Defence of Armageddon (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...sea: " from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. " And from the river: " the Mississippi, the father of waters, with its sixty thousand miles of tributary navigation, and the incalculable tonnage of its transports. "Unto the ends of the earth: " to the most remote promontories in the North, and to Terra del Fuego and Cape Horn in the South, We must be excused from dwelling further on the emigration that was to come to this land. These predictions are very numerous and wonderfully accurate---inspired predictions, that never have been realized, and never can be, unless they are fulfilled in the New World. We will, however, notice one other. f' Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the North and from the West; and these from the land of Sinim." Isa. xlix, 12. Now, all commentators agree that "Sinim" is China. The fact is, it was it true ancient name: Thinim, Thina or China, It is m put down in the ancient maps. And China lies u north " and " west," or north-west of us. In the message of Ex-Governor Bigler, of California, some two yerg ago, it is there published that there were then some sixty thousand Chinese in that State. Now, no commentator questions that this passage describes emigration coming to the land of restored Israel, for the whole context confirms it. But how are the Chinese to come from China to Palestine and come from the north-west f It is impossible. Here is a promise made of emigration from a distant country, whose inhabitants have never been known to mingle with other nations; here their true ancient name is given; here is the very direction which they were to come; and here is a fulfillment upon a most magnificent scale. Perfect coincidence being perfect fulfillment, our position is demonstration. Sixth. The...