Second advent library

`Q! mcrunl XII.14. The fulfilment of the psrahleof the ten virgig-.the midnight cry has gone forth from every qusrtewof God's moral vineyard, "Behold, the bridegroomcometh." The world has been, and are now, "tritheir lsmp;" witness the Bible tramlated into_ 3languages; the Bible societies sending Bibles to everynatiorrand family on the earth, the Sa bath schools andBible classes studying its sacred precepts.15. The scattering of the holy peopleand divisionof' sects, as prophesied of by Daniel, xii. 7, "And whenhe shall have accomplished to scatter the power of theholy people, all these things shall be finished." Thispheoy is now in a remarkable manner.mt one sect, who firlfillini .profess oliness, but are divided andsubdivided-.into contending schisms, and that, too, withintwenty years.16. The division of the political world, as prophesiedef§by John, Rev. xvi. 12-16, "And lsaw three uncleanspiri4s,;like frogs, come outof the mouth of the dragon,andoutofthemouthofthebeastnndoutofthemouthof the false prophet, for thefy are the spirits of devils,working miracles, which go orth unto the kings of theearth and of the whole world, to gather them to thebattle of the great day of God Alnffhty"-and 19th.verse, "And the wasgreat city divid into three parts,and the cities of the nations fell." That these spirit:are political, is evident, from the fact that they comeout of the mouth ofthe dragon, (kings,) and beast,(Catholic,) false prophet, (Mshornetua) and unclean,ignifying th are not holy things, This prophecis now What nation, within our knowl!edge, accomofshini. afreadyis not ivided into three political parties?None, which is in any way known to your speaker.17: The church has fulfilled her 1260 years in thewilderness, spoken of in Rev. xii. 6, 14, "And~thewoman tled into the wildemess, where she hath aplaceprepared of God, that they should feed her there sthousand two hundred and threescore days." Thesedays were evidently accomplished in 1798, since whichtime the Protestant church has enjoyed privileges even