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The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Volume 3

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The Course of History Traced by Colonial American Writers Against the Luminous Background of Prophecy. Interpreting Was the Common Order of the Day Among Civic as Well as Religions
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The PROPHETIC FAITH OF OUR FATHERS

The Historical Development of Prophetic Interpretation
by LEROY EDWIN FROOM

VOLUME III
PART I Colonial and Early National American Exposition
PART II Old World Nineteenth Century Advent Awakening

REVIEW AND HERALD
WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO ALL Students of Prophecy Who Seek a Clearer Understanding of the Past That They May Better Discern the Significance of the Present, and More Readily Recognize the Full Meaning of the Impending Future, This Volume Is Sincerely Dedicated

Copyright 1946, Review and Herald Publishing Association

[Copyright transferred from Review and Herald Publishing Association to Fenton Froom.
CD-ROM release: Used by permission, LeRoy Edwin Froom heirs]

WASHINGTON 12, D.C.

[CD-ROM Editor’s Note: The original “Table of Contents” is located on pages 5-6]

   1. Introduction to Volume III9
Part I - Colonial American and Aarly National Writers on Prophecy17
   2.CHAPTER ONE: Prophecy’s Key Place in Colonial American Thought19
   3. CHAPTER TWO: Earliest Colonial Writings Include Prophecy33
   4. CHAPTER THREE: First Two Systematic Commentaries Appear60
   5. CHAPTER FOUR: Physicians, Legislators, and Historians Contribute78
   6. CHAPTER FIVE: LAYMEN, GOVERNORS, AND EDUCATORS EXPOYND98
   7. CHAPTER SIX: Prophetic Terms Permeate Secular Literature115
   8. CHAPTER SEVEN: High-Water Mark in Colonial Exposition124
   9.CHAPTER EIGHT: Seventeenth-Century Positions and Transitions138
   10.CHAPTER NINE: Theologians, Schoolmasters, and Poets Join145
   11. CHAPTER TEN: Harvard Lectures on Romanism Inaugurated168
   12.CHAPTER ELEVEN: LISBON EARTHQUAKE AND THE CELESTIAL SIGNS187
   13. CHAPTER TWELVE: Emphasis Upon Turkish Woe Trumpet207
   14.CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Daystar of Premillennial Hope Reappears227
Part II - Nineteenth Century Old World Advent Awakening261
   15.CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Summing Up the Witness for North America250
   16.CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Nineteenth Century Revival of Prophetic Study263
   17.CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Panoramic Preview of Developing Interpretations283
   18.CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Catholic Witness Stirs Two Continents303
   19.CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Protestant Interpretation Gathers Momentum327
   20. CHAPTER NINETEEN: Growing Emphasis on the Last Times347
   21.CHAPTER TWENTY: Twenty-three Hundred Years Focal Point of Discussion364
   22.CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: American Witness Injected Into Discussion391
   23.CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Jewish Society and Journal “Launched415
   24.CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: Continental Society and Albury Conference435
   25.CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: Wolff: Ambassador of the Coming Kingdom461
   26.CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: Medley of Voices in Swelling Chorus482
   27.CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: Prophetic Society and the Morning Watch498
   28.CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: Irving’s Contribution Marred by “Utterances”514
   29.CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Futurist Interpretation Enters the Picture533
   30.CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Sabbatarian Note Sounded in Prophetic Circles555
   31. CHAPTER THIRTY: Irish Heralds Launch Prophetic Journal579
   32.CHAPTER THIRTY ONE: Prophetic Investigator and Dictionary of Writers599
   33.CHAPTER THIRTY TWO: Bishop Wilson Ends 2300 Years in 1847617
   34.CHAPTER THIRTY THREE: A Feminine Touch on the Prophecies640
   35.CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: The Futurist Foundation of the Oxford Movement655
   36.CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE: Child Preachers of Sweden Warn of Judgment671
   37.CHAPTER THIRTY SIX: Effctive Expositors in Switzerland,France,and Germany687
   38.CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN: Passing Over the Time of Expectation704
   39.CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: Old World Advent Awakening Collapses724
   40. CHAPTER THIRTY NINE: A Summary of the Evidence738
Acknowledgments753
Bibliography757