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IMaccrual xm.that the nation, who would suppress the reading of theword of God, would make great rcjoicings upon this occasion,and congratulate each other the destructionof the Bible, utpon as they would suppose,or this reason, becausethe doctrine and precepts of the Bible would behateful and disagreeableto them.11th "verse, And after three days and a halt] [years,]the spirit of life from God entered into them, and theystood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon themwhich saw them." After the Bible would be dormantthree years and a halt, God would so order in his providence,that they would in be permitted to be readand enjoyed as usual, anufthe Bible would again standupon its own foundation, or merits, and would againhave their bearing on the hopes and fears of mankind,and the governments of the world, and their enemieswould see it and tremble.12th "verse, And they heard a great voice fromheaven, saying imto them, Come up hither; and they ascendedup to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheldthem." This verse shows us that many voiceswould unite in calling for a neral spread of the Biblethrough the world, and that Ee Bible would be exaltedamong the nations, and great multitudes of them circulated,and the enemies of the word of God could notprevent it. Here we have aplain and distinct prophecyof the Bible societies.13th verse, "And the same hour was there agreatearthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in theearthquake were slain of men [names or titles] seventhousand, and the remnant wereaiiiighted, and gave gloryto the God of heaven." At the same hour the witnesseswould be slain, there would be agreat revolution,and one of the ten which had `ven theirpower kingdoms, and support to the apal beast, woulglfall; andseven thousand names, or titles of nobility,in churchand state, would be destroyed; and this revolutionwould produce fear amon'great the nations, and somewould acknowle ge that the wordwas tirliilling, and Godwasproducing these wonderful events. Here we again|06 exactly depicted the French revolution, and its ef-`