“‘Well, then,’ said Mr. M., ‘if the Lord Jesus Christ, in answer to the question, How long it should be to the resurrection, has sworn with an oath that it shall be for a time, times, and an half, is not the time revealed?’
“‘But,’ said the other, ‘you can’t tell what that time, times, and an half mean.’
“‘I did not agree,’ said Mr. M., ‘to do that; our understanding of it is another thing. But has not God there revealed the time, and sworn to it with an oath?’
“‘Yes,’ said the other, ‘he has.’
“‘Well, then,’ said Mr. M., ‘I have proved all I agreed to.’
“‘Why,’ said the minister, ‘I never saw this in this light before. Can you tell what is meant by time, times, and an half?’
“Mr. M. ‘I will try. Read, if you please, the 6th verse of Rev. 12.’
“Min. ‘“And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three-score days.”’
“Mr. M. ‘Now read the 14th verse.’
“Min. ‘“And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.”’