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Present Truth,

MEAT IN DUE SEASON.

By J. Wendell, Edenboro, Pa.

Present

h4EAT IN DUE SEASON,

Giving me

I/ the Ecidrtices fir fits Conzigt~ of our Lmd alzd

Suuiour, #&is yaw, 1873.

To w&fctt is aa34ed en E2sa;r p an I* TXIE =NIB.*

OirRt?rstanfi .rrfi3t. 7 Tfls

principle of glniliriess in tlic hegirt, Q tile rc-~.I?- atlsrcr of

sftnfl ~t~~fl~r~lrzittl,''

rd bv ititn l Cert:tit~ly not, if

they wew what tho wi.e t\-vr-c to ii~lrlerstztnd. \Vfr:rt. tltca,

were they to untlcnt:t~~c\

- of puili1tes3 ~ndt*~*zt~

tima rrlnpv the

event* prerlirtat sllitsltl t:&c plttce is wlixt tlq ~soa!d under-

sbmtl. No r)~

lht

wua not IInrlicl a \visa ru:rtt, anti tttorc ctqmbbt of iii~tkr~t:lndi~rg

llcr rtbawon lr f e itttct-puot:tt bfn c:tn ire gi r cs~;,

11n;it.r ~*~r~t~irl~t-:rtic,~~,

tlie Liit,rts tirnn arav or~e in t.l~ia ria?- l Trut., LJanivl 1r:!r ;t wiso

miln ; btlt wise ou' !iu m:w, he enulcl unt tell h~tarc er~~rrl.-.

hi111 : nl;d an ear~iri eres fa were to

m:rrk thu eatrr.nzeiic~tireJLC :ilt!' fe~-))tiriafiu~

:ywc~*e

rcre:tlrd n~ltu

ottly

of :

tirjzt98

jmttjt'd in IJJB pfiq)becy. a~~l

events did riot ircczir in

ils ~JIOW~

riwonlcl

'mrrrrrierrca zrrlzl t*rlllirt:ice. Ir'rr~ t htr30 pic~t ns g is^ ;v I ):tii iei,

liriitg dlzr tire ccctirmlirtl of 1llt3 CYCII~S n-l~icllmitrketi the

wna~iaeite~t~~~fit

iiot tell wr.iic.n tlra ti~tt~+s

Roao to mt*kt~npro-

pltaic tinrt?, ecmld urlilcr~t:trrtl the n~lttsr, aud verx accurately

*..I*.

of tlw tiii1c.5 arvi krtt~tvi~tg

*!~PF% ts18f!$e t;lnc!+ !\~tjflitl elttl*

liie pi-vl~l,ecics #,I' J>:itlicI. rd:iring ta the sarcewitru esc~lls of

time, alq :tinrve nil tito tgr Iterr r~rv~ltety

ktkitrr rtp krcg crlr:cirt.i

it[ cr-c:rrts trvrrrr iris onrr cl:cy. :trd <::irrritig

cwiset-titirc. :keel f~tll.

us ilt~wr~

td ~iliic: tcr tile co!uitrg

.- oi r it^ c\*eri:r+tiug

tile sfw:~t:i

of- Jc~tis L;ftri-~. sip fttii is he, ii3 IS~* d~iiti~:i~itti~s

kii~gthtil~

u&)3

2frc ~ji:rl*:rt*t~;-d of j:sW~:f'i$Illv?li5,:19it! t\i~jl.

~'~f;tt.ic~lt

&it ;~[lt)tftt~~

jito+sil*Iit li~

-it~;rt it \s-tr:iici f~:tt'cib

81s t(s ~tniserrks tlie g<rVCIoU*

ili mure

ulaar afjau iii thu visivrts uk' tire fir^ bi:utr -i, iu bur. Ts

ilttc*fttl.=tf. in nualt! r3t' It is viait~rt."r,

5ur"~ai

~lei~ta3

!JUVC~~~'~P,

" me ~hw

But Du~lirrl s:t~s, " I i~ttfler.tc~hlnnt." \Yen. not the

pri~lcilJ~g

I IJy cni~s\lltitrg 1Inn. 19. nntl tilo pro-

ceclit~g cljnpiemr it wi!l bc clsnrly seen that t-l~e

~acnning ntt:lc'-liid to tlrrt u~prc~+irbrj

~l d~ey

Der~iel'aday. of cvilr5t: Itt. aj~rltl

~~%~:.~ll:it~

I. The 3rophctic Piagery of the Won.

The snbstanco of the vision is ns fi~llows: The fiwr wtnde

etrovc upon the great sen, and ibur great beasts arose from tlte

Ben, diverso one frcm nnot!lcr. The $rot like a 1io11, wit11

eagle's wings; tlre sreu~ad like a beer, wit11 tlrree rib in the

11loritl1; tl~e ihrrd like o lro:md, with four wit13 and hut

Itleatls ; t l~e.~'irtt7*tJb

of tho tell lior~ls

tittit were in his l~ed

of the ib11:tlr beast in v. 19 ; tlre nremi~tg

in v. 20 : the meunisg ut

before who~ntllrce fB11, eveu of

that horn tlmt i~ittleyes, aacl o 111outh wiricll spnke grettt thism

allti whiclr nlntle war wit11 the mi~ltd find prevailed ngnillst tl~els

until tile nnrirlrt of dnya calno. and jutlg111e11t was give11to tile

cail~ta of the IIost ilig11. and tho ti111e c:une tlr:lt the sninta pw-

sessed the kiogtlmr. TII~IH

came up, ~III~

110 said : "Tile hurttr beast sltnll lo

the l'ou!.t-h kingtloln upon ertrll!, ~vllicb sl~allbe diverse froln 1111

ki11gdr1rn<,nt~dslinll devour tt~u whole earth, tttiil tillall trtrrtl it

duw~l, and break it it1 pieces. And the .ten horns out of tl~is

kingdotrr are ten kings that shall nrise; and another shdl riw

after them; ant\ he sllnll bo diverse fi.o~n the first, alrd he slrnll

sal)d~icr

t lwce 1ti11a.o. And ]AH 3111111 spcnk gre:it wortls ag:ti;let

tlro hlt~stlligll, a~rcl ~111i11 wc?r\!* out tlru e:tiub of tlre Most High,

n~ldthink tu e11:lng.e ti~ltes ;u~d laws : and they 81lilll be give11

into his llnrlcl until tt time aod times and tl~e divitliny of tili~e.

But the judginet~t sl~nll sit, ai!d they sllnll take aany 111sdolrli~i-

io11, to consultre and tu (1cstrc.y it unto the end. And the kirp

tfom and domi~~ioo,

arld the g~.entno.;a of t!re king(1orn irjltler tho

whole ilenren, shnll bo give11 t.1 the people of the stlil~ts

(lf tl~e

Most ll igh, whose ki~~gtlo~n

is nn everlusting kiugdon~, and dl

sllnll serve nud obey him."

I3y co~~aelting

history, we fi~lcl that Ro1r.0, or the Rornnn

is tlra I'usrtll kiit::dom upon earth ; rnrd tltis gov-

crgat~iest yai cxistu, nud ex~rta its ii~florsce in every la114

wlretller civilized or savage, md in every laud hae its sworu

liege subjects.

Did tat1 kings, or kingilolns, as above predicted, arise oat of

tlre fuurtl~ bemt, or llot~lnn giwernment? kt'lron and where?

'l'lrnt ten kirlgs ditl rinse io the Western Ro~nnn empire is a

nutter too uoturioas to lbe riislluted, and too pltlin to need

~PVOL Tire u111y diflicult-y ill bhr wtiy swrns to La this : What

trn kittg(lo111s are itltc~ldcd ! 101; since their fir& estit blisll~ne~~t,

they hove beet) coutinndly cll:.nging thoir names at~d

locatiwl.

Thie oint, bowever, I think 11ray be setrld by the text. "Aud

it h* dl tdn horns. X consideroc1 the Ilorns, and behold, there

aP among them another little horn, before wkdm thr~

\\*as a dre:irlt'ul and tcwilble allti exrbeetling

strong bcnut, with groat i~wl teeth; nnd it l~ncl ten itonlc.

And tilrlg ciime up nlnong the ten nilotl~erlittle ht~rn, bcl;~*,

w11om tlrreo of the first ten ?tll, or were pltlckcd ny by tltr

roots. Dilllie1 is told the mesnii~gof tile ful~rgreiit beants in

v. 16; the i~lea~ling

ttle other wl~icl~

donli~~ions

gospc'nu~~ent,

(

= .

? 5 4

n a

. *

* 5

z =

a C

= 2 z

- - C

= * *

- * $

e A

+ -

r r

- = - - *

;

q 5

4 5

)

bloody power, during its dark reiga Thus were the mints

worn out.

suffered martyrdom tct the llundr d thak

8. Ile war to t7tinL to cLngs ttmer and htou. ne ahall m-

su~ucr to dictate laws to the world. Tliis wiii be illuntroted,

tot5 by sotne extrac:ts and letters from the popes. Pip Inno-

wnt 111. writas : "So Irutll Olrrist eskibliahrd the kingdom ad

tl~e priastl~ood in the Cl~urch, that the kingdom is earsrdotal

tntl the priesthood is kiugly. Ire hntlr 8et one man over tb

vurld, llitu whom he hntl; appointed his otw on ea~W'; nnd iu

'a Christ ir knt evoy Enes in het~ent,

ro 8311 ol~edie~aca

and remica be paid to 74ir oiwr by a14

in mirth, nnd under the

on tb

Apocucs (yp8e, p. 1 63 .) 4

ljut tJa uutl~ority of the popes over kina is dill moro strong-

Iy asserted by Pope Gregory VII. in his cpisties. 46Tl~e

Ito-

nus yentiff :done is by right unirarral. 111 lli~u alone ir tila

riglit of iliaking lacvn Let all kings kiss the feet of tibe pupa.

Ilis nnnle alone slrall be heard in tire cl~urches. It is tl~e

only

sama ih wdd. is his t6,&At tu dep188 king&. B iu word

is not to. b repenled by any one. It is to be repanled by 11ini-

~clf

never erred; nnd the Scripturm testify it never slrnll err."

, (Uroly, p. 154.) Agt~iri, tho bull of I'upe Pins spirist Queen

Elizi~lt~tJ~,

: "Tllis one lie hat11 cotlstitutrd prtttce ma o/d

ncrtiunq and all ki~lgdoals, tlmt lle i~ligl~t

reiid~

pluck up, destroy, dir-

overturn, pluat, and build.') (II.)

4. fli ~ru

si1j:~t~.

to Iraro tlontinw* owr the 8ainto a time, ti~ne8, ant$

dicilirqt-of time. Ttis poriotl, it is generoily yrced, is trvclvr

I~l~tldred

that it is 80 ; and if so, wl~etitlie period ww k) begin.

Tlie only certain saeann by vrl~icllwe may know tlmt the period

trlenus Zwelve hutatlrecl nnd sirqy year& is its sccutnplisbment,

Iht to deterinine wl~etller it is accoinylisl~ecl, we lnust oilder-

~titudwhat was to preocdo, fill up, md im~~lediately

follow the

titile. 'l'he date uf tho 1:ut of the evenis wlricll were to pre-

eatle the period will m:vk its co~anlexlcement ; and the dote of

the first evctlr, which wus to fvllow or ulose the period, will

mark its end.

EVENT8 WIlIQn WEI?B TO PICEOIEDE TUE PEEXOI).

(1) There wcro fbur gr~rrt kirtgdoma succesive1.r-to arise in

the mrtl), and f il up all tllo time irt)~aDiulir.1 to tire conlil~g of

tlre Son of 'nl:ln iu the cl~.~at\d

of Ireuveu. All tlria has taken

place, iitd tliu 1:iut !low esi?ita, ant1 nwuits the coming of UhrisL.

(2) Out uf the hlirtll nlid hdt uE those kiugduws, ten king-

do~lls were to u-isu. Tljey did so.

(3) A~lutl~er,

persecuting power was to arise

uftcr the ten king(hlnd, nud wcar out tL~t ~lriuts. Such r power,

pop'pery, did so wisa.

a blnal~lrcn~oor,

ing Chrjstians i~m

~nrtl~,

t,lrere il~ny bc one fold md one shcpl~erd." '(C~oly

tl~t

alone. lie is to be judged by none. The cl~urch of Ro~na

Ira~

at!d sixty years. 'rho difficulty is-to determine witlr

certii~lty

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