t of the highest practical importance; and so enough to
stimulate thought and lead to further inquiry.

If the position here taken be correct, this subject is to be one of
continually-increasing interest, and information respecting it is
necessary to an understanding of our duties and responsibilities in the
solemn and important times that are upon us. It is in this light that we
especially commend it to the serious consideration of the reader.

U.S.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., June, 1874.

Contents

Chapter One.

Probabilities Considered, Pp. 9-19

Chapter Two.

A Chain Of Prophecy, 20-30

Chapter Three.

Location Of The Two-horned Beast, 31-40

Chapter Four.

Chronology Of The Two-horned Beast, 41-51

Chapter Five.

The United States Have Arisen In The Exact Manner In Which John
Saw The Two-horned Beast Coming Up, 52-69

Chapter Six.

Character Of The Government Represented By The Two-horned
Beast, 70-78

Chapter Seven.

The Dragon Voice, 79-88

Chapter Eight.

He Doeth Great Wonders, 89-100

Chapter Nine.

An Image To The Beast, 101-111

Chapter Ten.

The Mark Of The Beast, 112-132

Chapter Eleven.

The Beginning Of The End, 133-160

The United States In The Light Of Prophecy.

Chapter One.

Probabilities Considered.

The United States--what are they? Two hundred years ago, this question
could not have been answered; it could not even have been asked. Now it
can be answered by the dwellers in every quarter of the globe. Then a
few small settlements of earnest men, flying from the religious
intolerance of the Old World, dotted a narrow strip of coast line on our
New England border. Now a mighty nation, with a vast expanse of
territory stretching from ocean to ocean, and from regions almost arctic
on the north to regions equally torrid on the south, embracing more
square leagues of habitable land than Rome ruled over in its palmiest
days, here holds a position of independence and glory among the nations
of the earth.

And the sound of this new nation has gone into all the world. It has
reached the toiling millions of Europe; and they are swarming to our
shores to share its blessings. It has gone to the islands of the sea;
and they have sent their contributions. It has reached the Orient, and
opened as with a password the gates of nations long barred against
intercourse with other powers