PREFACE The cause of truth doubtless has often been greatly injured by much that has been written on the subject of prophecy And the confidence of many in the possibility of any correct inter Entered according to Act of Congress in the year by JOHN P J E W E T T amp CO In the Clerk s Ollice of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts pretation has been greatly weakened by the failure of desig nated times sometimes based on fanciful