The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-10-26

GUS ministers have already taken their
places on high, where they shine even
brighter than they shone on earth; Ed
ward N. Kirk, Of the Congregational
church; Stephen II. Tying, Of the Epis-
copal church; Matthew Simpson, OF the
Methodist church; John Bowling, of the
Baptist church; Samuel K. Talmage, Of
the Presbyterian church; DR.. De Witt,
of the Reformed church; John Cham
bers, Of the Independent church; and
there stop, for it SO happens that have
mentioned the seven stars Of the seven
churches.
pass on to another mighty Bible
seven, and they are
THE SEVEN SEALS.
st. John in vision saw scroll with
seven seals, and he heard an angel cry:
"Who is worthy to loose the seals there
OFF" Take eight or ten sheets Of fools
cap paper, paste them together and roll
them into a scroll. and have the scroll at
seven different places sealed with sealing
wax. You unroll the scroll till you come
to one of these seals, and then you can
20 no further until you break that seal;
then unroll again until you come to an
other seal and you can go no further
until you break that seal; then you go
until all the seven seals are broken, and
the contents of the entire scroll is re-
vealed. Now, that scroll with seven
seals held by the angel was the prophecy
Of what was to come on the earth; 1t
meant that the knowledge of the future
was with God, and no man and no angel
was worthy to open it; but the Bible
says Christ opened it and broke all the
seven seals. He broke the first seal and
unrolled the scroll, and there was paint
ing of a white horse, and that meant
prosperity and triumph for the Roman
empire, and so it really came to pass that
for ninety years virtuous emperors sue
ceeded each other, Nerva, Trajan and
Antoninus. Christ in the vision broke
the second seal and unrolled again and
there was painting of red horse, and
that meant bloodshed, and SO it
really came to pass, and the next
ninety years were red with assassina-
tions and wars. Then Christ broke
the third seal and unrolled it
and there was a painting of black
horse, which in all literature means
famine, oppression and taxation; and so
it really came to pass. Christ went on
until he broke all the seven seals and
opened all the scroll. Well, the future
Of all of us is sealed scroll, and l am
glad that no one but Christ can open it.
Do not let us join that class of Christians
in our day who are trying to break the
seven seals Of the future. They are try
ing to peep into things they have no bus
mess with. They try to foretell what is
going to come to them and what is going
TO come on the earth. They know moth
ing about it. Christ is tho only one
who can break the seal of the future.
Bible prophecy was not written to
help us to tell things in the future,
out to have us, when the things &C
5ually do come to pass, compare them
With prophecy and so learn Gods fore
knowledge and the inspiration of the
Scriptures. But you go into the study
If the prophecies in order to find out
what is going to happen a year from
low, or twenty years from now, or one
thousand years from now, and I will
make prophecy Of my own, and that is
hat you will have your brain addfsD1
7ou do not positively get into public or
private insane asylum, where the greatest
If expounders and preachers of prophecy
ended his life few years since. and
where You may regale the visitors of the
by incoherent mumblings over
omething from Daniel OF Revelations
bout the leopard which means Greece,
nd the bear which means Medo- Persia,
nd the image with the great toes. What
mental wreck did the persistent at
empt to forestall events make of that
MIRACLE OF preachers, Edward Irving, of
london. 1t would take several mad
louses to hold the demented victims of |
he improper use Of the prophecies Of
Daniel and Revelation. What! are not |
hose books to be studied9 Yes. No |
art of the Bible is more important. |
Neither is there any more important
helf in that apothecary's store than the
helf on which are the belladonna and
he morphine, but be more careful in
sing them than in the use of pepper
mint and ginger. Keep your hands
IF of the seven seals. Christ
viii break them soon enough.
DON'T 60 to some necromancer or
piritualist or soothsayer or fortune teller
0 find out what is going to happen to
ourself, or your family, or your friends.
Wait till Christ breaks the seal to find
ut whether in your own personal life or
be life of the nation or the life of the
World it is going to be the white horse of
or the red horse of war OF the
lack horse of famine. You will soon
nough see him paw and hear him neigh.
AXE care of the present and the future
will take care of ITSELF If man live
evenly years, his biography is in scroll
aving at least seven seals; and let him
lot during the first ten years of his life
~ to look into the twenties, nor the
wenties into the thirties, nor the thirties
nto the forties, nor the forties into
he fifties, nor the fifties into
he sixties, nor the sixties into the seven
les. From the way the years have got
ne habit of racing along, I guess you
viii not have to wait a great while be-
ore all the seals of the future are broken.
would not give two cents to know how
ong am going to live, or in what day
what year the world is going to be de-
polished. would rather give thou.
np1d ANII a.