TESTAMENTS；　AND　PORTIONS　OF　TESTAMENTS　THROUGHOUT　THE　WORLD。
  THE　SCRIPTURES；　IN　WHOLE　OR　IN　PART；　HAVE　BEEN　PRINTED；　AS　OF　DECEMBER；
  1955；　IN　1；092　LANGUAGES；　AND　NEW　LANGUAGES　ARE　CONSTANTLY　BEING　ADDED。
  690
  PAGE　288。　FOREIGN　MISSIONS。THE　MISSIONARY　ACTIVITY　OF　THE　EARLY　CHRISTIAN
  CHURCH　HAS　NOT　BEEN　DUPLICATED　UNTIL　MODERN　TIMES。　IT　HAD　VIRTUALLY　DIED　OUT
  BY　THE　YEAR　1000；　AND　WAS　SUCCEEDED　BY　THE　MILITARY　CAMPAIGNS　OF　THE
  CRUSADES。　THE　REFORMATION　ERA　SAW　LITTLE　FOREIGN　MISSION　WORK；　EXCEPT　ON　THE
  PART　OF　THE　EARLY　JESUITS。　THE　PIETISTIC　REVIVAL　PRODUCED　SOME　MISSIONARIES。
  THE　WORK　OF　THE　MORAVIAN　CHURCH　IN　THE　EIGHTEENTH　CENTURY　WAS　REMARKABLE；
  AND　THERE　WERE　SOME　MISSIONARY　SOCIETIES　FORMED　BY　THE　BRITISH　FOR　WORK　IN
  COLONIZED　NORTH　AMERICA。　BUT　THE　GREAT　RESURGENCE　OF　FOREIGN　MISSIONARY
  ACTIVITY　BEGINS　AROUND　THE　YEAR　1800；　AT　〃THE　TIME　OF　THE　END。〃　DANIEL　12：4。
  IN　1792　WAS　FORMED　THE　BAPTIST　MISSIONARY　SOCIETY；　WHICH　SENT　CAREY　TO
  INDIA。　IN　1795　THE　LONDON　MISSIONARY　SOCIETY　WAS　ORGANIZED；　AND　ANOTHER
  SOCIETY　IN　1799　WHICH　IN　1812　BECAME　THE　CHURCH　MISSIONARY　SOCIETY。　SHORTLY
  AFTERWARD　THE　WESLEYAN　MISSIONARY　SOCIETY　WAS　FOUNDED。　IN　THE　UNITED　STATES
  THE　AMERICAN　BOARD　OF　COMMISSIONERS　FOR　FOREIGN　MISSIONS　WAS　FORMED　IN　1812；
  AND　ADONIRAM　JUDSON　WAS　SENT　OUT　THAT　YEAR　TO　CALCUTTA。　HE　ESTABLISHED
  HIMSELF　IN　BURMA　THE　NEXT　YEAR。　IN　1814　THE　AMERICAN　BAPTIST　MISSIONARY
  UNION　WAS　FORMED。　THE　PRESBYTERIAN　BOARD　OF　FOREIGN　MISSIONS　WAS　FORMED　IN
  1837。
  〃IN　A。D。　1800；　。　。　。　THE　OVERWHELMING　MAJORITY　OF　CHRISTIANS　WERE　THE
  DESCENDANTS　OF　THOSE　WHO　HAD　BEEN　WON　BEFORE　A。D。　1500。　。　。　。　NOW；　IN　THE
  NINETEENTH　CENTURY；　CAME　A　FURTHER　EXPANSION　OF　CHRISTIANITY。　NOT　SO　MANY
  CONTINENTS　OR　MAJOR　COUNTRIES　WERE　ENTERED　FOR　THE　FIRST　TIME　AS　IN　THE
  PRECEDING　THREE　CENTURIES。　THAT　WOULD　HAVE　BEEN　IMPOSSIBLE；　FOR　ON　ALL　THE
  LARGER　LAND　MASSES　OF　THE　EARTH　EXCEPT　AUSTRALIA　AND　AMONG　ALL　THE　MORE
  NUMEROUS　PEOPLES　AND　IN　ALL　THE　AREAS　OF　HIGH　CIVILIZATION　CHRISTIANITY　HAD
  BEEN　INTRODUCED　BEFORE　A。D。　1800。　WHAT　NOW　OCCURRED　WAS　THE　ACQUISITION　OF
  FRESH　FOOTHOLDS　IN　REGIONS　AND　AMONG　PEOPLES　ALREADY　TOUCHED；　AN　EXPANSION
  OF　UNPRECEDENTED　EXTENT　FROM　BOTH　THE　NEWER　BASES　AND　THE　OLDER　ONES；　AND
  THE　ENTRANCE　OF　CHRISTIANITY　INTO　THE　LARGE　MAJORITY　OF　SUCH　COUNTRIES；
  ISLANDS；　PEOPLES；　AND　TRIBES　AS　HAD　PREVIOUSLY　NOT　BEEN　TOUCHED。　。　。　。
  〃THE　NINETEENTH　CENTURY　SPREAD　OF　CHRISTIANITY　WAS　DUE　PRIMARILY　TO　A　NEW
  BURST　OF　RELIGIOUS　LIFE　EMANATING　FROM　THE　CHRISTIAN　IMPULSE。　。　。　。　NEVER　IN
  ANY　CORRESPONDING　LENGTH　OF　TIME　HAD　THE　CHRISTIAN　IMPULSE　GIVEN　RISE　TO　SO
  MANY　NEW　MOVEMENTS。　NEVER　HAD　IT　HAD　QUITE　SO　GREAT　AN　EFFECT　UPON　WESTERN
  EUROPEAN　PEOPLES。　IT　WAS　FROM　THIS　ABOUNDING　VIGOR　THAT　THERE　ISSUED　THE
  MISSIONARY　ENTERPRISE　WHICH　DURING　THE　NINETEENTH　CENTURY　SO　AUGMENTED　THE
  NUMERICAL　STRENGTH　AND　THE　INFLUENCE　OF　CHRISTIANITY。〃KENNETH　SCOTT
  LATOURETTE；　A　HISTORY　OF　THE　EXPANSION　OF　CHRISTIANITY；　VOL。　IV；　THE　GREAT
  CENTURY　A。D。　1800…A。D。　1914　（NEW　YORK：　HARPER　&　BROTHERS；　1941）；　PP。　2…4。
  PAGES　327；　329。　PROPHETIC　DATES。ACCORDING　TO　JEWISH　RECKONING　THE　FIFTH
  MONTH　（AB）　OF　THE　SEVENTH　YEAR　OF　ARTAXERXES'　REIGN　WAS　FROM　JULY　23　TO
  AUGUST　21；　457　B。C。　AFTER　EZRA'S　ARRIVAL　IN　JERUSALEM　IN　THE　AUTUMN　OF　THE
  YEAR；　THE　DECREE　OF　THE　KING　WENT　INTO　EFFECT。　FOR　THE　CERTAINTY　OF　THE　DATE
  457　B。C。　BEING　THE　SEVENTH　YEAR　OF　ARTAXERXES；　SEE　S。　H。　HORN　AND　L。　H。
  WOOD；　THE
  691
  CHRONOLOGY　OF　EZRA　7　（WASHINGTON；　D。　C。：　REVIEW　AND　HERALD　PUBLISHING　ASSN。；
  1953）；　E。　G。　KRAELING；　THE　BROOKLYN　MUSEUM　ARAMAIC　PAPYRI　（NEW　HAVEN　OR
  LONDON；　1953）；　PP。　191…193；　THE　SEVENTH…DAY　ADVENTIST　BIBLE　COMMENTARY
  （WASHINGTON；　D。C。：　REVIEW　AND　HERALD　PUBLISHING　ASSN。；　1954）；　VOL。　3；　PP。
  97…110。
  PAGE　335。　FALL　OF　THE　OTTOMAN　EMPIRE。THE　IMPACT　OF　MOSLEM　TURKEY　UPON
  EUROPE　AFTER　THE　FALL　OF　CONSTANTINOPLE　IN　1453　WAS　AS　SEVERE　AS　HAD　BEEN
  THE　CATASTROPHIC　CONQUESTS　OF　THE　MOSLEM　SARACENS；　DURING　THE　CENTURY　AND　A
  HALF　AFTER　THE　DEATH　OF　MOHAMMED；　UPON　THE　EASTERN　ROMAN　EMPIRE。　THROUGHOUT
  THE　REFORMATION　ERA；　TURKEY　WAS　A　CONTINUAL　THREAT　AT　THE　EASTERN　GATES　OF
  EUROPEAN　CHRISTENDOM；　THE　WRITINGS　OF　THE　REFORMERS　ARE　FULL　OF　CONDEMNATION
  OF　THE　OTTOMAN　POWER。　CHRISTIAN　WRITERS　SINCE　HAVE　BEEN　CONCERNED　WITH　THE
  ROLE　OF　TURKEY　IN　FUTURE　WORLD　EVENTS；　AND　COMMENTATORS　ON　PROPHECY　HAVE
  SEEN　TURKISH　POWER　AND　ITS　DECLINE　FORECAST　IN　SCRIPTURE。
  FOR　THE　LATTER　CHAPTER；　UNDER　THE　〃HOUR；　DAY；　MONTH；　YEAR〃　PROPHECY；　AS　PART
  OF　THE　SIXTH　TRUMPET；　JOSIAH　LITCH　WORKED　OUT　AN　APPLICATION　OF　THE　TIME
  PROPHECY；　TERMINATING　TURKISH　INDEPENDENCE　IN　AUGUST；　1840。　LITCH'S　VIEW　CAN
  BE　FOUND　IN　FULL　IN　HIS　THE　PROBABILITY　OF　THE　SECOND　COMING　OF　CHRIST　ABOUT
  A。D。　1843　（PUBLISHED　IN　JUNE；　1838）；　AN　ADDRESS　TO　THE　CLERGY　（PUBLISHED　IN
  THE　SPRING　OF　1840；　A　SECOND　EDITION；　WITH　HISTORICAL　DATA　IN　SUPPORT　OF　THE
  ACCURACY　OF　FORMER　CALCULATIONS　OF　THE　PROPHETIC　PERIOD　EXTENDING　TO　THE
  FALL　OF　THE　OTTOMAN　EMPIRE；　WAS　PUBLISHED　IN　1841）；　AND　AN　ARTICLE　IN　SIGNS
  OF　THE　TIMES　AND　EXPOSITOR　OF　PROPHECY；　AUG。　1；　1840。　SEE　ALSO　ARTICLE　IN
  SIGNS　OF　THE　TIMES　AND　EXPOSITOR　OF　PROPHECY；　FEB。　1；　1841；　AND　J。　N。
  LOUGHBOROUGH；　THE　GREAT　ADVENT　MOVEMENT　（1905　ED。）；　PP。　129…132。　THE　BOOK　BY
  URIAH　SMITH；　THOUGHTS　ON　DANIEL　AND　THE　REVELATION；　REV。　ED。　OF　1944；
  DISCUSSES　THE　PROPHETIC　TIMING　OF　THIS　PROPHECY　ON　PAGES　506…517。
  FOR　THE　EARLIER　HISTORY　OF　THE　OTTOMAN　EMPIRE　AND　THE　DECLINE　OF　THE　TURKISH
  POWER；　SEE　ALSO　WILLIAM　MILLER；　THE　OTTOMAN　EMPIRE　AND　ITS　SUCCESSORS；
  1801…1927　（CAMBRIDGE；　ENGLAND：　UNIVERSITY　PRESS；　1936）；　GEORGE　G。　S。　L。
  EVERSLEY；　THE　TURKISH　EMPIRE　FROM　1288　TO　1914　（LONDON　：　T。　FISHER　UNWIN；
  LTD。；　2D　ED。；　1923）；　JOSEPH　VON　HAMMER…PURGSTALL；　GESCHICHTE　DES
  OSMANNISCHEN　REICHES　（PESTH：　C。　A。　HARTLEBEN；　2D　ED。；　1834…36）；　4　VOLS。；
  HERBERT　A。　GIBBONS；　FOUNDATION　OF　THE　OTTOMAN　EMPIRE；　1300…1403　（OXFORD：
  UNIVERSITY　PRESS；　1916）；　ARNOLD　J。　TOYNBEE　AND　KENNETH　B。　KIRKWOOD；　TURKEY
  （LONDON；　1926）。
  PAGE　340。　WITHHOLDING　THE　BIBLE　FROM　THE　PEOPLE。THE　READER　WILL　RECOGNIZE
  THAT　THE　TEXT　OF　THIS　VOLUME　WAS　WRITTEN　PRIOR　TO　VATICAN　COUNCIL　II；　WITH
  ITS　SOMEWHAT　ALTERED　POLICIES　IN　REGARD　TO　THE　READING　OF　THE　SCRIPTURES。
  THROUGH　THE　CENTURIES；　THE　ATTITUDE　OF　THE　ROMAN　CATHOLIC　CHURCH　TOWARD
  CIRCULATION　OF　THE　HOLY　SCRIPTURES　IN　VERNACULAR　VERSIONS　AMONG　THE　LAITY
  SHOWS　UP　AS　NEGATIVE。　SEE　FOR　EXAMPLE　G。　P。　FISHER；　THE　REFORMATION；　CH。　15；
  692
  PAR。　16　（1873　ED。；　PP。　530…532）；　J。　CARDINAL　GIBBONS；　THE　FAITH　OF　OUR
  FATHERS；　CH。　8　（49TH　ED。；　1897）；　PP。　98…117；　JOHN　DOWLING；　HISTORY　OF
  ROMANISM；　B。　7；　CH。　2；　SEC。　14；　AND　B。　9；　CH。　3；　SECS。　24…27　（1871　ED。；　PP。
  491…496；　621…625）；　L。　F。　BUNGENER；　HISTORY　OF　THE　COUNCIL　OF　TRENT；　PP。
  101…110　（2D　EDINBURGH　ED。；　1853；　TRANSLATED　BY　D。　D。　SCOTT）；　G。　H。　PUTNAM；
  BOOKS　AND　THEIR　MAKERS　DURING　THE　MIDDLE　AGES；　VOL。　1；　PT。　2；　CH。　2；　PARS。
  49；　54…56。　SEE　ALSO　INDEX　OF　PROHIBITED　BOOKS　（VATICAN　POLYGLOT　PRESS；
  1930）；　PP。　IX；　X；　TIMOTHY　HURLEY；　A　COMMENTARY　ON　THE　PRESENT　INDEX
  LEGISLATION　（NEW　YORK：　BENZIGER　BROTHERS；　1908）；　P。
  71；　TRANSLATION　OF　THE　GREAT　ENCYCLICAL　LETTERS　OF　LEO　XIII　（NEW
  YORK：　BENZIGER　BROTHERS；　1903）；　P。　413。
  BUT　IN　RECENT　YEARS　A　DRAMATIC　AND　POSITIVE　CHANGE　HAS　OCCURRED　IN　THIS
  RESPECT。　ON　THE　ONE　HAND；　THE　CHURCH　HAS　APPROVED　SEVERAL　VERSIONS　PREPARED
  ON　THE　BASIS　OF　THE　ORIGINAL　LANGUAGES；　ON　THE　OTHER；　IT　HAS　PROMOTED　THE
  STUDY　OF　THE　HOLY　SCRIPTURES　BY　MEANS　OF　FREE　DISTRIBUTION　AND　BIBLE
  INSTITUTES。　THE　CHURCH；　HOWEVER；　CONTINUES　TO　RESERVE　FOR　HERSELF　THE
  EXCLUSIVE　RIGHT　TO　INTERPRET　THE　BIBLE　IN　THE　LIGHT　OF　HER　OWN　TRADITION；
  THUS　JUSTIFYING　THOSE　DOCTRINES　THAT　DO　NOT　HARMONIZE　WITH　BIBLICAL
  TEACHINGS。
  PAGE　373。　ASCENSION　ROBES。THE　STORY　THAT　THE　ADVENTISTS　MADE　ROBES　WITH
  WHICH　TO　ASCEND　〃TO　MEET　THE　LORD　IN　THE　AIR；〃　WAS　INVENTED　BY　THOSE　WHO
  WISHED　TO　REPROACH　THE　ADVENT　PREACHING。　IT　WAS　CIRCULATED　SO　INDUSTRIOUSLY
  THAT　MANY　BELIEVED　IT；　BUT　CAREFUL　INQUIRY　PROVED　ITS　FALSITY。　FOR　MANY
  YEARS　A　SUBSTANTIAL　REWARD　WAS　OFFERED　FOR　PROOF　THAT　ONE　SUCH　INSTANCE　EVER
  OCCURRED；　BUT　NO　PROOF　HAS　BEEN　PRODUCED。　NONE　WHO　LOVED　THE　APPEARING　OF
  THE　SAVIOUR　WERE　SO　IGNORANT　OF　THE　TEACHINGS　OF　THE　SCRIPTURES　AS　TO
  SUPPOSE　THAT　ROBES　WHICH　THEY　COULD　MAKE　WOULD　BE　NECESSARY　FOR　THAT
  OCCASION。　THE　ONLY　ROBE　WHICH　THE　SAINTS　WILL　NEED　TO　MEET　THE　LORD　IS　THE
  RIGHTEOUSNESS　OF　CHRIST。　SEE　ISAIAH　61：10；　REVELATION　19：8。
  FOR　A　THOROUGH　REFUTATION　OF　THE　LEGEND　OF　ASCENSION　ROBES；　SEE　FRANCIS　D。
  NICHOL；　MIDNIGHT　CRY　（WASHINGTON；　D。C。：　REVIEW　AND　HERALD　PUBLISHING　ASSN。；
  1944）；　CHS。　25…27；　AND　APPENDICES　H…J。　SEE　ALSO　LEROY　EDWIN　FROOM；　PROPHETIC
  FAITH　OF　OUR　FATHERS　（WASHINGTON；　D。C。：　REVIEW　AND　HERALD　PUBLISHING　ASSN。；
  1954）；　VOL。　4；　PP。　822…826。
  PAGE　374。　THE　CHRONOLOGY　OF　PROPHECY。DR。　GEORGE　BUSH；　PROFESSOR　OF　HEBREW
  AND　ORIENTAL　LITERATURE　IN　THE　NEW　YORK　CITY　UNIVERSITY；　IN　A　LETTER
  ADDRESSED　TO　WILLIAM　MILLER　AND　PUBLISHED　IN　THE　ADVENT　HERALD　AND　SIGNS　OF
  THE　TIMES　REPORTER；　BOSTON；　MARCH　6　AND　13；　1844；　MADE　SOME　IMPORTANT
  ADMISSIONS　RELATIVE　TO　HIS　CALCULATION　OF　THE　PROPHETIC　TIMES。　DR。　BUSH
  WROTE：
  〃NEITHER　IS　IT　TO　BE　OB