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WEEKLY—NO. D SPRUCE-STREET.  N. SOUTHARD, Editor.  
THE MIDNIGHT CRY- 
*** The paper goes to press this week in the absence  
of the editor. We expected to have received a commu- 
nication from him in season for the press, but nothing  
has come to hand. He will probably return to the city in  
a few days.  
Several valuable articles have been received, which we  
reserve for the editor's inspection : they will probably ap- 
pear next week. T.  
LECTURES.  
Will be continued at the spacious Hall, lately known  
as Franklin Theatre, Chatham Square, three times on  
the Sabbath, and on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes- 
day Evenings. Prayer and Conference meetings on  
Thursday and Friday Evenings.  
Also at CONSTITUTION HALL, No. 650 Broadway,  
(between Bleecker and Bond-streets,) on the Sabbath,  
mining, afternoon and evening.  
Conference and prayer meetings are held in the  
Welch Church, In the rear of No. 63 Christie-street,  
on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings.  
MEETINGS AT BROOKLYN,  
In the "HOUSE OF PRAYER," in Adams street, (late 
Universalist Meeting House,) three times on the  
Sabbath, and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday  
evenings,  
IE? There will be lectures at Williamsburg every  
Wednesday evening, at the usual place of meeting, on  
the subject of the Saviour's second advent.  
LECTURES.  
On Sabbath last, Bro. Himes lectured to large arid at- 
tentive audiences, at Franklin Hall. Br'n Whiting and  
Jocelyn, at Constitution Hall  
Bro. Heyes and Flavell at Brooklyn, Brother Chandler  
at Newark, and Bro. H. Jones at Williamsburg.  
On Monday evening, Bro. C. Beresford lectured at  
Franklin Hall—Bro. H. Jones on Tuesday evening. Bro.  
Himes will preach this [Wednesday] evening.  
IE? Brother Israel Jones has not yet arrived. It has  
been confidently expected he would have visited this  
city, ere this. As we do not know where to address him, 
we would here state, that the brethren are very anx;ous 
he should make early arrangements to visit New York.  
There are several good openings for him here; will bro-
ther Jones embrace them7 T.  
The books ordered by Bro. A. A. Sawin have been  
forwarded by Pomeroy & Co.'sExpress, to St. Thorn,  
as, Canada West.  

Bro. Caldwell writes that Bro. Litch has been  
lecturing in Trenton, N. J., with considerable interest  
ROCHESTER, N. Y.  
Brother Galusha writes, that the second advent "meet- 
ings are increasing in interest. Last Sabbath was a  
glorious day—seven were baptized in the afternoon : we 
enjoyed a communion season of unusual interest in the  
evening. Brother Johnson, who first sounded the ' cry'  
in Rochester, and brother B. Morley, who has been ex- 
cluded from a Baptist church in this state for his belief in  
the doctrine of sanctification, were ordained."  
THE FOREIGN NEWS  
Received this week are of a peculiarly exciting charac- 
ter. The arrest of Daniel O'Connell and other decisive 
steps, taken all at once by the British Government,  
for the purpose of quelling the Irish Repeal movement, 
are the principal  topics of interest. As yet, no outbreak  
had occurred, and none was expected. The agitation, 
however, had rather increased than subsided. The trou- 
bles in Wales still continued. The condition of Spain is  
represented as being " deplorable in the extreme." From  
Italy the accounts are too contradictory to learn by them 
the true state of affairs. It is sufficiently evident, how- 
ever, that, like Spain, she is incurably diseased. Greece  
is still troubled, and rumors are afloat that King Otho  
will be compelled to abdicate.  
What a scene of turmoil and confusion the nations of  
the world present! What a contrast to the-harmony  
and peace which will characterize the Messiah's king- 
dom !  
" Thy kingdom come."  
SECOND ADVENT CONFERENCE AT MID- 
DLETOWN, CONN.  
Providence permitting, a Second Advent Confer- 
ence will be held at Middletown, Ct., on Wednesday, 
Nov. 15, 2 1-2 o'clock P, M., and continue some three  
days. Able lecturers have been invited to attend. A 
cordial invitation is here given to all ; and we do 
earnestly bespeak for Middletown a general atten-
dance of our brethren and friends from abroad. The 
door is specially open for doing good in this part of  
the field. Come up then, dear brethren, and let us  
comfort and instruct one another till the Master ap-
pears. 
In behalf of the Committee,  
L. C. COLLINS.  
CLINTON COUNTY SECOND ADVENT CONFERENCES.  
At a meeting held at Rouses Point, Oct. 19th, by the  
friends of the Second Advent near, on motion of Bro.  
Adrian, it was resolved, (the Lord willing) that we 
hold a serifes of Advent Conferences in this section of 
the State.  
Voted, That brethren E. S. Loomis, E. Brisbin, A.  
Loomis, and E. Thurber be a committee of arrange-
ment.  
Resolved, That the  first Conference be held at Per- 
ry's Mills, Friday the 10th day of Nov. next, at half-
past 10 o'clock, A. M. The friends of the Advent  
near and others are cordially invited to attend.  
The following brethren are especially requested  
to be present and assist in the exercises, viz : Bro.  
Hutchinson, of Montreal; Bro. Blackman of Malone,  
N. Y.; Bro. Wyatt, of Bangor, N. Y.; Bro. Martin, of  
Masena, N. Y.; Bro. Dudley, of Moores, N. Y.; Bro. 
Ballard, of Georgia, Vt.; Bro. Stone, of Berkshire, Vt.  
E. S. LOOMIS, for Com.  

REVIEW OF COSMOPOLITAN.  
BY E. JACOBS.  
" COMINGS OF CHRIST."  
This is the heading of a little tract of three  
and one-fonrth pages, and with the exception of  
eight lines of editorial, consists entire, of an ex-
tract from Clarke's Commentary, vol. vi. pp.  
532, 533, 534, and is by the Doctor extracted  
from the works of Dr. McKnight.  
The editorial' runs as follows r—"Just in  
proportion as men depart from the principles  
taught in tbe Bible, so in proportion do they  
depart from the ways of peace. And, as every  
good and wise man is desirous that this world  
may be the better for his* having lived in it—  
and as I deem the following view of DR.  
MCKNIGHT well calculated to correct erroneous  
notions about the Second Advent of Christ, 
therefore I judge it advisable to lay it before  
the publ'c in a separate form.  
(Signed) COSMOPOLITAN."  
This "Cosmopolitan" is Rev. Frederick Stier,  
pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church in  
Attorney Street,. with whom I have no qjuarrels  
neither do I mean to have ; but when, erroneou,  
views are thrown before community, calculated  
to obscure ihe light of truth, and misleiad the  
minds of the innocent and unsuspecting, it be- 
comes the Christian's duty to lend the lover of  
truth a friendly hand.  
With the first clause above quoted, every  
Christian will heartily agree, for it makes the  
principles taught in the Bible" the only way  
of peace. There is nothing objectionable in 
the next clause ; and I would strengthen it by  
saying, " every good and wise man" is not  
only "  desirous that this world may be the bet- 
ter for his having lived in it," but he will zeal-
ously labor, suffer, and deny himself, to im- 
prove its condition, an save the lost. The  
writer next deems the views of Dr. McKnight,  
which he has introduced, well calculated to cor- 
rect erroneous notions about the second advent  
of Christ. With this opinion I very respectfully  
beg to differ, for this reason : error is not well  
calculatcd to correct error. Truth is the only  
weapon with which,successfully,to  combat error.  
I am well aware of the difficulties which  
an obscure individual has to meet in opposing  
the views of such'great men as Dr. McKnight;  
but I do not despair, for I have not to rely on  
my own efforts, but refer to still higher authori- 
ties. " Cosmopolitan" has deemed it advisable 
to point us to Dr. McKnight, to correct erroneous  
notions about the second advent of Christ; and  
I only design to point the reader to the Bible,  
to correct the erroneous notions of Dr. McKnight.  
The burden of the tract is to make out four  
different " comings" of Christ—" three of them 
figurative, but the fourth a real appearance." It  
is unfortunate for "Cosmopolitan," that he did  
not inform his readers what the " erroneous  
notions" were, which he designed this extract to 
correct.  
But they are " erroneous notions" about the  
second advent, and then, by proxy undertakes to  
prove that there were, " when the apostles


wrote"four advents, or "comings of Christ to  
happen." A singular course, indeed, to correct 
erroneous notions about the second one ! It  
would be very difficult to make out from this  
little tract, whom the publisher designed to ben-
efit, or reprove ; or what die real object is, to be  
gained by its publication. But knowing the  
publisher's hostility to the second advent cause,  
in the form in which it now exists, 1 have no  
doubt it is intended as a destructive blow 
against that cause. If this be the case, what  
has he gained, supposing the four advents to be  
clearly proved? Second advent people are  
looking for the one he makes out to be the  
fourth. So the only " erroneous notion" on  
their part, is in the use of the term " second ad- 
vent," in the room of " the fourth advent." This  
fourth advent is thus described by ihe writer :  
" 4. Besides all these, there is a day, or  
coming of the Lord, to judge the world, and to 
put an end to the present state of things. This  
coming, Christ himself has promised. Matt.xvi.  
27, ' The Son of man shall come in the glory of 
his Father, with his holy angels; and then 
shall he reward every man according to his  
works.' Now this, being a real, personal ap- 
pearing of Christ in the body, is, more properly  
than any other of his comings, called the day 
arid coming of Christ; and the purposes of it be-
ing more important than those of his other com-
ings, the exertions of his power for accom- 
plishing them, will be most signal and glorious.  
Hence this coming is, with great propriety,  
termed, ' the revelation of Jesus Christ,' and  
'the day' of his revelation, ' when he shall be  
glorified in his saints, and admired of all them  
who believe.'"  
This " coming of Christ," " being more impor- 
tant than his other coinings," and the events  
embraced in it being " most signal and glo- 
rious," is the one for which we are daily and  
hourly looking ; being not only authorized, but  
strictly charged by our blessed Lord himself so  
to do. This, in contradistinction from all other  
" coinings," is called " the glorious appearing of 
the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ."  
Titus 2 : 13.  
That there are not only four, but many thou- 
sand manifestations of God, we have no doubt; 
but that there are more than two advents, or  
personal comings of Christ, we feel authorized 
by the Scriptures to deny. The first is the ad- 
vent when "ho was once offered to bear the  
sins of many." The next is, when, "to them  
that, look for him, he shall appear the second time,  
without, sin unto salvation." (See Heb, 9: 28.)  
The first, was when " he came to his own, and  
his own received him not;" (John 1: 11) when  
he was " despised and rejected of men ; a mart  
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." The  
second, is when he " shall be revealed from hea-
ven, with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, 
taking vengeance on them that know not God,  
and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus  
hrist." 2 Thess.. 1 : 7, 8. See also, I sa. 35: 4 ;  
59: 17, 18 ; 63: 4 ; and 34:  8. If there are any  
other comings of Christ, two hundred, or any in- 
definite number can he made out on the same  
hypothesis that more than two can.  
We will now look at. some of the writer's  
reasons for classing three " figurative" " com- 
ings" with the one that ' is more properly than  
any other of his comings, called the day and 
coming of Christ."  
" First, then, in the prophetic writings ofthe  
Jews, great exertions ofthe divine power, whe-
ther for the salvation or destruction of nations,  
are called the coming, the appearance, the presence  
of God" For the first proof, we are pointed to  
2 Sam.  22:11, 12—"He bowed the heavens  
also, and came down ; and darkness was under  

his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did  
fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the  
wind." In this chapter, David gives thanks to  
God for the great deliverances that God had  
wrought for him : but that he associates in his  
psalm of thanksgiving, strong prophetic lan- 
guage, pointing to his final reward, is proved  
from the 20th, 21st, and 25rh verses : " He  
brought me forth also into a large place: he de-
livered me, because he delighted in me." " The  
Lord rewarded me according to my righteous- 
ness." " Therefore the Lord hath recompensed  
me according to my righteousnes." So, accord- 
ing to the writer himself, as already quoted, this 
" coming" is the same as the one in Matt. 16:  
27; for " then (not till then) shall he reward  
every man according to his works." Whatever  
strength, or grace, God may impart to his ser- 
vants in this state of probation, one thing is  
sure—we are not informed that they are re- 
warded according to their wo,ks, or righteous- 
ness, till the Son of Man comes the second time.  
If we are told that David was rewarded when  
he died, God will best settle that in Acts 2: 34.  
"tor David is not ascended into the heavens,"  
&c. Very appropriately, then, does David, in  
prophetic language, speak of the Lord bowing  
the heavens and coming down when he is thus 
rewarded according to his works. If this be 
not a correct view of the text, we call for the  
record of its fulfilment. The coming here taught  
harmonizes with the writer's fourth, or what we 
call "the second coming." The next text  
quoted in proof of the position, is Ps. 97; 2—5,  
"CI ouds and darkness are round about him : 
righteousness and judgment are the habitation  
of his throne. A fire goeth before him and  
burneth up his enemies round about. His 
lightnings enlightened the world ; the earth  
saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax 
at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of  
the Lord of the whole earth." The particular 
"coming" brought to view in the above lan- 
guage, will be  best settled by Paul. 2 Thess.  
1: 7, "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from  
heaven in flaming fire, taking vengeance," &c.  
If this is not parallel language, it will be diffi- 
cult to find a parallel in the Bible. This com- 
ing is when God's enemies are burned up, and  
those enemies now live. It is also the same  
"coming" as described, 2 Peter 3 : 10 — 12, for 
the hills melted like wax. It iswhen aZ/the peo-
ple see his glory, verse 6. and this is not till  
"he cometh with clouds," Rev. 1: 7. This  
coming, too, is the same as his fourth, or the  
true second coming of Christ. The next text is  
Isa. 19: 1, "Behold, the Lord ridetii upon a  
swift cloud, ana shall come into Egypt: and the 
idols of Egypt, shall be moved at his presence, 
and the heait of Egypt shall melt in the midst of 
it." ^ We have seen no record of the fulfilment  
of this prophecy, and the expression, "the  
Lord rideth upon a swift cloud," (the way in  
which the Lord will come the second time,  
Rev. 14: 14.) and Egypt melting, leads us to  
suppose it will be fulfilled in Egypt when the  
Lord comes, and the  earth melts. If, however,  
the language can he proved to be symbolical, 
(which is doubtful) and fulfilled in any past  
events; that will only prove a national judgment,  
and not a coming of Christ. The proofs  
from this text are strongly in favor of its being  
applied to the second coming of Christ.  
"Those exertions of HIS power and provi.  
dence, whereby he destroyed Jerusalem and 
the temple, abrogated the Mosaic institutions,  
and established the gospel, are called His com-
ing andday." For proof of this assertion we 
are pointed to xMatthew 24 : and are told that  
" Christ himself" termed these things (the  
destruction of Jerusalem, &c.) the coming of  

the Son of man in allusion to Dan. 7: 13, 14.  
Can an intelligent community be made to be-
lieve these assertions without one particle of  
proof, because a great man has made them ?— 
In what verse of Matt.. 24, are we told by Christ  
that the coming of the Son of man w^as'to take  
place at the destruction of Jerusalem ? It  
cannot be found, but on  the contrary, in verse  
23, Then (at the destruction of Jerusalem ac- 
cording to the Doctor's construction) if any  
man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or  
there, believe it  not." That is, all you have to  
do when efforts are made to divert your minds 
from the glorious appearing of the great God,  
and our Saviour Jesus Christ, by telling vou he  
came at Jerusalem's destruction,—when a man 
dies—is converted—afflicted, &c. You need 
not spend your time in argument with them, but  
simply take the Saviour's advice, '• believe them 
not," "for as the lightning cometh out of the 
east, and shineth even unto the west. ; so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be"  
Again, we are told that the Jewish doctors,  
while they were looking for the Messiah to set  
up a temporal kingdom, and destroy their ene- 
mies, "little thought thatthemsel ves were of the  
number of those enemies whom he was to de-
stroy, and that "his kingdom was to be set up on 
the ruins of their state. Yet, that was the true  
meaning of the coming of the Son of man in the 
clouds of heuven."  
Without a shadow of proof, we are told again,  
" that was the true meaning." When the com- 
ing of a heathen Roman General, with an army  
into Jerusalem, is made to mean "the coming  
of the Son of man in the clouds of heaven" and  
the destruction of Jerusalem, to mean the end 
of the world, (or age) our Bible becomes a  
mere cypher. Take such liberties with it, and  
I can just as easily prove that the Christian's  
faith is embodied in the work of Don Quixotte,  
as in that. Give such latitude to the infidel,  
and all the learning and talent in the land can- 
not rescue it from his grasp. He holds a tri-
umphant argument from the lips of the professed  
followers of Jesus, when he says, •' The God  
you worship —the Saviour of the Christian, is  
only Titus, a Roman general, according to your  
own showing : while 1 worship a more exalted 
deity, the Goddess of Reason." Besides, this  
rule of rendering Scripture destroys its har- 
mony, there being no sufficient reason for ren- 
dering Matt. 16 : 27, and Matt. 24 : 30, differ-
ently, Because it is said, "  This generation  
shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled,"  
the "greatest haimony" is seen in the applica-
tion of the whole chapter to a short-lived event  
that transpired more than 1700 years ago :  
while nothing is more easy to discover than that  
t' e demonstrative adjective pronoun "this," in  
very many instances in Scripture, is applied to  
things in the future " This is the first resur- 
rection," " This is our God we have waited for 
Him," &c. This generation not passing till all  
these things be fulfilled, makes it as necessary to  
understand the expression, " all these things,"  
as referring to things that then existed, as the  
expression, " this generation," as referring to  
the generation that then existed. And no one  
claims that the signs spoken of in the term " all  
these things," existed while Christ was address- 
ing them. If any record can be shown, proving  
the fulfilment of the predicted signs in the apos- 
tles days, then there would be more strength to  
the argument that the second coming of Christ  
was fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem.  
Until such proof can be given, we are bound  
to believe " this generation" referring to the  
generation* that sees the predicted signs.  
*NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE CRY.  
This argument is addressed entirely to the English


reader. The Greek scholar who sees it may turn up 
his nose in scorn. Let us therefore follow him into the 
original. The word rendered "generation" is genea.  
This, in the Lexicon is defined, '-generation, race, proge- 
ny," &c. It is rendered race by eminent modern trans- 
lators, in several places. Dr. Clark, himself, from whose  
Commentary the tract under review is copied, ;3 very  
explicit on this point. In his notes on Matt. 24 : 34, and  
Mark f3 : 30, he says ;  
" This generation shall not pass] H yevca avrv, this race,  
i. e. the Jews shall not cease from being a distinct people,  
till all the counsels of God relative to them and the Gen- 
tiles be fulfilled. Some translate n ysvsa aunj, this gener-
ation, meaning the persons who were then living, that  
they should not die before these signs, &c. took place."  
" This generation] H yevca avrrj, this very race of men."  
His reasons are abundantly sufficient to demolish the  
argument which Universalists and their coadjutors have  
vainly tried to build on these texts, to show that all the 
events foretold in the chapter and every other prediction 
of Christ's coming in the New Testament, could reach  
no farther than the destruction of Jerusalem. But,  
though the learned commentator thus knocks out the  
underpinning of those who resort to him for a foundation  
for their peace-and-safety doctrines, we prefer another 
application of the text. The phrase rendered, " THIS 
generation," has no exact parallel in the English lan- 
guage. The word THIS is founded on two words in the  
Greek ;—one of them, being the emphatic article THE,  
and the other a demonstrative pronoun, which may with  
equal propriety, be expressed by THIS or THAT. To the 
mere English reader this may seem odd, but it will be  
seen, on a moment's reflection, that the shades of mean- 
ing attached to a word in one language have no necessa- 
ry connexion with the precise force of a kindred word in  
another language. The Greek words, The genea ante,  
the generation thai  
might be literally changed into  the English phrase, "the  
that generation," however barbarous it may sound. The  
precise import of the phrase would be most properly ex- 
pressed thus : "The same generation."  
Now read the connexion, and see how precisely this  
rendering harmonizes our Lord's words. Turn to Mark's  
record of them. Having described the signs, and the  
coming in the clouds with power and great  glory, and the  
gathering of the elect "  from the uttermost part of the  
earth to the uttermost part of heaven," he proceeds :  
" Now learn a parable of the fig tree ; when the branch  
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that sum- 
mer is near ; so ye, in like manner, [that is, with the same  
ease and certainty,] when ye shall see these things come,  
to pass, KNOW that it [the coming of Christ in glory] is 
nigh, EVEN AT THE DOORS." [But what is the import of  
that phrase 1 it may be asked ; and Christ goes on to ex-
plain ;] " Verily I say unto you, THE SAME GENERATION  
[which begins to see the signs] shall not pass, till all these  
things be done." That this was Christ's meaning, seems  
very plain.  
It is further said, that the representations of  
the apostles, that the end of all things was at  
hand, had direct reference to the events that  
transpired at, or about the time of Jerusalem's  
destruction. If this be true, what a mistake  
have wo been laboring under all our life time !  
We have supposed we were actually living  
beings—that we were sustained by food—kept  
warm by raiment—shared the sympa hies of  
friends, and the hatred of enemies—that we 
were possessed of conversational powers—and 
that we were really handling our pen for the 
defence of bible truths, against the mysticism 
of the great Dr. Macknight, and his quondam  
friend " Cosmopolitan." But Oh, sad mistake ! 
all, all things earthly ended at the destruction  
of Jerusalem. O wicked Jerusalem ! thus to 
deceive our race so long.  
Who shall reward thee as thou hast served  
the great and good Dr. Macknight, in leading  
him to write a book so many hundreds of years  
after all things came to an end ?  

The argument that the Jewish age ended at  
the destruction of Jerusalem has no foundation 
in Scripture. We might assert that it ended at  
the time of the Roman league, or at the battle 
of Actium, and if we produced no more p/oof  
of it than is given in this little tract, theautb/or- 
ity would be just as valid. . ,*  
"Farther, that the apostles, by the coming of  
Christ, which they represented as at hand when  
they wrote their epistles, meant His coming to 
establish his kingdom over all people, nations,  
and languages, and not his coming to put an end  
to this mundane system, is  evident from what  
Christ himself told them, Matt. xvi. 28 : ' There  
be some standing here who shall not taste  
of death,' &c. He has already applied this  
text to the real second coming.  
Immediately following this text, the account  
of the transfiguration of Christ is given. The 
same account also follows the same corres- 
ponding texts in Mark 9 : 2, and Luke 9: 28.  
Whatever might have been evident to the mind  
of Dr. Macknight, it is clear, from the testi- 
mony of one that witnessed the transfiguration,  
that in representing the coming of Christ near 
at hand, the apostles did mean what they said,  
viz, his real coming ; to put an end to this mun- 
dane system," &c. See 2 Pet, 1: 16, For we 
have not followed cunningly devised fables,  
when we made known unto you the power and  
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, hut were eye wit- 
nesses of his majesty. (v. 17.) For he received 
from God the Father, honor and glory, when 
there came such a voice to him from the excel-
lent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I 
am well pleased, (v. 19,) and this voice which  
came from heaven we heard when we were with  
him in the holy mount. Here we have Peter's 
declaration of what the coming spoken of was, 
he being an eye witness to it. It was a real per- 
sonal appearance given to demonstrate the fact  
of his future coming. So Peter taught, for he  
tells his brethren it was no fable he was follow- 
ing, in making known his corning, as well as the  
power of Christ. He had received this " min- 
iature representation" of Christ's kingdom on 
earth, where it is to be revealed ; to strengthen  
him in "making known" that coming: But  
there was a " word of prophecy" (v. 19) that  
made the thing still more sure. Furthermore. 
Christ did not say he would set up a spiritual  
kingdom at. that, or any future period. Neither 
is the term "spiritual kingdom," found in the  
Bible. How, then, can it be " evident" that  
such a thing was to be accomplished, in the  
absence of all testimony on the subject? What  
is said upon ] Cor. 10: 11, about the ends of  
the ages, as the Doctor has rendered it, only 
strengthens the testimony of reference to the 
still future coming, for had it then been fulfilled, 
it would have been at the beginning, in the  
room of the end of the last age. As a theologi- 
cal curiosity, and also to show how a man of  
learning can walk through the Scriptures, the 
following extract is given.  
" Heb. x. 25, ' Exhorting one another daily,  
and so much the more when ye see the day ap- 
proaching,' the day of Christ's coining to des- 
troy Jerusalem and the Jewish state. Ver. 37, 
'For yet a little while, and He who is coming  
will come and not tarry.' James v. 7, ' WThere.  
fore,, be patient, brethren,, unto the coming of 
the Lord.' V. 6,' Be ye also patient, strength- 
en your hearts, for the coming of the Lord' to 
destroy the Jews, your persecutors, ' draweth  
nigh.' Yerse 8, ' Behold the Judge standeth  
before the door.' 1 Pet. iv. 7, ' The end of all  
things,' the end of Jerusalem, and of the tem- 
ple, and of all the Mosaic institutions, ' hath  
approached ; be ye, therefore, sober, and watch  
unto prayer.' 1 John ii. 18, Young 'children,  

! it is the last'hour'of the Jewish state ; ' and as  
I ye have heard' from Christ, in his prophecy of 
| the destruction of Jerusalem, that * anti-Christ 
; cometh, so now there are many anti-Christs,  
| whence we know it is the last hour' of th©  
Jewish state."  
O what a source of comfort to God's perse- 
cuted, suffering people ! "The coming of the  
Lord draweth nigh." Bear your persecutions 
with patience, for when he comes, then you  
shall be gratified with a scene of blood. Is 
that the stimulus to  patience that God has given  
his children? If so, another charge of the in- 
fidel is true, viz, That  "Christianity aspires to  
the sword." We may be  told, the deliverance  
they were then to experience, was what they  
were to look to, and patiently wait for ; but what  
are the facts ? Christians were delivered at  
the seige of Jerusalem, but their greatest per- 
secutions commenced soon after that seige.— 
The first general persecution of Christians is  
supposed to have commenced in the reign of  
Nero, about three years before the destruction  
of Jerusalem, and the second under Domitian 
about eleven years after that event. The per- 
secution of Christians before the destruction  
of Jerusalem, was as nothing in comparison  
with what followed. The exhortation of James,  
to suit their case, and also the above  view of  
the subject, should run something like this: Be  
patient, brethren, for as soon as the Lord comes  
with the Roman armies and destroys about 
1,000,000 of Jews, he will then have time to  
attend to your case, and will kill you off by  
thousands.  
If such was the design of James, in his  
exhortation, Christians in those days must 
have loved martyrdom better than those of  
ythe present day. Is it any wonder that such  
applications of Scripture have caused the  
very name of Christ's coming to become disgust- 
ing i " I am sick of it," says one, " I had rather  
hear something else," says another ; and a cer- 
tain preacher said, " You cannot think how I  
hate the doctrine of the Lord's coming in 1843."  
Like the aged prisoner of the Bastile, so used  
have they become to these dark and mysterious  
interpretations, that they love the gloomy walls  
where they have been so long incarcerated ; and  
when brought, forth and placed where the light  
of God's truth can shine upon them, the renova-
ting sensations are painful, and they beg to be  
returned to their favorite dungeon. The pre- 
cious promises of Christ's speedy coming, de- 
signed as cheering streams of comfort to the 
saints till the latest age, [1 Thess. 4 : 16—18,] 
have been permitted to waste their invigorating 
sweetness upon the valueless ruins of old Jeru-
salem. Yes, this bread of heaven, by "pastors  
who feed not the flock," has been scattered upon  
Judea's barren hills, while the sheep have been  
scattered for the want of food. In the various 
folds [not Christ's fold] where they have been 
gathered, "ground ivv" has been their only food,  
—-they have ate, and not only " stagger," but  
thousands are fallen.  
Who so blind that eannot see the gospel  
shorn of its kingdom, by the popular teachers  
of these last days ? If it is not so, then let them  
point us to what, and whence it is. According 
to the theory here laid down, the only kingdom 
defined, is one now existing in this world, and 
"if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we  
are of all men most miserable." The second 
coming taught by this writer is brought to view  
in the following language:  
2. "There is another coming of Christ spo- 
ken of by the apostles, different likewise from  
his coming to judge the world and put an end  
to the present state of things, viz: his coming  
to destroy the man of sin. 2 Thess. 2: 18,  

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' Him will the Lord consume with the breath of  
his mouth, and will render ineffectual by the 
bright shining of his coming.' This singular 
event which will contribute greatly to the honor  
of God and the good of his church, being ac- 
complished by a visible and extraordinary in- 
terposition of the power of Christ in the govern- 
ment of the world, is, agreeably to the Scrip- 
ture style, fitly called ' the coming ofthe Lord,'  
and the 'bright .shining of his coming ;' but this  
coming is nowhere in the Scriptures said to be  
at hand."  
This second coming but adds to the disap- 
pointed hopes of God's people ; because, ac- 
cording to this, it "is nowhere in the Scrip- 
tures said to be at hand." Before this declara- 
tion (for such it is) was made, ought not the.  
writer to have shown wherein this coining dif- 
fered from Rev. 22: 20. " Surely I come quick-
ly," and verse 12, "behold I come quickly, and  
my reward is with me, to give every man ac- 
cording as his work shall be." "Every man" 
must embrace "the man of sin."  
Again, 2 Peter 3: 10—13, an account is  
given in plain language of the destruction .of the  
present heavens and earth, and the appearance  
of the new ones. It is then added, "seeing  
that YE look for such things be diligent." That 
the subject of the dissolution of all earthly things  
was kept directly before the mind by the  
apostles, cannot be doubted by the reader who 
is willing to give language its plain common  
sense meaning. This " man of sin" is brought 
to view in Dan. 7 : 25, and his fate is  
shown in verses 11 and 26. There is but little 
difference among commentators as to what the  
"man of sin" is. It is clearly proved, and al- 
most universally applied to Papacy ; and if it 
were true, that the Lord's coming to destroy  
this man of sin, is not represented^! the Scrip- 
tures as being at hand, that would be no argu- 
ment against that coming being at hand, after  
the man .of sin was revealed; and especially  
when he has lived out his 1240 years of triumph  
over the saints.8 We are authorized to look upon  
this as one of the strong evidences of the Lord's  
coming being now especially nigh at hand, not  
only for the destruction of the "man of sin,'/ but 
to givethe kingdom to the saints of the Most High,  
(Dan. 7:  18, 27.) This is the true second coming  
of Christ, and the event that makes  it such, is  
found in its right place.* The third coming is  
introduced as follows;  
3. "There is, likewise, a day or coming of  
Christ, spoken of by Paul, different from Plis  
coming to judgment, and from both th.e former  
comings. 1 mean His releasing His people by  
death. 1 Cor. 1:8,' He also will confirm you  
unto the end without accusation, in the day of  
the Lord Jesus Christ.? Phil. 1: 5, 'He who  
hath begun in you a good work, will be  
completing it until the day of our Lord Jesus 
Christ.' "  
In the very preceding verse to the first one  
here quoted, we have this language : " So that  
ye come behind in no gift, waiting (not for  
death) for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ;  
and yet we are told, Paul speaks of that day, as  
the release of God's people by death- The day  
of death to the saints of God, is the day when  
they are hound, in the room of being released. It 
is the day when death achieves a brief victory 
over them, and not when they get  victory over  
death. But when Christ comes, it is the time  
of their deliverance, and victory over death.  
1 Cor. 15: 54. " So when this corruptible shall  
have put on incorruption, (in the first resurrec- 
tion, ver. 52) and this mortal shall have put Qn  
*The character ofthe " coming," which is to destroy  
the name of sin, had just been described by Paul, a few  
verses previous.  (2 Thess. 1 ; 7—10.)—ED. CRY.  

immortality, then (not till then) shall be brought  
to pass the saying that is wriiten, Death is  
swallowed up in victory." Then it is, that the I 
saints are " delivered from the bondage of cor- j  
ruption"—arid shout,0 death,where is thy sting?  
O gr\ave, where is thy victory? As proof of the  
position that death is the coming of the Lord,  
we are referred also to Phil. 1: 6, "He who  
hath begun in you a good work, will be com- 
pleting it until the day of our Lord Jesus  
Christ." Is the work of salvation complete 
when the saint dies ? Far from this—the first  
resurrection, and that only, will complete the  
work of salvation.  
There is a perfection taught in the Bible,  
which we may have in this state of probation ;  
that is, perfect conformity to the word and will 
of God, and to be filled with his perfect love :  
but the work of redemption is not completed  
till we receive " the adoption, to wit, the re- 
demption of our bodies." If, then, this text  
proves the coming of Christ at death, it proves 
also that his work is incomplete at his coming, 
which cannot be admitted. How frequently do  
we hear it said, "Death will be the coming of  
the Lord to me ?" and how improper the ex- 
pression, for there is not one word of authority  
in scripture to justify it. Death, is the coming 
of death to you, and it is the end of probation,  
and the end of suffering and trial for the saint,  
which is the most that can be said of it. Yei  
to this polluted fountain we are pointed for com- 
fort, in the room of " the glorious appearing of  
the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ."  
Any authorities to which we may have cited  
you in these remarks besides the word of God,  
you are permitted to lay aside, and settle the '  
matter speedily, whether you are following the  
" blind leaders of the blind," whose worship is  
vain, while they teach for doctrines the com- 
mandments of men. Their faith may remove  
mountains, their zeal may be like Jehu's, who  
drove furiously; yet, if they have  not love  
enough to love the appearing of our Lord Jesus  
Christ at the very door, neither their faith nor  
their zeal can save them. But if they do love 
that appearing, they will not seek after such an  
unscriptural expedient as three fictitious comings 
of Christ, to throw mist and darkness upon the  
one that is at the very door.  
1 CORINTHIAN'S, XV. 24—28.  
We have been requested to give an exposition of  
this portion of the Scripture. We confess it is diffi- 
cult to explain : and we have never seen an exposition 
that satisfied o.ur ovvn mind; nor can we hope to give  
one that will satisfy .every one : nevertheless, we be- 
lieve it was designed to be understood. Whether there  
is any defect in the present translation, we shall not 
say, but at the same time we think Wakefield's trans-
lation gives it a clearer sense, and harmonizes it with 
other portions of the Scripture, which appear to relate  
to the same thing.  
Wakefield reads the first part of the 24th verse  
thus: " Then will the end be, when God the Father 
delivereth up the kingdom to him,"—Christ.  
Now, if the " end" spoken of is the end of this  
world, as the previous verse seems to indicate, then  
Wakefield's translation must be the true one ; for it  
was when the " judgment set" that Daniel " saw one  
like the Son of Man come in the clouds of Heaven,  
and came to the ancient of days ; and there was  given  
him dominion and glory, and  a KINGDOM," &c.  
The kingdom, then, is given to Christ at his coming :  
and that kingdom is to be an " everlasting kingdom."  
With this introduction, and adopting Wakefield's  
translation of the first clause of verse 24, we will now  
give what appears to us  to be the true sense of this  
difficult text. We include our explanations in brack-
ets, .[].  
" Then [when Christ comes] will the end be, [of  
worldly governments, and the dominion of the devil 
over this world,] when God the Father delivereth up  
the kingdom to him, [Christ, according to Daniel vii.  
14,] when he [God the Father] shall have put down  

all rule, and all authority and power, [that opposes the f 
reign of his Son ; as he will do at the Judgment ; as j  
seen in Daniel, vii-9, 11 ? when the last beast was | 
slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning |  
flame.] For he [God the Father] must reign [with j  
Christ sitting at his "right hand" on his "Father's j  
throne"] till he [God the Father] hath put all enemies j 
under his [Christ's] feet; [as he saith 110th Psalm,  
1st verse—" Sit thou at my right hand, until I make  
thine enemies thy footstooland] the last enemy that  
shall be destroyed, is death. For he [God the Father]  
hath put all things under his feet [when death, the last 
enemy, is destroyed.] But when he [God the Father] 
saith, [as he will when the last enemy is destroyed,] 
All things are put under him, [Christ;] it is manifest  
that he is expected which did put all things under him.  
And when all things shall be  subdued unto him, then  
[after that, as before] shall the Son also himself [as  
well as all other intelligences] be subject unto him 
that put all things under him, that God may be all  
in all, [as he always was: the Father governing all  
things by Jesus Christ as he " made the worlds by"  
him. God having " appointed" his Son " heir of all 
things," gives them into his hands at the time appoint-
ed, but the Son after that continues subject to the 
Father, and thus God is " all and in all," while Christ  
reigns in the kingdom given to him " forever, even  
forever and ever."]—Western Midnight Cry.  
THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1843.  
CHRIST'S FIRST COMING.  
About the time of our Saviour's first advent,  
there existed a strong expectation of some great  
event being nigh at hand. When He appeared  
the Jews received him not, they overlooked the  
prophetic Scriptures, which spoke of his humilia- 
tion. They had imbibed erroneous conceptions  
of the character of their Prince, the nature of 
his kingdom, and the design of his coining;  
hence, when their long expected Messiah came,  
theyrejected him, they believed not on him, they  
suffered  him to be crucified, and consigned him 1  
to the tomb: but he arose again. The massive j 
tenement, the door, the stone, the seal, could not j  
contain him. "He nowliveth, that was dead, and is  
alive forevermore."  
Have any of the rulers believed on him 1 was  
a question often asked, and as invariably answer-
ed, No : the learned, the distinguished of that  
day, the expounders of prophecy, the Rabbies,  
the Doctors, all discarded the true Messiah— 
illiterate men—men of humble origin, engaged 
in secular affairs, became his followers ; although  
enough was displayed to convince the most ob- 
durate, to melt.an adamant, yet they acknowledged  
himnot: to their prepossessed opinions, they tena- 
ciously clung; the cherished idea of the nature and 
design of His co ming, they would not yield—they  
expected an earthly kingdom, as many now ex-
pect a temporal millennium. How abortive their  
hope ; how futile their expectation. Soon, ah  
very soon, every false impression will be obliterat- 
ed, every false sentiment which has become 
entwined in man's affections, will be dis- 
severed and dispersed. Let no sentiments which  
emanate only from man's imagination, govern 
your mind, but if they derive nourishment and 
support from the  true source, then embrace them.  
Examine for yourselves, "prove  all things, hold  
fast that which is good." But beware, be not  
influenced by sentiments, which will not stand  
the test of truth, and  harmonize with divine


revelation, lest ye be not extricated ere tbe bright- 
ness of a coming day, dissipate your errors, re- 
sult fatal to your cherished hopes, and blast your  
fondest expectations. T>  
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.  
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached  
in all the world for a witness to all nations, then shall  
the end come.  
The above passage is often adduced as a prediction  
which remains to be fulfilled. If it refer to the end 
of the gospel dispensation, it is evident it cannot be  
presented as an objection to the immediate expiration  
of prophetic time. It is also an unanswerable argu-
ment, that one thousand years of millennial glory can- 
not intervene prior to the personal advent of Christ, for  
when the gospel shall be preached in all the  
world for a witness [only] to [not the conversion of]  
all nations, then [immediately] shall the end come.  
Can any of our readers point to a nation which has  
not been visited by the gospel! If we inquire of those  
who are conversant with our missionary operations,  
"if they know of any nation which never has had the  
gospel?" they frankly reply, they "do not."  
At the present time the most, if not all the nations  
of the earth have been presented with the gospel. If 
we glance at the four quarters of the globe, we find  
that Asia, the extreme eastern section, was first illu- 
minated by it. In the first century of the gospel dis- 
pensation, Asia had the light. In the third, Africa  
was enlightened by its dissemination; then Europe  
was visited—to her was the gospel proclaimed. Ame- 
rica caught the hallowed fire ; to her people the Bible  
has been dispensed—light has been diffused—truth has  
progressed—the Rocky Mountains are passed—inde- 
fatigable missionaries have penetrated the western 
wilds, and the  shores of the Pacific are reached ; the  
isles of the sea have heard the gracious message—the 
standard of the cross has been raised in every clime,  
the banner of love has been unfurled in every section  
of the inhabited world. When the gospel has been  
preached AS A WITNESS, THEN SHALL THE END COME.  
The far east was first illuminated by the gospel, and  
westward it has made its way; as it has advanced in 
the one direction light has increased, and darkness has 
shrouded the other. Where light recedes, tbe nations  
retrograde ; where truth prevails their course is on- 
ward. It is a well known fact that the western por- 
tions of the globe have been more successfully visited  
than the eastern,—there much good has resulted from  
missionary efforts. Or if we view this subject in an- 
other light the result is materially the same. The car of  
missions has been propelled : some portions of the  
Bible have already been translated into every language  
known. Since the angel (John saw) has been flying  
through " the midst of heaven  having the everlasting  
gospel to preach," Missionary, Bible, and other effi- 
cient societies have been instituted, and their influence 
has been every where felt.  
The glad tidings of the kingdom at hand have also  
reachecTevery shore. The warning has been given. 
Wherever missionary stations are to be found, Second  
Advent publications have been forwarded; the mid- 
night cry has been heard. " Behold the Bridegroom  
cometh," has been preached far and near. Many an  
ambassador has sounded the alarm. In our own coun- 
try, the hills of New England, the far west, the sunny  
south, have heard the message ; and distant isles and  
foreign lands have reverberated the sound. T.  

Christ's coming should impart no terror to the child of  
God ; it is a theme pregnant with hope, and pleasing 
in its character. A Christian opposed to its considera-
tion ! Why it should be a subject on which he should  
delight to meditate, affecting as it does his hopes, his  
prospects and tbe well-being of us all.  
This world is not the Christian's home ; his resting  
place is in a fairer clime. This world is a world of  
wickedness. Who would not rather depart to heaven ?  
Here germinates evil, and evil continually; the world  
teems with error, it nurtures all the selfish feelings, 
vile passions and propensities of the human heart; it  
is rife with sin—iniquity prevails. The Christian's  
heart is pained with outrages of every day's occur- 
rence ; it pines to depart and mingle with the angelic 
throng, to be perfected in holiness, clothed with im- 
mortality, transformed into the likeness of its God in 
yon blessed mansion.  
We are often presented with death, as the grand  
motive to watchfulness and prayer, but the Scripture 
of truth points to the resurrection as the hope and so- 
lace of the Christian. If we are destined to rest in  
the silent chambers of the tomb, we rest in hope, for 
at the resurrection " death shall be swallowed up in 
victory." Professor, do you live in Christ ? Then are 
you prepared for the Judgment  ? Death has no terrors  
to the Christian ; he views it with complacency, cold 
and remorseless as it is. May the Lord direct your 
hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting 
for Christ. T.  
A GLORIOUS HOPE.  
There is soon to be a great revolution on earth, and  
an everlasting kingdom set up, which the glory 
of the Lord shall cover as the waters cover the  
sea. As this kingdom will be universal, every one  
is deeply interested to know the character of the  
King. It has been demonstrated by the experience 
of six thousand years, that He only is great, and good, 
and wise. By the living energy of His will He can 
create, accomplish, or destroy. He sees, originates,  
and decides the beginning and the end. He is perfect, 
changeless, and holy—and love is the glory of His 
being. Justice, and truth, and mercy originate and  
unite in Him, and His power is almighty and  eternal.  
This is the Sovereign who is soon to appear in glory,  
to annihilate all earthly governments, and to establish  
His throne in righteousness. Then shall He fearfully  
destroy all those who will not have Him to rule over  
them, who say in their hearts there is no God, or who  
now in contempt inquire who is this coming Jesus, that  
we should obey him. Let us awake and understand  
our position ; though many lukewarm and idle servants 
insist that the Lord delays His coming, we are per- 
suaded, by His own WORD, that His arrival is just at  
hand. Who then will be on the side of the King? All 
that are loyal at heart and love His appearing, will go  
forth bearing His reproach without the camp to meet  
Him, and WAIT with joy the approach of His return,  
lest coming suddenly, He find us unprepared, and ap-
point us our portion with UNBELIEVERS.  
Philadelphia, Oct. c. s. M.  
mp It is a painful thought that many  professing  
Christians have a  strong aversion to the subject of  
Christ's immediate coming, and they much dislike to 
have it introduced either in conversation or in social  
interviews. Ought it thus to be ? The mention of  

breath, yet they will not believe, nor trust their indul-
gent Parent one unfulfilled promise. The promise  
(" spoken of by all the holy prophets since the world  
began") of His last coming to reward his believing chil- 
dren and restore our fallen inheritance to its original 
beauty and holiness, is now a stumbling block and  
offence. Although it is THE FAITH of our dispensation, in  
these last days, yet the world cannot receive it through  
UNBELIEF. Well might our suffering Redeemer exclaim,  
" O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the pro- 
phets have spoken;" and again as he wept, " if thou  
•hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the  
things which belong to thy peace, but they now are hid  
from thine eyes." How fearfully do these divine  
warnings apply to this  generation, yet neither now will  
they understand or BELIEVE that they are wasting the  
last sands of a world's probation.  
Philadelphia, Oct. c. s. M.  
•'O YE OF LITTLE FAITH."  
Want of faith is the root of all sin. A want of con- 
fidence in the God who created us, whose wisdom, be-
nevolence and power shines upon our daily path, and 
in whom we live, move, and have our being. A dis-
trust and unbelief of the word of Him who formed and 
finished this beautiful earth for our convenience, and  
said, " While the earth remaineth, seed time and har- 
vest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night  
shall not cease." This is our folly, madness, and death. 
Although the generations of earth have ever since 
proved the immutability of these promises, at every  

Have the Predictions which were to Precede  
Christ's Coming been Fulfilled !  
It is often-times necessary to consider several topics  
which are presented as objections to the coming of  
Christ at hand, before we can effectually discuss pro- 
phetic times and periods. As we cannot now fully 
enter upon the subject, we will merely allude to them.  
The gospel has been preached "as a witness to all  
nations"—" many false christs have arisen and passed  
away"—" wars and rumors of wars" have always af- 
fected the peace of nations—the world is one vast  
battle-field — nation has risen against nation and  
kingdom against kingdom, and there have been famines  
and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places—the  
children of God have been afflicted and bated of all na- 
tions for Christ's sake. These predictions have been 
literally and strictly fulfilled.  
Knowledge has increased—the scattering of the  
holy people has been effected—divisions, civil and  
religious, distinguish us—the church, as predicted by  
Daniel, and the political world, by the Revelator, are 
divided as by them represented. The church has in-
creased in riches. The rich men of the world have 
heaped up treasures together for the last days ; scoff-
ers have appeared; and we have those in  our midst, who  
cry peace and safety. There has been distress of  
nations with perplexity.  
In Paul's first epistle to Timothy, 4th chapter, are  
predictions of the papal power, speaking lies in hy- 
pocrisy, forbidding to marry, &c. Also in the 3d  
chapter are recorded many things which were to oc- 
cur in the last days which have received an exact and  
impressive fulfillment before the eyes of those now liv- 
ing. There have been  signs in the sun, and in the  
moon, and in the stars ; and many other sights and 
signs and appearances which were to indicate the  
near approach of our Saviour to judgment could be  
presented. Suffice it to say, that all the events which  
were to admonish us ofthe coming of Christ as near at  
hand have already occurred. All relating to that mo- 
mentous period has received an exact fulfilment, ex- 
cepting the grand event itself. For its entire con-
summation let us strive to be ready, and watch, lest it  
come upon us unawares. No passage can be presented  
which can invalidate the harmonious testimony of the  
sacred witnesses; no obstruction to the immediate ex-
piration of prophetic time ; periods are definitely as- 
signed, and we are constrained to believe the drama of  
this world's history is about over. Those who are  
conversant with prophecy, must allow the time is espe- 
cially nigh at hand. Most of the prophetic periods of 
Daniel and John have expired, and received a complete  
fulfillment. One great event yet remains in the future.  
When the 2300 and 1335 days of Daniel shall expire,  
the end of all things earthly is inevitably accomplished,


the last end of indignation is overpast—the two deso- 
lating powers which were to distract the earth, to 
trample under foot the sanctuary and the host, are 
ended. Christ has come. Daniel and those who have  
fallen asleep in Jesus will have a glorious resurrection  
—-the living saints are clothed with immortality—the  
wicked are destroyed—the sanctuary is cleansed, is  
justified. T.  
A DERNIER RESORT.  
There are of the opponents of the doctrine of the  
Lord's immediate advent, those who accuse us of in- 
difference to the fate ofthe wicked ; and some go so  
far as to tell us that we desire their destruction.  
Finding all their arguments and objections answered  
and overthrown, they repair to this last resource :  
" What a dreadful day it will be to the wicked !" they  
emphatically ejaculate. " Yes," we rejoin, "an awful  
day !" Ah! that they, while the long suffering of  
God still waits, would turn from their evil ways and 
live. But you, Christian professors, who charge us  
with necessarily desiring the destruction of the un- 
godly, when we fervently and sincerely piay "Lord  
Jesus, come quickly," would do well to consider whom 
you implicate with us when you thus speak. The  
especial object of the Saviour's regard and affection,  
the " beloved " disciple, who in prophetic vision saw  
the end of all things, witnessed the glorious coming of  
Christ with the clouds of heaven, the downfall of  
earthly kingdoms, the descent of the new Jerusalem,  
and the beatified saints in the possession of their in- 
heritance, and was assured of the speedy fulfilment of  
all he saw, prayed for its accomplishment. "Even  
so : Amen," " Even so : come Lord Jesus," were the  
devout and fervent aspirations which escaped his lips ;  
and with all our hearts we respond "Amen!" Ail the  
apostles and saints of old desired the coming of 
the Lord. His true lovers now desire it. They  
"look for and haste unto the coming* of the day 
of God," as Peter exhorts them to do. (2 Eps. 3 : 12.)  
The Lord increase our desire for, and love to, His  
appearing !  
The folly and the inconsistency of the charge we  
allude to, is equalled only by its falsity.  
The longer our Lord delays, the more souls will he  
added to the number of the lost. Conversions to  
Christianity keep not pace with the increase of popu- 
laion. Meanwhile Papacy and other heresies are  
progressing on every hand with fearful rapidity.  
But we have not time just now to say more, or space  
to devote to the full exposure of the absurdity and  
groundlessness of the imputation.  
For the present we dismiss the subject, affirming  
what we are prepared fully to prove, that it is in mercy  
to the human kind the Lord is coming so soon.  
#" Hasting the coming." (Margin.) H.  
Bro. Himes has just returned from Philadelphia,—  
attended two meetings there, which were fully attended  
and deeply interesting. He will lecture in Hartford this  
evening. 
LETTER FROM BRO. JACOBS.  
SYRACUSE, NOV. 3, 1843.  
Dear Bro. Southard,—I arrived here this morning,  
after having spent two evenings with the brethren at  
New York Mills. They are a faithful band, and are  
daily looking for the Lord.  
There are a few faithful brethren in this place also.  
They have opened a school-room, and hold meetings 
by themselves. They are now making an effort to  
procure a larger place ; and I expect, if time continue, 
to spend some time with them. If any thing is done 
for Syracuse, it must be done now.  
SYRACUSE, NOV. 6, 1843.  
Dear Bro. Southard,—When I last wrote, we were  
seeking for a place to hold meetings in. The Metho- 

dist Protestant Church was freely offered, but it was 
not situated sufficiently central; neither did we con- 
sider it large enough.  
The Wesleyan Methodist Hall was occupied on Fri- 
day and Saturday evenings. Things looked very dis- 
couraging, and 1 was much inclined to leave the place.  
The large room in Granger & Larned's Block, near  
the Rail Road Depot, was finally procured. It is capa- 
ble of holding 700 or 800, or perhaps a thousand peo-
ple. On Sabbath forenoon we had a very comfortable  
congregation. In the afternoon it was larger, and in  
the evening the hall was well filled, not only with peo- 
ple of all sorts, including Judges,Doctors,Lawyers,and  
"common people," but the power of God was there.—  
At the close of the lecture, six presented themselves  
for prayers, and one boldly told us the Lord had  
blessed him, another professed to find peace. A young 
man  came forward and said that some might be sur- 
prised to see him there, as he had so long professed 
religion, but he must be honest before God, he said he 
had no religion, and consequently wished us to pray 
for him.  
We have the Hall open through the days for a read- 
ing room; and the books that Bro. Tullock put up for 
me, are our only library, with the addition of a Bible.  
We firmly believe God is about to shake Syracuse to  
its centre.  
I have been earnestly solicited to go to Auburn and  
lecture.  
I will endeavor to keep you advised of the state of  
things here; in the mean time, be looking after some 
suitable person to remain here and lecture.  
Yours in the blessed hope, E. JACOBS.  
LETTER FROM BRO. I.  R. GATES.  
CANTON, FOUR CORNERS, Pa )  
Oct. 31, 1843. 5  
Dear Bro. Southard:—My labours for the last three  
weeks, have been confined to Elmira Village, Chemung 
Co. N. Y. which lays about 101) miles north ofthe place  
from which my last letter was dated. My success there  
was very good ; many believed.  
I gave one course of lectures at Springfield, Bradford  
Co Pa. Many there were favorably impressed. I com- 
menced at Canton last Sabbath, and expect to close on  
Thursday evening of this week.  
Bro. Gates writes from Level Corners, Pa.., Nov.  
4, as follows :  
"I have just closed a course of lectures at Canton,  
in the Baptist and Disciples' Meeting House. The  
interest among all denominations was great. Many  
confessed that they had been living " at the halves,"  
and should live so no longer—sinners began to feel the  
vast necessity of the one thing needful.  
Elder Hulbert, who preaches there, gave a very  
solemn charge to the people at the close of my lectures,  
in regard to the examination of this great subject. I 
expect he will soon distinguish himself as an able ad- 
vocate of our blessed Lord's speedy coming.  
Yours in the blessed hope, I. R. GATES.  
THE CAUSE IN ALBANY.  
LETTER FROM BRO. WRIGHTSON.  
ALBANY, Oct 31 1843.  
Dear Bro. Southard:—We continue to have good  
times here : the doctrine of the coming of our Saviour 
this year, is evidently spreading. Believers are confirm- 
ed, their faith is strengthened ; and although we are una- 
ble to preach in the Churches, we can preach through  
them, notwithstanding some of their walls are 20 inches  
thick. The several denominations are troubled. They  
are making strong efforts to stop this spreading heresy.  
Rev Mr. Cooley, pastor of the first Baptist Church, is 
preaching four sermons, for the purpose of keeping his  
members from tbe "House of Prayer ;" Sabbath morning  
he showed, as he said, by positive proofs from the Bible,  
that the whole world is to be converted ; that the gospel  
of Christ is to spread over the earth, till his dominion  
shall reach from sea to sea, and from the river to  
the ends of the earth ; till every house shall have become  
a house of prayer, and every heart a temple for Jesus  
Christ to dwell in. He fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah  
2, and Mich. 4, where the soothsayers are to call upon 
tbe people to come up to the house of the Lord, and say  
that all nations shall flow unto it.  
In the afternoon he endeavored to show the obscurity  
of prophecy, and the uncertainty as to the time of Christ's 
coming. He said that Christ, five or six times in the 
t venty-fourth and twenty-fifth chapters of Matt, gives  
us to understand that it is uncertain, &c. For Christ  
was to come as the lightning,  and as a thief, and as it  
was in the days of Noah, when they knew not until the  
flood came and took them all away. And also, that the  

parable ofthe ten virgins clearly showed that the present  
excitement was not the midnight cry ofthe Bible ; which 
he satd was given after the Bridegroom came; he then  
warned his flock not to aid in spreading it, and gave  
them the privilege, when they saw the Saviour here, to  
"cry'and halloo loud as they had a mind to. Alas for  
such watchmen ! who have fallen asleep.  
Last spring this same minister said that the doctrine  
ofthe end of the world in 1843, was no new thing, that  
his father preached it fifteen or twenty years ago.  
His sermon however, did not appear to have much  
effect on the candid portion ofhis congregation, for there  
were more of them present in the " House of Prayer" last  
Sabbath evening, than I ever saw before.  
Last evening bro. Teall gave the last mentioned dis- 
course a Review. To night I go to hear Prof Bush, and  
will take notes ; to-morrow evening, Bro. Teall will also  
review the Professor's sermon. Bro. Teall will probably 
remain in Albany over the next Sabbath.  
Yours in the service of our Master,  
T. WRICHTSON.  
LETTER FROM BRO. CHARLES FRIEND,  
PORT HOPE, Canada West, Oct. 31, 1843.  
Dear Bro. Southard.— Our respected bro.  
George Hamilton acquaints me, that since bro. 
Beresford lectured at Cobourg, the Lord's work  
is reviving amongst those whose lamps had gone  
out, since the lecturing of brother Deverill last  
spring, and that they have got up a second ad-
vent prayer meeting, and that there is becoming  
a manifest alteration for the better. I wish to  
echo the voice of supplication with brother 
Hamilton, for a preacher to come and spend the  
winter with us. I  think that here is an extensive  
country to stir up ; and that God's blessing 
might be given, under an able minister. Here  
is a range of country, through which he might 
travel, as  our few friends would convey him  
from place to place, to and fro—up and down—  
a circuit of about forty miles; so that he might  
be able to scatter seed in each village, weekly.  
I don't like to talk about reward for any second  
advent minister, he always will find that to the  
comfort of his own soul, under his own great pay-
master, who will not suffer him to be neglected.  
Pray do what you can, to induce some pious  
soul to come to us. 1 have looked continually, 
but have not seen any notice taken of Thorn-
ton's publication, sent over by me, for you to  
answer, which if done, would do great good  
here. Neither have you noticed brother Peter  
Hofl's Narration ofhis meeting with his Bishop,  
(which I also sent you.) The conference have  
since Withdrawn brother Hoff's license as a  
preacher.  
Yjiurs in the blessed hope,  
CHARLES FRIEND.  
O" Bro Friend.—We do not. exchange with the.  
Christian Guardian. " Thornton's publication" has not  
been received at this office. We will endeavor to find  
the letter containing bro. Hoff's Narrative, &c. The pa- 
pers have been forwarded to the several subscribers.  
LETTER FROM BRO. HAWKES.  
Chiope Falls, Mass., Nov. 4, 1843,  
DEAR BRO. SOUTHARD—  
I take this method  to inform you that nre are  
continuing to look for the blessed hope and the 
glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jesus Christ.  
O how vain are all things connected with this  
life. This world at best is a waste howling wil- 
derness. But bless the Lord, there is soon to be  
a new state of things. I hear the voice of my  
Savior, it falls on my ears in unearthly tones, "Be- 
hold, I make all things new." I listen again and  
I hear him say, "Behold I come quickly." My  
soul responds Amen—even so come Lord Jesus.  
The advent friends in these parts are firm and  
unshaken in the belief that Christ is at the door. 
We hold meetings in this village regularly, and  
talk freely of the coming of our great deliverer.


1 We have had of late some conversions in this  
place. At Ware the Lord has recently blessed  
the advent friends with a gracious shower ; some  
20 or more have as we trust been converted to  
God. May the good work be carried on until He 
comes to call his servants to their great and eter- 
nal reward. And may you in that day, dear bro- 
ther, have the satisfaction, (as I doubt not you 
will), of knowing that your laborious work has  
not been in vain in the Lord.  
Yours in Christ, PHILO HAWKES.  
ISHMAEL AND THE TEMPORAL MILLEN- 
NIUM.  
The prediction of the angel before Ishmael was  
born, was, " And he will be a wild man, his hand will 
be against every man, and every man's hand against 
him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his  
brethren," Gen. 16 : 12. If the preservation of Isaac's  
descendants, in the line of the Hebrew nation, a dis-
tinct people to this day, scattered and peeled as they  
have been, is remarkable, that of Ishmael's descend- 
ants of the same space of time, always on the same  
territory, is hardly less so. Although sometimes har-
assed and pillaged by the great conquerors of anti- 
quity, the country of Ishmael has never been at any  
time subdued, never paid tribute. He shall dwell in  
the presence of all his brethren. As long as men live  
on the earth he shall be an unconquered people The  
other two points of the prophecy, he shall be a WILD  
man—his hand against every man, have also had a like  
fulfilment, running parallel with the other. The  
prophecy has been fulfilling for 3700 years, and from  
the terms of the prediction we see not how the de-
scendants of Ishmael, as a body, can ever be convert- 
ed, as the temporal millennium theory supposes. It  
may be further remarked, that Mahomet was among 
the descendants of him, who, when a child, was cast 
under a shrub to die of thirst, deserted by his mother.  
SECOND ADVENT."  
From the Western Midnight  Cry.  
SEE HOW THEY AGRER.  
It is truly wonderful what a perfect harmony the oppo- 
sers of our Lord's Second Advent, at the door, manifest.  
Truly, one would think they were about to set up the  
temporal millennium." Atheists, Deists, Orthodox,  
Universalists, and all' seem coming into a perfect agree- 
ment in their hatred to the doctrine of the " Coming  
One" at the door. We will give our readers a sample"  
The "Star in the West," the Universalist paper in this  
city, speaks thus of Dr. Lynd and his views :  
"J. B. Wilson has just published a pamphlet upon the  
2d Advent, from the pen of Rev.  S. W Lynd D D  
Th is gentleman, it is understood, is the leadinc Calvin-
ist Baptist preacher in the West He preaches in this  
city. Being the leading preacher in his own denomi- 
nation, his explanations will be received by his followers  
with the weight of authority.  
" We shall now give our readers his exposition of the  
24th chapter of Matthew, a part of which has always 
been regarded by Orthodox professors as descriptive of  
the fast judgment. He explains the whole to relate to  
the coming of Christ at the destruction of Jerusalem,  
about eighteen hundred years ago. He occupies the  
ground that the Universalists have ever stood upon, as 
relates to that subject. The truth is, Millerism, common  
sense, and investigation have driven our opposers to  
adopt our interpretations. Explanations of ours which  
were ridiculed a few years ago, by many of them, they  
now declare as their own."  
Here the " Star" gives an extract from Dr. Lynd, and  
then concludes its remarks upon the Doctor's views as  
follows :  
" For the most part, the foregoing is the view taken by  
the Universalists ; and that it is the correct one our op-
posers do now bear their witness. And one fact we  
must state which we consider an important one. The  
account in the 24th chapter of Matthew of the second 
coming of Christ, once explained to be an event past,  
and Dr. Lynd, or any other man, can never prove a stifl 
future coming to judge the world. They might just as  
well give up the doctrine on that subject at once.  

i " Dr. Lynd's explanation bars him from his own favor- 
ite dogma of a future coming and judgment He cannot j  
put his finger upo>i any text that cannot be consistently 1  
explained according to his own  showing,in harmony with '  
Universalist views."  
In the same paper, the " Star" says : 
" Stuart's interpretations are for the most part in har- 
mony with Universalist views, put forth for the last half  
century ;" arid exultingly adds : " The Christian world 
is fast approximating towards Universalism—-and it is of 
no use for any body to deny the fact."  
No wonder the "Star" thinks so, when such men as  
Professor Stuart of Andover, Mass., and Dr. Lynd sus- 
tain the "peace and safety'' doctrine by their powerful 
influence.  
That the " Star" is not alone in its belief that the op- 
posers of "Millerism," as they call the 2d Advent doc- 
trine, are hastening into Universalism, take the following  
article, which first appeared in the " Patriot and Eagle,"  
a secular paper, and from thence was copied into the  
"Chronicle, ' of this city, the editor of which, we are told,  
is a leading member of Dr. Beecher's church :  
" The zeal of Moses Stuart, D. D. of Andover, against  
' Millerism,' has betrayed him into admissions and asser- 
tions, which, if true, not only break down the principal  
barriers between Popery and Protestantism, but also  
nearly all the defences of Orthodoxy against Universal-
ism. If I were satisfied that his prophetic expositions  
were correct, I should at once despair of meeting the  
Universalists and the Roman Catholics with any Scrip- 
tural logic worth the name. Why, Professor Stuart 
says that the entire book of Daniel's prophecy was ful- 
filled 1800 years ago ! The book of Revelation, except- 
ing the two or three last chapters, have also long since  
been fulfilled I ! The 24th and 25th chapters of Matthew  
were fulfilled completely at the destruction of Jerusalem  
by the Romans ! ! ! As for Prophetic Chronology, Mr.  
Stuart sweeps away with one dash of his pen the gen- 
eral, nay, universal belief ofthe Protestant church. With  
quiet dogmatism, such as few beside himself can use, he 
throws back into the darkness of the middle ages, all the  
best fruits of Reformation, and all the best directed re- 
searches of expositors since the immortal Luthei first as- 
serted and maintained the right of private judgment  
" The Doctor is determined to prove that the worst  
will be converted and the Jews restored to their native  
land. But, if his exposition be true, he ought in con- 
sistency to enlist himself under tho banner of the Pops,  
and with the weapons of an infallible Church, go forth 1  
conquering and to conquer. Nay, moie, he ought to ex- ' 
tend his benevolence backward, as well as his exertions  
forward, and include in his boundless plan of salvation,  
the generations who have passed away, together with  
those who are to come. It is a striking fact, that the  
organ of the Universalists, published in New York city,  
hails the appearance of Professor Stuart's Book, as one  
of the most prominent movements of Orthodoxy, to- 
wards Universalism that has been seen during the pre- 
sent century. No wonder. Only say that the prophetic  
parts of Daniel, Matthew and John have no reference to 
a future Judgment, and the Universalist finds it easy  
work to spiritualize and accommodate the rest of Scripture  
so as to include all mankind in the plan of salvation, and 
to nullify all our hopes and fears in the judgment and  
resurrection of the dead. I  assert, without fear of suc- 
cessful contradiction, that  the Doctor's exposition leaves  
Protestantism no better designation than that of hereti- 
cal nonconformity with the true Catholic Church, and  
gives Universalism at least as good ground to stand on,  
as any other sect out of the pale of the true indivisible, 
universal, infallible Church of Rome."  
The .approach of Stuart, Lynd, and others, opposing  
Second Advent at hand, towards Universalism, alias,  
"peace and safety" doctrine, is just cause of alarm to ail  
who do not wish to have sudden destruction overtake  
them. " For when they shall say peace and safety,  
THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION cometh upon them—and  
THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE." 1 Thess. 5 : 3.  
We are personally acquainted with a minister who, a  
few months since, preached three sermons in one day,  
against our views of the immediate glorious appearing of  
our Lord Jesus Christ. As he came from the pulpit he 
was greeted by no atheist, most heartily—as he passed  
down towards the door he was cheered by several Uni-
versalists—passing out of doors he heard a company  
swearing that he had used up Millerism right well.  
These facts we had from his own mouth. " Pilate and  
Herod are made friends ;" and good [?] and bad men of  
all sorts agree together in fighting against the speedy  
coming of our glorious Lord—they seem to forget  

all their former differences in crying out, Away with  
Millerism—crucify it, crucify it. They are loving breth- 
ren just now. We heard of a case last winter, in Mas- 
sachusetts,where a Trinitarian minister, a Unitarian, and  
a Un iversalist a 11 sat in one pulpit, and took part in the  
same exercises, in a meeting against " Millerism." See 
how these brethren love one another.  
Is " a man known by the company he keeps" ? Well  
did the Psalmist pray, "Gather not my soul with sin- 
ners."  
Shall we strengthen the hands of sinners that they  
turn not from their wicked way '!  
We were informed that a few days since, in this city,  
a Universalist who heard our exposition of the 24th  
Matthew, said, if that is true Universalism is gone, and  
manifested a  concern for himself. How did he find re- 
lief to his troubled mind 1 We learn that a Methodist 
preacher met him and told him, " It's all a humbug," &c.  
The man's mind was quieted, and  he concluded to return  
to his Universalism.  
THE GUILT OF REJECTING  
TESTIMONY.  
GOD'S  
The writer of the following received her first im- 
pressions on the Second Advent, in her childhood, in  
England.—ED.  
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  
^ With my early religious impressions I received as a  
Scriptural truth the certain and speedy second advent  
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to reign person- 
ally with his saints upon the renewed earth ; but I did 
not, till quite recently, realize the momentous conse- 
quence of neglecting to receive it as an essential arti- 
cle of my Christian faith. Perhaps it had not taken 
sufficient root in my heart to develope its importance. 
The late discussions on the subject have vividly im- 
pressed my mind with many serious queries and re- 
flections ; a few of which I offer for the consideration  
of those who profess to love and obey our crucified and  
ascended Saviour.  
That which God hath spoken is binding on all his  
creatures. Awful indeed is the responsibility of the  
soul that would, at. its own pleasure, receive or reject  
the word of Jehovah ! Read Rev. 22 : 18, 19. Is then  
the second coming of Christ to reign in the same body  
in which he died, arose, and ascended, a doctrine taught 
in the Holy Scriptures ? If it be, can it be immateri- 
al whether or not we believe it! Shall a worm of the  
dust dare to say of the smallest portion of the word 
of the Most High God, It was written in vain 
Surely not, of that which includes so much of glory to  
Christ, of comfort to the believer, and occupies so large 
a space in the sacred writings, which, throughout, testi-
fy of the sufferings of Christ and the glory which  
should follow. Why leave out the glory which  
should follow 1 as though to suffer was the great end  
of his mission. Many say the subject is doubtful and  
obscure. Why is it so 1 Is it because they have not 
diligently searched and compared divine truth * Then  
they are verily  guilty, themselves being their own  
judges: but if, after having searched and compared  
they wilfully close their eyes, their hearts being oppo-
sed, the case is still worse, as it argues a principle the  
reverse of that love which would induce entire sub- 
mission and obedience. That he said he was a kino-
gave great offence during his first advent, and surely 
the offence has not ceased with the majority of his pro- 
fessed disciples, although over his cross was written, 
under the guidance of divine providence, (what Pilate,  
I though strongly urged, was not permitted to alter )  
"JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE  
JEWS !"* This King was the crucified Jesus ! his  
human, not his divine nature. We will not have this  
man to reign over us, may be unwittingly the spirit of 
many, who, because they acknowledge his spiritual 
reign, flatter themselves that all is well. That he  
ever has reigned spiritually in the hearts of all his  
people, and ever will, is a blessed truth, yet it is only 
part ofthe truth of the gospel, for this he doth in vir- 
tue of his Deity, and those who admit of no more, deny  
him the full reward of his sufferings, and believe not  
in the Christ revealed by the Holy Ghost, who shall 
see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied. As  
God, he could have no travail of soul, nor could be, in  
this sense, satisfied.  
Who shall sit on his father David's throne 1 As


I  
God, David could not be his father. Who shall be  
exalted to reign over the kingdoms of this earth ? As  
God, he is, and ever was, above all exaltation, and has  
reigned from everlasting, and will continue so to do, to  
everlasting. The divine word, which informs us that  
Jesus was reviled, despised and rejected by those he  
came to save, assures us  that on the spot where he  
thus submitted to humiliation, he shall in the same  
body be exalted, extolled, and acknowledged by all  
men in his transcendant majesty and glory. As well  
may we deny the one to be real and literal as the 
other; the sin must be equal, because equally contra- 
dicting the word of God, or, perhaps we ought to say 
that is more aggravated, which refuses to recognize  
he more glorious part of his mission, and to render  
honor to him whom God delighteth to honor. If this  
be true, do not opposers, or even unbelievers, stand  
every moment in jeopardy ? 0 ! that they would pray,  
read and consider, in time, lest haply they be found 
to be fighting against the revealed will and purpose of  
God, rejecting his offer of love and mercy to their  
souls!  
* Who are the real Jews, is explained in many parts of the New  
Testament by expositors, so guided that they could not err.  
LIFE'S TRAVELLER.  
The following recently appeared in the Literary  
Gem. When the reader has finished it, we wish to  
ask him a question :  
"An aged man of God encountered a traveller, who  
smote his breast and broke into loud and deep lamen-
tation. And he said, ' My brother, what is thy afflic-
tion, that thou wailest thus , on thy way V And the  
traveller answered, ' My path is long and weary ; it is  
full of thorns and thistles ; my feet are bleeding with  
sharp rocks, and my bosom is torn with briars ; my  
sight is dim, and I fear to lose my way; darkness  
gathers around me, and I know not which way  to turn ;  
my ear is dull, and I hear not the voice ofthe torrent 
till it roars at mv feet; the bitter north winds pierce me  
through the sun looks fiercely upon me, and I faint; they  
who travel with me and who should assist me in my fee- 
bleness, rush rudely by, and overturn me as they pass ;  
they darken my way by intercepting its faint light;  
they toss the brambles from their own feet under mine ; 
they bewilder me by adverse councils, and lead me  
into crooked paths as I follow them; they pluck rich  
fruits by the wayside, which I in my weakness cannot  
reach,and forget that I am fainting. There were  
those who travelled with me for a season, whom 1  
loved and who held up their light that I might also see ;  
and they pitied my wounds, und bound them up as we  
journeyed, and they pointed out the green places, and  
we sat together by the fountains in the wilderness,  
and I gathered strength as we held sweet converse.  
But one by one they have faded like a vision from my  
sight; they have all passed away! they flit by me in  
my dreams, but they mock my grasp ; their voices  
come upon my ear on the night breeze, but I call on  
them and they do not answer! Askest thou why I lift  
up my voice in sorrow ?'  
And the holy man inquired, 'Whither dost thou  
travel 1 what is the goal of thy journeying ?' And the 
traveller said, ' I am journeying to the house of my  
Father ; I am travelling home ; I know that there I  
shall be welcome; for though my dim sight so often 
mistakes the direction, yet hath my Father sent me his  
chart and compass to guide me on my way.' And the  
man of God once more questioned, ' In this thy Father's  
house, what is it that awaits thee V The faith of the  
traveller kindled at the thought, and he replied, ' Eye  
hath not seen nor ear heard, the fullness and the joy  
thereof. All the glories and delights, which I see at  
a distance on my way, and for which I often mourn,  
are as nought to the least of the abundance that is  
there awaiting me. The glorious hues that fade out  
here as we gaze, are the enduring colors of that man- 
sion. The waters that shine there upon the eye have  
no bitterness, and there, there is no draught. There 
is no separation there, and  no chill of doubt, or decay,  
or jealousy cometh there, between hearts that lore. 
And the shadow of death entereth not there! And 
they whom I loved, and with whom I talked of that  
blessed home as we journeyed, are all there ! Though  
they passed from, my sight like the morning dew, yet 
have they left me a sign and a token where I should  
find them.'  
' And thou weepest, 0 traveller,' said the aged man,  
' and falterest on thy way to a home like this ! Why  
girdest thou thy spirit not up, in the strength of that  
I 104  

which is before thee? Go steadily on thy way. Why  
dost thou foolishly look to thy fellow travellers for  
guides ? Behold they are weak ; they are dim- 
sighted ; they are bewildered as thou art. Hast thou  
not the chart and compass of thy Father ? Why ask- 
est thou their support, and seest not they are fainting 
at thy side 1 Thou shrinkest from the thorns in ^ thy  
way, and seest not that their feet are bleeding. Thou  
lookest on the fruits they chance to pluck, and forget- 
test that thou  gatheredest when they were an hunger- 
ed, and they shared not. If thy sight is dim, and  
thine ear dull, hast thou  josteled no one in thy path,  
and flung the thorns from thy feet under those of no  
other ? Hast thou not past by him whose wounds thou  
shouldst have bound up, and heard not the cry of him  
who asked thy help 1 Complain not, O man, of thy  
brother, nor embitter thy soul by thinking he careth 
not for thee. Look not upon the length of the way, 
nor upon its toils, nor its desolateness, nor yet upon  
the deep waters, nor the valley and shadow of death  
thou must finally pass. But fix thine eye steadfastly 
on the home beyond ; and, though dimness be upon 
thy vision, yet shalt thou pass on in safety and rejoic- 
ing, as one indeed, who, weary and worn from a long  
journey, yet beholdest, from afar off, gleaming through  
the wilderness, the lights of his Father's mansion.' "  
Now for the question. If this traveller loved the  
thought of home, would he quarrel with and abuse a 
friend who should tell him that his Father was coming 
very soon, to relieve him from pursuing his toilsome  
way any farther, and to conduct him immediately to  
his glorious mansion?  
CHEERING THOUGHTS ON THE SECOND  
ADVENT,  
FROM DR. LEIGHTON'S COMMENTARY.  
1 Peter 1: 7 " Might le found unto praise, and honor,  
and glory, at the appearance of Jesus Christ."  
This is the end that is intended, and shall be certainly  
obtained, by all these hot trials. Faith shall come through 
them all, and shall be «' found unto praise," &c. An un- 
skilful beholder may think it strange to see gold thrown 
into the fire, and left there for a time ; but he that puts  
it there, would be loth to lose it; his purpose is to make  
a costly piece of work of it.  
" At the abearance of Jesus Christ." This denotes  
the time when this shall come to pass; for Christ is  
faithful and true ; he hath promised to come again, and  
"to judge the world in righteousness," and "he will 
come, and will not tarry." It is called, " the revelation ;" 
all other things will be revealed in that day—the most  
hidden things, good and evil, shall be unveilect ; but it is 
eminently the day of His REVELATION : it shall be by his  
liirlit, by " the brightness of his coming," that all other 
thinirs shall be revealed ; but he himself shall be the wor- 
thiest sight of all. All eyes shall behold him. He shall  
then gloriously appear before all men and angels, and shal  
by all be acknowledged to be the Son of God, and Judge  
of the world : some shall with joy, know him, and ac- 
knowledge him to be so, others to their horror and amaze- 
ment. How beautiful shall he be to those who love him,  
when he as the glorious head shall appear with his whole  
body mystical with him. Then, the glory and praise  
which all the saints shall be honored with, shall recom-
pense fully all the scorns and ignominies, and distresses  
they have met with here. And they shall shine the  
brighter for them. O ! if we consider oftener that solemn 
day, how light should we set by the opinions of men, and  
all 'outward hardships that can befall us ! How easily 
should we digest dispraise and dishonor here, and pass  
through all cheerfully, provided we may be then found in 
him, and so far partake of praise and glory and honor in 
that day of his appearing.  
[Again, in his comment on 1 Peter 4 : 13, he says :]  
Now that he is hidden, little of his glory is seen. It  
was hidden when he was on earth, and now it is hidden  
in heaven where he is. And as for his body here, his  
church, it has no pompous dress, nor outward splendors, 
and the particular parts of it, the saints, are poor, despised 
creatures, the very refuse of men in outward respects  
and common esteem. So he himself is not seen; and  
his followers, the more they are seen and looked on by  
the world's eye, the more meanness appears. But there  
is a day wherein he will appear; AND IT IS AT HAND ! and 
then he shall be glorious in his despised saints, and ad- 
mired in them that believe (2 Thess. 1:10); how much  
more in the matchless brightness of his own glorious  
person! In the mean time, he is hidden, and they are  
hidden with him, "for our life is hidden with Christ in  
God." He shall shine forth in his glory. Terrible shall 
it be to them that formerly despised him and his saints, 
but to them it shall be the gladdest day that ever arose  

upon them—a day that shall never set or be  benighted ;  
the day they so much longed and looked out for, the full 
accomplishment of all their hopes and desires. On! 
HOW DAKK WERE ALL OUR DAYS WITHOUT THE HOPE OF THIS  
DAY !  
It is a sweet and joyful thing to be a sharer with  
Christ in any thing. All enjoyments wherein he is not, 
are bitter to a soul that loves him, and all sufferings with  
him are sweet. The worst things of Christ are more 
truly delightful than the best things of the world; his 
afflictions are sweeter than their pleasures, his reproach 
more glorious than their honors, and more rich than their 
treasures And shall I shrink and creep back from what  
he calls me to suffer for his sake 1 Yea, even all my 
other troubles and sufferings, I will desire to have stamp-
ed thus, with this conformity to the sufferings of Christ, 
in the humble, obedient, cheerful endurance of them, and  
the giving up my will to my Father's.  
The following of Christ makes any way pleasant. His  
faithful followers refuse no march after him, be it through 
deserts, and mountains, and storms, and hazards, that  
will affright self-pleasing, easy spirits. Hearts kindled 
and actuated with the spirit of Christ, will follow him,  
" wheresoever he goeth."  
LETTER FROM BUFFALO.  
My Dea r Brother Himis—I was glad to hear from you  
and of the success which has attended your labors since  
you left Buffalo. " Your coming here, and the brethren  
associated with you, has resulted in much good to the- 
souls of many. We are a little company, yet the Lord is  
adding daily to our numbers. Our meetings are well 
attended, and brother Skinner is laboring with good suc- 
cess among us. Our Hall is crowded on the Sabbath,  
and never has the spirit of inquiry risen to such a degree  
as at present. The cause is onward in this place.  
Yours, in full confidence of our coming Lord,  
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 1. JOEL ATKINS.  
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ENDING NOVEMBER 8.  
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SECOND ADVENT DEPOTS.  
BOSTON, Mass.—No. 16 Devonshire street.  
Address J. V. Himes.  
NEW YORK CITY.—No. 9 Spruce st.  
Address J. V. Himes.  
ALBANY, N. Y.—No. 67 Greene st.  
Address G-. S. Miles.  
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—No. 17 Arcade Buildings.  
Address E. C. Galusha.  
BUFFALO, N. Y.—No. 8 Niagara st.  
Address H. B. Skinner.  
UTICA, N. Y.—Address Horace Patten.  
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Address J. Litcli.  
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nut, south side. Add. Geo. Storrs.  
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Address H. A. Chittenden.  
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Jefferson House.  
Address Dr. Nath'l Field.  
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Address R. Hutchinson.  
PORTLAND, Me.—Casco st. Address J. Pearson,  
AKRON, O.—Address C. Clapp.