APPENDIX.
477
ing
the
testimony
of
John
in
relation
to
his
identity,
still
claim
that
he
was
actually
that
prophet?
We
readily
confess
that
since
writing
on
the
eighteenth
chapter
of
Revelation,
and
prayerful
investigation
of
the
prophecies,
together
with
the
emphatic
promise
of
sending
that
prophet
“before
that
great
and
dreadful
day
of
the
Lord,”
we
are
bound
to
confess
our
firm
con-
viction
that
the
prophecy
in
Mal.
IV:
5
is
as
yet
unfulfilled.
And
since
we
are
now
living
in
the
last
days,
and
in
close
proximity
to
the
beginning
of
“that
great
and
dreadful
dav,”
have
we
not
a
right,
nay
ought
we
of
to
look
for
the
literal
fulfillment
of
that
propheey?
And
in
conclusion
we
ask:
Since
it
was
deemed
proper
to
send
a
special
messenger
pri-
or
to
the
first
advent,
in
order
to
make
ready
a
people
prepared
for
the
Lord;
does
it
seem
out
of
place
to
look
also
for
sucl
a
messenger
to
he
sent
prior
to
the
second
advent?
Would
it
not
rather
scem
strange,
if
the
sending
of
such
a
precursor
had
been
omitted,
when
we
consider
that
the
second
advent
1s
of
far
greater
impor-
tance
than
the
first?
And
in
particular
when
we
look
about
and
consider
the
present
condition
of
the
churches.