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"T he Day of the Lor d"
^ATIONAL iJBHAaY |
c AN AM ^ 1
—OP-
"Tl!eLiElit"ofE!enialTmi,
-NOW—
Suddenly and UnexpectHdly coming
upon the Whole World,
AS IiVDICATKi) i\
Severcxl Letters
-TO-
THE DUKE OF ARGYLL
-BY-
HENRY WENTWORTH MONK
OTTAWA, CANADA.
14th September, 1894.
890142
•* The l>a.v of the liiinl."
" The Day of tlic Lord," or ^' Uu; giviit
(lay oi' ,jiiil';iiu'n(," is fvidciitly tliu iia
tural ivrfult ol' "tho li^-lit" of clc-riial
truth (.•oiniji'j;- suddenly and luu^xpectedly
upon tli(! world, at a tiun- when "all
nations " siiail iiai)|ien to have heconie
so close to,L>etIier [>ractically, as to l)e in
almost instantaneous con'muniication.
The intellectual advancement of the
world bein- als.) at the same time si:tH-
ciont to I'nahle a lew of the foremost
peo])U' anions "all nations " to receive
the full heni'jit of this " li^dit " them-
selves ; th:it thev mav tims I
H;com(> ([tiah-
lied to communicate it elFectuallv to
inany others; so as to fairly ^Min the\:()n-
tidence and sujjportof the .i-reat majority
of the i)oj)ulalion of ■•.vi.L xatioxs ;" that
thus the universal i'i,ij;hleous government
of " the Kingdom of (lod " upon earth,
may he tiriidy estidilislied ; and that thus
also tliy NOW intolera!)le burden and in-
calculable evil of warfare may be abol-
ished at once and forever.
The lolhjwiuM' letters to the Duke of
Argyll indi'-ate clearly eiu)ujrh how this
li.L;ht " of eternal truth
mav now beuin
to produce its due eJfect ; that the eyes
of multitudes ui •■ all nations" may now
innnediately be opened, so as to see clear-
ly that now at last the time has certainly
come for the lon,^-i)redicted " Kin,L;doni
of (iod " to prevail upon earth ; and that
it is concerning- this ])articular time, that
it is declared so emphatically, that "this
is the day that the Lord hath made; we
will rejoice and be glad in it."— Psalm
cxviii-2'1.
IIkmiy Wkntworth Monk.
Ottaava. Canada,
lith Sei)tember, 18114.
Ottawa, Canada,
iind August, 18114.
The Duk3 of Argyll will doubtless re-
collect tliat Jesus Christ, in speaking of
himself, declares, "I am the Light of
the World ;" and subsecjuently referring
3
to liis apostlos, licsiiyri, " Yo aro tlioli^'ht
of tin; world ;" iMliiiialiii^ very (.•Icurly
(hat " li,L;lit,'' (or luulcrstaiitlinj^'iii rcft.r-
t'lK'L' to ;s|.iritual or t'tiTiiul alVuirs), is tho
one ^iviit essential need : iievertlidcsH,
*• men IovimI darkness rather tliai\ IIkIiI,
hecaiise their <li'(>(|s were evil." I iowever,
tlie little •• n-;h[ " that was forec'd npoii
ihe world, l.y the j»ersisti'nt etforts of
Jesus Christ and his a[)ostles (despite the
nlniosl resislaiiee oi' iiiankind i;t'iH'rally)
has resulted in tlu' ( 'hrislendoni of the
present day, instead of the hoatJiendoni
of the ancient Roman IOnii)ire. ^Nhireovt-r,
althou,-^h "darkness eovrrs th(( earth,
and .uross darkness tlu' people," in re>^ar<l
to all s[>iiitual and eternal alfairs" (as
wais so plainly foretold eoneernin^^ this
tini(>); yet (he actual existence of <Jhrist-
endoin renders it possi(>le for "tlie li^dit"
to a^ain appear, so as to |)revail on a far
grander scale, and inuch luoiv ell'ectually
than ever hitherto.
Tlie " falling; away," or ai)ostacv pi-e^-
dieted l)y the Apostle I'aul evidentiv oc-
ciirred iininediately after the aj)0!stle's
days; and in i)ro[)()rtion as Cliristiaiuty
i)ecanie perverted and corrupted, so as to
he less and li'ss repu.!.;iiant to heathenism,
precisely in the same proportit)n did it
very naturally sprt-ad itself abroad and
prevail, until within thnv centuries it
became the establislu'd reIi-;ion of the
Koman ;,Empire, as is well kuown. It
may be said, iiowever, that some degree
of " Keformatit)n " has been eLFected
during the last few centuries ; which
may be true enough ; nevertheless, mod-
ern sectarianism is but tho adaptation of
Christianity to the imperfection and ig-
norance ^till prevailing among the peoph^
of the various si'cts in e'hristendom.
It is well understood now, that all
accession of "light," or understanding,
umst necessarily couu; into the world by
means of individual men, and that " the
light" is theti almost invariably at lirst
resisted to the uttermost by the great
bulk of maidund; who perversely and
stubbornly refuse to accept " the liglit "
which is ultimately to be so greatly for
tluiir bciK'fit. All history uiid cxpcriouri'
tor luiiny wiiturics jirovi' this siilli-
cioiitly-.
As Ji'Hiis Christ, a. Ill his aposllfs, were
'• the h-htof the world," in their tlay
U|)on oiirth ; so do I ulso hapitcii to 1x3 " the
light of th(> world " In ,ji,r da\- upon
i-arth. ] demonstrate this, not only hy
nialjinij; Iheolo-y n sei.iiee, hut also hy
readui;^- (as easily and int.'lli;;ently aH
one .u:enerally reads the daily newspaper)
'I the keyelation of Jesus ('hrist whi(;h
(rod '^iivi'. un(o him, to shew unto Jiis
servants tliin-s wliieh n".st shortly eonu)
to pass." If any other man can he found
upon earth who can do this, then let him
dispute my just claim to he •' theii'dit of
the vyorld " in these d;iys, when •■ h;;ht"
LsHu very nuieh needed in referenc(ao
all s])iritual and eternal alfairs. All j
usk of the Duke of Ar-yll, or of any
otiier prommenL and ahle man, is that he
will interest himself in earnest, in testiii"-
this matter thor.)u-hly, should 1 yisU
Ln^dand early this aiUiunn ; and mean-
while let nie know what he can do to
induce others to fairly put my claims to
the test that the whole world may have
the benefit of any special ability which 1
iiiay happen to i)ossess.
Faithfully yours,
IIknuy Wkntwohtji i\ruNK.
1 .S.— Several sentences in the enclosed
little "lolder" aro marked with pencil
to mvite si)ecial attention. Should a few
pronunent and able men in the Tiritish
Isles now wisely and magnanimously
dettrnune to take the best means within
their power, to fairly test my verv ■ ■•
traordinary claims ; we shall tliend.mbc-
le.ss very soon furnish the nations with
such an abundance of yaluable material
wherewith to profitably occnpv t]i,.ir
ininds; that there will be Init httlo
leisure, and perhajis less <lisposition, to
indulge in physical violence, for the ex
tremely foolish purpose of effecting the
destruction of human life and projjerty
'i'lin^MluvH ;i;^() I poslt'il ^'diia I, '(IciaiHl
si'vt'iul ('(lilies <»r the cMcloscd "| older;"
Imt 1 ('(iiisiiliscd lliat iii v.very slioi 1 cdiri-
inuniciition iiiIkIiL |M'i'lia|>s need (lie some-
what I'nller explanation, wiiieli i i.''mvo
now atU'inpted to convey in this nillici"
long( r h'tter.
Fuitlifiilly yoiivH,
lllCNKY WkNTWOUTII Mo.NK.
Ottawa, Can.vda,
2iid AiigUHt, mil
Ottawa. Canada,
9th AngUKt, 1S!M.
'rin" Diikcol' Ai'Kyll nia;.. very natur-
;dly ask, why either " 'I Meuh>]Lry an u
Science," (instead of bei; .;^- a matter of
creed, belief, or oiiinion. as hitherto) or
tlic readin;^' of •'The iicveiation," as
nndcrstamlinjj^ly as one i^enerally reads
the newsiiaper, should bo of such traii-
Hcendent iniiiortanc' as is intimated in
my last weeks leltei'. '-2nd inst.
Let the DlUvo of Arj;yll consider for a
few momenta that such knowledj^n and
lUKhM'standiiiK (-'nables us to know with
absolute certainty that our individual
welfare is liencelorth so intimately in-
volve(l with tlie welfare of the human
family j^'enerally, that the only way that
we can possilily secure uur own individ-
ual welfare permanently liert'after, is l)y
devotinjij ourselves to the supreuudy
grand [jurpose of advancing the welfare
of the whole human family, as elfectu-
ally and as rapidly as iiossible.
Such knowledge antl understanding of
course naturally tends to uiake us con-
timudly more and more disposed to re-
gard the welfare of our fellow man with
an active interest similar to that with
which we naturally regard our own indi-
vidual welfare.
Thus it naturally soon becomes ex-
tremely easy for us tofultll '* the whole
law " of (Jod, which the a])ostle Paul de-
clares to consist in our demonstrating
by our conduct that wo actually (io re-
>
Ml.'lll ilM
aiil our
I
Kiiiil flu- wi'iriin- of (,iir iVIlow
• '.•inirstly ami siiu- .cly iis wf ii'
owti ifidiv iilii.il \\<'lfiiri'.
In Ihiis fullilliii- " the uhul.- liiw "
of iitnl, it bccoiiics pos.sililo Ini us alho to
iiclually attain to tli.- al.solnii, prrCiH'tion
if.|uuv(l of us \>y .J,.4Uri Clirist, wlu'ii ho
Hays, " J!uyc> tliPivfore Itfrfoct. cvi'u us
your rather whicli is in llcavru is por-
ft'ct ;" prccisrly as it is possil 1.. lor thu
little hranch, f w i- or hu.l, to Ik- perlect,
even as the parent trtt't)r vine is perfect.
Tlius also the [)re(liete(l •■ people of tluj
Saiiilsof the most lljul, ' „,;,v ,„,\v very
wamlyainl naturally heevolve.l. .Moreover,
whenever sueh ,i [jeoplo manifest theni-
Helves,an(lconil)ine together in one ^^'iuul
Jissocialion, with its numerous hranehes,
thai they may ad to-etlier, worthily ami
elleclnally. for tiie hest welfare of Die
whol.. luunan family ; sueh a peopl..
will tlieu certainly sooji laiilv earn, and
obtain also, the conli.lence uii.t siijipoit
,)f the whole human family genera lly ;
constMiuently such a [)eo[)le will liius
inherit " the kimr-
naturally and easil\
dom and dominion', and tiie <;reatness of
the kin;.':doi,i under the whole iK'aven,"
as is so phunly predicted, Daniel vii., -il.
1 he result heiiif; of coiu>:e "the Kingdom
of (iod "' ujM.n ei-.rth, wJjich all ( 'hristeii-
doin IS supposed to have been [iraving-
tor. dun n;,^ tlie [.itst eighteen centuries.
All this 1 have understood very clearly
myself, and havealso repeatedly written
about it as clearly as possible 'for many
years; nevertludess, my ex[)eriunce is,
that ])euple seem either to exercise a
wonderful inn;emiity in misunderstand-
ing me : or <'lse. what I sav, {however
tnie or important it may be)." a])pears to
them to be of no coiisequeiice whatever ;
at least so far as the imniQdiate future'
or they themselves are concerneil. lh)wl
ever, should you now contrive to interest
but two in- three people in this matter,
they may possibly bo disposed to invite
me to disensrt the ^ul)iect with them in
hiiigland, and when they should perceive
how easily and satisfactorily all their
questions may be answered, and all the
aeeiiiiii^ly njival (liflicultics may hv re-
moved also, their iiiteresl in tlie matter
may ruj)i(lly increase, iiisomucli tliat
some means may soon he i'oujid to hrin;,'
tlie suhjeet ell'eetively to the attentioi'i
of tile' world j,'-eiierally, that the reciuisite
action may be tak.n in <;-ood time to
secure the best welfare of the whole
human lumily in the coming crisis.
Faithfully yours,
Hknhv Wentwoutii Monk.
Ottaava, Canada,
13tli August. 189-1.
To the Dulr of Argyll:
" If tliey hear not Moses and the pro-
phets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose irom the dead."' is the
testimony of Jesus (Christ to the very
gnat imj)ortance and eiiiciency of the
ancient Hebrew [>roi)hecies, generally
su[)j)osed to be accepted, by both Jews
and Chiislians, as a revelation of the Di-
vine will and purjioHcs.
This being admitted, we may very
r-asonably conclude tliat Ihe very last
wonls of the ancient ijro](iiecies are de-
signed to convey to us some extremely
important communication^ to truide,
warn, or comfort us, until the Divine
will shall ultimately be fultilled upon
ejii ill, as ]>redic'te(l.
'' Behold. 1 will wend you Elijah the
projihet before the coming of the great
and dreadful d;iy of the Lord, and he
shad turn the heart of the fathers to the
chiidien, and the heart of the children to
their fathers ; lest I come and smite the
earth with a, curse."— Malachi iv.-5, (5.
"The great and dreadful day of the
hord," indicates of course the ultimate
grand crisis, when mere physical force
must be compelled to yield to '.he highest
intellectual and moral force, insomuch
that " the kingdoms of this world shall
become thekingdouis of our Lord and of
his Christ,-' as is very plainly foretold.
Ill onlor t(» jiccompliHli this praiid re-
.^iilt ("frcctiiiilly and itprmaiioutly, of
(•(.iiise "tin* Inart of the lathers must he
tunic.l to the children;" tliat is, the
iH'iU-toCtiod must he turned to man, and
i\u' heart of man to God ; otherwise the
alternative must certainly be that the
cariii will be smitten with' tlie " curse"'
oi'iniarcliy, "war pestilenc" and famine;"
which constitute tlie antitliesis of " the
K'in-dom of tiod '' upon eartli.
The predicted " EJijali the prophet" is
here very plainly declared to be the one
appomted means. I)y which the heart of
(iod may now be turned to man, and the
heart of man to God ; insonmch that the
terrible - curse " threatened, may now be
averted in ji;o()d time.
Tlie Hebrew name 'Elijah" is well-
known to mean merely '' j'ehovali is my
Goil," and may rheiefore very a])propri-
ately be ^'iven to anyone wJiose (Jod is
Jelinvali ; and ■•tlie proi)het" is of course
ap]ilicable to anyone who foresees tlie
event predicted. 1 have verj^ cle- W
foreseen this <;reat event, for more t. a
forty years alrea<ly, and 1 liave also
proved by my conduct, dm-in^- all tliis
time, that "Jehovah is my God," and
net "Mannuon," nor any other god
wliich now so evidently dominates
Cluistendom : tlu'refore, I iiow formallx
announce n\yself as the predicted "Klijah
the prophet," who must now turn "the
lieait of (u)(| to ))ian,and tlie heart of
man to (u)il," at this particular time;
otherwise the earth must become subject
to tile "curse." so emphatically threat-
ened now, shoulil I fail to accomplish
this extremely important work.
Moreover some amons^- nu'n must cer-
tainly now very soon reco;.ynizo me in
this capacity, to s<mie extent at least, ko
as to afford !ne the reipiisitf; degree of
their contldence and supj)ort ; otherwise
it nuist necessarily be absolutely impos-
sible for tne to accomplish the mucli
needed work at this time; conse(pientl\%
I now aiijx'al to the Duke of Argyll for
his recognition, cimhdence. and support:
as 1 consider him to bo probably the one
uioHt suitnbltMuaii to briiisj; this subject
edectivcly to tlu' uUcntiou of tli" British
Royal Family, and the 15i'itisii noliility
generally; that IJie most i)romiiu'nt, as
well as the ablest and best amon,L;- them,
may now pmve tlienisdves wortiiy to be
anions the tirst tol>e^nii to t;d<iMiie reciuis-
ite measures to introduce the universal
I'iKhteous }i,()ven)mei)t of " the Kin^-dom
of (jod" upon eartli,
Let Jiot tlie l)uke of Ari^yll vainly im-
a,u,ine that tins re(iuisite\vori;i'an now pos-
sibly be done otherwise than as I have liere
staletl ; for Jesus Christ liimself faile'l to
save tlie Jewish nation from ll\e threat-
ened "curse,'" simjily because they obsti-
nately refused to afford him tlu;ir reeou;-
nition, or their conlidence and su|)[)ort ;
as Jt'sus Christ himself jilainly enouj;!)
declares in his memorable words on tlie
Mount of Olives, overlooking tlieir doom-
ed city. "() Jerusalem. JerusaU'm,
How often w(»uld 1 have gathered thy
children togi'tlier. evoi as a liengathert'th
her chickens under her wingsV and YK
WOULD NOT I Behold, your lumse is left
unto you desolate'. For I say uido you,
ye shtdl not see me heiic(>forlh till ye
shall say, lUessed is he that cometli in
the )iamo of tlie Lord." — Matthew xxiii,
37-31).
Faithfully yours,
Henuv \Vi:,NTW(»!rni Monk.
P.S. - The Duke of Argyll sliouhl stu-ely
perceive that he is now in an extremely
responsible jjosition ; for 1 have already
done my ptart, i)ersistently and faithfrdly,
for more than forty years; and it has
now become absolutely essential that
others shotdd begin to do their part also,
in the grand work now re([uir((l of the
nien of this geneiation ; for mod(^rn pro-
gress necessitates a corresponding inteb
lectual and moral advancement; at least
among the riders of tlici ])eoplo ; other-
wise the worhl l)econ)ea liable at any
time to all the horrors of anarchy. This
\is sub joct
lii> British
li nobility
iiiiiicnt, as
oii.l;' tbt'in,
iitiiv to be
[lie iv(iiiis-
universal
Kinji;(lotn
\ainl_v iiii-
II now i>oK-
[liuvc iu'i-e
If failed to
Llie Ihi-eat-
tlu'V obsti-
liciir reco.t;-
l support ;
liy euou;^)!
rds oil tlie
heir dooiii-
li'iii
:!iere(l liiy
if;atliei"etii
sV and YK
ouse is U'l't
unto you,
)Mli till ye
eomelh in
:lie\v xxiii,
10
expn'sses t!ie siduition elearlv euoui'-h in
one siii,i.-|o sentence.
That tiie world niav saved from im-
t"'ii(hn- ealainity, u i !. aiul li-hleous-
'K'ss -rust now pivva]', ihen.Ccm- sliould
theDukeof Ar.;yll now do Ins utmost to
i>i-esent u\y extremely imporhinl state-
ments irtu-ly to the utteiition of the
^hieen and tlie I'riuco of \Val(^s, and
sev.'i-al others anlon,^■ the 11104 prominent
'!i'''i of ahiiityiu Great fhitain; the Duke
;'l ArKyH wid llu.n be blameless himself
111 this matter; and lIh' responsibility
\vill then rest widi ll,cm ; but should the
Diike of Ar-yll now ne,i;l.>ct ov refuse* to
<lo this, the responsibility must eertauily
ivmain with himself.
MyetVort.evidt'ntly c iionj.di, is toshidd
'li • Hiitish Kmpiie. as much as possible,
durin.u tiie comin,^- crisis ; ami 1 now call
upon the Duke of Argyll to be-iu to at-
leinpt l(; second me in so wortSiv an
etl'ort.
Faithfully yours,
IlKNU^' W'lATW'OiM'll Monk.
Ottawa, ('ANAi).v,
bHlh August, ISDI.
I Monk.
oulil surely
extremely
ive already
laitiifully,
anil it has
I'lilial thai
r part also,
ir< (I of the
io(l(^rn pro-
idinj^ intel-
iit ; at least
[lie ; olher-
ble at any
rcliy. This
The newspaiiers s;iy that the <^)iieen in-
tends to visit you next month. ShonM
this be so, a favourable oppoi'tunity
might thu.s be atTorded you lo mention
the matter to her, and let me know how
she regards it.
The uistinct, or rather the intuitive
perce[)tion of the S<jvereigu may be
much truer, and much nior(> trust w'orthy
than the decisions of the inucii t^'ower
reasoning faculties of her advisors, gnid-
eilonly by past ex|)erii'nce, aiul entirelv
blind to the [lossibilitie.-i of unprece<]ente"i
future events, which will of course natur-
ally result from our unprcM-edented mod-
ern progress.
U. \V. MuNK,
11
Ottawa, Canada,
lUth St'ptoiuber, 1891.
To the Dnhc of Atyyil:
'i'lioiisuiuls ol' years i\.:^o it was very
pliiinlv iireiiicted that our iiiuilern rail-
)a(lH slioultl become uuivei'sal tlir()U,!.;ii-
it the world generally, ri<J as to make it
r()a(
ol
.'xtreuiely easy for tlu" ^raud revelation
now so soon to come U]u))i the wh(jl(i
world, to come ujioii
tiiiieou
i)e(
all iiai loiis BUiml
Iv, as well as suddenly au',1 unex-
tedlv! " Kvery valley shall be exalted,
"itaiu and hill shall be
le erooktMJ shall be made
and every mom
made low. an(
tl
strai-lit, and the rou^di places plain, and
the ^lorv of the Lord shall be revealed,
1 alfllesh shall see it to^a'ther."—
aiu
Isaiah xl-1. 5
it wuu
Id be ditiicult indeed, if not
(piite impossi
ble. to descril.ie the ]ir')cess
of L-radiu,!j; for railroads more exactly
and in :'ewer wcixls. than in the altove
(^notation from the i)rophet Isaiah, it is
moreover indisiuitable that onr moilrrn
railroads (with tiu^ steamships^ and lele-
grapiis ac(M)inpa
reai
)rin<
nyin^' thi'm). do now id-
if nations " so close to-
,.dy 1 -,
^.ther practically, that should "the ^lory
of the Lord be revealed " now ; "ail llesh
eould certainly si-e it toe;ether." as pre-
dicted : for onr modern railroads, steam-
ships, telegraphs and printing; presses,
mid cert'-'inly all combine in
tS:c.. wi — .,
si)readin^- any such marvellous news al-
most instantaneously over the whole
world. It thus becomes evident that the
](resi>nt universal extension of railroads
in«licates plainly enough that the tune
liar, now certainly arrived at last for "the
L;lory of the Lord to be revealed," as ])re-
diiiled at this time.
It] was very plainly predicted also,
thousands of "years aj^o, that "as the
earth bringeth forth her bud. and as the
garden causeth the things that are sown
in it to spring I'orth ; so the Lord dod
will cause righteoueness and praise to
sjiring forth before all the nations."- -
laaiah lxi-11. We may now easily see
12
tliG f.illilinent of tl ' propliecv, inasmucli
as our mo.U'rn pro^.mss has already pre-
par.Ml tlie way for tJic universal righteous
^^■overmuent of " the Kingdom of God
upon eartl
Tl
Hi
civil and religious
''"■'•ty. naturally resulting f
gi'eat iiefonnati(jn aljout ll
iigo, having previouslv made o
modern
fom the
u-oe centuries
ur j)reaent
pi-ogi-esH possible, by so greatl>'
favouring the intellectual ,
development of nullions of
activity and
men. The
conversi(jn (,r all the foremost nations of
the eartl) i'rom heatliei
iism to at least a
nominal Christianity, more thanatl
and years ago. }
lous-
laving also made the sub-
sequent great Keformation i)ossibl(! about
Ihive centuries ago. Thus, step by step,
'u the providence of (hxl, the universal
ngl.te(.;is government of •• the Kingdom
01 ( -od upon earth isgradually but surely
I'-rced ui,on the world, despite the utmost
'pugnance of the world
enerally from
begmnn.gtoend; and thus also is very
plajnly tulidled that extremely instruct-
ive iirediction, that " As tl
th forth Iter hud, and as tl
catiseth the things that
le earth bring-
1(3 garden
[ire sown in it to
pnng forth ; so the Lord God will
right enusiiess and i)raise t
before all the nations
cause
o spring forth
It IS welhknown that all the Christian
"ations, togi«ther with the Jews and Ma-
hometans now nund.er oidy about onk-
iJiiKDof the population of the world-
he other TWO-THJia)s being still heathen
to this day. llus very remarkable fact
was also predicted plainly enough, eigh-
teen centm-ies ago, in the synd)olicaI lan-
guage of " the Revelation " " By these
three was tiik THinu i-akt of men killed,
by the hre, and by the smoke, and by
the l)rnnstone, which issued out of their
"lomhs; ..and the rest of the uien
(that IS, of course, the other two-thikds
of |lu' world), which were not killed by
these plagues, repented not of the works
of then- harids, that they should not
worship devds. and idols of gold, and
sdver, &c."__Rev. ix-48, 20.
" FiHE," in the symb(.licai language of
prophecy, is interpreted by Jesus (.lirist
i:{
liiiii.sfir us iJiotiiiiiif^
suys,
earth. .
('((IllC
" DIVISION," ulini lie
to si'iid I'lKi: oil the
"TlllKD
uii(i;in.'
,'J'hiiik yt\ I am voinv to scml
pciioc oil (>;irt,li ; 1 toll you nay but ratlici'
mvjsiox, lor fi-oiu lu'uccl'ortli tiicrc shall
be fiv(f iu one Ji()us(' divided, tVt-.'" ( I jil.c
xii, id-fyl.) "TlUi p.immstonk " (iicinn- the
moist combustible niatefial known to tiie
iuu-ients), of course, niejins such "'divi-
sion" INTENSIKiKD ; and " the s.m< >kk "
is symbolical of "tiik oHsi.TitiTV' iialiii-
ally occasioned by the diversitv of , .pin-
ion, creed, or beli( f \vhi<-h jirevidls, ins(,-
nnich that the clear light of etern.d
truth IS darkened thereby.
Thus is described clearly enough, in
symbolical language, the present divided
and darkened condition of i,h;d:
I'AirroF MK.N," which includes all ,»,„.
not heathen ; that is, all the Christians,
Jews, and Mahometans; while TiiKoniKii
TWOTIllliDS of ihe whole human fainilv
are declared to bv still heathen at tlii^s
particular time <o which the latter pari
of tile !)tli chapter of "the Ifevelation "'
refers. The three foUcnving chapters
(the lOtli, 11th and [-.'th) then reveal
clearly enough also in syniliolieal lan-
guage, three e.\tr(Miiely wondeiful i' vents
which must now occur, so as to soon
pre[)are the way for "the kingdoms of
this world to liecome the Kingdoms of
»ur Fiord, and of his Christ."
Should th.' Didv.' of Argyll have read
vyith lau- alleniioii any considerable })or-
tion of what 1 ha\e alr(\idy written, he
shouid ha\e no great diliieidty in under-
: *'inding the substance ol' the \ery won-
derful r<n elation I'ontained in t]:es"e three
chapters ; (•onse(juently it W(»uld be well-
worth-while for him to read them over
carefully several times, and lej. nie know
of any ditiicully th^st may occur to him ;
for 1 could easily e ' ' '"
and el]'(ctua!!y |,e!
knew wherein Uie ^
others. As for myself . there is no difii-
culty at all, for it a])pears to m(> about as
plain and easy as is the translation of
any language w ith wliicli one may hap-
pen to bo fauiiliar.
am it more fully
!J;s als<i, if J only
ihiculty existed fdr
14
'N'," uhfii lie
niMO oil (h,.
oinv to sciid
y I'Utnitiicr
1 tlicrc slijill
Vc.'" (Liilc,.
" ('•fill-- the
llOWll to till'
SlR'h " DlVl-
'HE SMoKK ■'
:iTY'' iiatiir-
iity of opiii-
eviiils, iiiso-
of C'ti'ni;il
eiH)U;;li, in
H'nt (liviilcd
h;i(: "Tllilxli
; all whoarc
<-'lifisli;uis,
'TilKoTllKli
tiiin iaiiiily
lii'ii at this
latk'i- |iail
if\fla(ii)n ■'
K (.'liaptt'is
lu'ii reveal
•olical lan-
'I'i'iil events
as to Hot^ii
iii.U'doiiis of
iii,!-;"iluiiis of
liave read
arable })or-
ixritteii, he
V ill under-
very won-
these tliret'
il.l he well-
Llieui over
I lue know
iir (o iiim :
more fully
if J only
existed foi-
ls no (lifii-
i(> nhout as
nslation of
.' may hap-
It. would i.ev.-ell for (he Dula'of Xv^yW
if he (;ould now ht';j;in to reali/.e llie ex
trenu' iiii|>ortanee of •• tiie Jievelation, '
and the overwiieliiiiny; advanta;;e of its
hein<;- understood, in some de;^'ree at least
hy a few of the most advaneed amonj^-
men on earth at ,.i(seiit.
Faitlifully yours,
lli'.xitv \\'i;.Nr\V(.Hrii Monk.
Ottawa, Canada,
loth Sei)tem!)er, 185M.
Sliould tlie Duke of Ar-yll kindly con-
trive to read attentively tiie aeeonipany-
ing letter, he will see that [ proposis that
he Idniself should fairly test the possi-
bility of readiiiii; '-the lievi'lation" IN-
TKlJ.I(iKNTl,v, hy honestly atleiiijUiii!;- to
so read it himself. Takin,^■ advantage of
my assistance wlienever he mav meet
with any dilliculty in iuterprelii)^- tlie
symbolical lani;tia-t! of pro[)iie'JV into
})lain Kn^iish. I fe-l confident invseJf
that he would lind it a much easier' task
than lie would be likely to sujtpose ut
first : for, in tiiis mattc'r. us in almost
evcrytiiin.i;- else, the chief difUculty is in
the very be,t;innin,<.>; ; and wiien anyone
has once discovereil, to a certainty, tlie
correct interpretation of a few [lo'rtions
hereand there, the meanin,<>; of the other
portions rajiidly becomes uvidenf enouL,di,
an<l then one reailily perceives that tiiere
is certainly no t)t her knowledge or undi'r-
staiidiiiL;' in the world so absolutely satis-
factory; illvoIvin.^•. as it does, an over-
wheiniiii>.','ly convincinsj,' i-eveiaiion of the
eternal life, as well as t!ie posit ivi'ly cer-
tain i<.Mov,vledL;c of t!ie ultimate destiny
of the liumau family in tiiis life : conse-
quently, l ho[)e that" the Duke of Aixvli
will not fail to ijromptly comply with
my very reasojia! lie sri.u'-estiuu thi.-- time,
so as to let me know at once of any dilli-
culty that may naturally eiion,i;h occur
to hiiu at first, in the attempt to under-
16
s(;ui(l clearly any |><)rtioii wliatcMT ul'
*' Tlu! Jicvt'latioii ol' Jesus Christ, wJiicii
(lod gave unto him, to shew imto HIS
SKUV.vNTS tilings which must shortly
come to i»ass."
Faithfully yours,
Ottawa, Canada,
10th Sei)toinl)er, I8i)-I.
To W. lloliiKin Hunt, Esq.,
London, EiKjldiiil.
My Dh.m; IIunt,-
Vou will see hy the enclosed copies of
K'tters, that I have suggested to the Duke
of Argyll, tluit he should fairly test the
(i(»ssil)ility of reading " The Revelation "'
iNTKl,i.iiii;NTLY, hy honestly attempting
t(.) so read it hinisi'lf; tidcing advantage
of nu'' assistance wlierever lie may
happen to meet with any dilHcuity in
intcriireting tlie symiiolical language of
proiihccy into plain J'ljiglish — W'iiy
shouldn't yt)u also do the same? You
need only to read " The Revelation "
from beginning to end ; marking every
sentence, tlie Jiieaning of wiucii you are
(■ertain tliat yt)U understand tlioroughly
— (taking care not to permit youvself to
he confused iiy Ki)p]iosing that you really
understaiul any i>art, of winch you may
[(evluii>s have oidy a ''-ery vague and
uncertain idea) -then read it a second
time, and see if you will not tlien he.
ahio to add to the numlx'r of sentences
wliich you can mark, to indicate that
you are positively certain tliat you
understand tliein thoroughly also — and,
should the resrdt of a second reading
give you any encouragement to do so,
you might then easily read it a third, or
a fourtli time, or as )nany times as you
may find l>y actual experience to he of
any atlvantage always letting me know,
without needless delay, of any dilhculty
that may occur to you.
\
lateviT of
int, wliidi
unto HIS
<t sliortly
I Monk.
■r, 18U-I.
'lujland.
('()[»ii'S of
I llie Oiiko
y test the
volution ■'
ttt'iuptiug
ul\uut;i;^"o
liL' iiiiiy
Ticulty ill
iij^u;i,^-H of
I -- W'Jiy
ne V You
volution "
ii;^' every
■h you are
U)iuuj:,hly
ouv«elf to
roll really
you may
ague an<i
u second
t then hi'.
seutejices
eiit;e that
I I Kit you
liso — and,
I reading-
If) (k) yo,
I third, or
?s as you
• to he of
me know,
diiliculty
10
\'ou luii;' also eiisily [jrovide your-
si'lC with so'i' eonvenient. larj^e, clear-
type, \vi<le-niarj;'ined New Testament for
the })uri)()se sueh are very plentiful,
and ;itan exti-emely low ])rice. It seems
to nui that ycMi have hut to make the
ell'ort honestly and earnestly, and that
yon then will he Huri)rised to fitul how
easy it will he for vou to undoi'stand
"The Revelation" ' snlUeiently. It
ui>pears als(j to he ahsolutely imperative
that you, and several others also, should
soon do this ; otherwise neither you nor
they, can possihly hecome qualified for
the extreniely impoitant work now
reijuired of the foremost among men.
Faithfully yours,
Henry Wentwortii Monk.