Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-02-08
Christ is Coming.
RAzELroN, KAs., February 1. go.

RAzELroN, KAs, February /, SO.
Ed. INDEX
In addition to what said in my last letter
on chronology that times times and a half of
Dan xii Z were ascertained TO be 1850 years.
that Rev. ri 23 and xii II. measures the same
length Of time, that the power represent
ed by the horn that had ''eyes like man and
mouth speaking great things" that Daniel
saw In vision should wear out the saints I'M
til time and times and the dividing of time
which is 1850 day years. See Dan. vii rs.
That in Revelation this horn power styled
beast and who is able to make war with him
and he was 10 continue forty and two months,
Rev. xiii g. This also 1880 years. My reason
for believing that these lines of chronology
start and end in important epochs of papal
history Is because they cannot be made to
harmonic in any other starting point. For
example, 1850 years from Constantines great
victory over Maxentius at Melain Bridge. A.
ID. BIZ reaches to the massacre On st. Bartholo-
NEW day, A. d. 1872; that 1850 years from the
decree of Justinian in 533, making the Bishop
of Rome the head of of all the churches, reads
to the reign of terror in France in 1888; that
1880 years from the decree of Emperor Phocas
A. ID. 6O7, constituting Boniface iii, the bishop
of Rome the head of the churches, (ths COM
pletedthe power of the popacy) reaches to 1867
when the Pope lost his power to make war.
Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy, took away
his dominion. Dan viii 26. That 1870 of Dan.
xii II from the same date a. d. 607 reaches to
1897, that about this date or sooner we expect
Christ to "come as thief Rev. xvi Is. That
1885 Dan. xii II starts from the same date of
60I and reaches forty-five years farther to 1912
or about the time when the kingdom of Christ
will supercede ali improvements of theworld.
There is great many more lines of chronolo-
gy i'll the book of Revelation from the SEALS
trumpets, viles and thunders, the most of
which start and end in papal history and are
very interesting but will not give any more at
this time.
Will now give few visible signs that we are
near the second advent. These signs to be
worth anything must also have their founda-
ton in the scriptures.
J l. general armament for war among the
nations of the earth proclaim We this among
the gcntiles, prepare war; wake up the mighty
men, see Joel iii 9-l2. Gather them together
to the war Of the great day OF God Almighty"
Rev. xvi IA. This is now true of all the great
nations of the world.
2. great increase of knowledge of all
sorts with much travelling. Seal the book
even to the time of the end many shall run to
and fro and knowledge shall be increased"
Dan. xii f. All knows this to be true.
3. That a few men in all the nations by
fraud bribery and cunning legislation ''haye
heapedup treasurers together for the last
days. James w. See Rev. 6, it reads like
judgment rendered from high court. Leave
out the supplied word ''one." God is calling
his people the Jews 'out of the land of the
north" Jer. iii Is, lisa. xiii 6, to their own
country. is an important step towards restor-
ing "again the kingdom of Israeli with Christ
at its head as liking over all all the earth"
Zech. xiv9.
s. THAT distresses of nations with per- |
pleXity," Luke xxi 25, Dan. xii l. Financial |
distress. trouble and perplexity with all the |
laboring and producing classes of the world |
for the want of the necessaries of life.
6. This the time of Jacobs trouble, Jer xxx |
Z. See the contrast. We read of the awful |
persecution of the Jews in Russia which is to |
take place just before and at the time Christ |
comes, verses 9. Daniel, in this verse means |
beloved. In order to encourage faith in pro-
phecy will refer the reader to Gods promises |
to Abraham, the father of the Hebrews, say
ing: And will bless them that will bless |
thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in |
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed"
oSh' All %. ENON we ece Lulb pfeulCClOn verb |
fed before our eyes in the punis ment |
God is putting upon the Russian nation. The |
following clipping from the Jeffersonian of |
the 18th inst, published at Lawrence, Kansas, |
expresses it briefly better than can:
No country in the world has been visited of |
late years with such severe and widespread |
Affections as the empire of Russia. Within |
the past two years 1t has suffered from a ter
rlble famine which has swept off millions of |
its Inhabitants AMI impoverished still greater |
numbers. This was followed by the cholera,
which reaped an awful harvest in a popula-
ton reduced by hunger and privation, and |
which is still raging in some sections of the
empire. Now comes story of famine in the
province of Tula, where 1900 people are re-
ported to be dependent upon charity.
:. The peace cry, the peace party has been
organized a little over 40 years and then cry of
peace and safety is notable sign of the times
for Paul says for when they shall say peace
and safety, then sudden destruction cometh
upon them and they shall not escape"
LIST Thes 3. The oppressors (which trameth
mischief by law, Pisa. Xciv 20, and decree un-
righteous DEGREES" lisa. X 1. For the purpose
of deceiving and robbing the people are the
loudest in crying peace. By SO doing they
cause the majority of mankind including sim.
pie CHRISTIANS TO support the acts of man in
violation of the laws of God. These peace
cryers are always on the side of the oppress-
ors and have strengthened the hands of a few
men in all the nations to ."heap up treasures
for the days" Lhis peace cry is anti
tian. Jesus said, Il am come to send fire on
the earth; and what will If it be already kim
died." Luke xii 40. Suppose We that ] am
come to give peace on earth; I tell you nay:
but rather division. Think not that | am
come to send peace on earth. ] came not to
send peace but sword" Matt. "a. History
has proved His words true.
The peace mongers are hacked up by the DO
lice and army in the principal nations of the
earth to compel starving millions to die in
peace, whose grOans are ascending heaven
from every side. This peace cry is sounding
the approach 'of the Lord, that cometh from
far, burning with his anger, and the burden
though is heavy, his lips are full of indignation
and his tongue is devouring fire." Isa xxx
y. War is divine institution, it is Gods
means of Furnishing the nations. make peace
and create evil the Lord do all these things"
lisa. XIV. Shall there be evil in city, and
the Lord hath not done it, Amos iii 6. Some
will say that Jesus is the prince of peace. So
He will be when He comes and secures peace
by conquest then 1t will be pure and lasting,
then He will speak peace to the nations
There are many visible signs will leave to
the last letter. I'VE ought to obey God rather
than men," Acts %.
My next will be how and when Christ will
come Gn1 the signs that will soon be seen at
His coming. n. B. BLANTor.