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

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these wings would AXE place, Of cours,
/ be must have had a desire IN his hear
for II. Would God afterwards have suf
feted the time Ia the next vision to be tolc
4 unto him, to tantalize him, and then tel
Gabriel to make him understand the Wis
lion, without reserving any part. AND
then when the angel Gabriel came the
LAST time, be tells Daniel, as You assert
a ask not concerning this, for you cannot
know,"-which, with all due Difference
for your learning, and Standing in society,
is only a declaration Of yours, without a
shadow of proof, in my humble opinion.
But recollect time is revealed in the Wis.
ion. Gabriel is commanded to make
him understand the vision. Now, sir, the
conclusion is strong as holy writ if Ga
brieI did not make Daniel understand "th.
cisi0a, then he is a fallen angel for he
has sdisobeyed a positive command Of
God. Again, ifyou are correct, then the
angel was disappointed. For he saws,
behold i, will make tses knOsc, what shall
be in the last end Of the indignation for
at the time appointed the end shall be"
win, 10. Again, he says, |ODdniel I
am now come forth to give thee skill an |
understanding Again, 81 am come to
shew thee for thou art greatly beloved !:
therefore understand the matter and con-
slider the visions" Again, he says, "now
| am come to make thee understand what
shall befall thy. people in the latter days ::
for yet the vision is for many days"-aiso,
"..blt / will shew thee that which is noted
in the scripture Of truth" ask is not
the 2300 days noted in the scripture Of
truth2 Yes, certainly. rhis must be
his meaning, all Daniel had written 10
the scriptures, or noted, not that be told
Daniel all the scriptures, but all Daniel
had noted. Now his clear, that the angel
has reference to time, as we'll as matter:
for there is time given in every visit he
made Daniel, in the 9Th chapter
days-9th chapt. 70 weeks, in the 10Th
chapt. 81 days-t2th chapt time, times
and half-l29O and 1895 days-and /
might have said time, times and half,
yll,25. Theseare all noted in the scrip
ture oftrulh. And you say, Gabtiel, that
you have come to show Daniel and make
him understand these things. And yet in
this age Of the world, there are some
some did 1 say, hope not but one--who
say 700 did not make him understand but
a part of that which was revealed to him
in the vision. -" Tell it not in Gath, lest
the daughters of the uncircumcised re.
ioice." Again, if Daniel did not know
the time, then we cannot believe his own
declaration, Hear him, x, i in the
third year Of Cyrus king of Persia, a
king was revealed unto Daniel, whose
name was called Belteshazzar; and the
hing WINS true, but the time appointed
was long; and he understood the thing,
and had understanding Of the vision
You have quoted this verse, but you have
made no comment, not even an asser-
tion." Whythis silence2 Did you have
a little modesty, and dare not tell Daniel
he did not know the time2 If so, re-
joice. But here is good and substantial
proof, that Daniel understood the time,
for he says, "the time appointed was
long" How could Daniel know the
tisss=was long, if he knew nothing about
the time2 Il is certain too, "he under
stood the thing. and the thing was true.
What thing was true2 The time appoint
ed. But you may say. it was the vision
which was true. Remember your own
grammar, sir. You have said, John
and the fine scholar" meant two, and so
I.said. But in the vision were many
things revealed, and here is one thing
only, which Daniel says be understood,
and that is the time appointed, and he also
" had understanding of the vision" Now,
brother, try a !" little reason. and (your)
grammar" as you say, and | think you
will see your error, and retreat. But,
"the time appointed was long" We have
another proof here, which has strong
bearing on our subject. The time aP-
pointed have already shown: SEE Dan.
viii, l4-l9, was the $500 days. LII
Daniel had understood these $500 days to
have been literal days he would not, in
deed ne could not. with any degree OF
proprIety have called it a long time
But a Iiulc more than six years. You
know even now, after more than $500
years have passed away, many think
these visions Cannot be correct, because it
is so short a time. Again, you see that
Daniel could not have understood this,
indefinite time; for time indefinite is prop
erly time not known, from one moment to
ten thousand, or any number OF years.
Therefore how could he say, the time
appointed was long" Would you datee
to write II for solemn truth. in the word
OF God, that II would be either long or
short If you had nothing but indefinite
time revealed. Hyour views are correct,
Daniel could not have told but that the
Judgment might come in six days, six
years, OF six thousand years. And upon