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mWATCH TOWERold world; but not so, for the commcnccment of the closing 1~1th A. D. 1799, marked by Napoleon's EgyptlanTiwc of the End of thc old order of things was postcampaign,senled and defined the limit of Papal dotllinionover the nations. There, the time appointed (12GO yenrs ofyonccl ten jears, until 1799 A. D.; and then began power) having espird, tile predicted judgment against thatthe 'l'imc of the End of thc world which came to its systcn~ began, wl~icll must fin:ilIy 'consumc and tlcstroyend 115 years later, in 1914.it unto tlie end.'--Dnn. '5 : 2G.'I'hose ten years, however, did an important work. "Tlrls clnte nlso clearly nl:~rks the lwginning of tl~c newDuring the Ecs-olutiot~ thc utmost hatred was mani- ern of 15be1-ty of thougl~t, and tire re:~lieatio~i of ir~ilividunlrights iu~d privilcgcs :ind 11:rs :~lrc:~cly bee11 clisti~~g~lisl~edfested for tl~e Christimi rclig~on as exemplified in thebx its 1':1pli1 stricles or progress toward tile ft111 ireco~~~l~lisliapostateRon~nnist nazd ~1.otcstant cl~nrches, but 111cnt of tlie work ~r~:~lq>ed out for tl~is Tiu~c: of tlic End.especially thc f onncr. l'rude~it pricsts and ecclesiastics, As a single illestr:~tiolr, ~~otice the rise, and work ol' theforeseeing the cull, hit1 thcmsclvcs ( Proverbs 22 : 3) by 1-arious Ril~lc Socic.1 irs-'pestiferous Bible Societies' Itolueflcclng the oouiltry thoaa thnt rc~li;lu~~erl were tortured, c;~lls tlrc:111, tl~ougl~ it c:1111lot now Ili~idcr tlicul. And tl~es:lcrecl \-olllrtie \\?ricll once. S~IC co~fi~lcil in cl~:~ins, kt:ptand slaugl~tcred wl~crcc\rcr foimrd Thcj wcrc tied back corewd in dead Inng~:~gcs, and fort):~dt! hcr dcludctl subtob ~ la11d i thro\\-n alive into rivers ; they \\.ere tried- jects to re:~B, is now sc;~ttcrcd by tllc niillion in c~c!r.$ niltionin many cascs, very ~)o.ssihly, cqnitably enough as con- and Inn+u:~gc. The Rritislr ru~rl Forc.i:;r~ Bihlc. Sociasly \\-itsccrns their attitnrle to\\-nrd the new government-for estnblisl~cd in 1S03; the New Tol'li I:il)lc Socii:ly ill ISM;ser1itionJ spying ant1 trcnson, and csccut&. It is writtentllc U6:rlin-l'russiz~r~ Bibll? Socictg ill 1SO.i: tllc I'l~il;~tl(:iphinI3ihlc Socicty in 1SOS; :111tl tile tlt~iericir~> Uil,l~: Socichty illoP the clergy thnt prior to the bloody outburst "they IS1 7."had attcn~l~tcd to rdoim France without first reforming Bow lolig \+-as thc timc of the e11d destnlerl to be?themsclvcsJJ-as may be said of the American clergy"The Timc of thc End," wys l'ustor Itusscll, "is atoday. In just retribution for their iniquities, divinepcriocl of onc hiindrril a:!d fifteen Fears from A. D. 1799ve~lgcallce opcmted against them through the instruto21. TI. 1314." (T"? I