Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-15
FULFILMENT OF pROpHEC1

FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY.
The following article is copied from the
Boston Transcript: .'-... ~. ..--
in the year 1892, there was reprinted
in Boston, an unpretending little work,
which had been originally published in
London, nearly century before, namely,
in the year l7Ol, entitled, the "Rise and
Fall of Papacy, by Robert Fleming.
The cause Of its Republication was the as
tonishment and interest excited by the ver-
ification Of its interpretations Of prophecy
in regard to the fall of the French Monar-
chy. We say interpretations Of prophe-
cy for Mr. Fleming merely aspires to the
rank Of an interpreter of the my stical va
ticinations Of the author Of Revelations
He assumes at the outset that Biblical stu
dents, are agreed upon certain points such
as that Papal Rome is the Babylon Of the
Apocalypse that the seven heads of the
beasts are the seven forms of civil govern
ment that succeed each other in the Ro-
man nation; that the government of the
Pope is the last Of the seven. He then
maintains, that the 1860 days spoken of
under the several forms of"42 months"
"a time, times and half time" Sc. are
to be taken for 1860 years. He holds that
Anti-Christ began his reign in the year Of
was to be the last Of the forms, and the
one Immediately succeeding the kingdom
Of Ostro-Goths, the kingdom that was .sto
continue but a short space" In that year
this kingdom passed away, and the title of
Universal Bishop was given to the Pope,
and soon after idolatry was publicly au-
thorized in Rome. In this year it was first
ordained that public worship should be
conducted in Latin. From this time there
was commencement and gradual expan-
sion Of Papal power. -..-~
Con the subject Of the outpouring of the
vial he says, There is ground to hope,
that in the beginning Of another such GEN.
fury, he wrote in l7Ol, century before
the time of which he speaks, things may
again alter for the better. For cannot
but hope that some new modification of
the chief supporters Of Anti-C Christ will
then happen, and perhaps the French Mon
archy may begin to be considerably hum
bled about that time. = But as 10 the
expiration of this vial, fear it will not be
until the year 1884" This was mostex-
actly fulfilled in the revival of Protestant
religion which succeeded that.
"From another course of remarks he
draws the conclusion in this more distant
form: "Therefore we may justly suppose
that the French Monarchy, after it had
scorched others, will consume its fire and
waste, till it has exhausted at last toward
the end of this (that is, OF the last century,
"These verified interpretations were
considered 50 remarkable as to justify the
republication Of the book in 1892. But
why is it, that new edition has appeared
at this time in the city of New York ?
Mr. Fleming is right again. Fixing the
commencement of the Papal power al COG,
and making its duration 1860 years, he
calculated we should find "the beginning
of the end'' 10 be 1866. But the prophe-
tic reckoning was according to the then
existing mode, 365 days for ayear: where
as actual time runs, according to the Ju-
liam mode, 800 days, 5 hours, minutes,
81 seconds, for year--'naking the num-
Der 1860 less by Is years. So that ac-
cording to Mr. Fleming, the real time for
the fall Of Popery to commence would be
in 1913. Speaking Of the Pope, he says:
"He cannot be supposed to have any vial
poured out upon his seat so as 10 ruin his
authority so signally as this judgment must
be supposed TO do, until the year ls4S.--
But we are not to imagine that
this vioi wiH totally destroy The Pnpacy,
though it will exceedingly weaken it,
Fleming had previously assigned the COM
mencement Of this century, corresponding
with Napoleon's attack upon the authority
of Rome, for a great observation Of Pope
ry. BY the fixing of the year ls4S for
the vial that would greatly weaken, though
not destroy, is most remarkable, for never
has the Papal authority been SO near its
downfall as within the last four months,
when the Pope seemed to have lost all that
Prestige that surrounded him So far that
the people were OIL the point Of imprison-
ing him, before he fed in disguise.
"But it is not in regard to Popery alone
that Mr. Fleming shows bi. acuteness Of
Interpretation. Abiding to the destruc-
ton Of the French monarchy by the form
er revolution, he says :-sThis judgment
will probably begin about the year 1894,
and expire about the year l848." Upon
this, the New England Puritan remarks
with no unwarrantable emphasis. "Now
here is something truly wonderiul-that
! v.it;ne hundred wears before the tins