Key to the 1843 Prophetic Chart
How clearly they show us our position on the stream of time! Seven distinct times are we brought down in these lines of prophecy to the end of all things; and in each instance we are shown to be on the very verge of the opening of the new dispensation, on the threshold of eternity. Everlasting life and eternal death are before us. The world is now receiving its final call to decide speedily which they will choose, and the result of their choice will soon be given them. Be it your aim, dear reader, from this time forward, to secure a citizenship in that fifth universal kingdom which shall soon succeed to all earthly governments; to be among the saints of the Most High who shall take the kingdom, when the Roman Papal beast shall be destroyed and given to the burning flame; to be on the side of the "Prince of princes" when the little horn of Dan.viii (8),is broken without hand; to be among those of whom it shall be said, "Let them be holy still," Rev.xxii (22),11, when our great High Priest leaves the Sanctuary, and the days probation are ended, and the work of atonement forever done; to be among those who shall with joy exclaim, when the Son of man appears upon the great white cloud, "Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us,"Isa.xxv (25),9; to be among the 144,000, who shall sing the song of victory upon mount Zion, when the two- horned beast of Rev.xiii (13), and his accomplices, are cast alive into the lake of fire; and to be among the servants of God when the events which the seventh angel is announcing as now near at hand, shall come to pass, when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, when he shall destroy those that corrupt the earth, and give reward to those that love and serve him. We can say no more. But if you choose to reject the counsel of God against yourself, and range yourself among the rebels against his government, when you are being swept away with the besom of destruction which will surely come upon such, and sinking into the dark region of despair and death, remember that now, ere probation had ceased, while the way of salvation was open, and mercy still lingered, the light was held up before you, and the invitation given you to come and live.