The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-20
The End of the World.
1878 THE LAST YEAR.

"
will come to an end. In work lust
published i'm England, entitled "Ihe
Day and the Hour; or Notes on Fro
phecy: a sketch of the Future, extract
ed from the Bible" he imparts con
siderable amount of information when
is certainly "important If true" Inc
dav of Judgment, he tells us, is liXed ior
September Goth, 1878; the hour, sunset
the Translation of the Saints having
previously taken place, at one O'Clock I'D
the morning of the 25th of January,
1875.
If CAPTAIN Baker confined himself to
this point, he would only tantalize ms
readers. But he is TO kind-hearted Tor
that. He gives us full particulars OF the
very remarkabic events which viii nap
pen in the next thirteen years, az VIII
be seen in the following table of "eyents !
to come off," TO use sporting phrase:
Dec, 1867. Second expedition to Italy, |
1867. Day of humiliation, 9th October,
1867. Retirement of Queen Victoria,
the Prince of Wales made Prince Re-
gent.
April, 1868. Disappearance of King
| George of Greece. Austria seizes Greece,
and eats up two minor German States.
| Russia seiZes on Turkey all occurring
probably in 1868 and 1870.
| Aug, 1871. Russia and Austria COM
| bine to make war on France, October
q, 1871. The Emperor of Austria dies |
| about the end of 1871. Russia seizes on |
| Greece, and makes the new Emperor
Ibis dependent. Napoleon signs cove
| nant (perhaps) with the Jews, October
Is, 1911. The Emperor of Russia is
killed in Palestine, on the field OF battle,
June 3, 1872, and Napoleon becomes st-
preme monarch, all the kingdoms of the
old Roman Earth falling to him Except
Britain before the end of this M. Pes
thence IN Rome begins December, 1873,
or january, 1874, followed by famine.
4 Dec, 1854. Resurrection OF the Just,
exactly at 1901 M, 9th December, 1854.
Fall of Rome and great part of Italy,
4 between December 6, 1874, and January
Is, 1855. Translation of saints at about
H. | A, M. of the night of the 24th-25th o
n January. Restoration of the Jews tt
"a Jerusalem, March 10, 1855. Anticlirls
h also appears; and is fully revealed Apri
q 9th, 1875. The two witnesses appear
o April I'd, 1875.
April. 1874. Paris taken June Goth or
/ September 4, 1878. Eclipse of the sun,
e July 30; shooting stars, 18th to 9th Au-
gust. Fearful storms the last week of
Il August. causing great sickness in Anti
= clirist's army in Palestine. Sign of the
!, Son of Man appears about Sept. l.
= Christ appears descending on Mount
!. Oliuet at suD,set on Sept. 20, 1878.
- NAPOLEON III. THE ANTi-CHRISr.
20 The author continues
I'll The Sd June, 1872, then, will see Louis
es Napoleon almost supreme in the Roman
e.. world. In the Eastern division, Greece
It Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and the conquer
Il ed states now belonging to Eastern Aus
k, Itria Will probably form the five tribu
IL tary kingdoms represented by the iiv
- toes on one OF the feet of Nebuchadnez
:. LIARS image. BY that date the Rim
y provinces, will be ceded to him. Bava
). ria, with the Austrian possessions in til
$ Tyrtsl, will be tributary to him; Vene
re tia will be his and before he is revealed
al as Anti christ, spain, Portugal aiit
j. Italy, and perhaps Belgium also, VII
~ | acknowledges him as their Suzefaln.-
re The western division of the Roman En-
- nire being also divided into five king
doms probably France. Spain, Italy
Bavaria and Belgium, to agree with tn
r. five toes on the other foot of the image
t. In this case the two kingdoms Of Spail
r. aud Portugal will necessarily becom
one hut this is point we may wei
nc leave TO the future we know that Their
r. will be five, and only five, kingdoms Il
in fine western division what the bound
d. ary lines of each will be is immateria
I'VE must now leave Louis Napoleon
TO settle these boundaries according !
~ his own liking, whilst we turn our al
OF tention to three most important EVEN
s. which occur i'm quick succession ate
~ the mower of Napoleon is consolidated
but before his appearance as Antichrlst
~ These events are LIST, The resurrection
H. of the lust Immediately on the expra
ton of fhe six thousand years of tn
ia world. I'd. The destruction Of Rome
:, Sd. The translation of the saints.
i, According to my chronology, the si'
Thousand wears of the world expire OF
n the 9Th December, 1874; the resurrec
lst ton, Therefore. oe the dead just WI
ch take place Oh That day. We shali ho'
We see this resurrection, and therefore W,
~ shall never know in this lie Whetnei
re such is precisely the case or NOT Wv. we
i, !, now however, that there will be Two
re- sta res of the resurrection at least suciI
10 ,o opinion of the words OF st. Paul.
=, IF as some bold, the living shall ac'
" t,ajv see the resurrection OF the Just
we shall then have positive proof. dt
II not think we shall do so, and therefore
lie I do not expect my opinion can ever b'
al nod rioht. nor can it ever be PROVED
ru irrono merely state my belief tina
nd tha q dead in Christ will rise befor
nv day,ioht on the 9th December, 1874.
ed Daniel says, "Blessed is he that wal
of 9th and cometh to the thousand thre
Mt bundred and five and thirty days" M
OF. exnlanation of this verse, OH the yea
be day principle, has already been given
Int. like the other dates, it must, on Il
ne literal-day principle, be calculated bat
from the Goth September, 1878, and v
re come TO the evening of the 24th Jan
o. ary, 1879. On the night ofthe 24th-25
January, 1875, probably some little tin
ne dawn Jerusalem time), will take pla
of the translation of the saints. l say
be fore dawn because i believe that the
,h surrection of the dead and the trans
&C. ton of the saints will occur at the sai
all hour as Christ's resurrection, and
I'D cause we are told that this first step
"a Christ's coming will be as a THIEF III !
night, and that it was at midnight I'll
the cry arose, "Behold, the Brldegroo
- cometh," and he appears to have c da
he somewhere between midnight anu va
nc light. .;,;hle resi-
ne AS I do not believe in visible ,i iSt
of rection. so do not believe III u n'9 va
translation. The wise virgins o mn,i
b;s ish at one moment simuitiilaeJ lad Ia
s;s. the twinlSling of an eye, a. .. .h anotb
inas risen. One Of us shall be t iast Will ale
ices ,isoh' t,osa who are lett Will sie