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Gentle governmentspmptill be over
thrown. and the whos of world will be
brought into submissb - to the reign
of the Kingdom of righteousness and
its earthly representa4~ $. Thus our
Lord taught 10 his lai message that
in due time he would on le unto him
self his great power rick, reign, and
that then the nations VI -. be angry.
and Divine wrath wod 90 come upon
them for their destructf 6 Thus also
our Lord said respectinGports followers.
who in due time i0iH 3D.. ;orifed NTH
him. 'To him that over 'aeth will
give power over the nde ms; and he
shall rule them with a RI maof iron; as
the vessels Of a potter Il they be
broken to shivers" Rev ion H. 90,
%.
We should not be dete+ LEI from in
vestigating whatever W of Mmay find
written in the Bible on late IS subject
because of our Lords Webtels to his
dlsciples-"Of that day an9f Depur know
eth no man. no, not the anay e' Of heav-
en-, neither the Son. but Ye oS Father
only" This passage does ns It tell US
that no man would erer knd.un- but that
none kneW at that time Tbloes not
tell US that our Lord Jesus nceuld new
er know the time Of his oIhsvt second
coming, nor that the angs COT would
never know As we surely b2enteve that
the Lord and the angels wiz now at
about the time Of the secohE Cldvent (
so we may well believe that oi Lords .
faithful saints will not be left I dark /
ness on the same subject. IutRered this /
is what the Apostle distincbAy. lis us.
aye, brethren, are not in 4e htkness,
that that day should overtak Jou as
thief Ye are all the chaen 'en Of
light, and the children Of tlPss day" 4
The Apostle intimates that tn who
do not have the light in its ~ sea-
son would thereby justify th infer
ence that they belonged. not Smap the
Church. but to the world. uponhrs7hom
that day shall come "as a thief ID as
a snare" q Thessalonians v 1-Si pro
Gentle Times 252o Years o'
What we would like to knoWter ( 1t
has pleased the Lord to revealE s. is
just how long a period is mea by
the expression. Times 4 the tndien-
tiles"-or. years Of the GentilH Hoh-in
which the Gentle nations will "flear Z
rule or sway over the land of .lel
II God has been pleased to revea, he
matter let us enjoy it: if he has got (
been pleased to give any clue tohn he
matter, we cannot find it, We au to
however, that this. like of III i
er features Of the Divine revelaf N.
was intended to be- kept secret n
the world. and to be made known " /
to those who are in heart harmGs Y 4
with the LOrd-interested-and Va
desirous of knowing the mind of tpens \
Lord on this and on every subjea
Hence. we may not look for a pla. e
to the effect that in so maihra
years from such an event the Cent? =
lease Of power will terminate aI
Gods Kin -Gom be transferred to ~
rael again Rather We should expeda e
that the matter would be stated in y
more or less obscure form. in which
might he read over and over agai y
without attracting special attention eX q
,ept from those especially interested y
)nes led by the Lords holy Spirit
We believe that the period is what[
he Scriptures term "seven tmes"-tV
seven years Not seven literal years, "a,
)ut seven symbolic years. A time"
,r year" in symbol re. esents $50 lit yfo
,ral years In other words. each day J O.
# a symbolic year is a year and hence h :
he seven times, or seven years, would II n
epresent Z times 800 or 2J20 years III Ii
rive it to you as my conviction. dear a.
riends based strictly upon the Scrip
ures. but corrOborated. it seems to
ne. by the events Of our day, that this
500 years. beginning in COG B. c., will
nd in October 1914 A. d.
That a time" or year" has been
used to represent 800 may
'e very easily and very quickly dem
nstrated. For instance, in Revela-.
ion a period Of time is mentioned in
hree different ways; namely, 1860
lays, ~ months, and 315 times. The
y times of Revelation are exactly
ne-half Of the "seven times" of the
ientiles. The 1860 years Of Revelation
re exactly one-half of the 2520 years
f the Times of the Gentiles. And
hese 1920 years we believe will expire
With October 1914; at that time we
elieve the Gentle lease of power will
xpire, and that the God of heaven
7ill set up his Kingdom in Israel.
We do not expect universal peace to
ensue because Christ is
tyled the Prince of Peace. On the con-
rary. to our understanding, the col
lPse Of the nations will be through a
cree strife. "a time Of trouble such as
ever was since there was a nation"
/ which there shall be no peace to
i'm that Coeth out, nor to him that
Dmeth in" because God viii set every
lan's hand against his neighbor Our
elief is that the warfare between cap
al and labor, emperors and peoples,
ill be short. sharp, decisive, and bring
ntold calamity upon all concerned. If
eople could only discern it, they would
void it. but their eyes are holden;