f witness in Egypt teaches (see Isa.
xix. 19) is, that in 1882 the whole world will enter upon a time of great
trouble, war, pestilence, and famine, and for fifty-three years these
troubles will continue more or less. Then about 1935 will occur the
battle of Armageddon, which will be the finishing touch, the end of wars.
I arrive at this, when I follow the teachings of the Pyramid, by adding
1882 and 53, which gives me 1935. Even then the world will not end, but
only begin the millennium morn, which will last for a thousand years or
more.

Now corresponding to these facts are the events of Providence. As when
Spring is nigh we know by certain signs, so we know from the Scriptures,
Providence, and Pyramidal teaching, where we stand and the season we are
in. "O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky, but can ye not
discern the signs of the times?" said Jesus to the proud and critical
Pharisees and learned and doubting Sadducees. These parties affected to
be specially wise and discriminating in their knowledge of the times and
seasons, and interpreting the prophets and writings of Moses. Yet their
conduct betrayed their ignorance, for they saw not the end of that grand
old prophetic age, nor the fading symbolism of the temple, nor the
departing glory and decay of their nation. They knew not the fulness of
the time in which they lived, though it bulged out like a mountain. They
did not know that _one time hath ended_, another _time begun_, for they
still dated their documents 4032 of the world, when it was the year of
our Lord and their Lord 32.

The antediluvians stand condemned because they were willingly ignorant of
the Providential tokens and signs of the times. They set at naught the
teachings and warnings of Noah, and in exulting pride they rejected the
idea of a special Providence. Their faith, like many in this day, was
planted and nourished by the laws of nature, and the analogous
continuance of the same, not accepting the doctrine of a Divine
Providence. They cried aloud, "Where is the promise of His coming? For
since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation."

Do you, like the Jews of old, demand more signs, when those given you are
not understood, or, if understood, they are undervalued? The prophets
have been lavish in portraying the calamities of the _last days_, or the
times into which we are entering. For the words _last days_ are