THE END OF THE WORLD.
Professor Piazzi Smyth, astronomer royal xor Scotland, has sounded the note of alarm. He is thoroughly persuaded that the Gre<it Pyramid is a Divinely - inspired building — a standing illustration of " the sermons in stones" epoken of by Shakspeare, and also stonily prophetic. The descending passage from the northern face corresponds in length to the time interval from the dispersion to the time of Moses ; the ascending passage from -the point corresponding to this i epoch represents the interval from i Moses to the first coming of Christ the noble gallery "which forms th€ ; prolongation of the ascending passage « southward represents the Christian era. Throughout these passages one , inch represents a year. The grea! , gallery has a length of 1,882 inches . Consequently ,the end of the Christiar era, or the second coming of Christ, will occur in the year 1882 or there l ftboutst
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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 15, 14 October 1879, Page 3
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148THE END OF THE WORLD. Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 15, 14 October 1879, Page 3
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