only more and more contemptible in a political aspect), was twelve hundred and sixty years, or forty. and two months. The Papacy is still a poweralas! but NOT IMPERIAL. It has no authority which it can exercise over any King in Europe. For this its day is gone. But let us see now what is further

stated in the word before us. "And I beheld ANOTHER BEAST coming up OUT OF THE EARTH; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." Let us remark that this second beast does not arise from the sea; his seat is not Italy; but INLAND; he comes up "OUT OF THE EARTH;" he has two horns like a lamb." Not like Rome having an association of ten Kings, but TWO ONLY. A dynasty, possibly, of TWO MONARCHS. The likeness to a lamb, may indicate a remarkable appearance of peacefulness; while his speech being like that of a dragon represents cruelty." It may be, "he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries," and "work deceitfully;"* so that "by peace he shall destroy many." This beast, is to "exercise all the power of the first beast before him;" that is, he is to be head of the Roman Empire, though his dwelling is not found between the seas. Moreover he is to do honor to the first beast. He shall cause "the earth and them which dwell therein to worship him; that is, we may suppose to bow down submissively to the Imperial authority as of old. But more:-This new beast"doeth wonders," so that he maketh fire come down from Heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which he had power to do † Daniel viii. 25.

Daniel xi. 21-23.

IN THE SIGHT OF. THE BEAST," (that is in the sight of the whole Empire.) And besides this, "he causeth all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." And it is added-" Here is wisdom;—Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of A MAN: and his number is SIX HUNDRED THREE SCORE AND SIX.*

*Revelation xiii.

* It may be interesting to the readers of these chapters to note the following words, in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, each of which, by the use of their letters as figures, will spell 666.

8) מלכות agreeing with רומי Romiith) the fem. of רומיית 1

kingdom) the Roman Kingdom.

2 Ἡ Λατινη Βασιλεια the Latin Kingdom.

3 Aruvos a Latin person.

4 NaToλVT the dative dedicatory form of writing Napoleon.

5 LVDOVICVS (Louis).

The following table will show this to be correct:

Now upon this second beast I will but comment briefly. We know the dynasty which rose to power in inland parts, and at the close of the last century laid hands on the Imperial throne, taking all but the name only from the Papacy, depriving him, who held the Imperial title by the Pope's authority, even of the empty name in which he gloried.* That dynasty still holds the sceptre, still has control at Rome, and how it will develope itself there and elsewhere, GOD

ALONE CAN TELL.

But we have another very clear and powerful word upon this subject in the seventeenth chapter.

A woman is spoken of "sitting on MANY WATERS," (elsewhere described as meaning "peoples and multitudes, and nations and tongues.")† The woman is arrayed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations, and upon her forehead a name written-"MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

* The Emperor Napoleon I. degraded the Pope to the rank of Bishop of Rome; stripped the See of Rome of all its temporalities; and confiscated its Revenues of every kind. The note was struck in 1793. In 1798, the blood of the Roman clergy was shed like water, the city Rome was taken, and the Pope (Pius VI.) was led away captive. In 1809, the temporal sovereignty of Rome and the States of the Church was taken by General Radet, in the name of Napoleon, who divided the States into departments, to be governed by French officers; and the Emperor conferred on his infant son the title of King of Rome. Thus the Papacy, as an Imperial power, received a blow from which it has not rallied.-See Hale's Chronology, Vol. 3, pp. 625, 626, and Keith's World and Church, pp. 214217.

† Verse 15.

She appears, drunken with the blood of the Saints and the Martyrs of Jesus." Now every one reading this description of the woman, is ready to decide at once "THIS IS THE PAPACY." And no doubt it is so. But it is NOT "The Antichrist." It is NOT "The Man of Sin." It may be a type of him, but it is not he. But let us observe what is said about the woman. In the third verse we read thus,—“He carried me away into the wilderness; and I saw the woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast." Her place and position are changed. She had been "sitting upon MANY WATERS," (i. e., ruling over many nations.) But now she has left her position of authority, and we find her in the wilderness, supported by a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS: she is supported, therefore, by the same beast which came before us as the first beast in the thirteenth chapter, namely, THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Then we have here the Roman Empire supporting the Papacy; the Papacy, as it would appear, having become too weak to support itself. But an explanation is afforded us in this chapter, which makes it very plain that only the last headship of this Empire is the supporter. In the seventh verse we find the Angel saying to St. John,-"I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The beast that thou sawest WAS, and IS NOT: and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of

the world, when they behold THE BEAST THAT WAS AND IS NOT, AND YET IS. And here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth." (Rome is built on seven hills) "and there are seven Kings," (this we have explained already in this chapter.) "Five are fallen." (In St. John's day-five of the forms of Government had passed away; viz., Kings, Consuls, Dictators, Decemvirs, and ConsularTribunes.) "One is"-(the form of government in the days of the Apostle John was that of an Empire; Emperors ruled.) "And the other is not yet come, and when he cometh he must continue a short space." (When the Empire was wounded unto death, the Papacy took the reins of government, stepping in gradually to take its place, and heal the wound, and soon, assuming full imperial functions, gave away kingdoms, and treated Kings as vassals. It continued forty and two months, that is (taking a day for a year) TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS, when it likewise was compelled to resign the Throne and give way to another power. "And the BEAST THAT WAS, AND IS NOT, even he is the eighth and is of the seven; (he does not SEEM to be of the seven; he is not CALLED either Emperor, or Pope, or King, but he is in truth THE HEAD nevertheless. But what have we here? A dynasty RISING INTO POWER; then PASSING AWAY; and then RISING AGAIN. As to this dynasty, we have but one word further. It is joined, like the Empire of old, by TEN KINGS, and they make war with the Lamb; and unite together also to consume the Papacy which they had supported. They con