and though Napoleon Bonaparte is A-bad-on, yet he is not like some others, (see the 13th and 14th verses of the 16th chapter of Revelations) a religious bigot and an intolerant per

secutor.

"Whilst all the known world were idolaters by ESTABLISHMENT, the Jews alone were UNITARIANS upon system."

I might have made many other quotations from the visions of Daniel, but as it was my intention to have this a "Little Book," I leave them to time and future expositors-the key is produced, give a further opening to the Sacred Casket.

I close this part of my introduction with a few passages from the 20th chapter of Revelations.

VERSE 4. And I saw (the mind cannot be seen) the souls (souls in various parts of the Sacred Writ are mentioned as bodies, and bodies as souls) of them that were beheaded (or in any way put to death) for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God (that is witnessing, or being firm in testifying to the truth of the gospel dispensation), and they (" that were beheaded," or in any way put to death) lived (were reanimated) and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

There is nothing said here or elsewhere, of a separation of soul (the intellectual part of man) and body; they in their perfect state as human beings were to be restored and raised to "live and reign with Christ a thousand years."

Let it be remembered upon this passage, that the whole "man" was crucified; that the whole

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"man" was buried; that the whole "man" was raised to life again; and that "after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God."

Take my great and now exalted Master as he was; as he is; and as he is TO BE and then the most excellent of systems will be freed from its corruptions.

Read the whole of the 4th verse, and see who "they" are, and who they are "not."

VERSE 5. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished, this is the first resurrection.

How strong the expression. Can any believer in the Prophet doubt of a first resurrection of those who have sealed the truth with their blood?

VERSE 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power (meaning that death hath no power over them a second time) but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

There can be no mistake about the four last verses of the chapter, they evidently explain a general resurrection, and "ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.”

REVELATIONS, CHAPTERS IX. X. XI. AND XII.

The bottomless pit mentioned in the first verse, second verse, and the eleventh verse of this chapter, and likewise in the seventh verse

of the eleventh chapter, meaneth the sea and "there arose a smoke out of (or from of) the pit as the smoke of a great furnace and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke (from) of the pit." (The 2d verse of the 9th chapter.)

Mr. Wakefield's translation of the three first verses is as follows: "And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet: and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. (Or an earthly luminary appointed by the God of Heaven: refer to the 10th and 11th verses of the 8th chapter). And the key of the pit of the bottomless deep was given to him: and he opened the pit of the bottomless deep, and a smoke came up out of (from of, or appearing to come out of) the pit like a smoke of a great furnace; and the sun was darkened, and the air by this smoke from the pit. And locusts came out of the smoke against the earth and a power was given them like the power of the scorpions of the earth."

I have given a few words in italics in order to corroborate my opinion that the expressions mean the sea. The verses may likewise have another and more particular meaning in respect to the OPENING (opening signifies being free, or unconfined) of the " BOTTOMLESS DEEP."

The words" from heaven" here, and in other places must mean a power proceeding from, or appointed by the God of Heaven,

I shall frequently quote Mr. Wakefield's translation, it being allowed to be an accurate one. The passage in the 2d verse, "and there arose a smoke out of the pit," may have a reference to submarine navigation.

The account given by St. Aubin some years ago, cannot but be had in remembrance: I would have transcribed it, but being too long. for my "Little Book," I only give you the conclusion.

"But who can see all the consequences of this discovery, or the improvement of which it is susceptible? Mr. Fulton (an American) has already added to his boat a machine, by means of which he blew up a large boat in Brest; and if by future experiments, the same effect could be produced on frigates or ships of the line, what will become of maritime wars, and where will sailors be found to man ships of war, when it is a physical certainty that they may every moment be blown into the air by means of a Diving Boat, against which no human foresight ean guard them."

See likewise Morse's American Geography, page 231.

A later translation of the New Testament than Mr. Wakefield's, has the 1st and 2d verses as follow: "And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven, and to him was given the key of the entrance of the deep pit. And he opened the entrance of the deep pit, and a smoke came out of the entrance, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the entrance."

VERSE 4. And it was commanded them (the aforesaid locusts that had the power of scorpions) that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree: (refer to the 3d verse of the 7th chapter) but

ONLY those men which had not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Which means that "those men" were not approved of by the Almighty, or that they were wicked, and had no fear of God before their eyes. Not being sealed, is a strong figure for disapprobation.

Remember, it is upon the bottomless deep, the sea-the second vial. The locusts which have the power of scorpions are not to " hurt the grass of the earth," &c. but "only those men." There can be no mistake respecting the passage; for it is well known that there are not any body of "men" more directly blasphemous than English sailors.

VERSE 5. And to them (the assailers) it was given (Mr. Wakefield has it "allowed," or permitted by a Divine Being) that they (the assailers) should not kill them, but that they (the assailed) should be tormented five months: (or by means used, afflicted for that period) and their torment was as (in the same degree, or producing the same effect), the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

See in a good Natural History the different effects, arising from the stings of different scorpions.

VERSE 6. And in those days shall men (the assailed) seek for death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Oh! how dreadful must be the state of man, for it will be like the torment produced by a scorpion, and that continued for the space of