Brief Synopsis of the Trumpets.
1st Trumpet—(Rev. viii, 7.)—The invasion of the Roman empire by the Northern Goths, under Alaric, A. D. 396. 2d Trumpet—The invasion of the mighty and numerous hordes of the Huns, under Attila, A. D. 433. 3d Trumpet—The devastation made by the Vandals, under Genserio, and their persecutions, A. D. 439. 4th Trumpet—The extinction of the Western Empire, under Odoacer, A. D. 476. 5th Trumpet—Commenced to sound July 27, 1299, when Othman, the founder of the Turkish empire, made his first attack on the Greeks. It continued 150 years. 6th Trumpet—Commenced July 27, 1449, and continued 391 years and 15 days, until Aug. 11, 1840, when the Ottoman supremacy ceased. 7th Trumpet—Commenced in the autumn of 1844. For the first four, see Cox's Miscellany, p. 27.