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

eyre ,iously in error in the date OF their comeiee
meuf and consequently in thai ct their iefnnh''oi''
Ict !, be remembered that Mr.. Miller ackno"'
ledses o. 49) that the kingdom CT the aS.soa'
Dsn. 8: 81 means the establishment oil the ore
cian empire under Alexander the creat hHa ''''''
this event occurred in the year b I. 5oi.
Let The reader also remember that AIT .''' a..
knowledses in the saae page, that by t'e toas ''.'
bic horn, explained by the angel " - a. i'5
ing four kingdonls. are 10 understand ."e
sion of Alexander donnions into tour ,.iis
under four Of ms principal captains, and i1et tts
d;vi.;an l;, took rEace b C. SOL Nov the prophecy
.av, ". 23N thar ia the latter timt az thttr S's6
5o,o y king Of fierce coan.enancc shall arise NC
Bv him (v. II, ~ the daily sacrifice was . %
,aken awav,r &c In The I3th verse. 1t IS aske1'
for kow long time this vision shall iast, ana sio
dsjIy sacrifice BE taken away, Sc, and the a'"'i
!. .: Unto two thousand ard three hundred Gays,
Now let the resGcr observe that noiwIthstaHd'Hs
rhe above admissions. Mr. N, places the com
nenceTnent Of these 1890 days years. IN me Sea'
3. c. 457, that is more than century oe'ef" ''is
.o,sr or The four notrlie horns or ihr il''s L'ii
had sry existence /, not the very hlsns ol- ao'
surdity 10 tx tie date ot the beginning ot these ca
,ami,ies, (Which the prophecy spys we're 10 oieul
~ the latter time of the four Kingdoms "tiica
sprueg from Aexanders,) more than century
batore Alexander was born. and l2o years osiofo
the establishment Of Alexander 5 Grecan EN-
To express this in the svmbolical language OF .he
prophecy, Is it not somewhat extreord"'aFy 'i,as
his l;r-le horn (yhaterer was meant BY ~
should spring out OF OF the horns upoa 'he
head Of the sos, more than century before 'ie
goat had any existence NJ.
And ye, this is the absurdity upon which VT.
NJ. builds his whole theory OF the coming OF Caris'
in 1843 Had not NIr NJ. expressed himself on
this poar in language which cannc. be misnnder-
stood. could scarcely haze believed IL possible
that he would think of placing the norm "hlch was
10 spring from the head OF tie geat, before tue
time wien the goat begc;. TO exist IN othet
words, that he would b. guilty. OF the aosurdity o.
placing king or Kingdom which wa; to 'pt'1S
f,om another Kingdom, before the commencement
of the parent kingdom The goat Only began 70
cxst-tnut il TO say, Alexander ningdoh on!
arose in the year Z. c. 33l and ii we were 20 a"'e
the commencement of the lutte horn even mere,
supposing the $500 days ro be years. It wo0,o
bring tn, termination Of them not before ~ u iSU3'
T'as ssi before Christ.
But the true date IS The Of Tho taking away the ciy
sacrifices ,he rempe BY An!ocias kp paaf a ,,ro "
10" q ''e"' Gown 10 a. = ~ 1853 B. c
Either OF these OF cour e, FAR ieo dstaHt as ',
NJ Her. scheme and lher-iorc ne places ns con'ce"'iI'
" ''' '''' ''' - d57
A D....I343
But the adar who has not read Mr.. NJ. beos
will INQUIRE. Does he place the date 50 far back,
without shadow of reuson' | reply have
read his third lecture very carefully, TO discover
whether he has any reason whatever Tor placing
the commencement of the 1890 years az the same
time as the commencement OF the 70 weeks; and
| caa discover none, except most singular lner-
cnce he draws from the words in Da"iei, 9tii chsP
2lst verse: .'ths man Gabriel, whom had seen
in the ris!on at the beginning, touched me, &c.
The inference Mr.. Miller draws from the express
sion in this verse TIE rision, which for the sake
of emphasis, he has printed in italics seven times
in one page, (page 81, is that the vision oil the 20
weeks. and the vision Of the 2300 days, are only
one vision and that the former vision Of 40 years
is a part of the later. But lest should be sup.
passed incorrectly to caarge Mr. NJ. with an absurd
ity which he does maintain, will give his own
words to show That do nol msrcpresent his views.
On page 81, Mf. VI. says, We learn By the in
siructon of Gahriel tha. the seventy weeks werea
part of the pision.' And again, We thick the
proof is strong that the r:sion OF Daniel begins
457 years before Christ; take which from 23UU.
leaves l2i3, when the riston must be tin'sFied
And again Do vou believe the Bible is true 2. b"
asks the obiec.or. We do. . Then II 'hc 81.
be is true, Daniels 70 weeks are part CT the
rision, and 400 years were accomplished when the
Messiah was cut off; then 1910 years afterwards
the vision is completed, which would be fulfilled
in l843"
To these sage reasonings about THE vision, it Is
only necessary to remark frstly, that the visisn OF
the 23O0 days and the vision of the 20 weeks,
were seen at two separate times the former in the
third year OF Belshazzar the latter, - l6 years
AFTER in the reign of Darius that they refer 70 en-
tirely different events aud are therefore, two
parts Of THE Same vision, but distinct Visions
and secondly, that this emphatic The upon which
so much dependence is placed, IS not III tie af6
rew. II is in the original merely 1.-The anga Gao
riel whom had seen IN rtsson, Heb. becAa-zor:(
at the beginning, &c The Hebrew article kai.
(THE,) is not there
If / we're to bring forward any other aggumentt 10
rcfute this absurd idea, fear my readers would
think me like the lawyer, VINO, in undertaking 10
prove that certain deed had been signed by de-
signated individual, began by stating that be had
fifteen reasons to allese why the man in question
had not signed the deed, and promising to state
them in order, began by saying, My first reason,
is the unqucstionabe fact, that the man was dead
before the deed wrilteni my second-'
Stop said the judge, "if YOU can prove that,
yon may spare Yourself the trouble of e:umcratipg
your remaining fourteen reasons.'
The reader Of the foregoing remarks, will /
,hin, be satisfied that there arc, least very strong
grounds for believing {s not, as appears me. the
most positive proofl that the ilt,!e horn means
An,iochus Epiphanes.
Mr. NJ. supposes it TO mean Pegan and Papal
Rome after quoting Rev. II, 9 Z" the holy c,;y
shall they tread under foot furty and two months,