events, written on the prophetic page in large and unmistakeable characters, is as follows; and the course of which we are now called upon to watch, as a merciful warning to ourselves of the period when we also, as one of the ten kingdoms of the old Roman empire, shall be involved in its general destruction.

1st. The spread of the present revolution all over the Continent, to result in a new arrangement or consolidation of the former ten kingdoms of the Roman empire into three only, viz. the empire of Austria, the empire of Rome, and one other kingdom. And with respect to the first part of this anticipation, in what a wonderful manner have not my words been verified, since, in an advertisement inserted in "The Record" of Monday, 21st February, for the purpose of calling the attention of the public to the prophetical import of passing events, I undertook to designate the movements which had then already taken place in Switzerland, Sicily, and the Italian Peninsula, as "the commencement of the universal Continental popular insurrection and revolution of the seventh apocalyptical vial of wrath," the extraordinary, and generally unlooked for, revolution in the kingdom of France not having then broken out. 2ndly. The final fall and overthrow of the Papacy or Babylon the Great.

3rdly, The appearance of the Infidel Antichrist upon the throne of Rome in his last manifestation, as the septimo-octave head and sovereign of the di

vided Roman empire, whose office it will be to finish the work, and complete the character as seen in its first manifestation in the person and work of the late Emperor Napoleon the Great.*

4thly. The attack of Imperial Austria, aided by Russia, upon the Emperor of Rome.

5thly. The repulse of Russia, and the fall of Austria by the sword of Rome.

6thly. The expedition of the Emperor of Rome, at the head of all the forces of the late papal, now infidel, Roman empire, into the Holy Land, and his conquest of Egypt.

7thly. His return from Egypt into the Holy Land, and his destruction with all his hosts at the battle of Armageddon; together with the final and general restoration of all the tribes of Israel.

And 8thly. The desolation of the late papal, then infidel, Roman empire by the armies or hordes of Russia.

After which will follow a period of unexampled trouble, "such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time," of which the sufferings of the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, when their first dispensation was brought to a close, afford the only true and adequate type. During these troubles the old Roman empire will utterly perish and disappear as to its former political forms; and

* See "Interpretation of Daniel's last Prophecy," -"Combined View," pp. 355 to 508; also "Three Letters on the Prophecies," viz. Letter X. "On the Infidel Individual Antichrist,” pp. 10 to 29.

Great Britain also will be involved in them, and perish as a kingdom by popular revolution and insurrection. After all these great and awful events, a certain period will be occupied in the preparation of the earth for the glories of the millennial reign, to be effected by the preaching of the restored and converted Jews, which period is designated in the last chapter of the prophet Zechariah as a day of progressive spiritual knowledge, or one, of which "the light shall not be clear nor dark; but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night;" and then in reference to the millennium, which is to succeed to it, it is added, "But it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light; and it shall be in that day that living waters (the doctrines of salvation) shall go out from Jerusalem, and the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Lord and his name one:" for during that period of millennial glory and blessedness, the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea, and the whole world will be under a theocracy, of which Jerusalem and its re-edified temple will be the seat; typified, and we may believe only faintly typified, by the partial Jewish theocracy as it existed in the days of Solomon, and before their long captivity under the Gentiles began. The prophet Daniel also refers to the blessedness of this period when he says, at the conclusion of his prophecy, "Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred

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and five-and-thirty days," or to the year of our Lord 1867-8; and St. John also speaks of this period of preparation as that during which the bride (the Church of Christ) makes herself ready for the marriage, (Rev. xix. 7,) declaring also, like Daniel, the blessedness of such as should reach the millennial period itself, saying, "Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb ;" and again, in reference to the glorified portion of the Church, the risen saints, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

But we may ask if these things are so; if such are the final purposes of God as revealed in the holy Scriptures, both as regards the nations at large, and this country in particular, how earnestly ought we to seek the influence of the Holy Spirit, to bring us into a state of preparedness for it? And as all nations must come to an end, if the time is thus rapidly drawing near when our appointed race will have been run, and our numbered days finished, and we must be removed in order to make way for that universal kingdom of righteousness and peace which shall never be moved, how grateful ought we to be, that even in this act of the general overthrow of all the kingdoms of the Roman world now existing, the peculiar favour of God towards ours will still be manifested, not only by our surviv

ing all the others, and being called upon to yield up our dominion in the full maturity of the age of the world, with the prospect of being then brought speedily under the universal and righteous governance of the Prince of Peace; but that we should also have these purposes of God so fully revealed to us. in the prophetic Scriptures, that that day shall not come upon us unawares; and though the revelation be that of the termination of our existence as a nation; if we belong to the faithful portion of it, we shall not desire its prolongation, nor weep sore; but on the contrary, lift up our heads and rejoice greatly, knowing that our redemption draweth nigh.

God hath not so dealt with any nation, as regards our past history, neither doth he now so deal with any other as with ours; for excepting the few amongst the people of the papal continent who have heard the voice of warning, and left the communion of the apostate Church of Rome in time. to escape her punishment, it is to be feared that the nations at large will be left to perish in the blindness and impenitence of their hearts; while it must be alone from the wilful neglect and disregard of the privileges we possess, if, with the scriptural knowledge so long accorded to us, we do not read in the events now taking place in the world the last awful signs of the times, and if so admonished, we do not flee for refuge to the only hope set before us in Christ; but if we do so, we may take encouragement from finding in the same holy Scrip