Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-10

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came of those who "pould hurt" Waldo's
translatiOn7 Did FIRE or anything like fire
proceed from the Bible, to "kill?" Toustal
and Moore, who burnt the 6rst printed Eng
lish Bible, translated BY TiDdal2 Are not
inhdels all over the country trying 10 hurt"
the Biblel And is the prophecy fulfilled
concerning them2 Most certainly not.
Verse 9Th: These have power to shut
heaven, that IL rain not in the days of their
prophecy" Upon this you remark that
"allusion is here had TO the three years and
half' in the days Of Elijah, which is the
same time the witnesses prophesy clothed
intsactcloth, 1890 days, AZ months, 30 days
TO q month, that being common time, and
this prophetic" If there be an alfusion"
asyou state, then the time in both instances,
must be the same, unless explained TO the
cohtrary; and as we know the three years
and half of Elijah, means just so much
andpo more, therefore 1880 days" forty
two months" &C., mean just three years
and a half literal tina. "And have power
lover waters 10 turn them to blood" "By
waters" you say, eve understand people,
and by blood, wars" "This text" you con-
dnue, has been amply fulfilled in the wars
Of Europe, fighting for religious tenets and
ecclesiastical powers" &c. That is, in
plain English, the Bible makes, or has
"pOwer" TO make men fight and spill each
others blood! Had this explanation come
from Hindoo or Mussulman, it would not
have surprised me; but" tell it not in
Gath" professed christian has said, "from
thence come wars and fghtings." page 16O.
As a "Peace man." repel the assertion.
The Bible has no such poWer. "And to
smite the earth with plaques as often as
they will" i. e., according to your explana-
ton, "as often as they have prophesied."
Verse Z: I'd" And when they shall have
finished their testimony, the beast that as
cendeth out of the bottomIess pit shall make
war against them, and shall overcome them
and kill them" The "beast" you say, els
the little horn, or papal Rome" This
"killng them" took place when decree
passed the council and directory of France,
prohibiting the Bible to be read IN public in
any Of the chspels in France, add Bibles
were gathered in heaps and bonfres were
made of them, and great rejoicings were
had all over the kingdom at the downfall Of
priestcraft as they called il, "&c.-see p. 1853
, Now wish to ask one question: Was this
decree issued by pdpdl Rome against thei'
own "priestcraft," or by French deist'
against papacy2 Let US hear your owl
language ON this point: About the clos
,, of the 18th century, in consequence Of tn
abominable corruption Of the church Q
.. Rome being exposed to public view, tn
men of the world began to treat revelation
as fiction, and religion as priestcraft," 81
= According TO your own showing, "men {
4 the world" supposing that papacy wa
"a founded on the Bible, undertook to destro
ID the Bible, in order. to destroy pdpdcy.
N the first place you say, papal Rome is Il
if, "beast" who is 10 "kill" the Bible, and the
e, you 60 right on to prove that French deisr
" (another "beasl,") fulfilled the prophecy
to the text. Surely one of Daniels "wis
en- men ought to have more claim to consiste
ne cy, than can be found in such contradiction
IS, But further, wish to ask, if the Bill
I'll finished its testimony" in 1898? Is q
ne your whole book, and all your public lectur
10 to show that the Bible tsstifes of thin
'u' aOW taking place, and that are soon to com
~ How then can you apply this text to 179
= Besides, these two witnesses were to
ar killed. Was the Bible dedd-at this tim
;do dead in England, Scotland, Germany, SV
o;a den, and America The text does not S
n "kill them in France" but kill them. II
,es this was 10 be general thing is evid,
IS from the 9th and 10Th verses "And they
es, the people, and kindreds, and tongues, a
No, nations, shall see their dead bodies th
wo days and an hall, and shall not suffer th
!. of dead bodies to be put in graves. And Il
ar thas dwell upon the earth shall rejoice o
not them, and make merry, and shall send g
but one TO another; because these two proph
tne tormented them that dwelt on the cart
tue Did England, Scotland and America,
'nI joice7 Did you and your townsmen b
feast of mirth on this occasion2
the 18th and 18th verses we have an acco
az of the resurrection add ascension Of tn
Rn, dead bodies: "And after three days and
,wo half the Spirit of life from God entered i
Div, them, and they stood upon their feet; q
|, il great fear fell upon them which saw the