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From the Christian Guardian.

DANIEL'S HISTORICAL PROPHECIES.

A CONSIDERABLE degree of attention having been recently excited with reference phecies of Daniel, the following tabular view, chiefly drawn from the writings of Me and Irving, with a few notes referring to other authors, may not be unacceptable to tian Student. The compiler, aware of the difficulties of the subject, feels it his duty giving any decisive opinion as to the correctness of the different interpretations; th mination of which would occupy more time than he can at present properly devote resting a pursuit."

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Four kingdoms of Alexander's suc
is, Macedon and Greece under
Thrace and Bythynia under I
Syria and the East under Seleu
under Ptolemy.

The province of Babylon, and the
Media and Persia are exclude
heads of the Leopard and the 1
Goat.

Western Roman Empire in its st
rior in dignity but stronger and
tial.

Roman Empire in its weakness.

The ten kingdoms into which th
Roman Empire is divided, namel
of iron, France, Rome, Austria
doms of clay, Ravenna, Lomba
Tuscany, Spain, Portugal and E
Destruction of the Western Empi
representing the Temporal 1
Christ: commencing 1792.
The Papacy as a Spiritual Power,

tle horn because of its small beg The taking possession, by the Pop poral Prince, of Ravenna, 730; 755; and the Roman Territory, The Papal Persecutions-shuttin Bible for 1269 years-commenci

* The learned Mede remarks, in a letter, to one who differed from him on som tions of prophecy-"I have a conceit that some opinions be, in a sort, FATAL to so therefore I can, with much patience, endure a man to be contrary minded, and hav edge to contend with one I think persuaded, unless it were in something that merel him in a state of Salvation.........why should then either of us both spend our tim pose? Thus desiring the FATHER OF LIGHTS to guide us in the way of truth, and eyes to see where we see not. I rest, and remain still your loving friend, JOSEPH t Mr. Faber considers these horns to be the kingdoms of the Heruli, Ostrogoth

bards.

Texts and Passages of Scripture.

Dan. vii. 9-12. Rev. ii. 26, 27.

Dan. viii. 9. 23.

Dan. xi. 2.

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a time and times and the dividing of time.

The Ancient of days did sit. The giving power over the nations to him which overcometh.

A little horn out of one of the
four notable horns.
A king of fierce countenance.
Yet three Kings in Persia.

The fourth shall be for riches, &c.

A mighty King, &c.

The King of the South.

He--that is the King of the

North shall be strong above him.

A Raiser of Taxes.

Events Denoted.

A. D. 533, when Justinian acknowledges th Pope as the head of all the holy churche and all the holy Priests of God.* The destruction of the Roman Empire, an commencement of the Reign of Christ an his Saints, 1847.

The Mahometan power. A. D. 632.
Mahomet, a warrior.

Cambyses, Sinerdis, Darius;-Cyrus was the
reigning.
A. C. 534
Xerxes, who made war on Greece wit
5,280,000 soldiers, &c.

Alexander, who reigned 12 years and eigh months, by whose death his kingdom wa

broken.

Ptolemy, King of Egypt, to which he adde Cyprus, Phoenicia, Caria, &c.

Seleucus Nicator, King of Macedon, Thrace Syria, &c.

Louis XVI. deposed Aug. 1792.‡

beheaded Jan. 9, 1793.

A. C. 187

In his estate shall stand up a Napoleon Buonaparte, a man of low birth, ap

vile person.

With the arms of a flood. Prince of the Covenant.

He shall work deceitfully.

The King of the South.

Both these King's hearts shall be to do mischief, &c. He shall return unto his land with great riches, and his heart shall be against the Holy Covenant. He shall return and come toward the South-the ships of Chittim shall come against him, &c.

Arms shall stand on his part,

and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and take away the daily sacrifice, &c.

And such as do wickedly against the Covenant, he shall corrupt by flatteries, but the people that do

pointed First Consul, 1802.

Buonaparte's rapid victories in Italy in 1796. The Pope, the Prince of the false Covenant into whose dominions Napoleon entered June, 1796.

Buonaparte's deceitful conduct in Italy, the vast contributions he levied, and the strong places which he acquired.

The Emperor of Austria, whose armies were defeated through the treachery of some of his principal oflicers.

The confederacy between the Pope and the Emperor of Austria.

Buonaparte's triumphant return from Italy and his hostility to the BRITISH NATION.

Buonaparte's expedition to Egypt.-Lord Nelson's victory at Aboukir, Aug. 1, 1798. Sir Sydney Smith's defence of Acre, and Buonaparte's return to France, Aug. 1799, and entering into negotiations with traitorous British subjects.§

The military sacrifice of Buonaparte ;--the reestablishment of the Papacy; the French Concordat.||

The northern confederacy of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia, in 1801.-Lord Nelson's victory at Copenhagen.¶

Messrs. Cunninghame, Irving, Fry, Cooper, &c. agree with Mr. Frere in this date.
Whitaker, Faber, Fry, &c. agree in this interpretation.

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Texts and Passages of Scripture.

know their God shall be
strong, and do exploits.

Dan. xi. 33-35. They that understand among
the people shall instruct
many.

They shall fall-they shall
be holpen with a little
help.

36-39. The King shall do according
to his will, &c.

40-45. The time of the End.

Events Denoted.

The Establishment of Missionary S ble Societies, Sunday and Nation &c.*

Hi

The disastrous war in Germany, in
The private subscriptions and p
of the British nation, for the suf
Buonaparte's accession of power
over Austria, Prussia, the Ru
Confederation of the Rhine-p
Spain-marriage with the daug
Emperor of Austria, &c.
contempt of Christ-idolatry of
war-until his army was destroy
sia, and himself compelled to ab
A new period, when Antichrist will
march of the Kings of the Ea
tribes) with the advance of th
&c. when the battle of Armag
take place.

From the Christian Review and Clerical
Magazine.

ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE, from
the earliest authentic Records, to the Com-
mencement of the Eighteenth Century. By
Thomas Morell, Author of "Studies in His
tory," &c. &c. London: Holdsworth. 1827.
ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT; or First
Lessons in the Knowledge of the Mind; in-
cluding familiar Explanations of the Terms
employed on Subjects relating to the intellec-
tual Powers. By Isaac Taylor, jun. Lon-
don: Holdsworth. 1824.

THE CHRISTIAN ASTRONOMER; or, a familiar Description and Religious Improvement of Subjects connected with Astronomy. Also a brief Survey of the Bible, in Reference to that Science. By the Rev. Thomas Dawson, late one of the Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society at Cochin, East

Indies. London: Nisbet. 1827.

Ir augurs well for the future eminence of England in physical and intellectual science, that every year sends into the world so many sensible and well-written books on those interesting subjects. Mankind seem more and more alive to the important fact, that, in education, the chief thing to be regarded is the right cultivation of the mind. Whatever countenance and support may be given to the "expiring embers" of our old systems of scholastic discipline, by those whom prejudice blinds or a doting fondness for the sanctions of antiquity dwarfs, it is nevertheless a duty incumbent upon every free and generous spirit, to rake up the remaining evils, and to plant the standard of a more enlightened and dignified intelli

gence. It is delightful to see ho
spirit is abroad. Formerly, the di
characteristics of what was calle
education, were Dancing, Music,
of French, an inch-deep knowledg
phy, and perhaps a Goldsmith's
history-these were the landmark
toned out the human race into tv
partments, the high and low. E
aspect of things has become mu
Those accomplishments, as they
dered, which only served to peop
with a species of showy skeleton
waxed into something more solid
More attention is now paid to the
the mental principle, than to th
quiverings of the foot, or the artifi
of the finger: and instead of a few
morceaux of French, Geography,
we have, especially in our male y
and classical taste, founded upon a
Greece and Rome. But, in add
deep acquaintance with the lor
acquaintance with classical lit
mind is becoming more versed,
the widely diffused wonders of n
but with its own functions and
with those intricate operations w
petually going on within its own
tion. And as knowledge is power
diligent pursuit of this study atter
most beneficial effects. Man, w
himself, learns properly to estima
of his Creator. He sees, indeed
ject around and above him, the m
ble traits of infinite skill and goo
himself-in the very faculties by
enabled to discover those traits,
himself with God's handy-work
little universe of wonders-inc

*The establishment of Christianity under Constantine.

t Papal persecutions for 1260 years expiring in 1792, and shortly followed by th of Buonaparte the wilful King.-See Cooper's Crisis.

deed, in many particulars of their mechanism, but still so far cognisable as to fill him with astonishment and adoration. Of course, we do not mean that the study either of matter or of mind can be followed up by our youth at school with that unwearied application and incessant assiduity which are necessary to realize the ends we have mentioned-this would be impossible, and, if not so, would be detrimentalbut we do mean to say, that the elements, the first principles, should and may be impressed by tutors upon their pupils. They may be taught (for taste is an improvable faculty) to relish the sweets of nature; and to use their powers, as they were intended to be used, in reasoning upon things, and in tracing the nice relations of cause and effect. This will lay the foundation for future advancement; and as the youthful student rises in the scale of animal being, he will also rise in that of mental power. The mind, trained in early life to the contemplation of these subjects, will become at last privy to their most hidden peculiarities. And thus will our country be filled with men who have not lived in the very centre of beauty and sublimity as ignorant of it as the unintelligent matter itself, but with men who both appreciate and enjoy the lavished bounties of a benevolent Creator.

We turn now to consider the works which head this article; and although we cannot afford them much of our limits, we shall yet endeavour to give a correct idea of their respective claims to the notice of our readers.

The first in order is Mr. Morell's. This gentleman is well known to the British public by some excellent productions on the subject of History; and we cannot but think that his reputation will be rather raised than depressed by his "Elements of the History of Philosophy and Science." We find, by a reference to the opening of the preface, that "the principal contents of this elementary volume were first collected solely with a view to private academical instruction, and intended to be accompanied with additional oral information." We cannot but rejoice that the author's first intention was over-ruled, and that he has been induced to extend the benefits of his collection by publishing it in its present form.

That the reader may the better understand the subjects embraced in this volume, we extract the following, in which our author's plan is clearly laid down.

I. To divide the whole series of ages, a retrospect of which is about to be taken, into four great periods.

1. That of remote antiquity, "when the cultivation of human knowledge was an exclusive occupation and a separate profession;" the principal records of which are confined to the Oriental nations, and have been handed down by tradition from Eastern priests and sages.

2. The second period embraces the literary

merings of intellectual light that served but to make the surrounding darkness more visible, may be thus designated.

4. The fourth and more important period will bring down the history of human knowledge, and trace the progress of mind, from the revival of letters, which took place about the fifteenth century, to the era of Locke and Newton, which may be referred to the close of the seventeenth.

II. The literary history of each of the above mentioned periods will be subdivided.

1. With reference to remote ages and countries geographically, that is, according to the relative positions which the several nations occupied in the map of the world; for the records of that distant period are so brief and indistinct, that they will scarcely admit of more minute classification.

2. As we descend the stream of time, and advance to the region of authentic history, the chronological order, in which scientific disco veries were made, or philosophical systems de vised, will be more distinctly marked.

3. In proceeding still farther, it will be at tempted to sketch the history of the sciences separately, under the two great divisions o matter and mind, agreeably to the genera classification suggested in the last section.

4. In reviewing the latter of the above men tioned periods, when men of genius and scienc began to crowd the arena, it will be desirabl not only to distinguish the departments o physical and intellectual science, but to notic more particularly the individuals who contri buted to their advancement, the order of tim in which they flourished, their principal pro ductions, and the influence of their writing and labours, both immediate and remote. M rell, pp. 13-15.

From such an enumeration of particulars, must be seen how useful the book will prov to all persons who have a relish for the topic of which it treats. Even to the more advance student it will be found a valuable book of re ference; for it is impossible for the most reter tive memory to command all the minute poin that attach to the wide range of informatio which he has taken up, and therefore a boo like this, so convenient for its size and adm rable for its lucid arrangement, must prove great service.

We shall present our readers with one two passages from the body of the volume, order to show the style of our author, and mu then proceed to notice the two remaining worl which we have classed with it.

Introducing a summary account "of t causes of the decay of literature," we find hi using the following language.

The same gradation which may be perceiv in all the operations of nature, and whi scientific men in modern times have designat "the law of continuity," characterizes the h

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