The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4

V. Litch’s Chart in “Trumpet of Alarm”

In Litch’s Trumpet of Alarm, of Philadelphia, a somewhat grotesque pictorial chart of Daniel’s and John’s visions appears on page 8 of the April 24, 1843, issue—and later reprinted by the New York Herald. There are four vertical sections: To the left is the metallic man of Daniel 2 (drawn to chronological scale and therefore with exceedingly long legs), representing Rome. Babylonia (139 years, starting in 677 B.C.); Medo-Persia (207 years); Grecia (173 years); and Rome pagan (666 years) and papal (1260 years) are pictured as reaching to the “time of the end” and the close of the “seven times,” or 2520 years, in “1843.” PFF4 728.1

The second column parallels the first, only with the symbols of the same four powers under the figures of the lion, bear, leopard, and the dreadful beast with its papal Little Horn. The 1260 years are standard, from 538 to 1798; the 1290 from 508 to 1798; the 1335 from 508 to 1843. The third column has the Persian ram, the Grecian goat, and the exceeding great Roman horn, with the 2300 years from 457 B.C. to “1843.” The right-hand section portrays the symbols of Revelation-the pagan Roman dragon, followed by the ten-horned papal Rome, and finally ending the series with the two-horned beast from the earth. The last column portrays the last three angelic messengers in the series of the trumpets-the fifth angel portraying the Saracens and the sixth the Turkish woe, of Revelation 8 and 9. PFF4 728.2