The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-10


only as corroboratiye of their own
views. Ever since Mother Ann Lee
|" fed into the wilderness for a time,
times and half" the belief has been
entertained that in one hundred years
from that time and "a time, times and a
half J" (three and one-half years. would
come great change. This would ac.
cordingly be the year 1881.
In the year 1854 very singular book
made its appearance with the title of
Armageddon; or the United States in
Prophecy" The author Rev. s. d.
Baldwin, was a remarkably able and
eloquent divine, and for number of
years was President of Soule Female
College in Tennessee. He was q close
student of the Scriptures, and made
their Interpretation the study of life
time. He died many years ago.
Mr.. Baldwin's assumption is, that the
United States are the restored Israel of
prophecy, and that the millennium will
beginsin the United States some time
near and after the year 1878. After
showing that all principal historic
events have been prophesied in the
Scriptures, he makes the claim that the
fifth kingdom presented by Daniels
vision is the United States. By some
the signifcation of the fifth kingdom
was the breaking of the political power
of the earth by the sudden appearing of
Christ; by others its gradual consump-
tion by the prevalence of piety. Mr..
Baldwin holds that the truth lies be-
tween them.
By series of mathematical calcula-
tions, carried out by Scriptural symbols
he shows that the date, July 4, 177G,
answers to the time when "a nation
shall be born at once-the restored Is
rael." Unto two thousand and three
hundred days then shall the sanctuary
be cieansed.o 1t shall be for time,
times and half, and when he shall
have accomplished to scatter the power
of the holy people, all these things shall
be finished.o From the time the daily
sacrifice shall be taken away there shall
be twelve hundred and ninety days" !"
These texts, from Daniel, give each the
period of Israeps desolation. Their start
ing-point is at the cessation of the daily
sacrifice on the one hundred and eighty
ninth day of 68, D. D., and each period
exactly equals seventeen hundred and
eight years. The ending point is there
fore July 4, 1776.
From all his studies, Mr.. Baldwin
concludes that in 1878 will begin those
events that will result in brief period
in the overthrow of all Absolutism. By
the aid of the same mathematical, astro-
nomical and scriptural calculations by
which his first conclusions are arrived
at, he placed this prediction on record
twenty-four years ago: That in the year
1878 Turkey will have been overthrown
by Russia; and that in all Monarchial
Governments, Socialist agitations will
have begun, destined to overthrow
them; that Russia will be harrassed dur
ing this period by severe internal dis
turbances, and that an uprising of So
cialist element will take place.
In that remarkable book, Our Inher-
itsnee IN the Great Pyramid" !" occurs
much that is appropriate to this subject,
and the most recent investigation of
Egyptian scholars furnish some facts
worthy of serious investigation.
The fact that but one of the thirty
eight pyramids is perfect in its proper
tions, and the wonderful unity in the
various proportions of that one, have
suggested that it was built under Divine
inspiration In all its finished parts
there is not vestige of heathenism, nor
anything resembling idolatry. Its ex.
terror and interior are plain and simple
and devoid of the usual engraved OF
sculptured work of Egyptian monuments
and buildings. Ancient writers relate
that it was built under some mysterious
compulsion, which would account fol
the absence of the usual decorations
According to these writers the Egyp
tians hated and yet feared the power tina
was compelling them to build it. In it.
nature and conception it was so granC
and pure that its architect must either
have had superhuman ability or els
was diyinely inspired.
Until 1859 comparatively little of th,
Pyramid was solved. In that year
John Taylor, of Scotland, began ney
| series of scientific measurments calcu
lated to prove by the actual facts of an
cient Masonic construction in number
weight and measure, and by other reas
ons that were sound and Christian, tina
the builders of the Pyramid were of tn
chosen race. These show that the con
struction of the Pyramid betrays an ex
act numerical knowledge of the cosmi
cal phenomena of both the heavens an,
the earth, which, with the imite,
knowledge of the times, could not hav
been human. The geoiue'rical propol
tions are maryelously accurate, Will
the workmanship of every part j
matchless 1t was discovered that tn
Great Pyramid represented the tru
value of aud the discovery of wha
is now called the pyramidal inch wa
due to the necessity of representing
by some measure that would avoid frat
tions. This measure bears direct re
lation to the lengths of day and yeal
and again to the earth's semi-axis of rc
,tation. This latter has only been know.
since the time of Newton. The ARCH
tect of the pyramid, it is demonstrated
| must have known the exact shape an
size of the earth, since he used tn
unique diameter of its axis of rotatio
as standard of measure in the build
ing. That is the length of the side @
the base of the pyramid is exactly on
-millionth of the earth's semi-axis @
rotation. Chronology is indicated b
the number of times pyramid standar
of measure will go into the length @
the side of the base, which is exactl
equal to the days and the fractions of
day in year. A relation to the sun
distance has also been discovered, an
modern astronomers assert this coul
not have been known by human being,
unaided by Divine power, at that tims
The Golfer in the Kings Chamber
shown to be capacity measure bearin
similar relation to the earth's axis @
rotation. and its cubic contents reveal
the earth's density.
| In1s4OSir John Herschel asserted thai
calculating the Pyramids to be fou
thousand years old, if the starry heaven
were searched some memorial or monr
mental astronomical record of the builG
ing of the pyramid would be found. H
discovered that the only notable sta
at the required polar distance SO as t
look down the descending entrance pa
sage of the Great Pyramids at the tim
of its building was a Draconis, whic
| was in that nosition ahout 2160 r {