Parable of the fig tree, 115 Parable of the rich man and Lazarus, 284, 285 Parable of the ten virgins, 348, 349 Parton, on Lisbon earthquake, 80 Peace and safety, 107 Peace prophecies, 338 Persecution after Christ's death, 235 Persecution for Sabbath observance, 178 Persecution in Netherlands, Motley on, 150 Persecution in time of the end 73 Persecution, papal, Baudrillart, on 151 Persecution, papal, Lecky on 150 Persecution, signs of end follow, 73-75 Persecution under Papacy, 149-153 Persecutions, papal, "Western Watchman" on, 151 Persia, rise and fall of, 322-324 Phalerius, king urged by, to secure Jewish sacred books, 187, 188 Pierson, Dr., on open doors for gospel, 310 "Plain Talks," on Sunday observance, 251 Pleasure, passion for, M. Comte on, 109 Pleasure, passion for, sign of Christ's coming, 109 Plutarch, on Alexander, 45 Plutarch, on Alexander's conquests, 121, 122 Political unrest, 106, 107 Polybius, on dominion of Rome, 208 Pope Gregory, on Sabbath observance, 174 Pope Innocent II, orders of, to destroy heresies, 150 Pope Leo XIII, encyclical letter of, 149 Pope Leo XIII, on power of Papacy, 149 Pope taken prisoner, Joseph Rickaby on, 141 Pope, titles assumed by, Ferraris on, 149 Pope Vigilius, date of reign of, Schaff on, 137 Popes, a new order of, 135 Popes declared saints, 137 Popes no longer declared saints, 137 Popes, temporal power of, Conroy on, 129 Potter, on use of a mark, or sign, 250 Present-day conditions, meaning of, 105-115 Press, the Mighty (poem), 317 Pride, cause of Satan's fall, 258 Prince of Tyre, 258 Printing, Gutenberg's first types, 314 Printing, Luther on art of, 318 Printing press, a gospel agency, 318 Printing press, illustrations of, 315, 316 Printing press, the mighty, 317 Prophecies of Christ's coming, 52 Prophecy, Armageddon foretold in, 346, 347 Prophecy concerning Babylon, 31-33, 40 Prophecy fulfilled, Farrar on, 36 Prophecy fulfilled to Joseph, 26 Prophecy fulfilling, Marquis of Salisbury on, 338 Prophecy of Daniel 7, 117-129 Prophecy of Daniel 8, 205-211 Prophecy of Daniel unsealed, 304 Prophecy, of increase of knowledge, 306 Prophecy of Matthew 24, 65-77 Prophecy of the judgment, Revelation 14, 239 Prophecy of Tyre, 30, 31 Prophecy of 2300 years fulfilled, 229-237 Prophecy, study of, John Adolphus on, 305 Prophecy, the sure word of, 25 Prophecy, witness of the centuries to, 25-37 Prophetic outline of world's history, 39-49 Prophetic period, a great, 219-227 Prophetic study, Sir Isaac Newton on, 304, 305 Prophetic word, testimony of history to, 35-37 Protestants, persecution of, the "Western Watchman" on, 151 Ptolemy's canon, authenticity of, Hales on, 225 Ptolemy's canon, Lindsay on, 225 Pullus, on manner of baptism, 202 Punishment, everlasting, 289, 292 Purification of the earth, 359 Pythius, the Lydian, Herodotus on, 323 Railroads, construction of, Wallace on, 313 Rawlinson, on Alexander's dominion, 324, 325