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YOLUME XIII. NO. 1 
The "Two Witnesses." 
QUOTATIONS FROM EMINENT EXPOSITORS OF PROPHECY, WITH REMARKS 
BY MR. MILLER, IN OCT. 1840. 
DEAR BRO. 
HIMES :—I send you a few extracts 
from some ancient authors on the subject of the 
"two witnesses." 
Please to give them a place 
in jour new work, and you will oblige many. 
1. I shall quote Dr. Thomas Goodwin, presi-
dent of the Magdalen College, Oxford, who 
wrote an exposition of Revelation in A. D. 1639, 
more than two hundred years since. 
On Rev. 
9:13, he remarks: 
" By the tenth part of the city I understand 
some one tenth part of Europe. 
By earthquake 
here is meant a great concussion or shaking of 
states, politic, or ecclesiastical. 
By this earth-
quake's so falling out in a tenth part of the city, 
this tenth part of it is so shaken that it falls; 
that is, ceaseth to be a tenth part of the city, or 
to belong to its jurisdiction any longer. 
The ef-
fect of this earthquake, and fall of this tenth 
part of the city, is killing seven thousand of the 
names of men. 
Now, by men of name, in scrip-
ture, is meant men of title, office and dignity; 
these having killed the witnesses, themselves are 
to be killed, by being bereft of their names and 
titles, which are to be rooted out forever. Now 
which of these ten kingdoms (may be intended,) 
it is not hard to conjecture. 
The saints and 
churches of France, God has made a wonder unto 
me in all his proceedings towards them, first and 
last; and there would seem some great and spe-
cial honor reserved for them, yet, at the last; 
for it is certain that the first light of the gospel, 
by the first and second angel's preaching, in Rev. 
16, which laid the foundation of Antichrist's 
ruin, was out fro.n among them, namely those 
of Lyon^, and other places in France. And 
they bore and underwent the great heat of that 
morning of persecution, which was as great, if 
not greater, than any since. 
And so, as that 
kingdom had the first great stroke, so now it 
should have the honor of having the last great 
stroke in the ruin of Rome." 
So much for Dr. Goodwin. 
And who has 
read the history of the French revolution, but 
will acknowledge that these extracts breathe a 
spirit of prophecy, literally fulfilled in about 
one hundred and fifty years afterward ? I will 
next quote Dr. H. Moore. 
In his book, " Mys-
tery of Iniquity contained in the kingdom of 
Antichrist," book 2, ch. 12, on Rev. 11:13, he 
observes: 
That an earthquake signifies political com-
motions and change of affairs, is obvious to any 
one; but that the city here mentioned should be 
understood not of a city of brick or stone, but 
a polity. 
For I conceive it is plain enough that 
this city is the very city mentioned in the eighth 
verse, which is called the great city, and this 
great city is the whore of Babylon, and the whore 
of Babylon is nothing but the body of the idola-
trous clergy in the empire, who appertain to the 
seventh or last head of the beast, which is an 
head of blasphemy, as well as the six first, that 
is to say, an idolatrous head. 
Whence we may 
understand what is meant by these seven thou-
sand, names of men; for neither seven nor thou-
sand signify any determinate number, but only 
the nature or property of these names of men 
that are said to be slain, namely, that they are 
titles, dignities, offices or orders of men belong-
ing to the state of Christendom. 
As under the 
seventh head, that is become idolatrous and anti-
christian, and this number seven is multiplied in-
to a thousand, it signifies a perfect nulling of all 
such offices and orders of men ; for no men at all 
here are necessarily implied to be slain, but on-
ly all antichristian offices and fraternities to be 
dissolved and abrogated, and things to be re-
duced to the purity of the first four hundred 
years. 
For to slay by a diorismus, signifies noth-
ing else but a causing a thing to cease to be. This, 
but little question, is the true meaning of this 
place. 
And the tenth part of the city will have 
a sense marvellously coincident therewith." 
The above sentiment was published by Dr. 
Moore, A. D. 1663. 
In a little more than a hun-
dred and thirty years afterwards it became a 
matter of fact, instead of prophecy and opinion. 
No one need to be informed, that one of the ten 
kingdoms of western 
Rome, or of Papacy, 
France, abolished all titles and orders in one 
day or decree, in A. D, 1793 or 1794. 
I will 
now give you a few extracts from Rev. Peter Ju-
rine, a minister of the French church at Rotter-
dam, taken from a work entitled "The Accom-
plishment of Scripture Prophecies, or the ap-
proaching Deliverane of the Church." 
This 
work was translated into English in the year 
1687, more than one hundred and fifty years 
ago. 
He says, part 2, page 68 : 
" We shall see such admirable agreement be-
tween the events and the prophecies explained, 
that shall abundantly convince that what 1 am 
about to say is not simple conjecture." 
Page 242, on Rev. 8:13, he says: 
"There shall be an earthquake, that is, a 
great emotion and trouble in the world, and in 
the antichristian kingdom. 
In this emotion a 
tenth part of the city shall fall; that is, a tenth 
part of the antichristian kingdom shall be taken 
away from it. Now what is the tenth part of 
the city which shall fall? 
In my opinion we 
cannot doubt that it is France. 
This kingdom 
is the most considerable part or piece of the ten 
horns, or states which once made up the great 
Babylon city. 
It fell. 
This does not signify 
that the French monarchy shall be ruined; but 
it may be humbled ; but in all appearance, Pro-
vidence does' design for her afterwards a great 
elevation. It is highly probable that God will 
not let go unpunished the horrible outrages which 
it acts at this day (of persecution.) 
" Afterward, it must build its greatness upon 
the ruins of the papal empire, and enrich itself 
with the spoils of those who shall take part with 
the Papacy. 
They who persecute the Protest-
ants, know not where God is leading them ; 
this is not the way by which he will lead France 
to the height of glory. 
If she comes thither, 
it is becouse she shall shortly change her road. 
Her greatness will be no damage to Protestant 
states; on the contrary, the Protestants states 
shall be enriched with the spoils of others, and 
be strengthened by the fall of Antichrist's em-
pire. 
This tenth part of the city shall fall with 
respect to the Papacy ; it shall break with Rome, 
and the Roman religion. One thing is certain, 
that the Babylonian empire shall perish through 
the refusal of obedience by the ten kings, who 
had given their power to the beast. The thing 
is already come to pass in part. 
The kingdoms 
of Sweden, Denmark, England, and the states 
of Germany, have withdrawn themselves from 
the jurisdiction of the Pope. 
They have spoiled 
the harlot of her riches. 
They have eaten her 
flesh, that is, seized on her benefices and reve-
nues which she had in their countries. 
This 
must go on, and be finished as it is begun. 
The 
kings who yet remain under the empire of Rome, 
must break with her, leave her solitary and des-
olate. But who must begin this last revolt ? 
it is most probable that France shall. Not 
Spain, which js as yet under the clergy, and 
plunged in superstition and under tyranny as 
much as ever. 
Not the emperor, who in tempo-
rals is subject to the Pope, and permits that in 
his states the archbishop of Strigonium should 
teach that the Pope can take away the imperial 
crown from him. 
It cannot be any country but 
France." 
How can it be possible that this servant of 
God could, without a prophetic spirit, so exact-
ly describe events more than a hundred years be-
fore they were literally fulfilled ? 
I beg of you 
my brethren of the ministery, read this over 
again ; compare it with the history of Europe 
for fifty years past. 
Wrhy will you be so un-
believing? 
Again, he says: 
"Seeing that the tenth part of the city that 
must fall is France, this gives me some hopes 
that the death of the ' two witnesses' hath a par-
ticular relation to this kingdom. 
It is the street 
or place of this city, that .is the most fair and 
eminent part of it. The witnesses must remain 
dead upon this street, and upon it they must be 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1854, 
raised again. 
And, as the death of the witness-
es and their resurrection have a relation to the 
kingdom of France, it may well fallout that we 
are not far distant from the time." 
On page 50, speaking of the time, be says, 
" that it will fall on the year 1785." 
On page 
279, he says, " If I should be mistaken nine of 
ten years, 
I do not think that any could 
justly treat me as a false prophet, and accuse me 
of rashness." 
In another place, he says I 
"And in the earthquake were slain of men 
seven thousand ; in the Greek it is names of men, 
not seven thousand men. 
1 confess this seems 
somewhat mysterious; in other places we find 
not this phrase, names of men, put simply for 
men. Perhaps there is here a figure of grammar 
called hypallage casus, so that names of men are 
put for men of name, that is, of raised or consid-
erable quality, be it on account of riches, dig-
nity, or of learning. 
But I am more inclined 
to say, that here these words, names of men are 
put for men of name, and must be taken in their 
natural signification, and do intimate that the 
total reformation of France shall not be made 
with bloodshed; nothing shall be destroyed but 
names, such as the names of Monks, Carmelites, 
Augustines, Dominicans, Jacobins, Franciscans, 
Capuchins, Jesuites, Minimes, and an infinite 
company of others, whose number it is not easy 
to define, and which the Holy Ghost denotes by 
the number seven, which is the number of per-
fection, to signify that the order of monks and 
nuns shall perish forever. 
This is an institution 
so degenerated from its first original, that it is 
become the arm of Antichrist. 
These orders 
cannot perish one with another. 
These great 
events deserve to be distinguished from all others, 
for they will change the whole face of the world." 
What can we think when we compare this 
prophecy, if you please to call it such, with the 
history of the French revolution, but that God 
in the fulfilment has given us indubitable 
proof 
that these servants of his, in their exposition of 
this passage, gathered the true and simple mean-
ing of the Holy Spirit? 
They could not have 
written to support any particular theory, for nei-
ther do any of them appear to have any on this 
point. 
They wrote while it was yet a prophecy. 
They could have no national prejudice, for they 
were from different nations. 
Surely we must 
admire their harmony, and the power and good-
ness of God, in thus giving them knowledge of 
these events spoken of in this prophecy, so as to 
tell the manner, place, and time when these 
things should be fulfilled. 
Let me quote to you 
from Rev. John Willison, minister of Dundee, 
who published a number of sermons under the 
title of "The Balm of Gilead." 
In one of 
these, he says: 
" Before Antichrist'sfall, one of the ten king-
doms which supported the beast shall undergo a 
marvellous revolution. 
Rev. 11:13, ' And the 
same hour was there a great earthquake, and the 
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake 
were slain of men seven thousand; and the rem-
nant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God 
of heaven ;' by which tenth part is to be under-
stood one of the ten kingdoms into which the 
great city, Romish Babylon, was divided. This 
many take to be the kingdom of France, it being 
the tenth and last of the kingdoms, according to 
the rise, and that which gave Rome the denomi-
nation of the beast with ten horns, and also it 
being the only one of the ten that was never 
conquered since its rise. 
However unlikely this, 
and other prophesied events, may appear at the 
time, yet the almighty hand of the only wise 
God can soon bring them about when least ex-
pected." 
These sermons were published in A. D. 1742, 
more than fifty years before the fulfilment of the 
prediction. 
Many other authors of great celeb-
rity, who wrote many years before the French 
revolution, might be quoted, who all believed 
that the two witnesses would be silain in France, 
that'the earthquake would be in that kingdom, 
and that there the names, titles, or orders of men 
would be abolished. 
And nearly all of them 
fixed the time between the years 1T85 and 1795. 
I will give one more extract on this point, from 
Dr. Gill, taken from a sermon on the answer to 
the question, " Watchman, what of the night?" 
published in A, ix 1748, almost one hundred 
years since. 
He says i 
" If it should be asked, What time it is with 
us new ? whereabout we are ? and what is yet to 
come of this night ? as a faithful watchman, I 
will give you the best account I can. 
I take it, 
we are in the Sardmn church state, in the last 
part of it, which brought on the Reformation, 
and represents that. 
We are in the decline of 
that state, and there are many things said of 
that church which agree with us, as that we have 
a name that we live, and are dead, &c. — It is 
a sort of twilight with us, between clear and 
dark, between day and night. 
As to what of the 
night is yet to come, or what will befal the 
churches, and will bring on the dismal night 
before us;—they are the slaying of the witnesses, 
and the universal spread of Popery all over 
Christendom ; and the latter is the unavoidable 
consequence of the former. 
The slaying of the 
witnesses, which I understand not so much in a 
literal sense, or of a corporal death, though there 
may be many slain in this sense when it will be, 
but in a civil sense, with respect to their minis-
try being silenced by their enemies, and neglected 
by their friends; this is an affair that is not yet 
over; the witnesses have not yet finished their 
testimony j- they are still prophesying, though 
in sackcloth or under some 
discouragements; 
whereas it will be, when they have finished their 
testimony, and at the close of the 1260 days or 
years of Antichrist's reign, that they will be 
killed. 
The ruin of Antichrist will immedi-
ately follow the rising and ascension of these 
witnesses; for at the same hour that they shall 
ascend, will be a great earthquake, or a revolu-
tion in the papal state ; and the tenth part of * 
the city, or of the Romish jurisdiction, shall fall; 
that is, one of its ten horns, kings or kingdqms 
belonging to it, and perhaps the kingdom of 
FRANCE is meant, and seven thousand men of 
name will be slain, and the rest be affrighted, 
and give glory to God; nothing of which has 
yet been done. 
From all of which it may be 
concluded, that the slaying of witnesses is yet 
to come, and will make the dismal part of that 
night we are entering into, and which will be 
accompanied with a universal spread of Popery: 
—but her 1 plagues shall come in one day, death, 
and mourning, and famine, and she shall be 
utterly burnt with 
fire.' Before the utter des-
truction of Antichrist, he'shall go forth with 
great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away 
many; yea, he shall plant the tabernacles of bis 
palace between the seas, in the glorious holy 
mountain, or the mountain of delight, of holi-
ness; and what place is there, in all the globe, 
to which this description so well answers as Great 
Britain? 
(I will answer, Italy,) 
This will be 
done before, and but a little before., .his ruin; 
for it follows, < yet he shall come to his end,and 
none shall help him.' " 
These writers which I have quoted, and a 
number more which might be given with equal 
propriety, predicted, on the authority of the 
Bible, a grand and very important revolution in 
France, a change of ecclesiastical and civil 
polity, the introduction of a new system, fatal 
to Popery and tyranny, but friendly to the liber-
ty, peace, and happiness of man. 
They foretold 
that this revolution should jbeeffected, not in the 
ordinary course of things, nor by the ministry 
of tie gospel, but by a peouliar dispensation of 
God; by a sudden convulsion, like an earth-
quake, attended with the destruction of names, 
titles, dignities, orders, and the humiliation of 
the French monarchy, falling from the support 
of Papacy. 
They foretold her subsequent exal-
tation, liberty of the nations, spread of the gos-
pel, and the death and resurrection of the wit-
nesses. 
They fixed the time between 1788 and 
1795. 
Love, who wrote in 1651, prophesied that 
Babylon should begin -to fall in 1790.. Rev. 
Robert Fleming, minister of the Scots church 
in London, in a discourse on the rise and fall of 
Papacy, published in 1701, says, " The Frcnch 
monarchy will begin to be humbled as soon as 
1794." 
J. V. HIMES, Proprietor. 
THE ADVENT 
HERALD. 
What can all this mean ? Can you not see 
the signs of the times in all this ? 
If not, your 
eyes are indeed closed that you cannot see, and 
your ears stopped that you will not hear ; and 
in such an hour as ye think not, it will come 
upon you, 
• 
The Trench Revolution. 
BY DK. CKOLT. 
FRANCE, from the commencement of the Papal 
supremacy, had been the chief champion of the 
popedom j so early as the ninth century, had 
given it temporal dominion; and continued, 
through all ages, fully to merit the title of 
" Eldest Son of the Church/' 
But France had 
received in turn the fatal legacy of persecution. 
From the time of the Albigenses, through the 
wars of the League, and the struggles of the 
Protestant Church, during the seventeenth cen-
tury, closing with its ruin, by the revocation of 
the edict of Nantes, in 1685, the history of 
France was written on every page with the blood 
of the Reformed, 
Frequently contesting the 
personal claims of the popes to authority, but 
submissively bowing down to the doctrines, cere-
monial, and principles of Rome, France was the 
most eager, restless, and ruthless of all the min 
isters of Papal vengeance. 
In a moment all this submission was changed 
into the direst hostility. 
At the exact close of 
the prophetic period, in 1793, the 126(M year 
from the birth of the Papal supremacy, a power 
new to all eyes suddenly started up among na-
tions : an Infidel Democracy ! 
France, rending 
away her ancient robes of loyalty and laws 
stood before mankind a spectacle of naked crime. 
And, as if to strike the lesson of ruin deeper 
into the minds of all, on the very eve of fchis 
overthrow, the French monarchy had been the 
most flourishing of continental Europe—the ac-
knowledged leader in manners, arts, and arms— 
unrivalled in the brilliant frivolities which fill 
so large a space in the hearts of mankind—its 
language universal—its influence boundless—its 
polity the centre round which the European soV' 
ereignties perpetually revolved—its 
literature 
the fount from which all nations " in their gold' 
en urns drew light." 
Instantly, as if by a single 
blow of the divine wrath, the land was covered 
with civil slaughter. 
Every star in her glitter 
ing firmament was shaken from its sphere; her 
throne was crushed into dust; her church ol 
forty thousand clergy was scattered, exiled 
ruined; all the bonds and appliances which once 
compacted her with the general European com 
monwealth, were burst asunder, and cast aside 
for a conspiracy against mankind. 
Still there 
was to be a deeper celebration of the mystery of 
evil. 
The spirit which had filled and tortured 
' every limb of France with rebellion to man, now 
put forth a fiercer malice, and blasphemed 
Hostility was declared against all that bore the 
name of religion. 
By an act of which history 
in all its depths and recesses of national guilt 
had never found an example—a crime too blind 
for the blindest ages of barbarism, and too atro 
cious for the hottest corruptions of the pagan 
world, France, the leader of civilized Europe 
publicly pronounced that there was no God 
The decree was rapidly followed by every meas 
ure which could make the blasphemy practical 
and national. 
The municipality of Paris, the 
virtual government, proclaimed that as they had 
defiled earthly monarchy, "they would nowde 
throne the monarchy of heaven." 
On the 7th 
of November, 1793, Gobet, Bishop of Paris, at-
tended by his vicars general, entered the hall of 
the legislature, tore off his ecclesiastical robes, 
and abjured Christianity, declaring that " the 
only religion thenceforth should be the religion 
of liberty, equality, and morality." 
His lan-
guage was echoed with acclamation. 
A still 
more consummate blasphemy was to follow. With-
in a few days after, the municipality presented a 
veiled female to the assembly as the Goddess of 
Reason, with the fearful words, " There is no 
God ; the worship of Reason shall exist in his 
stead." 
The assembly bowed before her and 
worshipped. 
She was then borne in triumph to 
the cathedral of Paris, placed on the high altar, 
and worshipped by the public authorities and the 
people. 
The name of the cathedral was thence-
forth the Temple of Reason. 
Atheism was en-
throned. 
Treason to the majesty of God had 
reached its height. 
No more gigantic insult 
could be hurled against heaven. 
But persecution had still its work. 
All the 
churches of the republic were closed. 
All the 
rites of religion were forbidden. 
Baptism and 
the communion were to be administered no more. 
The seventh day was to be no longer sacred, but 
a tenth was substituted, and on that day a public 
orator was appointed to read a discourse on the 
wisdom of Atheism. 
The reign of the demon 
was now resistless. 
While Voltaire and Marat 
(infidelity and massacre personified) were raised 
to the honors of idolatry, the tombs of the kings, 
warriors, and statesmen of France were torn 
open, and the relics of men, whose names were 
a national glory, tossed about in the licentious 
sport of the populace. 
Immortality was publicly 
profiounced a dream ; and on the gates of the 
cemeteries was written, "Death is an eternal 
leep !" In this general outburst of frenzy, all 
the forms and feelings of religion, true or false, 
were trodden under the feet of the multitude. 
The Scriptures, the lamps of the holy place, 
had fallen in the general fall of the temple. 
But they were not without their peculiar indig-
nity. 
The copies of the Bible were publicly 
insulted 1} they were contemptuously burned in 
the havoc of the religious libraries. 
In Lyons, 
the capital of the south, where Protestantism 
had once erected her especial church, and where 
still a remnant worshipped in its ruins, an ass 
was actully made to drink the wine out of the 
communion cup, and was afterwards led in pub-
lic procession through the streets, dragging the 
Bible at its heels. 
The example of these hor-
rors stimulated the daring of infidelity in every 
part of the continent. 
France, always model-
ling the mind of Europe, now still more power-
fully impressed her image, while every nation 
was beginning to glow with fires like her own. 
Recklessness, licentiousness, and blasphemy were 
the characters and credentials by which the 
leaders of overthrow, in every land, ostenta-
tiously proceeded to make good their claims to 
French regeneration. 
The Scriptures, long lost 
to the people in the whole extent of Romish 
Christendom, were now still more decisively un-
done. 
No effort was made to reinstate them, by 
the Romish Church. 
Thus spake the prophecy, 
They shall lie in the street of the great city." 
(Continued 
from 
our 
last.) 
Chronological Table 
OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE PAPACY. 
827. 
EGBERT, king of England, united the 
seven kingdoms of the Saxon Heptarchy into 
one kingdom. 
831. "Paschasius Radbert, the inventor of 
transubstantiation, published his treatise on that 
subject."—Bowling's Hist. Popes, p. 713. 
844. Sergius II., on the death of Gregory 
was chosen Pope. 
As the new pope was ordained as soon as 
elected, Lotharius, who had succeeded his father 
in the imperial dignity ever since the year 850, 
heard at the same time of his election and ordi-
nation ; and highly provoked at his having been 
ordained before his election was examined and 
confirmed, according to custom, by him or his 
deputies, he despatched his eldest son Lewis 
whom he had appointed king of the Lombards 
with a powerful army into Italy, to take pos-
session of his kingdom, and at the same time to 
examine the election of the pope, to chastise the 
Romans for their presumption, and order mat-
ters so as to prevent their encroaching for the 
future on the just rights of his crown. The 
young princa was attended by a great many bish 
ops, and other persons of distinction, among 
whom was his uncle Drogo, Bishop of Mets 
and, upon his entering the ecclesiastical state 
he committed everywhere the most dreadful rav 
ages, put great numbers of the inhabitants to 
the sword, burnt their habitations, and turned 
the whole country, through which he passed 
into a desert. 
However, as he bent his march 
towards Rome, the Pope sent out all the judges 
and magistrates to meet him, while yet at the 
distance of nine miles from the city. 
He was 
received, when one mile from the gate, by all 
the Roman militia, by the nobility, and part of 
the clergy, and attended by them singing his 
praises, and by the people welcoming him with 
repeated acclamations, to the Vatican. 
There 
the Pope, with the rest of the clergy, waited his 
arrival on the top of the steps leading up to the 
church, which the king ascending, he embraced 
the pope, and taking hold of his right hand, 
they thus advanced together to the door of the 
church; but, when they were upon the point of 
entering the basilic, the pope, 
unexpectedly 
stopping, ordered all the doors to be shut; and 
then turning to the king, ' If you come,' said 
he, 1 as a friend, and for the good of the state, 
and this church, 1 shall order the doors to be 
opened; if not, they shall not be opened by me, 
nor by my command.' 
The king, not a little 
surprised at the resolution of the pope, assured 
him that he was come with no evil intention, 
which he had no sooner done, than the doors 
were opened, and the king, entering the church 
with the pope, was conducted by him to the 
tomb of St. Peter, the clergy singing in the 
meantime, 4 Blessed is he who cometh in the 
name of the Lord.' There thanks were returned, 
with great solemnity, to God, and his apostle, 
for the safe arrival of the king, who taking leave 
of the pope when prayers were ended, returned, 
attended by all the Roman nobility, to his camp. 
He had signified to the pope his desire of being 
crowned and anointed by him king of the Lom-
bards, and that ceremony Sergius performed the 
following Sunday, the 15th of June, with the 
greatest pomp and magnificence,"—Bower, v, 
2, p. 215. 
. 
On this occasion the pope and people of Rome 
took " the usual oath of allegiance to the empe-
ror. "—16. p. 216. 
" In the latter end of the pontificate of Ser-
gius, the Saracens, entering with a numerous 
fleet of small vessels the Tiber, landed at Rome, 
burnt the suburbs, plundered the churches of St. 
Peter and St. Paul without the walls, and re-
tired, unmolested, with an immense booty, and 
a great number of captives."—lb. p. 216. 
847 (Jan. 27th.) Pope Sergius died, and be-
fore he was buried Leo IV. was chosen his suc-
cessor. 
855. On the death of Leo, Benedict III. was 
the next pope. 
Between Leo and Benedict, is placed by those 
who believe such a pope ever existed, the pon-
tificate of Joan, a woman. 
The story of such 
a pope was invented and believed before the ref-
ormation of Luther; but an examination of con-
temporaneous historians makes it evident that 
the story is apocryphal. 
As such it is generally 
disbelieved by Protestant?. 
856. Ignatius the Patriarch of Constantino-
ple was deposed, and Photius, a layman, was 
elevated to his seat. 
This "occasioned great 
disturbance in the Eastern churches." 
858. Nicholas succeeds to the papacy—the 
104th Bishop of Rome. 
" The ceremony of crowning the Pope was, it 
seems, first introduced at this time."—lb. p. 229. 
860. Photius, finding the churches of the East 
divided respecting his election, to get it con-
firmed applied to the pope—a solemn embassy 
being sent to Rome by the emperor for that pur-
pose. 
The pope in writing to the emperor, com-
plained of the deposition of Ignatius without 
his consent, and of the election of a layman. 
He refused to acknowledge Photius, and recom-
mended to the emperor the worship of images, 
as agreeable to Scripture.—lb. p. 232. 
861. The pope's legates who were sent, with 
the above'letter, to the emperor, were seized by 
his order, confined one hundred days, and then 
intimidated into an acknowledgment of Pho-
tius' ordination. 
862. The pope protested against the acts of 
his legates, and refused to receive Photius. 
863. The pope assembled a council at Rome, 
where "the following sentence was pionounced 
by the pope against Photiur, with the unani 
mous consent of all the bishops who composed 
it:—' Whereas Photius, raised from a secular 
and military occupation to the episcopal dig-
nity, and ordained by Gregory, of Syracuse, 
long since condemned, has, in the life time of 
our brother Ignatius, patriarch of the holy 
church of Constantinople, intruded himself into 
his see, and entered the sheepfold not by the 
door, but like a thief and a robber; has commu-
nicated with those whom pope Benedict our pre-
decessor had excommunicated and deposed ; has 
presumed to assemble a council of his followers, 
all deposed and condemned, excommunicated 
and anathematized, and to condemn, anathema-
tize, and depose, jointly with them, our fellow-
minister, the patriarch Ignatius; has, in defi-
ance of the law of nations, offered violence to 
the legates of the apostolic see, and forced them 
to act contrary to the orders they had received; 
has sent into exile the bishops who would not 
communicate with him, and appointed such only 
in their room as were partakers with him in his 
wickedness; has persecuted, and continues to 
persecute, with unheard of barbarity, the holy 
patriarch Ignatius, and all who stand up in de-
fence of his innocence, and the laws of the 
Church; the said Photius guilty of these and 
such like enormities, is, by the authority of Al-
mighty God, of the blessed jrinces of the apos-
tles, Peter and Paul, of all the saints, of the 
six general councils, and the judgment which 
the Holy Ghost pronounces by us, divested of 
the priesthood, and all sacerdotal honors: so 
that if, after this decree (issued by the council 
with one consent, and dictated, as we believe, by 
the Holy Ghost) comes to his knowledge, he shall 
attempt to preside in the see of Constantinople 
or shall any ways disturb Ignatius in the govern 
ment of the church committed to his care, or 
presume to perform any function of the sacred 
ministry, he shall never again be admitted to 
communion, but remain, with all who shall com 
municate with him, or support him, anathema 
tized, and excluded from partaking of the body 
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, except at 
the point of death.' "—Ib.'y. 2, p. 241. 
This resulted in the breaking off of all " in 
tercourse between Rome and Constantinople.'1'1— 
lb. p. 258. 
866. " Photius, now determined to keep no 
measures with the pope, proposed to the emperor 
Michael the assembling a council at Constant! 
nople, in order to judge, depose, and exeomniu 
nicate'Nicholas with the same solemnity as he 
had judged, deposed, and excommunicated him 
in a council at Rome. 
To this proposal the era 
peror readily agreed; and a council accordingly 
met by his order, consisting of several bishops 
under the immediate jurisdiction of the see of 
Constantinople, and some obscure persons, who 
called themselves the legates of the three other 
great sees, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusa-
lem. 
Before this assembly accusers appeared, 
who arraigned Pope Nicholas of maay crimes, 
and deploring his wickedness, applied to the holy 
oecumenical council for justice. 
Witnesses were 
likewise produced to attest what the accusers 
had laid to his charge. 
But Photius, pretend-
ing to take the pope's part, urged in his favor, 
that no man ought to be judged while he is ab-
sent. But his reasons being answered, as was 
agreed before-hand, by the bishops of his party, 
the pope was judged, was found guilty of innu-
merable crimes, was solemnly deposed as alto-
gether unworthy of the episcopal dignity, and 
excommunicated, with all who should communi-
cate with him."—lb. 258. 
867. Photius exhorted the Eastern bishops to 
join him against the pope; but at this crisis 
there "appeared in the East an unexpected 
change of affairs both in the church and state 4 
the emperor Michael was murdered by his guard? 
either at the instigation of the friends of Ba 
sifius, or by a decree of the senate."—lb. p. 260. 
Basilius, now sole master of the empire, 
ordered Photius the very next day to be confined 
in a monastery; and having sent for Ignatius, 
commanded silence upon his appearing before 
him, bestowed upon him the highest commenda-
tions, and restored him to his see, eleven years 
after he had been driven with violence from it." 
—Ib. 260. 
867. 
The Emperor sent an account of these 
doings to the Pope, but before the arrival of the 
messenger Pope Nicholas died. 
Hadrian II. 
became the 105th Bishop of Rome, 
868. 
The envoy of the Emperor delivered to 
Hadrian a copy of the acts of Photius against 
Nicholas. 
The Pope called a council, which 
condemned and burnt them. 
869. 
The Pope sent legates into the East, 
for the assembling of a general council, and 
they were received by the Emperor Basilius with 
great consideration. 
870. 
The general council excommunicated 
Photius. 
This partially healed the schism be-
tween the East and West. 
871. 
The Emperor Basilius and the patri-
arch Ignatius wrote to the pope "entreating 
him to allow Paul, keeper of the charters of the 
Church of Constantinople, whom Photius had 
preferred to the episcopal dignity, to keep his 
rank, and restore Theodore metropolitan of Cu-
ria to his, as he had been ordained by Ignatius, 
and had suffered much in his cause before he 
could be brought to side with the usurper of his 
see. 
In answer to these letters the pope told 
the emperor and the patriarch, that it was not 
customary for the Roman pontiffs to act contrary 
to the decrees and ordinances of their predeces-
sors, or to those of general councils, and he 
could not therefore grant them their request. 
In his letter to the emperor he reproached him 
with having entirely neglected the safety of the 
-postolic legates, who returning by sea without 
convoy, had been taken by the pirates, had 
been stript of everything they had, and used 
with the utmost barbarity, which, he says, never 
happened before to any legates of the holy see," 
—Ib. p. 282. 
872. 
In the room of Hadrian was chosen 
John VIII. the 106th Bishop of Rome. 
" Charles the Bold, grandson of Charlemagne, 
after a fierce contest with other descendants of 
Charlemagne, was crowned emperor at Rome on 
Christmas day, by Pope John VIII., who was 
rewarded by Charles with many costly presents. 
From this time, the pope claimed the right of 
confirming the election of the emperors.''''—Bow-
ling's Hist. Popes, p. 713. 
878. 
The Saracens, spared the Roman duke-
dom, for a yearly tribute of 25,000 mancusae, 
which the pope agreed to pay them on condition 
that they committed no hostilities there. 
" The 
Saracens faithfully observed the articles of this 
treaty."—Bower, p. 287. 
879. 
Ignatius died, and Photius, who had 
regained the favor of the emperor, was " suffered 
to seize on the patriarchal see of Constantinople 
the moment it became vacant." 
On applying to the pope, to the .surprise of 
the whole Church, he received Photius as his 
colleague, and absolved him from the excommu-
nication which the preceding popes had sub-
jected him to. 
In a full council he is restored 
by the pope's legates to his patriarchal dignity, 
and the eighth general council, that of 86'J con-
demned. 
880. 
When the pope learned that his legates 
had condemned a general council, he deposed 
them, " declared all they had done void and 
null, excommunicated all who should receive the 
late council held at Constantinople, or commu-
nicate with the usurper Photius."—lb. p. 291. 
882. 
Marinus was chosen pope. 
" He was 
scarce warm in the chair when he declared the 
acts of the late council of Constantinople void 
and null, excommunicated Photius, and anathe-
matized all who should communicate with him 
or acknowledge him for lawful patriarch ; which 
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so provoked the Emperor Basilius, that he never 
owned him for lawful pope, alledging that he 
had been translated, contrary to the canons, 
from one see to another, and therefore was not 
canonically elected."—Ib. p. 293. 
884. 
Marinus was succeeded by pope Ha-
drian III. 
" The Emperor Basilius, hearing of the pro-
motion of Hadrian, left nothing unattempted to 
reconcile him with Photius, even offering to send 
a powerful fleet to assist him against the Sara-
cens, provided he communicated with him, and 
acknowledged him for lawful patriarch. But 
finding him 110 less inflexible than his immediate 
predecessor, he wrote him a very sharp letter, 
charging him, as well as Marinus, whom he had 
succeeded, with pride, arrogance, and presump-
tion, as if they sacrificed the peace and tranquil-
lity of the Church to their own private views and 
the exaltation of their see."—lb. pp. 293, 294. 
885. 
Stephen V. is chosen pope. 
886. 
The Emperor Basilius died and was 
succeeded by his son Leo. 
The patriarch Pho-
tius was accused of having formed a design 
against the emperor, and was deposed and con-
fined in a monastery. 
888. 
The pope disapproved of the expulsion 
of Photius. 
The new emperor sent legates to 
Rome to reconcile the pope ; but he died before 
their arrival. 
891. 
Formosus became the 110th pope. 
896. 
Boniface VI. was pope fifteen days. 
896. 
Stephen VI. intruded himself into the 
papal see. • 
^ 
897. 
Pomanu? succeeded Stephen, who was 
thrown into a dungeon and strangled. 
898. 
Theodore II. was pope twenty days. 
898. 
John IX. was elected pope. 
41 Stylianus, who had all along adhered to the 
patriarch Ignatius, and had, on that account, 
been driven from his sefe, and most cruelly per-
secuted by Photius, wrote to John, begging he 
would allow him and the other bishops in the 
East, to communicate with those, whom Photius 
had ordained ; which, he said, would restore the 
so long and so much wished for peace to the pa-
triarchal church of Constantinople. 
The pope, 
in his answer, commended the metropolitan for 
his attachment to the holy Iloman Church his 
mother, but at the same time declared, that he 
inviolably adhered, and ever would, to the de-
crees of his predecessors, excommunicating all, 
who communicated with those whom the usurper 
Photius had preferred to any rank whatever in 
the church ; since none could communicate with 
them without owning them to have been lawfully 
ordained, and Photius who ordained them, to 
have been lawful patriarch. 
But Stylianus, 
consulting the peace of the Church of Constanti-
nople, did not acquiesce in the pope's answer, 
nor did the other bishops in the East. 
They all 
agreed among themselves not only to communi-
cate with those whom Photius had ordained, but 
to leave them in the ranks to which he had pre-
ferred them. 
And thus was, at length, an end 
put to the schism, that had divided the Eastern 
churches for the space of near forty years:'—lb. 
p. 303. 
900. 
Benedict 1Y. becomes pope. 
In entering on the tenth century, wo enter, 
what Baronius calls " an iron age barren of all 
goodness, a leaden age abounding in all wicked-
ness, a dark age, remarkable above all the rest, 
for the scarcity of writers and men of learning." 
—Bar. ad. ami. 900. 
903. 
Leo V. was pope about two months, 
when he was driven from his see by Christopher, 
his successor. 
904. 
Christopher in his turn was driven from 
the see, and Sergius III. became pope. 
"He was," says Baronius, "the slave of 
every vice, and the most wicked of men."—Bar. 
ad. ann. 908. 
In these unhappy times lived, and, in a 
manner, reigned at Home the celebrated Theo-
dora and her two daughters Marozia and Theo-
dora. 
They were of a senatorial family, and 
no less famous for their beauty, their wit and ad-
dress, than infamous for the scandalous lives 
they led. Marozia cohabited with Adelbert, 
Marquis of Tuscany, who having seized on the 
castle Saint Angelo, delivered it up to her, and 
from thence she, her mother and her sistes, sup-
ported by the marquis and his party, governed 
Bome without control, and disposed of the holy 
• see to whom they pleased. 
Adelbert had a son 
by Marozia named Alberic, but she nevertheless 
prostituted herself to the pope, and his holiness 
had by her a son called John, whom we shall 
soon see raised to the papal chair, by the inter-
est of his mother."—Bower, v. 2, pp. 306, 307, 
911, 
Anastasius III. succeeded Sergius in 
the papal chair—the 120th Bishop of Bome. 
914. 
Lando holds the popedom about six 
months. 
914. 
John X. succeeds to the popedom. 
917, 
The pope, in connection with the arms 
of the emperor, destroyed the Saracens in Italy. 
Thej had held possessions there since <876. 
" This is the first pope that was ever seen at 
the head of an army"—lb. p. 311. 
929. 
Leo YI. becomes pope. 
929. 
Stephen VII succeeds to the papal 
chair. 
931. 
John XI., the son of Pope Sergius III. 
by Marozia (see A. d. 409) was intruded into 
the papal See. 
933. Leo. VII. succeeds John, who was con-
fined, and died in prison. 
939. Stephen VIII. succeeds Leo. 
942. Marinus II. becomes pope. 
946. Agapetus II. succeeds him. 
956. John XII. intruded himself into the pa-
pal see. 
" The first thing we find recorded of this pope 
is, his raising troops and marching in person, at 
the head of a considerable army, against Pan-
dulph, prince of Capua, but upon what provo-
cation, history does not inform us. 
Pandulph, 
finding his dominions thus unexpectedly invaded 
by the young pope, had recourse to Girulph, 
prince of Salerno, who readily joined him with 
all his forces, as he apprehended that the pope 
would next fall upon him. The two princes, 
taking the field with their joint forces, met the 
pope as he was advancing to Capua to lay siege 
to that place, and a battle thereupon ensuing, 
John's army was entirely defeated, and he him-
self narrowly escaped falling into the hands of 
the provoked princes."—lb. p. 315. 
962. The pope transferred the empire from 
the French to the Germans. 
Otho, king of Ger-
many, was invited to Bome by the pope, and 
crowned emperor. 
At the request of the pope, 
the emperor promised to defend the Boman 
Church against all her enemies.—lb. p. 315. 
The following is the oath of Otho on this oc-
casion:—"I, king Otho, do make to the lord 
John, sovereign pontiff, promise and oath, by 
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, 
and by this wood of the life-giving cross, and by 
these relics of the saints, that if I shall, with 
God's aid, arrive at Bome, I will with all my 
might exalt the holy Boman Church, and thee 
its ruler; and I shall never injure by my will, 
or my consent, or my counsel, or my persuasion, 
thy life, or thy members, or the honor which 
thouholdest; and that in all concerns that be-
long to thee or the Bomans, I shall not make in 
Bome any decree or law without thy counsel; 
and I shall restore to thee whatever part of the 
land of St. Peter may come into my possession; 
and whoever is appointed by me over the king-
dom of Italy, must swear to be thy ally in de-
fending the land of St. Peter according to the 
best ot his power. 
So help me God, and these 
God's holy gospels."—Gosselin, v. 2, p. 169. 
963. " The emperor, in his turn, made the pope 
swear allegiance to him, and promise upon oath 
to lend no assistance to Berengarius or to Adel-
bert his son. But no sooner was Otho gone, 
than, forgetting his oath though taken upon the 
body of St. Peter, he began privately to cor-
respond with Adelbert, who had taken refuge 
among the Saracens; and he at last openly de-
clared for him, and admitted him, with all his 
followers, into Bome."—Bower, v. 2. p. 316. 
The emperor " marched with his whole army 
against the pope and his new ally. 
But they 
no sooner heard of his march, than despairing 
of being able to withstand so great a force, they 
plundered the church of St. Peter, and fled, 
carrying along with them all the wealth they 
found there. 
The emperor entered Rome at the 
head of his army, was received by the clergy, 
the nobility, and the people, as their deliverer, 
with the greatest demonstrations of joy, and, at-
tended by them, to the castle of St. Paul, which 
his friends had surprised before the flight of the 
pope, and prepared for his reception." — lb. 
p. 317. 
Leo VIII. was chosen in place of the de-
posed pope. 
964. When the emperor had retired from 
Rome, the deposed pope John originated a con-
spiracy against Leo, who was obliged to flee 
from the city. 
John took possession of the see, 
and called a council which condemned that 
which had deposed him, and deposed Leo. John 
was soon after murdered; but instead of restor-
ing Leo, the Romans chose one Benedict as 
John's successor. 
The emperor, Otho, immedi-
ately marched to Bome, and called a council, 
which deposed Benedict and restored Leo, who 
died the next year. 
965. John XIII., on the death of Leo, was 
appointed pope by the emperor Otho. 
" The new pope was scarce warm in the chair, 
when the Roman 
nobility, provoked at his 
haughty behavior, and the power he assumed 
over them, entered into a combination against 
him, and being assisted by the prefect and by 
one named Botfred, a leading man in the city, 
drove him from Rome and obliged him to take 
refuge in Capua."—lb. p. 321, 
The Romans, hearing that the emperor was 
marching an army against theai, restored the 
pope. 
972. Benedict VI. was ordained pope. 
" One Cincius, having formed a strong party 
by exclaiming against the emperor as a tyrant, 
by putting the Romans in mind of the late exe-
cuiions, and exhorting them to recover their for*-
iner liberty, attacked unexpectedly the Lateran 
palace, and seizing on the pope, who he knew 
would oppose him, dragged him to prison, and 
after keeping him some time confined in the cas-
tle of St. Angelo, caused him to be strangled," 
" Upon the death of Benedict VI. one Franco, 
deacon of the Boman church> was raised by the 
party of Cincius to the see. 
But the Tuscan 
party declaring against him, he left Rome soon 
after his intrusion, and carrying with him the 
treasure of St. Peter fled to Constantinople. 
It 
was at his instigation, and to make place for 
him, that Cincius ordered Benedict to be mur-
dered. 
He is styled by Gerbert, ' of all mon-
srers of wickedness the most wicked.' "—lb. 
p. 324. 
974. Donus II. succeeded Benedict as pope. 
975. Benedict VII. succeeded on the death 
of Donus. 
984. John XIV. succeeded on the death of 
Benedict. 
Franco died suddenly, before the end of the 
year, and one John was elected, but died before 
being consecrated. 
John XV. was then elected 
and ordained pope. 
985. "Franco, hearing that Otho was dead, 
left Constantinople, and returning to Bome soon 
after the election of John, was received with 
great joy by those of his party, and even en-
couraged to resume the pontifical dignity, and 
drive John from the see. This he readily un-
dertook, and his party prevailing, he seized on 
pope John, confined him in the castle of St. 
Angelo, and there either starved him to death, 
or despatched him with poison."—lb. p. 325. 
"In the life of this pope we meet with the 
first instance of a solemn canonization. For by 
him was solemnly canonized, or sainted, Ulderic, 
bishop of Augusta, at the request of Liutulf, his 
successor in that see. On that occasion the pope 
assembled a council in the Lateran pq^ace; and 
when the bishops were all met, Liutulf rising 
up, begged leave of the assembly to read to them 
the book which he held in his hand, containing, 
he said, an authentic account of the life and 
miracles of the venerable Ulderic. They readily 
agreed to his request; and when he had done, 
the pope, after consulting the bishops, declared 
with their 
approbation, that Ulderic might 
thenceforth be worshipped and invoked as a saint 
reigning with Christ in heaven."—lb. p. 326. 
996. Gregory V., a nephew of the emperor, 
was nominated by Otho, on the death of John, 
and was chosen pope by the Romans. 
997. " Crescentius, having formed a strong 
party under color of redeeming the city from the 
bondage it groaned under, and restoring the Ro-
mans to the liberty they enjoyed under their 
own princes, drove Gregory from his see, plun-
dered the Lateran palace, and began, as consul 
and prince of the republic, titles his followers 
bestowed on him, to act as sovereign of Rome." 
—lb. p. 329. 
Crescentius declared the Roman see vacant, 
and made one Philagathes pope, who took the 
name of John XVI. 
998. The emperor, hearing of the expulsion 
of the pope, marched to Rome. 
" John betook 
himself to flight, but falling into the hands of 
some of the pope's friends, they deprived him of 
his sight, cut off his nose, and tore out his 
tongue." 
Crescentius was put to death, John 
was excommunicated, and Gregory restored. 
Ib. p. 330. 
999. Silvester II. succeeded, on the death of 
Gregory, to the papacy. 
1000. The pope is said to have sent to St. Ste-
phen I. king of Hungary, " the famous crown, 
with which his successors are crowned to this 
day, and to have bestowed upon him, at the same 
time, the title of king, and appointed him his 
perpetual legate, with full power to dispose of 
all ecclesiastical preferments at his pleasure, 
and to have, as legate of the apostolic see, the 
cross carried before him, as a reward justly due 
to his apostolic labors in converting his subjects 
to the Christian faith."—lb. p. 332. 
1003. John XVII. succeeded Silvester, and 
was the 140th Bishop of Rome. 
He lived but 
about five months, and was succeeded by John 
XVIII. 
Of this pope, " it is said in his epitaph, that 
he re-united the Eastern and Western churches, 
and happily put an end, we know not by what 
means, to the schism that subsisted between 
them:''—lb. p. 334. 
1009. Sergius IV. became pope. 
1012. Benedict VIII. succeeded, on the death 
of Sergius, to the vacant see. He was soon 
driven from it by one Gregory, but was restored 
by the king of Germany. 
1024. John XIX. is chosen pope. 
1025. " The emperor Basilius, and the patri-
arch of Constantinople, sent a solemn embassy 
to Rome, to obtain of the pope his consent, that 
the patriarch of the imperial city should style 
himself Universal Bishop of the East, as the 
patriarch of Rome was styled Universal Bishop 
of the whole world,"—B, p. 337, 
"The pope, finding he could not gratify the 
emperor and the patriarch without disobliging 
those, who had nothing so much at heart as the 
honor and dignity of his see, dismissed the em-
bassadors > telling them, that the title of Univer-
sal Bishop became none but the successors of St. 
Peter in the apostolic see, and that none but his 
successors should wear it,"'—lb. p. 338, 
1033. Benedict IX, became pope on the death 
of John, 
, 
1037. " The Romans, shocked at his debauch-
eries, and the wicked life he publicly led, drove 
him soon after from the see. 
He fled to the em-
peror, who espousing his cause, marched straight 
to Rome, as he was then in Lombardy, and, en-
tering the city without opposition, restored the 
pope."—lb. p. 340. 
1044. The pope was again driven from Rome, 
and Silvester III. placed in the chair. 
He, in 
turn, at the end of three months, was driven out, 
and the pope restored, 
1045. Pope Benedict, finding himsolf an ob-
ject of public contempt, sold the popedom to 
John, arch priest of the Roman Church. "John, 
without any previous election, took possession of 
the chair he had purchased, under the name of 
Gregory VI," 
1046. Henry III. king of Germany proceeded 
to Rome, and called a council which deposed 
Gregory, Silvester, and Benedict. 
Cfement II, 
was then chosen pope. 
1047. The papal see being vacant by the death 
of Clement, Damasus II. was appointed pope by 
the emperor. 
1048. On the death of Damasus, the Romans 
applied to the emperor to name a new pope. He 
convened an assembly of the lords and bishops 
of Germany, who made choice of Leo IX. This 
bishop at first declined, but being importuned, 
he submitted the question to the Romans, who 
confirmed his election. 
Uniformity not Unity. 
MERE denominational uniformity is not Chris-
tian unity. 
It is a favorite project with many 
in the present day to single out some sect—usu-
ally their own—and then say to themselves, " If 
we could only get all the world to join us, there 
would fte unity," 
And so possessed they are 
with the notion that the unity of the Church 
consists in conformity to them, that many of 
them have determined to know nothing among 
men save their church, (meaning their own com-
munity) and conformity thereto. 
Their union is 
separation from non-canonical Christians; and 
could they but make one font, one surplice, and 
one service book for all, they are persuaded the 
Church would be one. In place of unity of 
spirit, they labor for unity of costume. 
They 
cannot understand a united family which does 
not wear a regimented uniform. 
We on the 
other hand, have seen an uniformity where there 
was nothing but the form. 
The Church of the 
middle ages was united, just as the sleepers in 
the vault are united in the tranquillity of death. 
It was like listening at the door of a sepulchre : 
Hush ! for all is peace within. 
Enter, and all 
is uniform—uniformly dead—black frieze and 
rottenness—a sepulchre of souls. 
The Church 
of the early centuries was united, as scorpions 
are united when one glass receiver holds them 
and leaves them room to fret about, and strike 
their stings into one another. 
There was uni-
formity, but not unity, for the world did not be-
lieve. 
The world saw it and was hardened ; the 
world saw it and blasphemed. 
To preserve the 
unity of the Church they excommunicated or 
burned alive those who thought or believed for 
themselves; till faith had well-nigh perished 
from the earth 
The Church became so Catho-
lic, that there was no place found for the gospel. 
The union of coercion, or the union which as the 
first term of communion takes away your right 
of private judgment, is not the union contem-
plated by Him, the first law of whose kingdom 
is love, and the first gift of whose Spirit is light. 
Again, for the sake of unity it is not needful 
to surrender an iota of the truth, or yield one 
conscientious conviction, so long as it remains 
conscientious. It is very common with those who 
misunderstand the matter, to say, " Come now, 
you and I do not think exactly alike ;• perhaps 
we are both right, and it is likely we are 
both wrong. 
But it is a point of no moment; 
what would you say to throw it overboard alto-
gether, and give ourselves no more concern about 
it?" 
To which, in many cases, it might be a 
very just answer: " You may intend this for 
liberality, but to me it sounds like latitudinari-
anism. 
I believe that I found this truth in the 
Bible; and if so, it is one of the truths of God. 
1 dare not cast it overboard; and I shall be very 
sorry if having it on board deprive me of your 
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company. 
If it be so offensive to you that you 
must needs sail in a separate ship, I hope we 
shall not hoist hostile flags. But as neither of 
us holds it vital, might we not agree to differ 
regarding it; and as we grow in knowledge and 
in grace, may we not hope that the Lord will 
reveal even this unto us ?" 
Wherever souls are 
joined to the Lord Jesus, and his image is visi-
ble upon them, there is actual unity of the most 
important kind. 
Were this actual unity more 
frequently made the foundation of a practical 
unity, there would soon be more doctrinal unity 
among Christians. 
But it is an unhallowed 
mode of procuring practical unity to purchase it 
at the price of truth. 
As a compromise of error 
cannot lead to unity, " so truth in love " will 
breed no schism. 
®fje 
fjerciRr. 
BOSTON, JANUARY T, 1854, 
TUB readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may be conducted in faith and 
love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in 
nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, uubroth-
erly disputation. 
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH. 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
Woa to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, 
Aud trust in chariots, because they are many ; and in horsemen, 
because they are very strong ; 
But they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the 
Lord.—v. 1. 
The subject of the preceding chapter is continued 
in this. 
The prophet repeats the woe denounced 
in Isa. 30:1, 2, on those who trust in the help of 
Egypt. 
While Hezekiah and a portion of the na-
tion so turned to the Lord as to secure the destruc-
tion of the Assyrians, it is probable that a portion 
of the Jews notwithstanding the prophet's admoni-
tions, still felt more confidence in the help of Egypt 
than in God ; and hence the re-utterance of the 
woe, which would be inflicted on them, but not on 
the whole nation. 
To " stay " on horses, is a metaphor expressive 
of confidence in them. 
To " look unto," and to 
"seek" the Lord, are put by substitution for 
analogous acts of the mind, in reposing their trust 
in God. 
Yet He also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his 
words : 
But will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the 
help of them that work iniquity.—v. 2. 
The Lord is the one to whom wisdom is here 
ascribed. 
Because of his wisdom, he was not to 
be deceived by them, and was fully able to devise 
means for the accomplishment of all bis purposes 
" Bring," and " call back," are metaphors, and 
illustrative of the Lord's causing to be fulfilled the 
evil predicted ; and his refusal to revoke the sen 
tence against them. 
" House," by a metonymy 
is put for its occupants-. 
And by substitution, the 
Lord's" arising " against them,—the attitude pre-
paratory to taking vengeance, is put for his setting 
in operation the agencies for their punishment. 
certainty of the Divine protection, and the defeat 
of the Assyrians. 
The lion, when intent on his 
prey cannot be intimidated nor deterred from his 
purpose. Homer in his Iliad (xiii. 299) illustrates 
Sarpedon's attack on the Greeks : 
" As some fierce lion on the mountains bred, 
Stung with keen hunger, searches for his prey, 
Springs o'er the fences, aud o'erleaps the fold : 
For though the shepherds and the watchful dogs 
On every side defend the woolly flock ; 
Yet his undaunted soul disdains to fly 
Till he hath seized his prey." 
The simile of the lion illustrates the destruction 
of the Assyrians; that of the birds, the defence of 
Jerusalem. 
The bird flies at once to the protec-
tion of its young, hovers over its nest, and defends 
it till the last moment. 
Said the Saviour to Jeru-
salem, Matt. 23:27—"How often would I have 
gathered thy children together even as a bird gath-
ereth her brood under her wings, and ye would 
not!" 
His " passing over and preserving " Jerusalem, 
when he destroys the Assyrians, is illustrated by 
Ex. 12:23-—" For the Lord will pass through to 
smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood 
upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the 
Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer 
the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite 
you." 
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply 
revolted. 
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and 
his idols of gold, 
Which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.—vs. 6, 7. 
The cqnimand to turn unto the Lord represents 
them as walking in a path that leads away from 
him, and is a substitution for the analogous act of 
the mind which recognizes his sovereignty, and 
conforms to his requirements. 
The casting away of their idols, &c., was doubt-
less a literal act. 
When the people saw the sov-
ereignty of Jehovah thus signally vindicated, their 
idols would be despised by them, and would be de-
stroyed as recorded in 2 Chron.. 31:1. 
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man ; 
And the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him : 
But he shall flee from the sword, 
And his young men shall be discomfited.—u. 8. 
Assyrian " by a synecdoche, is here put for 
the Assyrians. 
His " fall with a sword," is a 
substitution for his discomfiture by the judgments 
of the Almighty. 
" Devour," applied to the ac-
tion of a Bword, is a " metaphor " expressive of 
its destructive effects. 
His fleeing from the sword, 
is put for the flight of the remnant of the enemy 
from before the Lord's judgments, when 185,000 
of their number should have been slain. 
And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, 
And a covert from the tempest; 
As rivers of water in a dry place, 
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.—v. 2. 
If this prophecy is applicable to Hezekiah, the 
similes in this text most illustrate the Lord's fa-
vor which he secured to the nation, and the warding 
off from Judah the slaughter and captivity which 
Sennacherib purposed to bring upon them. 
When the Assyrians came against Judah, (2 
Kings 19:14,) " Hezekiah went up into the house 
of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord." 
Vs. 
20-34—"Then Isaiah the son of Amoz, sent to 
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Is-
rael, That which thou hast prayed to me against 
Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. ... He 
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow 
there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a 
bank against it. 
By the way that he came, by the 
same shall he return, and shall not come into this 
city, saith the Lord." 
Hezekiah said to his people, 
(2 Chron. 32:7, 8,) " Be strong and courageous, 
be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, 
nor for all the multitude that is with him : for 
there be more with us than with him. 
With him 
is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the Lord our. God 
to help us, and to fight our battles. 
And the peo-
ple rested upon the words of Hezekiah king of Ju-
dah." 
V. 21—" And the Lord sent an angel which 
cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders 
and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria " 
—185,000 in a single night. 
Thus Hezekiah proved as a refuge from the tem-
pest Sennacherib thought to inflict on Judah. 
Had 
they been carried into captivity, they would have 
pursued a long and weary journey, often suffering 
from thirst, and coveting some refreshing shade 
from the rays of the burning sun ; put being spared, 
they abode by their own rivers and streams of wa-
ter, and needed no protecting rock to overshadow 
them—the king being to them in place of such. 
In Eastern countries, the shadow of a rock fur-
nished a most cooling and refreshing shade. 
An 
ancient poet said : 
, 
When Sirius rages, and their aching head, 
Parched skin, and feeble knees refreshment need ; 
Then to the rock's projected shade retire."—Heiiod, ii. 206. 
Now the Egyptians are men, and n®t God ; 
And their horses flesh, aud not spirit. 
When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth 
shall fall, 
And he that is holpen shall fail down, and they all shall fall together, 
The Egyptians being only 11 men," and their 
horses only " flesh," their help would be nothing 
in comparison with that of the angels of the Lord 
(Psa. 103:20,) " that excel rn strength, that do his 
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his 
word." 
Therefore they are easily discomfited. 
" When the Lord shall stretch out his hand " 
the attitude for the infliction of punishment—is a 
substitution for his arrangement of the acts of his 
providence for the accomplishment of that object. 
" He that helpeth," is Egypt, and he that is- hol-
pen " were the Jews who sought their aid. 
Isaiah 
predicted (20:4,) that the Assyrians should " lead 
away the Egyptians prisoners;" and in 2 Kings 
18:13 we read, that " in the fourteenth year of 
Hezekiah, did Sennacherib king of Assyria come 
up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took 
them." ' 
Their " falling down," the prostration of the 
body, is put by substitution for their discomfiture. 
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, 
Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, 
When a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him. 
He will not be nfraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise 
of them: 
So shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and 
for the hiH thereof. 
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem 
Defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve 
it.—vs. 4-, 5. 
By these expressive similes, is illustrated the 
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, 
And his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord 
Whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.—v. 9. ' 
After his discomfiture, (2 Kings 19:36) " Senna 
cherib king of Assyria departed, and went and re 
turned and dwelt at Nineveh "—his strong hold. 
An " Ensign," is the banner under which an 
army rallies. 
Here it is evidently a substitution 
for the visible display of God's judgments, by 
which he defended Jerusalem. 
" Whose fire " in 
Zion, may refer to the fire on the altar of burnt-
offering. 
The use of the term " furnace " is some-
what obscure in this connection. 
It may be a 
substitution for the place where the Assyrian had 
lost the flower of his army, escaping himself as 
from the fire of a furnace into which he had been 
cast. 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, 
And princes shall rule iu judgment.—v. 1. 
Commentators are not agreed whether the first 
verses of this chapter refer to Hezekiah, or to the 
happier times under the Messiah. 
The 6th and 
7th verses indicate a period anterior to tbe re-
generation ; and the preceding verses may not be 
inapplicable to the time of Hezekiah ; but the lan-
guage is more expressive of the times of the Mes-
siah. 
Ahaz, the predecessor of Hezekiah, (2 Chron. 
28:19,) " made Judah naked, and transgressed 
sore against the Lord." 
Manasseh, also, who 
succeeded Hezekiah, was a very wicked prince, (2 
Kings 21:6,) and " wrought much wickedness in 
the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger." 
Hezekiah, intervening between those kings was of 
a very different charadf, and the text is not inap-
propriate to him. 
He (2 Kings 18:3-7,) " did 
that which was right in the sight of the Lord, ac-
cording to all that David his father did. 
He re 
moved the high places and brake the images, and 
cut down the grotes. ... He trusted in the fiord 
God of Israel; so that after him was none like 
him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that 
were before him. 
For he clave to the Lord, and 
departed not from following him, but kept his com-
mandments which the Lord commanded Moses 
And the Lord was with him; and he prospered 
whithersoever he went forth." 
Under such a king, the princes to whom the ad 
ministration of justice was assigned, would be 
likely to administer it equitably. 
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, 
And the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, 
And the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 
vs . 3, 4. 
The opposite of this, is used to illustrate a stu-
pid and careless people, (Jer. 5:21,) " which have 
eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not." 
By those who see, Mr. Barnes understands the 
seers or prophets,—those who saw visions or had 
revelations from God. 
Their ability to seec learly, 
and the act of listening, are put by substitution 
for clear views of truth on the part of teachers, 
and a consideration of the instruction given, on 
the part of thos^ taught. 
The " rash," or as in the margin, " the hasty." 
arrive at conclusions precipitately ; they are there-
fore liable to error; but, judiciously instructed, 
they would form correct opinions,—" heart " by a 
metonymy, being put for the mind which was sup-
posed to be located there. 
By a substitution, defective powers of speech, 
are put for indistinct and confused views of truth, 
which they are unable to express intelligibly. 
Un-
der proper teachers, they obtain clear views of 
truth, and become able to express themselves cohe-
rently and to the point. 
THE NEW YEAR. 
WE have reached another mile-stone in the jour-
ney of life—a periodical way-mark which may not 
be passed over without eliciting serious thought. 
It is customary on occasions like this, for the con-
ductors of the press to congratulate their readers 
that they have entered upon another year, and to 
wish them all manner of joy. 
It is not, however, 
certain that this is so much a season for indis-
criminate congratulation, as it is for solemn and 
serious reflection. 
With those who look forward to length of days 
a year is no inconsiderable portion of one's life-
time. 
About thirty years are estimated as the 
average of our probationary period. 
Those who 
pass twice that length of time, are advanced in 
years, and far on the down hill of life. 
The' age 
of forty is past its meridian, and soon after that 
our sun declines in the western horizon, and the 
dusks of evening begin to gather around us. 
The 
great majority, however, pass away in the small 
hours of the morning, and comparatively few be-
come bowed down by the weight of time. 
The 
lapse of a year, therefore, may not pass by un 
noticed. 
It is so much cut off from one's proba 
tionary period ; and we are advanced thus much 
towards the epoch when we shall be called to ac 
count for the manner in which we have spent each 
passing moment. 
Those who have passed from death to life, who 
have embraced the offers of free pardon extended 
to tflfem in the gospel, who have turned from' idols 
to serve the living and true God and to wait for 
his Son from heaven ; they are subjects of con-
gratulation. 
A year that separated between them 
and the year of the redeemed has been taken away. 
The time that barred them from their inheritance 
has been so much shortened. 
The period that 
must be passed over before their coronation day, 
has been thus much lessened; and they are one 
year nearei t le consummation of all their hopes. 
Why then should they not shout and sing at the 
rapid flight of time 1 They may well note these 
way marks, exultantly count the years as they 
pass, and rejoice that they are so much nearer tbe 
haven of rest. 
Like the wearied mariner, who has 
been long sea-tossed and looking for land, they 
may hail with rapture the evidence that they are 
nearing the country whither they are bound.— 
But what shall we say to those who are foreigners 
to the commonwealth of Israel, who are without 
God and without hope in the world, and strangers 
to the covenant of his promise 1 Dark and dismal 
must be the future to them. 
No sun illumes their 
pathway ; and the stars of their night emit no 
glimmering rays of light. 
The passing of each 
year brings them so much nearer the thick dark-
ness. 
They have wasted so much of the period 
granted them in which to prepare lor the future. 
Instead of improving those moments to propitiate 
the anger of an offended God, they have worse than 
wasted them, and becomq. more hardened and in-
different, and thus less likely to comply with the 
terms of the gospel. 
Therefore, dear reader, we 
need to know whether you and we are advanced so 
much nearer the portals of weal or of woe, before 
we can know whether to be congratulated, or com-
miserated, on the ushering in of another year. 
How swiftly has the year, whose obsequies we 
are called on to commemorate, fled past us. 
But 
yesterday as it were, we entered upon it, and now 
is numbered with the past. 
Its moments have 
gone to testify respecting the use which we have, 
each one, made of them—to swell the sum of our 
guilt, or to add to the joy of our future. 
How 
much have we done that had better been left un-
done ; and how much has been neglected that 
should have been performed ! 
Regrets, alas ! will never recall the past; and 
the only way in which past remissness can be 
remedied, is by increased diligence and faithful-
ness in the future. 
As we enter on the duties of a new year, it is 
fitting that we review the past, and see wherein 
past defects may be remedied ; and then commence 
with more ardent and persevering efforts to perform 
the duties dev&lving on each one of us respect-
ively. 
As we pass the threshold of another annual 
cycle, who can tell what a year may bring forth? 
No on» can predict what it will not. 
All admit 
that we are verging towards an unprecedented 
crisis in human affairs, and that a new dispensa-
tion is about to dawn upon us. 
Respecting its 
nature, men differ ; but all unite in predicting a 
near future, of which the past has been but pre-
paratory. 
That " there is a good time coming," 
the mere politician does not doubt; the infidel 
philanthropist receives it as a cardinal article of 
his belief; and with the Christian, it is a matter 
of faith. 
All the fulfilled predictions of the past 
indicate the present, as the time when we are au-
thorized to look for the crowning consummation of 
all prophetic declarations. 
The great majority of believers in inspiration 
teach, that we are now living under the sixth seal, 
and the sixth vial; that the seventh trumpet is 
just about to sound ; that those fosms of govern-
ment are now existing, and have been for more 
than twelve centuries, that were symbolized by the 
toes of the Image, and by the horns of the beast; 
that the times of the Gentiles, during which Jeru-
salem was to be trodden under foot, and the pre-
dicted duration of the vision, at the close of which 
the sanctuary is to be cleansed, must be near their 
termination ; that the Church has long since passed 
her wilderness state ; that the witnesses no longer 
testify in sackcloth ; that the saints of the Most 
High are now freed from the-dominion of the man 
of sin ; that the harlot is unseated from her rul^ 
of the beast; that the mystie Babylon has fallen 
from its position as the arbiter of the religious 
world, and reigneth no longer over the kings of 
the earth ; that the symbolic Euphrates on which 
it was situated, which contributed to its support 
and defence, is being dried up, like its prototype 
of old, by the diversion of its symbolic waters into 
other channels that the way of the kings of the 
east may be prepared ; that the antagonistic forces, 
which are to encounter in the great battle of Ar-
mageddon, are being gathered ; that the period of 
Satan's binding, is about being commenced ; and 
that the kingdom of God is about to be established 
THE ADVENT 
HERALD 
—differing only in the nature of that kingdom, and 
of the events by which it is to be ushered in. 
With the popular view—that the kingdom is the 
result of the conversion of the nations through the 
agency of human instrumentality—its commence-
ment must be comparatively distant; for no means 
could be sufficiently multiplied and made so effec-
tual as to bring about such a result in five or ten 
years ; and from present appearances, it would re-
quire ages on ages to accomplish it. 
But with 
what we consider the scriptural view, there is no 
such apparent necessity for delay. 
While we 
know not how much delay God may purpose for 
the accomplishment of the number of his elect— 
for the long-suffering of God is salvation—the 
fact that no such necessity is apparent, in connec-
tion with the testimony of the prophecies that 
culminate to about this point of time, and the 
suddenness with which the Saviour will appear in 
the clouds of heaven, preclude the possibility of 
knowing that any year will not bring the consum-
mation of all things ; and therefore believers in the 
premillennial advent are necessitated to constant 
watchfulness and continued expectation—" wait-
ing for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ "— 
44 looking for and hasting unto the coming of the 
day of God"—hoping " to the end for the grace 
that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of 
Jesus Christ," who " shall judge the quick and 
the dead at his appearing and kingdom." 
Therefore, without presuming a knowledge of 
what was wisely hidden even from angels, and 
was reserved within the Father's own power; and 
yet " knowing the time that now it is high time to 
awake out of sleep," we would enter upon this 
year as the day in which our eyes may be permit-
ted to " see the King in his beauty," and to behold 
the land that was once " very far off." 
How glo-
rious the hope! 
How cheering the prospect! 
The hope of the coming of Christ has animated 
the saints of all ages. 
For near G000 years has 
the whole creation groaned and travailed in pain 
together until now ; and during all that time has 
the earnest expectation of the creature waited for 
the manifestation of the sons of God—waited to 
44 be delivered from the bondage of corruption into 
the glorious liberty of the children of God." 
Co-
eval with the malediction which consigned man to 
the bondage of the curse, was the promise made 
that the Seed of the woman should in due time 
bruise the serpent's head ; and all along down the 
descent of the stream of time has the course of 
man been lighted by the promises of His coming-
given at first in almost doubtful phraseology ; but 
variously repeated, in oft multiplied assurances 
keeping alive the faith and the hope of God's tried 
and tempted ones, until now we can behold the 
unmistakable dawnings of the rising of the Sun of 
righteousness. 
On the birth of Cain, Eve thought it possible 
that he was the promised seed, and rejoiced in the 
hope of the 44 man from the Lord." 
" Enoch, also, 
the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, say-
ing, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of 
his saints." 
The " father of the faithful," while 
looking for a better country, even an heavenly, 
and desiring the evidence whereby he might know 
that he should inherit it, was confirmed in his 
hopes by the oath and covenant of Jehovah ; fur, 
44 God, willing more abundantly to show unto the 
heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, 
confirmed it with an oath ; that by two immutable 
things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, 
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled 
for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.' 
The man of Uz was cheered, amid his manifold 
misfortunes by the assurance that his Redeemer 
should 44 stand at the latter day upon the earth," 
whom he should behold with his own eyes in his 
resurrection body. 
The sweet singer of Israel at-
tuned hjs harp anew when ho sang of the Lord : 
44 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth." 
Isaiah was permitted most clearly to unfold the 
glorious future, and to assure the believers of his 
day that their eyes should see the King in his 
beauty,—that they should behold the land that 
was then 44 very far off." 
Daniel was permitted 
to unroll the scroll of prophecy, to mark off the 
order and succession of kingdoms, and to record 
for future generations their periods, which should 
intervene before the establishment of the kingdom 
under the whole heaven. 
To the Seer of Patmos 
it was granted to record anew the symbols of the 
future; with the assurance that 44 the time is at 
hand," accompanied by a blessing to him 44 that 
readeth, and they that hear the words of this 
prophecy, and keep those things that are written 
therein." 
And the Saviour himself has conde-
scended to visit this earth in mercy, and given the 
assurance of his return. 
With these oft repeated testimonies, the Church 
has been cheered throughout her pilgrimage state. 
While individuals have 44 had trial of cruel mock-
ings. and scourgings, yea moreover of bonds and 
imprisonment," they have endured as seeing Him 
who is invisible. 
44 They were sawn asunder, were 
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wan-
dered about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins, being 
destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world 
was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in 
mountains!, and in dens and caverns of the earth. 
And these all, having obtained a good report 
through faith, received not the promise ; God hav-
ing provided some better thing for us, that they 
without us should not be perfect." 
And should 
Christians living on the eve of the consummation, 
be any the less confident and ardent in their love 
for Christ's appearing 1 The souls of them that were 
slain for the word of God, and for the testimony 
which they held, long since cried,44 How long?" 
And, 41 He which testifieth these things, saith, 
Surely I come quickly." 
We may not therefore 
say,44 My Lord delayeth his coming," but with our 
lamps trimmed and burning, and our loins girded, 
we should look this year, and all years in expecta-
tion of the summons—taking the only safe posi-
tion, 44 To-day, and to-day, and to-day," till he 
comes : and then, should this, bring 44 the year of 
the redeemed," it will be hailed as the most glori-
ous epoch that waiting Christians ever greeted. 
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By a Yankee. 
With an Introduction by Robert Baird, D. n. 
New York : M. W. Dodd, Publisher, Brick church 
chapel, opposite the City Hall." 
1854. 
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a series of articles entitled,44 Sketches of Travel." 
Our readers read them at the time with interest, 
and therefore know the style and character of the 
work. 
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places* is confirmed by the testimony o^ Dr. Baird, 
who has himself been over all the ground described, 
and is therefore qualified to speak of the merits of 
the work. 
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44 Intro-
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TNE 
EMPEROR 
OF RUSSIA 
vs. 
PROTESTANTISM.—A 
correspondent of the New York Times, for two 
years a resident in Europe, says :—44 As soon as 
Russia has gained the power it seeks in Turkey 
over the Greek Church, all those missionaries will 
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prisons. 
The rapid'increase of the evangelical 
and American view of Christianity in the Greek 
and Armenian Churches in Turkey is giving alarm 
to the Autocrat." 
44 ANALYSIS 
OF 
SACRED 
CHRONOLOGY ; with the 
Elements of Chronology ; and the numbers of the 
Hebrew text vindicated." By S. Bliss. 
Published 
at this office. 
(From the Congregationa/ist.) 
44 The object of this work, is to arrange the 
Chronology of Scripture events, so that the sub-
ject may be easily studied. 
In the language of 
the preface 4 an original feature of this analysis 
is the presenting in full, and in chronological or-
der, the words of inspiration, which have a bear-
ing on the time of the events and predictions 
therein recorded.' 
The work bears evidence of 
much labor, and may be used with much profit by 
the student of the Bible." 
(From Lord's Literary and Theological Journal.) 
44 This brief epitome of the Chronology of the 
Scriptures, furnishes a large amount of useful in-
formation in respect to the times of the persons 
and occurrences that are mentioned in the Bible." 
MY JOURNAL. 
LABORS IN 
ILLINOIS. 
NOT. 4/A.—Commenced a course of lectures in 
Rockford. 
The Congregational house (east side of 
the river) was generously opened to us, in which 
I gave three discourses, on the evenings of the 
4th, 5th, and the 6th. 
In the afternoon of the 
6th I gave a discourse in the E. M. church, to a 
large audience. 
In the A.M. of the same day, I 
gave one in the city hall. 
In all, five lectures. 
The weather was stormy, and the streets, almost 
impassable on account of prairie mud ; notwith-
standing we had good attendance both of those who 
were favorable to the doctrine and of others who 
were inquiring respecting its truth. 
I could not 
remain longer, although desired to do so, with 
the hope of good results. I trust brother Chapman 
will visit them soon. 
We have some very firm and 
kind friends there that would co-operate with 
him. 
I think but few of the clergy are favorable 
to the doctrine. 
Most of them teach the people 
that the world is to be converted. 
And this evi-
dently suits tfle community best, for they are swal-
lowed up in speculation, and overcharged in the 
business of this world. 
In too many instances it is 
to be feared both people and priest, in this Western 
country, are seeking more earnestly for an earthly 
than a heavenly inheritance. 
But some welcome 
the good news of the Saviour's soon return, and 
44 desire a 
heavenly country," notwithstanding 
they even now possess an earthly paradise here. 
On my arrival at Rockford, a man calling him-
self44 E. Church," introduced himself to me as an 
Adventist. 
In a conversation with him, I found 
for some reason he was disposed to speak disparag-
ingly <Jf Elder S. Chapman. 
I told him I knew 
44 Elder C.," and I could give no credit to his 
charges or insinuations. 
He replied that44 Elder 
C." was not the man he was when I knew him in 
the East. 
I told him I could tell better when I • 
should see him and his friends, and I did not wish 
to hear more on the subject. 
He replied that 
44 Elder C." had published him in the Herald, of 
Oct. 8th, and he wanted redress. 
I promised him 
that he should have it when I saw Elder C. and the 
church at Paine's Point 
While at R., brother J. Cummings, late of Cen-
tre county, Pa., was introduced to me, and aided 
me in my meetings there. 
He appears to be a 
promising young man. 
I was much gratified with 
his truly Christian deportment. 
Nov. 7lh.—Brother H. Green called for me and 
conveyed me to his house in Kishwaka, nine miles 
distant, through sleet and snow from above, and 
mud beneath. 
We had a tedious ride over the 
bleak prairie ; but on my arrival I soon forgot the 
tediousness of the way, while welcomed to the 
hospitalities of brother G. and his excellent family. 
But more especially on account of meeting here 
my old tried friend and fellow-laborer, Elder S. 
Chapman. 
Our greetings were heartyand mutual. 
Two brothers and fellow-laborers never experi-
enced greater joy in meeting after years of separa-
tion and toil in different portions of our Master's 
vineyard. 
Since we last met in Homer, N. Y., 
God had shown us both 44 great and sore troubles," 
in which we had mutual sympathy.. But God had 
sustained us, and spared us to meet once more. 
We praised God together for his goodness. 
The general health of brother C. is good, and if 
anything, he looks younger and better than when 
I last saw him, notwithstanding his abundant la-
bors and trials. 
He will now be my companion in 
travel for some time, in visiting his fields of labor 
in this state. 
This evening (Nov. 7th) I gave a lecture in 
Kishwaka, to fifty or more who came through the 
storm and darkness to hear. 
We had a good sea-
son, and I hope a profitable one. 
This is one of 
brother C.'s fields of labors, where about twenty-
five were united in the faith, and commended to 
the care of Elder R., of Washington Grove, who 
favored the doctrine at the time. 
He has since 
wavered on some points, and the little flock have 
not prospered a6 they otherwise would have done. 
A few however are left who I hope will be faithful 
to the end. 
Nov. 8tli.—Brother G. took us to Killbuck, eight 
miles east. 
We put up with brother Stocking, 
where we received every attention. 
Several mem 
bers of the family are believers. 
We had a good 
audience in the evening although it was cold, wet, 
and unpleasant. 
Brother C. has gathered a good 
company of Adventists in this place. 
We called 
upon a number of families. 
I also called on Elder 
Lyons, the Christian minister, and had a pleasant 
and I hope a profitable interview. 
Here brother 
Cummings joined us again. 
Nov: 9th.—Went 
to Pennsylvania settlement, 
and put up with brother J. Eychanor, a relative of 
brother Chapman and a believer. 
I gave a dis-
course in the evening to a large audience, who 
gave the best attention. 
A short time before bro. 
C. was mobbed at this place, but 44 Cascur's " men 
had given the young gentlemen a call which pro-
duced a good effect upon them. All was quiet. But 
few Adventists here, but there is an '' open door." 
Nov. 10/A.—Went to the Burgh, twelve miles, 
where I gave a#dxscourse to a full house, consisting 
of Adventists and other denominations. 
Had un-
THE ADVEN T 
HERALD. 
broken attention for nearly two hours, while I dis-
coursed on the first and second Advents. 
At the close, brother 0. Chany took me to his 
house in White Rock, where the conference was 
to be held. 
I was received by him and his family 
and made most welcome to his hospitality. 
God 
has given him a heart and the means to do much 
for the Advent cause. 
Having no chapel, he took 
out the partition of a new house he is erecting, and 
opened a spacious room for the meeting of the 
conference. 
Nov. llift.—The conference commenced, and 
continued over the Sabbath. 
I gave eight dis-
courses in all. 
On Saturday and Sunday we had 
crowded audiences, who heard with the most pro-
found attention. 
Brethren Chapman and Cum 
mings rendered me every assistance. 
A noble com-
pany of Adventists greeted me with warm affection, 
and the greetings were mutual. 
We had heard of 
each other, but now the mountains and valleys, 
lakes and rivers, which had divided us hitherto, 
had been crossed, a distance of near two thou-
sand miles, and we stood face to face, and pressed 
the hand in fellowship, friendship, and love, with 
tears of joy and gratitude. 
Our conference closed in triumph. 
The Advent-
ists were strengthened, and some unbelievers em-
braced the faith. 
The cause is rising and prosper-
ing in all this region, and is in the hands of judi-
cious and trustworthy men. 
Nov 14th—I reserved for rest, but I found it in 
preaching an ordination sermon at Paine's Point, 
and assisting in the consecration of brother J. 
Cummings to the ministry, and brethren 0. Chany 
and II. Wood to the office of deacons, to constitute 
the officers of the Jefferson Grove church of Ad-
ventists. 
The services were held at the house of 
brother J. King, and was crowded. 
I have not 
witnessed a more solemn scene in this Western 
world. 
Elder Cummings has been unanimously 
elected pastor of the church, and though yet young 
he is true to the cause, and will no doubt prove a 
faithful and affectionate shepherd of the flock. 
The church is yet young—it is not one year since 
its organization. 
It numbers about eighty mem-
bers. 
Some of these have experience and age, 
combined with wisdom. 
But most of them are 
converts, many of them heads of families. 
It is 
a strong church, and will no doubt live and pros-
per, to prove a blessing to this whole region. One 
year ago there was but one family of Adventists in 
this vicinity, that of brother Joshua King, who 
took the Herald, from which he got what preaching 
he had. 
He invited brother Chapman to visit this 
region. 
He came, and the result is the conversion 
and gathering of several hundred living and de 
voted Advent believers in Ogle, Lee and Winne 
bago counties. 
" What hath God wrought." 
Nov. 15th.—Met at 4 p. M. with the church at 
Paine's Point. 
Three members were received 
after which I brought the case of E. Church, (whom 
I met at Rockford,) before the church. 
Brother 
S. Chapman charged him with uniting with others 
in a conspiracy to destroy his reputation, and 
" sow discord " among the brethren. 
The speci 
fied charges were all brought before the church in 
order. 
Witnesses were cited, who testified to each 
point, and fully sustained each charge ; whereupon 
the hand of fellowship was withdrawn from him 
Advent churches elsewhere will no doubt be visited 
by him, and if so, they can have information of 
his character and course by applying to S. Black 
man, Esq., the secretary of the Jefferson Grove 
church. 
I have met with some remarkable cases 
of depravity, in my connection with society, and 
this has added another to the number. 
After 
brother Chapman had built up a prosperous church 
this man came as a stranger (from Dixon), and 
sought first, sympathy, then for membership and 
recommendation. 
On the first opportunity he 
joined with brother C.'s enemies to break him 
down! ! 
Our churches cannot be too careful who 
they receive, especially in the absence of the faith 
ful pastors. 
I gave a lecture in the evening to a full 
house. 
Nov. 16th.—Went to Watertown, and gave 
discourse in the house of brother J. Robinson 
Full house and mhch interest. 
I spoke on the 
" trials " of the Christian pilgrim. 
Brother Chap 
followed me, with many others. 
It was a time of 
good cheer among the pilgrims who had just passed 
through a deep trial. 
Nov. 17th.—Preached in Jefferson Grove. 
The 
house was crowded. 
I spoke on the " New Heav 
ens and New Earth." 
It was received with much 
interest and approbation. 
Most of the audience 
had heard brother Chapman on this and kindred 
subjects, so that they were ready to receive the 
truth. 
They in common with all Adventists, be-
lieve the kingdom to be near at hand. 
We put up with brother Atkinson, by whom we 
were cordially received, and our wants were boun. 
tifully supplied. 
It was in the log house of this 
brother that the Jefferson Grove church was or-
ganized by brother Chapman, about a year ago, 
consisting of twenty-six, and now upwards of eighty 
members. 
Nov. 
—In company with bro. Cummings, 
went to Rockford, twenty miles, to get a box of 
books from Boston. 
We arrived too late to get 
out a notice for an evening meeting, and being at 
leisure, I took the opportunity to hear Mr. John 
Hawkins, on the " Maine Law." 
It was an able 
defence of this most righteous law. 
He remarked 
that in Wisconsin, Illinois, and elsewhere in the 
West, he had found the drunkards and rumsellers 
very generally in favor of the law ! Many drunk-
ards had said to him that the passage of the law 
was their only hope. 
While spirit was set before 
them, they would not be able to refrain from. it. 
find public sentiment in favor of the law, and 
think the whole West will ultimately go for it. 
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without regard to the particular Tie w we take of any scripture, from 
the friends of the Herald. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
BRO. 
BLISS :—I noticed in the Herald of Dec. 
24th, a question propounded by H. J. of West 
Boscawen, " How can Russia be called the king, 
or kingdom of the North, when the Word reads, 
Tidings out of the East and North shall trouble 
him?' 
" 
The answer to this apparently honest inquirer 
after truth, could of course afford him no light. 
As the editor says, " It is a question 1 am unable 
to answer." 
I therefore wish to put him and all 
others who may study the Bible without any idea 
of the geographical points alluded to in the text, 
on the track, so they may not be obliged to ask 
such hard questions any more. 
Please buy a copy 
of "S. Bliss's Geography. 
You will there learn that 
the Russian Possessions lie in the north of Ameri-
ca, north of Europe, and north of Asia. 
Also, 
that St. Petersburgh, the capital of Russia, lies 
north of Egypt. 
Then open to Dan. 11th chapter, 
and find that " the king of the North " has gone 
into Egypt " by conquest, and if Russia is the 
kingdom of the North, and the king should hear 
unpleasant news from Russia by the meddling of 
his neighbors about home, from Europe, it would 
be " tidings from the North," and should he hear 
that things were going hard with his armies en-
gaged with the Circassians, or from East India, 
where he is now plotting to trouble the British 
East India Company, it would be tidings out of 
the East. 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
BRO. HIMES :—I noticed in the last Herald a ques-
tion asked by H. J., viz., "How can Russia be 
called the king or kingdom of the North, when the 
word says,' Tidings out of the East and North 
shall trouble him.' " 
Now let the king of the 
North be who he may, he it is that is troubled by 
tidings out of the East and North. 
I think this 
perfectly plain when we understand where he is, 
when he is troubled by these tidings. 
It is to be 
remembered, he has left the North, and has come 
like a whirlwind against a certain power, and 
passed over and entered the glorious land, and 
when he arrives at a certain point, tidings from 
the countries he has left will trouble him. 
Then 
will he go forth with great fury,&c., (in our opin-
ion,) with the intention of speedily accomplishing 
his designs there, that he may attend to those 
things which trouble him at the East and North. 
From these considerations we are left to the con-
clusion that Russia is the king, or kingdom of the 
North. 
His work has already commenced, and we 
are expecting not long hence he will plant the tab-
ernacles of his palace between the seas, in the glo-
rious holy mountain ; yet he shall come to his end 
and none shall help him. 
And at that time shall 
Michael stand up. 
The Lord help us to be in a 
waiting position for this event. 
E. 
PIKE 
brethren want all the evidence that can be pro-
duced, that they may arrive at correct conclusions 
on this subject. 
I take the liberty to present some evidence which 
I deem important at the present time, that the 
1260 days must have ended prior to 1793. 
Much perplexity has arisen in the minds of 
many, where to fix the beginning or ending of the 
1260 and 1290 days, of Daniel and John. 
It is 
agreed upon by all, that they cover the tribulation 
of the Church. 
Some are confident that they ter-
minate A. D. 1779, while others do not feel war-
ranted in removing the land marks which were 
erected in 1843, although the event then looked 
for has not been realized.* 
But they cannot allow 
the days to have ended prior to 1798-1801, for in 
their minds there has no event occurred prior to 
this time which so fully answers the prophecy as 
in 1798-1801, and Justinian's decree in 533, by 
which the Pope was constituted the effective cor-
rector of heretics. 
Now all agree that the treading under foot of 
the holy city, forty-two months, (Rev. 11:12,) the 
two witnesses prophesying, clothed in sackcloth 
1260 days, (11:13,) the woman remaining in the 
wilderness 1260 days, (12:7,) the beast which 
spake blasphemous words, and has power to con 
tinue forty-two months, (13:5,) all apply to the 
tribulation of the Church, and end at the same 
point of time.f 
The two witnesses are brought to view as prophe-
sying 1260 years, clothed in sackcloth, and when 
they have finished their testimony. 
When is it 
finished ? Not until the days have ended, all must 
admit, (Rev. 11:7,) and when they shall have fin-
ished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out 
of the bottomless pit shall make war with them, 
and shall.overcome and kill them. 
I have examined four translations of the New 
Testament, and they all agree with the common 
English version that the witnesses prophesied until 
the days ended before war was made on them, 
which resulted in their death. 
The language will 
not allow any other construction. 
They would 
not have prophesied whilst they were dead, (Rev. 
11:12,) " And after three days and a half, the 
spirit of life, from God entered into them, and 
they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell 
upon them that saw them." 
Here we have three 
years and a half of time which they were dead. 
Now if we can find at what point of time in history 
this prophecy was fulfilled, we shall have a sure 
monument, this side of which we are not allowed 
to look for the ending of the 1260 years, but must 
look for the fulfilment prior to this time. 
There 
probably has been no prophecy fulfilled during this 
dispensation, on which there is such agreement 
among Adventists and even those who wrote prior 
to its fulfilment, as on this, that it was fulfilled by 
the French government in 1793. 
It would seem 
hardly necessary to refer to facts of its fulfilment 
here, as many of the brethren are so familiar with 
the circumstances; but to have these facts fresh 
before the mind of all, I will make some extracts 
from brethren Miller and Storrs' works, published 
in 1843. 
(See vols, 1 and 12 Advent Library.) 
[We found that we could not give this article 
entire in this number, without dividing it; and as 
we had already designed to re-publish the letter of 
Mr. Miller here referred to, we have given it on 
the first page of this paper, entitled " The Two 
Witnesses." 
The quotations here omitted, and 
which were somewhat abbreviated in this article, 
are there given in full. 
As they were written long 
before the occurrence of the events to which they 
refer, the surprising fulfilment of their opinions by 
subsequent history, entitles their predictions to 
great consideration. 
We trust that all will give 
THE 1260 DAYS.| 
BRO. BLISS :—Several of your subscribers request 
the publication of the article on 1260 days, en 
closed, in the Herald. 
EDWIN 
BURNHAM 
BRETHREN or THE HERALD :—As there is much in 
quiring at the present time, on the termination of 
the prophetic numbers, and various are the views 
entertained of their termination, no doubt the 
* As no connection was supposed to exist be-
tween the 1260 years and other prophetic periods 
—no common epoch being assigned for their com-
mencement—the failure of 1843 did not at all af-
fect the accuracy of the dates at which they were 
begun and ended.—ED. HER. 
f All agree that these periods are all of the same 
duration ; but not that they are synchronous in 
their commencement and termination. 
As seventy 
years were fulfilled in the service of Judah to the 
king ol Babylon, from B. C. 605 to B C. 535 ; so 
was the same period fulfilled between the destruc-
tion of the temple in B. C. 587, and its restoration 
in B.C. 517. 
In Matt. 1:12, 17, the going away 
into Babylon is reckoned from B. C. 597 ; and 
Ezekiel 1:2, dates from the same epoch, which 
would make the seventy years end in B. C. 537. 
As there are different dates where the beginning 
and end of that may be placed, so are there dif-
ferent epochs to which the different periods of 1260 
years may be assigned. 
From the date of Justin-
ian's decree in A. D. 533, to the death of the wit-
nesses in 1793, was just 1260 years. 
And also was 
there the same period from 538, when Vigilius was 
seated in the popedom in Rome by the arms of 
Justinian, to 1798, when the Pope was unseated 
thence by the arms of Napoleon. 
The former we 
assign to the period for the witnesses; and the 
latter for the supremacy of the Papacy.—ED. HER. 
a careful reading to that article in this connection 
—ED.] 
So much for Father Miller. 
I will now quote 
from Geo Storrs on this subject : 
" In 1793, the decree passed the French assembly, 
suppressing the Bible. 
Just three years after-
ward, a resolution was introduced into the assem-
bly, going to supercede the decree, and giving tol-
eration to the Scriptures, that resolution lay on the 
table six months, when it was taken up and passed 
without a dissenting vote. 
Then in just three 
years and a half, the Scriptures ' stood upon their 
feet and great fear fell upon them that saw them.' 
Nothing but the appalling result of the rejection 
of the Bible, would have induced France to take 
its hands off the witnesses." 
I will now introduce an extract on the French 
revolution, from Dr. Croly, a minister of the 
Church of England. 
[This will be found on the second page, in an 
article entitled " The French Revolution."—ED.] 
" Now let me ask my reader, have we made a 
right application of this portion of the word of the 
Lord? if so, where are we now in prophetic his-
tory? 
Mark, the tremendous scenes in France 
close up the second woe, (v. 14th.) 
' The second 
woe is past,' that is, the second woe trumpet, which 
was the sixth trumpet in the series. 
If we are cor-
rect in the interpretation of this chapter, we are 
past the sixth trumpet and second woe! 
Wrhat 
follows ? 
' Behold,' mark it—be not deceived—O, 
hear !—see—listen all ye ends of the earth !—' Be-
hold the third woe [the last,] cometh quickly.'' " 
Thus much I have taken from Storrs' work. 
I 
have had to abridge the extracts so much that 
the sense is lost to a great extent.* 
From the 
foregoing quotations, we find that the witnesses 
were killed—slain in 1793; consequently, we are 
not allowed to apply the terminus of the 1260th 
day so late as 1798-1801, but are compelled to 
look for their fulfilment prior to 1793, f and here 
we can reasonably infer from the expression we 
have in the prophecy, that after they were ended, 
that war was made on them some years before they 
were killed, and this influence which resulted in 
their death, had arrived at the height in 1789 that 
the revolution broke out which resulted in the over-
throw of the government. 
Now about all will agree that the events of 
1779, 1780, and 1798-1801, are the only points to 
which we can look for the termination of the 1260 
days, for the events which occurred between these 
dates were not of such importance as will warrant 
our receiving them, as a point to meet their fulfil-
ment.;); I must confess that within the circle of 
519 and 1779, we have the fullest assurance to 
place the 1260 years, for in the year 519, we find 
the Emperor Justin did enforce the demands of 
the Church, which required all men to subscribe 
to its creed, or be subject to have their substance 
and lives sacrificed, § and this demand was executed 
by the civil arm, until 1779, when the Emperor of 
Austria did prohibit the Church (or the Pope, its 
head,) from compelling men to subscribe to its 
creed, but dissenters were allowed the freedom of 
their own opinions, and from that point down to 
the present time, there has been no law by which 
this demand has been allowed.|| 
The Church is not now in the hands of the little 
horn. 
The Lord is at hand, and in a few months 
I believe we shall witness the events the Church 
has so long looked and prayed for. 
Never did I see the hand of God more fully mani-
fested in any movement, than I do in thia " mid-
night cry," and may we all be willing to come un-
der its divine influence, that we may be prepared 
to hail the approach of our Saviour and Lord, to 
* We have given them in another column with-
out abridgment, that the reader might get their 
full sense.—ED. 
f No we are to look for that fulfilment in 1793— 
that being just 1260 years from the decree of 
Justinian in 533, for which see our Chronological 
Table.—ED. 
J Not all so agree—the events of 1793, being of 
the very nature, and at the very time to fulfil it.— 
ED. 
§ Not so much as from 376 to 398. 
Justin's 
edicts were dated in 518. 
In 520 he took ground 
against persecution and bloodshed ; in 521 he joined 
his subjects again/ft the Pope, and in 525 he re-
stored to the Arians their churches. 
But in 533 Justinian subjected all the churches 
of the East to the Pope, in 538 placed him in pos-
session of Rome, and from that to 542 issued his 
famous " edicts." 
(See " Chro, Table " for all 
these dates—ED. 
|| This cannot be, for the Empress of Austria did 
not die till 1780. 
She had introduced her reforms 
four years before ; and it was not till 1781 that 
her son and successor issued his edict that favored 
the Protestants. 
But this affected only his empire, 
and had no effect in Franco, Spain, Italy, Portugal, 
&c. &c. &c. &c., as will be shown in the " Chrono-
logical Table." 
Those incarcerated in the cells of 
the Inquisition in Italy and Spain, were hardly al-
lowed the freedom of their own opinion^.—ED. 
7 THE 
ADVENT 
HERALD. I 
enter with him into the marriage supper, is the 
prayer of your unworthy brother, * 
HENRY V. 
DAVIB. 
New Bedford, (Mass.), Dec. 5th. 
LETTER FROM I. ADRIAN. 
BROTHER BLISS :—In your remarks appended to 
my reply to " Berean," you say, We believe there 
has been no impeachment of motives in our COL-
UMNS. 
Well I may be mistaken, to err is human, 
but will you be so good as to explain the follow-
ing remarks. 
Now three original kingdoms are 
discarded in that SCHEME because as the editor of 
the Herald pointedly said it would be fatal to their 
theory. 
Again, because it suited their purpose 
better. 
Is SCHEME a proper word to use in connec-
tion with this subject, is our hope of seeing Christ 
next YEAR, a PLAN, a CONTRIVANCE. 
If a CONTRIV-
ANCE, in what light shall I view those who are ad-
vocating IT? Are they dishonest or fools? I would 
like a little light on the above ! 
[1.] 
2. I will very patiently wait for the proof. 
P 3. I am apprised of that, and I promise when 
that position is sustained by proof, that I will 
prove the existence of two more by the same au-
thor so we will have 12 instead of TEN, at one and 
the same time! 
4. I want you to tell me who says that the Lom-
bards left GERMANY, removing their seat of govern-
ment into the EMPIRE of Rome before 529. 
I can-
n )t find the statemei t in Grotius. 
I know he says 
they come into the Empire, and so they went out 
AGAIN, if I have not 
FORGOTTEN. 
Some light is 
wanted on this 
QUESTION. 
[2.] 
Simply because 
they made inroads into the territory does not prove 
them a kingdom in the EMPIRE, any more than it 
proves that the UNITED STATES have gone to Mexico 
because they have established themselves in a por-
tion of her territory. [3.] 
5. I thank you for the correction, but remark 
that I conversed with two of our Brethren in the 
Ministry at the time I wrote that paragraph, and 
told them I had it wrong. 
A friend reading for 
me when I copied it, did not notice the marked 
words and interline and I was careless in copying. 
Yet the mistake makes no difference in the argu-
ment—they were not CATHOLIC. 
6. 7. I do not see the point to be sustained by 
referring to Theodoric's petition to ZENO for leave 
to go against Odoacer, did he ever do the like be-
fore, please read the first 6 pages of Gibbon vol. 4, 
you will see why he referred the matter to ZENO. 
NOW I ask you to be explicit; do you mean to say 
that Theodoric plucked up HERULI for Zeno, and 
that therefore ZENO is the LITTLE HORN and so a# 
mit that the Bizantium kingdom is the Little 
Horn. [4 ] 
Zeno if I am not mistaken was a Eu-
tychian at heart, and condemned by the Catholics 
even after death. 
THE 
LITTLE 
HORN 
WAS 
NOT 
UP 
YET BROTHER. 
[5.] 
8. I will appeal to all who have read my article 
TO SAY, if I complained about your correction of 
mistakes, and I do feel that it is unkind, to say the 
least, to misrepresent me in this way. 
HAVE 
YOU 
DONE BY 
ME 
AS 
YOU 
WOULD 
BE 
DONE 
BY, also in 
holding up my mistake about the Goths being Pa-
gans as though I was 
IGNORANT, but your readers 
were not. 
[6.] 
The Lord give you wisdom to 
know and grace to do his will. [7.] 
1 wish also to 
add that I believe the Saviour is at the DOOR and I 
feel prepared to give the best evidence of the FACT, 
to all that wish to hear. 
[8.] 
I. ADRIAN. 
1 Winchester Centre, Dec. 21 st, 1853. 
REMARKS. 
1. We doubt whether " Berean " used the word 
" scheme " in any bad sense. 
It never occurred 
to us that it could give offence, till it was here 
pointed out; and we should much marvel, if any 
precise philologist should object to it. 
Our English word "scheme" is from a Greek 
root which signifies "to have or hold." 
Its sim-
ple and primary meaning is, " a plan, a combina-
tion of things connected and adjusted by design— 
a system.''''— Webster. 
Attenbury, when reverently 
referring to the plan of the divine government, 
said: " We shall never be able to give ourselves a 
satisfactory account of the divine conduct, without 
forming such a scheme of things as shall t^ke in 
time and eternity." 
His forming such a scheme, 
by which to understand the divine plan, would not 
argue improper motives on his part; nor would it 
to systematize the epochs and location of kingdoms, 
and historical events, in order to determine the 
rise of the little horn. 
We see no cause for sen-
sitiveness on this point, but " Berean " will oblige 
us by avoiding any use of the term, in future, in 
connection with the 'timists, in our columns. 
We 
must so deal with them that they shall have no 
cause of complaint. With history, chronology, and 
# This last Avish and thought should be the 
prayer of every Christian. 
We all profess to be 
actuated by such a desire.—ED. 
reason on our side, there is no necessity for our re-
sorting to any petty artifice to gain sympathy, or 
to divert from the point at issue; but we will for-
tify our own scheme with the most substantial and 
undeniable facts—a kind of logic that is irresisti-
ble to those competent to weigh arguments. 
2. This will be found in our " Chronological 
Table," under A. D. 453, in our reply to " F. H. 
B.," and in " Berean's " " Reply " to you. 
3. Our remarks had no reference to a removal 
of territory into the empire, but of people. 
4. The point is this. 
The timists say that the 
little horn came up previous to 533, because in 
that year the Vandal, one of the first ten divisions 
of the empire, was plucked up by Belisarius, the 
deputy, or general of the eastern emperor. 
Our 
reply is, that on that argument, it must have come 
up before 493, because in that year the Heruli, the 
first plucked up of Rome's primary decem-regal 
powers, were conquered by Theodoric,—first soli-
citing permission and acting as the deputy of the 
emperor. 
It is on their new premises, that the ar-
gument is based. 
We understand the Papacy to 
be the little horn. 
We shall soon present our 
views in full on this point, unless anticipated by 
" Berean," who we understand is writing on it. 
5. This is also a mistake. 
Zeno was the head 
of the Catholic party in opposition to Basilicus 
the head of the Eutychians. 
Zeno's subsequent 
quarrel with the Pope, was independent of articles 
of faith, and had respect simply to an act of ordi-
nation. 
The facts are given in our " Chronologi-
cal Table " from A. D. 474 to 491. 
6. All we said of the Goths was: " A mistake. 
They were not Pagans; they called themselves 
Christians, but Avere Arians (see ' Chronological 
Table' under 493) ;" and, " When a thing is stated 
as a fact—like that the Goths were Pagans—our 
readers expect of us a correction." Thus we called 
it simply "a mistake," and corrected it in the 
most unexceptional manner. 
We did not hold it 
up as the result of dishonesty, ignorance, infatua-
tion, or carelessness; but simply pointed out its 
inaccuracy and corrected it. 
We trust that we 
have too much self-respect to hold up a person in 
a disgraceful position—unless convinced of his in-
sincerity—whatever may bo our opinion of the 
cause of his mistakes. 
7. We are truly thankful for all sincere desires 
and prayers for our growth in wisdom and grace. 
We are sensible of our many imperfections, and 
feel the need of divine guidance. 
May a recipro-
cal blessing also be granted to all who desire our 
8. It will be constantly borne in mind, by our 
readers, that the fact of the nearness of the Advent 
is not a question at issue in our columns. 
It has 
respect simply to a point of specific time. 
It can-
not be so shifted as to involve the other. 
In that 
we trust that we all agree. We are on the eve of 
a new dispensation. 
The evidences of its nearness 
thicken around us. 
They are food for our faith 
and hope; but not for dogmatism. 
And we may 
not paralyze our efforts to present the evidences of 
the Lord's near coming, by a positiveness on spe-
cific dates, not sustained by history or chronology. 
Nor may we dissuade honest inquirers from inves-
tigating truth, by connecting it with what will 
turn their hearts away from it, or which may pro-
cure them only disappointment, and cause them to 
backslide. 
We think that truth is not thus sub-
served.—ED. 
PS. Our readers will expect of you evidence to 
sustain what you affirmed respecting Prof. Stuart's 
definition of the Hebrew of the word " midst," in 
Dan. 9:27, or a frank acknowledgment of your mis-
apprehension of him. 
Should there be any doubt 
in your mind respecting his opinion, it may be re-
moved by the following. Being written to by Sila« 
Hawley in March 1844 for the true sense of the 
Hebrew, independent of any theory on the subject 
of the 70 weeks, Prof. Stuart replied : 
" The Heb. word ^n (gheh-tzee), in Dan. 9 : 27 
and elsewhere, is a word about which no reasona-
ble doubt can exist, to one well acquainted with 
Hebrew etymology. 
It comes from the verb H2fn 
(ghah-tzah), which properly signifies to divide, to 
sunder ; and which, for the most part, is applied to 
sundering into two parts. 
Hence "Xn means the 
part sundered—the half, or the middle of a thing, 
just as the context may demand. 
There can be no 
rational doubt, that the half, or the middle part, of 
the week, or rather of the heptade, is the true ver-
sion in Dan. 9:27."—Proph. Enquirer, v. 1, p. 12. 
LETTER FROM D. T. 
TAYLOR. 
BRO. 
BLISS :—According to my published ap-
pointment, I visited West Randolph on the 11th 
inst., and in the course of eight days gave eleven 
lectures to large and very attentive audiences. 
The 
Christian church in that place have ever received 
me cordially and with numerous others of other 
denominations, are lovers and expectants of Christ's 
speedy and pre-millennial appearing. 
The entire 
community are again aroused on this subject and 
the deep solemnity and falling tears witnessed in 
the meetings bespoke the effect of the truth we en-
deavored earnestly to proclaim. 
Believers were 
quickened and a number of others resolved to live 
better lives. 
Things are ripe for a general revival 
in Randolph, and I trust the people and ministry 
may have it. 
God bless them all. 
On the 19th I visited brother C. B. Turner at 
East Randolph. 
He is still in deep affliction, with 
his cherished prospects for usefulness in this world 
blasted by insidious disease. 
The doctors report 
his left lung nearly sound, but the right one in a 
morbid state from tubercles. 
He is also reduced 
from an attack of fever and ague, and' other dis-
eases. 
He does not sit up much, and was able to 
converse with me only in a low whisper. 
He is 
dreading the cold winter, and wishes it were pos-
sible for him to spend it together with the critical 
months of March and April among the islands of 
Pennsylvania. 
I hope if he lives and is able to go 
that the churches of God among whom he has la-
bored in the days of his strength will see to it, 
that now in the hours of mortal Afeakness and de-
pendency he does not lack for means. 
Brethren, 
though you may have assisted him much, 1 take the 
liberty of saying that brother T. still wants your 
assistance, sympathies, and prayers. 
His faith in 
Christ is strong, but it was sad to look upon 
blasted hope, and withering talent, and we both 
wept at meeting and parting. 
Truly death is an 
enemy. 
Hasten thou morn of the resurrection ! 
D. T. 
TAYLOR. 
Waterbury, (Vt.), Dec. 22d, 1853. 
Hope's Command. 
WEARY wanderer, pause confiding, 
When rest offers in the transient homes of earth : 
Struggle onward. 
Calmly buffet 
Storms that chill, or breathing flames of furnace 
hearth ; 
All resource husband until duty claimeth, 
Then effort spare not, for " a rest remaineth." 
Sea-worn voyager, bask in sunshine, 
When a Sabbath casts its oil o'er yielding waves ; 
Grasp with strong hand helm and halyard, 
When a tempest through night's lengthened dark-
ness raves, 
Bide thy watch, faithful to the 
CHART that's 
given, 
And " morn " shall triumph in a brilliant ha-
ven. 
Christian soldier, to thee even, 
Sabbath sometimes offers respite from the strife ;— 
Sleep in harness, grasping weapons ; 
Subtle foeman ever plot against thy life ; 
When war is o'er, thy " Captain of salvation " 
Will share with thee a glorious coronation. 
E. P. 
GOFF. 
©bitucirt). 
' I am the resurrection and the life: he that bclieveth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth, and 
believeth in me, shall never die.''—JOHN 11: 25,26. 
DIED, in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 16th, FRANK, in-
fant child of F. II. and Hannah C. Berick, aged 
nine months. 
The affliction of the bereaved pa-
rents has been rendered doubly painful by the se-
vere and protracted sufferings of the child while 
laboring, for two months, under one of the most 
distressing maladies incident to human nature, 
(dropsy on the brain,) so that it was a relief to 
see the little sufferer fall asleep in the arms of 
Him who will bring again all the lovely innocents 
" from the land of the enemy;" and place them in 
that heavenly country where the inhabitants will 
be " the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their 
offspring with them." 
J. MERRIAM. 
Lowell, (Mass.), Dec. 19Hi, 1853. 
DIED, in Homer, Dec. 19th, of consumption, 
JOHN 
OSBORN, aged about 72. 
Brother Osborn 
has long been one that adorned his profession of 
Christianity, and I think was the first to embrace 
the Advent faith in Homer, of which he give his 
dying testimony, and that it is the only hope which 
the Bible presents. 
The advent of Christ, the first 
resurrection, and the neAv heavens and earth were 
themes that he delighted to dwell upon during his 
long confinement. 
His death Avas peaceful, and 
he sleeps in Jesus ; resting from his labors, wait-
ing for the promised time to come, when mortal 
shall put on immortality, and in angelic beauty 
and glory, lisp in more noble strains, the praises 
of redeeming grace and dying love. 
Homer, Dee. 21s/, 1853. 
J. L. CLAPP. 
DIED, in Windsor, Vt., Nov. 17th, brother H. 
W. 
MOORE, aged 56 years. 
He had been sick 
about one year with that wasting disease consump-
tion, which he bore with patience and resignation, 
being strong in the faith of the soon coming of 
Him who will destroy death, and him that has the 
power of death, that is the devil; and that his 
tarry in the grave would be short. 
Soon he should 
awake in the likeness of his Saviour and be satis-
fied. Soon he should see the salvation of Abraham, 
Isaac and Jacob, the prophets and apostles of the 
Lamb, and all the saints of every nation, take pos-
session of the neAV heavens and new earth, and join 
with them In singing, " Worthy is the Lamb that 
was slain, and has redeemed us to God by his 
blood,'' which caused him joy unspeakable nnd full 
of glory. 
He has left a wife and two children to 
mourn this irreparable loss, but they all thr^e en-
tertain a strong hope that they shall soon meet their 
beloved one at the first resurrection, and shout 
victory over death and the grave. 
Elder Moses 
Kidder preached an excellent discourse on the oc-
casion to a large assembly of mourning friends, 
from Rev. 14:13. 
MOSES TEWKSBURY. 
Hartland, Dec. 22d, 1853. 
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8 
THE ADVENT 
HERALD. I 
Contents of this So. 
S 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
8 
The Two Witnesses 
1 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The French Revolution 
2 Letter from I. C. Wellcome.. 
6 
Chronological Table of Events 
" 
" 
E. Pike 
6 
connected with the Papacy 
2 The 1-260 Days 
6 
Uniformity not Unity 
3 Letter from I. Adrian 
7 
New Work 
6 
" 
" 
D. T. Taylor 
7 
8 Hope's Command (poetry)... 
7 
EDITORIAL. 
OBITUARY. 
The Prophecy of Isaiah 
4 
7 
4 
5 
7 
My Journal 
4 
5 H.W. Moore 
7 
FOREIGN 
NEWS. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JANUARY 7, 1854. 
THE ADVENT 
HERALL). 
h 
This paper having now been published since March, 1840, the his 
tory of its past existence is a sufficient guaranty of its future course, 
while it uiiiy be nettled as a chronicler of the signs of the times, and 
an exponent of prophecy. 
The object of this periodical is to discuss the Treat question of the 
age in which we UYC — The near approach of the Fifth Universal 
Monarchy, in which the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark the present time, 
and to hold up before all men a faithful and affectionate warning to 
flee from the wrath to come. 
The course we have marked out for the future, is to give in the 
Columns of the Herald, 
1. The best thoughts, from the pens of original writers, illustrative 
of the prophecies. 
2. Judicious selections, from the best authors extant, of an instruct-
ive and practical nature. 
3. A well-selected summary of foreign and domestic intelligence, 
and, 
4. A department for correspondents, where, from the familiar let-
ters of those who have the good of the cause at heart, we may learn 
the state of its prosperity in different sections of the country. 
The principles prominently presented will be those unanimously 
adopted by the " Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held at 
Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845, and which are, in brief,— 
I. The Regeneration of this Earth by Fire, and its Restoration to 
its Eden beauty. 
II. The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
Millennium. 
III. His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
IV. His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
V. The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints at the Advent. 
VI. The Destruction of the Living Wicked from the Earth at that 
event, and their confinement under chains of darkness till the Second 
Resurrection. 
VII. Their Resurrection and Judgment, at the end of the Millen-
nium, and consignment to everlasting punishment. 
VIII. The l>estowment of Immortality (in the Scriptural, and not 
the secular use of this word), through CHRIST, at the Resurrection. 
IX. The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
X. We are living in the space of time betweeu the sixth and 
seventh trumpets, denominated by the angel "QUICKLY;" — "The 
second woe is past; and behold the third woe cometh quickly" — 
Rev. 11: 14 — the time in which we may look for the crowning con-
summation of the prophetic declarations. 
These view3 we propose to sustain by the harmony and letter of 
the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment 
of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the future. We shall o> 
deavor, by the Divine help, to present evidence, and answer objw. 
lions, and meet the difficulties of candid inquiry, in a manner becom-
ing the questions we discuss, and so as to approve ourselves to every 
man's conscience in the sight of Gon. 
These are great practical questions. 
If indeed the Kingdom of 
GOD is at hand, it becometh all Christians to make efforts for renewed 
exertions, during the little time allotted them for labor in the Mas-
ter's service. 
It becometh them, also, to examine the Scriptures of 
truth, to see if these things are so. 
What say the Scriptures ! 
Let 
thein speak, and let us reverently listen to their enunciations. 
Fitch's Monument. 
IN looking over the Herald of Aug. 6th, I noticed 
a piece in regard to brother Fitch's monument, 
wish to say, that I deem it a great privilege to cast 
in my mite, in common with my dear brethren and 
sisters, to aid in defraying the expense of it. 
Let 
that sacred spot, where rest the remains of our 
much beloved brother Fitch, be distinctly marked, 
that he may speak from the tomb while time lasts, 
of the hope that he proclaimed with so much fer 
vor and animation when alive. 
E. N. 
Coloma {pal), 
Oct. 24th, 1853. 
NOTE.—It will be seen that only a part of this 
sum is yet raised. 
The above letter from sister 
Nichols contained a donation, which which will be 
forwarded to the treasurer of the fund. 
If any 
others wish to give, they now have an opportunity 
The whole amount could have been made up in 
large sums before this, but the design in receiving 
small sums was to give all who felt disposed an 
opportunity to contribute. 
It is hoped, that all 
who wish to aid in this object, will send in their 
offerings at once. 
I have at length obtained the papers and letters 
of brother Fitch, in order to prepare a memoir for 
publication. 
In Qonsulting these papers, my heart 
has been stirred within me. 
They have brought 
past scenes to remembrance, and filled my heart 
with joy and gladness. 
The subject of them will 
speak again by them to the church and the world, 
if God shall permit us to prepare and publish 
them. Any friends having letters of brother Fitch, 
will confer a favor by sending them to us. 
A 
MASTER 
PIECE 
OUT-DONE.—We have lately 
supposed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral was the ultima 
thule in its line, and that nothing had been or would 
be invented which could surpass it in fine points of 
excellence as a medicine. 
But we are confidently 
assured by those competent to judge on the sub-
ject, that Dr. Ayer's new pills excel in high medi-
cal artistry even that widely celebrated embodi-
ment pf his skill. 
He has succeeded in making 
them not only pleasant to take, but powerful to 
cure the large class of complaints which require a 
purgative remedy.—Lancaster Argus, 
Ky. 
IN making up the Herald last week, the printer 
inadvertently placed a portion of brother Robin-
son's letter in an article of brother Alling's. 
The 
first eight lines of the first column on page 42S 
should be inserted between the 7th and 8th lines 
of the letter from Brewerton. 
BUCHAREST letters of the 5th announce the de facto 
suspension of hostilities on the Danube- 
We have 
but few more particulars in regard to the naval 
battle at Sinope. 
The defeat was known at Con-
stantinople, and created great excitement. 
Fur-
ther than this, we have no Turkish accounts. The 
English and French ambassadors at Constantino-
ple were urged to despatch the combined fleets in-
to the Black Sea, but they had an audience of the 
Sultan, at which it was resolved not to send the 
whole fleets at once, but four frigates, to obtain 
more precise iinformation. It was currently report-
ed in Paris on the lGth, that the allied fleets had 
been ordered to enter the Black Sea. 
We have accounts from Vienna of a battle at 
Akalsik, in which the Turks were defeated with a 
loss of 4000 men. Another Vienna despatch says; 
" Advices from Odessa state that the Russians 
defeated the Turks at Agur, in the Caucasus, and 
got possession of their baggage. 
Two Russian 
steamers were cruising near Varna, to cut off the 
Turkish reinforcements." 
A despatch from St. Petersburg says:—" News 
has been received here that Prince Orbelian en-
countered 30,000 Turks who bad passed the Arpat-
chai, near Alexandropol, and after a sharp engage-
ment drove them back. 
They were retreating on 
the 14th November. It is also said that, in anoth 
er direction, General Brummer charged 7000 Turks 
with the bayonet, and completely routed them, 
taking a cannon, two standards, and part of the 
Turkish train and ammunition." 
These are all Russian stories. 
A letter from Constantinople, dated Dec. 1st, has 
the following:—I have just learned that at the 
end of last month a Turkish brig-of-war, which 
had been driven by contrary weather to the Ser-
pent's Island, between the Sulina mouth of the 
Danube and Odessa, where the main force of the 
Russian fleet happened to be, was attacked by 
them, and, after sustaining a fierce combat, was 
finally sunk, and every soul lost. 
Three steamers 
of the Turkish squadron came in contact with a 
large Russian force in the Black Sea. A severe en 
gagement ensued. Two of the steamers succeeded in 
making their escape : the third, an Egyptian, was 
blown up by the captain, who refused to surren-
der. 
The Turkish steamers, with arms and ammuni-
tion for the Caucasus, safely returned to Constan 
tinople on the 29th of November. 
They landed 
their cargoes in safety. An engagement took place 
on their way, to the east of Abaca, between these 
steamers and a Russian frigate and a brig, but the 
latter withdrew in a very dismantled state to the 
roadstead of Sohound. 
An English and a French steamer have gone to 
Constantinople. 
Two'others were to follow, with 
a French Admiral on board, sailing in company 
with a Turkish fleet. 
The Circassians were moving down from their 
fastnesses. 
The reports of the Turkish loss at Akalsik are 
thought to be great exaggerations. 
It was reported that, at Cheftikin, a Russian na 
val division, 6000 troops on board, was repulsed 
with great loss. 
One steamer was knocked to 
pieces, a frigate dismasted, and the Russian loss 
reported at 1500. 
The naval division of ten powerful steamers, un 
der a Turkish pasha, left the Bosphorus on the af-
ternoon of the 2d. 
The entire Turkish fleet is under orders to enter 
the Black Sea. 
A Paris letter of Dec. 14th, states that a cabinet 
courier had just been despatched to Constantino 
pie, with orders not to rest either night or day un 
til he reached his destination. 
The London Times has the following in regard 
to the Sinope battle:—" The immediate result of 
the destruction of the Turkish squadron at Sinopi 
when the intelligence of that event reached Con 
stantinople, seems to have been that the Ambassa-
dors were called upon to take decided measures 
and that they did accordingly despatch two steam 
ers of each nation with joint instructions into the 
Black Sea. 
The entry of the combined fleets was 
expected to take place within a few days. 
We are 
still left to conjecture what was the precise amount 
and character of the Turkish naval force destroyed 
at Sinope. 
The excitement produced in Constant! 
nople by the news precludes the idea that it was 
mere convoy of transports or the hulks in that 
port, and it is described by the Turks as' a flotilla 
Yet, it does not appear that more than two or 
three Turkish .frigates were on that station at the 
time. 
" It is remarkable, too, that with the exception 
of Osman Pasha's own ship, which foundered on 
the passage to Sebastopol, no mention is made of 
any captures. 
All the other vessels are stated to 
have been destroyed, and it is added that' the car-
nage was frightful.' 
If it should turn out that six 
ships of the line directed their fire on transports 
crowded with troops, and wholly incapable of 
defence, and thus slaughtered these unfortunate 
wretches, whom it would have been easy to take 
prisoners of war, the Russians would stand con-
victed of an act of singular atrocity, and the vic-
tory of which they boast would cover them with 
disgrace. 
The news of the battle was brought to 
Constantinople on the 3d, by a Turkish steamer, 
which succeeded in effecting its escape. Acoording 
to her report, the Russians began the attack by an 
attempt to cut out the Turkish flotilla with the 
boats of Admiral Nachimkoff's squadron : but, not 
having accomplished this operation, they brought 
the line of battle ships into action. 
" The Turkish vessels, it is also stated, were un-
able to return the fire with much effect, and the 
Russians suffered principally from the fire of a 
battery recently constructed for the protection of 
the harbor. 
This account would seem to confirm 
our impression that the vessels attacked were 
chiefly transports, wholly unable to fight an action 
with line-of-battle ships ; but whether they were 
chased at sea and pursued into the harbor, or 
whether they were attacked when at anchor there, 
still remains to be 8een. 
It appears that the Rus-
sians terminated the engagement by burning the 
vessels they had not already sunk by their fire." 
On the same subject, the News says:—"The 
more closely the tale of the naval victory at Sinope 
is scrutinized, the more apparent does it become 
that in the Russian version of it there must be a 
suppressio veri. 
It must be obvious to every one 
acquainted with naval operations that six line-of-
battle ships would never put to sea alone. 
Such a 
number of first rates could not be accompanied by 
less than four frigates, three or four steamers, and 
a corvette or two to convey despatches. 
Altogether 
these late Russian reports of battles fought and 
won on the Black Sea and in Georgia, have a most 
suspicious appearance. 
Both Russia and Turkey 
are negotiating for loans, and the exchanges of 
Western Europe require to be managed." 
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at Champlain, N. Y., until Feb. 8th.—I. ADRIAN. 
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11th, in the Webb schoolhouse; North Edenburg, 12th ; Odle-
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Brother 
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in the Congregational meeting-house.—T. M. PREBLE. 
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MONTHLY REPORT OF SUBSCRIBERS. 
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601 
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658 
Net gain 
57 
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3 
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