of the prophecy, and we take up its brief duplicate or interpretation.

Duplicate Vision.-1. "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time times and a half from the face of the serpent." The woman and the serpent, or the Christian church and Roman monarchy, both appeared in heaven at the same time, but the church fled from him into the wilderness, and the monarchy saw it no more as an object of attention for many centuries. The time of this hiding of the church, was in the first statement said to be 1260 days, but in the interpretation it is said to be hid for three and a half times. This shows that they are convertible terms, and doubles the certainty of their having a definite meaning. As the 42 months were equivalent to 1260 days, and as 1260 days equal three and a half times, it follows that they are all convertible or synonymous terms.

2. "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood." This passage briefly comprehends the war against the woman with the twelve stars upon her head. A flood of water represents armies, and is so used by Isaiah. The translation of the symbol, therefore, is this: the monarchy sent out its armies to destroy the woman and her stars, or the church and its new nationality.

3. "And the earth helped the woman." The term earth must be understood as the place of the dragon as distinct from the place of the woman, and as Europe is the place of monarchy in general, it is evident that this help to the Christians, endeavoring to establish nationality, must come from Europe.

4. "And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed

up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.” This was the checking of the war against the church and its stars, by European aid; for the swallowing of the flood is the overthrow of the armies of the dragon, or the absorption of them by people living on the earth, or Europe.

5. "And the dragon was wroth with the woman." This shows that as the true church was the origin of the great disaffection towards monarchy, the dragon or monarchy system was opposed to the true church every where.

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6. And went to make war with the remnant of her sced, which keep the commandinents of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ." As the woman was herself the church, the seed of the woman must represent the offspring of the church, and they must be of the same character with the man child who was her seed, and, of course, it represents the advocates of civil and religious. liberty, that were not in the immediate territories of the man child or woman. This is well expressed by the phrase "the remnant of her seed." These are separated, too, from fanatical liberalists, for they are those who are true men and true Christians, who are known by keeping the commandments of God, and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ. These must be in Europe, for they can be found no where else outside of America.

It must now be remembered that the church was to be in the wilderness, before the rise of nationality, 1451 years, and that the kingdom which appeared at the end of this time, had been promised, and that at its rise, it did not fill the world, but that monarchy, or the serpent, was for a short time to be a joint tenant of the world with this kingdom. Its territory, also, was to be separate from that of monarchy, for monarchy was cast out of it.

Again; the twelve stars on the woman's head were prophetic, and as they represented the civil department of God's Israel, they prefigured that when the nationality of the church arrived, that it would exist as a confederacy of twelve states; for each star represents a tribe or state separate from any other, yet all united in a crown, show that they were to be confederated. At the full growth of the man child, we see a diadem of many stars or states united on his head. The number of Israel's twelve tribes and of the twelve apostles was thirteen, but were always represented literally or symbolically as twelve; the birth-right tribe of Joseph, being composed of two tribes, counted as one. The development, therefore, of the church or woman into nationality, was to be signalized by a confederacy of thirteen governments confederated, two of them being reckoned as one or having been one; the stars showing the divided state of the government, and the sun, with which the woman was clothed, its unity.

COINCIDENCES.

Coincidence First.—The church was to be in the wilderness for 1451 years or 529,984 days before the rise of her nationality, and then it was to give birth to a Christian nation composed of 13 states. Now, the true church went into the obscurity represented by the wilderness, at the union of church and state, which took place on the 19th June, 325; and just exactly 529,984 days afterward, the American confederacy was declared independent, and it sprung from the Christian church, and was composed of thirteen states, two of which, Pennsylvania and Delaware, were originally but one state.

Coincidence Second.-The man child represented a new and immature system of government. Such was the American confederacy at the declaration. The

several colonies had formed state organizations previous to the declaration; and in the same year, at the recommendation of Congress, they were now allied to each other by a common interest, but by rather feeble articles of confederation.

Coincidence Third.-This new government was to be preserved by Providence, and become the ruler of all nations. The American confederacy, all agree, was protected in a most wonderful manner by Providence, and it now exists as the prospective ruler of the world.

Coincidence Fourth.-Monarchy anticipated the erection of the new confederacy, and stood ready to destroy it, as soon as it came into being. The monarchy of Great Britain anticipated the nationality of the colonies, and stood ready to destroy it as soon as it was developed: but the nationality was preserved.

Coincidence Fifth.-Monarchy, represented by Great Britain, was to make war upon the new nationality, and was to be met by its forces, and vanquished. Great Britain declared war against the confederacy, and hired mercenaries from Europe in legions, to carry on the war, but was vanquished.

Coincidence Sixth.-The European powers were to assist the woman, or Michael and his forces, and swallow them up. Now, it so happened, during the revolutionary war, that out of hatred to Britain, France and Spain acknowledged the independence of America, and their forces being engaged in the war, called the British forces to attend to them as well as to the forces of the colonies; and it was by their conjoint aid that the Yorktown victory was obtained. Denmark, Sweden, Holland and Russia, also joined in the famous league of the armed neutrality, and stood opposed to Britain in this war; so that Britain had those at home who rejoiced in her

losing war with her colonies, and commenced war with her. Indeed, all Europe secretly or openly aided or favored the American cause, from hatred or jealousy of Britain; and destructive wars on the continent began on account of the revolution in America.

Coincidence Seventh.--The dragon, or monarchy, was cast out of the place of the church. This was done by the United States, after the revolution. Monarchy was held in utter execration, and not a foothold has been left in the United States for it; not even the semblance of monarchy will be brooked by the people for an instant.

Coincidence Eighth.-The dragon, or monarchy, was to go forth in wrath against the democracy in Europe, feeling that its foundations were shaken. Since the time of American independence, has occurred the great era of revolutions in Europe; and these have been caused by republican institutions in America. And never has the wrath of monarchy been so hot against its own subjects as since then. Britain, in twenty years, spent 100,000,000 dollars, to establish legitimacy in Europe, beside unnumbered millions spent for the same purpose by other powers. Indeed, all the thrones of Europe leagued together to crush liberty; and such desolation to their subjects, on earth and sea, as has been produced in the space of seventy years, beggars description. Never was a period of such revolutions known before. And these wars and oppressions have been more severe because the dragon knows his throne will stand but a short time; monarchy feels the swell of a universal earthquake.

Coincidence Ninth.-The dragon was to persecute the woman after her victory; that is, he was to trouble her country with annoyances and war. Now, Britain, soon after the Revolution, began a series of grievous