THE ADVENT HERALD, AND MORNING WATCH. BEHOLD I THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!! GO YE OUT VOL. X. NO. 14. Jllo.ston anh Nero !Qork, itlchnc.s~nu, N ou. 12, 18?15. WHOLE NO. 236. THE HERALD AND WATCH IS PUilLIS!UlD EVERY WllDNBSDAY AT NO. 30 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, BY J. V. HIMES. J. V. llimes, S. llliss, & A. Hale, Editors TERXs-One Dollar per Volume n.f 26 Num.b-.rs. Fi?Je Dollars for Six copies, Tw Dollars for 'l'ltzrleer1 coptes. All communications, orders, or remillancea fnr Lhis ~!lie~, sho~\d 00, dir~cLed to " J. V. Hr:vn;:;, Boswn, i\Ias~." (post pm!l) .. ~ubscn_ber• na.me~. with their Po~t-office aduress, should be disunctly g1ven, whdn money i~ forwarded. Even the enti.re six thousand years is a definite pe·ljf,om us all foes witho~t, and all foes within, pre- riod of eternity; and the next thousand may be,serves us from temptnt10n, and keeps us to all eter- likewise. nity from falling. It is th.:~t which causes our pro- But do we not reaJ in Rev. lO:G, "that there ba11011 to cease. But if (ioLI should ever withdraw should be time no longed from his saints this protecting power, and surround Ans. That is true; bnt that marks the cornrnence-them again with the same foes without, and the ment of the thousand years; and all schol:-trs admit same foes within, and permit Satan again to asMil that the literal read1ng of it is merely that ·• time thern with his devic€'s, they might be liable to fall. should be no longer delayed,~' but that the pre-But God has promised that there shall be nothing dieted eveut3 shoulJ then be consummated. Then:· to hurt or destroy in all his holy mountain; and 1s nothing in the original to denote that there will therefore the saints will never falL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I!!!!!!! II be no til1le after that. Probationary time will then Does not the fact that there are "nations" prove close; but we have no reason to suppose that man~ they are mortals? Can there be immortal nations 1 in his eternal stme, will be any the le~s compe:ent Ans. The 21st and 22d chapters of the Apoca- to mark and measure the progress of duration, than lypse arc de~criptive of an immortal state. 'l1here he is now in his imperfect state, or th1t the motion we read of ''the nations of them which are saved," of the earth and heaveuty bodies will be any the and of ''the kings of the earth." If the saints aie less regular iR their orbits, to measure the periods there referred to as nations in the immortal state, it of eternity. And consequently one thousand years. does not necessatily follow, that because they are or other thousands at the end of that, can be no evi-herr. spoken of a~ nations, they must be mortals. Tltc martyrs. They walked unflinching to the stake, Those holy men and true! And women shrunk not to partake The cup of suffering too ! He who for love of them in torments died, Th~ir souls with help unspeakable supplied! The gentle met the scornful eye, Nor shrunk from its proud gaze;- The timid gladly chose to die Ere leave their Savior's ways;- Tbe simple answered wisely in that day, God's Holy ~pirit taught them what to say. They feared not the rack or flame, Tl I' ft.:ur• !ttOt th.: sworn, The agony, t wrath, the shame, Or the reviler's word. Through Death's most fearful valley calm they trod, One walked be1>ide them-'twas the Son of God! In happier times, in happier lands, Our peaceful lot is cast; Yet not inactive Satan stands, While e'er his reign shall last. The prince of this world feigned to repose Deceitfully-no change his hatred know&! 'Twere better far for us that we Should tread where martyrs trod, Tha11 in the world's pro perity, Learn to fbrget our God. . Earth's feat·s and friends are mortal pleasures fra1l, But God's eternal purpose r.annot fail! Prot. Clturch. ~e Doctrine of the I1Iillennium. SECTION H.-Objections to the Doctrine Con- sidered. What is the most prominent objection usually ad1ranced against the literal view of the millen- nium? Ans. The first 0bjection that is usually ad1•anced is, that the one thousand years, of Rev. 20, are a definite period of time, and consequt·n,ty cannot be in eternity; and that eternity cannot contain mea- sured periods. HJw is the fallacy of this objection shown 1 Ans. lt is shown by referring to Re1·. 21 and 22, which are d.~scri pti ve of an eternal statE'. In that state we le:Hn that the tree of life will vield it, , fruit evPry month (~2:'2). A3 there are .to be tnontb~ in eternity, unl a; J 2 000 months wd.l co!npl~te lOJO vrars, the fact that lOOO years 1s a uefin1te period of dnration can be no argttment that it is not also a p rtion of eternity. W nat is the ditference betw.cen Time and Eter- nity? . . . Ans. Time 1s stmply measured duratwn. Eter- , nity is the whole of durat.ion~without bt>ginn~ng I or eod. Consequently oll tune" a P"' of eeermty. dtnce that probation must be thus long delay(;d. ·what is a third objection to this doctrme 1 What is a second objection that is ad vancod An5. Another objection to this doctrine is, that against this doetrine? this thousand years is the anti-type of the Sabbath; Ans. Another obiection is, that SJ.tan is bound and as Christ went about doing good on the Sabbath Juring this time, so thnt he may not deceive tht day, that !his period must be devoted to acts of nations; which, it is s1iJ, proves that there arena-mercy; and consequently that jt is a robationary tions in pr ' • stat·, aud , .• h WiHI~u l.te c. ,Jeceived if he ~ as nl)t bound. Is this n valid objection~ Does that follow 1 Ans. It is not. lt remains to be shown that it Ans. lt does not. It is true that there arena-will be any the less a work of mercy to banish sin tions here ; bnt tlie fact that Satan is bound cannot and death from the world, and reward all the saints prove that they arc in probation. It rather proves by a millenniUm of holy and immortal rest, than it thev are not in probation j they cannot be decc:ivcd would be to have sin and death continue in con- :wd" fall when Satan is bound so tlut he cannot de-nection with pardoning grace:" ceive them. \Vhat is the great defect in this argument~ As ~hey might be deceived if Satan was not Ans. The great defect in this argull'lent is, that bound, does not that prove they are lllOrtals '?-can instead of taking the sevent!t day from creation as immortal beings fdll? a type of the seventh millenary, a Jewish sabbath, Ans. Adam was created immortal, and fell i as some thousands of years afterwards is selected for Jid the angels who kept not their first estate, who that purpose. But if the first six days of creation were also immortal. are a type of the first six millenaries, the seventh How could they fdll, if immortal1 should be a type of the succeeding millenary; and Ans. BPcause they wercl in a probationary state. we read, Gen. 2: 2, that "on the seventh day God How may it be proved that Adam was created ended his work which he had· made, and rested on immortal~ the seventh day from all his work which he had Ans. MortAl denotes tending to death, or sDbjPcl made?" And we read in Ex. 20: 10, 11, "The to death. D.>a.th is the consequrnce of sin. Until seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy Gocl: nan sinned, death had no dominion over him; so in it thou shalt not do any work," &c.; •' for Il'f hat until Adam transgressed, he was neither sub-six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and sea, ject to death, or tondmg towar.Js it. But when he and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day." .elt, he lost hi~ immortality, which can only be res- What is a fourth objection to this doctrine 1 ored by Christ. And as man, before sin, was not Ans. Another that is adJuced is, that this must endincr to, or subject to death, he could not be mor-be a probationary state, because there are to be al; c;nsequently he was immortal. But he fell, priests there, and Christ is to be a priest for eve1· ts did the angel who lost their fust estate; and after the order of Melchisedek. .herefore immortal beings can fall. Wherein is this defGctive 1 But will the saint3 be h.,ble to fall after they Ans. It remains to be shown that God has no '1ave entered die new earth? other employment for his priests than the offering Ans. Oh no. It will, however, not be becau·t of s:1crifices for sins; or that there must necessarily hey are immorttl, but because their probation· ha~ be sinners where priests are. But if there is pro- 'mleJ, and they are no more to be tempted or de ba• ion there because Christ is to be a priest for ever, ..:eivr,d. it follows that probation will not only continue du- But if the saints were not in probation, would ring the thousand yean:, but will continue fur ever: bey be liable to be deceived if Satan was not which cannot be ; and therefol'e the argument )ound ? faits. Ans. If Satan was not bound, they might be yet "'\Vhat is a fifth objection urged against this ~n prob1tion; for the only reason that any saint i~ do.::trine? ,ure of not fallinO' after probation is ended, is th1 Ans It is claimed, again, that as the nations are promise of God to keep him. God tab:s away Jeceived at the end of tLe 1000 years, it follows .. .... 106 :THE ADVENT HERALD, that probation could not, previously to that, have sea and all that in thPm is." And Gen. 1:26, God '\increase, unless there is probation during the 1000 ended. gave mau '·dominion over the fish of the e..t." ltl ·years ? Does this follow 1 therefore i"ollows that in the first creation there ~~?s. Such an appljcation would prove too Tl_lUch; Ans It does not. The first resurrection is at were the heaven and earth and sea, all of which for tf no end to this mcrease denotes probatJOn, It the commencement of the 1000 years. All the must be no more before there r-an be the new hea· would prove probation, not only during the 1000 subjects of it are blessed and holy. On such tht;: ven and the new earth. And as there is to be the I years, butfor ever. It, however, is not said that of second death hath nG power. As they are blessed ustitution, of all th-ings spoken of by all the hotyl(the increasing of his government there shall be no and holy, as the pwmise is expressly to them: it proph~ts, there must also be a sea in the new earth. end, or that it shall mcrease without end. The follows that none will be blesst-d and holy but What other argument proves a sea in the new word increase in the text is a noun, and denotes no those who have part in the first res:nrection. ·,rhat earth 1 action whatever. lt denotes that there has been an this includes all the righteous, is evident from 1 Cor. Ans. ·when God first created the sea he "saw increase, the resurrection of all the dead, and that 15: 51, 52, where we read that we shall all be that i was good :. and he has promised td withhold that increase will always continue, will have no end. changed at the last trump in the twinkling of an no good thing f:·om them that fear him. And far-I [To be continued.] eye, the dead being raised, and the righteolls living ther, as the rivers that flowed out of the garden of ~'!!!!'!'!'~~~~1!!1 being changed. And as the re5t of the dead, i e., Eden needed a sea into which to drscharge their Lott£.511.0n~tlt(t. those who are not blessed and holy, '"ill not livt> waters, so will the river described in Rev. 22: 1. 1" again till the thousand years are finished, and as th " · f 1·r 1 1" h l h .I 1. . d h . h e pure nver o 11e, c car as crysta, on eac LETTER FROM BRo. J. L. CLAPP. t 1ey t en fJO tve agam, an at t e very timet at side of which are trees that yield their fruit every Satan is loosed to deceive them, it follows that they month, need some sea into which to discharge its Bro. Bliss :-A number in this place have had are the subjects of his deception. And this is con· waters. And this "river of life, must be the same their attention called to the glorious doctrine of the firmed by the result; for these entire n:1tions who as the,, living waters, brought to view in Zech. second advent and kingdom of our blessed Lord. are thus deceived, the number of whom is as the 14 8 h' h 'll f J 1 1 · As we have searched the Scriptures, we have been d t. t.. 11 d d b h fi f : ' w Ic WI go out rom erusa em-t ns pro· aston1'shed that "'I'th the B1'ble 1·n our hands fr·oiil our san o tue sea, are a evoure Y t e re rom ceeds out of the throne of God and the Lamb in " God out of heaven. Jerusalem-one half of which will flow towards infancy we could have been so blinded by tradition What is the sixth objection that is urged ? the former sea, and half of them towards the hinder as to believe that millennia! fable so long believed Ans. It is that at the second resurrection the sea iea, by a large share of the professed disciples ofJ rsu5 gives up the dead that are in it; and in the new What is a seventh objection urged against this Christ. We would not have condemned others, earth there is no more sea. doctrine 1 . but take the whole blame to ourselves; for when Is it asserted that in the new earth there will be Aus. Another objection is, that if the wicked are we heard, we d1d not search the Scriptures like the no more sea? raised in the new earth they will come up in the noble Bereans to see whether these things we Ans. It is not. In Rev. 21:1 we read that John city, and in the kingdom of God: but thi:lt it is said heard were so, but took it for grantP.d because we "saw a new heaven an::l. a new earth: for the first they shall not see the kingdom of God. had ever been so taught. 'Ve trust we now fed heaven anl the fil'st earth had passed away, and Does this follow? 111 some good degree the importance of searching there was no mofe sea.'' Thus the reason is ("iven Ans. It does not; for as in the old Jerusalem, God's word for ourselves, believing for omselvEs, how the new heaven and new earth cduld be ~een. the type of the New, all the dead bodies were car· and acting for ourselves,-knowing that we must It is because the first heaven, and the first earth, ried without the city, so God, if he pleased, may so give an accou11t for ourselves to that Being \ho and the sea were no more, had passed away. The order the removal of the dust of the wicked that gave us his word which is able to make us wise very punctuation which isadoptedgives this sense. none shall remain within the circle of its walls. unto salvation,-that reveals the glorious inherit- A colon(:) after'' I saw a new heaven and 11 new That this may be the case, we learn from Zecb. auce promised to the \Vhole house of Israel, which earth:" denotes that wh:J.t follows is exigetical or 14:4, where it is predicted tha~ the mount of Olives we hope to have a part in when the archangel's expl so. And God called the dry effected. .It wo~ld require no subsequent g_rowth to the glorious promises of the gospel; for we read land Earth; and the gatherinbO' tog-ether of the wa· to fulfil th1s Scnpture. that fa.th cometh by hearing and hearinD" bv the ~ d ..,. d ' b • ters called he Seas, anrl God saw that it was good." But again, do we not read in Isa. 9:7, that ''of wor of Uo . But should our blessed Redeemer We thus learn that there were seas in Eden,-not the increase of his government and peace there deny us this p,rivilege, the desires of our hearts in the garden; for that was in Eden; and also that shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and shall ascend to the Father of all mercies: that he it is not the globe, but the "dry land" that God upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it would enable us to cleave unto that sure word of ca1ls ''earth." We also read in Ex. 20: 11 that with judgment and with justice, from henr.eforth prophecy, and even look for that blessed hope and "in six days the Lord madP. heaven and eartk the even for ever}" and how can there be no end to the the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; that at his appearing, we, to- gether with all the ransomed of t!le Lord, may re- ceive the unfadind· crown of glory, and be planted in the king-dom of our God to go no more out for ever. 'rhere the watchmen shall see eye to eye, lift up their voice together, and ~hout the praises of redeeming grace and dying love through tlie ceaseless ages of eternity Yours in. the blessed hope of the Gospel, J. L. CLAPP. Ho-mer, (N Y.), Oct. 20th, 1845. 1 LETTER FROM DEA. JoHN SMITH. AND MORNING WATCH. 107 watch and pray-that I might be found worthy to escape those things that are coming to pass: and to Bro. Himes :-I am alone in the Advent cause stand before the Son of man. I believe if we had in this region. Before '43 passed, there were 50 or enjoyeJ the same degree of faith since the 7th >0, perhaps, in this place who were looking for momh that we did then, nnd was as much cut loose Lord; but .since the time has passed, they have turned from this w~rld, and had the same views of heaven ba~k abd left none now except myself, my wife, and the glones of the e~ernal \yorl?, and ns soon md one or two females more; yet we are trying to expected t? see our Savwr commg m the clouds of sustain !he Ad rent cause, and have occasional heaven w1th power and ~reat glory, we ~hould feel preaching, and we attend meeting in other places the same degree of happmcss that we d1d then.-as often as we can the nearest of "hich is nine !t does my soul ~oo~ to see t~at the Lord is bring-miles. But we p;aise God for the blessed hope. mg back some of h ts wandenng sheep. lY,Iay they And as for u~, we are determined to hold on and still all come back unto the shepherd and b1shop of contend for the faith &c. We love to hear from th~ir souls. May we at last meet in the new earth our brethren through the Herald, and we love to w1th all the blood-washed thron~, where we shall see and converse with them face to face; and we cast our crown~ at the feet of Him that hath saved hope soon if faithful to meet them all in the King- us and wa;:;hed our sins in his own blood, is the dom. ' ' · prayer o~ one who i~ looking for that blessed hope Yours in hope of soon seeing the King in his a,nd _glonous app~anng of the great God and our beauty, ELIAs R SuERMAN. Savt?r ~esus ~hnst. Amen. JoHN Sl�TH. Fai1:field. ( Vt.), Oct. 31st, 1845. C~nc'tnnatz, ( 0.), Oct. 15th, 1845. N. B. I wish to notify my friends that my post D-!ar Bro. Himes :-I have often wished I could speak a word of comfort to encourage you under the tric1ls you have had since the 7th month of last year. I know that God's grace is sufficient for you. The Lord has promised to be with his peo- ple in six, yea in seven troubles; and hath said, that no weapon formed against Zion shall prosper, ami every tongue that riseth up in J. udgment against her, thOU Shalt COndemn, for thiS is the heritage Of I r, h LETTER FROl s. G. MATltE}VSON. ~ e servant~ of the Lord, and their righteousness :r. office address is Sheldon, Franklin county, Vt. E. H. S. Is of me satth the Lord. ·we have had sore trials Dear Bro. Himes :-Since J sxposing her erne]. ties aotl corruptions. "Reward her t'\u00b7cn as shf rewarded you, and render unto her double ncrord· ing to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. Ho•.v lltuch she hath glorififcl herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment give her; for she saith in ber hru1t, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Tl1en·- fore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and sbc iihall be lltterly burned witi). fire, for strong is the Lord God, \'ho jndgeth her'' Let Protestants then tormE-nt her with their protcs!ations. Let them fill her up a don· ble cup. If they refuse to do tbi~, they refn.e to comply with the Divine Cornm::mdm' nt embr.1ccd in the Scri1.ture above quotPd, and must abide the cons~llf>l)C€8 of their own disobr-clienec. s(lffi~ latf' trealdses by American and Engli~h citiz"M, who have come from Rome, be.u e:xpli~.:it testimony1 t0. the fctct that as formerly, RomP. is now tb(\ se11t and centre ofluxury and idola~ry. ·'Vr.. trust the" Chris- tian Allillnee,'' forme,l in N~w York-intrndrd to carry the war into Italy, and to operate in tbP Campaga itself-is destined to h:~stNJ on tlw catns· trophe ofthe great apostatical drama.-Prot. Un THE ADVENT HERALD, weakness of man. 11 To err is hnman." "S."-l]inspired_asany other part of_it, we are unable t? dis- Vermont Obse1·ver. 'cover, e1tber from the Book Itself, or the reasonmg of K o act, in connection with the Advent doctrine has Christians gener~lly. Indeed, the divinity of the Bi- • • • ' 1 ble chronology Is strennou ly contended for by all struck us wuh more surpnse, than has the act10n of Christians who believe the Mosaic account of crea- e Baptist church in the case of Bro. Galusha. He tion. Does not our uei~Thbor of the Herald believe 1ad long been one of the most prominent pillars in this world to be but six thousand years old, and is not that ehurch, and foremost in every good word and his beli_ef founded on the chronology of the Bible 1- , k }{ h db . . Very hkely. Then why should not all the chronology "'0_r · e a een the founder of schools, and mstt-of the Bible be considered divine, or as much so as tutwns of learning, for their advantage. He had been that which gives the age of the world, and which at the head of their missionary and other enterprizes; Mr. ~iller still believes, perhaps, to be 'the word of and was identified with and in all the measures valued God 1' Why call any part of this chronology Auman, . . ' . . if any part. is admitted to be divine 1 We do not see by that denormnatiOn. He had to tied long, labonously' how it is that our Seeond Advent brethren can draw and effectually, for the advancement of all its best in-the line of distinction in this matter, so as to be able terests. He had been acknowledged by them all to to say confidently which portion of chron"logy is IJU- be a man of a refined and cultivated intellect, of more ~an and ~vhich is divine, especially as the whole of it . Is found 1n the Biule. "· than common mental capacity, and of deep-toned piety. They were accustomed to listen to his teach- y.,r e are surprised that those. as well read in the ings with more than common respect, and his instruc-Scriptures as our neighbors of the Investigator are, tions had been received with an almost auracular res-should ask the above questions. \Ye will, however, ponse. His opinion al wavs carried weight to thP.ir endeavor to answer them. minds; and his 1onnsels were sought for, and regardPd We regard chronology as inspired, anu human. All with much approval. And even now they speak of the chronology contained in the Bible we regard as "his long life of labor and usefulness, his unaffected inspired. We regard that only as human, which is sus- and self-sacrifising piety, deadness to the world," &c. , tained alone by human testimony. The Bible gives us Notwithstanding all his good deeds, and past faith-I the length of all the several periods, from Adam to fulness, those for whom he has labored, and toiled, and \ t~e end of the Bab~ lonish . ea ptivity, with the excep- prayed orer, have withdrawn from him their fellow-t10n of that of the judgeship of Joshua, that of the el- ship! 'Vhy have they withdrawn their fellowship 1 ders and anarchy after Joshua, and that of the time What evil hath he done 1 or what crime hath he commit-of Samuel. When we come down to the termination led1 Has he denied the taith and turned infirlel1 0 no! of the Babylonish captivity, the chronology of the Bi- His faith in the authenticity of God's word was never ble leaves us, and we ha,·e to depend on human chro- greatrr. Has he condemned and denouncerl the Bap-nology for our reckoning since then, and for the three tist denomination 1 0 no! They were still e sub-periods enumerated above. To show the age of the ject of lJis exhortation<>, prayerR, and tears. Has he world, we follow the chronology of inspiration till we l manifested any less interest in the sa!Yation of sinners 1 . come to. the lhbylonish captiYity; and then we follow or in the spiritual interests of saints 1 0 no! He has the testimony of men. We therefore regard all the never labored u:ore laboriously, or tlisiuterestedlv, fur chronology of tbe Dible as inspired, and no part of it the accomplishment of these objects. Is it claimed, as human. Our vie s on this point will be seen more even, tltat l1e is not himinlf a clllld of God 1 0 no! clearly in our'' Chronology of the Bible," wliich we They still E>peak of him as a "beloved brother."-sent to the In estigatm· on receiving their last paper. \Yhat, then, Js his crime 1 · :Vll)', he has been guilty The prop periods we also regaru as in~pired ; of the enormous offence uf believin~ the testimony of hut their conn'n,eocement anci termination, and the time Cbri:.t., the apostles, aoll prophets, respecting tbe na· intervening, are all dependent on human testimony. ture and the nearness o:' thn ::5avior's collling and For they commence after the Babyloni~h captivity, lept company with her, and having been admitted to her room the night before the murder, which is the last that has been seen of him. The wash-bowl in the room contained a quantity of bloody water, which is evidence that the murderer washed his hands after his work of death. A let~er was found in the room ad- dres:sed-" A.J.T. to M.A.B." Also a pair of men's drawers, cane, stocking, and a bunch of keys. Truly the way of transgressors is hard. And crime on crime is a striking characteristic of the times. The Slanderer. Of all the beings who inrest this earth, the Slan- derer is the most vile. He who knowingly will lie allout another, shows that his heart is mo:st depraved. The darkest, blackest stains are un his soul. Slander is the very leprosy of sin-the gangrene of all ini- quity; and he who feasts his heart on such unholy food, shows that he loves what other beings hate.- The S!anJerer should be held up to public scorn; and virtuous mind,. shoul•i :;hun him a;; ti:~y would the poi- sonous adder, or a viper in the path. \Vhere'er he prowls, no man is safe; and none can tell how low a depth in crirue his soul w1ll find. He that will stoop thus low, gives no assurance that he here will stop~ or that the tempter will not pnsh him farther. He who can ma.l•e such fiendish meals of others' reputation, might steal your purse, which is but" trash," <:om- pared with your "good name," 6r he might stoop to any act of villany, if stoop he can, who is s0 far be- neath a blushing sense of shame. The bitter, wither- ing curse of God rests on his soul, and all despi:;e his nll.me. Ye:s, he must loath hi01self, abhor his very presence, and strive tu flee away from \Vhere hi:s fre- tid heart pollutes the air. When he looks down upon himself, and sees his rottenness. how he must hide his head, and blush for shame, lind once more wish (vain wish!) he was a man! But he has lost his manhood, and nothing but the grac() of G11d can save hirn. The drunkard may forsake his cups, the thief his pelf, but he whose seconu nature 'tis to lie, lind whose heart feasts on others' reputation, cnn scarcE:Iy hope. The leopard might as soon his spots exchange, or Afric's darkened sons their skin ; for he is steeped in moral putrifaction. H1s verv hrcnth must be impregued with odors dire; and all the filthiness of sin his soul has wallowed in, must m::J.ke his brother Slanderers loath a.nd shun him. 10" In th~ bustle of moving, we were not aware that the a.rticle cotHmencing on page 10i, under the caption of "Babylon Fallen," was in the printer's hands until it was in type. We regard all churches as Babylonish that partake of the spirit of Babylon. vVe regard those as Christian, that manifest the spirit nf Christ towards those who love the Lord's appea.r- i ·g. n::? Bro. J. PEARSON Jr. passed throuah the city last week, on his ay West. lie will g~ as far a·s Rochester and Buffalo. 'l'he brethren will receive him and help him on his way. IT? Bro. J. H. Kent wtll meet with the brethren in New Britain,Ct., the evenings of tho 15th and 16th inst. AND :MORNiNG WATCH.' Prophecies Relating to Christ. I among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my . . . words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all [The references to the texts m the followmg article, that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, are arranged in their order in an article in an English that whosoever will not hearl{en unto my words which edition of the Polyglott Bible, in our possession, which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him." h b f d . d Isa. 59:20- we ave een requently requeste to giVe to our rea - "A d h R d h II z· . _ . n t e e eemer s a come to wn, ers. \Ve have, however, IO::.tead of giVIng the refer-And unto them that turn from transcrression in Jacob ences simply, givfln the texts to which they refer, as saith the Lord." "' ' being of additional interest.] · Jer. 33:15- . "In those days, and at that time, GENr:&AL ONES DECLARING THE COMING OF A MESSIAH. Will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up Gen. 3: 15, "And I will put enmity between thee unto David; and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; And he shall execute judgment and righteousness 10 it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his the land." heel." Deu. 18:15, "The Lor· I thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken." Psa. 89:20.- 11 I have found· David my servant; With my holy have I anointed him," &c. Isa. 2:2:- " And it shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the Lord's house shall be estab- lished in the top of the mountains, AnJ shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow into it." -9:6:- ,, Fur unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Gou, the everlastiug Father, the Prince of PPace." -28:16:- ,, ThercforP thus saith the Lord God, Beholu, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, A tried stone, a pr~cious corner-stone, a sure founda- tion: He that bel:eveth shall not make haste." - 32:1- " Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness." -35:4- " Behold, your God will come with vengeance, Even God with no God formed, neither shall therP be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no Savior." --45.7- " Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness ; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows." -72:7, B- ' "In his days shall the righteous ilonrish; And abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also ti·om sea to sea, And from the river unto the ends of the earth.,, - 110:1_:_ "The Lord said unto my Lord, ,.Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'" Isa. 9:6- li'or unto us a child is born, Unto us a. Son is giveu; And t!te govern 1ent shall ho upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called \V 0nrierful. Counsellor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." -25:9, "And it shall be God; 1 'Ve have waited for liim, and he will save us; this is the Lord: - We have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." - 40:10, " Bebolu, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; Behold, his reward is with him.' and his work before him.'' . Jer. 23:6, - "In his d~ys J ndah shall be sa'ed, and Israel shall dwell safely: And this is his name wherebv he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.'' l\Ii. 5:2. "But thou, Beth-lE:hem Euphratah, Though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me That is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from old, from everlast- ing." Mal. 3:1, " Behold, I willllenu my messenger, and he shall pre- pare the way before me: And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, Even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye de- light in: Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." JHS NATION, TRinE, AND FAliULY. " The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a la ~river from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto hun shall the gathering of the people be." Num. 24:19- " Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city." Deu. 18:18-" I will raise them up a Prophet from Gen. 12: 1-3, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will b)E'$S thee, and make thy name g-reat; and thou shah be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; / and iu thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." I - 18:18, .•.. "Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bf' blessed in him." Behold I will send you Elija.h the prophet before the coming Of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." That he should Cast th.e Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple. Psa. 69:9, "For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; - 21:12, "And God said unto Abraham .... In Isaac shall thy seed be called." - 22:18, " In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." HE WAS TO BE BORN OF A VIRGIN. Gen. 3: 15, "Aud I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed." And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me." Isa. 7:14, That he should be a P1·iest, and Offer Sac7'ifices. Psa, 110:4, - 26:4, "I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed all these countries ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." ·'Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And shall call his name Immanuel." " The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, - 28:14, "In thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." -49:8, "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children shall bow down before thee." Psa. 18:50, "Great deliverance giveth he to his king; And showeth mercy to his anointed, To David, and to his seed for evermore." - 89:3, 4, 29, 36, "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations .•• His seed al&o will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven .. , • His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me." - 132:11, "The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, He will not turn from it, Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne." Isa. 11:1, " And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, And a branch shall grow out of his roots." Jer. 23:5, "Behold, the dayij come, saith the Lord, That I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, And a King shall reign and prosper, And shall execute judgment and justice in the earth." - 33:15, "ln those days, and at that time, Will I cause the Branch of righteousne!5s to grow up unto David; And he shall execute judgment and righteou11ness in the land." Tll.'E TI!IIE WHEN HE WAS TO APPEAR. Gen. 49:10, "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, U otil Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be." Num. 24:17, " I shall see him, bnt not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh: There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children ot Shelh." Dan. 9:24, " Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish tbe trans- gression, and to make an end of sins, and to make re- conciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and tp seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy." Hag. 2:7, " And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come : And I will fill this house with glory;" Mal. 3:1, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall pre- pare the way before me: And the Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, Even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye de- light in : Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH. Num. 24:17,19, "There shall come a Star out of Jacob .... Jer. 31:22, " H~w long wilt thou go about, 0 thou backsliding daughter 1 For the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man." HE WAS 'fO BE WORSHIPPED BY THE WISE MEN. P:>a. 72:10, 15, "The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: Prayer also shall be made for him continually ; And daily shall he be praised." Isa. 60:3, 6, "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the drome- daries of Mid ian and Ephah; All they from Sheba shall come, they shall bring gold and incense ; And they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.'' THERE SHOULD BE A MASSACRE AT BETHLEHEM. Jer. 31:15, "Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her childre.n refused to be com- forted For her children, because they were not." HE WAS TO BE CARRIED INTO EGYPT. Hos. 11:1, "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." HE WAS TO BE DISTINGUISHED BY PECULIAR GRAOE AND WISD0.\1-THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TO DESCEND UPON HIM. Isa. 11:2, " And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, The pirit of wisdom and ut~derstandiug, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord." - 42;1, u Dehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delightcth : I have put my spirit upon him : he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles." - 61:1, "Tbe Spiri~ of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord hMh anointed me to preach good ti- dings unto the meek; He hath sent n•e to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives , And the opening of the prison to tlu~m that are bound." .. That he should be a Prophet. Deu. 18:15, "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken." That he should PreaGh the Word of the Lord. Isa. 2:3, . 11 And he will teach us of his ways, and Wfl will walk in his paths: For out of Zion shall ~o forth the law, and the worn of the Lord from Jerusalem." - 61:1,2, "The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; He hath sent me to bind np the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound. :Micah 4:2, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchize- dek." He was to be Hated and Persecuted. Psa. 22:6, " But 1 am a worm, and uo man ; A reproach of men, and despised of the people." - 35:7, 12, "For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, Which without cause they have digged for my soul. They rewarded me evil for good, To the spoiling of my soul." - 109:2, "The mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the de- ceitful are opened against me : They have spoken again~t me with a lying tongue." Isa. 49:7, "Thus saith the Lord, the redeemer of Israel, And his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, To him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers," &c. -53:3, " He is despised and rejected of men ; A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; And we hid as it were our faces from him ; He was despised, and we esteemed him not." That the Jews and Gentiles should Conspi1·e to Destroy him. Psa. 2:2, "The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed." - 22:12, " Many bulls have compassed me : Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round." That he should Ride Triumphantly into Jerusalem. Psa. 8:2, " Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies; That thou migbtest still the enemy and th13 avenger." Zech. 9:9, "Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion; Shout, 0 daughter of Jerusalem : Behold, thy King cometh unto thee : He is just, and havwg salvation; },owly, a11d riding upun an ass, And upon a colt the l'oal of an ass." That he sho-uld be Sold for Thi1·ty Pieces of Silver. Zech. 11:12, " And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver." That he should be Bet1·ayed by one of his Own Familiar }'riends. Psa. 41:9, "Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Which did eat of my uread, hath lifted up his heel again~t me." - 55:12, 13, " For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it; Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify him- self again::.t me ; Then I would have hiJ myself from him. But it was thou a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance.'' That his D1sciples should Forsake him. Zech. 13:7, "Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." That he should be Accused by False Witnesses. Psa. 27:12, Out of Jacob shall come He that shall have dominion." Micah 5:2,· " But thou, Beth-lehem Euphratah, .... Out of thee shall He come forth unto me That is to be ruler in Israel." 11 And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: " False witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty." - 35:11, "False witnesses did rise up: A MESSENeEa WAS TO GO BEFORE HIM. !sa. 40:3, '·The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Pre- pare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a high-way for our God." Mal. 3:1; 4:5, "Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall pre- . pare the way before me .•.. For the Jaw shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." That he should Work ltfiracles Isa.. 35:5, 6, "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped, Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, And the tongue of the dumb shall sing : E'or in the wilderness shall waters break out, And streams in the desert." They laid to my charge things that I knew not." - 109:2, "The mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the de- ceitful are opened against me : They have spoken against me with a lymg tongue." That he should not Plead upon his Trial. Psa. 38:13, "But I, as a deaf man, heard not ; And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth." Isa. 53:7, "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, opened not hi' nwuth : He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, Aud as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, So be openeth not his mouth." [The remainde1· in our next.] The Methodists. yet he We design to keep our readers informed, as far as we are able, of the condition of things in the several denominations. The following extract from the N. Y. Christian Advocate, presents any thing but a pleasing prospect to the menbers of that denomination. The sky is still overcast by dark clouds in the South- ern horizon; but whether they gather up for another tempest, portending a yet fiercer urricane, or wheth- er the terrible storm has spent its fury, and the fitful lightnings'which occasionly illume the horizon indicate only the lingering tumult of winds and clouds which have passed over, we cani'lot determine. The sixteen annual conferences represented in the Louisville Convention have not all met since they acted in that body by their representatives; but those which have held their sessions are precisely those in which most· opposition to the secession was expected ; and they have sustained the doings of the Convention with great unanimity. The Holston Conference was near- ly unanimous-the Kentucky Conference was only a minority of five; and the Missouri, we learn, had four- teen. So far, the preachers have decided upon their course-and the people, for the most part, will follow them ; sorne, because they approve their measures ; some, because they deem resistance hopeless, and some are terrified by the cry of "Abolitionist," which may bring upon them proscription and the most feartlil per- secutions. Of these persecutions the public have already some intimations from the procedings in Parkersburg, Vir- ginia, which is not only within the Ohio Conference, but is not even "a border station." Yet the stationed preacher was driven away by a mob, set upon him by a portion of his brethren who sympathized \l'ith the Church South ; and the preacher who had labored among them for the past year, and who was about re- moving to the appoint· Pnt assigned him at the Obio Con!erence, was notified by the rnob that they would take him in hand if he were not off by a certain day. Thus the notorious "J tH.Ige Lynch" usurps the author- ity of the divine Lawgiver and Governor of the Chris- tian Church, taking into his ha.nds the nght to dispose of Christ's ministers. It is a manifestation of the same spirit which dictated the cry, " Not this man, but Ba- rabbas." Uur letters from the South exhibit a state of things which the Christian world is hardly prepared to hear of as occurring in a Protestant country, and in the middle of the nineteenth century. In many places the '• M. E. Church, South" is established by law, so far as the exclusion of the originall\I. E. Church is concerned ; not indeed uy statute law, enacted by the constituted authorities, but by a mob law, a monster as bigoted, fierce, and unappeasable as the Inquisition itself. How infinitely precious in the sight of God are those who abide faithful in this time of trial! LETTER FROM Bao. N. BILLINGS. Dear Bro. Himes :--I wish to say to you, that the cause here is reviving. I ha.ve now been in this place and vicinity about twelve days, and have visited our brethren at Three Rivers, Wales, and ~outhbridge, preaching twice at each place. The two Sabbaths I have spt'nt with our brethren here, and enjoyed good season with them. The Lord is graciously visiting them, and their meetings are increasing in numbers and interest, and they are hoping for still greater things. Yours, waiting, N. BILLINGS. Brimfield (Mass.), Oct. 29, 1845. \ . AND MORNING WATCH. have been handled by the Arab Chief Abd-el-Kader. It appears !hat in addition to the 450 French soldiers cut off-a body of 200 have been compelled to lay down their arms and surrender at discretion. Sever- al large steamers are waiting at Toulon to receive and convey the re-inforceme11ts to Algiers, and .Marshal Bugeuad is about to resume the l!ommand of the army. The Constitut-ionn£l states that the Prince de J oinville is to have a command in the approaching campaign, and that he is to cruise before Tangier and Mogadore to ·protect the ~objects of France. The Basle Gazette publishes intelligence of the slip- ping of a mountain in the Grisons, on the 7th inst. It occurred at Buschlaws, and carried away an entire for- est of young trees. On the 14th another catastrophe of the same nature occurred; immeuse masses of rock were rolled into the valley, the inhabitants of which fled in the greatest consternation. The damage done is estimated at 400,000 francs. The Town Council of Ghent has voted 100,000 francs for preventing an extraordinary rise in the price of provisions during the approaching winter.- This sum will be entrusted to the burgomaster and sheriffs, to be employed in the way most conformable to the above object. The price of potatoes in the market on the 3d inst., was from 15 to 16 francs per sack. About 200 sacks of white potatoes, from Eng- land, were sold at 15 francs per sack, of something more than 200 lb. The Puseyite Rupture with the Established Church has taken an important turn. Rev. Mr. Newman, with several of his friends, also clergymen, connected with the university of Oxford, have formerly seceded and joined the Cnurch of Rome, and it is said others are preparing to take the same step. Willmer and Smith's European Times says that the dockyards and naval arsenals of England, exhibit ex- traordinary activity at the present moment. In many of the outports steam frigates of the largest class have been ordered by the Government, to be ready by a fixed period, according to the contracts, and the builders have been bound down in heavy penalties to have them, like the old Commodore iu the song, "fit for sea" at the required time. This seems to cause some excitement in England, and inquiries into the cause of such warlike prepatations in a time of gen- era! peace. It i& .hougilt to :.~e in sorn way connected with the dispute between 4England and the United States about Oregon. Rome, Oct. 6.-As you will have already learned, the Papal dominions have been troubled with an at- tempt at insurrection at Rimini. Inciled by some po- litical refugees, who had clandestinely returned, and some foreigners, chiefly Poles, a rising of the people was effected, and they gained, and for a time main- tained, the upper hand. But their triumph was not of long duration. The authorities acted with great firmness and decision, and the insurgents were soon overpowered. Many of them are now in pnson. I spare you the details of the affair, which are sim- ilar to scores that have preceded it, and to scores that will come after it. A spirit is abroad among the peo- ple, which will, sooner or later, compel the Papal Gov- ernment to accord thern that political liberty to which they are entitled; but at present the Government is too strong for the people. Even if it were not, it would be supported by the overwhelming force which Austria would noL hesitate to employ to secure the tranquillity of her own Italian dominions. But, I re- peat, that the day will come when Italy will be free. It may, however, be demanded, whether such ill-ad- vised attempts, as that which has just failed, are rath- er calculated to retard than to advance it. The cause of the Italians possesses the sympathies of every en- lightened country in Europe; but, to be successful, it must be managed prudently, wisely, and well, which certainly it has not yet been. Items. The king of Prussia, it is stated, has, at his own Foreign News. expense, the past year, caused . seventeen. th?us~nd 111 --- -- required ''that no minister shall be admitted into the conference who uses tobacco in any of its forms ex- cept as a medicine, and in that case satislactory evi- dence shall be given." A Lake of Blood.-Dr. Dick thus estimates the number of those who have perished directly or indi- rectly by \Var, at fourteen thousand millions. Ed- mund Burke placed the number at thirty-five thonsand millions. Elihu Burritt, the learned black,mith, has taken the estimate of Dr. Dick, and assuming the av- uage quantity of blood in a common sized persl•n, states that the veins of those fourteen thousand mil- lions would fill a circular lake of more than seventeen miles in circumference, and ten feet deep, in which all the navies in the world might float!_ Hard Case.-It is hard sometimes-it is confess- edly hard to deny a craving appetite, or to subdue a vicious habit; but is it not harder to loose everlasting happiness for a momentary indulgence, and, like the wretched Esau, to sell heaven in reversion for a mess of pottage !-Bishop Porteus. Postmasters.-We have been informed from several reliabl~ sources, that some of the Postmasters within the'' thtrty miles circuit," refuse to trouble themselveli with the delivery of papers to i>tlbscnbers of newspa- pers printed within the distance from their respective offices rendered by law free of postage-but pile them in a heap on a table or counter, for each or any one claiming a paper, to help themselves! They allege as a reason for this course, that they get no pay for delivering them ! This is manifestly wrong, in our opinion, they being as much bound, in the faithful per- formance of their duty to the government, to deliver t.hose papers which by law come to the~r offices free of postage, as those on which they receive a fee.- 1'vler. Jour. IDOLATRY AsoLISHED.-The Christian public wi'l be glad to learn that the British governmoot of Cey- lon no longer patronizes the Budhist idolatries of that Islaud. The connexion has been severed by orders from ~gland, communicated to a meeting of chiefs and priests at Kondorg, by the Governor, on the 17th April. r, 1'Iormonlsm. Another Mormon war, similar to that which oc- curred in l\hss(luri, has commenced in llhnt>is.- While every Christian aud every friend of public or- der must condemn the lawless violence of the assail- ants of the Mormons, it is pla.iu that the latter have been deeply culpable. Violence, licentiousness, and crime have ever followed in the track of Morn,onism. The system seems to have kindled and fostered a spir- it of atrocity in its followers, altogether anomalous in tltis enlightened age and country. T~is spirit has led to a course of conduct, on the part of the Mormons, directly calculated to provoke the outrages which they have suffered. The cause of the immoral effects, which have re- sulted from the progress of this imposture, is worthy of examination. These effects are the inevitable re. sults of the very nature of the system. It Is founded on falsehood-wilful and deliberate falsehood. lts au- thors and promoters deliberately assert, that they have received re~ions from-0-eav~~supernatu­ ral visions, 'IIIJ!h they know they have never received or seen. Their habitual course is one of the most de- liberate, reckless, sud blasphemous lying. In bringing himself to that point of wickedness anJ depravity at which he can deliberately attribute to the Almighty what he knows was invented b 1 his own corrupt mind, tor purposes of deception, a man must "sear his con- science as with a red hot iron "-he must attain a de- gree of depravity, of which the minrt can scarcely con- ceive, and which rnust fit him for the perpetration of any crime, of any wickedness, however (habolical and base. This pretending to receive revelations from God, is of all the various kinds of Jalsehnod, the most heinous, the most depravin:, and the most to be dreaded and abhoaed. The shocking licentiousne~s, the disregard of all moral obhgatiou, and the atrocious sentiments of the Mormons, can only be traced to their utter re- pudiation of conscience 10 thus lying against God. The arrival of the Caledonia at this port the 3d inst. copies of the Scriptures to be pnnted for _distn_buuon brought ad vices from England to the 19th inst. We among the schools of his realm-each beanng h1s seal are indebted to Willmer and Smith's European Times, and an inscription stating that it is the gift of his rna- and J.\u2022lercantile Journal for the following extracts. jesty, to be used by the teacher in the instruction of Sale of Church Livings, The news by this arrival is exceedingly barren of the school. [The following exhibits a. horrible feature connected interest. There seems to have been no change in the Fire in Danvers.-The extensive tannery belong-with tbe Established Church of Englaud. Revolting commercial or political condition of affairs since the ing to Mr. Philip R. Southwick, of this city, sit~ated . Great Western sailed. in Danvers, was destroyed by fire on Saturday mght. as the picture appears, it iS nevertheless true.] Affairs in Ireland remain about the same. Amon- We do not learn the amount of loss, but we understand Going down one day into the Auction Matt, Bar- Iller repeal meeung was held in Castle-bar on Sun-there was insurance in this city on the property for be-tholomew Lane, I _found ~eorge Robins [the c~le­ day, the 12th ult. . tween 40 and $50,000. It is probable that muc~ of brated London auctwneer] 1~ ~he act ?,f ~ommenciDg In France the government seems quite indignant the stock which was in the vats w~ saved.-Advertaser.j the s~!e ~f several ch~rch lmngs. I ow, gentf:- at the rough manner in which their forces in Algiers The Allegheny (Pa.) Methodist Conference lately men, said he, addressmg a crowd of clergymen, I _, --~· ---~ "I I I i ., 112 have some prime things for you to-day.- The church, let me remind you, gentle- moo, is now become the only good specu- lation. It is the only line in which you can estahlish ynur sons like gentlemen, and with a chance of success. The church, my friends, that's the profession-that's the only gen- teel, gentlemanly, and ceTfain profession. And why certain 1 Because you can cer-- tainly buy the best livings, you that have the money, and here's in the first place a specimen of what's to be had. Let me see -the income of this living is altogether £2000; now the t.ithes are commuted, which are themselves £1000, and no bother about collecting. It's a rent, now, gentlemen; it's a rent, and comes in cheerfully, easily, gra- ciously-almost of itself. It's within thirty miles of Loudon, in a fine sporting neighbor- hood, and--" "How old's the incumbent 1" shouted a short, thick man, in rusty black, with a great bundle of papers in his hand. "Old 1 why, my friend, you could not well wish him older. He's turned eighty." "And means to live to a hundred," cried another voice. ''Is he ill1" bawls another. "Is he ill 1" says Robbins, "That's the delicate point, gentlemen. I do not like to enter into ·1elicate matters; but my learned friend here," turning to a pale young ma·n sitting under the desk, the legal broker of church livings-"my learned friend has seen him lately, and I dare say can tell you." " Is he ill, old--1 " "Why no, not ill exactly. I should not say ill; but bA' s not strong." "My friend is cautious, gentlemen. The wo thy old man, he says, is not ill, but he's not strong; and when a ttmn is turned ei~hty and is nut. stron,g, why I leave you to judge for yourselves. Depend upon it he's soon for kingdom come." The next presentation was knocked dowr. for £10,000.-!Iowitt. TI-IE HERALD AND WATCH. BOSTON, NOV. 12. n::T Removal of the Office of the Herald ~ 'fO NO. 30 DEVONSHIRErSTREET. 30. \Ye have removed this office from 14 Devonshire- street to No. 30, up stairs, on the opposite side of the same street. The entrance is the third door north from vVater-5treet. New Place of Worship. Having •Jloltftotolred-th.e C)IAPEL und~e Museum, in Tremont-street, we shall worship th"re'on the Sab- bath, and on Tuesday and Friday evenings. On Sun- day evenings we worship at tq~ hall No. 339 Wash- ington-street, where we have of late occupied. Books for Sale. ·we have on hand a good supply of the New Testa. ment, containing Campbell's translation Qf tl1e Gospels, and .Macknight's tra.nslation of the Epistles, with the Acts and Revelation in the common versipf!. T:bis is much liked by our brethren who have been supplied with it, and is a convenient reference for those who have not access to the original Greek. Pric.e, 50 cents. WAitehead's L~fe of the two Wesleys.-'fhis is a valuable book for $1; and shows, in the life of John and Charles 'Wesley, their toils, and struggles, and perplexities; and also their faith-so unlike that of some called by their name at the present time. Ct-uden's Concordance.-We have obtained an edi- tion of this work with a smaller margin, and our own imprint, which we can furnish in sheep, like the Harp, for $1 50. We have the other edition in boards, at $1 25, as usual. THE ADVENT HERALD. Signs of Millerism. At a meeting Gf ministerB in this vicinity a shor1 time since, one of them, we understand, expressed great fears that he might lose ('ne of his deacons by "Millerism ;" " for,'' said he, "he has got so that he prays and exhorts with great power." An editor of a religious paper in Boston, heard, not long since, a man swearing, and rebuked him. The man turned upon him, and reviled him as a "Miller- ite." '· J ndeed," said the edit n, "is it come to this, that none but 'Millerites' rebuke the profane 1" Some brethren coming in a steamboat from Maine, were annoyed by card-playing in the cabin. and re- queste<;! them to discontinue their game. A passenger replied, "If the captain was aboard, he would notal- low it, for he is a Millerite." A story has been going the round of the press to the effect, that at a " Millerite" pic-nic in Maine, they were short of milk, could procure none, and that their consciences wauld not Jet them rob from some cows feeding near by. ·'Finally," says the narrator," the difficulty was obviated, by tying some money in a rag to a cow's horn, and then toilking the money's worth.'' II? Our duties at hoi e are such, as to render it impossible for us to res?or.d, at present, to the nume- ous caJ!s of our friends for Conferences. We must arrange our business affairs thoroughly before we can comply with the invitations. Having duties at New York city this week, we \ill lecture on Thursday evening, the 13th, where the brethren shall appoint. J. V. Hu11Es. II? B·o. HALE has just returned from a tour in tl.e north part of Vermont. He states that he has had a prosperous time, and that the cause is rising in that quarter. Bro. MILLER was with him most of the time, and lectured with great interest. Bro. H. will give n account of his tour in our next. Post Office Business. :Mr. Editers: Dear Si1·s :-The subscriber to the ''Advent Herald" in this town has run away, and no one takes the paper from the office. I wish, therefore, you not to send any more here, Yours, &c. OWEN pARKS, p. M. Montgomery (Mass.), Nov. 4, 1845. The above is on Post-office business, and should have been thus marked on the outside, and then ·we £hould not have had to pay postage on it. . As wt~ have two subs~ribers in Montgomery, will ;he Postmaster there have the kindness to inform us which of them has run away; as otherwise we shall not know which to discontinue. n::r NoTICE.-Papers returned without the Post office address being given, cannot be stopped. For without the ·P. 0. address, we cannot find the subscri- bers'·names on our books. J.J7 Bro. Barlow will find the expositiOn of Rev. 18:4, which he requested, in No. 5 of the p1·eseut volume. SuDDEN DEATH.-Bro. C. ~~. Gillett writes :-Bro. Gilbert, while in the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, N.Y., came in contact With the spile machint>, by which he received a fatal blow in the back and side. He was Lhrow~ about thirty feet in the water. Upon exarni- :1ation, his back was found to be broken, anJ his head much injured. He expired in about half an hour. He was wont to remark, " Sudden death, sudden glory." He waR 65 years old, and has left _seven orphan chil- dren, and an afflicted, yet resigned widow, who feels to say, "Thy will, not mine, he done ; it is all for the best; The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken J.way, and blessed be the name of the Lord." Letters and Receipts for lleralll and WatcJ1, TO NOVEMBER 8. :V.B. We ha'Ve a.nnp:~,·cd to each a~knowledgment the numher to which it pay.•. Where the t•olume only is mentioned the whole 'DOl1~;me is paidflll" -- , I. Hopkins, 261; L Cole, 261 (yQu speak in your letter of now receiving your paper, but you date from Carmel, N.Y.; and as we cannot find your name in the list of that town, we send you a new copy there. We can find no name only by the P. 0. address. If not correct, please inform us); J. Baker, 261; M. Olmstead, 261; E. Chamberlain, 261; E. J. Lewis, ~61; Luther Cole, 261; H. Peu!Jam, v 11; T. Smith, vII; L. Atkins, v 11; N. Woodman. 217; L. Josse- lyn, 268; J. Seabury, 269; M. Fisk, 242; Mrs. E. Wallace, 264; L. McElroy, v 10; R. Lockwood, 244; N. Collins, v 10; E. Churcb, 261; E. Weth eril, 261; P. Pendleton, v 10; T. Lee, i56. A. Jud- son, 243; J Jewett, 255; N. T. Moulton, v 10; H. D. Fairfield, 262; J. T. Palmer, v 10; G. P. King, :331; H. T. ·Barber, 261; H. Goodell, v 10; E. H. Kingsbury, v 9; A. vV. Griggs, v 10; J. A. Tro- bridge, v 8; S. Peck, 241; H. B. Coller, 241; J. Holden, v 10; J. Coller, v 10; N. Hatten, v 11; Mr~. P. Alvord, v 9; A. R. Morse, 225; E. H. Sherman, (we have marl