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the Tabernacle, it being filled to ovet flowin? 
The congre-
gation were very attentive. 
He is e> peeled to lecture each 
evening through the week. 
The Conference commenced on 
Monday afternoon. 
We shall give a full account in our next. 
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providence shall direct, though we hope to have no occasion 
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<J(3-Conference 
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behalf of ihe brethren, 
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QCf-Don't fail lo read Br. Miller's Address. 
Opposition in the M. E. Church — Zi-
on's Herald, vs. " Millerism." 
" Millerism fatal to M issions and Religion"—" great plans 
of modern Christianity,"—" book of lime,"—restoration of 
ihe Jews." 
CONCLUDED. 
The second argument is expressed in these 
worcls: "They find meanings for the prophecies 
relating to 
THE 
JEWS 
which the theologians of the last two centuries 
(the ablest since St. Paul,) never dreamed of; 
and this, too, without the discovery of any lost 
historical evidence, or any new axiom in Bi-
blical criticism, but by mere conjectural 
con-
structions,"—" contrary 
to the most obvious 
evidence " "they 
have no confidence in 
the 
restoration 
of the Jews." 
"This 
perpetual 
miracle, 
the dispersion 
and miraculous dis-
tinctness of that race in all climes and through 
long ages, suspending the strongest 
affinities 
of human nature, and the strongest tendencies 
of human socicty, is to them but a strange ac 
cident." 
"This perpetual miracle " is by 
no 
means 
" a strange accident " to the Millerites. 
We 
look upon 
the dispersion and distinctness 
of 
that race as among the strongest evidences of 
"our 
religion," 
and of our 
" heterodoxical 
opinions." 
"Lo, the people shall dwell alone, 
and not be reckoned among the nations " is 
among the earliest " prophecies " upon record 
concerning them ; and on condition that their 
heart turned away 
from the Lord their 
God 
the generation that should rise up after 
them 
and the stranger 
that should come from a far 
land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that 
land and the sicknesses 
which the Lord 
hath 
laid upon it ; and that the whole land thereof 
is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, 
Admah, 
and Zeboim, 
which the Lord 
over-
threw in his anger, and in his wrath ; even all 
nations shall say, Wherefore 
hath 
the Lord 
done thus unto this land ? what meaneth 
the 
heat of this great anger ? Then men shall say, 
Because they 
have 
forsaken the covenant of 
the Lord God of their fathers, which he 
made 
with them when he brought them forth out 
of 
the land of Egypt. Deut. xxix. 18—25. 
"And 
among these nations shalt thou 
find 
no ease, 
neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest." 
Thus they were to be "a perpetual reproach," 
a monument of "the severity of God." 
These 
"prophecies" could not be fulfilled without the 
"perpetual 
miracle " to which 
our 
brother 
refers ; and when he can, by the 
same "pro-
phecies," show that this miracle is an 
argu-
ment for their 
restoration 
to old 
Jerusalem, 
converted or unconverted, we shall no longer 
abide in unbelief. 
But the fact 
of their disper-
sion and isolated condition is no more a proof 
It cannot 
be 
done 
without subverting 
the 
whole economy of salvation. 
It gives a mer-
itorious character to what "St. Paul," consid-
ered 
" loss and 
oross, and even 
dung."—It 
builds again the 
things 
which 
he 
destroyed. 
It makes the natural Jews, lepresented by the 
children 
ofthe 
bond-woman, with their Jeru-
salem now in bondage, heirs with the children 
ofthe free-woman who represents the Jerusa-
lem above, "contrary" 
to the plain 
statement 
of St. Paul; and " strikes at " his whole argu-
ment that they only who are Christ's are heirs 
according to the 
promise,—that the Jew must 
change his position from works to faith, from 
the law to grace, and 
trust 
no longer in 
the 
flesh, in birth, blood, education, or the append-
ages and drapery of divine service, but in the 
promise and spirit of the living God. 
It supposes that "the one" of the "two cov-
enants" made with Abraham, which is Hagar, 
according 
to the 
"allegory " of " St. Paul," 
of their 
"restoration," than the condition of and which provided for the temporary 
posses-
Sodom and Gomorrah is proof that their " res-
toration " is to take 
place 
in tbe " 
future." 
Indeed, God has placed one 
exactly on 
the 
same footing with the other. 
"When I shall 
bring 
again their captivity, the 
captivity 
of| 
Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of 
Samaria and her daughters, then will I 
bring; 
again the captivity of thy captives in the midst! 
of them. 
That 
thou 
mayst bear thine 
own 
shame, and mayest be 
confounded in all 
that 
thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto 
them. 
When 
thy sisters, 
Sodom 
and 
her 
sion ofthe land of Canaan under the law,which 
was added because 
of transgressions till 
the 
seed (Christ) should come to whom the promise 
was made as the heir and Lord and Giver 
of 
the 
inheritance, the arrangements 
and 
bles-
sings ofthe everlasting covenant.—It supposes 
that this covenant, with its law and ordinances, 
and Jerusalem 
in bondage, 
which has 
been 
"abolished" by Christ, 
having answered 
its 
purpose as a shadow of good things to 
come, 
is still of value, though "St.Paul" declares re-
peatedly that it must give place to the 
ever-
daughters, shall return to their former estate, j lasting covenant, of which Christ " hath 
ob-
then thou and thy daughters 
shall return 
to tained the moie 
excellent ministry, 
by 
how 
your former estate. Ezek. xvi. 53—55. 
Thisljinuch also He is the mediator of a better cov-
is only one of several prophetic views of thejjenant, 
which 
was 
established 
upon 
better 
fate of Jerusalem which place its 
restoration'promises." 
beyond the limits of possibility. 
jj These "better premises" speak of "a better 
Nor do we 
wish for " any 
new 
axiom injjcountry, that is an heavenly, which 
Abraham 
Biblical criticism," 
in the case of the Jews.!! is to receive 
for 
inheritance: —a 
better 
We 
go right back to 
" St. Paul," to whomjjthan the old Canaan can ever be while 
under 
our brother of the Herald also gives the pre-
ference. 
On 
his " axiom " and his " argu-
ments " we rest the question. 
The 
"axiom" 
is this,—If any of the Jews, ihe natural seed of 
Abraham, are the subjects of " the promises 
made unto the fathers," they are so, not because 
they are the natural seed, but on account of their 
moral character, their "FAITH." 
"That is, 
they which are the children of the flesh, these 
are not the children of God, but the 
children 
ofthe 
promise 
are 
counted 
for the 
seed." 
the curse, and an heavenly, because it is in the 
kingdom to be set up by the God of 
heaven, 
and in which His will is to be done as it is in 
heaven, and also because all who inherit 
that 
kingdom shall bear the image of the Lord from 
heaven. 
"For this I say unto you, that 
flesh 
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." 
It was the work of " St. Paul " to 
convert 
his kinsman 
according to the flesh, from this 
abolished covenant, which could give them or 
their city, nothing but bondage, to that better 
"For 
ye are all the children of God by faith covenant under which Christ makes them free 
in Christ Jesus." 
"So then they which be of; and heirs of the heavenly Jerusalem. 
If they 
faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." 
Ac 
cording-to this "axiom" there is no more pro-
priety in taking the promises, by which 
God 
has pointed this seed of Abraham, in their succes-
sive generations to the immortal 
inheritance, 
and applying them to his natural posterity 
in 
the future, than 
there would be in giving the 
promises which hold out a crown of life for! 
those who are faithful unto death, — and that 
those who suffer with 
Christ shall reign with; 
him, 
to the impenitent of a future 
period,! 
or even to the lost in perdition. 
trust in the law they must perish by the law; 
and if the law brings them to Christ, that they 
may be justified by faith, they have no more to 
do with old Jerusalem than Abraham had, but 
seek one to come. 
Like him they 
become 
strangers and pilgrims on the earth,looking for 
a city which hath 
foundations, the New 
Jeru-
salem, whose builder and maker is God. 
As surely as the law of commandments con-
tained in ordinances has answered its purpose 
as a middle wall 
of partition, preserving 
the 
Jews from the 
transgressions, 
or 
idolatrous 
194 
SIGNS 
OF THE 
TIMES. 
alliances, which threatened their identity as a 
people, and thus proved 
to ua the faithfulness 
of God, 
inasmuch 
as it shews that Christ is 
the seed of Abraham ;as surely as the " Son is 
born," and through the eternal Spirit has offer-
ed himself without spot to God; has 
ascended 
to his Father's right hand, there to sit until his 
enemies are made his footstool, so surely he is 
"born to be 
a King; " and 
this 
"appointed 
heir of all things," " in the 
world 
to come " 
which is " put in subjection unto him," shall 
return "at the time appointed of the Father," 
and " gather together in 
one all that are 
in 
him; and, having "slain his enemies who would 
not that he should reign 
over 
them," he will 
"make all things new;" and then "the govern-
ment shall 
be upon his shoulders upon 
the 
throne 
of David, 
and 
upon 
his kingdom, to 
order it and to establish it with judgment 
and 
with justice from henceforth, even forever. The 
zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this." 
" And Jerusalem shall be called the throne of 
the Lord," "the city ofthe great King." 
For 
behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her 
people a joy." 
But old Jerusalem is "cast out" for the sins of 
her children. 
"The kingdom shall be no more 
till he come whose right it is, and I will give it 
him, saith the Lord God." 
He shall make it 
desolate even till the consummation. It is to be 
trodden under 
foot of 
the 
Gentiles till 
the 
times ofthe Gentiles shall be fulfilled, when he 
whose right it is will come to reign. 
These may be mere " conjectural construc-
tions" to the Editor of the Herald, but we have 
the utmost confidence in them, inasmuch 
as 
they have 
the sanction of "St. Paul," whose 
" Biblical criticism " we always 
prefer to the 
absurd and antr-apostolic 
" constructions " 
of 
" modern Christianity." 
To 
this heavenly Jerusalem we believe 
all 
the Jews will be restored who have the faith of 
Abraham, and those who have his faith can no 
more look for rest 
to the 
old Jerusalem, than 
they can look to the Dead Sea—the beacon of 
warning and the token of wrath and ruin to an 
unbelieving world. As to all "the theologians" 
who 
adopt 
any 
other 
than the 
apostolic 
"axiom," 
or any 
other 
" meanings 
fur 
the 
prophecies relating to the 
Jews" 
than 
those 
which agree with the ancient " Biblical 
criti-
cism," we have "the most obvious 
evidence" 
that their "constructions " are not 
only "nov-
el" and "heterodoxical," 
but that they 
them-
selves "know not the Scriptures, neither 
the 
power of God, and therefore greatly err," and 
thus they assist the poor souls who are entrust-
ed to their care, and who will soon be required 
at their hand, to weld ikeir fetters at the fires of 
truth, 
by making the "perpetual miracle" with 
which 
heaven 
warns 
and assures 
us of the 
doom which awaits the 
world, a 
"perpetual" 
argument against the danger ! 
H. 
When shall the Sanctuary be 
cleansed ? 
Extract 
from a sermon entitled "Sanctuary 
PollitJj^d" 
by Rev. J. L 
Wilson, 
D.D. 
of Cincinnati, JS28. 
'""'CORFFCL.UDED. 
Again he says p. p. 275—281 :— 
" I trust I shall not exhaust your patience, by 
asking your attention to some closing]|remarks. 
1. Our Lord, and his prophets and apostles con-
sidered every part of God's revelation as important 
and of solemn obligation. 
On this subject, the Old and New 
Testaments 
speak the same language. 
"Every 
word of God 
is pure; he is a sheild unto them that put their 
trust in him—add thou not unto his words, lest he 
reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." 
Prov. 
XXX. 
"I 
testify unto 
every 
man that heareth 
the 
words ofthe prophecy of this book, if any man shall 
add unto these things, God shall add unto him the 
plagues that are written in this book: and if any 
man, shall take away from the words ofthe book of 
this prophecy, God shall tafte away his part out of 
the book of life, and out ofthe holy city, and from 
the things that are written in this book." 
Rev. 
xxii. 
If it be true that 
"man 
shall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word of God ;" if "things 
revealed belong to us and our children that 
we 
may do all the words of this law;" if" the law of 
the Lord is perfect, converting the soul" —" the 
testimony of the Lord sure, making wise the sim-
ple "—" the statutes of the Lord right, rejoicing 
the 
heart"—"the 
commandments 
of the Lord 
pure, 
enlightening 
the 
eyes"—and "the judg-
ments of the Lord true and righteous 
altogether;" 
then it may be confidently 
said, that the popular 
notion, which we often hear from the pulpit, 
that 
some revealed and inspired 
TRUTHS are 
unimportant 
and non-essential articles of faith, 
MUST 
BE 
FALSE. 
If there be any thing clearly a matter of 
indiffer-
ence, let" the strong bear the infirmities of the 
weak, and not please themselves;" 
but our Lord 
will undoubtedly frown on that man who shall 
" break one of the least of his commandments, and 
teach men so to do." 
2. Our Lord and 
the 
inspired 
writers 
never 
grant nor intimate that the church of God 
cannot 
be of "one mind and one judgment." 
They 
al-
ways assume the fact that God has spoken 
noth-
ing in vain, and that his revealed will cannot be 
mutilated nor enlarged, nor wrested nor denied, 
not misinterpreted 
with impunity. 
They 
never 
tell us 
about " the facts of religion being one 
thing, and the philosophy of these facts 
another." 
They never talk about the " large space of deba-
teable ground lying between the borders of ortho-
doxy and the undefined limits of heresy." 
But 
they evidently teach that the smallest 
departure 
from truth is error. 
They warn us against 
worldly 
wisdom, vain philosophy, 
heresy, 
and divisions, 
and 
they tell us of deceitful works. 
They tell us that 
" all Christ's people are taught of God," and " if 
any man shall do his will, he shall know of the 
doctrine," and they beseech and command 
"all 
who in every place call on the name of the Lord 
Jesus, to be ofthe same mind—to speak the same 
things, and to be perfectly joined together in 
the 
same judgment." 
They urge the church to unan-
imity as one body, and fix an indelible mark of 
disgrace on the man who causes divisions and of-
fences contrary to the doctrines they had 
taught. 
Nay, they would not spare even an angel from 
heaven, if he preached another gospel. 
Every Christian, and especially every 
minister, 
ought to say to the Head of the Church as David 
did to .Tehovah, "Then shall I not be ashamed 
when I have respect unto all thy commandments." 
Let no one mistake me. 
I mean not to affirm that 
a person must know " all that has been written by 
inspiration of God " before he can be saved, or be-
fore he is fit to teach others, as far as he 
has 
learned himself; but what I affirm is, that whether 
a person be a babe, a youth, or a father in Christ— 
whether he be weak or strong in the faith—such is 
his simple reliance on God's word, such his humil-
ity, such his teachable, child-like disposition, if he 
be united to Christ and led by the Holy Spirit of 
grace and truth, that so far as he does know, 
he 
speaks and acts in conformity with God's revealed 
wili, and where he does not knoio, he has sufficient 
humility and candor to confess his ignorance; wait-
ing at wisdom's 
door, in the use of appointed 
means, that he may grow in knowledge and grace 
more and more to a perfect stature. 
3. I beg your attention 
to the responsibility of 
those who are set apart for the express purpose of 
conducting others to heaven. 
" Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God." 
" But how can they hear 
without 
a preacher ?" 
A large 
majority o^the human family are in such 
circumstances that if ever they? arrive at 
heaven, 
they must be guided there by a living ministry 
on 
earth. 
Multitudes 
cannot 
read, and 
multitudes 
more, from their abject circumstances and servile 
employments, have no time allowed them to search 
the Scriptures; while many, very many, who can 
read and might have time, are so little 
cultivated, 
possess so little mental discipline, they cannot dis-
tinguish between sophistry and argument, nor dis- 
| 
cern the wolf in sheep's clothing. 
All these mul- 
: 
tiludes must and do place themselves under 
some 
man or set of men as their scriptural guides, and 
they who lead them are responsible for their souls. 
"If a man desireth the office of a bishop, he de-
sireth a good work ;" but, if he assume this office, 
or others invest him with it, while he is destitute 
j 
of the qualifications belonging to the office, his own 
soul, and all who receive him as a spiritual guide, 
i 
are put in jeopardy. 
" If the blind lead the blind, 
j 
they both fall into the ditch " 
The mouth of the 
! 
Lord hath spoken it. 
No wonder Moses, and 
Isaiah, and 
Jeremiah 
shrunk 
from 
the responsible 
stations 
assigned 
them. 
No wonder Paul cried out in view of re-
sponsibility, " who is sufficient for these things ?" 
and so often said, " brethren, pray for us." 
4. The true ministers of Christ must 
not be 
discouraged when false teachers are numerous and 
popular. 
When the magicians with their enchantments 
| 
were numerous and popular at the court of Pha- 
; 
raoh, Moses and Aaron stood 
firm, 
and left the 
time and manner of" truth's triumph " to the God 
, 
of Israel. 
When the false prophets were more 
. 
than 
eight 
hundred 
to 
one, Elijah put 
them 
to 
a 
test 
which proved their overthrow. 
And 
when Paul had perils among false brethren; when 
I 
those turned against him who once would have 
| 
plucked out their own eyes for his sake; when all 
1 
Asia forsook him ; and no man stood with him at 
his first answer before Nero; none of these 
things 
moved him. 
He could say, " the Lord stood 
with 
me, and strengthened me, that by me the preach-
ing might be fully known, and that all the Gen-
tiles might hear. 
And the Lord shall deliver 
me 
from every evil work, and will preserve me 
unto 
his heaveuly kingdom, to whom be glory forever 
and ever." 
Let no man who is sound in the faith 
and apt to 
teach be discouraged when false teachers are mul-
tiplied, nor when they are surrounded and applaud-
ed by gaping crowds of men of corrupt 
minds. 
But let thern watch and pray, and teach, and warn, 
night aud day, with tears. 
5. Seeing there is but ONE true religion, 
but ONE 
right 
way, but one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 
and 
as it is true that there are many 
deceivers, 
who 
shall deceive MANY; you are ready to ask me 
with 
deep emotion and solemn interest, what 
shall 
we 
do? 
One answer is given to all. 
"Trust in the 
Lord with all thy heart, and lean net to thine own 
understanding. 
In all thy ways acknowledge him, 
and he shall direct thy paths." 
"Be 
not wise in 
thine own eves; fear the Lord and depart from 
evil "—it shall be the life, and health, and strength 
of thy soul. 
Prov. iii. 
Look! O earnestly look to God for direction; 
for if you are taught, like the centurion, by a Peter, 
who will tell you words by which you and 
your 
house may be saved; or, like the eunuch, by a 
Philip, who will preach Jesus; or, like Lydia, by a 
Paul, who will glory in nothing but the cross of 
Christ, you are safe. 
Goon your way 
rejoicing; 
but if you misplace your confidence, if you choose 
blind guides, you are ruined, lost forever. 
To them who can examine for themselves I say, 
" Search the Scriptures," in prayer, in simple de-
pendence on heavenly wisdom. 
Interpret scrip-
ture by scripture, and not by art and man's device. 
"And 
when they shall say unto you, seek unto 
them that hare 
familiar spirits, 
false 
teachers, 
should not a people seek unto their God? 
To the 
law and to the testimony : if they speak not accord-
1 
SIGNS 
OF 
THE 
TIMES. Tt,,?v 9iHl ftftf. 
195 
ing to this word, it is because there is no light in 
them." 
Isa. viii. 
To such as bear rule in God's house I say, " Try 
the spirits whether they be of God." 
If any pro-
fess not to walk with us, not to belong to our de-
nomination, " Let them alone." 
If they do good, 
hinder ihem not; but rejoice. 
If they do evil, he 
not partakers. 
To their own 
Master they stand 
or fall. 
They have made their election ; so have 
ynu. 
Your choice is made for eternity ; and the 
judgment 
day 
will 
disclose 
tbe 
right and the 
wrong. 
Every 
sect must 
abide 
by 
their own 
choice. 
If any profess to walk with us, if they say they 
are Presbyterians, belonging to or under the care 
of the General Assembly, and cause divisions and 
contentions by departing from our standards, for-
saking 
our 
institutions, 
and deceiving and un-
settling the hearts of the unwary ; I beseech you, 
brethren, mark them as false brethren, and avoid 
them. 
This you can do. 
This is the least you 
ought to do, when vou have not official strength to 
inflict upon them deserved rebuke or merited 
sus-
pension. 
I feel that I stand before you in solemn 
and 
trying circumstances. 
If I am true and faithful, and 
you neglect the great salvation, I shall save my own 
soul, but you must perish. 
If I am a blind guide, and 
you are led by my false counsel, we must 
perish 
together. 
Such is the state of the Presbyterian 
church now, that no man can be indifferent, no 
tongue can be silent, no hand idle. 
It remains yet 
to be seen whether we, as the polluted sanctuary 
of 
God, shall be cleansed, or whether, when the sanc-
tuary is cleansed, we shall be swept away with the 
" besom of destruction." 
Solemn thought ! 
In our context Jehovah says, " My 
determina-
tion is to gather the nations, that I may 
assemble 
the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, 
even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be 
devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 
For then 
will I turn the people to a pure language, that they 
may all call upon the name ofthe Lord, and serve 
him with ONE CONSENT." 
Happy unanimity. 
But 
who can bear the " fire of his jealousy?" " whose fan 
is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, 
and gather his wheat into the garner, but he will 
burn up the chaff with UNQUENCHABLE FIRE." 
The time is specified in our text. 
" And he said 
unto me until two thousand and three hundred 
days, 
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 
In an attempt to ascertain the beginning and end 
of these prophetic 
days, it is necessary to make a 
prophetic computation, counting "a day for a year." 
Ezek. iv. 6. 
The period, then, isJ2300 Jewish 
years, each year contaiiiing 360. natural .'days, and 
of course the conclusion of tlufc&tculation will differ 
from our dates just as much as the Scripture date 
differs from the common or vulgar chronology. 
Besides this long period of2300 years, the visions 
of Daniel disclose two other periods of time, which 
are very remarkable. 
" Seventy weeks" or 490 
years, (Dan. ix. 24.) and "a time and times and 
the dividing of time," (Dan. vii. 25,) or 1260 years. 
One week is 7 days, and 70 weeks are 7 times 70 
days, make 490 days or years. 
" A time, and times 
and a half a time," or " the dividing of time " is a 
period of" a thousand two hundred and three score 
days," that is, 1260 years. 
Rev. xii. compare the 
6th and 14th verses. 
This period is also called 
"forty and two months." 
Com. Dan. xii. 7, with 
Rev. xii. 2. 
Forty two months of thirty days each, 
Jewish time, are 42 times 30— 1260 Jewish years. 
These two shorter periods of " seventy 
weeks" 
(490 years) and "a time and times and the dividing 
of time, " (1260 years.) are as I shall show, com-
prehended in the long period of" two thousand and 
three hundred days" (years). The "seventy weeks" 
being the beginning, and the " time, times and a 
half," the end, leaving a middle period of 550 years 
from the end of the 70 weeks, till the beginning 
of the forty-two months — that is, as I understand 
it, from the time of the calling of the Gentiles till 
the commencement of the reign of Antichrist. 
If 
this be corrrect, the downfall of Antichrist will be 
complete when the sanctuary is cleansed. 
Having thus premised, or given my method of 
computation, I undertake to show —That 
Daniel's 
" 70 weeks " is the beginning or first part of the 
" 2300 days " allotted for cleansing the sanctuary ; 
that Daniel's " time, times, and a half, " is the last 
or concluding part of the " 2300 days" that 
the 
" 70 weeks" commenced 453 years before the 
birth 
of Christ and ended in A. D.'37; that the " time, 
times, and dividing of time" or 1260 years began 
in A. D.587, and shall end with the termination of 
the " 2300 days " or years, in 1847. 
It 
is not a little remarkable, that William 
C. 
Davis of South Carolina, Th. R..Rubertbon,of Indi-
aliafand Wtfff the JewishMission'ary,in calculating 
the titnes specified in the Books of Dan. and Rev. 
all have fixed the end of the 2300 days, 
in 1847. 
Mr. Djmg thougnt this would be the 'commence-
ment ofthe 
Millennium;' Mr. Robertson viewed 
it as "the downfall of the 
Pope ;" and Mr Wolff 
confidently expected "Christ's personal appearance 
in Jerusalem. " How far these men were indebted 
to each other, I cannot tell. 
I am indebted to them 
all — not for the expectations mentioned, but for 
pointing out a clue by which I can arrive at cer-
tainty as to the time of the cleansing of the sanc-
tuary. 
to Second Advent Believers. 
BY WILLIAM 
MILLER. 
DEAR BRETHREN :^Time rolls on his res\st\ess\ justifies 
the means." 
It is a fact, that in not one of 
Jude 12 :—" These are spots in your feasts of char-
ity, when they feast with you, feeding ihemselves 
without fear: clouds they are without 
water, car-
ried about of winds ; trees 
whose 
fruit 
wither-
eth, without 
fruit, 
twice 
dead, 
plucked up by 
the roots." 
These passages 
show 
conclusively, 
that in the last day, and 
at the very 
time when 
Christ shall come, professors of religion will be 
eating and drinking, and feasting without fear. 
What 
can 
be- more literally fulfilled than these 
passages 
would 
be, 
were 
Christ 
to come 
as 
we expect? 
Look at 
the 
feasts 
of the differ-
ent sects among the 
Protestant 
churches of the 
present day. 
First, 
the religious fairs, to 
raise 
money for religious purposes; where the 
luxu-
ries of life are sold at any price, and where a 
species of gambling is carried on, more degrading 
than our public lotteries; because done under the 
garb of religion, and sanctioned by our popular 
clergy. 
I have understood that some of these fairs, 
or feasts, are held in their public places of wor-
ship; places consecrated for the contrite and broken 
in heart to seek God in, and for the Christian to meet 
his brother of kindred spirit, to praise and pray, are 
turned into halls 
of feasting and 
confectionary 
shops, 
into gambling places, and tables of money-
changers. 
And what can be the plea for these 
abominations? 
Oh! the Catholic plea, "the end 
course. We are one more year down its rapid stream 
towards the ocean of eternity. 
We have passed 
what the world calls the last round of 1843 ; and 
already they begin to shout victory over us. 
Does 
your heart begin to quail ? 
Are you ready to give 
up your blessed hope in the glorious appearing of 
Jesus Christ? or are you waiting lor it, although 
it seems to us that it tarries? 
Let me say to you 
in the language of the blessed book of God, 
"al-
though it tarry, wait for it ; it will surely come, itj 
will not tarry." 
Never has my faith been stronger 
than at this very moment. 
I feel confident 
that 
the Savior will come, and in the true Jewish year ; 
in 2300 from the decree given to Ezra by Arta-
xerxes, in the seventh year of his reign, the end 
will come ; or in 2520 years from the captivity ofj 
Manasseh, the cTiildren of God will be delivered! 
from their bondage to the kings of the earth; in 
2450 years from the time when the Jews ceased 
keeping their Jubilees, and the land was left deso-
late, and their enemies dwelt therein, the great Ju-
bilee will come, and the people of God will enter 
into the peaceful possession of the promised 
and 
eternal inheritance; and also in 1335 years from 
the taking away ofthe Pagan power, "the resurrec-
tion ofthe saints will come; and when the seventh 
"trumpet begins to sound, the mystery of God 
will 
be finished; all that he hath declared by his ser-
vants the prophets. 
These are some of the reasons why I believe that 
Jesus will come this Jewish year.// have confK the judgment day will only disclose how many of 
// 
dence in God's word; it will not fad ; we may de-
pend upon it; all men will acknowledge that God 
is true to his time, as well as to the manner of his 
judgment. 
Many signs of the last day are being fulfilled in 
the most remarkable manner, at the present time. 
Among the many which have been noticed by the 
advent writers, I will notice one or two which 
have never been noticed as I have seen. 
Matt, 
xxiv. 49 :—" And shall begin to smite his fellow-
servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken." 
Luke xiii. 26 :—" Then shall ye begin to say, We 
have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and 
thou 
hast taught in our streets." 
xvii. 27—30 :—" They 
did eat, they drank, they married wires, they were 
given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered 
into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed 
them all. 
Likewise also as it was in the days of 
Lot: they did eat, they drank, they bought, 
they 
sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day 
that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and 
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them 
all: 
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of 
man is revealed." 
2 Peter ii. 13 :—" And shall re-
ceive the reward of unrighteousness, as they 
that 
count it pleasure to riot in the day time. 
Spots 
they are and blemishes, sporting themselves 
with 
their own deceivings while they feast with 
you." 
these places can the cry be made, " Behold the 
Bridegroom 
cometh ;" and no wonder; for they 
well know if he should come and find them 
thus 
doing, he 
would not 
with a scourge of small 
cords drive them from his temple, but would rule 
them with a rod of iron, and dash them to peices 
like a potter's vessel. 
Again, not only fairs, but tea parties, picnic par-
lies, and last of all, donation parties, have become 
very common among us of la»e. 
But, say you, I 
hope you will say nothing against our making a 
present to our poor ministers. 
No, by no means; 
but the manner and motive by which you do this, 
is what God will judge you for. 
If it is a gift, let 
not the left hand know what the right hand doeth. 
If you say it is your minister's just due, why not 
pay him without subjecting him to so much trouble 
and expense, and turning his house upside down. 
But you well know 
these are not your real mo-
tives; much of it is done in pride, and many a 
poor man, and sorrowful widow, have had their 
hearts made sad because they could not show as 
much respect for their minister as their neighbor, 
he rich nabob, who is very liberal ai such times, 
ither for the applause of men, or to bribe the 
inister to silence in cases of conscious guilt. 
Do 
ou think these donation feasts would ever have 
ome into fashion, if there was no motive of world-
y gain ? 
No, we must all say. 
Then these are 
signs of a wordly church, and a cold ministry ; and 
the servants of Christ have neglected to learn the 
truth, and give the midnight cry, in 
consequence 
of these fasnions and customs of a worldly minded 
church. 
But I forbear; if it were possible to have 
charity for our churches, I would ; but how can I, 
with my present views : Christ at the door, and so 
many precious souls stumbling 
over a worldly 
church, and a cold 
hearted ministry. 
If heaven 
has any special judgments laid up in store, surely 
we may expect he will hurl them upon the heads 
of those who shall be found thus revelling upon his 
mercy, and treating with neglect and contempt his 
word and warnings, which he in mercy has given 
for our admonition. 
Theref9re. brethren, Jet us hold fast our faith 
without wrath or doubting, and let us be careful 
that the enemy get no advantage over us. 
The 
devil has come down,having great wrath, knowing 
that he has but a short time; and his object will 
be to draw us from the truth. 
He will endeavor to 
make us believe some other evidence besides the 
word of God, and follow some other spirit besides 
the spirit of truth. 
You see that in our opposers is 
a spirit of the world. 
The Scripture testimony is 
rejected when it conflicts with 
the traditions of 
men ; and their 
prejudices become the rule, in-
stead of the word of God. 
Therefore we ought to 
be very careful we do not, what we accuse our op-
196 
ponents for doing. 
Let us be careful that we try 
the spirit by the standard of divine testimony. 
1 
would not even glory in appearance, but in one 
thing I will and may glory, viz. that not one 
single 
stake which has been planted in the advent cause 
from 
Scripture 
testimony, have our opponents 
been able to 
remove; 
although they claim all the talent, 
all the 
learning, 
and all the wisdom oj the lime in which 
we 
live. 
What has professor Stuart, a giant in bib-
lical 
knowledge, 
done? 
Every 
rational 
mind 
must acknowledge that wherever he differs from 
us he has broken his own rules ; and that his ex-
position of the Scriptures are weak and perfectly 
futile. 
Mr. Culver is an echo to Prof. Stuart, only 
| 
he is not half so candid ; and where he has departed 
j 
from Stuart, he is more ridiculous than his master. 
J It is evident that whosoever wrote the pamphlet 
| 
published under his name, did not believe what he 
wrote; it was only for effect, to blind people's eyes, 
and keep ihem from examining the subject of ihe 
advent.* Mr. Dowling had more puffs from the 
Baptist papers than Mr. Culver, but he was less 
fortunate; for Mr. Culver's pamphlets were less 
read,.owing, it is supposed, 
to the fewer puffs; 
while Mr. Dowling was more generally read, and 
was therefore more generally despised tor his fool-
ish and weak arguments. 
It was an unfortunate 
circumstance to Br. Dowling;, that the writers of 
those puffs had not read 
his 
work 
before they 
puffed him so much. 
That would have saved him 
and the Baptist editors much shame and disgrace. 
To cap the climax, Dr. Weeks came out wilh his 
long catalogue of Mr. Miller's mistakes, where, by 
his own assumption, he made the first mistake. 
Then by dividing that inio twelve parts, and mul-
tiplying the same by the number 
two in arithmet-
ical progression, he made somewhere about one 
hundred and sixty. 
On receiving his puffs from 
the Observer and Evangelist before he began 
to 
publish, it was expected he would destroy all evi-
dence under heaven of the 
blessed hope in the glo-
rious appearing of the great God and our Savior 
Jesus Christ;" 
and show lhat 
the 
doctrine of 
Christ's second advent was a fable. 
But what has 
he done ? 
Why, he has shown lhat Mr. Miller, in 
the acceptation of the world, is an illiterate man. 
But in one th.ng he has failed ; that is, to show 
that the Bible is not true, and that God has not said 
he will lake the weak things of this world to con-
found the wise and mighty. 
How silly are such 
productions of our D. D's, and how 
contemptible 
must 
those sectarian editors appear 
with 
their 
puffs, n the eyes of Jehovah !! 
He that sits in the 
heavens will lauglr them to scorn. 
But God has 
made use of these productions to open the blind 
eyes of many of our brethren; for these writings 
show the weakness of the cause which they have 
espoused ; and many have been excited to exam-
ine and believe, what otherwise would have 
re-
mained in obscurity until the burning day. 
Another thing has been thus shown. 
The unbe-
lief of our great worldly wise men would 
never 
have been made known in any other way, as we 
can conceive, until the judgment. 
We now see 
they have but little or no faith in the Scriptures; 
they believe in no resurrection ofthe body; they 
scoff at the doctrine of Christ's personal appearing 
and reign with his people on the earth ; they treat 
wilh contempt the burning day, and laugb at the 
idea of the earth's being purified by fire; they re-
ject the true inheritance of the saints, and try to 
rob Christ of his kingdom. 
With many of our 
clergy these things are facts, which a few years 
gone by would not have been acknowledged 
by 
any. 
These things show that we have the tiuth 
on this subject. 
When a man is forced to deny 
any one plain promise or declaration 
in the word 
ofGod, in order to support his theory, you may set 
it down as an invariable rule that he is wrong. 
* We are in possession of the facts, that Mr. Cul-
ver's tract was re-written, and the provincialisms 
and blackguardism, peculiar to him, omitted. 
The 
reason that the obsolete works of Mr.Stuart, anions: 
the learned, and of Mr. Culver, among the unlearn-
ed, are here referred to, is because they have been 
exhumed at the West, where Mr. Miller has been,and 
are being circulated anew.—Eos. 
SIGNS. 
SIGNS 
OF THE 
TIMES. \p c 
My brethren, let me advise you to keep your-
selves from every thing which may lead your mind 
from the glorious hope of Christ's coming; for if 
Satan can tempt you lo lay down your watch, if it 
is only for one honr, and Christ should come in 
that hour, he may be sure ot his prey. 
'' Lest he 
come and find you sleeping, and so that day over-j 
take you unawares." 
If lime continues until the end of this Jewish 
year, we shall be assailed by the enemy in every 
place where lie can have any prospect of hurling in 
a dart. 
We must therefore watch. 
If we have 
Pride in our hearts, he will try to make us com-
promise, and throw away our hopes, and relin-
quish our faith to save our worldly character. 
This 
would be a fatal stab in our Savior's side. 
If we 
are self-righteous, he will persuade us that we are 
holy; and that any thing we may think or do, is 
not sin. 
This is enchanted ground, and will, I fear, 
be the destruction of thousands. 
When men 
get 
so holy as to have no sin to confess, they cannot 
need an Advocate; neither can they pray the Lord's 
prayer without being hypocrites, " forgive 
us our 
trespasses." 
Christ has become of no effect to such. 
I make these remarks not in 
reference lo the doc-
trine of Christian holinesss; but in view of the ul-
traism, and extravagances which some indulge, and 
which those who believe in true gospel holiness 
equally deprecate. 
1 call heaven and yourselves to witness, my 
brethren, lhat I have never taught any thing to j 
mate you throw away any part of God's word. 
I 
have never pretended to preach anything but the 
Bible. 
I have used no sophistry. 
My preaching 
has not been with words of man's wisdom. 
1 
have not countenanced fanaticism in any form. 
I 
use no dreams or visions except those in the word 
ofGod. 
I have not advised any one to separate 
from the churches to which they may have belonged, 
unless their brethren cast them out, or deny them 
religious privileges. 
I have taught you no precept 
of man; nor the creed of any sect. 
I have never 
designed to make a new sect, or to give you a nick 
name; lliis the enemies to Christ's second advent 
have done; and we must patienily bear it until he 
comes; and then he will take away our reproach. 
I have wronged no man ; neither have I sought 
for your honors or gold. 
I have preached 
about 
4,500 lectures in about twelve years, to at least 
RTO'OOO dTfFerent people. 
I have broken my con-
stitution and lost my health; and for what? 
That if 
possible I might be the means of saving some. 
How 
many have been saved by these means I cannot 
tell; God knows; to him be all the glory. 
In one 
thing I have great reason to rejoice. 
I believe I 
have never lectured in any place, but God has been 
with me and given some fruits ol his Spirit, as an 
evident token ofthe truth. 
I have never preached or 
believed in any time for Christ to come but the end of 
the prophetic periods, which I have always believed 
would end with the Jewish year 1843; and which 
I still believe', and mean, with the help of God, to 
look for until He comes. 
And I think I can say 
with my whole heart and soul. Amen, Even so 
come, Lord Jesus. 
I have great reason to be thankful to God, and 
to many of you, my brethren, for what assistance 
you have rendered me in doing my duty, and for 
the help I have had from the arduous labors of Bro. 
Himes, and from many others who have been ihe 
means of publishing this doctrine over much of the 
Christian world. 
I am truly thankful to God and 
to ihem ; and pray God ihey may receive a disci-
ple's reward ; and I believe that in the New Jeru-
salem they will recieve many stars in their crowns; 
while those who have lidiculed and belied them, 
and imputed to them wrong and wicked motives, 
will wail and weep in the pit of woe. 
1 hope, my 
brethren, you will continue faithful unto the end. 
All we have of time, is to patiently wait, and con-
stantly look for Christ's coming. 
WM. 
MILLER. 
®t)e 
0igns 
of 
ilje 
Sirnes. 
"THE 
LORD 
IS 
AT 
HAND." 
BOSTOX*, 
JANUABY 
31, 
1844. 
tyj'All communications for the Signs of the Times, or 
orders for 
Books or remittances, should be directed to 
"•/. V. Himes, Boston, Mass," post paid-
Post Masters are authorized by the Post Office Depart-
ment to forward free of expense all orders for, 
or to 
discontinue publications, 
anil also money to pay for the 
same 
Subscribers' names with the State and Post Office should 
be distinctly given when money is forwarded. 
Where the 
Post Office is not given, we are liable to misdirect the pa-
per, or credit to the wrong person, as there are often sev-
eral ofthe same name, or several Post Offices in the same 
town. 
The Seven Times of Levi*, xxvi, 
Why repeated four 
times. 
CONCLUDED. 
THEIR 
THIRD OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PARDON. 
Their case, however, was not left uHerly hopeless; 
In the twenty fifth year of their captivity from the 
captivity of Jehoiakim, Ezekiel was 
carried by 
visions ofGod into the land of Israel, and set upon 
a very high mountain, by which was as the frame 
of a city towards the south. 
Theu was given the 
vision and the prophecy recorded in the nine 
last 
chapters of Ezekiel, 
beginning 
with the 
40th, 
which were promised to the Jews conditionally, 
and 
which, had ihey complied with the conditions, would 
have been the portion of Israel at the termination 
of the Babylonish captivity. 
When Ezekiel was 
thus carried lo the land of Israel, and shown what 
was as ihe frame of a city, one, whose appearance 
was like the appearance of brass, with a line of 
flax in his hand, and a measuring reed, stood in the 
gate, and said unto him, chap. xl. 4, " Son of man, 
behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, 
and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee: 
for to the intent that I might show them unto thee 
jirt thou 
brought 
hither: declare all 
that thou 
seest to the house of Israel." 
Then he saw and 
measured the various gates, walls, porches, thres-
holds, chambers, posts, windows, courts, tables, 
hooks, steps, &c. &c. pertaining to what he saw as 
described in the 40th, 41st and 42d chaps. 
After-
ward, chap, xliii. 2—8, he beheld and "the glory of 
the God of Israel came from the way of the east," 
and "came into the house, by the way of the gate 
whose prospect 
is towards the east" and "filled 
the house." 
"And he said unto me, Son of man, 
ihe place of my throne, and the place of the soles of 
my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the 
children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, 
shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither 
they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by 
the carcasses of their kings in their high places. 
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, 
and their post by my posts, and the wall between 
me and them, they have even defiled my holy 
name by their abominations that they have com-
mitted: wherefore I have consumed ihem in mine 
anger." 
The above was ihen offered to the nation 
of Israel conditionally 
; had they complied with the 
conditions they would have entered into the promi-
sed inheritance. The conditions are given in the three 
succeeding verses, xliii. 9—11, "Now, let 
them 
put 
away their whoredom, and the carcases of 
their 
kings, far from 
me, 
and 
I will 
dwell 
in 
the 
midst of ihem forever. 
Thou Son of man, show 
the house to the house of Israel, that ihey may 
be 
ashamed of their iniquities; and let them meas-
ure the pattern. 
And if they be ashamed of all 
that 
they have done, show ihem the form of the house 
and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, 
iCJ^Fi iends in the vicinity of Worcester and Hart-
ford, who wish for the Harp, and other Advent pub-
lications, can be supplied by calling on F. E. Bige-
low, Wotcester, or Wm. Rogers, 4 Exchange, corner 
of State st. Hartford, Ct. 
SIGNS OF THE 
TIMES. Tt,,?v 9iHl ftftf. 
1134 
and the comings in thereof, and all the forms there 
of, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms 
thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in 
their sight, that they may keep the whole form 
thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do 
them." 
The remainder of this prophecy is occu-
pied with the law of the house, the ordinances of 
the alter, the duties of the priests and people, the 
division of the land, &c., which they were to ob-
serve if they should comply with the conditions, so 
that the Lord could fulfill this vision; and the con 
sumation of which would be that "the name ofthe 
city from lhat day shall be the LORD 
IS THERE." 
This Ezekiel was commanded to offer, chap, xliv.6, 
and to "say to the rebellious house of Israel, Thus 
saith the Lord 'God, 0 ye house of Israel, let it suf-
fice you for all your abominations." 
The Lord 
further stirred up the spirit ofthe Persian kings to 
permit the Jews to, go up to Jerusalem to rebuild 
their temple and city so that they returned to their 
own land ; but yet they would not hearken unto the 
Lord to accept of this third opportunity of escaping 
the dominion 
of their enemies; they were 
not 
ashamed of all 
they 
had done; neither would 
they put away their whoredom, for the Lord to 
dwell in the midst of them forever, but did evil 
again before the Lord." 
Here then will apply the 
third repetition of the seven times. 
Levit. xxvi. 
23—26. 
"And if ye will not be reformed by me by 
these things, but will walk contrary 
unto me; then 
will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish 
you yet seven times for your sins. 
And I will bring 
a sword upon you, lhat shall avenge the quarrel of my 
covenant: 
and when ye are gathered together within 
your cities, I will send the pestilence among you : and 
ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 
And 
when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women 
shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall de-
liver you your bread again by gveight : and ye shall 
eat and not be satisfied." 
THEIR FOURTH OPPORTUNITY 
FOR 
PARDON. 
Notwithstanding these repeated rejections of the 
offers of mercy, they were destined to receive one 
final ami more 
glorious 
opportunity of having 
"their judges restored as at the first, and their coun-
sellors as at the beginning :'' and this was to be 
by the coming of Shiloh, the Messiah—the beloved 
Son of the Lord of the vineyard, who said after his 
third servant had been sent away empty, Luke xx. 
9—16. "I will send them my beloved Son : it may 
be they will reverance him when they see him." 
It was said of him, " he shall be great, and shall be 
called the Son of the highest: and the Lord God 
shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 
and he shall reign over the house of Judah forever; 
and of his kingdom there shall be no end." 
John was sent as his fore-runner, saying "Repent 
ye : lor the kingdom of heaven is at hand ;" " pre-
pare ye the 
way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight;" " there cometh one mightier than 1 after 
mo, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to 
unloose;" " bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of 
repentance." 
Then the Savior followed, and the 
Spirit of God fike a dove descended upon him : 
"and there came a voice from heaven saying, Thou 
art my beloved Son, in whom 1 am well pleased." 
Our Savior then began "preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom of God, and saying the time is fulfilled, 
and ihe kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye and 
believe the gospel: And he taught in their syna-
gogues, being 
glorified of all proclaiming " the 
acceptable year of the Lord." 
He himself preached 
the kingdom of God throughout Jerusalem and in 
the cities of Judea. 
Then he called his twelve dis-
ciples ; a/id "sent them lo preach the kingdom of 
God, and to heal the sick;" "and commanded them, 
saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and 
into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but 
go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
And as ye go, preach, saying, the kingdom of 
heaven is at 
hand." 
"But into whatsoever city 
ye enter, and they receive you not, go your way 
out into the streets of the same and say, Even the 
very dust of your city, which cleaveth to us, we do 
wipe off against you: notwithstanding, be ye sure 
of this, 
that 
the kingdom of God is come nigh 
unto you." 
"And they departed, and went through 
the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every 
where." 
"After these things the Lord appointed 
other seventy also, and sent them two and two 
before his face into every city and place, whither 
he himself would come." 
And he commanded 
them that into whatsoever city they enter, and they 
were received to heal the sick and "say unto them, 
The kingdom of God 
is come nigh unto you.' 
And Jesus himself received those that followed 
him, "and spake unto them of the kingdom of 
God," exhorting them to seek " first the kingdom 
of God and his righteousness," and said "If I cast 
out devils by the spirit, of God, then the kingdom 
of God is come unto you." 
The kingdom was 
therefore once more at hand for the Jews to accept 
or reject. 
It was predicted of Israel's King that when he 
should come, he would come upon an ass and a 
colt, the foal of an 
ass. Zech. ix. 9. 
"Rejoice 
greatly, 0 daughter of Zion : shout, 0 daughter of 
Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: 
he is just, and having salvation; lowiy, and riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." 
in this very manner and to fulfil this prophecy our 
Savior came as iheir King to give them the last 
opportunity which as a nation they would ever 
possess of regaining the kingdom. 
He sent his 
disciples into ihe village over against them ; "and 
they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their gar 
ments on him; and he sat upon him. 
And many 
spread their garments in the way; and others cut 
down branches of trees and strewed them in the 
way. 
And they that went before, and they lhat 
followed, cried, saying, Hosanna, Blessed is He that 
cometn in the name of the Lord: Blessed be the 
kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the 
name of the 
Lord: Hosanna 
in 
the highest." 
"Blessed be the King that cometh in the name ol 
the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the high-
est." 
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all 
the city was moved saying, who is this ?" 
"And 
Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out 
them that sold and bought in the temple, and over-
threw the tables of the money changer's, and the 
seats cf them that sold doves; and would not suffer 
thai any man should carry any vessel through the 
temple. 
Thus oar Savior came as their King to give them 
again the kingdom, which had been preached as at 
hand, and the multitude were willing to receive 
him as their King, and hailed him as such. 
This 
homage our Savior accepted and admitted it to be 
his : for when "some of the Pharisees from among 
the multitude said unio him, Master, rebuke thy 
disciples;" "He answered and said unto them, I 
tell you, if these should hold their peace, ihe stones 
would immediately cry out. 
But the builder 
re-
jected the head stone of the corner: he came ur.to 
his own and 
his own received him not. 
The 
chief priests and the elders of the people came to 
him and said, "By what authority doest thou these 
things ? and who gave thee this authority ?" "And 
they sought how ihey might destroy him." 
They 
would not have this man to reign over them, not-
withstanding his miracles, they believed not on 
him. 
John xii. 
38—41 
"That the 
saying of 
Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
spake Lord, who hath believed our report? and to 
whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 
Therefore they could not believe, because 
that 
Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and 
hardened their heart; that they should not see with 
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be 
converted, and I should heal them. 
These things 
said Esais, when he saw his glory and spake of 
him." 
Here then was the rejection of the last oppor-
tunity they were to enjoy of having the balance of 
the seven times remitted, as the Lord had said. 
Levit. xxvi. 27—33. 
"And if ye will not for all this 
hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then 
I iv ill walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and 1, 
even /, will chastise you seven times for your 
sins. 
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh 
of your daughters shall ye eat. 
And I will 
destroy 
your high places, and cut down your images, and cast 
your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and 
my soul shall abhor you. 
And I will make your cities 
waste, 
and bring your sanctuaries unto 
desolation, 
and 1 will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 
And I will bring the land into desolation : and your 
enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will 
draw out a sword after you: 
and your lands shall be 
desolate, and your cities waste." 
Accordingly, when 
they had thus rejected Christ, as "he beheld the ciiy 
he wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known even 
thou at least in this thy day the things which 
be-
long unto thy peace! but now are they hid from 
thine eyes : for the days shall come upon thee, that 
thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and 
compass thee ronnd, and keep thee in on every 
side, and they shall lay thee even with the ground, 
and thy children within thee; and they shall not 
leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou 
knewest not the time of thy visitation." 
"And they 
shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led 
away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall 
be trodden down ofthe Gentiles, until the times ofthe 
Gentiles, [the seven times] are fulfilled." 
"Fill ye 
up the measures of your fathers." 
"0 Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem, 
thou 
that killest 
the prophets 
and 
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children together, even 
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, 
and ye would not! 
Behold your house is left unto 
you desolate. 
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see 
me henceforth, utuil the time come when ye shall 
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord." 
Thus did the Jews shut up the kingdom of heav-
en against men, and neither went in themselves 
nor suffered those who were entering to go in, they 
took our Savior and cast him out of the vineyard 
and killed him. 
Then the Lord of the vineyard 
slew those wicked husbandmen, aud gave the vine-
yard to others. 
The kingdom ofGod was taken 
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OF 
THE 
TIMES. \p c 
from thena to be offered to them no more, and the 
Romans 
fulfilled 
upon 
that 
stiffnecked 
race, 
all that Moses and our Savior had predicted : they 
were scattered among the heathen, their land laid 
Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. 
And they who should be the heirs of the kingdom 
are to be the redeemed out of every nation and 
kindred and tongue and people, who will reign up-
desolate and their cities waste. 
This is to continue ( on the earth, whea Christ shall have judged the 
till the seven times are ended—the times of the 
Gentiles are fulfilled, as Moses said. 
Lev't.xxvi. 
34—39. 
"Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, 
aslong as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your ene-
mies'land; even ihen shall the land rest, and enjoy 
her sabbaths. 
As long as it lieth desolate it shall 
rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when 
ye dwelt upon it. 
And upon 
them that are left 
alive of you, I will send a faintness into their hearts 
in the lands of their enemies; and the sound ofa 
shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, 
as fleeing from a sword ; and they shall fall, when 
none pursueth. 
And they 
shall fall one upon 
another, as it were before a sword, when none 
pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand 
before your enemies. 
And ye shall perish among 
the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat 
you up. 
And they that are left of you shall pine 
away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and 
also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine 
away with them." 
If however during this time any should continue 
not in unbelief, they might, by becoming Christ's, 
again become Abraham's seed and heirs according 
to the promise, and be grafted into the olive tree 
from which by unbelief they had fallen. Levit. xxvi. 
40—45. "If they shall confess their iniquity, and 
the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass 
which they tresspassed against me, and that also 
they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also 
have walked contrary unto them, and have brought 
them into the land of their enemies; if then their 
uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then 
acccptofthe punishment of their iniquity. 
Then 
will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my eovenant 
with Abraham will I remember; and I will remem-
ber the land. 
The land also shall be left of them, 
and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth deso-
late without them : and they shall accept of the 
punishment of their iniquities ; because, even be-
cause they despised my judgments, and because 
their soul abhorred my statutes. 
And yet for all 
that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I 
will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, 
to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant 
with them: for I am the Lord their God. 
But I 
will for their sakes remember the covenant of their 
ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of 
Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be 
their God : I am the Lord. 
Thus the Jews fell to a level with the heathen 
nations about them, and were no more, as Jews the 
children ofGod. 
The middle wall of partition was 
broken down,and there was henceforth no difference 
between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord 
over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. 
They 
were now to be Jews, who were such inwardly: and 
circumcision was to be of the heart in the spirit: 
whose praise is not of men,but ofGod. 
They were 
not to be all Israel who were of Israel: but the 
blessing of Abraham was to come on the Gentiles, 
through Jesus Christ. 
Abraham 
was 
to be the 
father of all them that believed, not of the Jews 
only, but of all who should be of the faith of our 
father Abraham ; for if ye be Christ's, then are ye 
quick and the dead at his appearing and kingdom : 
for when God*shall have accomplished to scatter the 
power of the holy people, Dan. xii. 7, all the things 
spoken of in the book of Dan. will be finished ; the 
Son of Man will then send forth his angels and 
gather his elect from tbe four winds, from the ut-
termost part of the earth to the uttermost part of 
heaven. He will also gather out of his kingdom all 
! things that offend, slay those of his enemies who 
would not that he should reign over them, restore 
i the earth to its Eden state, and give the kingdom to 
Israel—the saints of the Most 
High, who shall 
possess the kingdoms forever,even forever and ever. 
Then the kingdoms of this world shall have become 
the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ. 
And the 
kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the 
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to 
the people of the saints of the Most High, whose 
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all domin-
ions shall serve and obey him. 
Then the seven times being ended, the promise 
to Abraham will be fulfilled: he and his seed will 
possess the land and dwell therein forever. 
And 
being now at the very end of the 2-520 years from 
the captivity of Manasseh, the kingdom is again at 
hand, and to be looked for continually. 
THE BETTER 
LAND-
EY 
MISS 
H. F. 
GOULD. 
Who can read the following simple and 
touching 
lines, says a brother editor, or hear them sung, with 
out 
having 
thoughts 
elevated 
to 
that 
" better 
land," where "sorrow and death may not 
enter," 
and where the turmoil and strife of this 
world 
are 
altogether unknown ? 
They 
are so excellent 
that 
we have adopted them with no alteration except 
in 
the last two lines.—ED. CRY. 
" I hear th«e speak of the better 
land, 
Thou callest its children a happy band ; 
Mother ! where is that radient shore ? 
Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? 
Is it where the flower of the orange blows, 
And 
the fire flies glance 
through 
the 
myrtle 
boughs ?" 
" Not there, not there, my child 
" 
" Is it where the feathery palm trees rise, 
And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? 
Or 'midst tho green Islands of glittering seas, 
Where fragrant forests perfume the breese : 
And strange, bright birds, on their starry wings, 
Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ?" 
" Not there, not there, my child." 
" Is it far away in some region old, 
Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold ? 
Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, 
And the diamond lights up the secret min®, 
And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand; 
Is it there, sweet mother, that better land 
?" 
" Not there, not there, my child." 
" Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, 
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; 
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair— 
Sorrow and death may not enter there ; 
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ! 
In the earth made new, 'twill shortly come, 
And be here, yes, here, my child ! 
Letter from Bro, Jonathan Hamilton. 
BRO. 
HIMES :—The Advent Conference in 
this place was well 
attended, and 
continued 
nine days. 
Bro. Churchill and 
Harvey from 
New Hampshire were present, also Bro. G. P. 
Mai tin, from St. John's, 
and 
others 
from 
Maine. 
Lectures were given from 
two 
to 
three times a day, which took deep, and I have 
no doubt lasting effect on many minds. 
Some 
four or five souls were hopefully converted to 
God, and many others inquiring the way 
to 
Zion. 
There are some few in this place 
who 
are looking for the speedy 
coming of the Son 
of man. 
We hope for better days. 
The peo-
ple in this place have not had the opportunity 
of informing 
themselves 
as to the 
general 
principles ofthe believers in the advent nigh ; 
and in consequence 
of this there has 
been 
some considerable opposition, 
especially 
to 
that ofthe kingdom as yet future. 
The 
diffi-
culty arises here. 
They cannot see how it is 
yet future, as they have 
long since 
believed . 
that it was, or is, set up in the hearts of be-
lievers. 
But after a 
careful examination, 
I 
have come to the conclusion that it is yet 
fu-
ture. 
First, from the fact that it is no where 
in the Scriptures spoken of, as being set 
up 
in the heart 
of any 
believer, 
but 
promised 
(future) to such as are pilgrims and strangers 
on the earth. 
I understand what constitutes a kingdom is 
as follows :—first, king; second, subjects; third, 
government; fourth, territorial dominion • and 
Christ, in his parables on 
the 
kingdom, in-
variably explains one or more of these 
parts. 
See Matt. xiii. 38, 40, 41, 44. 
Luke xix. 11, 
12, 15. 
And until 
these 
four 
parts 
are 
brought 
together, 
the kingdom 
will not 
be 
completed; which of course cannot be until af-
ter the resurrection ; for the King has not yet 
returned ; and the subjects are not yet deliv-
ered ; and the territory is yet in possession of 
others. 
I am confident that all the graces of 
the Holy Spirit revealed in the hearts of God's 
people, only constitute them heirs of the king-
dom, and an heir is not a possessor, as every 
reasonable person would 
admit. 
See 
Rom. 
viii. 16 and 25 inclusive ; Ephe. i. 13, 14 ; Gal. 
iii. 29 ; which they (the heirs) are not to 
re-
ceive until Christ comes. 
See Matt. xxv. S4 ; 
Dan. vii. 22, 26, 27 ; wherefore, not 
having 
received the kingdom.it is shown that they live 
by faith on the Son of God ; faith being 
the 
substance of things hoped for, 
and the 
evi-
dence of things not seen, 
which goes to prove 
the kingdom yet future: for he who has prom-
ised is one, and the thing promised is 
another, 
and a full reliance on his promise 
constitutes 
faith, which will never be satisfied until 
that 
promise 
is received. 
Hence, David 
says,— 
" When I awake in thy likeness, then shall I 
be satisfied ;" again, 
Paul says, "if in 
this 
life only we have hope, we are of all men most 
miserable." And was not Paul a Christian? if 
so he received the end of his faith, even 
the 
salvation of his soul. 
See 1 Peter i. 9 ; 
and 
of this he had a knowledge. 
See 
1 John 
iii. 
14 ; we know that we have passed from death 
unto life, &c. 
Phil. iii. 10 ; that I might know 
him and the power 
of his resurrection ; and 
Paul says, Rom. i. 17, " therein is the righte-
ousness 
of God revealed from faith to faith, 
for the just shall live by faith." As he was jus-
tified by faith, he then was just, and being just, 
he lived by faith on the 
Son of God ; 
which 
shows clearly that the soul under the influence 
and guidance of the Holy Spirit, is saved and 
prepared for heaven ; for John says, " Blessed 
SIGNS 
OF THE 
TIMES. Tt,,?v 9iHl ftftf. 
199 
are the dead 
that die in the 
Lord." 
See 
1 Thess. iv. 14 ; and now I may add, 
Come 
Lord Jesus. 
Yours in hope of the Kingdom 
soon. 
Woodstock, N. B. Jan. 6th, 1844. 
' 
v 
New Bedford Conference. 
The Conference which commenced 
in 
this 
place on Monday the first inst., was continued 
about ten days. 
The attendance 
was large, 
and a good interest was 
manifest. 
Several 
conversions took place, and quite a number 
were 
received 
and reclaimed, 
who had 
for 
some time been in a lukewarm or backslidden 
state. 
We had some evidence, however, that 
Satan was disturbed, and that nominal profes-
sors were 
ill at ease. 
The cause 
here 
is 
clearly on the rise ; our large hall is crowded, 
on Sabbath evenings especially, with an order-
ly and serious congregation. 
Some have 
re-
cently come out firm on the lime of the advent; 
others are getting tired of their old places 
of 
worship, where the doctrine has been beaten 
out, and 
are resolved on going 
where they 
can get tidings about the blessed hope. 
It 
is 
said that the cause never stood so well here as 
at 
this moment. 
The 
brethren 
and 
sisters 
seem ready to do all in their power to advance 
it. 
Prayer meetings are held on each after-
noon at private houses, which, in almost every 
instance thus far, have been accompanied with 
special good to some one or more souls. 
One 
sister 
has 
obtained 
enough 
of 
Bro. 
Her-
sey's little sheet, " Prepare to meet thy God," 
to put one in every house in town. 
This is an 
excellent move. 
These precious little messen-
gers can be had for almost nothing ; and 
as 
we believe the world just on the last inch 
of 
time, every endeavor ought to be put forth to-
wards saving 
souls from 
death. 
O 
if 
our 
hearts are not open now, how can 
it be 
said 
that we really believe what we profess to. 
I 
have not seen anything of the kind for some 
time, with which I have 
been 
better pleased 
than with Bro. Hersey's sheet—giving 
as it 
1 does in as few words as possible a bird's eye 
view of a large portion of the whole 
ground 
which we occupy. 
With 
a very 
little effort 
we can 
have 
every village, town 
and 
city, 
where our brethren 
are found, flooded 
with 
some such 
agents of salvation. 
Let us 
all 
make one last and mighty effort to wake up the 
sleeping virgins, 
and the 
careless 
sinners. 
We are encouraged so to do, 
by 
observing 
that even at this late hour people are honestly 
investigating, 
and many are seeing and em-
bracing the truth. 
During 
our 
Conference, 
we were favored among other good 
brethren 
whom we love, with the 
presence 
of 
Bro. 
Hutchinson, of Montreal, editor ofthe "Voice 
of 
Elijah." 
His 
powerful 
presentation 
of 
Scripture truth, and his brief recital of what he 
had 
suffered in its 
defence, 
thrilled 
every 
heart, and drew the silent tear from many an 
eye. 
Like a millstone, 
said he, the 
evidence 
ofthe Second Advent doctrine came home to 
my soul, when I submitted my judgment and 
soul to conviction. 
A proposition was shortly 
after made to him to leave the 
denomination 
under whose patronage he was sustained, 
or 
to leave the advent doctrine ; for a few 
days 
he thought, as he had already 
expressed his 
views on the advent, he could relieve his con-
science if he remained silent; and he conclu-
ded so to do ; but soon he found the doctrine 
so wrought into his soul, that 
it was gushing 
out all around 
in every 
direction. 
He 
tries 
to preach on the Sabbath without alluding 
to 
it, but with great 
difficulty. 
On 
Monday 
morning he sat down, 
and with a bleeding 
heart wrote his resignation, 
and threw 
him-
self on a merciful providence 
for support for 
himself and his little family. 
Bro. H. occu-
pies the most favorable position for 
distribu-
ting the light throughout the British 
posses-
sions and Europe. 
Having a larfe 
acquaint-
ance in Europe, and as papers can 
be sent 
from the Canadas thither 
free of postage, 
he 
has embraced 
every opportunity of sending 
large supplies by each 
returning steamship. 
He has forwarded them to the Canadas, Nova 
Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, 
Eng-
land, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Ger-
many, Constantinople, Rome, &.c, &.c. 
This 
fact must 
delight 
all 
of the 
advent 
believ-
ers. 
The friends here 
generously raised him 
$75, to prosecute his labors. 
I sincerely hope 
that others will not forget this faithful and 
selfdenying servant of God. 
A rare opportu-
nity now presents itself, for sending 
the pre-
cious 
doctrine 
of the Lord's second 
coming 
broad 
cast 
over the earth. 
Bro. H. has 
been solicited to return to England, 
and sow 
the seed there in person, and is desirous of so 
doing 
if 
funds can 
be 
raised 
to 
enable 
him to make the voyage. 
Will 
not some 
of 
our good brethren, who are able, bless him for 
their Master's sake ? 
I am rejoiced to 
hear 
that Bro. Elon Galusha has espoused the truth. 
He has heretofore enjoyed an unusual 
share 
ofthe confidence ofthe Baptist denomination, 
of which he has been a shining ornament. 
I 
bless God that he can now lay all his 
honors 
at his Savior's feet, and go forth without 
the 
camp bearing the reproach. 
God 
bless 
him 
and all who like him are heralding the coming 
King of glory. 
F. G. B. 
SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
BOSTON, .TAN. 81, 
1844. 
Correspendence. 
WATERVILLE, VT,—Bro, E. G. Paige,writes : — 
"We have been blessed with the labors ot" Bro.Kim-
ball for a few days past, and truly he has not 
labor-
ed in vain. 
Many believing hearts have been 
com-
forted and confirmed in the glorious truths of the ad-
vent of our Lord at hand. 
I am more and more con-
vinced that the time is near when the tares will 
be 
gathered and bound in bundles to burn them, and the 
wheat gathered in the garner of God." 
CLAREMONT, N. H.—Bro. Jacob Weston writes, 
June 19:—" We 
have had a glorious conference 
at 
Claremont; I was never at a meeting where the pow-
er of God was so sensible and so great." 
ASHBURNHAM, MS.—Br. Amos S. Davis 
writes, 
that God is at work in that part 
of his moral vine-
yard, purifying his children for the coming of Christ. 
FREDEEICKTOWN, N. B.—Bro. W. Wilmot writes 
he believes that 
since the days 
of the 
apostles no 
one year ever saw so many conversions to God as the 
last has, in connection with the preaching ofthe 
ad-' 
vent doctiine. 
ST. Louis. 
Bro. 11. A. Chittendon writes that he 
has had much better success 
in 
that state 
than 
he 
expected. 
His labors at Springfield, 111. were crown-
ed with much 
success. 
He 
and Bro. 
Stephens are 
both well. 
They expect to go south in February, if 
time continues. 
WILLIAMSBURG, 
N. 
Y.—Bro. N. 
W. 
Whiting 
writes, " The cause of truth prospers in this region." 
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" Prophecies of Rev. C. Love, and his last words on 
the scaffold, who was beheaded at Tower Hill,Lon., 
Aug. 22, 1651," with the request that we publish it. 
We can find nothing in it relevant to our view of the 
Advent ; as 
his predictions have all failed, and we 
rely only on the prophets 
who spake as they 
were 
moved by the Holy 
Ghost, 
we cannot see that its 
publication would advance the cause of truth. 
"S'JME 
HAVE 
FALLEN 
ASLEEP."—Paul. 
We are lequesled to notice the decease of 
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M. DAVIS, aged 20,on the 29th of Sept. last, and 
A. 
J.C. M. DA vis, aged 15, on the 1st of Jan., 1844. 
They were the children,a daughterand son, ofDr.A. 
S. Davis, ot Ashburnham, Ms., and both died 
full in 
the faith of the speedy coming of Christ, to 
destroy 
the great destroyer, and restore 
Paradise. 
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9. Second coming of Christ at the 
Door. 
10. The coming of the Son of Man. 
11. The Great Day. 
12. That day will he a day of Separation. 
13. Prepare to meet thy God. 
14. The Hope ef the groaning Creation. 
15. The Hope ofthe Children ofGod. 
16. Hope ofthe suffering Church. 
17. Signs of the Times. 
18. Who would not 
strive 
to 
hold 
fast 
their 
crown. 
1 
200 
SIGNS OF THE 
TIMES. 
NEXT 
VOLUME. 
NAME 
CHANGED—DOUBLE 
NUMBER. 
The advent of the 
Lord being "at the door" we 
"herald" its approach with joy. 
As this paper was 
in fact the first Herald of the Advent cause as pro-
claimed 
by Mr. Miller, and hia frienda, we 
now 
adopt the appropriate title "THE ADVENT HERALD, 
and Signs 
of the Times." 
We shall " herald " the 
Bridegroom's approach by the prophetic wo<d,as God 
shall give 
us light, 
and 
note 
the " signs of 
the 
times," which show the event at hand. 
The period of limitation to our time, ends with this 
Jewish 
year. 
We depend on tbe correctness of this 
calculation, and look for the event. All our arrange-
ments, so far as practicable, are made to this 
end. 
We cannot cease our work, without 
damage to the 
cause, and it will be readily seen by our friends that 
we cannot 
continue it without the subsciiption. 
So 
we leave it to all, to act according to their sense of 
justice 
in the case; 
assuring all, that if time 
is 
continued 
beyond the 
period 
designated, we shall 
continue our work with redoubled 
energy, 
till the 
Lord shall come. 
DOUBLE 
NUMBER: — We 
shall 
get 
out 
a 
rich 
double 
number, 
as No. l,and 2, of vol. 7. 
It will be 
delayed in consequence one week. 
We shall issue 
about 15,000 copies, and send them to every part 
of 
the country. 
Friends wishing to aid in the gratuitous 
distribution of this 
immense 
Edition, will send 
in 
their orders or donations accordingly. 
INDEX TO VOL. VI. 
Atkin's Sermon, Extract of 
Another Milleriie 
15 
A word to 0;iposcrs of the Millennium 
19 
Appeal to Uuiversalists 
21 
A Revival is no sign of the world's Conver-
22 
31 
71 
79 
115 
167 
A Voice from the Episcopal Church 
All things continue as they were 
As it was in Sodom 
As it was in the days of Noah 
A Sign of the Times 
Alexander Cam bell's Testimony on the lime 
of the Advent 
179 
Another Infidel Reclaimed 
187 
Address to Advent Believers 
195 
Buffalo Tent Meeting 
4 
Babylon—what to come out of 
27 
Bridge port Campmeeting 
36 
Boston Bap'.ist Association 
44 
Blessed are the Meek 
60 
Better days are coming 
79 
Baptist Circular 
149 
Be not Disheartened 
167 
Brethren Chittenden and Stephen's in St. 
Louis 
171 
Commencement ofa New Vol. 
4 
Correspondent 
5 
Casualities, &c. 
15 
Can Man reason with the Almighty ? 
29 
Conversion of the World 
C, 37, 52 
Course of Time 
70 
Clark, Dr. Adam 
70 
Connection between the 8th and 9th of Daniel 
78 
Christ—First and second coming of 
1^8 
Coming out of the churches 
175 
Conversation with a Universalist 
180 
Doctrine of our Fathers 
11 
Despise not Prophesying9 
13 
Deterioration of the church 
15 
Dark Day 
59 
Dow,ling's Prayer 
73 
End of those who will not hear 
5 
Enthusiasm 
- 7 
Exeter Campmeeting 
56 
England—Its fate 
67 
Europe-Cry in 
77,105,122,129 
Extract from an English writer 
117 
Foreign News 
8, 24, 46, 79, 104,120, 144, 160 
Faith in the Earth 
45 
Fate of unfaithful Pastors 
50 
Falte Christs 
71 
Go work in my vineyard 
13 
Great Catholic Movement 
160 
Hartford, Chris. Sec. 
5,28, 44 
How to avoid Fanaticism 
23 
How Great is God 
29 
How is it ye do not discern this time 
92 
How Universalists read their Bibles 
156 
History and state of the cause 
187 
India 
7 
Ireland—Cry in 
31 
Insanity from Millerism 
72 
Interesting NAs 
95 
Inspired Expositions 
125 
Is it not so ? 
130,145,169 
Influence of Millerism 
15S 
Looking Back 
53 
Lessons from Luther's Reformation 
93 
Letter from brother Hamilton 
198 
Letter from 
I. E. Shipman 
3 
" 
" 
H. A. Chittenden 
" 
" 
J. Thompson 
6 
" 
" 
J. D. Johnson 
14 
L. C. Collins 
14, 45 
" 
" 
J.Weston 
15,47,176 
" 
" 
A. WarfielJ 
15 
" 
41 
H. F. J. Scribner 
15 
" 
" 
L. Bullough 
30 
" 
" 
C. Wines 
31 
" 
" 
C. Fitch 
35 
" 
" 
Indiana 
35 
" 
" 
A. Hale 
38 
" 
T. S. Brown 
39 
" 
" 
T. M. Preble 
39,72, 162, 
" 
" 
President Shannon 
42 
S. Goodhue 
43 
" 
" 
C. Greene 
" 
" 
J. Spaulding 
46 
J. R. Gates 
47 
" 
S. Carolina 
51 
" 
" 
J. Litch 
52 
" 
" 
O. S. Burnham 
54 
" 
" 
A. Clapp 
55 
" 
J. V. Himes 
56, 68, 76,112, 184 
" 
" 
L. Boutelle 
65, 166 
" 
" 
London 
66 
J. Wolfstonholme 
78, 184 
" 
" 
E. Lloyd 
87 
B. M'Caine 
91 
" 
" 
W. L. Carlton 
91 
" 
F. G. Brown 
95, 123 
Wm. Miller 
97, 123, 128, 162, 191 
" 
" 
A. Ringheart 
98 
J. E. James 
107 
" 
" 
To brother Winter 
110 
" 
" 
Canada 
118 
" 
" 
E. Jacobs 
118 
" 
" 
H. Patten 
/ 
118 
" 
J.C.Park 
118 
" 
" 
T. Smith 
118 
Dr. Field 
119 
J. B. Cook 
142 
" 
" 
Maine 
143 
" 
" 
S. Hawley, Jr. 
144 
" 
" 
Englend 
157 
" 
" 
' R. Dudley 
" 
" 
J. Marsh 
166 
" 
" 
A. M'Laughlin 
166 
" 
" 
J. D. Boyer 
166 
" 
" 
London 
167 
" 
" 
J. Colton 
175 
Maine, Methodist Conference 
32 
More Lies 
45 
Midnight Cry at Sandwich Isle 
54 
Millerism 
55 
Ministers of the Gospel 
67 
Miller Tabernacle 
96 
Martin Luther—Voice of 
114 
Marsh, J. Resignation of 
126 
Men Love Darkness 
182 
Midst—mistake as to the word 
186 
Notes by the way 
20 
New Earth Revived 
44 
New Year's Address 
161 
Our Liability to err 
21 
Opinion of a Sailor 
39 
New Bedford Conference 
199 
Opeiations of Papacy 
89 
Obituary 
103, 119, 165 
Opposition in the Methodist Church 
177, 190,193 
Puseyism and Neology 
4 
Papal Views of Puseyism 
7 
Power of Truth 
14 
Protest 
Pagan and Papal Rome 
Progress of Papacy 
Personal coming 'of Christ 
Prejudice 
Publications—statement of 
Prophetic Peiiods—Harmony of 
Romanism in China 
Remember Lot's wife 
Rage of Proselyism 
Review of J. T. Hinion 
Romans 11th 
Spain 
Sympathy with Christ 
Second Advent of Christs Premillennial 
St. Peter's Advice 
Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven 
St. Peter's Exposition of Daniel's prophecy 
Signs of Christ's first Advent 
Second Advent Ship 
Tne Second Advent 
The day of the Lord 
The Messiah 
The Bible Interpreter—its Author 
The Comet 
The Old Path 
The Gospel 
To our Opponents 
The Millennium 
Tent Meeting at Buffalo 
The End of Time 
To AdventSisters 
The New Earth 
The Lord's servants who will not hear—blind 
The New Creation by J. Wesley 
The World has had the Midnight Cry 
Things that are coming upon the Earth 
That altars the case 
Try the Spirits 
The Lord shall Come 
They misused the Prophets 
The Pre-millennial Advent 
1 
The Sixth Seal 
The wise shall Understand 
The Compass 
Trouble in the churches 
Then shall the Sanctuary be cleansed 
The seven Times 
The 2300 Days 
The first believer ofthe Advent in 1843 
The Gospel preached in all the World 
The gospel of the Kingdom 
Time of the Judges 
The better land 
The 6000 years from Creation 
The snare of the Devil 
Try the Spirits 
The Hearers of the Word of the Kingdom 
The Jews Return 
The Greatest Reason 
The Phrase " in the Midst" 
The Midst 
The Religious Press 
Truth dreads nothing 
The Worcester Conference 
The end of Time 
The Midst of the week 
The Spirit of the Ancient Scribes and Phari-
sees 
The Watchman and Reflector 
The Signs of the Times 
The Vulgar Era 
The Advent at the door 
The New Year 
The Dark day 
The Time draws nigh 
38 
46 
77 
143 
158 
168 
172 
7 
13 
107 
124, 137, 153 
141 
7 
13 
17 
52 
59 
68 
92 
98 
1 
2 
3 
12. 
14 
20 
22 
23 
25 
29 
33 
36 
41 
45 
53 
57 
60 
61 
64 
69 
67 
76 
103 
108 
108 
10S 
109 
111 
198 
113 
116 
117 
165 
171 
173 
do 
174 
175 
119 
132 
140 
140 
150 
156 
164 
182 
186 
The seven times, why repeated four times 188,196 
1 he English mission 
192 
Union 
7 
Utica—Cause in 
29 
Visit to Indiana 
107 
Wesley's Advice to the Methodists 
30 
Woe to those lhat can see nothing 
37 
Who shall decide when Doctors disagree 
66 
What saith the Scriptures 
Why the Jews could not discern that time 
93 
Watch meeting 
168 
When shall the Sanctuary be Cleansed? 
185,194 
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