 ክርስቶስ የሚመለሰው በማይታይ ሁኔታ እንደሆነ እንዲሁም "የተወሰኑት የአሕዛብ ዘመናት" በ1914 እንደሚያበቁ ተገንዝቦ ነበር።
He discerned that Christ would return invisibly in 1874 and that "the appointed times of the nations" would end 40 years later in 1914.