The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-10
time hereafter" but "rho hour of his judgment %

lime hefeaiter,' but "Ihe hour OF his Judgment ts
There have been two classes Of minds looking into
this matter scanning the Apocalypse. and endea-
VOring to Understand It's meaning. One OF these
classes have taken the whole thing in literal sense
while the Others have regarded it as entirely
utmes. IT is mother literal nor spiritua alone, but
the evidence OF liberal things made tangible througn
In the goth chapter Of Revelations two powers are
spoken of tho bin ling DO and the power bound.
from heaven, having the key OF the bottOmless Dit
and great cham in his hand" The speaker said
that in bis discourse on last Sunday evening he had
sh wn h W tins angel OF the botOmless pit was the
Mohammedan power ard how its empire had re-
NAMED intact for the prOphesIed period ot q year. q
month, and q day OF prophetic time or, one day
counting as year. for 39l years. In the year 1853
nople, which was the commencement OF tho Mo
hammedau period; and 391 years added to this
brings us sn to 1874 tho year IN which the king.
dom of Greece secuted Its own Independence and
disrupted the Mohammedan sway. The hse months
durinF which 1 he angel OF the 6otomless pit spoken
messenger, permitted swarms of locusts, having
the power OF scorpions, to emerge from 1T, tyQity
the exact period OF 100 during which the Cru
sades lasted And as the Crusades we're conducted
under TIE sanction and controi of the Churcn of
Rome, that is therefore, the bottomless pit of the
The dragon, the power that was bound in the
bOttomless PIT, is represented being "tbat old
serpent, which is the Devil" The word 'devll,"
In prophecy, IS the emblem for murderer or acouser
of the brethren, the Term elsew hero used The
speaker then at considerable length explained the
meaning OF fourteen different symbols which are
and showed how Napoleon III had already fulfilled
his part as the DRAG on, IN reference to all OF them
bottomess OFT ''set seal upon him, that he should
deceive the nations no moro, TIL the thousand years
VUioSl Of % bndna cOutast Which pr RIORnscS pms CASES
was consummated In the year S63, to which the
Turkish sway in Mohammedanism dates bacx To
this add the 1000 years during which the dragon
to be kept confined in the botiomless PIT, ana we
have 1864. tho very year IN which, BY covenant
between Victor Emanuel ard Napoleon ILL., the
connection between the temporal and spiritual
power OF the Pope was severed In the seventeenth
chapter OF Revelations, q beast having seven heads
with the name of blasphemy written on taem
springs out of the bottomess pit This beast with
seven heads typiies the seven CarloVinglan kings,
and there are no other seven consecutive kings in
history to which 1t can be appned lhsse seven
were anoned by The Pope; and they are rcpresen ed
as having blasphemy written on their heads because
man had thus arrSg -ted unto himself % proroga-
headed monster is said to have received his power
from beast or dragon, which rose up after him
This typihes the connection between the seven Car
loylngian kings and Napoleon III.
Napoleon is, then. the DRAGON or the devil. But
be IS not the devil Of the theologIans, with two
horns only, but he has ten horns, which typIfy the
ten powers confederated with him. These are the
after the chaIning of thousand years and are now
GONG "up on tho b. cad h of the earth, and com.
loved city " Ihe number of this confederated host
is represented as the sand OF the sea. This same ex-
preston is used only IN the begipning of the thir.
teenth chapter Of Revelations and there the period
OF fOrty-.wO months or three years and half,
occurs, which must be the duration of the time
during which the dragon and his confederates are
to be permitted to com the camps of the saints
ana the bloved city. The close of this period COM
mencIng it did IN 1854 therefore near at hand,
ana the wor d is on the eve Of great events Napo.
leon like Pharaoh, Is raised up the exponent of
tnis deve ish principle, that God may show his
power IN HIM The principle of Napo cons Go sern-
ment Is that of monarchy based upon the suff
or the people. This theory gradually spreading,
and on 1t reconstructed Europe is being etablished
In this way is the dragon securing the oOopera ion
OF the nations of the four quarters the earth,
Guiding Gop and Magog and gathering them toge-
ther to battle.
The object OF this Alliance 'fhe camp of the saints
ard the be'oved cit, - The UuIted States of
America. Napoleon is even now troubling us
nightly on our Southern borde' with h1 Mexican
expedition. Some may think it IL about to come to
an end but thev deceived Napoleon will not
complete the evacuation March next And we
need not wonder that Napoleon went back on his
promise to remove quota of them IN November of
this year, since he Is the devil which heads this
alliance of Cog and bagog. He belongs to that
class OF politicians who take no account of their
words; and, since he has not fulfilled his first pro-
mlse, we need not count on much of a fu flment of
the seco ond. Like his prototy pes, coming down
through AL the ages, he always has lie his lips
And he toresees before March next the occurrence
OF events VIII ch Will enable HIM to retain his post
tion in Mexico. HIS influence on this continent will
never until the end OF the Gentle power But
this must soon come to pass as the tort two months
are nearly expired, and then will come the final
caafrog he. when these confcderated powers shall
be overthrow n, and the Devil which mas so long
deceived them, consigned to terrible tOrments.