Prophetic text
Future Wonders of Prophecy
Michael Baxter
Michael Baxter’s prophetic calendar in its eighth edition of 1894, published by the Christian Herald in London and New York. Its title page dates the ascension of 144,000 living Christians to about 12 March 1903 and the Second Advent to 23 April 1908; a postscript of 1897 allows a covenant week ending in 1911.
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Baxter’s dates for 1903 and 1908 →
Baxter’s preface and 1897 postscript: the covenant week may instead run to 1911 · commentary →
Baxter’s preface and 1897 postscript: the covenant week may instead run to 1911 · commentary →
Edition and location
Rev. M. Baxter, editor of “The Christian Herald,” Future Wonders of Prophecy … eighth edition in 1894, “one hundredth thousand” (London: Christian Herald Office, 20 Tudor Street, and Bible House, New York). This copy includes a postscript dated 1897, so it is a printing of 1897 or later. Internet Archive scan futurewondersof00theouoft (University of Toronto, Robarts Library), page images inspected: title page (leaf 4), complete title block from “Future Wonders of Prophecy” through “for 1000 years.”; Preface to the Eighth Edition, dated March 1894, and its “Postscript in 1897,” complete (leaf 8). Title page set in capitals and small capitals, rendered here in title case following the large capitals; the misprint “Ppophecies” is kept; spaces before semicolons closed; broken type read as “without” and “with”; whitespace normalized.
Title page; preface and 1897 postscript