Second advent library

4296 Lzcrvar. xur.but that, since the revolution in France, a sealing timehas manypassed;have been born into the spiritualking om of Christ, more than has ever been known, inthe sameperiod of time, since the apostles' days. Thisseal, then, is evidently opened, and is a stron evidencethat th-1 book of life will soon be opened, ang the deadwill be judged out of the things written in the books.22. The sixth vial waspoured out about the yearlS22, when the Ottoman power began to be dried up.This is animportamt sign that ve arc on the brink ofthe judgment day. Rev. xvi. 12, "And the sixth angelpoured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; andthe waters thereof were dried up, that the way of thekings of the east might be prepared." This preparationis for the last reat battle, which will take place at thepouring out oigthe seventh vial, in the year 1839 or 40.At the pouring out of the seventh vial, a voice from thethrone will pronounce the word, Il is done. The kingdomsof the earth and governments of the world willbe carried away, and their places not found. Everywriter, of any note, will and have applied this vial tothe Turkish govemment, and of course must acknowledgethat this vial is poured out, for the power of theTurkish government is but little more than a name, andthe strength of the Ottoman power dried up.23. Another evidence is Daniel's resurrection at theend of the 1335 da s. This evidence is very plain andevident, for Daniel' xii.says, 11-13, "And from thetime that the daily sacnfice shall be taken away, and theabomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall bea thousand two hundred and ninet days." This cannotbe the Jewish sacrifice; for if so, then it must have beenfulfilled about tive hundred years past; and as no eventtook place then which would warrant us in so understandingit,I can see no rational objection to understandthis daily sacrifice to mean Pagan rites and sacriiices,which was the original beast of which the abominationof desolation wasonly an image, and, as I have shownin a former lecture, was to continue six hundred andsixty-six years ; and as Paul tells us, that when he wastaken out of the way, the man of sin would be revealed