*> NIGHT VOL. V.—NO. 2. NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1843. WHOLE No. 81. Write th e vision, and make it plain upon-tabk>s, that he may run that reaileth ih For the vision is y«t population of Buffalo, and the strong prejudices existing against our views, that our meetings would be disturbed. But, although THOUSANDS were in attendance, up to, the time I left, every thing progressed in the most perfect order, and an en tire revolution in public feeling, touch- ing the character and claims of the doctrine we-teach, had evidently taken place. God's, blessing attended their labors-. After the Buffalo meeting, Bro. Himes, in company with other efficient lecturers from the East, intend to. visit Cincinnati, Ohio, if time continues, and there faithfully discharge their diity in giving the people the word of warning. It is calculated to publish a paper there also, similar to the Glad Tidings, and thus spread the word of warning abroad through the West. That God who has thus far given his sanction to our humble efforts, will, we trust, go with us toward the setting sun, and still make the truth mighty to the pulli- ing down of strong holds. O, my dear brother, how I long to be able to speak out the feelings of my heart on this soul-thrilling subject.. But my voice is no better. I am still com- pelled to speak in a whisper, and what I do must be done with the pen', mostly. But? O, I am looking and' hoping for deliverance—for speedy deliverance'—yes,, by the Revelation of Jesus- Christ. My soul feels like saying—Amen, even so, come Lord Jesus, come quickly !!' In great haste-, yours as ever in the blessed hope, L. D. FLEMING. Newark,. N. J„ Aug. 18t'H, 1843. BOOK ROOM AT ROCHESTER. The room for Second Advent publications will still be continued at No. 17, Arcade, in that city, under the care of Brother Galusha, who will faithfully attend to all orders for books, papers, &c. The poor will be sup- plied gratis. BROTHER R. WHITNEY'S EXPERIENCE. The writer ©f the following is well known in Fair- field, Conn., aa a person of high standing in the Baptist Church, in which he was an active and esteemed offi- cer. Dear Brother Southard,—Although I take several publications, there is none for which I wait with 30 much interest, or read with so much-avidity,, as the Midnight Cry. I always find something in it as cheering to me, as, news from home, to* one who has long been absent, and expects soon to return. I have felt much interest in reading the experiences of those who have been brought to embrace the second advent faith,which have appeared in the paper ; and have thought that a bjtief account of the manner in which I was led to believe the coming of Christ near at hand, might not be altogether uninteresting to others. It is now eight months- since I first began seriously to investigate this subject. Some of my friends having1 previously embraced the doctrine, I had: frequently engaged in debate upon it, with a feeling ©f confidence that it could not be supported by the Scriptures. My principal arguments against it were, the miU iennium—the-return, o* the Jews—and the po- sition that the time of the end is not a matter of revelation. I had not1 previously given either of these subjects a thorough examination, but rather believed them because there were pas- sages- of Scripture which seemed: to establish them, atid they were admitted as- true by a kind of common consent. In order to defend my side of the questions, it was necessary to exa- minc the Scriptures more carefully -r and in doing so, I found my arguments unsupported, and one after another giving way. Still I was not convinced, and when ©ne reason failed, I endeavored to urge others with the more force-. In the mean time, (the fall of 1842,) I felt an increasing interest in religious things—an earnest desire that myself and my fellow-chris- tians- might be humbled before God, and be found in a condition in which He might bless us,, and make us- a medium through which to communicate his blessings to others. My mind being thus- in a sensitive condition, I found that these discussions,, (or my opposition to the doctrine,)) had a deleterious influence on my spiritual enjoyment;. and 1 finally resolved that f would* neither take any part in, nor even listen to debates upon that topic. . I also used all the in fine nee I could, to persuade my bre- thren in the church to drop the subject entirely. I had then recently read " Dowling's Reply to Miller," and lent the book to a brother in the church who felt favorable to Mr. Miller's senti- ments, with: the request that he would read it, at the same time intimating that if he did so, it would do away with his " Millerism." On the 18th of .December, this brother brought me a volume of " Miller's Works," containing his answer to " Bowling's Reply," and wished me to read it. I told him 1 had resolved not to read any thing more on either side, or take any further part in the investiga- tion of the subject; and in the course of the conversation I remarked that I had not suffi- cient confidence in the correctness of the theo- ry to think it worthy of an attentive examina- tion, and added that 1 thought we might em- ploy our time in a much more useful manner than in studying this subject. Soon after I had said this, I began to think that perhaps I was treating the subject too lightly; and the more I reflected, the more evident it appeared to me, that as it was one of incalculable importance, it was worthy of at least a serious examination. For some time previous I had been endea- voring to iay aside every weight—every thing sinful, and to return fully to the Lord; but 1 had found that after the most careful self-exa- mination, and after the most earnest prayer that my heart might be set right, there was still something in the way. I could not feel that all was right between me and God, and I now began to think that perhaps it was the opposi- tion of my heart to the doctrine of Christ's speedy coming. After reflecting upon the sub- ject for a day or two, I came to the solemn resolution to examine the doctrine with all the light I could get upon it; and to follow out what I should find to be the truth, wherever it might lead me. A day or two after this, a friend offered me "Litch's Address upon the Second Coming of Christ." I took the book, and as Hezekiah did with the letter from the king of Assyria, I spread it before the Lord, and earnestly sought the enlightening influence ofhis Spirit upon its perusal. As I proceeded in the examination, I believe it was with an honest desire to know the truth, that I sought for light upon the sub- ject. I first read the book through in a superficial manner—then reperused it, very carefu llyno- ting every thing which was not entirely satis- factory. But though 1 found a few" things which I thought might not be entirely correct, I could not resist the conviction that it was mainly in accordance with the word of God. In short, the more I examined, and the more I prayed for light upon the subject, the more thoroughly was I convinced of its truth. In the examination of the subject, I endea- vored to divest myself of all previously formed opinions, and to inquire simply what the Lord had said ; and in coming to the conclusion that the end of all things is just at hand, I had to abandon ideas which I had from childhood believed, but which I now found to be the tra- ditions of men, instead of the word of God. The Bible seemed to me like a new book. Large portions which I never before could un- derstand, now appeared full of meaning and interest. The volume of inspiration was given to testify to us the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow, 1 Peter 1:11. Of the latter theme I knew but very little, until I gave up my former ideas of a temporal millen- nium, and embraced the doctrine of the advent near. Light then seemed to shine from every page, and I think I can truly testify, that it is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. The immediate effect upon my own mind, was to humble me before God, and bring me to the foot of the cross. My feelings were precisely similar to what they were sixteen years before, when, as I trust, 1 was brought to the saving knowledge of the truth. I have not had much opportunity to attend second advent meetings; but have read nearly every thing to which I could gain access on both sides of the -question, and the Uniform ef- fect has been, to confirm me in the belief, that the coming of the Lord draws nigh. In view of the subject, I cannot but feel that it is the dictate of true wisdom to improve with diligence the few days or weeks of time yet re- maining, to secure that holiness of heart with- out which we cannot enter the New Jerusa- lem. And I know not how to account for the indifference^ and even opposition, of professors of religion ; who while they cannot pretend to assure us that the Lord will not come, yet treat the subject as if it were the mere halluci- nation of a disordered brain. As for me, I would wish to obey the injunc- tion of the Savior, and watch, lest coming suddenly, he find us sleeping, and unprepared for his approach. Yours, in hope of the speedy coming of Christ, RAYMOND WHITNEY. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 19, 1843. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. FROM A LATE LONDON WORK. Charlotte Elizabeth is exerting more religious in- fluence than any female writer since the time of Hannah More. She has written many excellent works, deeply imbued with the spirit of Protestant- ism and all adapted to do good, though we must dif- fer from her on some points. She is now editing the London Christian Lady's Magazine. We have been happy to find in the July number an article by P. H. Gosse, of Hackney, which shows that the near coming of our blessed Lord is occupying the attention of some of the most gifted minds in that kingdom. The author was entirely unacquainted with the pro- phetic periods as we understand them, yet by an in- dependent course of inquiry, he seems to have been led to the same conclusion. " We have also a more sure word of Prophecy, where- unto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day- star arise."—2 PETER 1:19. The inveterate blindness of the professed people of God, which refused to perceive the manifest tokens of His first Advent, wrung tears of anguish from Incarnate Deity; " O that thou hadst known,—in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace!" And it was one of the sternest rebukes administered to the hypocritical Scribes, that while they were skilful to perceive and to prognosticate atmos- pherical phenomena, they could not "discern the signs of the times." Are those then guilt- less in our day, upon whom the ends of the world are come,—who, enveloped in midnight slumber, are all unconscious of the still more palpable and significant tokens of His second approach, and refuse to be awaked ? It has been the fashion to " despise prophesyings :" but this is in effect to despise the wisdom of God who inspired them, and set them up on high as a beacon for times of danger and doubt, a light in a dark place. And surely the present times are dark enough to need this light! Beset on all sides with peril, the foundations of men's faith rudely torn from beneath their feet, we need every help, every support, to prevent our making shipwreck of faith. 0 what do they miss, who lose the comfort of the Prophetic Word ! They who most study it, know best how strong is the consolation derived from the consciousness of having an Omniscient Guide. Storm-tossed upon an ocean full of dangers, how cheering is it to possess amidst the lower- ing tempest an infallible chart, and to descry amidst the deepening gloom the lights of the sheltering haven ! Yes : " the floods lift up, the floods lift up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves :" but we with anointed eyes look up and see "the Lord on high mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea." The devil hath great wrath, but thanks be to God, it is because " he know- eth that he hath but a short time.". The cloud gathers thick and black around the murky hori- zon, and begins to mutter its threatening thunders ; but we joyfully point to its gilded edges, that give token to a glorious firmament beyond it. The night indeed is dark, and seems to be deepening into a still more intense ob. scuiity ; but we exult to knosv that the blackest shades of the starless midnight shall suddenly break into more than meridian brightness ; that even without a dawning the glorious Sun shall burst Upon our astonished eyes in the full effulgence of eternal day. And what a day !— our sun shall no more go down, neither shall our moon withdraw itself, for Jehovah shall be our everlasting light, and the days of our mourning shall be ended. With an earnest desire to awaken and to pro- mote the spirit of Christian watchfulness, and to confirm the faith oT believers, I shall endea- vor to enumerate the chief of those signs which mark the present age ; varying of course in the clearness of their manifestation, but, together, testifying with a voice which cannot be mistaken, " The Lord is at hand !" I. The events ofthe Sixth Seal.—Most mod- ern expositors agree that the horrors of the French Revolulion, and the attendant political changes in Europe, formed the Earthquake of the Sixth Seal; but as that Seal has now been opened fifty years, we may reasonably expect the Seventh : before this, however, the redeemed of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, shall be beyond the reach of suffering, before the Throne. We are now living in that state of preternatural repose described in Rev. 7:1, which has strangely prevailed among the nations of Europe for nearly thirty years amidst constant and eminent threatenings of war: and which cannot be broken till the servants of God are sealed and saved. The international peace of Europe, under such circumstances, is, then, the first Sign. II. The cessation of the Sixth Trumpet.— Still more unbroken is the unanimity of com- mentators that the letting loose of the Turks upon the Eastern Empire was the Woe of the Sixth Trumpet. But, as we shall presently see, the reverberating echoes of the Trumpet are fast dying away : the second Woe is al- most past. Before the Seventh Trumpet how- ever shall sound, the Lord's witnesses shall have ascended to heaven in a cloud, and the kingdoms of this world shall have become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. III. The effusion of the Sixth Vial.— As the Sixth Trumpet was the establishment of the Ot- toman Power, so the Sixth Vial is its dissolu- tion ; effected not by sudden conquest, but by gradual decay, "broken without hand,"—"dried up." And who can look upon the present state of Turkey and the astonishing decay of its vi- tality for the last twenty years, without ac- knowledging, " This is the finger of God !" At the beginning of tbe present century, Turkey was a powerful empire ; but when the wither- ing vial of God's wrath was poured upon her, her resources began to dry up till but " the shadow of a name remains." The loss of Greece, Wallachia, Moldavia, Egypt and Servia, the battle of Navarino> tbe humiliating conces sions made to Russia, the defection of the fleet, with the unprecedented desolations of fire and plague, have enfeebled the mighty Ottoman em- pire till her very existence seems to depend on the forbearance or jealousy of the European cabinets. * * * * * V. The proclamation of the Gospel.—" And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations : and then shall the end come." And if Paul could say that this had been done in his day, " to every creature which is under heaven," (Col. 1: 23,) in how much greater fulness of meaning may we take up the past tense, in speaking of the fulfilment of this sign. What " nation" has not heard the proclamation of Christ's gospel, in this day of Hible Societies, and Missionary labors ? How much further He may see fit that the offer of it may be prolonged to these nations, before He has "filled up the number of his elect," we cannot say : but it appears that the prophecy has already received a sufficient, ac- complishment to justify the truth of God, if the dispensation were closed to-day. VI. The activity of the spirits of supersti- tion, atheism, and anarchy.—This is a darker sign : here fall the shadows of the picture. Yet holding forth the prophetic torch, we can feel our hearts bound with joy, as we trace the workings of these '• unclean spirits" of dark- ness. In our own land, heretofore so highly fa- vored, these foul demons are peculiarly active ; the spirit of Popery has succeeded in infusing its poison into an overwhelming majority of our national Church ; while the other two evil spirits have, hand in hand, seized upon the lower classes of our population. Anarchy and insubordination are indefatigably preached to misguided multitudes by furious demagogues with startling success; and blasphemy and atheism are no less industriously diffused bv tbe ribald publications of the Sunday press.— Yet I cannot see any prophetic warrant for ex- pecting with many students of prophecy, that the true church of Christ will again be sub- jected to a terrible persecution, even from all this array of Satanic malice ; but I do see in these things, the elements, which, when " the salt of the earth" is once removed, will hurry the moral world into a horrible state of putre- faction with fearful rapidity. Among oilier signs of the present age which, because somewhat less definite, I will not dwell upon, may be mentioned,—the two given by Daniel, " many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased;" and truly it would be difficult to characterize this age more aptly than as an age of rapid and universal tra- velling, and of widely and cheaply diffused knowledge. Then there is the Czar, the exact counterpart of the description in Ezekiel, "Gog (the crafty one) prince of Ros, Mosc, and Tobl," perfectly ready from situation, power,and known policy, to act the part of the last invader of the Holy land. Add to these the " distress of na- tions with perplexity;" tbe unprecedented loss of life by shipwreck, " sea and waves roaring," the unexpected appearance of the late Comet in our system like a flaming sword;—the " earthquakes in divers places," which have marked the current year, young as it is ; and he must indeed sleep soundly who cannot hear in these things the solemn ery, " R-ehoJd the Bridegroom cometh !" We look however for still more remarkable and terrifying tokens of his approach, as the time draws near. Wondrous phenomena are predicted as the precursors of the Advent, which we yet await to see. The prophet Joel tells us that " the sun shall be* turned into dark- ness, and the moon into blood, before that terrible day of the Lord come and Christ con- firms She prediction ; " ihe sun shall be darken- ed and the moon shall net give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,.and th® powers of the heavens shall be shaken : and then shall appear the SIGN of the Son of man in the hea- vens." Let none however flatter themselves with the thought, that when these unequivocal manifestations take place, it will be time enough to turn their attention to the coming KING; for it appears highly probable that these things will be so immediately preceding the revelation of Him, as to be rather the attendant circum- stances of that great event, than premonitory tokens of it. It will not force itself upon the attention of careless men beforehand ; abundant as is the evidence of its approach to those who in childlike humility seek to know His will, to the many it cannot, and will not be divested of the character of extreme and overwhelming suddenness : like the flood of Noah, like the fire on Sodom, like the snare upon a bird, like a thief in the night! •«• Watch therefore, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man, cometh." P. H. GOSSE. Hackney, May 30th, 1843. The following from the last Palladium, is one of many excellent articles which Bro. Marsh has recently written. We have expressed substantially tbe same views in public and private for six months past, A SUPPOSED MISTAKE* Some of the friends and many of the oppo- nents of the doctrine of the second advent of Christ in A.D. 1343, think there must be a mis- take in the theory, because the 2300 days named in Dan. viii. did not end the 22d of Ma/ch last, just 1810 years from the crucifixion, when they suppose the 70 weeks ended. A moment's re- flection will show the absurdity ofthe supposi- tion. The seventy weeks, in Dan. is, cut off from the 23.0,0 days in Dan. viii,. are divided into three parts, viz. seven weeks, three score and, two loeelts, and one week. These divisions have all had their exact fulfilments ; not in days, weeks, nor months, but in YEARS, according to the strict letter of the prophecy. The seventy weeks commenced on the first day of the first month (our March.) See Ezra vii. 9. The first division, or the seven weeks, or 49 years, in which the walls of Jerusalem were to be rebuilded, exp;red on the 25th of Elul, the sixth month of the 49th year of the 70 weeks. See Neh. vi. 15. The second division, or the 62 weeks, or 434 years, to Messiah the Prince, had their fulfil- ment not in just 483 years from thej?r^ day of the first month, where the 70 weeks commenced; nor in 434 years from the 25th day of Elul, the sixth month, where the first division or seven weeks, or 49 years ended; but they had their fulfilment according to the word of the prophecy, in the 483d year of the 70 weeks. In this case the year only, can be satisfactorily ascertained —which according to the most approved, if not all of our Bible chronologies, was in A. D. 26. On this year Christ entered upon his public ministry, and his first declaration was, The lime is fulfilled, &c. See Mark i. 15. Doubtless the 62 weeks were then fulfilled. Christ was then ^ { ' about thirty years old/ ami soon after he at- j j tended the passover, which always came Bear . the first, oi the year; heneer the strong pre- j sumption is, that she 62 weeks expired, not 0.11 ; the first, nor sixth month of the year, but near its close. The third division, or th® one week, in which 1 Messiah was to be cut oflf; according to Fer- guson, was fulfilled, not on the first day of the first month—nor on the 25th of the sixth month —neither at the clo-se of the year; bat on> the fourteenth day of Nisanr the first month of the Jewish sacred year, which answers to our i March 22. I. From this view of the subject it is clear that i I these several periods ended on different days and months in the year. Why, then, should we look for the fulfilment ofthe 1810 years, th® ! last division of the graiad number of 2300 days, ' or years, on the very month and' day of the year j in which the 70' weeks, or either of its divisions i terminated? We iave no authority from the letter, or fulfilment of the prophecy, for doing so. But we have she strongest reasons for looking for hs- fulfilment at any time within the year of its termination^ and that ye^r is n®w swiftly passing—it commenced Ma^ch 22, A. D. 1843, and I most confidently believe that by the close ofthe year the fulfilment of the whole vision will have been witnessed. We have nothing so do with months, weeks, and days, in computing any of the prophetic numbers, excepting those which relate to the Joss of the Ottoman supremacy; ro that case days and months are- necessary, and they are gyeatly pointed out in the sacred text—but days are not mentioned in any other prophetic period, including more than a yea;r in the bible. Jn every other case the latitude of the wkde yeair I think is given., to. complete the prophecy. It may fall on the first, middh, or last of the year, it is adf the same ; it was accomplished on the pro- phetic day, or year appointed. 1 understand the case thus. The whole of the 49th year of the 70 vreefcs belongs to the first division, or seven weeks. The whole of the 483d year belongs to the second division, or 62 weeks. The whole of tbe 490th year be- longs to the third divkion, or the one week. And the WHOLE of the year 1843,. commencing the year with March 22d, belongs to the last division, or tbe. 1810years7 which evidently end this year -t then I fully believe the sanctuary will be cleansed or justified. Finally, I see no mistake in this stupendous theory ; but on further examination, if possible, I am more fully convinced of its correctness ; and that we are justifiable in looking every mo- ment for the appearing of our glorious Lord.— We know not at what watch of the night, or day, and hour of the year he will come, but we may know when his coming is as near as summer is to tbe budding of the trees. He will come and not tarry—the vision will speak and not lie— it will not tarry. The Lord is at the very doors. We have a sweet tract from Harriet Livermore, con- taining Joseph Wolfe's expectation of seeing Jesus, who died for poor sinners. " He will come again, the Son of Man, in the clouds of heaven," in 1847. its date is 1822. In 1826, twenty persons of all orthodox persuasions, met in London, with Mr. Wolfe, to study the Bible. They came unanimously to the same conclusion. They add 45 to the end of 1260, as we do ; therefore we conclude that this is the year, being in fact 1847. Jesus' birth was four years before the date of our era.—Jubilee Trumpet. If the world is ever to be overspread by any sect the conquerors are the Catholics, for it is written with the infallible pen of inspiration, that they shall prevail till the Ancient of days comes ; till judgment is given to the saints of the Most High ; till the time comes when the saints shall possess the kingdom. JBE5! For the Midnight Cry. IT WILL MAKE INFIDELS. How common it is for people to say, speaking of the doctrine ofthe Lord's speedy coming,—" It will make Infidels! !" The more I have considered this objection, in all its bearings, the more I am persuaded, that it grows out of a latent infidelity in the Church. The mass of the Church, particularly the ministry, do not seem at Ml disposed to have their religious faith and principles put into a shape to be tested. They prefer to hold their views in a vague and untangible form. I regret to be under the necessity of saying that the Advent question has clearly and unequivocally discovered an alarming amount of gross Infidelity in the very heart of the Church. The developments of every week are fearfully demonstrating this position ; and I am persua- ded that God will continue to tear away the mask unr der which so many hypocrites have been hid, and the line of demarcation will become more apd more dis- tinct between them that really love God and them that love him not, as the great crisis draws nigh. I am becoming more and more convinced, that the spirit of Babylon is not confined to the old Mother of Harlots. It pervades the daughters. The Mother of Harlots. How full of meaning. Not simply a,harlot mother, but mother of harlots. How strong the lan- guage ! How characteristic ! We have.oply to decide who the mother is, to whom the Holy Spirit refers, and then who her daughters are, to be fully satisfied who are regarded in the eye of God ,as harlots. And it seems to me that these are queries.of no very difficult solution. And it appears to me also, that it is high time to begin to cry, in the Spirit's language,— " COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, THAT YE BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER SINS, AND TH/IT YE RECEIVE NOT OF HER PLAGUES."—Rev. 18: 4. A late sermon by Bro. C. Fitch.,,ON the above sub- ject, should be carefully read by every low of truth. It is plain dealing, it is true : but it is no less the TRUTH. It is lamentably true. I hope it will be cir- culated far and wide, and that -God's people will take the alarm, and be ready to distinguish themselves, as UNCOMPROMISING BELIEVERS IN THE .BIBLE- " Out ofthe abundance of the heart the mouth.speak- eth." This is a true saying. Audmsy we not venture to form an opinion by such a principle 1 What can be the state of the heart that can dictate such sayings as the followwing 1 A Rev. Dr., in the city of Rochester, remarked to an Adventist, that he should be afraid to fast and pray over the subject of Christ's second com- ing, as she did, lest he should believe it. Pie evidently, either did not want to believe the doctrine in any event, because his heart was averse to it, or he feared that fasting and prayer over the word of God would lead him into error instead of the truth. Yet, doubtless that same Doctor has recommended people to fast and pray in numerous instances, ,on.other questions. Whether the difficulty was in the Doctor's heart or judgment we will leave it with our readers to judge. A certain Clergyman in this city remarked, not long since, while speaking of the Advent question, that he was " sick and tired of hearing about that abominable old vision !! /" I presume the gentleman told the truth, and doubt not that many others are as sick of Daniel's " old vision" as himself and will doubtless be much more so before it is done with, unless the heart is made right with God. I leave these facts without comment, for the reader's contemplation. May the presumption of others prove a salutary warning to us, and have a tendency to prepare us for the coming of the Lord. L. D. FLEMING. Newark, N. J., Ayg. 21 st, 1843. 12 ••'•-7-fir^:* For the Midnight Cry. UTILITY OF THE GREEK AND HEBREW. One of the most popular arguments of itfee day, against the doctrine of Christ's second comiag at hand, is, that its advocates are ignorant of the Greek and Hebrew, the original languages of the Scriptures ; and also, that those who are the most learned in these lan- guages, are generally agreed in opposing the doctrine. In reply to ,this argument, I have a few thoughts -to offer; 1. Admitting, (for argument's sake,) all this to be just so ; it -is certainly no more proof against the truth of the above doctrine, than it is that Christianity was at first a fiction, because its first advocates, were but .unlearned fishermen and mechanics, &c., while all the learned Priests, Scribes and Doctors of the church, opposed them even unto blood. And yet Christ chose those men who believed in hi® as his ministers., and qualified them by his word and Spirit for their great work, while the wisdom of this world, which is foolish- ness with God, as wicked men use it, rather disquali- fied those learned men for taking any part in the humil- iating and self-sacrificing work of the true apostles of Christ. 2. Though I highly appreciate the value of useful knowledge of every kind, I do not admit that a lack of knowing the Greek and Hebrew, as now taught, neces- sarily disqualifies a man of faith, from clearly under- standing the prophecies of the 2d coming of Christ at; hand. Since we have the very best translation of; the Scriptures into our own language, so altogether preferable to what would be given us by the present worldly spirit of the Doctors of the church, it is seem- ingly clear, that even without a knowledge of our pre- sent Greek and Plebrew Grammars and Lexicons, a man of God, with sufficient study, may well understand the prophecies of the 2d advent at hand, while it is also clear, that without being taught by the Spirit of Christ, he may have studied all the dead languages in the world, and he will be but an ignorant man still, on the doctrine ,of Christ's 2d advent. 3. I have much reason for suspecting that the pre- sent even highest attainments in a knowledge of the Hebrew and Greek languages as they were, when the Scriptures were first written,, is very much ef it imagi- nary rather than real. I am led to this conclusion from the fact that the grammars and dictionaries from which the Hebrew and Greek, are at present, mostly learnt, are known to be but modern works, and are supposed to be designed by their authors mostly to assist ,in ac- quiring a knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew Scrip- tures. Of course, the authors of theee works, who had previously studied the Scriptures as a help to prepare those Lexicons &c., wouifi naturally aim to make their translations harmonize with their own previous views of meanpig of the holy writings. Quite unavoidably then, in their definitions they give ,«s, in many instan- ces their own opinions as to the i-ae.}iniog of the Scrip- tures, which, so fur, is a commentary ; so .that wher- ever, for the want of divine guidance, ahey may have erred in their previous understanding of th» holy Bible, they were certainly liable to fail in giving a right mean- ing of words. And thus, after all that has been said of present Greek and Hebrew learning as the best of all helps to understand ,-the holy oracles, (while multitudes with all this supposed knowledge of these languages, are in utter darkness as to the spiritual things therein contained,) we must rely upon the word of God, as we now have it, as its -owe interpreter, aided by the Spirit of God, and such other helps as will perfectly harmo- nize with its spirit and power generally, rather than on the dead languages as now taught. And yet, even an imperfect knowledge of the original Greek and He. brew, is allowed to be among the lesser helps, when used with the fullness of God's Spirit and a sufficiently- diligent comparing of "spiritual things with spiritual," in our researches for truth. A living author of one of our present Hebrew Gram- mars, is an advocate of the doctrine of no personal com- ing of Christ, no resurrection of the dead, no general judgment, and no physical destruction of the world, nor "end of all things," literally. How much knowledge theE could a 2d advent believer obtain of the coming of Christ at hand, by being thoroughly master of the lan- guage of a Hebrew Bible explained by such a teacher 1 H. J. FOREIGN NEWS- It is several weeks sinqe we have given <«mr readers a picture of :the times in the Eastern World. The same state of .things continues. Convulsions in Ire- land, ip. which a dreadfully oppressed people are making ineffectual .efforts for relief—rebellions in Wales, showing that that hitherto quiet people have at length been oppressed beyond further endurance—dis- tress, despondency and gloom in England, for which the .most sanguine can point out no hope of relief. Agitations in Scotland, which are causing nearly every Christian and patriot to hate the government un- der which he lives ; while that government is absurdly trying to force upon the people a set of clergymen whom they have spurned with contempt, and is de- priving them of hearing their chosen pastors in their accustomed houses of worship. Insurrections in Spain, in which a Regent, who, a a few months ago, seemed too strong to be overthrown, has been utterly prostrated. These form the main features of the foreign news up to Aug. 6th. The following summary is from Wilmer & Smith's European Times. IRELAND.—The military force now in Ireland amounts to 35,000 men. The following appears in the Naval and Military Gazette :—The Duke of Wellington is prepared to concentrate the troops in Ireland, and all the small de- tachments will be called in ; barracks long unoccupied are ordered to be furnished for the accommodation of troops ; and stations where, of late, only a company was quartered, will have a complete regiment. Far more is doing towards placing the country in a state to be defended than merely meets the eye. Troops are at the most convenient points for transmission ; and we know that arm's and ammunition are disposed at safe places in $his country, for their being sent over when required. Ireland is atill in a vortex of agitation. The rent flows in without any apparent diminution, the priests are as active, O'Connell as energetic as ever. He keeps the ball moving amazingly. The agitation was never rifer, the organization never more perfect, the funds never so plethoric, as at present. Government looks passively on, prepared for nothing but to extin- guish the flame as fast as it breaks out. O'Connell has published a statement of his finances, which, un- like those of national Exchequer, shows a great sur- plus over expenditure. And he talks of further move- ments, having for their object the superseding of legiti- mate authority, which will put the quiescent policy of Sir Robert Peel to a still greater test. WALES has been giving additional uneasiness to the powers that be. Two or three weeks back, it was be- lieved that the emeutcs [outbreaks or turnouts] of which the southern countries of the Principality had been the scene, were exhausted, or at least subdued for a time. Recent events have proved otherwise. The Welsh breakers of gates, and midnight prowlers have shown a degree of tact and daring in their illegal per- ambulations which proves, not only that they are thoroughly banded together for a common object, but that they have perfect leliance on each other's fidelity. SPAIN, with its bankrupt treasury, its disorganized, idle, and insolent army, flushed with success, though not with victory,—with the whole framework of society out of joint, and all the conflicting elements of discord at work—presents no solitary feature on which the eye of the patriot or the philanthropist can rest with pleasure. Espartero, overthrown, is nearly out of the field, and his Regency gone forever. The two parties which have brought about the revolution, will now begin, in all ' probability, to cut each other's throats—indeed symp- toms of this friendly feeling has already developed it- self at Barcelona. From the summary in last week's Evangelist, we add a few particulars. O'Connell shows himself a most accomplished agitator ; he deals largely in promises which he can never fulfil; in his speech at Castlebar, in Connaught he said: " The next step which he would take in the repeal movement would be to appoint arbitrators in the place of the dismissed magistrates; and when this system had been established and completed in all its details, he would turn his attention to the formation of a protec- tive councilor association,to consist.tsf aQO gentlemen, who would assemble in Dublin. He admonished them to co-operate with him in his efforts, and above all to persevere to the last. " O'Connell then described the many blessings, social, political and religious, which he maintained would be secured to the Irish people by the attainment of repeal. The total abolition of the tithe-rent charge —the abolition of poor-rates—extinction of grand jury cess—vote by ballot—manhood suffrage, and an equit- able arrangement of the relation between landlord and tenant, on a principle, which, while it recognized thu rights of property, would also enforce the due perform- ance of its duties. These were but a few of the many glorious advantages which would be secured to the country by the restoration of her native Parliament." A writer in the Irish " Chronicle" states that French officers, in the disguise of priests, are engaged in Ire- land in drilling the Repealers, and preparing them for any issue, . If O'Connell ventures upon the appointment of arbi- trators and his proposed council, the British Govern- ment will probably consider it rebellion in earnest, and yet they will be perplexed to meet such a quiet move- ment with bayonets and cannon balls. The revolution in Spain was advancing with rapid strides. The revolutionists, with the insurgents, or Lopez Ministry, had entered Madrid, and assembled there on the 26th. They had appointed the Duke of Bay- len, provisional guardian of the Queen, and had chang- ed the Municipality of the city. They were deliberat- ing whether to convoke the Cortes, or to form a Cen- tral Junta. Two divisions of the insurgent troops had marched from the capital for Andalusia, one of 7000, and the other of 5000 men. Espartero and Van Halen were on the 22nd bombarding Seville, and on the 23rd a flag of truce was presented. The object of Espartero's attack upon Seville, was a question of discussion. It was surmised that he was desirous of obtaining a contribution in money for some emergency. When the insurgent army approached Madrid, it was resolved by a council of war to defend the city to ex- tremity. Letters from Rome state that the Pope is anxious to revive the ancient ceremony of solemnly crowning the greatest poet at the Capitol, and that he has offered this honor to Chateaubriand. The Vicompte has de- clined it. Thus it seems that the poor Pope has fallen so low that his very crowns are rejected with disdain. PRESBYTERIAN POPERY. WThen a church rejects the Bible, the God of the Bible must reject the church ; if we should apply this plain truth to the contests between Luther and the Pope, all our self-styled Protestant friends would freely respond—" It is even so ;" but when their own idolized standards are concerned, they seem smitten with blind- ness : Christ's words seem as if uttered on purpose for them—" Ye have made the commandments of God of none effect by your tradition." An illustration has just been furnished us in a letter from Bro. Mead, from Pleasant Valley :— "I have been here on a visit for a few weeks, and a day or two since, attended a meeting of the Presbytery, which met in this village, to try the cases of two brethren, for their belief in sanctificatiou. The charges were,—the rejection of the Article of Sanctification, as contained in the Presbyterian Articles of Faith—and the violation of their Ordination Vows. In their de- fence, they proceeded to show the reason they did re- ject the Article, was, that it did not agree with the Bible. One of the members objecting to the licence that was given them to defend themselves, said., that the truth or falsity of the Article, had nothing to do with the charge; for it was not whether that article agreed with the Bible or not. The Bible had aething to do with it. The charge was, they rejected that Article in the Presbyterian Articles of Faith, and had violated their Ordination Vows. They denied having violated them; for they vowed to take the Bible as their only infallible rule of Faith and Practice—and reject all that was not according to that, and were bound to reject that if it was not according to the Bible, which they plainly proved to my satisfaction. Notwith- standing, by the Presbytery. they were pronounced guilty, 9 to 6, and referred to Synod, &c. They enter- ed an appeal, and departed, (like the brethren of old from the Sanhedrim,) rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake. One of them is a veteran in the Second Advent doctrine. May our Savior soon come, and put an end to all persecution. IL A. MEAD." PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SECOND ADVENT. By the Rev. Hugh White, A. M., Curate of St. Mary's Parish. The above is the title of an Irish work that has lately fallen into our hands. It is the first American from the sixth Dublin edition. The discussion of this great question is far from be- ing confined to this side ofthe Atlantic. England and Ireland, and some of their most devoted and pious min- isters, have been quite in advance of us on some points of this glorious and thrilling subject. And certainly, those ministers who have written on the Second Ad- vent years ago, on the other side of the Atlantic too, cannot be accused of being deluded by William Miller, an obscure farmer in the north-east part of the statefof New York. Speaking of the frequency with which the personal and visible coming of the Lord is alluded to in the Scriptures, he says: "I am sure that any individual who has not made the subject a matter of previous investigation, would be surprised at the result of an attentive research, by dis- covering how frequently the second coming ofthe Lord Jesus Christ is in Scripture brought before the believ- er's view, as an event which he ought to keep in con- stant recollection, to stimulate him to incessant watch- fulness and untiring patience, in running the race set before him•" Again, speaking of the Scriptural motive to be holy and watchful, he says: "The object presented to the eye of the believer, as the motive to stimulate him to be always watchful—al- ways ready, is, not his own death, but the second com- ing of the Son of God! 'Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him!' The happiness he is led to anticipate is not so much derived from looking for- ward to the day when he shall depart, to be with Christ, as to the day when the Heavenly Bridegroom shall come, to celebrate His espousals with his beloved Bride, the Church—and they that are ready shall go in with Him to the marriage, and shall know, by blissful ex- perience, how 'Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper ofthe Lamb!' "Nor must one obvious, but not unimportant, observa- tion, be omitted—that if the Redeemer considered such an exhortation suitable, at the period when he himself was upon earth, knowing, as He did, the vast interval of time that must elapse before He should revisit it, with what an immense accession of force must the suit- ableness of such an exhortation apply to us, on whom, indeed, the ends of the world seem to have come—to us, whose providential lot is cast in a period apparently distinguish d by so many of the spiritual signs which characterize the latter days of the history of the Church of Christ. "Is not this pre-eminently a time of 'distress of na- tions, with perplexity 7' Does not that word "perplexi- ty" designate, with an accuracy most painfully correct, the aspect of affairs, in whatever direction we look—at home or abroad, to the Church or to the world ? And if we were asked to describe the general tone of feel- ing that pervades all characters and classes in our day, could we find terms more strictly appropriate, than to describe the present as a period when "men's hearts were failing them for fear, and for lookingfor the things that are coming upon the earth P "Is there not a general expectation, whether derived from the convulsions of the political or the excitement of the religious world, from consulting the records of history or the page of prophecy, that we are on the eve of some mighty change, some tremendous catastro- phe, in the history of our race 1 „ Can we observe the fearfuljspread of Infidelity, the increased energy of the conflict between the powers of light and the powers of darkness, or the restless move- ments of the spirit of revolutionary phrenzy, which, under the specious name of reform, is stalking, with gigantic strides throughout the earth, uprooting things long established, overturning things that appeared se- cure of such immortality as earth can give, threatening to rend asunder the very framework of society, and to dissolve the entire fabric of civilized government throughout the world; can we observe all this, and not be conscious that the earth is trembling beneath our feet, as if it felt within its laboring womb the threatening throes of an approaching shock, that will convulse it to its centre 1 " And can we see and feel these awful signs of the times crowding around us, and never hear the whis- perings of a yet more awful voice, that seems to break, more and more distinctly every day. on the attentive ear—'Behold, the Bridegroom is coming!' Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour when He will come !" Again, speaking of the " disrespect" of " neglecting, with unhallowed carelessness, tbe things which God has revealed for us and our children," which he calls a sinful contempt of the Divine condescension, he says, commencing with the words of our Saviour : "'Ye hypocrites! ye can discern the face of the sky, and can ye not discern the signs of the times V " To neglect the signs of the times is, then, in the Saviour's estimation, no proof of superior wisdom, but is branded with His strongly-marked displeasure, as a proof of stupidity in divine, which is but rendered more conspicuous and censurable by sagacity in earthly, things. " Their skill in prognosticating the character of the coming weather is made the ground of condemning the spiritual ignorance or carelessness of those who, from signs more clear in their prediction and more certain in their fulfilment, neglected to prognosticate the cha- racter of coming events; so that to anticipate what from scriptural signs it seems reasonable to expect, and to be prepared, accordingly, for approaching emergen- cies, which, to the experienced eye of faith, are seen to cast their shadows before them as they are drawing nigh—seems to be not only matter of permission, but of precept; not only allowed, but enjoined us, by the Lord." « WHERE ARE WE ?" "Where are we in the world's history 1" said a friend of ours, the other day, to an individual who is publicly teaching that the views we advocate are false. "If the views of Mr. Miller, and those who agree with him, are false, will you be so good as to tell me what the truth is, and whereabouts we are in the world's history V' "O," said he, " I know nothing at all about that: it cannot be known." This is a fair specimen of the philosophy of our oppo- nents. Now we would ask if statements of the same character on other subjects, would, by any one, be re- garded in the li^ht of common sense ? A man in travel itig from New York to Buffalo, says to his companions on arriving at Rochester, that they are within about 80 miles: and that they shall probably arrive there in one or two days. But says another of the company, " It is false : there is no truth in what you say." " Well," says the first. " where are we on the canal 1 How far have we got along1? What place is this were we now are 1" " O, Sir, I know nothing at all about that—I can't tel where we are : that can't be known." Now nothing is more certain than that, if a person does not know any thing about the times, or whereabouts we are, he cannot be certain that we are not near the end of the journey. If he knows that one position is false, he must know the right in reference to that posi- tion. I cannot, with propriety, tell a man in reference to any subject, that he is wrong, unless I know what is right. Our opponents, according to their own confes- sions, do not know what is right, or where in the stream of time we are ; how, then, we ask, do they know that WE are wrong 1—Glad Tidings. USHBRK- Babylon years 139 2520 Lev. 26, 18. G77 2 Chron. 33. 11 Media and Persia years 207 Grecia Pagan Rome years 666 Woe, Woe* Woe, to the inhabiters ol the earth, by reason of the other voices of ihe trum- pet of the three angels,, which are yst to sound. —Itev. a. 13, Christian Rome years Daniel 7. &-I4. " 7. 00—06. O-Tlica. 2. 3—11. 30 Ban. 7.. months. 1000 Papal Rome 1260 1090 Dan. 10. 11. 45 after 1798 to 1843. 1335 Dan. 12. 12. 508 Pagaaism coased. 1843 the Lord coiscs. DA20EX,'S VXSXOHTS, " Noted in the Scriptures of Truth,'''' "for our Learning." BABYLONISH EMPIRE, B. C. 677. Dan. 2 : 31. Thou 0 king (Nebuchadnezzar) sawest and behold a great image, whose brightness was ex- cellent, and form terrible, v. 32. Its head was of fine gold, v. 37. Thou O king, art a king of kings, v. 38. Thou art this head of gold. " This whole image," says Campbell, " is a symbol of the whole imperial and kingly dynasty of the Gen- tile world, after the supremacy of the Jewish Theo- cracy ceased. It embraces all secular rule, running parallel with what Christ denominates the 'Times of the Gentiles.' Luke 21 : 24. In other words, com- bining all the expressions, ' Fulness of the Gentiles,' ' TIMES of the Gentiles,' ' Seven Times'—2520 years, reaching down to the time of Christ's Second Coming. This year, 1843, all kingly and ecclesiastical Gentile, rule expires by the ' law of limitation,' and the present dispensation reaches the ' measure of the fulness of the stature' of Nebuchadnezzar's image. Dan. 7 : 4. In its glory, it was like a lion, soaring with wings as the eagle. But in Belshazzar's time, it had lost its wings and its lion-heart, becoming feeble and faint. MEDO-PERSIA, B. C. 538. Dan. 7 : 5. The two arms meeting in one dreast— the bear raising up one side, or dominion—and the ram with two horns, are all appropriate emblems of Medo-Persia. "The Syrian bear, in strength and ferocity, scarcely yields to the lion," says Paxton. "Ancient historians stigmatize the Medes and Per- sians as the greatest robbers and spoilers that ever oppressed the nations." The bear represents the nature of the monarchy, but the ram with two horns was its well-known national emblem. GRECIA, B. C. 331. Dan. 7 : 6. This was founded by Alexander. It was like the leopard, active, crafty, and cruel. The Lion had two wings, but the leopard had four—Grecia being more rapid in its conquests than Babylon. But the goat was the known emblem of Greece. It came against the ram with incredible swiftness, making up in speed what it lacked in size. Alexander conquered Persia with a very small army. ROMAN EMPIRE, B. C. 158. Dan. 7:7. "Behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of IRON, and his nails of brass; it devoured, and brake in pieces, and STAMPED the residue with the feet of it. It had ten'liorns." THE-TEN HORNS. 1. A. D. 356 Huns. 2. it 377 Ostrogoths. 3. ii • 378 Visgoths. 4. u ~ 407 Franks. 5. u • • v : 407 Vandals. 6. it * 4 407 Sueves. 7. it . 407 Burgundians. 8. it % 476 Saxons. 9. tl 476 Heruli. 10. it 483 Lombards. " I considered the horns, and behold there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: that horn had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout [or who was more mighty, as Luther's German Bible reads] than his fellows." Dan. 7 : 8. Papacy, the horn that had eyes, (as an overseer), arose among the 10, and 3 fell before it. The Heruli was Media and Persia; and the rough goat which darted upon him from the west, was Grecia: so said 1 trie angel. The Grecian empire was at first united, as is represented by the single horn of the goat. It was alterwards divided into four parts, represented by the four horns, of which the angel said—" Four KING- DOMS shall stand up out of the nation." Here we are taught, in the plainest manner, that a horn in this vision means a kingdom. After the death of Alexander, Grecia was divided into lour parts, toward the four WINDS of heaven, v. 8. Ana out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed EXCEEDING great, (v. 9), even to the host of heaven, v. 10. In chapter 2, ROME is represented by the feet and legs of the image. In chapter 7, it is represented by the fourth beast having ten horns. But in the 8th chapter it is symbolized by an EXCEEDING great horn. rI hat this exceeding great horn represents Rome, is evident from the following and many other reasons. 1. It rises " in the latter part of their kingdom,"-— that is, of the four kingdoms. So did Home, as far as its place in the prophecy is concerned. Its connection with the Jews commenced 158 years before Christ. 2. It was " of fierce countenance." So was Rome.— See Deut. 28 : 49, 50. It was " little" at first. So was Rome. 4. It waxed " exceeding great," towards the east and towards the south." So did Rome. " From this horn increasing towards the south and east, particularly Sir Isaac Newton sagaciously infers, that it arose in the northwest corner of the goat's domi- nion, I. e. in Italy,—which points directly to the Ro- mans." 4. It cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground. So did Rome;—persecuting Christians, Apostles and ministers of Jesus, as no other power ever did. 6. " He magnified himself even to the Prince of the host." So did Rome, when the Pope became the " head of all the churches." But the margin reads more properly, " He magnified himself AGAINST the PRINCE of the host," and in the interpretation the angel says : " lie shall stand up against the PRINCE of princes." Thus did Rome, when both Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired against the holy Jesus. 7. " He shall destroy wonderfully, and shall destroy the mighty and holy people." Thus did Rome. 8. " He shall be broken without hand." So will Rome. (See ch. 2.) "Broken by the stone cut out without hands." 9. Rome was the only power which could be referred to, for itwTas the only "EXCEEDING GHEAT" powerwhich succeeded the four kingdoms, and fulfilled all parts of the description. Finally, As Medo-Persia and Grecia succeed each other in this vision, just as they had been seen twice before, it is absurd to suppose that the power which follows them ill this vision is a rl.ifFpvprtl nnwpr which follows them in this vision is a different power from the one which twice before had been seen succeed- ing them. in Italy were cc„,„ered in 493, the V^inSH, K^'in B^; Wbh^GSSTi Bab";' 'S VISIONS. THE PROPHETIC SYMBOLS. The great red dragon of Revelation, 12th chapter, with seven heads and ten horns, is the great presiding genius of all the kingdoms who have crushed the church of God. It stood before the church when Christ was born. Rev. 12 : 2—5. Ps. 2 : 8, 9. Rev. 19 : 15. Ch. 2: 26, 27. Matth. 2 : 16. The seven heads have been considered as the seven forms of Roman govern- ment. I would suggest a different view. The Dragon, the persecuting power beginning with the seven times. Lev. 26 : 18. 2 Chron. 33 : 11; 677 B. C. The 1st head, ASSYRIA, in Babylon; 2d head, CIIALDEA, in Babylon; 3d head, MEDIA, in Babylon; like a lion, feet like a bear, body like a leopard. ROT. 13. All the characteristics of Daniel's beasts are found in this beast. He is the 8th head of the great system of abomination. Power was given to him to continue 42 months. Beginning in 538, when the beast was seated in Rome, lie continued to 1798, when Rome fell by the French, the pope was carried into captivity, and the Roman republic proclaimed. Then he was not, and yet he is; his deadly wound is healed, and all the world wonders after the beast. Seven heads of the dffcgon—1. Assyria; 2. Chaldea; 3. Media; 4. Persia; 5. Greece; 6. Rome imperial; 7. Rome kingly, Heruli and Ostrogoths. The 8th head is the beast. Then 45 years after" the fall of popery, for the civil powers to govern the church, and the dra- gon will be cast out, and salvation and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ will come. Rev. 12 : 10. This will give the dragon 1260 years ; 1215 before and 45 after the beast; and the beast 42 months or 1260 years, making the bondage of the church 2520 vears, ending in 1843. THE TWO HORNED BEAST FROM THE EARTH. " And I beheld another beastcoming out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." Rev. 13 : 11, 12. This evidently refers to the infidel French govern- ment under Buonaparte, wdiich came up out of the earth [the ten kingdoms,] and had two horns [France and Italy.] By comparing the history of Buonaparte with this prophecy there will be seen a most striking fulfilment. THE THREE WOE TRUMPETS. The seven trumpets cover part of the time marked in Daniel. After the four had been sounded, an angel flying through the midst of heaven said, with a loud voice, "WOE! WOE!! WOE!!! to the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trum- pet of the three angels which are yet to sound." Rev. 8: 13. and the Ostrogoths were driven from Rome in March, 6th'fmadi^nd^whrch existed'when jjhn' "I beheld, even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame." VISION OF THE RAM AND HE GOAT. Dan. 8. Daniel saw the vision ofthe ram, he-goat, and exceeding great horn, two years after he saw the representations of the four beasts. According to Light- foot, Townsend, and other eminent chronologers', it was after the fall of Babylon: henee he was "in Shu- shan, ' the capital of Persia. Babylon beino- then a subject of history, had no place in this prophecy. " Behold, a ram which had two horns, and the two horns were high, but the higher came up last." The ram which came from the east, with its two horns, w-rote, ROME imperial, in Babylon Mystery. The first five had fallen; the other was then in existence. One had not come; the kingly government of Rome, on the extinction of the empire in 476. When it came, it endured a short time, from 476 to 538, when it was subverted by the Greeks. Rev. 17 : 10. The kingly government of Rome was the seventh head. The church was in bon- dage under the royal powers, or the, dragon, from 677 xi. C. io 538 A. D., 1215 years., Then the dragon gave nis power, seat, and great authority to<*he beast. Popery followed the royal power of'Rome. TJie Greek emperor conquered Rome and gave it to the p