New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-19

ont very extended set of figures u Is the smP sr
slnd Of mathematics but tns csendar It is TO
publish Just such calendar ana tnns alta a. a
al the pysse Of pSTs DAYS oS ahead Of u.s. that
now making the most anxious enueaVors su ~ I'm
help commensurate with the ursenTS VI t am publish
nc Ihe data as rapidly as possible in the our h"O'
sesies and as occasion Offers lu the pnpe p[ Sdic &C.
s fell ~pen one of the most important equino1I,l
autmnal New Years days Of Jewish hsoy he one M
and tx and exactly twenty eight years or one N
solar cycle before the celebrated o"enue' Sen At
ss we have accurate history. and consummats prspn
ecv because from this very twenueh year "a yiia The
erH ems =, Isnesem and upon the lunar scale vehee
every clement OF Dsniers VISION oi '"0
Bnt have something stin more remarkable 70 10
late and it is matter Of immediate msme Wn.ass ~
connecting this book Of EsaSs ana and sS the Similar
RcnSS ~ the present world" or. age ,s o..
probably Ts s sSat 's p %Oqsrs You viii
ind in any good almanacs the SSa5en, yeh have
called ss Sss ont and an 'sES1s fc
Jehovitic Specification. That is, these ngues iaipv
in eeg letters which .1ot tSsy use" Te tor true WORD
ever. JHVH, which they wrote backwardSl h NGao
when translated into Arabic numerals AIS Is 1s c1GjI
saS Me in 1899 A. D. Both Of these the
ss and t tsSoS SHRng da S or EYE
and ibis fact is beginning to dawn upon the 'e"S
a. The end of the WITH Book Of Bdras there y
o,oiTer eddie which / cannot explain tonight pnI
immedlaely following it is note, apparenty wau o nj
onon dcvont scribe who copied the book years
H Inns N have taken pains thus 10 record the GATE
Of the completion Of his labors II is m9st Pd ~
interpclaed paragraph. and as II In prcReOs fA1'
IN the seventh year. in the sixth week after nVe
honnd years three months, and twelve days since
tho creation .l-The weeks, for good and sufnclen'
nesors take TO be weeks OF years and the dae wa,
therefore the year after the one oro"en'
out SS so G0m IS the 5000 years months and p day;
which most impressed me, and ] was immediately ano
drawn 10 apply to this most peculiar dale
the same Of Interpretation by means S, o. wch =,
se The onaint old English for my mental surprise
was literally astoned" at the result II was Simply
Wise ten-twelfths and half OF tenth-tha Is az
81 6Oths then the whole matter WINDS up IN o"9 o.
A. NJ according to the modern Jewish scale, or IT
1aoo A d, according to ours and l WAS thus con
fronted with another and most vivid ve1ncaton Oh ny
infer the same speech. and c0nspre about the sane
astounding focus OF fulflment. Our world was IA ~
eleventh. hour When this deyout scribe c9mhSe1 mus
have been nspredthat is overuisd by t5 5e SdRub
The very simplest way OF esp Of ggropo ,r
hero neglect all small fractions for the sake Oh SIM
Upon the true chronology, the year $500 A. NJ is t
the year 1906 A. NJ. that Of the First Advent as tt
year 5000 A. NJ. is to the year $3.50 A. NJ the ma
can escape or reject my conclusions we'll and good If
so be- il shall be ~ well and good caDnOt escapt
~"N-
figures
The prophecies OF God are OF infinite accuracy. and
hencefOrth the day will never come when human IN
teect shall be able to find any error In them. the
of the past have been upon our own Size OIL ut
balance. Jehovah has not yielded his secrets 10 ou
mis judgments. 49,. -
In the words of Esdras, who is called the Wisdom
OF the Most High" By measure hath He measured
the times, and by number hath lie numbered the
times: and He doth not nor stir then until the
said be fulfilled :" and 1t strikes me that II
should begin TO dawn upon the world that TINS meas
nre is His very name -HVHJ, or 5660l And Hal
loved may II be- His Kingdom Gomez Indeed the
whole of the Lords Prayer is purely Messianic and
loaded with significance at the present moment. .
The chronology involved in this prophecy Is OF the
most astounding character 1t strikes both lends" OF
both worlds" 10 speak, or to use an artillery ex
preston, it Is ricochet From the m0mentOus New
Years Day upon which Esdras received It, 1t moves
straight TO the mark December 20, 1895, n NJ then
bounding forward IL buf1es itself in another year only
lust ahead of To continue the artillery illustra
ton the trajectory" Of this awful cycle is close
above our heads at this very minute that we are al
most in its dangerous space" and, believe. Will be
there in another yearl But let 1t be clearly under
stood that this calculation will afford no man any
or : year" of the impending Second Advent; mean
Of that first "phaseS of it which is known the
Parusa: of that date, as yet, believe that no man
knOweth aught But l also believe that 1t Is much
nearer than 1899 A. D.. the which opne will be the
contamination of the whole drama, or mystery all
of whose and acts set forth In the Revelation
of St John, will be concentrated, with antltypca
intensity, into The last seven years Of this waning
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