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VERMONT TELEGRAPH
BRANDON. WEDNESDAY,. JAN. 10. 1888.
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q. W.. mau.r, Lo.s-EEampton. n. Y.t
Iobjeetion ID eontnued-l
Brother Miller - Having in my last arii-
Gle made some remarks upon the daily
sacriice,n &C, shall, as was proposed, mo-
tice your explanation Of the "two witness.
esq commencing, page 1855. Isee Rev. H,
3-13.I For the sake Of those, again, who
have not read or heard your lectures, /
would say, that you consider the "two wit,
nsssesr to mean the Old and New Tesla
ments,--or the Bible -" clothed in sack
CLOTH means "being hid from the world
in.eonsequence Of the Romish church for
bidding their translation out of the Greek
and Latin languages; and also forbiddiDg.
their being read by the common people
You begin their prophecy in sackcloth, AID.
5SS, and end 1898, being 1860 years. This,
or course, you would bring as.circumstan-
tial evidence that a day means year for
they were to prophecy 1860 days. -
I shall now examine few passages,
which you bring to prove that the 1.-TWO
witnessesn mean the two Testaments Of
the Bible. a s.. p
!. You think by the " two olive trees, %
(which are the same as the two witnesses,)
that allusion is had 70 the two cherubims
overshadowing the mercy seat, which were
made Of olive trees: Kings, vi, ISL.
These two cherubims denote, you say, the
two Testaments, the Old looking JortoGrd
to Christi and the NeD looking back TO him.
Iacknowlsdge there would be some analogy
between the two cases IL il was not for one
thing, viz: The two cherubims both looked
one nay. know you say their faces
turned inwards down upon the mercy seat"
&c.--that the face Of the one representing
he New Testament "turned back upon the
mercy seat.n The faces Of the little golden
cherubims, made by Moses "turOed in
wards,n but have yet to learn that the
large temple cherubims looked but one way.
, Bot surprising they did look, one this way
and the other that, we have to guess after
all that they represented the Old aid New
Testaments. 81
Q. You say "the angel tells Zechariah
what the two olive trees are ::n-Zech. iv,
I-6: "SoI answered and spake to the
angel that talked with me, saying, What
are these my lord7 Then the angel that
= talked with me answered and said unto me
Knowest thou not w6A these be7 And
said, no my lord. Then he answered and
spaks unto me saying, This is the word o
the Lord unto Zerubbabel," &c. Here,
you say, Eve are plainly told that the two
olive trees are the word Of the Lord; ant
the angel tells John, Rev. xi, 4, that the TIVE
S witnesses are the two olive trees and th,
two candlesticks.n | must say, brothe
! Miller, that my charity is put to the stretch
10 believe that you did not know you wer
making this text speak what the Holy Gho'
never designed by il. Had you quoted th
whole text and its connection, we shoul
have had ihe whole meaning. Why the
90 YOU stop where you dol now ask,
upon any principle Of the English languag
his can be made to refer TO too thing
According 10 your explanation, Lhis refers
the Two olive ,rees. Had the angel be-
telling what the two olive trees wero,
would have said "these are" &c. Beside
whoever will read the chapter through, "
see that Zechariah did not understand
angel to have told what the oliue trees we
for he expressly asks the angel, afterwal
what they were, and received direct 9
swer. See verses IL, IL, 13, IA: 9Th
answered l, and said unto him, What |
these two olre-trees upon the right side
the candlestick, and upon the left s
thereof And answered again, and 8
unto him, What be these two olive BRAN
Is, which, through the two golden pip
empty the golden oil out Of themselv,
And he answered me and said, Know
chou not what these be-? And / said,
INV lord. Then said he, These are The {
amounted ones, that stand by the Lord
the whole earth.n .-r.aa ID
Here the olive trees" are explained,
however 70 mean as you have stated,
something else, and in doing which,
angel. has used good English. II hope
reader will examine this whole chapter
notice particularly whether, when the an
says, aThis Is the word Of the Lord
Zerubbabelp there is any evidence that
means TO say the "tpO oiipe tress' are
sword or the Lord" or the Bible.l
supposing the two witnesses are the I
Tcsianents, still in showing their hist
prophecy and time specified" L thini
you have not misapplied scripture, you b
ssized upon events, as fulfilling the pro
ecY, altogether unwarranlably.