1873 present truth or meat in due season

8/8/2019 1873 Present Truth or Meat in Due Season

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Present Truth,MEAT IN DUE SEASON.

By J. Wendell, Edenboro, Pa.


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Presenth 4 EAT I N D U E SEASON,

Giving m e / the Ecidrtices fir fits Conzigt~of our Lmd alzdSuuiour, #&isyaw, 1873.

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"me ~ h wftnfl ~ t ~ ~ f l ~ r ~ l r z i t t l , ' 'irRt?rstanfi .rrfi3t. 7 Tflsprinciple of glniliriess in tlic hegirt, Q tile rc-~.I?- tlsrcr ofI . ut Du~lirrls : t ~ s ," i ~ t t f l e r . t c ~ h l nt." \Yen. not thepr i ~ l c i l J~gof puili1tes3 ~ n d t * ~ * z t ~d bv ititn l Cert:tit~lynot, ifthey wew what tho wi.e t\-vr-c to ii~lrlerstztnd. \Vfr:rt. tltca,were they to untlcnt:t~~c\ IJy cni~s\lltitrg nn. 19. nntl tilo pro-ceclit~g ljnpiemr it wi!l bc clsnrly seen that t-l~eim a r r l n p v theevent* prerlirtat sllitsltl t:&c plttce is wlixt t l q ~soa!dunder-sbmtl. No ) ~lcr rtbawon r e itttct-puot:ttbfn c:tn ire gi rcs~;, or~acnning tt:lc'-liid to tlrrt u~prc~+irbrj1n;it.r~ * ~ r ~ t ~ i r l ~ t - : r t i c , ~ ~ ,htwua not IInrlicl a \visa ru : r t t , anti tttorc ctqmbbt of i i i~tkr~t: lndi~rgtlie Liit,rts tirnn arav or~e n t . l~ ia ia?- l Trut., LJanivl 1r:!r ;t wisomiln ; btlt wise ou' !iu m:w, he enulcl unt tell h ~ t a r c r~~rrl.-.ttly~ ld~eyywc~*ecre:tlrd n~ltu i 1 1 1: nl;d an e a r ~ i r i res fa were tom:rrk thu eatrr.nzeiic~tireJLC : ilt! ' f e ~ - ) ) t i r i a f i u ~f : I irjzt98jmttjt'd i n IJJB pfiq)becy. a ~ ~ lls ~ J I O W ~vents did riot ircczir inDer~iel'aday. of cvilr5t: I t t . a j ~ r l t l io t tell wr.iic.n tlra t i~ t t~+siwonlcl'mrrrrrierrca zrrlzl t*rlllirt:ice. Ir'rr~ thtr30 p i c ~ tns g is^ ;v I ):tii iei,liriitg d l z r tire ccctirmlirtl of 1l l t3 C Y C I I ~ S n-l~icllmitrketi thew n a ~ i a e i t e ~ t ~ ~ ~ f i tf t lw t i i i 1 c . 5 arvi k r t t ~ t v i ~ t goao to mt*kt~n ro-pltaic tinrt?, ecmld urlilcr~t:trrtlthe n~lttsr, ud verx accurately*..I*.~ % ~ : . ~ l l : i t ~!~PF%s18f!$et;lnc!+ \~tjf l i t l elttl*

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I. The 3rophctic Piagery of th e W o n .The snbstanco of the vision is ns f i~ l lows: The fiwr wtndeetrovc upon the great sen, and ibur great beasts arose from tlteBen, diverso one frcm nnot!lcr. The $rot l ike a 1io11, wit11

eagle's wings; tlre sreu~ad l ike a beer, wit11 tlrree r i b in the11loritl1; t l~e hrrd like o lro:md, with four w i t 1 3 and h u tItleatls; l~e.~'irtt7*tJb\*as a dre:irlt'ul and tcwilble allti exrbeetlingstrong bcnut, with groat i ~ wl ee th ; nnd it l~ncl en itonlc.And tilrlg ciime up nlnong the ten nilotl~er ittle ht~rn,bcl;~*,w11om tlrreo of the first ten ?t l l , or were pltlckcd ny by tltrroots. Dilllie1 is told the mesnii~gof tile ful~r reiit beants inv. 16; the i~lea~lingf the ib11 tlr beast in v. 19; tlre nremi~tgof tho tell lior~lsi t t i t were in his l ~ e dn v. 20 : he meunisg utttle other wl~ic l~ame up, ~ I I I ~efore who~n llrce fB11, eveu ofthat horn tlmt i~ittl yes, aacl o 111outh wiricll spnke grettt thismallti whiclr nlntle war wit11 the mi~ltdind prevailed ngnillst tl~elsuntil tile nnrirlrt of dnya calno. and jutlg111e11t as give11to tilecail~ta f the IIost ilig11. and tho ti111ec:une tlr:lt the sninta pw-sessed the kiogtlmr. TII~IH10 said : "Tile hurttr beast sltnll l othe l'ou!.t-hkingtloln upon ertrll!, ~vllicb l~allbe diverse froln 1111ki11gdr1rn


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ing Chrjstians i~muffered martyrdom tct the llundr d hakbloody power, during its dark reiga Thus were the mintsworn out.8. I l e war to t7tinL to c L n g s ttmer and htou. ne ahall m-su~ucr o dictate laws t o the world. Tliis wiii be illuntroted,tot5 by sotne extrac:ts and letters from the popes. P ip Inno-wnt 111. writas : So Irutll Olrrist eskibliahrd the kingdom a dt l~e riastl~oodn the Cl~urch,hat the kingdom is earsrdotaltntl the priesthood is kiugly. Ire hntlr 8et one man over tbvurld, llitu whom he hntl; appointed his o t w on ea~W'; nnd iu'a Christ ir k n t evoy Enes in het~ent,n mirth, nnd under the~ n r t l ~ ,o 8311 ol~edie~acand remica be paid to 74ir oiwr b y a14t l ~ t,lrere il~ny c one fold md one shcpl~erd." ' ( C ~ o l yn t bApocucs (yp8e, p. 163 ) 4ljut tJa uutl~ority f the popes over k i n a is d i l l moro strong-Iy asserted by Pope Gregory VII. in his cpisties. 46Tl~eto-nus yentiff :done is by right unirarral. 111 lli~u lone ir tilariglit of iliaking lacvn Let all kings kiss the feet of tibe pupa.Ilis nnnle alone slrall be heard in tire cl~urches. I t i s t l ~ enlysama ih w d d . is his t6,&At tu dep188king&. B u wordis not to.b repenled by any one. It is to be repanled by 11ini-~ c l f lone. lie i s to be judged by none. The cl~urch f R o ~ n aI r a ~ ever erred; nnd the Scripturm testify i t never slrnll err.", (Uroly, p. 154.) Agt~iri, ho bull of I'upe Pins spirist QueenE l i z i ~ l t ~ t J ~ ,e i i d ~ "Tllis one lie hat11 cotlstitutrd prtttce m a /dncrtiunq and all ki~lgdoals, lmt lle i~ligl~tluck up, destroy, dir-si1j:~t~.verturn, pluat, and build.') (II.)4. fli ~ r uo Iraro tlontinw* ow r the 8ainto a time, t i~ne8, nt$dicilirqt-of time. Ttis poriotl, it i s generoily yrced, is trvclvrI~l~tldredt!d sixty years. 'rho difficulty is-to determine witlrcertii~ltyhat it i s 80 ; and if so, wl~eti lie period wwk)begin.Tlie only certain saeann by vrl~icllwe may know tlmt the periodtrlenus Zwelve hutatlrecl nnd sirqy year&is its sccutnplisbment,I h t to deterinine wl~etller t is accoinylisl~ecl,we lnust oilder-~titud hat was to preocdo, fill up, md im~~lediatelyollow thetitile. 'l'he date uf tho 1:ut of the evenis wlricll were to pre-eatle the period will m:vk i ts co~anlexlcement and the dote ofthe first evctlr, which wus to fvllow or ulose the period, w i l lmark its end.

EVENT8 WIlIQn WEI?B TO PICEOIEDE TUE PEEXOI).( 1 ) There wcro fbur gr~rr tkirtgdoma succesive1.r-to arise in


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(4) T l ~ e i n k wcra to 1)e given into Ilio llnncla. In A. no683. Jarbi~liel~,lic (;n!ck crn1)erur. ~ ~ n s s c a lIn cllict coliatit~iti~lgthe bishop u!' I I : l I tire cl~l~rclic*il~lsiviligUle s n i ~ l t s ver illto liis I I : ~ I ~ I I s . Mr. Cr01y, ~ppilliiiig1' ~ I I Cut' Justi~~inn,nyr t 1 1 t J lie, ill * * tlta ftlllc+t l r u l I B I ~ ~ S ~~~~ccli~ivcip.:form, tlcclared the Lisla~l) f Rulitc tho cli icf o f tllc ~vllolc rclc-ei.zstical b ~ 1 yf tlie ~ ' l l i p i ~ v . " H i s lctter (of A . I). 5;;:t) t V ; 1 9ct)ucl~edn tllrse ter~lls:"" uatitzinn, pious, ,fu~*tttt~rrtc,r noun-e4 t,*ivmphant, empet*or, consul, ete., b John, 1/14 m o ~ t olyAtd l i s l t q of our c i t y of Hotne, n~kd~ a t r i r r ~ v ? ~tel~dcc*irigIlonor to tlra npostolic see, nlld tr, ?.our I~olisess:ls ctZtrccy8and is our tlesiro), anil, nr it i)eron)assz. Iiutrori~lg.oor blcraccloness as R fttther, we 11:tve 1;ritl witllont delay I,ct;rct tho noticc ofguur llolil~es* ll t l l i l l p pcrtilitlitlg to tho .*t:~tuot tllc cllsrcll.$incs i t ktrs altong# heen our nt rs~v lt tgv lo 1tw.w~*rehe 2114 i l lo your b l y ace, UIH I tltc st:l t~of tlte holy clitlrrllcx of Goti,wl l i r l ~ lrs 11itlrr1-to l.t:tintvl, itlltl t v i l l rC~~ i : i i ~~i1110nt t111y in-terferi~gopposition, tlicreti)rc*we il:lrtt!r to isti/Qt*cl told torn i tg to your ho2inc.s n l l the pried3 o t / lc rho le bitrat. A s totlre ~rlnttervwlricll ~)rcsctltlyagit:tti*d, t i l t l~ougl;cle:ir fi11r1 1111-dotiltd, ntld, nccorclit~go tho clttctrittci of' your nlwrtolie sco,lielcl assl~r~tllvissolved t i l ~ t lclvcitlc*iltry 1~11privhts, w o Iliivc ~ u tdeelnetl i t neaessrlry to ! ~ l y1lc1~1 ,cli,~.uyour ll{)liclcm. K t ~ r10w e stltt'cr nrirtl~irrgwl~iclr I~elolrgs o tlie st:itc. OP the cl~t~t*clr,11owevc.r11laltifert untl s tlcloel)tccl, t l ~ ts ngitr~tc?cl.o pass aitll-out thc kl~onle(lgcif ytwr i l t~ l i i tc*~ .rho n,*e the htwd (?fall ksLoll/ el&ti9*~kt?8. ur in nll tjrilt~pi:&Y 1 1 ~~CC I I iiicl or ~VSO IVC 'we' arc ljroinpt to i i l r r ~ m ~l ~ eLonor u11d uutlloritj uf your~ e e . "If the pope rns not lrore entitled to tilo 11edof all the 1it)lycl~nrclms,110never can be. 'l'llis ti tie \vns cc)t~iir~~~edinc1 :ic-knorleclged lby Justininn in his epistle to I.:pil)l):l~~i~~s,inlrop ofConsttlntinople, dttted AI:lrch 25, 533. 1iu ac:;~ro\~ctlgc.s.epistle to the I io~nanpolltiff, nlid n~:tir)t:tii~sI I :LI~ 11eis t .11~ 1c:idof all tiisllnl)~, u1dtli:tt, " by tdeci4os :i~diglit jotlyiileclt uf lrir,vel~el*nlloc q llcretics are cuwcctctl."Tlre sitme power, Jua t i t l i n i~ , n his .AGrel!a, givcs t n I:orr,c thostqwcmacy off 112 porttifiratc, nnd g n ; ~ to t l lu pope tho jwecott-ence of all the prio+tllooll. "'l'l~e nst11~1lticit.yf rlic title," sayshlr. Croly, " oc!civca ~lu:i~~s\ucr:rble roof t'ro~r~ile cclitt~cirt ' thoNunella of tlie -Ju?rli~litt~lO~IO: '1'ite ~~rc:~lllt,lc!f tltu 9th st:itcsta t11;~tu 1110eltler i:orno tlie l;,u~tcicrot' tiro I r r \ v s ; scr \vug


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b wpposing that papery wolllcl reitse to exist after the clore ofthnt period; wl~ereaqhe prolhcc*ygives as mos t clearly to un-dtnto~dhnt it whs to exist ti!'i(*r that perii~l, c~d anclcrgn ac o ~ l s a ~ a i ~ ~ groces3, CVCII fro111 t s F;:tll '"11, the etrd.'' 'l'llia cou-eatring process i~ru,eeen renlizul iu its 1113.'t-v.1. One of the fundameud priociples of pop. .rwan the .up-'ression of the Bcriptures. But rince 1798, tlrc . 1.11 of GodRm been translated intu ,nore tll:to one Iiu~ldredand fifty lun-gunges in wllich i t war, never befiwc! ~~llhli~lrc(l,n t ls now scat-tered nmong nearly nll untions i l l clleir u\rvjr rti~gu:~ges.2 The Inql~isitioning bcon nl~olisl~cdi ~ icchat pcriod. Thelight of llie iliueteel~tl~entury will nu t tolerate suclr au ongineof tortwe.8. Yonnstio institutions in ROlilC? uf the darkest pqol coon-tries of Europe lruvo been nbolb!~~:d.4. Protestants are tolerated in all papal countries, even in thecity of Rome.6. The pope acknowleclgcs h i s own acnkncss nnd want ofpower to sulrl)rcsu llerey. 11- feels tlic suinrt of his tl~ortnlwonad, and tlie wcnkness c)f l i i ~ 11'0kt111 RI'III, ns 1110follotvillg

extr~ict l'rt1111 I ~ H X~~t*,r/t:l;cttJ :: t I * id St:ptt8111\)t-l*,H411, w i l lal~onclr~atlyllow. l i u rcrbyw: '' 1 ~ t t l ~ v * t l ,rto wu 114,t ac)lr~l~ollc~(lto see the most crafty cnc*~rriesf' t i~u~ .u t f t ttngi~~gi ~ ri ~ l c lwitlowit11 im1~~11it.y" Again : * \V.: rekr you to fi~c.tqmerablctret.l~rc~r,l~icli ot o111ynre knmvn to yon, b u t of wlricl~youm witnesses; even you w110, t l : ~ u g l ~ou Illonrn, nnd, ns yourpastoral duty reqctirtq ore by au tne:tnn siiott, am ye t conqtcllt*dto tolerate in your dioceses t l~csc ili)rornid l,l*ol)ng:~tolmf llcresyand irrtidclity." "Ilu~~ce,t io erwy to conceive tlie st;itc ofarcguinh into wllirh oilr socll is plu~~pcdlay : I I ~ ~igl~t.,"tc*"Ollce the IAdy Ingsisil i ; ,rr rouhi q ~ ~ i c l t l ylloclc tlls atldnrityof Ireretic% l111i ~~ l id t l s ,lrd tile 1,opu r i rrc l his pricstlloocl werenot 'w ~ n p e l h do l o k r c i t ~ '11el1111 tlleil*drclcexcx; ut i iow tllcgllove no :tltct*r~rrtvcrrt to s~~i~ri!if..":ln u*e l ~ l i ijr n tnore cx -plicit fi~llillrrrcnt f' ltrc~lrllc.~ylr:tu w e ruvo of t l ~ c O I A S ~ ~ I I ~ ~ ) ~ ~ctf po1)ery ~ ~ U I J I9ti 1111tilIOW t13ut we are asked. '' I low (10 y(,n lcnow 11ow long a t i9tae is,and how I I ~ I I C ~ Is I ~ C B T ~ ~y I . t i t t .~?" I nllswer, t l ~ eloly Spirithas dcliticd it. In Ilov. 13, tho r l t ne lupwer prcclictcul ulitlcr thoetnltletrr of tho l i t t lu )rittqtt in I ) ,rr i . 7 is Lrvclirglrt to vicrv ttt~lcr


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A bcm4 Brgameat on Ura Pol01Iment of the 1,260 funof P q a l A~athority; r Eqos!:tion of Bev. 12 and 13.The Apocalypse, though of a highly figt~lmtiveohnrcctur, irs port of tlie revelation of God to I I I ~ I I ,nntl ns sneh i s wurtlq

uf oor caretul nnd pmnyerful stndy. And tlte stndy of it irgre:~tly ncilitated by tlta p a t ~ i ~ n i l n r i t yxisting between t )~r~.wpltetic llaroctera uf Uiniel nlld t l ~ i s ook. Tlie tw o clinpt e a before na, especially, receive grent liglrt from d ie visio~rs l1)sniel. The Ihrnnn g o ~ e r ~ ~ ~ t l e n teing one of the prit~cil~rilsuldscts of propl~ecywith i ~ i m , t is very fully deserihetl 1 allits rnrinas cht i~~gesnd 1tlrnsc~. Tlte cllo~*ncteristiosgain uccluin .velation, aud most apply to the satlle power.

TlPla D R A G O N OF HRV. 12.Elem are some traits in tho drranology and history of tlirdrag:)n w l ~ i c l lmintlot fail to fix l ~ i rdentity.1. 1Ie was the govcrnl~ieut1~11tei5tccl or llnd jnrisdiction attlte titno of tlre Lil*t!l ut' " r tnnn child tvtrl) tvna to rule dl n:r-tions \v'itl, n rc~dnf iron," onil wltn wm cntcgl~t p to Gcbd nlldhis tl~rone." W lro this pawar is, there is no rooln for duu\~tirrg.

Jcsna Cl~risthe Son at' Qotl i s the person ~ 1 1 os to rule orbre:~kall nations 1~itt1 rod sf iro~l , vran rs 11011nsreceivetl GIhis Father. (See 1%.2 : 0 ; Rev. 2 : 27 . ) 7'118 Rolnnn eti~pinwas tire tlten roigniug power, and under it CItrint wns crucitiecl;u~c!*rc~i~rts t c o N*.W cn~~g l t tp to Gud and ltis'tltrone, until11is%es be made his foot~t001. Tire drfiron was locntetl i n tlreWert ~ r r l t i l lle tltrya of Canstfintine. Iio re~novcd he seat ofempire from Ilo~lleo Constilniinopllo in A.D. 329. After l l i ~de:tth, the empire nTnsdivided nmong his tltree so~ls; at in afew ye1117l IY:IS clgnin unitccl n l l c l ~ r lie Eastern elitperor. A . U.353. In 350 corn~nencetltlie conqnvot of tlre e ~ l i p i ~ * ey tlioEluns. The iiriperinl power, llu~vese~*.v a s nrioozly ilispoactlof; mlneti~rrcubeing e~rtirrly n the Emt, and a t other tirnreeqjoyetl by bot11 the East and the West. In 476, irnper 111pcjwet. expired in the Wart by the conquest of PLort~eby Odtcuccr, the kiug of the I-Zeruli; rnd Ity a vote of the Ssntlte, im-pcrinl ~ m w ~ r:re roilloved ta the 1 4 : ~ t . 80 tint the Ensternerltperor was ynqrerly ntld legally tile crjlperor of Rome, byvote of t h e Rotnan Senate ; ind whatever nlrnpe or phase tliuernpirc nclssn~rd,t cvna properly a prtrt of the dragon. Ilcnce,


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TIIR ICEA9T OF RRV. 13.And I str,o(I upon tllc snnrl of the sea. nlld s n n n be& riseup otit of tlre sen, l~nvlnpW C V ~ I Itcads arltl t t 8 r 1 llonw, nnd nponIlia lrorrls ten crt)wtlr.,r r ~ r t l l l r o l l 11;s wnd the rlnlnc of bl;lsltlteary."Tlris bcmt i s clcnrly n pctlatu:~t.itttl i* lrr cl~*:rg,rcic ~:~crn~tient.Tl~e overn~~iclitf ltolrre 11:d 1u11gbrcn i n the 11:lnds of t l iui~nperini ower ; hut at Icngtlr tllilt gotvcr \\.:IS relnovcd to tlloXwt, n~id notl~er ower. a t~no p u~litl lru twublr?~l leincl~tsof party etri e wlricl~aspired to the snltrc111:tcy of Ro~~le,indnt let~gtll btrined it. That po\ver vPw~ ~ q ~ e r y .O t l~is ~~ :1 s ttlie dragon g:tve 11 v power, 11isscat, and great autlrority-n11c1,of course, the bcnst I I F S U I I I C ~ ~ il tlre c11nrsc:tr.r~~ r r c l ~ittl*il)~ltos

of tlje rlr;~gon,V lleli I N ~~eccivcrlo t his pojvc?r oi~ly, ,nt trlsc)*~lir;sclrt:~~ldgr~':lti~llti lo~it,y.~1~drzlg~111~ ~ i l ~ ~ ~ ~ i * ~ b t tWilt h, tl,a l,e;;51, tl10 ~ l t l p l ~ l~ b l * l l lof' ~ l ~ ~ ~ * r l l l ~ l ~ * l , L1141s~!1~ \~441~11teca~ao n njq~uucl:~gerl' tlru cir;rgt)n, tlw scvct~tl~1cacl.TllfP BEAfiT 18 1I)HSTICAI. WIT11 T l l E Y.ITT1.R 11tlIt.Y OF DAN. 7.1. ' 1 t ( 1 : n 7 : 5 wna t,o k a B / t t q d r ) ~ o r mpomr. b6 Me ~11311I IPIL~ reat words ng:ii~~atho l l cw t 1ligl1."80 SO ~ 5 9he ~ C : I S ~f Ittiv. 1 3 : 6, to do tile stuno. bblI&

opened Itir w r u t l i in bloipliemy npr i s * t Co.1."2. Tlre little I1or11 IJiia. 7 : 2 1 ," W Z * ! ~ rarbr wi!h the azligttt,and p,*e~(ti letl rci~utkoj~t." 'l'ilnn t l~c1~e:utuf 1tc.v. 1 I : 7upasalso " o nztike toitr with the stt.irlt8. nnfd to oucrzotae tltena."8. l b e litt-loI~om l)itli. 7 : 8, 211) *' httd n rnsutlr pnAit:A qjtzket.erygt*mt tkirrgit." So Likctrisu tlrrru wnsgir~ n ilt! h a - t ofBev. 13: 5 *'a nrotttlr .ot,utrX:irrygreat t h i t t p ttrtcl !,Etrsphc)r)ties."4. I'owcr wTno give11 tile little 11rrr.n of L);LII. 7 : 25, tttltilt h r , ri~ties, n d &/LC rl~giciircy !)" re time." 1'0 the be:tst atso(I',cv.I : 6) ' * J J O ~ ~ C P g i ? : d / 4 C O I L ~ I ~ Z L Gb 1 ' 1 ~ R ~ ~ 0morr thr."ti. Tlie dominion of tlto little 11om (Dan. 7: 26) tun$ to betaken awmj trt ti lo term;nat i o r r of tll:at slrcciliwl ~ ) c r i u ~ l .l'lrebens$ of l i a ~ . 3: I , 1 0 1 nto ca11tivit.yn11d pat to dc:rt hwit11 the s~vorcla ritrrnv of tl~r*:ril~ts,W:IS 11i111sclt'o *'be ?&tii r t n u&j , l i a i ly and be kalecl w i l h ILe rrou~.d,"at the elrd d het iwty ti11cl t w u nrc~rltl~s.Witlr these oitits of sirnilnrity in tllc two e~nbleore,he l i t t lehora nrld t.11~r ~ l t t , ho doubt t l ~ c i rdcirtity ?TIIE DATE OF TIIE FOIWY-TWO ~IOSTIISw IIE REAST'Y POWER.


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pow&? of fie d r ~ g o n ar t~anr fcr rcd . The drqgon, the im-pcrinl prernraest, from tbe days of Constantine to the t i i n ~fJnstinian. had been the supreew !lend of the cllnrch. Thecour~cila rd bisl1ol)ahad beua anilcr their cnntrol. Tile Greekor i2tstern ernpemrs had tho snplrrnncy in the castern third ordivisiou of t l ~ empire; so that the tnil of the dmgon drew athird part of tllc stars of heaven, nnd did cast tI,el,r unto thoearth. What, then, I mk, did Jnntinintl, the Greek emperor, dobut give llis power to the beast, nnd cnst the tlrinl p:irt of thest ivs to the earth, when in 633 ire '' tnstened to eiihject oaiZun t 4 ts [l~is] nlinesr all the pricsta o the tclrolr.Efcbt1" A I ~slw ~v l l euhe dater~nirletl clot to ''salY;lr a n ! / t h i ~ g ohicliBclongc f t o t l s rbds of t?rs ek t~reh~ ,rni.kr tnnitifpxt and ttn-h#Jl~!,fin t P Q N ~ gitrrted, topm.? ?t$tho?r6 ?he d.r,otnledgt?of k irktrlinesj, rollom Ire cleclrrred the head 01'all tlrs hc~l?jltt 14rchc.d ?"Also. ~vhenlo declarer1 in his lettlr*r o t l ic I)ishrlp of Cotlstr~ilti-nq)Iu t l in t tlrc popc of iiome '* i s tile 11c:id of dl l~is11ops."undt,li:~t by tlerisio~e ~~tr lig1it j ~ ~ t l ~ l l l t l ~ ~of his vvtterill~lesce,Itcreticrl rtre carrectptI?' I.il;otv ISC, w l ~ c n lc! decreed t11:tt" .lte l ~ lb s t )lcsse(l Lis110pof tile e l l l~r cnlte is tile first of :dl thepriest ltoorl 1" (See .lustininn's Aettcrr ctnd Dec~*ee,p. 8ti-7.)I ' e t rcq~~ei~ t?yrisea, why not dtitc tlba asl)rtllincyof tllo pope la 5.43,wliccl Jua~ini:mgave l l i ~ r l uprolntlcy In t l ~ eo l~orc l i Tlre plrit~ sswcr iy the d~vrqo , . ns to $\.a his seatsq well ns I l ia pococr. Ikit wl~ i l otl~sOotlis Ileirl lb,tne9 theelnl,croiecool11 not give it to the pnpc. I h t ill 538, w\.llei~liecity t3:lrnc ~gaia nder the p ~ w e rt tlre eirqlcror, th e power wssin iris i~ittid~o give his zitrcic~lt eut to the Leust. A ~ i t l e didit. For nfter the retreat o f tlre (;c)tlis froill 1toln0, and tireco~nplrtrrcoJlq~rcstf Hie city hy &lisariun, Justininn celled11o111cthat pellel-31 his army, l e ~ ~ v i ~ ~ ghe po1)ea11JRonte to~)~*otectllcmsclves. Fron~ :)9, tlurek)rc, t l ~ aupreinacy of tlrepope it] liomo, tlie seat of the drngon, pmpelblycummencog.lsut it is r i g in ol2jccted, that "t .11~Gotl~snguin returned,nTtcv t ftc rccaf l of' I3e?io:triits, rr~ltlretook the city." Trlla ; butt l h oitlp presetits ntrotller eviclenne of t l ~ e ilprctnncy of t.tre1 ~ 1 ~t1 iio~ne, od tfrnt ire inoktul opjn irin~selfas the masteroi tile city. For Gibbon iofor~aa1s that on tllia occnsidlr theI q l e m:ale n personal journey fro111 Rmne to Co~istnntino~~le,ot i rc~~~sche tlec:iying e11crgic.wcrf Justinirin, and induce lti~n ~relid rt~rotller rmy to repel tlie in~talers. AIUI at the i~lstiga-tioo R I ~t n p ~ r tu ~ ~ i tyf the pope, i t r n s (lone. Naraev t l~e


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hkcn nnd re~eircd I)uP~I?L(11e rcig11 of t l te bnrl~nriimkingsit1 R O I I I ~ ,1tltI1 h e ~c~~;tt .ori :~li n 0 c c j ~ ~ s t ~ l : ~ r~ \ v e r d 1


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o f pal~filule. Oan they pn~tloco n argument o f one-fourth thr~tt-oagtl~,roving tile period to l t~ve egun trt any otller time!T l ~ c y ou~iut o it. I t l~ns wn tried time aud figifin.The cnasum~nntiotz, r era qf t4e ~ C C O R ~mt. 1shnll nowencletrvor to slro~v l ~ i tlte t int8 of CIlrist's sccond conliltg iareve:ded ill Dim. 12 : and when, uccodiltg to that ruveldiu~l ,t l ~ o vcnt will t.nke pliwe.i\nd laany of tltem t l i n t sleep in tlte dllst of the ecnth slinllfiw;tke, solne to evcrlastilrg life, and some t t) shatnennd everlnst-i ~ l g nntrmpt. '~ 1 . 1 :2.) I f the resclrrection of tho defidis not here stntecl, I dcspnir v!' tinding i t revenlect any wllel*o intlie araclca of God. Dnlriel next intbmls us that Ire '' oak~d,ancl behold tllels stood otl~or wo, tlte one on tlris side of theG R I I ~f t11erivel*,n11d tlte ot+lrcron tlllrt sitlo of the bulk of theriver." b6 ~ n t lno s:\iJ, to tlre 1n:trl cltbtl~od n linen wlriclr wrraupon the IVI~TC!IH (if the rivt*~;1A)ta iw iy rrlnll i L bs to (A s E I ~ JM* h r . ~oontlem t .4nd I 1je:rld tllc man clotlkecl i n li~lell1~11iclj11suport the waters of tlro river, wlren he Ilcld u p 11b~eigllttant1 and Ilia left 11:l11d nnto llonven, and sacnr by liimthnt 1ivct.h forever nnd ever, t h a t it a111111be for 3 t inu , time4aljd u Aatf: and W I J P J ~11% d~:111~r lvsnccon~plid~edo matte2tlie 11i1iverof the 11olyprtq)lc, rll tlrese things sl~pll e Bnisl~rcl."Ilere we have stated the wne period. during wllioll the saintsaeiPogiven into the i l : ~ r~ t l af t lie little horn ; but Unniol snyq" heard, bpt I aoderstot)d not: then stlid I, O ltty JA)L.L~,vllats11:ill lte the el13 of these thinp?" Tlluoglt D:u~ial'nquestionwas, Illlet a11:tll the elid of tlrcse things he t tlte nnstver showathat his question i~a l~ l i e t l ,l'hc~k? " Allrl fmln the ti111ethedaily slmll be take,, away, nrrd t l~e .lbrminntion that znrtkcdtclesrdtito mt np, tllero sltall be a tlionsti~dtwo Irnnr\red andni~ictylilyg. l$lcssecl i g he that wditctlr arid coirjetlr to tlret l~ot~s~~t ldhree i ~ en~ l r edive and thilqtydays. LIlrt go thou thywtig t i l l tltc end 110, for tllou dl:ilt rcat, arid stand i r k thy lot dtho e11d o f t11c tlsys." 'i ' l~o xjrresrioi~, ' 'J'l~ouslldt rest, ntldwt:llld i l l thy l t ~ tit ti16~ t l dl f t11o dnys," B ~ I O I % ~ UO I I C I ~ I S ~ V E ~ ~.llnttho re.11rrcatim1 will t:llie plncu nt tllo c ~ df tlle 1,336 Ova11'0 aru r t l l itgreed ilmt tlte '* daily " mcrifice nlenns PngaqRo~~te ,I I ~ ltc nbo~~iinntionl tn t nluketl~desuliite P:ip$ P.uma

'I he gr:t~tderrol; into which Wm. Millor md otl~ers ince Iliadey ltnvo bdle11, was in comrne~)eing he 1,290 nod 1,331 year8m th e doivnfnll o f Paptiism, illstead of n t tlle setting up of


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P~*mIentmtdh1. Mr.Miller's calculation:

A. D. 98. ( 1900 years. 1798.

I-12fl.0 yeare. I 45

J1335 yeiva 1843. )-4. A diagrona in lurrmony w ith the angel'r irutructiuna:1260 yenrfi. 1 1738.1290 years. 1 1828.1335 years. 1 1873. 1

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The evidence i s then clenr and cond~lsive, lm t t.lm 1,260yesra cotntrroncetl i r k A. D. 638 ntltl et~tlsdia 1798; and R* t i l a1,990 ant1 1,885 crJtrllirrnce at tho s:u,re ~roi~rtf tii~le,110 1,290would ternii~ruto80 yenra rlf'tcl* tlro 1,2(i0, viz : 1828, aud the1,836 aoultl end 45 years after the 1,200, viz: 1873.I said the evitlc~~eens dea r nntl co~~clusive;nt to makeassurnlrce dn11bly snre, 1 will present nsotsller evidence, a114after givit~gl~crt, i l l lcnve this part of' tlio invcstigntion, nnclproceed tu the crn~iliir:tian of ~11ot11erllain of diviue n*vcla-tion showi~~ghe r ime c ~ flte nilvo~it.'J'l~emgd tells UnnioJ '' .i~:lt w ~ nhe t ime tlrc daily sl~dl etaken nwny nlld the alolniantio~rlrnt 111aketh lesolrrte set np,"e ta If w e tgrtr to l h t t r . 11 : 1 we read : ' And ~ r ~ n slrt~ll8ta11don Ilia part ;" that is, on tile part ctf a~rti-(:l~riat ' 111111they e11:ill tnke away the dnily snerilice." Sael-iJEcc is in thepresent renclilrg of tibe English teat. Bat uu s~loll iling ILJmcrqice is louird in the oriyi~lnl. "Ancl t l~ey ihall pl:tc?i, thoabolnirmtion thrlt lli~kethdeiiolrlt~.?'Tlris wtts trlost litct*;~IIyfultillcd wllun tlte eln eror Justi l l inn sent his :inay, llenclecl byUslisnrius h i s gc.cnarilf:wllo co~~qucradhe Gutllu, nrld drovethen, frorrr I)Sor~le.Edwctrd h'isg, Esq., 1'. R.S., A. 8 , of In)n~lon,p~~blixl~atlnartivlo on t he t i r l l ot' the I'c~l~ulrul)rolrtacy, A . 1). 1 !18, i ~ r l t i t * l khe s:i).s: '' y'/t;a it^ the ? / tur 1?!)t4--til1d jw t 1.560 sci~rs I ~ ~ B ,l ktile very begir)tlillgof 538, Jluliaiwins ,)st at end t; tllo c*t~lpireand tlomir~ioa f tllo Gotlls in Hu~tle. He left 110 power ill Ilomethat M I I ~ ~e snid to rlrle on tlre eaxtb, excelbtilig tlro ecclcni-articul pontl$ccsl potter."A I ~ow, wlrcn the 2art seal i s reinoveil, or immntable fi~cta


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Ahoat three pears llnve passed since Bro. Wendell wrote tbcfitregoing. nl~ritlghis time the conrumption of the civil powerof he Pope 11osbeen finirl~ed find not ouly has all civil powerlleen taken frorn hiin, but cveo the monnsterios in the PapalEtates, and tl~ingsformerly held sacred to the Ullnrck :!:havebeolconfiscated by the Italian Pmlin~ne~~fnd approprinted to t l ~ euse crP tlre State.R llet a cllai:~gc w l ~ o an cornprt~licndt t Tlia Pope, who

js the re1)reserltntiveof n power wllicl~nce lleld atcthority overth e k i n p d tlre earth, is 11ow stripped ofdl rltnt power, audregards hiinself a prisoner in Ilia pal:~cc.

Now let us ask ~ g : l i n ,wllnt do tlie propl~ccks dl fur concern-ill& tl~is ower, nRcr i t s leusc d 1100 years to wear out t l ~ ewittts of tlre Mqst il igll i r ~ dun out ? Z'ka words df tho Angolto Dtltliel were, ''But the judgtnent sbi11sit, and they sl~ull nkcaway his dotnitlion, to eonsulllc nntl to destroy it onto the end,"vii. 20. Tilo Revelator speaking ?f the sntne power snyq " iet l ~ tefideth n ~ l t o aptivity el~nllp illto captivity ; 11e l ~ n t ill-eth wit11 th e ssvord must be killed with the sword," Rev. xiii,10. 'I'l~eFrench Directory, in tlre time of tihe Frenclr Revdu-tion, snt in judgment npon tliot power, sod in l i98 took nwnyI l i a dorniuiun or authority, arid took l~im llto cnptivity, whichurn^ just 1260 years frau the estubl i l innnt of the Papacy inl~ol l le .

'I'o show how exactly thcse word3 wcro ft~lfille~ls to thet:iking nrny of' h i s dol~li l i iun,N, a civil power, and Iris goinginto c:lptivlty, we quote from the histo~inn,All i~on, 'The Pope,~ 1 1 0ad been guarded by five lrnndrcd soldiers ever since theelitry of the I i ~ p ulicanq was directed to retire into Tuscany ;l ~ i s wiss grlsrd relieved by a I?rench one, and he llitllself or-dared to d i.q)oa$esa ir irnse?f of all A u irtemp64*crZ mttholjty.". .. ' Force am soon e~npioyaii to dkpoae88 him o ibis a ut h o p i t y ; Ire m s ragged from t l~e ltar in I J ~ Sl ace . his r e pitorics nil mnsacked and plu~lderotl, l ~ e ings even torn from


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might have too much infleenco on tlre continent of Italy, he;was rc~nuved their urtlcrs to Lcgltor~~,e Mni-cl~,789, wit11Ihc design of trnnsl'el*ring im to Ci~ylinrin Snrdiilio ; ntld thebglisll cruisers in the 31cdi terrunestr reduul~led heir vigilance,

tlls gotoaerous hope of rcsc~~inglre father of an opposite cllarclrban tile persecution of his enet~lies. Apllreltensive of lusingC i r priwncr, the Frcnclr altered It is destination, and forcingbit11 to traverse, often during tlrc niglit, the Appcnines and theAlps in n rigorous w o n , 11%at length reached VJence, where,lner m illnew of ten dnyq he expired, in the eigl~t~-secol~dearrf his ngo, and t l ~ ewenty-fourth of lris l~outificnte." (Vvl. I,p p 646.)\Tho can n~istnke uch n fulfilllnent of i~rophecy His domi-pion was taken away, find 110 died in ctq~tirity. Notwitlrstntrd-isg tlrc popcs lrrid tlria d u t ~ l i l l i o n ertorotl to tlrenl by the AlliedI'orars, their prestige was gone, ntld their suppor t frolo thenations around was gr:~clurllywitlrclmwl~, ill in tllu war betweenbu$trtrband France and Sardinia, a ynrt of their ternporditiee.;S t.rkcn away, and tlie re~~laindcru~~seq~lentpon tlre warbetween France and Prussin. A~rdliia gntdonl process of con-ranptiun nitor B e irst grc:~t troke is jus t what the prophecyalls for : to oonsnrne n11d to destroy it urzto the stid." AsJnady reianrlred, tlle consun~lltions frlislled, it is j u s t finisl~ed,sd eonxqcicnt~yhe elrd i8 at natr(i?,or, in ut l~cr w r d s , nrcome.Thus the cnrrent events of the day arc in exnat ngrccnlentwith tlre propbetic pcrio[la, fur 75 yeiirs tnast be ad(1ed to theltGO to cotnpletc the 1635 wl~ettDaniel was to staid ia his lot,and 76 years from l i 9 8 bring us to 1h78.A more complete fillfil1111ei)t f ~)ropI:ecyan not he found,roc1 it i s accomplished rigl~t efore our eyes. It is n liglltlloilre


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Tbe Gcripturee speak of certain phcnomoon and events wid&were to trimspire in the ending of the days, ant1 w l ~ i c h em Lot o fur signs and tokena of ilia conling of tlie J~rcl--great p n bt o the churoh, And we find them to be in harmony witlr tbsyltlbolia prophecies and t l ~ e nding of the period8 of h i e land Jolin :The prophet Joel mid: And I will show wonders in tblienvens and in the earth, Mood, and fire nnd pillers or smokrT l ~ o on sllnll be turned into dilrkness, ant1 the nyoon into blood,before tile great and the terrible day of tlre h l d come?-C11. i i : 80, 31.Tlie Savioar corraborrrtos his words : And there sllall Insigns in the euo, and in the muon, and in tlre stam; and o p u ~tlre earth distreaj of nations, wit11perplexity ; he sea sllcl thewaves roaring; men's 11eal.b ailing them fur fear, and for look-in g ufter those things which a1.a cu~uingon the earth ; or tlmpower8of heaven sliull be shaken. And tlran sllfill theJ see tlto6un of rnsn conling in n cloud with power and grent glory-And when tl~cse l~ings egin to c o i ~ ~ eo pass, then look np, andlift up your itcn4s ; ur your rcdc~l~pt iunlrnwetll nigh. Andho rpnko to tlloln n poroble : liehold the fig tree, and nll thetrees ; When they now shoat forth, ye see and know of j u u town selvcs that ssrn~ner w notv nigh a t 1l;tnd. So likowine yewhen yo sce tllcse things come to pass, know ye that the k ing -dolir of God is nigh nt hand." Llike xxi : 2481. Uave thesethings taken place 4Tlltr san nns anpernaturnlly darkened May 19th, 1780. Tllrmoon was darkened the sttine night, nnd tllongli within twelvehonm of the full i t p v e no light. The stars t'ell from l~onvenNOV. 8th, 11185. Distress of nation8 with p a r p l e ~ i t ~n 1848,and subsegnently. The sea and t l ~ e aves roaring" llad a re


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1873 present truth or meat in due season

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