PREFACE T he object of this w ork is to present a b rie f statement of the principles on which the prophetio Scriptures are to be interpreted to give an outline o f the great scheme of God s governE ntered according to Act of Congress in the year by DAVID N LORD In the Clerk s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York ment over the w orld to show that Christ is to come in person and establish his throne on the earth at the intr