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 lating influence a duration of 1290 days. In other words, we anticipate, from this prophecy, that thirty years are to elapse, subsequent to the breaking up of the Turkish empire, before the religion of Mahomet will be completely extinguished: and this brings us back to St. Paul's words to the Thessalonians concerning the Man of Sin: "Whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming" (2 Thess. ii. 8): from which we gather that the religious system of Mahomet will be rooted out by the preaching of the Gospel, which will ensue on the destruction of his empire, while the last remains of its influence in the East will not be obliterated even until the second Advent of our Lord Himself, "the brightness of whose coming" will dissipate all the clouds of error, But it is also clear, from the words of the angel to Daniel, that many things concerning these great prophecies are to remain sealed up until the time of their perfect fulfilment, and when that time comes, every difficulty connected with the interpretation of Divine prophecy will be fully cleared up and unravelled. One thing, however, seems unmistakeably foretold, and it is that those, who live to see the arrival of the thirteen hundredth and thirty-fifth day or year, will see a day of