to include the whole Roman power, pagan and papal. That power arose on the west of the four parts of the original Grecian empire; it cast down the Jews, the host; it magnified itself against Christ, the prince of the host; it took away daily pagan sacrifices, and set up papal abominations; cast down truth to the ground, practised and prospered. Opposers to this truth of Christ's near approach, object that the horn spoken of in this vision was Mahomet. But this horn was to arise from one portion of the Grecian empire; whereas Mahomet arose in Arabia, which never was a part of the Grecian empire. We must therefore look for the fulfilment of this vision, to the history of the Roman powers. All the events of this vision, therefore, seem, to my mind, to have been most plainly fulfilled. All these events were to cover a period of two thousand and three hundred days. Daniel was told to shut up the vision, since it should be for many days. He fainted, and was sick certain days, and then arose and did the king's business, but was astonished at the vision, none understanding it.

What did he not understand? He had been repeatedly made to understand the succession of kingdoms, which should arise and pass away, previous to the coming of Christ. It seems plain to me, that what he did not understand was the length of the period denoted by the twenty three hundred days,

at the termination of which the sanctuary should be cleansed. Accordingly, in the first year of Darius, Daniel set his face to seek the Lord God, by prayer and supplication, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes; when one was sent to give him skill and understanding; and he was told that from the going forth of the decree to build Jerusalem unto the cutting off of Messiah, there should be seventy weeks. Seven weeks the city was in building-threescore and two weeks after that, Christ was first set forth by the preaching of John, and, at the end of the remaining week, was cut off. What could Daniel understand, or what may we understand, from all this? It was given evidently to enable him to understand what remained unravelled of his previous vision. Hence it was said to him, "Understand the matter and consider the vision."

The matter is illustrated to my own mind in the following way. An architect draws the plan of a building, and upon the margin of the sheet he places a scale and says,-an inch to a foot; by which we understand that a building, erected after that plan, would have as many feet in length, breadth, and height as the plan has inches of length, breadth and height. A geographer draws a map, and places a scale in the margin, and writes, an inch to a mile. By which we understand that the territory described upon the map, extends as many miles in length

and breadth as there are inches in the length and breadth of the map.

Now Daniel had had repeatedly placed before his mind a chain of events reaching to the end of time; until at length the inquiry was made, "How long shall be the vision ?" &c. And he was told, unto twenty-three hundred days. He did not then understand it; but afterwards one was sent to give him skill and understanding; and, to do this, placed before his mind the seventy weeks from the going forth of the decree to build Jerusalem to the cutting off or crucifixion of Messiah. Now we learn that that decree to build Jerusalem went forth in the days of Artaxerxes, 457 years before the Christian era; and that 33 years after this, Messiah was crucified, making in all 490 years from the going forth of that decree to the crucifixion; i. e., precisely as many years as there are days in seventy weeks. Now I have a scale of the time comprised in these visions of Daniel: a day to a year. 2300 days, then, is twentythree hundred years. Daniel was directed to commence his reckoning at the going forth of the decree to build Jerusalem. That was 457 years before Christ. Besides that 457 years there are needed 1843 years to complete the 2300, at the end of which the whole plan of these visions terminates, and the chain of events must be completed by the cleansing of the sanctuary with the flaming fire of the Ancient of Days, and the establishment of

the everlasting kingdom of God. I know not, therefore, how to avoid the conviction, that it is mathematically demonstrated, that the year 1843 will be the winding-up of all these mighty events; the coming of Christ, to raise the righteous dead, clothe the righteous living with immortality, burn up the wicked after the example of Sodom and Gomorrah, purify the earth by fire, establish his own everlasting kingdom of righteousness therein, and give it, an everlasting inheritance, into the possession of His saints.

The question may be asked, What will you do, if this calculation fails? I reply, I will conclude that there is some undiscovered mistake; but fully believing that the end of all things is indeed at hand, I will endeavor to be sober and watch unto prayer, "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." But since not one link in this mighty chain of predictions has hitherto failed of its full accomplishment, it seems to me that he must be well nigh a miracle of unbelief, who, after examining the subject, can doubt with regard to the full accomplishment of the great and glorious winding-up of this divine drama.

I believe that all the remaining events, set forth in the eleventh chapter of Daniel, are so many additional particulars in the grand chain of predictions, designed to shed still more light toward the close, that none living

at this fearfully interesting period need mis take as to what is at hand; but that all these predictions have been fulfilled, in the history of the ten Roman kingdoms, closing up with a strikingly plain account of the career of Bonaparte, who, within the recollection of vast multitudes now living to his end and none helped him.” xi. 45.

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The 12th chapter of Daniel speaks of the standing up of Michael our Prince; a time of trouble, which Christ said for the elect's sake should be short, at which time God's people shall be delivered, even every one found written in the book. They that be wise shall then shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. Daniel was then to shut up the book, and seal it until the time of the end, when many should run to and fro and knowledge should increase. That time has come; knowledge is increasing respecting Christ's coming; the wise are beginning to understand, but the wicked understand not. Is the question asked, "How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?" The man in linen, on the waters of the river of time, lifts his hand, and swears by Him that liveth forever and ever, that it shall be for a time, times and an half; and this period I believe has passed, as I have shown, and we are just eking out the time of the end, while know