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BIBLE EXAMINER:

PUBLISHED BY JOiiIItTA T. RIMES,

No. 14,I)evon~hire Streel.

COLLEGE

BIBLE EXAMINER,

MOST of the following articles were prepared for,

md have appeared in, the Midnight Cry. They am. now

gi- in this new form 'by sepwat. Some additiow

have been made to them ; particularly to the Expsei-

tion of the 8th and 9th chapters of Daniel. Thece

dclea are sent foah with a full conviction that they

may not travel far before our Lord will have come in

the clouds of heaven; bnt still, they are sent under

the conviction that the injunction of our Lord in to be

rega~ded by all, viz., " Ompy till I come;" md,

a Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he

cometh shall find ao doing."

GEO. STORRS.

BOSTON,March, 1843.

Exposition of Nebnehadnezzar's Dream.

DANIEL 11.-BY

GEORGE STORRP.

There are those who, when they come to hear sny-

thing on the appearing of Christ and the end of the

world, expect to hear us predict and prophesy on thow

mauere.

With predictiug sad prophesyiug, in the

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sense of foretelling future events, I have nothing to do.

I take the rophecies that God has given us, and tell

you horn ?understand them, and why I understand

them as I do. When this is done, yod will judge for

yourselves, aa each of you must give account fur him-

self, whether the interpretation given accords with

the general tenor of the Scriptures.

I force not my

P cannot agree with, ne whe tall us that the

ex osltlnn upon any man.

Hear, then judge.

ropheciu mmol be u%ntond. I1 mi& such

fanguage the language of infidelity. What is it but

saying-" Revelation is no Revelation?" Revolatioq is

somethin made known, and, of course, to be under-

d: ' f 'o say, that any part of it cannot be undep

stood, i., just eu far, to be infidels. There are mama

men who denounce infidelity with an unsparing hand

who, at the same time, tell us, we cannot understand

the prophecies ! What is this but infidelity!

A man may say, with truth, that he does not nnder-

stand the prophecies; but, ts say, "they cannot be

understood," ~s a very different matter; and he th&

doe8 it, whatever his standing, or reputation, is infidel

in his principles. Mot that he rejects the whole of

Revelatio~l ; but he denies that a part of the Bible ia a

rqvelxujor~.

I most salemnly believe that God designed every

part of the Bible should be understood ; but not with-

out searching the Scriptures, comparing one part with

another, and earnest prayer to Him for that same

Spirit, to guide us into truth, which at first inspired

holy men to write the sacred pages. Hence, to come,

to a knowledge of the truth, we must first seek d

childlike spirit, and pray much for divine aid.

The

blessed Jesus said-"

I thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of

heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these thinge

from the guise and mht, and hast revealed them unto

dcrbes. Even so, father, for so it seemed good in thy

eight." First, an humble s irit is necessary. Then,

for our encouragement, the 8wiour husaid, '. If you,

being evil, know hqr to give good gifts unto your

children, how mnch more shall ponr Heavenly Father

give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him."

Let us then humbly yet conflently seek the aid

of the Holy Spirit to give us understanding, and in

that light search the Scriptures to know what was the

mind of the Spirit that inspired them, and we shall

not search in vain.

Let us now examine the second chapter of Daniel.

I shall, for the sake of brevity, begin at the 31st vem.

Verses 31-36. "Thou, 0 king, sawest, and be-

hold, a great image. This great image, whcee bright

nesa was excellent, stood before thee, and the form

thereof was terrible. This image's hsad wan of fine

gold-his breust end anns of silver-his belly and his

thighs of brass-his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and

part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone wit8 cut out,

without hands, which smote the image upon hu feet

that were of iron and clay, and brake them in piccer :

then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and

the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like

the chaff of the summer threshing-floors, and the wind

carried them away, that no place was found for them :

and the stone that smote the image became a great

mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the

dream ; and we will tell the interpretation themof be-

RDre the king."

I wish to call the attention of my readers to an in-

qnir

UPON HIS FEET." Let that be reinembered, far

Where did

the stone strike the image!

I shall have occasion to speak of that fact again.

Verses 37, 38. " Thou, 0 king, arta king of kings :

for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, pow-

er, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the

children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the

fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thy hand, and

hath made thee ruler over th

dl," [i. e., has given

thee universal dominion on earth.]

"Thou art [i. e.,

thy kingdom is,] this head of gold."

Babylon was the jht kingdom of uN'd em pi^.

h ass founded by Nimrod, the great @son d

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