A.

ABED-NEGO, name given to Azariah,
21; meaning of, 21; trial of faith
of, 107-110; cast into furnace of
fire, 111-113.

Advent, second, of Christ, the time
when the kingdom of stone shall
be set up, 89-95; a personal and
literal coming, 201-205; signs of
nearness of, 297-302.
Afflictions, good effects of, 132, 133;
accompany saintship, 178, 179;
do not always work righteous-
ness, 311, 312.

Alexander the Great, conquests
of, 61, 62, 190; kingdom of, the
third empire, 61, 62, 190, 212,
273; spares Jerusalem, 212.
Angels, the doctrine of, 269; min-
istrations of, 276, 277, 315.
Antichrist, the eleventh horn, 195;
time of appearance of, 220, 221,
252, 253, 286; is yet to come,
279-283; teaching of the apos-
tles, 280-282; of the Old Testa-
ment, 282-284; belief of the
Church Fathers, 284, 285; Lu-
ther on, 285; Kliefoth on, 285;
an individual person, 287-289;
spirit of, 224, 225, 291-297;
spirit of, now abroad, 297-320;
description of, 221, 222, 253,
283, 289, 293; descriptions of
times of, 307-311; and the
Jews, 308, 310; a time of res-
urrections, 317-320; reign of,
196, 279-281; destruction of,
197.

Antiochus Epiphanes, 215, 275;
infamous deeds of, 215, 216;

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BABYLON, meaning of name, 3;
early foundation of kingdom
of, 35; tower of, 35; early his-
tory of, recently discovered, 36;
greatness of kingdom, 37-39;
splendor of the city in the time
of Nebuchadnezzar, 39, 40, 123;
wise men of, 44; empire of, un-
der Nebuchadnezzar, the first
kingdom, 59, 60, 188; last kings
of, before Medo-Persian con-
quest, 139, 140.
Bacon, quoted, 219.
Barnabas, view of, concerning An-
tichrist, 284.

Barnes, Albert, quoted, 80.
Beast, first, second, third, fourth.
Cf. KINGDOM.

Bel and the Dragon, 257.
Believers shall reign as kings on
earth, 203-205; must beware of
the spirit of Antichrist, 224-227;
blessedness of, in heaven, 324-
326.

Belshazzar, last king of Babylon

385

tion of Israel a stone of stumb-
ling, 87, 88; to the Church a
living stone, 88; power of, as
the grinding stone, realized at
second coming, 89-95; reign of,
199, 200; coming of, literal and
personal, 201-205; time of set-
ting up of kingdom of, 202, 203.
Cf. MESSIAH.

Christianity as now in the world,
84; not the stone kingdom, 85,
86.
Christians must be faithful in small
things, 25, 26. Cf. BELIEVERS.
Chronology, 246, 247.
Church, the, 90-92, 205.

Cicero on the power of Rome, 64.
Confession of sin, 235, 236.
Confusion of tongues, 35, 36.
Conscience, not to be trifled with,
172.

Consecration to God, value of early,
179, 180.

Consummation, the, 251, 303, ff.
Contests with spiritual powers, 269,

270.

Counsels to young men, 29-33.
Cowardice, moral, 146, 147.
Criticism, adverse, of Book of
Daniel, 16, 17, 259-261; source
of, 18; object of, 262;

, grammatico-historical, neces-
sary for understanding the word
of God, 7.

Cyrus, conquests of, 60, 61; issues
edict for rebuilding of temple,

245.

D.

DANIEL, meaning of the name, 3,
20; in the royal college, 15–33;
three of the name, 18; descent
of, 19; captivity of, 19; wisdom
of, 19, 20; receives a new name,
20; trial of, in the bounty of the
king, 24-26; life of, an embodied
epic of faith and greatness, 26,
180-182; an illustrious example
for young men, 26-33,180; offers
to interpret the king's dream,
53; unites with his three friends
in prayer unto God, 54; song
of thanksgiving for answer to

prayer, 57, 58; interprets the
dream, 59-64; interprets the
second dream, 120, 121; is sum-
moned before Belshazzar, 150;
interprets handwriting on wall,
152; selected as chief of presi-
dents by Darius the Median,
162, 163; on account of his in-
tegrity is watched by his ene-
mies, 163-168; plot laid against
life of, 169-172; faith of, tested,
173-175 is cast into lions' den,
176; vision of the four beasts,
184-187; second vision, 206, ff.;
prayer of, 232-236; a student of
prophecy; 233; vision by the
Hiddekel, 265; effect of vision
on, 266; is commanded to seal
the prophecy, 303-307.
Daniel, Book of, 15; importance
of, 4; study of, has been ne-
glected, 17; method of treat-
ment in modern times, 6; critics
on, 16, 257-260; Wordsworth
on, 16; Bishop Newton on, 17;
importance of the study of, 4,
15, 16; source of adverse crit-
icism of, 18; time of compo-
sition of, 70, 71; main divisions
of, 183; genuineness of, 257-260;
critical discussion of particular
passages of, 260-265; revised
translation of, 331, seq.
Darius, king of Persia, 270; ar-
mies of, 189.

Darius the Median, 162; selects
Daniel as chief adviser, 162,
163; accepts to be worshipped
as a god, 170, 171; issues the
decree desired by the enemies
of Daniel, 171, 172; attempts
to deliver Daniel, 175, 176; pun-
ishes the enemies of Daniel, 177.
Death, not terrible to a good man,
174; reign of, 320, 321.
Deluge, date of, 34, 35.
Depravity of man, illustration of,
169.

Devotion, signs of true, 180-182.
Dreams, of Nebuchadnezzar, 41,
42, 55, 117-120; interpretation
of, 59-64, 66, 74-79, 122; a
mode in which God has reveal-

GABRIEL, 236, 237.

Galgacus on the Romans, 63, 64.
Gibbon, Edward, skeptical views
of, referred to, 18; quoted, 64.
Gill, Dr., quoted, 100.
Goat, kingdom of the, 212-214.
God. Cf. PRACTICAL THOUGHTS. TO

be obeyed rather than man, 181;
a jealous God, 126, 127; weighs
the actions of men, 153, ff.; a
vision of, 185, 186; mercy of,
to us in the giving of revela-
tions, 266, 267; wills all to be
saved, 328.

Government, is of God, 57; forms
of, 65; as now on earth, 66.
Græco-Macedonian empire, the
third kingdom, 61, 62, 190.

H.

HANANIAH, meaning of name, 20;
receives new name, 20.
Harmonies, danger of, 208.
Heaven, blessedness of, 324–329.
Hebrew children, Song of Three,
257.
Hengstenberg, 247.
History, how shaped, 66-69;
sketched by prophecy from the
beginning, 70-72, 74.
Horn, eleventh, not the papacy,
194; the Antichrist of the last
days, 195.