Chapter 16

Abraham, parable of rich man and Lazarus,284"Abridgment of Christian Doctrine," on change of Sabbath,156Adolphus, on study of prophecy,305Advent message, Bates as advocate of,244Advent movement, extent of, Brock on,241Advent movement of 1844,240Æschylus, on Medo-Persia,121Æschylus, on Xerxes' host,323Alexander, conquests of, Plutarch on,121,122Alexander, dominion of, Rawlinson on,324,325Alexander, empire of, Appian on,122Alexander, first king of Greece,207Alexander, greatness of, Arrian on,44Alexander, Justin on,207Alexander, Lucan on,45Alexandra, Queen, on preparations for war,339Alexandria, library at, sacred books of Jews in,187Angels attending throne of God,296Angels, God's messengers,297Angels, guardian,300Angels in kingly courts,299Angels, messengers of deliverance,300Angels, their ministry,295-301Antitypical day of atonement,237,240,241Apollonius, description of Babylon by,33Apostasy in last days, Daniel 8,248Appearing of Christ,59Appian, on Alexander's empire,122Arian kingdoms plucked up,129Arian powers uprooted by Belisarius,134Armageddon, "Contemporary Review" on,339Armageddon, "Everybody's Magazine" on,339Armageddon, final clash of empires,337-349Armageddon, foretold in prophecy,346,347Armageddon, Lord Rosebery on,339Armageddon, or Mt. Megiddo, Carmack, on344Armageddon, prelude to,343Armageddon, sequel of,347,348Arming of the nations,106,107Arrian, on Alexander's greatness,44Artaxerxes, date of decree to rebuild Jerusalem,223Artaxerxes, date of reign of,225-227"Astronomy," Chambers, on falling stars,101Atonement, antitypical day of,237,240,241Avebury, Lord, on war,112Babylon, description of, by Apollonius,33,34Babylon, desolation of,31-35Babylon, desolation of, Layard on,35Babylon, "Encyclopedia of Islam" on,35Babylon in prophecy and history,119,120Babylon, prophecy concerning,39-41Babylon, prophecy of, confirmed by history,41-43Babylon, Strabo on,34Bacon, Francis, on increase of knowledge,306,307Ball, Sir Robert, on falling stars,100Bampfield, died in prison for Sabbath keeping,179Baptism, conditions necessary to,199,200Baptism for believers,200Baptism, form of,200-203Baptism, manner of, Dean Stanley on,202Baptism, manner of, Neander on,201Baptism, manner of, Pullus on,202"Baptism," meaning of word, Calvin on,201"Baptism," meaning of word, Luther on,201Baptism, memorial of resurrection,199-203Baptism of infants, Dean Stanley on,202Baptism of Jesus, time of,230,231Baptists, Sabbatarian,179Baptists, Seventh Day, in America,179,180Barnes, Dr. Albert, on division of Grecia,122Bates, as a Sabbath keeper,244Baudrillart, on papal persecution,151Beast, the fourth, of Daniel 7,126-129Beasts, empires represented by,118Belisarius, Arian powers uprooted by,134Bellarmine, on great words of little horn,147Bemont and Monod, "Medieval Europe",137Bengelius, on judgment-hour warning,249Berosus, on exploits of Nebuchadnezzar,120Berthier enters Rome, Rickaby on,141Besant, Mrs. Annie, on spiritualism of the East,273Bible, agency in the new birth,15,17Bible and tradition,251,252Bible, Christ the central theme of,23Bible, Dr. Harris on,20,21Bible, Erasmus on,21Bible for all mankind,21Bible, given to the world, Faber on,308Bible, God its author,14Bible, language of, Van Dyke on,21,22Bible, our safety and defense,18Bible societies, organization of,308Bible, source of all doctrine,20Bible, speaks to our day,13Bible, Spurgeon on authorship of,14Bible, Spurgeon's experience with,14Bible, the book that talks,13Bible, the bread of life,18Bible, the Christian's shield,18Bible, the living word,15Bible, the word that creates,15Bible, the word that works within,17Biddolf, on lessons from Lisbon earthquake,82Bishop of Rome as head of church, Justinian on,133Blunt, on doom of Turks,333Bogue, on persecution for Sabbath keeping,178,179Bonar's hymn, on state of dead,282Bower, on Sabbath observance,174Bread of life, Bible as the,18Brerewood, on Sabbath in first centuries,173Britten, Mrs. Emma, on Spiritualism,269Brock, on extent of the advent movement,241Bruce, on desolation of Tyre,31Bury, on achievements of Justinian,132Calamy, on Bampfield as a Sabbatarian,179Calvin, on meaning of word "baptism",201Canon, Ptolemy's, Lindsay on,225Carmack, on Armageddon, or Mt. Megiddo,344Chambers, Dr., on Sabbath in England,177Chambers, on falling stars,101Change of Sabbath,153-167Charles I, on Sabbath observance,177China open to the gospel,309Christ and Satan, controversy between,257-263Christ, central theme of Bible,23Christ, closing work of, in heaven,216Christ, death of,231Christ, glorious appearing of,59Christ, lost dominion redeemed by,363Christ, second coming of,51-63,352Christ, the restorer,362Christian work of Countess of Huntingdon,63Christs, false,74"Church Missionary Review," on war a sign of end,343Clarke, Dr. Adam, on "living soul",283Cleansing of the sanctuary,211,213-217Clerke, on glory of falling stars,101,102Clerke, on star shower of 1833,94,95Coming of Christ at the door,115Coming of Christ, beginning of signs of,75-77Coming of Christ, love of pleasure a sign of,109Coming of Christ, manner of,53-55Coming of Christ, political unrest a sign of,106Coming of Christ, prelude to,59Coming of Christ, promise of,52Coming of Christ, purpose of,56,57Coming of Christ, signs of,74,75Coming of Christ, signs of, in industrial world,110Coming of Christ, signs of, in Matthew 24,65,66,112,113Coming of Christ, signs of, in the social world,109Coming of Christ, signs of, upon the earth,105Coming of Christ, the Saviour's prophecy of,65-77Coming of Christ, to be as in days of Noah,109Coming of Christ, world evangelization a sign of,112Commandments, the ten,182Comte, M., on passion for pleasure,109Connecticut Legislature, Dark Day in,90Conroy, on temporal sovereignty of popes,129Constantine, Sunday law of,16"Contemporary Review," on Armageddon,339"Contemporary Review," on awakening of East,344Controversy between Christ and Satan,257Controversy, earth the battle-ground of,259Conybeare and Howson, on the Sabbath,165Cottrell, R.F., poem by,171Countess of Huntingdon, Christian work of,63Covenant, confirming of the,231Creative power of the Word,15Croly, on Justinian as founder of papal supremacy,133Cuneiform writing,312Cyrus, conquests of, Rawlinson on,121Cyrus, Xenophon on,206Dale, on non-sacredness of Sunday,166Daniel, book of, unsealed,304Daniel 2, prophecy of,39-49Daniel 7, prophecy of,117-129Daniel 8, prophecy of,205-211Daniel, prophecy of 1260 years,131,132Daniel, vision of great beasts,118Dark Day, Boston "Gazette" on,88Dark Day, cause of unknown,87Dark Day, contemporary records of,88,89Dark Day, Dr. Samuel Stearns on,89,90Dark Day, effect on Connecticut Legislature,90Dark Day, "Independent Chronicle" on,88,89Dark Day in New England, Williams on,86Dark Day, prophecy of, fulfilled,85Dark Day, Timothy Dwight on,90Dark Day, Webster on,87Dark Day, Whittier on,86,87,90,91Darkening of the sun,85Dead, not agencies of Spiritualism,271Dead, sleep of,280-282Dead, righteous, raised to life,60Death, man's state in,275,280-282Delaire, Mme. Jean, on Theosophy and Spiritualism,272,273Desolation of Babylon,31Destruction of the wicked,61,353"Dictionary of Christian Antiquities," on Change of Sabbath,166Discontent, F.T. Martin on growth of,112Doctrinal Catechism, on change of Sabbath,156Doctrinal Catechism, on power of church,252Doctrine, Bible the source of,20Dominion, bring back the lost,363Dream of Nebuchadnezzar,39,40Dwight, on Dark Day,90Earth, cleansed and renewed,364-367Earth, purified,359East, awakening of,344East, "Nineteenth Century and After," on new spirit in,344Eastern Question, Jerusalem heart of, Finn on,346Eastern Question, Maspero on,322Eastern Question, relation to end of world,334Eastern Question, the,321-335Eighteen forty-four, Advent movement in,240-244Elliott, on great words of little horn,147Elven, Cornelius, poem by,335Empires, four great universal,117-129Encyclopedia Britannica, on Palestine as battle field,325,326Encyclopedia of Islam, on Babylon,35End of the wicked,287-293End, time of the,303-317Erasmus, on the Bible,21Eternal fire,292,293Euphrates dried up,332Europe, kingdoms of modern,46-48Everlasting fire,292Everlasting punishment,289-293"Everybody's Magazine," on Armageddon,339Evil, origin of,257-263Executive judgment,261-263Faber, G.S., on Bible given to the world,308Faith, justification by,191-197Falling stars,93Falling stars, sign to world,99False Christs,74Farrar, on prophecy fulfilled,35,36Ferraris, on titles assumed by Pope,149Fig tree, parable of,115Finlay, on beginning of history of Middle Ages,134,135Finlay, on rapid changes in sixth century,132Fire, everlasting,292,293Fire, lake of,290Fire, unquenchable,292,293First angel's message,239First day rest,164-166Firth, on fall of Ottoman power,343Flammarion, on density of star shower,95"Forever and ever," meaning of,291,292"Fortnightly Review," on Turkey's position,333,334Fox family, origin of modern Spiritualism,269France, decree of, to abolish religion,140French Revolution, Lamartine on,140French Revolution, significant events of,140"Gazette and Country Journal" on dark day,88Gehenna, a valley near Jerusalem,293Gentiles, gospel carried to,234,235Gibbon, on power of Rome,46Gibbon, on Roman Empire,209Gibbon, on site of Nineveh,29Gibbon, on struggle for Italy,134God's challenge to false religious systems,25Goldastus, on Sabbath keepers in Alpine valleys,175Gospel, agencies for work of,311Gospel, China, opened to the,309Gospel, doors open to, in all world,309Gospel for our day, the,247,248Gospel message, solemn warning in,248,249Gospel, open doors for, Dr. Pierson on,310Gospel, printing press an agency of,318Gospel, telegraph used in carrying,318Gospel, the everlasting,248Gospel to the Gentiles,234,235Goths, defeat of,134Great controversy, earth the battle ground of,259Grecia, Alexander first king of,207Grecia, conquests of, under Alexander,121,122Grecia, division of, Dr. Albert Barnes on,122Grecia, prophecy and history of,206,207,121,324Grecia, prophecy concerning, in Daniel,244Greece, division of,208Greeley, Spiritualism tested by,269Grey, Sir Edward, on Satanic agencies,342Guardian angels,300Gutenberg's first types,314Hales, on authenticity of Ptolemy's canon,225Harris, on the Bible,20-21Hastings, on Valley of Hinnom,293"Hearst's Magazine," on growth of discontent,112Heresies, papal order against,150Herodotus, on doctrine of immortality,291Herodotus, on Pythius, the Lydian,323Hieroglyphics, the "Ox Song",312Hinnom, Valley of,293Hippolytus, on power of Rome,46Hippolytus, on prophecy of Rome fulfilled,126Hiscox, on change of Sabbath,166,167Hiscox, on Sunday mark of paganism,170History, prophecy confirmed by,35-37Hobbs, Professor, on Lisbon earthquake,79Holtzman, on Bible and tradition,252Home of the saved,361-370Horace, ode on Rome,47Horace, on might of Rome,208Hughes, on Jerusalem's part in closing history,328Huguenots, persecution of, Kurtz on,76Humboldt, on other displays of falling stars,99Humphreys, on appearance of falling stars,96Hutton, on abolition of religion in France,140Hymn on state of dead, by Horatius Bonar,282Image of Daniel 2,118Image to the Papacy,251Immortality, doctrine of,291Immortality, doctrine of, Herodotus on,291Immortality, God only has,282Immortality of the soul,275-285Immortality, the gift of God,275,282Immortality, when bestowed,279Increase of knowledge,306-317"Independent Chronicle," on Dark Day,88,89Infant baptism, Dean Stanley on,202Ising, visit of, to site of Nebuchadnezzar's palace,35Italy, struggle for, Gibbon on,134Jerusalem, Artaxerxes' decree to rebuild,223-225Jerusalem, date of decree to restore,223Jerusalem, destruction of temple at,70Jerusalem, headquarters of king of the North,328Jerusalem, heart of Eastern Question, Finn on,346Jerusalem, last days of,66Jerusalem, last gathering place, Mukaddasi on,328Jerusalem, Moslems turn toward,330Jerusalem, part of, in closing history, Hughes on,328Jerusalem, signs of approaching doom of,67-69Jessup on falling stars,100Jesus, the restorer,362Jesus, time of baptism of,230Jews, fanaticism of, Ridpath on,67Joseph, prophecy fulfilled to,26Josephus, on destruction of temple,70Judgment, Christ's work in sanctuary,216,217Judgment hour, many witnesses proclaim,240,241


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