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Credit: The design of love / written by E.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![But now arose the second great difficulty. Where did the hooks of the New Testament come in, and to what extent ? And where was the prophetic book corresponding to Daniel which linked all Bible history with the later history of the world; in other words where was the CON- TINUATION of Scripture history to he found ? Space will not permit me to tell the whole story of the discovery, or rather how a new “ Revelation ON Revelation ” was given; hut suffice it to say, that this gap also was filled up (when the want of such a revelation would have stopped the tvork /), and the perfect ONENESS of all human history shown for all ages and all races ! Yet here again the new knowledge was not given all at once ; for while it took one month to take it down roughly, it took six more months to make the necessary arithmetical and astronomical calculations and copy the whole out clearly (7 x 28 days or seven lunar months of hard writing; causing an attack of “ writer’s cramp ”)! The result of this divine assistance was that John’s Book of Revelation was found (1) to he divisible into four distinct, and yet harmonizing, versions (like the four lives of Christ—the Gospels !); (2) that the way in which it was dissect aide gave the KEY to every prophetic or historical hook in the IJihle !—and (3) that the required versification of this book (Part YI.) proceeded so easily that it was all done in less than 24 hours [actual total of periods of work 23 hours 55 minutes] ; while its expansion into subsequent histoiy, bringing “ the Design” up to a.d. 1891, was unmistakably plain ! And yet, even then, a constant watch had to be kept not to err; because events which to the eyes of Human-Politics are of great importance, to the eyes of Spiritual-Histofy are often of no importance at all!—and vice versa.. As regards the leading idea of pardon for “ Satan f objectionable to some, let them consider this parable. A good and upright king puts into a place of trust one whom he knows to be capable of doing good work, though not free from faults; and lie still employs that man after the commission of a serious blunder (not to say crime): What will that king do ?—Will he not take every precaution dictated by common-sense and a knowledge of character, to neutralize the harm such a man might do, while](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24976659_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
