DEFENCE OF ARMAGEDDON,

OR

OUR GREAT COUNTRY FORETOLD IN THE

HOLY SCRIPTURES.

IN TWO DISCOURSES.

DELIVERED

IN THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE REQUEST OF
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, 1857.

BY F. E. PITTS,

OF NASHVILLE, TENN.

"Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."

Ps. cxxxviii, 2.

Doomed by an edict written in the sky,
The monarchies of earth shall be no more:
Heaven's sealed wonders open to the eye
In rising glories on the western shore.

TENTH EDITION.

BALTIMORE:

PUBLISHED BY J. W. BULL,

PROPRIETOR OF COPYRIGHT.

1862.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

F. E. PITTS,

In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Sherwood & Co., Prs.

TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

THE theory of Armageddon, by the Rev. F. E. Pitts, has been in course of preparation for years. Immense research and mental labor have brought it into being. For nearly two years it has been before the public and met the favorable notice of many of the ablest journals and reviews in America. Learned theologians, civilians and statesmen have freely accredited its truthfulness, and mathematicians pronounce its chronological argument demonstration. Indeed, almost all who examine it believe it. The exceptions to this rule are generally found amongst the subjects of the British Crown, or those who imagine that England, par excellence, is the model of the nations.

Having learned that Armageddon leaves the autocracy of Britain in the whirlpool too, they have become offended, and of course denounce it.

Mr. Pitts believing most firmly the principles and positions of the theory to be true, and that a correct appreciation of the subject is of untold interest to the American people, he has, from motives sincerely patriotic and pious, discussed the claims of this sublime theory before thousands of our countrymen in various portions of the United States.

Mr. Pitts certainly deserves the highest praise of his countrymen. Modest and unassuming, though a giant in

intellect, and richly stored with the treasures of science, he has brought out a work that must elevate and encourage our noble confederacy more effectually than any book that has appeared since the birth of the Republic.

The work has now passed into the fourth edition, and will, we have no doubt, soon be issued by the hundred thousand. This book should be in the hands of every American citizen, because of the advance that it will give to true patriotism, and the enthusiasm that it has and necessarily will create for the Union.