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 blMbiUnU df Toronto Towiuhip, Brampton and Etoblcoke : it ia tlie onljr correct 
 expodtion of the Prophecies of the Old and New Testamoita ever oflTeivd to the 
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 Entered accordiog to Aet of the Provincial I«g(alatnre, in tHe year of onr Lord ( 
 thonaand eight hundred and eixtythree, by Jamm BiAqna, ia the Office of the ] 
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 BnroH drawing yonr attkntion to thU importut lubjMt, permit bm to Uj, that th« 
 Blbla waa naver intradad to ba andarstood by tha laamed and tha grflat only. Whaa 
 onr SaTiour eama4nto thia world, had U plaaaad Ilia divina will, Ila mjf ht have brought 
 with Him twaltra angala to bear taaUmony to Ilia daath and raaurraotlon, and who would 
 hava toma tha riad tidii^a of Mlvatloa, qa wliwi of brightnaaa, to tha nttarmoat anda 
 tt tha earth. Mad thia not plaaaad UU dlvtaa wlU, He might have ahoaan twelve great 
 philoaonhera, whoaa aduoation and knowledge would have oommandad reepeot amongat 
 all gradea and eUaaea of aociaty. Or, had tha wladom of thia wcwld aniaared to tha 
 Almighty but fooliihnaea, He might haTa«hoa«B twelve monarcha, whoaa afllufnoa— 
 Whoaa wealth— would hava enaUad them to roll In oharioU, of gold, preceded and 
 followed by tha Bounding of trumpeU, to oall the attention of the world to that greateal 
 of all avanU,— 4he redemption of tha world thrMwh the blood of Jeeua Christ. But, 
 were any of thoaa tha iiiatr No I Ha ohoae twelve humble, i lalaamad and Ignorant 
 ' men, aa we have In the eaaa of PMar and John ; AcU iv. It.' 
 
 With thia fMt before yon, think It not presumptloa 
 to angelie parity, nor phUoeophle knowledge beyond ' 
 to Uy before you the aimpla trutha of the Bibfe aa ._ 
 I youraelvea Justiflable, let your poaition In life be eve? 
 
 ever eo liniited, in neglecting to hwk into thoaa great: 
 
 raveh^ons, which I ahall en&voor to prove, are addreaaed ai plicitly and directly to 
 you. I repeat, with |hla bet before yon, I demand aa a privUi ge, that yon ahall hear 
 me patiently and Judge ma Impartially. 
 
 I oonsider the Ungnage of prophecy written in the platneat i tyla that could ba held 
 oqt to the world. And the promlae, ■'^Bleaaed la ha that readati and th^ that hear the 
 worda of thia prophecy." Ao. ; Rev. i. S. la not held out to tha teamed and great, but 
 (o thoae who ehdoae to look Into the " worda of thia prophecy." HoMliw up Uila truth, 
 let na put the queaUon : What am I about to by before you T 
 
 • The Apoatla Fwil. In hia apiatle to tha Corinthiana, makaa i deebratlon that may 
 q>pear. to abma at variance with other paaai^^ of Scripture. For inataaca, Chriafc 
 declarea : " And the wrarid hath hated them, beeanae they ai« n« t of tha world, even as 
 I am not of the world," John zvIL 14. Yet Fanl, In flnding bi Jt with a division that 
 bad got among, tha OortntUana, aaya: " One aaith, ' I am ofPki 1,' and another, < I am 
 of ApoUoa," Aa. and flnlahea with thia declaration: " Lot no m4n gtory In men. for all 
 things are yours; whether PmI, or ApoUoa. or Oephaa, or M« wMtf. or life, or death, 
 or thinga preaant, or thfnga to eonke. all are yonrs," Aa AgaUi I put the qneatloa, 
 " Howls &a world youral" I speak to tha people of God. "Ole world la youra" 
 Thia then Is the first point I abalf endeavour to nrove, that tha "World ia yours," thaft 
 It has been givan to you by the great GWer if all things, the Ahnf 
 never lUI; that yon sImiII yet rule and govern the world in ' 
 power " which maketh desokita" shall fidl; and peace, righteoi 
 BU the whole earth. But. Uke tha prppdsa given to Abraham, 
 the Und of Canaan for ever: altho^ Jio, or hia children for a 
 poasess the Und that God had given Urn ; so tha wicked hava 
 under foot, for a certain period, the ridita of tha people of God. 
 oome to an and. and the " world" shau ba " jmm." 
 
 In tha eecond plaoa, I ahall eadeaTOW to bold up to your view 
 relgnof wiekadaeaahu had npoB the world in past waa; Ito ' ' 
 moment; theiaflnenca it shall hava till it be deateoyed; tha 
 and when the worda at the Apdsth FMiI ahall ba verifled: " AU _ 
 Inthenezt.phMieIwishtohaldi9toyowTisw;the Ihot, that thia 
 
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 ^aad happiaesa shall 
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 permitted to tread 
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 leaatthe preaeat 
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 of wickedneaa 
 
 has been earried on and moved bv Asi<«» power npon'tha earth, sf^kea of fat aoma 
 
 « the earth i*' l>y Daniel, aa the " abomlaatioa of deao* 
 
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 btton;" by Oirist as « the abomiaatioB <tf dMolattoa spdien of by Daidal the prophet.'* 
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 held op then ]nat like the flgnrea In a panoBMnaTto renr«H^ 
 
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 •ubject iMl&re yoo aa aet forth In the Book of Rerehtlon • 
 Uma with other parU of Scriptare. The flrat three chantori 
 4r«ne« to Itaturltv. although the'l^^m,™ 1.^7^^^^? 
 ^opening of a ioorln hearen. orTlfXr wSSJ th^^^nhj 
 
 f^l'i.^ t^*^ ^ reoreaent iWHT ; for thronea are for 
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 tiaaaad the Oli^a will, who would have prooUtmed the irlad 
 
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 iSr " ^^iT^^^^ ■MM rula or dealgn la carried out. 
 
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 nf'^J*" turn to chap Md. t. 10. that tia!ohurch rf 
 fk!^ «^ •bomlaatlon, te preaentad to yonr view 
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 id\lMh Tcraa, ^' The flrat Conndation waa iaaner " Hum 
 
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 «okS'rflha';r,2;:r«r t::^!!!^^^' ^t^J^ "«i«^^ ^ Almlghty.'aa I 
 
 ifATL . ? *^**"y ]•'■ P*^'" »o more, but 
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 etMUtl all Ihlnc*. and kir Tkv pUsMr* Umt m* and w»r« rrawlml." lUr* llivii U la 
 — uMUhwl bayoMl • dixtbl, UmI ha that U im tha thnmii U J»nu fhrUt, aa (ioil 
 AlmwKly, with hla wIlMMaaa, oliiihwi In ntliaa «( wMta •wliltunatlcml of nurllr— 
 whlt'k hava ba«a~waalM«l In tha bl<MMl nf tha l^unli who U now on tha Ihrnna,— rami «■ 
 thrlr h«a<ia ara crowna of gohl. (iohl la tha imiat iiradoua of all nrntaU. r<in'iipi|ii<intl* 
 It U a baantlAtl anhlam of thoaa rruwna that ara on tha hnula of4th<MMi wUniHHH'* llul 
 ymi may aak, why, or how ara th«y crownad T I aaawar, l>a«aua« thay ara niailw kliiK* 
 of (Iml and of Cttim ; «h. I. 0. Tha world la thali^, to thair crowaa ara eroirna of Kold, 
 ihrra la nothlnc apurfoaa aboat tharo. 
 
 " And out <if tha Ihrona prucaadad IlKhtnlnn, aixl thundprlnm, and votrra." In lh« 
 Ant |ilaca, thara la aoniatblnx »^M mbinti ll|(htnlnff and thuntiar. It la plaiml In lh« 
 haav«n« ■<> that all nyaa can mm It ft tha aama momant A flaah of llghlnlnn rn-alra ft 
 brrathliMw |iauan to haar thnawfUt thnndnr thalfollowa; alau vol<wa hava tha aamp i-fffrt. 
 Whaa vulcaa ara haard a allanoa la at onea roada, and nvrry organ airrtad to i-alrh th« 
 ■oiiiid ; ao thl« alin|>la flgura la naad to call your atlantlon tu tha wonta that ahall follow | 
 In brrathlaaa allnnoa pauaa, till you haar tha awful wonla that coneam you moat partl- 
 eularly : " And thare wera aaraa lampa of Ara burning bafora tha throaa, which ar« th« 
 Mvi^n ' HplrlU of (iml.* " Thoaa lampa raqaira no eBplanatlon, aa It la glr an ; but yon 
 may aak : how la It that tha numbar anmi la givan T You will fM thU olaarly l>rfora I 
 •m through, liowavor, I may gira yoa an Idea now. Tha parlod to which thU 
 nrophacy rafara la dlvldad Into aavaii parimla or apacea of tima ; tha aavanth Anlahai 
 the awful drama, whan the wickad ah*!! fkll, and that nerlod ahall dawn upon the earth, 
 — TS* Ihottmnd ytar$ of riffhttimmtm, mKm ChriM aAoM rtijfn m iKtmtamd jftan. Ilene* 
 till* propheoy aent to the mtn churohea of Aala, — the mmh Hjilrlta of Uod, under tha 
 Agiire of " tampt." " AntI U-fom the thnme there waa a aca of glaaa Ilka unto ervaUl." 
 TliU " aoa of glaaa," In the flrat place, la emblematical of purity, oleameaa, brlghtneaa. 
 Ita |M>«ltlon bcfom the throne at once conveva the Idea, that whoever itiiod them ^ould 
 behold the Image of (Siriit continually. It i» aluo ailrrounded by thta bow of protection, 
 chap. XV. a, oonArma thla Idea; for tlicre von will And thoae who hava gut the victory 
 over the t«aW " Stand oo the aea of glaaa having the har|M of Uod." 
 
 " Ami In the mldat i^ tha throne, and round about the throne, wera four beaata M\ of 
 aycfi before and lichlnd." Here the acene la changetl ; Chriat la sitting on the throne ; 
 yet lie must bo reureaented In thla prophecy aa an Individual actor, or the great and 
 principal Mtor He cbodaea then the Arat beaat to rrpreaent, or I ahould rattier My, to 
 prcKont h lj^Jl ^iafote you ; for thata four beaata ara placed here ta preient to you, or 
 "L**" lil^iP'' °' call T<mr attaatlon to four great eventa that mnat tranapire on tha 
 earth. llWafPl^arance of the creataraa ara cbaraoterlatlo of the acene they re|ir«acnt. 
 The Arat couiea from the mldat of tha throne, and pr^nta before your notice Chriat 
 and Hla church. You will aaa thla proved by tha vary nest chapter, v. 6 : " liehold 
 the Uon of the tribe of Juda the root of David,^' Ao. ; "The Arat beaat waa Uka a lion." 
 The second beaat waa like a ealf, emblematical of aacriAca. Calvaa ware alaln and . 
 oflbred In aacriAca. The third had a taoa aa a man. Man waa oraatad after the Imaga 
 of Ood, but when ha fell he beoama a demoraliied being, yet a being of Judgment 
 This beast hna a face as a man, or aa man debased, corrupted, cunning andtyrannlca^ ) 
 oppoaed to all that is good. Tha " fourth baaU waa Ilka a Ayliw eagb." Tha eagle la ' 
 a bird of prey, and the moat powerful of btrdabf pray ; hance tha Agara represenU:— 
 carnage, bloodshed, slaqghtar. Now obaarva, althoush the period gfran la divided Into 
 aavcn apacea of tlm^ yet the actors are four. " And th* /our btatb had *aeh of Atm tim 
 tringi aloHl kirn.*' Aa I said before, tlma Is divided Into savea parioda or apaeea ; bat 
 those beasts, which represent the mat acton In this drama, hava only six winga. They 
 only wing their wav over six of tSoaa perioda or spaoaa of tlma, aa I shall prove to yoq 
 hereafter. Evan Christ's church, whtch Is repreaantad by tha Uon, shall baooma dead 
 at the end of tha sixth period, aad tha chnroh that shall be formed will be sometliing 
 new.vthat no man knows anytjilng about now. " And they wera fidi of eyea within ;" 
 figurative of looking into the tmt^ of thla prophecy, or looking into ftitiM^ty. Hera. 
 then, yo« hava tha aubject fiilly aet before you. Chriat la set upon hla throne of gbry , 
 anrroandad by bia witikeasea. Tha rainbow, tha aaa of-|^aaL tha lkhtniii|ga, voicea, 
 ^c, are all, M I have triad to ahow^ fignrea aatted to hi* poaitidn. The four beasts are 
 
 their appearanoa U cbaraotariatio of what they 
 
 . aa 0«a, aitting on the throna, holda in his right 
 
 hich ahall ravaal the myatariaa which I am alMut 
 
 and on the back aide, and aealad with aevan 
 
 aeala T "No man in haavan nor in earth," Ae. 
 
 aap not : behold tha lion of tha tribe of Juda," 
 
 aaranoa ; Ha ts attll In tha midst of tha throna^ 
 
 cornea forth aa a "Iamb aa it had been slain, 
 
 |ch ara tha aayan Spirita of Ood aaiit forth into 
 
 tha ayaa att Asurea of looking into, or rathar, 
 
 alnNidy mantioned. Tha homaara Agnraa of 
 
 ' miM-i *"" 
 
 about to open the aobject before 
 are about to preaank And now C_. 
 hand tha book that ia to ba opened, 
 to lay before yon. It is written wil 
 seals. But who ia worthy to open 
 " And one of the elders aai^ nnto me, 
 Ac. Hera Christ simply chaagaa Hla aj 
 and Uie beaata, and the eldera ; but I 
 havtnig Raven homa and aaven eyea, wl 
 dl the earth." I nwy just mention th 
 figiiraa of light thrown into thoaa peril 
 
 power. 1 A«J W, 
 
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MHu TMw «»f UM mat antora iikI cvanto that ihall Uka iilara fi>r tk. ak.:!. . i i 
 
 It oMUInad www Tu^nl ul m . '^ rWVrtraii„ar a vl.w of Kl. f,m. an.l all 
 iL^ Xh .11 l.?«rij , ' ^*' '•'"' •" •" •"•'"•«e« Md gtva him a view of tlifl whola 
 
 OB hlni hi^ a^*T .«^ . ^^ '. "•"• •".•* '*•''"'•' ■ «*•'• A*"-**. •"<« h« that nat 
 
 tocon^uT" Ihr; 1. r."""" T" «';•"*«>'''». •"'« h" w.nt forth co».,uerlnff a"d 
 
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 Wing, ow tha wht,u !lrtk V^ i"^' .?*'C''k''*^«»^ •»»•" 'P^^i W 
 
 i»^ur«r uia whola earth ^a crown, aa I tald bafora, la flmratira «r dominion— 
 
 •• * _ ""'■^»' K"*"". Another rolce in tha midat of tha four beurta <■ hmmrA ...i.? 
 
 The voice wtien^J^^SLfkiitir'"" *" ' %»«.«>' *">«•«•. W thia ta not correct-e 
 ik" V"?, V r. P'^M'pt the famine comaa a fter t h f k«i«— «nd tim i».i.»^ ^n ' t_ 
 
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" A«4 •■• tiiM ti«H not th« Ml hmI th« wW." It U f\B\» htm «li«t tiAUmt Ititl (Im 
 •ImpU) Agw**, " (HI M<l *la«," am li«r* h«ltl »iit m llK«n« of th* J«»«. I Ml mJ win* 
 wur* InaWlf* pacallar to th«M, iMnirs tlw IWiir* In iliU |iUr«.lo r«|>r»«vnt • |imi|iU. U 
 k fvltUiil that th« J«wa iImU ba Mtiiarat* from tlui rvat uf tba ••>rl«l , that Iha wblU 
 
 kwraa aad hia riUar ahall hava n<> |M>««ir iivar thatii until tlia vnd <if iIm ■irtHiltm'y, or, al 
 Uaiil, nnlll liia mmI of KM) yrara; that lllay ahall aiA Im mtfaRml la th* wa'ra and 
 •lauKhtora aiHthtn of h«n> ; that tlivtr tluMiKhta and artlolia ahairnot it* «i-l|(h)Ml In th« 
 
 l)alan<-ra Itald In tha 
 fourth aaal la ofiMiml, 
 
 hand of th« ruhiitf 
 " I hmirti tha voU-« of -tha fourth 
 
 |Ni«i<r Hdlny oa tha hiinM of darkiKHM. 
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 Thia b«Mt kaa tha a|itM<arani'n of an fay/f, • liini of pray, Itlnlf of pray do not kIv« 
 thn Idr* of war, bat of d«ui rarcaaai - a. Tha ndour of tha horaa which ai>|M>i<rrd la alao 
 a tlKtirit of daatfau lo hot, tha Vtoloura of all tha horaaa arn flgurra o Cjfti ' mtnin ihluK . 
 raa|wctlT«ly, aa tha Iwaata whU-h prrw-nt tllrni to your notlua. Thl^B^ax la /m/«, • 
 llgura of daath " aail Hall," or In othvr wor<la, " th»0niw," ftilkiwml wTlh-ldm. Ilrra 
 wa bav.a • iil«;tnra of Rraat national <lratln<tfa. Th« witola urorUI haa Im-mna d<>a<l— not 
 IxMllly (iaati, but nationally and morally daad, rorruptad, d*l>aa»d, <l«a<l Ici prinrlnia, 
 trt>m (ha rttllng powara t4i t1i« moat hnmlila cottar ; In a woni, «na maaa of i orru|i(lon, 
 " And |M>war waa xivrn unto th«m." Tha pronoun " Ihmt " la uacd. It IioIok alrratly und»r> ' 
 •tiMHl that all thoaa IlKurra fflven are linld forth to rapraaant (Mtmiptlon and death. Ho 
 
 {M>war la iflvan unto Mnn to kill with awonl, and with hunoar, and with da^alh, and with 
 h« iM'aata of the earth. The bvaat* here mentlonail. 1 ibali t^y to prove to you; ar« . 
 certain ruling nowera. The h<UiK*>r> awonl, and death, are flynn'* of the ctTcct of cor* 
 rantlon. In them may b« aevn vice of all klnda, murdara, drunkenaeea, atarvatlon, 
 arlalns fhmi vice, Ao. ' 
 
 A« I aald lM<fore, the f6ur beaata nreaent to yoar view the great ralInK or moving 
 pow«ra whhh ahall fl|pir« thr«Hi(th time divkled Into els |terlo«l8. Htlll tha a«>ala repra- 
 •nnt the |ierl<Mla, or are flirurea (if tlu>a»r ptsrloda ; they ar« aevvn, but all a^a all we havt 
 aaythlng to do with In thia cha|>t4<r. 
 
 The reailnr who underatanda tha mvaterlMof thia book would oalurally ennpire, 
 whi*re are the |ieopla of (iod^amldat all thia tyramiy, i^rrnptlon and death T If tha «uli|ect 
 waa not here taken up. But thia liiiiiortant niattvr la not (/> be ao Inquired nftor. It la 
 here taken up with the oiMmlng Of the tifth aval. " I *aw undtr tha altar the aoula of 
 them that were alaln for the word of Uod, and for the teatlrinony whirh they held." 
 Thia fl|(iire or pli^ure held up, for It la only a (iKUre to reprMient a certain fact, ahowa 
 tlwt the people of Ood have been p«r«r«utc<l, alaln ; that thov have been niiirtvred for 
 the faith In Jeaua Clirlat And the next two voraca which hillow ahow tho fall of tha 
 wlokod to be only tha praycra of the ritthtcoua anawered, or, In other Wofda, a Jual 
 recom|N!nae for the many acta of wickedneaa (wrtwtrated by them. And Iw^iold (ha 
 hour la come when they •hall fail. The opening of tJie alxth aeal aliall aeal their doom . 
 for ever, and that dajr la at hand. 
 
 " And-I beheld when be had opened the aiith aeal, and, lo, there waa a Ki^at earth* 
 quake." An earthquake ahakea the earth from pole to pole. The rorka aru rent, the 
 •trongeat bqlldlng la crumbled to the ground, eve^y aoul la atrtick with awe. There !• 
 theli a figure of a commotion of the moat awfbl deacription at the rery o|M>nlnK of iha 
 •ixth acu. " And the ann became black aa aackcUtth of hair, and the mtMm lM*came «• 
 blood.". The aun and the moon are held up aa flgurca of the llgitt of hi-aven. Tha 
 church of Chriat la held forth In the 18th cha|)ter aa a Woman clothed with the aun and 
 the ra<H)n under her feet. Ilcrc then we aod the-llghtef Heaven haa Ik-comki darkneaa, 
 aa black aa aackcloth of hair. Thu moon, that light which la repreaented aa the light 
 under the feet of the church, haa become aa blood. A apirit of darkneaa, wIckedncM, 
 and war, liaa atampeil out every a|iarlf<of g«iapel ilglit Kven thoae llghta which ehona 
 once with heavenly brif htneaa are now emiaaariea of darkneaa and blood, " And tha 
 ttars of heaven fell," «c. Aa I ahowed before, Stan are figure* of the churchea of 
 Chriat, aa vou will aeu In the lat di., 30 v., or rather, I ahould aav, the Spirit of tha 
 church. Here then thoee atnra arc fallen, the Spirit of the church la fallen. " And 
 «Tery mountain and laland were moved out of their place*." I ahall prove to yon 
 befure I am done that " Ulanda " and " mountalna" ar« figure* of nationa and great 
 ruling powcra, or ruling powera great and. email. The remainder of the chapter ahitwi 
 that Tie that i* aittlng on the throne, lurroundcd by hi* eldcra, la the great moving 
 power, and that the wicked aeem to know that ho is about to puniah them ; therefor* 
 they ciUl on the rocka, den* and mountain* Ut hidu them from hi* pre*ence. He haa 
 heard the cry of hi* people: " How long, O Lord, holy and tnft»><loat thou not Judgs 
 and avenga our blood on them that dwell on the earth x' Uer« then I have given on* 
 grand view of all that ahall coma on tlie earth, and now we ahall taka up tlie anbjact 
 more minutely a* *et forth here. 
 
 In the next chaptar the aabi«ot I* taken opt indlvldaally, and begin* at the veiy 
 beginning of the prophecy. The four great moving power*, of which I have been 
 speaking, praaented to you under the figure of the four horse* with their riders, and of 
 tlie four beast*, are here exhibited under the figure of " four angel* standing on the four 
 comers of the earth," Ac They are standing on the four Comer* of the earth,— a fig- 
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 pl^nre gives en indirldndviJw; bnt the word iXww^ta i^?^SS2^^^ 
 
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 ■ JonriKSiliS^^ hwe left oir, «ul eeeomp«.,ing it,rt the Mime time, withtll 
 ArJ^fI^S!L«'te^* kjTO * be«it»d^picture of the church of ehrist, mider the 
 
 J«w«wt ?**^ !»«»«'•" to entw Into alengthenSMmiinent to mo^^^ 
 
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devil, M it is shown in the Otii Terie. Bat how dnea thodovil eomo to haTC Mven headi 
 •nd ten horns, snd (even orownsnpon hts hrsdsT As I Mid at Uio coiniiipncemont of 
 my leetttre, I wish toshow you tiuit tlicre has l>ecn * /mmmt ttt up on csnh, a visible sot- 
 ap power, called by Daniel Ms i^onUnaHoH of iktolatitm, H\ntkvn of m Hin God of the 
 earth ; Rer. xi. ana ir., Zeoli.-ir. and ziv. And now I wiah to show yon how tho appel- 
 lation "abominatloa of desolation" is applied to this seUup i(uw«r. Tho ruamia is 
 ■imply because it is an arrogant, presamptuous nsorpatlon, or, 1 might say, fiirpry qf r 
 the tiod of heATen, Whose object and tendencv is to spread wickedtiuss, immorality and 
 conAisioo, in the plaoe of righteousness, morsuty, peace and harmony. Yua will rcv in 
 Paniel's Tision oohoemlDK the overthrow of Persia, Ac, and the Invnnion of the 
 Romans, chap. xL, when tnat tyrant shall set his heart against tho holv covenant and 
 take away the daily sacrifice, he shall "place the abomination that makutli dimilnte ;" 
 eh. xi. 81. Here tlisn la a setting up of, a visible god of tho earth in oupositlcm to the 
 God of heaven, a settli^ up of a system of Idolatry, and consoquuntly it is dcsunatod 
 " tiie abomination of desolaUon." > You will now at onco p<!rceive how the apoetla Paul 
 comes to use the simpbiilfmonBtratiTe pronoun "Ihat" when he s*ys; " that man of 
 Bin." Bccauoe he hasfi^dy been set up, and his setting up again is only a renewal of 
 what has Already boen.'^ul, as I said, how does the dovil como to have, seven heads 
 and ten horns, and so,ven crowns upon his heads t It is because he is tlio great ruling 
 power, or I ml^t say, the first person in a viaiblo set-up power which is described as 
 having seven heads and £en horns, Aa. Yott will naturally ask, how is the devil the 
 first person in this god of the earth t Is the devil's influence not alwnys.feltr llns he 
 not always striven against the will of God? Uow then do you say that he will b« 
 $«t-upf I acknowledge tW Satan's iofhicnce is o.ver felt, spiritually siieaking. but not . 
 as a temporal ruling power oh earth. It is then under this garb and in this form th*t 
 he is presented before yon as the first person of this god of the earth, under the figure 
 of a groat red dragon, or flying serpent. Ills colour, red, is emblematical of his charac- 
 ter—bloody, tynmnlcal. The flying serpents in the wilderness are typical o^hi8 ■ 
 influence, spreading his poison amongst the inhabitiuiU of the earth. Ilia introdultioii 
 before you in this garb is at tho coming of Christ Ills tali drew the third part of 
 the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth; or, as I showed yott ; before,' the 
 titird port of the churches of Christ, and did cast them to the e*rth. Uo is ready to 
 devour th^ child, but it is caught up to heaven ; and tho woman, or, in oth<^ words, tlia 
 Church fled into the wilderness, where she hath a pUM» prepared of Ood, that ^they 
 should feed her there 1260 years. Tho diUdren of Israel fled into the ^dcrneiM where 
 they were fed by the hand of God 40 years. This then is hold up as a figure of the 
 church. 6he is completely separated from that set-up power, taken, as it were, under 
 the protection of heav^en,— completely separated from the rulins |iOwors of tho earth 
 for 1260 years. "We find that there was war in heaven, and by the blood of the Lamb 
 the dera is overcome, and is cast, with his angels, into the earth; "And when the 
 dragon saw that he wW oast into the earth, he persecuted the woman which brousht 
 for& the man^hiid. Attd to the woman were given two wings Of a (treat eagle, tliAt 
 ■he might fly intoihe wilderness into her pUce, where she is nourished for a tunc, and 
 times,andhalfs time, from the face of the serpent" I wish you to mark strictly that 
 the woman's fiying into the wildem«HW la twice m^tiq;ied, althoosh the circumstance ia 
 the same; ana that tilte fint time given U 1260 — the second— time, Umes and a half 
 time, consequently the Ume. tiines and half and the 1260 are the wuine. This fiuit is a 
 
 . complete key to (tut time when these things shall take phice. " And the serpent cast 
 out of hismou^ water as ft flood after the woman." I shall prove to you that " tealer" 
 is a i^re of oeqvb. multitudes. So it ia evident that this sot up power, of which the 
 devil is the Wd, shall persecute the people of God— shall try to destroy the church 
 from the face <tf the earth. 
 
 " And I stood upon the sand of the sea. and saw ft beast rise up out of the sea, having 
 ■even heads and ten horns, and upon his noma ten crowns, uid upon his heads the name 
 of bkephemy. A^d the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard', and his feet were aa 
 the feet of a bear, sod hia tamnth as the month of a lion. And the dragon gave him hia 
 power, and bia seat, and great authority." Here we have a picture of the second person 
 of thia god of the earth; and yon wQl rt once see the connexion in the seven heads and 
 ton horns, with this dlffBrenoe^-tlM first has seven crowns upon hia heads ; the second 
 ten crowns u|k« hia horna,aJidnpon his heads the name of bia^emy. We diall speak 
 of this distinctido by-andrby. The character of this second person is hdd up under the 
 figure of Uiree bMuta. " The beast wUdil saw was like unto a leopard." When any- 
 thing is held up aa ft fignire, the fira^ thing we have to mu^is. in what doea this thing 
 differ f^om any other ; and of course the difference has something to do with the cha* 
 raCter of the otject It ia intended to npreaent The oidy peculiarity in the leopard ia 
 ite colour : it is a spotted aniknal, uid difibra only from other wild beaste in this respect 
 « And Ua feet Were as the feet <tf ft bear." r "Feet" (^vea the idea of joumeyinff. 
 travelling ; and what ia peculiar about the bear in thia rMpeot ia this : while ahnoet all 
 o^r ai&aala bkve_ft piurticular ^bce of abode, ft pMuliar climate, the track of the^ 
 
 ~^eef of^lhe hMV~Buy helmced~fraDarthe icy mdnntiina of the polirT«tonl to the-drtft^ 
 ing sands ut the torrid aoae. "And his month •• the month vt a Uon." The lloo'a 
 
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 pten^tTii the terrible Mnrad of his toiee; the ro*r<of the lion atrikee terror Into all 
 Who bew It Here, then, it the ram of the whole charieter of this eeoond penon of thia 
 Mt^p power, ft ie compoMd of muiy ritades «id colonrs. Its fqot-print fa fonnd from 
 Hie Icy north to the eqoator; the aoond of tta voloe atrikea terror Into the whole world 
 And the dragon gave Urn hia power, and hU leat, and great authority." Aa I lald hi 
 rewrd to the ohoToh, although Che flgnre la Intended to repreaent the thing at a cerUin 
 E^»°r; It*! ■»* ■•«f^'y "»» «• the ilgarea deacripUve of ito character ahoiJd apply 
 to It at that paitlcnlw moment So It & in thia flgnre. ft la intended to r«>reaent a 
 VI "Sim • «*^'> P**^ ! yet an the lignrea are not applicable at that time. Frator. of 
 KlrkhiU h« glren a correct expoaltton of thb flgttre: tiiat It la a flgnre of Ute srUt 
 Ronun Empire, witii ita aeren heada, or, in other^mda. ito aeren fbrSa of goremSent. 
 and Ito (en hone, or, in oUier word*, ito dirialott Into a nnmber of Uagaoma. The idea 
 •peee «ompIetely witii tiie^lbmre. The Roman Emphre la oompoaedcl dUferent ahadea 
 rf people, flke tie apoto of the leopard; ito foot-p^t la froiTnarth to feonth. «»dlto 
 tt \^' ^ ^J! *''°**' 7"'"^ v^> "^ ^** •»• «' »*• headrwaa woSndikl to 
 " t^tn^i^,^T^^ "^S?^? T" i**^ '* •"W't be aaid, at the (Ul of eachfom 5 
 BOTerameJit, that one of Ito heade waa wounded to death; bat tiiia la not what to 
 Sl^'^Si*" S* u»deratood here. The different fbhna of got^mment wen but Se the 
 ehamelMn dianging ito colour ; tiiey had no effect, flirthe? tiian amere form. But what 
 la^tended to be ahown here la, that the orlglual form, with all Ito power and influence 
 be«jme de«l-that it wm womided to deatfif Yea, thi great ItomiiEmpire ^021 
 ST *« onoe 'wved the aoeptre of power waa no more; atUI the b«5y waa there, 
 T^'I • dWerent i»me-4he ten powera of Europe. But ito deadly wound waa heal«j 
 h^i*^i**' world wonde«»d after ti>e bewit." We aee that after iU deadly woundwS 
 «^'^i.*^!i*'"5S?P!? ^ ^'^'^ <"• ^ **" worda. the deyil, which gaT* P«wer 
 SS^^.'IKL ^! rimple pronoun "they" la uaed whcA the idea laiSrSJy K 
 ■tood, yia,, tiioae who are under tiie influence and power of the beaat "Aiid dow«' 
 waa given unta him to continue forty and two monUa?' Thia I alaSTproTO to 1 Jit thS 
 ^tlV^.y]'" '^ ^"^ bea^-ft«hta wound waa h^deTJ^igrtZ^^ 
 C d„Kt «?!tT-?'S!"lT^^*"'*>^ "? '^*» »«> orercame them.' Ton miK 
 a!^^^u ?" ^"^ 2** ""^ '^!*«^ (*•'•' devil) waa the great head; and UiatTe aa 
 ftSiffi S^""* J"**™"??" «» brinrinaf tolifetiie heaauTatwaawoundedto dStiJ 
 and tiie *Jgon gave him hia powOr i^ Ufa aeat and great auUioritv." Ybn wiS^ 
 
 ^^^^^^h*^"^ ^ from tiito point aU tiie numberagiveKiro dSid. ^ 
 
 thf !w7:fj?r ^^"J*7 °' *4*^ ^^ theaeoond peraS in tUa gSlof tiio earth- 
 tte abmninaUon of deaohtion. We ahall turn our attention now to thethlrf D«*anrf 
 
 thL%JTK^w'*°^.""l*'!.'P*».'?»«^ WerdaeOi aU fliepowerrf 
 
 aLI^ IT^ \^^ ^ V v^' ^^ *•»« ^^ ^wM. We aee Uiat he had m^ to 
 
 * * A"" 'ff o^Hwrve thrt tiioae ndradea were wrondit to tiie didht oTtiirfiMt ^mL 
 
 beaat wUch had the wonnd by a aword and did Uvcl" Vo havA hM«\ ^»^i^ «J^ 
 rftte churdi, not a. an eccleLrtteal foWer.K 
 
 I WW, you to mark tiie liMjt tiiat fte <£nrch to hereleSd up only«l rK poww wd 
 her i^mnoe and power aa anch Adly deeoribed. fee to «idn hdd ud^Wi^' w 
 ecdedMtteal gw-b and folly porti»y4 but not her^ ^^ ^ "** M»yed in her 
 
 KuX*?S.^ «*•"*'." *«».«»*>«» •nthority,areito homai ftfa bwat haahwii 
 
 ta lllw the power of C!hriet-^ike bat not real-^d he an^« .^SST L -. i^ 
 on tfce earth, that they diould "mika aa imue " Ao. T mV ir/>i^k!rt ZZr\t~^ 
 
 A^W^ST^^w^* ™"J»^'''««»powertorivelifetotiieima«6fUiehS2l?' 
 mei^ Who win dinnM tiiat tiie church haa hddithto powm t ^ BntaT ««r^^u 
 
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 haa wNB* aiwot Mferraee to tli*i numbw otimiant Pop«« thrt ihan exlrt daring the 
 
 ■^Kl^hrnlwA'uSKnf the •«th.the A^\^\on of d«K,lMi;»..poton 
 «f itvItaalaL I Ure been ertoBUhed thrt commentirtort hevo eo confonnded their 
 •n^fi. hvf^vlnff to make all the figure* the «*»«!*. The three nerMn«-4he dragon, 
 th7M«ft^S?prophetJirdiHlncay mentioned througli all the propheolea, 
 
 •^r°2f SL'^TS?5Sf a^eS^^hlJer r/lt*;?: «d .how U. vou that an the 
 
 -i,l«roe.th^aMmentloiiBdtn this book are only the effeet of the nie of thU «>t up 
 KT Ai liald before, the «)undlng of the trumpeU and the pourlna of the y ial. are 
 
 ' fiSTine: "The firet aUl aonndedtand there Mowed hall and fire mingled with 
 M^o*and they were ca*kupon the earth, and the third part of thetrce. werelurnt up. 
 inTiSl B»en iaaa wa. bwit up." " And the flrat wenland poured out hh ■rial upon 
 So ^TanSZre feU a noisome wdgrler^wre ?P«» Hi" TLw^^fo^ ^f^ 
 of the beast, and upon them wUch worehlnped Us te-ge" I •^^^£«'««*/. *^^*f 
 Mimdinr of the truOTeU gaye an individual view, and the pouring of the viab, a politl. 
 SfySw^ Ho^erer; She i^rd individiuU la not exacUy an appropriate w«rd. It would 
 be MThapa better liiderstood with this explanation. The M gives a gT^* «•»•«> 
 v?ew oHhi* sludl befW man, without showing the cau«. and without Jistlnctlon of 
 mSSm . ThslaStelyes Wiew if the ruling powifrs of the earth as aJfected by the 8etiin| 
 
 ^r^S^^^J^Tb.!^ tCJ?f Will percelve.^-'e rK^jll^h^K 
 With blood " 4c. the figure of HaU simply conveys the idea that every Inch of the 
 2Si JhS bo litin. Xe. haM pa«*. «ver the ea.^ it doe» no ml«i • «l»«^e »ncK 
 SSnratono* conveys the idea of wilherinff and deUroj^yerery thing in »»• way. In 
 Ute iSanMi! ^Xp power, Uke haU, £M spread Ita tafluence over every ^H of the 
 eiShTmi Z. it hsS U a withering effect wherever it. influence is fe»t. W agjin. 
 this ban and fire are mingled with bloa This figure at once ~"\7' *«j,^,**« "^*." 
 Bh^ not only have theXrt of bU»ting every energy of man. but that it wUl have the 
 etfect of spridinir war and persecution, ButlntliHi view a remnant shall be saved a 
 ffi SrtWSbe destroyed ; which shows that many shaU not be brought under 
 SMeii«. ^dividudly spe& The second view is a '^^^^'^^^"""T^,^^ 
 The terms. ^ouom« and or»«»«». glW the idea of discontent and enfferiM._^ Tlie .or* 
 Sea^i^^eakeniSwMh* tendency to cri^^^ You 
 
 STifetawktlMrriewMSeptlonmadeasUereisb thefirskview: the ndtag powers 
 dSuX as. whoir This then wss just the effect that the sotting up of thVpower 
 HuJ^ thewttoM of the earth,-an Vpw«*ve, weakening demordlilngeff^ ^^ 
 "Tte^ndsMel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was 
 cast tatoX WS ZtUrd ^ of the sea b^e blood."^ "And the •fcondange 
 JonreJout htovUl upon the seMmd it became as the blood of a de«l man." T1m» first 
 Kthattaheld up (to your vie* is a great burning mountain, A mountain I shall 
 ^^re I am tUuJ.. is assure of a 85«*t n^ 
 
 Sowers, a mountrin belS the j*5test of Mis. The sea, I have add hefore, is a figure 
 ^ thrgreat mass of the^orldVtahabitanta. Here then we have. P»f»«* o^ • Pjwer 
 that is torule the whole eartW* burning, consuming power. pUjced &i the mid»t of ^ 
 SwWtJotsrf 4e earth, Ycfa wijl reoStaect thattEe beast tliat rose up out of the sea 
 C^up^hlThSAi th^namefcf blasphemy. This b^ had one of Usteads wounded 
 todeSh. Which I showed was the fiSl of the neat Eoman empire. The dragon-4he 
 devBui on his heads seven crowns, which slows Outthe »<»«^ «°P«W^" °»[y,* 
 tonporal power, but when she feU she got on her heads the name of btaspheii^.^that. is, 
 lS2blas^em<iis church became her head. But, you must observe, that the nn on 
 between L devU, the nations, and the church, or. 1 ^m'^Y'^l'^^V^^ 
 « Abomination, that maketh desoUte," took plsce^nnder the last head of theRpman 
 empire, and the church then, or at the uidon, took her place as the name of blasphagy; 
 anithe sounding of the first trumpet, and the pouting put of the first vial, are desoft^ 
 tions of that (Sm, Butnowthe church becbmee .mountain, or the sewndWthaV, 
 rose out of the earth. She is a burning, fiery mountain, P>«»i*f *«">'** *L*^ 
 earth's Inhabitanta. But although her *etmctive powers are great, in the firrt ^ew 
 Sven, tJr^thirdaiwe left But S the poUtical viSw, tiie whole becomes aa the blood of 
 i d^ ma. In this figure we perceived the idea of deadness, corrupUon. poUution, 
 which has fiUed all the ruUng powers of the earth, aa there la no exception, lor every 
 
 livintr soul died in the sea, . . , . , ,. ;„ 
 
 ••The third ai«el sounded, and there feU a great star from heaven, bm^ as It were 
 « lamp : wd itSl upon the third part of the rivers wad up<m t^e fount^s of waters. 
 •• And flio tUrd tagd poured out his vial upon the riyew «lt fountrins of w^, and 
 tW became blood^ TUe figure is shnply a view of the influence of the church, not m 
 ?S«2lrum5>wer,butl.hereccll^ ^^""^S^f^y *^i?"'".'* 
 
 tn figJSofSieehurih of Christy This is a fiBen Mar. I^^^ frtliStT^SS? 
 
 . aa it were a lamp.—dnaiar to tU character as a ruUng power— the bumln|^ '??'g^ - 
 The rive« aadfeimtains of water are a itaire of the inhabitanta of the ^ m iadivi. 
 dnals. not aa a whole.' The eame rule is followed up here in showiiw the effect, aa in the 
 setting up or holding up to view the thing itselt She 1» first heTd up hi herpoUttcal 
 
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 certdn death, it cannot be healed. This phurae was not 
 5ohaTenot^eBeaLofOodlnthefrf(WehiIS "And to 
 Should not Mil them ; bat that they dioold be tonnented 
 lent waa as the torment of a acorpion when he aOnffeth a 
 «U DTOTe to yon is a figoK of ISO years. Tliewneral 
 wt Oiis is a IteareirfMahommedaniam. Bat, I askriHiere 
 "?' .7 ^^K ««n«»«»*. *!««» »M not the ease, thai Ha- 
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 E«rjjool«dMtTodg«rb I,.. church. UulieS. jSTXItta doS hS^. taH 
 effbctontheewth. In thep«litlc*lTlew It ••ye; '- And thethW SboSKS hl2 
 
 before Moorfrivoj the Idee of etMiiaUon, oormption, poUnUon. It^wTdw) the Me. 
 
 , that the .pre«l of thi, l»fluenc;Xll bring wltfc it mi,. UooLed, p«2cSton No* 
 I wkh you tomerk moetp.rticnUrl;rthlel£*. thntthe litt^ZaJS^^u^^Z 
 
 ■ 2'*''«f"»"8''P5t»>e<'.bomln»tfoD." To rec-pitutate whM I h«Te\2wSrjw ?ho 
 fiwt givM you • riew of the power set np-» tlew of the anion h^emi^At^l ih« 
 Mtion.Mdfu,e church, .nd tie elRHA it .Whnve ni»rS.e^^ 
 jecond glre. you . view of thI. church m . ruling ^er. wWhthe ShctTSSu lire 
 2,i nr .T'li.l'''*" ^^r^^- ■"'« *>«W here. mY Mid before, i. riE tolhe vtew 
 
 Tot L . imr^"* "" *^i^^ .« g»T«i you • Tiew of the iniluenTof thSfehuW 
 BotM • politico power but simply clothed in her eooleduticd mrb roreldlZh*; 
 
 t^x^\^^jyTu 'l'."«»in"»«»«- The but three diow thTtlkct tiMTthe^ttiw ™ 
 
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 |8 smitten. It is only m figure of the dwk ages, bnU must add. thow «r^ of d«k^ 
 have not vet nM«^ .w.y. oa m>me think t%|i«^. but we «» aSSTuX it iid ^ 
 a^XL'l Vlf, , °' *'•"* "l«»!'"*«o». To &e'^lidrft«»t» ^ tiMreSS/fnAwduS! 
 of war, bloodshed and oppression, a raling over the uUonrwith a rod rf &on Th^^ 
 S"C"'T^i:'^C^?,X'Tf "^^« n^-* <^ hre?«5^^thTlo«d^o^*! 
 new An SL^? u ^^^^ **r"?" 'PP?r t^ "»« •• •bout to wafer from sotoethinii 
 
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 n«!u..TJ^ hold timt this darkness is a fignro <tf conftaslon that ia^ tocet into Stl 
 Kto sue? S"'TT''r "r' ^"1^" r' »« '^-ken with reTolJu^fAcTbuTl 
 ¥S^«,'i. ^K Plf"'^^''*.**'^ "' ''«*^*'> ^«»»M of their pdns and their sores! 
 aj^p^tt-u|«;tf ttn.-' Mfe^ffiSfte^S 
 
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 Seont rfth^„^^j:L«^'^"A''«y ^•'t^J****^'^ ^ theSr.JL?2 
 
 S*en2d bvS^Jn^3?»S•J^?*^*f l^.^"!^^'' '^^ «"'™ -id the air were 
 betw!SS^fc7.!S!S?^i **'i«»oke ofthe i\t," Tou will aee th»(oeqilexion thua far 
 
 S^^k ^*'*^V'^"«<»«'<*^«»nenchnrd» that haa opened the dw^'^Ikk! 
 
 "£d ftSS«^ ^f* li^oence. Ind no* niark'wliat i. the frdt of tU. sS 
 
 S.™^ . r^" S"? Pf" oyer there U not a ringte inch bnt they tread m^^v 
 «u^ 1 ! 5i^' '*'"«' ^ f'^y d«*«*y- ThiT&en ia to bett» AamS^of oSS 
 
 SX^'n^^! "cwplona of Ae «atth hare power." You aU know the ^naoter 
 to tort^flL, ^ &*' ^^ ^*^ " «^"* ^ ''•^•i TWa plagne^^Tn^t 
 ihentt^S,^te75f ^"^S^!^"^^ ^ their fowhiSr « Aadto 
 fivemonfta *^IS tfcl^I.**"*'* °"* 1?^ *"»"" ' *^ **»* *'»y "hould be tormented 
 SmSi." S i^f^ > a!S*Z" '".*^* torment of a aoorpi^n when he atingeth • 
 Son Kmme^S^ i. fW^rr *i J"" !?• «|P«« «f W yearn. Tte^ral 
 ta the cZdSi r^^V^* w ' -*" * T^ <rfMahommedaniam. But, I askf where 
 ho«SL3S?a fclwlS ^7 ^yi? •'g««m«|t, what waa not the ^. uLti Ma. 
 y^-miatama u a wien church, it wonld have nothing to do with this pla^e. The 
 
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 'Mini ohnreh ipolwii ef htn la tlie Mm propliet, or the nwme of Mimphomy, that U 
 reigning orer uie kingdome of the worid, niid tti* plwae Iim nnly come out of tha 
 amoke of tha hottomlaaa pit whieh aha haa opened np. Nahomine<laiilam hae laated for 
 laoo yaara. while thia plagtM la to laat oalr 160, and I ahall thow yoa that thin time la 
 not yitt pxplred, ao we are Joat nnder Ha uHuence. Let me now for a niomont shada 
 away tlits amoke of heU from your eyee and hold op to yoar view the real iilctnre. 
 There it ia, the great ahomlnatioa, AUtrnpii'mitet, that haa ao long oureed our lanil. Let 
 taa now follow Uie flgftra. It roae out of the amoke of the bottomlcMi pit that waa 
 
 rned bv thai fUlen chnrch. That amoke which haa darkened the liglit of he a^cn, flliod 
 air wntoh the wicked breathe with darkneea. Locnata are held up aa a tiffxtnt of it. 
 , I aak voa.tf thia plaane, drunkennoaa^ haa not apread itaelf like locuata over tho face of 
 the whole earth f la theiy a aiagleapot from the ttately palace to the humble cot 
 where it haa not been T Are Ita footprinta not found from the loftleat mauntaina to the 
 oarkMt caTema of the ocean deep. " And nnto them waa given power aa the acorplona 
 of the earth hafe power." If voutqm to the Book of ProTerbe, <xiii. eh., yon will ecu 
 the aame figure need at the MthTerae: "Who hath woof Ac. It deecrlbca tlir MirrowA 
 of the drunkard, and then llnlahea with the flgiire at the S'ind Tcrae, " At the laxt it 
 liiteth like a aerpent, and atlngeth like an adder." But I would aak yon, la the flffuro 
 not acomnlote oneT la the drunkard not atung till he la placed beyond the reach of 
 human aid f Thia placue la not to hurt any thing but only thoae men whQ have not tho 
 aeal of Ood In their foreheada. Paul In hia Epiatte to the Qalationa, ch. ▼. 21, claaaea 
 drunkenneaa with the worka of the fleah. Again, In 1 Cor. ch. ri. 10: "Nor thioTce, 
 nor oovetoua, nor drunkarda, Ae., ahall Inherit the kingdom of Ood." Those doclara- 
 tlonaof Paul corroborate thia espoaitloa of tiie flgnre, that onlv thoee men whirli have 
 not the aeal of Ood In thelir foreheada, ahall be affMted with tAe poiaon of this pla<^e. 
 It waa not to kill them, but to torment them live montha. I anall prove, aa I aaid 
 before, that a prophetio month la 80 daya, and each day a (ignra of a year. Sq tho Ave 
 montha are a figure of ISO yeara. " And In thoae daya ahaf] men aeck death," Ac, is a 
 complete deaoription of the mental and. bodily Buffering of the drunkard. " And the 
 ahapea of the locusta were like Unto horaea prepared unto battle." Thia fignro convoya 
 at once the very Idea it ia intended to hnpreaa, vie, apeed and power c<)iiil)incil to 
 destroy life. " And on their heada were, aau were, crowna like gold." A ninguo tliat 
 ia intended to bll ou all dlaasea of aodety mnat be prefigured to suit all it is intended 
 torcpreeent. ' We aee then that the twenty-fonf eldera that aat on seats round tho 
 throne of Ood had on their heada orowna of gold. I showed you before that thu oKlvra 
 were the humble witneaeee of Chrlat— twelve for the twelve tribea 4)f Israel and twelve 
 for the apoatlea. Thoae witneiaea have oh their heada crown of gold ; but under thia 
 plague thoae who pretend to be witneaaes of Chrlat but we attKg with thia rcptile^and 
 
 la lower than the brute, and behoM ho hiM a faee like a num. Behold the wretch wlio 
 ia using hIa wealth, hia energiea, to apread M» phigue, and be haa a fa«!!e like a man, 
 but, alaa I he ia only a devil " And they had )>alr aa the hair of Women." A womnn'a 
 timidity, her vreakneae, tendemeap, Ac., convey the Idea of harmleaaneiM, innocence ; 
 her hair Is given her for » covering. Thia pbgne haa hair Hke a woman, conveying the 
 idea that the thing itaelf ia hanileaa, ininoceat. But mark the next espremton: " And 
 their teeth were aa the teeth of llooa." 'Let it once get hold and who «an eecapet 
 " And they had breaatphitea aa It were breatplatea of iron." Let those who have striven 
 t6 put down thia pbtfue aay if they have noil fbnnd that they have breastplates of iron. / 
 In deflande to all their eflbrte, they atiU go on oonquering and apreadlng their devaMal-/ 
 ing Inflnehoa over tha earth. "And tan taaaA of thdr winga were aa the Boiitidt>of 
 chariota of many horaea running to battle." Thia figure f^vcs the idea of its 4wftil! 
 dertmotive power, ehariota and noraea runniiw t» battle, going with apeed and vefaa- 
 menee to ml anddeatroy life. '^And they had tatla like unto acorplona, and there weifs 
 ■tinge In their taila, and their power waa to hart men five montha. And they had a Un| 
 
 •over tbem, wliioh ia the angel tit the bottomleaa pit, whose «ame in the Hebrew tongui 
 ia Abaddon, but in tho Greek tonsna hath hia name ApoUyon." Thia name, I boliev^ , 
 meana, in both laagnagea, 3%4 Dntroytr. " And the sixth angel aoundcd." We Mi 
 thisangel'amiariott iato looaa flMir angela, or the four angela which are bound in thi 
 great rTver Bi^khnleai, " And the f(Wr angela were loosed, whiofi were prqutrcd fora i 
 bour, and » day, and a month, and • year, for to riay the third part of men." Aa [ 
 ■hoWed in resud to the four angela that stood on the four comera of the earth, thjb 
 number rom la only a fignre to ahow thattiie whole world ia to eoMO under this soouTcnk 
 The/bHr eornth tit the earth ia a fignre of the wholeearth, aa 'I aaid before, ao tho 
 figure iajoat followed tip,— the tavt ahowa that the whale'ehrth.at|i)l be included. Bpfc'^ 
 a new ^pmt ia introduced which will require eome ezplanaUon,''^-tfae'great"HvOT 
 
 ' Snphratea." Aa I taid before, I ahall prove to yon that tnofer in thia prophecy is taken 
 «a a fignre for people in allita ^flbrent foima. Bat why u the river Euphrates in «ar- 
 ticolar .taken here T To onderataad thia we mnat «dl your attention to the political 
 vi«w. "lAad the dxth angel poured mx hia vial upon the g;reat river Euphratea and 
 
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 IM iiraW UMTiior WM dri(ia np. Uut Iht vqr of th* Uiigt oT dM (Ml migkt ^ 
 TImn hM bMn mgtmX dtal oitpMalatloii aao^ oommMiUton la nguA tolhltilgnra, 
 tm^ItUaklihalTshowyoatliMUMylukTaaUooiMTwywIdafttmitlhamw Attha 
 ■oonding of the lint flr* tnunpaU. aad Uw ponr^ig of tho flnl flro vUla, Ui« grvai 
 •bomlniSion t« tho raUof powar, hhI the iiilwbltttU vt tlis Murth Me tlie mlfereM, even 
 
 ; the Mtlona of the earth ere held ap ea the eofbren. Bat atfw the aeeae ia completely 
 changed. The sixth polla the great abonlaatlon down, ihabeooaiea the rafbriBg party; 
 eouieqneBtly the flgnre moat be ehaoMd. Before proeeedlng Anther, It will be neoea- 
 lary to hola op to view the abomliiaBoa In all her fmna, uid har UL At least, wa 
 will take her nil in ooanoxion with the two aogala who airo pouring the alxth vial and 
 ■onndtng the alxth trumpet la the 17th chap, ydd will eaa this apomiaatloB held up 
 In her eccles l astl o al garb and completely portrayed. Aa thla ohaptei^ la a key to the 
 whole snbjeot, we must enter into it with soma miaateaeaa. " Ana there came one of 
 the seren angela which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying mito me, coma 
 hither, I wilTshow nnto thee the lodgment of the great whore that sitteth npon many 
 waters" The flrst llgnre of this cnoroh is, that she la a great whore,— aha has forsaken 
 her lawflil hnsbaad. Jeans Ohrisi " The kiaga at the ewth have oommltted fomlcatloa 
 with her, and the iahabltanta of the earth have been made drank irith the wine of her 
 fornication," Ton wiU perceive she is hsld op here sa a ehnroh, not aa a raling power. 
 Bo she is represented aa separated fro^ the world, " in the wUdernesa," She b •Itiiog 
 on a scarlet coloured beast, foil of aamea of blasphemy, having seven heada and ten 
 korna, Toa will at once paneive that this bloody Mast is the same that roee ap oat of 
 the sea. She Is arrayed In the meet costly qtpareL She haa la her hand a golden cap ' 
 ftall of abomination and filthiness of her Ibrniaatloa. Her ooetly q>parel la a figure of 
 her earthly richea, Aattiscostomary with great men to drink oat m silver and eoldea 
 oa|le, this flgnre Is a complete flgnre or key to the words of Daniel: " 37t* «b<mtnati<m 
 iMtmattlh dfohtt." AD her mlniooa shall drink ovt of this cap, spreading abomin*. 
 tion wherever her inflnence is feli We shaH look at the name written od her forehead, 
 " Mvstery." Tea 1 as tt is written in the chapter we have almdy expounded, " And 
 he aoeth great wonder^ so that he maketh Are come down flromlwiaven on the earth In 
 the sight of men," Ae. Babylon the great, that great elty, ia whr held up as a fignra 
 of this chardi,with all ita strength, its commeree^lta bualwMb, ita influeaoe over the 
 earth, " the mother of harlota aad abominatioM of the earth;" or, in other word^ 
 " the abomination that maketh deeolate." 
 
 ' Ton will perceive, althoq;^ tUs chapter Is Intended to hold her up aa a church, yet 
 her namea are complete, that Is, she is dedgoiited In all her diflSnent poetores. When 
 she I* spoken of as Babylon, she la held up aa a ruling power ; but al the mother of' 
 harlots the flgnre Is intended to represent har aa a diuTch. Kow, if she is the mother 
 of harlots, she must have daoriiters. I ask yoiL who are they T I have shown very 
 plainly that this whore la the Qiurch ottUmmi that the htatt upon which she Is sitting 
 laikHtn ntttom itf JWrop*. and I say her baatsrd children are no other tluui Uiosa 
 churches which are ridliur on the State, whether.the Ohurdi of Eugknd, Scotland, or 
 the Oreek and Lutheran Oiundies, or any other oi)nneeted with the State. ^.,'*' 
 
 "And I sa,ir the woman drunken with the blood <tf the sainta, and with the blood of 
 the martyrs of f m**^" Ac The angel goes on now to give a fiill account or explanaUon 
 of the mysterv of tUs woman, ana the beast tluft earrieth \m, which hath the seveii, 
 hMdsandtenlibiiis. ."2%«AeaK<Jla<(ftow«aiMS<«MW,aNiJ(iMi(." Teal it waa the great 
 {toman Empire! but now it Is oaly the image, or. In other worda, the ssme under another 
 name— the ten powers of Europe. "And shall asctnd out of the bottomless bit, and g« 
 Into perditlon.7 Teal the devu is the great bead, aa I have shown yoa-4he first person 
 in this set up power. There Is one sentSane here I wish yon to mark: "And go iklo 
 ferdition." I already showed you that Paul sj^isaka of this set up power in lThess.c. IL, 
 and, you will perceive, ha uses the expression, -thtiamrfPtrmbm." Those exprea- 
 ■Ions show you that his days are numbered— that he nidi 611, never to rise agsln. 
 '• When thev behold the besat that wiss, and Is not, and yet la." Aa I said before, tha 
 .beast waa we great Roman Emfrfra, but now it lanot, and yet it Is: for it Is only tha 
 aame under another name. "And here Is the ndnd idilch hMhvrisdom. The seven 
 needs are seven mountahtt, on which tha wmnan dtteth." I have hdd all through my 
 lecture, that the : moNMtsM is held up as a flgura of a creat nding, power, or the great 
 ruliiur poww that ia reigning over the vAole earth j juK sa the mountain la the grMtest 
 of hlDa. The next sentence proves thla. "And thwre are seven kings; five are iailen, 
 andone is,and the other is not yetoome; andwhenheoometh,homusteontinueaehorfc 
 ■pace." TUs was the esae. either when the prophiwr waa written, or when it was sent 
 and read to thachurchea of Asia. "And the beait that was, aad is w^ even he is tha 
 eighth, and ia of the seven, aad goeth into perdition." Now, I want you to mark this 
 paraen^ partioilarly, aa it haa a great deal to do with tima; "The woman sat on a. 
 ■oaHet^oloured beasV' A& As I showed yon, the woman waa intended to repreeeat tha ' 
 dinr^^t as a ruling power, but iu an ecclesiastical influence. The beast, then, is a 
 
 ' "(f?f^ the whole power as set up, reigning over the eartii. And now yon must sea 
 pblnly the meaning of the exjnressloa. "Heiathfde^th.andisdf the seven." This 
 power waa act up nnder the last head of tha Bomaa 2m^, or, in other words, the fitat 
 
 J: 
 
u 
 
 aft WM aniotoUd nndar th* Utft hmA of Um Ronu KmplN ; bni, fcr mmm Uom, Ii* 
 d hia pb«« only m Um nam* of blMphariay, holdlnf no power. But when Mte laat 
 hand fell, and tha chareh aaa u mad tha powar. aa tha hnaga of th« laat baaat, he bacwiM 
 Iha aMilh, and T«t ha waa of tha aevan. " And math into perdition." It |a plain that 
 thia efarhth ihaU atand nntU tta oonplata orertarow, when It ah*U go Into perdition. 
 "And the tan homa whieh thon aaweat, are ten Unga, which hare received no kingdom 
 M vet, but raealTa P9wer aa Unga one Itoar with tha baaal" That the homa are petty 
 Batlona, reqniraa bo eoaimant iliey have reoetved no' Ungdom aa yet ; iJiey are only 
 4narccnarypoifan,Bnbie<i to ft higher power. They hare given thalrpewer and ttrengtb 
 lo bold up thia abomination. They have peraaentad the people of God, but, aa you mo 
 It here, Cnrlat ihall orerooma them ; and, aa I aaid at tha oommencementof my tectura. 
 " the world ahaU ba Tonra." 
 
 " The watara wUen thoa aaweat, whara tha whore altteth, are peoplea, and muUltndea, 
 ■ad natlona, and tonguea." Now, here wa hare got an aipianation of all the watort, ot 
 which we hftTO been rcadlns. The aea la a graftt maaa of tha aarth'a inhabitants ; tho 
 rtveri, peoplea more IndiTldually. Wa will akip tha l«th and 17th Teraes, aa we ahall 
 take them up again. Yon will aee, then, at tha >8th| "And the woman which thou 
 •aweet Is thai great city whieh relgneth orer the Mngs of tha earth." Yon will at onco 
 •ae that thia laat heaA-<4he eighth, via., the Ohiwch of Rome, ruling In the room of tha 
 . Boman Emperor— is hel<lVnp under tha llgnra^ feow, of a city, or the great «lty Dabvloa 
 As Babylon waa the greateat elty in tha world, aha la now taken as a figure of thia 
 abomination. Now, to return to tha suMect which wa left— the sonnding of the sixth 
 trumpet, and the pourinir of tha sixth viaL Yon will now see what la meant by tho 
 "great river Enphratea." Babylon Is taken as a figure of the great abomination/ and 
 I supjpoee yon are all awara that tha city Babylon atood on the river Euphratef Aa 
 Babvlon waa tha greateat city in the world, and once ruled over the whole c^lised 
 world, but feO, ana wM broognt to great deeoUtlon, ao it Is a figure in aocordanee with 
 tiie object Intended to be repreaented— that a great p9Wer ahall be set up, tliat ahall 
 reUm over the whole world, but shall IklL And now we are about to show yoii how it 
 wlu be bron^t down under th* sixth trumpet and vlaL The angels were looaed In the 
 great river Snphratea, or. in other wordaka spirit of war waa let loose ovtf the four 
 fuarters of the ^loba The aagela ara ftnur, aa I aaid before. The rl«er Eiiphrstes la 
 
 only a figure of uie peojtlea where thia tAtf, or, I might say, thia abomination, slttoth. 
 The time-^an hour, ana a day, and a month, and a year— la a figure of .continuance. 
 We ehalt now take up thapoliUeal view. In this view, the waters are sai«l/to bo " dried 
 
 np, that the way of the kinga of tha Eaat might ba prepared.*' As I said, there hava 
 been a great many suneauona la rward to thia passage; but let us take a simple, 
 oommon-aense view of ^ matt«r. The dtj Babylon ia taken as a flgueb of this abomi- 
 nation ; her fiOI, then, la Just held up also, b the bU of this great city. /What were tho 
 eircumstanoes, then, of tl^e fUl of Babylon, when the two Untcs of the East came uainst 
 her T They drained the water awav froim her on the night Oat BelahliuMr beheM tho 
 
 handwriting on the waU. lUrhen, like thia set un power, he was in 
 .«ati|ig and drinking With hia lords and ooaoubines, the Unga oil 
 Darius, drained the river by means of a eaaal round the dty, and 
 miered It. Tha whole oircumstanoe, then, la Just held up aa a ' 
 abominaUon. If the ezprearion, " that the way of Ojrma andDii 
 had been uaed, the figm would hava been the aame. It simply shi 
 or, in other word*, the peoplea Who surround and d^bnd her, sfaiall ' 
 that her euemlea shall pull her to pieces. But the question now a 
 her to piebesT We ahall now copy the 16th and 17Ui veraea of thi 
 we paaaed over. '* And the ten horns which thou sawest upon tiie ' 
 the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat 1 
 With fire; for God hath put In their hearta to ftdfil hia Will, and t 
 Idngdom unto the beaat until the words of God shidl tteftalfiUed.] 
 dent that the ten powers of Europe shall mpport, or, as it is 
 onto the beast until the wcnrda Of Qod be nilfilled!. But at 
 very powers ahall pull her to pieces. The next qneation is. Hoi 
 what shall brine ft abontt u you turn to the book ol ItenieJ 
 findhowltwill lake place. Nebuchadnenar beheld a figure 
 
 the great hnsM. Theheadof tUa image was of fine (Aid, his\^ 
 
 . U» belly and bis thighs of brass, his legs of Iron, his feet partiof Iron and part of tUy, 
 Thia i^nage is a Sgan of fioiir neat empirea, that would rule tbe world until the period 
 ■hall come when tne peo|de of God ahidl rule and away the aoeptre of power. Daniel 
 telle Nebuchadnenar, "Thou art tUs head of gold," or, in otiier words, this head is a 
 Hgmre of the Babylodaa ^nire, which stood until the year M«5. "And after thia shall 
 arise another Uiwdom, infiuior to thee.". The Perdan empire, whidi stood till the year 
 8672. " And another tiilrd Uhgdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth." 
 The Oreidan empire, wtloh atood tiU tiie year W9. " And the fourth kli^dom shall ba 
 ■tmog as iron; forasmuch aairon breaketh Inpleoee and8abduethaUthInga,and a« Iroa 
 that breaketii all tiiese shall it break in pieces and bruisd." You will praoeive that tUs 
 kingdom (ball stand until the itoiM that was ent out of the ttidnttdn smashed it to 
 
 security, 
 
 Cyrus and - 
 
 led in and con. 
 
 the fidlofthia^ 
 
 ;htbepr^red," . 
 
 ,„ that the waters, 
 
 drained away, and 
 
 Who shall puU 
 
 lltii chapter, which 
 
 ut, theae shall hate 
 
 flesh, and bum her 
 
 ame and give their 
 
 It ia now quite evi- 
 
 itten, give their power 
 
 time appointed, thoae 
 
 shall it take place, or 
 
 Snd chapter, you will 
 
 whole prophecy in 
 
 and arms of silver. 
 
 m 
 
M 
 
 A 
 
 i)lMM(tkta ttoiM U « l||w«of OMtlX wfimand •hall Mi ap • Ungdom tlMt ihaU irtaai' 
 braver ; or, U oUwr worib, " Th* ■tona tiuU idMiU tb* Im^a bncMiu^ » (rwU mooaUlBi 
 •ad AIImI Um whoU Mwth." I luiv* alrvMly ■bown UmA * ntounUln U • Imt* of • vrMt 
 1__ hilbiff power UuU elull rab over Um eMth. Thte UmL yoa will m*, eluUI eUnd uhtit 
 . , that perlwt when OhrUl ihall ralgq over Ihe eorUi, m4 la ao other than the Koraan 
 emptre. Uut 1 have not thown ytw bow Um Ml ^Ul teka piaoe. The only UriimiaUon 
 we have on Ihk point U la 41, 41 and 41 verMa. 61 thU ehaptiw, which ahowe UiU ih* 
 feet and (oee ehaU 1^ iwt of Iron and part ol potlar'e ctay. The kingdon eluUl to 
 divided, " and they ehaU mingle themaelvee with tha eeed of men." TEle glvee lu a 
 
 hint that the righteovi and the worehipp«n of tto toaat (hall to mingled loMther, and 
 that them ehalllM a dlvUlon amonnt tha (mt awl toea— vli., tto power* of Euroixy— 
 and this divieion ehall bring about the tuU. -Beyond thle, we tove no information i and 
 thoM that point at oartain nations and Indlviduala aa toing foretold in prophecy, art 
 only impoeing npoa their readert or hearera. 
 
 But fnrther, tnra again to the powring of tto sixth viaL " And I eaw three uncloan 
 tpirlto, Ilka froga, coma oat of the nKMith of the dragon, and out of tto mouth U the 
 beaet, and out of the month of the Um» prophet; for they ara the epirlte of davlln." 
 Vou will perceive that tto three peraona ara dietinctly mentioned, that form this KOd of 
 tto earth. It rwinlrea no oommentnry to explain wnat thoee iplrits are. "They arn- 
 the splrita of dorila, working mlraelee, which go forth nnto the kinge of the earth, and 
 -^ ~ of the whole world, to gattor them to tto totUe of ttot great day of Ood Almighty '• 
 Tto figure, " froga," la In oompleto aooordaaoe with Ito wtola prophetic vision. Tha 
 frog hi an unclean animal : It is also amphlbiooa. Tto paoplea are told up in this vliiion 
 bv the figora of water. Thoee frocs must go Into those waters, must go Into tto kings 
 ^ of the earth and tto whole world. It appears very plain ttot thoee splHU ara the spirit 
 of war. That U their mission; for that pnrpaae they vn *ent. And now I would call 
 yonr attention to tto next verse, " Behold I come aa a thief: Uessed is to ttot watctoth." 
 <ka Ton may ask, why Christ ashoria bis people to watch. You ara warned to watch 
 lest this sbirit of war enter into yon. If you turn took to tha opening of the sixth seaL 
 which is Inst a flgnra of tto same nerlod, yoa will ibd that tto " stan of heaven fell," 
 Ae. Rlghteonsnees shall sink, and wtotodness pravail; dmnkenn«aa shall pollute tto 
 whda earth : end nspirit of war shaU beoome unlversd. Bo, let me qoota tha words of 
 Christ: "WhatIsaynnto7o«IsaTantoaU,Watohl" ' ^ 
 
 Yon wHl perceive that tto sounding of tto sixth tmmpet Includes both tto sixth and 
 seventh vials. " And to gattored them togettor Into a place called In the Hebraw tongtta 
 Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out hla vial In tto ^r ; and thora came n 
 great voice out of tto templo of heaven, from tto throne, saying. It la done." I tove 
 no donbt ttot tto term " Armsgod4oB " has some significance, meaning tto Almighty'* 
 time and place of ponlshmant, The n«xt words provs this, " And ttora cnmea greal 
 \ voice out of the temple of heaven, from tto throne, spying, It is dons." This stows that 
 the command is from Ood— that the decgve is from heaven. Tto next verse is a flgurn 
 of a tremendoos oommotlon. The voices, thundsra nnd lightnings, ara figures <rf some- 
 thing ttot will to toanl and seen^hat will strike the earth wUh terror. The enrthquakn * 
 shakes everything to pleoes. TThls sarthqoake Is described ss tto greyest that waa over 
 on the earth. And nowptfk the tozt passage. "And tto great dty waa divided into 
 three parts." As I said befora. when thia great raUngpowsrhMloat Its sway over the 
 earth, and assumes tto deCnuive,.the fignra most to ohaitted. She Is now held up aa a 
 
 \ dty; she is now divided into thne parts, or. In other wor£, tto three powen era pulled 
 \ nsnnder. The devU, the nntlons, and 4ie ohordi, are palled apart Their anion aa a 
 \Tislble rnling power I* no mor^ And now, wtot Is tto conseqnenoe of this separaUon T 
 *(And the cities of tto nations fell" All the raling {mwen of tto earth, under or in 
 Mnnexion with this great power, fell And. now tto ponidunent la described. "Ormt 
 Babylon came U remembrance befora Ood, to give nnto her tto cop of the wine of the ' 
 .: fierceness of his wrath. 7 And evert island fladaway." 'neidandsaraaaimpleflgara 
 of the petty rnlen amonc nien. Tto sen b taken aa n fignra of the earth'a infaaUtaats^^ 
 end an island b a small ekvnted piece of land standing In tto sea. "And tto mountain* 
 wera not fonnd." 'And tto great rolliig powen wera not found, or, In other words, were 
 no mora. Tto next verse eholrs tto effMt of thb fidi upon man in a general point of 
 view, llie figure, as I asld before, shows that every inch of the earth Aall to smitten 
 as hall folb on every ineh. Tto wei(^t of tto haibtonse kcUs ap to view tto sevsrltv 
 of thbnwfifdopiftnotion.^ - 
 
 ItoyenowMMbttedtlfrgH)et"n>«iimi tto iio/db»Mim»lnantor 
 tera. I have shown yea tto elfoet she haa had on earth during tto mread «rf tor aboml- 
 : nettonsanddeaoiatioM: ndltoveriwwnyoaherMlhapdlticalpotntof^ The 
 next qosMlon arises, HHiere an ttopsopls qtOod. and whara tove ttoy been. thrOteb 
 those ages (tfdattaMst and Uoodt J to^a JONiiKly shown yon that at ttm astting up of 
 ttb powsr, the Ohnrdiof Christ, tinder t)iefigara of "a wiunan ebthed with tte sun," 
 •&, fled into tto wlldemsss,whera sto mnat nmdn throngb idl tto rsbn of tUs atom!- 
 nation,^, IW jwwrs. Aa a vbiUe Oamk. ato haa toenkd from tto world ; yet Ood 
 has not bit hlniadf withonta witness. ' *ram to the 11th otopter, and yoii will see that 
 
 
 two witoMSsa tove stood throof^ all (Iiose iges of 
 
 [oo. Yoa will see that the 
 
17 
 
 MmI enaMMBdad Um proplMl to 
 bat the MNrt to !«•«• o«t, mmI to 
 
 I tha tmpto. mmI tlifni that wcmhip tharatit 
 ir« It not, fcr It la sWan anU> tho Uaatllaa. I 
 •koivad jrmi at Um 7th ahaptar, that tha Jawa ara aumbarad Tulr a rarUkn purniaa ; haro 
 Mala wa hava tham maaaaNd Too will paraatva that It la bvt tha eowrt thoi U without 
 (ha tampto—that la itva* mto tha Oaatllaa. It la plaia that tha tampla hara la Ukan for 
 •iliura of thaChsfab of Chriat. 80 It la qoitaplala from what wahava alraailv wwii. and 
 fron what IbUowa, that tha Jawa hara baaa tha rialbia Chareh of Chrlat, and wfll ba hi tha 
 . aad of tha aarth. Tha court only la giran to tha Oantllaa; aad whan tha praarhlnit of 
 Iha goapal la p«t Into tha moath of tha GantUaa, the* ara apo|ian of only aa wUnmiara. 
 Tha Chareh. aa a rialbia powar, haa flad Into tha wlldamcaa, mr. In othar wnnla, U hid 
 from mortal ayao. I ahowad yoa that tha liKore to raprMant the abomination waa 
 eban^fNl Into a dty, or tha irraai city Babylon. Tha Church, or tha pa«i|il« of (I ml, are 
 a oorrtapomiing ll| 
 
 haldup nndar 
 
 ;«fara. 
 
 „ „ " And tha holy dty ihidl theyitraad under foot 
 
 forty and two moatha." Yoa may pcrhapa think that thia claoaa la a jf»rt of the wnw 
 already read: but no, It la a aentaace by Itaelt Tha almpla pronoan "th*y" la Jutt 
 aaad whara tha Idea la alre^ly undentood, via., tha wicked ahalf tread tha people of (iod 
 UMler foot 4a raootha. I ahall prove that thU period la Juat the ISM yeara. " And I 
 will frire power unto my two witaeaaaa, aad they ahall prophecy a thouaand two hundred 
 md three aeore daya (or, In othar worda, I MO yaara), clothml In lackcloth. Theae ara 
 tha two ollre traaa aad tha two eaadlaatloka ataadlnc beforn the god of tlie earth." If 
 ' jrou t«m to Iha book of Zacharlah, 4th chapter, UUt reraa, yoa will aee tha aamn wit- 
 aeaaaa apokea 06 Tha ollra traa la ham Introduced aa a figure of thoae witneaaea ; and 
 lU fruit being oaad for food, aa well aa lU healing qualitlea, make It a very etprcaalre 
 flgure. Thicaadlaaticka are already aipUinad In the lat chapter Thoaa witneaaca ara 
 reduced to tha lowaat la|al number, tofo. Thay are clothed la aadieloth, ambleniMtical of 
 mouminf, of aorrow. Yoa w|H now lUk, Where are thoae witneaaear Who are they, 
 lad where hara thay baant t will anawer yoa la tha language of Ifcflarin, tha author 
 el a work daaignatad " The, Protaetant" When one of hb opponeikta put the queetion, 
 Where waa your ehorch daring tha period called the 'dark agea T or word* to that elfcct, 
 McOarln replied that hia'^ Church, or th« IVoteaUnt chnrch, waa noVer eitlnet thniugh 
 thoae agaa refenod to; U waa found in tha valluya of lledmont and on the mountalna of 
 Scotland. Yoa may aay. Hare there not bean aoma o^ra who have held the tUtti aa 
 weH aa thevT Thia may be true; there were aeTen thouaand In the daya of El^ah, who 
 had.neTar bowad tha knee to liaal. YH Elijah waa tha only witneaa lefi >Theae two— 
 tha chnrohea ia Piedmont and in Bcotland^wart/ tha only two who ktoo4 forth before 
 the god of tha earth. And I oak yon, who haTa/read thair hiatory, th<y|i' of you who 
 hare leaned on tha grarea of the martyra, irere Ahey not clothed In aackcTothf In tha 
 daya of mv chlldhoM I hara wept O'er the marlhrra' grave* ; in the day* Of my youth I 
 
 Cnned a few llnea to their memory, which I ahAli Juat repeat to you, by way of a cluuure 
 theoowMof^ylactora: ^^ J -J J -m 
 
 To rmf UjkMrtuI Of Sootland. 
 
 Thaech ritaat jron •!••» Of ]|L «IU aMaataia (Ma, 
 
 la 7«a dark, looily valkar na a*ip BMaraflil cava » 
 ireBOBaMalratf'4o'«UbVla«i' -- - ' 
 
 X«ri«an«r 
 
 no«ihlka*DAi 
 AloaaaMaaM 
 
 Tear NqalNB— II 
 Orthaaorlrf'twiM 
 
 I whin joa dkd, 
 iwataryoergravtt 
 
 I a brigkl aaar* ihy, 
 r«r mar «oldli«d of daath I ' 
 wUM warMlBg oa MtK 
 ratetheteki ' ' ' 
 
 Tat Moaanlw iMI I 
 WUIajwi,tkati 
 
 bMMJilull 
 
 Ukaailaf'. 
 
 " Theae hare power to ahnt haaraQ," 
 told hla diaelplaa, " If yoa had faith 
 ■hall have finiahed their taatimony 
 •'the beaat that aaeandath oat of ' 
 ahall oyarooma tham, aadkill thi 
 been! writiag, that the^^Mi of 
 wiekednaaa, " And tiiel 
 HoUyia called Sodom 
 abomination ia bald iq> in her 
 She la apoken of hara aa the 
 where alao oar Ijord waa 
 
 a vThla reraa ia only a repeUUon of whatChriat 
 a gndn of muatard aeed," «e. " And when thay 
 or, in other Worda, at the aad of tha ISAO yeara, 
 bottomlaaa pit'ahall make war agalnat them, and 
 Thia ia in eompleto aoeordanea with whiit I have 
 ahall become dead at the end of thi* reign of 
 ■haU lie in ttj^paet of the great dtv, which apirit- 
 where alao^^V>l«rd waa cmdiled" The greal 
 itical Tiaw, under tha flgnre of the graat dty Babylon, 
 dtv Widoh la called mlritually '< Sodom and Egypt^" 
 , m:;;^ileraaalem. Why are thoaa dtiea held up oa 
 fl^oreat Baoaaae aha ia atlll in powar, tud the torn ia intended to abow the diaraeter, 
 and,, at tha aama time, obnTev a Joot Mcff of her filL In the firat plaoe, then, Sodom, one 
 of thoae abominable dtiea m the tdain/ where tan decent peraona ooiild not ba fonnd, ia 
 bare held iq^ aa a figore of thia abomination. And now look at her ovarthtow I Fir* 
 tame down from heayen aad deatroyad her, aad the jpbee where aha onoratood cannot 
 be foond by the trayellar. In like mannar ahall thia abomination IhlL Egypt, that 
 peniecatad the 'peopla of Ood, with aO bar abomlntiona, ia alao^ apMtoaUy apeaUng; 
 
18 
 
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 J: .*:. 
 
 Ua m M • flgon. AmI wImI wm W (Ul t TIm AImMiU b«Had Um WnyiU la (Im 
 RmI Ifafc f*rT^' 'M l»"'-«*«^ t'fcriM ua IIU diMlplM, U •!«> kUI an m« 
 IWitr*. Md ImImiIiI h«r Ikll I WluU dMUnoikw wm avw m grMtT Vow mm Uwu tW 
 ofiaMJi At Um .mi <ir UMir prophM*. of whan th«« alMll Im*« UUhmA Uwilr tM(lin.>««. 
 ■ImII bMWOM dMd. TIm brn iImII rwMlii wItlKHit life ur Mirii A* I InUml \m 
 pruv* to y.Ni (hM thai fMriod U Jim! al iMiMi. I iru«M -k jo* wWi U Um NliirhNi* lite 
 Um» mIimM Iha tMMom of th* mutirra who oboM Um <1mm mmI Mmm (■ •£• iti<Mi» 
 l^iw. for (1irl«f* Mk«r WImn la Out ■|>lrit UmI would ImiI M up to Um l.urnlim 
 fcKKot wlUl • Mnllfl on oujr I1|m T I Mk you mi*<HM, who an puUlag your aona forwar? 
 ki !>«». h Um «)a|i«l. ara you roady U> off«r lh«m a MMiifloa t« ahiMMi. hunifar. ami ««•« 
 daalh for Chrlat'a lAkat I aak you. youns niiin. wImi ara amblUona to put youriHitvat 
 brwani to tha mlnlatrir, whathar would tha wo«|a, Jm^»a, ttjttf4, or AommwW. rw. 
 »«<«/ bwit daflna Um foumlatlon oT thai ambUlon T tbOaa wUnaaaaa ara Ut Im oom 
 d«a<l 6>r Ihraa ilaye ; or. lit othar wonla. fur thraa yaara ami a half. Their •nxml^x will 
 rajolco over thrnn : but Umt ahall ravlva and ba cau«hi up to haaran. Thia daM'rlirtl.m 
 doaa not oonv«y tha Ulaa that thav will ba alala and Uwlr aoula ha eauffht up to UmI 
 It rathar ahowa that Ihalr mlaaloa U aniahad, UMt UMir a«r«lm<a will ba no mora rmiulrml. 
 
 "^.'??*'^'.*'™'. ''^' '^' "»•'' P***- " A"^ »»•• •«*» hour waa thara a Kr»atVarth. 
 qoaka ThIa U luat tha aama Uwl I hava hald up. tha pulltnc down of tha aloinlnalloa 
 
 .t .'^rr P?*"* "/ V*'*- *"•" ■•«* 1*^ '" connailon with UiU chumh an-ouiil vim 
 will And In Uia l4Ui chap. : " And I lookad, and lo I a lamb atood on Um Mount HloOb 
 and with hin an hundrad and fiirty aOd four UMHiaand. havliw Ilia Father'a naua wrlttai. 
 In their foraheada." You wUI aea now why Um 144.000 ffUM ehlldntn of lararl w..r« 
 ■aalad; wh* Um tam|ila waa nMMurad and Uia oouH sirMi to Um Oaatllaa. (JlirUt has 
 that I44jfl|l» now on Um Mount Hlon. havlnir Ilia Pathar'a name written In their forr. 
 haada. Thay ara Introduced to you by voloaa from heaven and harpa <4 mnalo. " And 
 they aunc a« H ware a new aon^ before the Uirona and ba<i)r» tha four beaata and the 
 
 fl*"*-... „ «"" "^ T^J?^ *•"»* **•* ^'^ "»• "*•"«> *•»•«•> W'W rede«n....l from 
 Uia earth. Now, mark I The two witneaaea have flnlahed their taatiniony. Tlwv ara 
 oaugfat up to heaven, and thIa M4,(XI0 Uke th«lr pUce. Hut Uiay are not liunil.la 
 witneaaea, ChrUt la with them, th«y are IIU cliureh. They have a new aonv that no 
 man can learn but thamaelvua. And now let ma aay a word to tha dl|hrent forma of 
 ehurchea amoiwat ua :— Nona of you are correct. Nona of you ara Uk<~chnrch of Chrlat 
 ta tha enlargml aenae of th« term. Vou are only humble witneaaaa, apivuto or branohva 
 or thoae two who have become dead, or. at leaat. ahall baooma dewi at U)e end of tlivlr 
 .iH^r ^ ^ ™»'« "•'?"."?y .•"*• ""'*y Mongat yoo ailat ; for whan the real cliuroh 
 Of Chriat ahall be r»«aUbllahed, none of you will Iba able to laMn UMt new aoiur but 
 Um M4,00() of the trlbea of larael. " Theae ara thay whiah wera not defiled with 
 '^"'X "•»«^" Church of Rome la deaoribed aa a woman or aa a whora, the mother 
 of harlbta. Theae are tuA to ba corrupted with any of tha arrora of thoae polluted 
 ehurch«^, "for Uiey are vlrvina." Theae ara Uiey which follow Uie Iamb whltheraoever 
 he ffoetli Theae were rcd^roed ftwn amons man. being the firat fhilta unto (lod and " 
 to the L*pb. There la no guile, no deceit wlUi Uiemi; and now, what la tholr mlitoioii ? 
 You will iMa it In tha «th verae,— " And I aaw another angel fly In tha mldat of heaven, 
 having th^ everlaating oo^Mf, to preach unto them Uwt dwell on the earth, and to every 
 •Mfton, and MndrM^ and tongue, and pmph." Now I would be aorry to damp your ini». 
 alonarv emjnrlea, yet I mutt toll you pklnly Uwt to the Jawa la committed the ifnat and 
 ImporUnt miaaion, the eonveraion of the world. Let me point jwx to niiiny other 
 paaaagea wMch corroborate thIa hxH. Sea Rom. «l 16, " For If the caatlng *way," A<i^t 
 and alao 88th verae. "Therd ahall coma out of Slon," Ao. You will at once perceive 
 \*tw» an^ tha flrat veraa of tha chapter we have left: " And 
 IkitJ' Wko. Again, tha prophet laalah tokea up thIa whole 
 ■..^ ^- MraftlB or aong at the and ol tha I6th chapter. He givea . 
 •winroomm>Uon that ahall be at tha (all of tlia abomhMtion by the 
 
 _--...j>to thepeo|le of God: « Come, my people, enter thou Into -thy cham- 
 
 bara. and ahut thy doora ab( ut thee : Hide Uiyaelf. aa it mvtt, for a lltUa moment, nnUl 
 tha Indication be overpaat. For, behold, the Lord comath out of Uia place to punish 
 Um Inhabltanto of tha aMrUi for their tnlqultv ; Uta aarth alao ahall dbdoaa her blood, 
 end ahall no mora cover her iktu," You will obaanre that tha prophet followa the aame 
 plan that la foUowad In Ui« Book of RevalaUona. Ha takaa Um aabjact up firat In e 
 general war, and than ha h<ilda op tfca caoaa. U* ahowa tha abominaUon under the 
 figure of " levlaUiMi. Um pla rclng '' lerpant. And If you look to tha Book of Job, you 
 wUl aae that tha ^ra la a wmplete one; Job ill. The prophet in tha a*Ui chapter 
 goea on to ahow tha bll of t ila abomtneUon under thia fignra. " In that day the Lord 
 with hla aora, and great, and atrong aword. ahall punl«h levlathen, the plaroW aerpent, 
 even leTtaUMn, thai crooked aerpent ; and he ahall aley tha dragon that la In the eea.^ 
 Nipw, obaarra the figure In dl ite forijU. Tha davil, in Um abominatloq. la praflgured 
 under the form of a dragoii. '~^- l---. ... - .- r -:o - 
 
 aa tha ,dragon that ia in the 
 
 and alao 
 tha connexion 
 lo a faHob 
 prophecy 
 en idee o 
 
 verae, "Thei 
 
 between thia 
 
 on Mount 
 
 le ahai 
 
 kea 
 
 tp anger agaiiiat the 
 
 inea 
 aaHli 
 
 Tha baaat, roaa out of tha aae. Hare thay are apoke 
 
 aaa. The pi>gphet goea on to ahow that the Lord will not 
 
 Fury U not in npa," Aa Then he takaa up the 
 
 up the very 
 
 nbject we era trying to pr >ve. At Um «th varae he aeyi: « He ahall oauae Uwrn thii 
 
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 I of Jaanli to Uln root IitmI thM bkiMm* mnI ImiI. mmI (111 tK« hc« nTllM wnrli ' 
 Vltk h«li." If yiM am luil tMMM with all th4M frt»4t thai tli« J.»« wlD cHivart th« 
 Writl. I alMill |[lv« yu* nor* by mmI bjr. AlUr Iha aitMltm U ((«»■, i^r Iw iithar wnnU, 
 •lUr Um* oIiJwI Air wki«k tiM I44,0IIU ara on Uia Muual H(<>a «lih <1irUl U kaM vp, 
 tlwti aa l<i«a nf tha tlma la |(va« a» Um «Ui var«a : " Ami Uwra foUnwwl aa<i(h«r aiiffvl, 
 ■aylac, llaliyUm U falUn," An. Ttila pmvaa ttiat at tha |wri<Nl jnat f^i—, whrn Ik* 
 •bumTaalhMi akali Ikll, and tka two wltnaaaaa b«r<iaui <ira<l, lh« J««* akall Iw ralaMi up 
 to Doavart tka vorM, ami ahall amla banHiM tka vUllila rkurnk uf (lirlit m|miii ik« 
 •artk. Tka tkird aaip>l follow* wllk a vary iRkpaHant liavlaratldn. Whiln wx try t« 
 Impraaa tka tnitka at tkla prvpkaejr on tka mlntia of tka InkahltanU of th« raHh. loany 
 may lay, " Wail, all tkla OMiy ba Inn; our ekurek may Im aoniiortrai with thU alMiiiiln^ 
 tlon, and may avm koid aoiaa of har arrora; t*4l atllC If wa, aa Imilvlduala, try to IWa 
 and act aa wa ouKht to tio, I don't tklak It mattara mack U> wliat rknrck wa ih-Iohc." 
 Mow, mark what tha third anvvl dorlarr*: "if aay nian worahip tha twatt and Yd* 
 IntaKa, and r«MM<Ua kla mark in kla forvhaati, ur (a hia hand, tha aainn shall ilrink of Ilia 
 wtna of tka wratk of (iod, wkiok I* ixmml nqi witkout nditiira Into Ilia nip of hi* 
 Indifpiation," Ac. Ilara tliair |ninlahni«nt follow*— ata^al damnation. In .tlia IHtk 
 cka|itcr, aflar tlia aalaU ara oVHrroma \>j th« Javll awitlia world, a aontanra la Intro- . 
 ducad : " llcra la thn faltk and |iatian«a of thn Minta." Yaa t thi> faith ami |iallrn<-« of 
 tha'aaInU, aa I'aiil aaya of on« of tlia rhrlntiait vra^aa (cliarlty), " Ixtarath all Iklnipi, 
 ballavatk all tkln^pi, ko|iath all tliinKa,'ra<lur«Ut •iTthlnKa." Th« aania arntvnra ia hi-ra 
 in tka lltk raraa, hut tkla tlnia it la followml b« thair rawani, lit th<> miim> onlar aa tha 
 nunlaknMnt of tlia wlaka<l, or, in utkar wonla, imiaa who womliln tlio IxHUit, And, Q, 
 now baaUtiful tka promlaa I Tha voica la not tfca voion of an rartldy lirlnK; It ia mi( tka 
 volra of an anK«l aant Ui Jokn ; it !< • vnica Arom hravan — th« voica of (iod. Anil what 
 do«a that votea tall Juka to writa T " JUnaacd ara tha drad wkirk dia In tha liord from 
 hem-aforth : yaa, **lth tha tpirit, that tkay may frat from tli«<ir laboura, and thair work* 
 do follow tkem." I abonid have lald baftira, that tha vl<>w wa ar« ir>lnc thmutfh with 
 now la not a aimfda account of tha paopla of (Iod throuuh thn rflipi of tho akominallon, 
 but ralkar • klatory of thn whola mattar In ai| acclnaiaatlcal pfiint of vinw. Tha ■ubjrct 
 k flrat kald up in a itraat, f(anantl point of view, aa 1 Kava aaid brforn, Iknn In a wilitiral 
 ptint of viaw, and now in an ecclealaatical point of vinw. Undnr thin, laat la dlaplaynd 
 tha poaiMo* of tka paopla of Ood IhroMah thia |Mtrtod of wlckndnoaa, lllWt ynara, and tha 
 bvautiAil promiae to thnm who have lumtrrd aiul'iiiad for Chriat'a aakn — " lilraaml," Ao. 
 
 ,, We tkall now giva you the coeleaiaatioal viaw of tna pulling down of thia gri'at alxindn*- 
 tlon. " And 1 looked ; and behold a white cloud ; and ufion thn cloud onn Hat, lliiit unto 
 the Bon of Man, having on kla kead a giddnn crown, and in hIa hand a uliarp alrkle." 
 The elevated poaitlon of the cloud,' aoaring »vnr thn whole fare of thn earth, at once 
 oonvaya the Idea that ke who may'be placed there can aean the whole Ikco of tlie narth, 
 
 ' White, aa I have already aaid, la an emblem of aptitlnaa purity ; the crown an rmlih-in of 
 power and dignity. He that aal on the cloud la like unto the Hon of Man, or. In other 
 worda, ia • figure of Chrlat. |Ie haa in h^ hand a aharp alekle. Thia aickle ia aharp; 
 It will mlaa nothli^ It ia Intended to out An nngel oomea out of thn temfdn, ami criaa 
 with • loud Tolee to klm who aat on the cloudjAe. " And he that aat on the ttlond 
 throat in hIa •lekle on the earth, and the earth wall reaped." Aa I aliowmi at thn lM>Kin> 
 sing of thia eoelealaatlcal view, tho temnle 1* held ^p aa a flgum of the Church of I'hriiit. 
 Ilere, then, la the anm and lubataheo of tkla picture. The aiigvl of thn (,'hurch of C'hriat 
 calla to him for protection. He tokea hia people from the «nd« of the earth ; gathert 
 them together aa a farmer gnthera kla grain when |t la reaped, and aoouree it from atorm 
 •nd tempeat. Coinpnre thia view with the worda of laaiah, which I have already quoted, 
 Ittth chapter and Xtth verae: "Come, niy people, enter thou into thy chambera, ann 
 ■hut thy doora about thee; hide thyaelf (or n little moment, until tho itidignation be 
 overpaat." "And another angel came out of the temple whicli la in heaven, he nlao 
 havli^ • sharp alekle;" Thia angel cornea out of the church in heaven, or, in other 
 
 .worda, the aalnta who have been martyred, who ate now in heaven. Thia angel comet 
 out firom amongat them ; and another angel cnmea out fWim the altar, who luul power 
 over llr«. It u evident here that the altar ia apoken of aa a figure of the martyred 
 aaitita— thoaa who had bean laorMlced, aa it wen^ to Ood, for the love of Chriat. Yon 
 wl|l aea at tha opening of the lUkh aeal, ch. yi.'*0 v.: "I *aw under the altar the aoula of 
 thiim that were alaln for the word of God," Ac They cry to (Jod for vengeance on their 
 Anemlea. Thia angel cornea ftom wnong them, and erlee with a loud cry to hhn that had 
 the aharp alekle, aaylng, " Throat ia thy aharp alclde, and gather the cloatern of the 
 tti^eof the earth ;m hia grapea are iblly ripe." Tlie vine and grapea are held up hero 
 M '* fisv'* '^ 4io wicked, aimplT iMcaaae of the similarity of treatment they receive at 
 laiit. The grape, when ripe, la oraiaed, and amaahed, and trodden under foot. Ih like 
 mifaner, the wtclied, when ripe, or, in other words, when their time ahall come, slwll lie 
 bntlaed„with • slaughter such aa never was on earth. "And the angel thrast in hie 
 ■ic)ile into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine 
 br^as of the wrath of Ood. And the wine press was trodden without the city." Among 
 th4 ancient Jews, a criminal was cast out of the city luld stoned by a mob. The casting 
 oat of the oitjr Menu to Imt* been done to thow that ^ywerowrowa from under the 
 
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 BrabMtitMi «4 liaaTra, M<i UA In tli« timnj «4 
 
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 Imw* ars cwly a Nni 
 I ha*« now habTai 
 
 ir« to ttmm um awftil 
 
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 twl ttiU kMt akowa you tha panUkiMat. I Ihlak Um ■tilami h 
 
 M UiaalaacMM 
 ■p lo your vlaw all Iha 4llfcr*nl ilMart|i(l<mi of thli 
 
 ■•aa. a«<l Ito hll.%a««|>( nn«. I IwM up %km mal |«aaral vUw. wiwl 
 Ika iaab ; I Mil U up amlar Iha aaaadlac of Iba Irampata. alMviM How Iha _ 
 
 Una a«Mla4 maa aa a whola; I haM up Iha ahmalaalloa llaalfj I ifcuwa*! Iha polllkwl " 
 Ttaw uiHlar Iha «Uia. Ihmi Iha MwlMlaatli-al. Man haa homt Iha lna(nim«nl In tha hwid 
 •f (><mI. In all IKm* Tiawa, Ui |mll aown an<l panUh tha wnriMptMra of tha k<hI of tha 
 MHh. liat Ihara la iwia crand »1«1» iflvan yai, wham man haa ilolhlnK Ut <lo In Um 
 ■allar. Tha baaata with Iha ali winffa hava atoptml. Thaw ara n<H hara. |l la a ha*. 
 ▼anW »law, ahowln« thai (I.hI la Iha Kraal niovar of all lhln«a. Thla vlaw U glran la 
 Uia I7lh ehaotar. JV.hb tha nih varaaj an<l tha prinrlpal Ihlaf (kit ua In B^laala, what 
 baoomaa of Iha puwara thai fttmi Iha >n«i of Iha aarth— Iha abooilnallon of ilaaolatloa. 
 "And Um baaat waa lakaii. and wllh him Iha hiaa prophat Ihal wrnoRhl miranlaa bcfoft 
 Mm. wllh whl«h ha daaatvad Iham Ihal had raealvad Uia mark of Iha liaaal, and Ihan 
 that worahlppad hia Imaca. Thaaa both wara eaal allva Into a laka of Ufa, bumln* wllh 
 brImaloMi." I Woulilaak Ihoaa who maha Iha baaal and Iha Atlaa prophat tha aama, 
 how la tha word " MWaaad haraf Yom aaa tha aad of two of Iha paraona of thla iH 
 up powar; but th«aMr(lha •lavil) U not cai^thl yal; and whan ha la, ha la only bound 
 fur a lima. liow«ll#. If vou liMik to Iha noth iihaptar and lOlh van*, VM will aaa In tkt 
 and that ha la aMK***' ■>■ <<•■* '"^> tha aama laka Airavar. 
 
 Tha aait thllw I ahall call your atlantlon to la tha daarrl|)tloa of tha fall of thla 
 MomlnaUon of daaoUlion. You will And It In tha imh chafttar. Aa I hava ahown yon 
 r^tha dUfcrant vlawa, thla abomination haa Imwu h«ld up undar dlAwant Aipiraa charac- 
 Uriatlo of bar poaltlon undar that tI«w. Uut now aha la apokan of undar on« irraat 
 IWur»-thaRraatoltylkbylon. Tha aaMl oomaa down from haavan. It I* tha AlmCrhlT 
 who haa doomad bar Aill. Ha criaa miKhtlly with a atrong volca. aayinc, " Nabylon Ilia 
 
 Kant U bllon." Thla daclaratlon la aimply that aha la bllan from powar ; aha haa loal^ 
 r away ovar lh« |>owara <4 tha aarth. ITm angal than Roaa on to hold up to vlaw h«r 
 eharaetaratthb period. "Hha lua bacoma Iha haUtatlonof davlkand Iha holdof avarv 
 fonl aplrit. and a «aga of avary un«l«*a and hatffol bird." Thla la a flKura of avary- 
 thing abomlnabla and oomiplad. both morally and trnnporally, or rathar, apiritnally and 
 
 tna 
 
 naUona." Thara U 114 eieapllon. Ali tha (Mtlo^ililgllirtyuiva ttaan corraptMi by 
 
 h«r, and oonaeqnanU|Lthelr punlahniant la aurft^^H^HMnimn of the •aruiliarac^ 
 
 omnmittMLfoniioatidnith bar; and the merob4g|M^^Hfi(a waied'^HMPbugh 
 
 the abundakiDa of her deiicaciea." Tliere la be^^H^HH|||M. to whtinnvlairto 
 
 call Vow attantloo moat particularly. It la a roiSimRo^filBVan. Calling to whom T 
 
 Calling. I aav, to irou I y»a. to vou I at thla narticalar moment— to yoti, who may hava any 
 
 eonaeiion with the abomination. And ulre care, leat many of yon are more intimately 
 
 OOnneetad with her than you imagine. "And ThMrd another voice from heaven, any Ing, 
 
 oome out of her, mv neople, that yon be not partakem of her atna, and that you rocelv* 
 
 not of her plag^ea.' Yee I withdraw yourael vea from her ; make a oompleto aeparatioo. 
 
 Delay not oM moment; for, aa I ahowed jrou before, ch. »»i. r. 19, " Behold I come as 
 
 thiaC BleMd Is he thst wateheth and kaepeth hU garments, leat ha walk naked, and 
 
 sea h^ shame." And (Mark, ch. 1«, t. SS) " HAe ye heed ; watch and pray, for 
 
 lowjAot when tha Ume is," And (S7th Terse) •• What I say onto you I any nnto 
 
 AgaS^aJMit pot the question: Why watchf Why this siamhiation and hasty . 
 / isparatkVT' The reason Is here. " For her sins have reached unto heaven, and Ucid 
 hath rensmbersd her iniquities." 
 read fcf 1 
 
 bumsd wii _ 
 
 ramed. Thai* who weep over her hold tat to view her influence over the whole world. 
 Her marehaadlss shows her character nndft all the positions already described. In her 
 •ooleslastlsal dsallm she has nads a merohandise of even the sools of men. Tha 
 •postiss and wophets an oallsd to rejoice over her. Another pictniw is held up to show 
 jva tbs fltrtalnty and vebemenoy of her faU: "And a mighty aiMwl took np a stone Ilka 
 a great miUatons. and east It Into tha ssa, sayinc. Thus with violenoe shall that great 
 
 indn ~ 
 
 knoe 
 
 tsmbered her iniquities." Here then her punishment follows (which yon can 
 
 voorsslvss) finishing with her n^ter deetructlon: "And she shall be utterly 
 
 rlth fire." As fire leavea not a vestige behind, la like manner shall she be coa. 
 
 dty Babylon be thrown down, sad shall b« found _„„„ 
 
 that hsr Inflneae* and power shall be oonpletety eradicated from the fiiea of Um e«irth7 
 
 I no more at all." The nest verses show 
 
 not a slngis craftsman, b* hs sver so humbls, shall be stained with a single spot of her 
 cormptloa. The founders tff Aitore generaUons will hold no connsslon with her abom- 
 inations, nor b* oomq)(«d bv them. " Awl the voice of the bridegroom and the brida 
 ahaU be beard no more at all in thee." Here two reasons are given: "For thymerahanU 
 ware the great men of the earth. The figare, aMrcAaiOS, h«re means, thoee who^va 
 
 
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 MlaU. Md of all UiM ««r« atota WT** Um Mrtk" Ym) iba h«* b<Mn Utf abMalaaUos 
 
 Tba Uma kaa mow tumm ffba« jaa wHI aa»M«llf m*. •Ii«« tkall ik«w 
 TIm ant imnitirr to mkUih I •hall rail yoar aUanllua U In Itantvl. ill. 1 : " i 
 tlta man ninth irii la llaaa. wllldh »aa a|Mia Um »at«r of Uia rl««ra. wha« ha halil u|> hi* 
 rigbi haMt aad kla l«(l haaal aato liaavaa. ami ■vara \>y IIIm UmI Uvrtk Air Kvar.lliat It 
 ■ball ba fer a lima, llataa. aa<l a half, axl »h«a k* atiall ba«a atiMiniplUliiMl t<> atiaitor 
 tba iHi««r ot tba boly |MHM>la, all Ihaaa lbla(p aball ba Unlabatl." It U <<irl.»»nt Ibal tba 
 amiurinc »f U>« iMiwar iiT iba boly paoftia, or la ntbar w<ir*la, from Um iiuttlmir il»«n uf 
 Uia ttbaroh aa a vlaibi* p<m«r apn«<llnir b«r liiMumiea ovar Iba »ittit, U lli« lialu li«f« 
 ralbrraal to. Turn now bi Kav. lU , al iba 6lb vnraa. Tba arumaM, or aa I Itava alrwMlV 
 ■bowa. Iba obuirb. (I«nI Inb) Uia wll<l«rn«M, abara aba balk a i^toi't (wanaml of (t<J, ■ 
 Ibal Ibay abwilhl fami bar tbrra a lhiituian<l. Iko bumlrml anil thrwwuiire ilayi : Ibat Wb 
 IIM. A||al|i •» Iba Ulb Iba aama rIniiinaUnra la ro|MialMl ; Anil Uv »h« aiiimaii war*. 
 irivaa two wlaga of • mat m^U thai ulia iuIkIiI Ay lnU> tba wililarntWM, iiiUi h«r |iU«% 
 wbara aba U Martabad for a lima, tlmaa. ami a balf." Il la <iulu i«irkl«nt Ibal ihaM 
 tbraa |ini«aaaa aro all |MilntlnK U> th« lania rlrrumatanca, «li.. llui Hy\wg of tba <'biim 
 Into a placa uf obat^uHly. Itba tba ihllilrnn of laraal fWInK 10141 thn wIldtriM'aa to baM 
 friHii baavan, ami to be aa/a from tba rulloK powara of Him aarth. 11 U pOalii frim «bal 
 rolbiwa Ibal tba word " Itm*' la Jual a aaar, or tba iWur^ of a yaar. awl " Hmfi" two 
 
 Cira. ami a b«ir lima a half yaar. Tkla la pro»«l by tba m.mlKi aiMAitn of. Th#y 
 n« Jnat 41 ; thai la »k yaara. or tba Hm*. tliiiaa ami a balf. N<iw mark Vf lll«il<lMra 
 maka >i VMra, o«ia yaar la SAO tiaya, an<l ona month to lUya, wa ahall pMntva tbla by 
 flmraa li«4>>84->S«<), than S40-»- 1 loiSO, that la, SO dava In a month. Now mark, 
 tbay ara all fVill daclmal nombara. I wlah you to oliaarva thai the woman flwl from iha 
 
 Ikoa of tba 
 tba Mirth aat 
 
 dra^im with tba aavan hawla and tan boma, or fnmi tba tM-a aif tba rxi •>' 
 »t up. or In othar worda, from tba aiNimlmitlon of daaolMlun aat wp, and ahall 
 ba hid for ISAO dayi. If you turn ^> KMklal Iv. A, you will And tbal a da| U bald np 
 to rfpraaant one ravolutbm of tba aarth round tba aun ; " 1 ha»a ap|M>lnta« tiiaa aaeh 
 day for a year." Now how Iook ahall tba abomination ralffn over tha awtb f You will 
 Und tba anawar In tha ISth «h. of Kav., and 5th veraa: " And powar waa fjlvaa unto 
 Um to continue *t montha," UAO daya; jnat tha aama lima that tha womUlU to co» 
 tinua In tha wlldamaaa. A|(sla, at tha bej|lnntac of tha aarlealaatleal flaw, *. 1 1, w. t, 
 • And tha holy city ahall thay traMi under (wit Kirty and two montha ;" Jualfctha aama 
 time, ISAO. Again, Ird vera*, the wtlueaaea ahall pr<iiiba«'y ona thouannd t«» hundred 
 Md thraeaoora daya, Juat IIAO. H<i tba aum of thn wlioto matter la tbia. ThvalMunln- 
 atlon of daaoUtloB ahall atand and reign over the earth ; tha church ahall It* kid ; the 
 witneaaea ahall prophecy, olothetl In aMikcloth ; and the holy city, or In othv worda, 
 tlM people of God ahnll b* troddra under foot, for ISAU yeara. (Jkit I have aWran you 
 la every vlev given of thla abomination that at the end of her reign ab« will b«thr<iwn 
 down with a great alaughtor, euch aa never waa on the earth. Again, the 5«>«*tlon 
 arlaea, llow long ahall Uila vbuighter laat. and when ahall It oome to an eiul T Tha 
 •aawer to thla la again given in Daoicl xil. 8: " And 1 heard, but 1 umlcmtowd not; 
 Uken aald I, O my Lord, what ahall be the end of theae thlnga t And ha aald, tio thy 
 %ay Unnlel : for the worda are ,oloa«<l up aiM aealed till the time of the i>ml. Many 
 ahall be parlAed, and nuule white, and triad; but the wicked ahall do wiokedlf. and 
 nona of the wicked ahall nnderatand ; but the wlaa ahall uaderatand. And Aran the 
 Ome that the dally aacHlice ahiril be Uken away, and the abomlnatkm that itnketli 
 
 teilat• aet up, there ahall \» a tbouaand two hundred and ninety daya." ThM then 
 I bo the end of the awfal war, 1*90 ; ahowlnv n period of 80 yeara of war, aweh aa 
 never waa. over the whole eaftk Now the whob aueation reaU on one noint: when 
 WM the atwalnaUoo aet up T whea WM the ohnrok hid from the earth T IIMorlana any 
 thai tiM anion of Uhumh and Htata took pkce, or In other worda, the Arai Pope waa 
 ordained 807 yaan after Chriat Mow aome will any, bacauae the I'ope did not exerolae 
 any tmnparal power tha date eanaot be taken here. But obaerve, the date la taken ttom 
 the beaM whan It b yet the Ronnn emplra ; ch. allL, v. 8. The church did not become 
 tha head until It la apoken of aa tha baaat that roae out of the earth. And again In 
 eh. xvll., T. U, " And tha beaat that waa and la not, even he la the eighth, and la of tha 
 aaran, and goath Intb paidUlon." Yoo will aea then, the aetUng op of thla abomination 
 waa nndefUia laat head of the iloman empire. He la of the aevaa and la the elchtb. 
 Thla provea that tha abomination waa aat np before tha chvrch beoaua tha head. IIow- 
 erer, If wa take Into oonaidaratlon tha Caet that all tha nnmbera given ara in AiU daeimal 
 nnmlMra. Wa may raaaonably eoMilnda that it took ona tanth part of the time to aat thla 
 abomination np that it wtU take to poll it down, tIs., three yaara ; thla aappoaitioa wiU 
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 ttom a date given to tha and. Yon will find at the iath.veraa tha qneation pnt: " How 
 long ahall ba the vbloa ooncaming the dally aacrlfice, and the traugrcadw of dcaoU- 
 
 abomlnatlon np that It wtU take to poll n qown, tu., tnrea yaara ; una auppoaiHUB 
 make tha time, or the atarting point, aiaoUy 810. I have given tkla aa a aappoalt 
 bnt. aa I iald, I leave no matter upon anppoaltlon. 1 ahaU prova It to ba aa Jf you I 
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 ■nto im, Unto two thooMUid thno bmidf«d dan ; then thAll the HBctoeiv be oleMiaed " 
 The qneiUoa now is, from whrt ditte T Ae I here repeetedly Mid. the Bible leeToa 
 nothing nnder oo^jectare or doabt. We ehall And the drte to eUrt from— turn to the 
 •th ohm. S6th vene eiid jron will llnd U^" And dUir threewnre end two w&ke ehall 
 Meedah be cot off." Now if we bring thoee 69 weelwinto dnye we will heve eiX73:4S4. 
 Chrirt WM 8S Tear* old when He wm crueified; nw^, He wwr U pait ttid in His S4th. 
 80 this is the date or stwrting ikrfnt,->jnst 400 yearsjbefoie Christ Take the* Attn that 
 date 9.S0O and jroa have Just 1.900 to the eml Of thewi wan^ or in other words, the 
 eleaosing of the sanctnarr ; that is, when the wieked shall be pot down Ibr ever, and 
 righteousness andjpeMie dawn on the earth to last Me tiMwandyeue. Now torn again 
 to the time when Daniel pnU the qaestion, what shall be the end of these thiiws T The 
 reply is, from the time that the didly saoriAoe shall be tatom away and the abomination 
 that maketh desokte set ap, there diall be ISM days. Now add 1S0O to tlO and yon 
 have Jost the very namber given beCore^ lS»0+«10=ilS00 : which proves the soppositioa 
 to be oorreot. that it took one4enth oT the time to set np the abomination that It wiU to 
 paU it dowA. itnd which throws all the numbers into dacimala. Now add the reign of 
 the abomination and the flying of the church into the wilderness, the prophecying of the 
 witnesses, Ae., vis.. 1860 to the 610, and yon have Jnst exactly 1860+610^187^ " So 
 behold the hour is at hand." What I say unto you I say unto all. watch. I piomised 
 to prove to you that the five months that the plwue intemperance should curse the earth 
 was ISO vears; I have only to ask yon to multiply the 80 days by Ave and you have it. 
 And mark I this plague kated till the rixth ai«el sounded, whose mission Is to bri^ 
 this war on the earth, or in other words, to pull down the abomination, which war shiS 
 eoramence in 1870 and bwt till 1000. 80 the date vf this phucne, drunkenness, is from 
 1720 tiU 1870, which agrees with theliistonr of the pbgue. It has been just about that 
 time a great plague, and I have no hesitaUon in sayi^ that tt Is intended to degrade 
 «nd demOraUie the wicked for the very purpose of Uinging them to this «wftd slaughter. 
 "Blessed is he that readeth and they that bear the words of this prophecy, and keep 
 thiMC things that are written therein, for the time is at^hMidy' Rev. i. 8. "For behold 
 the day oometh that shall bum asan oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wick- 
 edly shall be stubble. And the day that cOmeth shall bum them up, saith the Lord ot. 
 Hosts. thiA it mil leave them ndther root nor brandi. But unto yon that fow my name 
 shall the Son df Righteousaess arise with healing in his wings ;" MabdU. iv. 
 
 The 19th chapter opens up to view the scene that shall follow the foil o# the great 
 abomination. The first thing that |s heard is agreatvdce of much people in hMven 
 ptaisinff Ood for his righteous judgmenU in Judging the great whore. Again they 
 repeat his praise, and her smoke rose up for ever ana ever. Then the eiders take up 
 the Abni^ty's jwaise. with a great multitude whoae vdce was as the voice of many 
 waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings. They all praise Ood, sayfaig :" Alle- 
 luia, for the Lord Ood omnipotent reigneth." Tea ! the abomination has foUen to rise 
 no more for ever. Here foUdws a moat beauUAd description of the union on earth 
 between Christ and His church, under the figure of a marriage. We see hntven opened 
 and the church descending nnder the same figure that 9he is pres||ited under at the 
 menliw of the first seal, with this difltevnce. Uie ^der hiw on his head many croons. 
 Hehadonlyoneatfintr^But He Went forth c<Aquering and to conquer. YeslHehas 
 now many crowns; Be has passed through those i^;es of darkiless and blood. He is 
 olothed fai a veeture. dipped in bkMd. and His name is called the " Word of God." 
 
 The rest of the chapter I have already exphdned. showbig that the diurch ehall eon- 
 
 2u6r the frhole earth. The whole earth ahall either fall in the greet shuighter already 
 escribed or be convOTted to God. as des«ribed in the last verse of this chapUr. 
 
 The 20th chapter opens with the capture of the first person in the god of the earth 
 
 flie dragon, which is the Devil and Satan, and he is bound a thousand yeaM. But aft«r 
 that he must be looeed a little season. This gives us an idea of the ntent of time that, 
 righteousneas shall reign on the earth. " And I saw thrones and they that sat on them, 
 and judgment was given unto them." As I have already shown, thrones are a figure of 
 poww. The pronouns "d«y" sod " Otm" is used when thv idea is already understood, 
 vis., judgment shall be pA into the hands of the ri^teoua. . They shall rule the worid ". 
 in ri^teouMiess. I do not pretend to say what theform of government' will be. but this 
 I do say, thit Ungs shall be nursing fothers to the church in -^ace of beiqg bloody tyrants 
 and persecutors. And their queens shall be. her nurdng mothers in place of being 
 Jesebels. 
 
 "And I saw the soula of them that were beheaded for the wHnessof Jesus, wid for the 
 Word of God, and whiph had not worshipped the beast, nether his imsge, neither had . 
 received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands, and they lived and re^ed 
 with Christ a thousand yealn." I have been repeatedly ariwd if I believe that Christ 
 will come 4own from heaveb and reign as a temporal king, wnd if I believe that the dead 
 in Christ shall rise out of their mves and reign with lum a/thousand years t To the 
 first question I answer. No I Christ declared that Bis Unodom is not of this world ; 
 John zviii. 86. |f, therefore. His kingdom is not of this wmtS, He cwmot re^ on #rtk 
 a Idng. He will rdgn with His people in ^rit but not in perstm. To the second qnes- 
 
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 MM I nfer Umm w1m> pot It, W tiM atlii elukp. Mil Vena : "And whoi he had opened tha 
 fifth aaal I aaw widat the <dt«r the aoab at tham that ware ilaln," *o. No one wUl 
 pratandto aay that the aUIn In Civlat are eaaflnad under an altar UU the coming of' 
 ClirlBt. Itlaoriya«g»» ^'•P'l^Wi^twl Mo[d« Thla al«) U only a Hgure of a pe^ 
 aeontad or tha mim flnra of that pefeeeatedBeople who hate been martyred, alaln for . 
 the name of JeaM. Tliat people, aa • body, dull ariae firora death to life, or In other , 
 worda they ahaU rtaa from dtahonoor to power: they ahall nomore be a peraecuted 
 neoDle bnt dhaU Ure aad retgn with Ohrtat a thonaand yeara. The Tcry nest veraa 
 StoWthireS«lJd« riualrliatthlaperioa "But the 
 
 reat of the doMl lived not aula until the thouaod yeara were finlahed.' If we bellere 
 that the dead la Ohrlat aMl riae, we moat alao believe that the wicked ahaU rise at tha 
 end of the thoaaaad yeara. Bat no aneh Idea la riren. The rijAtepaa will rjae to power 
 and reign *«h Ohrlat one thoaaaad yeara. at the end of whiJh the wicked ahalf ariae 
 and the rlghteoaa Main become dead. Satan ahall " be looaed ont of hia prlaon,' Ac. 
 Here foUowa a abort deeeription of the end of the world and the indsment.^ 
 
 The 91at chapter holda op a beantiftri picture of the new church that will be formed 
 on earOi by the fcwa, at tiie fall of thia abomination. Yon wUl aee in the 14th cnjP^'. 
 Srd verae. the 144,000 aung a new aong before the throne. Here, at chap. St : " And 1 
 aaw a new heavea and a new earth, for the flrat heaven and the flrat earth wore paaaed 
 away; and there waa no more aea." Thfa figure almnlv ahowa Uiat there will be no 
 division in the new church. The aea aeparatea one land from another ; but In thta new 
 earth, or new ehurdi. there wiU be no more aea. or, in other worda, no more division or 
 aeparation. " And I (John) aaw the holy city New Jeruaalera," Ac. If vou turn bjwk 
 toVh. lA. ▼. 8. you wUl aee that the holy city ^aa to be trodden under foot 4S montha. 
 which I proved would eipire In 1870. We have then the period when ahe will be w- 
 estobllshed, via., at the commencement of the awftil war that will laat thirty yMra. We 
 have now a beantlfol deeeription of the reign of righteonaneaa, ahowing that the former 
 thidga are paaae^ away— that the ages of darkneaaTmve paaaed away, and «J «»»/» ^ 
 made newJT^VMi' he leavea no doubt on the mind In r««ard to the authority of theae 
 promisee. >1 ain Alpha arid Omega, the beginning and the end," Ac At the lOth 
 verse commeiaeea k beautiful picture of the Church o? Chriat : "And he showed me tliat 
 great city, the holy Jemaalem deaoendlng out of heaven from Ood, having the glorv of 
 God; and her light waa like unto a stone moat precious, even like a Jasper atone.^clear 
 aa crystal" If yon turn to the 4th chapter, and again look at Christ aa set on His throne, 
 you win aee tlMt he la to look on Uke a jaaper and a sardine stone (v. 8), Her light, 
 Uien, yon wUl pwoelve, la the light of Chriafa purity and holineae. "And had a wall 
 great and hi«h. and had twelve gatea. and at the gatea twelve angels, and names written 
 fliereon,vrii&h are the namea ofthe twelve tribea of the children of larael." The walla 
 belmr ereat and high la only a figure to show that the city, or, in other worda, the new 
 ohuVch? shall be protected. There la also an angel at each gate— a figure of heavenly 
 Mrity and protectioii. Now, yon ifrUl perceive that there are namea written on these 
 iates. " wAi<A are Me aaiiM o/tht dsefet Mba of At Mldren of Ifratf:\ I promised to 
 give you more proof that the Jewa Woifld yet be the Inatrument In the hand of God to 
 convert the worW. Thta puta the matter beyond a doubt. The gatea are exactly twelve, 
 the number of the tribea of larael, and their names written thereon. If you turn badt 
 to the 8th chwter, where the children of Israel are sealed, you will see that four angela 
 Btood on the fSur cornera of the etrth, prepared to hurt the earth. They are atopped 
 unOl the 144,000 are aealed, or until the remadv waa prepared to heal thoee injuries that 
 the four angeta were abont to Inflict on the earth. Yon aee, then, a beantUiil figure of the 
 remedy prepared to heal the earth. The angels stood on the four eorqers of the earth, 
 < This city haa four aidea^with three gatea on each side, facing, aa it were, to each conier 
 of the earth— on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gatea, 
 on the west three gates. There were 24 elders seated on soato around the throne of 0«^ 
 at the opening of thta prophecy. We se^Lthat Jesus Christ is the glorious light of thta 
 city; that the chUdren of Israel are Ita gates, or. In other words, are the Inatrumenta in 
 the hand of God, to open to the benighted world those gates. But you will perceive the 
 wall of this city haa twelve foundatlona, and in them the namea of the twelve apostles of 
 the Lamb. Yes I Chrtat crucified ta the foundation, and Rls witnesses have their namea 
 written there. The angel measures the city, and the only thing remarkable ta Ito equality. 
 All sides are alike, even the height. There ta no high ptace for the rich, and low place 
 ftJr the poor; aU thlnga therein are equal The wall is garnished with all manner of 
 precious stones, which I showed before were figures of the twelve tribes of Israel, aa the 
 high priest wore theae atonea on hta br^t, aa I have already mentioned. The gates wUl 
 never be shut ; there ta no night there. No ! there ta no darkness in that glorious church ; 
 and there shall In no iriae eriter Into It anything that deflleth, neither whatsoever worketh 
 abomination or maketh a He. Nol none of the anpportera of the abomination of dew- 
 Ution shaH be found there, but they whoae namea are written In the Umb'a book of life. 
 « And he ahowed^me a pure river of water of life, clear aa crysUl, proceeding out of the 
 throne of God and of the Lamb, In the tbidst of the street of it.'*^ The pronoun "it" 
 acian used, when the Idea ta understood ; that ta, in the midst of the street of thta city. 
 •< And on either dde of th« river waa there the tree of Ufe, which bare twelve maimer 
 
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 id^theLamb. ThetreeoC Ufagra«lBtte«MO« 
 „je dde of this rireri DerlO. in the M F^ wmr 
 pluted by • riTer, w|ildi fa hie waegk jrleldeUi Mt, 
 Bsare la held up herei ThtatoeeipwibytheefyiUI 
 month; end ita leered ere for the he^ng of the MtV" 
 the twelve muner of/froit, ud the mouth (there ML 
 of the tweWe tribee of lerteL ThU %ff« pl^y 
 irorld will iMuiire time. The church mult be eetab 
 after that the V^oni will be heded. Thia expwne 
 fa ch. Mil., V. 12: " Bleeaed le he that waiteth, and ©^ 
 and thlrty^ve d»yB," tIi.. IMS. From the worda, 
 reason to eoqelnde that the goapel will be preached 
 and thoee who hear ahall nnderatand, or, In other wl , 
 The word "« blAeaed" la explained fa ch, L ▼. 8: " Blewedja 
 that hear the word* of this prophecy, and keep thoee thingk^ 
 
 mt '.■ a <k«^« ill L...^ m 
 
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 ooatM from the throne of God 
 
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 twelve fa a ym), are all finres 
 
 owe that the ooliTeralon of the 
 
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 hat period mentfctted by Daniel, 
 
 h to the thfflw*"^ three hondred 
 
 Bleaaed U^'' we have everv 
 
 even aoal dBMb^t thla period; 
 
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 "^Mlyideth. and they 
 
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 Srd of ol andSo keej It. The reat of thla chapt«r (««ljili^ the glorfoo. nnloa 
 S Siriatand hUi^plebn earth. They ehaU atand on that^*' ^ VtV"^^, 
 She rXtlTof hie'flS^. "And they ahil aee Hla bee, «|d Hta ^*^ ^^ 
 ^heada." The light of heavenihall ever ahfae upon them. Thev ahall reign wit^ 
 
 mm^only hereV fa thoee reafa» o',M*L!^^''i!^* '^'th?L^'G«a of'th; 
 "Aad he eaW unto me, Thew aaylnge are faitWU and true ; and the l«rd God of the 
 holjprophTto Sth «>it Hia a^SVahowifato Hla mutant, the thfaga whkbmuat 
 
 ■^N^w, Uki*^U that It la not to the prophet John *io«« ^-t^^* T**^ f"*.!^?^ 
 but toUTaefTantaUhe plural aervantal-all who WonjWp Mm in anWt •^^^^^^ 
 K yo» are Hfa aervanto, let me tell voa then, that God hath aent tiW angel *» yon to 
 Aow unto you the thtaga which wUfahorUy be done. And Ia«faaakyc«^fcy haa 
 h2 aent Hta^angel to ahSwiyou thoee thlngat The ««'•' '■T'^J; ' »S^„^^n 
 guicUyrWeSSd la he that'keepeth the aaytoga of the prophecy of tUa Book/^ Johtt 
 2wm bla toaSmony that he heiSl and aaw tBsae thtoga, TI? »• «antloBed n^ to wal 
 £ ^JtaTTtheWecy of thla Book, (br the time to at Uni A«dn.^' BeWd I 
 borne qul^." AgayT, yoir authority for the certataty and tenth of Qda P»op»»wy »« 
 iSd farthT^ am flphkW Omega, &e begfanfag anjf the end. the flrat and tj* 1"^ 
 Md Wk, "I, JeeM.have aent^e angel to teatlfyunto you thoee thln» In the 
 TukS* 'l ai the rlwt and the o«fcpri;«*of David, and t^ brto*t and «»«JfJ»^i. 
 Testtheatorfairlven.a figure of the^t of the church of Chriat. YearChristfa 
 ^t epWt thrt S«: WhSiwe look ti heaven we aee the mpmfag atwlooWng down 
 EuT^v^rytu^ ^riat to the momtag .to. He to »~"»«^«r:- JSS£^?h « 
 onr everv acUon. He haa aeen thi aorrowa of Ua people. He can aympatWae with ua. 
 fo'ZScuS^'^^eftoot«,d theOftprimj^^D^^^^^ ^f" ^Ha^f^^ 
 •"The^nofman." Andnowbehojdthe tovltation. " And J^'^f^r** «'*,*«' ^^ "/ 
 oom^" CtoKd htochurchaa <me aay. "come;" "And let W ttat heareth say, 
 ^•' Tm! you Sat heaTand- uuderrtand, put not your candle under a bushel, but 
 ST' come/' to all wound you, "And let hl£ thatto athlrat. cdme, and whosoever 
 ^'.leTuSi tike of the wafer of life ftedy." Andnow though I wew to search the 
 ^W iSl the poeta tod orators, from the creation of the wofld tUl thto present day, 
 Sd not^find Vwntence to fintoh with so impressive as the toat sentence of thto pro- 
 pbecy. " He which teatlfleth these things saith. auiely I come quickly. Amen t 
 
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 w. c. oncwnr a co., mMius, una anuur suit, toaosto. 
 
UNMHldl 
 
 Ihe tree mra ibr dk« • 
 KB Um throne of God 
 It of tut city, Mid by 
 itaona wkn to " * tro* 
 fiidrthaBTW." This 
 tnii U yUlded erery 
 II «MUy pnoeiw that 
 » yMT), an dl finras 
 toe ooliTeriioii of tha 
 1 pui^, on earth, and 
 mentkrtied bv DMiiel, 
 lomeiid three hmidNd 
 we haVe every 
 ii^thii period; 
 ___ will eenre God. 
 JKwMleth, and they 
 I-Im written therein/' 
 OW read alkd hear the 
 tmu the glorlooa unioa 
 1 (dif gfaua, and ever t^e 
 nama.ahall be in their 
 Thev ahall reign wit> 
 tve, ior ever and ever. 
 I the Lord God of tha 
 tha tUnga whkh muat 
 
 t these words are sent, 
 in spirit and in truth, 
 nt His angel to von to 
 «ln aak yon, Yfhj haa 
 here: "Behold I coma 
 ^ of ^ds Boole'' John 
 ia canUoned not to seal 
 id. Again, " Behold I 
 ithofUda prophecy lit 
 
 the first and the last." 
 Btt thoee things in the 
 ght and monung star." 
 Shrlrt. Yesl Christ is 
 iftng (tar loddng down 
 g down from heaven on 
 can sympathise with us. 
 
 He has been one of as, 
 Hiirit and the bride say 
 i Mm thai heareth say, 
 idle nndor a bushel, but 
 t, c(«me, and whoaoever 
 A I were to search the 
 M till this present day, 
 ast sentence of this pro* 
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