"TBI8 I.AMii .TESUS. WRO IS TAKEN UP Fit OM YOU INTO BEAVEN; S.HA.l.L SO OOME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN BIM GO INTO HEAVEN." No. iO. WHOLE No. ~58. THE ADVENT HERALD 18 PUBLISHED BVBRY WBDNRSDAY vals of an individual who, a few years Napoleon dJarest affections must be silent before before, was in such. deep obscurity that very highest pinnacle of his greatness. the interests of France.' ' Say no more,' A1: xo. g l'f!ILB: STREET, BOSTON, he could not even have obtained admission, He was now in fact, the Emperor of Eu-I had still strength sufficient to reply; 'I BY J. V. HIMES. to those. apartments as a guest. Napo-rope, and all the kings who surrounded was prepared for this, but the blow is not 1 per Volume of 26 Numben. $5 for Six copiea. tlO for Thirteen copies. communications, orders or remittances for this of- tHuld be directed to "J. V. HIMES, Boston Mass." paid). aubscribers' names, with their Post-office _._raa.ahould be distinctly given, when money is for- / The Day of the ~ord. .. orah .. the faint, the fearful heart, 'lbat shrinks from suffering, pain, Rod woe, lld thy bless'd Spirit's power il)lpiU'11 'l'o bid ouD drooplni gracea ,row. 1ia mercy, Lord, on that great day, :Wilen tribulations round us close, Le&.IJI, thy chosen spouse, display l'alth'• dauntleas front before thy foes. Ibid the dimneas of that hour ay we, a firm, united band- hUe earthquakes rend, 1md tempests pour- ltroug in thy strength determined stand. day of days most radiant, fnir! ben Cbriat return• to atlllld once more that Mount ofOiiv ., ber" - HIT"'IIIIIIAhJ. weeping sai ta before. all, day of God 1 when Christ the Lord O'er all the earth shall reign as Kiuj!, W when all lauds \Vith one accord To Him tileir tribute homage bring ! ~Breast the \Vav~, Christian." leon, having plunged the Emperor of A us-hini were but the governors of the remote less mortal.' More I could not utter.- tria into the dust of humiliation; having provin~es of his empire. But he was I cannot tell what passed within me. I driven him, a fugitive, far off into the childless. He had no heir to perpetua\e believe my scrPams were loud. I thought wilds of Hungary, with the disheartened his name, and to inherit his power. He reason had fled. I became unconscious fragments of his defeated armies; and therefore resolved, most ~nsanely for his of everything, and on returning to.my having revelled, as long as suited his con-influence and his fame, to divorce Jose-senses, found I had been carried to my venience, in the luxuriously furnished phine, the wife of his youth, and seek a chamber. On recovering, I perceived palaces of Vienna, prepared for his return bride of royal blood, who would asso-that Corvisart was in attendance, and my to France. He first, however, compelled ciate with his name all the pride of ances-poor da·ughter weeping over me. No ! the Emperor of Austria to sign a treaty: tral renown. For Napoleon was well no! I cannot describe the horrror of my containing the most, humiliating conces-aware that mankind are generally even situution during that night! E\u00b7en thein- sions. Large portions of the Austrian more fascinated by ancestral glory, than terest which he affected to take in my suf- empire, and of the revenue, were surren-by individual heroism. In this case he, fering , seemed to me additional cruelty. dered to the insatiable conqueror. And however, grievously misinterpreted his Oh, my God! how justly had I reason to then Napoieon, as if he intended that the own position, and by the repudiation of dread becoming an Empress!" Austrians should feel their humiliation in Josephine, who had greatly aided in the The fatal day of separation at length the very depths.of their souls, ordered his advancement of his fortunes, he accelera-arrived. After the painful scene was retiring troops to place mines of gunpow-ted his own downfall. The grandeur of over, Josephine, in silence and sorrow, der under those beautiful fortifications Napoleon's fortune, and the solidity of I retired to her chamber. The usual hour which surrounded Vienna, and which his throne were now such, that he could i of Napoleon's retiring came. "He had had 11een for ages the pride, the ornament, chdose at his pleasure from all the prin-just placed himself in bed, silent and roel- and the strength of the Austrian capital; ce, s cs of continental Europe. ancholy,while his favorite attendant wait- and they were mercilessly blown into a The divorcE' for the sake of marrai.ae ed only to receive orders, when suddenly pile of ruins. wkh ~nother, ,~a however a fearful 8ub-I the p~·ivate door ~pe~ed, ~nd the Empress The ramparts of Vienna had long been I ject for Napoleon to break to Josephine. 1 appeared, he-r ~an· m d.1sorder, and ~er the peculiar glory of the met~;opoli - The rumor of her approaching degrada· 1 1 fa~e swollen. with weepmg. Ad~a1_1cmg 'fhey were shaded by .magnificent trees, tion had for a long time filled the heart of wHh a tottenng step,' he sto(ld, as If ltres- which had been accumulating their growth the Empress with the mo t terriLie fore-olute, about a pace fro~ the bed, clasped for centuries. These ramparts formed a bodings. Still, neither party Yentnred her hand.: .and burst I~to an. agony of delightful promenade for the citizens.-to introduce the topic, which no'v filled I tears. J?ehcacy-a feelmg as 1f she had They were the favorite, and almost only the ears and occupied the tongues of all! now no nght to be there-eewed ~t first resort for the young and the old, on every Europe. They dined together one da"''l to. have arres. ted. her progress; but forg.et- tlae wave, ChristiaJ.l, when it i~ stron,v;est; J h h f J f } f ~11 for day, Chri•tian, when Lhe night'• longest; bright evening ~nd every gala day. These in the deepest embarrassment; and not tmg everyt mg m t e u ness o 1er gne ' • and onward still, be thine endeavor; venerable fortifications harl ages before ar-one \yord was spoken bv either, durin 0a I sh. e threw her elf on the bed, c.la ·ped her 0 lilt that remaineth, will be for ever. · J h b 1 k d bb d f L h rested the progress of the victorious Turks, the repast. Napoleon exhibited marks us am':· nee-,. an so e as 1 11er eart the ftsht, Christian, Jesus Js o'er thee; h d b b 1 N 1 1 \he race, Christian, heaven is before thee: when they we,re sweeping like a desolat-of the strongest agitation; a conYulsi ve a . een rea nng. apo eon a so wept ~llath promised, faltereth never; ing flood over Europe,· and they harl been j movement, acc.ompanied with a hertic while he e.ndeavored to con. sole her, an.d '&.,.lofe of eternity ftows on for ever. I the eye, Christian, just as it closeth ; rendered illustrious by the heroism of flush, often passed over his features ; and they rema,med for . some tJII_Ie )~eked 1.n the heart, Christian, ere it feposeth: Maria. Theresa. Napoleon ordered, as he seemed afraid to raise his eyes to' the each other s arms, s1lentl Y m.mglm.g their &Gill the love of Christ nlllhingshallstver; he left the city, their entire demolition. Empress, except b'-·stcalth. Josephine was II tears together. After. an mtervJeW of t, when the work iij done ; praise Him for ever ! J r Mines of terrific power were constructed equally embarrassed and agitated, and a~out an hour, Josephme parted 10rever under the principal bastions. These, ex-had all the day been weeping. The din- ~'1\h the man whom she ha~ so long ~nd ploding with the energy of volcanic fires, ner was finally removed untouehed, nei-J so tende~ly loved. On seemg the Em- uphove the mountainous ramparts from ther having tasted a mor el. Josephine pre · retu~, the attendant entered to re- BY REV. J, s. c. ABBOTT. their foundations, and scattered them has described the scene which en~ued.-move the hghts and found the chamber (Concluded.) through the air, mingled with volumes of "We dined together a usual. I strug-silent as cleath, and Napoleon. so. s.unk our last letter, we referred to the flame and smoke, darkening the sky and gled with my tears, which, notwithstand-amon()' the bed ~lothe~ as to be m~Istble. uest of Vienna by Napoleon, and strewing the earth with enormous ruin. ing every effort, oYerflowed my eyes; The n~xt .mormng, at 11, Josephme left terrific scenes which ensued du-It is said that these successive explosions, I uttered not a single word during that the Tmlencs forever. that sanguinary conflict. ''Strange one after another, presented one of th~ sorrowful meal; and h broke silence bnt Almost immediately after the divorce, 1\," says Alison, " of those days not most sublime and awful spectacles of the once, to ask an attendant about the wellth.- proposal~ were made to the Austrian '&f' royal, than of national revolution, whole revolutionary war. "Showers of er. My sunshine I saw had pa ed Court for Maria Ldui a. The proposals 1l daughter of the Cesars should be stones and fragments of masonry," says away; the storm burst quickly. Directly were eagerly ac.cepted. Soon the mar- and won by a soldier of fortune Alison, "fell on all sides. The subterrane-after co , Bonaparte di mi ·sed cv-riage festiYal was celebrated in Vienna 0 ica; that French arms should ous fires. ran along the mines, with a ery one, and I remained alone with-him. with great pomp, the Archdhkc Charles etted to place an Austrian Princess smothered roar which froze every heart I watched in the changing expre ·sion of standing proxy for the imperial bride- the throne o~ Charlem~gne ;, that the with terror. One after another the bas-his countenance, that struggle which was ·groom. Napoleon was still in Paris, hav- of a VIctorious mvadmg host tions were heaved up and exploded, till in his soul. At length his features set-ina as yet never even seen his bride.- dema.nd her for his ~ride, and that the city was enveloped on all sides by tled into stern r~ olvc I saw that my " She is not beautiful," . aid he a he lrlt accents of .tenderness should be .ruins; and the rattle of falling masses hour wa come. His whole frame trem-carefully regarded her miniature, which . .__his ... -·-deep boommg mortars which, but broke the awful stillness of the capital." bled; he approached, and I felt a shud .. had been sent to him, "but she is a L..L~erposition, would have consigned This cruel devastation produced the most dermg horror com{l over me. He took daughter of the. Cesars." This remark ·~r's palace. to destruction." profound impression in Vienna; it exas-my hand, placed it upon his heart, gazed shows how much even Napoleon was IJM1eon ~ma1~ed in Vienna ~or som~ perated the people more than could have on me fur a moment; then pronounced dazzled by the the myster~ous fascination e; telebrat!n.g. his triumph w1th most been done by the loss of half the mouar-these fearful words-' Josephine! my ex-of noble birth and lofty lineage. Maria fl& fesUVlbes, which the Viennese chy; it brought the bitterness of conquest cellent Josephine! thou knowest ifl have entered Paris, with four queens holding ti C!'ffi~lled to look upon with at home to every man's breast; the iron had loved thee! To the 1e, to thee alone, do I her train amid the thunders of artillery, abe e,gned pleasure. And thus were pieued into the soul of the nation. And owe the only moments of happiness I the clangor of bells, and the acclamations ~medts of the proudest monarch thus Napoleon terminated his most singu-have enjoyed in'this world.· Jose{>hine! of countless 'thousands, and surrounded pe e'V'Oted to the e:xUlting festi-lar courtship of .Maria Louisa. . my destiny overmasters my will. M¥ with every demon~tration of magnificence 74 THE ADVE.NT HERALD. which richeg and the pageantry of war "vine testimony shall at one time say, can confer. Yea, at another, Nay 1 'fhe suppositio!l Thus, but a few years before, did Ma-is inconceivable. The stream of Divine ria Antoinette, lhe great-aunt of Maria truth, which at the first issued from the Louisa, from the same palace in Vienna, throne of God, has run on from the be- ascend the same throne of France; and ginning in one continuous course through but a few months passed away, before time, and shall do so even to the end._.. she was pelted by revohttionary' mobs, as Th.ere neither have been, nor ever can be she was dragged on a cart to the guillo-any opposing currents. It turns at no tine. Maria Louisa, but 18 years of acre, season" as the streams in the south."- all forgetful of the fate of her unhappy (Psalm 126:4.) There is sweet and all- kinswoman, was gn~atly elated with the pervading concord throughout the whole splendor of her bridal. But the discard-of the Divine testimony in the \Vord; ed Josephine, in her secret chambers, and if you touch but one string, every heard ihese sounds of universal exulta-other shall vibrate, for there is a chord of tion filling the air, and wept scalding harmony which passes through them tears of agony. But when the day of all. calamitY: came, Maria Louisa proved her- The Scriptures which I shall now ad- self destltute of all real greatness. She duce are two, as being among the most allowed Napoleon to go alone to. the roc.k important of those to which I have re- of ~t. Helena ; she app3ared. m public ferred, being those also which are most leanmg upon the arm of Wellmgton, the commonly brought forward as opposed to conqueror .of her husband~ and. ended all expectation of knowledge respecting ~er career I~nobly by marrym~ a colo?el the time of the Lord's appearing. Matt. ~n.the ~ustnan army-a marnage which 24:32-3G, is the first. "Now learn a 1t IS said was secretly consummated, even parable of the fig tree ; When his branch before th~ death of Napoleon. . is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye W~at IS to be the f~tu~e d~stmy of the know that summer is nigh: so likewise I Aust!tan ~onarchy, It IS ~I~cul.t to de-ye, when ye slta.ll see all these things, termme. Temporal and spmtual despot-know that it is near even at the doors- isms ~re there united. with their .utmost Verily I say unto iou, This generation energies, to. ~xclude hberty .and hgh~.-shall not pass, till aJl these things be ful- But the spmt of freed.om IS spreadmg, filled. Heaven and earth shall pass l and they who. oppose Its progress .must away, but my words shall hot pass away. eventually pensh.-N. Y. Evangelzst. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but The Doctrine of the New TestaJllent my Father only." Here is an apparent ON THE TIME OF THE SECOND ADVENT. contradiction. Our Lord had replied to L ing season. They who believe not the testimony of "Behold, the bridegroom cometh,'; shall not know, because of un- belief. But they who believe, and, like Noah, are looking for tlie fulfilment of the word, and therefore, for Christ's appear- ing, shall know, or else the parallel fails. Again, Acts 1:6, 7, " When they there- fore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ?- And he said unto them, It is not fm: you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power," is another passage which is always pressed into this sen-ice. If our blessed Lord in- tended that the time, when he would res- tore the kingdom to Israel, should always be hid, which is connected also with his return in glory, why did the Holy Ghost, in taking of the things of Christ and showing them to the Apostle Paul, teach him to write to the Thessalonians the ords of our text? According to .the ex- tent of the meaning, which is given com- monly to that passage of the Acts, what St. Paul has written cannot be true; and no Christian man ill allow that. How, therefore, are they to be reconciled? We must look to the later communication of the Lord tb the Church by the Spirit; and looking to that we are constrained to own, that though previous to his ascen- sion the time of his return in glory was not known, he made such further revela- tions rcspe~ting it to his people, that they need no longer be in darkness, that that day should overtake them as a thief, but world. The song ·which• they uttered long before is 11ow fulfilled--" Thou hast made us unto our G.od kings and priests, and we shall reicrn. on the earth.'' And since it is from heaven that they con1e to reign, the '.vords mus.t clear!~ de~ote a real, and not a fi2:urat1ve resurrect on. Tlw persons, then, who <~Bpear in vis- ion on the thrtmes of judgment, are the same with the armies clad in fine linen, who have followed the Lamb. But may not these be a mer.e symbol to denote other servants of God who shall at that time be honorable and blessed upon earth 1 This seems to be the view of nearly all who advocate a fig:urative resurrection. The nature of ~symbols· is to express real objects by ideal .forms, or those which are higher arrd mote spiritual by real objects of au inferior kind. 'fhe valley of dry hones was no actual reality; it was an imaginary oiJject before the eye of the prophet. The words oCSt. Paul' in the eleventh of Romans, if turned in- to a vision, would be of the same kind:· the resurrecti()n · of some· unreal corpse would symbolize the restoration of Israel. The same truth appears just as plainly in the prophecy of the two ,.,..itness~s.-­ All who believe them to be literal per- sons maintain also their literal resurrec- tion. On the other baud, all who regard their resu.nection as figurative IJelieve the witnesses themselves to be no real persons, but a figure -or emblem, like the seven candlesticks in the opening vision. t the questions, proposed to him by his l BY REV. W!, P'~11 M.A., VICAR OF WILLIAN, HERTS1 ENG. people, aS recorded in the third ver::;e,- should possess such knowledge of times and seasons as effectually to prepare them for the coming of the Lord. I see not how it is possible, without involving the absolute denial of the truth of many parts of God's Word, to view this in any other light.-( To he. contimted.) The parallel, then, in each instance, entirely fails. In the prophecy of our text, the armies of heaven, the martyrs of Christ, are li.ving and ~cal persons.- ! f the resurrection. were figurative, per- sons would be symbolized by other per- sons equally real with themselves, and e'en' superior in dignity. Now this vio- lates the nature f\pd use of a symbol, (Contiuued from our lflst.) tie then assures them, that when the l Thess. 5:1:6: "But of thetimesand~easons, things of which he had been speaking brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. should come to pass, they ( i. e., the gene- ~~r:~s~~:e~~o;s p:r~e~~f ~a:h~:~~!t. of~~~ ration who·1lhould witness those things) Tile First Resurrection. .1 · I when they shall say, Peace and safety; then might as certainly know that he was near sudden destruction cometh upon thew, as travail even at the doors, as the inhabitants of upon a woman with child; and they shall notes-Judrea knew that summer was nigh when cape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, the fig tree put forth its leaves. He lth.en that that day shoul.d' overtake you as a thief. l Ye are all the children of light, and the children adds, " But of that day and hour know- of the day: we are not of the night, nor of park-eth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, ness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but my Father only." \Ve add to this, but let us watch and be sober." from St. Mark's Gospel, "neither the and involves us in hopeless confusion.- That saints descending from ,heaven should denote other holy men, born and : BY REV. T. R. BlRKS1 M.A., ; III. And is the ·time of the sf.cond ad-Son;" for at that time it had not been re· vent an exception to this 1·ule? vealed to him. There appear to have 1 This, need I say it, is the great f>Yent been three periods in the history of our ·~ towards which the eye of faith has been blessed Lord when he received the gift turned from the very first. To this, as of the Spirit: at his conception : at his to a centre, every thought, and word, and baptism, when he was inaugurated into work of every intelligent creature, has the office of the high priesthood; and been proceeding. Toward this the whole when he ascended up on high, having led current of iime has been flowing, and all captivity captive, and received gifts for the concerns of men shall be found to men. Accordingly, on the day of Pen- have brought in their tributary streams, tecost, having received of the Father the when " in the dispensation of the fulness promise of the Holy Ghost, he shed forth of the times God will gather together in that which those present then saw and t one all thinrrs in Chri t, both which are heard. Then, doubtle:5s, the human na- .f in heaven, and which are on earth: even ture of the Lord had received the fulness in him.:' (Eph. 1:10.) And has God of 'Wisdom as intimated in the ascription hung clouds and darkness around it?-of praise to him by the Church above. Ha~ be shrouded it with a mystery (Rev. 5:12.) Most true it. was, th~t whtch no wisdom c.an pierre 1 Has he 'vhen our Lord pake, the ttme of his ft· placed cherubim, and a flaming sword, coming was unknown, ave to God only: f which turns every way, to 11reventacce£s but no less true must it be, that the gene- to this tree of kno"vledge ? God has ration who should witness t~t advent done .none of these things; it is man's s~ould ~e ena?led to a certam: by the ~nb~h~f that has thrown obscurity around signs \VIth w~1ch he would ~urmsh them, lt: It IS man's unbelief that has hunrr the that he was mgh, even at the1r very doors, veil before it: it is man's unbelietthat as did the Judrean that sum r was nigh hinders our access to it. What therefore when the .fig tree put forth its leaves. is to be done? Stretch forth the hand of Now look to what immediately follows. faith, and rend that veil in twain from " But as the days of N oe were, so shall the top even to the bottom and be not also the coming of the Son of man be. faithless, but believing. ' For as in the days that were before the 1. We will now endeavor to reconcile flood they were eating and drinking, some apparent contradictions in the marrying and giving in marraige, until Scriptures concerning i~; and then the day that N oe entered into the ark, 2. Show what is the New Testament and knew not until the food came, and doctrine upon the subject. took them all away; so shall also the I here lay much stress upon the word coming of the Son of man be." (Matt. apparent; for there can be no actual 24:37-39.) From this it is clear, that contradiction in Holy Writ. Can we, the ung~dly world " knew . not," because i• for one moment, suppose the Holy Spirit they beheved not the testimony of that to be divided against himself? It is im-preacher of righteousness. But Noah possible. Can we conceive, that the Di-knew. So it shall be in the correspond- FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CA.rtlllRlDGE,ENGLA.ND. SOjourning On earth, iS (\ fiction WithoUt any warrant. Those heavenly· armies (Continued from our last.) Rev.20:6: "Blessed and holy is he that hath are not~ and ti·om their nature, cannot be part in the. first resurrection: on ~uch the second mere symbols: they are among the high- death hath no power, hut they shall be priests of est realities of the word of God. And God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a since it is these armies who sit Qn the thousand years." thrones, and are partakers of the first res- 1 2. THE SUBJECTS OF THTS RESURREC· urrection, the proof is clear ·and firm, TION form a second proof of its literal that a bodily resurrection is the true ob- character. "I saw thrones, and they sat ject of the vision. on them j and judgment was given unto 3. THE OFFICE ASSIGNED TO THESE them." RISEN SAINTs is again a third arvument Who are the~e whom the prophet now for the literal meaning. "They sat on beholds on the seats of judgment 7 The thrones, and judgment was given to context supplies us with an answer. St. them." John, in the former chapter, has already These words have a clear and definite heard the loud voices in heaven, saying, sense. They are no vague description "The marriage of the Lamb is come of peace and prosperity in the church or and his bride hath mad~ herself ready.': world. '(hey are terms of royalty and "And to her it was !!iven that she should dominion. The truth implied both in be arrayed in .fine lit~en, white and clean; the emblem of t!tronts and the literal for the fine linen is the righteousness of phrase of judgment is one and the same. the saints." The angel addresses to him The prophecy exhibits to us a dispensa- 1 the furt~er charge-u Write, Blessed are tion of righteous government; and its 1 they wh1ch are called to the marriage features are those of juilicial power and 1 supper of the Lamb." Heaven is then kingly exaltation. open~d .. ~he ~ ord of God appears in The event thus announeed agrees all .h1s Dmne ~a.Jesty. "And the arrnies with many other promises given to the ' whtch were m heaven followed him, servants of Christ. Our Lord himself clothed in. fine linen, white and cl~an." declared to his apqstles-" I appoint un· The enemtes of the Lord are overthrown, to you a kingdom, as my Father hath ap- and Satan, the ~ld serpent, is bound in pointed unto me ... that ye may sit on the bottoml~ss p1t. Then the prophet twelve thrones, judging the twelve tril,es resumes With these words-" I saw of Israel." A similar statement occurs thrones, and they sat on them, and judg-in Isaiah, at the overthrow of the last op- T?ent was gi~en to them, ... and they pressor of the church-11 Behold, a king hved and retgned with ( :hrist." Who shall reign in righteousness, and princes ' can be meant but . the heavenly armies shall rule in judgmeut." (Is'a. 32il.) Our who were alr~ady present in the vision, ·Lord repeats the promise in this very the followers of the Lamb, called, and book, and extends it to the whole church chos~n, ~nd faithful 7 These are the in that gracious declaration-" To him myst1c bnde, the Lamb's wife. These that overcorneth will [ give to sit with are the h.onored guests who are called to me on my throne, even as I also over· the marnage supper. Their life, which came, and am set down with my Father had been hi~ with ~hrist in ~od, is now on his throne." . ~~ optmly ma01fested m the s1ght of the Compare these and similar, pronuses ~ ~ ~· ' . 13 1 ·, ' ' -- with the 'Yords of ·this vision, and there wiU be i nuptial altar; hap-tagion. The breeze that blows wafts condition no less 'dangerous. Although silenced, and one of the scribes bore tes-piness and love seem to say here shall be disease; the beverage you drink may be wermay be Christians without the assur- :~ timony to .the wisdom of his answer.- our residence. The aged sire'.s prayer impregnated with poison; the food you ance of our adoption, yet we are taught ~- 11 Neither can they die any more." These has reached heaven'• ear for their mu-eat is perhaps diseased; the earth itself in the Holy Scriptures that such assurance wortls re_veal·a. truth iuconc~ivably, and tual welfare; the relatives of the bride-yields unwholesome exhalations; the is to be attained. Job, in the midst of inestimably glorjous, sublime, and iTnpor-pitiation of sins committed, simply be-but it is too late; the spirit has fled-he resurrection has to live. And it is one to the day of redemption." lieving and Jiving on him, walking in his beholds her a lifele1:s corpse., His iu-of happiness and satisfaction, and joy un- But, as gold dust is sometimes con- steps, following him through evil, as well fant's cr.ies pierce his soul ; they meet a speakable, and perfection of knowledge, ce~led in the :;:and,· so grace in the heart · as good report, 'taking the Bible for the mot.her's response no more. A few short and purity and holiness, and love and se-may be so mingled with remaining cor· rule of life, bearing the cross daily before months ago the gay carriage stood wait-curity. No ill can approach; there is ruption, that we cannot clearly distinguish a despising world, fearless maintenance ing to convey the happy bride away, and nothing to molest, nothing to disturb, its motions. It might not be for the bene- of truth at whatever cost or haza.r.d, and now befor-e the same door the dark hearse nothing to grieve. It is eternal beauty fit of a person of such low attainments faithfully serving God to the end of this appears to conduct the youthful mother there: not an object meets the eye hut af-in the divine life to receive an assurance life. In the cultivation of holy and hea-to the grave. And how oft do. we see fords delight; adoration and praise ,em-of God's favor until these. corruptions venly affections, denial of self, and mor-the husband in the strength and vigor of ,ploy every tong4e and every heart. Not have been so far subdued as to give the tification of all t".arnail, and upsanctified youth snatched away, leaving his wife a a thought crosses the miqd but it is pure; principle of grace t}_le ascendancy.- 1 fP-elings and desires-ever:r thought b~ing desolat~ widow; while yet in the morning not a word is uttered but is charming Hence God has wisely directed that tbe brought into captivity t.mto.the obedience of life.. Or, in more matured strength and sweet. 11 Neith,er can they die any sure evidence of adoption can be pos· of Christ. Such persons Jive lives of faith and dignitv of mauhood, cut down, aud more ! " But in vain we attempt to des-sessed only by those v.-ho have made such in the Son of God, e»emplifying the reli-the family ieft to the buffetings of an un-eribe in words of ours the glory and progre~ ·in .holiness a:s.t? ~e ab]~ to dis- gion described in his word, visiting the feeling world. And should life be rx-blessedness of that eternal state. The cern the frutts of the Spult m then hearts fathr~rless and widows in their afflictions, tended to the farthest limit, yet how do Christian enjoys its Elweet foretaste; tMs nd lives. The W:itncss of the .Spirit distributing according to ability to the all seem to agree wi.th the Psalmist in :is understood,' but feebly uttered:- must ~ot be sou~ht m any sudden Impul- necessjties of aH, especially to the house-saying, "What is our life 7 It iR even a "Tlie men of grace nave found ses upon the mmd, but m the real work i~:. I told of faith, ~nd living and confessing vapor," &c. " We spend our years as Glory begun below: of g:race in the heart, co~ forming it to ~ themh.sell(Srd will carry on his purifying work in the hearts of hi children, till he saes hts own ima.cre there. \Vh.:!n thi image is so plain ;nd clear as to ha di tinctly discerned by us, then the Spirit of God bears witness with our spirits that we are his children. A, love is the most prominent and abiding fruit of the Spirit, it may be the medium through which the union bet Yeen God and the soul is seen~ and by which the child of God is as ured of his adoption. A strong and lively exerc.ise of a childlike, humble love may give a· clear evidence of the soul's relation to God as hi child. " Love is God ; and every one t\lat loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God for God is love.'' As God is love, the exercise of that holy principle in the heart of the be- liever shows the impression of the divine imaD"e. "God is love; and he thatdwell- eth in love clwelleth in God, and God in him." Hence the apostle John says, ''We kuozv that we have p::t eel from death unto life, because we love the breth- ren." Bnt, if thi love is genuine, it will regulate the f'motions of the heart, and it effects 'vill be vi. ible in· the lives of tho e who po es it. The arne apo-tle says," By thi.· we know that we lo'e the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments." So that in or- 'fbis Refutation g:IVe the Prote t..mts as much der to have certain evidence of our _adop· confidence, as th'lt of the Confas ·ion itself :-it tion into the bles ed family of which Je- g~ve th m an in~ight into the weakness of tbeir sus is the Elder Brother, all the fruit of opponents, and brought to vie'." their ignorance the Spirit mn t have grown up to some of the Gospel. "Certainly" said they, "the degree of matltjity. church cannot be where there is nn knowledge of From the foregoin(J' remark', we sec Christ." Tbeyreqne ted acopyoftheRefuta~ion. the gre~t importance of self-examination. The emperor offered it them on condition that We must have an intimate a qu:1intance· they would not rE-ply to it, would agree to it, and with the operations of our own mind ,'to would not print or communicate its contents to enable u to di tinp:ui:h between the exer-any one! These conditions were impo,osible, cise of graciou, afi~ ti. n , and the 'elfi:;h and of <~our..;e were refu ed. "The Papists pre- working of our own heart . And, un-sent us with their p:1per," said Chancellor Bruck, less we are in the cons•ant habit of dili-"as the fox (l[fered a thir. broth to his go ip the gent inquiry into the character of our emo-stork." tion , and the motives of our actions, thi~ "T:w snvory broth upon ll plate by Reynllril was erved will be an exr~eedingly difficult matter. But Mist~~~s Stork, with her long beak, she scarce could ------ 1 get a stJr." ~l)e .1\.buent fljeralb. BOSTON, APRIL 1':, 1846. Tho Augsburg Confession. Al!RIDOKO FROJI D1A BIGNE. Concluded.) Six weeks had elapsed since the Confession, nnd yet no reply. '' 'l'he Papists, from the mo- ment they hea(d the Apology," it was ~id, " sudden! y lo:~t their voice." At length the Romish theologians handed their revised and corrected performance to the Emperor, and per- au:tded ·thi~ prince to present it in his own name. The m~mtle of the st.1te seemed to them admira- bly adapted to the movements of Rome. "These sycoplunts," said Melancthon, "have desired to clothe themselves with the .lion's skin, to appear to us so much the more ternble." All the tates of the Empire were com:oked for the next day but one. On Wednesday, 3d August, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the Emperor, sitting on his throne in the chapel of the Palatinate Palace, ~urround­ ed by his brother, and the electors, princes, 'tlnd deputies, the Elector of Saxony and hi~ allies were introduced, and the Count-palatine, who was called "CharlP.s' mouthpiece," said to them: "His majesty having handed your Confession to several dor.tors of difierent nations, illustrioqs by their knowledge, their morals, and their impar- tiality, has read their reply with the greatest care, and submits it to you as his own, ordaining that all the members and subjects of the Holy Empire should accept it with unanimous accord." Alexander Schweiss then took the papers and The mn<~k was then thrown a ide, and sub- m~sion or the sword were the alternatives of- fered to tho Reformation. The Pope's Legate aid:- " Let the Emperor nnd the right-thinking prin- ces form a league," said he to Charles ; "and if the~& rebels, equally insen ihle to threats and promise~, ob~tinutely per i t in their diabolical course, then let his Majesty seize fire aad sword, let hiur take P~' 'e sion of all tb" property of the hert!tic., and utterly eradicate these venomous plants. Then let him appoint holy inquisitors, wbo hull go on the track of the remnants of Refonu, and proceed against them, as in Sp~in against the Moor11. Let him put the univerarity ot' \ ittemberg under ban, burn the heretical books, and send b.tck the fugitive monks to their convents. But this plan must be executed with courage." Thu the jurisprudence of Rome consisted, ac- cording to a prophecy uttered againt9t the city which is sea~d on !even hills, in adorning itself with pearls th1t it had st(llen, and in becoming drunk with the blood of the saints. 'fhe Protestants everywhere resorted to prayer, as their only hope. Luther was undaunted. Says D' Aubigna :- The man of pra ver and faith was especially Lu- ther. A calm and ·sublime courage, in which firm- ness shines at the side of joy-a courage that rises and exults in proportion as the. da.nger increas~s -is what Luther's letters at tba ume present m every line. The most poetical images are i>ale beaide those energetic expressions which issne in a boiling torrent from the Reformer's soul. " I have recently witne388d two mirctcles," wrote he on the lith August to Chancellor Bruck ; " this is the first. AB I was at my window, I saw the stllrs, and the sky, and that vast and magnificent firmament in which the Lord h:ts placed them. I could nowhere diilcover dre columns on which the Master has supported thi~ immense vault, and yet the bea ven:5 did not fall ...... . " And here is the second. I beheld thick clouds banging above us like a vast sea. I could neither perceive ground on whir.h they repoged, nor cords by which they were suspended ; and yet they did not fdll upon us, hut saluted us rap- idly and fled away. "God,!' <:ontinued he, "will choose the man- ner, the time, and the place suitable for deliver- ance, and he will not linger. What the men of blood have begun, they have not yet finis!Jed .... .. Our rainbow is f.1int ...... their clouds are threatening. •.... the enemy comes again t us with frightful machines ...... But at last it will be seen to whom belonged the ballistre, and from what bandrk, and some parts of Ohio. In our h'usine.ss meeting there was but one sp(rit manifested, and that was, to sustain and extend the Advent interest, by the best means, and to the extent of our resources. The brethren here feel themselves united to the "Ah !" said he to me, " if it had not been for my blessed hope, I should have sunk be- neath the shock. But God has sustained me by the hope, that I shall soon meet my de- H brethren in the Eastnd feel desirous to co- parted companion." e wa& calm and com- posed, and in general health. He has been operate with the1u in the support of the ca~1se ·of God. We have resolved upon an address happily associated with a people who have ,,., the hre•hren scattered <>broad, which no sympathized with him in all his sorrows ~nd "' Y ' " afflictions, and have ministered to his wants. doubt will gladden the hearts of the friends and supporters of the cause, and infuse' new Never were pastor and people more happily anoeiated, in the exerci.se of all the Chris-life aqd vigor into all our mo'ements for its tiao graces. Oh, praise the Lord for his promotinn. mercy to our dear brethren in New York, in We have reaso~ to p~aise God f?r the saving a remnant of the m'ultitude that once happy and hopeful rssue ot our past, tnals.~ flocked to hear the word of the Lord, and· The dark clouds have parted, and the sun IS rejoiced in the blessed hope. There are two already beaming forth upon us, lighting up interesting congregations in the city, which, our path, which opens to. us a prospect of under the assiduous labors of Brn. Jones and much usefulness, while we may be continued Whiting, have been sustainfld amid the blight-in the fie!~ of labor. And for our encourage- ing and desolating storm of error and delu-ment, we have the glorious assurance, that eion which have swept through the land.-the restitution of all things will soon take Truly these brethren have pat'sed through. a place, and that we shall enjoy the promised fiery,trial; but they are still enabled to hold rest, so eage.rly desired by the way-worn up their heads and rejoice. The congregation, traveller. H~sten it, U _Lord, in its' time! at Croton Hall now enjoy the undivided Ia- The devotJoAal meetu.gs were fully at- bors of Bro1 Jones, and is truly prospering. tended, and were of a most solemn and spir- The other, at the north part of the city, has itual character. The children of God ")'ere I· the valuable labors of Bro. Whiting b.nd oth-fed, and greatly strength,enell both in faith ers, and is doing well. I spoke to :hem one and hope. I doubt not. a deep imp~ession · d h d · t t. ·1 t · was made upon the mulutudea that hstenefl evemng, an a an 1n eres wg 11 ervtew. · They are making special efforts at this time (many for the first time) to the reasons of our for the revival of the work of God. May hope. the Lord give the~ success. I had a pleasant interview with Bro. Litch, who Is firm in the faith, and looking with in- terest for the coming kingdom. He has no- bly withstood, in Philadelphia, the storm, from within and without, of mysticism, fa- naticism, and Judaism, and has maintained the cause. The brethren there have returned lo the large saloon of the Museum, and are prospering again as in former days. Such is the interest manifested, that Bro. L. will not be abfe, at present, to visit England. ' . The fields are white in all this region, and calls, from every quarter fur lecturers are continually received. May the Lord thrust more laborers into the harvest.. FUTURE LABORS WEST •. I shall preach at Leroy this evening, the 6th, and at B'uffalo the 7th, 8th, and 9th. I shall attend the conference at Lockport on the lOth, 11th, and 12th, preach at Attica the eveniqg of the 13th, at Rochester the 14th, at Seneca Fa.lls the 15th, at Syracuse the 16th, at Albany the 17th, and at Boston on the Sabbath, the 19th. I1 am 1ruly yours, more than ever estab- lished in the Advent faith and hope, J. V. Huns. Rochester (N. Y.), April f>, 1846. J .. THE "DAY STAR."-This "star," unlike the'harbinger of day, that rises in the East, still comes from the West. In perusing the articles therein contained,-from pens most of which are from names of which we uever hefore heard,-we almost weep at the sad depa"tures from the faith once delivered to the saints. One boasts that among them hus- bands have left their wives and wives their But perhaps the reader will a&k what these parts of the ele~enth uf Romam, mean, which Dr. D. has, selected from the snblime argu· ment of the apostle, if they do, not mean something like what he has tortured out of them 1 That the antitheses of the apostle, in vs. 12 and 15, on which the argument is chiefly founde-d, are somewhat obscure, so far as the verbal expression of his thoughts is cuncerned, is readily admitted. But \Ve prefer not to alter a word or syllahle. How- e.ver, when w·e ~onsider this obvious fact, that ~ll the great questions of his times were brought to v1ew more or less fully in all his epistles, !lCcording to their bearing npon the interests of the particular church addressed by the apostle, we may certainly be assisted by the statement of his views in other parts of his writings, so far at leas~ as to avoid making the confessedly amhiguous portion contradict what is clear and full. In this twelfth verse, then, it is perfectly clear that Paul speaks of something-in \he case of Is- rael, the Jews, as ''their fulness." wh'ich is the ant.ithesis of "the fall of them," "the diminislting of them;" and in verse fifteenth "tlte receiving," which is "life from the dead," is the antithesis of" the casting away of t~em.:: What; now~ is" their fulne.ss" and "the receiving" (we omit the supplied words) which is' thus contrasted with "the fall, the diruinishing, the casting aw:~y of them 1 "- Is-it, as Dr. D. "affirms," .the "conversion of the Jews to Christ, and tho restoration of the Jewish state;" or is it the vast accession of a people from among the Gentiles, who were "no--people," to "the remnant accord.: ing to the election of grace " among the Jews 1 Which of these two facts, I ask, dlies the apostle set over against the fall- the diminishing-the casting away, as" much mo1·e," as "life from the dead J" It js cer- tain that the former-the restoration, or eveti the conversion of the Jews, as a body, is spoken of no where else by the apostle; nor by Peter," the apostle of the circumcisio 1," not· by James, who wrote "to the twelve tribes scattered abroad;" but the latter-the gathering· of the Gentiles into "the same body" with the true Jews-is found every- where. In P~ul'8 first· letter to the Corinthians, ( 1: 23,) the same cause or' '1 stumbling'' "unto the Jews," is brought to view, that is men- tioned in Rom. 9 : 3<3, and 11: ll. In that to the Ephesians the sa we union of Jew and Gentile believers in one body i8 brought to view; and .the change in the condition of the Gentiles is spoken uf by the same imagery, and in \h:e same terms that the apostle uses in the eleveoth of Romans : " And you who were dead in trespasses and sins, God, who is rich in ~ercy, for his great love wherewith he loved1us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, and hath raised us up together." (Eph. 2:1, 4, 5.) I arrived at this place ~on the morning of the 27th inst., and commenced our confer- ence, which was continued until this evening. There is a faithful company of disciples here, who, with their pastor, Eld,er . Phinney, re- ceived me with much kindness. They are 1ooking with considerable interest for the great consummation this present yea,r. We epoke to them seven times on important ques- tions connected with our faith and hope.- The Wesleyan Methodists opened tbe ir house to us two days, and the Baptists theirs on Mouday .evening-. ·our meetings were fully attended by all classes and denominations, who gave a candid and attentive hearing. I have rar.ely addressed ~Qre solemn, and ap- }ren.tl_y hi~hi.Y, -iuterested audiences.. One Infidel was converted to .the faith of the Bi- ble; and we oope in God, that otllers were favwahly impressed .on the subject of a per- eonal pr.cparatiou for the coming of the Lord. The br.ethren were ver'y DIUCb revived, and tn cenfet'e~~ce expressed a d-etermination to arise, and enter the fieid 1>f labor anew for the salvation of souls. husbands, parents their children, and children "Wherefore remember, tthat ye being ih their parent$, going ~mt in ir ears from the truth 1 being turned u'nto tablE's." ' We wiU now proceed to the review of the work. The Ttme during which the Prof(ressive Work~ of Redemption are carried o". Saya President Edwards:- "The work of Redemption is a work that God carries on from the fall of man to the end of the world. These two are the limits of the generation of men on the earth: the fall of man and the end of the world or the day of judgment. The same are th~ limits ot th~ work of redempti;>n, as to these pro- g;re~lve wurks ~fGod by which that redemp- tl«1n. IS a~comphshed, though not as to the fnnts of it: ft)r they shall be eternal." (p.l5.) We fuHy concur in the premi es here laL1 ~wn, and .cannot oonceive how any can ar- rtve .at a dtfferent conclusion who carefully studies God's word, The Design of the W nrk of Redemption. " God's design was to restore the ruins of the fall •. therefore we read of the restitution of all tbmgs. (Acts 3: 19-21.} Mao'a 80uz wu tuined by the fall : the desiRn of God waa tu .restore the soul to life. Man 'siJody waa rulaed by t~te fall,-it became subject to de•th ; .the ~ea~gn of _God was to restore it from tb1a ru1~, and ~~hver it from aeaLh in the reaurrectton. The world was ruined u to aaan, u effectqally aa if it had been 're- duced to chco8 .. again. But the deaign of God waa '-reatore all, and aa it were to ereate a new beaYen and a new earth. lea. 65 · 17 · I Pet. 3:13." (p. 23.) . ' ' •' We also heartily subscribe to this ''feW of the present time are willing to admit the ob- the desi11n arrd work of Redewptiun : Gud ject uf pmphecy ttl be that litr which Presi- has clea~y and di11tinetly made kuown this w dent Edwards contends. (To he continued.) be his desig1rt even in the t:arly hi~tury of thtl 0. R FASSETT. W(lrld. This de. igu was couched in the ~reat original promise-" The seed of the w~tmr~n shall bruise the serpent'~ head." Gen. 3:15. Had our author here left the subject, a II would have been plain, and ea~:~y to he under- sto~; but after stating what Gptl'l! de• ign was 111 scriptural lang-uage, he endeavors tu explain \Jpun the desil!n itself, and tells us \~hat he cutH~eives tu be taught by that de- stgn. He reasons thus upon the restor:ation of the earth to its original state:- "There shall be, as it were, a new heavens anti a new earl h, in a spiritual sense, at the end of the world.'' (p. 24.) That is. if our author can he underEtood. so far as r:-!!ards the earth, the crca n" of it anew, the removing of the curse, &c~ •. will finally, after all, fail of an accompli luueot. So, when God says, "Brholcl, I create a new heavens and a new eartj1,'' he does not rt>ally mean as he says; but there will be, " as it w~re," such a creation," in a spiritual seuse. ·~ W na~ are we to understand by a spiritual creat1on of a new heavens and earth 1 or this prediction bein~ fulfilled in a spiri1ualsrnse 1 I cannot conceive, unless he mraus that it will be fulfilled in no sense whatever: litr he certainly does not cheri h the idea that uch a creation will actually he effect~d at the end of the world. Whn isthere thatcano:tt see, at a glance, the difference between God's act~1al design and .Prellident Edward 'expla- ftwn of that des1~n 1 If we take this lib- erty with a partut' thP. design of God in the work of redemption, why not do so with the whult>, and say. that God's design in refer- ence to the ~onl and hutiy is only to resture them," as it wert>,'' in a spiritual st>nse 1 and thus, Sadducee like, ''say there is no resur- rection, neither angels nor svirits !'' Bnt, says one, a "new earth" implies that the material with which it is made up is new, and. hence none of the constituPnt pari icles wh1ch make up the present earth can enter the conformatiOn of the other. This is a wrool! idea. Adam Clarke says, in his com- menfttry on the pas age, "All these thing& sh.all be dissolved."-(2 Pet. 3:)-" That is, w~ll be separated, all decomposed, but none ul them destwyed : as they are the original matter out of which God formed the terra- que~m~ globe, consequently, they IT)ay enter agam toto the rompusitHm of the new sys- tem." Wchavethe fuct clearly stated hy ~eter in this chapter, that the old world, be- tng overflowed by water. peri:.hed; and yet we see that it aro$e anew from a state of ruin. And he addsf that tne heavens and eart_h "\'htch are now, are kept in store, re- served u~t~ fire al!ain:>t the day of judgment ~nd perdttwn of un~odly men." But it arises anew again, for he says, "nevertheless we according to his promise, look fur a new heav~ ens and a new earth, wherein d elleth ri~Tht- eousness." o The 1 anner in which God gives an Account of the Events by which the Work of Re- demption is carried on. . "There are ttco ways wherein scripture gtves lin account of the events by which the work of Redemption is carried on. These are history and prophecy. And in one or other of these wavs we ha'e an account how the work of Redemption is carried un fr•110 the beginning tu the end. And it is to be ~bserved, that where the scripture is wanting In nne of these ways, it is made up in the other. Where scripture history fails, there prophecy takes place,so that the account is s.till carried on, and the chain is nut broken, 1111 we come to the •ery last link ot' it, in the consummation of all thinsrs." (p. 150.) "It is worthy of notice, tl.at tile great God, who disposes all things, took carP. to giv~ a~ historical account of thin~a from the begmmng of the world, through all those for- !lle~ ages, concerning which profane history 1s silent, and ceased not till he came to those ages in which p~ofane history relatE'd things wtth so.me certa1~t y. And concerning these latter ttmes he g1v.es us abundant accounts in prophecy, that, by comparing profane history with those prophecies, we might aee the agreement.'' (p. 152.) It is for the sentiment here taught we coo- tend, and have contended for from the begin- ning, against Prof. Stewart and others. who would lead us to believe that prophecy reaches no farther than the destruction of Jerusa- lem, or the days of Constantine at most. We would be extremely glad if the chDicb would abide by the old land-marks. How few at Letter from Bro. W. Wilmot, OF NEW BRUNSWICK. We had considered 1t unnecessary to make lilY farthtr allusion to the individual· rP.ferred to below ; but as Bro. Wilmot has been a pa- tron and corresporodent of that paper, and sympathizes with the sentiments inculcated by it, we give place to the following:-- Dear Himes :-1 am much pleased with the preseut appearanee uf the ''Herald," not only on accuunt uf its s1ze and type, but ruauy of its articles. I therefore ~ish to re- cort.l my dissent to the harsh and unmerited remarks of the Agent of the" Standard," as they savor more of the diabolical than they du uf the troth. Therefore, however much I n1ay like some of the articles in that paper, I have come tu tl:e conclusion, that the A11ent is an utter stranger ll> converting gral!e, 0 a.nd is a very ut,fit person to conduct a religious periodical. Fur, admilling, for a moment- and then fur ever dis1uissin" such an admis- siun-that you are all del~ded, though sin- cere; iL does not go to prove that you art' all false prophets. But it ought ami wouid, if he hall one spark of true Christian charity, create a sympathy toward his erring breth- ren ; and he would pursue the course pointed out s11 plainly in the Bible, and thereby en- deavor to reclaim you. But in the absence ~f such a course, he joins with the scoffing mfidels of the day, in denouncing all as Sa- tan's vassal~, endeavoring, if it were possi- ble, to deceive lhe very elect. I should think that such a course would disgust the leading p~truns of that paper, and they would dismiss hmt at once from their empluy. I can but hupe that he. ~ay see the huge heam in his O\ n eye, ere Jt IS too late; otherwise he may: hke the unbelieving lurd, 8ee w,hat he can never participate in. Till I hear something more favorable from him, I must leave him to his own reflection. Bro. Wilmot then goes on to advocate the doctrine of the Jews' return, and alludes to several articles which have appeared in the "Herald," that opposed that doctrine; and as the allusions to them w11uld b~ likely to call forth long replies, ~e ha'e divested what follows from everything of a personal nature, and confined it to the discussion of principles. In doing this, we have endea- vored not to affect the sense, or weaken the force of the argument. To those portions of the letter from whit::h we dissent, we have appended an occasional note. But, in con- sequence of the amount of matter alretdy in type, Wf! are obliged to defer the remainder of Bro. W .;l:i letter until our next. Keep in the Narrow Way. The seaman may have a correct chart of the coast on which he is sailing, and a good compass by which to. guid~ hi~ bark; yet, if he ~~~e~ not s.teer hts shtp nght, tl•ey will aya1llnm nothtng,. and he may, after all, miss hts port, or be shipwrecked, in sight of the harbl)r. To illustrate this.-Su{'pose you have .one hundred miles to sail across a deep bay, tn order to reach a good, capacious har- bor, where there. is ~oud anchoring ground, but surruuoded wllh difficulties; having, also, a ver~ narrow entrance, with quicksands on one s1de, and sunken rocks on the other both extending a long way out to sea. No;, the passage must be entered right in the first place, or the harbor eannot be reached· and after an .entrance. is obtained, the ship 'must be kept m the m1ddle of the channel, in or- der that she rna y arrive safely in. Well the ship sails! for a time &he is "steered ex;ctly for. the pou~t ;. but by and by one thinks that a htLie vanallon can make no great differ- ence.; ao, lle takes the helm, and steers ac- ~ordJngly. Now, it may be seen at once, that m such a ease, a variation of one-sixteenth of an inch would, in sailing a few miles, roo the ship oft' the true course; and the farther she sailed under such mismanagement, the more she would get out of the way, until, finally, instead of entering the harbor, she ~ails to one aide, dashes upon the rocks, and 11 lost. Tbia deviation from the true courae m~y appear alight, but it ia enough to accom- phah the ruin of the ship. Reader, are you Jiving in thia way to-:claJ, - thinl•ing that you may nry a little from the teaehings of the Holy Spirit, and yet gain the port of rest 1 Oh, reflect! tho wayf:l of sin are deceptive, and the "heart is deceitful above all things, and de::sperately wicked." A little variation from the true course to ·d:ly, w11l, in a few day~. lead you far into 1he depth of error and delusion. The departure from the rif.!ht way may be almost impercepti- ble at first, hut depend upon it, my brother, ur sister, it will lead vou on to destruction, if you do not alter y;1ut course. Consider, for a moment, what kind of a. por: it is that the Christian has to enter. Once in it, there is nothing to fear. There he may hask in the sunshi11e of God's glory without fear or mo- l~statiun, and eat of the fruit uf all the trees in the restored paradise of God, and for ever he with our King. But the way to it is a narrow way," and few there be that find it." lf the rig-hteous are scarcely saved, sur- rounded as they are with the rocks, and and shoals, and fogs of error and delusiou, what will become of the sinner amid these dangers, that threaten his soul with perdi- tion 1 Can we trifle, or indulge our::selves on the IIIOSt dangerous part of the COast, with false lights to guard against, a tempting devil to resist, wicked passions, depraved appe- tites, and unholy thoughts to subdue and re- press, and wickedness of every kind to avoid! Oh, my brethren, let us not sleep on this enchanted ground, teat, like in the case of the pilgrims, it prove an eternal sleep. How dreadful, to get in sight of the pearly gates, to hear the sweet, mtludious sound of angels' harps, and catch :1: glimpse of the whole lamily of the redeemed, and be 'ourse1ves shut out-found without the wedding gar- ment-among those concerning whom God has said, "I will spue thee unt of my mouth !" Better had it been for us never tu have seen the light than, having seen it, fail to walk therein. And if it would be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the nay ofjud~­ ment than for Chorazin and Bethsaida, with the light they had, what most be our doom, who walk iu the reflected light of six thou- sand years-who have tasted the good word ?f God, and the powers of the world to come, 1f we now fall short 1 And is there no dan- ger 1 Do we stand secure 1 Have we no example to which we do well t<' take heed 1 Let the word of God speak, and mav the Holy Spirit apply it with mighty energy to our hearts, wak10g us-u.p fn>m indolence and stupidity, and urging u& ttY mighty effort in the cause of God, and the work of watch· fulness, lest we dash upon the hidden rocks, and make shipwreck of our faith. all in sight of port. J .. LENFEST. \ltorrtsp onb encc. LETTER FRO I INDIANA. Dear Bro. Himes:-The first o. of the present volume of the " Herald •~ contains a call upon correspondents, in which I noticed the following:-" We want to hear from all parts of the rountrv." It is so seldom that \~e are reported ihrough the pre s, that a hne may be acceptable from us, as we have like faith and hope. By the sum enclo::sed, you will see tat the '' Heral~ " is sti~l appreciated by some among us, notwJthstandtng the influences at work to destroy its circulation. \Ve have but recently been visited by one nf those brt'thren who adv~cate the .. d~nr-shut" thP-ory, who ad- moms~ed us, ~ubhcly and privately, to shun the pntsonous Influence of the '' Advent Her- ald" and "Voice of Truth." But, as he of- fe~ed no lletter substitute, the brethren, I thwk, concluded to "prove all thinc:rs and bold fast _that which is ~nod." ., ' Our trtals are b~cuming severe ; we had hoped, so long a time having elapsed since the dividing intlue11ees were developed amona our Eastern bretJneo, that our peaceaol: ranks wou.ld no\. be interrupted. But, alas! we are dtsappomted. Since the one abqve alluded to left_, we have strong protestations of the ~e~esstty of a division among ua.- To m~ It ~s not strange, for every spirit will b?get Us hkeness. We feel grieved and af- thcte~, that some of our brethren, who were first In advocating the great doetrine of the personal coming of Christ, and hia k'iogdom at the door, shl'uld be moved with a system of interpretation, which renders these events spiritual in their manifestation. But so it is. Tbeae trials may ork f'Gr ou good, though we cannot aee how. Yo~ will be glad to learn, that notwith- atanrlmg ~~~-tbe neutralizing efforts to oppoae the glad t1d1ngs of the kingdom at band, the I I 'THE ADVENT HERAL:Q.· troth pre'lails, and is received h~ some. I I ~hall fe..)d ns, and lead us to fountains of.liv- have just ha.pLized one more believer, who wg waters, and where all tears sh~ll bf! w1ped llae recently cume into the faith, which makes from our eyes. Then we may, with Peter. t en~v-two that haye thus pl'llfessed their according to His promise, belwld the new C.ith in the corning King-, within the bounds 'heavens and new earth, herei,n dwelleth e( onr con,Yregation, where I have labored; righteousness. May the Lord grant that all .;..J this, t~>. since the 7th. month of l844. whll are lu.s sheer, may " :l'oake ~o righteous- Facts are ~ufficient. I will only add, i.hat ness anJ sill. not, lest they be found among mere is evidence of a consi tent faith among tho e who dtd not count the cost. HtJw much e brethren in this quarter, although they need have those who are wait in~ f;,r the Lord fre regarded by some as living upon s~al.e of ~he grace of God, to e~ahle t~em to l