Chapter I: Front Matter

OUR DAY

In the Light of Prophecy

"If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace!" Luke 19:42.]

OUR DAY

In the Light of Prophecy

By W.A. SPICER

"Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope." Rom. 15:4.

SOUTHERN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE FORT WORTH, TEXAS ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Copyrighted, 1917, by REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

Copyrighted in London, England All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

THE BOOK THAT SPEAKS TO OUR DAY 13

THE WITNESS OF THE CENTURIES 25

PROPHETIC OUTLINE OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY 39

THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST 51

SIGNS OF THE APPROACHING END 65

THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE OF 1755 79

THE DARK DAY OF 1780 85

THE FALLING STARS OF 1833 93

THE MEANING OF PRESENT-DAY CONDITIONS 105

THE HISTORIC PROPHECY OF DANIEL 7 117

THE 1260 YEARS OF DANIEL'S PROPHECY 131

DAWN OF A NEW ERA 139

THE WORK OF THE "LITTLE HORN" POWER 145

THE BIBLE SABBATH 159

GLIMPSES OF SABBATH KEEPING AFTER NEW TESTAMENT TIMES 173

THE LAW OF GOD 183

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH 191

BAPTISM 199

THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL 8 205

THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE 213

A GREAT PROPHETIC PERIOD 219

THE PROPHECY FULFILLED 229

A WORLD-WIDE MOVEMENT 239

THE JUDGMENT-HOUR MESSAGE 247

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL 257

SPIRITUALISM: ANCIENT AND MODERN 265

LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST 275

THE END OF THE WICKED 287

ANGELS: THEIR MINISTRY 295

THE TIME OF THE END 303

THE EASTERN QUESTION 321

ARMAGEDDON 337

THE MILLENNIUM 351

THE HOME OF THE SAVED 361

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

JESUS WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM _Frontispiece_

THE GOOD SHEPHERD 12

HEALING THE CENTURION'S SERVANT 16

CHRIST'S WEAPON OF DEFENSE--THE WORD OF GOD 19

ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS 24

THE GREAT IMAGE 38

BABYLON IN HER GLORY 40

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL 42

THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST 50

CHRIST COMING IN GLORY 58

CHRIST ANSWERING HIS DISCIPLES' QUESTIONS 64

THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM BY THE ROMANS UNDER TITUS, A.D. 70 68

THE CATACOMBS NEAR ROME 72

LISBON FROM ACROSS THE BAY 78

MIDDAY AT SEA, MAY 19, 1780 84

THE GREAT METEORIC SHOWER, NOV. 13, 1833 92

THE SIGN OF FIRE 98

SATAN OFFERS GOLD, AND THE WORLD STAMPEDES TO ITS DESTRUCTION 104

A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT 108

THE SUNSET HOUR 114

PHILIP AND THE EUNUCH 116

ROME ON THE TIBER 124

THE INVASION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY THE HUNS 128

RAISING THE SIEGE OF ROME, A.D. 538 130

STORMING OF THE BASTILLE PRISON IN PARIS 138

THE TRIPLE CROWN 144

THE LOVE OF POWER--THE POWER OF LOVE 146

CHRISTIANS IN PRISON BENEATH THE COLOSSEUM AWAITING MARTYRDOM 148

THE SHAME OF RELIGIOUS WARS 152

CHRIST AND THE SCRIBES 158

THE SABBATH FROM EDEN TO EDEN 168

CHRIST AND HIS DISCIPLES IN THE CORN-FIELDS 172

WALDENSES HUNTED BY THE ARMIES OF ROME 176

THE GIFT OF GOD 190

THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST 198

SYMBOLS OF MEDO-PERSIA AND GRECIA 204

THE CAMP OF ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS 210

OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST 212

ARTAXERXES SENDING THE JEWS TO REBUILD JERUSALEM, B.C. 457 218

REBUILDING JERUSALEM 224

THE ANOINTING OF JESUS AT HIS BAPTISM 228

THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST 232

THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE 238

A CHRISTIAN MOTHER EXHORTING HER DAUGHTER TO MARTYRDOM 246

LUCIFER PLOTTING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD 256

THE REDEMPTION PRICE 260

SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR 264

THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT 270

"HE IS RISEN" 274

LOT FLEEING FROM SODOM 286

PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON 294

JACOB'S DREAM IN BETHEL 298

MODERN INVENTIONS FULFILLING PROPHECY 302

THE HOE DOUBLE OCTUPLE PRESS 316

FORTIFICATIONS ON THE BOSPORUS 320

MODERN JERUSALEM 329

THE GREAT BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON 336

UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP "NEVADA" 340

MOSES VIEWING THE PROMISED LAND 360

THE SAINTS' ETERNAL HOME 366

THE MASTER AT THE DOOR 369

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Ps. 119:105.]