CHAPTER FOURTEEN: International Character of Emphasis

I. Worldwide Emphasis Develops for 1843-1847

The new focal point of prophetic study and concern the terminus of the 2300 years, leading to the cleansing of the sanctuary, whatever that might be, to occur around 1843, 1844, or 1847 had now reached the proportions of an international quest. The caliber of these expositors and their geographical spread are noteworthy. Aside from British writers whose works were read and reprinted in America, writers in various lands sounded the same note in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, India, Africa, Western Asia. ^{1It will be recalled from Volume III that many in the Old World, outside of Britain, looked to 1843, 1844, or 1847 as the great climactic hour. In France there was Gaussen; in Germany there were Kelber. Sander, and Richter; in Holland, Heintzpeter; in Switzerland, Nicole; in India, Bishop Wilson; in Abyssinia, Bishop Gobat; and throughout Asia, Wolff, in addition to the numerous expositors in Britain and America. These names bring before us the distinctly international, yes, the really worldwide agitation on this new focal point of interest and investigation. This is of particular interest and significance. These expositors are all dealt with in Prophetic Faith, Vol. III.} There were now many who contended for these terminal dates in published works in both the Old World and the New, apart from that far greater number who merely preached them orally but never went into print. Let us call the roll. Let us go first to Mexico, to the south.PFF4 301.1