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Perilous Times. 
BY MRS. A. C. JUDSON. 
Christian, rouse, lllld nrm for conllict 
Nerve the~ for the bsttle-ftcld ; 
' 
Bear the helmet of salvation, 
And the 111i11hty !!ftSpel ~hield
: 
I.er that brtm~tplate )lUre bA on thee, 
Take the Spirit'~ von! in hand, 
Holtllv, fearlessly ::ro forth, then, 
Ia Jehovah's strength to stautl. 
Not with flesh und blood to wrestle,~ 
Nor to wreak on mo1 tal {mil 
Bitter hate aud cruel vengl'anre, 
Dee1•'ning earth's most piteous wail-
Leave uch str1fe for C>lrll».l weapons, 
To the potsherus of the e11rth ; 
'obler work our God has gi\ell 
Tu the soul of he.~vcnly birth. 
Wicked spirits gather ronnd thee,, 
l.e::inns or thost< fnes to God, 
Priucitlaliries lllf>~~ mighty 
Walk uuseen, the earth abroad! 
T!tey nre gatherio)! to the hattie, 
Strenl!thenecl for tilt< last deep strife; 
Christian, AR'I! be Wlllehful, ready, 
Struggle nHLufully for hie. 
And tht~ Pr·ince of l'Vil spil'its, 
Ureat Deceiver of th~ world ; 
lie, who flt the blt•sseu .1 r'us 
One~ hi~ tlea·il 
weap .. ns hnrled,-
Cometh with uuwnntcd powo>r, 
Kuowin;: that hi· rd::-n will cr.nse 
lu 11 ltttlo•, 1
d tb kiugdc1111 
Givf'r' to the Pl'iur.e of Pl'r<Ce. 
Now he l'llilieth his fprces, 
Now he W».tch ~ ni~ht ami chy, 
Btnving 10 allure 1110r•' mort11l~ 
t'I'Cl:ll tile ji:Ltil uf iif't< 1\IVII)': 
Hr. oloth 'trengthl'u holt! transgressors 
l1 tht•ir ol.1rk ·lilt! e•il Wlt)'S; 
llee•ls I hat onr.t• wnul1l .11.uU:: Tllf:ll Tai\IIILE, 
Nu1" clit•it no amaze I 
-
Eveu they who tnlked of .Jt'sns, 
Dwelliug on lhe tllcllne nf old ; 
He hath tur.ted fltiide aud llliudecl, 
Aud their lov_, now WILXeth (\old;-
y <Ill, he sneketh to tleerive, e'en 
The h .lov'd, <.>leciJ,,f C:od, 
And ifpossdJle, will lead thom 
Down the road, the fearful ruau. 
Christi<lll, ronse-Fight in thi:1 warfare, 
Ctm~e nn' till the vic10ry 11 Willi ; 
Till vonr U:Lptain 1•11111 rroclaimeth-
8-av. :-~·r Of nn: LORD, IVF:LL-DONE! 
Ill' ~tlrme who thus i~ faithl'l1l, 
\Vho UIIDI!:Tti '1'0 TtiF: B:fD, 
lhtlt th1' prnmise, in the kinguon1 
An ett•rnity to S)Jentl. 
The Shadows of the Evening : 
OR THE 
Si~ns of the Lord's Speedy Return. 
BY MATTHEW IIAliEJIBHOif, 
(ConcluU...d.) 
XXV.-The Cri i , thus expected, 
llnd yet most miraculously delayed, will 
• uredly, in God's appointed time, ar-
nve, and, accordin(l' to the natural is ue 
o( the action of thf~ symbol, will be the 
t event in the history of nations-for 
F "sixth angel poured out his vial on 
•1:..: great river Euphrates, and the water 
~reof was DRum ur." As it is else-
'-di here expressed, '1 the second woe will 
en be pas$, and, b~:hold! the third woe 
~Jleth quickly "-in other words, the 
Yenth Trumpet will then sound, and 
World be in arms. 
BOSTON AND NEW YORK, MAltCH 10, 1847. 
WHOLE No. 30§. 
~The immediate agency in lighting up l.a conclusion, that it is so generally repu-and to the amazing fact, that the pre~ent 
this lurid flame of war, will, as is nexLI diatcd by what is called the religious most prominent and distinguishing fea-
told, be the influence of" the three un-world. 
It is rather in its favor; since it tures of society are the subjects of direct 
clean spirits" above notic.ed. 
As this is expressly said, that at at the coming of prorhecy, and signs of the last times. 
agency i:s expressly extended to other the Bridegroom, the whole of the pro· Another motive for writing this article, 
kings besides those of the Roman" earth," fessing church will be slumbering and has been to show, that the mistake of a 
or the West, we may iil'ustrate the pre~ sleeping-will be in a state of the most few years in chronology, does not in the 
diction by supposing, that in some way or I complete apathy and indifference. If the least affect the great truths I had pre-
other, which events wiil explain "the I ease were otherwise, if the church were viously advanced. 
The evidence which 
Spirit of the Dragon," such as is now really awake to her Lord's speedy ap-has been brought forward, though in such 
exercised by the Emperor of Russia;-pearing, it would be as much amazement feeble h.ands, yet according to the evidence 
"the Spirit of the Beast," or that of the against the truth of the prophecy, as the which men u~ually require, and are satis-
Infidel French Revolution ;-and "the reverse is now amazement for it. 
tied with on other subjects, see'ms unusu-
Spirit of 
.t~e false prop~et," or that of . It is His own q';lestion implying~ nega-ally strong and concl.usive; and let ,it be 
Popery-wdl so clash with .each other, live, when speakmg of the avengmg of remembere?, that as It co?cerns Gods .de-. 
as to be the mea.ns of gathertng together his own elect. 
"When the Son of Man crees, and tnvolves our highest and tm-
the a:mies of all nations to what is called, cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" mediate interest~;;, it is what no one can 
allud1n? to the p,rophecy of Joel and Let no one say, therefore, If such a thing neglect and be blameless. 
others m the Old Testament, ".the b~,ttle were really coming to pass, would not this 
~s the:e appears, therefore, enough on 
of' the great day of God Almzghty, or great man, and that great divine, be-:nh1ch faith may take hold and res~, prov-
the battle of Armageddon. 
Jieve it. and would the 
17reat body of mg that the shadows of the evemng are 
This will be the "plague" of the Vi-Christ'; professing people :eject it? The not only stre~ched .out, but almost lost in 
al; similar, but far more disastrous, than great mass of the visible church, let it the approachi~g mght, may the solemn 
was .the French expedition into Russia, be remembered, were sinfully wrong in ~arm.ngs wh1~h su~round us on ev~ry 
under }he Fifth Vial; for, in like man· their rejection 'of the Lord of Glory at s1de, not be .m Ya!n .. I have to brmg 
ner as the plagues o[ Egypt increased in his first coming, and in the face of the them forwar~ 1.n. subjeCtiOn to, and under 
bitten1ess and intensity upon Pharnoh cJeare t testimony persisting in their fatal deep responsibJIHy to God.; as far,. the~e­
and his people, so does it appear that error. 
To the word. then, and to the tes-fore, as they ar~ accor.dmg to His Will, 
the one now in prospect, or rather in ope-timony, and not to men's opinions. 
they are left to. H1s blessmg: 
ration, will, by the mi~ery it will bring on 
It will no more serve surh men's cause, 
The pr~cedmg observat1.ons embrace 
the Pap1l nations, surpass all that has to sny, "We will believe it when we see the followmg three great pomts :-
gone before it. 
Not the least part of this it," than it would have served men's 
I. 
The events which constitute that 
ruin will be, that it will" make way for r.ause to say so after Noah had entered great and universal crisis to wltich m.tr 
the kings of the Enst "-the victoric.us into the ark, and ·,-vas shut in. 
Ocular attention is point~dly directed in thew01·d 
leaders in that great, decisive, and most proof will now, as it was then, be too of God. 
fatal conflict! 
· 
late! The door of mercy will then be 
The chief of these events are-The 
B fore, hovlever, this vintage, or the closed to every one not found in Christ, restoration of Israel-The judgments 
treading of the wine-press of the wrath be his profession what it may. 
Such upon, and the irremediable fall of Popery, 
of Almighty God, is accomplished, the will then in vain call upon him, saying, and the ten Papal kingJoms-The fall 
harvest of the earth will have been reaped. "Lord, Lord, open unto us," for he will of Mahometanism and Turkey -and, 
Before the four angels relax their hold answer," Verily I say unto you, I. know The return of the Lord Je us Christ to 
of the four winds, '· the servants of God" ye not."-" \Vatch, therefore, for ye know meet his living Saints in the air; to raise 
are secured from their united fury; and neither the day nor the hour when the those that sleep in death; to execute judg-
before the Seventh trumpet sound, "the Son of Man cometh." "For as the days ment upon his enemies; and to re·e~tab­
two witnesses will have ascended up to of Noah were, so shall also the coming of lish in his own person the throne and 
heaven in a clo1ld "-all of which signify the Son of Man be. 
For as in the days kingdom of David. 
that, in the historical order of events, that were b&fore the flood, they were eat-
JI. 
The chronological notices which 
even before that great battle, the coming ing and drinking, marrying and giving are given us as to the time when this great 
of the Lord Jesus will take place. 
Ac· in marriage, until the day that Noah en· crisis will take place. · 
cordingly we find, before it is said," He tered into the ark, and they KNEW NOT 
The first of these is the" seven times," 
gathered 1hem together to a place called till the flood came and took them al1 or " times of the Gentiles," or 2520 years 
in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon,'' away: so shall the coming of the Son of of Israel's and Judah's captivity, degra-
that H~ proclaims HIS owN coMING! "Be· Man be." 
dation, and dispersion ;-the next is the 
hold !"-mark well-attend-" Behold, I 
Let, therefore, the children of God half of this period, or the 1260 years' 
come,"-the time so long delayed i now look beyond tha apathy and almost scorn-rule and tyranny of Popery and the Papal 
arrived-" Behold, I come as a thief," ful rejection of this great doctrine on the nation:;; ;-the 2300 or 2400 years and 
suddenly nd unexpectedly. 
" Bles ed is one hand; and let them look, on the other the 396 1-2 years of the Mahometan and 
he that watcheth and keepeth his O'ar· hand, beyond the fa] e splendor attached Turkish rule ;-and lastly, those involved 
ments, lest he walk naked and they see to these times by their apparently in-in our Lord's own prophecy. 
his shame." 
crea ing prosperity and knowledge, and 
III. The outward ngns1ohich God hath 
Whether this glorious event wil,l im-"heed, watch, and pray "-for moRt as-app?inted sh'>uld. happer:, to give warning 
mediately precede or follow the entire suredly they know not" when the Master of zts near and tmmedzate approach . 
"drying up of the Euphrates," it is diffi· of the house cometh, at even, or at mid-
Theo;:e are, (1) The career of the Em-
cult to give an opinion; but there i no night, or at cock-crowing, or in the morn-peror Napoleon; (2) Many running to 
proof, either in this pflssage ur elsewhere, ing: le t coming suddenly, he findeth them and fro,· (3) The great increas~ of know-
that it must necessarily be the latter. 
On sleeping-." 
ledge; (4) The French Revolution; (5) 
the contrary, in Rev. 11, " the second 
XXVH.-As all beyond the Sixth Vial The. present long and remarkable sus-
woe" is not said to be past, until the wit· refers to subsE>quent events, it is not ne-pens10n from war; (6) The prearhing of 
ne:ses asc.end up to heaven beheld by cessary to my present purpose to pursue the Gospel to all nations; (7) The gra-
their enemies. 
Nothing th£n of any the subject farther. 
My design in what dual and marked decay or drying up of the 
moment remains to intervene betwixt the I have written, has been to endeavor to Ottoman Empire; (8) The strivings and 
present time and our Lord's actual re-draw more devout attention to the real collision of tl1e three principles of Des-
turn! 
position in which the Word of God de-potism, Democracy, and Popery; and (9) 
XXVI.-It makes nothing against such clares that we are at present standing; The intelest felt in behalf of the Jews. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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fit place for the tomb of Aaron, and 
stands consecrated for ever. 
An imper-
ishable testimonial of the truth of the 
Bible-a stern witness of the fulfilment 
of prophecy-a cursed city and a cursed 
mountain on either side-it arre~ts the 
traveller's eye from afar, and fills him 
with awe and fear as it silently and per-
petually speaks of _God. 
Such are " The shadows of the even-
ing stretched out," and such the beacons 
of approaching danger ! 'frue, it is hard 
to look beyond the pre::.{mt halcyon scene, 
and r"a'ize such a crisis! 
BuL faith, the 
evidence of things not seen, takes its 
stand on God's W orJ ; and assured that 
everything there revealed, be men's opin-
ions and professions what they may, will 
at the appointed time come to pass, fol-
lows in the path of those recorded in the 
eleventh of Hebrews. 
'' Let us see, 
ther~.fore, that we refuse not him that 
speaketh." (Heb. 11:25.) 
ther, conversing as they went, to the court together, left the camp and began to as-
uf Pharaoh. 
Who can tell the misgiv-cend the solitary and barren mountain,-
ings and fear of these soTitary brothers, rising out of the midst of the de~ert,­
standing unprotected by human power that the ten thousand eyes that ~:trained. 
before the throne of Pharaoh, and raining after, sought in' vain to pierce the myste-
on the oppressive monarch the terrible ry that surrounded them. 
Perhaps they 
denunciations of heaven? 
Wbo has ev-expected another exhibition of -God there 
er repeated their solemn interviews as similar to the one on Sinai. Its solitary 
they retired apart and comrersed of the position-its commanding top made it 
miracles they had performed, and the a fit place for such a scene, and as 
message of God which daily r.ame to they saw those three forms climbing the Sepulchral Inscriptions in the Cata-
them from hearen? 
Brave men! day rugged rocks and precipitous sides, and 
combs of Rome. 
The Sacred Mountains. 
BY J, T. HEADLEY. 
after day they stood between their en-finally stand on the hold and barren sum-
slaved brethren and a haughty court, mit, they may have looked for the descent 
waiting pati~ntly the fulfilment of the of that wondrous doud which filled them 
promise, still delayed, until at length their with such terror on Sinai. God was 
efforts were crowned with success, and about to speak, but to Moses, and Anron, 
the thousands of Israel separated them-and Eleazar alon~. The two brothers 
I 
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selves from their task-masters, and at stood on that high elevation together, and 
.t must have been a gnevous off'enc.e of, midnight moved away from the scene of gazed for a moment on the scene below. 
W~lch Moses and A~ron were guilty, their degradation and their sufferings. There were the countless tents of Israel 
w f!n comman~ed to brmgwater out of the Throuo-h all those terrible plarrues that, sprinlded over the plain never more to 
rock for the childr.en of Israel, to have de-
desola~d Egypt-in the desp~rate re-be entered by Aaron. 
Farther off arose 
man~ed su~h pumshment from heaven ~s treat before the thundering chariots of the city of Ed om, and still farther awqy, 
was m.medtately pronounced. 
That ~ll-Pharaoh's army-amid the murmuring' like a mirror in the landscape, glittered 
racle a-musth'bh.a~e beefnh attended~ wah ~ultitude that clamored against their de-the Dead Sea, whose dark waters slum-
s.tranoe ex 1 ~twns 0 
uman pre:sump-hverers who hud thus led them forth bered above Sodorn and Gomorrah. 
Be-
tr~ and rebelliOn, or God would not have only to be slaughtered-through the hind them rose Mount Seir, and away to 
:am the t~o g~eat leaders of Israel~ af-ehannd of deep waters, while the waves the mouth of the Jordan, stretched the 
~r all t~en toils, on the very margm of fo~med and crested along the high brink valley of El Ghor. 
All was sad, fl\OUrn-
t e promised ~and, ~nd conferred the hon-that toppled above, Aaron never faltered, ful, and silent. 
How long the brothers 
or of con~uctmlghhls people dver ~ort~n, but, side by side with his brother, moved stood and talked together, we cannot tell. 
on °j~ w o~e a so~d ~ede tM.giVe HIJ firm and steady as the pillar of fire that Their embraces and repeated farewells 
1° c aim ~ lt. 
ai b f· 
t~ J. oses an 
led tbcm on. 
were not seen except by Eleazar, and the 
aro?f " 
e~au~e ye e Ie? h me i:·~d to 
At length he was called forth from the high priest's prayers were unheard by 
-s~n-tt Y tt m ~ e eyes h 0
11 t e b c. I ~-n congregation by the voice of God and those who so often had invoked his inter-
0 
srae , .t er~ ore he f ad n~. ~'1ght IS ordained High Priest amid the most sol-cessions at the altar of sacrifice. 
Aaron'::. 
c~ngreg~uon,mtX t e an w ~e fi 
ave emn ceremonies that ~ver attended a hu-last prayer! the brother and son who 
fve~ tth~m.t 
daron wasd ~-ed rst ~
0 man anointinrr and the sacred robe was heard it, felt that the High Priest had 
tow fOMIS s eHrn 
ecrhe~l, aMn 
le on t e put about himc'and he stood the medinto~ found a Mediator, before whom a brol<en 
op o 
ount 
or, w 1 e 
oses was per-
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eait an contnte spmt were t e on y 
ffil te 
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sacrifice demanded. 
He had once stayed 
]and, then buned on the summ1t of PI:~-
ut m the sed1t10n whtch he planned 
M 
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· h M"' 
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h' b h 
h 
up 
oses arm m t e g t y IS prayers 
gah. 
These two great leaders in !srael Wtt 
ldrtabm ag~I~st f IS rot edr, de '~as to the God of battle and ~ow they sus-
-these wonderful brothers to -whorn the governe 
y a spmt o envy an a es1re 
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. 
Grachii and Horatii of the world are but to overthrow him, and exhibited that ta1meMeahc' kot ehr mAt IS akst gr
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eahtest tn-
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h' h 1 
k 
a . 
et m s t at 
nron 
ne t t ere on 
as dim shado"Vs of men, died on two wea ness o c aracter o . w IC 
spo e. h 
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d '. h 
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t e top o t e arren mountam an wit 
moun tam peaks, rna mg t 1em 1mmortal 
e , 
ou tess, 
mam was t e most h. h d 
1 
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f 1 . ' 
· h' t 
guilty of the two in this shameful con-
lS an on t le 
ea 
o 
JlS son, com-
In IS ory. 
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dd 
l d 
mend'ed him to the God of Israel with 
Aaron never ap1>ears so perfect a cha-
sp~racy, 10r w en t e 
or su 
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d . 
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1 
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f 1 d 
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· h tears an mtercess10ns sue on y as a pa-
racter as Moses. 
He does not seem so seen e m t e p1 ar o c ou , an , Wit 
H" 1 
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rent can use. 
1s ast mstructwns 
a 
much above the follies and preJUdices of 
oses, an 
aron, an 
mam 
010re 
f h 
h 
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h 
d 
his ao-e. 
He was more a man of the him, sternly rebuked the erring brother mh_orle 0 r eavelnl t an earth m ft 
ehm,
11
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1s ast 1arewe was wort y o t e -trr 
ttmes, subject to passmg mfluences and an s1ster, t e alter on Y was pum e · p · · f i 
1 M 
h 
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b d 
Prevailing tastes. 
Mo:se~, on the contra-Smitten with leprosy, she emerged from h;Ies,t fo 
h~rae · 
d ose
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1 
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1 d h 
d h 
1m o 
1s sacer ota ro es, 
ou t ess 
ry, was one of those rare characters m t e mystenous c ou 
t at covNe t e 
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history which seem to live in the past tabernacle, "white as snow." So also spo ·e 0 f t ~
1.r ~peh Y mee~mg m t h
1t a-
present, and future. 
Revereneina th~ in making the golden calf at the bidding ~aanb 0 w tc ~ e fne t e1 sou{[ t was 
good that has been-understandi;g the of the people,. and allowing them to de-hut t e typ~. h e dmyv t h~t b 18 how,n 
full scope and drift of the present he at grade themselves in the eyes of God and d uu~ was ~~g 'han 
~ 11t 
IS h _rot er s 
the same time comprehends and lives in man, he showed that he lacked the lofti-1 eat was dut t ke ~re uc
1
e. to 
ISk owhn. 
the future. 
Such a man the ardor of ness of character which made Moses so 
t wad a sa ta; 
git~\ nmh to ta ed t e 
hope never berruiles into scorn of the much Teared, and rendered him so utter] v ~acre vesl tuhre hr?m 
1h
1~
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r~t efr ;
11 
ahn 'I ahs 
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i 1t were c ot e 1m w 1 e m u 
ea t 
p~st, nor over-re~erence o~ the ~resent. ~nlclapa de o. kedcormng aS p!alrhtner m sudc l with h'is funeral shroud. 
And the son' 
Ltke those mountam summits wh1ch first 10 y an \'lC e ness. 
t1 
e \Vas rna e h 
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d 1 h d t e pure-mm e , no e, an a ect10nate 
catc 
t e sun~~ t~ 
e nses _out of the It ;h rhs 
.~gh 
rhtes o 
srfahe , an cot e 
son with what tears and choking rrrief 
darkness and preJUdice below htm, herald-wll t e nc est onors o 
eaven. 
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espo1 e o 
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mg t e ay t at 1s approac mg. 
et-
ut 1 ie .1. oses, e was not to see Ca-jlOnors, and himself clad in his 
riestl 
ther does Aaron seem ~orne up and ~n-naan; and when the long column of Is-
arments! 
It was a heay 
trial fo all_: 
ward by so lofty a feehng as he. 
With rael's thousands stretched across the des-
gto br ther f:ather and 
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son, an a mourn-
rom 
ess strong, e acke a so t e en-ert, an woun aroun t e base of Mount ful s 
e there 0 th t 
f th 
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thusiasm of his brother. 
Yet he must Hor, and pitched their tents in its mighty B t ~~n last embn 
e op 0 t 1 e m~;n .am. 
have possessed rare gifts to have been shadow, his work was done and his ca-a d t ~en th 
{a~e was a b engh live~ 
chosen the companion and fellow-laborer 1eer ended. 
Said God to Moses," Aaron thne Ha'gh Pr'eset afs I~raylelr rdeat e t' ad~ 
f 11.r 
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:srae ay own o te. 
o J.u.oses. m t at won rous 
e 1verance s a 
e gat er~ unto 1s peop .e. 10r 
e Glorious was his de arture from the to 
of the children of Israel from Egypt, and shall not enter 1nto the land which I have of that lordly m t 
t · 
l 
t h.P 
in conducting them forty years through the given unto the children of Israel, because last words as h. oun ami rdump h~n 
IS 
wilderness to the promised land. Much ye rebelled aQ"ainst my word at the wa-and opened rr 
1~ e_yeshc ose on 
lS son, 
M . , 
a am m eaven. 
more must he have possessed, an eleva-ters of 
enbah. Take Aaron and Elea-
0• 
' 
tion and purity of character fa,r above his zar his son, and bring them up unto Mount 
When the peopll'l of Israel saw Moses 
fellows, to have been chosen as the foun-Hor, and strip Aaron of his garments, and and Eleazar return alone, and were ~old 
der of the Jewish priesthood-the first to put th{3m upon Eleazar his son; and that Aaron was dead, they mourned thirty 
minister at the altar, and to represent a Aaron shall be gathered' unto his people days. 
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sacer~otal dynasty more glorious and and shall die there. 
And Moses did as 
Mou?t Hor IS a lonely peak, seen at a 
more Immortal than the line even of Da-the Lord commanded : and they went up g~eat d1stance from the desert, and c?n-
vid, or ans succession of kings that ever into Mount Hor in the sight of all the stllutes one o~ the l~ndmarks by. wh1ch 
filled a throne. 
~ongregation." 
Whether the solemn th~ .Arab ~mdes. h~s way. 
On 1ts sum-
Chosen'by ~od to stand beside Moses event about to happen to Aaron was made mit Is a wh1te bUildmg called. th_e tomb of 
thr?ugh the n~ght of peril and trouble on known to the_ people, and they took a sad Aaron i Ma.hometans and Chnstmos reve-
~hich the ch1~dren of Jacob were enter-farewell of him as they did afterwards of re~ce 1t. altl~e, and the sepulchre of the 
mg, he was sent to meet him on hi~ way Moses when he went up Nebo, we can-High Pnest 1s safe from the ravages even 
from the wilderne.ss. 
Obeying the com-not tell. 
But from .the brief account left ?f the Arab of the des~rt.. A. landmark 
mand, he set out m search of his brother, us, it is probable that the secret of his m the bleak scenery, withm s.1ght ?f the 
and lo.' they met" on the Mount of God," death was not divulged to the congrega-desolate city o.f Edom and Its P!ll~red 
and kl$ed each other, and returned toge-tion, and when he and his son1 and Moses Iocks, overlookiog the Dead-Sea, 1t 1s a 
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The catacombs of Rome are not less 
remarkable, as a monument of the pro-
tecting providence of God, than their con-
tents as testimonies to the simple faith 
and piety of the primitive church. Lit-
tle did those who excavaterJ these subter-
ranean galleries in quarrying for stone 
and sand, dream of the use to which they 
were destined to be applied when the 
persecuted Christians found in them a 
cemetery, and, during many a tempest of 
heathen cruelty, a tempora~y asylum, 
where the infant church might shelter, 
like those illustrious saints of an older 
period," in caves aod dens of the earth." 
When one recollects, al o, at what fear-
ful moments, and under what provocation, 
many of these inscriptions must have 
been written, it is impossible to avoid be-
ing struck by their spirit; the tranquil 
resig-nation, the absence of the then pre-
valent language of de~pairing lamenta-
tion, and the freedom from all indications 
of vindictive feelings against their perse· 
cutors. 
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On this subject, and on the value of 
these monuments, i an historical point 
of view, Dr. Maitland's observations are 
as well expressed as they are just. The 
merely classical student, unless in search 
of the vernacular language of ancient 
Rome, will find little in these inscriptions 
to repay the trouble of pursuing them. 
A few obsolete and barbarous expressions, · 
the gradual origin of the cursive charac-
ter and the uncertain· pronunciation of 
some consonants, indicated by the various 
modes of writing 'the same word, are not 
the most interesting points of investiga· 
tion suggested by these monuments.-
Better purposes are served by their exami· 
nation, ina~ much as they express the feel-
ings of a body of Chri,tians, whose lead-
ers alone are known to us in their volumi-
nous works; the l9wer orders are only re-
preseiJt~d by these simple records, from 
which, with scarcely an exception, sor-
row and complaint are banished; the 
boast of suffering, or an appeal to there-
vengeful passions, is nowhere to be found. 
One expresses faith, an11ther hope, a tl1ird 
charity. 
The genius of primitive Chris-
tianity, "to belirve, to love, and to suf-
fer," has never been better illustrated. 
There is something truly touching in 
the brevity of surh inscriptions as this-
" Gemella sleeps in peace." 
Or this-
" Victorina in peace and in Christ." 
Or this-
" Nicephorus, a sweet soul, in the place 
of refreshment. 
Even where grief is expressed, it is 
Christian grief; the sorrow of those who 
come not sorrowinrr as others, without 
hope. 
Such as tbe following. 
'Ve give 
Dr. :'laitland's translation:-
" This grief wm always weigh up?n 
me ; may it be granted me to behold tn 
sleep your reverend countenance. My 
wife, Albana, always chaste and modest, 
I grieve, deprived of your support, for 
our diYine Author gave you to me as a 
sacred (boon.) 
You well-de~erving one, 
having left your (relations,) lie in peace 
-in sleep-you wi11 arise-a temporary 
rest is granted you. 
She lived forty-fiv~ 
years, five months, and thirteen days· 
buried in peace. 
Placus, her husband, 
made this." 
r 
This is the language of f:.O!row, 0• 
grief for a loss irretrievable in this world' 
but yet the prominent idea is peace, hope, 
an assurance of rising again, a deep, a 
r.onsoling conviction that the separation 
was but temporary. 
Of a similar ch-aracter are the followincr 
records of parental affection. 
0 
"In Christ. 
Died on the Kalends of 
September, Pompeianus the innoc"!nt, 
aged six years, nine months, eight days, 
and four hour:>. 
He sleeps in peace." 
"To Severus, his sweetest son, Lau-
rentius, his father; to the well-deserving-, 
who lived four years, eight months, five 
days. 
He was borne away by angels on 
the seventh of the Jdus of January." 
11 Macus (or Marcus) an innocent boy. 
You have already begun to be among the 
innocent ones. 
How endurincr is such·a 
[hrec] life to you. 
How gladly will your 
mother, the churrh of God, receive yon, 
returning to this world. 
Let us restrain 
our sighs, and cease frdm weepincr."-
Brit. Mag. 
0 
Disturbed ..Stat~ of the Atmosphere 
and the Earth. 
The "Journal of Commerce," durincr 
the year 1846, has r.hronid~d the occu;. 
renee of tw~nty-eight earthquakes, in va-
rious parts of the globe, which have taken 
place during a p riod of eleven monthR, 
and also numerous storms of great vio-
lence. 
It is a remarkable fact, ~tated in the 
:'Journal of Commerce" of July 3, and 
10 that of Dec. 21, that th.e volcanic 
mountains of Iceland, (which have been 
quiet si'lre 1786,) and the mountain Gu-
nong Merapi in the Eastern Archipelago, 
(1Vhich has been quiet for more than one 
thousand year:;:,) should have both become 
igt~ite~ on the 2d day of Sept.-the form-
er m :September, 1845; the latter in Sep-
tember .. 1846. 
It is also rer'n.arkable, that the convul-
sion and earthquake noticed in the" Jour· 
nal of Commerce" of Oct. 23, as havincr 
taken place in Iceland on the 22d J 
Aug., 1846, was, three days after, viz.: 
on the 2·5th, followe.d by an earthquake. 
~hir.h was felt in numerous seaports and 
fiver towns in New England, and the lat· 
ter, on the 27th, two days after, was fol-
lowed .by an earthquake throughout Tus-
C4ny, m Europe, which approached the 
land from the sea. 
On the second of 
s~ptember, the "Journal, of the 21st 
Dacember, chronicles a convulsed state of 
the Gunong Merapi j on the 6th, Grana· 
da and St. Vincents were shaken bv an 
earthquake; on the lOth, the hlan·d of 
~rinidad was vi ited by a similar convul-
Sion; on the 12th, at about sunset, Deer· 
field, N. H., was shaken, and the shock 
accompanied by a hot atmosphere, on the 
16th, at 11, P. M., a shock of an earth-
~ak~, of long duration, was felt at Cape 
Aytten, St. Domingo. 
The atmosp 1ere 
no~h, was highly and singularly heated 
dur.mg very many days in St>plemher, 
Whtle at the south, in latitude 36 22, the 
temperature was down to within -1 decrrees 
or the freezing point. 
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It will be seen by what I have stated 
~hove, that eight convul.->ions took plare 
In the short spac.e of twenty-four days. 
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tht"se convulsions w~re either prece-
or or succeeded by an equilibrium state 
temperature of the atmosphere at my 
~lace.of observation, and of eleven hour~ 
uratton, and each followed by a storm. 
The Sleep of Death. 
fl The expression sleep, or sleeping, so 
l'eciuently applied in Sr.rirture to the 
:.t~ of ~he d(•ad, is evidently metaphori-
' derived from the resemblance be-
U.een a dead body, and the body of a 
r-on aikep. 
The body is said figura· 
Yely ~o" s/e,p in the dust of the earth;" 
Pl!etmg a resurrection at that day, 
n tbe dead, both small and great, 
~'111--.:_· 
snmmoned to stand before God. 
p.~.._._, the word cemetry and dormitory, 
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from the Greek and Latin words koimao of the holy dove: and dwells with God, nor any ravenous beast shall go up there· 
and dormio, to sleep, are applied to the till it returns, like the useful bee, loaden on, it shall not be found there; but the 
receptacles of the dead. 
with a blesjng and the dew of heaven.-redeemed shall walk there: and the ran· 
The comparison between the state of Jeremy Taylor.. 
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somed of the Lord shall return, and come 
the dead, and a state of sleep, is beautiful 
to Zion with songs and everlastmg joy 
and appropriate. 
Sleep is that relaxation 
The Mlllennium. 
upon their bends: they shall obtain JOY 
from the toils and afflictions of life. that 
No.1. 
and gladness, and sorrow and sighing 
short suspension of the p0wers of ~orpo· 
Do the Scriptures of the Old Testa-shall flee a\Yay." 
real sense and action, which are succeed-ment hring to view a future Millennium, 
Isa. 51:11-" Therefore the redeemed 
ed by a more vigorous exercise of the in which there will be perfection? 
of the Lord shall return, and come with 
animal and intellectual faculties. 
And 
Num. 14:21-" But as truly as I live, singing unto Zion; and· everlasting joy 
so death, releasing us entirely from our all the earth shall be filled with the glory shall be upon their head; they shall ob-
conftict with the trials of this mortal ex-of the Lord." 
tain gladness and joy; and sorrow and 
istencc, and suspending all the corporeal 
Isa. ] 1: 5-9-" .~nd righteousness mourning shall flee away." 
functions, is followed by a revivisence of ~hall be the girdle of his loins, and faith-
Isa. 52:1, 6-8-" Awake, awalce, put 
our whole•nature, i~ the active delights fulness the girdle ~f his reins. 
The wolf on thy strength, 0 Zion; put on thy 
and unalloyed glones of th_e heavenly also shall dwe~l with the.la~b, ~nd the beautiful garments, 0 Jerusalem, the ho-
sta,te. 
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leopard shall he down w~th tne k1d; and ly city; for henceforth there 
~hall no 
The term sleep, apphed to the state of the calf and the young l10n and the fat·. more come into thee the uncircumcised 
.the dead, denotes not unconsciousness, but ling together; and a little child shall· and the unclean. 
Therefore my people 
~ fr:edom fro.m the cares a~d labors of lend them. 
A~d the cow and the be~r shall know my name: therefore they 
hfe, and, as It respect~ the nghteous, ex-shall feed; thctr young o~es shall be shall know in that day that I am he that 
P.resses comfo:t.able enJo'!fment, rest, secu-down ~ogether: and the bon ~hall ~at doth speak: behold, it is I. 
How beau-
ntY:• an.d feiicny. It IS a phrase, by straw ltke the ox. 
And the suckmg ch1ld tiful up0n the mountains are the feet of 
whtch~ m all languages, the state of the shall play o.n the hole of t.he a p, and the him that bringeth good tiding., that pub-
dead 1s denoted. 
And yet the popular weaned ch1ld shall put h1s hand on the lisheth ~alvation · that saith unto Zion 
beJief among all. n_ations, 
a~sign con-cockatrice's ?en. 
They shall no.t hurt Thy G;d 
reign~th ! 
Thy Natch1ne; 
C'lousness and actmty to the departed.-
nor destroy mall my holy mountam: for shall lift up the voice; with the voice to-
Hobart on the State of the Departed. 
the earth shall be full of the knowledg~ gether shall they sing: for they shall see 
of the Lord, as the water~ cover the sea. 
eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring 
On Prayer. 
Isa. 12:1-6-" And m that day thou arrain Zion." 
Prayer is an action of likeness to the shalt say, 0 Lord, I will. praise th:e: 
0Isa. 60:18-22-" Violence shall no ' 
Holy ·Ghost, the spirit of gentleness and though thou wast angry With me, thme more be heard in thy land, wasting nor 
dove-like simpJlcity; an imitation of the anger is turned aw~y, a.nd thou com~ort· destruction within thy bol'ders; but thou 
Holy Jesus, whose spirit is meek, up to edst.me. 
Behold God IS my. salvatiOn; shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy 
the greatness of the biggest example, and I Will trust an? not be afratd i for the gates Praise. The sun shall be no more 
a conformity to God; whose anger is al-Lord Jehovah ~s my strength and .my 1hy light by day, neither for brightness 
ways just, and marches slowly, and is song; he als_o 
I~ become my sal'vatwn. shall the moon give light unto thee: but 
without transportation, and often hindered, Therefore wnh JOY shall ye draw water the Lord shall be unto thee an everlastincr 
and never· hasty, and is full of mercy; out of the wells of salvati.on. 
And in light, and thy God thy glory. 
Thy su~ 
praye1 is the peace of our spirit, the still-that day shall ye say, Praise .the L.ord, shall no more go down; neither shall thy 
ness of our thoughts, the evenness of our call upon his n~me, declare ~~s dom~s moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall 
recollection, the seat of meditation, the among the people, m~ke mentwn that his be thine everlasting light, and the days of 
rest 0f our cares, and the calm of our name is exalted. 
Smg · un!o the L~rd. i thy mourning shall be ended. 
Thy peo-
tempeet: prayer is the issue of a quiet for he hath done excellent thmg~: this IS pie also Shall be all righteous: they shall 
mind, of untroubled thoughts; it is the known in all the earth. 
Cry out and inherit the land for ever, the branch of 
daughter of charity, and the sister of ~bout, thou inhabitant of ~ion; for. great my planting, the work of my hands, that 
meekness; and he that prays to God with IS the Holy One of Israelm the midst of I may be glorified. 
A little one shall be-
at:~ angry, that is, with a troubled and dis-thee." 
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come a thousand, and a small one a 
compo~ed spirit, is lilce him that retires 
lso.. 24:23-" Then the moon shall be strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it 
into a battle to meditate, and sets up his confounded, and the sun ashamed, when in his time." 
closet in the out-quarters of an army. and the Lord of hosts shall reign in .mour.Jt 
Isa. 66: 17-25-'• For behold I create 
choosE's a frontier-garrison to be wise in. Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his new heavens and new earth: and the 
Anger is a perfect alienation of the mind ancients gloriously." 
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former shall not be remembered, nor come 
from prayer, and therefore is contrary to 
lsa. 25:6-9-'-' And m this mountam into mind. 
But be ye glad and rejoice. 
that attention which pre::;ents our prayers shall the Lord of h~sts make unto all ~eo-for ever in that which I create; for be-
in a right line to God. 
For so have I pie a feast of fat thm.gs, a feast of wmes hold, I create Jerusalem, a rejoicing, and 
seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, on th.e lees; of fat thmgs full of marrow, her people a joy. 
And I will rejoice in 
and soaring upwards, singing as he ri~es, of w~nes on the _lees. well refi~ed. And Jer~salem, and joy in my people: and 
and hopes to get to heaven, and climb he Will dest~oy m this mountam the face the voice of weeping shall he no more 
above the clouds; but the poor bird was of the ~oven~g cast over all people,. and heard in her, nor the voice of erving. 
beaten back with the loud sighings of an the vall that 18 spread ov~r ~11 natiOns. There shall be no more thence an ii1fant 
ea'tern wind, and his motion made irre-He will swallow.up ~eath m VIctory; and of days, nor an old man that hath not 
gular and inconstant, descending more at the Lord God Will Wipe away tear~ from filled his days; for the child shall die an 
every breath of the tempest, than it could c,ff all faces; and the rebuke of his peo· h·undred years old: but the sinner being 
recover by the libration and frequent pie shall he take away from 0~ all thE' an hundred years old shall be accursed. 
weighing of his wings, till the little crea-
~arth: for th.e ~ord hath spoken It: . And And they shall build houses and inhabit 
LUre was forced to sit. down and pant, and It shall be said 10 t.hat dny, L.o, thts IS our them; and they shall· plant vineyards, 
stay till the storm was over; and then it G?d; we have '~al~ed for him, and he and eat the fruit of them. 
They shall 
made a prosperous flight, and did rise wil_l save us.: this IS ~he Lord; we have not build, and another inhabit: thE>y shell 
and sing, as if it had learned mu::.ic and watted for him, we will be glad and re-not plant anq another eat: for as the 
motion from an angel, as he passed some-joice in his salvation.'~ 
, 
days of ~tree are the days ~f my people, 
times through the air, about his ministries • Isa. 35: 3-10-" Strengthen ye the and mine elect shall long enJOY the work 
here below. 
So is the prayPr of a good weak hands, and confirm the feeble of their hands. They shall not labor in 
man: when his affairs have required busi-knees. 
Say to them that are of a fearful vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they 
ness, and his business was lllatter of uis-heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, 
cipline, and his discipline was to pass God will come with vengeance, even God and their off.~pring with them. 
And it 
upon a sinning person, or had a design with a recompen~e; he will come and shall come to pass, that before they call, I 
of charity, his duty rnet with the infirmi-save you. 
Then the eyes of the blind will answer; anJ while they are yet. 
ties of a man, and anger was its instru-shall be opemd, and the ears of the deaf spea~ciug, I will hear. The wolf and 
ment; and the instrument became strong-
1 ·shall be unstopped. 
Then shall the lame the lamb shall feed together, and the lion 
er than the prime agent, and raised a tern-man leap as an hart, and the tongue of shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust 
pest, and overruled the man; and then the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall shall be the serpent's meat. 
They snail 
his prayer was broken, and his thoucrhts water! break out, and streams in the des-not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mcun-
were troubled, and his words went up to-ert. 
And the parched ground shall be-tain, sai1h the Lord." 
wards a c.loud; and his thoughts pulled come a pool, and the thirsty land springs 
The 65th chapter brings distinctly to 
them back again, and made them without of water: in the habjtation of d t agons, view the difference between the righteous 
intention; and the goorl man sighs for his where earh lay, shall be grass with reeds and the wicked in their present, and ~n 
infirmity, but must be content to lose that and rushes. 
And an highway shall be thi:ir future state. The 20th v. pre~ents 
prayer, and he must recover it when his there, and a way, and it shall be calJPd, the same distinction, that we see i~ the' 
anger is removed, and his spirit is be-The way of holiness; the unclean shall 13th and 14th vs. 
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calmed, mode even as the brow of Jesus, not pass over it; but it shall be for those: 
Hab. 2:14-" Fot the earth shall be 
and smooth like the heart of God; and the wayfaring men, though fools, shall filled with the knowledge of the glory of 
then it ascends to heaven upon the wings not err ~herein. No lion sball be there, the Lord, as the. waters c.over the sea." 
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Zecb. 14:20-21-" In that day shall 
there be upon the bells of the hors~s. Ho-
liness unto the Lord ; and the pots in the 
Lord's house shall be like the bowls be-
fore the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusa-
lem and in Judah shall be holiness unto 
the Lord of hosts : and all they that sac-
rifice shall come and ta"e of them, and 
seethe therein: and in that day there 
shall be no more the Canaanite in the 
house of the Lord of hosts." 
J. s. WHITE. 
QT~e Juent fljeral~. 
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a Christian might fall into the ~reat mistake of 
"thinking himself somethin.,. when he was Jtl)-
thing," it certainly would n~t be strange in our 
day, if brethren should suppose they were doing 
a great busines~;, that would he found at last not 
to amount tiJ much. 
We could show that this 
h:.1s been the ca~e in a great many in4ance~ if 
it were neces!.lary; but we want our brethren to 
know, that the reason why we h;n-e publi,;hed so 
little of late on time is because there has been so 
little that ha!! 11ppe11red to ue worthy of it. 
Near-
ly all the articles that have 1\ppeared to shown 
later termin11tion of the· prophetic periods, than 
that on which we generally stood at first, have 
been decidedly objectionable fur one of these rea-
sons, which will serve as the ground of a corres-
ponding classification. 
1st Class. 
Tho:~e artkles which h~ve attempt-
ed to show that time was taught by portions 
of Scripture that were never designed to teach 
"JiB H o L n! THE B R In~ a RooM co 1
 E T H ! ! " anything of the kind. Our readers enn find spe-
BOSTON, MARCH 10, 1847. 
cimens by the wholesale. 
The objections against 
tbern liTe numerous ; two are sufficient. 
In the 
first place, it is an impeachment uf the wisdom of 
God. 
He knew just how much was needed for 
"H. H. Gross" vs. "the Editors of any particular purpose, and he has given it. It 
the Advent Herald." 
will stand as he has given it, and those who use 
Bro. Himes :-Finding a letter in Bro. CRA-it for that purpose will also 11tand. 
When we at-
tempt to make his word speak whilt it was notde-
RY's "Advocate," of Feb. 27th, signed "H. signed to speak, we question his wisdom-we be-
H. GRoss," addressed to you, and as you are come" hi~ counsellor." 
now absent on a tour of some weeks, of which 
In the second place, whenever we use a text 
that is of doubtful or fimciful application, it re-
he must have been fully aware, both when he quires mor"l time and labor to show the propriety 
sent the letter addres.sed to you by mail, and of the application than it does tn settle the ques-
when he gave directions for the publication of tion without it ; and if we cannot make the pro-
priety of the application appear, an adversary 
a copy-if not, indeed, the orig~nal-of the will endeavor to show that his triumph in that 
same letter in that paper, I shall take the lib-particular is a total triumph. When we use what 
erty of speaking in the case, not directly in God has given fur the purpose for which he has 
giveu it, as all must admit, then we have only to 
reply to that letter, but in vindication of "the "speak as the oracles of Gou "-then the battle 
Editors of the Advent Herald" against the is not ours, but his. 
The triumph is certain. 
charge preferred against them; and in justifi-
2d Class. Those articles that show a want of 
ability in making the different parts of an 1lrgu-
cation of the objection8 existing against pub-rnent, or calculation, harmonize in their most 
lishing H. H. Gross's articles on the time, as simple and obvious relations ..... Such argu-
he "kindly requested." 
meuts never appeared to us to be worthy of con-
fidence, and never were given to the public with 
The propriety of speaking in the case-our approval. 
without interferipg with what you may say for 
3d Class. 
Those articles which show that the 
yourself-will appear from my connection with writers are not suffir.iently acqnainteu with the 
facts of history, tQ which they apply the prophe-
the "Herald" at the time to which the charge cies in the chronological arg11ment. There are 
he makes against it refers, from tlfe repeated specimens of this class in abundance ; but per-
mention of my name in his articles, a~d from haps we should give offence by selecting, though 
we assure our brethren we should only do whut 
the interest I feel for the integrity of the cause we would thank any man to do fi1r us ; and since 
of truth, with which I have for several years nobody else will do us justice, shall we not do it 
been publicly identified. 
ourselves in this ca~e? Let one pecimen suffice. 
It is contained in a "Bible Chronology," pub-
The article written by "H. II. Gross" in lished in the "Watch" of Jan. 2, 1845 :-
Bro. Crary's" Advocate "-which seems de-
"In Dan. 11:31; 12:11, the 'Arms, [or 
terrnined that the anticipations of its char-military power,] sl.all stand on his part [on the 
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part of Imperia·! Rome]: and they [the Arms] 
acter (which were some time sin.ce ex.pressed) shall take away the daily abomination, and shall 
shall be realized-contains the following place the abomination that maketh desolate.'-
charge against the " Editors of the Advent This language signifiP.s that military force was 
u:~ed to accomplish the work, and must refer to 
Herald." In giving a characteristic version of the simultaneous exercise of the military power 
history, which he· appears never to have read, in the West by Clovis, and in the centre and east 
or sadly to remember, he says :-
by Vitalian, by the consent and command Qf Jus-
• "My remarks orr the agenny of VJtalian in this. event, tin ian, the Emperor, to ex~tlt the _C_atholic Cl�rch, 
mnde two year~ ago in the • Morning Watch,' have siuce-and pnt llown. all opp_osmg religiOns, 
Thl8 oc-
been derided by thr.editors of the Advent H~rald." 
curred, accordmg to Gtbbon, and all staudnrd 
historians, between 508 and 511,-hence the 
1290 and 1335 days commenced by, or before, 
511, and the 1335 days will end by, or before, 
A. D. 1846-that is, 45 years after the termina-
tion of the 1290."* 
For the purpose of showing how the "re-
marks made two years ago" by Bro. G. were 
" derided by the editors of the Advent Her-
ald ; " and of giving the reasons which now, 
as ·they did th~n, should lead you to refrain 
from publishing much that has be!m written 
"on the time," (Bro. G.'s articles included,) 
please to give your readers what was then 
written on the matter in question. 
It may be 
found in the " Herald and Watch" of Dec. 
3d, 1845:-
TH:E TIME. 
We do not object to the chronological result 
here arrived at ; but to the historical facts cited. 
They are not understood as they should be hy the 
writer, and hence he has crowded events t(lgether 
as "si_multam~ous," which ~ere separated by at 
least sixteen years," accord tog to Gibbon and all 
standard historiilns.". Clovis heg;tn his work in 
~96, and end~~ it in 5ll ; Vitalian performed his 
~51~; JustJDiun became Emperor in 527, and 
dted m 565. 
But enough of this. 
· 
· 
. If_to decline' approving articles of this descrip-
ttlln 1s to be" opposed to time," we confess we are 
upposed to it: such articles ne'er did and uever 
could influence our mind. But we' asspre our 
readers, that whenever articles are furnished on 
the time, which ~re really worthy of attention, 
th~y shall ~ot be Withheld. 
And we think they 
wtll niJt obJect to our course in this respect when 
the ground we occupy is understood by 'them. 
In conclu8ion, we wish it to be understood, 
that, '~hether we may _be permitted to get 11t 11ny 
exact time and calculatiOn of the prophetic periods 
or not, we hold that it must be that the great 
events of promise to the righteou!l-the personal 
advent of o~r Lor~ and King-the resurrection 
of the dead m_Chnst-the restitution of all things, 
and the establishment of the everlasting kingdom 
of God in the new earth, ARE NOW NEAR, 
"EVEN AT THE DOOR." 
~. v. H. 
-
sustained against the editors of the " Herald " 
than in this case, they have nothing to fear. 
I would here add, that the same considera-
tions by which they are held responsible to 
give to our brethren and friend.s the truth on 
the prophecies, held them responsible, also, to 
guard them against being imposed upon by in-
judicious and objectionable writers. 
Aod if 
any further evidence is neerled to show that 
the one of whom I am now speaking is of 
this class, it may be found in abundance in hi..<> 
articles lately published in the" Advocate." 
The correction he makes o( his former " mis-
take" only involves him still deeper. He says: 
passover of A. D. SO must have taken place, ac-
cording to the ostronomical tables, in the .. Royal 
Astronomer," about April 12th.; the passover 
week would have extended to the 18th; and 
John says Je us " tarried " in J uden, " after" 
the pa:>sover before going into Galilee, which he 
could hardly have said, if it had been only, as in 
ot.her cases, " one," " two," or " not many 
days.'' 
"1 remark, that in thr. article Rlluded to, the name of 
Justiuian wa~ ar,cideu1allv wrillen instelld nf Auastll-
sius. 
l.lut. enouzh-thMe "who mRke a mnu an offender 
for a (mistnkt-n) word, deserve our pity and our pravt'r~." 
In his "remarks made two years ago," 
then, he would have told us that, "Vitalian, 
by'the consent and command of Anastasius,'' 
exercised " military power to exalt the Catholic 
Church, and put down all opposing religions.'' 
Now, if any one will refer " to Gibbon and 
all standard historians,'' he will find that Vi-
talian ·was so far from acting with " the con-
sent and command of Anastasius the empe-
ror," that he took the field as the champion of 
the Pope, in the most high-handed rebellion, 
against the emperor;" and by this. means ef-
fected his humiliation to the Pope. 
Again. Bro. G. says "Clovis died in Nov. 
511, at which time an ecclesiastical council 
was in session to arrange, &c., what had been 
effected in favor of the predominant (Catholic) 
Church of Rome; hence, 512 is the most 
probable date we can fix upon when pagauism 
was taken away.'' The council was held in 
July, and not in November. 
(See Mezary.) 
Again. "To 511 add 1290, and it extends 
to 1802; or add 1335 to 511, and it extends 
to 1847." 
True! If you ad~ the 1290 to the end of 
the last minute of the last hour of the last day 
of 511, they would " extend to " the begin-
ning of the first minute of the first hour of 
the first day of 18021 anQ. not a twinkling of 
an eye farther. So, also, the 1335, beginning 
at the same point, would " extend to '' 184 7-
just as one year added to 1847 would "ex-
tend to" 1849. 
And so also it is true, that if 
"512 is the' most probable date we can fix 
upon when paganism was taken away," 1335 
added to "512" would "extend to " 1848. 
But is this the mode by which we are to be 
enlightened on the" year, month, and week" 
of the Advent 1 
So it is that this brother comes forward, as-
suming to give us better date::; than those 
" earlier" ones " which were more or less of 
an inferential and contradictory character," to 
comfort us against " remaining in ignorance " 
.of "the year, month, and week',, though not 
" the day and hour" of the advent. 
And yet 
he gives us nothing better than an " inferen-
tial'' assertion, or conjecture, as to the t' month 
or week'' when the 2300 years began; when 
the 69 or 70 weeks terminated; or when the 
1335, 1290, or 1260 years began. 
The " evidence " on the date of the first three 
of these points of time he sums up thu11 :-
They were chosen nud folio web Jesua '110t manv da,·s' 
I efore the Pas~o,·er, and Jesus did not begin to-preach 
what they coutlrmed, until afler the Pnssover, on arriv 
iug In Galilee; therefore the one week could not have 
commenced before that time; and they rnusthavecom-
mencetl soon nfler the Passover, for there were yet fnur 
months to the harvest. Thnt woru bt'l!f	 to IJe pub-
lished by the Lord 'fr'lm Gali)ee after the haptism 
whir.h .John preached.' We have found positively the 
lt:ASON of the year when thr. one week be:nn, and hence 
when 483 years of 2300 ended." 
Again, he further tells us that "the entire min-
istry of John must have been finished when Je-
sus was fully manifested," and" that John's min-
istry had not ended, even after the passover" of 
"A. D. 30." And John, the writer of the Gos-
pel, tells us, that "after these things came Jesus 
and his disciples into the land of Judea ; and 
Bro. G. says there were four months yet to the 
harvest, though the Savior himself says,." say 
not" so. And how there could be four months to 
the harvest in Judea, " after the passover," when 
that introJuced the barley harvest ; and the only 
remuining harvest began nt the Pentecost, "fifty 
days " after the pas;;pver, it would be difficult 
to tell, unless we had Bro. G. to settle it. 
Now if the passover took place at the full moon 
of April in "A. D. 30 ;" and Jesus tarried in 
Judea baptizing after that, before he went into 
Galilee, and" Je~s diu not begin to preach what 
they: (the apostles) confirmed, untilafterthepass-
over, on arriving in Galilee; and therefore, 
the one week could not have commenced bejoTe 
that timP.," could the 69 weeks terminate before 
some time in May? 
He has assured us that the saints will enter 
their inheritance within a week or month of the 
anniversary of the event announced for the ter-
mination of the 1290, and 1260 days ("April 
18 ") ; but he gives us no evidence for events or 
dates which mark the commencement of these pe-
riods within the year-only asserting "512" for 
that of one, nud "about 542 "for that of the other. 
And the only eveut whir:h he admits for the" ter-
mination of" these periods, on which he is so 
positive, and on which all seems to depend with 
him, seems to be of no particular value in show-
ing" the month or week of the advent," for he 
distinctly informs us that" the Lord will come in 
glory" at the end of the "2300 days," and that 
time enough is to elapse between that, and the end 
of the 1335 days to fit up the earth for the pos-
session of the righteous, i. e. " if this position is 
correct." 
"1 ~tnterl nt tht' comrnr.ncement of thi! llrticlf, thnt 
the 23110 and 1335 dRys did nnt end nt thf s!\mc time. 
DRn. I I. closes with the event~ during th~ 2300 ~8)6, 
ami then ehap. 12: J. hegin~ thll>-" Atth~t rime sjtall 
~lirhat'l ztnud np," that i~. ntthe timeH]IIlOillted-" un-
to 23o0 days" tht' Lord will receive from the Father, 
1he kinedom, 1111d b~gin to reign; he will r•'me iu glory 
nnd rower, d~stwy out of Hts KINGDOM all thntrsn of-
:~1~"t!~~~ ~r. ~~)~~~:::~); · 
i~~~~~H·h;:;;.~~"i~~:e 
11
1~
1
~ ~:wn~~:!'~~d 
delivt'r hift suiu Is to m~t'l him iu the Rir, nud thtu (wh~n 
thi·Sl' t'venld nl·e tlni>hNI,) he will cullllwnl to cnt~r into 
thll kingdom of God~ their P.Vt'riRSting reet-thr lot of 
their iuheritance-which will he at the end uf the 1~35 
days." 
''If this position· i'l correct," he must eithPr 
fi.nd a date for the termination of "the 2300 
d11ys" earlier in " thll senson " than the arri\u00b7al 
at Galilee, or a later date than "April 18th" 
fo~ the posse:<sion of the new earth,-the sanc-
tuary cleansed, unless we are to suppo~e the 
earth is to be renov11ted before the Lord cotneP. 
He must see, therefore, that his articles are 
faulty and ohjectionable on every account. 
g_, 
maJces use of portions of Scripture to settle ques-
tions of chronology which were never designed 
for that purpose ; there is no agreement between 
different parts of his calculation, in the circum-
scribed form in which he puts it ; he don't un~ 
derstand the events of history to which ne refers. 
Are there any candid readers of the "Advent 
Herald" who will censure "the editors" for 
declining to publish them? 
Bro. G. tells us in the most unqualified 
form, that " no interpretation whatever can 
place the termination of the 2300 days later 
than the sprin<T of 184 7 ·" and that those who 
do not think a: he does,' must put off the end 
at least" 45 years:"-
"Whatever gainsaying mny 11rise in the characttr ~; 
impudent mockery, the truth will sraud. It. tlte~eoru 
evidence that the power aud authority of thr little 1 
1 
was not eutirtly rhnnged, anrlthr. .luMtiuian.trea~
1;0~ 
entirely ou 1 of power and etfect in the sprrn~ 0. pr..: 
let us bave that evidence. Until snch ev1dence.rs uta-
ducetl, IN one of two things be considerrd 1\8 llld,rspvPP· 
Illy tlxed,-either that thr. termination of n~l tht"es;rilil 
ders and thll 1335 days will Rbsolutely be Ill t ~e e pelt 
of THIS l"Eut, (1847)-or, that the 1260 years 
av and 
yet t~nded, and the time uf the end not yet bt[811'nd of 
consequently that the coming of Christ and .t e
8
~0 tbe 
all these wonders is more than fouy-five )enr 
It may be proper for us to say a word upon our 
course on the qQestion of time. It has often been 
asserted, with au apparent design of injuring our 
reputation among Adventists, that we were" op-
posed to definite time." Nothing could be farther 
from the truth. But we suppose that because we 
~ave not received all the arguments, and calcula-
tt_ons, _and gr1esses, and impression$ thnt have been 
g1ven lD so many forms, we have been considered 
as " opposed to time." We believe that time is 
given in the prophecieo1, and that it is our duty to 
seek for the meaning of them, and all other parts 
of the word of God. 
Nor will we shrink from 
publishing any interpretation of the Word which 
appears to be worthy of confidence. 
But we must 
aay, that a great deal that has been given to the 
public by Adventists, as well as by our opposers, 
has appeared to us to be unworthY. of confidence, 
and of co~rse onworth~ o*: publication, though 
we have tr1ed to look at 1t wath all the charity and 
candor that was possible. We wo11ld not allow 
the weakness of our brethren in these ca11es to 
affect our regard for them as Christians • bot if 
there waa danger in the days_ of the aposti~, that 
Is there anything in this that a candid mind 
can consider " deri<Ung '" If the charge of 
dtr.iding a brother's remarks is never better 
there he tarrjed with them and baptized. And 
John also was b11ptizing in Enon, near to Salim 
because there wag much water there ; and they 
came ~nd were'baptized. For John waa not yet 
cast into priaon." John 3: 22-24. And the 
future." 
ak 
"But enough." The man who can spe 
of such a crude compound of misstated facts, 
conjectures, and assumptions, as" a moresuJe 
* These are Bro. Gr0881ll remarks made two yeai"III&O . 
. 
d 
· h "other 
word of prophecy," compare 
w1t 
I 
' 
' 
evidences, fixing earlier dates : '' and this ot 
enable us to understa;d the "year, month, 
and week" of the advent-_such a man needs, 
if he does not " deserve," something else be-
sides" pity" or" prayers." And in the day 
of Lhe LMd, Bro. G. will thank the editors of 
the ''Herald" that they have not encouraged 
him to make his folly manifest before all men, 
and will consider it as anything but·' kindly" 
iu those who have. 
What I have said so far is in vindication of 
the course of the " Herald.'' 
What he has 
said in the way of " correcting" my " argu-
ments," and pointing out what ·I "shouhl" 
have done, I have not spoken of; nor have I 
any wish to do s,o at length. 
How much he 
is indebted to the " valuable information that 
pamphlet contains,'' all who have read his ar-
ticles and the " pamphlet '' can judge. 
I am 
glad, however, that he finds nothing to" cor-
rect,'' but in the application of the prophecies 
to one or two facts 10f history. 
And the one 
of these facts to which he attaches so much 
impurtauce, I do not object to; though it has 
appeared to me that we have to do with the 
changes in the condition of the Papacy, more 
than with the result of those changes in 
France. If the corrections had been of a more 
serious character, I trust I should have been 
ready to profit hy them. 
I have not time to point out in detail to Bro. 
G. what he " should" have doue.-:-That he 
"should" not have garbled the word of God 
as he has, by adding to, or taking from it ; 
that he " should " have shown more respect 
for the "man clothed with linen" than to 
take l1is words, " I will :show thee the truth," 
to cover his guesses and contradictions ; and 
for the prophets and apostles, whom he has 
treated in a similar manner. 
He " should " 
have had more regard for " Father Miller'' 
than to express '' admiration " of his '' lan-
guage," while disregarding the uniform prin-
ciple of his writings, that if the Lord does 
not come according to hrs calculations, he 
ahoulrllook for him till he does come, instead 
of saying that he cannot come for '' more than 
45 years in the future." 
And if it was hi:s 
11 duty to preach and publish time," he 
"should" not have entered upon his dnty 
like the servant that "prepared uot himself." 
If he had," the household,'' who are" asking 
bread on the subject," would have much bet-
ter" bread." 
If it were true that " the etidences pub-
liahed by" me reached only to "September or 
October of 1846," without "a word of evi-
dence which extends the periods later;'' if it 
were true that " one class prevent., the house-
hold " from looking forward from September 
1846," there are enough who are willing to 
have them extend the period " later." 
Not a 
llllall number have written intelligently on the 
termination of the prophetic periods in 1847. 
And those who have read the" Harmony of 
Prophetic Chronology," with a mind capable 
of understanding it, will hardly believe, I think, 
that it does uot contain " a word of evidence 
wbieh extends the periods later than October 
of 1846." 
It was not my purpose to show " the week or 
month " of the advent, but to present the evi-
dence which marked the earlie3t and latest chro-
IIOlosical boundarie!, within which, according to 
tbat evidence, the termination of the prophetic 
periods must fall; and to show, that by the most 
llltnral construction of all the facts in the case, 
the point on which there appeared to be the 
l'•atest harmony for their termination was• the 
elote of 1846. But that was by no means the 
IJtreme point. 
Nor was it assumed that the 
"eata lllust come exactly at the termination. 
Bow &'tat the deviation may be from the exact 
date-.upposio& that to be known-! have never 
Ilea any authority to !lay; whether it may be a 
lei:, month, or 11ix months. That there is a 
,IAore rational, intelligent, and, of course, a more 
· 
ntl expectation of the coming of the Lord 
,.........__ 
--
THE ADV NT HERALD. 
this year than there has ever been before, I have 
no doubt. 
And there is the strongest reason to 
expect that event this spring. 
But this, accord-
ing to Bro. G.'s date for it, when "corrected " 
by John, is hardly po~siule. 
To this result there 
ie no opposition. J pray it may be so; but arti-
cles that do more to overthrow than to establish 
that result, should not be published for that pur-
po!!e. 
The assumption, :hat we may know the 
week or month of the advent, by any known 
date~, i" vain enough; hut when it is attempted 
to be sust,1ined by pointing us to a date which re-
fers to some other event, and the CI.JDRe:\ion be-
tween the different parts of the calculation can-
not give such a result, it is worse than vain. 
So 
far as there is anything worthy of consideration 
in the attempt, it leaves us just where we were 
on the general questil
 of time, only that it fur-
nishes another instanr.e where inflated t.~elf-con­
ceit would turn the wholeiubject iuto "moc.kery." 
Of Bro. G. I have no knowledge, except by 
his writings. And by them I have seen, and still 
see, that he is one of that " class" who seem to 
feel that they must IT'ake up what ·i" wanting in 
evidence by strong and unauthorized a£~sertions. 
Assertions, which, if they were. understood and 
used intentionally, would amount to positive un-
truths. He speaks of thing~ as "indisputable," 
"indisput<Jbly fixed," 
·~exact," "proved," 
"lmowu," &r.. &c., which are very far from 
being so. All God requires is faith;-faith that 
corre~ponds with the evidenr.e he has given. He 
does not want us to say we lcnow what we don't 
!mow; he does not want us to lie for him, If 
Bro. G. had given his mere assertions, .without 
any attempt at argument from the word of God 
and history, his "short articles" would have 
been quite as much to the point. 
After all, it may very properly be enquirc.d, if 
it is not his self-esteem that has been !~ highly 
offended, and not his regard for the truth, or the 
household ? When a man is vain enough to claim 
for his absurdities the character bf divine wis-
dom, the most devoted servants of God become 
as " Herod and Pilate " to him. 
I do not know 
that any one has " requested" the publication 
of his articles in the "Herald ". but himself; 
and r.ertainly there have been enough others of 
the class to which you objected, besides hi:1, the 
writers of which have as good a right to call you 
to an account as he has. 
Why should he sup-
pose th~c~ neglect was peculiar to his casu? 
If these "remarks" are felt somewhat se-
verely by Bro. G., he must remember that he has 
rendered it necessary that "the editors of the 
Herald" should be vindicated. 
I do not. speak as I do at this time, because 
I am opposed to the general result of the ar-
gument, so far as there is any argument in the 
articles of Bro. G. ; nor because I would op-
pose any brother in doing what he can to ex-
plain the word of God. 
Nay, I would have 
all Scriptural means used to quicken and pre-
pare men for the coming of the Lord. 
But 
when l se.e a brother encouraged to attempt 
what he cannot do, and then used as a means 
of exciting the prejudices of friends against 
the" Advent Herald," by a misstatement of 
facts, justice demands that I do a little of the 
much that might be done as a vindication. 
\ 
And what must I say of the manager~ of a 
We confess that all this does not much su prise 
us. But how can we reroncile it with their high 
professions of go,od will, their hymns to « cha-
rity," and their exhortations to "avoid that dog-
matical spirit and course, by which every man is 
unchri,;tlanized and denounced who may.differ 
from ns ?" 
Is all this to be considered tile artful 
whining of the treacherous hypocrite, who like 
those in David's day, spoke with words smoother 
thnn oil, while murder was in their hearts? Are 
they to be understood o.nly as "good words and 
fi1ir speeches to deceive the hearts of the simple?" 
We shall try still to hope pot. 
You are accustomed to being smitten by those 
professing to be fellow-~ervants, and it appears 
that this is likely to be your lot still. It is a trial, 
but I also consider it a sign, {md only ask that we 
may have th:tt grace which is sufficient under all 
the triul~ of the present time, and wiU enable us 
to triumph in the end. 
I will only add, that if" Bro. Miller and other;~, 
who have thought we migbt know about the time 
of th " advent, had written a3 the author of the 
articles now under consideration has, they would 
have deserved '' the, denunciation of the church 
and the world," which they have received ; and 
those who would thus c~ntend that "Bro. Miller 
and others " have so written, are more inexcusa-
ble than any other of " our opponents." 
A. HALE. 
English Mission. 
LONDON, Jan. 30, 1847. 
.My Dear B1·o. Himes :-When I wrote you 
last, I had just arrived in Plymouth; it was on 
New-Year's day. As the mail leaves soon, I 
will give you a short sketch of my movements 
since, 
PLYMOUTH,-I remained here. from the last 
of December to January 11. The congregations 
were especially good, the second Subbath I was 
n the place. In the evening, the hall, which 
will contain 1000, was densely crowded, and 
many could not get iu."' 
All were quiet and at-
tentive, and great interest seemed to be felt. 
I 
was informed of some enemies to the doctrine of 
the Advent who were led to relinqnish their hos-
tility. 
I baptized three in the afternoon. 
At 
the Lord's Supper there must have been above 
400. The friends have engaged the hall again, 
on terms which they can meet, and have, there-
fore, given up the intention of building a ch11pel 
at present. Bro. Micklewood is doing well in 
Plymouth. The congregation could not he better 
provided with a minister, May the Lord pre-
serve this large flock, and bless his l!ervant with 
wisdom and power to feed them, and to win still 
more to the fold of the Chief Shepherd, 
TRuRo AMD FALMOUTH.-! was earnestly 
desired to visit these two places, but want of time, 
and other circumstances, prevented. I Jearn, 
however, that Bro. Bosworthick is prospered in 
his labors at Truro, and that the infant cause is 
rising. 
precious souls who came together. And never 
did I witnes~ a more gracious influence while I"' 
dwelt on the Lord'~ return and its practical bear-
ing. Every heart seemed to melt, and many 
tears of joy were shed in view of the glory soon 
to be revealed, and when the pain of parting will 
be unlmown, 
BRlSTOL.~l preached twice in this city on 
Sunday, 17th January, and had a weet time in. 
b1·eaking bread with some of God's dear children. 
The cause has suffered here, in many ways ; but 
there are a few faithful brethren and sisters who 
are not to be moved away from the hope of the 
Gospel. They hire a room which they keep 
open twice every Lord's-day, th~ re!!ponsibility 
of which devolves chiefly on Bro. Reed, who is 
very zealous and acti\u00b7e in the cause. I received 
much kindness from him ,and his lovely family. 
I pray that this little flock in Bri:1tol may be kept 
till the day of Christ. 
BATH.-We have no cause in this city, but I 
was requested to call in pntising through. 
My 
limited time, and other circumstances, prevented 
my speaking in public ; however, T trust my few 
hours' stay was to the glory of God. 
I was most 
hospitably 'entertained during the night by Capt. 
Wellesley, nephew of the Dul<e of Wellington. 
He and Mrs. Wellesley, possess mnch of the !lpirit 
of Christ, and are looking for, and loving his ap-
pearing. And though we could not see alike on 
all points, yet we were agreed that the Lord's 
coming was pre-millennial, and that he may come 
at any ho•1r. We felt especially that we were 
one in Jesus. 
I had inten·iews with other Chris-
tians, who manifested an excellent spirit. Want 
of time prevented my calling upon Mr. Brock, 
Minister of the Establishment, who, as you 
know, has a lively interest in the Second Advent. 
READING.-! got to this town the 19th of 
January, and preached in the evening. Here are 
a few fi1ithful brethre~. 'rhey have engaged a 
good room. 
Bro. Kitchen's whole soul is in the 
caus , ancl he feels mnch ble11sed in holding up 
the light according to his ability. His dear fami-
ly treated me with much kindness. 
And thus my labors clo3ed till I got to London, 
January20. My visit has been one of many 
mercies ; and of many acts of kindness from 
Christian friends, 
I had the pain of parting with 
them in every place, not much expecting to meet 
them again till the heavens are no more. 
This 
will he the case with all my future visits in thls 
land, as the claims of my dear family will induce 
me to sail for America early in the spring. 
LoNDON.-In this city we have three places 
open for lectures, and the cause, on the whole, is 
advancing. I have been two weeks in London 
since my return from the We11t; and along with 
getting out the" Herald," I have lectured seve-
ral times, especially in the Advent Chapel, Fins-
bury. The congregations large and intelligent. 
The cause may be perpetuated by perseverance 
and proper management. 
I leave to-morrow for Scotland. 
I shall not 
have much time to visit new places, but I go to 
strengthen the brethren, On my way I expect to 
ler.ture in Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, and 
Leeds. My prayer is that I may go in the fulness 
of th blessings of the Gospel of Christ. 
With Christian regl}rds to all the faithful, I re-
main yours as ever, 
R. HuTCHINSON. 
periodical which can take the course of the Ad vd-
cate! Are they prepared to say that you "wish 
to shut out all further investigation of the subject 
'Of time," because yo11 oppose the publication of 
such articles! Do they consider mere assertion 
"investigation," and the repetition of those as-
sertions, "further investigation?" 
Do they 
place "Bro. Miller and others," who have writ-
ten on the time, in the same rank with those·wri-
ters, and then <:barge you with "joining in with 
our opponents to call them fools for presuming tb 
search out the time of our Lord's coming ;" in-
sinuating that you have "departed from the ad-
vent faith?" :And because we gave ou reaeons 
as troth and duty required" two years ago," stand-
ing where we now do on the subject, for not pnb-
lio~hing unworthy articles, are they ready to open 
their columns to charge us with " deriding " a. 
SrnMOUTH.-I came to this beautiful sea-port 
town on the 11th of January, and remained there 
three nights. I was invited by Mrs. Baynes, 
widow of the late Gen. Baynes, I fi1rmed a 
happy acquaintance with her son, Craig Baynes, 
Esq., iu Canada. My stay with her, and her 
Chrilltian household, was indeed a season of re-
freshing from the presence of the Lord. I preached 
once in the Meeting House of the "Plymouth 
Brethren," and once in the Drawing-Ro m of 
Mrs. Baynes. And never did I feel greater free-
dom in presenting our hope. The Lord was pre-
sent in power, to enlighten, and to bless. Mrs. 
B. resides in the house in which the Duke of 
Kent died, and in which Queen Victoria spent 
some of her infant days. How pleasant to find 
the humble, meek spirit of Jesus in these high 
places ! 
I shall long think of "W oolbrook 
Glen," and especially the Christian acquaintance 
I formed there, which I trust will be renewed 
and perpetuated for ever in the world to come. 
'l'rVERTON,-Here I spent two nights under 
the friendly roof of Chari s Stoodley, Esq. 
I 
preached in his house to the family, and to other 
* This wa1 owing in ~ome meaoure to the br~lhren 
putlilllt on the bills," R. Hutchinson, frum Ca~ad11,Rnd 
formerly a WI'Sll'yan Mi•aionary, and Supenutendent 
of tbe Philip»burgh Stalion." 
·wm you, if you have time and opportunity, 
express your views of Rev. 1:1-" The reve-
lation Of Jesus Christ 'Which God gave to 
him." 
Rev. 3: 14-" The beginnin~ of the 
creation of God." 
Also ~sa. 61:4·, 5, and 66: 
1e, &c. 
J. M. 0RRocK. 
1. By the " revelation of Jesus Christ," 
&c., we understand the communication, dis-
c1oaure, &c. 
2. As all things were made by Christ, and 
as without him was not anything made that 
was made, therefore the -.ery fir t, " the be-
ginning of the creation of God," must have 
been by him. 
3. We regard I sa. 61: 4, 5, as a conditional 
promise of the state the Jews would attain to, 
if they should accept the Savior in the ~ccep­
table year of the Lord. 
This they did not 
do, and lost the promised blessing. 
4. Isa. 66 : 18 we think points to the last 
days. 
brother's remarks? I 
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Correspondence, 
Letter from Bro. T. Grandy. 
P.uToM (Vt.), Feb. 15th, 1847. 
Dear Bro. Himes :-AR I am considerably 
inclined to believe that. the doctrine termed in 
our times " the unconsciouR state of the dead " 
i$ a Bible doctrine, I would be glad, if you 
feel not too 
tuch· hesitation, to have you tell 
us in the "Herald" why you " wish to 
br~ach the subject in the 'Herald' only when 
it Js necessary to do so, in reply• to those who 
write on the other side ; making the holders 
of that view responsible for itd discussion 1 " 
or, to make the question &horter, 'Vhy do you 
" wish to make the holders of that view res-
ponsible for its discu~sion 1" [Note 1.] Now, 
so~u3 people believe in the doctrine of a " tem-
poral millennium and conversion of the world." 
.Would you wish to make the holders of that 
Yiew responsible for its discussion 1 
I know 
of no rule that would better apply in one case 
than in the other. [Note 2.] 
Christ says, 
(Matt. 13 : 52,) "Every scribe which is well 
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven,.is like 
unto a man that is an householaer; which 
bringeth forth ont of his treasure things new 
and old.'J Now, so much of God's word'has 
been made of none effect by "mah's tradi-
'tioni1,'' that it is hard fur us to suppo&e that 
any " new things" may be found in the "rich 
treasury" of God's word : yet~ after all, in 
fulfilment of many of the prophecies respect-
ing the' last days," "time of the end," &e., 
may we not believe that the thick vail of tra-
dition has been so much shattered that we 
have been able to discover some of those" ex-
ceeding great and precious promises? "-old 
indeed, but to us " new." 
I wish to be in-
structed in the things of the kingdom of God, 
and am tryiug to learn " the way of God more 
perfectly,'' having not yet already attained.-
[Note 3.] 
I do not design to write particularly on the 
other sicle at this time, but l wish to say a few 
words upon the Scriptures which you used in 
reply to Bro. Ira Bowles. (And, by 1he way, 
I wish he had written with a little better state 
of feeling.) 
And, first, with regard to the 
parable of the rich man and Lazarus ; for I 
regard it as a parable. This, and the parable 
that begi.ns the chapter (Luke 16th), l under-
stand to be a perfect exposiriou of ~e 9th v., 
aud will, if rightly understood, teach every-
body how, or what, to do with the ''unright-
eous mammon," or the" good things" of this 
life, which the rich man receiv~d. [Note 4.] 
If all these realities are to be enjoyed by some, 
and endnred by others, immediately at death, 
then l am unable to see the necessity of the 
res1mection, and the general juclgmerit. [Not.e 
5.] Again : in the case of the penitent thief. 
Cllrist says to him, "This day shah thou ue 
with me in paradise." 
Now it seems to me, 
that at that tirne he was made a joint-heir with 
Christ, to an heavenly inherilance (paradise), 
and by faith received an earnest of the inherit-
ance, until the "redemption of the purchased 
possession (paradise)-purchased that day, 
but not yet redeemed, Christ himaelf yet be-
ing seated at the right hand of the Father, an 
expectant of the promised kingdom, and his 
enemies not yet being made his footstool. So, 
then, the penitent thief has a good and perfect 
title to the kingdom of God (paraclise), just 
as the" poor in spirit" have. (Matt. 5:3.)-
Blessed are tha "poor in spirit,'' for theirs is 
the kingdom 9f heaven. 
And just as 1he 
" meek" have, fur they shall inherit the earth 
(paradise). Now no one will suppose, that 
th3 " poor in spirit" have all entered into 
possession of the kingdom of heaven, though 
the promiae was mace in the present tense to 
them, as really as to the penitent thief.-
[Note 6.] 
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resvonsible for its discnssion, when it is di~­
cussed, because we feel that to discuss thJs 
question diverts the minds of Adventists from 
the consideration of a more important ques-
tion-that of the coming ancl kingdom of our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in the contem-
plation of whi<::h we have unity of feeling.; 
and we do not wish to have such a responsi-
bility fall on those who we believe have the 
Scriptural position on thia questio.n .. In the 
lang·uage of one 
wh~se cornmumcat.wn we 
have withheld, we beheve that teachmg the 
final uncou~ciommess of the wicked " eftectu-
ally takes from the law of God its dreadful 
penalty, opens the· flood gates of iniquity, 
gives more license to sin with impunity, and 
promises a state of unconsciousness lU the 
wicked, which to them is scarcely less desir-
able than a heaven for which they have no 
taste." And as the presentation of one side 
will call forth the other, we could not wish to 
be instrumental in having the wicked listen to 
st.Jch teachings. 
We say the above in all 
kindness, only in answer to the question asked. 
Note2.-We would not. 
ln this case we 
are willing to take the responsibility ; because 
those who believe the world's conversion must 
nece:;sarily disbelieve in the near personal reign 
of Chr:st on earth; and the demolition of that 
superstructure paves the way for the reception 
of the Scriptural doctrine of 1he Adven't and 
kingdom. 
Not so with those who believe iu 
the UI1Consciousness of the departed (we do 
not mean the dead body ; for the dead know 
not anything; but the spirit). 
Their belief 
does not prevent them from ha,ving correct 
views respecting the 1esurrection, and all kin-
dred doctrines, any more than the peculiar 
doctrines flf the Congregationalists, Baptists, 
Methodists, or Episcopalians do. 
They may, 
or they may not so believe, and yet have cor-
rect views respecting this greatest and most 
momentous of questions. 
We would not go 
out of our way to attack anything tuat we 
deem wrong in any of those systems, that did 
not militate against the Adveut, because to do 
so would be to divert the mind from the con-
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Christ made use of the very word which sig-pi res, he :!ays, ,(There shall be signs )n the 
nified the place of the righteous depart~d, and sun, and in the moon, and in the star , and 
assured the thief that he should bo w1th Jum upou the earth distress of 11atiuns with per-
THERE in that very day. 
Nothing can be vlexity, the sea 'and the wav11s roaring; men·s 
more definite. 
1f language so definite can be llearts failing them for fear,, ancl for looking 
explained away, there can be nothing in lan-after those things which a11e coming on the 
guage that is definite. Whatever portion of earth; the powers of heaven shall be ~Shaken. 
~cripture we are disposed to ·mi:;tify, do not And then shall they see the Son of man cum-
let us, we beseech you, do violence to the Jan-ing in a cloud with power and great glury." 
guage of Ilim who spake as never man spoke: This is the prophetic hi'>tory us given by ut.r 
His woRDS ARI!! or THE u·n.IOST IMPORTANCE. Savior. lt is simvl•~, it is plain, there can be 
Note 7.--We are not aw:.ue of doing any no mi&take. 
The Jewish 11ation are to be 
violence to the language of Paul. Those who scattered, anc\ Jerufalem trodden down of 
have the most profound knowledge of the Gentile feet, until the times of the Gentilea 
Greek are constrained to admit, that the Jan-be fulfilled. 
This period terminates amid 
guage of Paul can mean nothing else than foreboding signs in heaven above, and earth 
that he expected when absent from the body beneath, and goe1> out .by u~~er~ng in the gill-
to be present with the Lnrd. The reason Paul rious ~dvent of the Kmg-of k111gs, to ~urlge 
was so anxioui for the resurrection is, because the qUick and the dead. Where then Is the 
that is the cowmmmation of all our hopes,-hope of Jewish rt'st.oration 1. 
Gone for ever. 
because then we are to be clothed upon againlt, 'fhe prophit Damel pr~dlC~s the same final 
-because till then we are unclothed,-be~ overthrow. 
After the reJeCtJOn and cutting 
cause the crown, the reward the new earth, off of Messiah, he says, "And the people of 
the kingdom, the New Jerusaiem, &c.&c.&c., the prince that shall come shall destroy the 
are then to be received; and tilltheu he would city and th~ sanctuary, and the end thereof 
have to wait for the resurrection 1rom the shall be w1th a flood .... And for the over-
dead. Because it was a-airt for him to die, spreading of abominations, he shall make it 
and be with Christ, instebad of tarrying here, des?late, even . until the consummati~m.''­
is that any reason why he 8hould not lung for Thts langu.age Ji lll perfect ?armony wJth that 
the glory ,-countless millions of times greater of the SavJOr's a~ove, and hke that makes Je-
than his condition after death -which he rusalem a desolatwn to the end of t1me. 
should receive at the resurrectio'n 1 We see 
Speaking of the ovenhrow of the Jewish 
the great difficulty with those who tah your g?vernment> God says by the mouth of lz.e-
views. 
You do not distinguish clearly be-k1el, "I will overturn, uv~rturn, overturn llr 
tween consciousness after death and enterincr and it shall he no more untJl he comes \hose 
on the full enjoyment of eternai blessednes; right. it is, .... 1d 1 will give it him." How, then, 
The reference to the "Letter to Dr. Raffles," can that crown ever be restored to literallsruel .1 
is good. 
The resurrection is the end of the It has b.een t~k~n awa~, and given to Him 
Christian's hope. 
whose nght H. 1s ~o re1g.n: . Lhmt reft1~ed, 
We admire the kind spirit in which you when.he came m h~s hunnhauon, to wtar It·; 
have written. It shows no desire fur contro-he left the house of h.rael de~ olate; ar d ~o It 
v rsy; but a desire for the truth. 
May the must 1emain, until He-:-as the 1\oblti.mll.-:-
Svirit of Divine g.race lead us into all truth. sh.all return, .wl1en he w1ll destroy alllns ene-
When we enter the kingdom, we shall see nnes, and reJgn. 
alike on this and all questions which may 
Look at the commencement of the 22d chap. 
God g_rant. ' 
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of Matthew. 
Who will show rs where the 
sideriltion of a greater 1o that of a lesser ob-
The Doom of brae!. 
hope oflsrael (in the f.esll) is, in thi:qmra~le! 
How faithf'nllv doPS it illustrate the repeated 
manifestations. of Divine mercy toward them,-
their open hostility to all the n eans em~Joyed 
to save them,-the eX})irutiou uf God's Jor-
bearance, \hen he iu wrath sends forth his 
arm iPs, destroys them, aitd burns liP their city. 
This was fulfilled in the must literal and aw-
ful manner, in the overthrow of the JC\S1 and 
in the sacking and burni1 g of their c11y uy tl:e 
Romans. 
And does not the parable next ir,-
troduce us to the call ot' the Gtntiles, allCI next 
to the end of the world, by the cowing of Cirri t 
to judgment? ls the1e any defect in this grand 
out line of pro1,hetic lli:stury 1 1f not, "here 
is the hope of lsrael·s testoration in the fte~h! 
Yes, where1 
ject. As we are so near the advent, as such 
The doom of the Jewish nation is sealed. 
views will prevent none from earnestly de-As the children of Abraham, they have for-
siring the coming of the Lord, and as that feited all claims to the land of promise. God 
coming will set us right on all those queotions had secured this land to them as a quiet earth-
wherein we may be wrong, we are content to ly possession, on condition of their obedience. 
await the event, waving their consideration, But they became a.stiff-uecked and rebellious 
only when they are forced on us as a necessa-people. 
Ou this account did God time ancl 
ry portion of the Advent faith. 
To court a ag;ain send them into captivity, and as ofteu 
discussion on any such question, would be wil-restored them. Tirey trusted it would always 
Jingly using our time, and tt.e columns of the be so, and boasted that they were the childre11 
"Herald," to the disparagement and neglect of Abraham. But a fearf11l crisis was ap-
of more important subjects. 
You will there-proaching-a day that would fo1ever seal .their 
fore see that the discus&ion of the oue may !Je doom as a nation, should they reject the couu-
baseclon ground not occupied by the other. 
sel of God against themselves: That day was 
Note 3.-That is true. 
We also would the day of Mt>!'.siah s iho" iug unto Israel. lt 
seek the truth on every Scriplural question, was the last day of their tJial, tbe last of their 
and also on every question of iCieuce 
~nd hope as a people. 
Should tt.ey embrace him, 
knowledge. 
But the " Herald " being estab-all is well-they are saved. 
Should they re 
lished to di cuss one great and thrillina-sub· ject him, their sun sets in nighl, they are scal-
jec•, we do not feel like being diverted from it tered, and their land made a desolation. 
No 
by anything which shall militate against it.-pleas of ancient cnvenanls would avail, none 
We have access fnr li6:'ht on all 1hose ques-that said, " We have Abraham to our father," 
tions, at somce& thru11gh which the light of could longer be savecl by this title. John Hap-
the Advent cannot penetrate. 
tist forewarned them of their danger, adman-
Note 4.-If' we should admit that it does i bed them that " now the axe was laid at the 
show what is to be dune with the mammon of root of the tree," aud beflought them" lore-
this world: does it not also show the corm-
pent," and embrace the Coming One. At last 
quences of setting our hearts supremely on the Savior appears in their midst. 
His whole 
this world·s goods1 It eertaiulv does. Then ministry is devoted to them. For them he 
what a.re tho~~ consequences?.· No passage labors-fur theiJ;l he weers and prays-but all 
of Scnptures 1s to us more plam and explicit. in vain. "This,'' say they, ''is the Heir, 
Can it be possible that the ::;avior would use come, let us kill him, tnd seize on the inherit-
such language, and speak so positively re.-ance." 
Christ i:s rejected, and the doom of 
pecting the condition of two characters so op-Israel sealed. 
Iu Mark 12 : 1-!), we have alw a p::.rable, 
applied by our Sa,·ior to the Je\S. They are 
the husbandmen,-the land of protmse the 
vineyard ,-the prophets the sen· ants \hom 
they txeated despitefully, beating some, a1.d 
killing some,-Christ the.well-bt:loved son, uf 
''hom they said, "'fhis is the heir," ar.d 
" took and killed him and cast him out of the 
vineyard. 
What, th~relore, · sl1allthe Lor? of 
the vineyard do 1 He will (says the Sam r) 
destroy those husbandmen, and will give the 
vineyatd unto others." That "ineyard .h~s 
long since passed from Jewish hands-ll.JS 
irrel'ocably gone-it is "given unto others:' 
Thus the vineyard has been forfeited,-the 
chilrlren llisiuherited; and tbat Gud, "hu cau 
of stunes raise up children t nto Abraham, has 
made him a people of such as were no people i 
and at ot:e stwke, SWt')Jt f~JI ever away ''the 
middle wall of partition," reuclering th.e !es· 
toration of Israel iu the fle!'.b-tu any dJsll!tc-
ti,·e secular Ol' religioui JtrivilegeE-all llU· 
Again: I helieve you did not give·the quo-
tation from Paul (2 Cor. 5:8, and Phil. 1: 23) 
exactly right; and would it not somewhat al-
ter the sense 1 lf Paul expected to be with 
Christ befi1re the resurrection. I am unable to 
reali~e why it was that he had such a det~ire 
to attain unto the re;,nrrection of the dead.-
rN ote 7.] 
Read page 21st of the " Letter to 
br. Ram~s." 
l have a desire to kn11w the 
truth, that it may make me free. 
I believe 
that " He who is our life " will soon appear, 
and show us the truth of all these things. 
Yours, looking for that blessed hope. 
posite, after death, in accordance with lhe un-
In view of this, the Savior wept over that 
deniable faith of the Jews oq that point, and devoted ci1y, saying, "If thou hadst known, 
giving no intimation of an error, if he meant even thou, at least in this thy day, the things 
to teach a doctriue the 'ery reverse of what whic.h belong unto thy peace! but now they 
his words imply 1 We cannot so believe. If are hid from thine eyes:" 
Hid in judgment, 
we could set aside this Scripture, the expre1>s hid fiually, hid eternally. That this pa~sage 
language of Him who came to bring life and refers dirt:ctly to the national polity of tbe 
immortality to light, we should never know Jews, is certain from what fullow~-/lifir ut-
when to believe the leuer of the Bible. If ler overt/trow and dispersion btl thtir emmie.s." 
this ~s a p~rable, it. c~nnot ~lter the question. That this hifling of their naiional welfare is 
For tf he IS not giVIng the condition of two final, i farther and piisiti'ely declared by ?ur 
actual persons, then he must by a parable be Savior in the 21st rhap. of Luke. 
Sptaklllg 
teaching the fate uf two classes of persons; of the Jews, he say&, "And they shall tall by 
aud in either case the doctrine is the same. 
the erlge of the swvnl, and ~hall be led away 
Note 5.-There woulrt be nune, if one went captive intu all natious, and Jerusalem shall 
to heaven, and the nlher lo Gehenna. 
Bot be trodden down .. r the Gentiles, unt~l the 
pm:~ibility. 
· 
Wlro dues not know that the Jews were 
disper ed by reason of t'beir unbelief! 
And 
is it not maflness to 
uppn~e, that God '\-I 
ever gather them to Pale tiDe, Sll long as tl ey 
J~ersist in tbe very 
in fur which they ''e1e 
stattered 1 In unbelief, they are nut the dul-
dren of Abrubam, but'' are of their father th.e 
devil.'' ·1 They " confess m>t that (;hnst 15 
come in the ilesh," and are Ll1erefore "'.An.~ 
Cltri:;t." In t~1is condition, they are a do1-11. 
people. 
Long as the. cat.se continues, the 
curse must remain, all will 
~:;ay. But, then, 
lllay they nut obtain mercy1 They may. B~~ 
to do it, they must rerent, as you and I rou:o 
repent, and embrate Christ as \e m~bt er· 
brace him, and, like oursel't>S, ret·el' ~ t e 
gospel as tbeir only hope. This ~o pel d1recl~ 
their eye to no earthly Pal~~ttne, ackuow 
ledges no exclusi,·e prhileges, allt>\S no Far· 
tit ion 'walls ;-it hils but one f{,)d, and t 
00~ 
Shepherd. The Greek and the Jew, the 
~~~ 
and the free, here meet, and know no disune-
REMARKS. 
The article ahove is written in so excellent 
a spirit, thut we would not refrain from reply-
ing to it, if we could. It is alwaya pleaaant 
to answer the. honest and friendly inquiries of 
any brother. 
And 
bt.-We wish to make those who belieYc 
in the unconsciousness of the spiri~ &f&er· death 
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mark, they both are in llades,-in difierent lime:> of the. Gentiles shall be fulfilled." The 
portions, sepa1ated by the gulf. 
Lazarus has times of the Gentiles here, ean mean nothing 
not received his reward,-he is only comforted less than their day of gosptl mercy-a day 
"-he is waiting for glory, hmwr, immortality, which closes with the end of the world. Up 
and eternal life at the resurrection; and the to this period, Jerusalem i3 to be desohne,d-
rich man was not in hia finul punishment. 
trodden down of the Gentiles. 
As this period 
Note 6.-You will remember Lhat words are draws to its close, no hope dawns; no subse-
signs of ideas-nothing more. 
·Now the I 
quent restoratipn can possibly take place. Its 
Greek word translated paradise, signified to termiuation is so marked by the Savior, as ut-
'he Jewa the place uf the righteoua in Hades. terly to preclud~t any auch· event. Aa it ex-
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tion-they llave one faith and one hope. Jesus 
and the resurrection is their theme-they have 
no other. 
T:he earthly Canaan is gone-the 
bea"euly is tl1e only one for which the Jew or 
the Gentile can seek. "At what instant I 
shall speak cnncerning a nation, or concerning 
a kingdnm, to build, anci to plant it, if it dt' 
evil hi my sight that it obey not my voice, 
then toill I repe-nt of the ff.Ood whlrewith I said 
J wtndd benefit thern" 
Upon this passage we 
b:we, in the <loom of Israel, a living-and fear-
.So we see that ·there is still effica-cy in the blood 1 your tnils, your anxieties, your perplexities, " in 
l()f Jesus to clean~e fro.u sin, fur which we will 
wearine"~• and watching~,"-and then rernem-
contiuue to praise his ble~sed name. 
uer you are a man, subject to like pa. sions with 
Your~, lool(ing for speedy and final redemption. our11elves, and each heart ask, "If in your like 
moved on ar.count of him. But thot the wicked 
are not to he r11i~ed till the end of the thousand 
years, i11 seltled I.Jy Rev. 20th 
'fht~ di!Iiculty on 
the other point ill in dt>ciding. with perfect accu-
racy as to dates.-Er.] 
ful comment. 
L. C. CoLLtNs. 
LETT:!!R FRO:'lf BRO. S.UIUEL CIJAPMAN. 
fJ ARLISTOWII (R. l.), Ft'tJ. Jlth, 18. 
Dear Bro. Hi1nes :-Knowing that the fdend!i 
ip the .variou!l place:; where I have lauored, will 
be interested to hear from our colored brethren 
in thi!J 11ection, [ ha11ten to make a brief couunu-
nication. 
'fh.,.., Indians are of the Narrag(ln!lett tribA, 
confined principally to thill town and douth King,;-
too. For lllany years they have su~tained meet-
Uagi of worship, under the name of Free-will 
B.tplisl't, h.cving in each place a commodious 
hou3tl for th.tt object. Being a humble and de-
Yoted people, th~::y h.cve often been f.tvored with 
revivals of religiun. While laboring in this State 
a f~w yllar3 since, I was led to feel a peculi cr 
interest for thiil peor>le, and had a desire to v1:.-~it 
and l;~bor with them, being confident that they 
wunlcl givu heed to the wMd, and be purified 
thereby. 
Accordingly, I sent a brother, and ob-
tained liberty to proclaim to them the go~pel of 
the kingdom. Thus we improved three weeks, 
dKy and night, to good efftJct; during which both 
churches heartily embra<:ed the Advent f.tith.-
Th6y publicly corcfessed the same, nnd bP:carne 
an exceedingly h.tppy people, which also re-
eulted in the conversion of many souls. As they 
IMd no settled mini;ter, I have taken occasion to 
visit them at least once a year until now; and am' 
happy to IJ)\y, that a goodly number of thena re-
JBain steadf.1st in the fc~ith, confidently ~xpecting 
epet>dy redempti\ln. 
Thll church in South Kingston has been hold-
ing 11 protracted meeting for 
~everal weeks. I 
wa. with them several cLtys last weelt, and also 
on the 8abbath. 'l'he brethren are greatly re-
Yived, and several aouls have been converted. I 
came to this place on Mond:ty of the present 
week (fourteen miles south), havo met with 
thl!lle de:tr brethren, and also with those at Caro-
lint Mills, and find them in a prosperous state.-
To-day I am to return and address the church in 
Sot&h Kingston 
t.hi::~ evening, probably fur the 
lut time; then cross the river, and spend the 
bb11th with the church in Bristol, vi~it the 
"•tbren in Provitlence, and then commence my 
retu 
to Hartford, Ct. 
Sincetheduteofmylnst (Meriuen, Dec, 31), 
I h~te vi~ited and labored, tnore or les , with 
&he brethren in New Haven, Cheshire, Berlin, 
• iad:10r, Suffitld, Enfield, ~quare Pond, Wel-
fi.tton, A!lhford, Hampton, Abington, Williams-
tilfe, South Killingly, and North Scituate, besides 
the friends in thi;, section, and am happy to add, 
lhat, a n genern\ thing, have fuund the churches 
a prosperous state, ;:nd in every place have 
•et IOIDe whose faith wa~ unwavering, and who 
-....d to eojoy the power of godliness in the 
LETTER FROM URO. S. J. RONEY. 
M.t.~SENA (N.Y.), Feh. 8th. 184.7. 
Dear Bro. Himes:-The pro!<per.t, I think, 
wa11 never mot·e pleasing to the tried and waitiua 
follower:~ of tlw llleek and lowly Je11us, of sou~ 
entering upon their gl'lrious find immortal inherit-
;~nce, th 1n at the present. 
lf they lnok at tbe 
prophetic history uf the kingdoms of this world 
tor age<~ past, dp they not plainly see, th:tt we 
are ;;tand1ng on the ext.retuity of the fuurlh and 
last o~ those ldugdoms, and are on the threahnld 
uf thu everla~ting kingdom of God? lf we look 
at the sign~ in the natural world, as bung out in 
the balllernents of heaven, and "upon the earth 
di:itress of nations with perplexity; the sea and 
the waves roaring," &c., sh.:ll we be ignorant of 
the fact, th:tt "the kingdom of heaven is at 
h·tnd " 
Shall we be preaching men down into 
their grave:~, instead of telling them to" lift up 
tlteir heads and look up, for their redernpti011 
draweth nigh?" No, no. The signi! in the natu-
r;~l, moral, and even political world, proclair\J ir. 
language too plain to be n,isunder~Jtood, (by those 
who are nut willingly ignorant of these thing~,) 
with a vuice too loud to be unheard hy those who 
have not turned a deaf ear to the warnings of 
God. The Lord has been proclaiu,ing iu the 
ears of this degenerate age, that the great day is 
at hand; and l nmst say, the majority of the in-
habitants remain unmoved. 
Let me say a few words to the tried ones that 
h,IVe and still are passing through trials and dis-
appointments. My brethren and si~ters, the fruit-
ful J.md of Canaan 
lie~ just before you. You 
will ~oon ''ross the swelling tide, and land your 
little hark in the b:1ven of t'terna\ rest. 
Soon we 
sh:11l be, if fitithful, where we shall no more be 
suhject to the raging storms of persecution;-
where we shall no more feel the cold and dreary 
rains of advereity ;-where we shall no more ex-
perience the heart-rending angui~h thut we ofteu 
feel, in th~ loss of friends nnd rdatives by death, 
and in parting with dear friends of like precious 
faith. 
No, rny brethren, th~re will be no more 
Jeath there,-no more sorrow, nor sighing,-the 
inhabitant>~ will not s)1y I am sick,-no nwre 
tal<ing the parting hand,-no, there will be noth-
ing to mar our pt~ace,-not one discordant note, 
no j-cr or contention; but all will be harrrumy, 
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 
Shall we be 
discouraged, and fidnt by the way, when there arc 
11uch flattering 
prospect<~ just before us ? Ah ! 
methinlts, could I hear every lover of Jesut! speak, 
they ~ould say, No, no! No douht but many 
of u:1 feel, while journeying towards that "better 
country," that we are 
11 Lonely tr4vellers here, 
We•ry-oppreat ;" 
but then we ft>el assured that 
11 Our journey's end is near, 
Soon we shall rest." 
Oh, my brethren and sistr>rs, are we ready to 
hnilthe coming One? Have we got a full prepa-
ration that will admit us into the kingdom? See 
10 it, my brethren,-we must have the prepara-
tion as well as the theory. 
YotHs, waiting. 
re~pon~ible sittJation, would l do het1er? or as 
well?'' Alas! tuany, no doubt, would be wil-
ling to Rhare your plaudit, "Wt>ll done, gnod 
ana fuithful servant;" but wt:o of us ull stand 
ready tu bear your eros~? 1 fear nut one. I am 
sure I should shrink, or f,tint, beneath the bur-
den. 
Whilst buckling on 
thi:~ motto, " Be not 
weary in well rlning, f\lr in due time ye shall 
reap if ye faint not," you march boldly on in the 
discharge of duty, confidently relying on that all-
~ul6cient strength-that Grd, who~e prowise i!.', 
"Lo, I am with you alway11, even unto the end." 
And when reaJy to enquire, "Who iii !lufficient 
fur these things?" JOU are cheered t.y the assu-
rance, "Our sufficiency is of God." May he 
who has called you into his vineyard plentifully 
endow you with the graceil of his Spirit, and 
qualify you with all wisdom to be a workman 
that ncedeth not to be asharned(but approved of 
by the l
i1ster in the day of hi:~ roming to num-
uer his jewels, and reward his f,~ithful servant!!. 
Fro111 reading the "Advent f!erald," I have 
deri\u00b7ed great spiritual advantage, much u!'eful 
knowlt!dge, and valuable Scriptural interpreta-
tion, for which I would humbly thank God, and 
aeknowledge my indebtedness to those who have 
heen rny teuchers, and shall remen.ber the deep 
interest and pleasure I have derived in it~ perusal. 
Bro. I. H. SHIP~tAN writes from Sugar Hill (N.H.), 
Feb. 171h, 1844:-
Bro. Himes :-I have just returned from Derby 
Line; our meetin~ there was very good on the 
Sabhath. Our spirits were somewhat refreshed 
while surrounding the table of the Lord, with 
some seventy or eighty of the dear children of 
God, who are looking for the "blessed hope." 
We met Bro. L~:vi Dudley thflre in the evening. 
He brings very encouraging news front his field 
of labor; many souls are being converted, nnd 
others reclaimed. 
In some places along the line, 
there are large companies of believers, where, a 
few months since, there were but ft.w. Our cause 
i!:! onwa'rd; God is raising up faithful, humble, 
talented young men, and settmg t.hern on the 
walls to sound the cry, " Behold, he cometh ! '' 
Among these are Bro. Davi8, of C;llais, Vt., Bro 
Cumruings, of Troy, Vt., Bro. D. T. Taylor, c f 
Champlain, N. Y., and Bro. Merrill, of this 
place. · Truly God is in the work. 
lt is the last 
messnge to the world-the go~ pel of thB kingdori1 
(Matt. 24: 14) anu the everlasting gospel (Rev. 
14 : 6 ). 
Everything in heaven u bo'e, and in the 
earth and seas, that God said should spea15 hi11 
coming, have been witnessed, nnd we only wait 
the revelation of his Sun from heaven. The 
Macedonian cry is heard ott evl:ry llide; nnd I 
pray the Lord of the harvest to ~Jend faithful Ja. 
borers into his harve&t, that shall feed the house-
hold of faith, that there may be a people pre-
pared for the Lord. 0 that God would pour hi!> 
Spirit on all hi~ watchmen., that they may feel 
the spirit of thiil message, which will soon end in 
the judgmet.t scenr. 
Yuurs, waiting to hail the expected day. 
Bro. REUIII:N T. RusT writes from W11terhury (Vt.) 
Feb. 8th, 1847:-
Rro. I. R. G.t.u:s writea from Epping (N.H.), Feb. 
17th, 1847 :-
Dear Bro. Himes :-1 wish to say through the 
" Herald" to the dear brethren in Verruont and 
Canada East, among whom I have labort•d the 
winter past, nod who huve fdt sueh a det>p in-
tereRt in my health, that I arrived hon;e on the 14th 
uf thi~ mo11th; and notwithstandiug n1y uffiictiim 
ha~ been great ( occ11sipned by rht>un1utism und 
pleuri~y, nnd on impure st-lte of the blood), the 
few day11' rest, togt-ther "wllh the n,edicllltreut-
ment I rer.ejyed, enlli.Jie me to 1!11y, th11t I 11m 
now better; and I hope, through the bleFsing of 
rny h••avenly Father, soon to be in the field uguin. 
This 1ickness has not been unto deu t h; hut I 
humbly hope it has been for the glory of God I 
feel better prt'pared for my Savior'R con,inj[, and 
11l~o to adn,ini!lter comfort and con~olation to the 
11ick and dying, as well os more dl•ply to appre-
ciate that immortality which will be the rich re-
ward of 'I well-r;pent life in the service ·of God. 
I am waiting daily for the revelation of the ~on 
of man to change thi~ vile body, and make it like 
his glorious one. 
Yoprs in hope. 
Rro. W. C. HALL writes from Litchtleld (Me.), Feb. 
20th, 1847 ;-
Dea1" Bro. Himes :-There are n few in this 
place who receive the "Herald " as a confiden-
tial friend, that can be relied on in this tiClle of 
diversity of opinions, whirh are operuting against 
it. I believe, if the (• Herald " should be con-
ductrd for the future 11s i• has been in tbe pa~t, 
it will be sustained, tJJOugb individuals and COfll·· 
binations may do nil in their power Ill pqt it and 
you down. 
" If ye be reproached fur the Dilnre 
of Christ, happy are )e: yet if any mnn suffer 
as a Chti~tian, let him not be ashallled." 'I he 
time will soon come, when every one of u~ ~ball 
give account of himself t() God. 
I believe the 
r'oming kingdom is very near at hnnd, when all 
God1a children will be delivered from sin and 
death, and ~hall have abundant entrance iuto the 
kingdom of God. 
Yours in hope. 
H. A. PuKs writes from R11ckford (Ill.), Feb. 4th. 
184.7:-
Dea?' Bro. Himes ;-I am doing what I can 
to spread the glorious new:l of salvation, free and 
full, through u once crucified and ~peedy coming 
Savinr. I see some fruit; enough, at least, to 
encourage me to toil on, !<Joking for a reward 
unly in the kingdom of Christ-I want no other. 
l am thankful to find so good a -state of thirgs 
in religiou~ matters in this Western world. Doors 
are throwu open everywhere for !lpeaking on the 
cornmg and kingdom of Christ. I cannot comply 
with hulf the calls I receive, and labor nil the 
time. It is here very much as it was at the East 
in 1843. The evidences are all new to the peo-
ple. 
I wish there were more laborers in thia 
purl of the vineyard. I am certain more ~ood 
c;an be done here (in the same length of t11ue, 
and with not half the labor,) than at the East. 
I am glad that you and Bro. Brown arrived 
ttfe at home. May God bless your labors still, 
is my prayer. 
..... 
. 
I~ Enfield we spent several dnyr. to good effect, 
d1nng which we witne,sed the conversion of an 
lfld man by the name of T--, who had for 
•!-ral yeaPIJ indulged in the delusive hope of 
~lveraal salvation. 
At the close of our meet-
•• on Subbath evening, he earnestly requeRted 
!:_brethren to remember him in their prayeril. 
&11
 R~lt evening he arose, of his own accord, 
~ 
.. ••th 11 brolHm heart .mid, '' Brethun, the 
UJtU.bas heard your prayers, and ha1 forgiven 
Bro. H. BuoKLEY writes from Champlain (N. Y.), 
Feb. 18lh, 1847:-
Dear Bro. Hirnes :-I feel extremely grateful 
for the reception of the" Advent Herald," whi(".h, 
to me, ill the mo:;t interesting and profitable paper 
that I know of. 
It is in very deed a welcome 
messen~er to me, and it seems to me that I can-
not be deprived of it. ' I would gladly send you 
the mont~y if it were in my power 110 to de•. 
J 
feel willing to labor in the good cause of Jesus, 
by trying to persuade my fellow men to prepare 
for hi:~ ircuuediate coming, which is "uigh, even 
at the doors," I verily believe, without a doubt; 
and evidences, stron~ nnd conclusive, establish 
rne more and more daily. If you can continue 
to Rend me the paper, it will be very gratifying 
to me; and I will endeavor to procure subscriber~ 
for it. Sickness i!l my family for a few years 
past has reduced me so, that I nm not able to 
pay; and it seems like asking too much of you. 
But if you can send it a little longer, I would be 
extremely glad; but if you cannot do so, I shall 
feel perfectly satisfied that it is for want of means. 
~~~~~' 
OBITUARY. 
~~ •ms. For more than fifty years I have sought 
-; b.1ppine~, but never found it until now, From 
thMilticn.e forward 1 ahall acknowledge myself a 
GJr lente,' and will continue to meet wtth you 
Worship (if you will let me) till the Lord 
IIOineL., To this the brethren most heartily 
haponded. 
The. next day I left fur Square Pond; nnd after 
Yelhns three miles (being a ~!ranger to the 
~J), I called at a house to enquire. An elderly 
1 came to the door, and immediately asked, 
DOt this Mr. C.?" and added, "I was at 
""'meeting last evening, nnd returned home in 
~tdistreu of mind, and have not enjoyed a 
~t's peace sinc.e." She wept profusely, 
,!d •• " What shall I do?" I replied, " If 
,_ Willllt down, I will inform you in two min-
._:,_ She complied, and I then quoted in hllr 
~i' lleveral p:tsiages of Scripture, such as 
:hl8; Joel 2:32; John 14:13, 14, &c., and 
er ir she believed Gud 's word ? Ht'r re-
• direct-" I do, Sir." 
" Then kneel 
ath me, and call on his name," I replied, 
JOn will be deliverel" She readily corn-
•; lad aner I had said a few words in prayer, 
•lied on the name of the Lord " with a 
heart, and with many tears. The Lord 
llid aoswered prayer, and I left the dear 
Pllaceful and happy in the love or God. 
tled to be the wife of Mr. T., who, I be-
••ll"!!l~a~IIAd 
never, until the precedin~ evening, 
what abe termed " a Miller meeting." 
DI'Ar Bro. Himes :-I have been in this place 
and vicinity about three weeks, du1 ing which 
time I have attended meetings here, at Perry's 
Mills, ar.d Shazy, in 
thi~ State, on Caldwell's 
Manor, C:. E., anrl at Alburgh and hie of Motte, 
Vt. 
I find an intereRting state of things in this 
::~ection. There are many warm-hearted and in-
telligent Christians who are looking for, and lov-
ing the appearing of Jesus, aud expecting soon 
to behold him coming with power "and ~reat 
glory. 
And as they believe he will judge the 
living and the dead at his appearing and king-
dom, and recompense every man according to 
his works, whether they be good or evil, they are 
trying to influence men to receive " the gift of 
God," which ia "eternal life." In some in-
stances their lahore are b\e;;sed of God. 
There is a small but intere . .;ting company of 
saints at Cranberry Creek and vicinity, Fulton 
Co., N.Y., who are looking for the ble:1sed hope. 
I vi~ited them this winter, found them "ear-
nestly contending for the faith once delivered to 
the saints." They are anxiou11 to have some of 
the fitithful brethren visit them, and preach the 
aospel of the kingdom at hand, that they may be 
built up on their most holy faith, and others be 
enlightened. They will do .according to their 
ability to help brethren on thetr way after a godly· 
sort. Will Bro. I. Adrian visit them this wmter? 
He, or any other brother, will find a good house 
at Bro. John Brown's. 
The friends in this section will be very happy 
to aee you again. I expect to labor in this vicinity 
till apring, should time continue .. ? 
Sister C. -~· LuDLOW writes from M11maroneck (N. 
Y.), Feb. 12th, 1847 :-
Well, my brother! how arduous your task-
let none of us forget-but let all the friends of 
the cause bear you on their hearb in prayer; nnrl 
by sufficient aid, p•ove they are not uomindrut of 
Bro. N. Wt:LLs wriLea frum Floycl (N. Y.), Feb 
18th, 184.1:-
Dear Bro. Himes :-Luke 26 : 64 rends thus : 
"Je8US Baith unto him, Thou h11st s11id : never-
theless, I tay unto you,-Hereafter shall ye &ee 
the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, 
and coming in the clouds of heaven." And Rev • 
1 : 7 -"Behold, he cometh with clouds; nnd 
every eye shall see him, and they also that 
pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall 
wail ber.ause of him." How shall we harmonize 
this, if the wicked rise a thouaand years after the 
righteous? 
[There is no evidence that every eye would 
t!ee him tho moment of his appearance. Every 
eye will see when He shaJI have come the sec--
ond time,-the ri~hteous at the commencement, 
and the wicked at the end of the thousand years. 
We know of no reason why the 
t~piritl!l of the 
wicked may not behold him, as well all the living, 
a' hi$ first appearin~-JO that _nU Hll!Jea may be 
11 Ble~eed are rhe !lend who die in th«:! Lord." 
Sister SALLY, wife of Eld. PETER STAPLEs, 
of Buxton, Me., fell asleep in Jesus Nov. 1st, 
1E46, 11ged 41. 
For the last two or three yenrs, 
Bro. and Sister Staples have Leen firm and con-
sistent believers in the near coming of the King-
dom of G(ld, and have greatly enjoyed the ule~scd 
hope of soon aeeing Jesus, and of bein~ mode 
like him, and that without tasting deuth. 
But, 
alas ! the monster'a ja-velin wa11 hurled nt nn un-
expected moment-the blow was too well di-
rected-his victim fell, but fell in the triumph of 
omnipotent faith 
She sleeps-but her name is 
registered in the boo~ of lite eternal. l'oon Bhe 
will awake, and nttam to that world and the res-
urrection from the dead, when she can die no 
more. Bro. and Siater Stnple11 attended the Con-
ference at this place (~est Po.land) Oct. 16th, 
and on the last ni~ht of tte contmuance she was 
taken ill with fever, which continued to grow 
w rse, an<l affected her head so much, that at 
in erva\s she wns deranged. Before site died, 
however, her delirium pu11sed away-8he was 
calm and peaceful, and her mortal sun went 
down in gloriou• hope. She 11iekened and died 
at tht~ house of Bro. John le~quire, in West Po-
land, among her relatives and frienda. Her fu-
neral was attended by Bro. Stinson, of Gardner, 
Me., by whom an appropriate and aearching dis-
cour•e was delivered to an attentive co11gregation. 
May the seed hnve fallen in good ~round. By 
thia providence, nnr brother i11 called to mourn 
the loss of a faitbful a~d affectionate companion, 
1md four children are bereft of a kind and watch-
ful mother. But they mourn not as tho&e who 
have no hope;-tbey will soon see her again-
she will t100n come from the land of the enemy, 
and live and reign with Chriilt. • May the grace 
or God l'Uitain tlie lonely husband and mother-
lea cbildrrn until redemption comes. Amen. 
1. Tua:ru:a. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
I THE. ADVENT I-lERAL:O: 
"THE. LORD IS AT H.UID!" 
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BOSTON, MARCH 10, 1847. 
l 
The Sea. 
''Tilere wa~ no more sea."-Rel'. 21:1. 
Man~ understand by this text, that there 
will be no sea in the new earth. 
We, how-
fruit every mflnth, need some sea into which j have beeu so well attended. 
'":'ear~ indeed glad 
to discharge its waters. 
And this "river of that our much esteemed Mr. M1ller h! able to .lee-
life" mt:Jst be the same as the "living wa-ture again, and has had such pleasant meetings 
ters" brought to view in Zech. 14 : 8, which with the Adve~t believers in the neighborho~d of 
will go out from Jerusalem-this proceeds out Waterloo. W•ll you, when you see Mr. ~JIIler\ 
of th~ throne of God and the Lamb in Jeru ... kindly give him our re~pects, and tell _!111n we 
salem-one half of which will flow towards read his published lecture.:~ with gr~at mterest, 
h f, 
d half f h 
d th 
and we sincerelv wish he may remam nnd labor 
t e ormer sea, an 
· 
0 t em towar s 
P. in the Advent c~use, until the Master whom he 
hinder sea. 
h 
r · hti 11 
d h 11 
d · 
h' 
as so 1a1t u y serve , s a return, an g•ve 1m 
yver, do not thus understand it. The text as-
To Correspondents. 
serts that John" saw a new heaven and a new 
C. B. Hotchkiss-\Ye peclined your article, 
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth because we could not publish it without ex-
had passed' away, and there was no more sea." posing what we deemed sophistical in your 
Thus the reason Is given how the new heaven reasoning. As you saw in the article returned, 
and new earth could be seen. It is because we began to do this; but we found it would 
the finst heaven, and the first earth, and the require more time and space than we felt jus-
sea, were no more-had pas:aed away. The tified in devoting to so long a communication, 
very punctuation which is adopted gives this with so little argument. 
We perceive that 
sense. 
A colon (:) after " I saw a new hea-in taking the poaition that Christ will not come 
ven and a new earth:" denotes that what fol-persomi.lly, you had used a multitude of words 
lows is exegetical or explanatory of that which contrary to what the philology of our Ian-
precedes ; and ,the same is denoted by the word guage will warrant ; that your conclusions 
for, i.e., because then follows the reasons of were all the results of wrong inferences from 
the introduction of the new creation,-because false premises, &r. We reasoned thus: There 
the old was no more, had passed away, had is no argument here that throws light on the 
been melted with fervent heat, and created Scriptures; it is all darknesa.-If we give it, 
anew: so that the first h~aven and earth and it can do no good. 
It does very little good to 
sea were no more, although their constituent discuss a question with those who thus use 
materials remained. But it is said "there was the English language, because they t:Jse it so 
no more sea," or, as it is literally, " the sea differently from ourselves, that we could never 
was not." So does it say the first heaYen and understand each other. Bro. Hotchkiss' mind 
the firs~ earth had passed away; and in chap. is 'settled in his view, and our notes would not 
20:11, it reads, "From whose face the earth probably benefit him. 
And as there are very 
and the heaven fled away, and there was found few, if aoy, of our readers who need light on 
no place for them:" and yet theTe is a new those points, or are troubled by any difficulties 
heaven and a new earth. 
And so when it they find ·there, to discuss the question would 
says the sea was no more, it no more follows be multiplying words to no profit, but to the 
that there can be no sea in the new earth, than subverting of the hearers. 
Besides, we saw 
it does that there can be no heaven or earth you would want to rep! y, and it would com-
there, because the firet were no more; fiJI mence a long controversy. 
In returning it we 
they are all equally affected by the phraseolo-should have given the above reasons, but said 
gy of the text. 
they might injure Bro. Hotchkiss' feelings, 
We read in Gen. 1:6-10, "And God said, and therefore simply returoed it as you re-
Let there be a firmament in the midst of the quested. 
waters, and let it divide the waters from the 
It is a strange idea tha.t you and some others 
waters.'' 
The firmament, then, is between have, that rejecting the literal for the spiritual 
the earth and the clouds. 
" And God made coming of Christ, after having rejected the 
the firmament, and divided the waters which spiritual for the literal, is making progress in 
were under the firmament from the waters the truth. It is making progress,-but such 
which were above the firmament: and it was progress as is made in going around in a cir-
so. 
And' God called the firmaroent heaven." 'cle. 
We have no faith in the idea that we 
We have now learned what hea~Jen is. There-must progress by continually rejecting re-
fore when we read of the heavens passing ceived truths. 
It is as important that we 
away, of a new heaven1 &c., we are tO' re-"hold fast" somewhere. as it is that we make 
member that God calls that l1eaven which sep-prog·ress. We are to " hold fast that which 
arates the water in the clouds from the water is good," and when we have done all to 
on the earth. We will proceed, "And God "staud,'' that we may be found somewhere; 
said, Let the waters under the heaven be gath-and not he making continual gyrations like a 
ered together unto one place, and let the dry dancing dervish. ·we prefer to be "left he-
land appear; and it was so. And God called hind" by those who go beyond the truth. 
the dry land Earth ; and the gathering to-
H. H. Gross-We had a letter of yours on 
gether of the waters called he Seas, a11tl God file; but as you have seen fit to send it to ano-
saw that it was good." 
We thus learn that ther sheet, where it was' printed in less than 
there were seas in Eden,-not in the Garden, one week from the time you wrote it, we have 
for that was in Eden; and also tha~ it is not withdrawn it from the file. 
the globe, but the" dry land," that God calls 
J. Clark-Hades signifies" the place of de-
" earth." We al~o read in Ex. 20: 11, that parted spirits." 
Where it is, God has not 
"in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, seen fit to inform us, no more than he has 
the sea and all that in. them is." And Gen. where heaven is, and several other places 
, 
. 
1: 26, God gave man "dominion over the fish spoken of in the Word. It is enough for us 
of the sea." It therefore follows, that in t~e to know that the Savior recognizes the e:Jtist-
first creation there were the heaven and earth ence of such a place. 
It is where the rich 
and :rea, all of which must be no more before man and Lazarus were. 
an abundant reward. 
Any portion, either a let-
ter ur exposition, which comes from Mr. Miller's 
pen, in the "Her:.~ld," is rend wi\h very great 
interest and pleasure by the Advent people in 
England, and we trust he will continue to write. 
We hope you. and Mr. Brown, are both well, 
and that your labors' in England will not be lost, 
and you will continue to proclaim to this dark 
world, the Lord's return. We know it is an ar-
duous work, and trying in almost every respect: 
but if we to the end endure the cross, we shall 
have the reward. 
May the Lord bless you with 
a continuation of his light and strength, to endure 
the hardships, contradictionR, false reports, and 
the numerous trials which arise from Rpealdng 
this truth, and when the Savior does appear, you 
will hear him say, well done, good and faithful 
11ervant, enter into joy. 
My brother Henry and sister Elizabeth unite 
with me in very kind regRrds to you and Mr. 
Brown, and al o to our brethren and sisters in the 
fuith. 
And believe me, yours very sincerely. 
"A little learning is a dnnJrerous thing-
Drink 1leep, or 'taste not the verrt'nnial spring; 
The shallow draughts intoxicnte the bruin, 
nut drinking deeply soberd us again." 
lLLUSTRA TION.-A foreign writer says, that 
those who have got learning enough to read the 
writings of the rationalists, but not education 
enough to dist::riminate between sophistry and log-
ic, are embracing those views by thousaJ.ds. 
INGENUITY.-A writer in theN. Y. Church-
man (Pu11eyite) is laborio~JSly employed in prov-
ing that Paul's prediction (2 Tbess. 2:3, 4,) con-
<:erning an apostacy then future, ~md the »ppear-
ing of "the man of sin," "who oppose1h and 
exalteth himself above all that is culled God, or 
that is worshipped," is a prediction of the ri!:e of 
the various Protestant churrhes, and particularly 
of Congregationalism, with which, us the writer 
testifies, all the Protestant sects are wore or let!s 
.infected. Whether the entire discussion is a mere 
.feu d'P.Sprit, a laborious piece of Anglo-Catholic 
fnn, a burlesq11e upon ancient and modern ex-
pounders of prophecy, or is really a grave expres-
sion of the author's convictions arrived at in the 
exercise of his private judgment, the slight atten-
Jion we have given to his lucubrations does not 
enahle us to deternrine. The idea, however, is 
ingenious at any rate ; and the e1:ecution, 1111 we 
judge from the hasty perusal of No.6, is equally so. 
-.N. Y. Evangelist. 
INFALLJBILITY.-The following qnestions, contained 
in a communication in the ''Christian Advocate and 
JourrrRI," arc very much to the purpose:-
Why did one pope, hy his bull Apostohcnm, 1765, suR-
tain the order nr .fo~snit•; another, in his bull Dornini<,us 
llC Rerlemptor, 1773, supprt>ss the ordrr; and 
~ubst>­
quently Pius Vll., 1814, re,;tore iL to all its honors! 
1f Liherius deuied the SRcred divinity of the Lord .Je-
suA, nnd Pins snb~crihed to it, whir.h pop!' enn we con-
sider j1,f.tllihle? If Pope Gelasiu could view thtl brend 
aud wine rner·ely lls sy muol~, and Pope Pius could Nee 
transubstalltintion in the euchurist, which OPINION cun 
we a;:cept? If one POite can 
suprre~s an or1ler RS 
wickfd and dangerous as that of thr. Je~uits, ami his 
succe~sor can restore it at pleasure, which pope cau we 
depend upou? 
"CHAMBERs's CvcLOP.EOIA."-We have receiv!'d the 
5th number of this excellent work, f1'0u1 the puhlisher~, 
Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. Its conteuts are of great iu-
terest. 
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there can be the new heaven and the new 
·earth. 
And as there is to be the re:stitution 
of all things spoken of by all the holy proph-
·ets, there must a1so be a sea in the new earth. 
·This God will not withhold ; for when be first 
created the seas, he" ~aaw that it was good," 
and he has promised to withhold po good thing 
"from them that fear him. 
And farther, as the 
rivers that flowed out of the garden of Eden 
.needed a sea into which to discharge their wa-
ters, so will the river described in Rev. 22:1, 
the "pure river of life, clear as crystal," on 
each side of which are trees that yield their 
LETTER FROM SISTER ELLEN TANNER. 
I. F. Guill, to bHiance acconnt-$1 4~·-fa.
81 T~wo, I 
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v 13; Mrs. R. Chundler, v 13 i Mi~s R. B~c:, ;
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Isaac N. J>a(he-Could not lind your name in the 
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Bloomfield, N .. 1., list. Give us yvur address, and we. v 13; Mrs. W. Woodworth, v,12; N. 
Jar~,, 'ri.tuW· 
MAIDENHEAD (Berkshire, Eng.), Dec. 30th, '46. 
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M. Brunch-It will come. 
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E. W. P. Taunton-We h11ve~ent yon" Bli8s' Chro-
Hrown, v 13; Wm. Ch!imbers, v 13; B. Lo~3
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a few days since, and we were all very glad to nolorry," which m11y answer your question. You have Elliot, v 13; R. Clar·k, v 13; .J. H~w~>s, 1v3. A w. nut· 
paid 1!1 end t.f v 12. 
son, 334; C. R. Woocl, 309; 8. WIJJlt', v ~hdo;vu. v JU; 
Dear Mr. Himes:-Your letter came to hand 
hear you and Mr. Brown had a safe passage, and 
o. Olms:ead-You clln have it 1\s you say. 
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well. I a~sure you we read the "Herald" with what names they 11re now sent, as Wt'll as those to ,. 13; J. M Hale, 2 2-Pach SJ.-1 · Hard: v )4; 
which vou wish thern sent. 
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increasing interest, as it givefl us information res-
wm: Attingburg-The $2 was received Jut May, and A. Lewis, 3JI; C. CIRr~, v 14; 0. DaM • ~on 'v )8; £. 
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Hanchett,v13; H. Russe1,330; C. 
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pecting t e cause an Its progress m menca, as 
J. Kt>ndil(-The reason your paper stopped, was be-Hopkins, v 12-; J. Wool, 819; S. B. G~R~~n' v J:li IJ. 
well as constant instruction. 
And we rejoice to canse we were told to stop it at the end of v JJ. 
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meetings which you have held eioce your return wi1b. There i1lhe dollarl due on il. 
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