If I mistake not in the number, there
are six millions more saints in the South that the little horn has waged war
against ever since 1861, and has just as Daniel says, prevailed against them
more or less all the time and will continue to prevail more or less until the
Ancient of days come to their deliverance.
. . .
I will now pass on to verse xxv, “And
he (the little horn) shall speak great words against the Most High and think to
change times and laws, and the (the saints) shall be given unto his (Lincoln’s
hand) until a time of times and the division of time.” The words “Most High”
here, means our most sacred Laws and Constitution, which were framed and given
by inspiration, to our forefathers, . . .
. . .
Now, to prove my position, that
the person Daniel calls the “Ancient of Days,” will close this bloody struggle.
I will explain the words of Jesus Christ, to be found in Math. chap. xxiv. Verse
xxiv: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the Sun be
darkened and the Moon shall not give her light, the Stars shall fall and the
powers of Heaven shall be shaken.” Verse xxx. speaks of the coming of the son
of man. This person called the “Son of Man” and the “Ancient of Days,” is one
and the same person.
. . .
Four seals—three bloody ones were
opened when the war commenced, and now the three remaining seals, which are
seals of peace, or to bring peace, will be opened by the “Son of Man” or the “Ancient
of Days,” all in one day . . . The day of the 6th Seal is opened puts an end to
the war in a moment and reveals the “Son of Man,” not Jesus; but Father Adam,
the “Ancient of Days.” He comes to make his abode with us and sit on His Throne
as Daniel describes him, in chap. xii. verses ix.-x. (Arnold Potter, Letter to the
Editors of The Council Bluffs Weekly Bugle, February 8, 1865, in Kirk
Watson, Potter Christ: The Life, Death, and Doctrine of a Mormon Messiah [2026],
89, 94-95, 96)
