Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1847-1861, 1857-06-03
PULFILMENT OF PROPHECY.

The National Intelligencer, Of recent
da'e, contains a sketch of discourse de,
liverei in Washington on Sunday, the 22nd
Of february, which appears to have attract
ed more than ordinary attention. Below
will be found the Intelligencer's sketch Of
the sermon on the occasion referred to:
In place Of the Rev. Mr. Waldo. Chap
lain Of the House, Rev. I. E. Pitts, Of
Nashville, Tennessee, appeared agreeaLly
to previous ammo Incement, and delivered a
discourse, the subject of which was 1.-The
Ful6Iment of Prophecy" with reference to
nsin rited States. with nc 'lr"nins TO
cant Or fanatici>m, and with no tendency 20
a politico religious sermon, the reverend
speaker entered upon his task Of unfolding
the prophecies both Of the Old and the New
Testanients. The events which he detailed
with reference to his own country were
made to fit with such surprising chronolog
ical accuracy to the predictions, that il was
by the almost unanimous desire uf large
end attentive audience that his lecture was
continued in the afternoon. At the ap,
pointed time, 3 o'clock, p. NJ, it was no
easy task to find a seat in the great hall at
the Capitol, SO deeply interested were the
people to hear the sequel Of the MORN
ing's discourse, brief outline of which we
are herewith enabled to present to our
readers.
His introduction to the investigation in.
dicated with what reverence and discretion
any attempted elucidation Of the m gaming
Of prophecy should be conducted that the
prophecies touching the nations, down 10 the
fall Of Jerusalem, were but literal history
of Syria, Edom. Moab, Egypt and Judea.
But from the destruction Of the Jewish
capital, down to certain period called the
"time OF the end" veil was on the proph.
cts. and no Interpretation of the sublime
visions during that interdicted age could
possibly be correct; for God had repeated
the announcement to Daniel, the prophet,
that " the words were closed up, and the
vision was sealed till the time Of the end"
That this was not the end Of the world
was evident, for in the time Of the end,
"many should run to and fro, and knowl
edge should be increased" aud then the
should not understand" Not only was the
vision itself sealed, but the time or eUd OF
these wonders, and especially the theatre of
these wonders, or the land OF their realza-
ton, should not be known till God was pre-.
pared for their accomplishment. That "the
time of the end" and age of great intelec.
tual energy, adventure and locomotion, was
the age in which a great nationality would
arise that the United States arose at the
end of 1890 symbolic days from the de-
structon of Jerusalem; that Daniels 10
weeks being equal to 603 years and 2l4
days Of solar time, according to the eclips.
es Of the sun gave an inialble rule to de.
tsrmine symbolic time so that if 70 sym
bolic weeks equal 500 years and 2l4 days,
1890 symbolic days reached from the
burning of the temple, on the lS9th day OF
the year 6S, A. D., to the 18th day OF July,
l776; and that making the starting point
at the occasion Of the daily sacrifice, which
happened, according to astronomy, at sun
rise, 8 minutes past S o'clock, A. NJ, on
the day the temple was burnt. the 1890
days run out at quarter to three o'clock,
p. NJ, on the 4th day of July, l776; and
from the best sources of information the
Declaration of independence was proclaim
ed at that hour on the glorious fourth. That
the United States was the fifth government,
representing the successive kingdoms o
Assyria, Medo-Persia, Macedonia and
Rome that the iron and clay in the feel
and toes Of the image symboli4ei the uniol