Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Prohecies Relative to Antichrist and the Last Times
I have believed the signs of the times to be very and have wished that some able writer might succeed in opening and presenting, in a judi cious and connected manner; the sacred Prophecies, which are receiving their fulfilment. Mr. Faber, I' think, has succeeded better in this, than any oth er writer on the subject.
Ethan Smith (1762–1849) was a New England Congregationalist clergyman in the United States who wrote View of the Hebrews (1823), a book that argued that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. His position was not uncommon among religious scholars, who based their history on the Bible. (Source: en.wikipedia.org)