The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-09-28
Pr0NheCY...Thc W0r.

: Some Of our readers will be interested II
examining into the prophecies Of the Ole
Testament relative to this, the greatest wal
since the history Of the world. IL othe,
wars, such as those of Napoleon, come il
for so large a share of application to tht
predictions of Scriptural scers, our hercuear
| strife certainly is marked out in The Boo!
in unmistakablc prominence Without as
sorting belief that the Daniels and Jere.
miahs Of old were posted entirely as to the
future, or that the Daniel whose expla.
nation we copy below is certain as to the
coming Of peace on the LIST December, We
repIblish from the Savannah IlD Repu5.
lican an article which must certainly at
tract the attention Of those who are actual
believers in the orthodoxy Of the age. 1t
is our opinion that those prophecies Of old,
which have been tortured to mean any and
every thing passing through the range of
modern times, from the destruction of the
Catholic Church to the destruction of the
Earth (on several occasions) had reference
to the immediate period in which they were
written and were valuable only because
their authors were the learned men of the
time and were able to reason on coming
events oc that age more correctly than the
masses of their conntrymen. This is our
opinion simply, and We have no desire to
fault those who differ with US; but we do
insist that a belief in the application of
prophetic lore to modern times necessitates
the finding of something in the Bible pre-
dictive of the immense slaughter and con-
vulsion which now overshadows i: horror
all the wars of history. Surely the seers
would not have failed to notice, on the
Scroll Of the Future, so gigantic picture
as the United States Of America now pre-
sents If they did see it, those who are
wise as to the intentions Of Deity can point
to the reference Should Peace and Union
come by December LIST we shall be almost
convinced that the modern Daniel has
struck valuable Keynote to the interpre-
taton of Scripture. Here is the article:
"Let US notice the prophecy in Daniel
concerning a war between the North and
the South. and see If there is not an analogy
sufficient to create a belief that it has re-
ference to the present war. know that
commentators have given positive assur
ance that their notion is correct, would
particularly refer to the army raised by the
King Of the North Daniel XII q; and then
after the overthrow of that army, a second
great army (Dan. XII Is, 49, which mot
with similar defeat and then the posses
sicn taken Of the islands and cities; The
tidings out Of the East;' and then the DIES.
perate effort to destroy, and his final over
throw. in all which. think, We have
clear prophecy from Scripture Of the pres
ent struggle. Now as to the time Of the
end, Dan. vii. 6, 7, l2,) And one said to
the man clothed in linen, which was upon
the waters of the river, how long shall it be
to the end Of these wonders p The full
duration is given-'a thousand three hun.
dred and five and thirty days Now, &C.
cording to this prophecy, if it has reference.
to the present war, peace may confidently
be expected between this and the LIST Of
December; counting the days from the
first battle Of Fort Sumter. on April l2,
1861, it will be observed that the thousand
three hundred and thirty five days will be
accomplished on the LIST Of December,
1864" #'ssLt