i:; t he end, Lo which Pnul refers .
. \~ci-scs 11, t.o 15, is, l apprehend, n. mcrerec:ipiL.11lation of Lbc
wholc sce11c frnrn rlt u ~l·tt.ing of the judgment., Hcv. 4: to the end.
- -o- -
T ell the whole world tl1ese blcssetl tirlings,
Speak of the t.i1nc 11f r est; Jhnt's n ear:
'l'eJI the •l [>Jlri'!<l<f' d f)f C\"ry ll:tf in n,
.l 11ltilro1• la~S ll' 11. ~l10ll1'llWl ycnrs.
(,'h f'/ rlls- A 01011l':111d yet.rs ear t h's coming glory-
''l'i ~ tlir dad u a.y so long foretold:
'Tis 1,h1· lll'l ~ li t mo rn of Zion's glory,
l'ropli1 1 I>< f1>1·esu.w in t.i1nes of o lcl.

WhnL if t !tr• 1•!1111cl11 do for"' 11rn111~11t

Il itl c t he l>i11 1! sky where uwrn ~~pp c11.r~ :
Swm tlw ~lnol :<un of promiRc iriveu ,
Hi.!'eS lo shi1H\ n. thousnncl yct~rs.

II ""I•• II "''' 111111 1~ n.1;c.>i> or i:tlo,.y,

lh ,;11• 11>1• !!la d t.ilf11• wl11•n Cllri,;I. n.p111'1ns-
t •Ii , for 11111 f11 il h o f :ul<'i1•11t wnrt.hi1•,;;
t lh . f11r 1!1111 rPi;!ll of:~ tlw11 1<:~11d Y<'1tl'1<,
 (ii

BJBLE CllIWNOLOGY.

AILho11gh I.here is no direct c'·iclc11cc tli:it 31. thce11<) of six Lhmrn

n11tl vcars fmrn the cre:itiou of Alla111 1 the" sccollll" Allam i>houlu
uegi.11 the nc\\· creation, or rcs litutiou of nil things; i;t.ill there is
rn11ch i11dirl!l'l 1.tv iclc11cc. E11011gh 1 at least, to rn:ikc the s111JjceL
of' tl 1 c~ n~c of the lrnm:in family one of greiit interest, to tlwse
wlto !\ r(l i11,·c:;tign.t.i11g t.ltc snujcct-mntter of this lJOok.
The <:lt ro1ll)logy by lfo~lrnp Usher, as fou ncl in the m:wgin or
11111· English Bibles, is on(' J111rnlre•l and twenLy-four years too
short.. Thnt is, cl irccl; Script.ul'C cn 11 be adduced ni,·ing that.
1111mlJer of yc:1rs orcr and ~J,o,·c what is fonncl in hisclironology.
Fot• im~t:1nce : i11ston<l of fon r h1111clrc<l anci fi fty ycnrs, he !{i\'cs
lrnt t.h ree hu11clred and fif1.y, for the time of the jndgc!', nn1i
slttil'fcns the reign of tl1c kings of .J 11clnh six: ycnr$ 1 iu his t'fforl«
w lmnnonize Lhe111 with the reign of the king~ of lsr:icl: nnd
hegi11s :.ltc :<c,·e11ty yenr::; oapLivity, or rnthcr, the scvtnt.y years
of cle::;ollltfon, 1h1 ri11~ whicl1 the land was lo enjoy ht>r ~bbbnt.hs,
(2 Oh ron. 36 : 21), eighteen years before it. was Lhu::: ru:ide deso-
lnl.c>. Thnt is, in tho fourth year of Jchoinkim, instcacl of at the
(' 1111 0 r Zeclekinh's reign, who W!IS t11e Jn.st king of J 11clnJ1. 'l 'ltm;, in
these \.!tree pince~, making the chronology 011e 11 1111clrt;ll n11cl
twenty-four years too short. H ence, a lthoug h nccor<l111g to
{]~h e r, t.he six t.11ousand y enrs clo not expire until A. l>. l !HH3 1
Lhc facts :1rc, that they enrlerl with the J uwish yc:ir whicl1 l1cgn11
i11 t.hc nutnrnn of A. D. 18i2, and we arc, therefore, alrencJy i11
"tlic great rl:ty of the ·J...orcl;" or, ::;even th t.housnJH1.
T11 the rcade1• of t.his book, I t>Cetl 11ot cl well on 1,h<' import.:111co
of 1111dt•r;;t.1111<li11g Bible chronolo"Y· Them:iss of t1 viclc11cc which
synchro11izes with the foct that cilC six thousaml years 1Hcnl read y
c11tl<'d, i;; ahsolute1y startling, to one who will ta.kc the lronhlt>
t.o i11vcs1.ig:Hc. An11 ii the reader rc;ill y m c:in~ to kt1011• wh:H
tlH• f)c ri 11turcs tc:ich in rcl:lt.io n to t he g re at evc111 s uf Lhc e111l i11g
of tlrn g•J!l)lcl, the scp:unt.iou of the" tares nu<l t.he wl1c!nt.," t.h<'
glorific!Hion of I.ho church, n11cl f'.ltOi11tmc.lnction Clf thcnnil!c1111i:1l
;lgc·, lie 11111st \iccomc thoroughly ncquai11Le<l wilh Hil1lo chron ·
•ll\1!.! Y.
::.: r1 •111•· H<'ecl make the excnsc Lhat. this ii; a 1l illi< 1111. -;11hjcd.
11 y1111 l':w 1·cl!d :incl n<ltl up figurns, you c:111 111Hl1·ri-: t:111d Ll1 is
111 ,,,1(! ::;11l1jrct just :ls well as the llrst hisL<1ri:u1 I hn1 l'\'!'r li1·c1l.
:\•.• 111:111 f"Hn, 111ll' 11111.! s nny 011e clah!l to nw:ls111·c· 1111• :ig•: ,,f lhc
 UlllWNOLOGY.
l111ma11 l :we, b!tCk of tltc historic ngc, only as he uraws his in-
forrr1a1in11 frorn 1.hc Hililc; and yon can re:ttl what that say$, jnst
:is \\"t•ll :1" C:tll J:isl111p Usher, or :rny oth ~ r person. /\ud if tltc
~r1·ipll11cq, i11 th e English to11g11e, are 11ot lit for you torcstyotu·
faith (rn, :-111<1 ' mm:t be i11tcq>rctcd 0111,y by those who ha,·c a
tl1 nrn11g l1 l hcolngira l c1lucat.ion, then thc·pJacc for you is in tl1c
l~ n111an Ca i holic ch1 1n; h1 si11ce th<'y, and they only, carry out the
!lhOn.! i<lc·:1 Lil its f11l l :111.J lcgitirnatc conclusion.
(>nc C\'l.!11i11g ::pent 11·i1.h Bilile, paper nncl pencil, added to n
t li11rr111gh d1'lcrr11in:1t,io11 to know just what it docs tcn.c: h, will e11-
al11L1 y1111 tCI rn:1strr l he whole sul1ject, n11d mc3Surc for yoursC!Jf,
th<• six 1lint1!'::\ml .''•':\!:< to t.hei r tcnni11:1ti1m in 1873 ; n111l h,nving
<111111• t Iii-., >'•H1 ll'ill lie able to 1111acrstan<l all the c,·iclcncell 11·ld ch
111·1)q: that Wt' arc 11ow in I he 111i1ls1, of tlte g reatest ch:i11ges th is
\l't•rld l1 as l'''t• r C.X]'t·ri('nr!l'tl si11cc J11 e11 we re upon the earth. J\
1111ll'11 ing of joy, a11•l n night of weeping. "The 111oh1ing co111-
C'tli, :111<1 al~t• the ni!.!ht." The 111orn i1w to t he oh11roh o f t.lrn
lit':'t born lhc R1·1·/.-,;,·11, :11Hl :t 1ii1•ht. of ~·ecp it1"' t,(I t.hoi::c ll'lto :ire
"h11t nut ol t hl• king.Jorn, :is " 11~111y " will bc7 according to Lhc
''"nls of t he ;\Juster. "The wise sh:ill 1111clerstn ucl ;'' :wcl you
111ay be sure )' Ult can not 1111<lcrst:t1Hl these t.hings, nncl t.he d:'ly of
the Lonl ll'ilt come upon you ns :i thief, :incl you will loose your
"crown," no m:11t.cr wh at your professions may be, unl ess you
:trc willing to make nn dfort nntl search for trnth as men se:w ch
fo1· sill'(~l'. 1\11<1nlsl.l 1•nsse11s I.he spi ri t, 11ot, of the h::rnghty Ph:i.r-
ise(', lrnt of Lht.! littl..: uh ild.
Ir y u1 1 hn,·\l tlte spirit of :i. li ttle ch il d, y1111 will plensc get ll.
1:1rg'C1 pii>cc of pnpcr, your Bible nncl pencil, a111l l1egi11 wit.h <Jm1.
5: a. Lei. me nr~ e _yP11, 11few uw11t.hs nncl "The han·cst will be
pnssc,1, the !'11111111t·1· cudecl. " Ag:1i1J I 1>ay, t his <.:hronology is tbe
l111sis of :ill that. 1::1 11 t11row pre~c11t lig h t on the prophct,ic $crip-
t.nrcs. II you once got i11t-0rcsLcd , the chn ucc:> arc that you will
be !eel into s11td1 a llootl of lig ht ns you never dreamed could be
founcl in God's precious liook. "S:rnctify tltcm tlll'ough thy
f.rutlt; thy wC\nl i~ I rn!.lt ." .
Yon wil l now l'lt•nsr oegiu, pencil in hnn<l: "A nd Ad nm Ii ve<l
:~ hu11 <1 1:<'< l nrn l tl1ir1.y yr•:us, :111d ht'gnt n ::;011 nn<l cn llcd hi .~ name
~\·~It ((•C' ll. [j: :!).
l'la<·p I hii< 130 nt t.hc Hip, :111cl 111·ar t.o 011e si rk of yo11r paper,
:1 11d 111 :1k1• ynur fi g·111·pi: 1•1·1·11 :ind difitinc.:L, sn t.h:1,t Y"ll c:tn :ul il np
:1l1111u1·nl1111111. \Y ith 111,. r11111ai11dc l' of i\ <1:1111'~ lil't' we hare
111ot iii'11!! l" do. ":\ 1!11 •" " lit li\l.'ol nw• lt1111drt•d !lllll li \'C• \'l'.Jll'S
·111<1 l•1',1.~: it E1111 ..," (\ ,.,.,, (l J. 1'111 tlii>i lfli.'• 1111d11r ~la• i ~o; · n11d
 (:tllWNULOGY.
so on. .. A111l Enos li nHl ninety ye:Hs nnd beg:tl Cnnaan,''
(,·eri:c OJ . Sec nlso verses I ~, 15, 18, 2 1, 25, 28; nL which yon
reach the hirth of J\0:1!1. A111l Noah w:is six Jrnndrc<l yerirs old
to a (fay when the wal<' rsof the fl ood were dried u p (Ue11. 8 : 13).
l'laco this i::ix hundred nt 1,hu l1ol.to111 of yonr col1111111 1 :111d n.Jd
1.hc111 "Jl· lf yon h:tYc 111n<lu 110 nii;;t.:ikc, Lhe t.otnl will he 1uor;
years from the creation of j\ rlam to the clny the llootl 1!11<1 ~<1.
l'l11r.e thi5 IG5G off lly itself, :1s yMl will hnvon 1111mlicr o f si 111i -
lnr t.ot:i ls, to nrl<l to it, to Mrnplcte the six thousand. ['fh ()~C
fam ilin.r wi1,h fi g nrns will pll·n:-:o excuse this minute direction. :t~
! am writing fo1• some wltu rt:']11ire it,J. The nex t, pc ri n1l i~ frorn
th('. Jh111tl LO tlic cle:nli of' T!'r:1h, ;\\.irnham's fnthcr. .. Sltt•lll be·
·gnt· Arphnxn1l two y1;11rR aft e r lite lloo<l,'' (Gen. 11: l o). Be·
giu n new col1111111 with Llte '2 ycnrs. "An<l J\rplmxiul li,·cd fi,·c
and Lh irLy yenrs and \Jegat. ~el:ih," (\•crse 12). i•1a1:e this 35
1111cler the 2; a11tl see vcrEcs J.I, lG, 181 20, 22, 2·1, 32 . Tho tol1d
bf nil thrsr is 427 rcnr;:; from th\' Clood to the tk:itl1 vf '1'.:rnh .
Pin.cc 1.his u111k r t.hc HlfiCi.
At the dl'ath of Tcr:\h nil regular chrouology ceases 1111Lil tht:
gxodus from Egypt.. :111tl we li:Lrn to arri,·c at iL hy a i>pLclll of
reasoning,'' compnriug $cript.11re with Scripf.lll'C." J~u L do not be
disco11raged; indirect. evidence is i::omctimes as slroug n.<; rlirel1t,,
which, in t.he present case, I t,hi11k yo n will be ready t,o mlu,1it.
Ou r 11cxt perio<l is oue of four h1111dred n,ud Lhirty years.
"Now the sojourning of tl1e children o f Isrnel, who dwell. i11
Egypt, wns four hundred nncl thirty ycnri::. A11d it came Lo pass,
nt the rnd of t11c four hundred n.nd thirty yenrs, even the Relf-
s:t inc ci:ty, it came to pnss, thnt all th r. hosts of t ho Lord wcnt
out from thela11<l of Egypt," (Exo. 12; 40,.tl). Il crc is nil the
d1 ro11ology we have, to rench from the tlcnth of Ternh to, tlie
Exo<iui::, and, :ts you sec, tlierc is 11ot one word :ts t,o where, or
when t.his fou r hn11drc<l :i1ul thirty began, while the d:ty it rnd-
c<l is very positively stnt.ed. lt is true .Abr:\ham's :igc is g i1•cn,
n11<l Jsn.ac's, 111111 .J ncob's, but t.ltcrc it, stops. .T C•scph'i< 1gc, when
he rlics iu Egypt,, is given, \Jnt his fat.hcr'r; :l!:rC, at .1 0~1·ph's bi rLh,
is not given so that 11 0 li gh~ onu lie h:i.tl from t,li:it. tlirectio11.
A11c1 n.t Lhc den.th of J OS(•ph, crll rccko11i11g ceasou 1111 Lil t.hey came
out of Egypt. Honce, 1 his 4!10 is onr nnly l1011r, n11d ,,.c will t.ry
whaL cr>111pari11g Scripture wit.It ::icl'ipt.111·r l\·ill do t,mrnnls r.o11 -
11('c·1 i11g t hi~ ~•pp:trcuL lire:tk.
/\t the ckat.11 ,,f hi;; fath (\r Tcrnh, <1011 cnll('fl J\hrah:11n i111.n
( 'a11a:111, a11tl m:i<lo him 1.llc prn111isc- t1f 1licla1ul-" \ l 11t<J 11iy~<'l!ll
will , I ui,·1· · thi~ la111l," (! ~ l\1 1., 12: i), nut! I.his <11·1·r:1-rc·•l 11·hp11
 70 CllllWNOLOU \",
his fat her clil'd, (Act.i-:, 7: 4, 5). The pro111isc of the la11tl
wns the co1!m1111t: "which covc!ll:tnt he m:i.dc with Aurnha.111 1
nn<l IJj,:; O:t.th \lllLO , Js:inc, nnd confinnecl t!tc same unto Jncou for
a law, nnd Lo famt.f for nn c,·e rlnsl i11g JJOssessiou, sayinr;: Unto
tl1ec will I gi vc the ln111J of C.:nnnan, t.he lot of your inlicritnncc,"
(Ps. 105; 0, 11). Tlii:< 1•rnmise,madewhe11 Alw:th:nnca1ne int n
(;:rn:rn.11, w:is 11nt.1•11ly "1J1e covenant," ns you sec,Lut it was the
covcna11t co1dini1l'.J o f <~ ocl in ( 'ltrist. "Now to Abr:lh:1111 ::111c1
his seP<l w..:1·r t ht• prn111ii;us 111n<lc; Ile i::n.ith 11ot, And l.o i;ccds ns
of Jn:\t1y, but. n~ ot one; A111l to thy seed, 10/~ich isCh1·U;t, 11 (G nl.
3; JC). Thl' \'Pl')' wonls 11se1l in Gen. 12: i, "Unt.o thy seed,
will l gi1·e rhi~ lnnd."
\Ye.i1:1n.' nnw l cnrnell that. the coYon:mL which wns co11ti nnc1l·
of GIHl, i11 Christ., wn.s mnclc with ALr:ihnm when he c·:irnc 0111,
into Cn11an11, n.1Hl nlso, th:n he cnme ont tLt !>he <lcnLh t> f his fn1.h-
cr T arah. And it wns :it tl10 clcnt.h of 'l'erah our regular chro11-
nlogy i::toppcil. 1\ 1111 yc·t we hn,·o thefilnLcmcnt i11 ~xo. 12: 41,
that. nt t.hc rml or four hnn!lrcd :111il t.J1irty yc;u·s, which ycnrs
l1egn11 sv111e1,,/11•1·e, thl.'y cnme out of Egypt. "Kow this I say,
r.hc co,·cm:'ll1t Lhnt, wns co1dirn1ed before, of Goil i11 Christ, 1.hf'
l::tw, which wns four h1111clre1l :tnll thirty ycnrs afLcr, c:wuot flis-
annu l LhnL it, sho11lcl make th<~ promise of 11011e dfoct,., (Gal. 3:
J7). llnrrnh l Vi ctory! Th e brench i:=: closed, nnd t.ho 430 hnre
n bcgin11ing, viz: where t.he 427 cnclecl nt the death of Ternh,
and you 11 0 1r hnvc> t.hc d1ronology nnbrokcn, from Adam, t.o t.hc
Exodus fr~111 l~gyp t.. For the lmo began t.hc very night in
which they left. J1;gypt; iu t.he J>nssovcr, that gloriou!l feature
which poi11t.e<l to the "Lnmb slnin from the founcln.tion of t.hc
world."
There arc diflirulties i11 chronology, as you r>ee; but, thus for,
t.he ::icriptmes h;lvc co111,aine1l, within themselves, the mea11s for
••,·e.rcnming t.lic111; n11d so it will prove to the end.
From l c~1· i11g J•:gypt, to the crossing of tl1c .Tord:u11 was forty
~rc:m;; :i.n<l from the crm;sing of the .Tordau to tlie division of tho
land, six yen rs. But of t.hii1 six years there is no <lfre<.:t mcas11rn-
111ent. Frum t.'hc sc11ili11g of the ~pies, to the tliv)sion of the
lnuil, w:is forty-fil't· ycnrn, (Jnsh. 14: 7, IO). That wo11ld lc:wc
one yn:11· to fill th~ t i111c frnrn ll1:wi11g Egypt, to t.he sending of
1 lio "l'i l'li; :11111 it.1·n11 l11· proven. to l1 :ivo been ll periv<l vf les.~ tlrnn
''"°)'!':Lr:;. Thu': ' l'l1<·y lt!ft g gypt on the Mtec11th day of the
lir!<f, 111ont.h, (N11111. :{:J : :J). They sL:11to<l from $inni, for tho
\\'ild1•1·111•:::!< 11f l '11r:111. l• ll thr L\1'( 111.il'tli n f tli1: :l('Cl' IHI Jll(llllh o f
1

th1' '!•·1:11111 ! y<•:1r .11'11·r l1•:t1·i11J.! Fl!XJll., (N11111 . 10: 11 , l'l). I ~ was
 I 11)W.N 0 L()O \' . '; j

lrum l':Ha11 r.lic :-pies w< rc se11t., (Num. 13: 3); a11ll,fro1n l( n-
1

d esh-lrnrn<>a, i11 Pnr:111, (K111r1. :rn; 8). Herc is one yc:ir, and
:rn 1111k11ow11 fr:\cti(111 of :i ~-C!:ir la:lwccn le::i.viag Egypt n11rl tlic
sonfling of the spies.
ll cn n be sho\n1 t.o li:we Ileen tMrt,i;- t1if; ltt yc:1rs :incl n lar,qe
frnctio11 of :1 year, hctwl'('l1 t ln! sending of the spies, and the cnll
<•f the" forl\- 1· ca1'S i11 the wil<lcrncss." 13cc:tuse the t.ime from
lt•:11·i11g IC:itlt•sh, aft.er t.hc n•l11rn of the spies, up t.o the day tlic5·
pn!ls()d t.hrougli the co:ii:I of _,fonl.l, WM l/iirty-Cif;/it rc:trs, (Dc11t.
1: 14 . Ji-:); :iml this 111n;;t 11:11·<' l1ec11 mnny monLli.s ucforc t ill'
forty yc:lrii c1ulctl; si11ce ,\lo-;c5 was thc11 nli1·c, :tm1 they l1a<l 11<•t,
:1s yd, conq11ercrl :i11y or tl1 C' 11·rrito ry g i1'('ll (1) t.110 two :rnd :.t-
haif tri\Jc·s 01i t h:H sirll' o(' .1urcl:rn. llc11cc Lhcru was, first.: tli l'
frwt,11 1{ay.~, 1l11ring which tho ~pies _WNO :i.b~e11t, (~111q. 14: 34);
:.hi$ Lhirty-eight. yo:irs; all Lh<' time they consumed in <:o nq1H'r-
iu.~ th(' 11.'lTi t.My on th :it !liLk <1f Jqnlan; (which W:l!l llCl;Ompligh -
1•1l l1rf11n• tliL· 1lc:1th 1;f ~lt•!'cs]. the tl1irtr days th(:y were mo11rn-
i11g for ~Jo::c", (Dent. :1 I: fl), a11<l some liu le t.imc n ftcr th:il., he-
1wce11 lllC! s<·111li11g of thr ;:pies, :11111 the crni;sing of the Jonl:111,
or C'lld o ft.h e forty y<'an;. J !e11cc, although t.lic t.i111c from lc·a ,·i11g
I~gypt. to the st1.ntli11g of I he spies wns n Ii We more Lh:rn 011c
yc:1r, i t certninly wns consitl<!rnbly less tl1a11 two yen rs. And th is
fra ction uf !\ rc:1r is not counted because out. l.Jf the 1;evc11 frnc-
t.ions of years occurring iu t.he whole chronology, they exnct.ly, or
al most. cxact.ly balance e:ich oLl!cr, 311(1 cou lrl, Lhcrcfore, in no
w:1y mnke n cliITercnc:e of 011 c \\~ l1 o l e year, in the Lotal ont-come·.
l l.»11ce, yon mny put t he 40 Yl'ars ir1 the wil 1lcrncsi;1 under your
.i:JO; n111l tl1c () ye:us under Lhc 40, nnd you linxc the ch ronology
fro111 Adnm to the cli\·ision of t.he !:incl. "A111l when he had
flc~t royct1 ~cvl'n nnt io11s, he di l'iderl t.hci1· l:i11cl t.o them by 10t.
t\11<1 aft.er that he g:wc 11111.0 t hem jmlgcs about the space o(
four h11111lrC'tl a11d fi fty yc;i.rs, until Samuel, the prophet. A n<l
nftcnrnrds t.huy <l c~irocl n ki11 g ; n11rl God gave unto Lhcm Saul,
~ h o ~<HI 11f l'iio, :\ 111:111 of t.llc tribe of Dc11jnmi11, by the space of
i'Mty )'Mr~. A!1d whc11 he had rc-movcd J1i1r11 he raise.cl 111• 1mto
l.h(\111 D:tYiil, to \Jc t.hcir king ," (Acts 13 : l!l-22).
From 1.hr di1• isio11 of the l:irnl, t,o D :i.vit1, is :mother dark pince
in clironolc>gy, :is it. i:; l('fL i11 lhc Oltl T cstn 111 011L. For i11sLa11ce·
"Sn11111l'l j11tlgcrl l sr:wl :tll t.11<' <h)'s l)f his life;" a 111l yet. no
1nCoaSlll'1! of tliat t.i111c is l-{i 1·c11 . Hn« hero aro twn spricc;: of time;
tlu· firsl., n•:1d1i11~ fro m t.lie dil'i1>io11 of t.l1c 1:1n1l to 8 a 11111 0 l ; the
>pctrnd, frn111th:11, 1.1> P al'id; 111ul unl ess this i11 Ll1c- 11·111• 1111•i1wn•
.. r 111111 ti1111·, Hilih• d1rn11•dog_1 i< i 111111•rfoct., si11cc LIH•r(I i;; nl•<o-
 C lllWNOLOt.}Y.
lntcly llv otltc r t:•11111 l'~' l c<l mca::ul'C cif Lliiii lv11g period tv he fo1111d.
1f it was C"rtu ill chat it \\'flS tl 1e design of the f:ipiri~ to teach
d11·0111Jlo,r/!/, in tlir :il11n·c lang11ngc of the npostlc, Llwrc wo11 lrl
he 11c1 roo111 for douht., nnrl W(' 1niglit pass 011 without furl.her in-
Ycstig:iti1111. Hut 11·ns tlfal t he desic:n of the Spi ri t? l think it
can he prorc11 t.li:tt iL wai;. But :11; thTs period from the division of
the lnnd l.u D:ll·id, 111· r:i: l1cr tt1 t.hc forty yenrs gi vcn to S:uil , has
been nncl is oon!;iclc·rNl t lie most. ohscnre nnd cl iHieultof any luu·t
of chni1wlogy , it will 1101. clo t.o pnss it O\' Ct' witho11 L collecting
nil the cwi•l<>11ce th •• Biulo fu rnishes for its rn eas11l'c111ent.
An<l fir::t, n,c; n ,·c·ry irnpol'tnnt fact., I will state, thnt t.his ti me
from tloc 1]i,·ision of tlic l:\ucl, to David, anrl that from thcco\'e·
11n11t to tlir· law, nm the on ly two pcri Mls left otiscu1·c in the
chr(J1tnl•lgy of the Old T estr11nc11 t, n11d t l!C' only portions of ch1·0·
nology i11 nil)' wny rcforretl to in the N!:W T est:irne11 t. \ fhy .did
thl' lipirit p11t it i11tn tl1e mnuth of· thc apostle to nnme th:Hdcfin·
it e pcrio<l in Gal. :i : 1 i? Ulcnrly licc:tusc ch ronology ,1·011lcl
have been i1ll)ll'rfoc·t without it.. The snme fo111' lmnclrctl :ind
thit•t y years: were gh·cn i11 Gen. 12: 4 1, it is Lrne, but they were
g i\ c11 ill ::rnch n wa.1· th nt, tn all nppenr1111cc, they hntl no co1111ec-
tio11 with the de!lth of Ternh. llcnce, iL wns necessary fo r God
l O rcre!ll, in his ow11 wnv, it is trnc, but st.ill to reveal the foe~
t.hnt they b cg!l11 ''"here the thre:1d w:is riroppe<l in Gen. 11; 32.
\Yhy did the Spirit cnnsc the apostle to n:unc these two periods,
the 0 11 0 of fou r hundred :ind fift,y, and the forty of King S:i.ul?
[The f11rt.y years iu 1,he 1l'ilclen1css is so oftC-n named in nll pnrts
of t.he f::cript.11 rcs, t.hnt thc fact of the a post.le reforri11g to it here,
or clsr.whcre. hns no such sig11ilic.nnce ns has t ho c>Lhcr two]. It
i!S trnc, the1 fonr h1111drecl and fifty years for t he judges, nre to be
fonn<l i11 Lhe Old Testament; hnt, ns in the other en.se, tlicy :ire
so g ivc11 :is to make it impossible to hnve determined that they
beg!ln, nr were desi~nccl to mensnre from the di vision of the lnnd,
the pl!lce where the chronological threacl ha<l been dropped,
wiLho11t thil' t.C>st.i111011y from t,hc npost.lc.
The r.hro11 ology Hs g i' en in Lhe jnclgcs i11 ns follo ws :' Judges
3: 8, gives 8 years; verse 11 1 4 0 ycnrs; verse 14, 18 y.cars; verse
30, SO yc:i rs; ·I: 3, 20 yenrs; 5: 3 1, 40 ycnrs; 0: 1, 7 years; 8:
2~, 40 ycnrn ; f); 22, :i y<•!lrs ; 10: 2, 2:1 ycnrs; vers=t• 3, 22 yc:irs;
ver:rn f:, l ~y1:nrs; 12: 7, (I years; verse!!, 7 y<'..;trs ; verse 11 , 10
yr:i rs; l' l 1 1'1 'l' 14 , F rears:; l:I: 11 -1 () )'C'!l l'Sj Hi: :J I, 2() years; I
~:t111. •I : l R, 4 0 y(•11 ri:,u111for Eli, t.he l!l11L of t.lte j tulgcs, lieforc "S:1m·
11tl 1.h1• 1•rnpl w1."
Th"M' all l••gct lir•· 111:11;,• :i tPl:d (,( <l lilly,.:1 r". B11 1 tl11· j11dg<t8
 CJ mONOLOGY. ,,
clid 11ot. coY~r :ill llf tlii.o !il'acc of time; tl1ey were merely i;cnL·
L•m:ici m·cr 11111.~/ 11[ it. There were t.iu\es between the jnclgcs,
ll'heu their uncn1i1!t< nilctl; a111l parL of these n ineteen peri111ls
11H:asun.. the l'lllc or those enrmici;. llcnce, 1':1111 could well i:ay,
"And after that he g:1 \'C to thc111 j 1ulfl'!S abo11t t.hespnccof fl)ur
l1t111tlrctl a11J flit y yl'11rs, 1111til S:i11111l·l ;" :t!tl1011gh the time it.,;clf,
frllm tlle division of the land, hn<l 1een just t.hit number of
Yen rs.
· J\ s this c:ilt'<>11olngy st:111ds i11 1.he Old Testament., thcro :1 rt"
thrue ditlit:idLiL""i one r1t the co 111n1c11ce111e11t, one· in the 111itl<lle,
1t11d 011 C/ at lhl• c•11'I of this four h11nilrecl :uHl lifLy.
BeLwcen {.he: 1li1·isi11n nf the lan<l n1H1 t.he lirst eight ycnr.o.
(J 11<1ges 3: S), ~ht· re is :1 hreak, n peri od crn-crcd by the !it.:llc·
111c11t fo1111d in J111lge.o 2: 7, lrnt h:i.ving 110 direct measure111c11I.
Then i11 1.h1• mirl1llc of this porio1l t.hnc is :i l:ip of 20 yen rs dur
iug 1.hc j11rlgcship of !':u11so11. lli~ time is gi,·en, (.Tut1geF ill :
:l l). ns n part. t>f the rhrvnology, just. like all the others. Bul.
in a110Lht•r pl:w(•, we learn .tint his jm1g~hip ll':tS in or 1l11ri11l;
the forty yenr.o "f 1.he> l'hilistincs (Judges 15: 20), whic h hllll
just 1Jcc11 cou111cd. And yet. it takes all thaL is given in J udgcs.
this 1,wc11 ty i11clutlt'<l, to make the 450 menti1med uy Pa11I. Th r
thfrd difHc11lr.y is with the Lerminn.o, "Until Sn.n11wl (.he pro phc·~,'·
is u. very inclclinitc cncli11g. 8a11111cl wns with Eli, the Inst j uflg,...
when a 111C'l'e chil tl; nnd he was cotcmpornry with king S:iul dnr·
ing Tl early nll of his rc•ign; nntl even nnoin1 et1 D:ivid ns ki11g.
But, 11 0t \\·ithi:t.:111cling nil these ditncult.ics, we think the apostlt:
has used just t.hc langungc to set everything rig ht, counecting
c:1ch cud, nm! t:iliing out. tlrn t.:lngle in the mi<l1lle.
T o my 111i111l; the fact that 011ly in this, :rn<l the oneof.lwr dini-
c11 l1. pl:it:c. is the subject of chronology introduced in U.ie N<'w
TestauwnL, :ind that ll'itl1011t s11c:h nssistnnce, we should h:we
hcc11 cutircly at fault, is-satisfactory evidence thn.t the <lcsi~11
wn.s t,o imparL light, :\ncl I accept it ns such, with far more s:ul~-.
factio11 1 t,h:w l could tnke Dishop Usher, or nny other chro11ulo·
g icnl writ.t•r, who givC's these J3il>le statement~ tl1c go-by, Mi hl··
i11g too 1li lli c11lt t.o ntastc r, n.nd t:ikc the cnsier com se of nppcul-
i11g to .) 01'1•plt111', to hc•lp Lltem over these rlilliculties. For he
lmdonh· llae.Towish sar.red books from whi ch to d raw his inf<mnn·
tion; 1uld he is so u11iversn lly r.1\t·eless in n.11 his d1 ronologicnl sl.11t·~-
111ents. thul ~C'ldo111, if e1•01-, ls h e i11 il1Lr111ony wit.h his own Rcrip-
llir!'s. Fc>r i11i<ln1w!'; Ill! i;;Lys tl1e c lai lllren of l .orn.el remninctl fur
I ilirty da"" nftt•r t.lu•y lrft Ei;ypt, on !,lie shore>s of the Hell sc11 1,,..
frm~ cro:<>l11~ o,·1•1>. Which i!l in direct opposilion lo the stntelllc1 11
111 gxt•d flj · I. 1\11d bis cliro11olug-y is genen1ll11 frculty.
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I
The foll uwfog diag ram will ill11sL1:aLe Llw \Vholc posiLio u, at :.
gll\nce:
-Division or the lo.nd .
....- /I. brea.k.
Here the chronology stands,
just ns it is given .
We hnd r eached to t he divis-
ion or the lo.nd, with no bren.k.
Now follows o. period during
the rdn10.inder or t.11e life of
spa.ce Joshua., nnd the elders who
of outlived him, of the 1ueu.sure
450 I\ Jnp. of which the Old '£esto.111en tis
yen re. silent. Theo, after a. longpe·
riod nnder vnrious judges, the
liip of, the twenty yen rs of So.111-
son occurs, follo wed by the IMt
j11tlge, EH, tJ.iert king Snul, be-
fore we reach the time or Da-
'· ··.... vid, where the r egulo.r chronol-
space(~~, ogy begius a.gnln.
Smuuel wns cotemporu.ry
not reckoned, uoth with Eli nnd king So.111;
· ·

~ -lle~inn ing of
nod nowhere is the nge o{ a.
11rophe.t ossoeinted with chro-
Dnvarl's reign. nology; hence Samuel's age is
not given. Although there fs
110 doubt that coru;irlcr:lble time t ranspired between
the death of Eli :rnd the crowning of Saul. Still
there is 110 mensurcrncnt covering this, only :ls it is included in the
two spaces of time named by Paul, wl11clt seem to cover all
from the d ivision of the laud until S:uouel, allcl. from that, to
David. A uel the tirno namcc1, «four h11111lrcd nnd fifty,'' is ex·
nctly what l'aul, wh<> was f:1111iJinr with the Script1,1 res, must
- hnv~ found given in the .Tuclgct1, :is it.<> measurement. Nor c.o uld
he hnve been iguor:mt of the break cfori11g the life of Joshua, or
of the lap, during the jud~csliip of Samson. Auel yet b e s:iys,
"Ile clh·ided unto them thcrr land by lot, and afte1· thnt ho gavu
jltdffe.~, nbou t the sp:.1cc of four ln111<lred :iml tifty yei1rs, ...
ancl nftca·wa!·cls they dcsircd a kin~ an<l anti lac ~ave them ~~ul,
the son of C1s, by t.he spncc," or m tlic i;puce, l the prcpos1t1on
"by" is not i11 t.lw originnl], "of f1>rty yonrs."
J ' lace the ·150 ycar·s 1tJ1 (lcr the Gj h11t thci for1.y years for :::i:tul,
wi ll he rcckrn1c1l :i1111) 11~ the king!:, i11l.h<' 11c·x1. pnrioil , ns follows:
S:111l 1 110 .ruar~, J\ 01.i; 1:1: 22. ) J ):i"id, •tr>, ( 1 Ghro11 . 2!): 27.) Solo·
llJ/)11 1 •Ill (\l ( !hro11. !l: !IO.) l:rliolioa111 , 17, ( l 'l : 13.) J\bijnli,
 (!I l I Wi\O LO<~ Y.
:1, (1:1::.!.) Asa, ·II, (IU: 1:1.) J chuslt:111lia t., 2fl, {20: 31.) .l clw-
r:i.m, 8, (21: 5.) Ahaziah, 1, (22: 2.) Athn linli, G, (22 : 12.) .1 oash,
40, _(24: !.) Amai.i:lh, 29, (26: 1: Uz?.iah, 52, (2G: 3.) .To·
t.hnm, 16, (27 : t.) Ahnz, rn, (2A: 1.) HCY.ekinh, 20, (29: I.)
l\I:mnssnh, 55, (33: 1.) A mo11, 't, (33: 21.) J osinb, 31, (34 ! 1.)
.Tehoinkim,11,(3.G: 5.) Zcclekinh 1 JJ , (30: 11.) T oLal, li l!l
ytinrs. Pineo Luis 513 1111dcr 1.J1e 450, •
W iLh Lhe "end of the clcveut.h year of Zcdckinli, 1111to the
carryi11g n\,·ny of Jerusalem cnpti,·c," (Jcr. 1: :-l) , we reach Lhc
cnc'I of tltc ki11gtlom . And it. i;; hero the clinclcrn 1rns rcmo\•ed
to be 11<> 1norn u11 til IIe comes whose rigl1 ti t is, (sec Ezck. 21: 25-
27). Then follows the serent.y years cii ptivity, or rather cl eso-
lnLion l)f t.he lnn<l, (2 Chron: 30 : 2 1). l'lacc this 70 undcrt.hc 513,
nucl yon hnvc reached the clHl of i11spirctl chronology.
This seventy ycnrs termi11 ntcd in t.he first year of Cyrn:l, king
of l'erRi ~, to follill the word of the Lord uy J ercminh, (2 Chro11.
36 : 2 1).
At ;ihont. t.his poi11t of time the .Medo-P ersian empire takes its
place n!' the seco11d uni versa I monarchy, l3nby Ion hnvi11g been the
tirsL. Aud it wns at nbout t.his era, that history hns its birtli.
1'1·ior to this, the most civili7;ed nations, Babylon nncl E gypt,
used 011ly hieroglyphics,:. method of picture writing by which
clntc:i anil clct.nils of l1istory could not. be recor<led. 'l'his, we
k11o w is tn ui in relation to Egypt, nncl nlso to the Bnbylo11ians1
or Uhaltleans, since specimens of the Chnldenn hieroglyphics :ire
now on exhibi tion in the Rrit ish musaum. But from the begin-
ning of the P ersian era, I.he alph:1bet nnd n Wl'ittcn l:rnguage has
been u11ed by these 11nti011s. l lc11ce, as for bnck as the first year
of Cyrus, hisLOl'J is fnll and clear, while bcyoucl thnt, it. irnlllo·
diatuly <lrnps off into twilight. an<l the dnrkncsR of fable. And,
outside of the Hebrew l:rngungc, Lhcre is no prcterision to :teen·
rn.cy furth t>r back than the J'Cigt~ of N ebuchndne1.zar.
As Roon ns a .wri t ten word-language wns used. the date of bat-
tle!!, eclipses, &c., were recorded, from which fact it is now in
onr power t.o determine dates with aqsolntc accuracy. Ancl when
we cn11 hel p oursclns, God ceases t.o do for us.
Ji'ro111 the first yertr of Cyrus, or, indeed, from th e first ycn r of
Nel>uchn.dnczi.ar, which wns nineteen yen.rs hcfore the
scvc111.y years c:i.ptiviLy of .J crusnle1n, . (sec .Jcr. 52: 12), there iR
110 (!RS1•11linl 1Jiffol'(!l1CC lrctwcc n the uiffcrc11t cl1ro11ologic:d Wl'i -
1.cn;. The: first yen r of Cy r 1111 hci11g 11. n. 5:16, i11 wh ich yenr the
!luvu11t.1• yr•:11·s «11tl1•cl. l'l acc 1.!1i sli~IG 1111clcr Ili c 70, :1111! add 1872,
A. 11., :111d yo11 wi ll harn n total of Cl,000. Th 1111:
 71i UJ IHONOJ"'OGY.
1\ dnm to the end of the Ooo<l, 1656 years.
Flood to the coven an t1 427 ",,
Covenant to the l:nv, 430
In the willlcr11ess, 40 "
To d ivision of land, G "
lJn<ler tlie Jud gos, 450 "
U n<ler t!te K ings, 513 "
The captivity, - '70 "
To Ohnstinn era., - 636 "
This side of the Chl'ii:ti:\11 cm, 1872 "
Totnl, 6,000 years.
The six thous:111d years did not {111rl in I 872, but in the au-
tumn of 18i3. T hus: The seventy y~ars desolation of .Jcrnsalcm,
begn11 in the end of t.hc elevc11 t h yenr of Zc(lekiah, as we have
seen, (.Jcr. l: 3). Thi.~ king Zedekiah, w:-..s taken, and the city
Lroken up in the fourth or fifth mcrnth of his elevel1th ycnr,
{Jer. 52: 1-12); bnt the cities of Judah were to be desolate
"without nn i11hnbitn11t," (.Ter. 34: 22), which Reemll to be whnt
God meant, by "m nking the land desolate, that it-miglit enjoy
its Sablrnths," {2 Citron. 3G: 21). And it 1oa.s thus made deso-
late, nnll withont:in i11hnbitn11t, (Jer. 44: 2). When Zedekiah
was taken, in the fourth month, the ln1ul wns not desolrite, for the
Ch:ildeans left "certain of the ~oor of the land for vine-dressers
n111l hushnndmen," (.Jcr. 52: 16); and i;o loug ns they remained,
the prophecy was not fully 1r.et; for the land wns not yet en-
joying her Snbbnths; but soon nfte.t'. they nil left :md went down
i.!_1to Egypt, (Jer. 43: 5, 6) . .Aud this occuned in the seve11t!t
month of that year, (see the whole story ns told by' J cremiah,
begin11 i11g with chapter 41). Hence, t ho 70 yenrs d<'.solati<rn, in
which the lahd cnjoyc1l its Snl.ibaths, did not begin n ntil the
i;cvcnth month after Zedekiah was tnkcn. Nor did the 70 yenrs
desolatioii end when they reccivci.1 permission to return; fo1· the
land wns still dcsolnto until they actuall y got baclc again _it1to
t heir cities. 'l'his nlso ooc11ncd 111 the seven t h mon t h of t.he first
year of Cyrus, the year 1.hcy stnrted to go I.Jack, (flee Eun 2: in
which he g ivcR the 1111111ber of t11ose wl10 went back; and it seems
t.l1cy got back so nR t.o ho in their cities ngni11 in the seventh
111011th; verso 70; n11tl 3: l).
J\s !.his Rcvc11t.y years clid 110L <'IHI 1111 ti l the RC\'C11th monLli of
~hr. year II. c;. !i:lG , it. rollows that fh·c l11111clrccl :mil t.ltirty-r;ix
fu ll years from 1.h:'l.t 11'011ltl noL end 11111.il Llic Acvcnth 111011!.h;
{.ll' wish 1.ime, whit:l1 ii'< :lhl' :'l. YR at :1J,1111L 1111• 1111!.11n111al crp1i11ox),
 GENTILES.
<)f the year 01te of the Christian era. And 1872 years this side
vf the autumn of "· n. 1, would end in Lhe autumn of '1873,
since one year from the autu_mn of "· o. 1, would n ot encl until
the nutumo of A. v. 2, :111cl so on.
1t was in the auL11mn of 1873, the 11rese11t hard times, fi11nncial
t rouble, &c., &c., began, as all wilt remember. And there it
was 4' the day of ~he Lorcl " began. "The g reat day of the
J,.ortl is 11enr, it is near, n11tl hnsteth greatly, even the Yoice of
the chy of the Lord; the mighty man shrtll cry then bitterly.
That. clay is a lhy of wrath, a day of troll ble and distress," (Zeph.
I: 14). J\ncl this time of trouble wliic:h beg:\11 in the nufomn of
1Bi3, tl1011gh but n rippfc, is gathering henclwny, :rnd will en-
gulf all busines~, all order, all gon'!rnment, :<II socict.y; until nt
last., every man's 11:11111 will be ngainst his neigh bor; n.nd there
shall he no pence, "and no hire for 111 :111, not· It ire for beast,"
(Zech. 8: 10) . These nrethetnrnsayingsof God, and it is only
in the worcl of Goel the!>e grent events upon which the world is
c11tcri11g, find their trne soltttion.
- - -o- --
"TllE TIMES OF THE GENTILES."
" And .Ternsn.lqm sho.11 be trodden down or the Gentiles until the
times of the Gentiles be full1Jled."-Luke 21: 24.
Though the enrth is now given up to the u nd isputed dominion
of the Genti le~, t he time was when God had a ki11gdom ori enrth.
" Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, nnd n J1ol y nation,''
(Exo. 10: G). " And Solomon s:i.t on the throne o f the Lord ns
king, i11stcacl of his father, D avid," 1 Citron. 29: 2:1). "Andy~
thiuk to wit.hstnncl the kingdom of the J,,ord in the ftands of the
sons of D:ivid," (2 Chron. 13: 8). Unt the J,ord permitted his
kingdom to be 1111b<lue<l l1y the Gentiles. Zedekiah wns the last
of tl1e line of Dadd, wl10 reigned. nn<l from J1 is head the diadem
wns removed n11d tlie ki11gdom overthrown, b ut not fom\·er. li'o1·
it was snill lo him, "Thou profane wicked prince of Israal, whose
c.lay is come when iniquity shall have an end. 'fhns saith Llil•
Lor<l Go<l: lfo111ovc t he diadem, take off the crowu, tltis i:hnll
not lie the same, exa_l t ltim t hat is low, :incl abase him thnt is
high. I wi ll overt.urn, overturn, overtu rn it; a11tl it shall be 110
111orc unt.il he Cdlltell wlwse right it is, :m<l I will give it him,"
(Fwk. 2 1: 25).
l h1ri11g Lhii< i11tcrrcg1111m in God'1; ki11g•lom, bct.wcc117.e<lr.k ialt'11
rr·i~1 1 and Lhat. 111' Clirist, Lite fo11r U1•11Lil c ki11gd •1111s, ail forcLold
l1y l):111 i1·I, H11hylo11, ~ lrcln - l'cr~ia, Un•cia :rn rl Hnmn, ll'l'l'(t to
 i8 GENTILES.
have their day. It was at the beginning of the seventy years
captivity of Jerugalem, that God's kiug<lom ended, the diadem
was removed, and :ill the carLb given up to 13a bylou, f,l1e first of
thei;e four uni vers:il Gentile kingdoins. An<l t o Nebuchadnezzar
iL was said : "Thou, 0 king, art a king of ki ngs, fol' the God of
henveu hath gi\·cn thee a kingdom, power, aud strength. and
glory; an d \vhc rcsoever the the children of men d well, the ben~ta
of the fields, and the fowls of hen vc n hath he given into thine
hand, aud hnth mntle thee niler O\'Cr them nil,'' (Dan. 2 : 37).
So long :is G od liacl n11 organized rei~nfog kingdom 011 eartb,
t.here could be 110 universal Gentile krngdom. But when hie
kingdom was broken up, nnd he g:we nil to t he Gentilei;, "the
times of the Gen ti les ' bcg:111 ; nncl the times of tbe Gentiles
will en<l only when Goel sh:ill rnor~anize his kingdom and subdue
them. ' 1 111 the <bys of these kings shall the . G od of heaven
set np a kingilom, which shall never be destroyed ; and it shall
break io pieces :rn<l r.011s11me nil these kinguorns, and it shall
stand forever," (D:in. 2: 44); is the language used in reference
to this second great cl1a11ge to occur nt the entl of tho times of
the Gentiles.
It is true the 1rnfiom1lity of the Jews was maintained until
afte1· the firi>t ndvent of Christ, for such was the prophecy, '"l'he
scep~rc sbnll not depart froin .Tndah, nor a bw·givcr, (from_11ia
loins, lit. l, until shiloh come, and unt.o him shall be tlio gather-
ing of t11e people," (Geri. 40 : 10). A11c1 al though ·Jerusalem
was in the l1nn<ls of the Gentiles, :ind hnd been t roden do.wn by
them since its total ovcr~hrow by Nebuchadnezzar, it was not
;ntirely dt'st royed until after the nrlveut of Christ.
The fou r Genlilc kingdoms
a re called " four g r e n t.
bc.'\st.R t hat came np from the
sen., diverse one from n.nother.
The fi rst wn.s like o. lion, n.nc'I
hnd eagles wings; J beheld till
the wi n~ thereof were pluck-·
e d, n.nd it wo.s lifted up from
the earth, nnd mo.de to sto.ml
upon its feet 11.13 n mn11, 1lnd n
mnn's h en.r t wn.s given to it." _, .
This will be better untlei·- ff[;~~ ,
s tood when we i::ec wlin.t Neb· ~ . ,.
ur.hntln ei:zo.r, t h e ki11y of B1~b· -~~~~',. · . · .-.:.~:· . · '
ylon llas lo 1111..c;!I t h ro11gh, 11~ l~ . .. · -L~"": .........,,._"""' ,,·
~!/jJt: of t.ltc l~11.111;u1 fn!11ily, i11 '\f~~,,__.... ·.::-:~-~'·--'=4,"...;_:_:=:.}.¥e ~.~
1f.1; f1ill 111 11 I n ~m ~ :>1-:11111 "':'• .:::,""" :~·.-.,~,,,::"?--:'7--- -- · :- -
 111 70
An<l heitolcl nnother buo.st
o. second, like ton. benr n.nd it1
raised itse!C up on one side,
o.nd three ribs in the 111outh of
it b etween the teeth of it: n.nd
they so.id thus unto i t, Arise
1u1d devour much flesh."
TWs one represent.s ?iledo-
Persio., and the "three l'ib::i, "
the three kingdoms it sttlldued
~o GENTU.ES.
cou Id rcprc3ent Rome. And the lmm:m family were to be gi v- ·
co 11)1 to the contro1 of these bensts d111·iug" the times of the Gen-
t.ii cs." Thnt is the nations nre compared to w11nt God, iu these
!;ymbols, calls cc wil<l beasts.'' And they h nvc glutted them·
i;eh•es to the full with wnr, blooc.1, rapine, nndmurder, which has
been their pastime, :ind their glory, until l1istory is one contin-
uous stream of the details of 11 man's inhuman ity to man."
Go<l h:is chosen that this world's history, as foretold by his
p rophets, shonlJ be pictured out by types. If.he would fortell
tl1e captiv ity of Jcrnsalem, lie bns his prophet portrny a like-
ness of t.he city, lay siege to it, eat his bread witl1 trembling,
and go through with :iii the paraphernalia ofa siege, e:tptivity,
l~C. If there was a Babylon, there mll!>t be n mystic Baby Ion;
n riverE11phrntes, also n mystic Euphrntes. A J crnsnlcm earth-
1}•, has its antitypc inn heavenly, or spiritnnl J erusalem. J\n
earthly king<lom is followed by a heavenly killgclom 1. which
"flesh nntl blooc1 cnunot i11horit.'1 "Howbeit that which is
i;l'iritual is uot fi rst, b ut that which is unturnl, and afterwnrcla
t rnt which is sjiiritnnl.'' Type and nnthype, runs tllJ"Ough the
Jaw nud the prophets," i;ee thou mnke everything after the pat-
tern shown thee in tlie holy mount.'' Abrnlrnm was a type of
God, Lhe.Fntl~er, and Isaac, the seecl of promise, of Christ; nnd
as God freely ofiercd his Son, so Abrnham offered his. J ob was
the type of tbe restitution, hence, the book of Job is fir st 'a loss,
then a lo11g and severe tl'inl, ending with a complete restitution.
Nebuchadnezzar was a type of the natural man, the first Adam
nnd his rnce. Hence, :is dominion was given to Adam, it was
conferred on i~ebuchndnezznr in nlmost the iclenticnl language
used to Ad nm. Oom plire Gen. l: 28, and Dan. 2 : 25. .As ma n-
kind have degraded themselves t o the level of the beasts of the
earth, so Nebuchacloczzar h:Hl his heart cbnnged from mnn'e, au,d
n beasts heart w::is g iven him. .
In the type, D an. 4: 11 1-Vhereas they commanded to Ieilve the
stump of the tree root, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, af-
ter that thou shnlt have known thnt tbe heavens do rule." But
before he lenmed this lesson, he hnd to be driven ont. "They .
shall drive thee from rne11, and thy dwelling shall be with the
be.as ts of the field, and Jet a baa!ltS haart be gi vcn him, llll U let
i;e\!ell times pass over him." All thi:; c:m1e upon the king; bnt
at the <111<1 of the clnys, his 11nclersta11cli11g relurnetl, lii11 heart was
ag:ii11 cl1a11gecl , 0.1111 Jw ho11ore<l the God of heaven, and hiski11g-
d• 1m wa!l restored wiLh :itldit.ioual 11injcst y :i111l glory. T he
"st.ump of the trco root.," w:1 11 left, that t.ho tree might sprout
 cmNTILl~. RI

again; that, is, that there might be a restitution of t.hc kingdom.

That root was the life-giving principle .l e ft t 0 the tree. Al-
though the l111man "trae'' has l.iecu cut do1rn,an<1 donth pa11secl up-
on all, yet tho tree· root still Jivca, tt tl1c root and offspring
of David," is to Ile the Lright a 11 tl morning ~tar; ancl as iu J\dnru
all die, so in Christ; "t.hc root out of dry gro11ncl, 11 shall all be
m:ide ali11e1 "!\110 the k ingdom, and the g rea tness of the king-
dom under the whole heaven sl1all be given to tho saints of the
Most Hi gh." An<l llH\ll will have his beasts heart changed, and
lenrn wnr no more.
11
Let seven times 1>ass over him, nntil he shall have learned
that the hennms do 1·11lc; :i11tl at. tbe end o f the days his und er-
stand ing returned." 11"n1r. has its type :incl :u1tity1)c, like every
other part. 1f Got! wo11ld hn1·e the ch ilclrcu o f lsrnel wander
fo rty years.in the wildcrnesg, he h:i.<i the spies wamlcring i11 their
11enrch of the l:\nd, forty clays. Tf I le would h:we forael suffer
captivity three hundred :wd ninety years, he h:ts the prophet in
the type, co11fil1rd 1.li:1t 1111111b l~ 1- of days. "A clay for n ycnr,"
(Ezek. 4: 1-8). AIHl in nil symbolic Tim e, Gou has nyrauged
for a day to represent n year, ns in the !le1·enty weeks of D an.
9: 24; the persec11lio11 o f the ch urch, (.Rev. 12 : 0,) ancl other
places.
Seven literal y ear~, or " ti mes" (IIebrew), passed over N el.lu-
cliadnezzar, and seven propltetic times or years, is the measure of
the "times of the Gentiles." "I will punish you seven times
more for your sins," (Lev. 26': 18). As in Dan. 4, this period of
11
seven times," is four t imes Tepeate<l, (verses IO, 23, 25, 32), ao
iu Lev. 26, it is four t.imes r1?peaterl of Go<l's people, thus: "They
tha t hate.you shall rei gn over yon," (verse 17), which we know
was the Gentiles, nncl he would punish them" seven tim es," &c.,
in verses 18, 2 1, 2·1, 28. J\s in .Neb11chnd11ezr,ar.1scase1 nlthough
rcpeatecl fo11r times it was the 0110 peri od of seven years, so iu
this case, these "seven ,t,in1 cs," are buL the one period of seven ,
propl1etic years. And it is a fact that J enumlcm has been t rod-
den down of the Gentiles ever since the end o f Zpdekinh's reign.
But the lig tree begins to \Jtal, and there arc many i11clieatio11s
that the restoration of t he Jews will t1 Qt be much longer clo-
ferred.
Seven propl1etic years, l l clny fo r :i. year, represent 2,520 yenrs,
The :llllhority for 11!;in!' :'l <lay to rcprc~cnt n year, comes from
God himself ; thnt ia, ]J,. has 111n1lc the npplicntio11. Tlw Uil.ile
tenclies tn.tlis, not directly, u11L l.iy parnblrs, <lark !!:qi11gs, rtn<l
syrnbols. For i11stn11("l' : W(• are. i11(or111e<l i11 l>n1 1. 7, Lhat a
 82 GENTILES.
1
"horn when used as a symbol, represenLs a kiugdom. Now if
'
I find a "beast,, used as n symbol in the Bible, having two or
more horns, I have the right to a.ssume that those borne re-
present kingdoms, although in thnt particular case it might not
bo so stntc1l I grant you, that one who chooses to oppose,
and is only desirous of pulling c1own1 and is not searching for
light h:is the privilege of dcmnrring, and saying, as it docs not
s:iy in this special case, tbnt tMs J1orn meaus a kingdom, he will
not accept of the application. But I care nothing for that man
or his opinion. I have founu a Bible precedent for sucl1 un in-
terpretation, an<l choose to accept it. Others will do as they
please. Now, I can pl'ocluce a God-given precedent, fo r making
n day stand for a year when it is associated with sy mbols. A
symbol is anything used to rep,.esent another thing, no mattc:w
whether it be a benst, a pictnre, a type, or a parable. · The pnr·
ticuhl' case to which I now refer, mny be found in E zek. 4: 1-8,
in which case the time used to measure thesym"Qol, is i~clf sym-
bolic, nnd C.'\ch day, in such a cnsc, 1:cpresents a year. ·
I do not expect, nor do I desire to prove anything from the
Bible in such a way ns to con vincc a man agninst his will. God
l1imself docs not undertake such a work.
rYhen, in th.c book of D aniel, or the Revelator, I find eime
used to meai;.urc symbols, wbe~h cr it be a "woman," a "horn,"
a: "beast," or nuy other thing, I have the right, from one God-
given precedent, to assume that the time itself~ is symbolic; and
if so, that a day r epresents a yMr. Then ii the facts of the
cn:;e demand such an application. I am fully warranted in ac-
cepting it.
Thnt Lhe "seventy weeks," or seventy sevens, of Dru1. 0: 24, ·
represent that mnny years, the fncts in relation to the coming of
the 1\Icssbh, clearly support. That the vision of Dan. 8:, wl1ich
is called the "vision of the evening aud the morning," (verse •
. 2G), or tho vision of the" days," giving it tbe same rcnclerin?,
as in verse 14, "Until two thousand and three hundred days,'
(IIebrew, evening mornin,q, see margin), menns a day for a year,
is Relf-evident. The vision embrnces three empires, .Medo-Per-·
sin,Grccia nucl Rome, and is called "the vision of tho days." [Tho
H c hrew worcl here is bolt-kar, a11d is the same in verses 14 and
%.] And D:uiiel called it the vision of the bolt-lccir; an<l when
:1..c;kcd how long the vi!:ion? the s:1i11 t ::i.nswol's: " 1111 ti l two thons-
a~nd and three hu111lred 11:ty11," a11cl n little something to follow,
1:1:-.: tlt1· clc:111si11g of the 11:11ict,11a ry. Auel t his we k11 nw, thnt a
l1tt lo 111111'1! than six. literal ycnni, hc;11'11 11 0 proport ion to the 11ur-
 ntiou of whnL the visio11 embraces; a11tl as tlie ti111 c there is ust'd V•
measure symbolR, wiity demands thnt tho ti1111t should be sym·
bolio also.
Thirty days is the Bible m easure for one month, (~ee Gen. 7:
11, 24, and 8: 4). The fount.nins of tho grent deep were broken
np on t he seventeenth day of tlte second rno11th, nnd the waters
prevailed upon the earth a huntlrcd nncl fifty day11 and the ark
rested, i11 these,·enth month, 011 the seve 11 t.cc11Lh dny. Ancl lhi11
one hunclred an<l fifty clays was e:<notly five months, thirty dnp
to the month. And in Hev. 12, the woman, [church], Oed in to
the wilderness fo r 12GO dnys, (verse 6); nnd in verse 14 it is Cilll·
ed "a time, and times, a nd hnlf n time>." And in R ev. 13: 5,
the power fro m which she sufiered l1nd power to continue" for·
ty and two mo nths." FurLy·two months arc three nnd a-hnlf
years, or "time.tj'' and 42 t.imes 30 nrn 1260. Il ence, as r.llrec
and a h:ilf "time:i," repre.~ciit t.welve h11ndreCl aucl sixty ycnrs,
eo "seven times," represent twioe twelve hunclrecl and 11ixty, or
2520 years.
The seventy years capti\•ity e nded in the fi1-st year of Cyn1s,
which was n.. c. 530 . They therefore commenced seventy years
before, or u.. c. 600. Ilcnce, it )Vas in n. c. 000, thn t God's
kingdom ended, the dinde m wns removed, and all the enrth giY·
en up to the Gentiles. 2520 ycnrs from n. o. 000, will end iu A.
D. 1914, or fort.y years from 18'14; and th is fort y years 11 pon
wltich we ha\•e 11ow entered is to lie such "a time of trouble ns
never WM s ince there •vas a nation." And during this forty
years, the kingdo m of Goel is to be set up. {but not in the
fl esh, "the natural firs t and nftenvnrds the spintual)i" the Jews
are to be restored, the Gentile kingdoms broken in pieces" like
n potter's vessrl," nnd the kingdo ms of this world become
the kingdoms of ou r Lo rd and his Christ, nod the judgment :ige
introduced. .
These nre some of the events t.his generation nre to witness.
But the manner of nccomplishing nil these things, as well ns the
time of their fulfi'lm our,, nrc where the church are to stnmblc
and fall as cl id the first houso of lsrnel, "Because they knew 11ot
the time of their visitation."
The very .fact 1.hat .r erusalem hn!! been troclrlc n <low11 of t.hc
GentilCll, 1iea1·ly all of tl1is 25~0 years, a11c1 th:H Lhc in clicat iom~
arc 1111mistnkalill' that force:!' nrc nt work to prel'nn• Lhc way for
their restornti o11, is or it.~clj; n pow e rful :1q.;11tnr11 L in fn rnr of
I.he con octness of t.lte ii uo1·c :rppli 1::tLi1J11. It 111 ay l11• 11ni.J , grn11l-
i11g that in tl1c rn ni11, you arr: right., ~till yo u clo 1wt. kwHr 1•11 1
 8.f GEN'l'll,ES.
you mny be n fow yenrs, more or ler;s, ont in your calculation. ·
S11pposi11g I ndmit thnt, is that a good reason for you to tum
your back on the whole tliing, and again sink into the world,
nucl become ovcrch:\l'ged with the cares of this life?
llut I nm not willing to admit that this calcu lation is even one
year on~. Not from dogmatism, for 1 am ready to admit that
my opinion, or my 1·cas0Hing, may be ns faulty ns that of mnny
others; and if, in the rresent CMe, there WllS but t his one nrgu-
mcnt, I should say, it 1s q11ite pos.-:ible e rrors mny be found aris-
ing in some uncxpcctccl quarter. llut there is such an army of
ev_idcnce. l\lany of the nrgurncnts, JTIOSt of them, iudeed, arn
not based on the year-day theory, n11cl some of them, not based
even on die clwonolog.v; and yet there is a harmony exist.in~,
between them nil. lf you had solved :i. dillicult problem m
mathematics, you might rnry well doubt if you had not possibly
inade some error of cnloulntion. ilnt if you had solved that
p roblem in seven diifct'e11t ways, nll inclcpcudent one of another,
:i.11d in ench and every case reached the same result, you would
be a fool any longer to douht. the accuracy of that result. . .And
tl1is is a fair ill11strntio11 of ~he weight of evi<lence that eno be
hronght to benr 911 Llie trutl1fulness of our present posi t.ion.
Forty r,e:i.rs, or now,nbout t.hirty-eight ycars liefor~ the times of
the Gentiles c11u, is none too much time, for the accom plishmcnt of
Lhe many wonderful events thnt must transpire during their con-
tiunance. U our calculation showed that they were to end this
year, or C\"en durin& this cleca<lc, doubts might well arise as to
tlte 17ossibilily of tins being true. lfot there seems to be time
enough, since evenl.s mo,•c rapidly in t.ltis age of the world.
After t he saints nre taken, and the gospel, dispensation endea;
t.he ·' fullu css of the Gentiles," who aro to compose the bride of
Christ, having come in, blindness i::; to be turned away from tho
Jews. " ..i\ncl God will set hii; hand a second time to restore the
remnant of lsrncl." But after this 1·enmant, thnt is, the living
J c ws of this gcncr:ition have made their way back to Palestine,
and the "waters of the Euphrates arc dried up, 11 that is, the
clLl"istian nations of Em·ope, the kings of the East, ancl of tho
whole world are to be brought up to Jcrnsnlem to battle,-nnd the
city is to uc tnken, :lS clcscriued in Zech. 14. Then t.lie Lord
shall a11pear with all his s<Lints, nncl hiii feet shall stnnd upon the
mo1111L of Olives, which is a-half "m ile Lo t.hc cnsL of .Jerusalem,
:111<1 overlooks t.he cit.y. J\1111 t.ltc .lc:>w~, wltn la:ivc l>ccn worsted
in the lmt.tl<i, will cry out, " Lll, t.lii~ is on r Oo<l 1 we have waited
for him, nud he will N:LVl\ 11~." "Tl11•11 i;h:11l t.lin Lord go forth
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ancl flght agninat t.hose 11Mio11s1 " and Lhe battle of the great d~y
of God Al.mighty lnkes place. This lilatc of thiugs, ho\vcver,
may not, :rnd eviclenlly will not, obtain for mauy years, probn·
bly near the end of the fo1·ty years. For the L ord will make a
short. work on earth wLen i1e Lnkes it in band. ''God cnme from
TeJ!lnn, and the H oly One from mount Paren. Before him wen't
the pestilence, and burniug diseases (margin) went forth nt his
feet. lie stood nnd nieasurerl Lhe earth; he beheld, and drove
asu uder the nntiolls."
After Lhe "seven las t pbgues, in which is Oiled up the wrnlh
of Almighty God," arc po ured on this generat.iou, n 111l the bnt·
tie o f the g reat day is ended, the times of tl111 thrntilcs will ler-
mi11:1te, :rnd .Jcrusnlcm no l o11~er be trnddeu dowu by its enc·
inies. Then comes the co111pleL1ou of the rc.<;titution of, not a
"1·cnuim1t,"butof "lhewliolehouscof Israel." "l3ehold! 0,
my people, I will open you r g raves nnd bring you up out of' your
g raves, and bring yon 111 to the land of I srae l." The present
re mnant. of the Jews, may go back in railrond cars, if they take
time euougll; but. when the whole bouse of Israel go b:ick, the
few railroads in the east will be of little account; and t hey will··
go in litters, on dron~e<l:nics, and other swift bensts, and Le
helped in every wny by the Gentiles, who will then acknowl-
eclge thnt God is among them 1 (see Is:i.. 66; 20). And the Gen-
tiles will go up from yenr to year, to keep the feast of.taberna-
cles at· J e l'Ltsnlem. And I.be kingdom shall be the Lord's.
- - -o-- -
TUE TWO COVENANT S:
on
.Tc1oish and Gospel .Di$pcnsalions.
A clenr and compreh ensive Time _a rgument cnn be dr:mo from
these t·wo dispe nsations. One being the exact cou.nterp::trt of
the other, by measuring the first. we a re enabled to g et the clur-
aLio11 of the second. And we shall show th nt Zion's wai·fnre
was to be" d ouble;" thnt is, in two equal ·parts, and thnt there
are two natio ns; the one representing the people and king<lom
of G od on the pla11e o f the fl esh, and which was purely typical;
th e o l.her representing the people n11d kingdom of Go1l on the
pl:111 e of the spi rit, :111d is therefore in its J1!lt11re ete rnal. That
Ill! the fi n;t, man, .Ad:un, was of tlic enrth, cartliy; so in the C'nlcr
or G11d, the seed, the pooplc, th e ki11g<lom, and nil Llt:tt. JJCrlni ll·
11tl tn 1.hL• lii'l-L 1~ovc 11 :111L 1 wn~ of Ute earth, e:ir1.l1y. Tl1at n!i t.110
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11ccond lll:lrl, Adam, is the Lorc1 from heaven, so the seed, the
people, the kingdom, an<l nil that pertni11s to the kin"gdom anc!
t.he i11hcritance, are spiritual, or heaven ly. '!'hat. one wns de-
signed ns a pattern of the otlier, "sec thou mnke eve.rytlliug nf- ·
Lc>r the pattern shown thee in the h oly rnou11t," and what a wood
p:lttcrn in n found ry, is to a casting ma.11e with precious metnl,
so is the first covenant, the unLural, to the second covenant, t he
~piritn al. Hence, in one, we have the measurement of the
a t.lier.
i will state a few point~ i11 which the similarity is strongly
marked: 'l'he one wns from twelve tribes; the other from twelve
npostles. They were both children of Abraham, the one after
the flesh, the other after the promise. Ench lmve theit·
wilrfore, the one witl1 flesh and blood, t.he otl1er against spirit-
ual ]~Ow ers. "\Ve war not agni 11st flesh and blood, but ngainst
spi rit1rnl powers in heavenly plnces." Doth are overcome and
taken captive, the one by J3:i.bylon, riml Lhu ot.!1er by mystic lfa-
bylon, the mother of harlots. The one were children of the
eMthly, a11d the other of the he:wcnly, .J erusnlem. To oue C~rist
carue i11 .the flesh, "a bo<l y hast thou prepared rn0;" to the other
he comes in a spi1·itnal body, for description of which see lte\",
l: 12. H ence, the npostle contd say, "yen, though we have
k11own Christ after the flesl1, henceforth know we him no more."
Both were to be a kingdom of priests; "Ye sha ll be unto me n
kingdom of priests, :md a holy untiou," (Exo. 11>: 0). "But ye
are a chosen generation, n roy~ I priesLhoo<l, a holy 11:i.tio11 ." "And ·
hast made us tLn to our Gotl k ings nnd p riests, and we shall r eign
0 11 the ear th," (l P oter, Z: IJ, :i.11<l Hev. 5: 10). Diel the first cov-
c11:wt have it~ temple and sacrifices? so h:i.ve t11e second. "Ye
rd: o, ns lively stones a.re built uµ n spirltunl house, a holy priest·
hood to olier tip spiritual sacrifices,' (! l'eter, 2: 5). lJid they
have the tabernacle made wi th hnncls? we also have one "not
1i1nue with hands." Did they have their holy place into which
the hjrrh priest entered to mnke the atonement? we nlso have a
Hig h Y'ricst "who can be to11rhC'1l wit.lt the fe eling of our infirm·
itics," antl who entered in beyond t.be vail, "th:it is t.hc fl esh ."
I nceuse was offered unclc>r the first coven:rnt; ":i.n<l he sh~ll take
n ce11ser full of b11rni11g 1:o:i.ls {>f lire from ofI the :dtn1· befote
1.he Lonl, nnd his h:rnch r11ll of swcr.t incense bc1~tc11 s111nll, :lllct
bring it. wiL11i11 tlic '·ail; nllll he shall put. the incense upon tl1e
(in! l1ofo1•e the J,or<l, thaL th~ d<tlld nr tho ill <.:Cll!Sc lll:1.)' CO\'C f tho
rnt·rcy Rent that is upon the tl'l'l· i11w11~· l.liril, lie die 1101.," (J.uv. :1Ci:
l'l). "t\1111 :11101.hrr n11gl'I 1·a 111P 011 11 '< l.11011 :1 1 1.lu• :ill,11r, li:w11lg
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a golden censer ; an<l there wns given unto him much incense,
that he should oficr it ;vi th t.lio prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before the throue. And the smoke of
the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended up before
God, out of t.he angel's h:111d," (Hcv. 8: 3). "Full of i11cense
beaten small.,, Long prnycrs made to be heard of men, ' 1 huve
their re,vard," and never rench that golden censer before the
throne.
_Each dispensation nho ends, nut. only with nn advent of
Christ,'but with a Jmrvest, (com pare John 4: 351 and ~Iatt. 13:
39). In the first harvest the reapers were men in the flesh, in
tl1e second J1nrvest "the reapers are the angels." Thus the two
dispensations are clonble, in every pnrt.iculnr.
PauJ mnkeR this clenr in Gal. 4: 22, "Tell me, ye that desire
to be uuder the law, clo ye 110L hc.'\r th e law? For it is written,
Abraham hnd two sons; Lhc one by a bcin<l-maid the other by n
free woman. I311t. he who was of the bond-woman was born
aft~r the flesh; but lie of the free wo111n11 1 by promise. 'Which
.things are an allegory 1 for these arc the t.wo coYennnts; the oue
from mount Sinai, nrl1ich ge11clcrcth t.o bondngc, which is Agar,
•.. nnd m1s'n~rcth to the Jerusalem which now is, ancl is in
bondage with her cl1ildrcn. Uut .T erusalcm which is above, ls
free, which is the mother of ue nil. . . ., Now we, brethren, ns
Isaac wns, nrc the children of proinisc. . . . Nevertheless, what
saith the Script.mes? Cast out the boucl'.wornan ancl her eon,
for. the eon of the ho111l-wo111:111 shall not be 11eir with the son of
the free woman. So then, brethren, we are not cliild"ren of the
bond-woman, but of the free. f:;tnml fast, therefore, in the lib-
erty wherewith Christ. has mn<le us free, nnd not be ngnin 1mln11-
gled with the yoke of bondage." J~leahly Israel nre tlic real
sous of tho l'eal faaac, the &eccl of promise. But nil t his, 011 the
plane of the fl esh, th'e lii·st Adam, ie but nn allegory. And flesh·
ly Israel ne\·er lias, :m<l neYer will, represent tho renl kingdom
of God, nny more thn11 Isn.'\c represented the l'Cal i;eell of pro-
mise. "The promise was 1111to thy seeo, ·1ohicA is Clirise," snye
the apostle. So the liri1t covc11:u1t simply 1·ep1·csents whnt · the
second is in reality.
These things being t.rnc, i1;1 it strn11gc tliat. God Lias crirrietl
these p:millcls a little further, nnd that the mau:>it.ra of the two
shou ld nlso be equal? That there is no dfrect measurement of
the gospel 11gc, LcLwcc11 the lid11 of t.he Bible, we n.rc folly con·
vinccd. fu ra<:L. I.he !;{OSpcl 1li11p1•11s:iti1111 is Lhrow11 i11 1 ns it ware,
in ll par<•tll lit·~is, )I f; ii the• ('.f1il<lrc11 or t.h11 llcsh hn1·i11g fnilr<l,
 .DOUBLE.
e very thi11g in the regula r order of e>ents had stoppecl, until this
wouderfu l process of developiug a seed on a hi~her plane 11ho11ld
be nccom pltsliccl. Prophecy, in tl1e 0 1<1 Testament never spcnka
of :.100 ndvcnls of Christ; a ncl nlrnost alwnys, if n ot Invariably,
nssocin tcs Lhe works of the first and the seco11<l together, :is if
they were one 11.11<l the same. Rend Isa. 9: 10. "For unto us a
child is bom, unto us a son is given, nnd the government shall
be upon his shoulders," &c. ·wh ere i11 that., can the first nd-
1·e11t, t o s11ffcr, n11d the second ad ve11t, to reign, and Llie long
years betwren the two, be tllstinguishetl? Rend Lnke l: 31-33,
" T hou shalt cnll his name JESUS, nncl he shall be great, and
sli:'\Jl r<.'ign over the lJonse of Jacob forcrer. '' \Vherc con Id
,lnry sec the whole gospel dispensation, between the begi11ning
nnd encl uf Lhnt sentence? Cornp:ire nlso li;a. Gl: '2, :u1cl J,uke 4:
l!l. "To proclaim the ncceptnhlc yenr of the Lord, ni1d the <lny
of vengermce of 011r God;" at tho word "nnd," between "Lorcl"
ancl "thee," in the above prophecy, th.e gospel p:irenthesis
comes in; :ilso see Zech. 0: !l, 10. Jesus rides in to Jernsnlem
on tho ass, lie Rpcaks pc:ioc to t bc hcnthcn, nnd hia dominion
is from sen to sen; all of which, except the riding into Jerusa-
lem, belongs. t o the restitution ngc. ·
F rom the above, mnny suppose tlint the reckoning of time
stopped between the two nclventi;, so far as prophecy i&co11ccrn-
ed. Ilence, they feel at liberty . to pince the Inst week of the
"seventy weeks" of Dan. 9: somewhere in the future, while 11d-
mitti11~ th nt sixty-11i11e of tl:osc weeks eu<led at the coming of
"l\Icss1nh the prince," when he came to his ow111 af ter the preach-
ing of John, aud c:rnnt the gospel nge a blank, n11d connect the
other week with the second ad,-ent. l3ut nltho11~h event., found
in close connection in prophecy, may, in the fulfillment, be wide ·
npart, tim.c m~vcr cerises, either· in prophecy or otherwise. ·
The gospel church is rcforrccl to in propliccy, if nt all, only in
types n11tl dark snyings, nnd nil the prnphecies co11cerni11g the
work of the first nnd tlte second r.<lve11t, would read just ns
Rmoothly if the_restitution age, wh cl) Christ tnkes the king1lom
n11d reig11s1 lsnd followed the J cwish ngc., without the introduc·
tio n of a gospel dispensatio11.
God hns certninly promised n restitu tion nnd n glol'iOllS future
lo Israel iii the flesh; nntl It is only in the New 'l'cst:11nc11t. we
)('arn thnt these s:r111e pr·ophecics nrc nlso t.o lJc fullill1·c1, ill a
!tigha1· se11se, to s piril.unl l:lr:Ld . li'or thu c:l1ilrlr·c11 o f th1: pro111·
ise arc 00 11111.c<l for tl1n st•c<l; "n11d tlic chi l<l1°c?11 ,,r t.lte IJ0111l·
11·0111a11 ~hall 11 r1t II<! l1 t: irs wit.Ir lit<• ch ild1•1:11 of ! 1111 fr<·1• \\' Olll:rn,"
 J)OUJJLE.
nevertheless there a1·e gl'cnt rromiscs in stol"e for them; because,
like Ishmael, they an~ Lhc seed of A bmhnm.
· IL is between the cnsling off of flc!ihly Israel, and their rcstor:
ation, thnt the gospel dispensation l.o the Gentiles, to take l)llt
from them '' n J>eople for his 11nme1" comes in, ' 1 I wo11ld nol
' have you.to be ignor::1.11t of this mystery, that blindness in part,
is hnppenetl to Israel until tbe foll11ess of the Gentiles be come
in.'' And here, during the period in which they were to be c:l.St
off, is where we find the mensnre of the gospel nge. F01• 1.ilin<l-
11ess cnnnot ue tnrncd aw:iy from them, until the gospel to the
Gentiles shrill encl. .
"\Yhen they hnn receiv ed" clovble" for n.11 their sins, "their
appointed time will be accompli1d1ed, nncl their iniquity pardon-
ed." Double menus two Np1nl pnrls. :11111 if Gorl hns thus cli\'ifl·
ed their chnstise111c11t1 i::o that Lhe t wo pal'ts :ne distinctly m:irk-
ctl, ;rnd we can fiucl the 111ens11re of t.he first pnrt, of course the
length of the other hnlf ·will be delermine<l. "Comfort yr.,
comfort ye, my people, sai1.h yonr Goel: spcnlc ye comfortnbly
to J erusnlem, and cry unto her Lhnt her warfare [mcwgin:, np-
pointetl t.ime) .is accompli~hcd, thnt her i11i'l11it.y is pnrdoned, for
she hath received at the LorJ's hand, douLlc, for all her sins,"
(Isa. 40: 2).
From the begin11i11g of their history until tl1e coming of Shi-
) oh, or Christ, they heIll n peculiar r elntion to Gou. '"fhe scep-
t~e shall not. depart from Judah, nor 11 law giver from bctweou
his feet, until Shiloh come." · During the time Christ was in the
loins of .Judah, their relotion to Gou remained unchanged, al-
though they were continunlly being chastised. J311t when Christ
had come, offered hi111self to Aesldy lsrnel, nntl was rejected,
11
nod put to den th in the flesh," they lost that relationship;
since which he hns been lnk"iug out a people "for his nnme," by
a new process, begotten nud born of the Spiri t, arid" not of the
flesh, nor "of the will of m:rn ;" nncl lsrnel iri the flesh !Jn!! been
utterly forsaken of God, nnd their ''house lefL unto them cleso-
Jnte." This was certninly the turnin~ point in their history, for
from thnt day to tliis, their relntio1islnp to God hns remninccl un-
acknowledged, :\lld they, left to their l>lintlness, " until the full-
ness of t he Gentiles b e come in."
The iclcn mny b e n Iii.I.le sta rtling, but in the Rpringof 1876, n
11oint iii their histol'y will be renchcd when this latter half will
l>c ju ~L ccp1nl to 1.he forntt•r J 11 other word~, the mcri.c:ure of th o
period (luring whic:l1 tliuy h('ld :~ p cc11 linr rclation!;hip to Gv<l,
n11d I.he JllC:lllllrC of thi.c: ti1111• d11riug whielt they hnvc IJ1~C ll
Jiii JJOIJBLE'.
11LLcl'fy cast off, will l,11J e<JU:LI. lJouulc, lllC:.111$ two equal pnrlJlj
nncl in the spring of 1678, they will have received "dou./Jle for :di
their sins." Will not the comforting message then go forth?
, nnd tfte work of their rcstit.ntion commence?
This prophecy of Isaiah concerning the "double," or their
chn!ltisemcnt in two c~nnl 1mrts iR 11ot alone; wo find it in J ere-
minh. And in Zecli:mnl1 we find the vci·y dny lhc double., or !:\st
hat f licg:rn.
fn ,Jcr. 16 ; l 3 lo 18, there is n. clenr statement that Ito would
cnst them ofE "-10/iere lie toould not show them favor," wliich did
not occnr until they rejected their lllessin.h; nud thi~ is followed
by n promise of a. restoration back to their own land. "And fit·,qt
I will recompense their i11iq11ity and their sip double," (vea·sc
18); nncl in %cch. 0: 0-12, the prophecy of Ohi-ist.~s ri<leing into
.Jents:ilem, nnd the statement occurs," even to-clny do Tdeclare
I will render double nnto t.ltee," ('·erse 12); a11cl it wns that very
dny he wept over the city, left 1.ltcir house <lesol:it.e, and t.lte
second half, which makes the donble, beg:111.
Tliese iire nll strong points, nnd t.o me they do not :ippear far
fetched; while the facts of their history, nnd the probaLilities
thnt they are on the eve of n restorntion to Palestine, also lend
thei r support to this view,
The argument from tho phrophecies leaves t.he last half of
this double period n blnnk; but there is n. second arg11me11t drawn
from the types in the lnw, which touches the gospel church that ·
was t.o fill this latter half, and mokes the .Tcwish and gospel tlis-
pcmsatious eqnal, not merely in dnrntion, bnt in nil those pnral- .
leis we have named. ,.-=---
If you nsk, cnn you prove your pre~ent positi-011 so absolutely
thnt one who is opposed to the whole thing, will be compelled,
in his own mind, to ncknowJr<lge its· trnth7 I answer, nol I ntn
not trying to rc:1.ch that class, but nm writing for tho~e who nre
l~nn~ry for truth, nnd nro willing to eenrcll for it. in this di-
rection.
These t.wo covennnla were. rnprcsentcd by the two cherubim
over the mercy sent., each cherub hnd it.s wings extended so ns
to touch the wnlls of the house; that is, the one on I.he one 11ic1e
of t.lae mercy sent. hnc1 its 11·i11g11_extended fro111 the 011e wall to
the ccnt rc, .over the mercy sent; n111l I.he other, from the other
wnll Lo tl1e ce11tre, nnd ~heir foces were turnetl inwnrd 1.ownrd
1.hc 111crcy 11cnL. The .Jewi1<l.1 c<1Ye11:i.11L lookecl.fonocirt.l, in nil its
!\nrriliccs, Lo ehrist. The g<1sp<il looks b:ic:k LO the Hock . from
wlumcc iL 11· 11 11 hewn; n11<l Lhosc ohcruhim \\'ere Lo lm "of c<pwl
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measure :wd of equal sir.e," (sceJ~xo. \!5: 22, nud l Ki11gs, 6: :.!3),
The mercy scat, where" 1 will meet witli thee/' (Exo. 25: 22),
reprcscn ts Obrist. The Greek for " mercy scat," is ltilaster.riun,
nnd occurs but twice in the New Tcst.111nc11t. ".llnd over it the
cherubim of Gold, sh:J.dowi11g the merny sent,'' (Heb. !): 5). Tho
other text is in H.om. 3: 25. "The rcdcmptio11 that is in .fosus
Ularist., whom God l1ni.h set forth to be n !tilasteerian through
faith in l1is blood." The chernbi111 looked, the oue forward, u11d
tLe otl1cr back to the mercy sent; nncl we.k11ow tl1e Jewish cov-
enant looked fon ow·d, a11d the gnsvel buck to Christ. The clim·-
nuim spnnncd tl1e house, tcrnplr, or church of God ; ancl we
1k.J1ow that 1.l11! church ovruplet.e, is to be rnnde up from the two
covcnauts; ":md thou shalt mnke them of equal mensure and of
equal size."
'iVe have not cxhnnsLcd the evl(lcnce to prove thnt these cher-
ubim represent the Lwo covc11nnts, or testaments, it is the snme
worcl; for to do so, iuvolvt.ls the in tro1luctioo of the" two 1oit-
ne.s.~es," of Rev. I I , for which we lrnve HO space in this chapter;
but will add that t.he ev idence from Lhis source, Urnt the t \vo
nrc to be of equal measure, is folly as strong ns from the pro·
'pl1etic argument. -,
The mcas111·e of the first clispc111rn.tio11, under the twelve tribes,
was 1845 years, ns we will show. · That dispensation begnn at
Lite death of Jacob, nurl ended at I.he death of Christ. }Jrior to
the death of Jncob, tl1e one-man age obtained; that is, one man
represented God's church. Abrnham was alone, as was Nonu.
IsMc wns tlte only son chosen; then .Jacob. U otil Jacob's death
his children were 11ot rccog11i?.cd ns tl1e tweh·e tribes o·f Israel, .
but simply ns the sous of Jacob, n11cl ·bretl1ren of Joseph. . At
his clcnth a ratlical olmnge occu rs...It is 11olong.er onemn11, but
the twelvo triucs of li;rn.cl, that rc,prcsent Gocl's people. And
they continued so to do until Sh iloll'cnme, and with him, the one
man age began again. Christ n11d his body, "nil 111cmbers of
tlie one body," &c. Between the death of .Jacob and the death
of Ch rist, e"ents occurred iu their history, such as the exodus,
the giv in ~ of the law, " which ·wa:i added l.icc:l\\sc of. transgres-
sion," their entrnnce into the promised land, cnptivitics, &c.1 bnt
no change occurred; the twcl vc trihes remained the twch·c
trilic.ci, nncl t lte representatives o.f God's church, through nll t.l1cir
11ps antl downs. Aud on t.hc 1lc:tLl1 bed of .Jacob, it w:rn
iiaid, ·' The sceptre shall nut d epart fru1n .) u1hh, JlOl' rt lnw giver
from LctWl?Cll !iii: f1·1•L, 11111il ~l1iloh cvrne, ttncl 1111to' l1i111 sh:ill he
th t• gaf.ltrriui; of thl· f' CO pl1\" (C:t? tl. ~ n: 10). J\11cl ii wa11 t.111.'11
02 .DOUBLE.
they were lirst recog11izcd in these words: "All these are the
twelve tribes of I srael," (verse 28). rrbe chronology from the
clcnt.h of Jncobt~edcnth. of~h rist, is as follows:
The c:catla of Jacob occurrc<l 23!.! years after t he covenant was
made with Abraham; for at that time Abraham was seventy·
Ii ve years olcl, (Gen . 12: 4). Isaac was born 25 years afte1:, or
when Abrnhnm was n h1111dred, (Gen. '15: 5). Isaac wns GO yc~ns
old when .T:icob wns born, (Gem. 25: 2U) Jacob lived 14 '1 yenrs,
(Gen. 4'1: 18). 25, aud 00, and 147, make 232. As from the
co,·cnnnt ~o tlie dny they left Egypt was 4:30 ycar:i, nnd from
the cove11:\llt to the dent It of J acob w:is 232 years, l11e time from
Lhe den th of J.:\cob, to the day they left Egypt, was l 08 years.
'l.'!te .Measure.
Frorn death of Jacob to leaying Egypt, 108 years.
111 tho wilclerness, 40 IC

To the division of the laud, · 6 "

Space of ti mo for the judges, 450 "
· U ntler the Ki11gs, - !i 13 "
Captivity, wl1ile the land e11joyec1 her Snbbaths, 70 "
To begi1111i11g of the Christian era, • • 536 "
To the death of Christ, · 32 "

Total, 184.5 years.

Thie 32 years comes thus: Christ w:i.s crucified in the spriug
of A. o. 33, on the day n(ter the evening of the passover; nnd
hence, on the fifteenth day of t.l1e first month, Jewish ecclesins-
tical time; nnd as the ,Tcwish ecclesiristicnl year b egins in tho
i;pring, IIe wa.s, therefore, crnci!led fifteen clays after theJe1oi.~/t
year, corresponding to A. ~ 32, c1:ded. Jfonce, ouly 32 yenrs
nncl fifteen d:.iys, (Jewish time), h:tcl passed on this side of the
Christian era, nt h is clcnLh. . There is good evidence that ChJ·ist
was thirty i11 the nntumn of /\. n. 29, or six months before our
A. n. 30 l1cg:\ll. Hence, in the spring of A. o. 33, he wns thirty·
three ye,'l.rs ancl six months old.
It was remnrkecl in the early pn1 t of t.his chapr.er, thnt the
Jewish dispensation encletl with n "harvest." "JJift up your
eyes nncl look ou the fields; for they nre wl1ite alrencly to har-
,·est... I scud you to reap thnt wltere(ln ye bestowed 110 labom,"
,t;c, A111l as proof that this hnrvcst wns I.Ill\ closing work of the
.J cwish age, anil bclo11gc<l exclnsi vcl y Lo them, we give Christ's
f.l'Sti11111qy that li e was scot" l111t «.o t.hr. lost. shcnp of the ho11se
uf li:;1·ad ;" n11tl furth c1·, he woulcl 110L pcn11it. his IC re:ipcrs" to
1;0 to 1111~· o(,lil•r; "Uo 110L i11 I.ho way of t11(• G1•11tilce, n11<l into
 SADHATll. !)3

any city of the Samaritans enter ye 11ot." As proof Lhnt Lhis

age also ends with a harvest, I refer you to Matt. 13: or the pnr-
able of the " tares and wheat." "Let both grow togcLltcr until
tlte harvest" ... "Thn harvest is the end of the world.'' "Aud
in the time o( harvest .I 'viii sny to the reapers, gather ye to~ .
getl1erfirst the tnl'Cs."
A harvest is the time of gathering fruit, bnt ~he work of tl1e
gospel is so1oing seed. Hence, you arc not to mistake, nn <l sup-
11ose thnt the end of the world, aion, or ngc, has been the gospel
itself. The.end of the Jewish world (aion), came nt Ll1e fi~s t ad-
vent of Christ; "now once in the end of the wurld, (ngc), hath
he appeared .to putawny sin by the sacrifice of himself," (Heb. 9:
26); and the end of the gospel aion, comes at Lhe sccu11cl arlrent
of Christ. "\Vl1nt shall be the sign of thy comi11g, nutl of the
end of tbe world?" (Matt. 24: 3). "This gospel of the kingdom
slrnll be preached in all the world, ni; a 1oitness to all nn tions, nnd
tlwi shall the encl come," (verse H).
The har\'cst to the Jewish age, w:is the three nnd a-half years
of Christ's ministry; and the harvest Qf this nge is also one of
three years nnd a-half, to transpire rluri11g Lhc personnl prc::ence
of Christ; not in the flesh, but in the character, in which he
corn es to his "spit'itual house.'~ A 11d 'all the <letnils of the clos-
ing up of that nge have their parallels in the closing up of this
age. And, as from the death of J :icob, to the death of Christ.,
was 1845 years, ~o from the spring of A. n. 33, to the spring of
A. n. 1876, will be 1845 years, nt which time I.hey will h:we rc-
ceilrccl •i double," and when bl indness qegins to be turned away
from t!tam, the fullnc.58 of the Gentile:. will have come in, :i.ud
the gospel dispensation close.
But we must now drop this subject, as two or three oLher
lines of argument must first be presented, before this part of the
" double'' can uc
understood by the reader.
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TIIE JUllILEE.
"Verily l an.y uuto you, till he:wen nnd enrth pn.ss, ooa jot or ono
tit.lie shall In no wise pass frolll the law, till all bo fulfilled, (Mntt.
G: 18).
Jn this :l.f'gumcnt we purpose to i;Jiow I.hat. the system of sab-
haLl1~ innngnmLcd ns a parL of t.hc law, arc not ye t fullill ccl ;
1.haL t.licy poi11 t to t.hc grcnt jubilf!c, or rcsLituLio11 :igr. And
t lwt. ns t.ht'Y nrc 1wt yet. fulfillctl, Llwy cn11110~ pass ~way . 'l'h<•
H"l·('lll r1f (''l11111.i11g 1.l1c snl1\1a!.111\ a11 cl l.'n(d1 ,;11 r.cc.,•rl i11g j1d1il1•c.
 !I~ 8ADJJATH.
w:ui a part or Lhc law; hence, thnt system of countin!l cannot
pa,s1> nwny "till all be fulfilled;" and· that system of counting;
continued to t.1.ie present time, proves that the grtiat jubilee, or
"Lime~ of re.' ltitntion of all things," (Acts ii: Ill), began on the
· OLii of /.pril, A. o. 1875. -
'!'he "tfoies of the restitution," mean · the whole rc.'3titut.io11
age, which will ue at lca11t one thousand years, an cl l1ossibly three
hundred nnd sixty thousnnrl; nnd tho fact of then• h:nrii1g ·be-
g1m, in vol vcs not.hing more visible to ns th:m the [paro1~ial, pres-
ence, of Chri!it.1 an<l the progression of the worlc of the li.a1·uest
of this ni;e, And as the coming of Chrh;t nnd the harvest of
t.his ngc 1s n preparntory work of the restit11tion of.nil things, it
follows thnt thtise two nges, must lap, one on the other, ns t he
lnw nncl the gospel lnpped, a~ the first nrlvent. Since the work
of Christ wns both a closing work to the .Tewish ngc, and !l pre·
p:tmtory work of the gospel. That. t.he .Jewish a~e cl id 11ot cn<l
n11til Christ., who cnme to his ·own, l1a<I offered J111nself to I.hem
nnd hccn rejected, nncl fi11nlly left their· house desolate, nil will
admit, Chri11t was "borq under the l:iw, circumciserl the eighth
<l:iy," and during hi11 ministry and their 11• linrvest," tnught tlicm
to keep the law; "The scribes and rharisees sit in .illoses' seat;
nil therefore, ,.vhntsoever they bid you observe, thnt obsorue (tnd
clo,'' (Matt. 23: 3) i ::md yet Obrist came, "vreaching t!tc f!OS·
pcl,11 (.Mark 1: 15). Hence, you must not ue surprised if t.he
gospel nge, and the nge of the 1·estitution also, lap n little.
Enoh feature of the law is fulfillc~j11 that. to \Vltic)t it71oi11ts;
the mere keeping of it having nothing to do with its fullilrncnt.
For instance: If the Jews had continued to keep the fen.st of t.he
paschal lnmb down to the present time, that \'fouJd not Ii ave fol-
fillcd it; it pointed to Christ; aud must be fulfilled in him.
Some llnvc the iden thnt the lnw w:i.s all fulfilled at the first
acl,•ent, because f)f the following:" Think not that I nm come to
destroy the law or the prophets; I nm not come to destroy but.
to fullil," llatt. 5: 17).· J)ut he no more fulfilled all the lnw,
tha n l1c clid all the prophecies. He fulfilled nil conuected wit.Ii
the sacrilicc nncl Ahedding of blood, and nothiug co11ncctcd with
the /cing1lom. Even the p:i.ssovcr was fulfilled only so far ns the
slaying of t.hc lnmb; the eating of its flesh bas been going. on
nil through the gospel clispensntion; n111l the passover itse?f,
wh ich followed the eating of t.hc fl esh nncl spri11kling of the
hloocl, (sec 11.:xo. 12: 1-13), is no t yet fnllillcll; hut is to be, in thr.
ki11g<lo111 of Uo<l, (Luke 22: 15, 10).
/\~ tl1c law i~ fullillC\<l i11 that, to whi<d1 it. pvinl.!1, n1Hl all of tho
 ~AHUA'l'Jl.

ln w foresha.tlows IC goo<l° t.hings to come," :iu<.l there is a salib:\tlr

of rest remaining to the people of God, the snbbntic system
whic h points to that which is to come, has not passed away.
Hence, we are 011 a sure trnck, and if we carry ont tbe system
correctly tp its fi11nl conclusion, we shall reach n true result, ni<
i;nrely • ~!! that heaven nnd earth wou ld p:ts:::, ea.~icr tlrnn this
aystcm of snblmtlis prnve defccti,·e.
The Jews kept sLx kinds of snbbnths ; the seven th day, Exo.
a1: 15; I.Ire 7th week, Dent. 16: n; the 7 x 7 and 50th dav, Lev.
211: 15 1 which was the clay of Pentecost, nud wns fnlfilled.by tire
descent oft.he Iloly Spirit, Acts 2 :. They nlso kept a snbbath,
beginning 011 the 7th month, Lev. 23: 24; 1.he 7 tb year, Lev. 25:
4; nttd the 7 x 7 nod 50th ye:ir, J,ev. 25: 10. This l:i.st was a
IC jubilee/' which menns n reverti11g linck, 01· 1·f!stitt1tio1~. "In
the yenr of juuilec ye shnll return every mnn unto hill posscs-
sio11," verse 13. "I:epe11t ye therefore, n11cl be converted, thnt
yonr sins mny be blotted 011L, whc11 the timr.s of refreshing shall
come from the prcscllcc of tire Lord, m1cl lie sh nll send .Jesus
Ch.r ist, which before was prenchcd 1111Lo you; whom the hcnven
must receive 1111til the t irncit or 1·escit.111.ion of nil things,
wl1ich Goel hath spoken by the JllO\lt,h of nil his holy prophets
since the woHd beg:rn," Aut!l :J: 19-21. It seems thnt these
times of restitution of nil tl1i11gs, have been spoken of by every
prophet, either directly or i ndirect.ly. B11t llid Christ i;penk of
this restitution? for Ito was ;i prophet; "nncl J es11s answered
nnd snid unto them, Eli:is truly 11hall first come and rei;tore nil
things," Jlfatt. 17: 11. 'l'hen there is to be n restitution of all
t!Li?ig.,j the Sodomitc.'3, lndinns, Hottentots, .Jews, in fact, every-
thing lost by the fall. "As in Aclnm all die, so in Christ sl1nll
:ill be made alive/' becmiso there is to be n restoration of nll
things. A11d so unportant is this restit11tion that Goel hns spok-
en _of it by every prophet since the world began. Ilut dicl Dan-
iel speak of it ? Yes; I ·answer. First, in the type. of Nebuchad-
nezzer, who was made to represent the restitu t ion in nil its
phnzes. He lost his dominion, wns driven out with the beasts of
the field, nnd nt the nppointetl time hn<l n restitution of,nll thnt
he lost, with nn addition of glory nutl mnjcsty. DMiel nlso
spenks of this restitution ·of nll things, where he teaches thnt
"the kingdom is to be g ivc11 to the l'eoplc of the snints of the
most high;'' nnd thnt the lost dominion is to be thns restored.
Vi' nii .Toh n prophet? then he i;pcakg of t.lir restitution of nil
1.Jiingll. Arni 11aw? The whole book L1•acl11·i; n rc!';ti 1..n1.ion. no r!
i:11cak.~ i11 syn1bo ls·, pnrnules, nnd dark 11:1y111µi;; a11tl Llin whole
OU SAUHt\'l'H.
book of Job is au allegory, teacl1ing, a ~estit.ution of all things,
with an incrcnse of glory. D ocs ht• not Jose all that he has, and the
encl with him, was a" rcstitut.it>U of nll things?" llut Moses
wns a prop".i et, and has lte spoken of the res titution? Aye! and
in tones of t.hnndel'. A whole i-:1bbntic system org(lnizccl and
carried out to tench it. Head l A•v. 25': where we learn tha t the
~yst.em of snlJbnt.hs which culm i11:1ted in the jubilee, le:icls to a
fu ll and complete restitution of hoth person and inheritance.
The lnw prov iclecl six subbaths, tenninnting in 11 jubilee or rcsti·
t11Lio11 ; but bei11g only n shado w of good thi11gs to come, s11d not
the very snbstnnce, onl y pointed to t~e grea t n11d final rcst,it.11·
tlon, to which they failed of nttni11ing. 'flt etcfore, there remai 11-
et.lt a restitution, "and a kccpin)! of n sabbath to the pCOJlle o f
God;" nnrl if we follow· out it.s 11.'!lching~, we shall surely anive
nt t he substance.
The system of Rnbbaths was n l'ystem of mul tiples; The fiftietll
clny was rcnchccl hy mtiltiplyinf! ~even i:aubaths; "-And ye $hnll
count 1111to yon from the morrow nfter the sabbath, fro m tile <lay
Ll1nt ye bt·ought the sheaf of th1• wnve offering, seven snbbnths
shnll be complete ; even unto th1• morrow after the seventh !;ab· ·
bath, shnll ye n umber fifty day/\," L!v. 23: 15. A uel th!! jubilee
wn.s also thus reached; "And tlw n shalt nu rub e.. sev3n sabbaths
of yen rs nn to thee; scYcn ti nws seHn years i nnd the spnce
of the seven sabbnths of years 11hnll be unto thee forty and ni11e
years. T hen shal t thOll cause the trum pet of the jubilee to
sottnd,'1 &c., Lev. 25: 8.
The whole system of sabbarhs wns one continuous ro1111cl of
cycles, nnd multiplying one ir: l.1' nnother; and we have positive
instruction tk1t it poi11ts to so1111'thing' to come, in which it is to
be fullilled, and that it cannot t •:lSS away until all b e folfillcd.
H e.nee, these snbbntic cycles 11111st in some way continue in ac-
t.ive opperntion ; otherndse th11y have passed nwny; and passed
without a fulfilme11t. B ut AS they ccumut thus p ass nway, they
do continue. Still it mny be 11:1i,l , neither Jew nor Gentile, have
rooognizecl them for ucnrly th1't'O thousand years. · This is true,
nnd can bo explained thus: T his sy1>tem of cycles in Its very
n:ituro enlarges ; e1·cn in its ty1•ical char:icter, the increase waR
from a cycle o f 011a week up I·•' tl1;it of fifty yeMs; and while
Lhe smaller cyclcll wo11lcl nn~11r:1lly he brought to their continual
notice, the larger ones would h,• of less imaucdiate interest., nnd
the one of fifty ycnrs wo11 !1l r:1ss over tho111>:i11cls, who would '
m,:vcr expect t1l SC'C it oom;11111111:itcd, nncl, although tbeir inherit·
!lit~(! 11ti ~ hl linl'e f:tfl (• n into tht• h:i11dR o( nlien~, tJH')' Wllldtl
 SADBATH. 07
look forw11rd to i ~s res titution merely for their· children. A
multiple or the sixth s~bbo.th or nrtieth yen.r, into itself, is o.n ilu.-
mense cycle ; o.ntl notwithsto.nding God hns p romised to bring them
ba.ck to their. own lo.nd, 11 tho.t they shnll lie r estored to thei r for-
mer esto.te," &c. , &c., yet so lnrge hu.s been this cycle, that the Jew,
himself, h n.s lost his r eckoning, nnd in the ho.nlness of his h e:.ut,
forgotten to count. But though the wa.tch111e n hnve slept, He tho.t
keepeth Israel ·will not slumber. Hen\'en nncl cn.rth m n.y pa.ss, but
one jot of the la.w shall in no wise pn.ss, till a.IL be fulf1 11ed.
Though fifty times fi(t,y is o. la rge cycle, the restitution, spoken
of by the mouth of nil the holy prophets, the snbbn.th o( rest tho,t
re1ua.ineth to the people of God, will sur ely come; since this fea-
ture of the snbbatic law, mu!St ho.ve fi fulliltncnt; o.nd there ls
no other wa.y of conlinwi.n{J the jubilee cycl~s. IC they ceased,
some thousn.nds of yen.rs o.go, then the jit/Jilee cycles pn.ssed o.wo.y
without o. fulfilment. Dot they dill not pass n.wn.y, 11 0 mo.tte.r how
much m en mo,y ho.ve been in dn.rkness. 'l'be inheritnnc& lost to the.
Gentile "beo.sts 11 of the eo.rth. ls to IJe restored, o.nd thegrea.tjul>l-
lee c.rcle lms been l'unning its rouud, and wen.re now, both the
fl eshly o.od the spirituo.l children, in the midst of the events eon-
nectied with its terminn.tlon. The "h:1.rvcst" o r the worlcl has come;
the t ransition period from the gospr.l to the "Limes o f Hie r estitu-
tion.'' '!'he 11 fig-tree is putting forth it~ leaves," o.11(1 the sh!ldow
of coming events cnn be seen l>y tho:;e who nre wnlki11g in t h e light.
It does not seem to me possible tlmt U1e 'whole Dible h as llcen o.r-
rnnged so t hnt the Jnw, the prophetic numbers, n.nd the chronolo-
gy of the six thousand yenrs, shoultl ni l n.ppenr t o end just wham the
two p o.rts or Zion's wo.rfo.re ho.ppcn to be eqn n.l; or even thn.t a.
plo.usible o.rgwnent could be found bringing n h n.i·mon fou s ending,
Crom so mn.ny sources, unless there was some truth in these things.
Jf it be asked bow do you know t h e sixth 11ubbt~th, or flft ie.th yea.r,
should be multiplied Into itself, to rench the next gren.t jubilee, my
o.nswer i~, I do not know it. 1 only know there seems to be no
other wo.y of contim£in17 the cycles, which certa.inly were n. po.rt of
the lMv, nnd tho.t God ha.a a.rrn.nged the scriptures so thnt we c;a.n
~et t he s tart.Ing point; tha.t is, the cud o f the In.st jubilee und er tbe
fa,v, where tb.isgrea.t.cycle must bcgi11, if n.nywhere; o.ncl get it with
absolute certaint.y, on the so.me ch ronology thn.t brings every thing
else to this h armonious terrn inn.Uon; n.nd o.lso, thnt th~re a.re two en-
tirely distinct 'VlLYS !)( t rncing this reckoning through more thnn
three thousn,nd yeu.rs; o.nd by en.ch, the so.Ille dny1 the Gth of April
1875, is reached; o.nd I cnnnot 1.Jelieve such o.li$olute o.ccurn.cy coula1
come by chnncei therefore, I hn.ve to believe it comes from God.
In order toge& our do.ta. for reckoning the cycles, so U10.t we cnn
11.clvn.nce with precision o.nd certn.in ty, we h o.\re first to d etermine
where the system o( saubnths to the lan<L be~:i.n, o.nd where it end·
ed; Ior where tho typico.I cycles ende1l, the o.ntitypicnl began, else
there-would be n brcnk1 whe n n eitl1cr wou ld be in process. And
WC }tll.\'0 1i11thority for this reolt o11 i11 ~, s ince the 7 X 7 o.nd fiftieth day
wn.s so fulfilled. Although th<'- .i11/Hlces cen.sed 1 when they lost
tl 10 title to their land, 1it nuout. l.h <~ t ime o r this seven ty yea.rs cn.p-
tivity : tho 61\Cl'illco, t ho J>U.SSOV C I', t he O ITCi'illJ; o r first Cru(t, &c. &c.,
wero 111n.in t1ii11ed until they wcro fulfilled, in Christ. '!'his explnins
 SABBATH.
why t he J ews were kept in the condition in which tht>.y cou ld offer
sncrificcs for so many centuries o.fter they lost their lnu<lcd posses-
sions. 1f the sacrifice hn.u e nd ed at the B abylonian mptivity,
they would hn.ve pnsse<l tiwn.y b efore they were fuHilled; since they
we re fulfill ed in Christ, t h e great sat,Tifice to which th ey po in t.er!.
And ns they were a co11t.io ual ser•i ce, not m erely coming o.t the end
of cycles of ti111e1 they had to be kept up until they were fulfilled,
been.use hen.,·en 11n<I earth could pass easier thn.n an~- po.rt of the
lnw fa. ii, unt.il ii wn.s fulfilled. But wh en their dispensation was
1thout to en<l, nntl th e lust lamb which Goel co11ld re<'.og uize had
been s lain t.hcir h ouse was left desolate.. th e -rn.i l of the t~1111>lc was
rent, n.n utl1e 1mtitypion.l L:u111.J "cried, It iii ftnisl1ed;nmt l.Jo1ved his
he1~tl n nd gtt\'e U[l the g host." And from his re~n rrectinn. 1;111.rly ou
the ftrstcln.y oft.he week, the count.in!? the a.ntit yplca.l ~ x 7, o r lift.le-
th rlny h<'i<llll , II nu \\'llS COllS\ltnmnted in the <lP.scent. of the Holy Spir-
it. " A uel wh en r.he d1_1.y o f P entecost wns (ully com P., t.hey were all
with one accor1l in oue plu.ae; n.nd sml cl enly there c11111e " sound
from hea ,-en as o f u. rnshi11g mighty wind," ,e.vc. IActs 2: 1). /I nd o.s
the n,nt.it.~·pe o f the fifti!1th rf.ay was fu lfilled b efore llu>SI' 11y1.1les pnss-
ed 11w11y, w e 11111stloolt for ancq_unllyperfect rulfi lrnr.n tor t.h(• lnrger
rrcles: From all whi ch we gn t llt·r that whe re the typ r. 1~cu..'<r>s, tbe
n nt itype must begin : else t.be syst1:-m woul cl, for the t.in1 e, r.n1<R n.way.
Hence when I.h e t ypi<'nl .iullilee cycll'S epclc(l, the ant.it ypir.11.l 111usr
111\ ,.e bcg11n . ·
·• SpMk un to the chilflren o CIsrael, n.nd sn.y unto t.hl'111. W lirn ye
('.0111e in to the ln.nd wbid1 1 give you, then shn.11 the lrm.d keop a
i;ahbatll 11r1lo the Lord. Six years slmlt thou sow thy fiel1l , 11 &c.
(Lev. 25: 2). Here is wh ere the sn.bbatb.s 1-0 tho ln.nd begn.n, and
they were t-0 begin to count. t.he cycles. And th iR wn!I nt the cod
of tbe for ty years, at the time they cr ossed the Jordan .
JioYing lcn.rn ed when the syst.em benan our n ext i11qniry is, nl
what ti111e did th ei r ln."t i 11bil ~e cycle t enuinn.te? ' Ne kilo"' t.hey
luwe not con tinued Uds side of the Bal>ylonfo.u co.ptivity. for it wn.s
l\t thtLt time Goel giwe n.11 t.11e ea.rth iuto f,h e bo.nds o f the flr~t u ni -
verRal G ent.lie k ingdo111, n.ud t hey stiJ I hold it. H ence, tlrn Jew hos
hail no r e.'ltitntion o f his inheritance since then. J:lnt for t h is cn.l cn·
l n,ti on it; is 11ecessa.ry to h::we !.he e:r;cr1;t year of thei r terr11i1mt,io11 .
.From ent.eri11i; t.lte lo.11Cl, co.ch forty-nine year$ wo 11ltl co111plete one.
cycle, wJ1 en tlie Jlftleth, o r jt1l;lilee yl'!n.r, would b e nd1,led . Thus,
ea.cu fifty years, wot1ld cover n. M.bbtLticcy cle with Hs jnh iloe. And
M th e time frOlll e ntering the la.od, to the cn.ptivity, WllS [see the
nh ronologyl !i years to d ivision of the lo.n<l; 450 fo r the spn.ce o f the
juclge.s; 51il uml<'r M1e ki ngs, mu.lting 1i tot.a.I of !Hill years, we can
llOOn liJHl o ut. how llmny jubilees they h u.d. li0 j'.{OOS in 000, UJ times.
1ind l 0 yen.rs over. !J.'herefore, their lost j ubilee ended nineteen
yea.rs befor e th e c.npth;t.y. And t llis yon will find was A n111.rked
yea.i· in th eir history, since it wn.s th e /Jeyiwning of t ile currying
nwn,y (lf .leru~o l e111 r.npth·e by N el.Jnclln.<.lnezr.n.r, w h o co.111c 1\./];ninst
.fe r usu le111 iu t.hc third yca.r o f t h e l'eii;n o f .Teh oi11ki1t1 1 (D1u1. 1: l);
!Lt which Lime' n11.11iel 11110 IL lnrge purt of the nn,t ion wero l:fl.J'l'ictl
n wn.y. Hut .l ~· h o i nk i111 w11-s pe rmi tted to r e ign, hy p:~ying tribute.
A11tl 11,..o; hi' roig-11 t•<.l eleven Ytlars, his lnsLuif}flt, n.11<l 7.t!d ckin.h'~1·/111ia11,
w n 11ltl 1111\ lce r1 i 11c tecn . ll ell(.:e, it sce1ns Vod 1uu·111itlt,1l !.h eir cup
 SA B13A'l'l f. t)!l

tivity to l.>cgi11 ns soon ai> the last ~ypi cnl j11liilec cndc<l. But
uot 1111til the ninctc~nlh \·ear of Nt•u11chn<lnczznr which w:ts tht·
elevc11tlt yen.r of ZcdckiAii, (.lcr. 5'2 : 12.) 1 w:is th~ lrmtl mntle dcs-
ol:'L te so thnt it could cu jo y the forctohl "sevcnl,y p!ars11 of snh·
baths. llere is one of the mistakes mntlc Ly Jfohop lJsher, in
his c hronolo~y. lk, supposing the scvcu t.y ye:1r11 were simply;\
mcni;urc- of their captivif.?J, inste:Hl of the d<'solnLion of the ln11u
while it shonld enjoy its sabbnth11, very nntnr:illy l>egnn this
"i;cve11ty ye:irs," nt the time D:rni el null the greater pnrt of tho
1rnt.io11 were c:nriecl to Jhbylon, in t he fou rt,h year of .I ehoinki m;
:\lld therefore, eighteen yc:lrS tOO 80\ltl 1 Or cigh LCell years ucfore
the la.ml was mncle clcsolntc.
111 order to continue thcir system of j11uilct! c.yclell 1111til its
fulfilment, there must neerls l.Je a lnrger cycle, si11ce the
smaller ones lJn,·e long siucc cense1l; nncl as t.hc• fifth sabbath, C\1:
scrnnth yenr was mul tiplier1 into itself, 7 x 7, to bring them to
t.IH' sixth sabbath, or typical j11hikc ; so there is no otller wny
to 1neasure the sr.vcnt/i, t.l1e final grent jubilee ~n.IJbnth to which
:ill the otl1ers p oint, hut to multiply thcsixt/1 Of jubilee sn.l.ibath,
into itself.
Fifty times fifty, is two tliousnn<I :l1Hl fir e IJ1111clr<'d; n11Cl mcai;-
uri11g from their Inst j11hilcc or 11inc1,ec1 1 year::; lidore 11. c;. b:Jll,
would tenuinaic in A. n. 1875. Hut it m:iy be s~ i cl 11·e have 1io
posith·e i11stnic.ti011 tu cnrry out this system of s:ibl>nt.hs to it.s
fulfllment. 'l'his I gr:iut ;, bnt, positive insLrnctio11 nlwa.yA ct.ids
\\•ith the letter of the law; what the lnw teadirs, is somcthiug
beyond the mere lei.Lor. 'y c nil 1111dcrstand that. the slaying of
a laml.J on the evening of the fourteenth of the first mouth. was
designed to tench so111ethi11g l.J<'yonil the Jett.er; aucl that the
spiritually minded Jew was supposcc1 to see his l\Iessiah iu tho~u
typc11. Ilcre is just where the Jews f:lile<l. "The word prcnolt-
cd <licl not profit tliem, not being 111ixec1 with faith in t.hem thar.
heard ;ll cc So we see that t.hc.y cou ld 11ot enter in uccnuse of n11-
bdicf; Let us, tbol'efol'e, fear lest a promise ueing left us of Oil ·
tcring into liis rest any of yo\1 shall scc111 to co111e shorL of ,it,"
(Heb. 3: HI, n.nil 4: l, 2). 'l'hc Jew i11 his 1111bclief, saw only tho
lc t.le r, a.nd nothing to which the law poi11t.c<l. 1u otl1cr wortls,
lie 11:1 w nothi11g that., in nnd of it.self, w:i.s of auy v:tl uc. lle11t:t',
it did 11ot profit hill). And woulcl you, too," falhflertlicsnm c
t\xn111plc of 1211bclief ?'' If so, you will, i11 the present case,l'itop
with the typical j11bilccs. 1 r;liall look forward Lo wh:tt. those
s:~lil,ntic cycles were 1lcsigne< l t.o rr:11••h; n11tl th11s "lnliour to c11·
tcr i11to Lluit rest." .Autl, :is I am sm•e t,hc system of ju Iii Ices wen~
lUO SAJ3BAT1I.
clc:tignt:cl to tench the great tinnJ jubilee, or restiL1ttio11 of all
1.l1i11gs; aucl _also am sure the system. of multiples, which wns not
only n "Jot," I.Jut n \Jig p:wtof the l:iw, cannot pa11s away uni.ii it
is Ml fnllilluJ i I° ;:;h:iJJ, n11fl do, plant my faith, not on the l:l\I t 1111t
011 11 linL tlic lnw.aVi(l the prophets te"cli. "lf ye love me, keep
rny com mn11d111c11ts." "Search tlie Scripe1wes, for they arc th ey
that testify of 111e;·• :11111 they testify of him, not so much in Lhe
l ~uc r ns in their t1·ue 111enning. The lamb, t estified of Christ.
T he jnltilce, or rcsLil.11tioH, testifies of him, whom" the ht' n1·c11
111 nsl rcctti vc 111tlil the times of rcst.itut.iou o( all 1.hing~." Think
tHll thM uy merely honoring the nmne of Clffist, you can cuter
i 11w t.ltnt. rc;:;t, while ha rboring in )Our ltcnrt the very 1111lot:lief
th at Rliut. out t.lte .Tc11-. It is not your church record, IJ111. Go(l'::.
11·or,l thnt i;hnll judge you in the J~1st chy.
J\ <> 1.lic !:\st typionl jubilee emled 11i11etee11 ycnrs lJcrorc Lite
~c ve11t.y yenrs desolation begnu, you will rendily see tl1 nt liy
n•llli11g t lttt I !l, iO nnd 5:10, t o ,... n. 1875, you get 2500, tltc totnl
111 5 fl ;( 511. Jlc11ce1 IJy !this argnnHmt, we bnYe alre:uly c11tcre<l
" tlw tin1cs of restitnti()Jl of all things," at which time tlte re·
torn of <Jltrist is due. l<'or we learn th:u when Christ hnd as-
tc111dcd into the IIoly Pince, "the 11e:weo must retain him 1miil the
1i111cs of restitution of n.ll things/' (Acts 3: 21). And if his re·
t.11r11 is 1luc 1 the "hnn-cst" of the earth is due. "Bu t ns tl1a
days o f Noah were so shall the [parousitt] presence of the Son
of m:rn he," (l\fatt. 24: 37)
\\. c ltnd better not be too certniu thnt among nil the mist..-ikes
11f uotlt the Jew and Genii!~ church, f who were both to stumole,
" fo r he shnll be for a stooe of stuml>fing, and a rock of offence
to l•otli the houses of Israel;" tha.t is, the house nfter tJ1e Oe:;h, and
t he house after the promise], ti.lat there lins been 110 mistnko in
1·cl:1tio11 to the mttn11cr of his comiug now :is well as at his 6xst
ncl r en t. ,
Our next argument, or ns we will call it, the other half of this,
is 11r:1w11 from prophecy. For the law and the prophets are 0110
n11d i11sepnrablc in spit-it. Ile.nee, truth iu nil those glorious sub·
jccu:;, is d ouble, or like a« two edged sword." ·
When the :ibove nrgumeut, as drnwu from t.l1e j1tbilee cyclm~,
was first seen by the writer in the spring of l SH; it was not the
rcsul l of a long course of iuvcst.igntion, like 111ost of these argu·
111t•11Ls, lt11t of a sudden lw.ppJ! tho11gltt, o r, liar! it been on so1110
1111 rc co 111111on theme, I shoul1l ha,·c said 11 i11spirnlio11." But nt
1

t h 1• ~!111 11' mo111cnt t.hat t he id ea occ111Tcd thaL frolll their !:1s t

I y1111·nl jubil ee, to tire 11111.itypc, should _b'c a oyule of a wulLiple
 SADl3ATII. 101
of their largest ancl fa11t sabbn!.11; Lhc itlea nlso occ111·rec1 thr1t ns
the" scve11ty years," commonly c:illccl Lhe captiviLy, ~"re ile-
signcd of God for the purpose or permitting the land tn e11jvy
i ts sabbatks, and that their captivity was only :t secomfary mat-
ter, not even measured by the "seventy years," si11ce Dnuil'I :tn<l
the greater part of Lhe 11ntio11 1 were carried away eighteen yea1·s
before thesc\"Cnty hegnn. 'l'hc idea occurred, l say, tbat as this
"scveoty yen.rs" was "that t.be l:tnd might enjoy her snlihat hi:;,"
it ought to lie tho key to the whole snbb:i.tic system. 1 k11cw
God had said "tho ln11d did not enjoy her snbbnths while they
dwelt upon it;" nod thnt it had not enjoyed its 11nbbMh!l since
it had been "trodden down of the Gentiles." And yet l~o<l
ci:iimcd that. it lta.d enjoyed them; Lhnt he lind n1ndc it.. d1JJ1.olc1le
till it had enjoyed them; n11d that he hntl mn<le it llesol:1t11.~..,u­
enty years Io r thnt very purpose, (sec 2 Cb ron. 3C: 21). 11 ence.
the very n:i.lur:i.l suggestion, thnt seventy, sho11lcl in some way
lie a measure to the spitem of s:i.hh:ttln1 to tha lnn<l ; anrl the
question imm edi:~tcl y )'t'esentccl itself, will 1101. t.ltc Lime from
entering the land of promise, whore this system of 1;nl>l.J:Hhs bc-
(/Ctn, t.o ,\. n. 1875, prove to l>e just se1·e11ty of these cyl'll's? I
was in the street, some distance from rny o!licc., when these two
lines of argument, IJoth ne11·, presented themsel ves. 11 wns in
th(), cvcning1 a11d, n1> I could not sec to add up the figures nntil
rcaclti11g the oftiee, I immcdin.tely tul'llecl my face homeward; I
wnlked fast,, but walkiug was too slow; I ran through theslrecLs
of the city, c:iger to get; to pnper and pencil; nnrl 0, the thrill
of joy wheu l found the result, viz: tha.t from their last ju bile(', ii
jttbilee of jubilees, or, on the other h:ind, seventy cycles, 111ens-
ul'ing from.where the syslem began, would in either case termi-
nate on the cnh of April, 1875 1 then some six months in the fnture.
T he great. Hood of light th~t is now s hiuing 011 "the c11c1 of
tile world," was obscure at thnt time, nnd from tho forne of old
tradition!', I niturally expect.cd more in the spring of 1875, thn11
these argumen ts warranted. I ndeed, l tlleu suppc>sccl the great
changes at haud, would, in some way, be carried out OJI the
plane of tho Hcsh; and that :lll t.he worlrl might see nnd knflw
what was going on; forgetting that "ai> it 11·as in the <lays of
Noah, so shall it be also in the da!f:J of tlto Son of l\bn ;'' nn<l
1.1\at they 1rerc to go on plauti11g, building, and niniTyi11i; :1rnl 1

k11ow not. -
• In the par1. Clf this argument hnse<1 011 the 1:1.w, yon will 11nti~·c
t.ltc cycles 111·1• nil c:1rricd out in rx:tct. l\C\~C1rd:1ncc with 1h1· law.
'flint is, o:wlt of t.lwf!c fifty cycles arr. c1l111plNc, tin! j~1rf!/·11i11a
I 02 SABBATH .
yc111·s with tlieir jubilati year added. . But 50 x 50 woulc1 tlins in-
cl ud e fifLy jubilee years; nml, as wo arc 111easuring to a jubilee,
Lhc l:i.r;t yen1· of the l:,,st. IHLy must be left olI, since the great jtt·
bi loo inkcs the place of the Inst one; otherwise two jubilee years
wonftl meet; llntl thero is no case in the l:nv where two sabbnths
of the snrue nature come together. Indeed, in the fnlfiilmcnt
nt the first nclvcnt, t.he nntitypical Lnmb took the pince of the
typical J:\ml), 011 t.he e\·cning of the fo11l'tee11th day of the fi1•st
111n11th; n.ml thuir ~yi;Lcm ended, :rnd they were rejected, firn
tt:iys beforu, or when Uhri!it rode into Jerusalem, the llny the
typical lnmbsh onltl havcbeent:ikcnup, (seeExo.12:3). Jlcncc,
the beginning of Llie Jewish ecclesiastical year, in l 87 5, was Lhe
hegi1111ing of the n.ntitypical jubilee, or "times of restitution."
The ./ ewish ecclesiastical ycnr begins with the first new moon
nfter the spriog equinox, and by COJIBUlti11g an 1875 almanac,
yon will see that. this wns due Oil the Gth of April, t.he J ewisli
ycnr ending with the 5th. Unlike tl1isnrgumcnt whioh ie based
on 1.lie la1Y, the one we aro about to prcseut, bnsed Oil prophecy,
carries out t.hcsc cycles 11ot nccorcliag to tho hw, bnt ncvording
to ti.Jc actual facts i11 tbc case; since prcphccy describes events,
not. as t.hey ought to he, bnt as they actually arc.
So long as jttbilco yenrs occuned, these cycles were fifty years
t'ach; when jubilees ceased, the cycles wc11L on, having but for·
l y·n inc yeurs, (Lev. 25: 8), to each cycle. 1Ie11cc1 we find the 1tine·
t ct!ll cycles, which passed wliilo they were in possession of the
la11cl, have the jub1lce, or fi ft.icth year, ad clod; nn'l the fijZy-one
cydns, which lrnve passed since the typical jubilee ended, are
C) clcs of onlyforty-niue yenra eri.ch.
Seventy is the key; 19 and 51 make 70. Hence, from where
Lhc system Legan, we should tiud uiuetcou complete cycles, nntl
tlHy-one incomplct.e; :iud tbns co1111tetl, t.hey should meas-
ure from the end of t.hc forty years iu LllC wiJderness, when
they crosi;ed tho .Jord:in on entcri11g tho prorui1>Nl l;md, to Lhc
spri ng of 1875. T his is n. loug time, and if there are mislakes
in t.ho chronology, such nlJsolutc ncc11rncy ns is here demnndcd,
in order tbat tlic la"· and the prophets shnll :igrcu, ought to de-
velope suoh mistakes.
N inc teen cornploLe cycles, or l 0 timer; liO, i!i 050 yc:irs. Fi ft.y-
onc incomplete cycles, or fi I Limes 411 is 24 on; nnd toget.la:r,
make :lH 9 ycnrs. llcuoe from entering Lhe promised land, which.
1rns i11 tho spring [on Llie te11Lh <li1y uf the {irRL 111011th, .Josh. 4:
I lJ I, to the 11pring uf A. u. 1875-thaL iR, Lhe c111Lof 1874-should
J,o1 , H!l years. :->cc ch1'lrnology 011 1•ngo 7G;
 SAill3ATII. lO:J
F rom the encl of the forty y ears at which ·.imc they cuter·
eel Lhc land,
IC
'l'o division of land, 0
Under the J nclgcs, 450 IC

Under the 1\i11gs, 513 cc

The enptiYit.y, 70 "

cc
To CLristiao ern, 53G
This side of the Christ.inn cm, l Sl·l "
Tot:_i.11 ~ .1 ~ fl yen rs.
It will be noticed that the six: thousand ycnr,r; of lhc chronol-
ogy, ended ~ri th 1872 full years this sirlc of the Christia n era;
nml some may wonder why these cycles slionld not lerniinatc
11·ith the six: thonsal)(l. I nmnrnr : Go<l co11smnes lilllci11 all his
w ork; "And (.Jou m:lde the finunm ent, :rncl diridt'd tltc walers
which were 11n<ler tl1e firmament., from 1.he wntcrs which were
abo\'e the firmament. J\nrl the erc11i11g nncl the morning were
the second clay. 13ut, L ord, why 11ot lia,·e 111adc it all the« first
day?" yon may nsk. God is n Uo<l of or<lcr, :1111l nlthou~h t11e
might closit-e t liat all the prophetic pcriorls shnll term in ale 111 one
and tho snme moment, accornpnniccl with n crash of worlds nnd
a. wreck of matter, that is not his way. "The han-csL is tho end
of the world; anrl iu the time of harves t I will say to the reap-
ers, gath er ye togethe r.first t he tart's, nnd hi111l thc•m in b1mdles
to burn." Again yon may ask, but why not g:itl1cr the" wheat.''
at. the same time? There ::i.rn no two prophct.ic peri(ldl! end ing
at one and the sarue time. But. we arc 11ow in "the time of the
end," when Dnn. 12 : 4, is being fulfill ed, nnd the silnl of tlrnt
book broken. • ·
The cnrcfol render· will obserYe that as tlrni;r snhjects unfold,
t.hc lines are beiug dmm1 closer and uloscr. And if yon ha,,e the
.wilt, nud desire to walk in the li gh~, you ca 1111ot much longer
doubt tli:>t from a Bible standpoint, wc arc lil'ing in ·a grand and
gln1ious epoch of the world's hist.ory; no l c.~s n time than the
chwn of that" Sabbath of rest that remninctlt to tho people of
~otl;" when the church, the 1·cal body of Christ, will be made
like unto his glorious body, ancl Zion '' put on her be:w tifu l gar-
ments;" u anti hast m::u lc us unt.o our Gotl kin~s and priests, nnd
wc Rhall reig n 011 the cnrtli."' But rerncmhl'r l hr d1urd1 1 the
trne seed, arc to be i11 the li ght. "Y" 1Jrctl1n•u are not in <lrtrk-
nr.ss that lh ne day should overtake yo11 us n 1.hi·:f." "F'1_1r s11relJ.
the L ord Gou wi ll do nothing, but he rc1·cnl1 111i hi s i:crn.;ts Lo his
scrv:rnts thr prophats."
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1'IIE HOLY PLACE.
idtl11 git thcrn is no prophetic period pointing directly to lite
second coming of Clll"i~t, yet the m~nns are 11ot wnn tiug Lo dc-
l<>rmine when lie wns due to leave the lloly Place, :m<l about tbc
time of hi~ return to earth. Hut his leaving the Holy l'hce:111<l
Iii$ return to e:>tth, nre not ncccssnril y due at tho same time.
011 the otl1er hnncl, there is evidence tltat· considernble time in-
t1.:rrt'ncs lictwccn these l'nmts. In Acts 3 : Zl, we learn th:lL
"tl1e ltc.'l\'Cn must receive him m1ti1 the times of 1·est it11tici11 of
nll tlti11gs," which hns been proven by the jubilees, to have be-
g11 11 April Oth, 1875; and we a re now about t.o pro\'e Ll1nt he
nrnRt hnve left tile U o ly Place on the tenth d:iy of the senmth
111onth, occurring October 22nd, 1874; or six mouths before the
"t imcs of rcst.itutio11" bcann.
:\ oc.orcling t.o tlte law, (L~v. 10: 2!1, 30), the a.tonement nrnRt
lH' made-t.h:\t is, fini ~hcd o r complctctl-on tl1c 10th <lny of the
RCl'l't 1th month; and t.ltis occurrecl once every year. "Bnt ChrisL
ii: nnt entered in to the holy pince made witb hnn <ls, tlJC figure
of the tTnc, but in to heaven itself, now to appear in the presence
of Gci<l for us; nor yet that he should hnve offered hiruself ofte11 1
as the h igh priest entered in to the holy pince e \•cry yeat: with
the blood of others ; fo r t hen he must of te11 have suffered, since
tl1c foundation of th e world. J3nt now, once in the end of the
worl<l [uion, o r age] hntb he appe:u·e<l to put aw:iy i;in by the
sacrifice of himself; antl u11to them that look for him, (to uo one
rise], iihall he appear the second time wit.bout sin u11to salva-
tion, " (Li eb. D: 24-28).
H erc, ni; " yell as e lsewhere, the npost.le clearly sho ws thnt
Christ hns beei1 filling t,liis fc:iturc of the law, and the time, that
i~, the fact that the a~onement must be made on the 10th day of
thC! sc1·cr1th month, is made more promi11ent in the law, tb:~n is
any other feature of the atonement. And for the high priest to
hn1·0 attem pted it on any other than t he 10th day of Lhcseventh
month, would have bee11 death Lo him. Hence, this "jot," or
rather t.h is prominent fc:\t11re1 must lie fulfilled . Tlte events :1t
tl1e fil'st. :\d vent, the sufferin g of Christ on the exact time for t he
r;J:iying o f I.he In.ml>; tltc rciw rrocLion and the coun t ing off of
Lhc fifty clnyi; to Ll1c P c11 ll'CORt before the ll oly Spirit. was Rent,
:di 111·01·c t.lmt the ctcrncnt qf 'l'i111e is as cnrcfolly obi;crvcd in
Llll' fulfiiltnc11t of the hw, as ja u11y other part.
\\" lwtlicr Christ enLcre<I into tho lloly l'lnco OI\ the JOt.h dny
of tll\• r<r1·l'11U1 mo nt.h, wt• ltn.vc no 111 c:\llS of k11owin g. Ilisresur-
 THE l!OI.Y l'LAVR lUCi
rcction nntl ascension, nc which time he c11tcrc.:d i11to Lh t·" t:>.Lor-
nnclc not mncle with linnds," was in the i:pri11g. Hut in th1.:Jittl-
tern. of the ~rue, "there was n tnbcrnnclc 111:1111·; the fi rst wherci11
t here wns a c:1111llcsti'ck', a111l the tnlJlc n11(\ th1.:shcw-hrcatl,11hich
i!I cnllc<l the s:incwnry. And al'tcr the sct·1111cl vnil the taliern:i-
cle, which is calle1l i.hc ltolicst ,,f nil," ( Il ciJ. !I: 2, 3). J\114]
whether Chri11t cnt.crc1l i111.o the scco11tl, allll holic.st of :ill, Le-
fo re the 10th day of the seYcnth 111on tli, we have 110 m1::111s ul'
knowing, only for the high pric~t to hn,·e 1lu11c 1011, wo11ld hnvc
l1rokc11 the law. But whether Christ c11tc·n·d 111 on the 1C1tli thy
of ti.Jc 1;e,·cnth m o nth or not, entl'l·i11!1 in, is not makinµ the
ntonc1111.:11t, which fro m the followi11g, appl':trs t11 rnc:111 ./ini1</t-
in!7 it: "1\1111 there shall be 11 0 111n11 i11 the tnlJcrn:u:lc of the co11·
gregation when he gocth iu to rnnkc th1• nto11c111r11t in the holy
phct•, until he cu111 11 uut, um{ /,(Ive 111nd1, t/11• nlo111•111e11t,' ' (Le,. J 1;:
!'i). Ucncc, nccorcling to the la\\·, nol one jot nf which can fail,
Christ mu1>t complete: the :ito11cme11t nml ru111,. u11t 011 tlit• 10th
day o f Lh<: i;cvcuLh m onth. And t.hc 0111• ncc11rri11g Octolot•r 22,
1SH, w:is the last. one prior to the llcgi11n i11g or the "times of rcs-
t it 11 t ion," w lien tho hc:t ven could 1111 lougrr n•t ain hi Ill. B11 l
there is :111other line of propl1ccy, 11.1:1ki119 lhl' n•surrcrli(ln :tlso
rluo, t o hn\'C corn rn euced in 1.liu i;prn1g ol JSi5 . s11mc lift.y tlnys
before t.he "Limes of l'Cstitntion" bl'g:rn i from :ill of which cvi-
deuco, we n1·e compcllo1l to believe thnt. Christ left the lloly
!'Ince, on t.he 10th d:iy of the seventh iuo11Lh occurring in Octo-
ber, 1874.
lfot, ns before remarked, his oomiug out nf tl1e 1 loly Place
and his return to enrt.h, m:i.y not be i1u111cclintcly rcl:tted. JI ~
ascended to heaven in th.c spriu "', nnd yet,, :11·rording to the lnw
hei:;hould not h:tl'C c1-1tcred the Jl9ly l'lnrr, thnt i~, the t:iberna-
de, llcvond t h<' second vail, until the i:c~ time, and wonld thcrc-
fo1c wait from spring to ::u1t.111n11. l:'o llll\\' hi<; coming on t of tl1e
"holiest. o f u.ll ''was due in the :lllL11rn11of1 87 4, while hii;rctun 1
t o enrth w:ts n ot dua until the followin g spri11g.
In deali11g with these lo fLy s111ij1·cts it l1crn111cs Ill' t<> walk
cn.rcfully, :wd make. 110 statements hcy11111l whnL is \\ l'itlc11, for
we arc trcadi11g o n holy g ro un d. NC\'CrLhell'si:, "he Lhnt hath
my words, let him spc:ik my wonls" for when Gorl sct.s wntch-
rncu 011 the wnlls of £.ion they mu~l 11ol holtl their pence.
\Vhe11 clai111ing that Christ has Clllll l ' lht' srconrl ti11lC'. we cln
1101. wish Lo h<' 1111tlcrsloo<l :is chi1111n~ 1ls:1t 111· is her\! w:dki111r
0

tl11• 1•:1r1h in nn 1•art lily hrnly; i111l1•1•.t ll11•n• 1c; 110 )'l'O!I( tlc;1t 117.
l'<llllCS Lu the earth at :ill, n11Lil itc <' •lllll'i: "w1tli all his ~:1i11t:-,''
 JOU THE ROLY PLACE.
nt the b:nUc oft.be great day; and tlw:ti "his feet shn.11 stanc1 up-
on .t.he 01011111. of Olive!!." Hut, 011 the other bnn<l, wo clo not
wish to be understood ns claiming that be hns come only in n
~Jlil"ittwt sense. Jie bas ncv~r lefL the e:trL11inn 11pi ri tual 1$ense,
"Lo, l a111 with you nlways, even to the end of the w·orltl."
" Where two or three arc met together in my nn.me, tlie?·e am 1 ,
in t.hoir rnirl;;t.." HuL we wish to be understood ns cl:~iming, from
clear Script11re e,·idcncc1 that ho has come inn spiritu:1l bo,ly, to
!ti« church, who are to be maclo like hi111; as lit.er:illy ns he cnme
t.hc first. t.illl t: in a l1o•ly of flesh, to hracl i1t t.he flesh; nnrl th:'lt
t.hu gos1wl clis)'e11sation is as truly cm.ling, ns wns the Jcwi:<h dis·
]H!l1S:\t.i{1t1, nL his first llthcnt. Tltc coming of the 1' uay of the
the Lonl," n11 1l Cl1rist.'s comiug LO the 1110 1111t of Olive!'1 nre not
the s:inic. The dny of the Lord comes, wl1en men :ire sn.ying
"f'C:ice :111d ;;afety;" lint when ChYist i:omes to the earth, it is at
ti.le Lime nil natiu11s are assembled against J erusalem to bat.tic.
There was 11c:11·ly :i. pnrnllel case of n spiritual being, hn.vi11g :\
11·urk t.O du, anrl remaining 011 ear th for yea1-.~, at the resLitution
o f the .J ewish c hurch from Uahylon, and Christ is 11ow aho11t to
take his f'C Oplc out of "Babylon." Hend the ncc-0unt, ns g ivc11
iu n11n. 10: and b1.:i1w a prnphet, aud God clesigni11g to re-
cord the circu111stauce1 Daniel ~'as permitted to.see ltim. "Then
I liftctl up mi11e eyes, nnd lookccl, a11d bel10W, u certai 11 man cloth-
c1\ i11 li11en, whose loins were girdetl wi th fin e golc1 of Uphaz.
Jlis 1.iocly was like the beryl, and his face as the apµ camnce of
lir;lttniug, aud his eyes as Jn.mps of fire, nn~l ltis arms a111\ his feet
like in color to polished lirnss, antl the voice of his words like
1.he Yoicc of n m11lt.it1tde. .1\ncl I, Daniel, nlo11e saw the visio11;
for the men that were with me snw not. I.he vision, but a great
<Jlrnking fell upon t.hem, so t.lu\t they lied Lo bide themselves...
J\ncl there remained no strength in me, for my comcli11css Wll.8
turn ed i11 inc into co11·uption ... , And he said nnLo me, Fe:ir
not, Daniel, fo r from t.lt o first cfay that thott cli<lst sot thine heart
t.o u11c.1erst:rn<I, and to c ha.st.en Lltysolf before thy God, thy words
were heard, and I :lll1 come for t.liy words. lJut tltc p1·ince of the
ldn.1il01n of l'e?·sia witltstood me one and t'l/Jenty clays; bnl: lo,
J\J ichnel, 011e of the chief princes came Lo hel p me; 1md Irr.·
mainl!.cl tltcre 1oitlb tlie kings of P01·sia. 1' Again Daniel louses h·t~
strt:ngth . ".And there c:imo ngai11 :rnd touched tr.c, like the ap-
pc:1r:111cc of a man, and he sLrengthcncd me; :iud sai1l, 0, 1111111
greatly lwl1lve•l, fear not; l>e stroug, yen, bcstro11g. And whl'11
ht• liad i;pokt111 111110 i111 ~, J wa~ strc11gt.l1c11ed. Tltet11lai 1l ho, k11011·.
c~ I 1h o11 for 1.ho11 lrnowcst] wherefore I con111 unto thl1e? Aud
 THE HOLY PLA CE. 107
11ow will I ruturn to fig ht with thu p1·inceof l't·r~ia. :\11.t tlit"l'l'
nre n<H1c tlint lwhlcth with me in these Lh i11gs hut. Mirlt:wl, yo111
pri11c~ . ~\Iso fin tl1e first year of JJnrius, tl1e l\lcdc, 1wcn I stood
to confirm :m<l to stre11gtheu him."
In order t o get a clcn r ide:i. of the stat.e of t..h ingll, I will ob-
serve thnt this re r clntion wri.c; mad e t.o Dnnicl in "the tltil'<l ycn1·
of Qyrus, king of J>... rsin," ('·ersc 1). That Dnrius, the .l\l ccl 1~,
wns the fat.li er-in-lnw of Cyrus, ancl bntl reigned two years before
0yrns took the throne : hence, t..h is gloriu11s 1•e1·sonnge before
whom Dnniel hntl co11 t i11 unlly to IJe st.re11gthunc1l, in order t.o re-
tain tll() power to stnn<l, w ns with Dnrins fh·e years before ; he
wns also wi th Cyrns, who withstood him one :rnd t.wcnty dnys;
ancl nftcr making a Te\·el:i.tion to Dnnicl, ha returns to fight wiLh
t.he pri11ce of P ersia; nno l\Jichael, IC the nrcltangcl,'' 11';\S his IJ11ly
Mten<lnnt. l!ead the llescrlptio11 of Cli ri!<t, IC he who was dead ,
and is aJi,·e for ever more," ns .Jolin saw hi111, (Be\'. I: 12), nnd
ytiu can h:wcl ly fail of rccog1ii?.ing t.hC' !<!ltrre pr1·sm1~gc here. I le
Ju id nside his glory when ho took upon hims<.'lf the form of n :;cr-
v::i.nt 1w<l bccn me flesh; but when he lwd confJ1tcrcd (loa th, he
toC>k \1po11 him the glory he had witl1 ~he Father "bofo1•r: tho
world wns." H cnco, U:i.nicl :i.ncl John hoth saw hint; nntl tho
npostle could s:i.y, "Yen, though we lt:t\'c ku own Christ. n[tcr 1.ltC'
fl esh, henceforth know we him no more." But how <lid he light
with Cyrus, and liow did Cyrus withstn11Ll him 110 long? Let
God be his 0\\'.ll interpreter : "Now in the first year of C')'l'Ull,
king of P ersia, thnt t.ha word of tha Lor<l spoken hy the mu11th
of J eremiah might be fnllilled, the Lord stirred up tl1e 11pirit of
Cyrns, king of J'crsia, th:tt. he mad e a procb1'n:tLion,'' concerning
t.hc return of l srncI from Babylon, (2 Citron . 3Cl: 22). \Jynts
must be i:nbdued to r.ha will of God; the 1wo11hct llarl said that
he shall let Israel go, nnd God ha<l to b end hi11 will until he wns
in harmony with Lhnt prophecy. And man, hci11g :i free. al!cn 1:,
lrn.:i the will-power t o withstnnd everything but Lhe iniini te.
'fhjs, I apprehend, w:i.s thefir1htin!J that wa.s clone. "The wr!lth
of man sbrrll praise hi m, 11.nd. the remainder he wi ll 1·cstrain."
But tha.t Cyrus or D:triull, saw that g lnrio11s personnge, nn<l open-
ly and boldly withst.ood him until nssisL:inc1;cn1nc from !'llichacl,
the nrchangel; wh\ln Daniel falls · :ts de:id bcfor<.! his presence, .
even when 011 a mission of pe:tcc, of course no one could hclicrc.
.Spiritual beingll are nnt. \·isihle to men in the flc::1h wiLl11111L a
special rnvclation. Ilcncc, there is not the slightest s~1 i11tu rnl
ground LO OPJ'Ollc t.hC! fncL that Cl1rlst. is :ignin prcscrnt, and that
1\ficl!:1cl, his assist.:rnl., ha.~ also ng:i in retnrned th 1.1:1l'Lh. 'l'ltc-
 BESUBREOTION.
"ti111c of t ro11blc, n is nlrca1ly begun; t he times of rcRtituliou
:il;;o h:lve conrn1c11ccd; n11d ngni11 Babylon is to be withstood,
a11•l 1' ro111c out of her, my p eople," to be nccomplisl1ed; ."and
nt d1:\L 1.irue :-;hal l l\licl1:Lc.l sta1:il 11p, the g ren.t prince tli::it stn111l·
nli for thy [Ihniel1s] people; n.ncl t here shnll hen. time of trou-·
blc such a:; 11t•1·e1· was since there 11· a s a 11ntion; nml at that Lim e
thy people i;liall be tlclivercd, :mil many that sleep in the cl11st of
th t• !'!lrth 1<h:dl nwn.ke,·• (D a n. 12: 1)-
\\ • 1• n n • 1·fonrl r i11 the m i.lst of these great nh:111~el', nnd why
11w11 will lt•I, pr1:j1rclic1?stnml in the way of their mve.c;tigation
11·111dd SCC'111 wu111lcrful, if we tlitl not know tl1n.t no m!ln cnn
co nu• ex1:cpt the Spirit, dr:i w him, n1Hl thn t "the wicked shall 110
wirked ly, :ind 11011e of the wicked ~ ha1l 11111lerstn1111. 11
IJ11ri11g his stnr on earth, t.hat. forty <hys nftt·r hiR rcsurrcc·
1.io11, ltis ll'hcrcnbo111.i:;, except :it tl1e few brief inten·iows with
Iii!! di!lciplci>, wns ns unknown as at the present time; ann wlicn
he 1li<i :1ppc:1r to them, I unc1erst:i111l that. he :ippc:ire<l under the
nil of tll·sl1. Bnt thnt not" he h:is no occasion to thus up·
pcarj then he 1licl :t('pr :ir i11 the secret chambe r, "the doors be·
i11g sltu t;" and in the wilderness of ·Gnlilec, bnt now '' if they
:-;Judi say 1111t1J yon, bc.:lwlc1, he is i11 Lhc desert, go not forth; he-
holcl, lie is i11 the $Ccrtt cl1amber, believe i t not, f o r ns the light·
nin.<J, so sh:1ll the Son o f mnn be," &c., Nor is there :i.ny cvi-
11cn1~ e thnt we llhall sec him, 1111til we :\l'e like him, :111(1 "see biru
ns he is."
---o- - -
TIJE UESURRECTION.
\\Tc no 'r pnrpost! to show tltnt the time was rlue, :m<l the1·e·
fore the .''(•i;urr1•1·tion llf'g:i11, in the i;p_ring of 1875. N ot. the
rcs11rrcct1011 of the grent rn:iss of m:inkrnd, who n.rc to be ra1sc1l
in the j/e.~lt, witft Lite en.rthy, 11:it11r:if, or anim:il uo1ly; bu t the
resurrection of those who, "sown a nntuml body, !Ire raison n.
i;piritunl holly;n a11rl therefore, :lS invisible to us ns the nngc\11,
or ns Christ himself. This is whnt we u11dcrst:u1c.l to uc the
" s er:o nu birth," viz : :rn cntmnce into a .sccoud nntl higher lifo.
To RO s111n.ll a comp:iss ns this book, nn<l nt so bt.cn <lny, I call·
11ot. i;top Lo syst.omatic:illr a.tt.ack every error.that ltns crept. i1110
t,J1c11logy. H11t in rcb1.ion to the i::cconc1 birth, will simply ob-
i;,,n·1~: 'l'hr Hlltlc :1ppl•:1r11 to me to tench but two births. "Yer·
ily, \'Cril y, l 1my 1111 t.o t.licc, except a m:in be l>orn again, he can·
0 0 1 s<!U t.lt(• 1'i11grl11111 of Hotl. Nicoclc11111s sniu unto him, ll ow
t :'lll n 111:111 1111 11111·11 whc11 he i!l ol<l 1'? Tha t. the natur:i l birt_
li, is
 RES URREOTION. 100
one of the two referred to, is unquestionable. Dut what fa tLe
other? The P,;rcat portion of t11eologians understand it. to hi· ex·
p cricncing religion. And wh il e :idmitting thnt this is a necC'ssit.y
ns n. preparation, I feel certain it is not the hir~h . "Sown !L
natural Locly,raiscd :i.spiritunl body." Thebo£lyofthel":ii11L, is
of t.he earth, earthy; and bears the image of the first 1\d:un; hnt
nt the resur rection, will be raised "n St>iritual bocly," l1cnri11g- the
image of the "second man, the Lord from heaven." "Tli:it which
is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is u01·n of Lhc i<pirit
is spirit ;ll tind in Uie rcsurrectio11, being a" .~pfrit1wt l1 ocl1;,'' pm y
what is it born of? Thnt the rcs11rreetio11 is n bfrth, i~ pr111·en
from the inct that the rc~urrection of Christ wn~ :1 lJirlh, "ll'hO
isthebegi 11ni11g, thefirst ...horn from the clcntl," (C'nl. 1: J l';) _ He
was bo rn of the fie-sh, ancl "bont from the clend," hc•111:1•, lie ll'ai;
"born ngai11." An<l ns he bore the i111:1ge nf the enrthy, at his
first birth, so from his resn rrcctio11, he has borne the imnge of the
hc:i.vcnly-not motall?/, but .~piriti(.(l/ly. Arnl thnt we :irr not rcc-
og11ized as ueing born again, until we b ear the imairc ,,f lhc
spirit.ual, is cle:i.r from TI om. 8 : 29; "For whu111 lie cli rl fort'k11011·
he di<l prcclesti11ate to he co11formc<1 t.o the image of !ti.~ Son, 1hat.
be (t,he Sqn Jrnight be the first-bor11 :.uno11g many brethren.'' "\11d
"As we have borne the image of the earthy, so (in the rcsu rrec·
tion] we shall bcnr the im:ige of t l1e hea~cnly."
"Gennao," is rende red ber;at, or begotten, forty sc1·cn limes;
nnd bor11 1 forty one times; ns in Matt. 2 : 1; and H eh. J :.5 . As
the same word is usod for the uegi11oing :1.11<l th<:> c:lll!>ummation,
wo mnst learn which is ment, by the context.
'fhnt conversions is often referred to when spe:i.king of 1.l1e
seoond birt.h, T n<lm it, since it. is tlie beginning of that wurk, 1·i7.:
"Leing bcgot.Lct1 by Lhc i.:pirit. 11 A111l Go<l . who ''i;penk<'!li of
Uiose things th!lt nre not, ns t.ho11gli they were," oft c>n sp<'nh of
those things which nrc begun, as if they were already :iccvm-
plishcd. Bnt beyond all contracliction, theres11rrection is ri hit·th.
Hence, if co11Yersio11 is al"o a birth, a mnn must lie born three
times in order to inl1c1·it tho kingdom of Gotl. lfat .fo~11s wns
horn tbe sccontl time, and yet we can ha.rdly uc expectc·tl to uc-
licve that li e met wit It a change of lie:.i1:t, or was con 1·<'rt1'tl.
"l\farvcl not, that I i;:iitl 111110 thee, ye muf:lt be llom ag:ii11. Tlic
wind hlowet11 whore it li.<.letli, :rncl thou hca.reth the sou ml tlu·rc·
of, but canst, not tell whllncc it con1cth and, whither iL g1•1•tli;
,~oisever.11onetli11t. i.~ hcn·11. (lj' t/ie.~pfrit," (.fohn 3! 7). Oc•111·<', rtl-
t.ltott~lt wei;hal l f'rOvc 1.h:1t t.hu rcs11rrccti1111 is :tlrcacly c11111111e111·l'd,
with this r l:1ss wlw a1·c rnis1•d " 1>pirit11al hvdic1s." h1•n• ii' po~itil'C·
1j0 RES URREC1'ION.
Scriptnre thnt they cannot be seen of mortal man. Christ, as
onr forcnmner, as the first-born among many brethren, pn.sscd
througit Rll the trinls nncl tile changes, even 1,0 tl1e second birth,
through which ll'e hnve to pnsi:, :1•1<1 nftcr !tis resu rrection, illus-
trated j11!>t ll'ltnt, I nrn now 111nint.1ining, t h:tt n i:;piriwal being
c:in thus go ani1 come. Did he not nppenr in their midst, "the
doors being shut"? Did he not. "\':lllish 011t of t.hcil' sigh tr"?
Nor could they tell '-'whence he cnme, or wl1ither he went.''
J\ nd what I claim is that the rcsn1Tcctcd pr0phet, or satnt, has
the snrnc ]JO"'cr; nncl thnt if the necessity existerl 11ow, as then,
co11lcl as easily nppcm in nny l111rnnn form they chose. Hence,
if l (':tll pro\'e that tltc resurrec1io11 is 11ow <lue, nlth<'ugh it docs
l\C1t. nil occnr nt. 011e an<l the same time. but '" every m:in in his
uwn orilrr." the fnct thnl. they ha\'e not bco11 seen, hns no bear·
lng 0n the 1rn!,jr<'-t. Of co11rse we clo 110:. expect the'' nn.tnral
rna11." :rn<l tht~ church is foll of thnt cli'ls~, n1lll their prominent.
111~11· k i~ lnfty prof .. ~l'i L1 11::1 of Godli11ess. n111l whM they l1nve clone
111111 nrt> li11ing- for j cs11!1; and CIJrist says they will e\·en make
that, claim tn him; "hnve we not do11c mn11y 11·01Hlerfol works ill
tl1y 11n111c." 1 1;ny we <lo uot expect a11y of tltis cltiss to see or
bcJie,·e these things; "for they nre fooll~hu es:: to t.l1em." Bn L
we tlo l)(?licl'e tlic.~c1 p1'l'fH~ 11t trnths arc the sift.in.!? truths of the
"/lr1t ue.~t;" all\1 th:1t i11 tl1c pro\·iclcnce of Ood, t11cy will rench
the" lilt.le tlo<-k," the spiri tually mimlecl, and t.hns scpnr:ilc the
"tares from the wheat." All of which work un <lcr the snpervis·
ioll o( thu angels, is LO be uoHe "in the time of Jmi·vest."
"Aud frnm tbe tirn~ the rlaily shnll be taken aw:i.y and the
nbomi11ntio11 that mnketh desolate set 11p, there shall be a thou!l-
nn<i two hundred :11ul ninets <lnys. Blessed is be that wnitetb
:11u.l curncth to the tho11s:111cT, thrco hundred and five Ancl thirty
'1 11~ s. Uut go thott thy wny till the <.> nil, for tho u shalt rest nod
s t:1111l i11 Lliy lot at the and of the d<1y11," (D:tn. 12: 11-13).
The 121 Ii nf U:iuif'I opens wit.h the time of trotthlc, and the
n•s111TN'lio11 of mn11y who sleCJl in the clust of t.hc earth, nntl the
:t111ir e LC!xt, \Jcyo11d n.11 question, point~ to the rc;;urrcction of
lh11i ul thr 1•rophct; :wd all of thnt cJa,5s, as every 111 n11 ii; to lJe
r:1iscd "in his own ohlc:r," bm1d or comp:iny. J\ml ;tltlwugh
"1hr worils were c lose<l 11p and sealell 11111.il 1.110 time of thcen<l."
(vr.rsc !l;) i;(,ill tliey were to be understood nL tlia npp"oint.cc! t,ime;
"l ht> wi1•k1•'1 Rhall rlo \\'ickcdly :ind none of t,ltc wicke1l !;l1:tll unc.lcr·
i-1a11d, b11t. LIH.1 wise shr1ll 11nclerstand ," ("crs\! lll). And I Rhn.11
~ li•111' l11a1. tl11•!>« 11 da11 ~" ;;;:~nnot rcs:i.ch tlti!> i;itl<' 11f lfrlJ. Hlh. 18'1 5,
111'1 l11•1w1·. :Ir~· :dn•a;ly C!111lu1l. Hitt. in~t1•:11l 11f taking ll)I th(• !'Ith -
 JU"--..SURREG:L'ION IJ I
jC'ct in all i t."\ connections, C!; pcci:illy with. ch~1pl.l• r 11 , l ehall l:Oll-
finc the in\'cst.igation p rineiply t<J the mc:isurcmc11t of Ua• tim~.
Christ refer:; to this a1Jomi1mtio11 ns yet foturo in his chy;
"'iVhen ye therefore, shnll sec the abomi 11ntion of clii:ol 11Lio11,
Rpo~c11 of ~y D~ni el the prophc t, stand. in tho holy place [" wlio-
!HI rcad eth let !nm nnderstnn<l,' 1 n c:\lttion that Lite 111un11i11rr is
deeper thnn at first appears), theu let. them Lh:1t he in J udcaflcc
11nto the mountains, ... for th ere shuJI bc .~ rt>:ll tribul:\Lion ~uch
:is wns not Rince the beginning of tl1e world t (.I Lhi~ ~ante ~iutc,
no, nor e\·cr shnll l.>e, (l\f:itt. 24 : 15-21), T 1J tl1 c s1q>t'I fici:d read-
er this m:iy appear to apply exclusi\•e>Jy.to the cl~"trnrtit1 11 o f .J e-
r11snlem. Dut remember the c:iutiQI\ ChtiH !!i1·1'"· awl rcnl<'m-
bcr hf~ tcnehin&"s were "in p:u·nules :ind dark ~aying!;. " Pro-
phecy is ~h·cn m type and :intitypc. Cornpnrc wl1:\L is Fnid of
ll:iby lon 111 fan. 13:, and Jcr. 51 :, an<l rend iui npl'litntiuu Ly
.Tol111 t.hc Re velator, to r)lystic Ifabylo11, taki11)! tli t' rc•fcn.!11 l·c~
from one to the other in tlic m:irgi11 1 l\ll (l yo11 will ll::1rn t l1:\t l:rn-
gungc is used to nllnppenmncc np:ilying !lirl'ctly i.o th1· type, l111t
o f t,w <> lofty u no.ture to be tli ni; fulfil1 01l 1 a11<l rc>nlly l1t•lcmg-
i11g to the nntitype. J en1s:den1 wn~ lou t :t t.-pc, Hll nll c-
gory. TJiern w:is oo "holy place," in whi,\h the> a lior11'iuru ir111 O(lnl(l
be set up, at the clestrnction of .Jcr1111:ilen1. Uu.J h:itl left
tltcl r ltonsc desol:ite, aud the vail of sepnr:nicrn ltrt1l bc:"Cu
rcmt from the holy pla.cc at the death of Gli riiot. J:11t grnnt-
ing thnt the tabenrnclc within its wnlls had l1t>e11 t lie holy place ;
the l<omnn nrmy did not enter it; t.he J e ws set lire (1> the tem-
ple b e fore the Homans entered the city. Bu t un l c~s you cn11 dis-
cern between the letter ancl the spirit, you will fai l hC're.
"Knnw ye not thnt ye ara t!Je temple of the Holy Uh ost." The
church is the holy place, the temple of God ; n11il " the ma11 of
sin clitl irct into Lhe holy place, " Ritting in tltc 1r rn1.lc of C:ocl,
Rhowi11a- himself t.hnt he is God," nn tl " cx:tltin!! hi11isclf nhove
all t.h:i.tis called Goel." P ope Gregorym:ii11tai111•(l; :11111 lhc Humn11
Catholic ch urch have ever clnimecl, th~1~ "it is !Jirr•n '" the 71on-
l tfl' to create God, the crcatvr of all t/ii.11gs, cmcl,!rl;•r him a.~arti­
jicc fot sin." Aml i11 lhc mockery of the ''ho! y w:1fer,'1 they
profess to cnrry out t. h n~ blasphemous clnim. IF uot. the cre:i.-
tor grcntcr t,hen t.he thing cr e:ited?
'J'hP. nhomi11atio11 Lhnt mnket.h clei;olntc cnn lie· lixt•d 0 11 the
n o rn:111 oh11n,:.h, ni; follow s : The woin:in, l'it Lill!! >Ill the ~ea rl ct,
colorN1 hras~, h:i.vi11g RC\'Cll l1 cndi;, [go,·crn111c111~J. :111d t.('n hcirm;,
r 1l ivi~io11sl , Hev_ 17: ha<l t he 11n111 e wril tt•JI ( Ill il !'I' f11n•l11·~ d •
.1\ nd tho Jfo111:111 Cnt.11Plic 1'1111rch, fill s ~ h e pi «t11ro N11 vlh<·r
 I l '.! Iu.;s URRECTIO:tr.
chnn.:h was l'Yl' r cr~rri ed hy t.hc grcaL Homa.n empire; "the peo-
ples am1 111111titut!cs, 1tn<l uni.ions, and tongues, on which the wo-
mnn F.ittcth."
A J1nrloi1 i11 Bihle b11gunge Jt1e~ 11 s a church, tlrn bride of
Christ, 1r1nrrierl to the worhl, or a union of ohmch and sLatc.
TJ1e Hom:rn chmcli w:1s in this sense the first or mother chu'rcl1,
anrl she hns many hnrlot <l a11ghtcrs, churcl1-state orgn.niza.tio11s,
which hnvc co111 c out from lier. These harlot churches, mother
and cl:rnghtc rfl, llrO 0:11lu1l tlw "nborni11ntious of the earth,"
(Ht• \', l'i: 5. This nH•t l1 1~r-d1111·1·l1 'l':lli "dn111kcn with tho blood
nf the saints, n11d with the ulo01i ()f thl1 lll:irtyrs of Jesus," (verse
ll) ; hl!1IC1', shl! wns not 0111.,- an alwir1i11ati<J11, lint "TIIE abom-
i11ation that n1akt1 th dt•i\nlate;" nr1rl when that w0ma11 took her
st•nl "011 Ll1c tl1e lie:-ist," tlicabomin~Ll·i on was "setup." From
ll'hid1 l ime tlit'sc "dar,c;" m(.'a1<11re w the eml •1 Go thou Lby
,i·:ir to 1.hc cud," i. 1t Ll1e "h:tn·csl ;' 1 "for thon sbnlt rest, aJHl
stni1fl i11 tl1y lot al. thr-end uf tlicda!I·~·"
The wo11J~11 taking hC'r i;cnt c111 the beast, l1opl ie!;, and fa1.:ts
f111Jlpon t.he YiCll', t.l1at the h<.'a.'it. wns more or less controlled 1.iy
I.he womnn. And it is 1\·cll k11ow11 tl1:tt. t.heHc11nn11 empire, once
:t purely pollt.ic:tl JHHl"t'I', hcc:111 1e, to it certain -ex t.ent, :u1 ecckl'i-
asticnl powor,nn(l a.ck nowlcdged the supr<.'mncy of the chnrcli; :n1d
that t.his st:'.lte of 1.hi11gs obt.alncd nl l th rough the dark nges. 13ut
uow the supremacy of the church of l{ome has ccai;ed to b e t.hus
nck11owledgcd . Therefore, the wornan who was once seated on
the beast, l1as lost. her scat, n11d this pn.rt of the prophecy, at
len:<t., i~ fulfilled. 'When dirl she tnke her scat.? Jlow long di(l
~h e hole! it? and when was she unscntcd.? \Yho is there a.t this
time tbnt. cl!lims Lc;i nnderst.and these nlr<.':\dy fulfillr.cl prophecies?
Not many! J\11cl yet God has ncrcr yet left himself without
witn csst's; antl t.hc light, lhc t.ruc light., h:1s always b<.'on in tllL!
the ch urch. Those teachers who :Hlmit they do11otunclcrsta11<l,
:i1·e 110t 1.hc ones likely Lo impart lig h t. on t.hesc things; and yet
the church of God nre Lo have the light,, "Ye brethren are uot iu
<larkncss thnt. th:tL dA!f shou ld co me upon yon M a thief.'' It
llucs not read: Ye breth ren are sa goucl L11a.ti( you arc iu d:i.rk-
11c~s in rehtion to the corn ing of the cfay of tl1c Lonl, it will be
\\'Cll wit.II you. Here is the rock on whiuh 111a11y will m:tkcship-
wrcc k. Yon drink L111tl. because good a11t1 earnest clirist.in11s of
gcncra1,io11s past., h:t\'<l lived and rlic1l wit,h no knn\\'lcclgc of
these ~hings, :~11<1 it. C<lrtni11l y was well "·it h the m, tl1:tt yo n can
wa lk in tho µ:no<l old w;1y your fathers trod, :ind it ll' ill I.Jc well
"'i th yon. Tiil.'I'<<' t1·1 1th ~ were noL 1l11c in th"ir chiyR, hc11cc, tl11·y
 DAN. 12. In
coulu notsh:11·c t.he rl'l'ponsibility of acce pting or rC'jccti 1lg them.
Y ou are livi.ng when they arc :1 wescnt Lruth clue tel t lw cl111T-'c-li,nnrl
y o11 cannot sl1il'k th e responsibili ty. or scale ~l ow u 011 the ln11n>ls
o f yonr i:uhcrs. T licy !tad 1·espo11sil.iil itics ym1 h:ivc 11 ot, wl11IP
you h:we your ow n resl'o11sibilitics, :ind must st nnfl or foll f01
yourselves.
Jn the application of n prnpheoy, tl1er(' is u11t mw fp1 c~ 1 io11 1n
l:iko into account: Do the faet.s meet Lhe rcq11irr111c·n1,!' 1Jf 1IH•
prophec)'? For iustn 11ce: If a prnplwcy clcnrl y 1>clo11g s tn a
certain power, :111<l it,s mensure is: g in111 in '"hyF," :rnrl y<'t. it 11•-
tp1iretl just th:i~ many yem·s ~o fulfill it, we nn• ele:nly j11~ t if1l'<l
in 1111clerst:mdi11g n "do!!" in th:it cn:<C'. tn io.1111linli?.C' n yenr. ,\ 1111
that. the i•cople of Ifomc :Hill Italy nck111111 lt·d~l'<l :\11•1 •11\1111iltl-cl
(O the Slljll'Cmaey of th e pap:tl cltlll'Ch, lrOlll ,1. I•. i\:ll;: IO l : n;;, j<:
ch·arl y s11pportell l>y the facts o ( hi~t,,ry. 1'1-ii>r 111 :i:F. t hc
lt o1110.u chnrclt ncYcr held t..hc snpremary. Tltl' c;1·1·<1k dtnrrlt
at C.:onstan tinoplc, h:ttl taken the lea•l, ~1wl Fn for fro111 IH l·li11g
i:u 1•rC'ma1;y in Rome, t.he papacy, for ~i q )- y<'n I'S prior t.i 1lw
al1ovc clnte, was not th u :tck11 o wlC'tl ~rtl n •liginn of Ilic rnli11g
r•ower or peO)'le of H n mc, since the 1;ntlts, who \\'Cl'C Ari1m.<,
n11tl " pposcd to cntlto lo ci~ m, occupiecl the p<'11i11sula of Jwlr.
i\ 1Hl it was not till about the nborc dntr, thnt Bellisnrius. n ~eii­
ernl of Jus tinc:in, the catholic emperor of thC' cnst, bi·okC' li11·ir
power in ltnly. Gil>bon 1t Home, L 011tlrn 1 c-<litio11 1 1834, J>ngc
i Ol, says : "Hcllisarins entered H ome Dre. 10th, S~(l, :i:1d 11te
cii y after sfrcty yea1·s scn·it11de, wns rleliYerc<l from the yoke o f
th e b:1rh:irians," "The Goths, hon·eyer, ni::i:eml.Jl ccl 111 \'t1i;t. 111tt n ·
lie-rs fo r t..he defense of their country, nncl early i11 the!':pl'i11gl1c·
sieged 1.l1e city, whiclt siege wns maint:iinC!<l for one y<•:ir :ind
ui11e d:iys," (page 'i07) . "The Goths raised the sicge of Horu c
J\l:irch, 5~8, :rncf th e Gothic army, lntclr so stro11g, were nPw rl'-
duccd to the walls of Rnvenoa, and some fo rtrc!;:;cs, destit11lf' o f
lTIHLn:i.I support." i\ncl niter giying some more of the clctaiis of
the lirenki11g of t.he Gothic 11owcr in Italy, he nt11li;, n;; n f:i ct. r>c·
cuni11g u1 tbe midst of these t.ronlrlcs : "The }'rovi11ces o[ ltnly
h:itl cmbmced the pnrty of the emperor." '\Yhcn the ci,·il po11--
er in Italy, embr:icctl. the party of t.hc emperor, who w:is fighl.·
ing for tha c:i.t.holic ch11rch, they r cno1111c.ccl nrinnism, n11cl 1'\ljl·
portod thu cliurclt of Horne. A11d from tha t. time until thespri11g
of l'i!J8, the people of g omc antl Italy m:tiutniucd their :1ll••l,!i-
an r.c ~o th:it church.
The SCLl.i11g i1p o( that wom:in, or "ahnmi11:11 irrn," 1l11r~ 1wt
Jl(ICCl'llnrily itnply :1 ~r<·at n<·cci<;;ion p f p t•Wt•r-. The cath11lic
 I I·~ JJ4N 12.
princes of t.lieir own free ~viii, set her up, nntl mai11tuineJ hc1· in
lier seat, the forruc1• "scat of tbo dragon." Papacy, for many
centuries, Jrnd no power only what wi1s tl1us <lelegntecl to l1e1· by
the" ten kings," t.ho c]jyjsions of the empire. "These have ona
111incl and shall give theii· power and strcngLh unto tlie ucast,"
(verse 13). h is Lme the church element became so strong in
tim~, that iL "su bduecl three kings,"-Lom barely, Romania, nnd.
J{n,·cnnn-nnd took t.hcir c,rowns, and hns since worn the three·
crowned hnt. The proplrecy, hot.h in Daniel nncl fi.cvelation, cle·
m1111<ls thnt this power should continue to hold, 11 times and
lnws/' 12GO dayR, 01· a" Lime, times, nnrl hnlf n ti mc,'1 or" forty·
two months;" nil of which arc usccl in Hcv. 12: n11d 13:, as 0110
nnd the same. In l 7!lS the time expired, the J 2GO ycnrs were
01~dc1L Anrl wl1at follows? French Revolut.ion 1 uy Christo·
pho1· Kelly; Lon. Edit.ion, vol. 11 pps. 2..t.a~-t, rend: "The Ho-
rnnu repuulic was proclaimed on the 15th of l•'cbrnnry, 1 i98.
The pope, laowcver, made one additional e[ort for the cootinu·
mwe of hi!> tempornl cxistance, by sending nn emunssy to l3er·
t.hil'r, who was e11campcd out.side the walls. Thcgener:d refused
to ndmit any othr.r deputation t.hnn Lhnt of the pcoplc of Home,
thus di::;sipn.ting the Inst hope of the holy fol.her. The :'t 1Tival of
the French army, and the p1·ocl:lmation of the general, hud giv-
en the fatal blow to the papal sovereignty."
nu
J>:rni el 7: 20, in rcforri11g to tllis same power, Rn.rs: "A lle
slmll think to change times .and laws, and they shall be given
into !tis lia11d for n time, times aud the dividing of time, but the
j 1tclg111en t sl1nll sit, and they shnll tako nwny his dominion. to
co11s11111e nnd to destroy it uuto the end." Ancl how trne t.his
latter pnrt hns b.ecn fulfilled is known to all. Tlis rlvmini011
tnkcu nwny in I i981 wns restored in ~farch, 1800, but in quite
another character, M " the ima.[Jc of the hcnst," nncl has since
been un<lergoing thi11 grndHnl consumption "11111.0 the and."
111 D:rnicl 12 :, "the tima of trouble" is foretold, the cleliver-
encc of Dn11icl1s people, the resurrection of many thnt 11lccp in the
<lust of the carLh; nucl nlso the fact thnt the hook wns to be
closed up nu cl scaled until tho "time of tlie end." Then follows
n question, "How long slH\ll it be to tbc encl of these wonders?"
(verse 0). And the answer given seerus to. hn.ve :\reference to
what wns to follow, the <1a.bomi11n.tion thn!, 11rnkcth <lesolntc;,,
the grent ocntrnl figure of the prophecy, both of Daniel nnil
J oh11 . D;i11icl hncl nlrcnd,r lcnrucd somcthi 11g of thi.s monstrons
11ight111:mi of the prophetic p:igc. F or in t.he 'ilh ohnptcr, 1111-
clcr Lh~ symhol of "t.lw little horn h:wi11g eyes, n11tl a n10ut.h,'
 DAN. 1'2. 115
he had seen it wearing out the saints of the i\fosL High, an<l had
lc:nrnc<l that i~ was lo cu11t.i11ue to hold "limes and laics for a
time, times., and tho di\'icli11g of time;" but "the j11dgeme nt
~h o nhl sit a11d they should take nway its dominion, to con-
s11 111e and to destroy it imto tlte end. 11 Ancl yet, notwithst:mding
they should tal{e away its dominion, he hnd lcnrncd that, the
l1:1111c horn should make war with the saints, :rnd 7Jrcvcril, up to
tho timl\ the saints took the ki11g1lnni. And th e heavenly visi-
t or, holding his linnds np to hen vcn, "swore by him that Ji vcth
forever, that it slt:dl be for a tin1e, times, n11cl n-half, [ n. period
w e now mtt.lcrstnnd to be 12GO ycnri;J, a11<l wl1cn he s hall hn.Ye
accomplished to scatte r Lhc powe r of the holy people, all t,hcse
t hings shall be finished ," ( \·orsc 7) .
The .~cattering, evide ntly extcndii to th e en ~l of the time of
trouble, which wns Ute first.of the" wonders" named, :tud is the
0 11 0 whic h iuclndcs all the otlic rs. ,\nd t.his "time of trouble.."
~x t ends some thirty-ciflTltt ye.ars into the ~11t1~rc 1 eYell now; since
1t reaches to the end o the times of thc·Gcntdcs, or to A. D. 1914.
And with present light we cnn sco how comprehensive was the
answer to thntques tion. For in Zech. 14:1 in the clay of the
Lord, after th:it day lt:t~ commenced, Gotl will gather all n:i.t.ions
against J crusalem, aucl tho city sl1nll be t.aken, nnd a pa1·t go in-
to captivity.
It is .Daniel's people 1·cferred to in chn.pter 12, and to whom
tho scatteting applies. "At t.hnt time shall t!ty 71eo7>le be deliv·
ere<l, every one found written in the book,'' (verse 1). Tbe at-
tcm pt hiis been maoc to npply this to t,he gospel clrnrch; but if
you look at Dan. 9: 2•i, you may reacl, "Seve11tr weeks are de·
termined npo1.l thy p evple, and upoa thy holy city."_ Tl1is cer-
tainly refers to the Jewish nation. If" thy pco1>le1' oi Dan. 9,
belongs ~clt~ivel?J to tbe J cws, it, is exceedi11gly nrbitrnry to say
"thy people," of bnu. 12:, has no reference to the Jewish na-
tio11; nor is tlicre t,hc least foundation for such a clnim. ' 1 Every
0110 fou nd written i11 lhe book," clearl y refers, not to John the
Hcvelato r's book of life, but to .Ezc:kiel's "writing of the lfouse
of l srnel ;" "a11d mine hnnd shall he upon t,hc prophets that sec
vanity and rliri11e lies; t.bcy shall not I.Jc i11 tltc ::isRcmbly of my
Jlcople; neither shall t hey be writ Len in the writing of the house
of hracl; 11c.ithcr Rh:\11 thoye11tcr the lnnd of IRrncl," (E7.ck. 13:
~). Anc.l not 1111til this prop hecy nf Zech. H, is fulllllc.tl 1 which
11:lc111gs to tbe «day of the Lord," will he h ave accomplished Lhc

~<~:tuering of the power of t.hc IH>l_r people. D1u1icl's people nrc

tit~ o!ilY people rcfcnca to i 1~ tho Viel 'L'cstnment ns "the holy
 llG DAN. 12.
people." J\ nd J cntsalem must be trod1lc11 rlown of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be fulfillo11."
·w hy cnnnot everyLody see thnt Lhc ti mes of t.he Gentile? ex-
tend f:ir into tho clay of the I~onJ? .J erusale111 is to Le ~urround­
cd ancl Lnken uy thorn in the dny of tlic Lor<l; :ln<l half of the
oity is 1o go into cnpti,·i ty, in t.hc d:iy of the Lord; nnd he will not
ha.1·e accomplished to sc:tt tcr tho power l)f the l1oly people u11ti l
.Tcrusnlcrn ceases to he t ro<l<lcn 1lt•1rn of tho Clentiles.
The nnswcr, in ,·er;;o i, did not. snt.i;;fy Jh.niol, for he coulrl not
"ndorstand it. And he put.8 th e quc:;tion ill nhothcr fo rm, bnt
is told to go his way, for tlic words nre closed up and son led, till
tho ((time of tl1c encl :" a11cl ii; fnrth1 •r i11 rorruc<l tl1nt. t.ho wi0kcrl
shall do wickc1lly, n11tl none of the wicked i:hnl l nndcrl'Lnml, lrnt
Lite tvise shall understand. This wns e1p.1irnlc11t t.o ~nyi.11g that.
he cou ld not be n11s11el'C•d iu wlwL he wished to k:10\\" coucerni11g
the scattcri11g of hi~ people, t.hl' Isr:id o f I he flesh. But. n fur-
ther re,·el:ition w:1s mn<lc tc•11cl1ing ldm:u•({. n11d ns we 11ow kn o,,·,
with tho ligh t of the .Kew Tcst:1m<·11t, :i. 1·b~s of whom he k11,.w
nothing, viz: The tt·uc seed, nnd heirs of t.lic ki11gcln111. l"or
Gotl hns arr:ingod Lhnt the pro;1l1<:t.~, \\'i th A hr:ih:im, T:c;:iac, and
.T acob, n.rc to shnrc in whnt J)nni ttl's people, ns a n:ition, cn1111ot
hnve. For they nrc to" see Alwn.ha111, li:a:i.c, a11<1 .Tncou, and nil
the pl'Ophet.s in tho kin(l'<l om o f Gorl, :incl they thcmseh·os thrnst
out;" "for t.11e childrcr~ of the hond-womnn shnll not be heirs
wWt the children of the free womnn."
7
" ith verse 10, :\lid onwnrcl, the prophecy hns rcnchcd tl1e f?OS·
pol c hurch; "the roynl pri.cstlwocl " nfter the or<lcr of lilclclnzc·
clek. "Aud frorn tho tirnc tl1cdnily sncrifice;;l1nll be t:iken nwny."
[Daniel had bcc11 informed in Lhe ninth chapter, th:i.t soronty
weeks were nil thnt could be given to his people]. And the
:1uo111inntio11 thnt makcth <losolnt.c scL np, there shall hen thous-
:incl,11 &c. 1Ierc is n period , lJclc~nging Lo :i 11cw people. .For
with the e11d of tho dnily, or continmtl sncrifi <~c, \\'hich 0011ld not
be tnken :iwny until it. w:is fnHillod, t.hC'. pri<!sLhoocl, :md even tbe
ltcirs!tip of Daniel's· pcoplct was to cn<l. Hence, wh:l.t is saicl Lo
Daniel after the seventh verse, after ho says," I hc:i.nl, but 11111·
<1c1·stooCI not," is cquivolent to the foll ow ing : You· h:we heanl
:tit t.h:tt cnn be re \'C:tlcd i11 rcfcrence to y our people, "go thy way,"
sny no more about it., "the words are closed up an<.1 scaled till
tl1c: time of t.lie encl." But I will reveal to you whuL concerns
yourself. At the c11<1 of n definite nerio<l o f Lime, you shall st:intl
in yom lot. And through the ligl1t given 1.Jy our S:n• iour, 1oc
lcnro t!t:1t Gotl h:is en.st Daniai'.~ lot in wiLl1 Lhe children o( the
 DAN. 12. 117
free wo mnn; an11 wlmtco ncerns him concerns 11s. [The "en<l"
to which he isreferred, "go thy w:i.y till the e ncl," proves to b e
the end, or "Lime of hnn·cst," of t his new people with wl1om
D:llliel's lot is cast]. Fro m the time t he daily is taken away
:mu the abomin:i.tion you h:i.ve heard nbout, (see Dnn. 11: 31),
is set up, there shall be n thol!sn11a t,wo 111111drc <l nnd nineLy d:i.ys;
lJlessed is he t.baL wnil elh !\ltd cometJi tO the thousa nd t hree llllfi-.
dred and fiv e :incl thirty dnys. For thott shalt stnod in thy lot
at the e nd of the dnys.
These pe riods etln ha\'(~ no relntio11 to Daniel's people, btlt nre
the measure of the gospel ch urch, in the wilderness, and nftcr
its exit. T hnt the abomin:\lion· that maketh desolate is the R o-
man catholic church we have pro ven. .And that org:miznt.ion is
refe rred to b oth ns mnn :mil wom:tn; ' 1 t.he man of sin," and t he
drnnkc11 womn11, because of it.s don ble charact.er, chmch and
state ; and as such, was to hold" times nncl laws'' for 1260 years.
a nd it is a historic fact thnt 110 g0Ycrn 111e11t \1·i~s cstablislicd in
Hom e, except t he pnpnl, tlrnt ·wns ncocp lcc1 by thc pcople, from
t he time the Gothic power wns broken iu 538, un til the rcpnblic
(If 1708.
It is t rue .Tus tinean, the l:'mperor of the cast, after dri ving out
t.he Goths, which 11·::is not fully tons11mmnt.ed until A. n. 553,
claimed to be em peror of Home, while perm i ttiug the popes to
c~crcise civil p0wc r in collec ting their own r e vc11ues, appornting .
t heir juclicinl oflicc rs, &c. 1t is also true, that at a later date,
Pepio of Fnu1ce,.claiiued and exercised m o re or less authority
over the papal power. And so, clnring most of that. 1260 years,
ha1·0 other of these" ten kings," or divisions oft.be empire . .But
h will be remembered tl1e prophecy docs 11 ot d umnnd that the
papacy should be an independent power. These ten divisions of
the empire we re ''.to ngree nncl g ive their power and strength
lm to the baast, un i.ti Lite words of G od were fulfilled." And nil
the world kno w that. the catholic princes of Euro.pc, did main-
tain the papncy in R ome wi t h more o r less civil p ower, during
tltat 12UO ycnrs. B11t when Luc time wns fulfill ed, they were to
ci hate t.he harlot, o.ncl strip her, and make h er desolate and nak-
c<l," and ·cons ume lier snbstnncc " nnto the e nd."
TLc e xact lfay on which that. 1260 year period cudc<l, was
1"elm1:.i.ry 15 t h, 1'7!>8. That was the uay the papal civil power
<J n<l ull, a11c1 the republic w:u; clccltircd from the capitol in l tomc.
l Soc auy his t.ury of tltc French re \'olu Lion]. ]Jut the exact tlntc
_or t.hu setting up of that, " nbominat.ion " i1; no t so clearly mnrk-
c1I. St.ill t.11c year 538 is clear! y marked as tho end of tho
 J 18 DAN. 12.
(:ot.11ir 1>11\'e.reig11t.y in Home, not but wh:it they 111.ill st.rove to
rcgnin their IMs, until tlic death of .their hi.st king in 553; but
they Mrove 11 ns11cceRsfuJly, for rl11ri11g 11JI tltnt ti ftcen yenrs the
pro1•i11ces of h:dy, who hatl cleclnr<.><l in fornr u f the catholic par-
ty, m:ii11t:1i11ed their :illegianco, 11ot11ithstnn<1ing Horne was sack-
ed some four or lhe timt:!I. Datiug from 5:l8, i11 rot111d numbers,
"the thous:111cl, three hnntlre<l andfh·c and thirty .days," would
n::telt to "· n. 1873,,as yon may i;ce l1y ntiding 1335 to 538.
ll ence, l Bi 3- t he year the six 1.ho11;;:111tl c11<lc1l, and the tlny o f
t hr. T,orcl l.•cgnn-was looked forw:i.rd to wi th mnch interest;
;i 11 1l cwery part secrned to fit, From the time the nbominaliou
wns "set 11 I'•" or fl'(1m 5:18, I here shall lie :1 eho1wmd ye:\l's, wit h
1wo hundred anrl. niucty adrle<l. Th en a lilci:~irig is pro1101111ced
on those \\'ho 1rn1t :rnd come to the thonsancl, cle:irly t.he snme
tht111~nnrl, lhrN· h111ulrcti n11cl five nn1l tliirty <hys. ·rrom 538,
:1 1000 n:!1ches to 153R, n d:kte clearly nrnrked in history, :is a
i;hortc11i11g of tlw days of trib11lation spok<.>n of liy Chril't, in
) I:i lt. 24 :. It 11·:is in I 53tl, t he'' lioly l<.>:ignc," li<.>t\\'Cen (.lie Arch-
liishop of Strn;;h11rg, tlw 1\l-chbishop of .)Je11tr., the Duke of Hn\·a·
1·in, George of f;:ixony, Ilc11ry of Bn111s1rick, s11ppc1rt cd by F1·:111-
cis o f Fr:u1cc, I Icnry of E11gln11d, :rn <l o ther northern pm1·ers-wa : 1
for med, (sec Church Jii~ t. by Charles H nse, New York Eu., A. n.
1855, pngc 3!ll) . The object of th is" holy lengue," wns to stop tl1e
papal pcri;ecution nnd aitl tbe 1·eform crs. Auel the end of the
two hunurec1 nnd ninety, nre' nlso c learly marked. I t was nLthat
ti111e the ntlvcnt mo1·crnc11t began, or a special 1.0uiei11g for the
curl ing o f t.hc longer pcrio<l.
'rith present light we l1a,·e learned that a round number of
yearn from 53R, wns 11ot nccumte enough to determ ine t.lie exact
cncling or those 11 dnyi;. 11 Goel requires something more earnest,
:llltl tlL·epcr tligging to get the exact truth. ·we hn.vc but one
nb!iol ute dnte from which to determine the ot.llcr two. 'f he end
o( the 1260 pcrio(I i;; fixerl t.o Feb. J 5th, 1708, beyond :ill CJllCB-
tinn. Feb. I 5th, 53R, wouId be jusL J 2ll0 years, t he period the
"al1011iin:ition <>f cl C'sol:i tion" wa11 to l1oltl "ti mei: :rncl lnws.''
Bu t it. is mlt tn1Cl tliat it wns "set up," as earl y i11 !i3S a~ Feb.
l filh. IL w:is not un ti l J\l:-trch , 538, t.h:\t, the C: otltic power was
hroke11, and t.he nxnct cl:\Le of I.he set.t.ing up o f "the abomiu:i-
tion,'1 or 1.ltc woman Laking her scat 011 t.he l 1L~:isl, w:i;: when
"t h<' 11101·i11cc·i: of lt,nly" cmhmccd t.l1c C!tl.ltoli1~ cause. Thnt.if.',
whr11 th1· 1·i1·il pnwor 11f the Hom:in i;tah·i; ~:ive in t.l1<1ir :11ic,gi-
:111r·c· 111 lh<' <'lrnn·h i •:1f'l,y, wl1iclt. frn111 t h1• li t.!llL :1t1 t l1111·i(.y we c:i11
f:!l.J, 11 :1' 11f1fl11/ 1111t• .11:11 :1f'tc·1 . lth1• rx:td . 1lall' i" :1111 f!h,.11j .
 DAN. 12. 1 1~

1\1 Hl it is fro111 wlterc the :i.hornii1:'\tio11 wa.s "set itp," the t.huus·
:i ud, three h1111drcd n11c1' live ::ind t.hirty cl:iys nrc to mensurc. If
, 1111 bt'fJin the 1335 yen rs one year later, of cou rse tlicy t.crrninate
i1 yc:ir l:itcr. l311t the co11d1tio11 of the prophecy m11sL be :ulhcrecl
10. That powcl' wns t~ r11ni11Lnin its sent I 2GO ye:.1rs, ::uid yet
Ill' know it ended Feb. 15tli, J 798; n1Jd that it \vns not set up in
fc b. 538. Still fnc ts n11d prophecy must (lgrec, 01· the :ipplicn ·
tiou of the prophecy lie giYen up. Tl1is dilcmrna. stnggcn·<l me
nt lir~t.; to give up the npplicn.Lion of this prophecy, wo1ild hr to
g i,·e 11p the pl:t in<.>st fulfilled prophecy in all t.hcSc ript11r0~; nnil
<loing that., \\'O migh t ns well gi"c up nil prophecy, nnil lik1~ t h~
mass o f the chu1'.'"rhcs, settle clowu nt ou1· cnse :inrl t:ik1> c111 1·
d1:i 11ccs :-.hollt the day of the Lord coming 011 us" as :i 11t icJ. ''
But lht• rl'\\':J r!\, if we "hold fast hi::; works t n the rnrl," is so
.f.(l'Cn t, rnul t.hc l.iss, if we "draw bnck," so infinite, tli:H J, for
ouc, <ltlrc 1101. ccnse my in1•cstigatio11s.
On furth er se:irching I io1111tl just one Dihlo Jll'C'Ct'dl' nd•1r .::ill·
ing n period oi time n clclii1it.e numlicr of y1•arR wlt<•1t it. "n:>
11c:1 rl.1· a yc:ir short, thus : "Zech•kinh reigned c lc n·n yl'ars i11
.lvrns:dc1n," (.l e!'. 62: 1) . Zcdeki:ih did not reign i11 .Tcrni;alc111
hut ten yc:ir:--, tlirt•c 1110111:.hs :rncl ni11e dnys, ~see vcr::cs ii to 11 ):
1111<1 yet. t.l1c s~n t.c mcnt tltnL he reigned cleuCfl. yc:us is three· ti111rs
repcat.ed-ht·;·c, and in 2 Ohron., :incl in 2 Kings. Auel the fnc t
lhnt. he clill 11 ot reign bnt. Len yc:irs and n. am:ill fraction of :i
year, is also three times repented.
Thc11 the :ippl icMiou ?f tl1e 1260 years, although th<'y 11·c•n•
nQI. Ll1:1t, rn:w 1· (ult r o~:s. is not weakened. And from 1he ht'!'!
""idcoct\ we 1::1·11 get, 1.h c prov i1~cesof Italy <liu 11ot cl1angL' their
allegiance fJCl )ll the J\rinn to the Catholic clilU'ch for n f11ll yenr
nftc 1· the E'pring of 538. And tliis 1260 yea r period, c11di11g ns
it. cli<l, l?clJ. 15th, l 7!l8, w:i.s only 125!i years, autl sometlii11g: vf
nnnt.hc1· yc:ir: :i day or :in hour will do; hut it must h:i''l' lit•t•11
uw1·e t.han I ~;i!t, o r it could not ho cnllc<l l 2GO. Dou btl1:i;11 t.lirr,•
nn: t,lim;e \\'Ii•., glllryi11g i11 t heir ow11 i1 1cli{fo1·cnco to tht•sc Bihh•
truths, :111<1 !-ati;;ficd to w:ilk c:irclc$i;ly themschcs, will cnll thi::
close tig11l'i 11~, "spcci:il plc:iding," nod try to 1lii;pust nf t hl·
wltole s11hjt-c:1. in l h:it lciose, off-band way. But whcu }':1111 fig-
nrcs <:lose," Tl1e promise was not '1 11Lo thy seeds, as of 1:1:111~·.
hut. unto Lh) sc.:d,l' t.li t·y 110 11ot. c:ilr it "special iilca<liptt."
J\1ca1mri11g frvm tlic spring of 530, the 1335 yc:irs re:wli In 1114'
$pring of J!-;T·I, Hut. t i10 <layR l'nulcl not <'11<l , ;ind D:111icl n11'1 tl11•
wli.11<' o1rc!(·r 1' Jl'"'l'h<•I-" h:11 l' a r1"<Hrr1•di1111. unt il t.lio ' 'N .. I;'' f .. r
0

Ii \•\\':\ ;,, t " '· _,. his w:i ~ till tht• 1•11•1." J\11<! ll'C li:iv1• c1tlw1· :ll,!!11_
120 DAN. 12.

menls pro,·i11g th e end, or ' 1 harvest," oould no t be.qin untii (,be

tenth d:iy of the Sl!Veuth month of 1874. Herc was another di-
lc rnm::i. Gi,'e up tlte appli cation of the prophecy we could not,
nn1l y<.' t tl1osc "days must reach to thr end. Again we searched.
":!\Jo re special plending," some may say. However, we fonnd
anot her p recedent. Just one solitary case, where a similar li-
cc11cc ii; 11scil to prolong a period of ti 111t:. "Davirl rcig nc;d o\·er
all l s r:1cl : nml tltc time that, lte n•ig11etl o ver J::;racl \\'!'IS fm·ty
?/f'rtr$," ( 1 l 'hr1111. ·2!! : 2i). This ul~o i!l tl1rec times rcpcatc,1;
and the f:ict th:it he n~igned more thnn forty )·enrs is three
timc::i repent.eel, n-. i11 2 Sam. 5: 4, :.. Then the 13:1:3 "<hys,'' be-
g inning nl111• 1"1 :t .n·ar intc, 111:1y lie pr11lrmrr<l n11y part of nnoth-
er yenr. They 111nst n ot lie t:no full years, lmt ?lt(t'!J be 13 35,
:rnd n11y fr:11•ti1111 of annLl1er ycnr, :ind the Sc1·ipt11rcs not he brok-
Pll . Ifrn<"l', tlll'_I' t:11 1 h~ carrir1l beyond the 10th dny of the llh
1no11tlt in l~i I, 1111.\ m!1y 111' prolonged c1•cn t.o F eb. 1Hh, 187 5.
w th1111t vilil:11.i11g Lhe ro11olitirt11~ nf the J'l'Ophcc.• , nml for this
t.hcrc is n cl<'!l r S1•ript 11rnl nrg11111 c11t.. B nt tltc "clays" hnYcc11 cl ·
c1l, they :tl'(I i11 Lht• Jl· '~l; :u1<l 1he l! Jl(•ci~~l interest which attnchctl
tci Fch. l.Jtll, !Si;) , is :ilsv pn~l, nn\1 is only 011c link of a ch:-iin
of cYiclence. 1\1 111 1 h<> pn1of that Ihey c11Cled on thnt ~pccinl clny
is 11 (lt now of snfli cil'IH i111port:111cc to <lcmnnd :i full cxpl:l n:ltil)ll
h ere. All th nt, i!-l of drnl i111pnrt:1nc.:c to Lhcse nr.7nments, is ~o
show that tlicv rcnd 1etl to the enll, or ' 1harvest' of tlie world,
on which 1\ fu"t.url' ('hnpter'lrill dwell more in detail.
- --0- - -

ET.IJAH '1.'l !E PROPHET,

"Behol<l , 1 will nn<l you Elijn.h the prophet before the greo.t u,ntl
drendf11I chn or tlw J,onl : and he s lmll turn the hearts of the fath-
ers to the cliilurcn, n.1111 the haarts o r the children to their fathers;
kst l como 1111<1 i::111i te Lhc cnr th with IL cnrsc," (Mn.I. 4: 4, 5)
The r.0 111i11g o r F.lijn.h must prcrede the tlt1.y o r t ho J,ord: bnt his
work /Jelo119.~ 111 U1 nt. tlt:i.y. Jrs11s Sll>YS, " l•:li ns trnl'y slmll ftrstcome
rrnd restore tLll ~hin i;s, " (i\Io.L. li: 11). An ti t.he n;stitutirm. of o.11
things tloes not l1cf1i11 1111W tlrn rct.nr11 o f Christ" whv111 bhc he:wcn
n111st receive u11til the t imes of restitutiou o f all t.hi11~s.'' (Acts3: 21),
l kncc U1e 1Nn·k. o f Elij1th c101'S 11ot begin 1111t.il tLfll'r i l u~ personal
n<lv1?nt or U l 1 rl ~ t,, t.11e r,·ent that ushers in •he day ,1r tbo Lor<!.
At tlw lirs~ 11<ln'nt. ('hrh;t r:nnt', o:rit1·nsihly, to t•i>tn.l>lish his ki11 ~­
clu111 wit.11 t h e llt'~lil~· ll<n11;e o f I sm.cl. to wll v 111 o,lv11c, h e wns SC'!nt••
Bu i., " 111 t.11" tlity thy wn.lls aro to ho huilt , i11 th:~t dtty shall t.ho
1l1'<·rN ' h r• f11r r.·111.,\ 1•11. " (Mi1•:d 1 i" ll). Tlw ki11i;d,1111 nf Got! was
0

T:dtr•Jl fr11111 tlw111 , rtllll t Ii" 11fh1•r h:tlf {lf Y.i on·s Wlll'f(1ro! POllll'S in.
'l'ht• "11all:< " tdl'rn·d tu, wu..'<tl 11 1 ir snh·;Lli L111 : ·• tri llt:1t<11Ly shnll
 ELJJ All. l:?I
tllls song be i11 Ilic ltrncl of Jud11.h; 'Ve ho.,·e a, st.roug cit}· : s:il
~1111~
\'l\tion will (fod 11ppoinL for walls nnd bulwarks." But tltis will ue
r1'11lized •11111· iu Umt citr "wltiuh lmt.h foundntions."
111 the slin.tlow\· se11se in wlt fch the kingdo1n wns olTL'rcd to tho?
1·l1iluren nfter tho.flesh, In just tho.t li111itecl sense, .Tolin the Tiap!i~l
wn-=: the Elijrih. Ultrist iu i:prn.kini; of John , says, "hncl if ye will
,.,.,.,.il"e it., tltis is Elias wl1iclt wns for lo come," (Mn~t. 11: 11).
I Ie re it is th'nrly 111:11fo conditionul: If ye receive it, tlti ~ is I he
Elins ; if 11<•t, lie i!' nl)L the grin.~. .i\1111 t.hcy tlid not rce1•in! it,
lwt1C<', whru askc1l 1 "Art tho1t .Elias"? .John conl<l truly say, " l
11/11 1101," (.f<thll l: 21).
Th:tt l~lij:1li [ 1ht~ 11:1111c!l nl"1' the same, one is from tile Jfourew,
:11111 tht\ oth(!r t.hl' C:1·cc•kJ, 1rns only n mere type, :ind tlt:n the
!'rnpltccy 1lo1•s nor 1•ni11L tn lii111 i11 JU!rson, i11 clc:ir fro111 thl! fad
tl1;1l cr,11<liti111.•1/1y• .l11h11 1r11.~ tlie l•:tijn!t. J\ncl }'l't .loli11, "'"l'11 if
thl'Y ltn•l n•ct•i r e•I him, w:i:< still ~!tc snn of Eliznlit!tl1. 1:111 (~a ­
hriel, in Lnk e 1: I G, make.~ it clcnr; "Ile shnll go h<·rore him i11
1
1111• i::piriL nnd 11owcr of Eli:ts1 t.o turn t.hc bc:11'ts o[ tho fnt.litr!\ 1 •
&r. J !enc<', the rcnl Elij:ih, whu, or whatc,-cr ho 111:1_r IJC., will
lw 1hc n11titypr pf Elij:ih lhe pi·op llC't. This, like n1nny oili er
l'l'l'l'hccic~, p<"ints in t.hc le.Uar of the text, to tho type, :11111 in the
·'Jlirit, or rrnl 111ea11i11g1 to the :llltitypc. And it can l1c showu
that the "chnrch of the fir::iuorn,'' Uhrist nnd his body complete,
ii-: the tnH· n111itypic•d Elijnl1.
"Jle shall t.nrn thL' ltenrts of tl1e fat.hers to tJ1c children; nnd
the !tcnrti: of the chilclre11 to their fntlters; leFt. I come :u1d smite
lite cnrtli ";tli a cnrse.u Herc is the· alternntirn, if the Elijah
ffriugs nuo11t. this happy n.·1111io11 of the family, a hlei::i::i11g rei::nlt.i:,
ll11t if he co11l<l, or sho1il1l fail, a!I Jolin the Baptist failed, Lhe11
a curse rH11~ t rrl'11lt. J\nd th:H this 1.11rni11g of the henrts; &c. rc-
l"t• rs to somC't.hing mnrc th:111 t.he .Te11•ish nn.Lion, il'l evitle11t from
l l1c CXLCllt. or the ('l\l"S{', in C:\SC of fnilurc. But it is ll"rit1 cn, "111
ll1y seed sh:ill :ill the nntions of the e:irLh be lJlcsscd." lf t!llC11 •
th<' re al Elij:1h "i::h:1ll 111•L foil nor be disconr:lgcd till he hat.It 11ct.
itt.l!.!mcmt i11 llu• e:u·th. 11 ••

• <ii· ,J 1)(111 it """" said, 11 llnL T ~ny 1111to you Eli:ts ha~ come nl·
r1·11cly, arnl lh,•y k1ww him 11ot, hut h:lvc do11e 1111to hirn " 'h:1tso-
,.,.,.,. tl1cy li~tcd. Likcwi,:c i::h:11l :ilso tho :->on o f 111:111 snffor nf
\l.1·111. (1\h1t I i : l'!:. But 10 thua11t.itypic:tl Elij:lh t.ltcy will not
•lo :t.5 t.l1c,r list;" llC' ilt:1~ !:'iLletli i11 Lite hea\('ns <>hnll l:\\lgl1: 1lt••
1.111d,Rli:\ll ha1 c• tl1t'111 in 1lt·risioi1, ... Y1>1. h:t\·c· I set my l\i11g
•111.11 111y l:nly l1ill of Zi•'ll."'
,\ ., llH: rc·~t it11 tlu n is In rn~nlt in lhn f(•)dtl .,; tit• h1111111:i f:1111i1~-,
lllici it if! 1111ly 1Ji rq11i;h I h1• '"'"'tit 1< t iP11. t l11d 1:{( / 111 •ii fr.~ •1/ !!tr 1•11 rtlt
 122 r:LJ.J Alf.
111·e to l>e hlcsRcd in J\hraham and his set>cl ; u.ncl this work o( re11tore-
l11:.r nll thi11 1.,'!I is the Rl~jn li work: lt f•>ll ow~ of n c<:essity, U mt the
Elijuh. u11u ·•the seed.'' tire one nntl the s1t111e. And that Ult1'iJJt,
lteucl n.nd l>od y, the 0 11e p er foc:t, seed , i;i ::ilou e competent for the
\\'O rk, ontl tluit it bd,,1117,q t o fllltl. no one r11t1 clou\Jt.. Hence, all
itle11s of ll 7inr.~rmnl Elijnh n rc from so111e or.her than tliviue
ori1fi11. "And th e '""81 in th e kingdom of hetwen [thnt is of that
l>ouy wh ich is to cn11stitute the real Eli.inllJ is greater thau Jolln
th!' Bopfo;t."
Hut, it 111 a~ ht' nc:kPcl. Jr the ~ospel rlturch, with Christ ns its
hen d , i!i Ow rt>nl 1t11litypkal E!ijnlt, who is f() "turn the h earts of
the fallit'rs to the· <•hilllrrn; aad the children to thei r fnthe rs; '' and
"1·estorc all th i11 ~11;" ;, 11ot thn.t work IJc iu g ncco111plishe<l d uring
the g11spr-l lli~pr111<nl l<•n' I.rt. (;hrist nnswc r :-"Suppose ye t hn.t
I n.m c:omP. to ~"IHI 1w;l•'• e>n eo n h ~ l tell yon nay I IJut rn.l.h er cli·
v ii<iO ll : for jrn111 lt e11r1_!111/lt t hll l'<' shnlt 1.Je Ov u in 011e house c]j\·ided,
thrct~ ng11i p !\( two, n11d l\\'I) ngnirn;t thl'('(::. 'l'he rutlter i<hall bll c1i-
\·jd;•tl n~nir1~1 t h P ~nn , 111111 thC' !'Oil og:i.i111< t the fnthl'r. " llut \\·h en
he h ns prrf1"'t.•1l hi~ d111rd1. h r 1:nrn es not tn bring cliYision, 11ot to
sl!t. tlw fllth c r:< nnd rhahlrl'lt nt ,·nrianre, so t hat" n,mnn 'sfoes ~hnll
he they <Jf hi!' o wn h"u~"hnld: .. 1111! to i::pruk pence; "o.ml uf the iu·
c ren~ o f liis i;-on•rn111••m, rui•I of pc1tce, there shnll l>e u o end."
.\s Elijnh \l'n!' a t~·p·· ,,( rh•c' i::n:;pel church, t h!?reshoulcl be n l"Or-
resnon tl on<'P, ni< th rr'" tt lwn ys lllll~t IJe b rltwcen type and (l.ntitypc.
'Vns the church 1•11ch>w1l with th e power of rnfriclcs 7 " AllCl Bli-
jn.h snid, S1<e. thy Stlll lh·cth." Has the goi:j>el ch11rcl! hccn p erse-
cuted 1m<.I cc11111><·ll,•d (11 nee, \Jy 1L woman w 10 su.t n.s q11een, (Hcv.
lS: 7); nnd il' C'n.l le<l ,J,•1.l' hel. (l\eY. 2: 20)? "Then .Tc7.cbcl se nt 1i
111<'ssengcr onl(l E:li,inh. i:::tying, $0 let the gods do t o w e, o.nd more
11lso, if l rnnke 11ot tll)· lift> M -0111> o f t.Jiem. And when hesn.w that,
he a rosn nnd wl"nt for hit< life.'' flid t.he chnr ch , when fleeing from
the womn.n. fi11cl sht>lt<" r i11 the wilderness, "wllP.re they should feod
her n. Lho11saml t\,·o l11rnd rl'1l nnd Uircescore days? Then Elijo.h
clicl n.ccording i o tho " Ord of l11I' Lord; .. . nnd t.hc rn.vcns brnught
]1i1n bread 1111tl flesh . i11 I he morning, nntl lJreo.d n.nd flesh, in tile
evenin:(' Wht'n tli f' <'hnrch c:une out of the "wilderness," after
her fligllt, di e! t,lw "famine, n ot o f bread , 11m·of wn.ter, but for heo.r·
ing th e wo r<l or th,, J .11rl1 1 11 cen.se, by a copious outporing o( "the lat-
t er rain ? /Ind Lile "'ortl o r the Lo rd cu.me unto Elijah, iu the t·hird
)''!n r, (nt t.hl' 1•11cl o f " f.hrec years o.nd sis. months," Jn.mes 5:17] say-
ing, Go show Lhyi;clr to A lmh. 1\111l I will i;end rain on tile earth."
Is the church tn I'll(! it.~ cnrec r hy tro.11sln.tion:-" 13eh old, I show
you n myste ry; we :<h a ll not fl.II i;ler:>p, but we shn.11 nll l>e ch anged,
in n. 111o m cnL. in lhf' I win kling o f nn eye, o.t t h e Inst tn1111p. 1 ' "For
tho <lend in C hrii:t. ~hall rise firl't, t h en we which o.r<' l\li\'C 1~11<1 ro-
11min 11lmll lrn rn1111tlll up togetl11 1 1· wit h them to m eet t he J,ortl
in the n.ir." "J\ 11c1 1I l•11111e to pa.s~. whcu tlw L o r<I wo11 ltl t11.kc up
l-:lijah in to lr t't~'''' " I»' 11 wll i rlwind ; t.111\t Hlij1d1 w c11L w iLh Elishi\
frm11 Gilg:11 I." (2 J\ irii.:s '!; I).
Wh y ~ l 1 0 11lcl l~'l~f"li 11.. tro.nsl tdNl? lie wns no bctk r Lhl\n his fn-
r.lwrs, (I J\in::;i- l!I: •11' 11,.,.,nr:<c hci11; '" t.ypim\I clmrn<1ter hP rnp ro-
s1•11ti- l111• hncly c•f( 'l:1·i·t i11 nll it.fl h11111ilintio11, n11d f1111LI \' ict-o ry. Hut
 l~LlJAIL

t lie pMnllel;; urc not cornplulo, when h e starts for transl nlion. His
111m·c1111111ts fro111 J et~\·ing Gili:,:n.I until he crosses the ,Jo rdan, hn »e
t!wir e xn.ct p n mll e ls u11tl c 1· the mi<.111ight cry mo>ernt'nt. tho on" in
whic h tho -church is rC' prPseutecl :1s going t.o m eel, her Lo1·d (Mott.
'.!'i ; Ii-I~) En) n tlt c> 111eani11g oft.ho ntuues or en.cli point ,;sitecl 1>~·
!~ Ii.11th. in which he slflrtes fro m Gilgn.l for Beth-el, n.n(] frt1111 Hr th-
1·! to ,Jrricho, n11d tltt•Jl for .TC1nlcu1 1 c rosses the Jor<ln.n, n,nd s t ill
i.:n1·;; 011. oil lHt\' (' t.l1f'ir nntit.ypu here, ln tbis rnove111cJ1t now e11 Ll -
111i: wi1h i.l1P "hnn'C!st. ·• 111c!';;age.
It li<•<u• not. follow llmt ltecnnse ct ll the church hn.ve r:ot t1lke11
j •ltrt., t.111~t the~· m·c not rcprci;c11tetl; crlt the church did not Ike in ·
1u the wilurnw:;f\ , Ancl oftcu a tuinority ill 1111tde to r epresent, the
11·1tolt'l, ns is 1lo11htlt;>.'\l' t.hr case in the parn,hle or tho "tim \'irgi11s."
'l'l1is 111ovc111e111. is r1•latC'd to, nncl we wig-ht al111ost sa.y lJnseu on,
lhn \'ery uupnpn lar At! \"e11t 111ove111enL or 1i;4:1.4. Since ltll Lhe ru lc•s
,,r 1nt.erprclaUr,n r.hc11 n1lo pte1l, o.re fully cn.nicd ont in this p resent
,110,·e111 cnL Tile ·4:j 111ova111ent. encling ns it did, in disnppoi11!11ie11t.
11 11<1 f11witicisu1. has l.Jcen n. great reproa.clL Pl'ior tl> tlmt, thr pl·
•111s in nil the chnrclio>s wouhl both sing nn<l lnlk of the second n.cl-
"'"l" Hut 11ow the hitre me11t.io11i11g of the sul.Jject is frown etl 11p-
r>11. Tin's 111o nrn1ent :otartetl SOlll(l ltrtecn ye;u's nrter, nntl ontof th e
1 ny si11k C>f Lll!lt r!'pronrh: not nnly. iutlorsing the prophetic nppli-
1·111 io 11s t.hen mnde, hut inllorsi.ng the movement itself, tLS the ful-
!il111c1d; of J\Jar.. 2J; 1-5.
(iilgal UJeu.ns, "rolling 1\.wn.y the rnpron.ch, 11 (.Joshun 5: !l). With
1t.e e\•itlencc now h efore us, we must bclie\'e thnt t.r anshttion
H ne•~r: nud, nssu111ing thnt f.hese arguments 11re t.rne, Will it not
1·011 n.way the r eproach of tho '43 movc1ue11t? for if thm lilied the
"nnditions of Mat. 25: t -5, this mo\·e111ent, co111pJetes the pnndil r
.\ntl Lhe 1uid11 ig-l1t cry mo,·emc·11t I.Joins; the one tlint emls with the
<•0111i11g o f the Hritlegroo111. n.ntl t.hc "going in of those w ho were
rr1\ciy; " ought to be Ille nntityp!! of the Bt~jah t.r:i.nsln.t.ion scenes.
When tho Lonl would 11r1~1 lsln.te Elij1~h. he st:u·ted fr<.J111 Gilgal,
r\ Jr Bc~th-el. Heth·el wn.s the plf\ce where ,Jacob's !nuder stood; n.ntl
1· 1 ·c~ril·e1 l it-s name in co11scq~1cnco of tl11~t visio n. Our obj ect-point.
wlJn:1 this 1110 \·em!'nt. !'tarted, wns lS'r.l; whe1·c the six thcrnsn.111\
.\'"!II'~ !:'!Hkcl. the dny or lite Lord begun, nm'! the :c<pccin.l light 11011'
~lt1111r1g on lha 1wt11.n• or the closing e\'enls of tlienge, bego.n to cle·
vr•l o pe. J\ntl we trutiL t.hat this·• ladd1::r, " rnst.ing on thn.t. phi1for111.
11·ill st:i.11(1 srcure, 1111t.ll fhl) topmost round is scnled. Dut .Ucth cl
\\' 11.S scarucly n·n,ch1•d hy Elij:~h, l>cfore the Lortl sent him to Jeri·
1:lio; whiuh 111na11!I "his 11w11t.lt, or woon." J\ntl we ·110.d l>uL j11~t
r,.1U!lt ed 011r u hj>'ct·pu i11t in '73, wlwn t.hc lightslionc on Ll1c e"illen ·
•···~. n.~ now gh·..,11 i11 Ulis book, Llmt Christ wn.s due to lc:we t.hr
liuly T'l:tr.e nn t.ho "truth c111.y o f the scvent.h month," in 1874; to
1"11ic h we irn1111•tlinJrly l11•:;nn tc1look. Tlt1LI., clc~L rl y answering to
·ll'l"icl10, Lhc 1;rr1111d ollj1·t'H>oint of lWj~lt.
11111. '' l,h<~ L•wd s11id g-o 10 Jonlo.11." /\11tl. wifhnut g-i1·illg it 11p,
•u uny 11ppart>11{ tli:<('.1 >11n1 1;0111l' 11t, ht• i<l11rk<l f111· .] <> rd11n; whi1• h ic,
· 1 ' 1 •l11m1' 11l. JI,• 1111tn1tl.1 w t•11t to, 1>111 1·n1;,,,, ., 11h1·. J 11 nh~11 ; 1· 11t1•1·i11c.;
•1111o11d 1·n111i11~ 011(, 1111 th<' uthrr i1 ide. dn· i<h o cl. \\'lw 11 w1• n•111•lt1•1 l
1h 1• ~·1• t:1: 11th 111 11111!1 11f It!':' I. 1ltl!I"" w11 .~ 111• · t i111 t.• !11r tlis('O llnll{t..' tll ~n t.
 l'.!·I ELIJAH.
ns lh<· ligl1t on the J!l;J.'i •• Wt)'I'," 11howiu i;- t.llll.L thry n•ulu IJe pro-
loni:r<l to Fcl>. l4Lh Jt!i:i, c.i,1111' out 1tt. f.lm.r lime. And nJso that l>e·
tween Fcl;. J.1, wh ere the resurrC'1~tion would he due to comme11cc,
1111tl April 5ih, t h e encl of tli e Jewish ecclc~in.stic1~I ycnr,· nt which
ti111e the JulJilce, or " ti11ws of rcstit.utio n " Wf'11ld li1•gi11, was just
fill!! <fop. Which rou 111 11oto1!c11 r ugnin uni ii I.h e ue w muo n shou ld
co111c ngni n on April ti rh, ntHl th nt. .April l1t>k111t:r lo n lcap-
\· cn r. Whioh wo11l1l rcl]n ire th e r t.!t.i11•11of1111ui y, 111n11y c ycles.
' 'l'he spe!'inl poi11t i11 tlti'!<ji}1y rltty.~. is tll(lt fro111 tltP. r<?!'urrc~tion
or (.' lt rii:t, "tlH· tir!'trrn it.~. " to t.he1lescPntofthe H nly S(lirit, •:the
c111·11r.sl vf lhr i11t11•rit:t11<'<', 11 111il the rctlclllptlon of the purcha.se ll
possession " ( 8phn. I : I II, wns l\lso tifty !ln,yR.
Althou~h we llid not lt•ok for frn,nsln.tion on t lt11 1'1th of Fobru-
nry, we l.Jelicvecl t lie11. ai: now , rhnt tltr resu rrect.ion l11•.11n11 1lt t.hat
1.i111e, nml wit.11 t.1 11~ •· onl.·r ·· or tl11• p rophrts, tl1 e order to which
llirniel IJ e lnn(.!s. Hut w1~ tlitl expect, trn.nslation hcl11wm Umt, rmll
April (ill 1. H en ce, with thosr two object·point.s in view when w e
i:tr\l't1'd f\-11 11 1 tli e •· sc"rnth wnn tl1 " o f JS·u . t.hey 1\nswcr t o t.h e pns-
i:n;:e h cl "''"'" t)le hn11k~ o f th" .J o rJnn. 1\11 l1 ns we jvu ru cy v 11 a
Httl•• rurtJu•r. deli\"l!l"l'Jtre 111ny Cf)llle 11.ny tiJUf> l1etwer11 Lids nud t h e
1•11d r1f the" han·cst,'' in JS ill. .\11d n ow, ns lhen, "the su11s of the
prnphets i:tall!I a/11 r ·~tr.·· (2 l< i11gs 3: -;,.
Thrse lhiu~s 11111y lc>nk s111111l, 11s inde••<l they .are, n.ntl /•1ulish lo
th<> world. /\ncl !"O dr1 111:111y of th e lit lie d i>t.nils of t h e 11tw: ·why
sho11l<l Glirii:;t ri1lc into .lc•r11sahm1 fhe 1lnys befvre Lht> pns::onir, iJt-
"tcntl o f six 7 Why should he lJe l.Jet-myed 011 t1ie- -e ,·e11i11g of tJ1e
14th of thr 11 rst 11101\t.h ? Go to P.xo. 12: and lcnrn why. .A ln.111 I>
wits t.nkrn up, and •l la 1111) wns !!In.in, at t hose set, tit11t1s. ·ryv e r~1Hl
:intitype urn ll fcat.111·e in 1dl of Goers work, even from tilt: i;ix dn.ys '
of c re11 tion , to t h P e ncl o r tlle g reat pl n.n; "For, saitl h e, See t h o u
m n ke e \·err t h in f! nfti>r the ]11tll11rn s h o wn U1ee i n the holy mou n t ."
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Tl IE lIAltVI!;ST:
]ts lJ11qim1i.11.(/ and Its End.
"Thr ha n·r~ t is t hi> r 111l o f t h e world; a.ntl in the time o( Ji n.rvest
I will sn.y t<J t hn n•n p1' r!l, Gat.h c r y e togethcir f11·st Ute f.ttrr!i :-111rl bi11d
thn111 in J..)umlks lo lt11r11; h ut j:inth<'r Uie whcn.t intn 111y lmm."'-
l\fat.t. ta:
There Int$; n l1arvr,;L Ln !.Im .Jr wish :igc•, to whi1:h 1\·1· h:l1·e :ti·
rcra1ly Tcf1·rn·d : :<1111 tlt:ir. 11arnlil· l1cg:u1 nutl c1Hlr1l ll'itli tl1c rn,
duri11g Uh1•is1's p1·rn1)1l:d 111·csc11cci and hence, conl.i1111c' d rluring
the Lhn•c :111d :1 -lo:df ye:1rn (If hi;; ministry. The harvc~t. of t.liis
go);p<'l 11).{I'. 1rhid1 i.s ali;o l.hu l' IHl o f thi.~ il,;{C, 1111·:1 ~11 rC"'i< 1.llrl'l' :wil
ri·h:il f n•:ir~ :is""" will show. J\1; t.hc harv1:);t. at. tl 1c fir.st, tttll'cllt
1l itl 11ni l11•;: i1111 111il <"hri!'I. 1·:1111l', 1.li:1L i ~, ht•g-a n Iii!< work, for lie
dirl 11111 1•11 :11 .. in rlii" ''' II"'! u11til 11f'll·r .J oh11\ h:q1li:>111. ,~•·c .\ <:t.s
1:i ~·~1 ) , ' " 1111:< l1.1n .....1 li••gi11" wit.Ii Christ's 1· ~·r~· 111!il 1·n·s1•11cc.
 THE lL\RVEST. 12.5
.
., Aud I lookc<l, a11u behcl<l. n white cloud, :1.11<1 upou the cloncl
one saL like nnto tlie Son of mnn, ha,•ing 011.his hcnd a goltltrn
t:rown, n11d i11 liis h:111cl n sh arp sickle. And :tnotherangel ca me
ont of the temple, saying, wit.It n loncl vo i ce: 'l'hrnsL in Lily
Pickle, and rcnp; fo r t,\ic time is come for t.hce to reap, for tho
Ii ar r est of the Ntrth is ri pe." ( Hcv . H : 14, l 5 ) . h is trnc this i:;
i:;yrnbolic l:\tlgungc, :mtl i;o ii< tit~ pnrnblc in 1ll:it.t. 13 :, but there
ll'C hnV u th e t,; j.l:t11atit>ll tlt:\t i~ l11C:\llS gathering the fruit Of the
gospel ngc. Tlit•11 l'olloll'S nnot.hcr :rngel, who gathers the" clns·
"'rs o f Lhc YillC' r.f lliL' cnrtL," "aml cast them into the great wi11c-
prcss of tJ1c wr::Lli nf (711\\ . 11
It. will he oli~c·1TC'•l tl1crt• i~ on1cr ltcre, ns in all of G0t1'~ works.
First, O!lO iik<• t hl' :-;nu ~·f 111:111 "rc:ips the eart h.'' '"l'his is Lhe wi~l
11f him th:it sen~ 11w, tlirn c>1·cry 011e which scoth the Son and l•e·
liC\'CLh on him. 111:1.y h:irc c·1·cl'lnst.ing li fe, aud I will raise l~i111
11p nt tl1c l:l;::t rla y," (.Juhn ti : 40). Jt is the dead in Christ.. tltat.
hf' g:1th~rs, 11·hilc• angels 111'<' Lo g:nhor tho t:i.rr.s. "AI Lhungb a11
angel can noL wnkcn on<' i;lr.eping saint, or l.ning him from till~
lomu ; :i. l<'gion of :i11geli< cnnnot keep him thel'e."
The o r<lcr of Lltc h:Hvcst can be gathered from Christ's te:ich-
i11g in J\l:i.tt. 13 :, n111l Ll1 is. "the l{.evelntio11 of J csus Christ.''
llore w r. liml rl1c harrcstb,!fins with Christ's own pcr~o 11al work.
" The dcntl in Cl1ris1, sh !Ll l rise rir1>L." And before " 11·0 who :i.rc
:1li 1·c a11cl rem:iiu ,. su·c taken, the " vine of the e:trt h " is gat. h-
rrod, t o be c:ist into the wineprcss o f his wrath. "I will s:iy to
tho reapers, G:\thcr re (.Ogl.!ihor.first the t:i.ros, :incl bi!Hl them i11
l•1111clles to hnrn." 1'1.1t•11, :ift.cr the separation of t ho t:i.res a1Hl
wheat. is eomplote, the "whenL" is gaLhered- " caught np to·
gethcr with'' th e d ea.tl in Ch ris~, who have heca raised bcfon·,
"~o mecL 1h11 Lord in the :iir."
The abuvc being Lho order of events, it will be seen that the
harvest. coul1l noL ha,·c hcg11n, 1111t.il Ohl'ist le ft t.hc Holy P lace;
which, ns h:i' been fi iiown in a former chnpter, was due on Lile
tc11th day of the :;c1·cnth month, occurring in October, 1874.
Th is fnc~ t h'.it t l1c 1·111[ 11f 1111• 11ion, :igc, w:is <lnc t.o hcgiu in the
:iut.umn of 1Si4-, w:is n•:1thecl hcforc the "time of the har vest"
wns seen . 111 t he c;h:iplor on tho cfp1:ilit.y of Lhc two coven:i.nt.s,
it. lins bcc11 show11 1lrnL tlit· ti 1ne from the death of .J ncol>, to t.hc
<lcnt.11 o f Christ 1 wa>1 I fi.1;; yc:u.q; nod Lhat the two co ,•ena11'ts, or
cl ispcnsn tio11!-; 1 were L.t, IH1 " f t'<J 11:d meas urn, :rn<l t.11 crefnl'c, from
t hu death nf Chri~l to tht• c11d o f the gnspl·I <lii:J>clls:ttion, 11111sl
111t·:1:;u rc l S·lri yoa ri;_ ,\1 1 I [rnrn Lite crn('ifixi,,11 i;1 th <: year A. n.
;J;~ , Lu tho r- pri ng uf l>i7:-, wlll he 18·15 years. Bu t. t he point f
 11 0
wish lo show is, tl1<! parallels he twee n the h:u1·~sl s of the two
<lispensntions. An d, let it h e rememhcretl, these nrg 11111cute on
the prophetic p e ri orls, which tfolcn11 111c tlJ,.;.l• 1·rulrms llntes,were
reached before the fnct was aeen Lha t t.hc lt11ruu11 hcltl any pl:\cc
iu t.he :urnngcmcnt. o f t.hcse tirnc arg uments.
A s the first rlispcnsatio 11 mcnsurctl 1845 yca1·s. nll(l c11c1"<l wit,11
a harvest of tin-cc nn <l a-half ye~w•, the <lui·n.tion of Christ's min-
istry ; it follows t hat froin whore thnt rfoipeui;:itinn unde r the
twelve tri bes begnn, t o where the harvest beg~u, WM 1841 years
n.nd six months; to whlc l.i w r nrld t h<' three n11d n-hnlf y e:inJ of
that harvest t o ct1111plrtc> tl11• J<: 1;. y l.'ar~. ;\ow i:; it. 1wtnstrnnge
ooincidenc~ that pt•ctisrly tlu• <>:1111r 11 was11rC-11wn l~ 11lwnlcl occur
here? T hat is, from t he i<pri11g pf "· n. :i:~, where the clispensri-
Litl11 of the gospel to nll ll:'l liu11s uega11, to the nut..1111111 of A. n.
l SH, the exac t point where t/ii.x harvc~t sho11 l<I hcgi11 ili nhm l 841
ve:us a11tl six mo11 Llis?
· This bare coiuci1lrm'e nlnnc, pc;iR<.ilily 111if!ht h:wc hnen n mn tt <'r
of acciclcnt, bu L w h1:11 a II Lill! 111 her p:1 r:d Id~ 11n mecl in the s11 b-
jecL of t.hc "Tw0 U1)1·cna11l;::.," arc re11wmlierl'd, n11cl nl!10 I.lie
nh1111dant evidence the re i11. th:it f.hey ?cc:re to be of "equal mens-
uxe, nn<l of equ:il sir.e;" to /Intl n contimirttion of such won-
clerfnlly exnct mcns111·cn1ents, is m:itlicninticnl demonstration thnt
seems almost ine11istahlc. _1\ t> fro 1n the 11pring of A. v. 33,, to the
:iutu11111 of 1874, is 18-l t yen.rs and a-half, so fro111 th e autumn of
187 41 to the spring of Wik, ll'l1t•rc thn l~-l!'i fnll ycnrs of the
gospel dispensati i>n 1•11d, i:- d1rl'c' :11trl n-h:llf y (•:i r~, leaving the
harvest of equal l r11~th wi 1h the •Hill o f the Jewish clispcnsn·
tion.
J\gain: 'fhirLy yrarc:i before t!tnf. harvest bcg:in, Ch1ist was
born. Prior t o dint C\'0 11t, there haci becu n. ~encral expeclnt,ion,
:ind as yon romeml1er, old S im eo n had the w1 &ne1>s that. he should
n ot sec death t1ntil he had scrn t.h c L orcl's a11oi11tc·11. And tl.ie rc
wns in Israel a <lccid1•ll :ich-1•11l 11101·ern c11t, c11l111inn.Li11g in t,hc
liirLh of Chris~, :ind the wise mc 11 of the 1•:ts t uo111i11g to worship,
&c. Thirty y ears IJc forc !./tis harvest hcg:in, Lh l! l'O had been an
a1lvent, mo vement. h h1:gan perhaps wit.It \\c<'> ll', wl10 pre:i0hed
t hrnngh E11ropc anrl J\11in, hut w:is mai1dy in tlii11 r.o1111Lry, ancl cul·
111i11atc.tl in the tenth <lay 11f th e sen~11th 111011th I){ 1844, jnst 30
years prior Lo t.hc nut.11111n <if l SH.
Agai n: Aliont >;ix 1111111t.(1 , pri,>r Lll tl1a t, har rr:>t, there was a
rnci<':11•c Lo 11111k1\ 11laili 1'1-.<t LP ls1•acl, the co111111J.: nf j\ [ 1•i<si~h ,
( 1.. 1111°1: :SI). ::ii .~ rn1111~lii> l.r1'111t' tl1is harYc1;t l 11·g~111, 1h<· juJ1ilce
arg:1 1111:11ti; cam•• (lilt, ti• 111;lJ,p 111a:1il'cst hi" (/w Israel," the com·
 T!ill llAltVEST· l ,,~

- I

111g of l\f~~iab l!Jl' ii~conll Lime. U ow i~ i t, thllt c'·<'ry fcat11rc

or the 011(; lias its c~n.ct pnmllcl in t.Jic other, unless t.hey a1·~. ill·
deed, to lie" of cq11:1l rnensure, nnd of equal sir.e "? 1t will be
n.•rricmucretl that the .Tell'> st.umlJlcJ at the mwm1Jr of Lite uom-
i11g of 1.lieir uf(•Sliinl1. Tl1cy were cxpcctiug m1u1ifes.tntio11s of
411iLe R tlifforcnl cli:irr1ql"r, something ope11, grnn<l nnd glorious
011 the phne of Lhl· ilcsh, nnd they land nl>un<lnnce o f Scripturn
10 s11pport tln•ir i1lc:i..". 1£ven Gabriel's decln.ration to Mary, hnd
Ll1oy ha vo k11111rn it, wo11 lll nnturall y snstni ned their conception
vf the chnract"'r of his nil vent. '"l'bou shalt cull his n:i.me .J E-
SUS, H c slrnll l ie gn•:Lt, :llld shn II lie called the tion of the Higb-
1:st; nucl the L rml 1;1Hl 1>hnll gire 1111to him the throne of bis
i:lL11er JJa ri<l ;· 1111d hr shall reign O\'er the honse of Jacob for
c1·cr, n11 ~l of his ki11_-;dom there shall lie iio end," (Luko l: 31-
33).
This wns ju;:;t tho :'llos~hh t.bny were looking for. Rut hon·
could tlll~Y i<c•r nny .. r lhis pictitrc fullille(l in "Jesus of N:i7.ar·
cth," the m:111 t•f sn1 rows. '·He shnll l.>e great i" nncl yet bi~
tcac.:hing to his 1fa<:i('les, l.>oth by precept nml cxumple is, " l fo
ihnt would be great l in the kingtlom J let him be the scn•:rnt o f
:ill." Their :\lcssiali \1·:1;; LO come out of llethlehcrn, nncl yet the
Lord had Lhe infa11 1 ~:iriou r carriNl to N:u~arcth, "th:it ho might
ho cn,ltecl n Nazurem'." And yon may follow the whole history
of the Nninrcne, nnd yon will scarcely find a single feature of
his life in which tl1r· Jc11·cotlld recognize his nlessiah. The fact
(Jf his lrn1·ing 111irnc11 lou~ power, was no proof of itself. · .M.irn-
clcs were co111mon in th:it ilispens:Hion. Prophets, before Christ,
hau healed tlie i<iok antl rni1;ctl the dend. 11c11oe, they sturnblccl,
nnd yon cnn hardly wonder at it. lmleed, Goel spoke "in dark
sayings and pnrahl<?s, lest they should sec;" nnd there is to be n
J>arnllcl here. This 11ccond houst) is to stumble, antl for thcsamo
reason, vir.: Ul'Caai;c of the 111:innor of his coiuing. Yon may
smile iit tbi~, :i111l i>ay, llc is comi11g in tho clouds of heaven, autl
every eye sh:1ll 1<el\ hi111, :ind Lhi 11k yon know all about iL. So
could Lhc J ew i>lllil••, :uul imy, IIe shal l he g re:it, nnd shall sit up-
011 Lhc throne of hi:. f;i 1l11.:r l>:\\'id . .NevcrLhclcss, they stumulcd,
:\11d so ~viii this g1)11c1ation. H11L yon :ire :i. good ehnrcli moml>('r,
and honor tliL1 1rn111 c 11f Uhrii:1., and h:wo no fear of bci11g rcjecc-
ccl. N~itht'r had tit•! .1 (!11' any fear of being rejecLed. Jle fc:-11-
c:d Got! a11d hc11wn•d l ht• law. JJu L they were rcjccLccl as a bo1ly,
1111<1 !lO will IH: 1111• 1·hnrd1 •>f the prcscnl cl:qr.
'l'hc1·e 11•1 1ru (;t!rl11111 pr.1l'li"c:ics hci11g f11r°lillccl al , :11111 flnrin)!
Llicir ii:Ln·cst.. Tlrl' 111c1-.• n1a11, l'hriHL .Jcs11i<, being prc::wn~, did 1H•t
 pron: l1irn ~o he th1lir ;.\lci;siah. lh1t Lhore 11·n.s nn im111encc army
of St:rit1turc fulfill ed j u,t 11t t.hnt 1i111r. 1'/wy fail1:d uf R1·cing it..
Thcrcisnn immcm:e nnayof ~criplllre I.icing fulfilled just 11uw;
hnt tlie church as n li<1rly, <1<>, :1ni1 will fail of i>ct·ing- it; n.nd
they :ue just ns much in the <lark i11 rchtiou w thccvc11Ls of this
hnn•cst, as were the .Jcw11 :it tht· C'n1l nf their :tgc. Hut if tl1c
cliurch, as n body, nre 1.0 eC1mc ~h o rt :11111 fnil uf lrni11g sn1·cll,
what hns the rrospcl 11ispt:> 11<::11.inn amo1111t.u1i to ? lf the .Jewish
nnLio11 al\ :l bocfy 1 f:lilcd, 1rlt:11 cl id t lle .h•11 i:;h dii<pe11s:1tio11 .nmonnt.
tu? 1 will :mswer lmth ri11cst in 11ff: Th"r were c:ich a necessary
pnrt. of the pl:in for tlc1·clt•1 •i11g firs~. du· l.ypi(lnl, n11cl then the
real "seed of the wnrn:rn" 1l1:1L " is t Q ilnii"c the scrp:int's heatl."
"J\Iany arc c:tllecl, h11t f1• 11· :11·1· 1·h o:<1•11.'' Dn ;011 w:tnt to share
in t he kingdo111? 'l'lie11 1ltc·n · :irf' rC'sp n11:.:ihil iL1 cs f1>r you1 11·h ich
.1 111111 \Vesley, o r :111y of d 11• 11:1ily r1•f1 1n11 t·r~, 1fol 11•)t hn1·c ; alHl
hC'111;c, fo r you to It 1·c n.; NI rn t•st :i <'11 ri:<t.in n Ii fc ns (!id Joh 11 \\'cs-
ky, is not enough. Di.\ 1wl t lit• gc11c·r:11i11n or ,Jcw1;1 on whom
t.hc l.'iHl c1imc- Lhe g«•11crnti1111 who s:1\\. 11r 111igli1. hn1•c seen, the
f11llil111c11t of the :::;rriptun•s rc11Ll'ri11g 111 the fi1·st. :ull·c11t-hnve
1·t·iipn11i<ihilitics t.hcir foL11crs did 11ot lt:1xc? nncl were t.ltoy not
judged accordingly?
It is not the world, b 11 t t ltc ch11rch, 11·lto nrc g1tiny for being
in d:irkness in rcl:lt.ion to thr fulfil111c 111. of t he g reat amount o f
Script\lrc ccnlcri11g in this hnrl'cst.
You arc right in ex peeling Chri:;L Lo Mille iu the cloutls, open-
ly nnd visi.bly, so t.hnt every eye shall ~c~e him. But yon n.t·c not
rig llt in rejecting nll t haL is to prcccd1: tltoso open manifesta-
tions. Y ou arc right i11 cl:1illling t.h:t l li e comes in all his g loi·y ,
:wd with all his hvly angel::; but yo11 :tre wrong i11 dcnyi11g that
!tc comes ns a tlticf. You arc right in claiming that men will
cnll for rocks and mountn.i11s t.o hiile tl1clll from him that sitt.eth
upon tbe t.hrone. Y (1 11 ii.re wrong in d1•11ying tltnt in (.lie dnys of
t.hc Son of man, during his pm·o11 .~iu1 his pre.~e11 oe, it will be ns it
was in the cbys of No:ih; tlt:it. mo11 an• to co11Li1111e nL t heir ordi
11nry lrnsiness, buying, RclliJ1g, mnrryi11g.1, &c., cluring the" days
or t.hc Son of rn:in," j11s(, as tlH·y 1lid d11n11g the <l:1ys of Noah.
The cl1ristin11 church is tcat:hing a grc:1t dc:il of truth, and so
1lid 1.hc scribes and l'ltaril\cc!'l, who sat i11 il l o~es' SC.'lL. liut whon,
in 1.hc fullne:;s of Li11w1 it ch ange of clispc11satio1l was taking
)'iilta·, they wei·c not. J>rtp:1rc d (t> :t!l v:111i.:u with the arlv :111ci11g
ligl1t of Uml'R won!; lH~11 cC', 1.lici r fa ll. '!'he f:tcL o( ()hri:;L licing
tlu·n' i11 pc.n·son, w:111110 u1·id1•11c\· to t.lw1 1. Thuy were ju<lgc\l bc-
r:11•<>1· :::.·c.,.ipf1l1'C! 1c;.1s l11•i11y ,rl1(/i/lcd, and tiwy knew ii. 1wt.
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:-50 t he cliurclt i:. g11il1.y to-11ay1 hcc:rnsc the S c riplun·s :ire Ul'-
ir1.!.! folfilt(!il, and t.ht')' k11ow it nC/t. J\ncl, like the ,fows, upon
wlio rn Go1l po111·Nl out liis wr:i t h to the utterm ost ; Rn tt po11 the
..!11·istilm world, tl1c scvc11 l!ls t pl:ig1tcs, i n which is fill c-<1 up the
\\TaLli of Cocl, !lrc soon l.o l1e 1•ourcd out.
Jl :l\·c you 11ol 1101icc,} in the gl'caL m!ljniity of de111111ci!ltio11s
by ou1· Lonl, a11<l ah:o liy I lie :-ipostlcs. t.liat . t h ey !lre !limctl at
111·<!/'e.~secl chl'isti :111s. Those 1·rj11ctc<lby h im, claim to ha"c <lo11e
111:'111)" wo11tlcrflll work.o in lti$ 11:i1ne. The worltl kt$ 110 such
1·l:1irn 1.0 make. And with the :-ipnstlc, those who\\'('!'(• hr:-i1ly,
hig:h-mindcd, st·olTcrs, &c.. were l11ose h!1vi11g the for111 uf (; O(l-
li '' '"~s. J\ fl• 1 i 1 j,, t hl' l.:tll<l irl'!lll 1:/111n·/t, the Inst t•f 1.hc ;;e,·e11
ih:\t lt:wc lilk•tl tilt' p1·11plictic page fro111 t.ho :lJIOSl11iic tlays Lo
tiil' Jlrl'Sl'lll limC', wl1u :i re rvm pl:~in l' d of !ls Lcing "lilirnl nnd
11akcd," awl who :ire io Le i:puctl out of his mouth, (Ht·L 3: 14-
~:!}.
Tl1cn: ni1• 1oth1·r l':iral11•l::: l1l'twccn th1· l'lllling of 1l1if: :'lgc :w1l
1 lil' nnc at 1he 1i:·.-L :111' t•11t, that ~Cl'll l nlinMt wom1t·rf11i. From
Ilic hcgi11 11 i11~ c•f tl tt•ir 11:1"\'l'st, w ll1ci r fiu!li a11d com1 dclc clc-
:<1 rncLio11 , wn ~ IPr ty )'l•nrs. Th:-it. is, from,\, D . 30, to A. 11. 70.
J;ut ns Christ lil'ga11 ((l prc:1ch ll'he11 11(~ 11·:'ls th.ircy, in th o :111-
11111111 of 11 . n. 20, iL was rc:llly forty yenrs nnd six mo11 tJ1,, to tlia
1l(':::l rnrti1111 of .1 c ru ~: il c m, i11 ,.._ D. 70. From tho l1cgi11 11i11g o f
t l1 i~ h:irvC'i:t, at thC' c11tl 11f A. J>. 11'H, to the encl of the Limes of
the Gcn t.ilt•s, :11111 tflt,rdorc, 1.0 tlie e nd of this time of t.ronlilc
cQmi11g 011 1.hc •·lll'isti•tll 11:itions, i:: forty years- or, renlly, as the
lin1·,·est. l>c,!pn in t.l1c !lntnn111 of 1874, forty yen rs :ind six ino11ths.
And wlint 1s yet more wo11\lcrful, the first six monLhs o f thnt
lti~nest wns nl111usr :l l1l:t11k . Tito Lima for C hrist Lo rc!l lly ue-
giu, w:is nt, the 1'pri11g pnsso1·er. 1I e11cc, at C:i11!1, of (;:ililcc, he
R:1ys : "J\I in1' hour li:1s not. yet coniC', (.J nh11 2 : 4). Aml n ext to
1tritlti11g \\':t~ k ll\)\\11 (.i f chis harvest u11 i it t.hespringof 1875,and
lhc first six 111nnLhs were p:issed. -
Ag:1i11: At. the first h:1n·cst,/illc days ha"<' :i. pin ce. 'l'lmt is,
Christ. rocl r i11i'l .J er11salo111 fiyc tl:iys bdo rc liis dcnLh . Uo n1parc
.f 1Jl111 12: ) l:111<l \' Cl':\C 1'.!. /\1111 it \\'!lS!ltl.hnttimct.licir fal.CW!lS
"''alc<1 nnd tltc•ir ho11s<' lcfL dr:so la Lc. There is n pcricHl of .ftv(J
1
(•1y.~ rnatleo 1•1'(1111i11t>nl lier(' all'n. That is, :~s th:~L han•cst ended
lil'c cl:iys slwrt, ;;11 to ;:pc:1k; t.hii. one 1.Jcgius fi" e cl:tys c:td y.
1"1·0111 \.lw •!(•at.It of ('h1·i~t, 1111 t he fiftcw1Lli day of t.hc! fi1 ,;t niont.h,
Ilic next (hy :11't1•r Ilic p:t~SO\'ur, ( Mai.~. J 7: 1 ), !(l ll1l' '<'lttli clay
11 f t he ,q fi1.,11l/i 1110111.!1 in 1Si'4, la<·I<~ fi\'C• 1l:lys of '11·i11i: full Li111r

~t1i: 1 L i:o:, l'n•111 1111• fill1"c11tli d :1y nf 1.hc Hrsl. 11111 11tlt, 111 1111'.Ff-
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tcenr.h of t111· aevc11tl1 mont.h, would 11~ :;ix foll month;,. But ns
tho high priest Je:we the hol _I' pince on the t<mtli 11tty of the i Lh
month,. Uc stai·t.~ from hea,·1·11; five days bcfo1·e ti.le fiftcl!11th;
a11 wh(m ·going to J cr11s:i l1)111.
These pnrallelii Lct11'<!c11 tit <! tll'o clispcns:l\.io11s, 1Jcgi1111i11g
with the twch·c tribes, ancl thn tll'cll·c npost.lcs, nucl crn<li11g \\' i t.Ii
nil the little clct:iil!> of t.hc hn 1l' Cs t, ha 1·c in t.hem n weigh 1. of cl' i-
<lc11cc thnt is 1111n11s11•cr:tblt:; :incl the fnC't that. this nge i~ to e111l
with a. harrcst, is the wonl ld' Christ.. 1\n<l that tlu: 11 wht:il,"
or "childn•1t of 1.hc ki11(!1lwn," nrl' t.o continue nt their Qr1li11-
nry avocnlions through ti1c ti1110 nf the harvest; n11<l that when
taken, they :ire found in the rnill, field, &c., is nl!':o a clcarstato-
111c11t o f our J,onl. And that t.hc> nngcls will ha"'.e l>c~n hero
gathering" ~lie tnr1'I' i11 lln1111I ~·~," /i~(iire the whcnt is gntl.lcre<l,
is hi!! own stntr,mc•111.
(On.th er ing the tarei; in h11r1dl,..s, i1< s<'pnrntiug t.he two cln.sses. Not
lit!' ral binding: ns i.:rui11 is bn1111d; Antl this separn.tion is now bP.-
ing consumntcd. \ \'here 1·n lid~ pre:-e11 l li~ht comes, nil who nc-
ccpt it u.re dril·co out from on..::111i1.!•cl hoclies.; 1ind its n117insers nre
left t.o thcmst!lves. " l! rar ill" word of lhf' Lord, ye tl11Lt t reH1 l1Je
at His word; your brt?lhrf!n tlmr h :Lt.cd )' Oil, t hn.t cust you out for
my name's Sct/.;e, sm'cf, let (fi e f,1,11'</ be {fl111·f1iad: but /ws/iatl :ll'JlC:ll'
to yo1wjoy, and t!tey shall bl! crs/wmed," (Isa.. fiO: 5).)
The above n cecl~ no 00111ml'll f. \Vh<-11 he appears, t here· must
bo those t wo clnsst~!l.
It docs not nppcnr to 1111• very fau:tt.icnl to suppose thnt
t.hc work of the har\'rst is n11 r.nscen work, aud tha.t those co11-
scio11s of its presc1wc, hrco1!1r so, by light cminat ing from the
Soriptu res. And this is in h:1rn1011y with 1.hc spiri t of :ill that is
said of t ho cfa.y of the Lord 1•umi11~ as :l thief on one class, while
n11other clni>R nrc i11 the light . " 1low cls11 can the clays of t he
Son of man be, a.~ the d11y.i <!( _\ r11ch !' llow else cnn t he pte.~ence
of the Son of mnn ii<' ns tlH• 11ap of Noa h ? "En t ns the cln.ys
o f No:d1 wcrt1, so shall nl.0:11 1.lto parousia of t h e Son of man
be,'' (i\J n.tt. 1?4: ~7). \V hy will 111011 lie1)0 tcnacicmsly blincl, uc-
cnuRc it i!! taught t h:it hr co111(1s i11 t.llc~ clouds :md :ill will sec
lii111, as t.o clc11y evcwy nlhcr f1•:1tn1\• 11f lite :ul ve11t. C:u1 he 11ot
gaLhcr his i;:ii1H.~, 11 11\iclrnown t(1 1.lrc worltl, and then come in :ill ·
his glnry, j ust :lR well ai; "1.1,.1it1lcl, t.liy ki11g com<:t.h, m rck aml
low ly," co11ltl he fu lfillc•tl :11 lt>r Ll1c li arl'csf, nf tit.at :1gc? B ut
our co11!1ol:it.io11 i.q, " we• hrivu 1.hii; !>l'nl ; the J .onl knowt•t,h
1.hc•111 th:it. l\l'l' hi!>;" :111 .J I h:11 hdon· 1lw h:1rvest cnd!>,_CV<Jl'!f cltil<l
of hii<, will lie i11 t,h<' lig-ht. " Y1• l11'C·1l11·1•11, nrc not in cl:irkucsR,
that. tltnt d:ly i;h1111ld c11111(• i.11111 1 y•.11t :1i: :i thiuf."
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'l'llb: Fffl~ Kl KUlWMS, .AND TlmIH J,OCA LITY.

Hnbylon, ) l ciln- l \·r~ia, Grcoia, R ome, nnr1 tho king11vm of

nod. The lirst. fv11r of these \\'t'l'C SCCll Ly Nebnchadncr.znr ns :l
beautifu l image, wit.Ii head of golrl,hrcast. and arms of sill'er, hclly
:1ucl thighs of. uras;i, leg!' of iro11, foeL nnil toes of mixed iro111111rl
rl~y ; while the lifL11, the kingtlom of God, appeared to hi tn ns a
i;t,one, or barren mountain. D:rnicl also hnd a Yision of these fh:e
ki ngdoms; :\lid to hi111 the first four nppc:i.rerl ns wild hcnsts, n
liori, b<.'at•, Jeopard, aml tlw Lcrriule beast. with iron tect.h; while
the fifth nlo111• :'IJ1Jll'11l'ccl hen11 ti ful Lo l1im.
E11ch of Llwsc i11 t11rn, nra rc111·csc1Hcd ns subd11i11g l.he whok
earth. Of the lir:;t, represented by Habylol1 nnd li er king, it wns
said: "Thou, 0 king, art n kilig of kiugft, fort.he God of hea v-
en h ath gi\·un thee a ki11gclo111; n11d wh eresOe\'Cl' the ch ilcfrcn of
rnen dwell, the bt'a~ts of thc lielcl :md tliC' fowls nf lte:wcn, hntli
lie gin:n int o thine ha1111. :111d lmth mad(' thee ruler O\' Cr them
all. A111l aft.er Lhee shall nrise nnother kingdom inferior to
1,hcc, and a third ki11g1lom of brass, t.lint :;linll hcnr rule OYer nll
the cnrth; ancl a fourth ki11gdt•rn that shall l.irenk in pieces nncl
subdue all thei;o." 'l'hcu he represents the God of heaven ns
seLting up n. kingdom which slrnll brenk iu pieces n11d consu me
nll these kiug<lomi;, :rn<l it sli:ill st:rnd forever, (Dan. 2 :).
"· Of t,he first four represented by the fou r b easts, Sir l sn.:io
}{.e wton olJi;l!r>cs: "All t he four beasts nre still alive, though
thE.dominion of the first tlrrce be t:\ken awny. [This corresponds
witli 1).,,1.1. 7: 12, where, in speaki ng of t,hc dcstntc}tiou of the
fo urth a111\ UJ.St, it snys: ''As concerning t,ho rest of the l!ensts,
they bad their · c1omi11io11 t.nkcn awny, yet thc.ir lives were pro·
longed for a season 11110 1.ime." It also agrocs with Dan.!!: 35,
11·he11 tho "cl tone" emi,tcs the irnngo vii the feet :i.11d toes wbicb
were of in.>u and clay. I' Theu wns the iron, thecby, the braRs,
the sil ver, nud tho gold, broken to pieces together."]
"The 11 atio1H! of Chaldea and J\i;syri:t :u·<~ st.ill Lh 1~ fir11t. beasL.
Those o f l'\ludi:i. and 1'ersi:i arc i;till the seco11d hcast.. Those of
J\lacedonin, Greece, T hrace, A si:i • i'lli1101·, Hpfa, :md Egypt, are
the thirtl benst. And Lhosc of Europe on this side, nro still the
founh l.icast.. Seeing, t.hc rc!fore, the hocly of t.he Lhird beast is
(\Onfiuccl t.o L11r 11 :1t.inns 011 tl1is si1k of t.he n r cr .E11J1hrntcs, :tllll
~h e body vr 1>lic fuurt.h ht-:1$L t1~ tli<! n:l(,i11 111; (Ill I his :ii tie of Grr ccc,
\\'e nrn to l1111k fcJr nil Liu• fvnr i11•;1ds oi th11 thirci lu•:i:;I 011 thi ~
<idc t.11 1: E11phr:11.us, arnl f11r all tit,. ,;1,. ,.,,11 h•'l'W1 t•f li11.' iourt.h
l1t·n8t :im c " !4 tlic 11at.i1111s 1111 t lii;: :-l•lc l.'r•".,; 1111.J t\i(•.... for!" 1 ih
 1\INGOOMS.
the lil'r.nki11g np of tl1e Oreck empi re in to fonr kl11gdo111s, we in·
elude 110 part of Uh:tldC'n, or J\lcdi:t :~1111 J'e1·si:1, in tJic,sc ki11"-
do111s, brcaus<i they l1elu11g t.o the body of t.he firiit. t.w p licash~.
Nor do WC' reckon the' Urcck cmpirc, i::c:lted nt CQ11i<L:1111i11oplc,
among the horns of the fourth bcasc, bec:tnsc it lJclo11g1> L<J the
body of the t.hircL"
The above, by Sir Is:t:t<: Nc\\' ton, ap1wm~ soun,I. A111l 111(11'Cl
C!spccinlly :'IS it ill supported by fa cts, :1~ well ns by ~cripturu.
If tl1c first three hensi.s live until the fourth one i,:1 dl\Slru_rc<l,
and arc nil <le:<~royctl Logct.l1cr, :ts t he prophecy stall!s; :rnd re·
Laius, each its ow 11 iuclirid11:dity at, the time of tl 1cir dc:struu·
tio11, neither of them r an hr11·c been a hsorued or lo$t. in t.hl' other.
11cucc, :-ill tbe cli,·ision~ ri f thr fou rth empire mu!'t be looked for
on it,s 01\·11 territorr, :11111 1w1 1111 tlil' tr>rritc>11· ,,f thi· vthcrs. The
"lion" did not bc(·onw t h1• ·• l1c:1r," nor 11·:1$ t.hc h~opnt·!l t.rn11s-
fur111ccl into the fourth l1c11st: for 1.hc gold, the sill ct', :11111 t he
ur:\SS 1 nrc nil found :i.i: irnch, nt Lhl' <lcstrnction of I.he im:1gc.
Those wh o h:in• nut. notiet•<l this p•Jsiti re st.att>111c11t iu these
l'rophccics, :1n1l Llrnt. ead1 :111<1 nil of thci-c "U<'asLs," Jin? :111'1
retain their clisti111't i11di1·id11nlity t.o t.hcc1Hl, hn1·c ;;11pposc1l that,
fi \'C of the horns of the fourth bca;;L lllllSt. be lookc:1l for On th e
G rcci:tn terri tory. Jn other ll'Ords, that fiv e of tlw horni; o ft.he
fourth beast must be founrl growing ovt of the htJ:i.d of the leop·,
/
an], or third lieas1..
This strangely loose idea nf the proplier.y, has come from t!Je
fact that. the i11rngc o f lhn. 2 :, hns l wo legs ; an(l that. men h[[ve
been plcnsetl to cnl I C:o11i:tnn1 inoplt> "eastern Home)~ ..Hut
prophecy no when• gi rc•s the !<light.est intirnnt.iou of_ the fourth
empire being <liviclc<I i111.o two part;;; nor docs i(rcco<r11izc any
~uch nrn.u1gc111c 11 L. "The 11•1£.S of iron," 1·eprtiscnt t~e fourth
r1npirc. Ju the i111ngc tif :o ~man there_nr~ two legs it is true;
hut. in the ltead of n rnnn there ~re two eyes, and two can•;
shall we, tharcforl', rlein:onrl :i rloubletli "ision of Jhbylon? On
Ll1e nrms of n rn:in t.hcrc :nr L11·0 h:i.uds and ten lingers ; Do we
look fo r so ma11y di l'i:<i1•m< 111' 111•· :'lleil•>-P1:rnia11 t•111 plrc? If the
t.wo legs rlcmnnd n d111d1lc di1· i:;i1111 o i' Lil(: fo1nth empire, Lhc
Lwo i;id1~~. or l,11·0 lhi!fli-<, :ol:m dc111:111d 1111('!1 a dirii;ion of t.lic
t.hirJ empire. l'roph<·c,1· n•1\ot; 11i1.c~ n 1lonblc empire in .i\ ledo·
J'cn;\:1, by Lhc arm.~ uf t.l1C' in1:tgl' 1.ht· RitlcR uf Lite hi::tr and t:hc
1

tw<> hurus of tho goal., (Dn11. 2: 7: R). ll ow is iL Lhnt. this

di1·i::;i1111 M J:.11n1• is 111:1•k l• 1 :111po11r •111/y i11 Liw !!ncl d111pt<·r (If
I ):111i1•l 'f for t:c rLai11ly Llit•r" i:- 110 rnf1•rt• 1111u Lo ii. in eil11cr 11(' Ll1('
1iswn:< 11f !)a11id ••r .foh11 : wl1il1• th•· ( e11 divi~iu11~ an' 111adc w
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appear in both the toes of the image, 11-nd the horns of tbe beast.
To call Constantinople Rome, iLUd talk of live to~ on eaoh
leg, somH]s pretty enough; l.iut. n.,c; prop!tecy nowilere n!cognizes
a doubleHomnu empire, I tltiuk in npplying it,011rs:ifestcourse
is to keep to what the prophecy iti;elf teaches. Those who wait
until they see five of thC" hnrn11 of thc.fum·t.h beast, on the head
of the tllird beast, h<.'.forc looking for the setting up of the fifth
kin~do111 1 will prol1:il>ly haYc n Jo ng time to wait.
'lhat l{.omc, and ltome rdonc, r<.'prcsent.s t.he fourth emJlire, is
nlso taught in the fact t.l1at all Llw "seven l!CIHls" of tbt> fourth
beast, had their seat. nt. Home, viz: The consu.la.r, or t1-imrivi·
rate government, which existPd in llome at the time it con11uer-
ec1 Grecia; the I mperi'.u.l, the Gotln"c, t.he P apal, the Republic
of 1708, the reswre1l pn pncy, l)r "Ima.r1c" of t.he forty nncl two
month beast, :~11rl t.be present gon·mment, under Vjctor Eman-
uel. These Sc\·eJ1, :i.rc t.ho "so\·011 heads of the beu11t ;"and none
of them wel'e located 011 Greciru1, P cn<in n, or Ohnl<lenn tenitory.
These fonr king1ln111s, 11ot only have their own iudividual a11d
sepnr~te teniLory 1 but i11 the prophecy, each one is recog11izcd
as existi11g prior to tlie fall of its prc<lecessor. Thus, llnbylon
wns tbc first, but .l\ledi:1 nnd Persia were organized before they
conquered Babylon . Grc·cia 11·:1s 11 11 org n.ni:r.e1l kingdom before
it couquerecl Persia. nnme wns an ·organized kingdom before
conquerin!! Grecia. ,\nd in D:\11. 2: 44., after the fourth king-
dom is <liv'idc<I into tl'll )':lrts, ns t.augbt by the toes of the iui-
al!e, anrl the horns uf lht> beast, which divisions are everywhere
i1~ Daniel noel nevcla r ions called IC ten kings," it says: ".And
in the da.ys of thei;e kings shall l hn Gotl of heaven set up a
kingdom; nnd it !ih:tll lm!n.k in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms; and it 1<hall i:Lnn1l for l'1·c•r." 'l'lrns the same is said
to be true of tltl• kingc10111 of Go1l, Lh:~t is true of the others, viz:
it. is to be scL up bqfin·e the foll of iLs predecessor.
Now, alt.l.to1wh \\'C folly e11rlornc Lite plain teaching of both
!he Old aml th~ New T cstninent, that the chnrch, or the people
of Goel, reprn,;1•11L t.lw ki11g<lom of God; Lhc first, or ,Jewish
house, reprcsc11t.i11g rhnt. ki11gdo111 on the piano of the flesh, nnd
the gospol chufl'lt, l111.. ki11t;do111 <111 tht' higher, or spiriLun1 pln11e;
!<till, the ki11g1lo111 of Uo1rl1as hc.011 in a disorganized condition
ev~r since the end of Zc<lr•ki:d1 'i; n·ign, whern Gou said: "Take
olF the di:tcl l1111 1 rv111n\·c t.ltt> crow11, I will overturn, O\'Crlnrn,
'.1 ve rt.11r11 it., :11111 it, '>hall h1' 1w 111'11'.- 11111.il !Tc come whose right
tl is, aurl I wil l gi1•1• it. l1i111.'' :\11cl t. he:11 iL w:~~ 1.hab 1111ircr-
"'d clo1ni11in11 was gil't•11 to lla l1yln11. 1l1r• fj,-,;r of Llll~!i!' f1•llr (;~11-
 A N TJ OJI RI8 7'.
t ile ki11 gdo111:;. Ne 1·crthclcss 1 the ki11gtlo111 of Uocl ii; :ig:1i•1to111'
"i;c(, 11p;" l.h:it is, organized ns ll rnling power, "in the r/(l!JS" of
t.hc lni;t pltasc of tbc Horna11 empire, nnrl hcf<irci its w•nk of suh
jngntiion can lJq~i n.
"J\sk of me and f ~h:dl g ive thc1· the l1c•al.h1:n for 1.hi11e inhcJ·it·
ancc, and the uttcn1w,;l parts o f 1h1• r:irlh fc1r th,1• 11oi;1<essions;
tho u shal t 1·ulc! 1.ht•111 wi t.h fl rod Ill" iro11; t hon sli :tli 11:\sh. Lhcrn in
pieces as a poltr.rs 1' ('S~·· l," (l't<, '..':) . This ~y 11 r hro11izes with
Dun. 2: 4-l: "In t11 t• 1la~·i; of 1111•:<•• ki11gs ~ha ll t hr. !i ncl of heaven
set up :i kiu gtlom, :i11cJ ii. sliall f,1·eul.: i11 7dcces n11d c1m~u1uc a ll
d 1csc kingd o ms." Not t he fou rt.11 kingdom only, 11111. "thr11 s11;LI!
t.\ic iroi1, t he clay, the l1rnr;R, Lhc silver, nnd the g<1lcl. h e broken
to pieces together." But the loc:ilit.y o.f tho flft.11 1111 ivcrl<:\I cm-
pil'c, like each of the ntht> ri;, is to be on its f11r.11 t<•11·itory. H ence,
Llic apostle crrnl<l ~:1y: " ' l'ltt• Lt• nl i<liall d"li,·1..-11i(' !'rn m c,·cry
e,·il work, :rn rl will 11 1'f'!'1• n ·o· 111••. I 1liat i-<. kl'l' I' 1111• j, 111110 his
haave11ly kiug dnm," ('..: Ti111. 1: 1,;) , 1\111 tl11• l o• rn1 h 1,111·c11l,t1,
simply mean;; s;1fri11111/; n11d l1l' 11t·r, tlt11·~ n•it d l!~i.g11:1t11 i t,s loc;di-
ty, but only i\ s clrnr:rntcr, that it is n 1>1, nf th o enrtli, r.nrLlly.
" The k ingdoms of tl1is wodtl nre i.o 1Jeco11lt' the ki tH!llnms of our
I~ord :tntl his Christ," n11d the kingdom t1f G11ll ii; i:, bo oycr all.
llut the kiugllom of God is ut~ vrr ng nin to lie 011 t.lle plane of
t-hc fl esh, as u11der the old <l ispc11~:itin11. "'l'h(l 11:1111r:il first, and
nftcnvnrds Lhe spiritual." 11 1,111·1>, 111 e11 ll'i ll 1101 ":•y, " It• here,
or lo there,"" for t.lic ki 11L'.dr)J11 l• f t: <id <:1)llll' lli 11111 wit.Ii obser-
vation." ~
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ANTI('lfl{ JST.

"He is n.ntir.hris t., thnt. d,,ni<·th th" F11t.J1rr 111Jol t hP. t-:on, '1 (1 John
2: 22).
"The papacy ha!'! not denied tlie 1:xiste11ue of t he Father nnd
Son, therefore pap::ic;y is not I.he antichrist,," is the rcnsouing of
a class of Hihlc cxp1JsiLors, whoso uamc is lcaio11, llut•we shall
1>how most co11cl nsi1·cly that" c.lc11yi11g the l~'l thcr :rnd the SQ11"
c:tn 1111d tlocs 111<":1n somet.hing q11it.e clilT<•rc•nt from tk nying
1.hc:r oxist,011cc. IC They profo8s th:H th<'y know n(l(]; but in
•r.o rks they de ny hi111, beiug itb11111i11;ll1 lo :111d 1li1111h(•dicnt, and
11111.o c-1•c1·y goi•d work ruproh:ite," (Tittl~ J; lli), lino wclcnrn
thR.t men c:rn deny Goel, without. dcnyini.! his <\:\'istc11 cc. " 111
MOrks they dcuy him." "Then 1;:1 id .1 <•1<11;; 1111t,11 his disciples, lf
:111y 11rnn ll'ill c11111c nftc:-r me, Jct him deny hi111 s1•:1," "B11 1. if n.11,v
f' l"•l\ id<' tli t for hii; !JW n, :11111 l'l'J•i•cially fo1· th M<· M his 11 w11
1
 AN'J'I(.,'JlRJSJ: l35
house, Ile Lnth tle11il <1 the faith." Denying, menus acting con-
1

tyary to; "Denying ungoclliuess :iud worldly lnsts," ii; li,•ing a

Goclly life. lbs the" m:\11 of sin," he who ha11 ex!'llted himself
bove all that ii; rallL•d ~o d or that i!i worshiped; he who hns np-
.. :icd torture, swo rd, llanw, an<l c:aptivit,y t.u all who hnve o f-
fended him, Livl·d <·n11u·n ry t.n, and opposed the t cnch-
11g of him who c;nid, "lo,·,,. your enemies;" "r~sist not c,·il :"
"if they smite yo11 on tl1e utH: l°l1l ck, turn to them thu other
1

also?" if so he has tlr11it•1l the :-:u11 . !In~ hl~ taken ,·cnge:rncein·

to his owu ha1Hlli"! 1111•11 hr !ta~ d1:11iccl llim who s:~i th "ven-
gennce is mine, and I \1·ill r·cp:iy, saith the Lord." •
"Yc hnve hcar rl that nnLioltrist i:;lmll come," sa.ys .John," even
now :ire there mnm· anl ichrists." And ! '1111 l says: "'l'he m vste·
i·y of iniquit y d11L11° nlre:\(ly work, only he who i1ow letteth thin-
dereth] will !1i111lc r 1111 tii he be L~1kl•11 onL oft.he way; and then
shall that wiokc11 hc- r1·vc•nl<."1l, wh1•111 Lhc Lem! i;ltall consume
with Lhe spiriL of lti;; 11111111h, 11111! 11 .. ~trny with the brightness of
his coming.'' Tlw <'i\·il j )il\1'1• 1 w : 1~ wl1:tl h iuc1erc<l ; l>nt in pro-
cess of time the d111rc.:lt g~·t co11L1"1ol (•f th e empire, nml Home be-
came papnl H.0111c; then" that wic ked was revealed."
That church h:ts claimed, nntl, to a certain extent, exercised
all the prcl'ogn.tivcs tlt:it Chl'ist tl imself i11 to exercise in his king-
~lom . "'hem tlJC church clement got the p ow·cr, an<l the "wo-
man" w11s seate<l 011 I.he" hcnRt :'' thnt beast wns said to be "in
ibe bottom loss pit.'' J~n d t.his heast, "having seYen beads and
ten horns," is the same as" the <irngo n, having senm heads and
ten 11orns," of H.c.L l~ . And this beast is to ascend ont of the
uottomless pit; t.hat is, 111{.0W off. the control of the church, (He,r.
17: 8), and 11 go into pcnli 1.inn," just :>.s the" dragon," or nations
now controllc•l hy ti"' n1•1 ii, wh n iR tlw ·' pri11ca of this world,"
:-..re to Ll1row off, or hr IPL loose frum t.hc control of 011.ri.~t, at.
the cud of the tlto:1sa11tl n·11 rs.
"The dr:igon,·• o f l\ t•v: 12:, an<l the tlragou of Hev. 20:, ni:
clearly one a11cl th t• H:lHH:. "And thegre:it <Jrago11 wnscns: " li t ,
tbntold sq.rpr11t cailctl t.hr Devil :ind Sa~an,'' (Rev_ 12: 9). "Am"
J saw :iu a11g1•I com<· <lnwn fro m ltc:i,·ru having the key of the
liottomless pit., :i11d :1 ~rcat ch:1i11 in his hand; :ind he laid hold
on the dragon, \hat old i:crpc11t., wlric-h is the D evil, :incl Satan,
:ind bom1d him a t.ho11~~111 cl Yl!:1r:; 1 and onst hirn i11to the bottom-
lcsa p it,1' (H.cv. 20: 1, :i). · ·
As the dmf1Ull1 I.he (~iril J10\\'CI' or t.hc 11ati0 11$ ltas been in t. hc
"bot.Lomlcss pit," 11 mlPr tlw f111fi,•hri~1, so lh r 11atinn!l nr•• tn lie
s11 iJCl11ccl 1111tlcr lh<· n::d !.."h ri::t . ":\,;k ,,,. 1111: and I Rhall gi' c
 136 TR UJ1fPETS.
t.hco t.he lrn:ilhcn for Lhinc inheritance ;" :u1d "t.he ki11~tl o 111 11 of
this world become the kingdoms of onrLord." And 1t wilJ be
not.icc<l lhaL what is s:titl of the re:il Chri:;1, ha.s, in 1w c r~· partic-
u lar, been conuLcrft:itccl by the :w tiC'h rist.. "B<> wise 11ow Lht>re-
fore, 0 ye kings, lie instructed ye jndgt•s t 1f till• ~·:irth, serve the
J.ord with fea r nnd rejoice with t. rrmu ling . l\i."s the Su11, leas t
he l>e angry, and yn perish frnm the w :1 y wh 1'11 his wrath is kin -
dled bnt n. lit.Lia." ,\11d h;ts 1111! :wti«hrist d1•n1a 11<h11l t.he e:a11\r
homage of t.hc kiugi< of Lite r:\rt.fl't I Ir ali;o 1lcm:1wlccl kisiws,
least they perish from the. wn.y whe11 hi;: "'r!lt.h \\':t!l kincllcll btt(.
a little. As Chris~ is to be" 1\ing of ki11g;:, autl Lor1l o f lords,"
!'O h:we the popes profoi;sed to he. " ,\nil on his hc:i<l were
m:rn.v crowns," (H ev. 10: 12). f'o too, till' popes wore the 1111111y
crowned hat. And as the sninl;:; arc tn lie "J\ings :ind priest,<>,
an<l l'eign on f,he enrt.h," the Homi!'l1 ch nrc·li has l'iai111cil th at
ilignit.y for her prit•sLhn11c1. So perfN' I i" 1111 • r·u11 11 t1·r fcit, t.hat
many hnYc. mistakc:n t.hc fol::e for Lite Lnir., :i n•l rt•nlly ~upposc
the thous:111<1 year!' re ig n of Ch1·ist. :i nt1 th>' i;;ti11I.!> '" in lhc past.
But, t.l1ough the reign of ant.ichri:::t is nn•r, th :it of the real
C hrist is not yet.; fo r "when t.he king dom is l ht• Lnrtl 'i;, a11t1 he
is the governor arno11g the nations, nil t.h~· c•11di< 11f the c<1rt.lt
shall remember nnd turn to the Lord, n11rl rdl the ki1Hlrccls ·of the
nations shall come and worship heforr hi111."
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TllE SEVEN TIWMJ'Kr~.

"And the seven angels which hnd th" se,·en 1.nunpct.s, prepnred
themse!Yeato sound,'' (Il.ov. 8: (J).
On the subject of the trnmpets, I sh::ill s:iy hnt little: not. be-
c:iuse the event.i;of cad1 trumpet :irr not c h•arl~· d cfi11 ec1 in hisLory,
but for want of Rpnce in the b ook. I sl1:tll co11fi11c my rern:irks
m:iinly to the sounding of the Inst thr(:e, a11cl rofor t.hC' reader t.o
the writings of Dt'. ~\ dam Clnrk, for the hisLnricnl :ipplica.-
1.ion.
The 1>01111tling of t.hc. i.:even trniupets, I 1111deri; t,;111d to shadow-
f<•rt lt the events hy which the cltJmini()n of t hi: 1:1xt of tho fo111 ·
(lrrr til c kingdoms was to be broken, ornrthrnw11, a11d lin:tlly dc.-
stroy<>(l. Aft.er Oonstant.ine, the 110,·crcignty w:1;: 1li,·icled i11to
t hree p:1rt ~ ; hcur.c, the frcq11ont. use of tlw ll• rr11 ~, "a tliirdpart
of 1ne 11, 11 &c., allucl ing t.o the third p:irt of 1.111: r:111pir<' which wns
tinde r t.lw "'t<111rge. J\11<1 hcrn \\'(' 111ay nnt.i1·1• th•• •listin ctio11 in
t 111• l:t11)-:'1t:tgc n f t.lwi;e scourge:;, :incl tl11•i::t• \\'hi <'h :in· lo com e 1111-
 'I'll TJNPETS. l 3'i
<lcr tlte "seven h~t plag11l·s. '' These arc confined to n third,
while the plagues, whfoh :ire to lie uoiversnl, are to be poured
on~ n po11 al( Lhe pro1•hctic earth, instea<l of n third part.
Unde r the lst, i11d, 3t·d, :'Ind 4,th trnmpet!l, these scourges
were b •·ought upon the two western parts of the erupire. Un·
d~ r the 5Ll.J and (;th, thc·1lu111i11io11 of !tome at the east, a t Con·
st:mtiuople, WM subl'ert.c:•l. \Yltile umler the 7th, great Baby·
Ion will go uow11 tu l'il'r llO lll<ll'C, Lhe times of the Gen tiles
end, :tn<l "the ki11i:rclo111>1 of this worl<I become the kingdo1Ds of
th c Lord."
The first trnsopet wai: fnllilled by tht' events nuder Alaric, the
l~othic chief, who cornmcncerl t.hei::c scourges on the empire, and
styled himself" U1e sconrge of God." The secoud was brought
about by Gt.>n!'cri<.:, whose :tLL:trks were nrniuly fro m the shores
of .iVric:t, and ou the \\';lter. Tlte third, u11d cr Attilla, wlto first
nLLacked the empire iu its c:ist tru possessions, and then sucltlen·
ly, like a f:ill i11g star, irl\·ades tlie west. Und~r tlic fou1·th tru111-
11ct, "a th ird part of vf tlil' 1<1111 w:is smitten," and a tlur<l purt
of the e mpire was cxti 11g11islie1l ; :iud, by these four, t he empire
was broken iuto its t C'll frng 111c11L.c;.
The rem:iluing tru111('et.s. tltc 5th, l3tl1 aml ith, :ire called woe
trumpets j "\\'oc, W0l' 1 \\' OC to the in ha b i ters of tlie ear th, U)"
rc:iso n of the other voices of t. he (.J'llm pets of the 'three angcds
which are yet to sounJ," (l<ev. 8: 13). The first of these was
nuder the t;:i,racens; the SP.COnd un d e r the ~lob am medaus; and the
thiru and last is•· 1.he time of trouble Auch as never was since
there was a nation," at which t.i mc "many that sleep in the dust
of tl1e eart.b sball awake." The measure of the lirst two woe
t rumpe ts, is g iven ill tlie prophecy, while the duration of the
t.hird woe tnirn)IH~, o r scn·11th and l:tSt. ofthcscries, is to befou11d
1'ndir ectiy, but. witlt almost equa l cerLainty.
T he fifLh Lrnlll)lct, and first woe, began under the Saracens
when Ot.h m:i11 lirst. inrndcd the Homan empire, July 27t.h, A.
11. 12\JO, :incl ended i11 .Inly, 144 0, at which date the ind r.pcnd·
cncc of the oast.Nn poi:;sessiou of t.lte empire virtunlly passed
away. The dnLc of t.lw f:tll of Oo11sta11t.inople wns t.wo years
after, or in A . o. 14 5 1. But at t.he first nnme<l date, the erope·
ro r Gn11sw111i11e J h;a1;oz1•s :1scc11rlc1l the throne at Uoust;mt.ino·
t•lc, by nskiug anti (1ht.:ti11ing tire pc rniis11i<i11 of the !'>ult.1Lu; and
th is exa<;r.l y 111cctfl t.hc c<Jmlitious of the proµhccy, fo r the e111-
pi 1·c of 1.h1• c:1Ht w:111 ""'· l•l uc cxt.trmi11:it.<:d 1111dc 1· tl1a t, b u t 1111·
1 lc: r th1~ f11!1(1wi 11g 1
,1·u11 1pc1.; :L<1, '' t.o 1.bc 111 i~ was gin!11 th;1,t t lil'y
l:<lioultl 1101 kill," (\'('l'Sl' fl) . [Tlii,; bc•iug 11 sy111l>ol, is puliticnl,
 l3S 7'R U11!PETS.
nnd not. liter:il clcHtltJ. "!fat. that t.hey shall be torme11tc<l live
months." Five mont.hs is 5 t imes 30, or 150 d:Lys; au<l ns tlte
time g iv eu to me:u;urc 11rm1.Jol11 is iLSclf sp11bolic, it mcnsnrcs
15U years.
D 1u·i11g this l50 years, Lhe Saracens runr<lercd, robuccl and
tnxed the people, while the government. nL UonsL:intinoplc was
too wenk to give protection; n11d yot tnxed nnd l•pprcssec.l lht!
people for its ow n maint.cna11CL', 1111til nl l:i't, the pL·r1plc cnnrcst-
Jy desired political dcatft, that Lltl•i r 41\\' ll g•)\11.'l°lllllCllt might Ue
abo lished, a11tl they ucpermitted to ~e r ' ' l· v rdy 0110 sC!L of 11ini;-
ters. "And in t.ltose days men sh:1ll seek clc:u.h, ;111cl i-hall 1ioL
!11~d it; nr1<l shall desire LO die liut d(•at.h slr:dl ll1:c lro111 them,''
(verse G) . "011e woe is passed, an<l Lehnld, t ll'O lllore W<'CS come
ht·renfte r, " (verse 12) .
'l'hat the empire did not fall, l1ut tli:1t tit<• ~ :n·acen chief
should grn11t p e rrni:o;~ion to n chrii;r.i:rn 1.!lllJtcrur to :isccr1d tlte
throne a t Constnnti11oplc, 1rhl!1t he had Lh« power Lo prcniut it.,
seems sLra11ge until we look aL the li\ct~. Tht! c:'lH, haJ lona
been nrging the cliristi:u1 natious of J~u roJ't' to come to the~·
n:scue, and sn vc Uonstautiuo}'le from tit•! ·r11rk~i ;rnrl t.lic wc:;t-
e ru na tio ns were contiuually rn:1ki11g prn111iscl'l pf as~i!'taucc, but
owing to home troubles deferred sl!ndrng it. The :::i:traccns,
drca.tling such interference from the christian n:ltions of .b:nrope,
were thus held in check. Httt the ti111e w;i~ at h:in tl when th is
restraint w:ui to be broken through, wl11•11 Lhl! four angels [or
winds) UOUlld in the great rircr .l!.tqil1r:1tc>-, Wl'l'C LO lie let loose,
viz : the restraint of the chri.stia1~ 11(1lit111• : the waters of the
Euphrates," the waters on which the li:1dot,"-111ys tic lhuylon
- " sitteth,'1 was to be let loose or tnkc11 off fro111 the Moham-
medans, so tlmt the sixth tnunµ et1 or dowufall of Uonstantino·
pie and the east, might be ncco111plislied.
" And the sixth au gel sounded; and J It card a voice from the
fo1fr horns of the goh.tcn altar which is before r;od.11ayi11g lo the
sixLb angel which hclu the trur11pl·t, Loose· the foul' angels which
are bound in t.be g n ::i.t ri ver E11plir:1(.(•t<. ,\ 1111 1.lic four a11gcls
were loosed, which we re prepared fo r an l1111tr, :t11d a day; nnd a
m onth, nnd a ycnr, for to s lay t.l1c tlli rtl p:1rt of 111c11,'' (verses
13- 15) . .
Umler this Lrnmpct, not tormenL mcrcl~, I.Jut dwth-political
deatli-jus L wha t ~he people ol' die cast. lt:itl ucc11 prnyrng for,
wui; LO lullow_ 1l'he J\1olm111111cll.1111s wt·r" L·11:d.1lc<l to 1·1!le :1.l1ovc
the wh o lt!SO llH' drciHl Lire ehris(.i(m 11at.irn1s o f' lh e WCSt Jr:td cX -
l'rcisctl U\' t!l' Ll1!!111, an<l U111s thl' 1our :111gl.'i~ " l1ou11J i11 Lur by J
 T .R U.JlII'ETS. 130
t.he great ri,·er Euphrntcs," were let loose. But I will 11gnin
refer the reader to the comrne11tiiry of Dr. Clnrk for the details
of tho application, deYo ting the little space here to the invcsti·
g :i.tion of the dnrntim1 of the trumpet. God bas chosen to re-
prcsen ta ycnr by t.wcl ve monLl1R, and a month by thirty days.
t\ncl ns in S.'fm.bolfo Time n day stands for n year, the measure·
ment is as follows : , "An liour," is the Lwenty·fonrtb part of a
cl:i.y; n.nd the twenty-fonrth pn rt of a prophetic '· dny," or 360,
if' 15 days. A "iltly," ir> one >"enr; a "month ," is 30 yenrs ; a
" yrA-ir, " is 360 ye:rn;. Th e refor.:>., Lhc !lixth trumpet soundefl
39 1yearsnnd15dnys; and com.mencing.fuly27th, 1440,should
l1:we ended August 111.h. 1840. In other words, the l'lfohnmme·
nnn powers wi""1ich fill the sixth t r umpet, were to contrnl the
c~tst, which fell unclcr their <lominion, for Lhe al)o,·e perion
of t.ime.
Those who will exnmiuc the America11 Encyclope<lia or nny
hi~tory of Europe, as Into as Augus t, 1840, will fin d t he follow -
ing facts:
[n J\ ug ust, 1840, t.hc ~o mhi11ccl fleets of the Allies, knocke<l
at the door of the 8111 ~1111 at Gonst:llltinoplc, and under t.lrn pen·
alry of a bom\)(\l'Clmeut of t h() city aemande11 his signature to I\
paper which sl1011ld transfer the control of the empire into the
hands of the christ.inn nriLions of Europe. And that J>nper was
s igned; since wltich Lhe "sick man" of t he e11st, has been nt the
m ercy of the Enropenu powers. Tiencc, on th a t. very day, the
· independence of the Turkish empire virtually ended, and the
sixth trumpeL ceased to sonntl.
"Tlia second woe is pnssed, and bcholrl, the third woe cometh
quickly; aud tho sercn~b nngcl sonnned, and t here were great
,roices in heaven, saying, Tho kingdo ms of this world :ire be-
come the kingdoms of our Lcml and oChis Christ; :ind he shall
reign forever nnd e,·er ; and thcnat.ions were angry," (R e v. J l:
15) .
It will he noticed the sixth tnunpcl ended with t.ho 0th oh:tp·
ler; ancl the subjects of ~he 10th nncl p:i.rt of the 11 tilt chap ters,
;ire in t roduced befora tlic sounding of the seventh Lrumpet is
described. This sccrnr; to be all in order, siucc the l 0th oh apter
ir; :i. prophetic hist.ory of t.hc advent mess:i.ge, tha proolan1:ition
with whic h tlw 7th tn1111p1~t wa..~ to open. \ Vhile the slaying of
t he Lwo wil.11es1ws o f t hr t I th c:h:ipt(•r, li:1rl it.::1 fulliliuC'nL in the
tc rril,lc sr.1'11c;; rif t,hn Fre nc h nwolnt.ion of tho las t century, th t'
1·Jm:i11g f':tr(, of t.h1~ W th' Hllllt'r th l' lilh I ntlll(H'I.. 7'/t r.~r ~t:ll (l­
lllCllLS ll'ii l •l•J1tl11.\"J:.s :q •J•t•:i : ri~ i • Hlal'y t.o 111us t. n•:1 1 lt· r~ ; for there-
 140 TR U1lfPETS.
is n weokncs., of human naLnre 11'it.h which they come in r.ontaot,
1·iz : So long :'IS prophecy can be applied to men or events far
remote from ou r own tim es, anrl the facts of hist.ory an rl prophc-
ay are in li:1rrno11y, it is all right. Md cn 11 he :i cccptcd. Rut ns
we 11pproach our own day, the bare suggcstio11 th:it 711·ophacy
ca11 be fulfill ed by living men ancl events 11ow prr;;cnt, is sc:o11t-
cd, and com1ir1ern<l almost sarrdigious; tl1r irle11 tha t 7n•oJJher•y
con be fulfill cu i11 our uay ! And pra.y wh_r not? Jf 11"e are en·
trring tlic day of the J,orrl, :11111 a ch:111gc of rlispcnsatio n is at
hand, instead of entertaining so silly fl prrjurlic:f', we shri11 lrl
rather expect the fulfilmen t:; to crowcl 0110 011 thr other in rnpi11
succcssio11.
That t.he two Covo11:111ts, thr 0110 g1·:i1·cn on stone, and the
other on the fleshly t:'lblets of 1.lic h ea rt ; the• one 011 the plane
of the fl esh, the 01.hcr on th:ll c1f the spirit , th e ol1l :ind the new
<'ovenant or 'l'e."t:'lmcnt; a1·e thr "two ·1,,itneMes" of Chri:<t, is
plrioccl l1cyo11d nil doubt by hii< <>W n wt•rds. The 8cript11.re..•
spoken of hy our Lonl wci-e t.he O ld ·1\ i-ta11w11t. No either was
0

in force and tltc di:<pe11sation nf tllC\ Spirit, nr new Cove>nn11t., rl id

not commence until t.hc day of Penteuo~t. N (rn· hear 1he worrls
of the J'ilastcr: "I rcocire noL tei:Liu1 011 y from 111!111. " l s Ch rist
tl1c snme ycstcrdny, l O·tfa.Y :111<1 fo rever i Th en how shnll man
fill the picture of" lllY TW O \VITNKS~l!:S"? (Rev. 11: 3) .
J esus names l1is two wit.net'st•s; will yon t.nkc his worcl ? Or rlo
you prefer the silly interprct:itions nf thr 1b y, l i.nt make tino
men, or bodies of me11, of ~nlli <· i e nt i111port:rnce to fill that proph·
ecy? H ear bis ow11 tc11timo11y: "~oa rch the 8C'RJI'1'UBEB,
for in them ye think ye h:1vc rt.r. rnal lifc, iuid TlfEr llrc they
t.ha.t testify of me," (.J ohn 5 : 39). JIore is one, hut. ~l'liere shall
we find its mate? "John ben r witn ess to t.he t.ruth, bnt I ha.ve
a great.er witness t.han that. of .Toh11." J\11rl p •t. •lohn was the
"greatest b orn of woman." Where :ire t.h ~ 11chocatcs of two
11etsonal wiL11esses to find t heir m c11 r \.lwy e:'l11 110L be born of
1oomrm, aud yet. be Lhe wit.11es1-1es t.o whic h Chri1>1. r<'fcrs. " The
l VOBICS thnt I (lo, benr wi1.11css of me," (v<'r,;n :JG). Is tb e
"New tcstnmenL of his bluo1l," 00111irmcd by tlto deaLh of t.110
tcst.ator, having Jesus Christ. the chief cor11cr t:t.or1c, nnd Jcsub
Christ the cap st.one, a rccol'd of /i.iin :incl hi s workR? then it is
his scco11<1 1oit1111ss.
H1)1'. 11 il' of cu11rl'e n iiywbol, :111ll thu time t.h:it 111 c:1~ures i t
i11 sy111l.>11lio. <t Antl Ll11!)' sh:ill )trO(llt<•(:y :t 1.ho1111:111d two Jinn·
clrccl :111<1 1.11n•1_.,c;cl)rc 1by1i, cl11tli 1~<l in i;:wkell)t,h," wni< folfi llotl
tl11ri11g lh(' 1'2HO y<>nrR of lh o oont.rol of ll1i1; 11 111:1n of 1-1i11,''whcn
 TRUNPETS. 141
t l.icso two witt1esses 11·ere Ly li•!ft1L cn:ictments, k ept from the
people, and under the 1·:ii l of a deau langnnge. T~1ese two ITTt-
ncsse::i ~nJ re pnt t o neath Ly n le{lal en:ictmen t , in that great
city "spirltiwfly called ~o;lom antl Egypt ;" nntl fo r three a nd
a-hnlf years, duri11g that g reat infidel revolut.iou wbich swept ,
over E urope ut the dose of the lilst ccnt.ury, they "·ere nbolish-
eu by law; itlllllC\li:H.<!ly :iftcl' whi cl1 they were "exalted to
heave n. " The Bihlc stidt•tiC'>' 111' th~ p:·cs~nt century, have
111ucle t11ern a liviug r~nlity ainong ''nil 1•copicl', and tongues,
•Ind nntio11s, :llHl la11guag~·i::" •· .>\11.l thl!ir r11rmics have beheld
~hcio . " D11ri11g thni, terrible rr-rnl 11tio11 Ilic tenth pnr t of the
city foll, [that is Frn11cc, nut> o{ lhc "l1•n "J, nnd in the e:irth-
qunke 1rcre l'lai11 of 11101"1; 11 11111'.'s, t 1111trgi11J, sc1·cn thoui:and.
All title::i, lwtl1 i:1 cll!lrc:h :inol ~t:1a•, wcrr- rNiacecl to dw o ne
common 11am1: nf citizrm,. "Tl1p !'l'c:oml w<)e is passed, a11d be-
ilold, I.he t.hir<l wn"' MmC'lh cptickiy; nncl the SP'l"enth nugel
so1111cled.' 1
Tltc 7th 1.rn111pc.:I h1·11im wit It 1111· pro<'l!lm:11ion that tl1c time
hns come; I.hut 1he ki11gdo111s .of this world belong to our Lo rd
:tn<l his Ch rist, n11d tlt~1t 111• i:< to reign licrc on the e:utll, for erer
and ever. Tli:11 prrH:lam:iti1111 l111i:: l1t'l'll i<cn1111li11g for tbc l nst 38
yea rs, n:id m:iuy nrP just. beginning Lo lrc-ar :ind believe it; that
fltc sain ts nre t<1 lw ki ngs and µricst.s, nlHl reign on the eartlL;
:•ntl that when the kinguom is 1.he 1,urd'", all the ends of the
earth shall remember nn<l tun1 1.1) the Lord. And the Acl,•ent
mo1•emcm, 1w1,w it.l1Rt.a11tli11g :ill i1 s m istake:;, nil its errors o f
juclgmc11t, n111l all it!! human weakucsse~, ltns hcen fulli lliug this
pnrt of Lile scn :nth trnmpot. The reproac/1 wns because the
me11sngc itself, 11ccc1;s:11•ily att:1Ck!l a <ke p·sontcd, antl fully be-
lieved Lhcologir.:t.l ••n'Vr. lf t!trsnintF :i re lol>c kings nnd priests
a11 <l reign <rn Lhr. erirth fvr1Jt'tJl 1 the doc.:trin<.' of dying and going
0

to eumc ot.J1cr wnrld for o ur rew:ird anil fntn re horue, is of coarse,

a 11 error.
l ~cv. J Q :, i.< :1 prophd.ic history of tho tnl!ss:igc. The "open
book" i11the11nst·:\ll!tl 111·opliccic,.. : " shut up the wol'ds, n11d seal
1lte book even L•> t.ltc Lime or tltc toml," (l>au. 12: ·I). The Ad-
l"fJllt mc~ !\;tg1• dai1111!d 1ltc "1 i11H' of Lit e c1111 "haJ come, :rnd th:it
the h ook wa!' " ['<'1 1. Tl11· 1·atin:1 of' 1he l1011k ran be undc rf.lood .
'' Thy w11rils 1r1•rr i"11111l<l, :1 11d l 1li1l l'at them; :iurl thy word
w:is n1110 1110 t,ilc joy :111!1rt:jl1i1.:11>g11i 111y hl :lrt1'· (.Jer. Hi; !ti).
1

:\11d (,o 1h111>e wl11; k•rc tit<.' !1Jlj>l!:lrLr1t-: 11f 1111r Lord. the :1lt:'SS:1ge
was" swee t n~ l1111u•_1 ."' '1'111• li11t<'l'lll'S'i '' iiicii i<llitow~·d, rrl!l!dll
nv ex.phu1;1~i c- 11 . 11.1<11 .-lt as k1w11· 111 l·i l11•r 11•-;s nf the rlisn1 p11i;it-
 142 TRUNP.
nic11L of the 1Ot.h day of the 7th ino11th <•f 1844. And tl tc Inst
\'ersc of Hcv. 10:, is 11ow bci11g fnlfillecl in this miduight cry a11cl
han·cst message. The two m o ,•cmcnts, or messages, arc 11lso
given in lHnt.L. 25: the first 011c, in which the virgins arc repre-
se11ted ns going forth to meat Ll1e 13riclcgnionl prior to the tlis-
appoiutment, is from \'ersc l to 5; n11d the· lnsL, from verse 6 to
12. Thr. one was tn r nd i11 lhe hiLt c rn r~s o f <lisnppointmc-nt,
lhe other in S\lCCCSS.
The sixth trumpet e nde d in Augus t., 1 ~40, :11ul lhr se 1·cnth he-
g:t11 to so und. J3ut the "woe," or ti111 u of ~ro11hlc 1111cler th e
seventh trump. is prt'cedcd by t.hc prc1t'in 111nt.ion with which
t.hnt tn1mpctopcns. " And t,b csC'n :nth nngcl sou11dcd, nn<l r.here
were great voices in hearnn, s:iying, T he ki11j!tlo111s of this \Yorld
nre become the kingdo ms of 011r Lord ancl of Iii." Christ., a.ncl he
shall reign fore,·er anc1 ever." The w0nl lit•ru rernlere<l "nrc be-
come," is ".'li11omia," anrl in ?lfnrk 1: 17, i;; r('11dt•n•1l "t<i bC'come."
" I will mnke you to bec<•me fi shers of 111e11." And in 1 Cor. 9 :
2i, "should be,11- " J;('stl mysel f $/iould bencn..Qt nwny." Hence,
the true rendering is, "the kiagcloms of this world shalt be, or
:ire to become, the kingdoms of our L o rd.''
The seventh trump is di,·idcd into two pnrts; i11 Ilic first of
whic11 t.his closing mcssnge of the gospe l was t o be g iven, while
the woe, the time of trouble nncl nngry n:nions, the 1-cs11rrection
nnd rewards, belong nndcr the latter pnrt.. "ln the clays [years]
of Lhe voice of the serenth angl'I, wh c11 ht• shall li<>gin to sonnd,
the mystery o f God shnll be fi11i shc1l," ( Hl'v. l O: 'i}.
Jl/ello is the word ht' re rcrnle red "shall hegi 11,'' :\lid th is iR the
only instance where it is transl:itcd O«(Jin, or "i;hnll begin." In
other cnscs it ie rcatlere<l "will," ''sho11ld 1' ' or " shall." "Her-
od will Reck t he young child's life." 11 \•nre, the 1.rne rendering ·
!ten" is," In tlte days of the voice of Lile SPVL'nth nngcl, when he
•cill or shall sound, the mystery of God shall be lini~h ctl ." The
mys~ery of Goel is evicfoutly Luc goRpcJ; th<~ 1nki11 ~n 11t o f a peo-
ple lo l>ucomc sons by t.he 111y~lel'io11s prot'L'S!: o f l11•i ng hcg otte n
nnJ born of the S11irit1 !W thai Lhc 11n.t.urnl 1>01111hi1) of the .Tew
was o f no n11v:tutn gc, :111<1 the nc11 tileu11n sha re crp111lly wi1h the
.Jew. And t.hc npostlcs elnim to Le stewards of Lil<' myi:;t c riC!S
o fUod, {I Cor. 4: I ; sce nlsoEph. 3: 10).
ThnL tlte a1lvc11t. proclnnrnt.io11 n11s11· er~ tv I.he 11pC'11i11g 111cs-
~:1gc o f thi <t tn1111pt'l 1 i~ (Jlcn r. Tli0 wltoll• 1111rdf'11 o r 1h:i 1 IJIC~·
F.: 1gl"! lt!l~ IH'l'll tli:1t, l'hrii;t wns c0 111i11g : lh:1t t.li u king-110111;; t•f
1liit• world 1r1'1'1· 111 l':l~R i11t o hii:; hnllllH. " HPhnhl, nn1· li kt• the
.; II l •f 111 !11! I 1111' w ' '1 tlic d11 U, J:< 11f ]il':l\'1• 11 , .. :t11tl d 1t•1<: \I II~
 '/'/.' r· I/ I'. 1 ~ ;1

gi1'1.'11 him domi11iv11 . :t11d gl•iry, n11tl a king d um. tl::tt all pr••!olt.:o,
natiowi, :mil l:in~na.cr<•s shC>lilil iil'rr e hi111,'' (Uan. i: 13). \\" hat
i>' th:1t but the ki11g~•J111s of this w1•rld hcc.:omi11g th~ kingdoms
of ou r L ord :iud his L'h rist ? J\n cl ii: it not at his co 111 i11rr "in
t ftr. clouds'!( /1 ..1nJ1m, ., :1i1cl lt'• l as t he "mtw of soiTO n'.<,ff that
t l.l'$(' ki11g.111m.; br.1.'11:11e hi;;~ Tiit'Ol• •g~- 111ust h c111l to S<:ripturc
or it, wil l Jllll\'C t o U•' pm>r stuff .• in t hl' 11:iy that sli:ill t ry crnrr
111:111 a work s11 a:< \J\ lin1."
0

\\'ith thiii lllCl'S:'IJ.! l' tli~ ·· 1h1· 111.nn t.:1'.1 111' Uod wil l be fin i!'hctl,
:ts he hath cl,•clan·d t" Ii i~ , n ·11111:< llH· l'"'l'h••ls.
11
.i\1111 from
i\ugnst,, IS·IO, to thl' ,:p1·i11g ·•I 1-.;-:<, •ll' :17a11 1 n-half year;;, will
co11s11mmnte thi;; p:11·t .,r 1lw w111 k. Tl11•11 lrni k out fo r '' nngry
nntions,'' ·• :ui• l thc 11ati n 11;< \\'••r" :111"1'\'. ·111.J rl l\· 11 r:11h i:< cnmC',
nn<l I he tirnr : 1l1e .J,. 1.f 1!.1 · 1ito·~·'"'-.f1111d.! 1,.. ·j11.J~c·l , and that
thou sh o 11l<k~1 n wa rd thy <i•n 11111.• :111• l'l'<l]•li«t,;, :rnd the snint:<.
:rnd thom that fcnr tl 1y 11ani,., !'111!11! a11d g reat, aud i.ho1d<lest 1.h>·
stroy them that 1lestroy the ra rtli. " (n ·1sc I S).
The ki ngdom,; uf 1lti-< w1•rlrl bcc.:mnc onr L ord'", 0 11!~· ! 1~·
ClllHJll C!< t. i f ii 1ra• i1y ·:11.· ,.,,,,,., 1·x11l11 11f t h1• 11 at io11.'i to Chris-
t i:rnii.y, how i;; it th"y :ll'l' r1J fl'"': " l'h l'."C [tcu ki ng~] sh:ill
make war wit h lhc l.:w1h." t l~ .. 1. Ii: 14). jc; 11ot con,·crsion by
go~pel prcad1i11i.;. " J ~:1 w t li!.' k1:1!.\s of th·~ ":11·t l1, :i11d their nr·
:nies gathered tvg•!l iicr, to rnn ke war u pou him th:\tsnt upon the
ho rse, nod ngnin"t Iii~ army." i!> 11ot n rcvi,·nl or rt'ligion, bnt.t.he
bnt tle of the" grcnt ti:ly of G"vrl 1\l111ighty." \Yhy will n rlron·
sy c·hurc h slce:p 011 rh t· crigr o f n 1·0Jcn1111, :111·11l n·11111 of sm0othly
g liding into rl mii l('llllilllll, [.hat i~ on ly to hP iiro ng ht, QUOllt hy
tile ju<lgrnc11t of 1lir great tlay? \\' hal rH r tbc clinrnctc r o(
this war nncl couqut'!<t, 0 11c• Lliing is certain, 1.lie oat.ions will be
n11gry 1 and G1>•l's ll'ntlh will li:11·0 come. "Hod cnmc from Tl?·
rnan; the Hoh· Ont' fr'<11h ,\l m 1111 l':u·cn; l! P ~ loo;l nrnl mC':isnr-
ed the C'arLh; i 11• ucht.:ld . :1111! d 11• \·o ns11111Jcr t.he n:1tions.'1 "Come,
boholcl t.ho 11·01·k;: o f tht• l.n rd, \\'li:it clcsobtion,; he hath mnllc in
the eart.h; 111• h11·:1kl't.h 1lt 1• l1ow, :1 11 1lcu ttc; tht.lic i>J1<.::iri11 1111nller;
he lrnrncth 1.li<' !'ltnriol in tiH· lir... Bi: st ill :rnd k110 ,1· th:i t I :1 111
<;r>el ; I will li1· 1·x:d(1"1 :111111111; !!11• lw:1t l11•11 ; I will he t•x:t hl·<l iu
lhr. car tli," \I';:. :C i: .. 10) . Th .. sc•Y!'llllt trn ll•J'C'L ~m111di: from
:\11 g. l S•IO, 111:t il "1l .. · 1i11H· ,, f u .. uhlc•,"drd:ryvf wr:ith i ~r' lld l'rl.
j f.~11cc, it. (l Olluli t·~·' 111.f, w\ •!1 t !,. lll l!f 'l' r I t h•• I : .. 11til 1 ·~. :111,j this
;',Jrty )'l'!IJ'!') ()f l'llfllj l ll':'; , !l l\.: i l 11 j',•fllol' ~I ll(J ,, >!Ol li!,\, (I, I\>] j ;
:11 th r; c•n•l nl \\'i 1i<' L, J: a11\'l .. 11 1i1" ,•1t·1· . 11 1i. :o:. \" !:d:1•11 111,1; •Ji.,•
' !r:1gm1" ,h• ;,,.1111.i : ii1a·: '· . ·J, . 1 ..• , •· wdid111.,I, 1::1i
·' tJi,. 'P rin t'!'• f' rt,: . \'· ··:'!•! o,'! 1' • i '"
 I ·I-I A SIIOU'l'.
" \\'lTH A t:illOlJT. 11

''With n. shout, with the 'l'Oice of Lhe n.rch11ngel, o.ncl wit.b the
trump of God. 11- l Thes. 4: lG.
Here is the seve11th trnm1)et a11d all we have jn11t been speak-
ing of, brought out in a sentence. "The trump of God," is the
se,·enth trnmp, as wu shall sbow. The "shout," is the same as
t• the great voices," (Re\·. 11: 15). with 11•liich tliis trumpet op-
ens; nncl the voice of the archangel," is t.hc "a11gry n:nions,"
and "time of tronble."
llecause this is from Paul, the id ea vbtni11s that it 111us~ lie 11
simple statomentofliteral facts,e.asy to 11111lur;;laJl(l,:rnd many luwe
oome to expect a terrible viurntfon of tlw n1.111osplwn~ from im-
rnoi'tnl lungs, an actnnl blast from ·a llill•er or perhaps golden
trumpet, accompanied with a n1icc from the throat of ,\litllrncl
the nrchnngel, th:it \\'ill waken the dend. Hut it is t.he ''spirit.
of Christ that <hvells in you, which shnll quicke11 your mort:tl
bo<1ies," nod 11ot tbe blnst of a lrumpt!t.
In 2 Peter 3: 16, the npostle, a(ter <levoting the wlw l1' chnp-
tc1· to the evn11ts concerning "the day of the Lon1,'' ohscncs:
"Even as our be!Oved brot,hcr Pn11I, nlf<o, nccordiug to r.lw wis-
dom gi \'Cll unto him, hath writteu nu.to you ; M also i11 :ill his
epistles, speaking of these thing.~, in which nrc llOll\e things hard
to understand, which they tb:it are unlenrned, and '111staulc1 wrest,
as they do also the other Scriptures, unto iheir owu destruction."
Then Paul, when speaking of the thi11g11 co11ccr11iug t hC' day of
the Lord, says things" Jrnrd to be1mdcrstvod." J\nll in Peter's
clay, and in fact un til tbc sevent.h trump bcg:u1 to so\111<1, these
things could not be nnderstoo<l. Hnt 11ow "the littl e book is
O(IC11 1 11 nnd "ho mnr l'Ull that reads."
' rlH\t the "trnmp of God,'' the " sc" c11t.h trump," a11<l t.he
"last trump," arc one anll tho same, can be pro\lcn th11s : !'1'be
word soluo, re11dcred trump and tl'lll1ljl(!t,, i~ !.li e ll!llllC' in cacl1
cnRe]. "Hchold, [ show yo11 a rnystt•ry, \1' 1? ~hall 11 0L a ll sleep,
li11t we shall all be changed i11 n momc11t, i11 (.he 1.wi11kli11g of a11
I!)'<', :it t,he last \.rump ; for the LnnupnL 11ltall so11 11.J, :111<1 1ltc deatl
i11 Christ, sh:1 ll he rai~ud incorrnptal>lc," &o. Herl' \\' I' lt·:n11 that
l11 ~\ 1·cs111Tcctio11, nnd Lhc ch:1.11gc occnr!l ":tL t.lt u l:1st Lru111p."
'l'lic wnnl "1tl " iR It ere t.l1c Ramo :is i11 M:itt.. l :l: :.lCJ, :ind Hl, where
it. j:; l'CllHl (' l'I'.! in-" :\lid i11 Ute ti111c of lt11rV<'RI., I will ~a y t.o the
1'1''1l''"":! i" "~o l'llutll it lrn in ~he <!11cl of thir; wnrld ;'' h<-ll l'<~," we
~ha ll :di h•· ch:t11gccl i11 i• mo1nc11(., i11 1.111· 1,wi11kll11.!!: 11[ :111 •";fl', in
11 1.- la~ I (1'"'11 1'-" i11 1.h11. }'rnpC> r r<:! J1d c1•i11i;. '' !11 1/ir- ./1111, ••f tile
 A SHOUT.
\·oicc of the se,·cnth angel," th ese things are t.o transpire. \Ye
h:t1"e no1~ lenrned th:u the res11 rrcct.io11 of the <lcarl in Christ.o<.:-
cnrs "at," or i:n Lite" last tnirnp," and also t.ltat it occurs" at
t.ho t.nunp of God;'' he nce. t.hcy are one nutl the same. "For
t.!Jou shalt Ue reCOll11JCllSCd ttl t//e rcs11 rrecti01~ of the just}' (Luke
14 : 14). Then we aro lo he'· J'ecompe11secl," or rewarded," at
the Inst trump," when the" resurrection of the jusc takes place."
•· :\nil the seventh angel so11111l cd 1 and there were great \·oiccs,
and the nations were nngry, :11111 t.he t.ime of 1.lte dead t.hat they
si1 ould be j11tlge<l, nnd that t hon shonlclest r rnoard th y servants
the prophets, :111d the i<aiut ,-, n11tl them tha t fea:· thy name small
ancl great." Then the St'1·entl1 trump of J olin, :mrl the last t rnmp
nf Paul, are onennd t.he s:imc; one l>egius with " g rea t 1•oices1 "
and t.he other with n "slto11t :" I.he 011c is called "the tl'ump of
<iorl," an1l the otl1er the trnmp whidt i111 rod11r.c:: the ev1mts of
Lhc clay of the Lord. All Lhe trumpets a re called the voices of
a ngcl::i. "\Yoe, woe, woe, to the i11hnl1itel':; of the earth by
reason of the other voices of 1.hc Lru111pet. of the thrl:'e angels
which :ire yet to i:;ou11<l :" ;lfidit1cl is t he :tl'Changel, (Jude 7 :).
Hence it is Lhc :nchnngel who attl·nds on t. h<' evr;nLs conn!.'ct.ed
wit.h the !.rump of Goil, or seventh LrumpC'L. "Aud :lt that time
shall Michael stand up, that g reat prince th:tt fl t.andct·h for the
ch ildren of my people, an<l there !'hall lie a time o f tro11lile such
ns never was since thl' n~ wns a llnLiu n, a11tl at t.h:tt ti rue Lily peo-
ple fDanieJ's people] l'ball be <JeJio;cred, nnU many thnt R)ecp in
t he <lust of the eanh shall a wake," (Dan. l '2: l ) . Then the arcli-
anael is conneci,cd ll' ILh the trump of God, n11d the "voice of
the nrchangcl '' is of the snme chnr:icLcr, as Ll1c ;·oices of the
other, viz: the et• ent.~ that hclong w that tn1111pec ; :rn<l Paul's
"harc1 to be uudcrst.nMl" words ar!.' explaining themseh·es.
The blood of Christ "spcctl.:eth betLer Lhi11gs th an that of
ALcl." .L\nd t.hc bloucl o( Auel "cried n11 to the Lord;" " Tho
hen venti declare the g lo ry of God; day 1111to tla y u LLcrcth speech;
aud there is 110 speech or la11g 11:1gr where their voice is not lte:ird,"
(I's. 19: 3) "If t.hey will 11ot l.Jelic ve th ee, 11 eith er lrnrken to
the uofoe of the first sign, they will belic\' r t he voice o f t.he lnt-
~cr sign,'' (Exo. 4: f!} . Indeecl, al1rtost ci·cryt hi ng is said to
hrwe a ·voice, and th<.> t:ofre of theflo t ruinpcl.;i :ire cW NlLA. And
the voice of Lhe nrc.:.h:1 11gel is the louuesL o f any, fur it is those
of the ~rcnL llny of Uull Almighty 01•cr wl tid1 11/icl/.(ld h:1s the
:inpcrv1sion. J\ ncl i;u Cli ri.5t co 111 1~s iri t.lte michL o f t.hr.se things
which arc aln°:1tly tr:t11spiri11g; t lw l'rnola111:1f irnt; aud tli c t.i111 u of
l rem li Jc; wIi ir.lt t <'(Jt'i/IPr co11Mitute (.he t1·1111111 r(( ()vd.
 SEALS.
TIIE SEVEN S l~ALS.

'Tha.t. I.he seven seals belong to t.lii,; t.imo of tronhlc, tlie time in
which Christ is conqncrir1g the n:i.Lio11s, : 1 11 cl nro, t.h(lrcforc, as
yet i11 the fnwrc, 1 t.hink cnu be clearly proven. Not a few Bi·
hie studenl.s rlncc t.hr first. five,. and even n p:.i·t of the sixth, in
the pas~; ntlll will donhtlcss, st.a.rt back from t.his new iiosition.
But" t.o the lnw and t.lic tcst.imonr;" if we <lo not. pro\'co11r po·
sit.ion, it will 11ot weaken tl1c1 ot.hcr. But if the :-'C"ript.111·es clo
tc:1ch t.hat. thl!y all holong to the day of wrMh, the truth is bet·
tcr tli:in even olcl nntl chorishccl irlc:u:1 opposrd lo S<:rip1.111·e.
The lift.h d1npt.er is :tn introduct.i<rn to the np0t1ing of thn seals,
lln<l this song is sung lieforc the lir~t seal is opcneJ-'"l'lwu art.
worthy to tako 1.he book :w<l orcu tl1e seals t.liornc1f, (ver:o;c 0).
[ think t.hc co1111ectio11 is such t,hat 110 011c C:111 quest ion 1.hi11.
.I ohn had wept. because 110 one was fo11111l wort.hy, or nhle to op·
en tl1c book. But the Liou o f tho tribe of .fochh , wns fo1111rl
wort.by; nnd they sing then bovc song, " Thon nrt wort Ii y 1.0 tnkr
t.hc book nn<l to opc11 the ><c:ils, f r;r th nu wast slni11 :1111! hnst re·
'lecmed 11s Ly thy LloQd out. of c,·cry ki111lrl'.'•l, and to11g11c, mid
people, and natio11, and hnst made us 11nLo our Gorl kings nml
priests, and we shall reign on the enrth." AILhcrngh eve11 Ls nrc
not riJwnyll recorder] in t,he onler of their folfi lrnen t, st.ill it. is :i.n
;:itt.ack on the tt'ttlh of a prophecy to represe nt it in a wny in
whioh it cannot possibly lte folfillcd. lleucc, to rcproscntn cl:i.sii
11~ saying that someth ing is to be done, which they never can
i;ny until a.,/~IYJ· it is done, is a fal1<c rc111·ci;t•nlntio11. Therefore,
that song must be sung t{(~er i\l:itt. 24: l·I, ii; fulfilled. "And
t.h is gospel of the ki11gtlo111 shall be prc:i.cht•tl in all the worltl, as
n witness to nll nntioos, anrl then shall the enn come." Jf the
"'ospel of the kingdoru wns preached itS n witness ll) all nations
fi, tlte early dnys of the church, then the encl came at Lhat Lime.
If ri ot, the nboYe J;ong was not su ng ciLhe1· onr., t"·o, or five h1111-
clrctl yc:\ts ago; and t.he first seal is yet to b<~ opcued.
1\ gnin : '11hc even Ls of the opening of 1.hc first seal, an• iclc11-
1icnl wit;h Lho:ie of Hev. Ill:, which occnr after Lhe rnarriago of
(.ho Lamli. The first i;c:il is, " I sriw, and bcholtl, n white ho rsr. ;
nnd he that, i:nt on him l1:ul n bow, an<l n crown was /.!ivc11 unto
him; nntl lie wen!, fort.h cm1q 11cring a11c1 to c:o11q11er," (Be\'. 6 :
·ii. :!" ow co111parl! ch apt.er I 0: "A11<l T sn11· hea1·l·11 ·1111·11Nl, antl
l11; holcl :1 while horse; :u11l he I.hat. s:tl. 11po11 hi111 w:H c:illcd l•':iiLh·
f11l a11d True; nntl i11 ri~hteo11s11css he tint.Ii j11cli;C' :1111! 111:ilrn war.
,\11cl f 1;111r Ch<' hc1a~t intcl I.he king1q1 f l•h<• (':\l'lh):\111\ thl·ir:ir111iCf'1
 SEALS. 14 7
gather ed Logethcr, to m ake wnr :igni nst. him I.hat sat. up on the
hofl!>e, nm! agaiust his army. J\n.J the beast was tnkcn, and wit.h
h im the false proph et., :ind hoth Lhe!:e w ere cast alive itlto the
lake of fire." This is cerLai nly \11 tl1e fot11re. Notice verse 15:
Ile uot onl y smites the 11:uio11s, lrnt h e rules them with a rod of
iron, o.nd treads the wincpress of the wrath of Almighty God.
l11 applying t.he finst senl i11 the pnst, it becomes n ecessary to
make the h orse, the rirlcr, the wa1·, the co11q11cring, &c., 111en11
•!Onuer.~ion •ttncler ,qospel 7)reltchi11g; nml y<'L 110 oue tloes or cn 11
rnake this claim for the 19 th r.l1aptcr; and to npply the same
Hmbols to erc11ts of an e11tirel1 di.ITcrc· 11tnut.u reisu11warra11ted.
·The fifth seal is the fln l)· a71/}C1.rent. dillicnlty in the way o f all
1hcse senls hal'ing an ea,sy and 11nl11ral applic:1lio11 to this time
of I.rouble and conquest of t.he 1mlirn1:;. But a ll di!licnlty cl\-e 11
here disappears when 11-c co11~ ider Ilic fnct. 1.hat there arc t.11·0
classes of chrii;Lia11s; 011e t.u ha\'e "?111 nhu11dn11t e11tr:1nce ;" t he
othei· to suffer lo~"• :111(1 I.hey t.hcm~t·h·cs s:i,·ctl "sons liy fire."
The 011c 1 to escape all these t.hi11gs which are comi11g on the cart.L,
an cl to stnnll hcfore 1he ~011 of 111:w." The oLhcr class lo be left
i11 the midst of t hese tro11lilci;, and " [11 the darwlic11 t.he Son o f
m:m is revealed, in that day he which shalt be 11po11 t he house·
l>O}J, aurl hi11 stuff i11 the house, let him 11 0~ come clo wn t.o take it.
away; ano he Lhat is i11 th~ ficJcl , lot. l1im like wise not. retu rn
bnck. Heruember Lot's wife. W h(lsoerer shv.11 seek to save his
life shall lose it; a nd w lwsoe vcr $/ie1U lose Ii.is lij'e shnll preserve
it." (Luke 17: 30). The former cl:tss t.o "go in to t he m:i.r riage;"
th is latter clnss Lo I.Jc rcn1ly t.o open t.o hi1r1 "whcu he shnll re-
tm·n from tho wec\<li11g." 'The fort11cr class to st:i.nd on tlic "sea.
of glass, bnvi11g tlie h a r ps o f God," b~forc the seven l:ist plagues
a.re fulfill ell , (see Re''· 15: I to the end) . Theot.hcr c lass are re·
commer11le1l even 1111tler the sixLb plngnc, to waLcli nnd keep their
gar ments, leMt, ti.icy w:i.lk nnkt\d, (chnpt c r JG: 15, Hl). And the
"uoming" of t,h eir Lord, there referred t o, is " wl;cn he shall re·
tnru from 1.he wedding."
\ Vith ~hi s v iew, t.h:i.t. there i:s :i large c lass o f cltristiuus who
1u·1· to be left in th<' rnid:.;t o f U1P~\· 1.rn nhlcR, cl11ri 11 g which they
wi ll lose their li,·cs, "iu tl1t• cl:1y wh1•11 ~lie 8011 of mnn is reveal-
ed," &c., "ht· tlrnt. !<hnll los;u liil' lift. "hall i;:iYc it," nml m:rny
scc111i11g co111li~H.i11 g ~rrip111n~s ca11 lw r et1111cik1l; and lho loss of
life under the fifth ;;1•:11 i!> all i11 d1a1:tc1.cr.
'l'hc li:11·i11 .~ t.h<>ir works li11nw1l a11d tl11·1111wh•r•s s:1\·1•d "i:o ai1
by fire," while oth111·s ''hall' a11 ah1111rla11t (•11t1n11<~1· 1 " i!' •Ill!.' 11, .~1
whid1 fil~l'lll!' Lil <ll'fll!lll•l I II u 1·la>=~I.'". Ir all ii I•: ( .ti h!ll (• (lie ;::1111t•
 l·IR. SEALS.
cn t.r:rncc, cl1nnged in the same moment, n.n<l meet. C hrist :u; his
hrirlc, the above would have but little force; nncl if it. is ;i. little
flock " ·ho inherit the kingdom, the " great cornpnny which no
mall conlcl number," nppears out of character. The i;cvt'n last
p!ngues mnkethe t11·0 classes still more :ippa rcnt as we shall see.
T he conquest of tlic nations is complcteil un1lcr the fi rst six
i-:c:tls, (sec chnptcr 10) , an<1 the sc1·cnth is a time of silc11ce.
This synchronizes with Ps. 40, where, nftcr the d esol:i.ti<Hli! Goel
makes in the earth, hy which wnr is made tn cease, lie says: "Be
still and know that I nm Gotl; I will be exalted i11 the t'arth ; 1
will be exalted among the benthcn." An<l :i.gai 11: "Let. nil the
earth keep silent before the T,or<l." "And when lit' ha<l opt•n ed
t.hc seventh seal, there was silence in hc:i.veu about thf' spnre of
half an hour, (chnp. S: 1). A prophetic II.our, is fifteen days;
hence, "abou.t tl1e space of half 1111 hour,'1 might, be .~e11en. 1lfl.'/·~·
:\!though .John r ec:orrh t,hcsc l'i~ions, not in c1J11st•a11ti v1· onlrr,
hut. l.Jcgins :i. subject a11tl rnns it through toil.scud, aurl t hen hc-
gjns !male with anot.lwr subject ; i'ilill Lhcr<' arc oncasinu::illy suh-
iects i11 trorlucecl, whirh Sl'Ctll to hrc:i.k tliis orch•r. '!'he 6th
seal cuds wiLh tho O~h chnpter ; then t.he 7Lh ch:ipt.er, rcla t.ing t.o
the senling of the t welve tribes o f Is rael, is i11t.rod110cd; and Lhc
?th sen! .follows ; n11<l, in the clivision of chnptllrl>, it hn.s becu
placed at. the head of t.110 8th drnptcr. This, at. firstsighL mn y,
:i.ppcar like confusion; hut it is for from that. The 144 tlions-
an<l out o f the twelve tribes of Israel, are ::.ealcd d1t.ri11!J the con-
yucst of the nations, and therefore, in this ti111e of trouble, n11d
while the first six Sl•nls :ire being oponccl. "And nL that time
shall .Michael stand up, the great prince that st:111de~h for 1.he
children of tlw [U:111icl's] people, and there shall be a time of
Lronhle imch as nc1·cr W M siuce there was a nation, Cl'Cn to Lhiit
same time ; aucl at. thrr.t time thy 71co7}tc [the t ll'c\\·c tribes] shalt
be <lcliveretl, c 1·cry one t h::it slmll he founcl writtou in the liook;
[the ll'riting o f t.hc house of Jsrnol, E7.ck. 13: O] , nn•l mc.uiy tll:tt.
lifccp in t,hc dus~ of Lhe c:i.rth sh:ill nwakc,'' ( D:rn. l !l : I. 2). Let
it bo noticed, hero nm t wo cl:isscs, "thy people, 111td m:i.11y t.h:it
lilOcp."
!( t ho 144 t.ho11saml out of tho twelve tribes of [1;r:1cl arc dc-
livorc<l in 1,hc mid ~t o f Lhis Lime of trouble, Ml th1!y certainly
will lw, i t 111:1y lie n~k1•tl , how th en :Ha the winds ltrld that thoy
"h111 t 11 ot I.he cnrth, tll'itlter t,hc !H!:t, nor 1lw 1.n~t·s," 1111til thcsor-
1•:11111< of ()pd are ~l'!tlt•tl ./ f llllSll'Cr, wliatcver is llll\illll l;y the
,~, 11·1h, 1Ii<• s1:a, :11111 I h1• ln't's, 11H1 •r Ii<' prol.et'I <•cl, :111.l 1he• <'P:diu!!;
..
of! l
111 <,: ,)l•\\ S h1• ll !'l'Ol ll)ll i~ h(•d, l\\'C ll shu 11lu lhC"Sl'l'l'll [:l~l pl1tg11eS
 SEALS.
be i.11 counm of fulfilmc11t 011 t, hl· dwistiaii uatious; for it is 011
the "wnters of the Euphrates," or christim1 nntious, who have
supported mystic J3abylon, the judgments arc first to come. It
lllltl:it I.le rcmem bered that with the "time of trouble" on the ua-
tio ns, !llichacl, tlrnt great prince, is to staml np for the Je:ios/
" and nt. that time thy people slwll be clelivered." Tberefore, "the
wirhls" will l>e hclcl from blowing in certain. directions, until
" t.he serni.nts of God are sealcu in thci1· foreheads."
'I'lte serucmts of God, 1111d the bride of Ul11·ist 1 are e"idenLly
11ot the snmc. "~loses was fnithfnl as a s11rwmt i11 his house;
anrl Christ as a Son oYer hii< l1ousc, wl w!!c honi<c arc ye," &c.
Tlic service of Goel is good; l.lut to lie" heirs" of Gou, and joint
heirs with J csns Christ, is Letter. The ' 1 liriclu," becomes a part
of the D eity; begotten :rnrl born of tbc ~pirit. ; and with Christ,
i1ibcrits all things; they put. c>n Christ , hy being "lmpt.ized into
!tis 1iame," and nrc the cl:tss represented i11 l{ev. H:, as follow-
ing the J,amb "whithcrs1>c1•c1· h<" goc•th . being the first fruits
unto God and tho Lnmb."
Then it mny be :iskcd, who an.' Lite great multitude?
"Aud after this, I sn11· n grenL 1tllll lit11<lc," &l'. 1 (1·ersc 0). ThCI
"many" of Dnn. 12: 2, 1 aui::wcr. " At thn t time tliy people sliall
be delivered; ... nud mqny that sleep iu the dust of the e:trth
sbnll awake." Under the law, erery j1t of which is to have n
fulfilment, there were t100 IJ:u·vesl,o;; the.first was of th e kind of
g rain from which the first fruit·!' were t,nken 1.0 "·nvc before the
Lord nt the passover, and tl1is 11·:1.<1 in the spring, (seo Josh. 3:
15, nnd5: 10). This harns~ witl1 its "first fruits," represents
"Ubrist, nud they that :ire Ch rist's :tt hi~ C(lnting." The other,
nnd great harvest or feast of in{latherin.q, wn1; in "tho end o f
the year/' (Exo. 23: lG).
This" g reat multit.mle whirh no man could number," 1trc ce.r-
t.r1inly not" the little flock" who inherit the kingdom; uor those
who have found the ''nwT010 way," for ''/e10 t.here b(} that find
it.' 1 Nor yet :we they the clnsi< who arc "wiLh the Lamb;"
for they that are with him arc called. :i11cl cho~cn, an<! faitl1fnl 1"
(l<e\•. l '7: 14). Aud nltho11gh "m11.11y arc c:dlc11, f<M nre ohoR·
cm." They must be reckoned 11 itl1 tl:c other cbs~, w110 11re to ·
l)I' ready "when he i-lt:ill 1'1Jf11r11. fro111 tit(• 1n•<lili11g;" nnd nre
g:lt.licrud nfter the r<'L11r11 of t.hc ,J1•ws. If t.ltl're arc two cl:isses
of t.hc livi11g gu1w1·aLio11 1 wlicu tlic!»c 1hi11g:; :ir·I' fulli ll l'll, t.hcre
rnusL nlso be thu s:uue two classes i11 their gra1 ns; aml C'V<!1·~· 0110
i~ to lw raised," !Jut every 111:111 in Iii~ ow 11 oril1·r; .. 1,l1ry lll!lt :ire
Ullrist.1!! at his 21u.1·utuiu., 21ra.~··111•r.," hnl. not Hl 1 he ~nrnc mo ment.
 I !-,(I PLAGUES.
"TUE S I~\TEN J,i\S1' PJJAGUES."

" And l saw n.notller sig-n in heaven, gren.t n.orl n11ir1·elou~. seveu
nngels h1wing the seYen Jn.st pla.gucs, for ill thenl i.- flllc<l up the
wnit.h of Go<l, 11-ne1" If>: 1.
Tlicrc is n d:iy of wrnth in which 111en ni·c t<J call for 111onn-
111i11s :rncl rocks to hide them from t.he wrnth of the Lnrnh ; 11 fo r
Lite grent. il:ly of his wrath is come, and who i:hnll be nhl1• 10
!\Laud," (chnp. G: !G); :111d thnt these plaguci;, "i11 l\'hich is till-
ed t.p the wrnth of Go<l," belong to thnt day, is ~(·lf-c ,·i 1lr.11t.
The 101·ath of the L:iml.>1 n11d the gospel of grncc cn1111ot. be mix-
eil. llence, until the dny of i;ah·nLion 11111ler f,h(' !!n~pl'.1 1 :;hall
end1 t.ho Chi)' of wrn thCUllllOL lJegin; and thnt. wrnlh is Cf)trtpl<•te
i11 f.he StlU(m. plagues, "for in them,'' not. in one of t lil•m, hut in
tht> seYen. "is fill ed up the wrath of Gocl." lle11ce 1 like the
sen ls, t..hey rdl belong 1111tler l:he lnLLcr h:df oft.he se1·cnth Lr11m-
}'t>t., Lhc "Li111c of troul> lc ;" n11<l nre t.l1crc forc 1 fllf.ure. For il iR
under Lhe Rcvc11th trnmpet., "the n:11,io111: nre n11gry, :11111 thy
1crrrtli is come."
By readi11g the fifteenth chapter yott may noLiec> 1.h:it h~/i>re
Lhe plagues are fulfilled, :i select compn.ny :ire rcprt>scnted a.s 011
11
n se:i of g lass, mi ngled with lire;" :rnd they si11g the song of
llfoses nn<l the Lnmb, nnd sny, "who l'hall not fcnr Lhcl!, 0 Lord,
aud glorify tby an me? for thou ouly art holy; for nil nations
shn ll come and worship l>efoi.:.e thee; fo r thy jndgmcn Ls :ire made
mnu.ifest." H erc is a company gnthcrcd 011t1 who f.irf\1.ell whnt
the nations an! g1~i11g tn di>. \\' c :tlsr> k:irn t.h:\L b~fo1'e the
plagues itrc fnlfill cd, the temple is filled with the glory of God,
"and no m1111 w:is able tt> enter into the tl'111plc 1 till the sel'en
lusL plngucs of the sc1·en angels were fu llillccl," (1·ersc S).
The temple is the church, "know ye uot tlmL ye arc Lhe (,em-
pie of Go<l," {I Cor. 3: 1G) . Then the c/wrdt is to he " filled
wit.Ii the glory of God," or glorffie<l, bcforl\ thr.::w 1,lag11es nre
fulfilled; nnd not uni.ii t.hese pl:igoes, in whidi i:. lltlc1l up the
wrnth of Go<l nre fultill e<l, :ind the day of wrath 1:111lt•d 1 can nny
more enter th:1t lcmple. "For I say unto you, 711•111!/ i;hnll Rl!c k
LO m1t.rr in, anll sh:dl not. b<' :dile, when once the i\la.;l.cr of thl!
lwuse hns risc11 111' :1 1111 sh111 Loo the door." B1:1. it ,:.ay he ns k·
rd, how flo you kr wll' thl' doCl r will lie open<itl :i.gai11~ i :1wi11•()r1
Lhc 1•pry l:i11gu:-igc i111pli1•s it.; 110 m:rn wa.s r~ble tt> ent.er, 1111til the
plng-u"s Wt!n ' fulfill ed, C('J'L11i11ly i111plie:; th:-it wh l•ll 1.he day of
w1·a 1h i ll pa~sc1l, 1!a' d111w will ng:i.i11 he op1•nf'•l, ~11 tl1a1 1111·11 ,~:1u
•·! 11·1'. l k11•"" 1' 1i-: l":t '11•<: p ;·r1 l..rntic111'( l~«I' 1. lp• r•·~11 rr" ' 1i. 111: for
 PLAGUE~. J!jJ

LhC! resurrectiou occurs iu this Lime or wratl1 ttnder the

:;c,·enth trnmpet.; and uot ouly do "many that. s leep in the dust
fl[ the earth, nwake during this time of trouble; liut "t.he na·
tinns were angry and thy 1onuh is come, and the time of the dead
th11t they should be judged." And under the 7th and Inst plague,
tltat. door is openctl ago.in, and, thank Gotl, a false t heology can
not close it. "And the seventh a11gel poured out his vial irito
1he air, an rl there came a g reat voice 011 t of the tem1>le of heav-
t!ll, from the throne saying, It t's dvn11,- :lll<l then~ were Yoice~,
and thunders, ancl ligl1tni11gs; 1111l1 Lht~rn ll'llS a g reat e:uthqnak1!
... ~ncl t hern felJ upon 111e n n gr1;r11· hai l 011t of heaven," (vers os
18 to 21 ). Now read the d osing of the 7th trum pet, nuder
whicu tho wrath of God comes, ( ch:i p. l J: 18, 1 0): " The na-
1.ions were angry, th y wrath is come, t.ho time of the clontl that.
they should be judged, nnd thnt i.hou shouldest rewnrd thy scr·
\·ants the prophets, and the sai11ti;, nnd them 1.hat fear thy name
sma ll nnd gn~at, Md shoulrlei;t chistroy t.hcm which destroy the
earth; nud tho temple of God was opened In hea \·cn, and there
\\'ere Uf1/itnings, nn<l voice.~, :rn<l tlm11./01·s, and an eart.hqu:ike, aud
great h:1il." The voices, nod lightnings, and th unders, and earth·
quake, and hail, at. t.he l\11ciing of t hc;;evcnt.h trumpet, aud nlso
during the seventh and b sl plague, :ll'e clc:ll'ly the snmc. And
the fact that the temple wns sh11L prior t-o the first plag11c, ancl
not again to be opened tmt1:l t he sernn plagues were fulfilled;
a nd the statement. at the ending of t,heseventh t.rnmpet :rncl dny
of wrat.h, th:it it W:\S opened 1 synchronir.e iu Lime nnd place, too
t.:losely no t to have reference to the same events. IIence, t here
is a day of wrath unmixed with mercy; a time when men will
call, a nd God will uot :rnswer. And all the world are to pa!!s
throug h tltis "honr of temptation," while a class are to escape.
" Because thou hast kept the word of my p:itience, 1 also will
keep thee from the h o11r of tc111pLMio11 wbich shall come upon :ill
the worlcl, t.o try them that cl well u pon the earth." Th is is said
to the Philadelphia church, b11t, of cou rse is ~m e to tbo:;e will>
"escape nil t hese things which n1·c coming 011 the ea rth, and riLancl
before the Son of m:i.11."
I11 "heavc:n," m:iy cn11sc:;o11lc. l.011t.11111lile; he11c(1, I rc111 :1rk. E,._
rry thing 011 the spil'it,ual plane i~ sai<l to be in hcn\·c11. "There
WM w:tr in hcn ,·(!11 1 i\l ichad 11ntl hi~ 1111gd1> fo11gh 1., n111l the drn-
1;<>11 fo11~ht., :in\] his 1111gl•l11." Tld:-: ii; :~ .~piritual W!.l.rf:1rc; 1101,
neccssanly n wnrfnrc 11i i<pirits. "\\' c w:ll' nnt 11gni11st. flesh u11tl
hloorl, hut. ngai11sL i;piritnnl IJ••\\'1•n; ir• /11Y~ vrr11l!/ l'lnt•t•s," (iwc 111:i1'-
g i11). And "Lhc t.t:1111ilc: >Jf (>o.J i11 /, ,-,,1,1•1:11," 1uC":111s his spirit.11111
 Hi2 rr~AGUES.
tc111ple; nntl the kin,qclo11i of heaveu, means his spirit,unl kiug-
dom, whicb under his snint.s is s oon to be estal>li!lhed over all.
"For to the angels hath he not pnt in subjection the world to'
C101TIC!."
Some of our fcllo ,1· scn>nnts hn\·c nlLt•mpt.ed t.o lw:nLe these
phg11es, or the most of t,hetn, iu the past, but here is :t fatal <lif-
Jicult y 1o such :m nppliontion; for nothing ean be more certni11
thnii thnt n o mau cn11 enter t he temple () ( (~oll, d11rin:1 the
po11rillg out of the gevell last plagues. H ence, t.hey carltlOt oe-
!:(ill nnt.il "the door is shnt."
~ The nature, and somewhat of the magnitude of thw~c pl:'lgues
tnny ue gathered from wbnt is know n of t.he LrumpeL8, t.hey lie-
ing m:iinly in the past. Let the reader hegin wit.h i.hc fi rst
tr11111pet., chnpter 8 : 7, nn(l t he first pl:\g11c, r.hnpl cr JU: 2, 1111d
1•0111 p:ire t.henl, from the fi rst to the seventh; nntl kt1owi11g fiCJ111e-
Lhi11g of the terrible scomgcs on the world under those t ni111pC'ts,
ytlll m:iy 11111ILiply the scou rge of the correi<po11<ling plng11c by
tlii·ca. For wlie1•e n tltinl purl of mc11, were slai11, 1.11r111c111,e1!,
&., under a Lrum peL, the plngne i~ upon 111/.
f t will be seen, from chap. Hi: 15, that, 1111<lcr the 6th plagne,
ju ~t before the temple is ng:iin to he opcucd, the clasi; wlio hnl'e
to pnss through this time of trouble, nnd who nrc to be ready,
when" tlic ir Lord slrnll return fro m the we<lding," nre encourag-
ed to keep their garments, least they walk naked. l3ut l cn11 im-
agine some askiog, Docs he come more f,il:in once? Y<'", I nn·
swer; a dozen times. At tlHdirst .advent., the proph<'cy "Behold,
thy king CO?Jlet/1, llleek an d lowly, ricli11g: llJlOll ill\ :1..'<~ 1 n11<1 neon
n colL, 1.hc fon l of :rn ass," was L'nlli lled after li e had ct>me, in
11in11y cli!Icre11t W:tY"· A11cl now, nt his seuo11t1 :i<!Yc11t,, '"The
1Jriclegroo111 eiune :ir111 t,hey that were renrlywe11t in with him t.o
t.hc m:irri::igc, :111rl t.he door w:i.s shu t," (~Jntt. 25: 10). J\11d he
comes ag:ii11 when he « retiwns from t he wedding." J\ 11d he
con1c:. /or his sni uts, nnd he come~ witlt. l1is i:ni111,s. Hut let 1111,
my uroth re11, "\\T:ttch ;lll<l pr:i.y nlways1 Lh:it 1rr. 111!1}' bt, lll~c,n unt·
cd wo1·thy t() escape al l thci>e th ings tbat Rlwll 001111• 1.0 Pfl-i~, a11d
to sta11d IJcfor<:.> the So11 of nrn,u."

c:lrt ~l'(l hi!l ('l•ming judg 111t11t5, :ts they ci1·0lo al l til t· ('n rtlt,
The i::ig 11 s n11tl gr0:111iifg'!I p1·n111isc(l, Lo p1·<•c01l" :1 ~v1 ,o ntl bi rt.la;
n•ad liix ri~hteom1 sc 11 tc11<1l~, in the ornmoli11g- tlt ro11t•i< of c:iroh:
! lur 1;w1 i~ 111nrc lti11g 011 I Glory I g lory' l111llt•l11j:d1.
r ::11r.1 ! .!..'.l11r~· ! lrnll<•l11jnh; glory I glory! ltall1·luj:1h,
i • t1 ' ' ; •. i-: 1n:\1\•l1j11~ nn.
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Tl!E CU Ul tCII, AND THE 'WOHLD.

Chri>,t. anrl thcnpostles, almost inv:~rinbly speak to the church
:w tl of t.hc worlrl; hence t.he person!l) prOllOUM ?/fl !lllrl yo11, refer
to the church, anrl tl1ey antl &!Lem, tot.he world; a11cl almo~t :ii ways
tht• ye, or ym' re fers, not merely to the i111livid11als before t he
i;penker, but to the Mltnle church . "Go ye i11to nll the world, :111<1
preach the gospel lo C\"Cry creaturn." "Lo, r nm wit.Ii you al-
ways, C\'en t.o the e11<l of the world;" clearly illustr:itcs the i,lca.
A11d the a post.le, in addressing the chlll'ch, snys: "Tfoholil I show
!/01t a myster.<; v•e sh:ill not nil ;;li~ep, b11t. ?l)C sh:ill all be clin11g-
e<l, in a moment, in the twinkli11~ of :111 eyt•, nt Lht• h~t rrump.''
Our Lord helcl no comm11nic:i1.101t wit.h t.hc world, nit hough he
sometime;;, hut rarely, nclrlrcsserl cYe11 tl1e P hririseci<;who were
11ominnlly the cl1ildre11 of the ki11glloni. "I hnYe manif·~ $ted thy
11amc unto the 111c11 t.hnt thou g:\\·est me out of I he w1J rl<l. I
prny for them; I pray not for t.he worlr1, bnt for them tlion h:i$t
gi\··en nie, for they nrc tliinc.'' "LTnto !/01' it is givr11 to km1w
t.he myst.ery of the kingrlom of God, unt 111110 them that :ire
wjthout, it is 110L gi,·c11." Ile11cc, hi.;: cnn\·1'r!<:Hion i~ of the
world, but to the church . (f nke, for i11stn11ct•, Lu kc 2 1: 34 , where
lJoth clnsst•s :ir<' referred to: "Take heed to ymll"sclv r:.~, lcnst at
any t ime youl" heart.s l>e overch:i.rged wit.Ii t.ha c:i.res of this life,
and so th:it <lay come upon you 1111aw:ires, for :is a ~narc shall it
come upon nil tham [the t.bird perRonJ t.hnt dwell upon the face
of the whole e:i.rtb; w;<tch ye therl!fore, that ye mny lw :ir.connt-
ed worthy to esenpe nil these tliingA t.hrit nre eomini; on the earth,
and to stand before the Sun of rn:in." "Hut of the times and
seasons brethren, ye have no 11C!ed that I write unto 11011, for
yourselves know perfectly." \ \'hat<lu we knnw p~rfN·. tly, T'nnl?
That whenever the clay of the J,onl come:<, the worlcl will lie in
dark ness, !l11 rl be overtn.keu ns ~thi ef; "for the wicked shall clo
wi<:kcclly, :111<1 11u11c of the wickctl :::h:dl 1111cforstan cl. '' All(l whnL
more do we "know pcr(cct.ly "? Th:tt the cli111'C1l1 will not 1,e in
clnrkness, "for Llie wise shall un<lcrstn.ncl. " " Yoursch·es knoll"
per/ectly, thnt, the <lay o f t he JJorrl so cometh n.s a thief in t.llC'
night ; for when th ey [the third pr.rs<'n] shnll sny pc:1.ce n11tl s:ifc-
ty, I.hen cometh 1rnJ1lc11 rlC'struction upon them, nml t/IP.!J sh:ill
not esonpe; liuL ,l/C hrcLl1re11, nrc 1111[, io <larkncsll t,h:1t rlwr da!I
should orertak<- Jf'llt ns :t thit•f; ye fire all chihln•11 of tlw li~ht, :int.I
of t he d:1y," (1 Tlws. 5:). The apostlL: docs 1wt tc:tc:l1 thnt. 1111·
<'h1trd1 :Hcsn f/Oorl 111 :\t thr 1lay .,f lhC'. Lor•l will a t>t r1·.1·rtakc
thc111 as a 1.hi1•f. "J\ th i1~f i11 the niyli1.," l"·•ll11l'i< wit.h.,nt ' ·~·i11g
 lfi4 WQH,LD.
seen hy his victims; ancl the point here, is Lhat the chnrch, he-
ing chilrlreu of the light, willknow 1 an<l nnderstancl thecomingof
the Lord; while the world being in darkness will not kao~, ancl
hence, will be overtaken ns a thief.
Ko one cnn fail to sec t.hnt in !111 these Script11rcs two olnlises
:ire representetl; and that upon one cl!'lss it comes 111irtwnrcs1
\\'hilc upon the other class it does not come 1m!'l11·nrcR. "l3ut
!UHi if that, evil servant shall say in his heart., ~ly Lord clclnyet.h
nis coming, the J;ord of t.11a.t servant. shall come i11 n dny he looket.h
not fo r him, nn<l in an hour he is not aw11re of, !'lnd shall cut him
nssnncler, and appoint him his portion with hypocrite!!." But,
Ll'lr1l, shall yon come on tho good servant in a clay be looketh
1101. for yon, nnd in n11 hour he is not aware of? Tlae worlrl
will not. sec these things, nor will the evil servant. Anrl mnn1;
in Lh:it. tlny, said Christ., will find out when it is a lit t.11· t.oo ln~e,
when the hn1·1•est is ended, nnd tlw cloor is sh nt, :rn•l sa,, "Lord,
Lord, ope11 to us." ·' Dnt ns the dnys of No:ih wrrc E•; shall nl-
so the pt·csm1ce of lhe S011 of nir111 be ; fo r :u; in the clays ~hnt
were b ~(ore Lite flood, they were cntiug and drinking, 1w1.rrying,
a11cl g iving in maningc, 11n1,il the dny that Nonh euterecl the ark,
1.111d knew 11ot until the flood came." Ilnd they onght to have
known before the flood came ? One ll'Ould think so from ti.le
language, "So shall also the coming of the Son of m:111 be." If
thi:JI ought t.o hnve kno"·n before Noah went in, "an<i the
dour wns shut," sho1il<l 1ve not kno1v before t he dcstrnction
<·oines. or nut until it come? 'Yh:it think you, re:tclcr? \Vith
t.hc day of thn Lord, 1' i;udden lkstrnct ion comel.h." Shon Id you
fvllow thcircxn111pl1• 1 ":wtl know noL uni.ii it co111t·~?" Or ~houlcl
yon tnkc lwod '· t.,1 t.hll ruorc 1'11l'C \\'Ord of prophecy, thnt. shines
as n light inn dark plM;e, until the dny dawn, antl the dny·st:tr
nriirn in your henrt,'' and thus wnlk in the light?" "Bnt of that
1!:1,, ancl of t,hat honr k11owcth no rnnn, 110 not the angel~ in hea-
w1i'1, neither t.hc Son, h ut hiy Fn.theronly," is n!'cd :t8~:tFerccn to
l1ide bchiud, hy those 11'110 are 0011Le11t to be in 1larkt1e~s; but it
will not. serve you ; it teaches too 11111cli. "Of th:1t. d:iy :i11rl
hn11r 110 ma11 1;ftalt c11e1· knoll', is the w1iy yon wonld rC'ad it; tlicn
ad•l, noitlH'f $)1:dl I.ht~ SM1 Ol'er know, 11ntil il is cnns11mm:ited.
it 1.rachNI nothi11g of l,hc kind, nor IV:IS it clc.<>i£!ilf'd l.o t1•1tch that.
th.- 1•l111 rrl1 wc•re t.o he in cl nrk n c~ii 011 t.l1nL pnrl.ic11lar1rn11jc•rt., when
I he• li111 11 should co111e for th:il. knowlc(lgc Lo be 1l11c 1.0 the house-
h1ild. A k11011·kdgc of thcsn things co11l1l hl' of 11 0 Jl M~il>k nd-
1 :1 u1:i~o lo n11y liut 1. lt t~ gc11t1 r:i tin11 who :ire t.n '"<l"'t'IPll('(• thnm.
J: 1)<"1 ', it II !I" .: d11-<1•d 11'1· :wd !<l•;dud llfll (l th•.· I i111v 11( th·~ ('lltl."
 2300 DAYS. 15fJ
1\ ntl Peter· informs us that 1J0Ll1 the prophets a11cl I.he 1111gels tlc·
:;ired Lo 1111clcrstnnd th u time iu relntion to tlrn two adreut.s of
Gh risl, t.l w "suffering of Ch rist, :wd the glory which s hould fol-
hrn·,'' l•11t it was withheld from tl.Jcm, (see I l'cter ll: 12); aucl
tl1c·y were mnc]c to rninislcr, not to thernselrns, but to othcrR.
"Go thy way Da11icl, for the wonls are closed up nucl sealed 1111·
t.il the time of the encl." ·
A PAH.ADLE.
A tnii;hty king l:mnt forth his arwics t o dostruy n wicked ciLy,
which hu.d rohellrd ngu.inst his o.nthorlt.y, put w deatf1 111ruiy of his
:-ervants, o.ml hel<l oth ers in cruel l..>0n<l1Lge. JJut, "'illing to spare
such a.s woul<l repent, lie se n t his henLl tl witb t11e foll owing procln-
mntio11: The king is about to destroy tWs city l>y exco.\·ations fill-
ed with powder, which, when exploded, will utterly extinguish tile
city and a.II within its walls. L et such, therefore, ns would escape
bu on the watcJ1; for when t.l1e excavation is uo111plete. a wl1ite llu.g
will be l1oisted, then know tbe destruction is near. \\'h en the mt~g-
1Liines O.r:C a,LJ prepo.recl, U. retl Jing Will be h oisted for U 1Jrief Space;
~hen let those who 11.re revil ed for the good king's su,ke, lift np their
heads and loo k up, for their rede111ption dmw~Lh 11iglt. \Vhen nll
i!l ready o. blnck 1lng will be miscd; Lhen fly to the en.stem gntc,
where 111eans for your escnpe will be p r ovl\led. Have n 11 things
r~rldy, n.nd tarrr n ot, ns you value life, for sov11 tile to rc h will l>e n.p·
plieu. Wht\t 1 sn.y unto one, I so.y unto u.11 Wi~t.ch, for ye know
uot when the tiwe is. For of tha.t do.y n.1~d thn.t llour luioweth 110
1110.n, n o not the genemls o f the n.rwy: }J11 t liod only. \Va (.ch, there-
fore, lest, coming sut.ldenly, it li11d you slecµiirg. One .,,·IJo belie 1·-
ed the good king's herald ventured to nsk, How long shall it be to
the end of these things1 o.nd was told that it should be a certnfo
11uwbcr of days froiu 1111 e\·en't to tro.uspirr. r~e.o rd etl in o. book be
handed hlm; but it was closed up a.ncl sea.led until the tiine of the
end, when the wise should understand. "If Lherefore, thou sbult
uot \1;1atch, thou shalt not know wl11.1.t hou1· it will cowc upon thee."
(The h erald, who was tli e king's son, theu went back from wbenoe
h e cu.me.)
l\'al<;h, wllat for7 t h e thoughtless b.rsW.nders enquire. For the
e:t71losion, to be sure! was the still rnore thou15htless 11.nswer. And
so the opinion got o.broatl, tho.t some d1•y, toe city would be de·
stroyctl; l>ut no one kne1\· when, aud the king's so n "'111d express-
ly decln.red thn.& no one erer should know. until it ca we.'' -
. D1;1.ys, months, aud yeur:3 weuL by. The C'-itir.ens bec11111c nbsorbod
111 co.rcless plensurn, nnd (orgot Lheir dt1.nger. 'l'lu•y o.te, t h e y drnult,
I.hey boughL, 1.hey sold, n,111.l all t.hing1l t:c•ntinnl'd as b efore. 'l'is
trne, it few who r~tu:tio oo loyal lo tho lciug C\!uSl'd not to WfLl o h
11n,1 pra,y for ~heir <lolh·orn11ce.
As t.i111e w1•11t tm the while ll~ig. U.11(1 ~hen thP """· w11!' lwh-t.,1l 11p,
but, soo11 disappeu.rcd, u.nd wus Iori;o t.t•• n. 'l'lto l•fur;:; peu11lr 11 ho
W1•re cm Utt• wnM:lt, sn.w tlle!ie signs, 11110 Lite! 11\'l!lll. !1'()111 wlti1•h tl~L'
"'1ny.~" 1'iv"11 by th1~ hrrnltl were to 111 Pns11n·; so (.111•y lJt!51u1 to
luu k 11p, 1tllu lift 111i Lhcir hrads, whi<~h so p1·u1·ulu·(! t hi' 1111:11 uf the
 156 ClIUlWJI.
<;ity, tli1.1>t they calletl thew fools o.11d evil prophets, to make ao
much ndo 11,))out o. common flog; o.ud· o.sked h ow they could be so
foolisli us to think tlley coulu know the t ime, whe11 the 11eralu had
S<Lid , long yeurs before, thn.t NO nto.n knew, not even lie himself.
And, stninge to so.y, 11iimyof those who profcssc<l L1>hcof the king's
party, when they saw tho.tit pleased tile clli7.ens, joi1H!<l with these
scoffers, tLnd said, They bo.d no <louut but. wl10.t the king would
some day destroy t.he city, !Jut, as to knowing the time, it wns iui-
potoi>ible1 the herald bnd "e.1'-p1'csslll suicl that no man C'l-e1· slloulrl
1•12011•." When asked i i tbey ho.cl \l'l\lcl1etl Cor these events by wllir.h
the wise were to understand the time of theirdelh·erence, they suld .
.No.' like other people they were wnt,chf11g for t.lle ~plosio'/l; whea
we see tllal, "the wis~" will understand.
And so m:i.ny who were fearful of loseing cast, witil the cilizens
urew bn.ck, and no longer w1blked wiUl those who 1111.d become Lhe
despised of the whole city, but; snid, Go to, let us :i.lso build 11nd
nrgnniie ourselves inro •·bundles," a.nu we slmll he 1·espected, like
other men.
Ast.be n u111ber of such n.a hclcl to t,bcir intr~ rit~y gn•w lt>ss, tllei1
fait h grew stronger, nnd their ''igileo1,;c iucr.:nsl•d :<O 11111ch I he
111ore, lest U1ey should 1Ui~s the l!lo.ok llog, wheu it rr~111e to view,
u.nd so by not enduring to t.he 1•11(1 lose 1111.
Aftl!r o. long weary wn.iting tboir ey<?.s were greeted l.ly the wel-
l:Ontc sigJ1t. .No'v their h eitr ts leaped for joy, they Juiew rlel il·er-
ance wu.s o.t 111Lnd 1 nn d could see tlie cl:ty approaching: o.ud, n.<; tl.Jey
tied for l'P.fuge, e11rnestly entreating others to joio them, and seek
so.Caty frotn t h e com ing wra.tb.. A few 111.1.rkened; o.ntl l!y forsaking
1dl they h!1.d were j ust in time to snve their Jiv es. lJut othe rs hen.rd
with scorn, sn.irl they ho.cl not seen the explosion , but were wo.t.ch-
iog 11ntl ex pecting i t Etieru do.y.
'l'h e pilg-rims hurri ed on, nor st.oppctl to look !Jebincl them. Aud
as t.hey renclietl the en.stern• gnte, souic were so far behiJHl thnt the
car, le~ tlown !Jy tht! king's engineers lo hoist the111 out, lrnd just
stl\.rted, o.nd WtLs lllmosto11tor rco.r.11; lrntsome ju111prd iind c1il1gllt
by r.he rn.ili11g nnd fClot· IJo:ird, and others by l.>it.a of ru po thn.t lmp-
p ened to Ue hn11gi11g down j but those who h e ld Oil with their
11a nds, hn.d t-0 dro11 1tll their prescious wo rks, w.h.ich wer e uuroed,
ond so they sufiered loss, hn.ving to enter the king's presence n.1 -
most n:i.kcd. One }Joor lllo.n i11 h is despern.te lenp to reach the co.r,
c;0-11ght l.>y one h11nd, but lost his wedding gnrrnent, n.nd yet h e
h~·h1 with the grtl.Sp of a tiger, n.ncl wo.s taken from the fire, thouqh
badly l!l.lorcheu; fur thr. fire uroke out before those who n.rrived 10
U111r. W\'.'rH f1iidy seate1t in the ca r; n.ntl the explosions were hen.rd
i11 llll J>Mts of tue city. Uren.t. clouds of dust were sceu to rise from
l he falling uui ldi11g>', whi le the fire lettped frooi point. to point,
withering all th ings in its p1Lth. 'l'housnndsof p<iop1e were r unning
hither 0.11<1 thi(.her, to c.~<~n.pc the Jl:i.111eso.nd fa.llingbuiftliogs. .l).n<l
i;oon ·~ nl.>'t crowd tJnlllc ru1111i11g Lown.rds th a en.stern gr~t.e 1 which
,:till ~to1111 fit!lmn•, n.1111 crh~d lii ~l<'rl)' for lwlp. Some> with wilc1 hys-
teric i;oli~ would cu1111t thei r lieudl', ot.l1ers their good works, lloW
lhr y h11tl lnH'll 11>1i/.l:hi11g fo r fli·i.\· 1\ll their li nis; n.nd liuwOHPn they
Ji11d wn r111~d Lh1: p1•uple. 'l'll t1 u11i:we r t,o tlles1• piteou~ cri es Wt•S
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what surprised me most. Not a word wn.s spoken, !Jut n. hissing
sound was heard as the 011.mes caught the eastern g11.te, for the roy-
n.J car had swung oleo.r, but insten.d of consuming it toolt the sbape
of words which were clen.rly seen in letters of On111e:
"And knew not UNTIL 11' CAME.''
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'l'.HE 2300 DAYS.
There has been much speculntiou 011 the application of the two
tho11saocl nnd three hundred days of Dan. 8 : 14. 13ut, belie\·ing
a.s I do, tlrn.t they are e11ded1 and tbai. all their power is iu the
past, I shall give but little space to their invest.igatiou.
The vision of Dan. 8:, embraces tbree of the four Gentile
kingdoms, an<l ~·ithout doubt reaches to the encl of the "times
of the Ge ntiles." He11ce, Gabriel sayR to Daniel, "I will make
thee to know what shall be. in tbe Inst end of the indi?,nntiou,
for at the time appointecl the end slinll be," (verse 10). l'lie end
here referred. to, is evidently the end of the iullignatiou, nnl! the
z:ioo days mensme only a part of the ,·ision, because the answer
to the qncstio11 "Ilow long shall be the vision couccrniug the
daily s:ic;rifice, and the trnnsgrcssion of desolation, to girn both
the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot," is t.bus
answered : "And he said unto me, Unto t.wo thonsa11d a nd tht·ee
hundred days, then shnll the sanctuary be c leansed."
Tue 2300 "dap;," 01· years, have, wit.hout. carefully noting this
ans wer, been supposed to embrace aU of the vision; and it is this
111ist:ike which has caused so much speculation in relation to
their application during the last twenty or thirty years.
The argument proving that they ended something more than
t.h irty years ago, is simple nnd positive, as we will Bhow; but
1.he "days" do not cover the cleansing of the sanctuary; if
time is required for that work, ns every one can sne: " Unto
t.wo tbou1>:-mcl ::tml three hnudred <lays, then sli::ill the snnc·
tuary be clcause<l."
1'his a111:;wer is much the s~une :~s the one of Dnn. 12: 7. The
rp1cstion Lhcrn wa.s, " H ow long shall it be to the und of the;;e
\\·onders "? and the a11swcr was, "For n I inw, limes, aud a-h:i lf,
:lncl when lie shall hn ve acco mplished t.oseaLter till' power 9£ the
holy people, :ill these t.hings shall be fiuishc<l" 'J'he wonden
lhcire refel'l'cd to, were the "time of trouble, t.hu rcs11rrcction 1"
&c.; nn1l with presc11t light., we 11ndcrst.n11<l t,h:lt t.hc definite
t lme in this case r enuhell to the cud of t.hc l '.WO years of papnl
1lri111i11io11, :wd thcrcfoi·c c11t1c\l in 170~ ; 11111 tht• l'<J111j'kt.io11 of
t.ho scaLLoring of Llic power o f the hr•ly 1'<'••111('> wdl 11111 Im rntlcd
 !68 2300 DAYS.
until the cn<l of the ti mes o f the Gentiles, or in 1914. ..t\11d so
witl1 the 2300 clays; " lJ11 t.o two thousand and three hundrc<l
·l:l~·s;" nnrl what i.s to follow, has reference to the c leansing or
the snnctunry.
"To g ive both t.lie sanctuary ancl the host to be trodden 11n-
d e r foot." 'fh e host, of cou ri<c refers to t ho people, bu t whnL is
I.he sanct·uary "'! His i>o rnctltiug which has beeu t l'ocl <len und or
fool of the Gentile.s, \1·e nnswcr. The IIebrew here rend.::rcd
i;nn1·t 11ary, is the same word ns occurs in Isa. BG : 20, where tlte
return nf the .fews in "litters, n11d 011 ltorsei:, and in cb:iriots,
:incl o n s11•ift beasts, to my [sanctuary] holy mountnin Jerusa-
lc-m." And tbe treading down of the sanctuary, clearly refer;;
t.o wh:1L Christ refcrre(l to when he i:ays, "Jeru.salr.mt F,.hail be
tro<lden do wn of the Gun tiles, until tho times of tltc Gentill.!s be
fulfilled."
If tht- 2300 days do uot n~ ach to· tlie end (If t he iuuignnt.ion,
wh.1• werC' t.ltey g i,·cn i11 answe r t.o t he questio n ? nrny be n~ked;
:lilt! in res ponce I will nsk, if the "tittle, times," :ind a-half, of
IJnn. 12: 7, d o not re:ieli to the elld of the toonrl<:rs, wliy wen~
they giYe11 in answer to tliat question? Anrl, pcrhnps we can
answer: Llie " time, ti mes, and a -lialf," cmlcd in 1798, nt Lhe
t.nking away of the papal clomini011, aod is oue of the gre.at
l11ndnmrks of prophecy. Tlie ending of the 2300 days, some·
tl1ing ruorc thau thfrty years ago, is the g reat landmark by which
the t:tl'rying of the Ilride!>room hns been mnde to appear. And
th e J\dn~nt movement, with .t l1e messnge o f the opening event.<;
of t.he ;;n"cnth trumpet., was based on that prophetic period .
The mistnke of the 1843 mo1·ement, was not in the argument
pro1·ing that t.he " chys" ended t.hcre, bnt io assuming that t.iJey
c o1·ered a ll the vi!>io11. The tarrying of the J3ridegroo1n, the
/l(Trvost mcssnge, and the t wo pares to the sounding of the sciv·
en th trnmpet; that is, t he v1·oclamation of the kingdo ms of t,h is
ll'orld becoming Liu~ kingdoms of our Lord, and the time of trou·
hi e anc1 co11.'f'u:,~t of Lite nations, were all o verlooked. 1311t i t is
juFt these crcnts which shonld fo llo w the end ing o f the 2300
d:1p, since th<'y nre directly co1111ect.ed with the cleansing of the
sanc tuary.
The 1843 argument, whic h I consider to be true in nil its r.s·
sen ti al parts, wn.s that. tho visi o n o f tl1e 8th chtLptcr wns explain·
eel in the l)t.li; and t.hnt the \'isiou "concerning tlte (faily s:icri·
lice, aud l.11c trn11sgrcsi;io11 of desolation," ueccssa.rily refers, to the
.lt•wR, r1s far as tih r cl:i il y i:;acrifl cos is concerned; nntl in D:111.
!I: 21, t:al11iel, wli'.I h:11l RJllH'::trcci to hiut " in the ' 'illiun nt 1l w l1e
 2300 DAYS. l b9

gionini:;,•· tbuL is, tbc vision of t he Sth clrnpt.cr, (sec ve rse 16),
refe rs 11i111 brick to th;tt vision, and sa.ys, "Seventy weeks are de·
te.no ined on thy peopl e, nnrl thy holy c ity ;" i. e. se venty weeh
of the 'isiou of 2300 <lays. 1' Seventy weeks," arc 490 dnys;
then Ht ci <lap of the '.!300 ~were dntermincd on the J cws. And
\Yl1at. for? "'l'o 611is h I.lie transgression , and to make nn end
of i;i11s, 1111r1 to m:-ikc reconciliation for iniquity, and to i;eal
11p the vii;ion :ina the prophecy, a nd to anoin t the Most. H oly,"
(M•o verse 24). AU th is, was accomplisl1cd in Christ's su fferi11g
a nd death. And as sc.vcn tr weeks w ere dete rmined on tbcm for
f.lle abode pw71os111 it is equivolent to sny ing, the.Tews, yonr peo·
p l ~, mu~t be kept toget her until the !il essinh shnll come and ac·
l'Omplish Lite wo rk for which he is to be sent. 11 1\now tlu.r eforc,
;111d nnderst:in<l that fro m the going forth of Lhe cnmm:i11dmcnt
to resto re a11d "to ln1ild .lc l'llsnle m, unto t.he ,'\l ci:si:ih lhe -Prince,
<hnl I bc seven weeks, nnd t hree score and t wo we ek~.' ' ( ,·ersc 25 ).
That. ii: no weeks 11 11to his advent, lc:11·ing the 01.her o ne week fo r
ro111irming the covena nt., whicb could uot. lw nf foroe, Paul tells
11;;, "until t.he <1eath of the testator."
The counection hc tween thtl 24th nud 25t.h Yer;:~s, is alJ::o lute
l'l"Oof that the se,·euty week s, the se,·cu, t.he threesc ore nnd two,
a nd the oue week, are all the same period o f tim e; "Seventy
weeks a rc detcnuinecl on thy people; k1101r t hcrefol'c," in con·
.~~·1uence of that," that i t Ehall be sc1·on weeks," &c. [Of the si l-
ly applications made since those " d:iys" hn 1•e ended, or within
1 he last thirty yen.rs, in which all con11ectio11 between the seventy
11·ccks and the minor par ts whic h go to make up that number,
has been ignored, t.bus maki ng four distinct periods nil sepn.rntc
and in_clepcnden t one of another, we ha Ye no space or desire even
to not1ceJ.
As the above six svecific purposes rmm e1l i11 the 24tl1 ve rse,
we re accomplished at the first adveut of Uhris t, the seventy
irne ks determined for their :lccomplishment., o f course ended
l liere ; and thus 400, of the 2800 clays, end ed at, or about t he
t ime of tile crucifixion.
[Tltere is Rome oliscurity in relation to the endi ng of the last
" week." The '43 position was that Christ pr eached seue.n yem·-< ;
ri 11d he uce, t ho In.st" week" ended at. his den t h in A. D. ~3 . Jfo t
;1~ t hnt J10si ti on cn11not be main t.ainetl, siucc t h e: cYi<lcncc is c lear
•h:~t Tie only prencliell three nnc1 a -half years, i t wo nld appear
1
~1:1t the last week of the .seventy did 11ot cud until the conver-
'(0 11 o f Cornelius, t11<' fin, t GC1iitilc. lfot for Rornc l'l':tso 11 Clod
•all left t his one week l'/URCnrc; nnd n(l itlH·1· th'• Hihle. v i· histor y
 160 2300 DAYS.
g iY e any furth er lig ht oo that p oint. H ence, the exact da.te of
the en cl of t ho 2300 days cannot l:>e d et.ermined to within the ,
limits of three an<l a-half years]. ·
As 4!JO years of the 2300, ended at or nbout the t ime of the
erncili.x.ion 1 viz: A . n. 3a, t h e eudi11g o f ibe balance of the" clnys''
c:rn be dclermi11oa . {\JO from 2300, leaves l 810. Therefore,
1810 yea.rs a fter the c11di11g of ihe so,•c11ty weoka, must mark
tlw erHl of tho longer pet·iocl; and 1810 adtled to A. D. 33, reac h
to 1843.
J'his, t.ogct.licr with the st.ron g positio n that the l 260 days of
papal dominion ended i11 1798, was the basis of tl1e A<lrnnt pro-
chmatio11, t he opening message o f the seventh trumpet, o r the
"trump of G o1l ;" :11111 th e 2300 " tlays," as a. prophetic period
monsnring 11 part o f t lie visiOJl of D:111. S:, has Gervcd its pur·
pose. A11rl, as the reader ca.n sec, a ll that 1w rtainsoit.her t.!ircul··
ly or incliructly, to the cleansing of the s:111ct.nary, 1.ielongs afte1·
t.he days have enclarl.
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'l'HE EAS'l'E RN QUES1'10N.
The 11 cnst.ern question, " from n. Tiible stn.ndpoint, is bnsed main·
ly on Rev. 10: 11; 11 Antl the sixth angel poured out his via.I upon
th e g rettt. rh·e r Euphrates; and the wat.ers thereof were clricrl np,
thn t. t.h e wn.y of t. hc kin gs of the ea.st migllt be prepared. A.nd I
!'1\\1· Llu·ee uuclen.n spidts, lilte frogs, come out of the mouth or the
drn,,.on. o.nd out or tho mouth o r t he ben..st., nud ont or the mou th
of the folse prophet; for t h ey n.re t.he spirlrs of devils, working mir-
nclcs, whi ch go for t h nn to U1e kin~s of the en.rth, ·o.r1tl o f U1e whole
w0rlcl, to gather the111 t o the battle of thn.t groat <ln.y of God Al ·
10i11:ht.y."
11 ere we lca.rn thu.t before the beginnin{l of the gn.lhering of the
I< ings o r t.lie eMt, n.nd o f the whole 'vorld, to that bn.ttle, t he wn.ters
0 f mystic Euphrn.tes 111ust be dried up. Hence, in order to inter·
pret. co rrectly U1ese even ts, t he fu·st question to settle is who, or wh11.I.
hr" the 11 watcr11 Clf thG Enphrn.tcs"? The genenilly o.cccptcd int.e r·
prcnntion is tlrnt they refer to ti.le Moho.m wed n.ns; bnt J tliink we
Rhttl l he nblP to O\"erthrow this vi e w, whieh is bn.serl snfcLu 011 t hri
o t'ec pt('(l fMt thn.t lhe OLhnna.n empire i!> re ferred to under tho si xt it
i,n11npct, M "Lhu fuu r :l.ngcls boun<l in t h e grco.t river Buphr.a.Lcs.''
Hut by n rnfere11N1 to pn.~e 1:38, it. nuLy be scou t.lmL n.lthough o.d·
111iWngo "thl! four fl.ngels l.>onncl in the g reo.t rive r Enplm1,Lcs," re»
fer t o t h e ll1nho11\medn.n s, o. far morn renso11able iuterprct.o.tio n of
" //tr Bn11llrn.l1',\' ," en.rt be found. ,
'l'hr. Grcak. he rC' rcnclered in, in t lio 8uphrn.tlls, is o ne out of
f(l11rt.u<!11 diffM·e11t wo rds trn.nsln.Letl in: 1111d 111 H.ev. 1 : 7, t.he en.me
Wl'n l (''Jiil iR rP11< l••rnd b~1:mi..ve nf, - " i;lmll w1Lil /Jcc:mi..~eofh im. The
wnnl 1:; 1d!';t\ re 111l1•r1•d l.>!'fflre,-" lle.(111·r J'1)nti11:> l'il nt," (1 'l'im. Cl; 13);
' ' Jl1•f11n• i wo o r l'. hree witnossmi," &o. "The fonr n11 g!' IS lJouud tie·
 EAS'fERN QUES'l'ION. lGI
Ct\use of [or l>efo1·e] the greu.t r iver Euphro.tes, '' is cleo.rly the ti·ue
rendel'ing here. lt'oi· the o.pplicn.tion of the l!:uplira.tes to the chl'is·
tio.n nations is in barmooy with every po.rt of the i.rophecy. 1f the
·· fo111· o.ngels, who were prepared for tin hour, and ;\. clay, n.od a.
won th, o.nc.l n ye:l.r, for to sln,y the third po.rt of wen, " refer to th e
l\lohnJ.Uwedo.us1 that in which, or because of wbich, they wei·e
bound, cannot refer to thcwselves. And it is o. well known fact it
was the ch.ristio.n powers who held the Mohammedans in check, so
long ll.:! t hey wc1·e held; and the.t it we.s the decay of the flo11Jan
power whi ch en:lbleJ tllc111 n.t Inst to possess themselves or thnt
Lhi.rd u1 the empire, now cn.lleJ 'l' u1·key in Europe. H they were
uo11nd uc<1nuse of the great river Euphrates, ru1d when, from in le r-
un.I stril e, the cb.ristio.n po"(ers coulJ no longer oppose t hem, " the
fou r nngels were loosed, " nnd i1111nedio.tely possessed the111seh·ei; or
t;onst-0.11tinople and the east; to \1·ho.t can the waters of U1e Rophrn·
tes refer, iC not to the cb.ristia.n nations ? Certninly no one can l.>e
so simple as t.o suppose tlle Mohn.wmeda.ns l>ountl themsch·cs.
LiLet'(\l l3abylon was built upon literal Eu1ihrntes, n.nd is U1us
spoken of: " O thou thnt dwellcst up on 111a11y wn.lers, nuuntln,nt
in treasures, thine end is come," (Jcr. 61: 13); n.nd of mystic 13al.Jy-
lon it is so.id : •• l wiU sh.ew unto thee tlie j1tdg1H CH L of the ip·eul
ho.riot thnt sittcth upon wany waters," tltev. l 7 : J). \\'hen l,;yrus
dried up the wo.ters of the Euphrates, by tul'Uiug the riv er Iro111 its
~lmnnel, in o.ccordance with tl\e prophecy of J er. 50: 38, "A drought
1s upon her wate rs, and they slmll be dried up.'' Habylo 11 fell. And
(iod has chosen to make liternl Da.bylon n, type of "13AilrLON
T.Hg GR l~A.'1', '!'HE MO'l'HB ll 01!' HARLOTS.'' "And the
W<iters wllich thou snwest, where the hnrlot sitteth, rue peoples,
o.ntl lJluJtitudeb, and na.tious a nd tongues," (Rev. 17: 15); o.nd as the
drying up or the literal Euphrates was the iniwedin.te cause of the
rt~ll or ancient Babylon, so the drying up the w11ters of wy:;;tic Bu-
ptu:a.tes is the prel u de to the Io.II of ··Mystery, Ba.by Jon the gren.t, ''
tlte\1. l G: 12, n.nd l!l).
Mystic Uu.bylon never wru; suppor ted by tile Moharnmeda.0$;
hence, tbe drying up of their power c;onld lia.ve no rela.tiun to ber
foll while the drying npof the power o f the christian nations. wou ld
necessarily ca.use her downfall.
Ago.in: The waters of Euphrates a.re to be dri ed 11p, "to pre.pa.re
tl!e wo.y or the kings oC the east." and 11 tbe kings of the ea.st" o.re
111ostly Mohamuiedo.ns. Jn Ezek. 88:, where the prophecy or the
gathe ring to this greo.t bat tle is found, be names -Pe rsit\\ Bthiopin.,
and Libynr, as u. pa.r t of those wh o come Lo the ba.ttle. And these
nations i~re tile very ones now occupying Egypt, l'ales tine, n.nd the
en.st, and Q,IJ w1ese nn.tio11s 1ire Mohu,1mne<la.ns. IJut the grca.t 1.>M.-
tlc docs not ot:o ur 1111til a(Ler tile return of thc Jews. Anll tLuy
urc to cl well snfcly i11 "unwalled vil lrtgell, in Llie lnud Llmt: is
\Jrouglit back fro111 th<· swurcl in the mo u1Hai11s o f 1srn.cl1" (lll!\?
EY.ck. :rn : 1 l, 14). Then " Tognn11ali of th e 11•>rth p:i1·ts," which
}11Jssil1l y 111ca11R Hussi:\, " n111l Go111cr n11il 10:111 y people, r11ul l'c·1"
s ia, J•:thiopi:t , ;111<1 Lihy:i, wit/; tl11:m ,'' nrc 1.0 <'Piii !! 111' " :1 g:li11 ~l
UIJ J!CVJ1lc J1wacl, 1\8 11 cl u u<l to ll<l\'u r th e h111d ;" it :-:hall l.J~ i11
 ((}2 EAS'l'ERN QU ES'J'TON.
t.he laLte1· days, a11d I will bri11g thee ngaiust my land, that th(!
heathen may know me, wlien I shall be s:wctified i11 thee, 0 Gog,
before· their eyes," (verse 16). How then, can H.ussia till this
prophec_y, by comiug up against the Mohammedans: Rince it i11
":i.gainst my people lsrael," that they a.re to come? " For r will
gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle."
The followi11g e,·e11ts 11111st trn11spire before Lite bcgi1111i11g oJ'
tl1is gatlieri11g, viz:
The .!llohu1111ncdans must vne:nc Palestine, and thl! ,J ews re-
turn, ::tettle the re, and c1 well safely; and when the gathering for
Ll1e great b:i.ttle docs take place, l{11ssia, if it is re1H·.::sc11te<I liy
"Togarrn:tl1, of the north parts," must come up in company witlt
the l\Joliammedn.n pcnrnrs of t.he cast, and aga inst" my peop le
Israel." llc 11cc, Hussin attacking Turkey, can ha1·c no im -
mediate co1111cction with "the battle of the grcn.t da.y o f God
Almigh1.y."
But l>efort• a.ll this, tl 1crc is 11 ot 011ly the return (If tl11· Jews,
b n t the <lryi11g up of Lhc waters o f E11phnitcs. H ence, it is !he
chri1;tia11 nations o f Europe, and not the J\fol111rnmcd:1n uai.ions
of t.hc cnst who nrc to Lu c rushed. Ritt. where is tl1c power to
1;ome from, t.O dry up Lhn.t grc:lt river? civilized nr1d war-like
Europe coulfl witbst:u1<l n.11 the kingdoms oft.lie world without,
any unus ual effort; and it is not God who will interfere; "Suro-
ly the Lo rd God will do not.hiog but he rel'e~lleth ltis secrets to his
servauts the p rophets;" and the prophets tell of his interference,
only when the great g:ithcr·ing is completed, nnd J erusalem js
taken. Thou "Lhe Lord my Hod sh:i.ll come and nil the s:ii nts
with tbee." And the Lord shall go fo rth ::uld ligh t ngninst. a IJ
those natio ns, as whe11 he fought i11 the day of hn.ttlc. (Zech.
14). 13ut the waters o( EuphrnLcs :Lrc to be dried up, Urnt the
way of the kings of tlic east [not the north] may be pre-
pared to come to t.hat battle. .
J\11d tlint grent. city was ili 1·ided into throe parts, nnd I.he
cit.ics of tli e nntipns fell. This is how t h l! wat.erR are Lo be
dried up; by a trin11e struggle among tltemselue.;, 11ot by H.ussia
t:iking ()onst.anti11oplc. ThnL grc1tt city t.lrnL rcig rwt.h over the
king1; of t.lie en.rth ( He\', 17: 18), represcu tcd fo r 12GO ye:u·s
b.( pap:il Ho111c, is 1.hc fou r th em pire. Antl thi13 fo11rt.h B.011Jn.1r
olirisLian empire, is Lv l1C (Jivi<lcd int.o t.hrce part.s. '"l'h~ce 111t-
clNi11 spirit.s c:urrc out o f tltc r11 o ntl1 o f the dr:tgc.> 11. :in<l OllL C\f tht:>
:11011111 1d' tlw hl•:1i;1, nnd 0111. of I.fit~ 111011t.h 11!' the l'nl::1: prl1J>l1et. "
l'ilf! ilraf/ Vl/. is Lflc 111011:trr.hitd c•lt•111c•11I. vf Lite empire; t.ltr /i111!1l iR
tlrnt 11 whic:h 1Ju1 wo111a11 fl:\(,; thr- .f't1$e Jl1"0)ll1ct it' 1!11• rrligioull
 .13ABYLO.N. I t;J

or pnpal elcmen lj untl nlthongh th is division is cio11rly llisccrniLle,

it is to lie full y cons111itm!ltcd only u11dc r the sixth nna seventh,
plngucs. lJcncc, the bnttlc of the great day cannot come this
sicll1 of the se>en th plngue. Ani.l it takes 11 0 prophetic eye to
sec, i11 such a triune <livision, the men.ns for "d rying np" the
power of ehrlst.inn Europe, since the st.rcngtl! of tl1e th ree par·
tics nre so eve11ly l.>:tl:111ce\].
The Ottoman e1111•irc filbl its place iu propliecy nuder the
sixth trunipcl., :lltcl hc11cc, has no 111orc prophetic importa nce
t.h:u1 h:1.s Uhnldca., l'ersia., Greece, or nny ot.her o f the nations
'''hf) have stoo1l for a brief space in the fro111., acted tl1cir part
in the world's <1r:1111:1, :ind tlien passccl c111t of sight.
The present [ 1877 J eastern question may, nwl doubtless will
Le a link among t he events whic h shall opcu the w:i y for the
r ct11rn of I.he .Jew, s i11ce the division of the spoils o f Turkey iu
Europe will probnhly h:ist1m the "drying Uj1 of Enphratcs."
But. 11cyo111l this, it can have no prophetic sig11ifioance; and ccr-
tai11 ly no i111mc1liate co1111cctio11 with t h<' liatt.lc <>f Armageddon.
- -- 0 -- -
" BABYLON JS li'ALJ,EN .''
·· AnJ J h en.rd a.not.lte r Yoice from heiwen, imyin!', Conie out of
li t•r, 111y people, thn.t ye be not pn.rto.ke1·s of 'her si11i;, ancl that ye
rc>1•ei ve not. o f her plagues." (Re v. 18: 4.)
Hnbylo n is the r eligious element. of t h e fou rth e1npire, an d as
pop(.7l Bame, has for many centuri es rcpresentc<l tb al. empire.
l lc11cc it is cnlled "that great city that r eignei.b o,·er the kings
of the eartl1." But lieyo ud all tJ11 estio11, i t refers to n11d em-
br:1ces all t he c:hurch-stnte orgnni7.ntio11s of tlw christi:rn
nations. To hecomc n part o f the world is opposed t.o the
re ligion of onr J,onl .Tcsns C hrist. "llnliyion is fn llen, is fallell ,
that g re at ci1.y, b cc:111se she made a ll nations clrink of t h e \\'ine
or the wrath o f h er foi-uication)) (chap. 14: 8). F'ornic;ition
here mcn11s lhe 1111io11 o f church and st:i.tc, and the fall of llaliy-
lol1 i11 the tlissol1ttio11 ol I.hat uni o n. In other words, iL is " tho
,~·01o:rn" hl.!ing Lhrown fro m "the beast." " 1 1;:\ w a woman
1;1~ upo n n scarl e t color ed bea st full of uanH·s of blnsphemy,
hnving i;cvt111 hcnd1; n111l ten horns" (lie,·. 17: :l). l"hc is now
falling, but. not fallt:!I. T he union of ch11rcl 1 aud i;t:itc is now
in 1irocos11 of disaol111.io11 over n.11 f)f wlrnt has l't'Jll'CScnt.cd the
fo11 1·th empire; l,int. thnt sep:i.rn.t.ion is 11 0!. ye~ :1ceo111plished.
\Yh'c 11 the ci ,·i l po,,·er rcfu!ICI! nuy longer t.11 carry the church,
Bal1yln11 will h:1vo fa!lcn . Hence, t h e foll of iin byl on, nnCi tho
16.J. nABYLON.
t1 cli,·isioo of that great city" is oue and l,be same. Ancl just so
fast as this triu11edivisio 11 between th1: 1110111u·cltial, t.he religious
a11CI the rcp11blic:i11 element.ii of tltat great empire pr(lgr<:ss, just
so fast doc~ the fall of Bnbylou progress. .U111. it is only untler
Lllc scvcnth :mt! la~ t pl:w11~ L11i11 co11s11111111:itiun i~ to In: roached.
(See Hev. lG: 17, J!J.) .....
The icle:i that :l <:h11rd1 hccorn.ing corrnpl rnn 11·1•rcsent toe
fetll of Babylo11, h:is 11oilhcr Scfrrtnre nor comnio11·:<c'11se in it.s
f<l\'or. Now here is t1 ilabylou the great, t!tc 1r10Lher o f h:ufot.s
and the abominations of the earth,'' reprei>ented as being any·
thing but n harlot, and it is the fnll of 1Jabytc>11, and not the
church of God that fled in to ti.le wilderness bccomi11,9 Babylon,
which mnst lill tlris prllphcoy.
J\s the fall 11( 1bliylon ii: not rlne nntil tho "grl'nt city is
<ii 1·idccl,,, 11 1111 I h:tL tlil· i .~i11 11 is c•ou1>11 1r1111at.1·d 1111d<'r the sere11Lh
plngne, it follows llt :\l. the third :111~,·l'l' 11H•:<s:tgc· of " ( '0111e oat
o f her, my 11e•1J1le" i:< not due till Ll11•11. I l1·1n:c•, the 11uc:;Liou
nl' to who" my iioople" arc, l>ccor11t~s JH!rti1 1c11t.. Tlw Lwelrc
t.ribes of l srnel are a(W;'l.fS referred LO as "rny people." 1\ n<l
t.he tweh·e t,ribes are to be deliverell d11ri11(! tlris ti mo of tro1tlJle.
"At. tllat time there shall be a time of t~·oul> le s1.ch as uen~ r
was since ti.lore· wris n nn.t.ion, and a.t that time t.hy [Dnuiel 's]
people s;hall 110 delivered." "Abs! for that chiy is great, so
that none is like it; it is evon the t.imc of J :wob's tronble; but
heshnll besavedontofit" (.Tcr. :JO: 7). l'\citlt(•rof theaborn
can refer to ti.le bride of Christ, for it. is uot Lite t.i111e of her
tronblc; she is Lo be "acoo1111tc1l worthy to escape nil these
things, and t.o stnn<l l1rfnrc tltc Sou of mnu."
The J ews arc Ghrist'i: 7>cople, but not his bride; "He came
to his own au<l his ow n received him not; nud he told them
Uiat they should see bim no more "until thu.t tloy when they
11/talt sa.y Blessccl is lie thnt cometh i11 Lhc 1111111<' of t.he Lord."
(:\fnLt. 23: 30). They were cut off, :\llrl 1.he ki11g1lo11t of God
tnken fro m tham; a n<1 tnkcn from them fon•\'1:r, cxtept the
fow, who like l'a11l, lm1·0 h<:r.11 graftcll in :1gai 11 during the
gospel. But 1.here :11·c 111ru1y nml f;lorious p1·11111isc11 1•1 U1c. lleshly
house of hr:1t•I. Their blin<l11csii has been t l1t: ri~ltc.s of tLe
Gentiles; "but :1s to11chi11g the olcctio11, they :1n· l>ci111·etl for
the fo.tho1·'i; s:ikc; for 1.lw gifts n111l caltinl-{ Cif c;o1l :11'!.' without
n•pcnt:\llcc." i\ntl they :ue ~o rcprescnL t.hc t•1vthly bouse,
\01,;uLcd a.t. old .J ern:snlem, cve11 :1s Lite "ch11rolt o f t.ltc Ii l'SL·uoru"
arc to represent t.he hc11venly house i11the11ow, or ::ipirit.ual Jcru·
snlcm.
 BABYLON. 105
The people called out of Babylon w tlSt re for lo the> .r ews, we
think, because they are to be gn t.hered out of :iJI uations, and
restored to their own la.nd, while tlie .~ain"'111.re to be t.nken in
the twi11kling of nn eye, from the mill, t he field, and any nnrl
e\•ery pince where they may Lappen to be. And the call ont of
B:i.bylon cloes not appear to rncnn rn ercly n pitrif)!in[J of them·
selves, since they nrc to come out, lest tlrny should pa rtake of
her simi. The real bride of Christ never has, i11 any moral
sense, been in llaby1011. "I pray 1101. t.ltat th on s houl rls t take
them out of th e worlrl, but thnL Lho11 slioul1lat keep t.lit•m from
the cdl." And in the h:i.n·cst,, it' is the wMk of Lh~ angels, to
gn th er fi1·st the ta.res ami bintl them in h1111<l l!'i;. II cnc:r. " Come
out of her, my people," cann ot in any sJ1iri1wtl, 0 1· litl'l'lll s1.ms1\
apply to the christian church, but dors most certainly appear
reasonable as applied to tbe J ews, whe n the Lord shti ll set liis
hand again th~ second time to gathe r tltem from all nat.ioni;.
Compare our te:\ t with l sn. 48· 20, n111l J er. 51: 6; " Flee 011t
of the mirls t, -0f lhbylo11, and deli1·er Cl' ery man !iii; sonl; he
not cut off in her ini11uity.'1 "Comu 0 11L of her, my pC'ople, .t.hn t
ye receh·<1 not of bcr plngues." Tit is would nppear to mnke
t.he re t urn of Lit e .Jews tlne only wbeu the seven last pl:igues
- arc fulfilled. 111\nd nt thnt time th y peopl e sh:11l b e c1cli\'ered,
nnd many that i>leep in the dus t of the earth sl1all awake." This
also synchro11iz~ with J ob. 14: 19. 11 Oh, that thon wouldst
hide me in the grave, thnt thou wonldst keep rue secret. until
thy wrath be passed, that thou wouldst 1tppoint me n set time
a nd remember me. . . . Thou shalt cal l nnd I will answer
thee."
The resurrection of the rust.i bution clas.q, th ose who "shall
stand upon the earth" in the latter day , in their flesh, aua see
God," is thercforn not dn e 1111 til the day of wmth is passed.
while the dead in Chris t wli o :ire to be raised .piritttal bodies,
is due before the day of wrnth.
Tho wrilel' does not forgot that u11f11l!ill cd prophecy cannot
be :lj>pliecl ill rletnil. lleocc, the return of the ,J ews, ana the
resu1'1'ection 'of this secoml class, mny not be :is yet fully nndcr·
stood; but there arc Scriptures which appear Lo make tlte rntu1·11
of tl1e Jews to begin wi ~h tire Ji,·iug .J ews of this ge11cratiu11
who are call<.! d "a n~mn<J.nt/' ant1 nftl!f' tlwir rnturn J1m1salcm
is surro1u1dccl th<! city is tnkcrr, :rntl one-half go into c:ipti"i ty ,
(Ree Zech. 14), thcu th11 l;11nl iu ter[<: rcs ;>11<l s;we$ t hem. Ancl
yet ",Joru1:mlctn llll lSt be t1·01]d u11 rl o wrr or 1.ho Gentile~, 1111 til
the 1,inics of Lh<.> Gt't1 Lill•S :ll'O ful lill cil ; '· lrC\ntic, trol'hfon dow11
 IOG KINGDO~l.

until A. n. I 014, when Llie dny of wrnLh will he passed, a11<l

Lltc rcs11rrec~ i o11 n11d retu rn of Lh e " whole houso of lsrncl" due.
This would :ilso !<_rnPhro11 izc witli t.he Ly)ic in Egypt. F or it
will be re11wntl1crc.J, ii w:is irJ the midi;t. vf Llro alnrrn c:rnse<l by
tlie scve11Lh :11111 la~l J>la,!!;ne. brou~lrL ''" the l~gy pt.inns, tl1at
Ll11:y were cnllc1l 1•1ll nf l•:gy)'t. " J\cc·111·di11).! 1.0 1ht· cl:iys yr
the 00111i11g out of the l;11 ul of J•:gyJ'l, will I sho \\' unto him
111nn·cloug thi11.~i:;; the 11at.io11s shall sci• n11d li•• e111tf\11t1Hlc<l at
nll thcir might." (:\li<:ah 7: 15) .
'l'rnly we arc on 1l1c eve of g rcaL c Yc llt,c;, Tho hn r n~sl of the
earth is ripe; the time of troulilr is liegiu11i11g, nn<l t.he fullil-
mcnl. of prophcciei; nre crowtliug one upo11 :rnothr r, n11d s1:<: ne.s
arc Lo lie c11:ictc1l <lu ring- the eomi11g t hirty-Sc\'Cll years, trrril1le
hcYon<l nll thnt hist.ory h:i~ ever ,-ct rcM11l o1L But lei· the
lit.tic Orick wh o nrc thr ''chil1ln•1111r'tlr1• •lay," :11111 arc w:ilki119 i11
t.hc light, li ft up thcil' h1•:1tli<, :11111 " wa td 1 :111t\ pr:1y, t.haL Liley
m:iy Le n11c()11 11Lcd wnrtl1y ti) rc;n 1•1• all t111~~c tl1i11g:;, :ittd to
stand before the ~011 of M :in."
- --0---
THE rnNGDOJ\1 OF (_; QD.
The A1hcntists, or ns t.hcy al'c liP m cLillll'~ cnllcu, "the worltl
hnrncl's," lra.vc run into m:ir1y errors ht'cnnse Llwy fail to Jiscorn
t,hc trne ch11rnet.er of the ki11g1lo111 1> f C:nd. Everywhere, boLh
i11 the Old nnd New T cst.nmcnl$, the t'ltnn·h, nr penple of God,
represent his kingclom;- 11 Ye i:h:1ll 111: 11111 11 1111~ :t ki11g<lo111 of
priests; and a holy 11:i ti11n." ..:\ 111l t'hrii;t i11vnr·i:1uly mnkes the
gospel chnrch, tlw gC101l :rnil hail, 1'1\1 11 ·01icll~ the kingdom. The
killgdom of hca\'Cll is like LO a. 111.!L wliic-.lt men cast iut.O tJie
liCn, :rnd bro11g hL forth fi sh, both good :111'1 \,:111. The kingdom
wns like11 ed t;o a ~ower, th:it so wed good sc1:1l, nncl a.notAe1·
i;,owcr, [,h ut, sowed had seed. lL \\·as likc11c1l to " Le11 Yirgins,"
!ht• o f whom w ere ''rise nnd TI\'r:i foolish.
The fact that the kingdoms of this world :1n1 t.o hccomc the
kingdoms of our l ,onl, :1ntl Lh:H he i:; 1.1> "rnl1• tl11'tll with ::i rod
of iron," until \'\'t•ry knee Bh ali hnw; an<l th::it tlw s:rints lihnro
t.h:rt powel' with lii111, n111l Lakt• thr ki11g ll11111 1 1111d possess the
ki11g<lom u11<for t,hf' \\'hole hua \'<.'n, <locs Jl<•I 1•r(1 \'C lh:tt Llw king-
110111 o f Ciorl will lie 1u1 t•11rLhly ki11g1lo111, cir 1lrnt "fl<.'s h :i111l
ldond " C!Lll inht'rit. i t.. Lf our hn1f'11•t111 ll'hc > :ir111 l'Crh:q•,:; j11srly,
rallcil 111alt'7'itl/ii;t..<, woul cl h111 lif'I, thc.:ii· \'\' I'S from th1• 11:1t 11r:d
to the spirit uni, l hry migh t sec 1.h:tt" th1.' ki11gclt1111 nf' (~1111 (':111
 Kl.NGDOl\l. 167
be a spiriLual kingdom; a.nd that n.11 who inherit it cnn be .~pir­
'itHal bei11gs, t• born of the Spirit," :i.1111 yet mingle uudcr n mil
of flesh as the angels have done, with t.he nations over whorn
they are to be kings and priests, while Lh ey themselves are nn
entirely distinct onler of hci11g, vi;;ihl1? to hu m:mit,y only wh<;n
nndcr the vnil of llesh. Thi:; is G11d's order for the whole hn·
man family, wit.h ccrtniu exceptio11s, of such :1;; <lie t.he "seco11d
or eternal death." First., the nawr:tl, Ad :1111i1\, •>r c:trthly mn11;
second, the spiritu:d, or heal'cnly man. "J\111! :ts i;; the earthy,
such nre tl1cy that nre e:irthy; lllltl n..ci is th i: hu:ll'cnly, snch arc
they that are hc:weuly." "That. whid1 ii.< b1m1 of the :;pirit is
spirit.; and that which is born (lf th(: lkRh j;; n c~h." And tl$ t.he
saint is to be "r:iiscd, a spiritunl {)r1dy," that hody is "born
of the spirit." Unbelief will not i111.ernq1t (~t11l 'r: onlur, but it
10ill en.use tl1 ose who indulge in ii, to co me short of nltai11iug t.o
that life. On the 11nt11rc of the kingdom of Gotl, our agc-to-
come brethren are as far from tho tntr.h :is nre those who nre
called" world burners;" they sec n0Lhi11g hut what is of the
earth, earthy; t.he cultivation of l11111l1 the lrnillling of hot1sr.-,
&c., &c.; just what is promised to tlte rcstorcil .Jew, who they
themsefres admit is to ue iu t.ltc 1lt•Rl 1. ll enc:c, wltnte,·er con-
fused ideas they may ha,·e in rcg:inl tn Lhc sai11ts being mnde
like unto" Chnst'i; glorious lioily.''- for <lesuript.io11s of which,
see B.ev. 1: 12 1 and also Paul's experience; thci r thcol'y makes
mortals and irumortnls, the rcstort!d ,J c w, 1111'1 t.he glorified
imint, both together, to l>e in, n11cl i;li:ire in the king:llom of God,
thus mnki11g corrnption to inherit ineo1T11p1.io11. And there is
11ot one particle of light i11 their writings which cnu clear their
theorrof tnis confit.~ion of th e spiritual :111•l the rrntural. Jforwe,
all spiritually minded men hn1 v lwc•n r.0111('<·llrd to reject t.he
ago- to-come rlootriue. And yet t.hey ha rr su 11111c h Scriptu re to
maintain the fact of an age-to-come, that they feel strong, in
all their weakness.
Alt.IJ011gl1 tbc ch11rcT1 in it.s mort.nl sl.nte rcprm;ents the king·
<lorn o f Goel, tl1at. kingdom is not. "set up" or orgnnir.ed. "The
natural lirsh n11<1 aftcrwnrds the spiritnnl." ll rulcr t,he. oltl CC'\'·
ennnt, while nil was on the pl:111c of the llcsl1, 1.hc fl <.>shly church
was :in oroanizccl ki11gtlom. But 1111<lcr 1.hc g11sp<.>l; the kiugdoru
of lic:wcn is likened to a nphlcman who <;11111111ittad certain
t.l'lli;ts L() his l'e1·v:mts, ancl wont i11t11 a far c<1 11 11try to l'coeivc a
kingdo111, and t.o rc1.11rn. l lo11cc, " th y ki111rd o111 <:1•11tc n means,
~hy ki11gdo111 lie !'(lt llJ<, or <•rgn11i7.Cd as :i ruli11~ puwcr. But it
IK ll o l LO Ill! VII t.h1 1 }1J:L11e ()f t.hc. tlO>ih, which wn11l 1l be goiug
 !GS KINGDO.M.
hnckwnl'd~. llo11ce Lho kingflom is 01·gcmi?.t>.cl, on ly when" t.lii!i
mort:i.l sha\I hnva puL nn immortality." " I le Llrat kccp<'Lh 'l!Y
'""orks nnto tlrn f'ltrl, l•1 liim will [gin? power over Lhr. nil.I.ions,
nn<l he shnll 1·11/r 11.,,111 with a ro<l of iron; . . . 01·c11 :is my
Father ha~ t.ri11!11 tn 111 <'. " Antl thii- end doc!' 1101, 11wn11 •loath,
for nt 1lcatl~ wo do 11111 gc-t l'nwcr n,·cr t,!11? 11ntin11!'.
If 1.hc rrntl 1•r li:1~ t l1r• 11w• i.Jc:i nf the king1 l11n1, t.lmt. 11 011', in
its prcp:uatory .~ 11111-.11. 1,.; r•·1·1·c·s.:-11le•l l1y tlir 1·h11n·lr. i11 ~-Jrj qJr nre
found both goo\J· :111'1 h.11l;nnd thnt wlicn 1hc king•l1tlll 1.; set 11]1,
or organize<l on t.hc i::pirilnnl plane, the lla<l will he eradicated;
nnd that t!.i~ occnr~ at 'the c;ccvnd ad r ent of Christ..-whcu "tlre
nol>le111n11 rNnrns "-he is pn.ipared to u11clcrst:u11t" so1nc of thr
c 1•cnts of the ·• /w,.•;est.'' upou which we ltnVe now w1tercll, as
hrought Lo ''icw i11 tlte !'arable of the "tares and the< wht•:tt,''
(2\fat.L. I:!). "Thr firltl i~ the \l'Or!J; thr goo<l i<rt·d arc the
chil<lrc.11 11( tlw ki11crl11111: tli1· l:t1t•s :t n ! t.h1· 1•liilol n•11 of 1.h1!
wicker! 0110 • ; Ill(• h:r;.,.,.!'I j,- the 1t11<111r d11• laic111J ag1-, :11111 tlte
renpcrs :ire the :rngdi:. . .. In lire c·11d 11f t.his :1~r tire• :--1111 <1f
n1nn shnll i;c:ntl forLh his :\11gcls :rnci gathe r 011L of his ki11!,!d11111
[oli nrch] nll things t.hat. offc11cl nncl 1,hnm which do ini_q11ity , a11d
l'h:ill c:ist. th em Into n f11rn:icc of fire; then shnll the righten11"
id1ine fnrth !lS the suu in tho ki11gdom ("church of tlie lirst.
born "J of t.heir Father."
JHnny suppost: this involves the burning oft.he world, uccausc
he. gnthcrs ont of bis kingdom nil things th:it ofil'11d . It is t.he
lai·cs he gn~hers out of hi~· king<lon1. Tht• jidd i:s the· 1oorhl
(kosmos), worlci nf m:111ki111l; n11 1l the sood is t1tJ1rn in their
hearts. Butt.ho t:1re!< :ire nnt th e world; thC'y :ire t-IH' c:liilclre11
of t.hc wicked 011c, while the world of mn11ki111l, 1h1• Auamic
family, nre the sons of God. "\Vhich was the son vf ficLh,
,,·hich was the son of Ad nm, whiob was t.hc i;ou of <~oil.,. A clt1m
11\e:rns the .first m:in, the n:itnrnl, and .T rsus <JhrisL was "t,he
.r:c1·m1fl 111:in," not the ton t.hous:indth. Aud A<lwn, as t.he
· c:irthy 111:111, with Iris race, is ns trnly thr son of God a!' is
Ghrist, the lw111•c11ly man. The~' n1~c J.lw 1.1,·o nrrl<·rs, first the
11at11ral man, a11d nftcrwnnh tho spiriLunl 111:111.
·If t.hc rc:ldcr prefen: t.o cl1:111ge both the langn:r~c of t.hc par-
able, :\ll<l the iutcq>rl'l.:1t.ions of Christ, r:\Lhcr tha11 1.11 n•nouocc
his previous i1lons, I t::lll 011ly say I l\111 11ut. wri1i11~ for such
111e11. The world rirc 11ci1.l1t•r wt.rat. or l !lrcs; they ~ire simply
111nt.crial, :is g ron111l in 1rhich l>nlh good and l>ntl i:cctl 111:\y ht:;
s1•wn. 1loncc, :di that 1.lio work of the hnrl'cst fl<:111l!1tels., is t.o
g:itht·r n11t. of the m.;iny who 1111,·c been md!t•rl, 1111.!Pr 1!11• gos·
 TWO-JlOltNED URAST. 109
11
pc!, the b:id "fish," tltc "foolish virgius," tlie "la.re:i, nud t.ben
to glo1·ify the sauctified cburcl1. And let C\'ery one rcrueml>cr
ti.lat those who are in darkness, in relatio n t.o the comiug of the
"dn/' of the Lord," tohen tltat da.y comes, will lie O\·ertakeu ns
n thief, and nre therefore not, " the cliildrcn of light," whatever
mn.y be their professions as to godliness; or as to what they
hnve done for Ohrist.
- - -o -- -
THE TW0-1101{.NED IlEAST.
"I beheld another benst coming up out of the earth; and he had
tw oboros like a. Ja1ob, and lie spoke o.s a tlrn.IJ<>n." (R ev. 13: 11.)
I understnnd this represents the two Nllpoleonic dynasties.
Ancl that "the benst" of Hcv. 13 1 Jpwi11g se,·cn l1enrls nud ten
horns, refers to papal Home, nncl the i1na11e of the beast (verse
14), to papacy, as it has existed s iucc iti; rest.oration in 1\ia1·ch,
1800. Pa.p ncy bns filled a large place in the world'i: history,
and it I.ins been the burden of prophecy to show its various
characters. It has been portrayed as a tooman, because of i ts
ecclesiastical character; It has Ueen l'C)!l'eSeUt.ed 118 I\ "beast,"
or "born," holding times au.cl laws, fo r forL.y nod two mouths,
or l 260 yenrs. .A nd Daniel says, "I beheld, nncl the snme
horn [uot withsta ncling the judgment snt., nud they took away
its dominion] made war and prevailed, until t.he time came that
tbe saints posscsed the k inguom (cornpnrc Dan. 7: 2 1, 25, 26).
H ence, if not as the forty and two mo nth beast of Rev. 13: 5,
still it must. exist. iu some character to t11e e nu of the times of
the Gentiles.
As the representative · of the Homa11 empire for 12GO years
it held great power; b ut since its clo111i11io11 w:u; takeu away in
1798, though making grca.t prctcntio w;, it, h:ts r<.:nlly been only
an image of its former self. The firgt ueast of Hev. 13; was
the Roman empire iu t.he peculiar r.haracter it 11cld as pnpal
l <omc; and w!iile the papal government re presented o ne of the
"seven heads." Iu 1798, tltat head " 'nil wo11111l Nl no to deatli
(verse 3). llut shortly after" its dcatl ly won11d was healed,"
n.nd papacy was restored, but in n new cl1:iractur. These are
fcict.~ of the present ceutury, which of course cannot be denied.
AR tho beast which l1ad the wound hy the sword, a nd did livo
(verse 14-), wnl' the forty nnd two months l)lmllt, thn.t is pnpal
H ome iu the cl.larncter i t. fill ed for tl1:lt. f'Cri od; so " the im(l.!f6
of the benst that hn<l a wounc1 l>y the sword a11tl did lire,"
must be somct.hing similar to ll1c olcl papa.I br11~1., and yet n
 'f\\'0-U OHNED BEAST.
someth ing which lacks it11 v itality. And we cn.11 shnw Lhal. 1.h<'
rc.~torcd papacy 11as filled tuat picturr..
Thr two!horncd Ll'ni<t 11·as to "i:;:LV to them that dwell "1" 111
lhc earth, ll111 ~ th ey should make a1i imnge to Lhc beast. wlti rh
lin<l thc wn111al hy the r;1rnnJ and dill li1·c. And he li:irl p1n1· ~1·
to gin~ life I.I> that imttgc" (1·crRc 14). Th e first Napoleon dt tl·
say t.o the cardinals of tlt c clmrcli of H ome, restore the p:11 1:i•T·
Alt(l tliosr thirty·th-c 1,;ardinals met :tt Yl'nicc in J\lurch, 1m1tl,
1ui1l l')cctorl a new pope, unc1er whom they ruorga11i1.cd. And t.hc
N apol l·n11i1~ •ly11as1y gan• thnt im:ige life; rcst11rrd thi:: JtitJ•:i<·\:
Lo l{ome and maiJ1Lai11ctl it there, n uicrc imagr,, n, :1 i;tmk•· 11 !
poliry, Lo n11pen::;e 1hc cnthnlic world. ,\ ml Ll111 !'l'i;oml 111,1·11, M
second Napoleonic dyn:isry, also supported tl1at i111:1e.- 1111(11'.:11·0
it lire, by keeping his !roof's in Homr. until :tl11111t 1t1t• t.i11w h r
himself foll at Sc·d:111, in Sc)llC'mltcr, l87it. ,-\11d whrn Lil(' 1. 11 t•·
horned bcni;t conl<l uo longer give it llfr. tlw i1n:1gc fc ll •t•Hl
cc:tscd Lo he :i h~arl or g<h·crn rnc11t of Ho11H•. Tli<'R<· nn· _:di
facts of t,hc 11rcse11t century. .A ud now W\' will~<'" if thi1< 1111-
nge of Lhc o d fortr and two months bc:i.st Jin;; 1h111· '' h:11 r lw
11r<1 ph ccy <leclareR he wns to Jo, and j_f so, mr n rn:t y RJWt: trla1 •· 111 111
:1rguC1 agniust thii; posi tion, b n t they c:rnnot 0 1•rr1.Jirow fa c:l1•.
"That he should both spenk and cause t hnt a,; m:rny ai; ,,.,.,,i.1
not worship tbe image of the beast shoula be kill ntl" (rrnw If•).
Thi11, and what follows in Ycrses Hl aucl 17, is wha.t. the fo11 111c
wns to do. Speaking, like nll the rest, is n i;ymhol. " I bcJ 11•ld,
t!ten, bec:rnse of t he Yoicc of the gre at wonls whir.h the lt•1:n
i:pakc" (Dnn. 7: l 1). Hr turning to D:inirl, t.Ju: rc:uler 11· 111
fi nd this spaaldn!J is nftl'I' the Ancient of- Da y11 ('(1111Cf;, artnr (.he
"judgmcut wns 11ct, :\110 the hooks were opc11 c11." J\ nd p:1f 111ey
has yet :i grc:it future during this coming timo vf tn111blc, a~1J
is t o l>o the last " to drink of the cup nt the Lol'cl'i; h:rn<l." '11'.e
cl111rch of Home, toge~ h ~r witl1 her bnrlot, da.itgl1t.er.~, :it'c 111 yst1c
Bahylon, of which old lhbylon wns the type. Turn t.o .Tcr. Ii~:
41, the p1'ophecy which .J ohu the H.cvel:itor npplics to tn y~t1c
lbbylon, anti yon will fi ncl t.lt:it lhbylon is there cnlled ":->hc-
sh:ich." .L\1111 this n:11nc occurring l>ut onr.r morr in all 1.he
Bible, is Councl in ,Jer. 25: 20, where She.~hm:li is t l1 !tn 1.hc l:i..'il lo
fall in the t.imc of tl'011hlo whiclt reaches" t" :tll tltr kingdo1?s
of I.he world whicl1 :ire upon the face o f th\• cnrth.'' l fo11•:I', in
thi~ triune RLrn gglr h ct l\'ccn t.he monnn•hial, lh: rC! pllhliw.111 :1nd
tlw rdigious clcmc 11L11 of the c11:pirc, 1.J1c rcli,11 fot1-~ will Ii<; the
hHL to .fail. And it. is this same powr r, 1.hc "Iii 1.lc hon~" of
Dan. 7, ~ince the change which c:uue ol'er it. in 11t1e. w)Jt ch is
 TWO-HORNED JJE.t\ST. li l
Lhe 11 image of the beast," aud re1Jresentf J3ahylou, or shcshacb.
The image of tl1e bca.5t was to botli speak nncl cause tbnt as
many as would not w01:ship tbe image of the hcast should be
killed. If this killiug is a symbol, we 01111 sec how it. has been
fulfilled. There aro two kinds of symbolic deaL!t, \·iz., politi-
cal a_nd ecclesiastical. Tho image of the beast ltas excommuoi-
cated, or caused to suffe r ecclesiastical death, more tl1an a httll·
hundred millions of the catholic world. Nearly all of Italr,
DoUingeT, a11d a large part of Gerrnany, as well as many of the
cntholics of Fmnce ; in foct, all who woulu 11 ot accept of his
infallibility. Tile UHh and 17Lh ver:::cs arc yet in the future,
and belong after tlw "Ancient of Days comes, and the jutlg-
ment sits, and the books are o pened. 1 Leheld, tlten, becirnse
of the great words which the liorn i;p11kn; J beheld 11otil the
beast was slain nnd his body given to Lli c burning flames (Dau.
7: l l; see also Hev. l!J). "'l'hese bot.It [ thC' bea~t and false
prophet), were ta.ken a\jye and cast. i11to a lnk e of fire, burning
with bnmstoae." And after the sainlR arc d elivered, and on
the sea of glass (Rev. 15: 1), t.he plagues nre poured out on
them that worsllip the beast "and bis iru11ge ' 1 (see chap. 16: 2) .
H ence, the "image CJf the beast" is yet to ho l<l a very prominent
place int.he coming" time of trouble."
"The two-horned bcnst comes up as a lmnb and speaks as a
dt·agon. 11 The two Nnpolconic dynastiefl came up in each case
as repttblics, aud soon changed into imperial governments.
' Ile exerciseth all the power of t.he ftrac beast before him."
1

Nttpoleon bad kings nn<l emperorfl 1111clcr his inlinence, and

divided up nearly the whole of Europe, making one brother king
of liolland, another of S1)ain1 and himsel f elnirned to ·be king
of Rome, &c., &c. And he caused the people o f the Romao
earth to worship the first, beast, by put.ting rlown that infidel
reign o f terror, nnd restoring the papal 1·elig ion. 1t Those mir-
acles he had power to do in sight of the beast" \Vel'e, ''saying
to them that dwelt upon the earth tlta.~ they should make an
image to t.he henst, :rncl Il e had power to give life to that
imnrre."
T~us the two·h<lrnecl l1en;;t whioli gave life Lo the image of
the beast, has passed away, while Lhe fnt«fle hns yet a great
:uid t.enible future licf11rc it.
I can see !tis co111i11g judgments, as (,hey ui1•de all the eartlt;
'l'hc signs aucl groa11i11g1> prn111i1-;cd t o proul'll(l a sc:eorul birt.J1.
! 1·1!:ul lti~ 1·igltLoo us sni 1Lc11co, i11 t.lrl' crn mhli11g tllt'oncs of e:u'Llt.
0111· Goll is march ing 011.
 I 7'l

L>AHA BLIC OF THE TEN V11WINS.

"Then i;hn.ll 1he klt11{1lom of he:wcn be likened l.o ten \iq:;ins
which took their Jn1111 s nud weut. forth to 1J1cct I.he l.Jritlegroom. "
l i\Iutt. 2ii: 1).
In this paraLlc Lhe l:i~l 1<p1•d:tl 111 •H'(!111t•11L pri<)r tu the coming
nf tJic bridegroom i~ Sl•t fort.It_ X oticc tl1e l:111g1111gc, "7'/t<!'l l
i:li:t ll I he ki11gdom of hc.mven be likeneu ;"it is 110 1. now, hut at
snmc fiiLn rc time iL i:l1all be likened. \Vhilc C\' CI')' ot.her para-
ble is in 1ihc prcseui. tunsr., this st:rncls alone as tl1e 011ly cxccp-
1ion. "The kingdom o( heaven is likcued 1.0 :i sower;" the
"kingdom of he:\\'cn ill likened to a 11et;11 "die ki11gclom of
Ilea vc11 is likened to n 11oblc>ma11 ;" to "three 111cas11res of meal ;"
to f l " grain of lllllS l·:tl'd i::t•e.J," ,\;c., ,\;c., :tl) in thr. prci:cnt te llSl',
:\1111 all i1pan t.hc l!OSJH1l di;:pensation. Hut Llic> 0111: of Ll11•
ten Yirgi11s, if .lt•1w~ ui;ecl t he proper la11g11:1gt', w:1~ lo be ful -
fill r.d nt tlir ei111i11g "f t.h1• g<•:<pcl. Then 1d1:11l 1.1i .. ki11g1lom of
h~a \' c n be likc11e1l I.ti t.1•11 \'i1·g i11s who took their l:i111ps und went.
for1.h - to meet the hridcgroo m, 1111d were clisappointc<l, for he
Larrit•s, ancl thc5· slnml.Jer and sleep. Another cry i!' macle, "Go
ye 0111.. to meet. hiru,' 1 and in accord:mce with that Cl"!/ lie comes,
:rn<l they that were· rea<ly go in witJI him to the m:irriagc, :ind
I he rloor is sln1t. "Strive to enter in; for [ s:ty onto you,
many shall seek to enter in :i.nd sh:ill not be nhlc, when once the
master of the house h:is risen up arnl !'!hut 1.0 t.h r. 1loor."
It is well k110w11 tha t. 1lt1Ti11g the rn's1:111. ccnt,11ry t.hcrc ha.<1
bc>cn a great a thcnt 111 0\' cmcnt. Co111mcnr.i11g 111·rhaps wit.h
W0lf, who preached i11 Europe ancl Asia, but cc11t1•ri11g mainly
in this N>t1 11 try in what is often called the "Mill<~r 1110\'e ment,''
which culminntcrl 011 Urn tcuth clay of the seventh 1110111.h of
I ~ 44. And we purpose to show that in this special mo\·emeut
the alwn! parnble began to be folfillecl.
The face that tliero has always bncn more or less cxprrtiition
of t.he coming of Christ., <luring th e whole t.irll(~ of hill a bsence,
1lors 11ot, milit.nte ngni11st t.hi~ applicaLio11, :is \\' ill h e !lce11 when
all I he> <lctaili; nre 1~:ide to appear.
In th e first pl:irc, it is ccrLain such a 1110 \'l'111c11t. a~ is rcprn·
:;cnl ctl in this pa r~1hl c 111111;t occur prior ~o the sceo111l nthc11t.
'flint i!:t1 there mt1l:t lw ~L g oing forth to meet th1• lirid <•gronm,
followed hy a disa ppoin t me nt, for he is rcprcs<•1111~il :1:; Lnrry-
ing; 1.111•11 w1other "going ont,, to lll U(•L him, whil'l1 i~ Lo l'lltl
\1 il11 o;ul'Cl!$S. /\II t.his tl ~c parabl e clearly liri 11µs 11111..
l ~X •'<'J•f.i nn rn:1 •• h1• l.:i kcm hy some to n._full np plic:Hion of 11 11
 TEN vm.WNS.
ihe details of a pnr:ililc, n.s ma11y have been tnugl1t Llint 1rnrn-
hlos 11,re g ivcw to tench 011e, :ind only ouc lcadi11g i1l c:1. Hnt.
it will be obscn•o<l tln\L wherever Jesus explains a panible, lie
ail1'ays rnnkes every p11rt haven full application. Sec hi11 explan-
ation Of the" t.iu·es ;rntl the wheat," Lfw sower UJ the W(lysiclc,
&c., &c. .A11d in Mark 4: J3, he 111:.ikes the parn.ble of the
l!OWcr, which i1; so full of details nnd so perfect i11 il,s npplicat,io11 1
t.he sample by whioh alt parcd;lcs :uo LO be exphi11o•l. •· J\11cl
he sah1 1111t.o them, I\. now ye not this p:Hnhlc 1 :i.n<l h ow the11
will ye kuow ::di par:iblcs 7" Then he cxp\:ti11i1 tire s1111·cr, the
seed, the waysi<le, the good gro11nrl 1 the ~tony ~ruu11d 1 the
thoms, the birds of the air, &c., making i11 the explanntion n11
application of evci"JI thought e.xpresscd In the 1iarablc. Can w1·
do better than te follow his instrnctions, i11 1111derst.:111rlir.g "all
"p:lrnblei> 7"
'fhe force of the present :i.pplic:i.tion of t,his of tho ten
virgi ns will be seen by e1·ery reader, I thi11k, wht•n the dct:ii l;;
1ire all brought out.
The ::;ubjcot of this parable i;; t l1c contin11ation of the subject
of 1Uatt. 24, the clh·ision or the clrnpton; bring nnly t.hc
work of the printer.
In Matt. 24 n COllllC\Ct.ecl rwophoc.r fro111 Lite Orst Lo 1.hc sec-
ond advcnL is given, aml of course embracing more or less of
the evenLS associatecl with the clestrucr.ion of .forusnlem. But
we shall not give a dct.nilcd application of thi1> chapter, our
object bei11g mcrrJy to show the locality of the pnnthlc with
which the next chapter O)'ons. After a reference to the wnrs
and great ti111c o( troubic 011 t.he clwn~!i., s11ch ns never wns
before er shonlu Le again. he gives the signs which arc to pre-
cede his advent, such as the d:u-kening of the sun, falling of tue
stars, distress of uutions with perplexity, &c. '' lmmedintely
after the tribulntion of those days shall the sun he darkened"
(verse 29). Ju nnot.her place we have given the reasons for
believing thM this "tribulnt.io11" 1111dcr tho abo111i11nlion that
was to 10nke dcsol:ite, refcrii to the pcrsccutio111111nder the papal
church, and which almost c11tircly ended during t.he cightceutb
ce11tury. "l1nmcdintcly 11ftcr tiho tribulation of thoi;e days
shall tbe s1111 he rl:trkcnod." This has been applict1 t.o the dnrk
day of May IUth, 1780, which has perhaps ncnrly passed out of
the melllory of most l)f those now livi11g, but \l"ns a household
wonl fifLy yc:wi :1gu. "A11d U1c stars shall f:lll from heaven."
This wns follillNI i11 Novu111l1ur, 1833; tlte jll't111 liari1y of which
will sl.ill 1Je in the memory of some of my readers. ",\nd the
! 71 Tim \'IH< ' INS.
Jl')WCl'l' of the lwa\'CllS shnll be shnkcn," we 11u1lcrsLn111i to lit• 111
t !Jc i111 mccli:1lc f1tll11'1', :tncl tftnt it re fers tO th e f/ l'l' C1"!llll Cl1tS Of
tlic c:tl'lh. Tlte11 foll11ws the <lccl:t ration, " so lil'1·wise y1i l Ll1e
ch urch J wlictl y e shal l u c thN<e tM11gs, kno w t hnt it, or he. is
ncnr. \ ' cri ly, I s:iy t111tn y.111. tin·.~ gc11crn t.ion f who .~r.c f/11'.~fl
tliin,11.~] s ha ll 11ut J':ll'l' a w:ty till all th c~c thi11g:o 111: fn lfill eil "
('·crsc !l3) . I n1r1 11.. 1. ux plai11i 11g this c hnp L1~r to llH•l'I critic·ism,
httt t>imply sl1ow i11g 1.ltu vie w we cnt.crlai 11 n f th Me c 1·c 11t.s which
h>nd to t h e s uhj1•ct 1J f t his :\rticlc.
T he 24t h chapl ur ba ,·iug broug ht 11s 1lowtt to t iil! last g1~ 1 H: r­
nti1111 , the one tli nl wns to sec t.!1c sirr n!!, :uHl ll l'IJll wh ic.: h th e
c11cl wn l' cu111i11g , he says" 'l'lie11," vi7.~ nl. Lim~ time, "i-hn ll t.hu
king dom of ltea \·e11, Lit e cltur clt, he likened t o lc11 1·irgim: who
wok tliei.· lnm ps :111<1 wen t fo rt.It to meet, t he b l'idcgroou11 rrnd
fi \' c of tlt eUt w .. r• • wi1-1._ :11111 li n J ll"l' l'C' fl'lvli ~l1." ·
The lan171 i)< 1h c· J\il,lc ; " thy wo rd i:-. a l:illlJ' "' my feet."
111 t he J\,J,·c11t 11 11ffcll11:11t. u f llic pn~sc11 1 <:t!ll l.ury. :1111! whit-li
<.: 1tl111iw1 1.ctl in I ~·1 :1 ·1, t he re lta)< IJC'c ll s11t:h :i sc an: lii11~ of Lhc
:-;r ripL11n:iR :is nc\·cr has Leen k11own i11 any o t h er gc:11cr:1tio11.
This 111igl1t. to some exte n t be acco1111ted for, f n11n t.he fau t
that Qthcr gcnc r:i tio ns hnvc 110L l1ad Ute Bible as :i lir'11se-
hold book, uut t.lte nccoun t ing for th ill or for t he darkening of the
snn or fal ling of t he stars hns no l.Jc:i ring on th eir npplicn-
tion. Tltc q uestion is, H :ive t.lie fa cts rn c t the co11diLions Qf
I he prophecy? l fos t here been, during this !!l'1te rntio1t
wh u hn vc scr 11 t h ese sig ns, n mo1·cm(•tt t. ,,f thi11 ki11il? Eve ry
one ii;i 11w rc or k~s f:u11 il i:1r with t h<, hi11tory of the :u!l·c111., o r
Miller 11101·e1:1 c11t, ns it is r :l!J,,11. 'rhnL t here \\"!I (' :i wonrlcrful
sf'a rchi111! 11 f t,h{' :-;cri ptu n:s o n t.h is pa.rticnhr s ubject- a going
1111 ~ to 111cct tho briclegroom-fc>llowecl liy disapp11i nt.mc11 t., COii·
fusion :wd fann ticisrn. T h is m uch, at least, will Im admitted
l1y :tll, w he t he r fri en<ls or enemies of that movenw111. Aud th is
i~ nll Lh l• pnrnbl c, from the first to t he lif'h 1·erse, tl c m:i. nds ; :i
goi ng 0 11 t to meet hi m, a clis:ippoi nt111 r 11L, for tho britlcgroom
t.:irri c~, followed hy n Li 111 c in wb ich the) :ill s l u 1~1lrn r a nd sleep,
cw wcn1 i n cl nrk11 cs~. ,1\ 111l this very nl\l\'1' 111 0 111., n11tl tl11.? cli s~1p­
p11i11 Lr11cnt which hns ft•l lowcd, l.Jt·ought. i;11c lt rr pn•iluh 1111 t.he
s11ujcct 11f t he~ R< 'crnul advC' n t of C hrist, th:11. tl1c l>:m· m1•nti on-
i11g of i1. is rec:1•i1·ecl wi t lt c old disllppro l":d in :tl 111 0RL e very
1·lrnrc lt in tlw land .
' ' J\ n cl • '1i lo tlH' hridcgroo1t1 t:ir ric cl, th1'y all ~ ll1 111 l1 orcd H11cl
,:f,·pl, :rnd !L .111<1.niglit there wn~ :\ rty l n a<I<~, lh•h nl.J tli1• 1.ri1fo-
J.! r11 om 1•11111cth ; g o )' C 1111 1. LO t >WC•t. l1i11 1. TJ.c,1 :ill 1lil•,;r 1·irgi 11r;
 TEN vmGINS. l 7ii
arose and trimmetl their lnmps, And the foolish snid unto the
wi!le, Give 11s of you r oil,· for our lamp are go ne out."
Many arguments nre given in 1,his book proving t lwt we are
now iu the tin1e of h :~rvest; hence, tbnt C..:hrist bas c(1me the
sccon<l time and tbM he was dlle in the autumn of 1Si4, his
(lppea?·in[J in t.he clouds being ye~ fowre. From the se,._
enth month in 1844 to the seveutlt rnonth in 18i4, was thirty
years. The firsL movement brou~ht to view in this par:tblc,
nncl which was to end in disappointment nml the tnl"l'ying of
Lhe brid(!groo 1u 1 ende<l in 1844. And nil the evit.lcnctis proving
that Christ w~1s due in 1874, also prove that this 11ig ht of tarry-
ing was one of just thirty years. Hence, if this parable ifl to
be accurately applied in every det:iil, ns Christ /limself has
tang ht us to afivly parable~, the mid11igiit c ry (",\nil ut micl-
nir;ltt there was n cry mn.de "), shoulcl h:wc oc1~urrcd .fVteen
years after the 1844 disappoint111cnt, or in the midtllc of this
!light of thirty years. Now, whether it wns nocidc.:ntnl, or !!O
overruled, this preseut 111ove111c.nt, un.se<l o n these a1·g11ments
proving thnt ho was clue in 1Si4-, begnu juiil. nl th:it po int of
t.ime; that is, fifteen yenrs nftcr 18 44. ll cnce, wa hare to be-
lieve the mi<lnight cry hns been giveo, nnll tliaL the parable is
now nearly complete.
No one c:in rend this parable, in the light of present trnth-
tli:i.t is, tl1at we nrn at the cmd of the gospel age~and not see n
fitness of the parable to these tioo moverue11~s. the first b~fore
tho tarr ying, and therefore ending in <lisappoi11trne11t, the sec-
cmcl or midnight cry, coding with the coming of the bri<legrnom.
Anti even tho division named in the parable, nnd while they
wern gone t.hc bri(!cg1·oont came, n.11cl they that were rcndy weut
in with hiJt\ to the 11111.tringc, :rnd the door wn.s shnt. ~t\nd
c~ftCT'l.oa.r<ls en.me also the other virgins, saying, Open to us.
all have :i fulfilment, since one p:i.rt of those who hnve repre-
senterl this movement fail of seeing tbe light in t.liis latter
messagt:; in other words, ,.cmain in clarkncss, as t.o the evi-
dences of hiR Qoming, ::ind turn away from the invcstigat.ion of
tlrnt which first lud ~hem to go out to meet tlie bridegroom..
How the prophecy could , in this respect., li:1ve :L wore parfeot
fulfilrncnt, we cnunnt imagine. .1 h1d even something of the
manner of Jd ~ coming is implied in the fa ct I.hat tlie foolish
virgins nppcnr no t t.o haye known when the lnitlegroom c:i.me,
since 1.hcy were :ibst:nt..
lu I.he :q1pli<:n.t.ion of n prophecy, we r1o not c xpcc~t it to ta k e
1111ch n t:hnrncter thul. those who nrc irwli11ctl to OJ"IJ10Sei c:in llncl
170 f;In'EN' CIIURCII ES.
11ot!1i11g to sny ngainsL it.. If it is fulfilled in a1wh aw:t)' tl1ai;
011e wh o is t1·yin[J Lo sec if it will fit, can ace thnL Lite IncLs
nn<l Ll1e propbecy harmonize, Lha.t ii> the most we h:tvc :L right
to expect. There was 1101 011e single prophecy fo![jlfccl nt the
first ncll·cnt, in such n wny thnt its opposcrs coul1l t:ike 110
c•xccpLion to it. i \11<1 yc1. i 1$ fri<•1td/; "ugh t to Le :dilc to sec a
cnmplete nnrl sati~f:lctory lituc,;.c;. ?\ow, if :rny one 11·ill tt\kc
I.he po.o;itlon thnl this .Aclvent mo\·cmcnt hns l1ccn Lh1i cuuntcr·
p:in of this pnrnblc, aml try :1tH.l sec if the 1843 morcmc 11 t
pri(>r to the tlisnppointu10nt, docs 11ot fill the i >n rau le, fr1111\ \'erse
I to 5: :.inu if- this lasl movement, which ucg:in in tl11~ rniddlc
0f this thirty yuan! of tarry ing, cnn 11ot l>e made to fill Lite lat-
t er p:irt, we think tht·y will IJC' successful. J rlo not me11n to
~ar tlt:11 if )'"It pntr1id Lt• take a frit·n<lly l'ic>w 11f tlwse
things, while yet really iu he:H't• oppt1!'i11g t h<•n1, you wil l 110 able
to sec. If you Ion' the ;ippe:irin:; of Cl1ri!'t.. you ca11111>t help
il'ishh1[1 (.hat Llie~e Lhi11g~ "·ere lnw, ll'ltt•lhcr t.h·y r1n-, or 111H..
1\ow. 1.hc11, hegiu i11 tltnt w:1y, hoping th:it Ll.iey :ire 1rnc, ~11u
then ~c:irclt, a111l you will not hare Icing 10 w:iit l>eforc seeing
lighL :i11<l heau1.y in these t.bings.
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TllE SEVEN CIIUltCll.1£S.
"Antl heing Lurned, l sc~w seven gol<leu condlesti<lks; nnll i11 tbe
mi<lsL of the seven candlesticks, one like 11ntcl lhe Son of rn:rn.
Anu he lmd in hls right hnnd se\'en stur;:. . . 'l'hc mystery of t,he
!'<'\'en ~tnrs which thou Sll.\l'l'S.l in 111y ric;ht llond, nnd the scren
golden candlesticks: The seven stars 111·e thP nni;cls of l.lrn seven
churches ; a1Hl the ~Pvcn :;olden l'nmllesticks o.re the sercn
churches." (Hov. 1: Ill, 20.)
'1'111! sc\·en li ~c rnl clrnrchcs of Asia, whose names arc men-
tioned in ...-crsc 11, were obscure, nn<l judging by the wri1.ings
of the apostles, did not compare with the chu rches of Jern·
snlem 1 Home, Cori11Ll1, Gnl:ltin, Tltessalouic:i, &1;., &c., nud
y e L they :ire used LO l'eprcs~n l, all that the "scvc11 i::pil'it11
wh ich n1·c bcforo the throne" llllcl t h e "i>ovcn gul<ll.'n caulllc-
stic:ks rcpruscnted. J\ud we shall 1ind the n1cnni11g of Lbcir
1wmes bear a cl o~r. rcl:ltiu11 to the seven stages t ltroiiglt which
the gMpel diurr.li has pasf;C<l; and thnt in this Ry111boli1' proplte·
~· y llH·y were chosen mere Iy :\!' r<!Jll'll.~C71lnticJ1J.~ of the gospel
1•h11rch 1 ,i:;cems mure 1ha11 prnb11IJle, l1cca11sc uf tlii~ exccetling
1•ro111i1H•111~c given to them. If Lite scvt~n spirits of t~od, m1<l
the· l'l'\'t• n ~ol<lcn c:i11<.l lcsticks, nre to l1c confi11cd to the i;evcn
lll!'ral chu r~h es of Asin, what dicl, and do 1111 tho churches of
 SEVEN OHUJWHES. 17'7
other parts of the world amou11t to? .Nothing, we may a11swer.
Tho sevcu golclcn candlesticks which 'vere Lefore God iu the
temple, were the fountain, or source, of nil tlrn light of the
holy place. And aa the gospel clrnrch is now Lue tern pie, the
seven li teral churclrns of Asin have been n poor source of light.
t-0 the christian w orld. .But the book of Hevel:i.tiou is n
prophecy, and not n literal epistle; and these "seven chnrches ''
embrace the 1' things thon hast seen, and tho tl1i11gs wltich arc,
and tho things which sltnll be hereafter" (verse I !l), nnd
therefore represent the whole gospel clrnrch, which hn11 prissed
t hrough seven phases corrooponding ~o t.he meaning of the
n:unes of these successive seveu, (and also in n certnin sense
by the particular cLaracLcr iu which Chrii:;t, its hend, is made
to !LJlpenr as each phase of the church is cJc,·clo1•cCI).
Tlie seven 11am88 which represent t.hcsc sc,·en phasr!l of t.lte
gospel church, are: 1st, .Epllesu.~, which mcnrni, "ch it.'f, rlcsirn-
lile,'' and rcpresen~ the first or apostolic ph:isc of c hrii-tianir.y;
the 2tl, Smyrna., menus, n "sweet otlor,'1 a11d reprel>:C'lltfl the
church i11 the first pcn;ecu1,io11 1111tfor t.he H1)111a11 crn1perors,
before the corrnption nnd "fnllingnw:iy" of which l'nul speaks,
vegan; the Sd, J>er,qamos, menus, "clevntccJ," a111l rdf'rs to the
phase of tho church at and after tlie co11vcrsio1l of Co11i;t:mti11e,
whoo tho self-exaltation, corru1>tion and falling away begnn;
t.he 4th, 'l'liyatira, means, 1• sn.crificed," and refers to that phni;c
of tho church wbcn tho ·'woman fled into the wilclerncss,,,
whore she wns to be fed of God; the 5th, Sa,·clis, mcan11, "that
which remains," aud refers 1,o the church just prior to the great
reformation of the sixteenth century, at a time whC'11 Lrue piety
had been almost extcrmi aated; tbe 6th, l'/1iladefp/1ia, me:ins,
''brotherly love," and refers to the reformation church, from
the cbys of Luther to the beginning of the "timt: of the end,'1
or 1 'i98; the 7th, La.odicea, means," juclgment," and refers to
1,he church of the" time of the end," whic.11 includes tltc sound-
ing of the seventh trumpet, with its advent procl:imat.ioc, its
time of trouble and clay of wrath; its reward of p rophets, ancl
saints, an rl those tllat rear his n ame, small nucl grenti 1111d dc-
strnctio11 of those who destroy tlto c:u·th.
The m ens111·cment of each of the seven phnscs of Lhc r.burch
have bce.11 aho11t as follows; 'l'lic first rcnchccl to abont tlw
cleath of Jolt11, Lite 1:1St of lhe u.poi>tles; LhC' seconcl, him tlie
bogi1111i11g of the sccvn1l cent.nry Lo the cor1 ,• rr~i<111 of l 1011.<tn11-
Li11r in A. o. 3LZ; tho l hircl 1 during the fnl liug 1111· ny1 am! prior
 SEVEN CllUJWHES.
to the fleein g i11 to the "·ilclcrn cs~, near the \Jeginning of the
!:ixtb ccnt,ury i the fourth anrl (ljZh, from t.h:it to the reform:i-
tiou; the exact line of dcmarkntiou not lJcing so clearly drnll"n
bt.!twecn these two, from 1.hc f:t<.:t thnt the former represents
tho ch urch in its s:ierilico of life and property, and the 1:1.tter
th\! little remn(lnt, after it:o; almost. complete extonnination, the
ch:111ge from the (Ille to the other J.eiug n gradnal wo1·k ; the
i;ixth, frolli the l>1'gi 1111i11g of th(' :<ixtccnth century :wd tho
rcfnrulnLion, tv t.J.ic llcgi1111i11g of t.lac "time of tlte end;" llio
i>ewnth . from the l1egi11ni11g of l-lrc nillcLcenth <"'~nt.nry to tire
-•LHt11!f ti}> <1[ tl1c ki11:;dlilll of God, or glorilication of the church,
whi t• h, if it c111hrnccs !10th those who go in to t.hc rnarri:igt·,
:1nrl those who arc 11• ho..? rendr "wl1c11 he sl1:1ll rctlll'tl from die
wc1lding," won\cl nl'l'•·:1r to n ::1t•lt to tl1e end of the sounding of
tir e sevent.h t.1·u111pl·t. The lilll•t <"J>acc left. iu t.Jici-e pages fo r
t.his 1mhjccL will not pur111 i t ~ fnll :1pplicat.i v11 of l.l1c history of
the church cl11ri11g it" !W\"Cl1 ph:"tsci-. to tl11: prophecy. " 'e r:rn
0111_\· gil'C n hint. ns it. were, for the guiuancc of tlie reaclcr.
l'lc11i;e 11otr t.hc charnctcr Uhrist g ires to himself whi le
n<liln.:s!\i11g the: firsc or :ipostolic ch urch. "These thi11gs s:1ith
Ile thnt hol1lc:1.h the i:c1·e11 i;tnrs in his right h:ind, ll"ho w1dk cl h
in the midst of the scren golden candlesticks : I know thy
worb, nml thy lnbor, and thy patience, and how thou canst noL
bear thcru wltich are c1·il, and hast tried t hose which s:ly they
are apostles, null are not, a111l h:rnL fo1111 'l 1.hc111 linrs,'' .~c .
Th en corupnrc t,hr. n('c:o1111t :is-gin•11 hy Paul of their bborn, t.hc:ir
pa t.icncc., th<1ir ~tripl'~, their jlO\\'Cr of clii;ccrning spirits, &c.
lint c1•en Lhat. highly l'X:'lltctl c:h11rd1 ;\t lasL losL its first lo1·e,
and Gud n~mon•1l ti1t·ir candlestick, to the second and lowt•r
condition. The power of miracles passed away. (•If there lie
prnphcsy (thnt is, the g ift of prophecy), it shall fail." While
l)nJy faith, hope nn11 ch!lri ty abide."
Again, notice t.hc chnracter of Christ !lddressccl to the chul'Ch
of S~nyrn!l, upon whom cl enth !ltHl prrsccul.ion !lnt1 poverty ltn<l
come (verso 0), " I k11 ;i 11· t.hy works, aud Lribul:1tio11 and poi··
er~y (but. thou art rich). Persecn t.ion alw!l.ys p11rilics the trnc
uh ikl of (l11il. " I k11c1w t.hc hlnsphcmy of tho:;c whi oh f>:l)'
t.ltey :ire J cwll, (uot li teral .Tews, hut "l:;r:1r.liks iuflcecl. 11 )
a11tl nrc 11ot, bnt are the ~y11!lgog11e of S:it!l11, The ~:1111 0
sy111l111I!> of " .Tow " :111'1 "sy 11:1gog11c of f:;11t:111" occ:ur :1is:1i11 i11
1:<p<'aki 11 .~ Lo the J'hil:tdclphia cl111rch, and dearly rrt'crs to Ll1<•
I rtll' :111cl 1 he f:ilsc, those 1)olong i11g to ()hfi:;t, arid thclt•c l)l']m1 ~­
ing tv :1111.ichi-ist.. " JI1• that. hath all U!lr, h.:t hi111 hoa1· wli:it tl tl'
 CIIUIWII- 1 iO
Spirit saith uuto the churches," that is, a.II tlitl clno·clics of thnt
second plinse. They were 1m1Ieriog death, bnt nrc c11courr'!;cc1
that they shall uot bo hul't of the scco11d death. ·witl1 the
third, or" Pcrgnmos church, they hnvo r cnchcll the t ime of Co11·
stanti11e's conrersion, when the power of tlic empire wns m:llle
S11bse!·vi~11t to tl~o .church, and Christianity conic~ uegin to ;t!'Sumc
the d1gn1ty of c1vtl vower. .And you will 11otwe the charnctcr
of _him who addresses tlJis o)rnrclt. "Th(•/H! things saith he
wh ich hath t he sharp sword wit.It t\\·o ctlges: I know tliy work:-;,
:ind whoro thou dwellest, even where Sntau's sent is.'' That is,
• thel seat of the "drngtin 1 " cnllcd "the tlc\•il nn rl Snt:111 ·''
i11 I
or
111 . ot 1cr words, tl1e seat of empire. H ow 'pc.:rfcct and appro·
pnate is this, whe11 addressed to the chdi:ti:in cl1urd1 of 1.hat
d:iy; nnd how meaningless it would be, if :1pp lic1l 1 t1 t.111· litLlc
c hurch in thc> village of Pcl'gnmos, in Asia, where ll11• "ilragnn,"
01· fourth empire, never Jiau its sent. .
"Aud nuto t11e :rnrrel of the c hurol1 of TliyaLirn, wrile.''
This chnrcll has to forsake all nnd fi ec i11t o t he wil<lc1·11c.:s.~.
"These thiugs saith tho Sou of Uocl, who Ii nth hi ~ eyes liku
u11to a fbmo of fire, tin<l 1Jis feet like fine ln·n$i.:.1 ' 11c cn11
follow Lhem iu :t.11 their cl cilOh~o w:u1dcring, 110 mntt<:r how
wi.Jd and dre:l.ry the mo1111tnin pnsscs mn.y be. " [ know thy
works, and charity and service, n.ncl fai th, nml tlir patience,
and thy works, and the l;u;t to 11 0 more th:1 1t tho first.'' At
such a crisis, works, feeding 1,hc hungry nud clothing the nakml,
would be a prominent virt~e, "Notwithstanding I hn1•e a few
th ings against thee, bccauf'e tho1t suJiereEit tbat woman .Jozcucl
which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my
servants ti> commit foruioation, and to ent things !illcrilicac1 to
idols. Aud I gave her space to repent" (verses 18 to ~G).
That wom:rn Jezebel was clearly the drunken wo111a11 from
whorn they Bed. l n their grc;it t roubles, driven Lo the mou11L:tins
with wil'es :ind el.iildrcn suffering cold nncl lt1111gl'!',. mnny of
t.hoso who linu fled, wern scclllcc<l i:)nck by o!Iers of life>., prop·
crt.y and position, in t.hc earlier days of theil' flight. "He t.ha L
h:itu iin en.1·, let him hear wha.t Ute Spil'it saith unt.o the
cit urnhci;;" Lh:1t i:i, a.ff Lite c h 11 r:.:hes of thnt. :i ge.
"Aud u11 Lo I.he n1wcl or Llw churnh of Sn.t·fli~ wrl t.e.: 'l'lwsc
1.Jii11gs saiLh Ito thnL h:~th 1,hc scvc:1.1 ::ipirif.!; of (_loil, :t1Pl 1.111, ,:;1:'· ~11
st.:irn.' 1 'l'v :1 church nlinost ext.111t\t, "bub tc•11· 11:1111 cH 1(•11 111
S:trdis," hnw r.0111 forti11g t.o ft.<!1 th:iL he ll'lio hl ld all t llP 1

c~h11n1lll'f!
i11 hii; h:1r1d \\':I S l./icfr pr11t.vctor. Hnt. f\tl lunJ! wi1 li 11t1t
the light, t-ltt! Hihle l1:11·dly l~ Hr sl'cn, living nl1 1ll\~ 1. •"ilin• l y liy
ISO LAODICEA.
t1°:Hlitio11 :111rl 111cmory of wh:i.t t.he christin11 church should be,
110 wo11dcr they were :dmost spiritl1ally tleatl. "Be wnt.chfnl
:i111l ::t.1·1:11~llH:11 the t.hiug:s wl1ich re11mi11, that. nre ready to
!lie; for I linYc; no~ fo11111l thyworl:s perfect before God" (chap.
!3: 2) . "1\ncl to the angel of th e church of Philnclelphia writ.c:
Tl1ese: Llii11gs saith he thal is holy, he that is true, he thnt hnt.h
rhi' key of lhl'i,1, lie lit at ope11et,h nml no m1111 shutleth, nnd
~h uu e th a11cl 110 111:1 11 01•<'11ct.lt : l know thy works. lkhold T
Jt:11·e: "Pl bl' fun• t.hce nn open cl uo r, n11cl 11 0 111nn ('.:\11 i;hut it..
B1·ltuld I will make tl1cm of t.lte: sy11ngof>He of Sntn111 whicb say
lhcr nre .J<'w", a11c1 arc 1101., lrnt 110 lie; belwl<.l Twill mnke
llwi11 tv come ~111cl worship before thy feet., nurl Lo know that I
ha i l'.' lon11l thee." Tlic d oor of the refonnnl.ion wa~ opened,
n1 ul 110 111:111 co11 lcl sltnt it. The l3ible bega11 to he pnt into
t.ltc hunds Of the jleOpll', nno f.hnt \\"Olllan .}(';Wlit•l !"Oll}c] not
i::top it. J\1111 lo11g ucfore Lhc t•11tl of that ]>hn:;o pf I ht• cb11rch,
thin syn:~gtl,!!ll C of S:11a11 hn(1 i111l1:l'd hl·c11 co 111pcllcrl to uo"' at.
t111• fcl'I of the rcfon11n1 io11 church. Yfl10 docs not know thn t
t.lw r<'formers 1h> wn (' 1·cn to this ~ido of the <lays of .Toh11 \\'os-
!cy, were 1•:1 rnest rind <levoted servnnts of Uotl? "llccnuse
t.ho11 l1:1SL kt'ilL tho wor1l of mr pntiencc, I nlso will keep thee
frorn the hour of tcinpt:tt1on which shnll come upon all the
worl1l 1 Lo t,ry them thnt dwcll 11pon the earth."
"And 111110 t.ht• nne-el of the chmch of the L nodicen11s write:
'!'h es~ thi11gs sait.h - the nmc11, the fniLhful a11d t,rue witness
(vcr~c 14). Thi~, 11·r 11111krs,tn11cl t.1) lrn the lflse phase of the
church; "lll'il ht·r w>l.J 1111r hoc'> This is the church tliut is to
be "spcwc1l 1111 t. l•f his 111011th." It is the church ltpon wl1om
t.hc "l11ln1· nf r 1i:1I is comi 11g;" the one that is to be weighccl i11
the lrnl:rn c(· anti found w:rnti11g; the generation who :ire to stum-
bk, :is di1l the gcnerntion of Jews, who saw the firRt ndveut.
his t.r11c th1• i:1;nrch of this present centu ry hns done mnny
wonclurrul things in nnd for Lhc name of Christ., and they
ha1·c, th1·c 1 11~li tlte l3ih lc socie 1.ic~, rrnntLcrcd the wc)J'(l of
(~ oil far :111d \\'idc. B11L how ll'llC it is Llt:i.t t.lic cnrncst pcr-
so11al pi ct.y 11f 1.Jw rC'formcrs has :tlmosL clisappcarcll from tlic
clrnruh. And .1·1·t t.hc•y arc, i11 their own cst.irn:it.ion, "rich ri11d
illC:l'l!:llW cl i11 /!uodi::, :lllcl hnve need of l10l,hi11g.'' f 1fo l\Ot 1·efor
H•l 111uc·h lll 1lt 1• r:1«1 111011cyed wc:Llth :uul Lite well or.,nni7.CU
rn:l<!lii111•ry nf t h11 chu n.;h, :1:> Lo th1!ir sati!ilictl Cecli11" tlt:~t they
11:1 V(: f/'l!l/i 1·11m1gh i a nil dint the tirst pri11ciplei1 of tlw ~roi:pc1
0

of l'hn..;L 111'1! s11 lli r~il1 11 t In carry t lh'lll !>:\ f(!J f tlmrngh, wh ffc yet
1·nr\ :!1·sl> ••L :1 1111 1•1·1·11 opposcil tv the groat tlisp(!usatio1111I truth
 LAODlCRA. 181
desig11c<l for this geucrntion. The Lru111p (If t hid is sou11di11g,
the C\'c11ts of the grent <lay arc upo11 us; :1111! insl t..ntl of tlic
chu rch being s:\~islie<l to go bnck to n fow of tlll' lirsl priuci-
plcs for the sake of w~ity, Lhey shou lcl be 111lvanci11g i11 light
Rnd truth so rnpidly thnt lnggnrd!! shoulcl be left far ltl'liinrl.
"I co1111scl thee to buy of me gold tried in the fii·e, th:1t tliou
mayest be rich, nn<l white rnirne11t, thnt tlw11 111:1ycst he cluthe11.
As 111:111y as I Jo,·e I rebuke :111d chnsten; l1t.: ;walnu:<. tlwrcfurc,
nn<l repent.... Ile t.hnt hatb nn car, let hi111 lir:11' wh:tl thu
Spirit saith to tltc ch11rches."
Conli11i11g one'sclf to first principlc.t, m· C\'en In thr mu!'l CC1111 -
prel.Jensi \·e crtJccl, must necessnrily stop nll ruh-1111"151'; in Ll1e
kuowlcdge of the truth. Supposing your crrt'< I 111 hn\'c br en
made in the fifteenth century, n11cl you 11111\· l11 · lt1 •\ ' I' :tnnhinrr
outside of, or beyond th:it creed, yo11 cc:i1;c l u l.w l)rti101fox~
There can be 110 doubt th:it e'·ery creed fro111 1h:1t 11f the
Homan Catholics, 110 the lnst :ind lens• of 1he 1111111 ~· n111!' S<'t' L!',
have in them mnny of the first princi plci; Qf cl11 istia11i1y. They
hnvc ench nud nll fenced ofI :i little of the" c:h i11i11:: J':iLhwar "
in which tho mnu of God is to wnlk. lint 0110 wliu i." 10 ,,.;,Jk
io that pa.tliwny which is to" shine more null rnOrc 11 11to the
perfect day," must step over those fences with n~ lit ti<' r<'gnrcl
for them, ns for any other obstl'uction in his p:itli. If I a111 a.
Presbyterian, n Baptist or n l\lcLhodist, :L11Cl l f\11<1 thnt (~ocl'll
word is more benntifnl, and Lbe pl:i.n of redemption more com·
prehensive thnn tbe fr:imers of my creeu thcu 1111dc ri-toorl it to
be, why mny 1 not n<lvn11ce, nnd Uius g row in Lhc knowledge of
the trnth? "~h y i:ibottkl. man sny LO me, "Lhu<i far i;lrnlL thou
go but no further?" l t is the word of Goel, n11il not. my fellow
man thnt is t.o ju<l"e 0
me. Thnt there is 11ce1l of n11 ;1chn11<'<' i11
the k11owle<l"c of the first principles of the g Mpc•I, we clt1 not
hold . But ,:e <lo hold tliat if tin! d:.t\1' 11 of tll<.' 111illc1111ium i~ nt
band, nnd is to be i11trod1tce(l :l~ wo think the Bihle teaches, b\·
a time of trottulc ~uch as 11c1•er wns siucc there was :\ 11ntio1i;
hy the rcsurn.•ctio11 o f m:wy t,h aL sleep in t h<: dus t of tile earth ,
by the scco11u coming of Christ, :111d tho bcg11111ing of n rcstitn·
tion of nil lhi11gs., :11ul Lbn~ these things :I.I'll already 11po11 1H1,
t.he true ch11rclt must. keep pn.ce with the advnn1:i11g light, or lie
left in tbrkncs:1. llcru.:c, the c1>11uscl to I.my " t·ycs:d\'t•, I hat
thou 111aycst sec," i!' 11ul out of pl:icc when ~i\'(;11 to thi!'. tl11•
Luocli:::c:\11 d1111 ch. AR mn11y ns 1 Jo,·c l rch11kc :111d cl1:i -lc11 1 lie
7.calous, thurcfun: :111cl repcut. Behold J >1tnn<l :11. 1lw 1!001 :111il
knock.
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SUJ\IM1\RY.
God':=: wonl clt•arly tcnches tl1at th•· plnu of rcdernpt.i1111 is ;i
progrc.c;.c:i,·e work-no(. only in i11t.li,·i.l11ul experience, but in the
de"cloprne11t of the ra(:c. "The law was a i;chool-ma!lter 1.0
bring us Lo Christ,," ill11$tratcs one step in the progrcs:>. J\gilin,
we :1rc LaughL that di ere is the 11:11.ural, 01· Ac1amic 111a11 , :u1d
Ll1ere is tlic' spiriL11:tl, or ll1::t,·culy rnnn. " 1Iowl1eit that which
is :=:piritunl is 11ot first., but that which is natural nnd aHr.rn·arch
tliat which iR :=:piriLUa l." ll encc, UlirisL is called the« st•cond
m:i11 Ad nm," (.he liri:t 1\d:un n11d his race being the nat 11r:il 1 or
nnininl m:111; the .~ecoml Ad:irn nnd hi:;; race nrc the spirit.11:\I.
J\g:\in, as the firsL Adam 11·:1s u11itcd t.o n wife, who ltt!C:\me
"thc mother of nil Ji,·i11g-.'' :=:o t.l1c f>1•cornl J\cla111 is t.c> ha\'c n
1rifc: "Let 111< lie gbi1 nut! rejoice, a11d gi,·e ho11fJI' to Jii111: for
the 111arTi agc of t ht· L:1111h is romc, arHl his wife hath uiade her·
:=:elf rt'ndy" (He1·. J!l: i). Tho time was when Lilia sccrned to
hn\·c but lilt.Ir 1n c:111ing, l>11t :rn a p:irt of the grc:lt plnn it
hcOC'llll<!X :111 import::utt tr ul11. ; \ s the wife of t.hc "firi;L rnnn ''
is tlil' 11at11r::il rnol her f)f t.hc race, so the wife of t.he "1'\'C011tl
J\ <lam" is to be the spirit.ttnl mother. Thi!'! is absol11LC srrip-
tnrc tt:•:1C'hir1g, n11<l i11 accordance with it we learn tli:tt Clirist
"w:is the first. born nmong m:i.ny 1Jrcthrc11." ..£\ncl as the t11:1n is
t.he hcad of tlie wom:111, so Christ is Lltr: ltc:i<l of the d111rch
(the l.irirk), "wlro (Christ) i ~ Lhc 1,c.,~i1111i11g, the first ltttru from
the tlcacl; t.'1:\L ill :ill things he might. 11:~\'C the pree111i11l'11ce"
(Col. 1: l tl).
lf Llw :tl1111 t' i!: r.lic Lnw order of pmgression the Hilt le should
tral'-11, that. 1111Lil this '' marringc," tile "weddi11g,') &c., to
whieh ChrisL !>l'J ofwn refers, is uonsnmm::i.tecl, the S(•<:Olttl :rnd
grcnt :=:ll'JI i11 the nrl\'n11cc1ncut of the: humnu f:tmily, from the
rn1turnl tn I.lie ~p irit11 :1l m:lll, docs no~ beg in. An<l this being
true, I.ht' plan of rcd<!1nptio11 oannot, 1w1oh the iaorld, 1111til the
perfcc1 i1111 11 f lhc sc1,ond 1tla11 and his wife" There fore \\'(1 find
lira(. l!lirii;t. did nol pr:iy for t.bc wor1!1, b11L 011 ty for Lho"c the
l•':uher h:u.l µ:irr.11 hi111." "1 pray for t.hum; 1 pr:~y not for
t Ill· world." :\ nd this sce111 s t.o he in nccorilaucc wit.I• ~Ii i.! fncts
of (;ool'>< .i .. :drng willr ll\\ 1 1·:wc, Irorn J\1la111 t.u llic 1m;H<:11t t.in1c.
i\ 11 1!1in~ is 111 orc: cr.rt nin t.lia11 t.hn.I; t.l 111s far i1c hni; 11111 beon
tryi11g tn 11;11·c ~he! hu111:1 u f:1111ily :is a mn~~. l l(iforc th 1• llvotl
111 :101 11·:1~ !1•1'1 wirliout l:i.11· ''clNtt h rciguccl f'rt1 t11 1\ 11:1111 to
.\l c•,:1•s." 'J'liix W1111ltl 1d111r11;t :1pp1·:1r ;1s ir (~o.f h:id, f11r sume
1t" .. '' I, d1•11•n :1lt'1l I 11 ~i 1 " 1111111 a fair l.ri:il of his n11:11 J•'•ll' Cr!'
 SU1Hl\IARY. 183
when left. entirely t.o himself. Th en, u11 <l<:r LhL' disl'e11s:uio11
of th e l:iw, man is again put on trial, and proved to be ~oo
weak to stand the test. "Sin re\'i \•eel, and ( <l icd," s:iys Lhe
apo11Lle.
K ow, let t he render take a glance :i.t aH those fou r Lhousand
years n11cl more du ring which, from Adam to l\foscs' dt:?nth licit]
a lmost universnl swny, and fro m 1\Joses to Christ, few, O\'Cll of
the .Tewish untiou, were liroughL to :i. sn.Ying kn o wledge of <iotl.
For Lhe law did not g ive lifo, and all other 1rnLions 11·ero left
totally ignornnt of t.bc w:iy of life; :tncl tell me if n n•iHitutiou
of ::d i things is no t dem:wded, in onlcr that Go1l ~hciultl s11usta11·
tiate tho fact that lte is 110 respecter of p crso 11 s, :1ml sn lon.~c1
the world tltnt he gave his 011ly begottC'n Son. that whosoeve r
hclievcnh in him shuulcl not. pe rish, lint m ight h:iYc t'l'el'ln&liug
lifc? not that he. so love1l one spet:ial gc11cl'!ltion, or 11 J''"'t of
t.hc world, those who happe11ecl Lo live after 1hc first foul' t hou-
snn<l years; lmt tltc wui·t(l of mnuki11tl.
Sorne men arc fcnrfnl of lcLLiug rnnson be brought i11 to play
whih:i i11vestig:i.ting Gocl's revealed plans. But such men are
mere sla vcs of fear. 'l'be great Father ifl not a \'C'rsc t<i nil exer-
cise of that reaso n he Jins irnp:utcc.1 to us. No r will ,o;l:tl'is h fear
e\·er open tire doors of t.he kingdom to nuy man.
If. God's plan is as t.he gospel amrms, first. the un.t.ural, arrd
aftcnr:ir<ls the spiritunl, we can sec why he s ho nld lut 1.hc u:i t-
ural man ha\•e his day, since, "As in 4t\d:1111 nil die. so in Ohrist
s hall all be made alive." And we cau also sec why Christ is
called r.ho sceorrJ Adnm. Because he is the begi1111i 11g 01· head
of the human family, as it. is to be when it takes on the last
nud liighcr fortn of existence. The whole Biule s11st.ni11s thr.
fncL thn t Go1l bas a system or order of pl'Ogrcssion. ' ' !:icl' thou
make everything nft"r the pattern shown t hee i11 lhL• holy
mo unt." lf lie wonld have a Sabbath of rest for man, he ha.'!
:~ type po inting to that Sabbath. If he would ha ve 0 hrist die,
that he might g:lin t he victory over death, he ltas a t ype of a
lamb sl:li 11 from the fo 11ndntio11 of the world. If he would have
a seconil Acl :un ns head of :i spiritual race, he will have 1\cln.111
for t he hencl of the 11:\tnnt~ race of mankind. If he w1111lcl give
to the second J\cl:un n wife, as the spiritual mother of :1 S)'iritu:il
race, he g ivr.ll to the first Acl:im n wife to be the nntu rn l nro t he r
of the 11:it.11ral race.
We cn1111ot 11mkc or m:-ir the pl:rns. of Uo1l , b111. 11111 ~1. take
k11owlcdgc of them as rl've:dc1l. Not. a sl11gle i111livicl11 :d 111' Lliu
Adamic r:\\'o conltl cxi11t until aff,cr I.lie nrnniage of th•• lirs t.
J 84 f;Ul\1.!'1 11\HY.
A.Jam, f<u n<>L :1 i;i11glc indivi<lunl of Lhc rnoa of th~ scconrl
Arla111, cxccpti11g the lirirlc, ca11 cxiRL on tl1nt higher plauc of
life, u11til af~cr the mnrring<' of Lhc sc1,01•tl J\clam.
'l'hnt t.ht! mnrri:ige rcbt inn w:1;; in;;titnl.ctl ns a type of tho
marringe o f Christ, in Lhis l1ighl·r sc11$c, i11 111n1le to appenr in
m:111y :icriptnrc~, p:1rtic11lnrl~· i11 J~ph . 5: '23-3'.l. ct And they
twn sh:tl t l,t! 011<• lh!sh. Th i~ i;; a g1·ea~ 111p;t.ery; but I speak of
Oh l'ist :111<1 t.l1c t'.lilln:h.'' The s:in1e i1lea is also tnught in 1\fal -
ach i 2: 14, 15, wl1t•rc the marri:i,ge CO\'C11:rnt. ii: i111,rotl11cc<l n111l
thu reai:cm for it.. " l)id hl· 1101. make one [LhaL is in the begin -
ning)? a111l wherefore 1111c? Thri t hC' might. seek n Goclly $CCd,
or mnrgin, a seccl of c:od." In nt.!101· wonls, n i;econci Adnm
rwd /ii,, 11Jife. "For th(' r.l:il1l r(•11 of ihf' prornisc rt.lint is, the
goi::p('I chu rch] arc Cll""'"'' f'ur t,hr SL'"•1." 'l'li r.~c 1.hi11gs :ire :is
clen rly ttrng llt. i11 the• !'cripl 11r1·s. :1s t lw f:tcL t.hat there is t.o be
::i fnturn n1HI high1;r lif,.. I 11•111'1•, llt'XI l ('I t he <loath :u11l rcsnr·
rcctin11 of Chnsl, wlt il'h 111nk1•s n t't•,,qt.it.111.icrn of nll who hnve
tliccl in Acl:un :i possil1ili1y 1 the m:uringe of the Lamb is the
most inql()rtant. c 1·c11l i11 the whole pl:\11 of redemption. .Ahd it
w:1s fo r t.h i!l one sole 1•urposc, the development of the "church
of th<> first born," or bri1lc of Christ, t.hat the go!':pcl dispen·
s:ttio11 was i11Mit.11t,etl. J\11d Jesus ct lnicl aside the glory he had
with l he Father before t!te worl1l wns," 111111 tvok 11pon him the
form of n sen·:1.11t. 1111'1 hN~1111w fl l·~h, Lhnt }l(' migh~ by n death
and rc!rnrrccLion, hc•1'11111t• t lw lin;t fr11its o f t,hem that slept; nnrl
thus in :ill t.hings ha1·1• tin• prN'mi11cnce, as the hcncl of this
g lorious onlor <lf l>1•i11g». .\ wl hil' tc~ftl is the next in order;
an1l he11 cr. i;l11 is r:d h·il "t hl· cl1:11rrl1 of the firsLhorn ."
1

J\ resLit111 io11 o[ :111 who h:i.ve died in J\dnm doeR not neccs·
i>:1rily i111ply the ctr.rnal snh·atio11 of nU men. llut it cloe.~ imply
t.h:i.t all nrc Lo hn1·c ~h e opport11nity to obtnin eterunl life,
which t.hc Bible lcnchoR i~ uoL the case in this life. "llow cnn
they hen r wi Lho11 t a pru:ichcr ? how cnn they preach unless I.hey
:u·c :<ent ?" 1Jc11ce, if t.l1eru is n11e i11di vicl11al in nny p:ir t of this
world Crom J\tl:rn1 t.o Lhc prcs<.mL time, who h:t.'3 died wiLhont
h:ivi11g t.hc go11ptil :11HI tlw 11:1111c of .J esus prt!nc.:hc<l to him, 1.h:tt
man has had 110 np port.1111it.y us yeL, of obt.ai11i11g cterunl li fe.
Antl that. t.h!' great n1ai111 of J111111n ni ~y l1:wc h1•1•11 t.hus i;hul. on~,
110 i11tl'llig1:11L 1111l11 n111 1kny ; :111d to rcjccL t.h1! fact o f n. <( rci;\.I·
t11tiv11 or :di t.hill!{S," n11tl that, llS " in Atlnm :ill die, so in Christ
~hall :111 he m:1rlc ali1·1-," is 1.0 deny both Lhc j11i;1,ioc of G1ltl and
lh•• 11111.l1rHlnesi1 nf S1:rip1.11n). H is fur t.his that" the whol<!>
<·l'••:tt ' " .~1·m111•>1h 111111 tr:l.v:lifeth in pnin t,1,gcll":r 11nt.il now."
 SU.MMAH.Y. lSS
Tt is fort.bis, the "muuifcst:itiou of the sous of Go tl," that tlic
i. e arnest expectntiun of th o creation waitcth. I3ecnu~o the
t'rcntion itself, also shall I.Jc clclivcrctl from the bonrlage of co1··
rnption iuto ll1c glorions liberty of the children of God."
Jn die restitution ngc when the hridc of Christ is glo 1·ifil•1l 1
" like unto ChrisVs glorions botly," (" n11d hast ma<lc us unto
crn r God, kings aml pdcst.s ; n11J we -t•:ill reign 011 thu c:.i.1·tli;
"for unto tltc n11gch linth he n ot put in subjection the wol'ld to
l'•lrnc, wltcruof we speak ;") 1hc11 it is thn L the "trcnt.nrc ''(not.
cnt.t.le, 11 prench tl1e ~ospcl to every creut111·e,'' docs not mr.an tlit•
lo we r a11irnnl~l sh:tll he clcli r crcd from this bondn?,e of corrup-
t ion, into the glorious lil>erty of the sous of Goel." J'hc11 it i ~ th:n
"the f;pirit and the bride will say, Come; and let him t l1at is
athirst come: n11d whosoever will, let him l!tkc of the w:i.tcr 11(
life freely." Then it is thnt t he kuowlcclgc of 1hc LM<l sh:ill
co\'er the t•:irth, ::ts the waters CO\'cr the sea.
Ts 1.hcre 1111y creed, or prcn.chiug,. which can he more clcnrly
l't1)1portcd from tltc word of Go<l, or hns n hctlcr f11tn rc for the
world, t.ha11 this ? I:; there n faith i11 chri~tc11t10111 wh ich offer!> n
rn ore glorious fo1,nre to t.hc church, ti.Jc bride of Christ 7 ls
t he re a hope lrnscrl ou the sun~ promises of God, which so m:u~-
11ifies the lovo of God as docs this uop~? \rhcre is it lacking?
Docs it roh Goel of auy glory? Does 1t cas t n i<hntlow over t.l1e
future of the redeemed? 011 the o the r foa11d, docs it not pro\'e
God Lo be Lite loving Father he ltimsdf claims to bt!; t,lint he
!'O loved the 1oorlcl thnt. he gave his only begotten 8011; n111l
t hnt Christ tnstc•l denth fo r every mn11? A11d yet there i~ n scw-
o nd and e ternal t1cnt.l1 for tho!ie who, lt:tvi11g t:ist.ed t.hc good
word of Gncl :i.11<1 the powers of the world to come, shall, nftcr
th:it, sin ll'ilfully :iu(l crncify Christ afresh. Aud to tl1i11, all
Lhe so11s of c; oa coulrl ti:iy, Amc11, "True and righteous are thy
judgment8."
The nbon: bci11g the true Bible theology, the ach'entof Chri$t,
"whom the h c~l\·e11 11111st receive tmtil the timci; of rest.it11tion
of all tl1i11g~," bccomcR a glorious :mcl much longeil for crcut.
Aud hence, all that the Script11rcs tea.ch on I.hat subject shoultl
lie eagerly so11i;ht for by crcry one whose heart is in 111~i1;0 11
wit.It the lore of Gotl n11<l Lhe plan of reclcimption. Auel as each
of these :wgnmJnti< prnvi11g that the marringe. of the h1mb is
about to be co11s11mm:ite1l, 11.rc i;cc11 n111l npprec1:ttc<l, the heart
C1f every true christ.ia11 mu~t thrill with joy :i.t the bare possi-
bility of i;11 glorious n. con:>111n111nti on. Oocl hclJl the selfis h, gro-
vcdi11g h(\:trl· t.lmt c::rn11ot bu intcrcstClcl i11 s11hjccts like these.
 180 SUilLMARY.
The evidences thnt t,ltc <.'lld of the gospel :igc has commencecl,
:mcl tlt:i.t. mnny of th<.'~C t.hi11gs a.re about to be realized; arc so
full clear and n11111c:rcrns t.lrnt e\·ery person who thoroughly
investigates tlic i.11hjN~t. is irrn'iistibly com inccd of their truth.
And 0, what. a thrill of joy is felt by each heart ns evidence
after evidence, nn<l nrgnmcnt after argu ment is comprehended.
Those wh o h:wc one<.: t.ni;tc<l of these t hings can only wonder
tlint nil the christinn wnrlrl cannot be i11d11ced to h ear ~111d inves-
tigate.
Clonr proof cnn uc founrl t.h:u the six thous:i.n<l years from
J\dam :ire ended. Ht'1:n11i:c rnnny good and great men h:i.ve
dilforcc1 011 the chrQllfllog_r of Lite lliblc i11 ages pnst, is no
prnof that "·hen Lhnt lifo,!'111 is clue to the chnroh, it will not be
fo rthcoming. \\·hat if !>11d1 111<.'11 l1Cwe dilicrcd; if certain Scrip-
tures e:in he P.0 pul. tnJ.!Plltcr 11111n, ns to clcur up points of ehro·
11 ology hit.hcrL•> nh~tun>, and yon cn n rend and see it for yo1t7··
.~elf, "·ill you <lis.rcgnnl l ht' c\·itlence because ~omehoclr olse bns
not seen it. l1t'fore? J-. LIH·rc uo God nt the helm? Can you
11ot helic\·c that at the right time, the rig ht truths can b e
found? ~\u d yet you :11·p noL asked to believe, only so far as
yon can sec for yoursrlf thut it is hasrd on God's word . Turn
again to pnge sixty·st'vc11, a11cl gi ve the chronology a careful
invel>tigatio11. True, 11·c1 •lo not know there is no mistake in it,
nor do Wt' J1rt'tc11cl t•• !.·11 ••1r. thnt any of these arguments nre
tl'ue; it is .f11it.h 1 not k11nw!P1l~t', by which we arc t.o walk. Goel
expects 1111 tn :wt 1111 t··· i111:'11cl'. " Fait.11 is the c\•idcnce·of tbiugs
11ot seen," :trtd "f:ii1h (·ornes by heari11g, nn<l hearing by the
worcl of Goel. " How is it 1,hat so m:iny great liu cs of argn-
ment, the ehrouol11gy. the j11hilec cycles, 'the cfa.ys ' of Dan. 12,
the exact cqn:ilit) of thr J ewish aud gospel dispensations, and
'' t.Jir tilllcS of t.hl' Gc11tilv11," n.11 work iu, one with ano~ll er, so
harmoniously, n11tl :il110 in t< ll Ch r crfcct harmony with the signs
of the time:;, t.l1c perplc•xit.y o the n:i.t ions, l.llc unmistakaule
cYiclencc~ of :i t.i111e of tro11hle imelt as never waa si 11ce there
was :i. 11:Hi<1n? J\re rh t:i:c t.liiugs, tnkeu as t.h ~y arc <lirectly from
the "I.me R:lyi11g-s of (;ocl," t.o be put dO\\'ll as t.he fooli1>h imng·
iu:it.io11s of a f:111:1ti c:d hr:1i11, :i.ncl disrcg:u·dcd? Or, "shall we
~akc heed to the 11101•0 ~nrc word of prophecy, as nnto :i. ligl1L
shi11i11g in :1 clad< plan• Y"
In t.hiii ch1·011olo).!y, 1•v, ry ycnr g iven i11 the Bible is used;
0

11<Jt.li i11g i~ l uf~ 0111 :wd 1111t,lii11g is adrlcd. If more ti11\e Ji:is
pM~1• d tli:111 (!od l1a ~ rl'\'t•1ilctl, 1.l1c11 Lhc six Lho 11snu1l ycnrs
t•11d1~·l f11rlht•1· liai;k i11 1liv p:1st.. I [ I) cc~rlrt inly is nhlc ~o dl'cci1·c
 SUMMARY. l S'i
us if he so choose; u\lt M so large a part of Llielloly Scriptures
arc dc\'Otcd to chronology, f unn11ot believe iL is left imp~rfcct 1
or in 110 obsc11re tt way that t.he real trnth cannot he fonntl.
But as iL i:; by faith we arc to \\'::tlk, that i t :;liould be
so given as to require nll the collateral cvitlcncc <lmw11 from l be
hnrmony of tl.ac prophetic periods bnscd on it, to strc11gthen
our faith, is what we ought 1.0 expect. For i11stnncc,
this chronology, as it Rtands rcconl ed, has cc1·tni11 cnm-
puratively obscure places, over which the mcnsure c1f the
time is given i.11 an indirect m:mncr, a11d must be nnive~l at. by
compariug Scriptme with Scripture, t.hus i11trodnoi11g the ele-
ment of human reason, nnd is therefore 11ot so nbsol11te ns a
plaiu "thus snith the J_,ord." But wh e n, nft.cr the 11w~t nnre-
ful invest.ignLion, we find 11 0 Scripture hy which it mny lie
ch:luged one siuglc year; and tl1cn li11'1 that :iii L11c propltcLic
periods, as applied 011 lhc b!•sis of this chronology, nrc 1th!;ol11tcly
hn rmonious, one with nnr')l.hcr, the evic1cncc of the Ll'll th fnlness
of the chro11ology, lhns s upported, is rdl we can rcasonnbly
expect, so 1011g ns we :ire to w:llk by faith, bnsed o n our best
ende:1xors to JiJ1d the tl'llth. '.J'hnt men who do not unclcrstnutl
the intimate relation of these argurnouts, c:i.11 find wh:i.t, to
them, mny nppcnr like unsupported parts, we do not que:;tion.
lf the subj ects adv:rnced in iliis book arc worth anything, they
are worthy of a full nnd e xceedingly carcfnl investigation. Anti
without such uomplete knowlerlge of erery p:wt., no man is pre-
pared to oritiui!!e. Uenoe, although some 10ill thus criticise,
others ought not to be clcterred from investigating for t.hcm-
scl ves, because of snc:h criticisms. even t hough they cnme fro m
those in wliom we nre wont to place groat confidence. Ood
dcm:rnds from every verson t.hnt they lean on his word, :11H1 11ot
on the nrm of flesh . And although we mny now trnst to onr
so-called spiritual achiscl'S, instead of investigating for n111··
selves, and all mriy nppenr to be well, the time is just rtt lsn11tl
whcu we shall bi~tcrly 1'egrct it. "Cursed is every one who
put~eth 11is trust it1 man, n11<1 lea11ctl1 011 t.hc :irm of flesh."
.Uo not ruisuotlcl·stn111!; tc:wlscrs arc sent of God, :i.nd we :i.rn
to prolit by t.hoir inst rut\liun. "How cn11 tbcy hear willsout ll
prcacber ?" Uut, :iftcr lin:tring, \\'C must go to the" l:iw nut!
to the tcsti 1u0ny.'' ChrisL's two wit.ncsscs," and if they S]'cnk 1101.
in accordance witls tl1cs<:, i t is becau;;c there is 110 light in them.
"Let iw man <leocin.1 yon; for m:i.nr will come ii! my name,
A:Lying, J 11111 LLl1c 111ot1th piece of) Ch1·ist..'' J\nd this warning
of our Snviour sLnud~ n·ro nlra ng;ti1111L enry one wl10 pr" frs~l'~
 SUMJ\fAHY.
to j)rcach the ~ospel. "Prove !Ill' things, a1111 liold fast that
which is goocl.' Ilcnt'C', we ask you to give these subjects a
careful invc!itigation, clc,·ni<l of nll prejudice.
Turn to the rh:trf, nn 1l 1'1111 yo11r ore (lYer tbc t !ll·ce worlds:
the one before t.he flood, this "present evil world," nnd the
"world to conic;" then nt the diffore11t ngcs. Every one
knows thnt wh:H little there w:i.s of a church, or people of God,
was rcpresC'1Hl1 d by one man during the c1nys of the Patriarchs;
nud nft.enrnnl~ by" the twelve t ribes," nu1l then by the gospel
ohurcl1; nml that tltl•J·e is n mille1111i;il nge of glory premised,
when "the king<lo111 is the Lord's," in wl1ich all t,he en<ls of the
earth shall rcrnrmbcr :wd turn 1.0 i.l1e Lor<l." Cnu you n gt F.ee
tbut thus !>prencl 0 1n as n m:rp heron• yon, the mine] easily grasps
the subject., in nll th(' Ynrin11i; pha;;cs of the g1·ent pl:'ln. "\Vrite
the vision, :11111 111nkn ii j'lain on t:iJ,Jei;, thnt he 1J1ny run that
rea1leLh iL," dews iuilt•t•d l1l'i11g- it tlow 11 t.o onr rasy cornprel1en-
sio11. SimJ>ly lo11ki11g al our own immcdinte snn·onndingA, nncl
noL coruparing ~rriptnre with scripLurc," hns mnde us unrrow-
mindecl . Bub Lheo 111ore <'ulnrged Olli' views, t,hc more is the
bonndlel's !1)\'e of Goel made to nppc:tr. ![ow is it so m11 cl1 lnr-
mooy i~ found in t.hcsl' ,·nriom; arguments, if they arc not trne?
No one can den~' thnt., taking it for ,qrat1ted Lhat. t.his chronolcigy
is true, the fact. Lh:n from the time the snbbatic syst.em begnn,
on entering the lnncl of Cnun:ur to Lhc year 1875, l1cing just the
measure of Lhe sah11nti(' $Jl'lem, \\'hct.lier reckoned as a jubilee
of jubilccs-50 tinw~ 50-fr~o m where the Jn,st typical jubilee
ended, or .~ri:l'.11t11 cy1·!1•:;, as they h:H'e nct.ually transpire(]; 11ine-
t.cen, teillt. :1 j11hilPt', 111nki11g n 1.otnl of 950 yCJl.rs; nnd fifty-one
withotit n j11bilcc yc:1r n1.tnchecl, or 51 times 4!'1, making n· total
of 2400, sho11 lcl in citlH~ 1· cnse t.cnnin:Hci11 I S75 ;is some evidence
that t11e rcst.itutitm to which I.hey point. is not far iu the future.
An<l :igain, I he fnt•t ~!rat. there is what :i.ppe:.i.rs to be ole:i.r
Hihle evid1~ uce that. Llrr: tlir;1 •1• 11~:1Lio 11 represented liy the "tweh·c
tril.Jcs of l sr·ncl," and ~he !lii<111•usatio11 of tho gospel, Ot' twelve
npostle~, 11u:r 1: to he NJll:tl, :rncl that, acconung to this chronolo-
gy, these tlisp1~ns:11,io11~ :tl'<' Jtl'J\\' equal, just when t,he jubilee
cyules nru c>11 t - j 11st, when "~h e d:.ty of tl1e J,onl" is due-is
cc.rtn.inly :i sLr:tttgt· ··oi11ciclcmce, which, coming <tS it docs rlircct-
ly from t.he Hihlc, is worthy of more th:t.n a mere pasi;i11g
Lhonght.. A11!l ngai11, nil HH~n c:i.11 fiec t.h:i.t. we a ro entcri11g
Br.range !\1Hl 111111s11al ti111os; tli:i.t. tl1cn·e i11:1. forelJoding of troul1le.
Aud the HilJlo rlistiu.,;t.ly tcnches that thii:; :tge is to l!ucl with
"distress of 11:it,i0 11ll," !• rnr11's lwnrts faili11g I.hem with fear, ::iml
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for looking after Lhosc things which are -coming on the c:irtl1,"
a "1mivel'f;:il time of trouble,'' t11e falling of the tbronci:, .~ c.
The u11rnher fm·ty which is a V<'l'Y prominent period ns C(ln11ectecl
first with the flo on (Gen. 7: 17); second, with the wilclern<.>~i:,
i\Jount Sinai n.11c1 i'lloses ; thir<l, ·wit.11 Elijah, witls Christ., an <I
with the clestrnction of .T ~rusalern, from tlie beg iuning of Christ.'s
work, or from ·'· J>. 30, to A. o. 70, is ngnin made to 11ppe:ir just
at this point? The Reven prophetic times of tlte Gentiles, or 25-
20 yenrs,is·n long period, and without t1011bt Legan where G oil's
kingdom, in t.hc line of David, ended, at the beginni11g of the
seventy years cnptirity, or 11. c. 60Ci. J\ ml :is from where Ilic
h:1rvest Of ti.Jc ,7 (.)Wish age ueg:in, to ,\. II. 70, WUS f ort!/ y cet.n SO
this 2~20 ye:trR, or the "times of 1,J1e Oe11 ti lei;, 11 ninch from JJ. c.
GOG to A. l.>. HI 14, or f(lrty ycm·s lieyoncl l 87 4. J\ nil the t.imc of
trouble, conquest of tl1e natiOll!i', nnd C\'Cl1tS connect.eel witlJ the
<lay of wrntL, havo 011ly :irnple time, <h11·j11g tl1e b:ilnoce of this
forty yeari;, for 1,hoir fll Ifi I men t.. .

We pnuli ~li the followiug l.icc:111se it has llccn so perfec tly

fullilled. Every position 011 the prophecies helcl by Bro. i'tl iller
has l) ecn nttackc1l during the "tn.rrying o f the Hri<legroom,''
and while t.hc "virgins nil slumucred and slept." Ancl yet e,·ery
o ne of those applications hnve of neoesi>ity ngain been incorpo·
rated in t/iese 711·ese11t m·r1nm1mt.~, and t he unsket, enlnrgcd nu<l
rearranged, clocs iudced "shine brighter tha11 before":

WM. 'l\JILLER'S DREAM.

"I dreamed Lliat Goll, by an unseen li::md, sent me n curiously
wrought casket, :ibont ten inches long by six square, made of
cl.Jony nntl pearls cnr.iously inlaid. 'l'o tho casket there wns a
key nt tac hcd. l irn111ediately took the key and opened ti.Jc cas-
ke t, when, to m y wo nder and surprise, I found it filled with :ill
sorts :ind sir.cs or jt'1rnlR, cliarnonils1 prccioui; stones, and gold
a.nd silvt11· ooi11 of <:v(•rv cli111e11sion and value, bC>uutifnlh· :tr·
ranged i11 Lltcir Rc \'('r:il pi':lc\.tS in the c:i.skct.; nm] thus :trran"gcd,
tl1ey rcflc•<·tcd a ligh t :111d glory C(jll:l ll ed only uy the Hlll. 11
(These jcwds arc Lhc beau tiful truths thC! ope11 caskcL unfol<lucl
to his sight.)
" 1 t.h o 11g bt it. wns my d nt.y 11ot 1.0 enjoy this wonderful sight
aio11e, it!thougJi my hc1wt W:lR OVC!rjoyed aL tho urilJi:in t~)' ,
hca.ut.y nrnl vniue of it.s nontcm ts. I therefore placed it 011 n
uc1Hie1'-t.:1bln in my room, :.111cl g:i.vc o u t word that all· who had a
 100 A UH.EA.l\I.
desi re mig ht come and i;cc Lhc most glorious nnd bri.lliunt sight
ever !>CCII UY 111:1.11 i11 this life. .
"The pc.oplt• began t.o come in, at first few iu hnmbcr, but
increasing t.o n croll' d. WJ1cn Ll1cy first. l1111kt!d ir1to the casket
t.J1ey wonl<l wor1 rkr anrl siicrut for joy. Hut wh1·n the speota-
t.ors incrc:ii;od every nuc 11·1mld l1cgi11 to tronble the jewels, tak-
ing them out of Ll1e r;:isket :111<l scattering them on the table.
"l bcgnn .to t.lii11k the 1>1rncr 11·oulcl rcq11ire the casket and
jewels :iiz:1in at. 111y h:iucl ; and if T s1dforeu them lo be scattered,
I coul1l rH:1·c1· plat·c tlrn r11 in t heir places in th e casket ngain as
before; anrl fc·ll I 1;lwulrl never b e able to 111ect the nceonnt:i.-
bilit.y, fnr it wo11l1l !Jc i111111 ensc. T then hC'g:rn to plen1l with
tht' people 11 1\t \.tl h:111<ll11 lh o111, nor t:i k e thc111 out of the c:isket;
bHt tilt• more I pll·:iil, 1h <• mo1·p t.lwy s1;at. 1.1~rc_<l ;-:rn<l 11011· they
Seemed to l'('a1lt•r 1hl'fll :iJI OVl'r IJi e l'O(llll, O il the fl oor, au(l On
e ve ry piece II f f11 r11 i I I\ l"l' ill I hi! l'l\Olll.
I tlie11 saw t.lrnt a111011g the ge1111i11c• jcweh :111rl coin t hey had
scattered a.n inn11mrrn hlr q11:rntity \l f spurious jewels :incl co11n-
t.erfcit coin. I was highly iuconsed nt 1.hcir b:ise conduct and
ingratitutle, and rl'.' prO\'l't1 :111d repro:ichcd them for it; but the
more I reproved the :uore they scattered the spurions jewels
and false coin among I.he genuine.
"T then became vexed i11 my Yery sonl, a1Hl hcg:ll\ to use
phpi11a] force to push l hem Ollt of 1.hc 1'00111 / but while f Was
pn!;hing out (lilt', three 111ort• .wo11lt! cut.er, nnd bring in di.rt, and
sh:i\'ings, anrl l'nnrl, nn<l :ill i11:ir111cr of rnbbish, until they cov-
erccl cn·ery 1111e (l f the trn e jewels, diamonds and coi11s, which
were :ill excluded from Fight. Tbey also tore iu pieces my
cnskct, :ind scatl.cretl it :i.1no11g t he ruLbish. I thought no m:i.n
regarded my RO ITO W (Ir my anger. I becnmc wholly discour-
aged :111d <l isheart cm•1l , :111<1 sat <low11 :111t1 wept." (Vvhcn the
18 44 1.iiiw pas"crl, ho w f)(!1·fcc tly was this fullilled.)
"'While I wns r,hus wrepi11g arrd mo11rui11g for my great loss
and :wco1111t:ihilit.y 1 1 n•111<•n1ucrcd God, nucl c:m1estly pr:i.yed
t hnt. he wo11l11 scull 111r hl'lp.
t• lrnmcil i:i.l.t•l y the door opened, nnrl a. man en Lc1·e1l t.hc room,
when the fH' o pit• :ill lt•ft. it; :wcl he, having :i <lirt-bru1d1 in his
hanrl, opened Lhr. wi11tl o w~, nrnl heg:i.11 to brush the dust nnd
rnbbish from t.hc r onm. " I urir.<1 tu trim to fol'l1car, for there
wcrr s1rn1e prc1•io11s jcwcli> sc:attcrccl :inwng I.he rnLhish. "He
t.olcl me to 'fo:1r 11 01.,' ror hu wou l<l .. tnke c:irc of t.hern." .. Then
whi le ht• lin11<h <'ll t '11· '1111<1. :11111 I'll bbi&l1, f:r.l sc jcwols nutl co ~111-
tcrfci t. c(1 i11, :di ros(.' :111<1 went. 011!, of I.ho window llko
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a clo11<l, 111111 the wind cn.rriecl the m aw:iy. Jn tho l>111H le I
clos<.'11 my eyes for !i moment.; when I opened tJ1cm, the 1·11bl1iidJ
was nil gone. The pr<'cious je 11·cls, I.he rlinmoncls, the gold nod
silver cu'i11s lay sc:\LLcre d in profusion ull over the roo m.
" Ile then placed on Lho ta hie ri caskct,1 much l:1rgcn· nnrl mnra
bo:i.ntiful Lll:rn the- former, awl gntlterctl up the jewels, the dia-
m onds, thn coins, by the ltnndfnl, and cnst them iut.o 1.hc casket,
t.ill uot one was left, nlthough some of tho clinmonds wc•ro uot
biggct t han the point of a pin.
"Be thr.n called upon me to' come and scf.'I.'
"I loCJhtl into tho cnsk&t, but my eye!l were cl:w.7.lcd witll tl1r
sight. 'l'l1<>y ~bone with ten times the il' fo rmer glory. I thought
they hncl ucc11 scoured in tho snucl by the fret of th~·~e wickC'il
persons who h:11l scattered nud tr11<1 them in the duiit. ThC!r
were arr:i11~<HI in -Ocn11tifnl orcfor in tlic cask e t, every one i11 its
pl:~ce, withou t. auy visiul<.' pai11ii of tho mau who <:nst tlicr11 in.
I shouted wit.h voi·y joy, a11tl t lin.L shout awt)ke me."
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NOTES ON ClllWNOLOGY.

Like every other trnth, l!iule cl1ronology is so given t hnt. good

nnd, lto11est men cn.n t~ke exception, o.nd be in doubt, in m nny
pnrt.s, 11.S to i t:; nelun.1 measurements. For instnnee, it is so clcnrly
put, not in n.ny one sW.tc111ent, but jn o. connected chain of state-
ments, tl u~t Iroa1 Adn111 to the end of tlte fl ood, to the very dny
the wo.ters were dried up, wllS llii'H: yen.rs; tlrn.t no doul>t cn.n
rernn.in o.s to t h n.t 111e11..,nrcmc11t; nntl yet, t he re is a. wn.y to reckou
the time so n.s to mnke it l\J:?t>Cnl' to lle one year l ess, rind to contrn-
diet all this com1eote1L chu.in of clear 1mriptu re stnternont..'I. And so
we find that n.ltuost eYc1-y subj ect in t.h e Bible is miide obscure by
i:uch <lJJJHJ.renl contradiction. 'l'o l cll why this is so, woulcl be to
tell why God chose to speak in "<ln.r k sayings nod pn.ntblcs, thzit
seeing they might see nnct not perceh•e.'' We s u ppose these thin~'S
were :<o ordered, Lh11it Bil>lc truth might be understood only n.s it
been.me due; 1lt1d that. then , the circumstances nn d surrou11di11gs
would be imch t hi lt t hese obseme u.ncl n.ppo.rently clashing state-
ments might be rn n,oe clenr to the children of light, and yet rcml\in
cl1U:k to those who 1wo wlf hou t, n11d "unto whom i t is not g i.,.en l o
know the. mystcrir.~ of t h c ldngdom o! God."
From ~dnm to I.ho 1.icgctLiug oC Me tln1selo.h wns 687 yen.rs, :tntl
t he full age or l'l1¢tlt11sclilh is g iven ns 960 years, which, tog-ether,
mo.ke JG[i(i, the ti1nc from Acln1.u to Lhe end of the flood. Aml the
tlood was on the en.rth one year, J:wl<ing one rnonth n.nd sevcuteea
<lays, n.nd .Non.h re rnn.incd in t he cwk two or t hree 1110111 hs lllore,
beforo the g round wa!' <li·y; 11J1d !ltethuseJn.h , not I.icing in the nrk,
mw;h hM'C <li<'d l)(!fore ur 11,t t h e ti111e t h e lloo<l begn.n.
H ert! is nn 11.;1pn.n111/, "''e1·sii;ht., 01· con t mtliction. l3nt. t.hc r,. j:;
lii;-ht. fr<J•ll (•thl'!r Script11rrs by which f,ltis ctu1 be r eeo11(·ili:<l; f<lr
 102 NO'l'E!:i.
we Jen.r11 tl.lr1.t when n mn.n hn.d entered ou or con11oc11cc1l nnothcr
rPnr, Lhac reiir 11rn.y l)o co\1ntcd o.s po.rt of his nge. And J\lethuso·
lnh co1dd certainly lmve entered 0110 month nnd sc,·cntcen d ays,
into his nin e hundred llnd Fixt.y-ninth year ; :uul cts his full
n!;e was no pn.rt () ( the chronoloi:y. n r; ri:aler dl'l{rc;e of nccurncy
1.h:w is ousto111n.ry in Uie Uiule in glvinl{ n~cs, wu.« 11ot 1le11mnried.
Hence, !,here is no difficulty in reconcili11g this 1Lpp:u-ent discrep-
11.ncy.
Note 2.-'fhc ne xt chronologicnl cliffic11lty of this chnri\Cter is in
r el;Lt.ion to the 1\1'.:C of 'l'era.h, at the l) i rt.I\ or A lirnhu.rn. "And
'l'crnh lived SC\'C'nly years nn<l begn.t AIJram, Nall<Jr o.nd Hn.rn.n"
((~1rn. 11: 21i). Now there is al)solute proof tlmt 'l'ernh, Aliru.hn.m's
fnl.her, died before AIJrnh1m1 came i11to Cnnann (J\t~ts 7: •1). And
lhrrn i'i nlso proof that Al.Jrn.h tW1 t·n111c into C11 n:1111J wh en he wn.s
75 years olcl {Gen. 1 2~ 4-7); and yet T era h diecl 1Lt, th e n~e of 205
\'et1.rs. Therefore Abrn.hnm wa.s n ot born uni.ii Terl\h wa.<i 130 ,·en.rs
old. Wh:it then can l>e don e wit.h t.hl' .st.n.1c111(•11 1 0r C'll.'n . 1i : 26?
J o.nRwcr, Ilecnnse Abra111 iR n1111tr<I lir!;r tl(ll'" 1101. pro,·e thnt he
Wtl.S the first burn, o.ny more thnn in lhc l":t!i1! ur ".!111111\l n11tl Eiu1.u,"
cir ' ' .Ephrnim 11.n tl Mn.nnsse h." iri h o th of whi1'11 t hr _\"<Hlllf.'C r is t he
(irst nniue<l. Nor tloes it follow, fro111 fht' 11l.J11\'C 11,xt, that Terah
b1•gat all three sons nt the snme ti1ue; but IJlc•rely thut. h e wn.s
~eve nt)• when h e begat the first !Joni. :\ rmrnl1 11l 1110,1' he founcl
with Noah: "And Nonh was live hundred yeiLr~ old, nncl Non.h
i.il'~n.t SheJn, Harn and .fopheth" (Gen. ii: 32). No:th was (;02 wb.en
he l.1egn.t Shern, ro1· h e W (IS riUO to a flav Whldll tl1a l1001l endctl (see
Gen. 8: tB); :ind two yenrs o.fter the flood Sliem WWI '100 <Gen, l L: JO).
Note 3.-'l'he next to which we call n.ttent.ion fs thn.t o f t h e
"sojoul'n i,ng of the children of lsrnel" ( l~~o. 12: •JO), "Now the
. i;ojonrning of t h e cbildr.e n o f I srael, who 1lwelt in g~ypt, was fonr
!lundred n.n d thirt.y ycnrs." 1twill be n oticed Urn L 1L does not sn.y
they sojourned in Egypt '130 ·yenrsi but tile .~«/0 1u·11f1117 (If thn.t peo-
ple, who dwelt in Egypt, wns tbn.t rnnoy years. '"l'he c!tildren o r
Israel 11 rnc1~ns the Slw1e ns "the house or lsrarl" "or the family of
1sr:i.el," and tlle house or family of lsrael clearly e111braces the
(rztfu;rs us well n.s the sons; n.nd tlle house of l s rrtbl, tho.t is, the
°Jsru.til in t.be Jlesh. as clear ly embraced Abmhum., Isnnc. n.nil J CLCob,
as it \lill ,Ta~o/J. Reu.l>en, u.nd Judah. And the whole house oC
l st-ni!I, hoLll fat,hers :i.nd children, is evidently the meaning here.
,\nd A bmm commenced tJw.t sojourning, n.ncl even coiu111enced it
in Egypt [see Gen. 12: 10).
'rhe text in Gen. Hi: 1:1, " Thy seed s ho.ll be n, strnnf•cr in n. lo,nd
tl1:tr. is not thci1•s, n.n<I sho.ll scn•e thc ui, <\.lid t11E>y sl11S1 afflict t.1Jein
£our h unclrcrl v eMs," docs uot pl·ove tba.t they w1•re nJ.llfolerJ, o.l1
thn.t time, :.tny iuo rc tl\n,n thn.t they were ill E!J!!lll n.ll U11.1.t t.iu1e. I
t1rlu1iL thnt it might so n.ppenr from the r011<lcri11,. or this text.
But thel'e nrc other scr iptu res 1vJ1ich Corl.lid Ll11Lt ' ' it•w of it. The
400 ycu,r~ cover the ti1t10 Lhey dwelt in u. lan1l lha.t, was not theirs,
11ml all:'o tho sen·in.i:;- n.111.l the tdTliction. 'l'll rl"e i ~ posit,ive proof
t.ll1Lt Lhcy were in Egypt only 215 years, nntl Liu.Lt J osep h !i,·ed 80
yo;trs a.fte1· he b een.me go,•ernor. cintl tlmt thoy d~u no~ ct.Ul11;! tlie1n
11nti1 lifter the <leaLh of Joseph. H ence, tho b:gypt1ons d 1u no L
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rdT)ict. them for quite l:JO yenrs, bu t the 1.11Jo,'o t'xplo.ins it 'J'hcy
s0Journc1l, served, 1111d were n.nticted, 1\IJ toget.hcr, 400, or in•:lud-
i~g Al>ralu>.w's sojourning, 430 yen.rs, before the delivernnc~ fro!u
Egypt. 1f oue co.n see only the letter, 11ncl not the rea.I 111ca.n1ng 1n
.. the t;hildren or Jsra'!I , II the n I wm refe r t.o ) 1 0.111. IC Le11i could
p11y t.itbes to Melchl1.c<Jek, while in the loi n;i of J\ brnhu.m, t h e n the
c/tild1·en of l sra.cl coul<l s1Jj1llfrn, in hls toins.
Noto 4. -Tbe next cliro 11ok>~icnl d i!Uuult.y to which I would en.IL
attention is found in 1 Kings, li: l, where the tirn e fro m leu.viug
Ei:;ypt to the fou r th yea r of Solomo n 's reig u i:! give n l\S 480 yellrS,
while the ch rouolo~y from the book of Judges umkes it 580 y ea rs,
a discrcpa.ncy of just one hunu red years. After len,ving Egypt,
there wrui n.11 u 11questionnl.lle period of .iu yo~:\i:s i11 the wilderness,
and 6 morn to the di\·i~ion or t h e lo.nd, 1111ild11g 40 yen.rs. Then,
skipping t he judges, the re rl re 40 for Sl\ul, 40 fo r )Jll.l'id , ltnd ~ for
Solo111o n's r eib'TI, mo.k ing sJ yeo.r.s, wu ich, wilh t.he 41l, 11rc J<JO years
to be t.n.ken out of thfs 4ti0, as l!lentioned i11 l\ingi;. ,\11d 130 from
480 leaves only 350, a s the tiule fo r the j1,1d/,?e1<, i11 Kt<!1ltl or 4:i0. ll t!re
is certainly ll discrepancy o f jhst ur1•• llu rirln•ll ycnrs l>etweeo th e
time M g iven in tho .l\i111<;; n11 d the lim~ ns givl:!n in the Judg:es.
Now, the qnc~tion is, \V 11ich is ri~ht.? The ti111c ns gi \·en in t h e
Juclgea is in 11inetcc11 periods UJn.king n. lot.al o f dr.O lse<! page 72,
llottom parl\grn1ih j. A. 111isto.ke of IOU rears o.111on~ these ninel.een
short periods, woultl make sad h axoc with t he boot\ of Judges;
t hey would have to be shortened so111t)tl1i11g ui•c r li ve yeiirs
e1lcll, or n number o f th em struck out entirely, while a<l ruitling
tlle single mistake or 480 for 580 in lhc Ki11gs will set it 1·i~h t.
H e nce, even handed, between the statement in t,Jie J<i11µ:s nn d tho.t
in the Judges, the evidence is aJtoge th er in f1wor of thr} t.irn o :is
given in the Judges being right. Hut we nl1;n h 1we th<' testimony·
or Pn.ul to support th e time n..'l ~h· c n i11 1111i .J 11111;\'s. 'J'llrce hu11-
dred and fiCt.y is n ot '' 1Lbv11t t.11~ ,;p:u:c vf four li u11d red and nrty
yen.rs" [see Acts l:S: 20].
The chronology conH'S d o wn fro m ,\dam, b\" the liun Lhrongh
which Christ tle:;centled. And h e n ce, through I.fie li11r or the kin gs
of Judahhu.s given in !st n.nd 2d Chronicles, w hic h is n.ri 11nbrnke11
line. W ile the kings of Israel have no co_onection wit.It. chron? l·
ogy. They_1vere n. broken Jioe, not o! the hnenge or _David, beg1n-
omg only m the dars or Rehoboo.m, n,nd full of rnten eg11u111!!,
terminating long b elore the captivity or J erusalem. 1t is true t h e
reign of t!te kings o ( Ju dah are given i1~ 1st n.nd 2tl ~{iri gs, but so
blended w1U1 t ile broken n.nd irregular !me of tbe longs or Jsmel,
Lho.t no r eliable chronolo"'Y cn11 bo mn.de 011t from t.hem . . lleuce,
God SMV fit to have the true clu·onological line recorded l.ly itself
in the Chronicles of the kings o f Judah, where there is no irregu-
larities, or breaks; while there n.re mn.nv positi,·c ch rouologictLI
e rro l's in the book of Kinss. F or instnnce'; i n 2 Kings 8: 2<i, i t sn.ys,
"Two o.nd tw enty yenrs old wo.s Ahn.zil\h when be begnn to rci~ u;"
n.nd in 2 Ohron . 22: 2, "1"07·ty and two Ve!u·s o ld WM AIJ1tzill.h when
he b egnn to reign;" and 111 ~ Kin"s l!ei:· s '' J ehoin.ehln was r.igltteet£
yen.rs old when he began to reig1):" nnu' in 2 C itron. 36: 0, ".Jeboin·
eW n WM ef.ght yearo o1d whe11 l;e begnn to r eign. 11 J\go.i11, in 2
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Kings 2;;: 8, "In tbe lifth rnont.h, on. the s11va11.th dn.y of the 111ontli
... ca.me Nebumradnn. t:npt.afo of the i::-un.nl, ... i11to J er11sale1u •1
while in .Jer. 62: 121 it rcn.th, "Now int.he fifth month, ist t.he tenth
tlo.r of the month.. .. C!l.lll e Ncbor.o.ro.dan, cn.pt1lin oC the gu'1rd,
in lo Jerusalem."
l 111ention these things to show that tbe ch1·onol11[J!I of the books
of Kings is not r elinule: thit~ it is o.t ' 'o.ri:l.nce with Jeremiah, wi tb
the Chronicles of the k ini::-s (If .J.udnh, wiLh i.he book or Jutl~es, nn<l
with Paul. And hen ce. the ~t.n.tement or l Kings !I: 1, may 111lstu.ke
one figure, a/ow· for a /i'Ve, :LS eo.sily.o.s in 2 King-~ 24: 8, eighteen
iihould be given for eight.
.Note 5.- 'l'he ne xt. poin~ we will mention is in rel::ition to the ftrst
yen.r of Cyrus b ei ng 13. C. :i3G. '.!.'he only tlttu.ck ever mo.de 0 11 tbis
is by o. cert.a.in class o r Ad,·cntists. And presuming this~ma.y foll
into the ho.nds o! some o f tucw, l will give n little spa.cc to o.nswer-
iog this objection. .
The !net tlmt the first year of Crrns ll'il..'> R 0. li36, is ba.sed on
Ptolemy's en.non, supr,orted b y t,hc cclipi;c11 l.>y whi c h~ the dn.tcs
ol the G1·ecian n.nd I c>rsiiln er~ have l>ccn rct; uln.t ed. And the
n.ccnmcy of Ptolemy's canon is rww t\~\cpted by nll the scientific
n.nd Jitera.t"y world. Henn', fro1u U1e <l:Lys oi Ncbuchndneiw.r to
the Christian en.i., there is but. one chronolog-y.
The o.ttn.ck tnnde on it l>~·oortn in expositors of Dnn. IJ: is, tbn.t ::is
from the "going fo rth o ( tbe. cou11nn.ndillent to restore nnd to build
Jeruso.lem unto Messiah the prince," wo.s to be si~ty-nine "weeks,"
or 4.83 years, therefo re fro111 the Ii rst )'ear of Cyrus to Christ
could be but 483 years. J\nd this does indeed look plausible n.t
first sight. Hence, notwithstnndini;, the facts of hfatory, regu.la.ted
by eclipses, prove the ftrst ycn r of Gyrus to be p. C. 630, yet if they
clo.sh with the prophecy, the Dible student would na.tl1rnll:v
give the preference to the prophecy. llut llerc is where they
stumble: "'l'be commn.ndm cut to rest.ore and to build Jeru-
salem," did not go forth in tho days of Cyrus. For though be
mo.de suc11 11. commnn<lnirut,, it wns stopped o.nd did not go into
ecrect, norwns Jcnrnalc111 rlll.rnilL, :iccordmgtv Eirao.nd Nehemiah,
until some fifty or tnorc yen.rs o.fter Cyrus: And the QO?'.nu foi'lh
oft.he eommo.od1ueot, wns its goin~ into e.!fect. Let me illustrate:
Lincoln issued o. µro clnu1:i.tio11 tlunng our late war, for t.ho eman-
cip:ition of the Negroes. '1'110.t procln.mn.tion was written, nnd
discnsscd, nnd for many weeks was reltdocd in Lite co.binct of the
President, but l\t J:i,st i t went forth, bo.ckcd by t.ltc armies of t.hc
United St.-:i,tcs. \\Th en cl id tlmt co111mand mcnt. •• rro for tll ?" Not
when be 1irst prcpn.recl it, 1 nnsw,:r, for it rcm:i.inr.<1 inel' t in his
cabinet for a time. 1Jut it wc11tfortJi when given Lo the o.rmy, o.nd
it bcgnn to go into effect.. t:lo tbc decree of Cyrns, n.ltuougll ,
issued B. G. 5:16, did not r;o forth until the days of B1,rri. a.nd Nche-
1nio.h, but lay conce:i.lcd fo t he t.rca.sure house of the lti1~gs of
Persin (ace Ezrn. G: HI]. ll cncc, though fro1u th e ti me of the yoi1LO
.forth of t.lrn.t comrnn.1llltncnt., nnt.o M cssii~h t.hc Prince, wns seven
wecl~s n.ml thrcc·t:corc nncl two weeks," il docs n ot prove lliat !ro111
t.h•! lfrst yo:i.rof C11111s to 1hr. l\lr.~!<il\.ll w;u: only•IS:l yen.rs, 1L11d lhero-
forc docs noL wcnl,c·n ihc r.hro11olo:;:r of PLolc1uy 1s ca.non.
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The reader !.;; pcrltnps more tlmn h:df convinced that thc~e
Lhiugs arr; true; and lhnt we nre indeed nt t.he end of the gos-
pel nge. And the <pwstion presents itself, What shall we do?
Believe, I nnswcr. Not without being convinced; but look care-
fully ngnin nt. nil Lhc evidences, and if, nft<'l' a fnll investigation,
the arguments appear Scriptural, lny 110!!1 of, nnd uclieve
them. ·
Holiness, or sanclification to God, is tl1c result of faith.
"~tLnctify them through thy truth ; thy word is truth." And
"without holiness 110 mnn shnl! see the Lord." Under the gos-
pel, "faith is coon tcd for rig!J teonsncss." ] n otl1er words, faith
1.~ the tree, nnd ~ood works is the fruit. A mnn will net in ac-
cordance with his faitl1 ; for instance: if n merchnn t, fo1· good
and sound rJ?tiSons, believes that cotton goods will be worth fifty
f1cr cent. morn next month tlrn.11 they nre now worth, he will llOL
b~ nuxio11s t.o dispose of his stock at present prices, uut rather
to replenish it. While if he Las rntisfactory evidence tliat cotton
g?ods will fnll lifoy per ce11t...1!c:xt L~onth, he will. 11ct in quite n
d1f!crent manner._And so f1uth brmgs forth fnut.
The opinion widely oulnins, anc1 is on lhe increase, lhut it
mnt.ters little~v.;ll:,i.li•yo11 belict•c, so long as yon arc good ; that n
few of the first princi11lcs of the gospel, n<ldcd to good works, is
·all' that is necessary. And this is the stone over which n\en are
to stnmble. "Many shall say unto me, iu that dny, Lord, Lord,·
ha;re we not done mnny wondel'ful things in thy 11ame." '£hey
l'cgret having done; so little fol' J esus· yesterday, but promise
great things to-morrow. It is cert.'linly nght to dcvot('. all to the
ca1:1se of Christ, but be carefnl yon do not exalt'11Jorks instead of
faith; and forget that it is fnith, and only faith, which, under the
gospel, is counted for righteousness. No matter how much you
may do for Christ, he will ignore the whole of it, unless your
fo.ith is righL; ''without faiLh, iG is impossible to" please God."
_Not merely faith in some one or two features of the gospel, but
fu.it.h in his word. lt was faith which eavr:d: Noa~; nnd his spD-
c'ial work was the fruit of his special faiLU. ·•
Good works may flow from a b<.'ncvolent heart, entirely inde-
pen<leut of faith towards God; :i.nd will Le rewarded when
ever.v w01•k, '' whetht'r it be goocl, or wlieLhcr it be evil," is re-
W:Ll'ded in lh<'- rcslil ution iigc. .But for tit is "lligh calling in
Christ Jesus," faith, fnll :tnd complete, in each and every pre-
sc·nt truth which God <lcsicru ed for the church, is a necessity.
For inst:ince: Supposing tl~ese lliin_gs nrc no w trnc, Lh£lt the h:ir-
vo:,;(. of' Ll1n ~o~pcl ngc lias co1nc. and Ilie day of the J1ord is rcal-
1" .... ..... ..... ; ,.,, lh ,.1,11n·ll :11·1· fr• lit• in I.lie li.!!111.. sn lli at "I/wt
1•
day" will not come upon Lhcm 1rn aw1wcs, au<l the world arc to
I.Jc in darkness. 'Ehis 1wcsaut gene1·ation of uhristiuus, Llie 1\uovc
b<:ing truc, are supposed to have light lhu.L L11Ll1l·r, Knox, 01·
Wcsley dicl not 111nc, jnst ns surely as th.-1.t Noah was recluil'Cll
to hnve u fuitb that. E11 och 1lid n<J ~ han•. 'l'hc foitl1 of Bnocl1
cou ltl not. have saved Notd1; uor can I.he f;Lith of n \Vt'sley opeu
the door of the kin ~llo lll lo 011(; i11d1ri1l11al or Ila is ge11r.rution, up-
on whom Lue clay or l hc L crtl i::1 comiug. Tu believe on the
Lord J esus Christ, is l0 l.Juil<l 011 thi.: rnc: k, an<l will save a man.
llut there are two cl11sscs, t.he Olli', iLlt.hough building ou the
rock, tire to snfler l os~ lo pitss thrnu gh lla is lcrrible ordeal; "the
hou r of tempt11Lion wh iclt is lo Lry rill then\ tliut dwell on the
carlh ;" they arc to '' stt ffer loss," to " lose their life," 1mtl to he
saved" so ashy fl re." 'l'he ot11er ·• li;we an 11b1rndunt entmnce,"
"escape all th(lsc Lliings wl1id1 nrc coming on the earth, ancl
st.u1d before the Svn or m:m:' Ona class, while holdiug
tbe first principles of the gospel, " I.Jui Id wi IIt hay, wood, and
stubble;" th·e 0Lhe1· with " gold, ~ill·<.n- auil prcC'ions stones."
B1tilding with "hi1y, "'<'Cl!l, 1\IHl st!lbl1I.:," 01' ' ' gultl, silver,
and precions stoll cs," tl1• pcinls 11 11 t,li c chan1cter of his
faith. And th(! c1•it.lc11cc is SCI clca1· that Lhe bl'ide, the
church of the first-b orn, those who nre lo siL with Christ on his
throne, und "jndge the 1vorld ;" uri: to Ii!! ill ll1c 1ig11t in rnln-
tion to the coming ol the c1ay of the: Lord; thnt Lli~y nre tl1e
clnss who have nlways ltec11 in adrnnce, and held lhe trut)H!
which correspond wif.h the "gold, iiilver, 11nd precious stones,"
seems too clenr for any 011e to willin[Jl_11 turn their back on what
the Scriptures tench, 11s a<llrnncc<l lrnlh.
Those who think lit at f.lil Ii in 111h:u1ccd Lrnll1 is of lillle or no
consequence, n11tl that if 11 111an is good it matters not what he
believes, builcl on th1: }l:\ralile of .Mat.t. i5: 31: " Inasmuch us
.Ye have clone iL lo ul\l' of the least of these, my brethren, ye lrnve
done it un to me, cntur inlo tile kinguom prevared for you," &c.
But the nbove clnss arc l1ro11ght rnto .i11(lf/'Tll811t, and nrc sav-
ed in ~he restitution ; while the churuh of the first-born "sh1~ll
11ot com~ into judgment, t krisis), but l1111•e pnssecl from death
unto life." Tn the n~st.ituti o n, s:dvafion is to be of worl;s, as un-
der the law, clo and lin•; and "whcu the Stm of mnn shall sit
upon the throne of his glory,'' his bride wi ll also be on that
th rone, for " the s:ii11ts shall jungc: the worh1 :" and every good
deed, and every evil deed of snch as nre 1Jl·o11glit into ju<lgmc11t.,
will buve their reward. An<l 111a11y at the J>rescntdn.y 11rcco1111t-
ing themselves in with lhe class wl10 arc lo be rcwardedfw tltefr
goo(l works. But LIH~ rewanl of good 'vorks has no pince i11 this
"high cnlling." '1'11 such "it is 110 longer of works, Lntof faith."
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