ADVENT SOURCE COllECTION 
General Gonf ·cnca cf Seventh-Day Adrentists 
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COMING OF CHRIST! 
EDITED AND PlJBLISBED. BY E. J.ltJOBS. 
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NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1843. 
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TE:RMs. 
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T.-lr. means the first universal kingdom llwt /1 meot and spread of the gospel is not the king-
The terms of this paper are made easy, to correspond succeeded Greece. 
You will bear in mind, dom, but" glad tiding!!" of the kingdom. 
See 
with the pecuniary embarrasments of the present times. these three first kingdoms Wtre universal.-
Mat.t. 4: 23; 9: 35; 24: 14; Luke 2: 10. 
RaAD AND CIRcULATE 8eing the only price that is asked. The head reigned" wheresoever Lhe children or 
H.-Do you then say that the kingdom spo· 
. copies may be had upon these terms. All ordero men dwell,,_,, ruler over them a11," (ver at-1.) ken of in verse 44 has not been set up? W tS 
JTected to E. JAcoss, 123 Henry-street, N.Y. post paid, The ljreastand arms reigned fttJ 
l diaeven unto certainly have been so taught. 
will meet with pro!llpt attehtioo. 
We make r,o promise Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twen-
T.-It cannot be correet, from the facts al-
ever to issue another number. If, however, it should ty provinces," (Esther 1 : 1.) The bellv and ready named. The gospel i8 a dispensation to 
fall intQ the hands of any God's stewards, whom he may sides of brass shall bear rule over all the earth; prepare subjects for the kingdom. 
True, the 
direct to aid in spreading this truth, so obnoxious to the so did Alexander. The first universal king. good tidings is in some pla~es set for the 
world and worldly minded professors of religion, and dom that arose after the division of Greece, and kingdom itself; for instance, in Acts 28: 31 ; 
funds should thus be forwarded for this purpose, we will the fall of tho.se divisions was the Roman. See Matt. 13: 19, 24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 46. 
Again, 
promptly issue another number as soon as a sufficient Luke :J: 1. '' ~nd it came to pads in those the world is called the kingdom; being the ter. 
amount is received. If a sufficient amount should not days that there went out a decree from Cesar ritory where this kingdom is to be set up. 
See 
be received soon, what does come :will be applied to pub. Augustus [a Roman emperor] that all the world Matt. 13: 38; 42: 47, 48, 
lishing the Midnight Cry, or for any other purpo.se, as should be taxed." 
fl.-It seems hard to give up the idea that 
shall be directed. 
E. JACOBS. 
H.--Will you give a correct meaning of the the kingdom was set up when Christ came and 
~=========~==~~==~feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of established the gospel dispensation. 
iron? (v. 41.) 
T -No doubt; but bear in mind where the· 
T.-lt means tbat the Roman kingdom shall stone smote the image-not upon the head, 
THE VISION. 
The enemies of truth, in endeavoring to lead be divided (v. 41) into ten kingdoms, (v. 44,) in breast, belly. nor yet upon the knees, which it 
us to some position where the vision of Daniel the days of which kingdoms, the God of heaven must haye done if the kingdom had been set up 
m1ght be seen to fa,'or their carnal views, have shall set up a kigdom which shall never be de-when Ohrist lirst came, for the fourth kingdom 
only caused the truth, therein brought to view, stroyed, but shall break in pieces and consume was not then uivided-but upon the FEET. 
to appear still more lovely; and, like Baalam, all these kingdoms, and it ~hall s!and forever. 
Remember also that he whom I serve has said, 
after he had been led by Balak to take the first, 
~-Is there any proof that this fourth or •' my kingdom is not of this world.'' 
second, and third view of Israel, we are con-
Rfman ldngdom has been divided into teu kins-
H -But he did not say it was not in this 
1trained to say, " What the Loan saith, that 1bms? 
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_\ world. 
will I speak." 
It may seem that the vision , T.-Yes, tlus IS a clear undisputed fact Hl 
T.-Look at Luke 28: 18. "I will not drink 
has been looked at from every mountain, hill, history, and for authority 1 would refer to Micb· ti( the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of 
and little eminence, an~ it probably has; but the a vel, Meue, Bp. Lloyd, Dr. Hales, Sir 
I::~a.ac G\Hl shall come." It had not then come. 
He 
exhibition of truth is ne~·er unwelcome t~" th 
Newt~n, Bp. Newton, a~d Dr. ~c,,t;, 
'l'h~y we1e taught us to pray, ''thy kingdom come;': flesh 
lover of truth, therefore from the little valll estabhshed as follo~.s,VIZ: l. ftw H~ns, lll_Hnu-ant\ b~ood cannot in~erit it, (1 Cor. 15.: 50;) 
here I dweil I will take a brief look, and 
gary, A. D. 356. 2. I he Ostrogoths.lll Mys1a. A. wh nIt comes, the samts must become Immor-
nothinj! new is discovered, the truth will 
D. 356. 3. The V_isigoths, in Pa.nnonia, A. D. 378. tal this is not till the last trump, (verse 52.) 
looked at once more, which I am sure will o 4. The ~ranks~ Ill France. A. D. 4?7· 5. The Th~ quick and dead will then be jndged, (2 Tim. 
us no harm. 
Vandals m ~fnca. A_· D. 407. 6 .. J he Sueves, 4: ·1.) 
Scores of such witnesses might be 
Honesty.-Can you tell me what I am to und -
an~ Alans, m G~sco1g~e a_nd Spam, A. D. 407. b~ught forward, but you have not time to hear 
stand by the head of gold upon the great ima(e 7. fhe Burgu~d1~ns, m Burgundy, A. D. 407. tHem now. 
described in Daniel 2; 31-3a? 
· 8. The Hcruh, m ~taly .. A: D. 476. 9. The .• H.-These proofs seem quite convincing, 
Truth.-Verse 38, "Thou art this head ~'Saxons and AngJes, m Bnta1n, A. D. 476. 10. ·but tell us particularly when this kingdom is to 
gold." It is the Chaldean kingdom; Ncbuchad'\ The Lombards, m Germany, 483. 
be set up. 
nezzar, the head and representative of that 
H.-An~ do we ~nder~tand from you that 
'f.-Matt. 25: 31, 34. 
When the Son of 
kingdom. being addresseu as the kingdom, for these ten lu~gdoms still exist? 
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man shall come in his glory and all his 
"after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior 
T.-C.erta_mly; for the fifth um versa! kmg-holy angels with him: then he will say to the 
to thee." 
dom, which 1s Gods,. ~as not be~n. st>t up, fro_m blessed, "inherit the kingdom." 
See also 
H.-What does the breast and arms of silver the fact that when It Is set up 1t 15 to break m RP-v. 11: 18. 
When the kingdoms of this world 
mean? 
pieces and consume all these kingdoms, inclu-become the kinadoms of our Lord; remember 
T.-The kingdom that arose after the head, ding the four; this has not yet been done, for also that this is ~he time when the dead are to 
(ch. 5:30, 31.) "In that night was Bel>~hazzar some, if not all of them, still exist; they are be judged, (verse 18.) Again, it will be when 
the king of the Chaldeans, (head,) f:llain, and not yet consumed. 
the· Father gives to the Son the heathen for his 
Darius the Mede took the kinguom, and reigned 
H·-If these kingdoms still exist, by what inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth. 
over the Medes and Persians"-a kingdom infe· names are they known 1 
for his possession. 
Ps. 2: 8. 
rior to the Chaldean in point of wealth, splendor 
T.-These are the modern names : France, 
H.-What will he do with them 1 
and duration. 
Britain, Spain, Portugal, Naples, Tuscany, A us· 
T.-V cr. 9. 
He will break them with a rod 
H.-What does the belly and thighs (or sides) tria, Lombardy, Ravena, and Rome; the three of iron, and Jash them in pieces like a potter's 
mean 1 
last are at present embraced in the Roman vessel, the same time that the image is smitten 
'f.-A n0ther third kinguom of brass, (ver. States. So you see they not only exist, but by the stone. 
39,) whieh succeeded that of the Mede~ and many of them under their original names. 
H. 
I see the propriety and correctness of 
Persians. 
This was the Grecian kingdom, 
H.-Is it not before the days of these kings, the position, but presume you have no reasons 
(see 1hccabees 1: 1, not Scripture, but ac-, or kingdoms, that the God of heaven sets up as Scriptural as these for fixing the time of 
crediteu history,) and it happened after that 
1
. his kingdom? for I perceive it was some hun-Christ's coming? 
Alexander. son of Philip, the Maccdonian, who dreds of years after the crucifiction of Christ. 
T. I will show you, as soon as you are 
came out of the land of Chittim, had smitten and the establishment oi the gospel kingdom, prepared to receive my testimony. 
First, let 
Darius the king of the Persians anJ Medes, that before this divided state of the fourth king-this startling truth be fixed upon your mind, 
he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece. 
dom. 
that we are living under the governments rep-
H.-So far it is clear to my mind, and now if 
'f.-He did not before, nor has he yet set up resented by the toes of that image; and that 
you can tell what is meant by the legs and feet his kingdom ; neither does the term gospel they have existed now almost 1400 years i and 
it will remove some difficulty out of my way. 
kingdom occur in the Bible. The establish-that the feet is the place where it is to be smit· 
H. According to this rule, where do the2300 
days terminate? 
'1'. 
The whole vision is 
Cut off a\ the cross 
2aoo year • 
490 
" 
From the cro.ils to the cleans-} 1810 
ing of the sanctuary, 
Christ was crucified in the year 
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33 
The sanctuary will be cleansed in 1 84:~ 
f). 
You have shown that the dominion of 
the Popo was taken a way and he led into cap 
tivity in 1798, accordin~ to the prediction in 
Dan. 7: 26, and Rev. 1:3: 10. 
Is there any 
thing in conn~ction with this fact that goes to 
corroborate the testimony that the sanctuary 
. will be cleansed in 1843? 
T. There is; in Dan. 12; 11--13. "And 
from the time the daily [or Pagan abomination] 
. shall be·taken away, to set up the abomination 
[see margin] that maketh rlesolate, [Papacy,] 
there shall be a thousand two hundred and 
ninety days." 
The Pagan worship was abolished in 503, as 
I may prove to you at another time. 
Popery, 
or the abomination that makflth desolate was 
set up in 538, as you have seen. From the 
abolition of Paganism in 
508 
the 
1290 Jays 
reach to 
1798 
H. 
One question more; while we have so 
many great practical trut.hs that we can clearly 
understand, do you not th:nk it ns well to pay 
llttcution to them. and be readv? I have 
tlwught it unprofitable to dwell so ~lUch on this 
part of the Bible. 
T. 
•· ALL Scripture is given by inspira-
tion of God, and is profitable for instruction;" 
therefore this is not unprofitable nor unmeaning. 
Remrlmber one thing more, relative to the great 
practical truths of which you speak. be not de· 
ceived. 0 my son! remember the treachery of 
the human heart. 
The veriest infidel will be-
lieve any great practical truth that does no: 
stand in his path like "an angel with a drawn 
sword." 
Wherefore, cOlllFORT one another with these 
words. 
2 Thess. i. 10. 
When he shall come to be 
glorified in his saints, and to be admirf.'d in all 
them that believe (because our testimony among 
ym.1 was believed] in that day. 
ii. 1. Now \Ve beseech vou brethren. hv the 
coming of our Lord Jesu~ Chri:st, and by eur 
gathering togethn ur.t.o him. 
1 Tim. vi. 14. 
That thou keep this com. 
mandment without spot, unrebukahle, unto the 
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
:l Tim. iv. 8. 
Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crown of righteousness, which the 
Lon.l, the righteous Judge shall give me at that 
day; and not to me only, but to all them also 
that love his appearing . 
LOVE FOR THE APPEARING OF 
Titus ii. 13. Looking for that blessed hope. 
and the glorious appearing of the great God and 
CHRIST. 
our SaYior Jt~sus Christ . 
It hn.:; heenr.tustly remarked that'' the love 
Reb. ix. 28. 
So Christ was once offered to 
of Christ's appearing, is as true a test of a hear the sins of many; and unto them that look 
Christians heart a!l the needle of the compass for him shall he appear the second time with-
is of the direction of the polar star.:' The out sin unto salvation. 
heart that is filled wit.h God and heave11 will 
James v. 1, 8. 
De patient, therefore. breth-
cast upward their steadfast eye to the appear-ren. unto the coming of the Lord. 
Behold, the 
ing of Jesus. '' bright glory's beaming star." husbandman waiteth for the preciou11 fruit of 
The corning of t.he Lord, ancl not death will be the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he 
their constant theme. 
receive the early and latter rain. 
If in the mean time death should come, and 
Be ye also patient; establi1>h your hearts; 
tir,d them thus " looking,~: it has no terror t.o for the coming of the Lord dra~eth n gh. 
tht·m, for they will then, for a little while, 
1 Peter i. 7. 1a. 
That the trial of vour faith 
F 
swe~tly .~leep in Jesus till t.he trumpet sounds. 
being much more precious than of 'goiJ that 
rom the setting up of Poperv in 
538 
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Look for a moment upon the only· &ure chart per.s et J, t ong 1 lt be triC with fire. might be 
the (Dau. 7: 2·'>) l:l60 days 
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that can guide us safely into the harbor of eter-foun unto pratse, an 
onor, an gory, at the 
reach to 
1798 
Verse 12. "Blessed is he that wait.eth and 
cometh to the thousand three hunered and five 
and thirty days.'' 
From the abolition of Pagan. 
ism in 
bOB 
the 
1335 days 
reach to 1843 
H. 
What event then happens? 
T. Verse 33. 
·• Go th(lu thy wav till THE 
END be: for thou shalt rest, and STAND 
lN THY LOT at the end of the days," (the 
first resurrection. J 
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nal rest. 
appearing of Jesus Christ. 
l Thess. v. 23. And the rery God of peace 
Whereroro gird up the loins of your mind, be 
sanciify you wholly. and l pray God yom· whole sob&·r, and hope to the end for the grace that is 
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blame-to be brought unto you at the tevelaton of Jesus 
less unto the C!Jming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Christ. 
1 Cor. i. 7, A. 
So that ye come behind in no 
2 Peter iii. 11. 12. 
Seeing, then, that all 
gift; waiting for the coming nf our Lord Jesus these things shall be dissolved, what mallllf.r of 
C!t1·ist. 
wusons ought ye to be in all holy cmJVt'r8ation 
Who Rhall also confirm you unto the end, that and god ines~;. 
yo may lHl blameleas in tl;e day of our Lord Je-
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of 
sns Christ. 
the d<Jy of Gocl, wherein the heavens being on 
1 Phil. iii. 20. 
For our conversation is in fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
heaven; from whence also we look for Lhe Sa-melt with fervent heat. 
I H. Thore seems to be p1au.::ihilit.y in all nor, th~ Lord Jesus Christ. 
1 .John ii. :.28. 
And now little children, abide 
, this, but still I do Mt know that all these things 
Col. iii. 2-5. Set your affections on tll.ings in him; that when he shall appear, wa may 
1 will take place in 1843, and t.herefote I cannot aoone, not on things on the earth. 
1 
h~ve co~fitlenc.e, and not be ashamed before 
feel fr..,e to publi~h to others, that which l do 
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with 
bu~.at his cotnill~. 
not fully believe tuyself. 
I must say it is hard Christ in God. 
111. 2. 
Beloved. now are we the sons of God, 
work for me t.o see the time al) you do. 
when Christ, who is onr life, shall appear, I and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; 
T. How much you may deem my testimony then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 
but we l\_now. that, when 
l~e shall appear, we 
worth I know not, but l will add a. few facts 
1. Thess. i. 10. 
An11 towaitforhis Sun from shall be ltke him; for we shall see hun as he 
more and leave you to converse wllh my Fa-
hea.\u00b7en whom he raised f,om the dead, even Is 
ther as to the propriety of your publishing it to Jesus, which deli\u00b7ered us from the wrath to 
Rev. i. 7. 
Behold, he cometh with clouds; 
others. 
He stands at the door, waiting, as he come. 
and every t>ye shall see him, and they also which 
ha~ a little settlemeT~l to makr~ with you. 
I 
ii. ~~·. For what is our hope, or joy,or crown pierceu him; Hnd all the kmdreds of the earth 
~here ~re four tl11ngs; t'li!Jt'.r one, or all of. of re}H ctng? 
Are not even ye in dw preseuce slwll wail because of him. 
E'P.n so. Amen 
whtch wtll prevellt your seeing the time as I of our Lord J, sus Chri:st at his comtfl<•? 
xvi. 15. 
Behold Icc me as a thief. 
Blessed 
do.. The ~rst is porm~arily.' or_ the Z·IVe of rPpu 
i i. 13. To the end he may estahlisl1 ;our he,ms i:s he that watcheth and keepeth his gannents 
tatum; until you get wl ol t!.ns you can never nnhlamr.ablfl in holiness before God, e\u00b7en our lest he walk twlted, and they see his shame. 
see the tim~ as I. do. 
~rl. Tbe love of the 1 Father, at tile cmmng of our Lord Jesus Christ 
xxii. 7, 20. 
Behold, I come quickly ; bless-
world-a rullllg desire to mcrease your worldly with all his saints. 
ed is he thH keepeth the sayings of the pro-
szoods will certainly prevent your seeing the 
i', 14-1R. For if we belie'e that Jesus died phecy of this bool<. 
time as I do, fo~ none r:a.n thus see t.he time and rose again, even so them also which sleep 
He which testitieth these things saith, Sure-
and go on hoa.rdmg up nchns. 3d. Sectarian-in .Jesus will God •brintr with him. 
ly l come quickly: Amen. 
Even so, come 
ism will prevent your seeing-the time as l do;/ 
For this we say unt~ you by th~ word of the Lord Jesus. 
1 for when the interest of the sect to which you, Lord, that we which are alivo and romain unto 
If the fon•going texts do not prove that. it is 
belong. i! the leading topic in all your religious jthe c11ming of the Lord shall not prevent them a true tel'lt of' christian affection to )O'e Christ's 
opE"rations, you never can see the time. 
4th. whit·h a:·e-aslef p. 
appearing, then in ,·ain may we search for a 
While you are not waiting. and consequently not 
For the Lord himsPlf shH II nescend from text in du~ word of God. 
readyfortheendofthe1335days,youne'erwill he:tveu with a shout, with the voiceofthe arch-
Aft.ersuch examples as these, what christian 
set> the time. 
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angel, aud with the trump of God: and the de<Jd or honest man can believe that God has not 
The unsanctified heart will treat this pa.rt of in f)hri:st. shall rise first: 
made it our d11ty to look for and expect the 
my testimony just as the opposer of Galileo's 
Tlwn we w!tich arP alive and ren1ain shall be comintT of the Lord this s;de of death or the 
theory treated his telescope, "I will not look 
caught~'np tn~f'ther wi~h them in the clouds, to rrrave -f 
Hilt. s<JVS one, "l atn lookino for the 
thronght it," said bfl, ·• for then how can l op-l meet thtl Lord in the air: and so shall we ever ~oming of lhfl (onl. l expect he will come, 
pose your theory 1" 
be wit.lt tl1L~ LorJ. 
I bu~ 1 canrwt tell whell. 
If it is the will of God 
I first king," [ver. 22,] "Now that being broken, 
: whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms 
I shall stand up out of the nation ;" these were 
Syria, Thrace, MacedoHia, and Egypt, answer-
ing to the four heads of the leopard, [ ch. 7,] 
"but not in his power," not in his family; the 
kingdom was divided among four of Alexander's 
~enerals, answering to the four wings upon the 
leopard; so the kingdom ·was not left as is usu-
al, t.o any of his blood relatives. 
Ver. 9, ''And out of one of them, [Macedo-
nia.] came forth a little horn, [the Roman pow-
er~the same as in ch. 7, ver. 8,] which waxed 
exceeding great," &c., [ver. I 0,] "it cast down 
some of the host, [pPople of God,] and of the 
stars, [ministers of Christ,] to the ground. and 
stamped upon them." This is called [ ver. 23] 
" a king of fierce countenance, and undArstand 
ing dark sentences.'' In Deuteronomy 25: 50, 
the same power is called " a nation of fierce 
countenance." 
In-order that you may sec more clearly the 
connexion of the three visions, 1 wtll classify 
the closing parts ofthem. 
DAN. II. B C. 670. D.AN. Yll. B. C. 641. DAN. VIU. B. C. 6311. 
PAPACY. 
PAP-~CY. 
PAPACY. 
rThll ten kingdoms 
"And behold, in this '' And through his 
onl!f, out of which thi. horn were EOyus like policy also he 
~hall 
p'lwer arose are here the eyE's of a m11n, and cause craft to prosper 
b;o ght to view.] 
a mouth thR.t spoke 1n his hand, and he 
very 
gteat 
thtngs, .ih11ll magnify himself 
whose look was more iu his hea1 t, and by 
stout than hts 
fel· pear:e he shall destroy 
lows," (ver. B. 20.) 
many" 
[ rhe little horn he· 
The ~arne horn made 
"Tt cast down the 
ing synonymuus with war with the 
~au1ts, truth to the ground. 
the buast that succeeds an•l prevailed against It waxed great even 
the dragfJn, in Rev. !.hem, until the Aucient against the host of 
13, as you have seen, <>f 
Uays 
cam"• and heaven, and cast down 
and the dragon being judgment was given to some of the host and 
the government that the saints of the Mo;t of the stars 
to the 
sought thll dP~tructiou High. 
And hs shall ground aml trampled 
of Chri<t (See Rev. speak 
great 
words upon them." (ver. 10, 
12. It caunot,ofcourse, ag~tinst the Most H1gh, 12.) "Nagmtied htru· 
apply to auy govern· and shall wear out the self against the PRINCR 
ment that existed be· saints of 
the 
Most of the host." 
"~hall 
fore thEI Roman.] 
Hign, {ver. 21. 22, 25.) destroy the mighty and 
~he 
holy people.''-
" Stand up again•t the 
PRINCE of PRINCES," 
(the LordJrsus Christ.) 
So 
did the 
Rornan 
power. 
1'110 " little 
horn" here embraces 
Plli:a.n as well as papal 
Rome. 
THE liMD. 
THE: END. 
TBI ENil. 
" A. stone was l)ut 
•· The 
Anc1ent 
of 
"Ile shall he brolu~n 
out 
without hands, Days <lid 
sit, whose without bands,'' (ver. 
wltich •mote the image garment was white ns 24. •· The r.onsomma· 
upon h• l'U:T, that snow, and the ha1roftion and that deter· 
were of iron lind clay. his head like the pore mined shall be poured 
11nd 
broke them to wool, hus throne was upon the deso.l-1te," or 
p1eces. Then was the l1ke th& 
fie"! dame. as the margin reads. 
iron and the clay, the !lnd 
h1a 
whetsls 
a~" upon the de~olator," 
br:~.Ss, the sll ver, and llurning tire. A fiery ch. 9, 27. 
the gold. broken to stream issued and Nt.mf 
piece11 
to~ether, and forth from bofore htm : 
became like the cha 
thousand 
thousand~ 
of t:,e ~ummer thresh ministered 11nto him. 
inl5' 
fluor~. 
And the -md ten thonsand t1mes 
wmd 
carried 
them ten thousand stood be-
aw;~y th>tt no plac~< fore l!im···THs JODG 
was found for thelll." Mtl.~T W&S 
SET, and 
(v~r. 24, 25.) 
the hooks were opened. 
The beast WdS slai11. 
:md his body DEOTROY· 
:;;n, and given to th~ 
burning flame," (ver. 
II, 10, 11.) 
H. 
What particular advantage is gained by 
this third visi•m, as I see tha Babylonian, and 
also the ten kingdoms are left out? 
T. Those were already clearly understood, 
and no neces:sity existed for bringing them for-
ward in this vision. The important advantage 
that Daniel has gained is the duration of the 
vision in verses 13 and 14. 
H. "How long" is .. the vision 1" 
Verse 
13. 
T. " Two tl10usarul three hundred days.'' 
Verse 14. 
H. 
To what part of the vision, then, does 
this time apply ? 
T. To the whole, for it commences with the 
ram pushing, &c., (verse 4,) the kingdom of the 
Med"s and Persians, (v. 20.) and continued 
through that and the Grecian kingdom, a period 
of 393 years or upwards. It also extends to the 
daily or pagan '' transgression" or " mystery of 
iniquity," (2 Thess. 2: 7.) andoalso through the 
whole period that the church was desolated un. 
der the papal rule, down to the time when the 
host or people of God shall cease to be trodden 
under foot, when they shall no longer be perse-
cuted, their ashes no longer sleep in the dust·-· 
even down to the time "the sanctuary shall be 
cleansed." 
H. How can the 2300 days reach to that 
event when more than 2000 years ha,·e already 
passed? 
T. They can reach to that event by the au .. 
thority I gave you from N um. 14: 34, and Eze-
kiel 4 : 6; and without this mode of rendering 
them, they would be without meaning to us, 
neither "profitable for doctrine or instruction.'' 
Each of these days represents a year. 
H. Will God then set np his kinguom in 
2300 years from the time in which the Medo-
Persian empire was extending its territory by 
conquest, as repn;sented by the ram with two 
horns, whieh commenced the vision 1 
T 
He most certainly will, for that is the 
end of the vision ; and he also sap, " At the 
time appointed, the end shall be." 
[J. The period must then be close upon us, 
for th'lt kingdom was established before Christ 
539, which is 238 L years ago. 
1'. It is indt'ed very near; much nearer than 
el·en you are aware. 
H. 
What a pity the angel did not begin the 
vision at some prominent point in tho Medo. 
Persian kingdom. so that we could have bad a 
date for the 2300 days. 
T. What difference could this make so long 
as he came at a subsequent time and gave the 
date? 
H. 
Where is the u~cord of that fact? 
T. In the 9th chapter, as you shall see. At 
the close of the 8th chapter you find Daniel as-
tonished at tbe visinn, nut understanding it, for 
"none understood it." He then went to search. 
(The earth is now 
(Not a kingdom ex 
(The 
dr:snlator 
empty.) 
;sts) 
111ade des .. late.) 
TUB l'IFTU 
U!llVIR· Tllll: FIJ'TH U!UVER· THI FIJI'TR V!UVRR• 
is ing the prophecies (9: i ) t.o find out when the 
time of" tbe desolations of Jeru~talem'' would 
be accom lisluHl, and his people brought out of 
their captivity and restored; and found it to 
be seventy years, which time he supposfld was 
now accomplished, and prayed accordingly for 
the ~:~anctnary to be cleansed. Verses 16. 17. 
UL KtNGOOM. 
UL KINGDOM. 
B.lL KlliGDOJ
, 
" And the stone that 
"One like the Bon 
"Then 
shall 
the 
smote the image be· of Man came with the sanr.tunry he cleans 
rameagreat mountnin, t;louda of heaven," &c. ud." (ver. J4.J "Un· 
lind filled tho whole (See ver. 13, 14.)-tfetstand, 0 
Son of 
tsarth,'' (ver. 35) '·The (Matt. 24: 30. 16 : 27. Man, for at the time of 
G..,d ofheaven shall set :\lark 13: 2o. Rev. I :THE END shall he I be 
up a kingdom which 7.) 
"ThP samts o 'ision.'' (ver Ji.J '·Be· 
shl	 never be destroy· the Most High sball hold 1 wtll make thee 
eJ, and the kin!{dom tdte the kingtfum, and know what sh111l be in 
sh'l.ll not he 
lef~ to possess the kingdom 1he T. o, ST II I'D of Lhe 
Ol.bP.r people. but it shall forf.ver, even roREVER I dignation for at tha 
hreak in p·enes and A.ND BVER." .Judgment time 
appoint~d THB 
consume 
all 
thest' was given to the saiuts !NO SHALL BE." (ver. 
kingdoms, and it sha I of the Most High, a11d Ill.) 
ataud roa.r;v&a." 
t •e t1me came t;•at the 
saints 
possessed the 
kmgdom. (ver. 22, 27.) 
" Th11 earth" is now 
"They aung a new 
'J'he Lord has now 
" full oftne knowledge 50lllf, thou ha.st made' washed 
away the 
of the Lord as the Ui unto our God kings filth of the daughter& 
waters cover the sea." 1nd priests, and we uf Zion, and purged 
lsa. ll: 9. 
shall reign oK 
TDx the blood of Jerusalem 
U8.TH." Rev. 6:9, 10. from the midst thereof, 
by the spirit of judg· 
ment, and by the spirit 
of:SVRNtNc:." Isa. 4:4. 
H. But you are reading from another chapter. 
1'. 
But not from another subject~ for always 
bear in mind this tlivision of the Uible int.o 
chapters i:i the work uf man, and not inspira~ 
tion. 
H. 
That is true. 
T. You then see that God sflnt an angel to 
correct Daniel relative to the great error he had 
fallen into concerning cleansing the sanctuary, 
and the time of that cleansing. See verse 21. 
"While I was speaking in prayer, even the man 
Gabriel, whom I bad seen in the Yision at the 
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, (so irr-
porrant is it to save a good man from error,) 
touched me about the time of the evening obla-
tion." 
What vision had he seen Gabriel in ? 
Chap. 8: 16 is the first place where Gabriel's 
name is mentionod, so this must be the vision. 
Gabriel had received his orders, as above, fo 
make hirn understand it, and now comes to do 
it, (v. 22;) and tells him, (v. 23, to "understand 
the matror and consider the vision." 
What Yi ... 
sion? There is none in the 9th chapter, it must 
be the last one he bad, which is in the eighth 
chapter. 
H. 
Does Gabriel do what he came for?-
Does he make Daniel understand the vision ? 
T. Very plainly, as you may see. V. 24-
" Seventy weeks are determined [cut off,] upon 
thy people, and upon thy holy city to finish the 
transgression ,and to make an end of .sins, and 
to make reconciliation for iniquity. and to bring 
in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up tho 
vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most 
holy." For thr.se several purposes were the 
senmty weeks'' cut off." 
H. Why do you use the term ''cut off?" 
T. Because the Hebrew verb that is here 
rendered determined, is capable of but one sig-
nification, and that is to cut off or to cut out. 
H. From what were these seventy weeks 
cut off? 
T. 
What was Gabriel making Daniel under-
stand 1 The vis·on in the 8th chapter, there 
being none in the 9th. The seventy weeks wf3re 
cut off from the vision, which was 2300 days 
lonJr. 
fl. Fo:-what were they cut off7 
1'. 
As our time is short, we will take one 
ruling term in verse 24, 'iz., ''to make reconci-
liation fur ir&iqltity.'' This was done when Christ 
died ou the cross, and at no other time. 
H. 
When did those 70 weeks begin? 
T. 
At the going .forth of the commandment 
to restoro and rebu:ld Jerusalem-v. 25. (See 
Ezra 7 : 11-26.) 1 n just 490 years from that 
timn, which is as manv years as there are days 
in 70 weeks. Christ made "reconciliation for 
iniquity" by s'nffering death on the cross. 
H. It is said also {v 24,} that the 70 weeks 
were cut off to seal up the vision and prophecy. 
How did the crucifixion of Christ seal up the 
vision? 
T. His being crucified at the expiration of 
that amount of time sealed the truth of the 2300 
days being so many years, and also, the cleans-
ing of the sanctuary at the end of that period to 
be just as sure as was the crucifixion at the end 
of the 490 years. 
H. Do you know that the 70 weeks were 
cut off from the first part of the 2300 days, as it 
appears the word may be understood cut out. 
T. It can make no possible difference w he-
ther we read cut off or cut out. 
The vision was 
2300 days long, and if you cut of 490, you have 
1810 left. or if you cut out 490, it is still the 
same. Neither need you trouble yourself t.o 
hunt any further for a date for the 2300 days, 
but do just as Gabriel told Daniel. Cut off 490, 
and start the remaining 1810 at the cross of 
Christ. or from the place where reconciliation 
for iniquity was made. 
If I am directed to cut oft' a piece of rope at a 
gi "en prominent point which I am told is just 
:l300 feet long, and that from where I am to the 
said prominent point is just 490 feet, I obey and 
cut it off as directed, but find by actual measure. 
mt~nt that it is exactly 490 yards, what is my 
conclusion 1 That the whole measurement is 
yards, especially if I find that my employer has 
given examples of using the term feet to express 
yards. 
I~ 
·' 
,, 
,, ' 
ten. 
This simple truth should convince every 
T. See ver •. 8, "bP.hold, there came up when his decree of the first named date tool{ I 
believer of the Bible that the coming of the among them another little horn, before whom effect. 
Lord is at the verv door. 
there were three of the first horns plucked up 
H. When did that poriod terminate 1 Aal 
H. 'What ami to understand by the state-
by the roots. 
Daniel says, [ver. 26,] the judgment shall sit, 
ment, "they shall mingle themselves with the 
H. This power then must be Popery, for and they ahall take away his dominion. 
And 
seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to the ten kingdoms remained undisturbed until John says, (Rev. 13 : 10.] he that leadeth into 
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay?" 
A. D. 493, which was ten years from the time captivity, shall be 
l~d into captivity: he that 
T. The aistinctive character of the subjects of the eBtablishment of the last of the ten, when 
kill~th with the sword, must be killed with the 
of the fourth, or Roman kingdom, who, although the Heruli, in Rome and Italy, were conquered sword. 
scattered in every land, acknowledge no alle-by the 
strogoths. 
Then in A. D. 534, the 
T. Thus the prediction bas been faithfully 
giance to any authority, either civil or ecclesi-Vandals were conquered by the Greeks, for fulfilled; for in the mC'nth of February, 1798, 
astical, but the Papal. Although they mingle the purpose of aiJing the Romish church. ln and 1260 years frQm the time t.he Bishop of 
themselves with the seed of men in every na-
A. D. 5:38, in the month of March, the Greeks Rome came into power under the Justinian 
tion, they cleave not to them; there is no union conquered the Ostrogoths, in Rome and Italy, code, General Berthier, by order of the French 
existing, because they are THE Church. The and immediately after this, the supremacy of Republic, entered Rome, took the Pope a priso-
expression, "they shall not cleave one to an-
the Bishop of Rome was established. 
ner, overthrew the above named code of laws, 
other," may also be understood of the king-
T. You are correct; and you will also established a republic, carried the Pope a cap· 
doms themselves, for since the division of the bearin mind that Popery answers the charac-tive to France, where he died, a prisoner and 
fourth kingdom, many un9uccessful efforts have ter here predicted. 
1st. His blasphemy; ver. an exile. 
been made to unite them again into one univer-?5, 11he shall speak great words against the 
H. 
But this, in the room of being 1260 days, 
sal kingdom. 
No one ever came nearer ac· most high." The Revelator say'3, (Rev. 13: 6,) is so many years. How can you call this a 
complishing this object than Napoleon Buona-and he opened 'his mouth in blasphemy against fulfillment 1 
parte, but he fell while in the height of his God. Paul says, (2d Thess. 2: 4.) who oppo-
1' 
A day, in prophecy, is used as the repre-
glory, for God had said the kingdomslhe was try. seth and exalteth himself above all that is call· sentative of a year: for example, see Numbers 
ing to unite, should" not cleave one to another.'' ~d God or that is worshipped. 
14: 34, Ezekiel 4! 6. 
And in tbe place in 
H. 
What am I to understand by the four 
The Pope of Rome has blasphemed God by questiOJl, the time, tirneg and an half, must be 
beasts in Daniel 7: ~-7? 
taking to himself every title that ever the AI-taken as the symbol of 1260 years, from the 
T. The same things that have already been mighty claimed for himself, and has exalted very nature of the events foretold, as the most 
j 
brought before you, [verse 17.] '' Thelie great himself above God, in assuming the right to able commentators are agreed. 
The fulfillment 
., 
beasts, which are four, are four king!i which pardon sin before it was committed, by the sale of the predictions, applying to Papacy in just 
shall arise Upon the earth.'' 
of indulgences. Again, he was to be a prrse· that amount of time, in connexion with the 
H. But the divisions of the image were cuting power, [ver. 21.] "made war wiLit the above examples, should be considered clear · 
kingdoms, and these beasts are said to be saints and prevailed against them," [ver. 25,] proof. 
Indeed, it would be $kepticism to rt'jact 
kings. 
shall wear out the samts of the most high. such evidence as this. 
'f. The terms king, and kingdom, are here John says, [Rev. 13: 7,] and it was giYen unto 
H. 
But Popery was not destroyed in 1796, 
used as synonymous, for [in verse 23] it is said him to make war with the saints, and to over-
nor is it yet destroyed. 
the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom come them. The papal power has destroyed 
T. Neither did Daniel, Paul or John say it 
upon earth. 
the lives of more than 50,000,000 of Chris· would be before the Lord comes, [ ver. 26.) 
H. How does it appear that these are the tians. No other power has ever arisen to "They shall take away his dominion,'' and 
same kingdoms brought to view in chap. 2? 
''wear out the saints" to thi!! extent. 
He was what for? 
"To consume and destroy it unto 
T. Because the description of the fourth to assume authoriry, [ ver. 8,] "a mouth speak. tht' end." John says, [after the beast went into 
kingdom [ch. 2: 40, and ch. 7: 7] agree, in ing great things," [ver. 25,] think to change captivity, Rev. 13: 11.] I as wanother beast 
stren!(th and comparis~m to iron; and also in times and laws. John says, [Rev. 13, 5,] and corning up out of tho earth. [Buonaparte arose 
itsddivishioitlS anhsweri[nghto
7
th
7
e]toeTs,h[ch. 2h; 41.] there wh.as given unto him a mouth speaking that same yde
1
ar,
1
and was crow
18
n
0
e
5
d]k.ing odf. bot
1
h 
~~·.; 
an tot e en orns c . : . 
e ten oms great t mgs. 
France an 
ta y as soon as 
, , 1m me 1ate y 
are the same kingdoms that have been descri. 
The Pope has assumed the right to depose after his history. the last harvest is brought to 
bed, [see verse 24.] Another reason that should and set up kings at his pleasure: set his foot on view. See Rev. ::.4. 
perfectly satisfy you that they are the same as the neck of one: made another hold his stir-
Pnul says of this same power, (2d Thess. 2, 
in chapter 2, is, in this divided state of the rup, &c. 
8.) whom the Lord shall consume with the spi-
fourth kingdom, the·' God of heaven sets up" his 
The saints were to be given into his hand, rit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the 
kingdom, [v. 27.] 
until a time, and times aud the dividing of time, brightness of his coming. Daniel says, "de-
H. What could be the object in bringing the [ver. 25.] John says, [Rev. 13: 5,] and power stroy it unto the end." Since the dominion of 
same subject before the mind of DanieJ the sec-was given unto him to continue forty and two Popery was taken away in 1798, his civil power . 
ond time? 
months. 
has been wastin~, for be it remembered, that 
T. There are several reasons; I will, how-
H. 
Is there the same amount of time in power was res ored to him by Buonaparte, "ho 
ever, name but two prominent ones. The first both tht>se periods? 
remodelled the system of Popery with his own 
it 
is, 
t~e divided state of the Grecian kingdom 
T. Certainly; as you will see from [Rev. 12: hand. See Rev. 13: 15, The schemes of the 
was not shown in the 
vi~ion of the second 6, 14] where 1260 days, and time, times and an Pope are now carried on by Jesuitism and 
chapter; here it is brought forward under the half are made synonamous. 
trickery, .md not by the inquisition, torture, fire 
figure of the leopard with its four heads, and 
H. But then you must reckon 30 days t,> and sword, as they used to be. 
And all for the 
also the four wings like a fowl. 
Propl1ecy be-the month, and where do you get your authority obvious reason that his dominion or civil pow-
ing given for the benefit of those living prior to for this ? 
er, what little he has, is consuming, and not ! 
its fulfilment, this parlicular description of the 
T. It iR the scriptural mode of reckoning; because his disposition is not good enough to 
third kingdom has been given to prevent tbe from Gen. 7: 11, and Gen. 8: 4, vou will see pursue his old course. 
student of prophecy from falling into error. 
that it was five months from the ti~e the flood 
H. I see what Daniel gained in this second 
Another important reason for this repetition commenced till the ark rested. This time is view of these kingdoms in vision, and nnw 
of the vision is, to give a description of ano· called lnO days in Gen. 7, 24, and Gen. 8, 3, should like information upon the dsion in the 
ther power that was to arise, (see ver. 8,) ex-that is 30 days to the month. 
We might giye eighth chapter of Daniel. 
plained ver. 24. "And the ten horn~ out of this other proofs. but this will answer. 
A time is 
T. This V"ision, which commences in the 3d 
(4th or Roman) kingdom, are ten kings that 12 mor~ths of 30 days each, or 360 days; times, ''erse of the eighth chapter, brings to view the 
shall arise, and another shall arise after th~m. or two times, {a<~ is here made out,) is 720 days; same great leading events as those in the 2d 
And he shall be diverse from the first, and he haifa time isl80days: in 11ll, 42 months, or 1260 and 7th chapters, with the exception of the 
s!lall subdue three kings." 
Jays, so that John aud Daniel perfectly agree. Babylonian kingdom, which at the timtl of tllis 
H. Can it be ascertained what power this 
H. 
When were the saints gh·en into his vision, was about passing away. Ver. 20, 
is, and when it arose! 
hand? 
"The ram which thou sa west having two horns, 
T. There is no difficulty in this; for all 
T. This you can learn from the Justinian are the kings of Media and Persia, answering 
we have to do, is to see what power subdued code, which you will find in almost every law. to the bear, [ ch. 7,] and the breast and arms, 
thref\ of the first ten kingtloms that arose out yer's office, where Justinian delivered. or sub-[ch. 2, ver. 21.]. "The ro~g~ goat which thou I 
··~ 
of the Roman Empire. 
jected to the authority of the Bishop of Rome, sawest is the kmgof Grec1a. Answer to the I 
H. How do you know it to be three of the ''all the priests of the whole east,'' A. D. 533, leopard [ ch. 7] and belly and thighs, ( ch. 2.] "The 
first ten kingdoms? 
ar.d in 538 subdued the Ostrogoths in Rome, great horn [Alexander] between his eyes is the \ 
proclaims a "corning Lord"-" a coming king.. them as a deluded visionary, rather than inherit , npposed to this ''setting the time," and fright· ! 
dum''--·' Jesus and the resurrection," " at that withering frown,'' lam against you." 
I 
ening the people by telling them the world is I 
hand,"·' at the ve;y dood" 
Who are holding 
Verse 9. "And mine hand ¥hall be upon the to be burned np this year. It is a violatiCJn of 
themselves in a state of constant readiness for prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: many plain declarations of Scripture, for we 
the coming of their Lord? and what are the they shall not be in the assembly of my pr.ople, read, "~o man shall ever know the day or the 
truths that lead to this s.ate of preparation? neither shall they bo written in the writing of hour," and" that day llihall come as a thief."-
Surely, the plain, unvarnished gospel truths; the house of Israel, neither shall they enter And then, again, the prophecies are n11t fulfilled; 
these tend to make Hs resigned and submissive into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that religion has but just begun to exert its inAucnce 
to the present world, but not to love it; they I am the Lord God." 
in the world; the whole world is yet to be con-
lead us to loathe the things of this world. to act 
0 ye prophets of I~rael, what a feariul doom! verted. 
as pilgrims and strangers here--to forsake all Not only t.he face of God against you, but his 
Memher.-0, Mr. S. answered all these ob· 
and follow Christ-to lay hold on the exceeding ''hand upon" you,-driven from the" assembly jections, and I really wish you had been there 
great and precious promis~s, and not give them of his people"-not delivered when ''Michael and heard him, it does seem to me you would 
away to carnal Jews, or any other infidels-shall stand up," not being •' written in the book," have liked him. 
to groan for adoption, to wit, the redemption of (Dan. 12: 1,) your inheritance. '·the land of 
Minister.-! know all about this Mr. S., there 
their bodi~s. Were these glorious truths held hsrael, lost,'. (Heb. 11: 16.) Let not the pro .. is no stability about him; he is always running 
forth, not merely as a theory, but in demonstra-
phets of Israel be too ready to cast these denun· into some new thing, and making difficulty in 
tion of the Spirit, and with power, what an in-ciatious upon others, for they are not only against the churches wherever he goes: for instance, 
vulnerable front would the church present in those that "divine lies," but tho:~e also that in our own church, there is deacon M-, and 
the great day; but for the want of these "see vanity ;'' that look at, consider, and attach brother F -, one of our uest trustees, do not 
"hedges'' and watchmen to stand in the.se importance to those vain productions settin~ the attend our meeting half the time, besiJes that, 
"gaps," how many will quail at ihe sounding time far off, many days to come. 
And why all they are giving their money to support that 
of the last trum~H~t. because they were not these fearful threats 1 This awful picture of "Midnight Cry," whilt: our church is in debt 
warned when the S\ord was ·corning! 
God's displeasure? 
Give us in brief the sum more than a thousand dollars to the upholsterer 
Verse 6. "They have seen vanity and 31ying of our fearful crimes, and the baleful effect~ by -don't tell me any thiug about this Mr. S.: I 
divination, saying, the Lord saith: and the them produced. 
Tell us why it is, if we are know him of old. This whole affair is. going 
Lord hath not sent them: and they have made thus to suffer. 
to break up a great many churches unless a 
others to hope that they would confirm the 
Verse 10. "Because, even because they have stop is put to it, and I adv.ie you to keep away 
word." 
seduced my people, saying, peace; and there from them, 
Here the "flattering divination" is turned to was no peace; and one built up a wall, and Jo, 
Member.-But if it is true, we ought to be 
"lying divination." 
A teacher is condemned others daubed it with untempered mortar." 
willing to make any sacrifice for the sake of 
for using •• flattery" in the time of his ignor-
Your efforts, neglect, or indifference has al-being ready for it, and then if it don't come, it 
a.nce; but after the light has shone sufficiently lured away from their glorious hope many of will do us no harm. 
cl(1ar for him tO see the true path, he cannot God's dear children. They did love to look for 
Minister.-Very true, that is what we all are 
p~-:rsist in spreading abroad his" flattering divi· the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time pre ching. '' }!et ready." 
But this can be done 
flittions" or enchantments without incurring the of trouble, but have bftgun to say, '• Our preach-
without all this difficulty,-breaking up church-
guilt aud cons~quent doom of the liar. 
What er is a good man: he will be safe whether the es, and a thousand other evil11. 
was recently, with many, a matter of opinioll, Lord comes this year or not. If I am as well 
Member.-But will not this course lead people 
I 
has now become a ceuainty; a" thua saith the prepared as he is, I will risk it;" and at the to be rather slow in 1heir efforts to get ready, to 
Lorri." that "the world will be converted;" same time do not feel that happy frame of pre-
say to them, that we know uothing aboUL the 
I ·· 1 he Jews will be restored;" "the days will be paration that they did whell they believed the time? 
I 
prolon!{etl ;" "w ha.tever 'the vision' may mean it word oj God, and adhered to i1s plain obvious 
Minister.-Not at all. 
How has it been in 
wd!fa·l in its application to the shortening of meaning, which shows that 1he vision ends in all past time? people have got ready for ueath, 
tl1e d·ly.,:' ''and the Lord approves u~," "we 1843. 
How hlany are thus seduced by the and thousands have died happy and gone to 
are happy," '' we should be glad to see him.'' prophets of Israel? 
Now see one of these poor heaven. 
&c. Thus they have r11ade others to lzope that wandering sheep from among the 1housands 
.Mewber.-But what are we to do with the 
they would confirm the word-the word that that are scattered upon the barren mountains visions of Daniel? They end this year just as 
God had not spnken. 
The truth of God's word in the "land of Israel.'' She has seen and sure as the 70 weeks ended with the crucifixiOn 
-of'' the vision"-had produced almost. if not marked the foretold signs upon the spreading of Christ. 
quite, a universal conviction upon the minds of slty-the rising cloud in the distance, and has 
Minister.--What folly! 
That 2300 dayR 
the people, yet how many unconverted, unsanc-heard the cry, ''Behold he cometh!" and now ended when Judas Macabeus ''cleansed the 
tified, unholy as they are, through the efforts of bends her way to a Shepherd's door for food and sanctuary," which had been polluted by Anti-
Stuart, Dowling, Morris, Pond and otherR, have shelter, when the following dialogue takes ochns Epiph~t.nes, and to apply it to the second 
been made to hope that God's words would be place between the minister and church mem-coming of Christ, will prove a "failure," and 
"prolonged," that the Lord would not come so ber: 
you will see it. 
But don't go away with the 
soon; that the wicked would not so soon b('l 
Mrnister.-Good. morning, sister A., where impression that I am opposed to the •' coming 
"destroyed.'' 
have you been? It is some time since 1 have of Christ~~~ he is my best friend, and I should 
Verse 7. •' liat'e yenot seen a vain vision, and seen you at our meeting. I hope you have not be glad to see him at any time. 
(Amos 5: 18.) 
have ye not spoken a lying divination, where'ls ve turned "Millerite." 
Such conversations a:s the above, some of a 
say, the Lord saith it, albeit I hove not spoken?" 
Member.-Well, to tell you the truth1 1 have milder, and others of a still more hostile char-
Look again at" the vision," look at its seal, been to their meetings for a spell, and for my life acter, are, in these times, matters of every day 
mark how all the parts, except the last, have I cannot get rid of the conviction that the doc 
occurence; and in perhaps a majority of in· 
been fulfilled, see where the '' 70 weeks'' were trine is true; yet I asaure you it gives me very stances, the l'hurch member go~s away in soma 
'·cut off,'' and where the 2300 days will conse-Un]Jleasant feelings, for I am not ready for it. 
way affected against the great truth of the Lord's 
quently terminate. Look at your own efforts, 
Minister.-l don't oppose the doctrine, for] speeuy coming-eith£>r with 1he feat of the dis-, 
"hints," and insinuations, that" the days" will believe Christ will come; yet I don't know, pleasure of the preacher, who 1/ttHl be a good 
be "prolonged;'' and above all, how you have and I don't believe any man knows when, but man. the loss of popularity, or some other con-
claimed God's sanction upon your efforts to put it is best to be reauy for it. 
s1Jeration that most assuredly withers those 
the time far off, and then decide whether your 
Member.-0 yes, since I have hearu the lee-ardeut desires for lwlineu, and deadens those 
t)isions be not "vain,'' ;1nd whether your posi-tures, the Bible seems to me like a new book; fervP.nt supplications for the conrersion of their 
tion be not false and unfounded. 
I never before in all my life, have set:n the friends. 
Verse 8. "Therefore thus saith the Lord, Scripture in so clear a liuht: and that cautiou 
What thon do the prophets of Israel do but 
because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, of your3, "Get ready,"" get ready,'' has been cry '• peace," when such efl'ects follow? Judge 
thert>fore, behold, I um against you, saith the ringing in my ears continually. 
I have had ye, wherher,the present interpretation given to 
Lord God." 
such a f:truggle for holiness, that sometimes '' thfl vision'' can be opposed, or treated with 
Tremendous thought! ''I Alii AGAINST You, while 1 have been praying, I could almost claim neglect, Without incurring these denunciations 
SAITH THE Lonn Gon." Let me cry any thing the blessing; at other times I have given way against the criers of'' peace." 
rather than "the days are prolonged," and'' the to the .idea th~t it was an impropei excitement, 
The next query is, what" wall" is this, that 
times'' of God's judgments are "far off," ''the and th1s mornmg I thought I would come down is doomed to such sure destruction? (Ezekiel 
visiona has failed, &c. Yes, let me have the and see what you thought of it. 
j43: 8.) Is it not ''a wall" built without au-
opprobrium of the world, and be denounced by 
Minister.-Well, to tell you the truth, 1 am thority, upon the ruins cf one that God had 
i· 
come before they came out of the pulpit ; and 
uncler such preaching, sinners fell like Dagon 
before the ark. Now. if we preach the strong 
pr(•bability of the Lord coming within the year, 
and that, too, on the authority of the vision, we 
are set down as crazy, deluded, false prophets, 
&c,, in many instances by the 
ery men thnt 
used to proclaim the possibillty of the Lord'o 
coming-b~(ore t!tev came ou.t of their pulpzls. 
When will he make this proverb to cease?-
Sec verse 25. " For I am the Lord : I will 
speak, and the word that I ~hall speak shall 
come to pass: it shall be no more prolonged ; 
for in YOUR DAYS, 0 rebellious house, will I say 
the v:ord an1l will 
pe~(orm it, saith the Lord 
God." "In your days," the days in which the 
proverb is found in the land of Israel, the days 
in which the faqure of the vision or prophecy 
ofthe Lrml's corning, as found in the Biule, is 
proverbial. 
"In your days will [ say the worJ." 
Yes, 
1 in the days when multitudP.s in the churches 
are dealin~ in their " flattering divinations," 
eaying. "the uays ~re prolonged," and laughing 
at the idea. of the vi~ion being so soon fulfilled. 
In those Jays will he ''say the word," cause 
the alarm w be sountled hy his servants, tlte 
'·miduight cry'' to be faithfully proclaimed, and in 
your days, your gen~rat
·on, the vnry ~ays in 
which the failure of visions is the popular pro-
1 verb, will I PERFOnl
 IT, saith the Lord. The 
proltlnging shall 
ce:t~e. 
Let those that pro-
uo;.~nce the vision a failure becanse Feu1uary, 
April. and May have gone by, look at this. Let 
them here puuse, reflect., aud preparf., 
The Lord has here answered one objection, 
viz., "that every ''is!ou faileth,'' or in popular 
phrase, the time has passed by;" by sayin~r he 
will perform it. 
It has not passed hy. _ It docs 
not apply to A ntiochus Epiphanes, or to the an-
cient Jews. 
lt is yet to come. 
Aut! 110 wano, 
tiwr o'1jection is raised. 
Ver:;e 27. 
·'Son of man, bellolrl, they ot the 
ht•Use of Israel say, The vision that he seeth i:; 
}'OR MANY llAYS TO COMF., and ht! prop!lesieth of 
the t mes that are far off.''. Behold. wonder, and 
be amazed th;tt there is ~SUch au aversion iu the 
cburcht~s to seeing their Lord. that by dint 
of application they ttave dii!cnvAred that the vi· 
siou, though made plain and " written upon ta· 
bios," "ill not terminat.e for •· many 
day~:~ to 
come,'' and the ''time. timf~s. and a half,'' which 
\as to enJ the unmiuion of the bt>a:st, is yet Jar 
off -Tbnt t!'tere is to ue a. ~lorions reign of 
grac~> among the c:burches in this corruptible 
worlll for 1000 rears.-l'he risiou lt·ll~ of the 
world's cnn\u00b7ers.inu, the return of the .Jews to 
Palt•stillt', &c. 
''The New York ErrJllv(•li~t,'' a pr11fesst:dly 
religi11 s paper, puhlished iu tlti~ city, ~olated 'a 
few Wt>t:ks 
~inc:t·, in some renw rks agaiu:st 
'' Mllleri.Hil." tltat if God h;Jt\ promised clli)' 
thing, bP. ha·l 
promi~ed tl1e eonl'er:-~wn of tb1~ 
worl(l, and the test.oration of the Jews. 
Thus s·1~ irt~, the prophecy rPlatt>s to •• ihP-
times that are afn· off.' 
.A not her profes:o;t-:dly 
religious writt>r, interests his readers by at· 
ternpt.in1! in a !)llrcasr.icalm<lJlltP-r, to rnake out a,.; 
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a re!-lnlt of 
tlt,~ doctrine of the'' Lon!'s :-.oon 
corni11g." th<lt. 
N~hul'harlnezzu is p~t 
(~ating 
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~ras,, and thMefore the t\.ltilmt Ttl of the ri~ion 
is yet " far off" 
Another doctor of di\u00b7inity tells his congrega-
don, " If the world ends 1 his year 1 he A lmight.y 
ha!:i told some t!f the higl{est lies thut was ever 
told,'' ~nd 1 hus seems. ra1 her presumptuously, not 
, to say blasphemously sure, that ,. the vision is 
for many days to come." 
Notwithstanding even thi$, the Lord again re-
plies, or tells us what to reply to them. Verse 
28. 
" Therefore say unto t!tcm., thus sail!& tlte 
Lord God; There shall none nf my words be pro-
or silence at ]east, that it will not ~oon be se1. 
longed ANY 1\IORE, but the word wltid I have spo-
up, they "have seen nothing" in th~ whole hies-
ken SHALL BE DONE, S'lith tllc Lord Gad." 
And sed book of God sufficient to authorize them to 
that" in your days :'1 the days when opposi~ion say, or even to inLimate that the Lord will not 
to llu: vision is proverbial. 
come this very day; hile on the other hanu, 
What more shall we say to these false pro· they may know, if tb<-'y will, t!Jat the vision ol' 
phets? 
Chap. 13: 2. 
''Prophecy a[Jainst the Daniel. respecting the setting l•P 11f that king-
propltets of Js,ael tlwt prophecy arid say th.ou,unto dotn, runs out in l~JO years from the y£-u iu 
them that prophecy out of t!Lcir own ltearts, Hearye which Christ was crucified. Bu•, tiJt>y are t•aJ'. 
tlte word of the Lord.'' To prophecy does not ed 'foolish prophets." Foolish imle• u 
~ to make 
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always imply foretelling future events, but to declarations according with the carrral 'iews 
testify, teach, or preach hy inspiration; for ex-of men, und opposed to the plain truth~ of the 
ample, see Luke l : 67-79; 1 Cor. 14: 3, Bible ; •· foolish'' to reap the applause of men, 
anti m .. ny other places, 
and loose an iucorntpllble erown. 
V crse 9. 
Bear testimony agaiust those preachers that '• 0 that they woulJ but know, t.hdt the wisdom 
'' out of their own hearts" and not o\ll of the of this world is foolishness with God."-( 1st 
word of God, are laboring to make men believe. Cor. 3: 19.) 
the ending of the vision at present is nought but 
Verse 4. "0 brael. thy prophets are like the 
fo11y. 
1' Hear the word of the Lord." 1f ye will foxes in tile desPrt." 
The cunninrJ of the fox is. 
neither "search'' nor'· teach'' it., hear it, for It proverbial; during the clear light of day their 
directly concerns you. 
dwelling is in some secret place in the desert, 
Verse 3. ,, Titus saitlt the Lord God, vVo unto 
~ntl if they e\u00b7er come ou~ into open daylight, it 
the foolish prophets, that Jolluw their otvn spirit Is not because they lo.ve H, but. s1mply to secure 
and have $eennothing.'' 
t.hen pr~y. and t.hen htde both 1t and themselves 
What will not men do. when their own world-
III darkness agam. 
Jy interests arc deeply concerned? 
It is a well known _fact. that lately, .the mass 
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to hold fortl1 those truths In their Slmphctty, un-
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prt'fit them. 
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truths contained in the Biulej has been genera-
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ted iu the rhluds of the great mass of the pro-
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_uman su ertng, or wor -rael to stand iutlle battle 111 tlte clay of< the Lord." 
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~s hea.r-ing sin. or violence of any kind; but of careless· 
ers .. and rap1dly tncreas.lllg the numb~r of hts Bess 01 neglect. ,, The battle in the day of the 
admtrers; such tales of human su~t:rtng, soon Lord" is in the" O'reat da, of hi<s wrath," when 
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sooner or later occnpy tbe ~lace~~~ lus pu.bllc t-he hill of the Lo1d? Anrl who shall stand in 
labors, that sboulu he occup1etl wah narrattons his holv 1,Jace? He that hath clean hands and 
of the tr.umphs of the cross. 
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corHrt·e~aiJO~Js are 
frequen~IY. ee.en unto 'anity, nor sworn deceitfully." (Ps. 24; 3. 
b.a.rhe(J 1.11 t.l'ars, hste.nlllg t(~ some thnlhng m-4.) 
These, having ~een ·' vaiu visions," and 
ctde~t of ~VM)' day IJfe, wh,1l~ but_few. weep at "lyin~ di'inations!'' are not tht~mselve:~" writ-. 
the leur. of .Jesuil. 
Shouts of JOY rtug m many ten in the writin(T of the lwuiie of Israel·" 
of our houses of worship while multitudes are neither have tbev
0!ortitied the weal,; plact\s in 
!!Uiht·re.d from the world into the churches, to Zion. 
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swd! the numhrr of nanws upon their registers, 
and at·he samt~ time nought hut groans and corn-
plaJnr:-s 11re ltl.leretl at the prospect of the whole 
famtl.v of God being speedily gathered into his 
k'ngdnm, to swell the r1otcs of the redeemeu 
forHer and ever, free from sorrow, sighing and 
tl··ath. 
'l here is a catt~•e for all this, and the multi-
tnue of teachers must soon see, and answer for 
it. 
Prirniti'e tfl:~.ching of the word of God, lflad 
!tis a11cit>nt ~~nant to say," 0~ how )o,·e [thy 
law;" modern teaclting leads to exclamations 
like this," 0, howl ln'flthat. preacher," "What 
an atlrnirablesernt(lrt," &c. 
The charge is," They follow their own spir-
i~s and have set'n nothing.'~ Have not realised 
the force and bearing of the vision ; have no 
permanent or establiihed Yiews of the glorious 
kingdom God is about to set up. 
And while they are teaching, by intimations, 
The wall of defence for primitive Chris:ians 
was t.hc Lord 
him~Self, Hut! the doctrines J,e 
tilught to his uisciples; wh1ch were, •· Repeut 
for the kingJom of heaven is at hand;'' not a), 
ready come. "The coming of the Lord draw-
eth nigh;" not already here i 11 person, as he 
ha!$ promised to come. "I will Cl)tne again and 
receive you to myself." This "hedge for the 
hou:~e of Israel," has beeu broken down, and 
these "gapli" in her wall;, l•f defencP; hare 
been made, by those watchmen, who, in the 
room of ,comf(;rting Ziou .,_,ith these glorious 1 
promises, coutinually lead her sons and daugh-
t 
ters to lly for comfort to one of the most polluted I 
fountains that ever cursed our fallen race.-
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T?ns they cry," gPt !eady for death:·-·· ucath I 
w11l be to us the commg of the Lord'-" death 
is the gate to eud)Clss joy," &c. 0 how long 
have these insipid streams been flowing, to ,. 
damp the Christian's joys? And how welcome 
is the gospel's cheering sound, which now 1 
W A TC l-IMEN. 
tba.t Christ should come this year, I feel resign-I 
ed to his will; l shall try and submit. 
l don't 
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believe it is my duty to be looking for this all 
Ezekiel U; 17,-1' 1"'1-lvreover the word nf the 
tho time. If 1 am ready, that is enough-I shall 1 Lord came t11 me, smting, 
be ea.fe." Such language as this is heart! almost 1 
Ver. 18, Son oj Marl, Pat thy bread with quak· 
every day from tfwse who profess to be God's : ing, and drink thy watt:r wttlt trembling a1ul care-
children, and some of them make their temple':! fulneu.'1 
ring again with amcns and haLlelujahs. 
Now 
A:ssume the manner of a person that is in 
keep your eye on the true te:st-the word of imminent peril-every moment afraid of his life. 
God. 
Here it is befo1 e yon~ staring you in the 1 The language shows the great straits into which 
face. 
Look upon it while we introduce an I the servants of God would be brought, in t.he 
analogous case. 
days to which the prophecy pointetl. 
Your husband has beeuloog absent from you I 
Verse 1-9.-" Awl say unto thP. people nj the 
He sends you a letter, and in it fixes the time 'I land, Thns saidt the Lord God of tll.e inhabitant$ 
when, as well as relates the circumstances under of Jerttsalem, and of the lonrl nf Israel, lltf',lJ ~hall 
which he will return. The bearer of t.he letter . eat tlteir brrad wilh ca1'efulness, and drink their wa-
~vaits to hear the titlings. 
You teU him you are Iter uJitlt a6ton£sllmrnt, that her land may be DESO· 
1n a hurry at present., and so lay the let!er by. 
I.ATE Fl
	 ALL THAT Js THEREI~, because of the 
You soon after tal\e it down, break the seal,and viol'!ftce of ALL tllem that dwell therein." 
See also 
begin to read. The time of his arrival is filo:ed chap. 4: 16, 17. "Son of man, hehol.d I wiJI 
at a certain number of days, hut the letter has no break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they 
date to it. It contains anMher sealed letter, shall eot. bread by weight and with care, and 
which you are dirtcted not· to open until you t.hey shall drink wr1ter uy measure and with as-
hear that the Pte~ident of the Unitlld States is 
toni~;hment: t.hat they may want bread and wa-
taken and carried a prisonerto Montre~l: You Iter, and be astonish~d.o~te .with another, and 
lay the sea!Hd leuer by, and suon the ttdwgs go consume away for tlHm tnrquJty." 
all thtong·h the eountry tltat the President of the 
It will be difficult t.o discover how the pre-
U niteJ Slat.es has been taken aud carried a pri· diction of the lantl bei11g 1• desolate from all that 
f,O!ler 10 Montrfla.l; hut you ha'e forgotlen the is therein" has been l'ultillet.l; there never hav-
8ealed letter till the btHtrer comes in and reminds ing bt>en a time, since the days of Abraham. that 
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you of it. 
It is takt>n down, the seal is uroken. the "land of Israel did not contain many in· 
I\ 
! h~re is the date anJ the explanation relative habitants." 
\Ve think there are strong reasons 
I{ I to tht: time of your husband's return. 
You look for supposing the famiue l1ert! spoken of to be 
1~· 
i~ over, make your calculation, allll find that the under the pourin.g out of the, vials, or the seveu 
~ [ ttlllH rtlUS OUt the neXt week. 
last plagues, which t i)\eS place after ihe fir::;t re· 
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\Vit.h a cool. indiffe1ent. countenancP, and surrection; for then tlie rivers, the sea. and all 
' perhaps wi1h ;L 
li~tle pee\u00b7ishness, you lay the waters become blood. 
All resource~ are cut 
' Jt-tt.flr !ly. The old bearer of it wait:'!, still off, (Rev. 16,) and men "co!lsume away" wh·lt\ 
1.nxtous to know the result. 
You tell him you they stand upon their feet, and their tongues 
II non't know when be will corne, still indifferent 
consu.m~ away in their mouths." (See Zech. 14; 
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and rather fretfuL 
He looks at the letter for 12.) 
Compare this 'erse. also, with P8. ] 07: 
j himself and says. ''Why here it is, plain as the 33, 34.-•' He turneth rivers into a wilderness, 
lli~llt. of day. 
why he will be at home next anu the water.springs into dry grouud; a fru 1.• 
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wet>k. 
Tr11P., h~ dotiS not say whl	 time in the fulland into barren11ess, for the wickPd1tess of 
t 
wet:k, bnt. he wiJ I come next week." 
You say thPrn lhat. dwell therein.'' 
V ersc 20 -"Awl lht: 
I to him, ··I can't see it as _you Jo. 
However. it cities that are inlwbttfJd shalt he laid waste, and t.luJ 
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may be true, aud if it is, l will try ar:d subrnir; land shall be desolate: and ye shall hn.ow tl&at I 
for I know it is my duty to be Tt>oigned to it. let am the Lord." How many cities shall be laiJ 
him come when he will. 
But don't. talk to me waste? As many a:; are inhabited. 
Have the 
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any more about it at present. for it is such an cities of I~rad ever been laid waste, and t.he 
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agitating subject I am afraid tt will set me era-
btnd at the same time made desolate from all that 
zy, for I am very nervous. and you know there is therein? Jf not, this predict.ion remains to 
~ave been a number of women deranged lately be fulfilled, an·l cannot apply to any thing short 
In consequence of talking so much to them of God's ~rreat judgments, to come upon all the 
about their husbands coming home." 
wicked in the last days. 
We now a:sk. under these cir.c-wnstances, 
Verse 22.-" Son of man, what is thal prover& 
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could you complain if the bearer tlf that lett.er that ye. have in the lanrl of lsraPl, .~oying, T!te da.IJS 
shou)J go a way and say you Jo not love your are prolonged and fJVCflf tlision faiiPth ?'' 
V
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husband I We leave you a little whr!Q t.u make the davs Jraw near in which the land 
i.~ to br. 
your own calculations how the faithful wife made dPsolate. a. proverb arises, und what. i"' it? 
~'·ould act under similar circumstance::~. 
Then '·The days are prolonged, and every vision 
Jndge whether lite resignati(Jn auJ submis:-ion faileth." Is it likely that such a proverb would 
will not be applieJ to l.is staying away, rather 
arise~ without any oceasion 1 It is narural t.o 
than to his coming. 
Alter you have well di-
suppose declarations that rhe days wi1L not be 
gested the above, read the following: 
prolonged, and t!t.e.t1ision ~"ill soon befulfilled, it 
"I have espousetl you ro nne husband, that I wilt notfail, were the very means that were 111 
may present you as a chaste virgin to Chri~t." give rise to the proverb. 
If ever there was a 
2 Cor. 10: 2. 
•· He that lo'eth fa.ther or mo-
time in which the idea of the '' cit.ie~-;'' heirt# 
thtH more than me, is uot worthy of me.'' Matt "laid waste," the " land" bein.~ made " cle~:;o-
1 10: 27. 
late," or in short, the earth auJ the wicked be-
The following ill the substance of a lecture delivered 
, in the chureh. rorner of Catharine and Madison streets, 
N. Y. on Sahdath afternoon and evening, May ~8th. and 
repeated in the WeE<leyan Chapel in Fnuntain-,treet, 
Providf'nce, R. I. June 11, 1843. 
Not heing in the habit of reading SPrmons, T have pen-
ned down its l!uhstance as r.ear as my memtlry will serve 
me, and for the sake of brevity It is introduced some-
j what in the form of a comment. 
E. JACOBs. 
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ing burnet! with lire, was sconte.d at, it is rhe 
present time. 
It hns bf~come a provr·rh that the 
prediction of the wurlrl's destructi()n in 1843 
will prove a failure-" E1·ery vision faileth"-
many bolJiy affirming it, and others flattering 
themselves it will be so, or ~aying in ''tlteir 
hearts, My Lord delayeth his coming.'' This 
"proverb" is counteuanc~d most extensirelv in 
the churches, (" the land of Israel,") rn~ny 
preachers declaring (rom their pulpits, the Lord 
cannot come under 1000 years-"th~ days are 
prolon11ed.'' · 
lt is in the iancl rif ]~raP./; and that was a land, 
according to Paul's argttment, promised to Abra-
ham and hi.f Beed, which seed was Christ: and 
all that are his are the true seed, and "heirs 
according to the promise." Since the rejection 
of the Jewish religious or~anizat.ion, Christian 
orgaHizations claim the great promises made to 
Abrqham aMd his seed. they being made over 
to the Christian. 
Thus they :tre recognized as 
the •· house of Israel." 
But "they are not all 
Israel that are of Israel,' llu:re(ore such a "pro-
verb'' as this has found its way intu th~ "bouse 
of Israel." The iuqniry is, What is that pro-
verb? 
What dues it mean? 
\Vhere has it 
come from? 
Has it any foundation in the word 
of God or in truth ? Is it a proverb of Solomon 
or of any other wise m'Hl 7 The proverb doe~S 
not belong to any of the ancient prophets of 
God, neither has it been transmitted to us 
through or by the apostles of Jesus Christ. 
]t 
ha~ no foundatiOn in the word of God or in 
truth. This is readily discovered from the man-
ner in which God treats it in the next verse. 
Verse 23.-'' Tell them therefore, Thus saith 
the Lord God; I will make this pro'eJ·h to cease 
and they shall no more use it as a prove' b in 
lsrael; hut :bay unto them. The days are at 
hanu, AKD THB EFFECT oF J<;'ERY 'JSION." He:-e, 
then. is our answer for tho·e that say. "The 
days are prolonged, ant~ every vision faileth." 
''I will make the proverb to cease.'' ''The days 
are at lwud," '·and the effect of e·very vision."-
And some of the ,·isions recorded in the Bible 
certainly reach to tl1e ''coming of the Son of 
Man in th~ clouds''-the deli vcrance of every 
oue Of God's people-the resurrection of the 
saints oui of the "dust of tlte earth"-the de. 
strucrion of "them that desr rov the earth"-the 
serting up of God's eYerlasting.kingdom. What 
state will the church be in w heH this proverb is 
made 
~o cease ? See verse 24,-·• For there 
shall be no more any 'aifl dsion nor ftattPring 
Llivination within the house of Jsrael." '·The 
san.ctuary will then be cleansed.'' and until this 
is done "by the spirit of judgment and the spirit 
of burning," (lsa. 4: 4,) "rain visions and flat-
tering di•iuations'·' will be abundant in the 
church. 
This proverb is called a •• vain 'i-
sion," and its proclamation is a •· flallerin~ di-
dnation." 
Let those that say, ''The da)S are 
prolonged,'' be very cautious how they let their 
@ye pass too hastily O'E>r lhese burning words 
of the great Jehovah. 
During the past winter, 
when the truth or falsity of the visiun 
\YaS the 
theme in aln10st every pulpit, an unconrerted 
person said to us. •· I went on Sahbatb morniug 
to hear Mr --explain rh~ vision of Daniel; 
anti ue lllttde out very plai 11 that it would enrl 
rbis yt•ar, a.nd I have 110t ~pent 1.'0 unhappy a 
"'e.••k for a ltml[ time, but 1 \Hilt the 11ext ~ah­
h:.~th to Lear Mr. --preach u;rairu;t it, and it 
gav·~ me a great d,·al of comfort." 
This i~ but on~ in~tann~ out. of ten thousand 
of the r-fr~ctR of tbese "flattering cli"inations." 
lr. is a "H:.trtt>ring di,·ination" to give the sinner 
to llltdt>rl:'t.and that there i~ no probability of the 
Lord's f'llllli11g lor many ye<n:s, or of his 1->eing 
snmmtmr·o to t.he j11dgmeut SH<d ofChrist ht>fore 
he is rallt:u away by deHth. 
What. a change 
ha~ eome upon tbe watchmen on the walls of 
Zion during the lnst ~Oor 30 years! 
Now, the 
warnings given to th•l sintltH arA, for the most 
parr. based upon the scP-nes ol'the ~>ick bed and 
the dying hour. 
'l'h1rty y()ar~ since, Jesus ant! 
the rc:>urrection, thtl kingdom of heaven at hand, 
the judgment to come that made Felix trembl~, 
the coming of the Lord drawerh nigh. were the 
powerful topics that caused sinners If> trt 111bltl. 
We well remember lwariug Methodist prehch-
ers proclaiming the coming of the Lord and the 
judgment so near, that it was 'ery possible to 
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