words, “that day,” are often used, and if we desire to know when that day
is, we have data in the great fact that it is the other side of
Armageddon, and Armageddon is the other side of the settlement of Israel
and Judah in Palestine.
I wish, just here, to correct many of you, as well as some of the public
journals. Of late I have frequently seen it stated in the papers that I
predicted the end of the world in 1882. And many persons have actually
asked if I did really think so. The truth of the matter is, in my
sermons on the Great Pyramid I pointed out to you the remarkable fact
that the Grand Gallery was 1,882 inches long. Beginning with the birth
of the Saviour, these inches stand for years. This gallery suddenly
ends, excepting that it is continued in a narrow passage, the narrowest
in the whole building, for fifty-three inches. Then comes the King’s
Chamber, which before you enter, you pass under a portcullis in the form
of an olive leaf. In this chamber all is equal, quiet, and central.
Now, what I believe this pillar of 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.
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