t dates are clearly and unequivocally established by historical,
chronological, and astronomical testimony. Sixty-nine of the 70 weeks from the
decree in B.C. 457 ended in A.D. 27, when our Lord was baptized, and began to
preach, saying, "The time is fulfilled." Mark 1. Three and a half years from this
brings us to the midst of the week in A.D. 31, the period of 70 weeks terminates 
in the autumn of A.D. 34. Or, to be more definite, the first three and a half years
of the seventieth week ended in the first Jewish month (April) in the spring of A.D.
31. The remaining three and a half years would therefore end in the seventh
month, autumn of A.D. 34.
Here then we stand at the end of the great period which Gabriel, in explaining
the 2300 days to Daniel, tells him was cut off upon Jerusalem and the Jews. Its
commencement, intermediate dates, and final termination, are unequivocally
established. It remains then to notice this one grand fact: the first 490 years of
the 2300 ended in the seventh month, autumn of A.D. 34. This period of 490
years being cut off from the 2300, a period 1810 years remains. This period of
1810 years being added to the seventh month, autumn of A.D. 34, brings us to
the seventh month, autumn of 1844. And here, after every effort which has been
made to remove the dates, all are compelled
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to let them stand. For a moment let us recur to the events of 1843 and 1844.
Previous to the year 1843, the evidence on the going