p. 264 | Still Coming Up

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 7, 1867

Still Coming Up

STILL COMING UP. It seems that the United States, as symbolized in prophecy, Rev. xiii, 11, and onward, is still developing its greatness by the acquisition of new territory, as well as by increasing in riches and strength. In other words, the two horned beast is still “coming up.” An eastern paper remarks in reference to the late purchase of Russian America:—

“The growth of the United States territorially has been very remarkable. Russian America is the fifth grand addition to our domain, and our territory is now more than four times as large as at the organization of the government. Each successive addition has been objected to on the ground that we already had too much territory, but we have found use for it all, and events have amply justified the wisdom and foresight by which the various purchases have been made.”

And how has this growth and development been brought about? Not by war and conquest as in the case of most European kingdoms, but by the silent and peaceable means of purchase. The winds did not “strive upon the sea,” and the beast arise by conquering and overturning its predecessors, but it came up peaceably “out of the earth.”