Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-01-12
THE END OF THE WORTH.

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Professor Stuart of Audoyer, has late
II written volume relating to the Pro-
pheeies, in which the following comments
my be found:
Plain as all this seems to my mind.
yet see many, and some very sensible
persnns, too. greatly aeitated about the
end ofthe world, which, as many predict
at the present day, is TO come of in l845.
do not say thatt would be well for the
public to call to mind the many pretilc
tons ofthe like nature which have airea
DIV wrecked, and which were maintained
with as mitch learning, and as much
confidence. too, as present theories are.
Specially wouid they do well to call to
j:niud the notable case. of John Albert
! .BengeI, one Of the best Greek scholars
and sacred expositors OF the last age, and
the editor Of the famous critical edition
Of the New Testament which bears his
name. His piety and talents are beyond
fair question, and sobriety On all other
subjects except the Apocalypse, was a
prominent trait of his character. lie
spent the flower of-his life in the pursuit
Of the secret meanings of tae Revelation.
He came TO a full persuasion, at last, that
The discovered. them. He announced
| them to the world. and in so doing. lie
says, with much modesty, that the only
reason he has to doubt the disclosure of
these secrets. is that 1t was made to so
Funworthy person as himself. Yet. in
the full confidence that the occult matters
of the Apocalypse had actually been re-
Ivealed to him by the Ho,y Spirit, he pub
lished his book. Most devoutly does he
thank God for the wonderful disclosures
! which it is designed to make. The e,an.,
period, as to all the leading parts ofstlle
great drama. according to his book. was
to be consummated in A. D. 1886. If
I-the face of the world should not be en-
tirely changed at that period. then, he
says, the Church must believe that he has
been mistaken, But that the change
would take place. he entertained not a
shadow Of doubt.
So far. this great and good man. And
we've have lived to see 1876, and The
world is still moving round the sun. and
its busy inhabitants going on much as in
days of syore. We never once thought.
at that period, of the BengsGam reyela-
tions: and cannot now discover the re-
cord of them IN the page Of history.
Many confident prediction. uttered
by other ron'aarers in prophecy, has met
with the same fate, and been wrecked on
the rocks, whittier the mighty stream of
time hath borne them. Such is doubt.
less the destiny of many others also: and
vet, all this does not seem to diminish
the confidence Of those who write theolo
gical romances BE 1T so. If there
must needs be enthusiasts and visiona-
ries. land so it wotld seem,) why may.
not this department of exegetical theo!o-
sy exhibit IT'S due proportion
Once for all, however, we may beseech
such interpreters to listen to word of
caution. will not reproach them with
the presumption Of understanding to ex-
pound book, which of all Others in the
Bible, demands the deepest knowledge
of tie original Scriptures. and the pro-
phetic idiom-when they have not well
stu lied either.
But alas ali the disappointment of
writer's teeming with fancy and filled
with confidence. in DAYS that are past,
seem to have made no serious impression