Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-21

how long, for the question is twice
asked by them. " And you might have
SAID, twice was their curiosity gratified
Now, what is your argument? Do you
oei,eyethat holy angelic beings, in heaven,
Will sask questions which. it would be
wrong to answers even on earth, in our
imperfect state God has said, . ask
! and ye shall receive" This confession
OF yours, cuts off this objection completely,
N the mind ofevery judicious thinker.
Mex: concession of yours: % Daniels
curiosity is now excited to know some.
thing nbout the timss--for he says, y
heard, but understood not,"2r and then
pleads and says. I" 0 my Lord, what shall
be the end ofthese things :" The angel
gently chides him for his impertinency.
What, my brother charge Daniel of be-
ing impertinenta This would be - Sian
der," in truth, were not Daniels charac.
ter established beyond the reach of your
vile pen. Chides him." For. what +?
For having a curiosity, which holy an
gelic beings in heaven have, and even the
same angelic being who now achides
him, mighthave had, for aushtwe know.
sChides him. for being like the HOLY
angel, who never bad thought contrary
10 the will OF, their divine Master. No,
say. you. For what then does he ".chide
hlmr For expressing his holy Thoughts!
For making known his holy desires?
For pleading in prayer? % God, if
Daniel, and the saints, and angelic beings;
for they all plead as did Daniel, must be
called impairment, to crafty a weak,
puny, selfish, sinful, mortal of tie dust,
then let me be called impairment too A
"lntle common sense" without gram
mar) would do ups your objection in this
place. Your question: about all saints
understanding Daniels vision, especially
as to time, il too foolish to need a serious
reply. Does not the angel say, "the
wise shall understand p Yes. Has he
not all along been showing him what
would be in the end2 By your own
showing, we must answer, yes. Then if
the wise mean saints, as you say, they
must, it cannot be true. What cannot be
truei 1t cannot be tue that all saints
understand the time of the, end, say you.
Why? Because, say you, Mr.. Brown
who wrote this MS, and myself who
have endorsed it, and sent it forth into
public, do not understand the end. Con-
vince me, sir, that you and Mr. Brown
are saints, and / will in moment &C.
knowledge the angel Gabriel must have
been mistaken in two cases at least. y And
Ia 4 4 AZ
v, 8: "but We, brethren, are not In dark
ness, that that day should overtake you
as thief" In the passage yeu will see
is evidently brought to view. the. time of
the end---the aOieked, and qcise and Paul
says, that day." meaning the time ofthe
end, should not overtake them Gas
thief" They must therefore know some
thing about the end. For why will it
not come unexpectedly If with YOUR
present views, it should come within the
time which have specified, and come as
the lightning suddenly" you must, sir,
acknowledge it would overtake YOU as
thief And Paul must have made mis-
take, or there is an exception in his rule,
or you cannot be saint Now, sir, Set
tie this difficulty for yourself am con-
tent to take it as it reads. THE wise
shall understand" And as the angel
has made no reserve, l dare not make
any, even although my charity must be
less circumscribed. Your next remark
lit seems to me like forcing down proof
that will not GO down itself" No danger
my brother, men are not fools. Let them
Judge who has given most light, and time
will determine the issue. You had bet
ter leave off some of your sarcastic re-
marks, and give US little more "com-
mon sense"
Your objection concerning the 70
weeks being an instruction of the vision
OF the $500 days long, is easily met on
your own ground. You say, the words
OF the angel understand the matter and
consider the vision," were equivalent to
saying, snow Daniel give your attention
10 what | am agoing to tell you." Stop
my brother, you told US but little while
back, that vision was something seen"
Now vision is ito tell you." Do YOU
see your dilemma! Which horn will
you take5 If you say vision is to hear,
as well as see. Then Daniel heard the
1900 days, and it was part of the vision.
And Gabriel was commanded to make
him understand the vision. But if you
say, as before, vision is only to see
things, then sir, there is no vision in his
telling Daniel, nor in the 9th chapter,
for we have no account that he saw any
thing but the angel, and nothing like
what was told him.. And therefore his
instruction was concerning the vision in
the 9th chapter, and proves that he was
Instructed into time according to your
own belief; see your arguments on OBJ
lection first Which side of your dilem-