Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-12-27

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give thee this alsofor the service which thou
shall serve with me yet other seven years"
II you mean anything b. this, il must be
thatthe 7 days sfsnifett the seven years of
service. IL Ireally thought that there was
"a person among the readers Of the Tele-
graph, who, in his sober Judgment, believed
thai. these seven. days were significant Of
anything, should stop moment and ex-
anime them. But with the knowledge you
and the public possess of the custom Of
holding a feast of week on marriage oc-
casions, cannot spend time on such proof.
See Judges, xix, 10: And Sampson made
there feast, for so used the young men to
do" The 18th verse shows the length of
the customary feast: IF We can
certainly declare it (tie riddle me within
the serea days Of the feast" &c. SEE
SCOTS, Comprehensive Commentary, &c.
on this text.
now pass 10 notice some evidences
against day meaning year.
shall commence with your explanation
of time, times and half: pages Sc and
1862 See Dan. vii, 25, and xii, 7. You
evidently call time l year, times years,
and half time 6 months-alI, 81 years,
which al 800 days to the year make 1860
days, or as you have it, 1860 years, lime
really meaning 800 years.
Now | object to this explanation Of the
word lime, because
l. There is no evidence that it is ever so
used elsewhere.
2. Because; think you evidently contra
dict such use of it generally.
3. Because there is in mHes,imation pos
tive proof that Daniel not 50 under a''
stand it. -
Upon nv first reasoRif need say nothing
until evidence is brought or attempted.
To substautiate my second reason, shall
now bring only one passage, where you
have contradiCted such use Of it without
any other ostensible reason than to support
other parts of your system. In speaking Of
pagan Rome, you quote Daniel xi, "a: .
che shall forecast devices against the strong
holds even for time" Verse 90: "at tht
/. time appointed he shall return and come
toward the south" Up66 this you say
"The time appoi,.tsf stmean the lenga
Of the reign o. EAST, whose history tn
angel is now giVfiS, which have sno"
in a former lecture is 666 years" Here
time means ee6 years instead of 800: pag
: !, so aud 10.
Thirdly: Daniel did not so understan
= the meaning of time, times. &c. In Daniel
- Interpretation of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dream
- chap. iv, 25, he says, they shall drive the
from men, and thy dwelling shall be wit
- the beasts Of the field, and they shall max
thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall W,
thee with the dew Of heaven, and seve
:: times shall pass over thee, till thou kno
;. that the Most High ruleth in the kingdo
liz OF men, and giVeth it 10 whomsoever
- will" "Seren times, shall pass" &C., i.
&c according to your explanation, times 81
h -2520 years. ~ ALI this came up,
: king Northumberland! verse %. No wo
N. der that his hairs were grown like eagl
rod feathers, and his nails like birds claws
,o, But seriously, is not this positive proof Ih
10 the word time was not so understood
70. Babylon2 Daniel undoubtedly understo
-or.i the common acceptation Of the term as W
,vs as We, and must have understood the ans
81 to use the term alike on all occasions, unle
our told to the contrary. Did the angel e,
,er- instruct Daniel to understand the word til
10Th otherwise than in its common acceptatio
nm, |! so, show where. There, are numerc
o,,r other instances where the word time occu
=. in Daniel, in none of which can it hs
,,rs, your meaning. See ii, 9, and iii, 81.
M Should you or my readers wish to KIN
- what meaning is applied 10 the word til
| answer, an indefinite period, from sin
' 'O moment, 10 any definite or indifinite mum
'I r Of years. This an, willing 10 "pled!
. myself to prove when called upon. An
:. now ask you, on the contrary, to prove
OF II Is ever used in the eItoIe Bible, or in
NOT ancteat history, to mean just $50 years.
The word year, also, you use proPhetl'
mar ", as you call it. tsAhd the four ans
!, lay iwere lOosed, which were, prepared fol
bear hour, and day, and a month, and y
here Tor to Stay the third part Of men: /
and X, 10. The time expressed in this yer
{ Is you say, 81 is 39l years and Is days" "
say, $50, mouth 80, day !, hour Is days
DAYS years Is days, Lei Us see if in other pr
v.,v you will give the same meaning to the
year. WAadI saw an angel come d