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Iencos upon which-it rests, but simply to
AXE a glance at some Of them. Any stu {
lent Of the Scriptures must admit the ex.
stence of chains of prophecy, commencing
pack in the remote past aud reaching down
o the coming Of Chri,t, the Judgment,
md the establishment Of Gods Kingdom.
Where are we in the history Of the world
as thus given advance by the prOPhetsG
Can any one have doubt that, IN Dan.
2, the four great kingdoms Of the world
are symbolized by the four parts of the
image. aud the kingdoms Of Europe by the
ten toes? Is it not fact that the great
Roman empire, he fourth in order, was
divided up by the barbarians of Northern
Europe, from which have come all these
modern kingdoms? Have we not, then,
been living in the very last division repre-
sented preceding the fifth kingdom so
long that VIC must be near the setting up
OF the latterP
In the seventh chapter we have the
same number Of Kingdoms introduced by
the symbolic beasts with 50 many marks
OF identity that all must admit that they
reIer to the same general events of Dan.
2 But we have, in the fourth symbol,
new phase intrOduccd--the little horn
speaking great words against God and
wearing out his saints. Can there be a
doubt in the mind Of any one who has in
vestigated this subject that this power is
the Catholic church under the lead of the
pope, who was made head over the
churches in 53S, and that the time,
times, and dividing of time" of his dura-
ton, twelve hundred and sixty years,
commenced at the above named period
and ended in 1898. when he was carried
into capativity by the French ? Then it
is said of him 1.-The judgment shall sit,
and they shall take away his dominion to
consume and distroy it unto the end"
Who can look over the events Of the
past half century and not see wonder
full fllment of this prediction Naples,
Spain, Austria and France were all strong
nations and ali upheld the papacy with all
their power. Spain has been absorbed in-
to the rising kingdom of Italy, whose
king, Victor Emmanuel, is under the ex'
communication ofthe pope. Austria; only
a few years since one of the great powers
of Europe and bulwark of the papacy
now greatly humbled, and opening hel
doors to other churches and influences, ha
4 left the pope to care for himself An(
4 lastly France, the eldest son of tn,
church, who furnished the bayonets which
kept the pope in Rome for eighteen years
T has at last fallen before the rising powe
Of Prussia, and pope Plus finds himself
captive in his own capital, with not foo
of territory he can call his own, and Rom
made the capital of united Italy and rule'
, over by tho excommunicated king. /
spite of all the great claims Of infalibilit
put forth by the pope and council, here
where he finds himself Who can douh
but the 4, body of the beast " will soon b
given to. the burning fame? Can event
90 backward and not forward, when Co
!, has spoken SO plainly? The next thin
is the kingdom and dompion under tn
whole heaven to be given to the saints
! the Most High
We take Matt "a. one Of the PLANES
! prophecies in the Bible, and trace it dow
5 through the prosecutions of the church t
9 the signs, the darkening of the sun an
!. moon, and the falling of the stars. A
S these have met an ample fnlfilment
Q the events to which Adventists appl
+, them. rs IA III lld
D Here we stand, then, thirty-seven year
s this side of the last great sign given b
c the Saviour. At this very point, after tn
4 fulfllment of these signs, he says, "Whe
/, ye shall see all these things, hnow that f
r is near, even at the doors" 1t is NJ
e guess work. We have the authority I
! our Lord himself that we can kno,o in r
/. ference to this with the certainty we Ga
i know when summer is coming BY the tre'
), putting forth their leaves; and we ca
Judge Of the degree Of nearness; it is
q if a man stood by the door ready to ente
n I" This generation" snys Jesus, "sho
N not pass till all these things be tulflle
). Heaven and earth shall pass away, b
d my words shall not pass away" Con
,e anything be made more positive Ht
,e close these words bring us to this gre
e. event. The heavens shall soon open a
5 reveal the Son Of God. a HI 1l'a.
So Of all the signs gwen in the book
ar We read the description, and look arou
,e us and see them here. Was the, last a
t. to be one of darkness or light7 The p1
Ii phet says IN the " time Of the end kno
Ii. edge shall be increased 1t is curie