New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-02

ground, and stamped upon him: and mere was
none that could deliver the ram Out oil us taha,
In the 2Ist verse the angel says, The rough
goat is the king (or kingdom) OF Gfecla, ana the
great horn tina. is between his eyes Is the hrst kng
IT. however the angel had not SO plainly explained
this vision the mere yro IN history woul6 a. once
nerceye in this description the remarkable history
of ,n. Grecan conqueror Alexander he Great, and
his rapid career OF conquest, issuing in the over
throw Of the Medo-Pers,an empire, and the death
of Darius, the last king, in the year b. {. 33l.
wish the reader to take particular notice that ;l.e
kingdom Of The hc.goat, that is 70 say, tie Gre
eian empire, ,cas founded by Alexander the
Great, not until the gear before CHRIST THREE
HUNDRED AND THIRrT-oNE: because this one
simple historical fact in its influence upon the
plaraon &c the remainder Of this prophecy, is aut
fcient of itself Gas shall presently perccee} 20
overtu,n Mr.. Miller's entire theory of tie coming
Of Christ 10 jua cement in the year l943.
The vision proceeds, (v 81 Z" Therefore the he
goat waxe.! very great; and when he was strong
! the horn was broken; and for L. came up four
nOtabic ones towards the four wlnds oil heaven.
In explanation of this the angel says, (v. u ~
Z" The great horn tina, Is between his eyes is The
frs, l;iog Now that being brossn, ~he. eas our
stood up Cor ii, four kings shall stand up out OF the
nation, but not in his power.
Alexander by his victories became very great
after numerous conqne=ts he marched To Jeru'a-
lem where jo-ep phuS tells U.s. III his antiquities OF
the Jews (b,ck II. viii that .Iaddun the high
priest showed to him tie book OF Daniel, where
| in he declared that one Of the Greeks should de-
sgroy ;he empire OF the Persans After refer
ring to ,lli- passage in josephus Dr.. Pfideaux re-
ma;ks in his Connexions of thc History OF the Old
aud New Testament, (vol !, o. 81, in a note al
the foo. OF the page, 50 Qhat Isl what is written in
| Daniel of the ram and he-goa', (chap. 81 where
that he-eoa, is Interpreted 10 be the king OF Gre
cia, vino should conquer the Medes and Pefsisns,
! (vcr 81 } and also wha: ia written by the same
prophe, of the same G cecisn king, (char. | 3
For 10th these passages iotetold the obstruction o!
the Persian empire by q Grecian king
By tn, breaking of the great horn, IS to be un
ders,ood the death of Alexander, which occurred
at babylon in The flower Of his age and Up The midst
| Of Lis conquess. By TN. coming up in place ot
the srea, horn, four notabe ones towards the iour
winds Of heavcn to understand the division
Of Alexander kingdom among four OF his captains
after his death. VIZ: J. Cassandrr in Greece and
the acest =. I.ysimachus in Thrace and the north.
g. Ptolemv in Egypt and the south. q. Selcucus In
Svria and the east See Newtons dissertations,
p 266 Mr., Miller mentions Persia (p 49) as
one OF The four divisions This is entirely errone-
ous for all The conquered territories OF Asia to The
aas or SYRIA, as far us the river IEdus, which OF
course incud d Persia were mprised in what was
called the kingdom Of Syria. and which fell to the
share of Secucus. (See Robbins, DR.. Lardner, &c.)
This error, whether it spring from ignorance or
inadvertencc, is not ofuny very great Importance;
it may, however, te worthy Of remark, that man
who undertakes to explain prophecy by history,
should bc very careful of The accuracy ot his histo
~ ID .l,,FaI in,
the Syrian kingdom Of the Seeucdas, is confirmed
by Poly bus and Appian, who relate TIA, in conse
quence OF the Persians neglectng to pay their tr
butte re gulary, Antochus Epiphanes king OF Sy.
ria, went to the city of Eymais, in Persia tor the
purpose of levying II.
SEcrIoN llI-TAe LiNle Horn.
After having thus shown the division Of Alexan-
der's doiniaions into loAr parts the prophecy pro-
ceeds TO .ay that out of one of these four kingdslns
(v. 10 Ii J came forth little horn which waxed
exceeding great toward the soSth. and toward ,he
east, and toward the pleasant land And it waSec
great eren TO the host Of heaven: and 1t cast down
some eff the host ard of the to the ground and
stamped upon them. Yea, he ma:nihed himssJ
even to The prince Of The host and by hin the daily
sacrifice was taken away and the place o his sane
,uary was cast down. And host given h;am
re ains the daily sacrifice by reason Of transsres-
sion and cast dow. the ruth To ll.e ground md
it praclsed and proepered. Then lheard one saial
speaAias and aro,hcr saiat said Unto that certain
saint which spake. How lang stat be the vision
Concerning the dali. saciJftc and The t;ansgIes-
sion OF desoa,ion, gi>.. i'Hh The sanctuary ana
the hos, 10 he lrolrn ilu .er foot And be said
unto me, Unto two tho,;~a,.d .a"d three hundred
days: then shall the >ancJusty be c!eansed.
The angel explains the meaning OF this little hern,
in v %, "a - .. Ia he latter time OF their king
lops." (rha is, of the teur kingdoms which, sue
ceeded AIexander's,) ""han the :taasgtessors are
come TO the full, u King of fierce countenance, and
understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And
his power shall be mighty, bat not BY his own
power: ana he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall
pro.per and practise and shall destroy the mighty
aid the holy people. And, through his policy ne
shall cause craft prosper in hia hanc; and he
shall magnify himself in his heart and by peace
shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against
the Pince Of princes bat he shall be broken with
out hand y !, is evident the power here spoken OF
was 10 arise out OF one OF the four kingdoms abeN
mentioned and that the eaamites and prosecutions
which he should bring upon the holy people were
t, continue for the time mentioned IN the eleventh
verse, viz: $500 days. Various have been the Sc
| lutions which have been given to theproo'en-w
or what arc we TO understand by this little horn?
Those most worthy of attention ard study are the
following three:
l. Anliochus Epipsanes, the king OF Syria and
cruel prosecutor OF the Jews.
9 Others have conceived This little horn to be
Pagan, and afterwards Papal Rome. This is the
opinion adopted By Mr. Miller.
g. Others within the last century, have supposed
that ii refers 10 the Mahomedan deiusion.
SKcrlss IV--Proofs that Aatiockus Epipaanes
lcas the iittLe horn.
That Antiochus Epiphanes. ,ha, ueItyrant and
prosecutor of the Jews, intended BY the little
! horn appears 10 me BY far the most probable sup