y of the Second Coming of Christ about A.D. 1843"
(published in June, 1838); J. Litch, "An Address to the Clergy" (published
in the spring of 1840; a second edition, with historical data in support
of the accuracy of former calculations of the prophetic period extending
to the fall of the Ottoman empire, was published in 1841); the _Advent
Shield and Review_, Vol. I (1844), No. 1, article 2, pp. 56, 57, 59-61; J.
N. Loughborough, "The Great Advent Movement," pp. 129-132 (1905 ed.); J.
Litch, article in _Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy_, Aug. 1,
1840. See also article in _Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy_,
Feb. 1, 1841.

Page 340. WITHHOLDING THE BIBLE FROM THE PEOPLE.--On the attitude of the
Roman Catholic Church toward the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, in
vernacular versions, among the laity, see Catholic Encyclopaedia, art.
Bible; also G. P. Fisher, "The Reformation," ch. 15, par. 16 (1873 ed.,
pp. 530-532); J. Cardinal Gibbons, "The Faith of Our Fathers," ch. 8 (49th
ed., 1897, pp. 98-117); J. Dowling, "History of Romanism," b. 7, ch. 2,
sec. 14, and b. 9, ch. 3, sec. 24-27 (1871 ed., pp. 491-496, 621-625); L.
F. Bungener, "History of the Council of Trent," pp. 101-110 (2d Edinburgh
ed., 1853, tr. by D. D. Scott); G. H. Putnam, "Books and Their Makers
during the Middle Ages," Vol. I, part 2, ch. 2, par. 49, 54-56.

Page 373. ASCENSION ROBES.--The story that the Adventists made robes with
which to ascend "to meet the Lord in the air," was invented by those who
wished to reproach the cause. It was circulated so industriously that many
believed it; but careful inquiry proved its falsity. For many years a
large reward has been offered for proof that one such instance ever
occurred, but the proof has not been produced. None who loved the
appearing of the Saviour were so ignorant of the teachings of the
Scriptures as to suppose that robes which they could make would be
necessary for that occasion. The only robe which the saints will need to
meet the Lord is the righteousness of Christ. See Rev. 19:8.

Page 374. THE CHRONOLOGY OF PROPHECY.--Dr. Geo. Bush, Professor of Hebrew
and Oriental Literature in the New York City University, in a letter
addressed to Mr. Miller, and published in the _Advent Herald, and Signs of
the Times Reporter_, Boston, March 6 and 13, 1844, made some important
admissions relative to his calculation of the prophetic times. Mr. Bush
wrote:

"Neither is it to be obj