Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-10-04
MOnday, Oct. ].


ID. M, published in London, In I10l the
edition before US and from which we quot,
Vas entered at Slalit ners' Hall, London, and
published in 1893, and is probably almost the
enly copy of the work in this country. II is
entitled, "Apocalyp,i al Key. An extraor
dlnary Discourse on the Rise and Fall OF Ia
Yacy or the pouring out Of the Nials, in the
revelations of ST. John, Chap, XVI Contain
ing Predictions respecting the Revolutions i"
France the Fate Of its Monarh the DECLINE
of papal Power; Together with the Fate oi
the SURROUNDING Nations the Destruction o
Mahometanism the Calling in Of the Jews f.;
the Restoration and Consumma,ion Of Ali
Things, &c, &c."
From its title, il will be perceived that the
author covers q vast deal Of ground, and IN
r'udes, in the scope of his argument varle-
" Of things, of prophetic nature, not cnly
interesting TO the intelligent reader, but OF
vast importance TO the christian world, AN ev-
en- TO the speculative thinker and man Of pro-
found reasoning.
We cannot, Of course, in the brief space OF
leading article in daily paper, give the
reader even an indistinct idea Of the interest
Of this Discourse but The main points laid
down are hat the Revelations of St. John
c n,ans the series Of all the remarkable
events and changes of The state Of the Chris
iian Church 10 the end of the world. That I
Musical Babylon or the grea, Who're, des.
ciibed ,here, doth signify Rome, in an Anti
ch istian Church State. That therefore this
canno, be Rome Pagan properly, bu. Rome
popql. Tfat the / !Seren Heads Of the Beast
or the S zen Kings, are the seven Forms Of
Government, which o6ia successvely
among the Romans. Aud seeing the S'rhh
Of flhese was that which was only in being III
Johns time Qhe former Fire having taIlen
before thai therefore consequently, the Scr
rnih head which under another consideration
is called the iighM, (tlc in'eryenient king
dom of tie OSfrO- Goihs being the Setenh m
num6er, though not properly Roman, and there
re-. in tha, sense, none of the HeG6s of the
Ruman gov. rnHen,,) is the last species o. gor-
ernmeni, ard hat which is called most pecuI-
iarly and By speciality ,he BEAST, OR ANTI
CHRIST.
lie then lays own two preliminary consid-
era,iuns first, That the three grand Apoca-
lyp,ical lumber. of 1860 days, AZ months, and
time, times and ahaLf, are not only ,ynchroni-
cal, but must c intcrprete9 Frophetcd'fy, Sc
az yrars must be understood by days; second,
That, in order to understand the prOphcticdl
vcqrs Alright, we must reduce them TO Julian
ars, or such rs are in use with us now in
Europe.
The frs, poin, he argues out a, some length
and we regret that we cannot quote in full
Bu, his reasoning under the second head we
give. in order to make the subject more COM
prehensive, and to show by what principle he
copl utes time, and also on what basis his
theory is fixed. He says. under the second
head. This is no idle or chimercal inquiry :;
seeing the ignorance of this has mised all
our great Apocalyp,cal men hitherto in their
calculations and vet unless We arc aole to
adjust the difference between Prophelical and
yufqn years, we must still reckon at VEN
,nre, without any certainty of the tru'h and
exartness Of our arithmetck Therefore that
We may understand this difference, we are to
remember, ,hIt the ancients were far more
rud, and indistinct in their calculation Of time
than We have been since And indeed such
al; ,bot oh.
Egcd to Gods pro idence in giving US the ex-
act compass Of prophelical year, even in this
book, by fixing the synchronism of the three
nuutsrs above mentioned. For by these it
Is determined that 80 days make month,
and 2 Of such months year. SO that l26O
days being divided into three years and an
har Tor time and times and an half in the Apo
ctlyp,ical dialect 800 days must make up a
year, without the additional five days and odd
hours and minutes, that are added, in the cal
cua,i n of the Julian year. For the Julian
year and Gregorian) months consisting some
of 80, and SOM Of 81 days excepting Feb
rualy alone,) and the years consequently OF
365 days, there must nerds be some consider
able difference in the revolution Of many CEN
iuries Which difference appears still great
er, if we consult the late curious A.tronomi-
cal Calculat ons OF Petavious, Tycho, kepler,
and Others. But since their exactness hath
only added hours to every yeH Oogethe,
with some minutes, frsts, seconds, &c. COM
muaibVS 0nnis, which they themselves are
not fully agreed in) shall no, be so nice up
on this point, as to follow them exactly in all
their criticisms this way. However since FIVE
hours additional to year arise to an entire
day, IN the revolution Of 1863 years, it ought
not TO be altogether negl 'cted. But pass ng
even these, and considering only the five days
iha, are added 10 the 800, in our ordinary
years, we will find that the 1860 days in the
Revelation being reduced TO years, aTe IL
years shor, Of Julian years in the prophetics
reckoning, by reason Of The additional days
;,,o ,na,o in tho ordinarv accoupte