CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.

When Written.--In the Reign of Domitian.--The character of Domitian.--Patmos.--The Circumstances.--Can the Book be Understood?--Reason for Blunders.--The Object and Scope of the Book. 15.

CHAPTER II.
THE SEVEN CHURCHES.

The Lordsday.--The Three Parts of Revelation.--The Seven Angels.--The Letters to the Churches.--Why Seven Churches? Their Character.--Their Subsequent History. 31.

CHAPTER III.
VISION OF HEAVEN.

The Open Door of Heaven.--The Glory of God.--The Throne.--The Four Beasts.--The Four and Twenty Elders.--The [7] Sealed Book.--Its Significance.--The Weeping Prophet.-- The Lamb.--The Doxologies.--The Atonement. 42.

CHAPTER IV.
THE FIRST SEAL OPENED.

The White Horse.--The Crowned Warrior.--An Epoch of Triumphant War.--Is Christ Meant?-- Why Not.--The Era of Trajan.--The Greatness of the Empire; its Conquests and Prosperity.--The Significance of the Bow. 62.

CHAPTER V.
THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SEALS.

The Vision of the Second Seal.--The Red Horse; Peace Taken Away.--The Era of Civil Discord.--Commotion for Ninety-two Years.--The Gift of the Great Sword.--The Third Seal.--The Black Horse.--The Balances.--The Seal of Want.--The Fourth Seal.--The Pale Horse.--Death and Hades.--The Era of Death from War, Famine, Pestilence and Wild Beasts.--Gibbon's Striking Testimony. 76.

CHAPTER VI.
THE SEAL OF PERSECUTION.

The Fifth Seal Opened.--The Symbolism Changed.--The Horse Seen no More.--The Change of Symbols Indicates a Change of Theme.--Souls under the Altar.--The Cry of Martyrs.--An Era of Persecution--The Attempt of Diocletian to Abolish the Christian Name.--The White Robes.--Appendix on the State of the Church from the Time of Nero to that of Diocletian. 94.

CHAPTER VII.
THE ERA OF REVOLUTION.

The Sixth Seal Opened.--The Startling Phenomena in Earth and Sky.--The Meaning of the Symbols.--A Period of Revolution.--The Political and Religious Agitation of the Reign [8] of Constantine.--Paganism Destroyed.--A New Civilization.--The Mightiest Change Known to History.--Rome no Longer Capital of the World.--The Four Winds Held.--The Sealing.--The Song of Salvation.--The Triumph of the Church over Paganism. 109.

CHAPTER VIII.
THE FOUR WINDS LET LOOSE.

The Silence in Heaven.--The Prayers of the Saints.--The Western Roman Empire, the Theatre of the Four Angels.--The Rush of the Goths upon Rome.--The Land Scourged, Red with Blood and Blackened with Fire.--The Term Third Part Discussed.--The Second Angel and the Scourge of the Sea.--The Vandals.--The Romans Swept from the Seas.--The City Pillaged--Wormwood.--Attila, the Hun; Buried under the Danube.--The Fourth Angel.--Rome Overwhelmed.--The Sun, Moon and Stars of a Third Part of the Earth Smitten.--The Dark Ages. 130.

CHAPTER IX.
THE ARABIAN LOCUSTS.

The State of Christianity.--The Dying World.--The Eastern Symbols--The Fallen Star.--The Key of the Caaba.--The Locusts.--The Scourge of the World.--The Duration of the Scourge. 150.

CHAPTER X.
THE EUPHRATEAN HORSEMEN.

The Sixth Trumpet.--The Angels of the Euphrates.--The Turks.--The Myriads of Horsemen.-- Gunpowder.--The Power of the Tails.--The Rest Who Repented Not.--Catholic Sorceries, Murders and Thefts. 172.

CHAPTER XI.
THE OPEN BOOK.

The Radiant Angel.--The Open Book.--The Seven Thunders-- [9] The Book Eaten.--The Reed.--The Standard of Measure for the Church.--The Two Witnesses.--Prophesying in Sackcloth.--Forty-two Months.--The Slaying of the Witnesses.--Their Resurrection and Exaltation.--The Great City.--The Earthquake.--The Seventh Trumpet.--The Reign of Christ. 192.

CHAPTER XII.
THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS.

The Open Temple.--The New Vision.--The Crowned Woman.--The Red Dragon.--The Man Child.--The War in Heaven.--The Flight into the Wilderness.--The Sea Monster.--The Seven Heads.--The Deadly Wound Healed.--The Forty-two Months. 231.

CHAPTER XIII.
THE FALL OF BABYLON.

The Revival of Religion.--The Gospel Angel.--Mystic Babylon.--The Earth Reaped.--The Wine Press of Wrath.--The Open Tabernacle.--The Seven Plagues.--The Vial Poured on the Earth.--The Vial on the Seas.--The Vial on the Rivers.--The Scorching Sun.--The Martyrs Avenged.--The Vial on the Throne of the Beast.--The Euphratean Power Overthrown.--The Battle of Armageddon.--The Seventh Vial. 274.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE MILLENNIUM AND THE NEW JERUSALEM.

The Word of God.--The Great Triumph.--The Fate of the Beast and the False Prophet.--The Lake of Fire.--The Millennium.--Satan Chained.--The First Resurrection.--The Golden Age.--The World's Last Battle.--The Judgment Day.--The Glorious City.--The Tree and River of Life.--The Eternal Glory. 331.