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 BOOK OF DANIEL. 
 
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 OTTAWA: 
 TRINTED BY JOSEPH LOVEDAY. 
 
 1870. 
 
P K E F A C E 
 
 Having endeavored^ quite recently, to explain the Book of 
 Mev elation, in a j^amphlet entitled ''The Apocalypse Ex- 
 plained," ic/iich teas icidely circulated and read by Chris- 
 tians scattered amonj the numerous sects, I have been led to 
 attempt an explanation of this wonderful chapter (Daniel 
 :!d.), without which my former labours icould be inco7nplete. 
 As there are many icho hate hiowledge, and disbelieve the 
 ijispiration of Scripture, the explanation of the prophecies 
 may tend to covince the sceptic, ichile it lights the pathicay 
 of the wise to even a more perfect understanding of the icorks 
 and teachings of Him who is over all, God blessed for ever. 
 In the elucidation of this chapter, I have had recourse to the 
 ^^ History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 
 by Edward Gibbon, Esquire, whose infidel tendency will 
 exonerate him from the charge of writing history to suit 
 Scriq)ture, while his learning and diligence have earned for 
 him deserved popularity and placed his name, for authenticity 
 and deep research, amongst historians of the first rank. 
 
 o. c. 
 
EXPLMATION OF M^lEl ELEVEN. 
 
 The prophecies contained in this chapter, embracing as 
 they do the history of the world from the lastof the Jew- 
 ish prophets to the great battle of Armageddon (Rev. xvi. 
 16 ; Zech. xiv. 12, 13), — where the friends of Christ and 
 the followers of Satan will be engaged in actual conflict, 
 and the victory of the former will be the signal of the 
 millennium or the thousand years of peace and content- 
 ment under the mild sceptre of Christ, — are pregnant 
 with interest to the lover of truth; and, whilst I have 
 endeavored to explain it, I claim the consideration due 
 to those who endeavor to advance the cause of truth and 
 happiness in the world. 
 
 The period of the world's history from the time of 
 Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi to the advent of 
 Jesus Christ, was not honored with any inspired 'writings, 
 and the close of the second prophetic epoch was du-y 
 marked by the Almighty coming forward and revealing 
 Himself, in a glorious vision, to his beloved Daniel — who 
 was scarcely able to bear the sight — and unfolding to 
 him the plan He intended to pursue, as best adapted to 
 existing circumstances, for the redemption of his rebel- 
 lious children, and restoring them again to his favor. 
 
 Listen, man, it is God who speaks : — '' Also I in the 
 first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and 
 to strengthen him. And now xoill I show thee the truth'' 
 
 1 Also I in the ^^ *^^ *^^^ these words were spoken Da- 
 first year of Da- rlus was still king, and therefore could not 
 
 rius the Mede, be included as one of the three kinffs who 
 
 even L stooQ. to 
 
 confirm and to ^^® spoken of as yet future. Three of 
 
 strengthen him. them were the successors of Darius; 
 
6 , EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 2 And now will and during the rcign of Darius and Xerxes 
 
 1 shew thee the ^^^.^^ great expeditions were conducted as:- 
 truth. Behold. . ^^, ^ , ,, , . ^ ,, ^ ^ 
 
 there shall stand Jin^wt (jrreece; and the plains of Marathon 
 
 up yet three with the Pass of Thcrmopyla) attest the 
 
 ings in er- yr^j^^^p q£ ^]^q ancient Greeks, and the in- 
 eia : and the ' 
 
 fourth shall be efficiency of numbers when opposed to men 
 far richer then ^y^Q [q^q freedom. Of the foui* kings men- 
 
 by his st'reno-ih tioii^d by Josephus — after Darius Ily- 
 through his ric- staspes — three of them, stood up in the 
 hes he shall stir ^-gj-j^j^y of kings, namely, Xerxes, Arta- 
 
 the ' realm of xerxes Longimanus (the Ahasuerus of Es- 
 Grecia. ther, and Artaxerxes Mnenion. The fourth, 
 
 Darius Codomanus, reigned only six years, ^nd paid the 
 penalty of his predecessors' temerity in the loss of his 
 kingdom, taken from him by the Macedonians, command- 
 ed by Alexander the G-reat. The three kings — Xerxes 
 and the two Artaxerxes — are the three meant as having 
 stood up. I am aware there are other kings mentioned 
 in the Ptolemasi canon, but as they escaped the eye of the 
 Jewish historian, at a time when the Jews were subjects 
 of Persia, they may slumber on in the oblivion accorded 
 them by the silence of Josephus ; as they do not stand up 
 sufficiently high to interfere with this explanation. The 
 fourth king stands out distinct from the others, as richer 
 and more successful in war then they ; and it appears 
 that his arms were directed, not against the Grecians, 
 but against the realm of Grecia. After the lapse of five 
 and a half centurres, Persia, having endured the tyranny 
 of the Greeks and Parthians, was restored to its ancient 
 monarchial form of govertaent and the religion of Zo- 
 
ELEVENTH CUxVPTEIl OF DANIEL. T 
 
 roaster, by the warlike Artaxerxes, who became greater 
 and richer than his tlirec ancestors. Artaxerxes had 
 served with great repute in tlie armies of Artaban, tlie 
 last king of the Partluans, and he appears to have been 
 driven into rebellion by royal ijigratitiulc — the accus- 
 tomed reward of superior merit. lie is said to have 
 descended from the ancient kings of Persia. His arms 
 subdued the remains of the Greek power in Upper Asia, 
 ovei'threw all the independent princes that disputed his 
 claims, and waged a not unsuccessful war against the 
 Eomans (A.D. 230). His haughty message to the lioman 
 emperor attests his exalted opinion of himself, and reads 
 thus : — 
 
 ''The great king therefore commands the Romans in- 
 stiintly to depart from all tlie provinces of our ances- 
 tors, and to content themselves with the possession of 
 Europe." 
 
 This message was delivered by four hundred of tlie 
 most beautiful of the Persians; who, by their fine horses, 
 splendid arms, and rich apparel, displayed the pride and 
 greatness of their master. The descendants of Artaxer- 
 xes ruled Persia until its conquest by the Arabs, wdien 
 the religion of the prophet and the Koran took the placo 
 of. Zoroaster and the Magi. 
 
 Conquests of Alexander the Great, 
 
 3 And a mighty The exploits of Alexander the Great, when 
 kiiinr shall stand .i i n ^ > it i ,i , , 
 
 up that shall ^^ ^^^^^^^^^' his soldiers and the extent 
 iitle with great of his conquests are taken into account, 
 
 dominion, and i^acl as to enquire into a character that oo- 
 do according to . , • . i • i • x 
 
 his will. cupies such a prominent place in history, 
 
 Under a love of conquest and a contempt of dangei'-^ 
 
y EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 Willi ii;rea[ mental capacity, there appears to have been 
 a tender re;':^ard for his soldiers, such as a fathei- would 
 feel for his children. He declares himself that he di- 
 vided the spoils amongst them, reserving notliing for 
 liimself ])ut the diadem and purple, which marked his 
 preeminence in toil and danger. Such conduct on the 
 part of kings generall}- ensures love and obedience; and 
 4 And when he ^'^^^'^^ soldier is animated with a desire for 
 sliall stand u]), success equal with that of his chief In 
 his kin^'doni i:« i - • i . a i 
 
 shall be b.-oken,^^ ^^1'^^^'^ '^^ '^^'<^^^t ^'S^'^ J^'^i'^' Alexander 
 and shall be di- conquered Persia, Assyria, Egy]->t, Babylo- 
 yided tov.aids ^^j^^ and became master of nearly all the 
 the lour wnids , i^ • .i- i . • • a • i * /^ • 
 
 of heaven- and ^^'^'^ Civilized countries in Asia and Africa. 
 
 not to his pos- His sudden death, at the age of thirty-two, 
 
 tenty, nor ac- (.j^j^^.j ]^\^ career of conquest, and the union 
 
 cordnig" to his ... ^ 
 
 dominion which of his kingdom, which was divided into 
 
 lie ruled: for his four parts. Ptolemy obtained Egypt ; Se- 
 kin^i^doin shall i tt a • ^ r^ V nr 
 
 he plucked up, l^^^^^''^^^ Upper Asia; and Cassander, Mace- 
 even for others don and Greece : while some of the pro- 
 beside those, yinces of Lower Asia fell to the lot of 
 Lysimachus. The learning of the Greeks was thus scatr- 
 tered over the East; their architecture excited a love 
 for the graceful, and the teachings of their pbilosoj^hers 
 elevated the mind, and prepared the world for the recep- 
 tion of all the loveliness, goodness and wisdom, in the 
 person of Jesus Christ. Having accoui])lislied their mis- 
 sion, and corrupted their leaiming, their kingdom was 
 ])roken up, and given to the Pomans and Parthians; and 
 though we may lament their fall, wo cannot excuse their 
 folly in deifying their great men, and amusing them- 
 selves in useless speculations, while the simple way to 
 tho unknown God was entirely neglected. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 9 
 
 China. 
 
 5 And the king When Britain was inhabited by barbarians 
 
 ot the south ^^^^^ America unknown, the Eoman cmi^ire 
 shall be stron;jf, ' ' 
 
 and one of his fiii<l the Persian monarchy styled them- 
 
 princes; and ho selves the two cycs of tlie world. These 
 
 above hira^'alld ^^^^>^ titles might have been justly disputed 
 
 have dominion ; by the empire of China, and the Islands of 
 
 his dominion Japan. China, with her twenty-two dynas- 
 shall be a great , . ,, ^ , i , . i- i i \. 
 
 dominion. ties — the hrst dating a^ lar back as two 
 
 thousand two hundred years before the Christian era, — 
 for population and extent of territory was su])erior to 
 either and perhaps equal to both. Her many dynasties 
 speak of internal commotion, and the Huns and Tartars 
 made sad havoc among her patient inhabitants. The de- 
 feat of the former, in the first century, was fatal to the 
 peace of the West. Among the few eminent men she 
 has produced, Confucius ranks first: — 
 
 '^Secure alone the great Confucius stood, 
 And taught the noble science to he yooiV^ 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Japan, more fortunate than its great neiglibour, has 
 been comparatively free from war and its evils. The 
 dynasty founded by Sinbu reigned two thousand two 
 hundred years, and still controls the affairs of religion, 
 while another lias succeeded in obtaining the control of 
 civil att'airs. In its freedom from war wo have an evid- 
 ence of its strength above China. In its moral condition 
 we have an evidence that the rod of correction is necoH- 
 Bary to nations as well as to individuals. 
 
10 ' EXPLANATION OF TIIR 
 
 Oriyin of the Turks. 
 
 6 And in the Two thousiiiid miles to the north of Canton 
 
 end of years j^^j j^oar the centre of Asia, is situate a 
 they shall join . , ,. , . ■, i j_ ^i • i 
 
 4i,Jv.aoi,,r.c +« riai>:e of mountains, where, about the mid- 
 inemseives lo- ~ ' ^ 
 
 gether ; for the dlo of the sixth century, a revolution occur- 
 
 kmg s daugliter ^,^3^ ^yi^ich first revealed the name and nation 
 of the south ,, , rn , , n i i-i t^ 1 
 
 shall come to ^^ ^"^ Turks, whose founder, like itomulus, 
 
 the kin-,^ of the was said to have been suckled by a wolf. The 
 
 north to make i,iii.ibitants of this mountainous reo-ion con- 
 
 an ajfreement : " 
 
 but she shall sisted of mechanics, Avho forged the wea- 
 
 not retain the pou^ of war for their master, the Khan of 
 power of the ^, , -i /• >i /-« i ^ ^ i ^1 
 
 arm • neither *"^ tribe of the (leoug'cn, who treated them 
 
 shall he stand, as liis most despised slaves. This they cn- 
 
 ",^^ 'V^iVi"^' ^^^^* dured until Bertezena, a bold and eloquent 
 
 she shall be o-iv- 11, i ^ .1 
 
 en up and they ^'^^^i^j persuaded them that the weapons 
 
 that l)rou;:,dit they forg'cd for their master might cut the 
 
 her, and he that ^.^^^.^^ of^lavery and obtain their freedom. 
 
 begat her, and -^ ^ 
 
 he that streng- They sallied forth from their mountains, 
 
 thened her in and a sceptrc was the result ; and the an- 
 ihese times. , . , . , . ^ . 
 
 nual ceremony, in which a piece 01 iron 
 
 was heated in the lire and a smith's hammer was handled 
 by the prince and his nobles, recorded for ages the ra- 
 tional pride and hum})lc profession of their founder. 
 Eertezena signalized his valour by a series of successful 
 combats against the neighl)ouring tribes; but when ho 
 presumed to ask the daughter of the great Khan to wife, 
 his request was answered with insult. The old Khan 
 treated with contem])t the request of a slave and a mc- 
 •chanic ; the mechanic assembled his forces, and, in a de- 
 cisive battle, nearly extirpated the tribe of the Geougon; 
 and the new and powerful empire of the Turks was es- 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 11 
 
 tabli«hed in Tartaiy. Bcrtozena was rewarded by a more 
 noble alliance with the daughter of the Chinese emperor 
 (the king's daughter of the south). This ailianee was 
 of no permanent benefit to China, as the successors of 
 Bertezena fought with them as often as the weakness of 
 the government insured success, and their love of plun- 
 der induced them to spoil their patient neighbours. The 
 empire grew to huge dimensions, and compelled the 
 Turkish monarch to divide his care, and establish three 
 princes of the blood as his associates, who soon forgat 
 their allegiance, became enervated by luxury, and, at 
 the instigation of the Chinese emperor, the captive na- 
 tions resumed their independence, and the power of the 
 Turks was limited for a period of two hundred years. 
 The tree planted hy Bertezena and his Chinese consort, 
 grew up, spread out its branches, and withered and died 
 from the etfects of the rich soil. But two branches that 
 
 n T> A. 4. c sprung out of her roots grew up and flour- 
 7 Jnit out 01 a / ^ ... 
 
 branch of her ished, and one is still in existence, but in 
 
 roots shall one ^ feeble cor.dition. This branch made its 
 stand up in his . .i /. /-v.i ii 
 
 estate which appearance m the person ot Utliman, tiie 
 
 shall come witli founder of the Ottoman empire : the bfittlo 
 an army, and ^f p^.^^^^.^ /^ j) ^^oQ) is named as the date 
 
 shall enter mtO ^ , . rn, n ^ n^ i 
 
 the fortress of <^f ^beir power. The success oi the lurks 
 
 the kini,' of the against the idolatrous inhabitants, under 
 north, and shall ,i • i- ^ x^ r\i\ ^., ^,, 
 
 deal a^-ainst immediate successors of Othman, cx- 
 
 them, and shall tended their empire, and inflicted merited 
 prevail. punishment on the Poltheists, or worship- 
 
 pers of images. 
 
 Constantinople, at the time of its capture by the Turks, 
 
12 • EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 8 And he shall n^'g^^^ ''V<^'^1 ^^^ compared with Egypt for its 
 
 also carry cn\)- s])iritual darkness, as well as for the perse- 
 
 tivesiutoE-yi.t^.^^^j^^j^ of God's moder'.i Israelites by the 
 Ihoir gods, witii ^ '^ 
 
 their ])rinc'es, edicts of Justinian, and his tlieolog'ical suc- 
 
 aiid with their eessors"; ami, after it became the capital of 
 precious vessels ,, ,n i • i • ^^ j.' ^ 
 
 of silver and of -^'^^ Turkish empire, the captives were hur- 
 
 gold: and he ricd thitlier, with the idols composed of 
 
 shall continue ^w^^^y ^,j(^| o-old, and both worshii)pers and 
 
 77Jore years than '^ ' ;^ 
 
 the kin*-- of the idols were uselully a])plied. Ihe extent 
 
 north. of the Tiirlcisli conquest is too well known 
 
 to need recapitulation here; my design being to explain 
 scripture, and while 1 merely touch tlie main featur - , 
 connected with this chapter, my observations may per- 
 haps serve to excite interest and thus induce some one 
 better qualilied than myself to carry out what I have 
 merely commenced. 
 
 The Roman empire has passed away, and the Turkish 
 capital, erected on its ruins, attests the truth of scripture 
 that the king of the south has continued more years than 
 the king of the north. 
 
 Successors of Alexander. 
 
 9 So the king of This verse brings us down to the successors 
 
 the south shall ^^ Abxander the Great. Ptolemy being 
 come into his *' '^ 
 
 kingdom, and located in Egypt, Seleucus in Upper Asia, 
 
 shall return in- Lysimachus in Lower Asia, and Cassander 
 
 to his own land. , i j. i • ^ a ^ hit 
 
 returned to his own land governed Maco- 
 
 don and Gree 3. 
 
 • The Punic Wars. 
 
 The first quarrel between the Carthaginians and Ro- 
 
 10 But his sons mans appears to have originated in a mutual 
 
 up^and^shairas- ^^^^^'^ to possess the Island oTSicily ; in the 
 scmble a multi- contest which resulted from these desires 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 13 
 
 tude of great the Carthaginians lost their fleet and (he 
 
 'Zr 'ceTtai^n^ ^''^ °f Agrigcntu.u (B.C. 260). After tl.o 
 come, and over- reduction of Sardinia and Corsica, the Eo- 
 flow, and pass nian fleet sailed against Carthage itself, 
 shall he 'return ^"^ ^^^ king of the south was " moved 
 and be stirred with choler," and being strengthened by a 
 up em» to his ^jj^^ly ^^^ ^^.^^^ Greece, made a stronc: 
 fortress. ^ i i -r^ 
 
 eitort to repel the Eomans, in which he 
 
 llAnd the king was entirely successful, taking Kegulus, 
 of the south the Roman general, prisoner. The losses 
 with choler and sustained by the Carthaginians in their 
 shall come forth unsuccessful eftbrts in Sicily, made them 
 
 and fight with desirous of peace ; and to obtain it they 
 
 nim cv6t% witn 
 
 the kintr of the dispatched Regulus with instructions to 
 
 north; and he propose certain conditions, which were re- 
 
 f gieat* multi- J^'^^^^ ^* ^^^^ earnest entreaty of Regulus 
 tude ; but the himself, who deliberately returned, ac- 
 multitude shall cording to agreement, and surrendered his 
 his Imnd. person and life to the enraged Carthag- 
 
 inians. 
 In the preceding verse one is mentioned who should 
 overflow, and pass through, and return, and be stir- 
 red up, even to his fortress. Twenty-three years 
 of peace recruited the powers of Carthage, and 
 enabled her to renew hostilities with Rome ; and the 
 first success of their army, under the command of the 
 ^celebrated Hannibal, revived their hopes, and for a time 
 the Romans had reason to despair of success. After a 
 rapid march through Spain and Gaul, crossing the Alps 
 he descended on the plains of Italy. He defeated the Ro- 
 mans in four successive battles, in the last of which the 
 Romans lost forty thousand men and a large number of 
 
14 EXPLANATION OF TITE 
 
 12 And when officers. After taking away this mult itudo. 
 he hath tnkon |^j^ j^^^^^.j. ^^.^^ jj^.^^,^' rpj^^ writers of 
 away tiic muiti- ^ ^ 
 
 tude, his heart history venture to blame tlie conduct of 
 
 shall be lifted Jlaiinibal, for his lack of energy in not 
 up: and he shall i , • • , x -r> mi ^ i i 
 
 t(Mi thousands ; success and canfident of victory, he appears 
 but he shall not ^^ ^i^^.^ delayed his march, until the Ro- ' 
 be strengthened ii , wr ■ • • r. 
 
 l,,^ if, mans had collected their remaining forces, 
 
 vdio, under the command of Fabius, weari- ' 
 cd liim by avoiding battle and exhausting his su])])lies. 
 The Romans gained Syracuse, reduced Spain, and took 
 from Carthage her iieet, her prisoners and a large sum 
 ofmonev. i 
 
 Fifty-three yeai*s subsequent to the events just rccord- 
 
 13 Forthel<;n-<- '^^h ^''^ king of ilie north came with a great 
 
 ol the north army, and, after a three years' siege. Car- 
 shall return, and ,, , , , ,,, ^ ,, \ , 
 shall set forth a ^hage was taken and so eilectually destroy- 
 
 niultitude gieat- ed that its very site is now a matter of 
 
 er than the lor- eonjecturc. In consequence of this success, 
 mer, and sliall '' n t » > • i 
 
 certainly come ^ laj-ge part of nothern Africa became 
 
 after certain tributary to Eome. Some years before, 
 years with a.i r> ' ^ ^ • i 4-1 • • ^^ 
 
 •nc'it innv and Ivomans had carried their arms into 
 
 with much Greece and Asia Minor, and these, together 
 
 riches. with Maccdon, fell into their hands ; and 
 
 while wo s^'mpathise with the cause of Hannibal and 
 
 Mithridates, we may admire the patient courage of tho 
 
 Jiomans, who were neither unduly elated by success nor 
 
 dismayed by adversity. 
 
 Among t]\o useful works of the Greeks resulting from 
 
 their love of letters was the translation of the Old Testa- 
 
ELEVENTH CIIAPTPm OF DANIEL. 15 
 
 ment into Greek, and if not as profitable to them as it 
 might have been, it may be recorded to tlieir honor as 
 having been useful to posterity. 
 
 Amongst those who stood up against the king of the 
 south in tliose days were the Partliians, the Eomans and 
 the Maccabees. The expk)its of the hitter remind us of 
 (xideon and David: their courage and patriotism will 
 compare favorably with the heros of any nation. 
 
 Destruction of the Jewish Nation, and Introduction to 
 
 lionian History. 
 
 The fearful state of the Jews, after they had rejected 
 
 Jesus Christ and his representatives the apostles Paul 
 
 and Peter, and turned a deaf ear to tho 
 
 14 And in those , . , i i . vi i • ^ r^ 
 
 timesthere shall g^'^^P^'^ i^ scarcely equaled in the history of 
 
 many stand up any nation. The number of robbers who ex- 
 
 ^o^'^/^^^t^^^^l^^fal ted themselves to the dignity of kings, 
 
 ot the south • al- o ./ o t- 
 
 so the robbers ^^ if ill mockery of Ilim they had crucified^ 
 of thy people tended to upset every form of government ; 
 
 selves to estab- ^^^^ ^^^^ depredations committed by them 
 lish the vision ; against the feeble and those desiring quie« 
 but they shall tude, as well as their contempt of their 
 lawful governors, provoked the Romans to 
 a just retaliation for their treachery, as well as for tho 
 useless destruction of many of their countrymen. In 
 the speech (still extant) of king Agrippa, the power of 
 the Ilomans is set forth, to the seditious multitude, with 
 a truth and simplicity that for a little while checks their 
 clamor; but the eloquence of the king was not sufficient 
 to prevent the destruction of the Jewish nation, neilher 
 did the eloquence of Paul on another occasion more than 
 almost persuade tho king to bo a Christian. 
 
10 ' EXPLANATION OF TIIK 
 
 The successes that attended the first eftbrts of the Jews 
 
 against the Eomans, elevated their hopes, and many 
 
 ^ , , . who were desirous of peace were compel- 
 10 So the king , , . . , , , , i .• . 
 
 of the north l^d to join the war party ; and tlie obstinate 
 
 shall come, and resistance that Vespasian and Titus met 
 
 cast up a mount .^j dc^iianded their utmost ino:enuity as 
 and take the ' '^ -^ 
 
 most fenced well as great patience and courage. The 
 
 cities; and the writings of Josephus inform us of the ob- 
 south shall not ^tinate defence of Jotapata, which he con- 
 withstand, rci- ducted in person : and the siege of Jerusar 
 
 ther his chosen \q^^ with its internal discord, and the des- 
 
 people, neither ' ' 
 
 shall there he perate valor of its inhabitants, and the 
 
 anji strength to fearful state to which i\\:)y were reduced 
 wi s an . 1^^^ famine and pestilence, as well as by the 
 
 engines and swords of the Bomans, are accurately de- 
 scribed by the same writer. 
 
 But they had to contend with those whom no dangers 
 could intimidate, no difficulties subdue, and whose disci- 
 pline and valour no opposition could over- 
 IG But he that mi i • i i i i 
 
 cometh ao-ainst come. The legions were led by men wiio 
 
 him shall do ac- united the qualities of the private soldier 
 
 cording to his ^yj(]^ w^q calm wisdom of the consummate 
 
 own will, and i t i- ^ 
 
 none shall stand general. Julius Cii?sar was not less noted 
 
 before him: and for his skill and judgment as a commander 
 he shall stand .i /> i • ' ^i i t 
 
 in the friorious ^'^^^ personal prowess as a soldier; 
 
 land, which l)y he fell ap])arently more overcome by the 
 
 his hand shall ingratitude of Brutus than by the weapons 
 be consumed. n\' n r\ -l- • ^ i 
 
 01 Ins toes. Oj^position against such powers 
 
 as these, resulted in the desolation of the glorious land, 
 
 and the extinction of the Jewish nation. The judgments 
 
 of God for the sins of the people visited that generation, 
 
 as predicted by the prophet. And while the prophets 
 
KLEVENTII CHAPTER OF DANIEL. IT 
 
 rorclokl and laiuciitotl tho-se sorrows, Jacob may al.so con- 
 solo himself witji the promises of a s])ee(]y restoration 
 to the land of his fathers. 
 
 Seventeenth Verse. 
 
 From the year A.T). 96 to that of A.D. 180, durlno- the 
 
 reig-ns of the em])erors ^erva, Trjijan and the two An- 
 
 touincs, the Jlomans enjoyed a degree of 
 
 so set^'ilis'tWo P^''*']^^;'";0'— ^"''^^1' these uprigjit ones— 
 to enter with the equal it' not superior to any other tinie~ol' 
 
 streu-th of his tlieir histoi'v. Nerva introduced order and 
 
 whole kiiqdom. . . -. 
 
 and iipriulit ''^^^'^'^ j Irajan extended the limits of the 
 
 ones with him; empire far l)eyond its ancient boundai'v, 
 and'^hf \^hair''^'^ earned for himself the name of the 
 give him the greatest and best emperor of Rome. The 
 
 daughter of wo- daughter of women, founded by the anosth^ 
 
 men, corrupting T> i i i • i .i ^^ . 
 
 her; but she "'^ '^^^^ ^^^^'^^ ^^^^ brother Pctor, was given to 
 
 shall not stand Itonic about the commencement of tliis 
 
 ttertfor'him:''""^l^>'l^""«'i »™1. ^'om t].o facilities af: 
 forded by the great highways branching out 
 from the forum, she diffused her healijig balm aiul im- 
 parted the blessings of salvation to all Avho could be pre- 
 vailed upon to accept them. So faithful was she in tlie dis- 
 charge of lier duty, that in the beginnint^ of the fourth 
 century, the Pagans became alarmed for their gods. TJie 
 latter part of the reign of Diocletian was disgraced by 
 the persecution of the Christians; and, in company with 
 his colleagues, he issued a series of edicts having for 
 their object the extermination of the daughter of women. 
 A third part of the stars that adoj-ned her crowjj were 
 cast to the earth (Eev. xii. 4), the meeling-houses were 
 destroyed, the scriptures burned, ;ijid many of iicr .^ojj^ 
 
18 EXPLANATION OF TJIE 
 
 endured the toi'turos of ii martyr's dciitli. Instead of 
 beiiii;* retarded l>y these aitlictions, her steps were aecel- 
 erated ; on tlic accession of Constantino the (rrcat (Rev. 
 xii. 5) — which liappened shortly after tliese troul)les — 
 she was relieved ironi her oppressors, and Avhile Con- 
 stantine rei^<i;ned en;oyed ,i;reat ])rosperity. The reii;'n of 
 Theo(h)siiis was marked l)y the extinction of Paganism 
 (A. L). 300). And while we admire the zeal of this prince, 
 Ave may de])lore the ai'Intrary measures wliicli he adopt- 
 ed to accomplish this ()])ject. The swo)*d may intimidate 
 and cliains may bind tlie lim))s, and dungeons sliiit out 
 the light; hut the mind or s])irit of a man can scarcely 
 ])e controlled by himself, much less by others. The Poly- 
 theist, long accustomed to worsliij) the deitied heroes of 
 (jreece and Rome, could not be whipped into that inward 
 comj)liance wdiicli the great truths of the gospel require. 
 And while he might outw^ardly conform, his busy brain 
 would be constantly at work to injure a cause which he 
 w^as forced to comply Avith, and Avhich he had been taught 
 to regard Avith disdain. The statues of the Grecian gods 
 Avere throAvn doAvn, and the altar of A^ictory desecrated ; 
 but iiis fertile mind suggested and the misguided zeal of 
 the Christians contriAXMl to substitute the image of Jesus 
 in His humility, Avith those of the saints, and the incense 
 that soon ascended to the A^irgin Mary supplied the de- 
 ficiency of the other, and the Pagan Av^as reconciled at 
 the ex])ense of the purity of the church. But she shall 
 not stand on his side, neither be for him. 
 
 The reign of Justinian and his consort (whose early 
 life corres])onds Avith the character of the scarlet lady 
 mentioned in Revelation), Avas marked b}^ the retreat of 
 the daughter of AV^jmen (Rev. xii. (J) into the Avildcrne.ss. 
 
ELEVKXTII ( IIAl'TKU (»F DAMKI,. 19 
 
 The narrow bi^'otrv of the Jloinaii oini)cr()r, aid(3d l)V thc^ 
 empress Theodora, tirinly estahlished the errors of his 
 pi-edeeessors, and invented nnniy new ones. From tlie 
 ])ublication of the Justinian eo(K', with the novels, may 
 he (hiled the era of tlie present lioman Catholic chiireh, 
 atid the takini>' away of (he daily saeritiee. Xeslorius, 
 in exile, did not cease to labour; and in Persia a church 
 was founded which served as an Jisylum for the retreat- 
 ing Christians, hurried from tlieir homes by the edicts 
 of Justinian; {ind for six hundred j'cars the missionaries 
 ditt'used the glad tidings amongst the nations of tlie Kast, 
 from Jerusalem to China; and amongst the wild Tartars 
 of the North, the daughter of women, true to her mis- 
 sion, distributed her gifts. 
 
 Ei(jJitecnth Verse, 
 
 The Islands of (he Mediterranean fell into the hands of 
 the Komans, and England, wliich was then considered 
 
 18 After this "^""^ ^^'^^ remote corner of the earth, did not 
 
 shall ho turn his esca])e the arms of Cicsar. And the em- 
 
 tace uiito the -^ became so extensive, after the con- 
 
 isles, and shall ^ 
 
 take many: but quests of Trajan, as to exceed the power 
 
 a prince for his of \\^^ government to manage it. So 
 ewnbehalf shall ,, i ^^ ' i r i • i i i rr • 
 
 cause the re- ^^''^'V^'^t Hadrian, who succeeded J raja n, 
 
 pruach offered and accordingly reduced its limits to the 
 
 hv him to cease; .j^j^^ boumlaries, and thus took away 
 without his own ' '' 
 
 reproach he the reproacli of his predecessor, who was 
 
 shall cause it to xin{vl)le to improve the countries which he 
 
 turn upon him. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ n i • i • +i 
 
 ^ had subdued, (ensure, which arraigns the 
 
 public actions and private motives of princes, has as- 
 cribed to envy a conduct which miglit be attributed to 
 the moderation of Hadrian (and thus left a reproach on 
 
20 EXPLANATION Ol' TIfK 
 
 his own liead). It could not have been envy of his pre- 
 decessor wliieh induced liim to ^-ive up these countries; 
 foi- he could scarcel)'*Iiave placed the ahi lily of Trajan 
 in a more conspicuous lii;"ht^ than hy acknowledi^- 
 \u'^ his own iiuihility to defend the territory thus 
 acv|uired. 
 
 jSlnctecnth W'rse. 
 
 The })()licy of Hadrian and tluit of the two Antonincs 
 
 was wisely dii'ecled towards the lia])piness- of mankind; 
 
 ,,, r,M 1 wliile thev ceased to invade their neiich- 
 1!) Ihon he " '^ 
 
 slijill tuni his bours, the defensive wars they maintained 
 
 iacctowj-.idstlio jn*eserved the inte<i;rity of the empire, and 
 
 fort of }ii.s own 11^1 ' * i- i- ji • 
 
 ,.,, ] . 1.1, commanded the resiiect of their encnnies. 
 
 IdiKl I DHL JIO *■ 
 
 shall Ktunihle The happiness of the peo])le, during- tlie 
 
 :ui(l tall, and not i.(ji(,-iis of thcsc princes, equaled, and i)er- 
 
 be found. , i i -i 4. r. ,, . 1 
 
 flaps exceeded, tliat of any other period 
 
 in tlie liistory of tfie empire whiio su])jected to Pag*anism. 
 These happy times seem to have been especially provided 
 by Jehovah for the spread of tlie gospel, which was just 
 then being inti'oduced into the empire prepared for it. 
 And after these good times had been enjoyed and abused, 
 the next and only alternative was the rod. The com- 
 niciicement of the decline has been dated from the acces- 
 sion of Comodus (A.D. 180). From Comodus is dated a 
 series of civil wars Avith heavy taxes, and the ruin of the 
 cm])ire was only delayed a short time by the severity of 
 some and the virtues of others, until the final crash came, 
 on the accession of Constantine, when Christianity tri- 
 umphed, and Paganism — if we except the short reign of 
 Julian — ceased to be the established religion. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OP DANIEL. 21 
 
 Twentieth Verse. 
 
 In tlio .i^lory of the empire stood up (caracul hi (A.D. 
 
 212), a raiser of taxe.^. lie extended the privile^-o of 
 
 , ,, citizenship to people on the skirts of tlie 
 20 J hen shall ^ ^ ^ 
 
 stand up ill his empire, who had i'ormerly been hooked 
 
 estate a raiser upon as unlit to receive such a concession, 
 of taxes i/t the rm . . .• o ^ • i i-^- a ^i 
 
 'dorr of the ^^^^ extortion of a tax, in addition to the 
 
 kin<(doni : hut tribute previously paid, in a measure com- 
 
 J'^^'V'MT '^P Peiisated for the honour of citizenshii). 
 he shall be des- ' A 
 
 troyed, neitlier Caracalhi was distino'uishcd above all the 
 m anger, nor in emperors for his ability to raise taxes. His 
 end was sudden if not glorious. lie was 
 destroyed ntdther in anger nor in battle. He was slain by 
 one of his soldiers while attending to the wants of nature. 
 
 Twenty-first Verse. 
 
 The successor of Caracalla was Macriniis, who by 
 
 promises of unbounded liberalit}', obtained the reluctant 
 
 .,, . ,. ,. consentofthearmv- lliswantof .aerit, how- 
 
 21 Anduihises- . "^ , 
 
 tate shall stand <^^^Gr, soon became apparent to the senate, 
 
 u|) a vile person, whose rights appear to have been invaded; 
 
 to whom they a,id their murmurs against the choice of the 
 
 shall not give ;^ 
 
 the honour of army boded ill to Macrin us. '' Why," said 
 
 the kingdom : the}', ''was not the purple bestowed on 
 i)ut he shall ,. ^. • i i . i i -i-. • 
 
 come in peace- ^*^^^'^^' distinguished senator, whose abilities 
 
 ably, and obtain and reputation would have satisried the 
 
 flaueri'""^''''' ^^ people, and upheld the dignity of the em- 
 pire ? " So loud became the murmurs, that 
 a new claimant for the purple was only wanted to pro- 
 mote a rebellion. This aspirant was soon- forthcoming, 
 riagabalus, a supposed son of Caracalla, raised an army 
 
22 EXPLANATION OP THE 
 
 in Syria, fought and conquered Macrinus, assumed tlie 
 purple, with the vices of his parent united to liis own 
 folly. Alexander Severus relieved tlic people from tlie 
 galling taxation imposed l>y Caracalla and Flagal)alus, 
 and during liis reign the people enjoyed a ]jeace and pro- 
 sperity unknown to them since the days of the Antonines. 
 The virtues of this emperor presented a su})port to the 
 falling empire, lie was too good for the times, liis 
 endeavours to curb the military — whose licentious con- 
 duct was one of the causes of the decline of the empire — 
 shortened his days. The forty years which ensued were 
 years of misery. War, famine and pestilence destroyed 
 the moiety of the human race. 
 
 Twenty-second Verse. 
 
 The firmness of Diocletian and his colleagues estab- 
 lished order, but the latter part of their reign was mark- 
 ed by their persecution of Christianity, 
 [iim-5 of a flood '^vhich hastened in the arms of a flood, by 
 shall they be which they were overflown and broken. 
 
 oveHlown IVoin rp,^^ accession of Constantine (A.D. 30(> ) 
 beiore liini, and ^ _ ^ ^ 
 
 shall he broken- was the signal of relief to the church, and 
 
 yea, also the the downfall of Paganism. Gibbon says:— 
 ])riiico of the mi , n *. \.- i t. xr • 
 
 /.rivnnnnf "^ "^' g'^'^'^it (/oustantine was born atJNaissus 
 
 in Dacia. lie was about eighteen years of 
 age when his father was promoted to the rank of Ciesar, 
 but that fortunate event was attended with his mother's 
 divorce; and the s])lendour of an imperial alliance re- 
 duced the son of Jlelenji to a state of disgrace and humilia- 
 tion. Instead of following Constantius in the West, he 
 remained in the service of Diocletian, signalized his 
 valour in the wars of Egypt and Persia, and gradually 
 
ELF^VENTII CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 23 
 
 rose to the lionoriible rank of Tribune of the First Order. 
 The ti«,aire of Constantitie was tall and majestic; lie was 
 dexterous in all his exercises; intrepid in war, afral)le in 
 peace. In his whole conduct the active spirit of truth 
 was tempered with habitual prudence. Sucli a character 
 was sufficient to excite the love of his inferiors, the re- 
 spect of his equals, and the jealousy of his suj)eriors. 
 Valerius, who governed the Hast, and who aspired to be 
 sole emperor, beheld with fear and hatred the risin<.- 
 merit of the son of Constantius. And it was not without 
 dan<i;er from his superior that he made his way to his father, 
 in Britain, whose declininu; health and fraternal alfection 
 made him anxious for his son. Constantius, soon after 
 embracino- his son, was o-athered to his fothers, and Con- 
 stantine was declared his successor, by the unanimous 
 consent of the army, with the reluctant approval of 
 Galcrius. The menacing attitude of Maxentius, who 
 governed Italy, soon convinced him that in order to reign 
 he must fight. 
 
 Ttcenty-third Verse. 
 
 After making a league with Licinius by a family alli- 
 ance, in order to secure his neutrality, he collected his 
 23 And after kittle army and commenced his march to 
 
 tho lea'aiG inade Home. Forty thousand soldiers was all that 
 with him he 1 „ i i i • ^ i 
 
 shall work de- ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^'^^^^^ *^ ^^^^' against the army of 
 ceittiilly : for he Maxentius, consisting, as it did, of at least 
 
 anf shalT be-''"'' ^»"»^li'^^l ^^^^"^ ^ixty thousand, besides 
 come stroncr leaving possession ofall the fortified citiesof 
 witli a small Italy. But a just cause insj)ired his intre- 
 ^'^^^^* ^* l)i<^l mind and strengthened his heart, and 
 
 with this comparatively small force he undertook the 
 
24 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 caiiso of the oppressed, against the enemies of God and 
 and man. The battles of Turin, Verona, and Jlonie, re- 
 vived the liopes of the Christians, and spread dismay 
 iiniong their enemies ; and the vision of the tiery cross 
 which he saw in tlie heavens, witli liis interview with tlie 
 Just One, may be regarded as an evidence of his calling 
 as a servant of (Jod and an ajwstle of Jesus Christ, and 
 explains the words in the last clause of verse 22, — ''Yea, 
 jilso the prince of the covenant." The deceitful conduct 
 of Licinius in fomenting a conspiracy against the autho- 
 j'ity of his colleague, dissolved their league of friend- 
 .'^hip, and provoked a war which terminated in the defeat 
 of Licinius, in a succession of battles, and soon after his 
 life, and Constantine became sole emperor (A.D. 32-4). 
 
 Tu'cntjj-fourth Yerse. 
 
 In choosing Byzantium as the capital of the empire 
 
 he was guided by divine wif^om, for the locality was 
 
 admirably adapted to the purposes of com- 
 
 •enter peaceably "^crce, SO necessary to the prosperity of a 
 
 even upon the city, and the mild climate and fruitful soil 
 
 fattest places of ^^^j^^j..|^^^^^j to make it one of the fatterr, 
 
 the j)rovince ; 
 
 and he shall do places of the province ; rnd, although his- 
 
 ihat which his torians hav-o blamed the choice of the em- 
 fathers have not ,1 i 1 i.1 i« /» .1 
 <lono nor hi;? P^^^'^^i') ^i^d lamented the separation of the 
 
 fathers' fathers; Greeks and Latins, yet this division resulted 
 
 he shall scatter j,^ o-ood to the p]ast, ai\(l balanced the powder 
 among them the , i ,. . ^ ^ • i -i. ^ 
 
 prey, and spoil, ^^ ^be West, and limited tiieir ability to do 
 
 and riches; yea, mischief We can easily imagine how cal- 
 
 »nd he shall ^-i^.^ i*i iii i ^i 
 
 r * 1 • 1 amitous to mankind would have been the 
 
 lorecast his de- 
 vices a;,'ainst consequences if the two divisions had con- 
 
 *hc strong even tinned united under the powers that liave 
 for a time. . , r, t. i • •. ^ 
 
 since governed Korne. Itsclosc proximity to 
 
KLEVKNTII CHAPTKR ( U ' DAM HI,. 25 
 
 the civilizcul coiiuti-ios oniu' KasI, airoivlcd an vix^y ivtrcal 
 fbrtho (huio-hioi* of wonion, wIkmi she had to (I J,, hoi'ore 
 thocdijt8of]H.'rsc(*i[ti()n and intoicrai.t hjo-otiy. (\)!isia.ii- 
 tiiiedid that which his fathers had no! (h):io, nor his 
 fathers' fathers: ho estahijshod (Minstiaiiily. j)a{ an e.lee- 
 tiialtdjeck Oil open persecution, and eoinpeih.'d llieenemv 
 to (h)n the mask of ihe hypocrite, in oi-der (o do !ni>ciiief. 
 His \ictories enahk'd him toscatteramon- (lie rhristian.^ 
 the prey, the spoil, and great riches; who nnrortnnakdy 
 had not learned how to use good wilhoiit ahu>ing it. lie 
 also forecasted liis devices again.t the strongholds dur- ' 
 iiig ]iis liletime ; no{ only the strongholds of lial-/. which 
 he conquered by his valour, hut the strong-holds of Satan 
 felt the shock of his wisdom. Unlike sonje of his suc- 
 cessors, he endeavored to win the mind over by gentle 
 means, and the toleration he extended towards his^alien 
 enemies, was not less beneficial to them than creditable 
 to himself. The flourishing stale of the CMuirch a! this 
 period, presented temptations to iUv worldlino-, aiid un- 
 der the mask of the hypocrite, manv made religion a 
 stalkmghorse to wealth and power. A large numbei- of 
 tins sort of folks were exposed during the short reio-,, (d" 
 Julian, and the Church herself had to suffer for her want 
 of vigilance. While the gates of Zion should be open 
 tothepenitent, and those who arc desinms that their 
 lives should be contbr.ned to the teacliings of script. nv 
 they ought to be shut and guarded against the worldli,,.. 
 and the hypocrite. 
 
 In the Church of the preseni <lav there ap})oars a sad 
 ^'Hxture of evil and good. Worldly num Inuv obtained 
 Ihe control of the aitairs <,f (he house of praver- Mry 
 t"/^rcare of thr „nnnj ; thnj Ipji.nor ihr prnulur ; and 
 
21) EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 if a (yhrislian venture to hint that matters are not /^oini^ 
 as they should he, he is told he is not wanted: the prinr'qde 
 thinj required is MONJ^^Y ! Money-changers, of question- 
 able inteii:rity, and merchants who are pjjuided by self-in- 
 terest rather than love to Jesus Christ, are located in the 
 bosom of Zion, and she has been sick and atiiicted this long 
 time. If the gates of hell are not to prevail agaiiust Zion, 
 these things must not be ; the tares must be separated from 
 the wheat. Ths Church needs reorganization; like a 
 vessel intended for a long voj-age, she must be thorough- 
 ly overhauled — every rotten timber taken out and re- 
 placed by sound; her rigging must be good and lit for 
 work; lier sails of the best material and white as snow; 
 she must be manned by volunteers willing to Avait for 
 their pay until they reach the destined port, and no one 
 allowed a passage on board unless, like Zacchanis, they 
 are willinir to make restitution and conduct themselves 
 as becometh followers of the Lamb. 
 
 Ttcenty-flft:. Verse. 
 
 The immediate successors of Constantine were in- 
 volved in a war with Persia. The Persians, held in 
 
 . , , check during the life of Constantine by 
 2:.) Aiul ho , ,. /. 1 . 4- II- 
 
 slmlLstiiuphis the hrmness of his government and his 
 
 power nnci his military renown, — U})on his death and the 
 
 ;r^;V-^^''H''';f troubles which succeeclecl that event, em- 
 
 the km;' or the 
 
 south with a braced the favourable moment to revenge 
 
 great army ; yome former reverses and wrest from the 
 
 Z^^outlrsha'lll^^'^^'^^i^ >^^>^^^« ^^ ^^^^ eastern provinces; 
 })e stirred up to and for twenty-three years, during the 
 ])attlc with a ^.^j^^j^ ^^j. Oonstantius, the w^ar lasted and 
 very jjreat and ^ «. i i r 4 
 
 mi^dity army; the Komans suftered some severe defeats. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 27 
 
 but he shall not Sapor, kinc^ of Persia, proved himself a 
 
 shalf ' Ibrec^il ^^^^^'"^^O' descendant of Artaxerxes. In nine 
 devices against successive battles he defeated the Konians, 
 ^^^' took some of their cities, and did consider- 
 
 able mischief. And, althoni!;h the victories of Jul inn — 
 the successor of Constantius — restored in some decree 
 the lustre of the Roman arms, his persecution of (Chris- 
 tianity cast a stain upon his name which the virtues of 
 the philosoj^jher with the abilities of the soldier can 
 never wipe away. 
 
 Twenty-sixth Verse. 
 
 The antipathy of Julian to the house of Constantine 
 (of whose meat he had been fed), assisted to overthrow 
 
 26 Yea, they ^'^^ '^b^^^'i^b^ ^^^^ 1^^^ death ended the Per- 
 that feed of the sian war, and attbrded a timely relief to the 
 mear'shall de- ^'^^^'J^tians as well as ended the vax^n of the 
 stroy him, and Flavian family, ills army, led astray by 
 his army shall ^'.^j^^, miides, were bewildered in the deserts 
 overflow: and ,. .^ ' . -.. i ,, ,m , 
 many shall fall ^^* Persia, suttered the pane's of hunger and 
 
 down slain, thirst, in addition to the assaults of the 
 enemy, — overflowed, and many fell down slain. 
 
 Twenty -seventh Verse, 
 
 Omitting Jovian, the successor of Julian, this verse 
 conducts us to the division of the empire by Yalentinian 
 
 27 A d b tl (^^•^- ^^'^)j ^^'^^^ elevated his brother, Va- 
 these kin;rs' ^^^^^, to the purple, bestowing on him the 
 hearts shall "be prefectures of the East from the Lower 
 and they shall I^^"^it>^ to the confines of Persia, while he 
 speak lies atone reserved, for his immediate government, 
 
iJS KXl»LANAT[ON OF TIIl^ 
 
 iul)ie;l)ui iisluili the wni'iik'c |)ivllH*tiii'os of Illyriciiui, Italy 
 n(.t |,n)S|HM:roi .^,.^j(j.^,,, y-iio.,! iniai. was adistin-uislRMl 
 
 yet tiK.M'll'.l .^7l'^/// 
 
 !»(' at t)ie tiiivc soldii'r; ami tlie a!»ilit\' \vil'n wliich ho do- 
 ''l''"*'"^'"''- fbndod tlio iVonliors a,ii;alnst tho barbarians, 
 
 wlio, ai'tor llio (loatli of Julian, had prosiunod to distiir]> 
 (iio jjcaco of till' oinj)ii"o, put an oiloctual oliook on Ijioir 
 <loj>rodations. l^ui his roii^'ii was disgraeod hy hh want, 
 of hiiiuanitv, and \i\c blood which he sliod to i»Tarifv a 
 ci-uol dis|)(x>ilion, ronderod his name iufanioiis. Tlio ex- 
 pressions which issued the most readily from tlie Faw- 
 pei'or of t!ie \\'est wore, — 'sSti'ike otf his head," "Burn 
 him alive," '' Lot him be beateii wirii eluljs till iio ex- 
 pires." Two tierce Jind enormous bears, distinii;uislied 
 by the a])[)ellatioiis of " Innocence" and " Mica Aurea," 
 were j)lace(l nea;' (he bedc]ium])cr of Valentin ian, who 
 fi'i'-juontly amused his eyes witli the ji;rateful spectacle of 
 hooini!; them tear and <levour the bleedinii.' limbs of tlio 
 malefactors who were abandoned to theii" r.ii;e. Their 
 diet and exercises were carefully inspected by the JJo- 
 man emj)eroi'; ajid when Innocence had earned her dis- 
 chari;;e by a Ion.:;' course of meritorious service, the faith- 
 i'lil animal was ai>*ain restored to the freedom of her 
 native woods. 
 
 Valens, Ids l)i'other and c()l!oa_i^ue, disiino-uislied his 
 reiuMi by embracinii; the errors of Arianism, which rob- 
 bed Jesus Christ of His divinity; and, by his uniform 
 persecution of the Trinitarians, earned for himself a 
 place in scri|)tuiv and a name in history. Valens spake 
 lies at his table, and both tlieso kin.ii^s' hearts were set to 
 do mis(d>ief. The Arian lies did not ])rospor; for, on the 
 acc(»ssion of Theodosius — about sixteen years afterwards 
 
ELEVENTH CIIAPTEll OF DANIEL. 29 
 
 — Arianism Avas deprived of the state fsword, wlneh was 
 li-jiiist'ered to tlie adliereuts of tlie Niceiie Creed. 
 
 Tircn ty-('i<jl( ill ' 1 77'6v\ 
 
 I)uriiii>; the reigns of Valeiitiuian and Yalens, Bi'itaiii 
 
 — which, since the death of the i»'i"eat Constantine, had 
 
 oo r..^ , ,, heeii distracted bv civil wai's — was restored 
 2M J lion shall 
 
 ho return into ^^^ order and allc'^'iance l»y Theodosius, the 
 
 his huid with fhtlier of a line of ein])ei'ors. His subse- 
 {'rcat riches: . . i •, . » ,. . .11.1 11. 
 
 and his heart ^1^^^'"^ exploits, in Aii'ica, established his 
 
 shall he a,^ainst fame and aroused the envy of the ein[)eror, 
 
 the holy cov- .^,,(^1 ^|j^ malice of his enemies. Africa liad 
 
 enant ; and he , 111 
 
 shalUloc.i'»>/o//.s' been lost l)y the misconduct of Komanus, 
 
 and return to his and re<j:ained bv tlie valour of Theodosius; 
 
 '^^^'' '^"^ ■ the former vas restored to power, and the 
 
 latter suilered the loss of his head (A.I). UTO). Such 
 
 conduct as tlie above could not lidl to encoui-a<j;e rebellion 
 
 ill the distant provinces as well as (lej)rivethe empire of 
 
 its best defence ; and compelled the Romans to hire the 
 
 barbarians to do their ti^litinu; for them, and often saved 
 
 the empire at the expense of itsdii^nity. This their. i^reat 
 
 riches enabled them to do, Init {he monev at tirst li'iveii 
 
 as a just reward was often ex(or(ed as a tribute. On the 
 
 death of Yalens, who Avas slain in battle, and Valentin- 
 
 ian, who kilh'd himself bv bursting- a bloodvessel ii: a tit 
 
 ot passion, (Jratian, his son, succeeded the latter, and 
 
 associated witli him as his colleague instead of \^alens, 
 
 the son of tlie brave Theodosius, and by tin's j^enerous 
 
 a.ct atoned in some measure for the death of Ids t'ather. 
 
 The conduct of Theodosius proved that he was wor(h\'tho 
 
 ccmiideiice of his benefactor, and tlie son of a hero. His 
 
 defensive wars were crowned with victory, an<l his ad- 
 
30 EXPLANATION OP THE 
 
 hcrence to the Nicene Creed obtained the victory of the 
 orthodox, and the destruction of the remains of outside 
 Pa'^inism. The too zealous conduct of the bishops for 
 the destruction of Paganism, supported as they were by 
 the emperor, led to much mischief The Pagans, who were 
 forced to endure the destruction of their altars, remained 
 Pagans still ; and were more confirmed in their belief 
 by these measures of coercion. And the gi'adual intro- 
 duction of the worship of saints and images may be as- 
 cribed to this cause, and occasioned the sin against the 
 holy covenant, by excluding Christ and substituting 
 miserable trash. 
 
 Twenty-ninth Verse. 
 
 From the death of Theodosius (A.D. 395) to the ex- 
 tinction of the western part of the empire by Odoacer 
 
 TA.D. 476), a scene of war and rapine is 
 29 At the time ^ ^' ^ 
 
 Appointed he presented which beggars description. The 
 
 shall return, and depredations of the Goths, Huns and Yan- 
 
 come toward j,^|^ desolated the provinces and depopu- 
 the south ; bat / \ ^ 
 
 it shall not be as lated the cities, and extorted the wealth as 
 
 the former, or ^yell as the lives of the people. The verse 
 ,as le a er. ^j^i^jjj ^ye ^ow have under consideration 
 points to the expedition against the South by the em- 
 peror Majorian, in order to stop the piratical expeditions 
 of Genseric, who had plundered Kome and the islands 
 and coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Great preparations 
 were in progress when, through some negligence of the 
 Eomans, or the diligence of Genseric, they suffered the 
 loss of their fleet, and, as a consequence the expedition 
 was delayed for seven years. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OP DANIEL. 31 
 
 Thirtieth Verse. 
 
 AVlien the expedition was undertaken by Leo, Empe- 
 ror of the East, they started with eleven hundred and thir- 
 30 For the ^^^^ ships, and the number of soldiers ex- 
 ships of Chittim ceedcd one hundred thousand men. The 
 
 shall come ag- eommand of tlie fleet was intrusted to 
 
 amst hini:there- 
 
 fore he shall be Basiliscus, who, instead of following up 
 
 grieved, and re- his first success — as the historian says he 
 ,-„ri;,rnot,-M.. n,t oui^lit to havc done — anchored his fleet off 
 ainst the holy Carthage, and listened to the terms sug- 
 
 covenaiit : so o-ested by the w^ilv Genseric, whose ob- 
 shallhedo; he ^ f - mu • i u 
 
 shall even re- J^-'C't was to gam time. 1 he wind soon be- 
 
 turn, and have coming favorable to his designs, he manned 
 intelligence with ^. ^^ ^^ ^^. ^^ ^^ ^^.^j^ ^j^^ ^^^^^.^^ 
 them that lore- ^^ J 
 
 sake the holy of his Moors and Vandals ; and they towed 
 
 covenant. after them many large barques, filled with 
 
 combustible materials. In the obsciu-ity of the nighty 
 these fire-ships w^ere impelled against the unguarded 
 fleet of the liomans, who were surprised and defeated ; 
 and Basilitscus escaped to Constantinople with the loss of 
 more than half his fleet and army; and, to escape the 
 resentment of the emperor, fled for refuge^ to the Sanc- 
 tuary of St. Sophia. 
 
 After the Vandals obtained possession of Africa (A.D. 
 439), the orthodox party there had sufl^'ered severe per- 
 secutions from Genseric and his Vandals, who were 
 Ariaiis, and sinned against the holy covenant by strip- 
 ping Jesus Christ of His divinity, and denying that God 
 was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself But,, 
 while the Arians were far from the truth, the others, 
 were not innocent, and, in a great measure, to blame for 
 
32 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 their views oi» the iiienniation. If* tlies' Imd heeii satis- 
 iied witli iiiviiiii- the Yir^'iii JMurv the honour ol' hiMii«»- 
 llie motiier ol* the liiJinan iiatni'e of .[esiis, instead oi*i>e- 
 in/4" the inotiier of* (Jod, Ariiis eould not have talven tlie 
 othei* extreme view of" the ease hy denN'ini-' Jlis divini- 
 iy altogether. Jesiis beeanie (^hrist on the baidvs of 
 Jonhni, ami llje (Jodliead, in bodily form, deseended up- 
 on JIim,and, as John the \)i\\)tis{ snul, '^ aho/fe itpon JTim,'' 
 and heeame united to Him, in the foiMU of a dove — a tit 
 emljlem ol* i)eaee and i>,ood-\vill to man. The liumanity 
 of Jesus was l)oi'n o[*the A^ii'i^in ^^al'y, and sulfered under 
 Pontius Pilate. Iii I lis human nature Jle was jiei'feet as 
 Adam Avas before his fhll; and, beeause of ilis o]>edience 
 to (Jod and Jlis disobedience to Satan. Jle was rewarded 
 by a liii^her state of existence. And a similar reward 
 would have been conferred uj)on Adam liad he continued 
 faithf*ul a little while; and instead of beino* eliildren of 
 nature, his posterity would have been childi'en of God. 
 As Adam siinied in his human nature, so Jesus Clirist 
 sult'ered the penalty in iiis human nature; tlie last words 
 uttered in His agony attest this. If, as beforementioned, 
 Adam had resisted tlie enemy, lie would have acquired 
 htrengih by resistmu-e, and, wlien sufftciently strong*, 
 been pei*mitted to ])arUike of tlie tree of life; and thus 
 have bestowed on us a nature equal to liis own, and the 
 iilvC blci-sings wouM have descended from father to son ; 
 and the earth would liave ]>een peo])led l>y a happy race 
 of beings, Avhose cliief care would have been obedience 
 to God, and disobedience to Satan, until rewai'ded with 
 the nobler blessing — the tree of life; which would have 
 lieeii none the less valuable for having been in some 
 measure earned In' obedience. 
 
f^LKVKNTM rilAl'TEH OF DANIF.L. Do 
 
 The (Ictcaled iinnv carriiMl home tlie iiitellim'iiee ol" 
 the ])ei'se(Mitioiis wliieh liad l>een ])ra('(ise(l ai;'{iinsl the 
 adherents of the Niceiio (Veed: and allhoiiu;li thev Itad 
 been iiMal)le to relieve tlKMii from tlie eruelty of Geii- 
 M-ric, and his Arian liisliops, a sym])atliy for tljcir ortho- 
 dox friends was aroase<l, and, sixty-six years after tlie 
 defe'.it of J^asiliseiis, the Idttcr expedition set sail for Car- 
 thai!;e, under the command of Belisarius, dnrint^ the rei<»n 
 of Justinian. The success of Belisarius was uot confined 
 to the conquest of Africa. Before he was intrusted with 
 the African expedition, he had si,ii;nalized his valour 
 aii'ainst the Pcj-sians, and afterwards in Jtalv, and his 
 uniform success as a g'eneral, and his conduct as a man, 
 have earned for him a name that will be respected while 
 that of his master has sunk into comtcmpt. 
 
 Thirty-first Verse. 
 
 AVhile arms stood on his part, the reii^n of Justinian 
 
 was marked by the consolichition of the present system, 
 
 which have tyranized over the lil)erty of 
 
 .U And arms conscience, and destroyed Christians bv 
 .shall stand on ' *^ " 
 
 his ])art, and thousaiuls. The firm establislnnent of the 
 
 they shall pol- worship of images, with the authority of 
 
 hite the sanctu- ,i • r» i- 4.\ a ^ v 
 
 ., r ^t .* ^ +1 those m favour of them, was connrmed by 
 ary ot strength, - •^ 
 
 and shall take the *laws of Justinian. And the early con- 
 
 * h\ 529 (says Chamhers; TEN Commissioners, appointed by 
 Justinian, prej)ared the Code or Oylex as it is termed, from the 
 f'olk'ctions previously made and tlie intermediate enactments. 
 Soon after its j)romul<j;ation, tlie omi)eror issued several new con- 
 stitutions, and the whole were consolidated, and re-issued in A.D. 
 .'J.'i4. The great task was superintended by the eelehrated Triho- 
 nian, whose eminent learning and discrimination, allied with un- 
 tiring industry, but stained by the vices of corruption and partial- 
 
34 EXI'LAXATION OF TlIK 
 
 awfiy tlic (Itiily duct of Thcodoi-a reiidc'red her name in- 
 
 .wrrijire and f.,„^ous, aiui idciitilied lier witli the scarlet 
 
 ilioy sliall piiico ' 
 
 the uhoiniiKi- IJi'l.V mentioned in llevelation. The ])ros- 
 
 tion that iiuik- titute (says (iihl){)nj Avho, in Hie presence 
 ol inniinieranle spect;i!()}'s, liadpolhited tiio 
 theatre of ('()nslantin()})]e, was adoi'ed as a queen in tlie 
 same city \)y _<;-rave n)aii;is(rates, ortliodox his]iO]:)s, vic- 
 torious generals, and captive monarclis. The unlimited 
 
 ity, havo afTordcd a fruitful thomo ofprai.se and obloquy. Compare 
 this with Ji"v. xiii. 1, and we havo tlie Ix'ast with soncu head.- ajid 
 ton honi.s, wiiieli John saw ri.siii;^" out of tho sea. The seven hills 
 of (>onstantinople answers to th'^ seven heads, and the conduct of 
 Justinian to tlie name ol' JJlasjiii. .ny. This l)east soon hecamo 
 estahlished atJiome. The })Oj>e, ansv/ei'lnLT to Justinian; liis laws, 
 the liornsj the cardinals, their crowns; and the seven hills of Home 
 answers to the seven hills of Constantinople. Here then we have 
 the beast that IS, as mentioned in llev. xvii. 3. The same histor- 
 ian gives us a description of the beast that WAS and IS NOT. In 
 the early days of Jlome, they had no written laws: the king's, and 
 after them the consuls, had administered justice, each of them ao- 
 coi'ding to his own sense. In the year B.C. 4;")1, at tho sug;4'estion 
 of a tribune named Tertullian, TEN" men ((lecemviri^wQYG appoint- 
 ed to frame and adjust a code of laws for the exi)lanation and se- 
 curity of all orders of the state. The result was, the formation of 
 ^vhat have been called tho twelve t;d)les of the Roman law. On 
 the aj)[)ointm(}nt of the dccemvii-i, the ccuisuls were discontinued. 
 Each of the TEX acted as supreme magistrate for a day, the nine 
 others ofliciating as judges. They did not, however, remain long 
 in authority. One of the number, named Apju'us Claudius, formed 
 a base design against a maiden, named Virginia, daughter of 
 Virginius, a centurion, and aHiunced to Icilius; caused her to be 
 claimed as his slave, and, as drccmvlri^ gave judgment in his own 
 favor. When Virginius saw his daughter about to be sacrificed to 
 a profligate monster, he seized a knife from a butcher's stall in the 
 forum, and stabf)ed her to the heart. 
 
 See theafHnity of the decemviri, or TEN" men, with the TEX com- 
 missioners of Ju>tinian, who composed the Justinian Code. See also 
 the similarity of the election of the ])Oj)e, centred in the college of 
 cardinals, instituted by Gregory X., A.D. 1274, with the government 
 of the decemriri. Just the same form of electing the pope — which cha- 
 
ELEVENTH CIIAPTKll OV DANIEL. 35 
 
 power wioldod by tlio eiiiporor aiul empress, luiited with 
 tlieii" cruel dispositions, coni])elle(l the remaiinni!; (.iiris- 
 tiiuis to leave theii* liomes and ,<;'() into exile. Christ erii- 
 eitied — the only saeriliee acc'('[){al)le to ( Jod tor the sins 
 of the people — was excluded ; and Polytheism, in tlie 
 Ibrm of images of saints, and dirty relics, was su|)ju)sed 
 to contain a virtue, wliich enabled the possessor to obtain 
 the favor of heaven. These treasures were multiplied 
 by the industry of tiie l>isliops and monk's, who derived 
 
 racterizcd the beast that icas and is iioi — was formed in the year 
 ]5.C. 451, and ceased to exist thiet; years afterwards. 'J'lie ])oi)e 
 may be consiclei-ed the Ijeast ; the ecclesiastical laws, the ten hoi-ns*, 
 the cardinals, the crowns or kings, who, in connection with the 
 })0})e, control the entire sjstem. 
 
 The Q']cumenical Council, now in session, will deprive the car- 
 dinals of their power which has been almost eijual to that of the 
 |)()j)e, and divide the Latin commuidty into thi-ee parts — pope, 
 cardinals, and church : the ])0])e claiming the exclusive right to the 
 scarlet lady, in opposition to the pleasure and power of the cardi- 
 nals. 
 
 Rev. xiii. 18. — Here is v/isdom. Let him that hath understand- 
 ing count the nund^er of the beast : for it is the nund.)er of a nian ; 
 and his nund>er is Six hundred three score and six. The number 
 of a man — Lati. 'S, King of the Italian Aborigines, gave his name 
 to the Roman hu uage. The best scholais have assented that the 
 ancient way of sj ndving the name was with the diphthong, and in 
 that case the num jrical value of the letters, according to the Greek 
 system, will make; the exact numljer, thus : — 
 
 O 1-H o o o o o o I o 
 
 CO O 1— ( O 1- O "-D 
 
 CO CM ! OO 
 
 L A T E I N O S 
 
 Six hundred three score and six. The above explanation is given 
 hy L-emeus, the disciple of St. John. The extensive use of the 
 Latin language in their church services will fully identify the num- 
 her with the Church of Rome. 
 
till EXPLANATION or nri<: 
 
 MO small gain from tlunr sale aiul cxhiljition. These in 
 coiniectioii willi other causes which the subtle hrain of 
 Justinian invented, took away the daily sacritiee, and 
 saved ])eople hy outward ibrms and artificial contrivances. 
 By daily saci'iiices we are not to understand that (*hrist 
 sutt'ered as a sacritiee evei-v da\% neither should it be 
 considered necessary to need ibrg-iveness more thanonce^ 
 but, having once ol)tained j)ardou tor sin-<, (jo and sin no 
 'more ; seek daily the grace ofCJod, ar.d not a daily sacri- 
 fice, for (jraec imparts atrert'jth. sujjicient for crvnj iempia- 
 fion and everij trial. C.^)mmentators in general agree as 
 to the mode of reckoning to be adopted in calculating 
 the time mentioned in the prophecies. Jf the same me- 
 thod be ad()])ted in the ])resent instance, instead of daihj 
 sacrifice, we shall hnvc yeitrlij sacrifice; and the annual 
 custom of the Jewish high ])riests, entering into the 
 Holiest of Holies, sprinkling the blood of the sacrifice 
 U)V his own sins and for the sins of the pe()|)le, will serve 
 to ex])lain the meaning. For after the shadows had 
 passed away, Jesus Christ became the High J^riest, by 
 the oifering of Jlimself. Start not. gentle reader, when 
 1 tell you this custom has been duly observed every year 
 since the Kini>' of (Jlorv entere<l the everlasting' doors of 
 heaven. The a[)Ostles l*eter and I*aul could tell you this. 
 If the conduct of Paul be attentively observed, it will 
 be seen that he endured much bodily pain, and when he 
 uttered these memorable words, ''T(j live is CnuisT," it 
 was no em])ty l)oast while he held the office of high j)riest. 
 Jiis bleeding liml)s and scourged back liad often paid the 
 })enalty for sins not his own. The number of the apos- 
 tles cori'csponds with the number of foun<hitions ascribed 
 to the New Jerusalem j on each of tliese foundations is 
 
ELEVENTH CIIAPTFJl OF DANIEL. 
 
 37 
 
 1.— "Peter," 
 
 i 
 
 2. "PAirL," 
 
 8 
 
 3. "C<)NSTANTL\E," 
 
 
 
 4. — '' AtIL'VNASIUS," 
 
 10 
 
 5. — " Jer(>me/' 
 
 11 
 
 G. ''lluss/' 
 
 12 
 
 written their names: the names there will be in eoiiseeu- 
 tive orJer as follows: — 
 
 -''Lltiier,'' 
 -"Melanctiion," 
 -" Wesley," 
 -" Whitfield," 
 -"Ckcil," 
 -"Collins." 
 
 It has been i>'enerally supj^osed tliat tlie apostles of Jesus 
 Christ existed eontem])oraneously with Himself on earlli, 
 as some of the Gospels intimate, l>nt il' the I']pistU's are 
 read, it will he observed that none but L*eter and Paul 
 annouuecd themselves as a])oslk's; and, moreover, while 
 Jesus was on earlh lie needed no other repi'esi'utative ; 
 even the l)eloved disei}>le John^ditl not eonsiiler himself 
 an a])ostle. 
 
 The twentietli chapter of Matthew will be found very 
 instructive Avith I'efereuce to tins verv subject. The 
 mother of Zebedee's children was ambitious foi- their 
 j)reeminence and re(|ueste(l tbat one should be ])lace(l on 
 tli(^ rii^'ht hand and the other on the left hand of Christ. 
 The answer i;-iven her will corroboi-ate what 1 have stat- 
 ed, and will enable us to see at once how utterly inipos- 
 sible it was for the Lortl to^rant her re(piest. John could 
 not be (N)nstantine, nor Janu's liUther. As elders, they 
 inii>*ht Inive drunk of the cu]) of which He drunk, and 
 shared the same baptism, but to sit, one at His i'ii;ht 
 hand and tlie other at His left, lie told lier, was not His 
 to i^ive, — hut it shall he given to t/teni for tr/ioni it /n pre- 
 jKired of my Father. I am unable to trace thegenei-ations 
 
38 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 of ill! the king's of the seed of David from Jesus Christ. 
 Tlie names of the elders with few cxce])tions are hidden 
 in obseurity; l)nt the names of tlie apostles — with the ex- 
 eeption of my brother and myselt^ — are dec[)Iy impressed 
 on the pages ol history. 
 
 Two causes may be assigned for most of tlie evils which 
 exist — ambition and foil}'. Aml)ition, which is allied to 
 presum]»tion, ])ants to be at the head and is impatient of 
 tlie mild restraint of those whom (Jod has appointed; 
 and folly permits a gaudy pageant to ])ander to the van- 
 ity and plejise the eye, at the expense of all which pro- 
 motes true Inippiness. The fv)lly of the Jews became 
 conspicuous when thej^ rejected Samuel, who was ap])()int- 
 cd by God; it became still more so when they chose 
 Cicsar, in prefeivnce to Jesus, to be their king. " We 
 JtiU'c no khuj but Ccvsar,'' said they. They had their choice, 
 and the result soon demonstrated their foil v. 
 
 The disciples of Jesus were not altogether free from 
 presum[)(ion ; and, owing to this as well as to ignorance, 
 they considered themselves a])ostles. The Kpistles of 
 James and John, and also Jude, correct their ])revious 
 mistake, and lead us to think they advanced in wistlom 
 as they advanced in years. I'aul, the true head of the 
 Church, had to rebuke Peter on one occasion foi* his in- 
 consistency ; and l^arnabas foolishly chose his own way, 
 despising the authoi'ity of the I.or<l, for it amounts to 
 that. Succeeding ages com})k'tely obscured the rejire- 
 iscntatives of Jesus Christ. And it isonlv by the wisdom 
 of Cod that order will be restored; and the lessons 
 learned from the past will l)e useful in the future. The 
 e\])lanations of j)rophecy will convince the most scepti- 
 
ELEVENTH ClIArXER OF DANIKL. 3^ 
 
 cal of tlie goodness of God, and ailbrd comfort to eveiy 
 honest lieait, and convince everv tliinlvin'j; mind. 
 
 Eleven of the founchitions are prepared; tlic twelftli 
 is comnienceil: twent\'-lour more crowns are to he won, 
 and tiiev will he o-iven to the most deserving* — those who 
 are willini;' to L )me the scrvaiits of all men and not the 
 masters; and, Avhen the harvest is o-Jdhered, they will 
 reit;'n with Clirist a thonsand years, with the nnanimous 
 consent of their lovina* suhjects — earnini»' that love hv 
 assistini;' in the work of their redem[)tion, hy becominii; 
 the foundation-stones for their sH])port: — '"Ye are hnilt 
 upon the foundation of the a])ostles and jn'ophets, Jesus 
 ChiMst Himself being the chief corner-stone." — i']))h. ii.20. 
 
 The qualities of two apostles arc given in IJevehition 
 iv. G, 7. AVe nniy take the lion and calf to represent 
 Peter, Avhilst the eagle and the man may justly repre- 
 sent Paul. And from the twentv-four elders, clos«lv 
 associated with the]n in the work of redem])tion, we 
 may gather the intermediate links of the chain, which 
 occupy the space '.between the apostles; and sec at once 
 how the covenant made by Jesus to His Church lias been 
 fultilk'd : Lof I am icith you aticay, even unto the end of 
 the world. 
 
 Thus we sec how completely the daily or yearly sac- 
 ritices were taken away by the introduction of images, 
 the mass, jnid penance, [)erformed not by (^hrist, but by 
 the party desirini.» remission of sins. The monks and 
 anachorets which sprung out of the system introduced 
 hv Theodosius, and coniirme(l bv Justinian, al.>>o as- 
 sumed the merit and authority of Christ ; and the pub- 
 lic display they sometimes made of their dirt and i^ain^ 
 \ni\y provoke a feeling of pity as well as disgust. These 
 
40 KXPLANATION OF TllK 
 
 spoclticlcs woro not loss oti'ensive to (>o<l than they were 
 useless and painl'ul to htnnanity. Amonijj the lieroes of 
 the monastic life (says (Jihhon) the name and n'eniiis of 
 Simeon Stylites (A.D. 395) have been immortalized by 
 the singular invention of an ariel penance. At the ai;e 
 of ihii'teen the youni;' Syi'ian deserted the profession of 
 a shepherd, and thivw himself into an austere monastry. 
 After a loni;- and ])ainfid noviciate, in which Simeon was 
 repeatedly saved from ]>ions suicide, he established his 
 residence on a mountain, about thirt}' or forty miles to 
 the east of Antioch. Within the space of a tiKauhira^ 
 or circle of stones, to which he had attached himself l)y 
 a ponderous <'hain, lie ascended a column which was 
 raised from the heiii'ht of nine to that of sixty feet from 
 the icround. \\\ this last and loftv station, the Svrian an- 
 acdioret resisted the heat of thij'tv summers and endur- 
 ed as nuniy winters. Uabit and exercise instructed him 
 to maintain his danii;erous situation "without fear or gid- 
 diness, and successively to assume the ditl'erent postures 
 ■of devotion. Jle sometimes j)i'aye<l in an erect attitude, 
 with his outstretched arms, in the tii^'ure of a cross; 
 l)Ut ids njost familiar practice was that of bending his 
 meagre sUcdeton, from the forehead to the feet, and a ciu'i- 
 ous spectator, after twelve hundjvd and forty-four I'cpeti- 
 tions, at length <lesiste(l from tlie en<lloss account. The 
 progress of an ulcer on his th'gh might shoi'ten but it 
 -could not (listurl> his celestia' lil'e. Such conduct luav 
 obtain notoriety, and may persuade men thai (lod de- 
 lights in ciMielty and desires tlie misci'v of the (diildi-en 
 •f>f men, but it cannot ele\ate the mind or wai'uj tiie 
 heai't to love Jesus (^hi'ist, in order to be reconcile<l to 
 <Jod. The conduct of (Mirist. the true lliii-h l^riest, was 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OP DANIEL. 41 
 
 the reverse of this ; althoiig*h His suffcriiii^^t were volun- 
 tary, lie never exposed tliem openly unless compelled by 
 force, as was the case with the Blessed First-born, Jesus 
 Christ. We must study closely the Epistles of Paul, in 
 order to ascertain where and when he suitered, although 
 the cross was his chief glory ; and the honour conferred 
 upon him by being counted worthy to tread in the foot- 
 steps of Jesus, he considered ample com])ensation for the 
 obloquy and reproach he endured in being considered as 
 the olt'scouring of society. 
 
 The abomination that maketh desolate was set up in 
 the year 609, when Mohammed first preached in .Mecca, 
 and may be considered an abomination chiefly because 
 Mohammed usurped the office and honour of Jesus Christ, 
 which abomination is now standing where it ought not ; 
 and although Wesley may have his name inscribed on 
 one of the foundations of the [N'ew Jerusalem, it has no 
 business to denominate the Chiu'ch of Jesus Christ. God 
 has given Him a name above every name, every knee 
 must bow to that name, but not to any of the twelve, 
 nor any other, for the purpose of worship, if wo would 
 escape idolatry. All there was of Wesley, after he be- 
 came an apostle was his skeleton — his bones. In the 
 Eucharist he was taught the form, and soon obtained the 
 substance of a new life ; the life of Wesley died and a 
 baptism of fire consumed his sinful nature and purified 
 him, while the royal blood of the seed of David gave 
 him new life and clothed him with a new robe ; and the 
 same may be said of all the apostles. Instead of the 
 Church of Christ, we have the Church of Eome, the Eng- 
 lish Church, the Greek Church, the Lutheran Church, as 
 1 
 
42 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 well as f>oino others, following the example of Mohammed 
 in this respect. What we want is the Cnnicii of Jesus 
 Christ. Names of great men and great nations are well 
 cnougli in their places, — bnt a woman should stiare the 
 name of her husl)an(l ; and the Church, as the Bride of 
 Christ, should bear no otliername but Jlis. 
 
 The rejection of idols, and the temperance as well as 
 cleanliness which the Koran incuk*ates, assisted to exalt 
 Mohammedism above tlie religion of Justinian and his 
 theological l)ishops. The disappointed ambition of the 
 prophet, occasioned by the loss of the Princedom of 
 Mecca, rendered him a tit instrument in tlie hand of 
 Providence to make known his (lisap])r(>val of idols and 
 display His vengeance agaiiist tlu)se who sinned against 
 the covenant and excluded His Christ. The sword of Mo- 
 hammed made desolate the countries of Cliristendom, 
 and destroyed thousands of meeting-houses, with their 
 idols, and threatened at one time the concj^uest of all 
 Europe. 
 
 Thirty-second Verse. 
 
 It has been the practice in all ages for human na- 
 ture — among the learned as well as the illiterate, to re- 
 
 o„ A , , concile their present condition with the 
 32 And such i 
 
 as do wicki'dly teachings of scripture ; and the doctrine of 
 
 uguiustthocov- foi'o'ivoness of sins and regeneration has 
 enant slmll he , ' -i . n • i . i i 
 
 corrupt l)y flat- heen wuiully misunderstood; and men 
 
 terics: but the liave sejirchcd the scriptures with indefat- 
 
 noople that do jo-able diligence in order to justify them- 
 know their (lod ^ ^ i i 
 
 sliall be stronir, selves in some sinful indulgence; and the 
 
 and do cxjtloii.i. multitude of different sects whicli exist to- 
 day, proves tliat each liave found something to suit him ; 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OP DANIEL. 43 
 
 and, 80 far as liis individual capacity has enabled iiini, 
 lias influenced others to the same way of thinking'. The 
 learned (Ireek sUnnl)led over the simple phm of salva- 
 tion, as too simple for him, and amused his specuhitive 
 mind Avith nice theolo^'ical dis[)utes, which sometimes 
 ended in bloodshetl. We may easily imagine the eil'ect. 
 The arbitrary laws of Justinian influenced a i^reat many 
 half-liearted Christians to submission, and perhaps flat- 
 terinii; inducements were held out to confirm their waver- 
 ing minds. Tlie short space of three months left little 
 time for reflection, and many who were in the habit of 
 indulg'ing in little sins, accepted the new order of things 
 in preference to exile. 
 
 About the middle of the seventh century, the Churcli, 
 under the name of Paulicians, became spread over the 
 ])rovinces of Asia Minor, to the westward of the Eu- 
 phrates, and dispensed her gifts among the disciples of 
 Zoroaster and Mohammed, and obtained that toleration 
 from them which was denied by the orthod(jx Jio- 
 nianist. In the ninth century, tiie flames of persecu- 
 tion reached them in exile : the zeal of the empress 
 Theodora for the worship of images, removed every 
 scruple of humanity; her inquisitors explored the 
 cities and mountains of Lower Asia, and the flat- 
 terers of tiie empress have aflirmed that in her short 
 reign, one hundred thousand Paulicians were extirpated. 
 Such wliolesale butcheries could not fail to produce re- 
 sistance; and, headed by Carl)eas, a valiant Paulician, 
 who commanded the guard of the General of the East, 
 they fortified the city of Tephrice, situated between the 
 mountains of Servia and Trebizond, and successfully de- 
 fended themselves against their enemies. Michael, 
 
44 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 the son of Theodora, marched in person against them, 
 and was beaten nnder the walls of Samosata, and the 
 lioman cinpei'or lied before the Paulicians, whom his 
 mother had condemned to the flames; several gene- 
 rals and more tluui one hundred tribunes were taken 
 prisoners. (Jhrysoclicir, the successor of Carbeas, em- 
 braced a wider lield of action. In alliance with the Mos- 
 lems, he boldly inv^aded the enemies' dominions; the 
 Roman troops were repeatedly overthrown ; the Catholic 
 edicts of persecution were answered by the pillage of 
 Nice and Nicoinedia, of xVncyra and Ephesus. The Ca- 
 thedral of Ephesus was turned into a stable, and the 
 Christian united with the Moslem in the destruction of 
 images and relics. About the middle of the ei<i:hth cen- 
 tury, Constantine, surnamed Copronymus, by the wor- 
 shippers of images, introduced a colony of Paulicians 
 into Thrace, and by this means the seed of the gospel 
 was again transplanted into Europe. 
 
 TMrtij-third Verse. 
 
 Under the Evzantine standard, the Paulicians were 
 often transported to the Greek provinces of Italy and Si- 
 cily; in peace or war, they freely conversed with stran- 
 gers and natives ; and their opinions were silently prop- 
 . , +1 *i^*^ted, in Rome, Milan, and the kingdoms 
 that uiidtMstand beyond the Alps. It was soon discovered 
 among the peo- that many thousand Catholics, of every 
 
 many^- vet thov ^"^^^'^ ^'^^ ^^ either sex, had forsaken the 
 shall fall by the Catholic community; and the flames which 
 
 sword, and by (3Qi^y^rQe(i twelve Canons of Orleans, was 
 flame, by cap- ^ 
 
 tivity, and by the first a( t and signal of persecution. It 
 
 spoil wa/iy days, ^as in the country of the Albigeois, in the 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 45 
 
 ft 
 
 southern provinces of Franco, that the Paulicians were 
 most deeply implanted; and the yame vicissitudes of 
 martyrdom and reveni^e wliich had been displayed in 
 the neighbourhood of the Eupli rates, were re])eated, in 
 the thirteenth century, on the banks of the Ehone. The 
 laws of the Eastern J^^mpcrors were revived by Frederic 
 the Second. The defenders of Tephrice were representee^, 
 by the barons and cities of Languedoc. Pope Innocent 
 the Third surpassed the sanguinary fame of Theodora: 
 it was in cruelty alone that her soldiers could equal the 
 heroes of the Crusades, and the cruelty of her priests was 
 far excelled by the founders of the Inquisition— an office 
 more adapted to strengthen than refute the belief of an 
 evil principle. The visible assemblies of the Paulicians 
 or Albigeois, were extirpated with fire and sword, and 
 the bleeding remnant escaped by flight, concealment or 
 conformity. But the invincible spirit they had kindled, 
 still lived and breathed in the western world, in the state, 
 in the church, and even in the cloister; a latent succes- 
 sion was preserved, of the Paulicians, who protested 
 against the errors of Kome, and adliored to the Bible as 
 the sole rule of faith. 
 
 Thirty -fourth Verse. 
 
 At no time in the history of the Church was there a 
 period so dark as that between the years A.D. 1512 and 
 34 Now when ^•^' ^^l"^' during the session of the great 
 they shall fall, Lateran Council, in the time of Leo tho 
 ho'lpen'^wilh ^'a ^^^'^^^ BO enfeebled had the sons of Zion 
 little help : but become, that in answer to the summons of 
 deave to them *^^ ^^^^^^cil, none appeared to bear witness 
 with flatteries, to the truth against the eiTors of Eome. 
 
46 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 The papists were jiirorded a short triumph, and their 
 aiinounceiiiont to the world proclaimed: ''Heresy 
 is dead!" And great rejoicinii; and merry-making fol- 
 lowed so important an event. Three and a half yeiyrs 
 after the council Invoke up, an event occurred winch re- 
 vived the hopes of the Christians, and confounded Leo 
 the Tenth, and astonislicd Europe. The firm stand taken 
 by Martin Luther against Romanism, has been the de- 
 li<»-ht of ecclesiastical Jiistorians, and the commencement 
 of a Reformation, at the completion of which , men will 
 beat the swords into ploughshares, and their spears into 
 pruning-hooks, and the kingdoms of this world will be- 
 come the kingdom of our G(xl and His Christ. Amidst 
 the tide of prosperity which set in with the commence- 
 ment of the Reformation, there were not wanting those 
 who, by flattering words and false pretences, obtained a 
 footing inside the Church ; and the last days of Luther's 
 ministry were embittered by these inside foes. 
 
 » 
 
 Thirty-fifth Verse. 
 
 The attitude taken by Zwingle, and afterwards by 
 
 C-ilviii^ — men of understanding— in direct opposition to 
 
 a5And.sv,meof I^^it^^^^^ pi'^pared their own fall, and hin- 
 
 thein of under- deredHhe spread of the gospel. The doc- 
 
 sUiudiiig shall ^j.^jje of lu'cdestination and election, as 
 fall, tolrytliem, . , . i i .i i i 4*^,, 
 
 and to purge, nuuntamed by them, condemned a portion 
 
 and to uuike of the human race to everlasting misery, 
 
 ^/tm white, m'M and provided for a select number to par- 
 tothetimeol the ^ . ^ 
 
 end: l)ecause it take of the joys of heaven, buch a system 
 
 i^ yet for a time pi'ovided for the indulgence of sin, and 
 
 apponited. produced a beast with two lamb-like horns, 
 
ELEVENTH CHAVTEll OF DANIEL. 47 
 
 with the voice of a devil,* who was a liar from the bc- 
 ginniiiij^. As Hpceimcns of Calvinism, I will mention 
 two; the first, a lady of my acquaintance, the mother of 
 a large family, and not less than sixty years of age, re- 
 lated to me her experience, wliich, to the best of my re- 
 collection, ran thus : — " On my way home from meeting 
 one night, I received an impression from a celestial be- 
 ing, and the thoughts conveyed to my mind I shall never 
 forget; 'I have loved thee tcith an ever (((st in;/ love,' said the 
 
 * Rev. xlii. 11. — '^And I behold another beast coming up out 
 of the earth; -and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as 
 a dragon.'' — The two horns are 2)redestlnai ion and elec/ion. The 
 dragon-voice says, part of the human race were from all eternity 
 foreordained to be saved, and the other part to be lost. — Verse 12 
 displays the power of Calvinism as compared with Romanism, 
 and informs us that the two-horned devil speaking beast contribu- 
 ted to heal the wound inflicted by the Sword of the Spirit wielded 
 by Luther. — Verse 1.3 infoims us of the great wonders done by 
 tlifise learned theologians, in twisting the scripture so as to con- 
 sign part of the human race to the pains of hell, and thus bring 
 down lire from heaven. — Verse 14 shows the deceit of these false 
 views, and speaks of an image made to the first beast. 'The crucifix 
 is the most prominent image in the Roman church; and Calvinism 
 exhibits, with equal propriety, the same image : falsely declaring 
 that the Old Testament dis])ensation was an entire failure, and now 
 God judges ?\l men from the cross of Christ, where the work of 
 redemption was begun and ended; teaching that a bargain was 
 made between God and Christ (commencing with all eternity) that 
 on condition Christ should suffer for the sins of sowiie of the beinirs 
 yet uncreated, God would consent to their entrance into heaven, 
 as a reward for His ])ains. The life and death of Jesus Christ is 
 an event which towers above all others in the world's history, l)e- 
 cause He was the only begotten Son of God. Rut Christ existed, 
 by adoption, from Abel to the last o'f the prophets, and from Paul 
 to the p'resent day. The Apostles of the Lanil), ]>artaking as they 
 do of the nature of Jesus Christ, enjoy greater piivileges and pos- 
 sess greater power than the Jewish prophets ; hence the least in 
 the kingdom are greater than they : Peter was greater than John 
 tiie Baptist; for this reason, although the least when compared 
 with Paul. 
 
48 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 impression." — A long acquaintance has convinced mo 
 that her conduct was incompati])]c with that of an elect 
 lady; and, moreover, her age was an effectual bar to such 
 a possibility ; and how she could with propriety claim 
 the promise Christ gave to His Elect Bride, is more than 
 I can comprehend. 
 
 On another occasion (in England), while listening to 
 the well-known popular preacher, Mr. Spurgeon, I was 
 astonished to hoar him utter these words: — "/it is a lie 
 some would have ns believe ; — Christ never died for 
 all mankind." And, while praising Calvin for his brilliant 
 intellect and excellent doctrine, he finished by praising 
 himself for his want of knowledge, and took no small 
 merit to himself for placing on the shelf portions of 
 scripture, and, as he said, leaving to his God wdiat he 
 could not understand. Far better would it have been for 
 Calvin & Co. if they had placed on the shelf a doctrine 
 which traces the origin of sin to God, and gave all man- 
 kind the benefit of salvation. The word reads ^^ whosoever 
 believeth on Him might not perish, but have everlasting 
 life," and if one read the history of Jesus Christ, and 
 believe what is revealed of Him in the scriptures, a feel- 
 ing of humility will arise when contemplating such a 
 character, — so exalted is His character and so excellent 
 His wisdom, that the most virtuous, and the most wise, 
 must sink into the dust on comparison with Him, Such 
 love and compassion ; such voluntary ignominy and suf- 
 fering; not only for His friends but for His enemies, — 
 not only for those who ministered to His wants, but for 
 those that crucified Him, — must soften the heart and con- 
 vince of sin ; and in such a frame of mind the promises 
 fly to the relief of the troubled one, — " Come unto me, 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 49 
 
 all ye that hibour and are heavy laden, and 1 will give 
 you rent. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; 
 for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall tind rest 
 unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my jburden is 
 light." Calvinism has produced a host of ecclesiastical 
 acrobats and pious humbugs, through whose pernicious 
 teachings, many have been led astray. The slimy track 
 of the old serpent maybe traced all through the system. 
 First, it makes a man to be saved without the concurrence 
 of his free will, which is a lie ; and next, if by some hap- 
 py accident he obtains the forgiveness of his sins, lie is 
 told he is elected and can never be lost, no matter how 
 disobedient ho may be — another lie. And the father of 
 lies stands here and blocks up the way, so that the way 
 of holiness is obscured at the commencement ; and he 
 cannot become a saint — much less a glorified saint — which 
 he must be in order to be one of the elect. 
 
 Thirty-sixth Verse. 
 
 Of all the tyrannical systems which have cursed the 
 
 earth, the most hateful and pernicious is that which binds 
 
 36 And the ^^^ votaries in the chains of superstition. 
 
 king shall do Kings have fallen prostrate before the Ro- 
 
 according to his man pontilf, and the voice of truth has 
 
 shall exalt him- ^-^^^^^ ^^^'^^^^'^^^ by the rack and stifled in 
 self, andmagni- the flames, kindled by the hand claiming 
 
 fy himself above to belong to the Renresentative of Jesus 
 
 every crocl and ■*" 
 
 shall speak mar- Christ and the Yicar of God. A few years 
 
 vellous things previous to the commencement of the 
 a;:'ainst the God o n <• ,i ,. n-n t 
 
 of ffods and ^^^i^^i'ii^^'^tion, tne assumptions of Pope Leo . 
 
 shall prosper the Tenth reached a height where it was 
 
 till the indigna- impossible to stand. lie styled himself, 
 
 F 
 
50 EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 tion bo accom- ''Lord of the Worlds," and by his votaries 
 
 that is deter- ^^ ^^^^^ addressed as '^ My Lord God,^the 
 mined shall be Pope." Did he mean he was lord of the 
 done. Antediluvian world, which was drowned 
 
 by the flood, as well as the present one, reserved for the 
 fire of judgment ? or did he mean he was lord of the 
 earth and planets which make their annual orbit round 
 the sun ? or was it heaven, earth and hell that kissed his 
 Bceptre and owned themselves his subjects ? He was 
 answered by the angel of the covenant, clothed in the 
 obscure cloud of the humble Augustine monk. One foot 
 is placed u])on the sea of superstition and ignorance, and 
 the other upon .the earth of learning and intelligence; 
 his right hand lifted towards heaven, and he sware con- 
 cerning the definite time the Latin man would be per- 
 mitted to exist (Rev. x.), and the mystery of prophecy 
 should be uufulded, and every mountain of superstition 
 laid low, and the valleys levelled up, so that all people 
 should understand the goodness of God in the plan of re- 
 demption, and His wisdom and power should ensure the 
 obedience of all people, by being reconciled to Himself 
 througli Jesus Christ. 
 
 Thirty-seventh Verse. 
 
 The God of the fathers of the Eoman Church was 
 
 disregarded by their degenerate children, and Jesus 
 
 Christ, whom Paul preached to them, was 
 37 Neither shall ^ i i 4.1 1 ^i ^r- • a 
 
 he regard the ^'^^^''^'^'^^ V the pope, by the Virgin, and a 
 
 God of his fa- multitude of images and relics. The prac-' 
 
 thers,northetle- ^[^.q q^ inuring i)ersons of both sexes in 
 RH-e ot women, . . , ,r , , . .1 
 
 nor regard any cloisters, was altogetlier unknown to the 
 
 god: for he shall Jewish dispensation or to the early Church; 
 
* ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 51 
 
 magnify himself and if it bo the teaching of scripture, that 
 above all. their can be no children born of God with- 
 
 out the aid of a man clotlied with the i-ighteousncss of 
 Jesus Christ, and a woman clothed with the righteousness 
 of saints — which is the Church (Kev. xix. 7, 8, 11), the 
 celibacy of the Konuin priesthood has placed an etfectual 
 barrier against the regeneration of any of their flock, as 
 well as the lawful desire of woman. 
 
 The motives of the priesthood have been exalted by 
 the ignorant, who have been taught to believe that mar- 
 riage or the union of the sexes, is sin, and that the chief 
 way to obtain the favor of Heaven is to live in celibacy, 
 and consequent miseiy, and often crime, llistorj' has 
 furnislied us information and given poi*l raits of persons 
 whose names occupy places in the calendar, whose chief 
 merit consisted in their contemj)t of cleanliness, and the 
 useless tortures they inflicted u|)on themselves attracted 
 a train of pilgrims, with their olferings to enrich the 
 shrine of their patron saint. While we deplore the mis- 
 ery inflicted on humanity by this ruinous system, it may 
 not be out of place to take a glance at the "City of the 
 Saints.'' Brigham Young and his predecessors nuiy con- 
 gratulate themselves on the discovery of an expedient 
 resorted to by the Jews, to satisfy the laws of cleanliness 
 and the covenant of circumcision ; which, if 1 am not 
 mistaken, limits sexual intercourse to once a month, and 
 altogether during pivgnancy, — a most salulary custom, 
 which preserved the health of woman, and conduced to 
 the intelligence of man. This diiliculty is, however, ob- 
 viated by the associiition of nnusy wives, and the lust« 
 of the flesh are gratiflcd at the expense of the nobler 
 faculties of man. 
 
62 ' . EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 Tlu) present condition of countries where 2:)olygamy 
 ha*s predominated, if compared with their past hislor}', 
 demonstrates the fact that man in his natural state is 
 not beneiited by a number of wives; the excessive in- 
 dulgence of animal passions k)wers the man to the brute. 
 And tlie stand taken hy some strong-minded women to 
 invert the order of nature and providence, by chiiming 
 cr^uality with man, is not without some ground of justi- 
 fication : how often it has occurred that a poor girl, after 
 falling a victim to one of these brutes, has been turned 
 adrift l)y her rcapectable parents, and a few years of sin 
 and miseiy puts an end to a career that otherwise might 
 have been one of usefulness and virtue; wl^ile the au- 
 thor of her ruin, unworthy the name of a man, is re- 
 ceived into respectable society ! The " City of the Saints " 
 may claim, and perhaps justly, an exemption from pros- 
 titutes, but the only remedy is redemption. There is 
 forgiveness of sins for all who seek to be forgiven; there 
 is grace for all who wish to be saints, and there is glory 
 for all who give themselves — in the prime of life and 
 vigour — living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God ; 
 which, after all, is but a reasonable service. 
 
 TTell was not ])repared for man, but for the devil and 
 his angels; but those wdio cannot find time to attend to 
 their own interests, but nva busy serving Satan, may ex- 
 pect to share his company in the lake ol' fii'C. Let man 
 submit himsell' to God, and be reconciled to a ha])py 
 state of existence; and, when recovered from the elfects 
 of the fall, and restored to the moral image of his Maker, 
 woman will take her proper place, and prove a loving 
 help-meet, instead of aspiring to reign. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OP DANIEL. 53 
 
 Thirty-eighth Verse. 
 
 The achievements of the Ctrsars have k^nt a charm 
 
 to the name of Eome which has atti-acted tlie eyes of 
 
 oo Ti . . 1 • mankind, and while we look in vain for the 
 38 But in his ' i , , , . , 
 
 estate shall he glory of Augustus, we behold v/ith surprise 
 
 honour the God the warlike ecclesiastical system which 
 
 of forces: and i^^- •. • i-ii-ii 
 
 , , ,., has arisen upon its ruins, consolidated by 
 a god whom his a ' -^ 
 
 fathers knew the laws of Justinian and the sword of Be- 
 not shall he Ij^^arius, defended by the sword of Pepin, 
 honour with , 11111-1 11 x •- 
 
 gold and silver ^^^^'^ ^^^^^ upheld by lu'cnch bayonets; it 
 
 and with preci- has marched on to victory undci' the rosary 
 ous stones, and .^j-^j crucifix, with the jewels of heaven and 
 pleasant things. n i 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 • 
 
 the weapons of hell; dealing absolution 
 
 and excommunication on either hand; honouring the 
 God of forces in order to accomplish its own desires. 
 Where the lamp of truth has accelerated the march of 
 intellect the state sword has been })laced in its sheath, and 
 they have been reduced to the use of the dagger, the re- 
 volver, and the incendiary's torch. The sons of Erin, 
 celebrated for their courage and hos[)itality as well as 
 for their love of the Green Isle, have been enthralled 'u\ 
 the meshes of superstition and incited by there spiritual 
 tyrants to deeds of violence and bloodshed, as destructive 
 to themselves as injurious to their victims. Kor will 
 the wise measures adopted by the British Government 
 give peace and contentment to Ireland wliile the priestti 
 aspire to reign and the people are shrouded in ignorance. 
 We need not wonder at the evils ])r()duced l)y a system 
 where fornication prevails to such an extent, the Virgin 
 Mary adored and worshipped as the Mother of God, deck- 
 ed with the jewels of Jesud Christ ; and the clouds of in- 
 cense that arise to this god (whom Paul and Peter knew 
 
54 'explanation op the 
 
 nothing of), have obscured the true one and produced sin 
 and disoTace throughout the system. The Virgin Mary 
 was honoured above all women as the recipient of the 
 mind of the Second Adam, wliilst her own bh)od united 
 to form a Being equal to the First Adam before he fell ; 
 superior to him after resisting temptation, and conse- 
 quently acceptable to Clod as our Eedeemer. I believe 
 the A^irgin to have been a perfect woman, for she gave 
 birth to a perfect Man, and she rcpi'esents to all ages 
 what should be the Church of Christ giving birth to 
 Christians. And how hateful and abominable does it 
 appear to see a people calling themselves the Infallible 
 Church, adoring a representative of themselves. I do not 
 wonder Pio Xono is dissatisfied with such a spouse. She 
 has had her own way too long, I fear, to submit 
 herself to him; she has enjoyed the preeminence too long 
 to acknowledge the infallibility and superiority of her 
 lord, and a divorce is the only alternative likely to bo 
 agreeable to both parties. 
 
 Thlrty-nititli Verse. 
 
 The doctrine of purgatory has been a potent source 
 of wealth to the system, and the money paid for masses 
 
 39 Thus shall ^'^^^^ ^^-^' ^^^^ dead has impoverished some, 
 he do ill the and encouraged others in a course of folly, 
 most stiH.n^r rpi^^, j>^^,,,,^ ^\^ Macabees, where the living 
 holds with Ji ' =• 
 
 strani'-e "-od ''^^'^ represented as praying for the dead, is 
 
 whom ho shall y^^yy iiroiierly condemned as profane his- 
 acknowled;re * 4i ' i • /• i • ^i • 
 
 and increase ^^^'T* -^*^ ^^^^ propliecies contained in tins 
 
 with glory: and chapter — commencing with Daniel and j 
 
 he shall cause i. -ii .i i ^ i* v i\ 
 
 them to rule ^^*^^>'Vi^ with the destruction ot th'3 enemies | 
 
 over many, and of Jcsus Christ — extend not only from 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 55 
 
 shall divide the Daniel to the Birth of Jesus, but from the 
 °' ' destruction of the Jewish Nation to their 
 restoration. Thus wo mo^r on^l we inust reject all tho 
 writings, fr^>^ Malachi to the j^ew Testament, as unin- 
 spired and unnecessary as far as redemption is concerned, 
 as well as contrary to the teaching of scripture. It is 
 evident, how^ever, that there is an intermediate atate, for 
 the body tliat is buried in tlio earth is not immediately 
 introduced to heaven, but remains and corrupts in the 
 ground, while the spirit is borne to freedom or to prison 
 — to heaven or to hell. 
 
 During the darkness at the crucifixion, when the rocks 
 were being torn asunder, and the earth quaked, as if in 
 sjmipathy with the sutterings of the Son of (fod, several 
 of the saints arose from their gi'aves, and were seen in 
 the streets of Jerusalem; and as His aposth>s undergo a 
 a similar ordeal, in a modified degree, a similar circum- 
 stance accompanies their sutferings. Tlie nearest ap- 
 proach we have in scripture to praying for the dead is 
 contained in the Lord's Prayer, ''Thy kingdom come;" 
 which is simply a repetition of the scene enacted in tho 
 Holy Land by Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. This 
 scene has been repeated six times by the apostles, and 
 one hundred and twenty times by the interme- 
 diate elders. Truly Jesus Christ hath faithfully per- 
 formed His part of the covenant, "Lo, I am wMth you 
 alway, even unto the end of the world." The Romanists 
 have neglected to fullil their part, and must have de- 
 parted far from the truth, when, b3'dressing up an image, 
 (as in the ceremonies of the mass,) they could raise tho 
 dead and obtain pardon for sins, for all who had friends 
 in ])urgatory, sins to be forgiven, and money to pay. 
 
56 . EXPLANATION OF THE 
 
 The only one havinu^ power to raise the dead is Gcxl ; 
 the onl}' ])ennaiice acceptable to God is the sufferings of 
 His Son ; and doubtless that is sufficient, and free for all 
 Avho are tired of serving the devil, and who desire to flee 
 from the wrath that will shortly come, — and it is offered 
 without money and without price. 
 
 Fortieth Verse. 
 
 The last six verses are yet future, but near at hand ; 
 
 and so plain are the indications of the times, that the gift 
 
 ,^ . 1 ^ ^, of insi)irat ion is scarcely needed to predict 
 40 And at the ^ -^ ^ 
 
 time of the end ^^ic great events about to transpire among 
 .shall the Vuvr ^j^^ nations of the earth. The ISTestorian, 
 push at him : Gi*eck, and Armenian churches, scattered 
 and tlie kin,L^ of over the East (or the South if we were at 
 
 the north shall B.^bylon), will soon take an active i^art in 
 come agauist . . . 
 
 him like a whirl- the destruction of Rojnanism ; and their 
 
 wind, with char- ancient injuries will incite in them zeal to 
 iots, and with i < i . i • ^ j i . i^ 
 
 horsemen and P^^^^^ '^^ him, and assist to destroy a loe 
 
 with manysliips; that has SO long been an enemy to man- 
 
 and he shall en- pijid 
 
 ter into the 
 
 countries, and Eussia is busy organizing her countless 
 
 shall overflow hordes, and the month of February, 1870, 
 
 and pass over. , ,, i- i ti i i i- i.i • 
 
 has seen them entirely liberated irom their 
 
 ancient serfdom, and this liberty will degenerate into 
 
 license, to waste, to plunder, and to destroy. France, 
 
 which has so long su})p()rted the cause of the popes, will 
 
 meet with a similar reward Austria obtained, not long 
 
 since, for a similar service. The Czar will come against 
 
 them as a W'hirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and 
 
 with many ships : the countries of Eui'ope, which favor 
 
 Romanism and oi")pose the truth, will receive deserved 
 
ELKVENTII CHAPTER OF DANIEL. ' 57 
 
 punishment; for the time is como for Christ (who hiis 
 so h)ni^' permitted and borne patiently whatever His 
 enemies couhl inflict), sh.all assert IJis riglit to reii^n and 
 overthrow His enemies and reward His friends: — 
 
 ^^Then crime shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fall ; 
 Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; 
 Peace, o'er the realm her olive wand extend, 
 And white-rohed Innocence from heaven descend." 
 
 rope. 
 
 Forty-first Verse. 
 
 The Russians have long covetted possession of tho 
 
 warmer countries of the South, and, after the conquest 
 
 of France and other countries in favor of 
 
 41 He shall en- j^Qj^^.^j^-j^j^ in Europe, he will bend his 
 
 ter also into the i i tt i t 
 
 glorious land, steps towards tho Holy Land, and many 
 
 and many cojoi- countries Avill be overthrown; but these 
 tries shall be i n * ^^ i • i i i.^ i 
 
 overthroAvn:but ^^^^^ escape out 01 his hand, even Ldom 
 
 these shall es- and Moab, and the chief of the children of 
 
 cape out of his ^^^n^oj^ The followers of Jesus Christ 
 
 hand, even Ld- .,,^, , ,.., 
 
 om and Moab ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ secure retreat m these countries^ 
 
 and the chief of and indeed it seems they are reserved for 
 
 the children of ^^^^ ^.j^^j. p^^^po^c ; they shall esca])e out of 
 Amraon. . i i ' ./ i 
 
 his hand, and the people of God may rely 
 
 on His own word, and avail themselves of these places 
 
 of refuge. 
 
 Forty-second Verse. 
 
 Tho devastations committed by Attila, Zingis and 
 
 Timour, for the destruction of human life, as well 
 
 ^9 j£p gi^^ll as extent of conquest, occupy prominent 
 
 stretch forth his phices in tho wiu'ld's history; and the im- 
 
 G 
 
58 EXPLANATIOxN OP THE 
 
 hand also upon mediate cause of these desolations may be 
 
 and the kind of ^^^^'^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ abuse of good. The riches 
 Egypt shall not whicii the bcneiicicnt hand of the Creator 
 escape. bestowed, to win the love and obedience of 
 
 the people, were used to pamper the body, corrupt the 
 mind, and sink them lower than the brutes. 
 
 A great deal has been said and written about sin ; in 
 my opinion nothing is sinful but that which makes one 
 unhappy-r-that which injures a man morally and physic- 
 ally. The first step was disobedience to God, and all the 
 misery whicli exists in the world is occasioned by con- 
 tinual disobedience, — by the rejection of liis oilers of 
 mercy, and disregarding His anxious desire for reconci- 
 liation through Jesus Christ. 
 
 A career of conquest is before the C/.ar which will 
 eclipse all preceding ones ; China and Japan will not 
 escape, and the British Possessions in the East may suf- 
 fer from his immense armies. The Turkish rule will be 
 ended in Egypt as well as in Europe. 
 
 Forty-third Verse. 
 
 The immense spoil resulting from these extensive 
 
 43 But he shall depredations, — the treasures of gold and 
 have power over 
 the treasures of silver with the precious things of Egypt, 
 
 gold and of sil- jj-^ci^ii^, them onward in their career of 
 ver, and over ^ 
 
 all the precious conquest, will reward their ef'ibrts ; and 
 thin :<s of Egypt: ..„,,.. ,. .,, , 
 
 and the Libyans ^^^* ^ ^*^0^*^' ^i^^^ ^^^^7 Will j;oss^SS— al- 
 and the Ethi- though they may not eiijoiJ — ^creat 
 opians shall be ^ '' •' J n ^ 
 
 at his steps. riches. 
 
ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF DANIEL. 59 
 
 Forty-fourth Verse. 
 
 For tidinixs out of the East shall trouble him : the 
 
 British may be inclined to dispute -with him, the 
 
 ,, „ ,,.,. possession of the East Indies ; and, 
 
 44 But tidings ^ ^, . , , _ , . ' 
 
 out of the east alter wisely avoiding the hrst onset oi 
 
 and out of the the Czar, tliey may preserve their 
 t^^ ble \ "^t ' ^^I'^^.^'th until a chance of success is aflbrded 
 therefore he by assistance from the North. For tidings 
 
 shall go forth f^-oni the N'orth shall also trouble him ; the 
 with gieat fury . , ,,. x' ^ . ,. i. ^ u • 
 
 to destroy anil intelligence oi a fleet oi transports, bring- 
 utterly to make ing troops, and ships of war manned by 
 away many. British blue-jackets, may cause him some 
 uneasiness, and provoke him to go forth and utterly 
 make away many who disregard the voice of warning. 
 
 Forty-fifth Verse. 
 
 The possession of the Suez Canal, in order to prevent 
 a junction of the British forces, will induce him to plant 
 
 45 And he shall his tabernacle between the seas, and con- 
 plant the taber- . i i r. i • - ^ 
 nacles of his centrate the main body of his army in the 
 
 palace between neighbourhood of the Canal. And the last 
 the seas in the '^ 
 
 glorious holy great battle — the Armageddon of scripture 
 
 mountain : yet -n i • ^i i /. 
 
 he shall come — "^^^^^ usher in a thousand years oi peace 
 
 to ?iis end, and j^^d contentment, under the mild reign of 
 none shall help ' 
 
 him. Christ. 
 
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 iEi^T©!rm"iir©fi[(DM m mmiiKmiB. 
 
 Having, at length, explained tlie chapter, with regard 
 to the past, in a manner agreeable to history; the future 
 will, as it unfolds itself, corroborate the rest: and, by 
 way of conclusion, I append a few words of instruction 
 in doctrine. And, as I believe I have explained this 
 portion of scripture in a ditt'erent light from others who 
 have attempted its elucidation, a few words about myself 
 may not be out of place : — 
 
 i/EOEGE, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus 
 |j Christ. In accordance with my duty, in the beginning 
 •^ of the past year (18G9), I announced, in " A Few 
 Words to Zion,'' the coming judgment of Babylon — es- 
 pecially Romanism and Calvinism — for their sins, with- 
 out knowing at the time that I should have to deliver 
 that judgment myself, towards the close of the same year, 
 in a brief Explanation of the Book of Revelation, setting 
 forth and explaining what the Holy Ghost had instructed 
 John to write and me to understand, about the Latin man 
 and the man of sin ; and, towards the close of the chap- 
 ter just explained, it has become manifest hoiv that judg- 
 ment will be executed. 
 
 And now, I am instructed to make known to the 
 christian world, learned and illiterate, noble and humble, 
 of every age and of either sex, dwelling in the Great 
 City — called in Kev. x^iii. ** Babylon" — that the supply 
 
INSTRUCTION IN DOCTRINE. 61 
 
 of bread and the supply of water is cut otf from your 
 * city; and, as it will soon be on fire, I exhort you to fol- 
 low the example of Lot and his family, and flee at once 
 to the mountains, where, at the command of The Master, 
 I have erected the standard containiniir the doctrine of 
 scripture, and surmounted with llis own name, JESUS, 
 to whom the chief honour is due, and to whose name Grod 
 has declared, every knee shall bow and every tongue 
 confess. Forsake the unclean spirits of sectarianism; 
 embrace the truth, as it is now made so plain that a 
 wayfaring man, though a fool, can understand it. Let 
 Zion be reorganized, and placed in such trim as will en- 
 able her to make the rest of her voyage without schism, 
 and without failure; until the Holy City, the New Jeru- 
 salem shall descend from God out of heaven, and our 
 eyes shall behold our Redeemer, and we shall enjoy the 
 fruits of redeeming love for ever and for ever. 
 
 The position I have assumed may in some measure 
 be justified in the eyes of the public, by the explanations 
 of scripture I have given, which, although deficient in 
 merit as literary productions, yet are such as can be un- 
 derstood, and are different from any which have hitherto 
 been given. And I assert, without fear of contradiction, 
 when I appeal to those who know me, that I have never 
 been anxious for preeminence among my brethren; that 
 I have been content to perform the humblest duties con- 
 nected with the Christian Eeligion ; and I have considered 
 myself — and been considered by others — the least in my 
 Father's House. A '' class-leader," once remarked to me, 
 after listening to the account I gave of myself, ''Ah, bro- 
 ther Collins, you remind me of a brother I met in my 
 morning class ; he has but little mind," etc. And, if I now 
 
62 INSTRUCTION IN DOCTRINE. 
 
 stand as a handful of corn upon the mountain-top, it is 
 with the help of the Lord ; and if I stand alone^ it is not 
 for want of ellbrt on my part to bring others with me, 
 as man}^ can testify. 
 
 In performing the duties which^God has assigned me, 
 I do not wisli to interfere with the rights of others. My 
 beloved brother, Lord A. P. Cecil, has the right of the 
 management of the First Baptism, for the Remission of 
 Sins, with the Preaching of Repentance towards God, 
 and Faith in Christ. And, when the accumulated mass 
 of Calvinistic rubbish and lloman fraud have been cleared 
 away from the world's foundations, I have discovered 
 only two — real kings and priests of God. They belong 
 to the eleventh foundation; there is, I should judge, 
 about twelve years difference in their respective 
 ages; the younger one I love as a father, and for the 
 other I have a warm aiiection. I might name them, but 
 I am an outlaw ; and, in the performance of my dut3^, I 
 have stirred up a nest of hornets about my ears : they 
 know me, however, and as they are experienced warriors, 
 I shall be thankful lor any advice they can give me. 
 They have earned their laurels, mine are yet to be won; 
 they have fought the good tight, I have just girded on 
 my sword. The future will prove whether I may claim 
 -equality with them or not. 
 
 My own duties, at present, are to offer the Yearly 
 Sacrifice for the Sins of the People ; and, in connection 
 with the Church and the Holy Ghost, effect their regen- 
 eration ; or, in other words, to give the justified soul a 
 new nature, and a renewed mind ; and the Second Bap- 
 tism, in water, with the accompanying gift of the Holy 
 Spirit, will complete the work of redemption. 
 
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 There are twenty-four more crowns to be won, and 
 the twelve foundations are completed ; then will com- 
 mence the superstructure. 
 
 If any arc desirous of aiding me, and want to go to 
 . work, — first, we want to have this little book reproduced 
 . in all the languages of the literal Babylon. I must, how- 
 ever, warn my friends against the great majority of the 
 "Bcverend" gentlemen in black, wdio, like a flock of 
 crows (unclean birds), iidiabit the Great Spiritual Baby- 
 lon, and, from motives of self-interest, are desirous of 
 prolonging the present state of confusion. Whilst lis- 
 tening to the service which ushered in the new year, con- 
 ducted by one of the most learned of these birds, — he 
 solemnly asserted tliat the day of Christ would be the 
 signal of the stoppage of the propagation of the human 
 race ; that there would be no more children born into the 
 world. I would prefer to spare my ammunition for otlier 
 game; but, as T believe he was aiming at me — and ho 
 knew he was telling a lie — I cannot suffer it to go un- 
 contradicted. 
 
 My view of matrimony corresponds exactly with that 
 of the Apostle Paul, who gave i^crmission to marry to 
 all who were desirous of doing so. Nor is it necessary 
 that the supply of children should be cut otf now, any 
 , more than when Paul penned his Epistles. Paul, how- 
 . ever, said it w^as better to be as he was. Let us, then, 
 seriously consider what hs was: ''Paul, called to be an 
 Apostle," after receiving the divine nature, gave himself 
 a living sacrifice for the sins of the people, and thus pro- 
 cured their remission; afterwards gave himself to the 
 Church — literally a woman, and became godfather to^ 
 those who have already experienced the benefit of his 
 
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 sufferings; while the Church was godmother; mid, in 
 connection with the Holy Ghost, the gi*eat work of re- 
 demption was effected. And thus the race of Christians 
 has been propagated, from Jesus Christ down to the pres- 
 ent day, through the mutual love of Christ and the 
 Daughter of Woman and the Spirit of God. 
 
 It may be observed that the scriptures teach three 
 separate steps, for those wlio are desirous of enjoying 
 the fall extent of redeeming love : — 
 
 First — Being justified by faith, we have peace with 
 God, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; 
 
 Second — Having obtained peace, study the character 
 of the God of peace ; put off the old man w4th his deeds, 
 and live by faith, until Christ, the Church and tlie Holy 
 Spirit give you a new nature ; 
 
 Third — Having continued faithful, and not counted 
 the blood of the covenant an unholy thing, the Second 
 Baptism shall introduce God the Holy Ghost to His I^ow 
 Temple, and you live by feeling ; and as a son of God, 
 enjoy the blessed Comforter, the Spirit of adoption where- 
 by ye know God as your father ; follow His teaching 
 and you cannot go astray. 
 
 ^' By thine unerring Spirit led, 
 
 We shall not in the desert stray ; 
 "We shall not full direction need. 
 
 Nor miss our providential way : 
 As far from danger as from fear, 
 • While love, almighty love, is near." 
 
 Wesley. 
 
 Young men and women, it is better to wait until you 
 become born again ; nevertheless, if you cannot it is bet- 
 
INSTRUCTION IN DOCTRINE. 65 
 
 ler to marry. From henceforth, children born of parents 
 uao have been fully redeemed, will never die ; they will be 
 ^^changed^' ivithout tasting death; and from henceforth ever- 
 lasting righteousness will be introduced, and death gradually 
 abolished : thei-cfore, it is better to wait until rewarded 
 with a new nature, like the robe the father gave the pro- 
 digal. You may not be literally feeding on husks, but there 
 are many feeding on the husks of profession, empty talk, 
 and vain pretensions, which amount to the same thing. 
 Wait if you can, until you receive a new life— of which 
 the ordinance of the Lord's Supper is tho form, and 
 the best form that can be introduced in order to teach 
 the substance. And the Second Baptism will teach com- 
 munion, through the agency of the Holy Spirit, opening 
 the heavens in reality instead of through the medium of 
 the Printing Press, or the teaching of others. 
 
 L might prolong my remarlcs, for the subject is inex- 
 haustible, but as I hold the office of High Priest for ten 
 years, what I have said will suffice for the present ; I 
 therefore conclude with praj^er for the welfare of my 
 friends ; and I earnestly desire to win my enemies over 
 to the side of truth, by sound reason and a faithful expo- 
 sition of scripture. 
 
 Before I close, let me call attention to Genesis xxv. 
 23 (which relates to the birth of Esau), '■'■ And the Lord 
 said unto her. Two nations are in thy womb, and two 
 manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; 
 and the one people shall bo stronger than die other peo- 
 ple ; and the elder shall serve the younger." 
 
 The Greeks, Eomans and the Anglo-Saxons arc un- 
 
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 d()al>teclly tlic clcsccndaiit.s of P^siiu. Jacob (as ^y•d^ inti- 
 mated to liis mother) was to have tlio services of I'^saa. 
 lie obtained the iir.st blessing; and, from his birth to 
 the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, enjoj^ed it for a period of 
 ■eighteen hundred and seventy years (if our cliron- 
 ok)gy be correct), when he lost it through unbelief. 
 Since then the gospel lias been preached to the Gentiles; 
 and the descendants of Esau have enjoyed the blessing for 
 a period of eighteen hundred and thirty seven years, 
 thirtj^-three more and the time which Esau has enjoyed 
 the blessing will equal to that of Jacob. 
 
 Jacob, I am commissioned to aid you; and I trust the 
 next thirty years will see a change in your condition for 
 the better. 
 
 As a descendant of Esau, I have little to boast of All 
 that remains of Esau, or Collins, is my bones ; unless it 
 be a taste for hunting, which will be amply gratified in 
 the pursuit of the ravenous beasts mentioned in Revela- 
 tions xiii. and Daniel vii. My clothing or the life which 
 animates me, m}^ mind and soul, are descended from Jacob 
 through David^and best of all tlirough Jesus Christ; Col- 
 lins has been dead these three years, when a baptism of 
 fire consumed the last of him. And I trust I shall be 
 able to forget the sins of mj^ yf>^ilb, in the active labours 
 I may have to perform " as Christ," Well might the 
 Apo' tie Paul exclaim, wliile alluding to Jew and Gentile, 
 " O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and know- 
 ledge of God ! h.ow unsearchable are his judgments, and 
 Lis waj's past finding out" (Tiom. xi. 33). 
 
 Unworthy as 1 feel T am of the honour our God has 
 bestowed upon me, I should be still more so did T not to 
 
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 the be^t of my ability obey so good and so wise a Master. 
 And I trurst the sense oi' honour conferred, will neither 
 exalt me above measure, nor sink mo so low by its weight 
 as to render me useless for work. 
 
 It has been intimated to me, tliat Zion will accept 
 my offered arm. And I trust those who are in Jiidcua 
 will at once flee to the mountains. And those who have 
 been justified b}- faith, will observe the doctrine of scrip- 
 ture. And those who have neglected these things, "will 
 for the present stay where they are ; until the Church is 
 organized and fitted for their reception. 
 
 For the comfort of my friends and a warning to our 
 enemies, I cannot do better than conclude this Message 
 with the Second Psalm, which refers to the present 
 times: — 
 
 PSALM II. 
 
 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a 
 vain thing ? 
 
 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers 
 take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his 
 anointed, saying^ 
 
 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their 
 cords from us. 
 
 4 lie that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord 
 shall have them in derision. 
 
 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex 
 them in his sore displeasure. 
 
 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 
 
 7 I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto 
 me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten theo. 
 
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 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine 
 inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
 possession. 
 
 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ! thou shalt 
 dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 
 
 10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be instructed, 
 ye judges of the earth. 
 
 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with 
 trembling. 
 
 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish /rom 
 the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed 
 are all they that put their trust in him. 
 
 EiciiMOND Road, Ottawa, 
 
 (Written in February, 1870). 
 
 Newspaper proprietors^ — Please spread the news ! 
 

 
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