ing these periods mystically, and they give us the definite number of 391 years and a month. Now, the only period of Turkish history to which this date can with any consistency apply is, when Constantinople was besieged by the Moslem conqueror Mahomet, on the 29th day of May, A. D. 1453. Then, "Constantine, the last of the Cæsars, perished fighting for his country, while thousands fell by his side. And the city experienced the horrors of sack and pillage, heightened by the animosity which the Mahometans felt towards the Christians." Hence Constantinople and the Eastern or Greek Empire, was to fall under the ravaging hand of Daniel's "king of a fierce countenance," for the above period of 391 years, &c., which, if added to A. D. 1453, brings us down to A. D. 1844, as the period marked in prophecy for the utter extinction of the Turkish power. To furnish evidence of the correctness of this position prospectively, I have only time now to add, look toward the East! look at Syria! listen to the trumpet voice of every gale in its tidings thence, and, if I am not mistaken, you will be disposed rather to antedate than prolong, this coming event.

But it may be asked, why attach more of importance to that, than to many other similar events equally specified in history? We answer,

12. Because it is in itself a "sign," a prelude to, and the immediate precursor of, the destruction of the Papal Hierarchy. The drying up of the mystic Euphrates, or extinction of the Turkish empire, is but the ante-type of what was shadowed forth in the di

version, by Cyrus, of the river Euphrates from its usual course, by which he entered and destroyed ancient Babylon, which all admit to be, a type of the mystic or Papal " BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." Yes, the extinction of that empire is ordained of heaven for the especial purpose, "that the way of the kings of the East may be prepared" to put in their eternal abjuration of all further allegiance to "the Mother of Harlots" as such, that they may give their honor and power to another,3 even "THE MAN OF SIN, THE SON OF PERDITION, who is to exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped!" The extinction of the former, therefore, leads directly to the destruction of the latter. Now, coupling this with the preceding, we say, "here is a Sign which none can mistake! But, alas, what is the state of Europe," and of our own country, in relation to these events? "Precisely that which characterized Babylon of old, in the night of her great overthrow. Each says within herself, "I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." But what says the prophetic voice? "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine, and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth thee!" Oh, my feeble prayer is and shall

be,- Lord God, open the ears of these two Christian nations, to hear thy warning voice, e'er it be too late!

13. We pass to another "Sign" of the speedy, second, personal advent of Jesus to our earth; viz," the present circumstances and expectations of the Jews." ' Of their last long captivity, and the desolation of their beloved city and temple, we have already spoken. We now affirm, that the Scriptures speak of their final, and, as we believe, speedy restoration to their own land. Daniel says, "When the Lord shall have accomplished to scatter the power of his holy people," i. e., when Jerusalem shall "have been trodden down of the Gentiles, UNTIL the times of the Gentiles should be fulfilled;" 2 that then there should come out of Zion the DELIVERER, and should turn away ungodliness from Jacob."

But, how is this to be brought about? "Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the Isles afar off, and say, He that scattereth ISRAEL, will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock." 4

But when will the Lord do this? Answer as demonstrated in our previous Lecture, the year of our Lord, 1847, is the period when the sanctuary shall be cleansed, and Daniel's vision of Jewish desolation be accomplished in "the last end of the indignation." This, however, can only be effected, first, by the ingathering of the Jews to their own land; and second,

1. Dan. xii., 7.

3. Isa. lix. 20.

2. Luke xxi., 24.
4. Jer. xxxi., 10.

by the destruction of their Great Desolator, the LAST ANTICHRIST, who, with his Armageddon army, upon their restoration, will once more go up against Jerusalem to battle. Then, also, the approaching extinction of the Turkish empire, with the approaching doom of mystic Babylon, connected, as are both these events, with the war of Armageddon, now in actual course of preparation on the part both of kings and people, under the influence of the three frog spirits of the False Prophet of Rev. xvii. 13, ALL transpire under the SIXTH VIAL. And as already stated, as the extinction of the former directly opens the way for the destruction of the latter, all these tremendously important events take place about the same point of time, viz, A. D., 1847.

The manner, further, in which the destruction of the last anti-Christian confederacy is to be effected, brings to view, in immediate connexion with the above occurrences of 1847, another event of surpassing grandeur and interest to every true believer. I mean, THE SECOND, PERSONAL, PRE-MILLENIAL ADVENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST! On this subject we remarked in our former Lecture, (page 241,) that the close of the 2,300 years of Jewish desolation, A. D., 1847, as spoken of by Daniel viii. 14, would be signalized by the cleansing of the sanctuary—the accomplishment of the vision-the last end of the indignation and, the appearing of the LORD JEHOVAH for the restoration and re-establishment in Palestine of the seed of Abraham, which he sware unto their fathers.

We now affirm, in the light of prophecy, that the former events are but a consequence of, and hence dependant upon, the latter. In other words, until the latter takes place, the former cannot be accomplished.

Here, it would seem incredible, that any, professing to have turned their attention to this subject, should insist upon an interval of 20 years or more, between the restoration of the Jews to their own land, and the Second Advent. With others, we are not surprised that they should "view the future coming of Christ as a solitary fact, rather than as a period full of important events." But that any professed student of prophecy should have overlooked the fact, that the termination of Jewish troubles, or the ending of the indignation by the cleansing of the sanctuary in the destruction of their last great enemy, viz, the Armageddon army, is not immediately connected with, not only, but consequent upon the second advent, is to us passing strange. For the satisfaction of others, we think it will be sufficient to adduce scripture proof, that our blessed Lord's return is directly connected with those events. Take for instance the following-In Micah ii. 13, a passage applied by Lowth to the general restoration of the Jewish nation, we have this statement: "The breaker is gone up before them; they have broken up, and passed through the gate, and are gone up by it, and their KING, (Messiah,) shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them." We read in Zechariah xii. 9, "It shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem," &c. Now, it is conceded by all,