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THE FIRST RESURRECTION.  
BY THE REV. T. R. BIRKS, M. A.,  
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.  
(Concluded.)  
III. The reality of the first resurrection, and  
the weakness of the objections commonly urged 
against it, has now, I trust, been clearly estab- 
lished, by the simple evidence of the word of  
God. It is time to leave these straits and  
shallows of argument and to meditate more di- 
rectly on the great doctrine itself, and the  
practical lessons which it yields to us. May the  
Holy Spirit graciously be present with us, that  
conviction may ripen into faith, and truth in the  
understanding may become power in the con-
science, and life in the heart! May He preserve  
us from the danger of a mere speculative creed,  
and awaken our souls to the grandeur of the  
hopes which are set before us in this passage of 
liis Word! Among the various lessons which 
we ought to derive from this truth, I would  
dwell upon three only. The First Resurrec- 
tion, then, is adapted to deepen the impression  
of eternal things, to deliver us from the power 
of superstitious delusions, and, finally, to quick- 
en our zeal, and enlarge our hopes, in the 
service of Christ.  
In the first place, this doctrine is suited to  
bring near to us the thought of eternity, and to  
deepen its impression on our souls.  
The importance of the resurrection itself may  
seem, perhaps, at first sight, to make every 
question of time or order, trifling and superfluous.  
What, it may be asked, are a thousand years, 
in comparison with eternity 1 Why dwell 011  
the interval which may exist between the res- 
urrection of the just and of the unjust, when  
there is but one question of infinite moment, in  
which of those two companies we shall be  
found Why fix our thoughts on events com- 
paratively minute, at the risk of throwing into  
the sliade the one grand contrast between life  
eternal, and everlasting ruin1?  
However practical and solid such objections  
may appear, there lurks under them a  danger- 
ous illusion. Are Christians then, in very truth,  
thus swallowed up by the thought of eternity 1  
Are the resurrection and the glory to come,  
thus hourly before tlieir eyes, deadening them 
to the vanities of earth, quickening them to songs  
of praise, and enlivening their souls by the  
near prospect of eternal blessedness % Have 
they risen to that high elevation, in which the 
present has no more power than the future, the  
near than the distant; but time and eternity aie  
weighed in the balance of Omniscience, and  

this world is nothing compared witli that world 
to come % Alas, it is far otherwise. The  
power of the resurrection, even in the holiest  
Christians, and its hold on their thoughts, falls  
infinitely short of the glorious reality. The  
contrast is still more painful in tlie Church at  
large. How few traces are to be found, in the  
walks of daily life, or even in the councils of 
Christian nations, of faith in a coming resur- 
rection !  
How, then, shall this fearful delusion be  
overcome, whicb hides from our thoughts the  
real vastness of eternity? Besides the grand  
source of the evil, in the unbelief of the heart,  
there are two others, which have their seat in  
tbe understanding. We remove eternity into  
the far distance; and then rest content with  
the general phrase, without dwelling in thought 
on the separate ages of which it is composed, 
and which make up its ever-growing immensi- 
ty. The first resurrection is a Divine remedy  
for both these illusions. It brings eternity near  
to us, in tbe very regions of time, and teaches  
us to reckon, one by one, the millennial ages  
which compose its perpetual duration.  
We may here borrow a lesson from human  
science. How do we gain the fullest impres-
sion of the immensity of space 1 Is it by gazing 
at once on the clear sky ? No; this may con- 
vey some impression of vastness, but far short 
of the truth. How then may we expand this  
vague feeling into ajuster view of the grandeur 
of the universe? A middle term must be  
brought into the reckoning. From distances  
familiar to our senses the astronomer deter-
mines, first, the size of the globe on which we  
dwell. From the size of the earth itself, by a  
measurable proportion, he rises to the dimen- 
sion of its annual orbit. And now, with millions  
of miles for our unit, we ascend by a second  
step of sublime geometry, and obtain a limit for 
tbe least distance of the nearest star. And  
thus at length, by these intermediate stages of  
ascent, we attain a far nobler, larger conception  
of the immensity of God's visible creation, than 
we could ever have gained by gazing directly  
on the starry firmament.  
Now in this doctrine the Holy Spirit employs  
just tbe same process to awaken in our souls  
some due impression of the grandeur of eter-
nity. The hope of the resurrection is no longer 
buried in the far distance, but stands forth the  
nearest and foremost object in the expectations  
of tbe Church. And since our eyes might else  
be dazzled by its overwhelming nearness, a  
middle term is interposed. The millennial  
kingdom is set before us, a pledge and a pre- 
paration for the everlasting happiness to ensue.  
The Spirit of God would thus raise us, by a  
gradual ascent, to a livelier and deeper impres- 
sion of eternal things. He opens to our view a  
glimpse of that sublime calendar by which He  
plans the course of infinite ages. That Millen-
nium, which crowns and consummates the  
world's history, is seen to be with the Lord as  
one day, the first and lowest unit by which to  
trace out the immeasurable duration of the 
world to come.  
Let us cease, then, my brethren, from the  
vain fancy, that we can grasp by a single effort,  

or reach at one single bound, the vastness of 
eternity. Rather let us use in faith that ladder  
which God himself has provided us. The first  
resurrection will then be seen in its true lio-ht.  
It will be found mighty to break in peices die  
bands of worldliness, and to raise tbe Church 
afresh to the devotedness of apostles in tbe  
times of old. Eternity would then be more to 
us than a name. It would be a thought ever  
filling, gladdening, enlarging, and overwhelm- 
ing our souls; while, through the coming  
Millennium of resurrection glory, we search  
into those countless ages when God shall be all 
in all.  
Let us understand then, clearly, this double  
povver of tbe truth in our text, to scatter the il- 
lusions of time, and fix our thoughts on the 
things unseen and eternal. The popular doc- 
trine removes the advent of the Lord and the  
full blessedness of his people into a distant age ;  
this truth brings them near to us, and places 
them full in our view. But it also stoops to the  
weakness of our faith. Just as the astronomer  
starts from a fresh base, when he would leave  
our little system, and dive into the immensity of  
tbe firmanent; so does the millennial kingdom 
of the saints, lend us a Divine basis from which  
to start afresh in exploring- the vastness of a  
coming eternity.  
And may we not, without presumption, trace  
the parallel a step further? The Millennium  
we are plainly taught, is the antitype of the first  
Sabbatb. And, for aught we know, the resem- 
blance may not stop here. The whole law was 
only a shadow of the good tilings to come.  
What then if its seasons and various celebra- 
tions, its solemn feasts and holy jubilees, should  
prove to be also a foreshadowing of eternal 
things ? What if the Millennium, that great  
day of the Lord, should be only the first unit in  
a larger calendar, the base of a fresh departure  
to mete out the recurrence of festal ages in the  
kingdom of glory, each marked by the display  
of some distinct attribute of Divinity, and some  
peculiar manifestation of God's infinite love 1  
Yes, the meaning and depth of this revelation 
may not be exhausted when the thousand years 
themselves have expired. That day of the  
Lord, throughout eternity, shall form afresh era  
to the new creation of God. A new and  
wondrous calendar, whose days are millennial 
and whose years immeasurable ages, may  
thence have its birth, by which the redeemed, 
in the presence of their Lord, shall measure out  
their undying and immortal blessedness. O  
let us praise and adore the love and condescen- 
sion of God, who has let down this truth, like  
the ladder of Jacob, from that eternity which he 
himself inhabits, that he may raise our souls to  
a larger and more delightful apprehension of  
the glory which is shortly to be revealed !  
And now, finally, let us consider for a few  
moments the tendency of this doctrine to quick- 
en the zeal, and enlarge the hopes, of the 
servants of Christ.  
It is true that an opposite assertion has been  
often made. Hope, it is said, is the parent of  
activity. But this doctrine destroys all hope of  
full success in missionary labours, and, there- 
fore, must paralyze the zeal of the Church, and


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damp all efforts for the conversion and salvation  
of the world. The more we expect from Di- 
vine miracles, the less strenuous shall we be, it  
is thought, in the use of present means : we  
shall rather wdlt with folded arms, in lazy ap- 
athy, for signs and wonders from heaven. A  
closer enquiry, however, will prove to us, that 
these assertions are groundless, and that no doc- 
trine yields more powerful motives for devoted  
labour and Christian zeal.  
And, first, let us view it solely in its personal  
aspect. The Gospel has in every age been ex- 
posed to that licentious abuse—"Let us con-
tinue in sin, that grace may  abound." The  
freeness of the offered salvation may not only  
be perverted by unbelievers to their ruin, but  
by true Christians themselves to their giievious  
loss. They may pride themselves on the fan- 
cied clearness of their views of the Gospel, till 
the severest warnings, and the most earnest ex- 
hortations of God's word fail to impress them,  
and are passed by as legal statements, with  
which they have nothing to do.  
Now one most powerful antidote to  this  
deadly evil, this palsy of the soul, is the hope of 
the first resurrection. Each doctrine of God's  
word is shielded from abuse by some truth  
which is its contrast. And such is the judgment  
of believers, according to their works, at the  
coming of Chi'ist. To remove this into the far  
distance, is to destroy the main-spring of Chris- 
tian diligence ; to bring it near, is to present to 
the conscience the most stirring motive of de- 
votedness and zeal. It is not merely that it  
tells us of a solemn separation near at hand  
when one shall be taken and another left, and  
none but the true followers of Christ can stand  
in his presence. This doctrine goes farther  
still. It tells us plainly, that in the resurrection  
one star differeth from another star in glory. 
It shows us the martyrs, and those who have 
suffered in the cause of Christ, standing fore-
most in the blessed company of his followers.  
The words of our Lord, it reminds us, apply to  
the holy and the righteous, no less than to the  
filthy and the unjust: "My reward is with me,  
to render to every man according as his work  
shall be." His righteousness as the Judge is 
not set aside by his grace as the Saviour, but is  
joined with it in the closest harmony : while  
he assigns to the thousands of his saints, accor- 
ding to their several faithfulness, the various  
degrees of recompense and of glory.  
And say, my brethren, is not the near pros- 
pect of this judgment a powerful call to entire  
devotedness and unreserved obedience 1 Next 
to the dying love of Christ, what truth can be  
so fitted to quicken the faith and animate the  
zeal oF God's servants'? And although pure  
gratitude and zeal for the Divine glory, of all  
motives are doubtless the highest, and ought to  
be supreme in the heart; yet in times of back- 
sliding and lukewarmness, this truth is the 
most suited of all to rouse the Cliristifn from  
his trance, and to awaken him to renewed ener- 
gy and laborious zeal. Yes, on that day, every  
one shall receive as his work hath been. Each  
star shall shine with its own separate brilliance.  
Those who have suffered or laboured much for  
Christ shall have the foremost seats in his  
kingdom.  
Here, then, is a scope for the noblest ambi- 
tion,—an ambition free from all stain of sin ;  
for its prizes are all forfeited by selfishness and  
vainglory; humility and love can alone attain  
them. Here, the cup of cold water given to a  
disciple shall be recompensed with draughts of  
living joy. Here riches consecrated to Christ's 
service, shall be replaced by durable riches,  
the treasures  of eternity. Each offering laid at  

the feet of Christ, shall in no wise lose its re- 
ward. Each various grace of the Christian 
believer in this life, shall be reflected in corres-
ponding hues oflight and glory in that kingdom  
of the Lord. And surely this truth, in near  
prospect, cannot fail to be a motive for redou- 
bled zeal and devotedness. Surely it must  
teach the Christian to covet earnestly the best 
gifts; and to be stedfast, immoveable, always  
abounding in the work of the Lord, when he  
sees that the blessed recompense is so near at 
hand.  
But this direct tendency of the doctrine, it  
will perhaps be rejoined, is more than balanced  
by its deadening effects on the collective hopes  
and missionary prospects of the Church. This  
prejudice is rooted so deeply in the minds of  
many.Christians, that I must endeavor, though  
hastening to a close, to remove this stumbling- 
block out of their way.  
Now, doubtless, if the word of God has re- 
vealed to us that the whole world will be con- 
verted by the preaching of the Gospel and the 
missionary labours of the Church, a denial of  
the promise must be injurious. Error cannot  
have the effects of truth. And, in this case, the  
Church would be deprived of one important 
element in the real and lawful springs of mis-
sionary zeal. But if the word of God has never 
sanctioned this expectation, then to indulge in  
false and unscriptural hope must be equally in- 
jurious.  Our first inquiry must be simply, what  
is the revealed truth of God ? The most ani- 
mating hopes, without this Divine warrant, will  
prove only a vain and perilous delusion.  
But we may consent to abandon this high  
ground of Scripture testimony, and compare  
these two expectations, simply in themselves.  
The doctrine of the first resurrection, when  
seen in its true light, will be found the most  
animating, quickening and glorious.  
For wherein lies the real contrast 1 We  
believe alike, that God's work of redemption  
shall yet be complete, and the earth be filled  
with the knowledge of the Lord. We are alike 
persuaded, that there is a large blessing prom-
ised, even now, to the preaching of the Gospel,  
and to every effort of Christian love. We are 
further led to expect, that at the time of the 
end, such labours will be signally prospered, 
that the latter rain of the Spirit shall begin to  
descend, and a vast number of converts be pre- 
pared for that great harvest at the coming of  
our Lord. Here only is the point of divei'-
gence. While many think that the means now 
in use will of themselves complete the world's  
redemption, we believe that the ministers of  
Christ are only the heralds to prepare his way, 
and that  the full triumph of Divine grace over  
man's rebellion will be in that great day when  
the Lord himself shall appear.  
Now what will be the practical tendency of  
this difference 1 The immediate duty of Chris- 
tian labor and missionary exertion continues 
the same. The motive in the assurance of pres- 
ent success, is the same also. The blessed 
privilege of turning sinners from the error of their  
ways, and saving many souls from death, is  
open to our prayers and labours on either view.  
Here only the practical contrast begins. The  
prospect of the first resurrection forbids the  
Church to rest on her own efforts, or to trust in  
the outward instruments she employs. It com- 
mands her not to sacrifice to her own net, nor 
to burn incense to her own drags, but to cen- 
tre all her hopes around the person of the  
Saviour. No present success can now elate her  
with pride ; she knows that the full triumph  
must visibly belong to the Lord alone. No  
seeming want of success can now discourage  

her; she sees behind her a mighty reserve of  
supernatural agency in the councils of heaven,  
which shall vanquish every enemy, and com- 
plete her triumph. She will not now be tempt- 
ed in a mechanical age, and amidst the bustle  
of her own labors, to turn the Gospel itself into 
a system of machinery, and to forget the mys- 
tery and the grandeur of things unseen and 
eternal. All the present stimulants to action  
and diligence she still retains. But there is in- 
fused into them a deeper feeling of majesty and  
holiness; there is thrown around them a sacred  
mantle of Divine glory. The meanest labors 
of her children in the service of Christ are now  
seen to be linked, in close and immediate union,  
with all the unutterable solemnity of that great  
day of the Lord's appearing.  
And if we look beyond the present labors of  
the Church to the future season of her triumph, 
the practical excellence of this truth will still  
more plainly appear. No other view tends so  
powerfully to enlarge and ennoble the hopes of 
the Christian in the near prospect of the Millen-
nial glory.  
There is much, doubtless, in the hope of the  
Millennium, even in its popular form, which is 
most cheering and delightful to the Christian 
bosom. When we look back on the wars and 
violence which make up this World's history,  
how blessed a hope it is, that peace and right- 
eousness shall yet prevail, and the name of  
Christ be honored through all the earth ! And  
when we further anticipate a large and unwon-
ted measure of holiness, in Churches of the true  
believers, what more can the Christian desire 
in his best hopes for this fallen and sinful 
world!  
And yet, my brethren, there is fuller and  
higher hope in store for this earth, and the first  
resurrection opens it to our view. It was a 
blessed thing, when Joseph's brethren repented  
of their guilt, and said, " We are verily guilty  
concerning our brother ;" and when the heart of  
Joseph yearned towards them with a brother's  
tenderness. But it was a more blessed moment  
still, when the recognition was openly made,  
and when Joseph wept on the neck of his as- 
tonished brethren. And so, too, it is a joyful  
thought to look forward to the time when the 
nations shall repent of their vanities, and earth  
bear once more some resemblance of heaven.  
But far  more joyful and glorious it is to believe  
that the reconcilement shall be openly made,  
that heaven itself shall stoop down to earth ; and 
that the Lord Jesus, in visible glory, shall wel- 
come back the rebellious prodigal within the  
happv bounds of the unfallen universe. What 
can be more glorious than the hope that all the  
assembly of the faithful shall then be gathered  
Unto their Lord, and wearing his Divine image,  
share in his holy dominion, and shed all the  
light and love of heaven upon the sojourners of  
this lower world. The hope ofthe Millennium 
has thus a fulness, and breadth, and grandeur 
which no Words can describe. The barrier of 
separation will  be removed; the veil of the  
covering which sin had spread over the nations 
will be taken away. The stone will be rolled  
from this vast sepulchre of dying men ; and the  
angels of God, those Divine remembrances of  
the Church, shall once more hold visible fellow- 
ship with our ransomed earth. Our world will  
be no longer a rebel outcast, shut out by sin 
from all open communion with the sinless  
creation; but like a new-born infant, cradled in  
the arms of infinite loving-kindness, will be 
received, amidst the anthems of saints and an- 
gels, into the family of heaven.  
What element, then, of animating hope, or of  
holy joy, is wanting to the prospect which this


A. D. 1844.  THE MIDNIGHT CRY  27  
truth unfolds to us ] What larger wish can  
even our imagination conceive 1 They are  
scenes which surpass fable, and yet, my breth- 
ren, they are true. The earth shall be redeem- 
ed from the fall. The saints of the Most High  
shall take the kingdom, and possess it for ever  
and ever. From righteous Abel down to the  
believers of the present age, not one shall be  
absent from the blessed company. The glori- 
ous company of the apostles will be there. The  
goodly fellowship of the prophets will be there 
also. The noble army of martyrs, slain for the  
word of God, and the testimony of Jesus—-their  
cry will have ceased, and their  prayer be an- 
swered, and they who have suffered with their  
Lord, shall reign with him in glory. The holy  
Church, of all the true servants of Christ in ev- 
ery land, shall be there also. Now separated,  
alas ! not by distance only, but by the worse  
separation of mutual errors and sins—their  
errors will then have passed away like a dream,  
their contentions be exchanged for love, and  
their loud disputes for the louder songs of  
thankso-iving.  
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But that which crowns these hopes of the  
Church, and adds to them their noblest element,  
will be the visible presence of the Lord Jesus.  
"They lived and reigned with Christ." At the  
birth of our Lord, when the angel brought the  
tidings to the shepherds, it was the mention of  
the sign, "the babe wrapped in swaddling  
clothes, and lying in a manger," which awoke  
the song of praise in the celestial company. The 
Spirit of God here repeats the same lesson. It  
is not the exaltation of the martyrs, nor the 
thrones of judgment; no, it is the presence of  
Christ with his people, over which the Spirit  
pronounces at once this glowing benediction.  
He seems to lead the Church through the  
whole course of God's former mercies, and  
through all the other elements of the millen- 
nial felicity, and then to say to her at the close,  
—"Thou shalt see greater things than these."  
One higher token remains of Divine goodness ;  
one crowning proof of the Saviour's condescen- 
sion. " Hereafter shall ye see the heavens  
opened, and the angels of God ascending and 
descending upon the Son of man." It is with 
Christ that the children of the resurrection shall  
live and reign, and therefore blessed and holy  
must they be for ever !  
And is it possible that He who is surrounded  
by the hosts of angels, should ever visit again  
this sinful world, save for one passing moment  

place of his feet glorious by his own manifested  
presence. The manhood, the mystic "heel" of  
Emmanuel, which here below, on the cross,  
was bruised by the malice of Satan, shall be  
visibly revealed here on earth in the beauty of 
the resurrection, shall be the source of a world's  
blessedness, and the centre of its holy adoration.  
The times, the frequency, or the manner, in  
which the King of Israel shall appear to the  
nations upon earth, we are neither careful nor 
curious to explain. But the fact of his visible  
presence is distinctly revealed. The Holy 
Land, we are taught, will be the chosen theatre 
where that presence shall be displayed. "The  
Lord will create on every dwelling-place of  
Mount Zion, and on all her assemblies, a cloud  
and a smoke by day, and the shining of a fla- 
ming fire by night, for on all the glory shall be 
a defence." "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of  
Zion : for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the  
midst of thee, saith the Lord."  
But whatever be the nature or manner of this  
visible intercourse with the sojourners upon  
earth, the communion of the risen saints with  
their Lord shall be perpetual and unbroken.  
They shall be like him, for they shall see him  
as he is. Corruption shall have put on incor- 
ruption, and their mortals shall have put on im-
mortality. They shall have dominion over a  
ransomed earth; they shall be admitted freely  
to the palaces of heaven. The covenant of  
Abraham, sealed, as the Psalmist declares, to  
a thousand generations, shall be plenteously  
fulfilled. They shall be blessed,~ and their  
name shall be great, and they  shall be a bless- 
ing. Every trial they have borne, every suffer- 
ing they have endured, every temptation they  
have overcome, will only have accomplished 
the gracious design of their Lord, and fitted  
.them for that royal priesthood, which they shall  
exercise through eternity over the new creation  
of God.  
And now, my brethren, in closing this great  
subject, let me humbly commend the whole  
to your private and prayerful meditation.  
Search the Scriptures whether these things be  
so. And when you have gained, as you may  
gain, a full conviction of their truth, O let us 
pray that these convictions may be endued with 
a transforming power.- The Holy Spirit alone,  
who delights to magnify the grace of the Sa- 
viour, and to show us things to come, can ap- 
ply the doctrine with a living energy to our  
souls. Let us seek for his gracious influence,  

great apostle ; and when you come by faith to  
the foot of the mount, to anticipate the hope  
of the resurrection, and gaze on the general 
assembly of the first-born, O let your eye rest  
upon Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant,  
and the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh  
better things than the blood of Abel. Yet, even 
while you gaze on the cross, forget not that won- 
derful inscription which it bears, full of joy, and  
hope, and the promise of good things to come— 
"J esus of Nazareth, the King of Israel." In that  
one short title alone, what a rich treasury of hope  
is contained for our fallen world ! When the  
King of Israel shall himself appear in his beau- 
ty, and according to his promise, the angels of 
God shall be seen ascending and descending 
upon the Son of man; then, and not till then,  
will the promise of the first resurrection be felt  
and known in the immeasurable vastness ofthe  
love  which it reveals. Then, and then only,  
will it be seen how truly blessed and holy are  
those ransomed children of God. Meanwhile 
let our hearts and our hopes be fixed, with 
earnest desire, on that coming kingdom. May  
God himself enable us, every one, to renew,  
with a deeper fervency of supplication, the  
prayer we have already  offered—" We beseech  
thee, O Lord, fpour thy grace into our hearts;  
that, as we have known the incarnation of thy  
Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel,  
so, by his cross and passion, we may be brought  
unto the glory of his resurrection, though the  
same Jesus Christ our Lord." "Now, unto him  
that is able to do for us exceeding abundantly  
above all that we can ask or think, according to  
the power that worketh in us ; to him be glory  
in the Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all 
ages, world without end. Amen."  
"LOOKING UNTO JESUS," Heb. xii. 2.  
to destroy it for ever] Can it be, that amidst .i *T , r- ™ - , , .  
the immensif.v of hi* work* tW. that thes? hoP®s °f *he Church, budt on the  
true sayings ol God, may not pass away from  
the immensity of his works, this mean planet  
should again be honored with his presence 1  
Yes, it is possible, and true also. He hath  
promised the daughter of Zion, "Lo, I come,  
and dwell in the midst of thee," saith the Lord.  
The name of the city which Ezekiel beheld is,  
Jehovah Shammah, The Lord is there. Heaven  
and earth may pass away, but his words shall 
not pass away. His sacred feet shall stand once  
more on the Mount of Olives ; and Zion, which is 
now forsaken and desolate, shall yet  hear his  
voice of love, saying to her,," Arise, and, shine,  
for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord 
is risen upon thee."  
And is not this to degrade the Lord of glory %  
Does not this contract his greatness and  
majesty within mean and unworthy bounds 1 
O, no ! for he is still the same Infinite One who  
issues the challenge to the universe. " Do not 
I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?" Far  
be it from our thoughts to make this earth his  
prison-house, whom the heavens of heavens  
cannot contain: no, it will be only the footstool of  
his Divine Majesty. But this we believe, that 
according to his promise, He willj make the  

us, like the empty visions of a dream. Let us  
rather adopt the words of that apostle, who had  
a glimpse of this coming kingdom on the holy  
mount: "Seeing that ye look for such things,  
be diligent that ye may be found of him in 
peace, without spot and blameless."  
And while we meditate, with joy and rev- 
erence, on this blessed hope, let us never forget  
how inseparably the sufferings of Christ and the 
glory that shall follow, are blended together in 
the word of God. None shall be sharers in this  
kingdom, but t-hose who have been purified by  
faith in the sacrifice of Christ, and have made 
their robes white in the atoning blood  of  
the Lamb. See, then, that you build on this  
foundation alone. Quicksands there are with-
out number, on which men may build to their  
soul's ruin; but these are not foundations; they  
will not endure in the day of trial: for other  
"foundation can no man lay,, than that which is  
laid, even Christ Jesus." It is the cross of our  
dying Saviour which alon« can prepare us for  
the hour of his approaching judgments. Learn 
a lesson, then, of Divine wisdom, from the  

The sure word of truth saith—" Cease ye from man,"  
whose breath is in his nostrils ; for wherein is he to be  
accounted of!" Isa ii. 22. And again—"Cursed be the  
man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and  
whose heart departeth from the Lord ; [and that is the  
natural result of trusting in man, however good or wise  
that man may be] " for he shall be like the heath in the  
desert, and sball not see when good p.ometh." Jer. xvii.  
5, 6. How can such a man see "good" when it "cometh!"  
His eyes are blinded by his confidence in men, and by  
lookintr unto them instead of "Looking unto Jesus."  
Do we want an example for imitation ? Where shall  
we look 1 Shall we go to the history of men 1 Shall we  
be told to look to Luther, Calvin, Whitefield, Wesley, 
Fletcher, Payson, and others? Alas, thousands have no  
means of gaining access to the biographies of those men;  
and if they had, what have they gained 1 Why should  
their hearts be more kindled to holy effort or holy living  
by the contemplation of men, good and excellent as they 
were, than by the contemplation of the Blessed, Holy,  
and Loving Saviour? I beseech you, my brethren, "cease  
from man." Let us learn the happy art of "looking unto  
Jesus." Do you want to be excited to deeds of benevo- 
lence, " look unto Jesus," " For ye know the grace of  
our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for  
your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty  
might become rich." 2 Cor. viii. 9. Again, Acts x.. 58,  
we read,—"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with  
the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing  
good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;  
for God was with him." Do you want to learn •patience'!  
Look unto Jesus, "Who, when he was reviled,reviled not  
again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but com- 
mitted himself to him that judgeth righteously." 1 Pet.  
ii. 23.. Again see him when "He was oppressed, and he 
was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth : he is brought  
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her  
shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth."' Isa. liii.  
7. Look unto him at Pilate's bar, and when spit upon,  
buffered, insulted,, compelled to bear his own cross, and  
reviled in his agonies "on the tree." Look, my brother, 
till thy soul is filled with patience and the spirit of for- 
giveness.  
Here is one unto whom we may safely look, and with  
the most blessed result, as Paul saith, 2 Cor. iii. 10,  
"For even that which was made glorious had no glory in  
this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth." Es- 
pecially should we look unto him at this time, when we


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are expecting So soon actually to see Jesus in •person ;  
and let us remember that " every man that hath this 
hope in him puriSeth himself, even as he is pure." 1 John  
iii 3. Here the same blessed example is again set be-
fore our eyes.  
I say  then, once more, my brethren, let us look away  
from men—from all men, and keep "looking unto Jesus."  
If we do this we shall be safe. But let us not deceive  
ourselves by a fanciful " looking unto Jesus." This  
work is a blessed reality, not a work of the imagination.  
It implies a careful and prayerful study ofthe Scriptures,  
which reveal to us the character, life, and tempers of  
" mind" that was in Christ. The Bible is the hook that  
we want in these days. That every one of us have, or  
may possess ; but the biographies of men, such as I have  
named, all are not able to buy, nor even to borrow : and 
if they were, a large portion, who most want help, have  
not time to read them without neglecting the Bible ; and  
if they had, the Fountain, the Bible, is so much richer,  
sweeter, and free from the danger attending the reading  
ofthe lives of men, that we should gain nothing by leav- 
ing the fountain to hunt after the rivulets running among  
the mountains and sands. 0, keep " looking unto Jesus."  
Let nothing turn off your mind. Remember " he that  
saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, 
even as he walked." 1 John ii. 6. If we would walk as  
he walked, we must keep looking unto him. May our  
blessed Master enable us to do so, that when he shall ap- 
pear we may " be like him;" being washed from all our 
sins in his blood, and conformed to his image. Then  
will our Father in Heaven love us; for he loveth his  
Son, and he cannot but love all that are like him.  
GEO. STORKS.  
THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1844.  
TURKEY.  
During the fifth and sixth trumpets, it is evident the  
Mahometan power in Turkey was to prevail so as to  
be a scourge to a portion of men. The time included  
in these two trumpets is 541 years  and 15 days, reck- 
oning each day for a year. The commencement ofthe  
fifth trumpet seems plainly to have been at the time  
Othman the Turk made his first attack on the Greeks. 
This was July 27, 1299. The fifth trumpet, which  
continued 150 years, (five prophetic months) would  
therefore end in 1449. In that year, John Paleologus,  
the last Greek emperor, died, and the man who  
should have been his successor, dared not reign, ex- 
cept by permission from the Turkish Sultan. But 
Constantinople was not taken by the Turks till May 16,  
1453. From 1449 the sixth trumpet would extend to 
1840. Then, according to the announcement of the  
revealing angel, the third (or last) woe was to come  
"quickly."' As the first woe was to come with the 5th 
trumpet, and the second woe with the 6th trumpet, so  
the third woe and the seventh trumpet must be expect- 
ed together. Almost four years have already passed, 
since the sixth trumpet ceased. During this time, the  
Turkish Government has been in an unnatural posi- 
tion, keeping up a semblance of power, but really de- 
pendent on the strong governments of Christendom for 
its political existence. It has thus been preaching to  
the world, Behold the third woe cometh " quickly."  
As nearly four years passed away, in which the Greek  
empire maintained a dependent existence, after it had  
been politically "killed" at the beginning of the sixth  
trumpet, so these four years of respite have been given 
to the world. Now, the word " QUICKLY" has a  
double emphasis, and the waning of the little sem- 
blance of Turkish power seems designed to give us a  
constant admonition that we are in the days of the  
voice of the seventh angel. The time when the se- 
venth trump will begin to sound, is now to be daily ex- 
pected.  
The following is a striking indication of the present  
position of Turkey. It is a translation of the Sultan's  
decrees, of which the readers of the Cry have been in- 
formed before.  

"It is the special and constant intention ofhis Royal  
Highness, the Sultan, that his cordial relations with  
the High Powers be preserved, and that a perfect re-
ciprocal friendship be maintained and increased.  
"The Sublime Porte engages to take efficient mea- 
sures to prevent henceforward the execution and putting 
to death of the Christian who is an apostate."—March  
24, 1844.  
"Declaration of his Highness, the Sultan, to Sir  
Stratford Canning, at his audience on the 23d of March,  
1844.  
"Henceforward neither shall Christianity be insulted  
in my dominions, nor shall Christians be in any way 
persecuted for their religion."  
How widely different is this from the position ofthe  
Turkish power, when they were tormenting and slay- i  
ing the Greek Empire. What politician could have  
foreseen such a change 1 How strikingly it illustrates  
the word of God ! Just so precisely shall every word  
of his be fulfilled. Thus God condescends to give us  
confirmations of our faith, while he leaves unbelief !  
without excuse.  
THE JEWS THE TALMUD.  
A French Translation of the Talmud has recently  
been projected in Paris. It will extend to 16 volumes. 
Th is work is the Jewish commentary, by which the  
Scripture is obscured, and the parts which foretell the  
first coming of Messiah completely nullified. Its repub- 
lication in the most extensively spoken language of  
modern Europe, appears like a design to thicken the 
veil for the poor Jews. The writer of the prospectus  
says: "To know the Bible is not to know our religion."  
"I know well that we are sometimes designated as  
being of the sect of Moses, and we even adopt that 
title ; but this appellation is  defective ; it belongs to  
the Caraites, and in no wise suits us, for we are es- 
sentially Rabbinists, such is our true denomination.  
Unto this day we have blindly trusted to what the Rab-
bins have told us of our religious books." •  
THE LAST SIGN.  
Our Saviour, when speaking of the time of his se- 
cond coming, forewarns us of different signs which shall 
immediately precede. The last one he mentions thus,  
"men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking  
after those things which are comincr on the earth, for  
the powers of heaven shall be shaken, and THEN shall 
they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power  
and great glory, and when these things BEGIN to come  
to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your re-
demption draweth nigh," and "when ye see these things  
come to pass, KNOW ye that the kingdom of God  
is nigh at hand." Surely here is something tangible,  
that may be understood. When we see the world  
filled with apprehension respecting the future, and look- 
ing fearfully at the threatening aspect of coming events,  
and when this general foreboding succeeds the fulfil- 
ment of the predicted signs, we are commanded to 
KNOW that the kingdom is near, and to look up, because 
"THEN;" we shall see the Son of Man coming. To  
decide whether this is the present state of the world,  
we need only to look at the moral, political, and casual  
records of the times, which now bear overwhelming  
testimony to the complete fulfilment of the prophecy.  
The given signs have appeared in the heavens above,  
and in the earth beneath. There is distress and per- 
plexity of the nations, and every intelligent mind is  
more or less filled with fearful apprehensions of what  
is coming on the earth. Our present duty, then, is to 
look up, and KNOW that the Lord is near. When the  
Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ?  
who will believe his promise, and be ready to go out  
and meet him 1 What are the puny oppositions, per-
secutions, hatred, ridicule, and contempt of a perishing 
race, compared with the glory which is just impending1?  
It is no time for despondency, or regret that we began  

to watch early, but we should remember, that it is he 
that ENDURES unto the END that shall be saved. Let us  
then, with renewed diligence, gird up the loins of our  
mind, and be sober and watch unto prayer, for we 
KNOW by the unfailing promise of Jehovah, that the  
end of all things is at hand. c. s. M.  
Philadelphia.  
"ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER  
LEFT."  
The day is hasting when this will be fulfilled in the  
case of many, who are now bound to each other by the  
tenderest ties of nature and affection. Some of us are  
conscious that it is so, and are living in the near ex- 
pection ofthe event. The friends whom we love, are  
daily going in and out before us, busily engaged in the 
tinseled scenery of earth. They hear not the voice,  
to which we listen, nor heed the gatherings of the  
I coming tempest. They see no omen in the lurid hea- 
vens, and smile at our pleadings and our tears.  
The present occupies and binds  them here,  
And its exciting drama they revere ; 
While the unseen prophetic future seerrs  
A shade of mysteries, a land of dreams.  
Our position with regard to their destiny, is fearfully  
responsible. Let us reconsider every step. Have we  
done all that is possible for their salvation 1 Does an 
holy consistent example speak to their hearts'? Do  
we live what we profess, and exemplify our faith, by  
corresponding works 1 and do we daily confess the  
cross of our coming Lord, with meekness and love ?  
Soon this precious privilege will be forever past.  
Yet a few more days, and all will be over, one shall  
be taken, and the other left. Those who have long 
neglected the warnings of mercy, will then suddenly  
miss from their accustomed place, the friend, the  
child, the brother, in whom they delighted, and find,  
too late, what it is to be left.  Ah, who may abide  
the day of his coming, or who shall stand when he ap-
peareth 1 Let us seek to realize more and more the 
realities of the crisis to which we hasten. Let nothing  
divert our steadfast gaze from the coming glory, lest,  
while we turn aside to the dim pageantry of earth, the  
bridegroom come, and those who are ready, go in with  
him to the marriage, and we have our portion among  
those who are LEFT. c. S. M.  
STATEN ISLAND CAMP MEETING. When we left the  
ground on Monday, it was expected the exercises of  
; that day would be the last, but such was the desire to  
hear, that four discourses were delivered on Tuesday,  
which were attentively heard by large audiences.  
[ Eleven were baptized.  
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.  
THE BUFFALO CONFERENCE commenced yesterday.  
' The audience was large, and the interest is as great 
' as at any former time in the city. We have a full re-
' presentation from the country, both of ministers and 
' brethren, who bring a good report. Calls for lecturers 
^ were never more pressing. 
[ THE WESTERN TOUR. We find in consequence of  
the late rise of the water in the Mississippi, that sick-
ness prevails on the river to such an extent in the vi- 
5 cinity of St. Louis, that it will not be practicable for 
t Brother Miller to go farther West than Cincinnati in 
, this tour. 
> OUH ARRANGEMENT for the remainder of the tour is 
• as follows: 
t CINCINNATI from August 18 to 25, one week. 
• Friends in the vicinity who wish to hear Brother Mil-
r ler, will attend this meeting, as he will give lectures 
I in the Tabernacle during the week, including two Sun-
I days.


A. D. 1844.  THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  29  
MCCONNELSVILLE, Muskingum Valley, Ohio. At the  
earnest request of Brethren Weethee and Marsh, we shall  
hold a general Advent Conference, in McConnelsville,  
to commence August 29th, and continue over Sunday,  
September 1st. Brother Marsh will make the ar- 
rangements. •  
On our way home we shall fulfil an old appointment  
at Harrisburgh, Pa., commence a meeting there Sep-
tember 8, continue several days. Brethren there will 
arrange.  
Philadelphia, September 15th. 
New York, September 22d.  
We should have been glad to tarry longer and do  
more for the West, but our time is limited.  
J. V. HIMES.  
Buffalo, N. Y., July 30, 1844.  
THE CASE OF SISTER MATHESON.—We  have sev- 
eral statements in our possession, all agreeing sub-
stantially in reference to this wonderful case, an ac- 
count of which was copied into the Cry of July 18. For  
twenty four days, after she passed through the change 
which seemed like death, the whole amount of her  
food, was not more than a tea-cup of custard and a  
cracker. We have heard within a few days, that she  
remains in the same state. We shall be pleased to  
hear from her directly, if possible, for next paper, in  
which we intend to give the facts now in our posses- 
sion more at length.  
A LETTER FROM BRO. ROUTON,—who is now in  
England, came too late for this number. It will appear  
in our next.  
LECTURERS.—Brethren Fitch, Stoddard, and M.  
Chandler, lectured in this city last Sabbath,—Bro.  
Storrs, in Philadelphia,—Brn. Teall and Mayers, in  
Brooklyn, and Bro. Matthias, in Poughkeepsie.  
THE METHODIST  EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—The official pa- 
pers have much to say about the division which appears  
to be confidently expected. The agitation attending this  
movement develops the emptiness of many professions  
which have heretofore been made. A southern corres- 
pondent of the Christian Advocate and Journal says:  
" I never believed that the pro-slavery orators and wri- 
ters who assumed to represent our slaveholding mem- 
bership were very honest when they abused slavery, de-
nouncing it as ' an evil so great as only to be endured  
when it must—a curse entailed without their consent to 
it.' I believed that the southern Methodist Church, or at  
least those who wielded its masses, loved slavery, and 
that when the time should come when the ultimate truth 
must come out, we should find it so. That time has  
come."  
Dr. Smith, the champion of separation at the South,  
though he formerly denounced slavery as an evil, now  
openly says :  
"I told him (Dr. Bond) that southern Methodists con- 
curred in making the laws, (perpetuating slavery,) volun-
tarily did so, as far as the system itself was concerned,  
and that in Virginia, particularly, they could not avail  
themselves of the benefit of his apology, because so 
strong is the non-slaveholding interest, that at any time  
when the membership of the church shall unite their 
votes with the non-slaveholders in Western Virginia par- 
ticularly, they are competent to overturn the whole sys- 
tem. But that we did not do so because we considered  
it our solemn Christian duty to sanction and sustain the  
system under its present unavoidable circumstances."  
The correspondent of the Advocate and Journal says^  
" This is the true reason for secession;—the true principle  
on which the southern church is to be formed."  
ITALY.—A correspondent ofthe N. Y. Observer, in de- 
scribing the political state of a part of Europe, says:  
"Italy continues to be agitated by revolution, in spite  
ofthe terror inspired by Austrian bayonets. There is, so 
to speak, a general and continual conspiracy, in this un- 
happy country. The different governments are detested, 
and in particular that of the pope : they no longer an- 
swer at all the wants of the population. Many of the  

Italians are as advanced in civilization  as the French or  
the English, while the laws of their country are still  
stamped with all the barbarism of the dark ages. Such 
contradiction between the habits and the laws must lead  
to constant revolution.  
" Hence for many years, the Italian peninsula has  
seen numerous political martyrs fall under the sword  
of despotism, and greater numbers flee from their na- 
tive soil. To name only the judicial executions which 
followed the revolution of July  in 1831, two noble pa- 
triots beheaded at Modena, and eleven friends of liber-
ty at Palermo. In 1833, fourteen new martyrs mount- 
ed the scaffold in Naples. In 1837, eight persons were  
shot in the mountains of Calabria, and sixty in Sicily. 
In 1841, three citizens were put to death in the town  
of Aquila. And recently at Bologna, the cruel ponti- 
fical government has caused six new victims to be  
shot. Oh! how much blood has flowed in Italy for  
the cause of liberty ! and what a terrible account these  
petty and infamous tyrants must one day render of  
their crimes to an exasperated nation 1"  
WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CHURCH BY  
BROTHER TEALL.  
Dear Bro.  Southard,—I have just obtained the min- 
utes of the last session of the New York Eastern  
Christian Conference, held in Milan, on the 3rd  of  
June, 1844. The preamble and resolutions passed by  
them, in the case of brethren Marsh and Burnham,  
and calling on others, has made my duty plain, (which 
has exercised my mind for a year past,) relative to my  
connection with that body. In January last, I wrote a 
formal withdrawal intended for the Christian Palladi-
um, their official organ ; but from the spirit manifested  
by its conducters, I had no confidence that they would  
publish it, and therefore did not send it. I now send  
it to you. If it will not crowd out of your paper sub- 
jects of more importance, please publish it, that there- 
by I may address as many of my old brethren as pos- 
sible.  
" For the Christian Palladium.  
" To the brethren of the Christian connexion, and  
to all who are ' looking for the Lord Jesus Christ from  
heaven' soon, to ' change their vile bodies, and fashion  
them like unto his glorious body,' the following is sent,  
wishing you grace and peace from our Lord Jesus 
Christ.  
When I was a hardened sinner, in the broad way to  
destruction, and on the very brink of infidelity, it pleas- 
ed the Lord to awaken me to a sense of my condition, 
by means of the prayer of a dear child. I j-ead the  
Bible ; I looked at the churches ; I compared, and  
found not one to be what I considered the word of God  
required. Yet I saw my own case to be almost des- 
perate. I resolved to shut my eyes to creeds and 
church forms, and look to God and his word through  
Jesus Christ for direction and salvation. Glory to Je- 
sus, I was made free. The first promise of his that  
caught my attention was, that he was gone  to prepare  
a place for his saints, and  will come again and receive  
them to himself. I have never had a doubt of his do- 
ing it. I loved all saints without regard to name. I 
wanted to be connected with some Christian church.  
I selected the Methodist, believing that to come the  
nearest to the gospel standard. There I  remained till  
I had been class-leader, exhorter, and licensed preach- 
er. I had now become acquainted with a people that  
made the highest profession of liberal Christianity.  
Their only test of fellowship a Christian experience 
and godly life—their creed and discipline the whole  
Bible, their name, CHRISTIAN. This was all I could ask. 
I found them a despised and persecuted people. With  
them I had many a happy meeting.  This gave offence  
to the minister in charge of the circuit. He required 
of rne that I should be partial to the Methodists, and 
preych as their creed reads, in order to retain my  
standing as a preacher among them. I have never  
adopted the sentiments of a sect as mine, choosing Bi-
ble language and liberty ; I therefore withdrew. I  
.'then offered myself as a member of the Christian COIN,  
hexion, on the condition of their professed liberality,  
anthwas accepted. With them my name yet remains, 
free from any charge or accusation known to me. For 
some years past I have believed that the Lord will  
come and gather his saints into his kingdom about this 
Jewish year 1843. My greatest desire is to be found  
waiting for him when he shall appear. As I have ob- 
tained light from God's word, I have proclaimed it.  
Some of my preaching brethren have done the same.  
Among them is the ex-editor of the Christian Palladi- 

um. This has given offence. Pulpits, in some in- 
stances, have been denied us, unless we would agree  
to say nothing about the second advent of Christ at 
hand. Some of our brother preachers have refused to 
read notices of our lectures for us. Our sincerity,  
honesty and sentiments have been disputed and misrep- 
resented by them. Thus taking the same course to  
oppose us that other sects in former years have to op-
pose them,—of which they bitterly complained. They  
have been laboring for years, avowedly to break down  
party distinctions. Yet the very doctrine that has been 
the most effectual in accomplishing that object, they  
have opposed as above, without being able to give a 
better or even as good an understanding of the prophe- 
cies as we do. Indeed they have made but very fee- 
ble attempts. With them, therefore, we have no more  
liberty than with any other sect, their boasted liberali- 
ty to the contrary notwithstanding. I have considered  
the matter for months, and prayed to be led right. I  
am satisfied that 2d Timothy, 3d chapter, from 1st to 
5th verses inclusive, is applicable to the present case, 
and we should 'from such turn away.' Also Rev.  
18: 4, 'Come out of her my people, that ye be not  
partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her 
plagues.' Paul says, in writing to the Corinthians  
about his only hope, to wit, the coming of Christ and 
the resurrection of them that are his at his coming, 1st  
Epistle 15th chapter and 33d verse, 'Be not deceived,  
evil communications corrupt good manners.' As much  
as to say, if you associate with those that oppose, or  
ridicule, or treat this subject with neglect, you are lia- 
ble to be deceived, and your faith corrupted. Beloved  
brethren, take the caution. I cannot avoid the convic- 
tioh, that every attempt to prevent a free and full in- 
vestigation of any part of the Scriptures, especially on 
the subject of the second advent of Christ, proceeds 
from the spirit of anti-christ, which is papacy or mys-
tical Babylon, the mother of harlots, which, when car-
ried out, worketh every abomination.. With these  
views, and for these reasons, I hereby proclaim, with 
the kindest of feelings towards all, that I am free from 
all anti-christian organizations.  
H. Y. TEALL.  
Brooklyn, N. Y., August 1st, 1844."  
LETTER FROM BRO. MILLER.  
HIS CONFESSION  AND CORRECTION.  
Dear Brethren:—I find my views are yet misrepre- 
sented, and my words are preverted by those who have  
the care of catering to the morbid appetite of the public  
mind : they doubtless thus prevent some who other-
wise might look at the important subject of the glori- 
ous appearing ofthe great God and our Saviour Jesus  
Christ. If I nnd those who believe with me, in the  
near approach of this heavenly promise, were only af-
fected by their misstatements, I would correct nothinr, 
I would bear all in patience that a wicked world could 
inflict, or a corrupt press could publish, until God in 
his goodness, would remove the "veil from off all faces:" 
but when I see the effect of these false representa-
tions is to lull men to sleep, and the everlasting conse-
quences which must follow this state of things, I  
cannot refrain from correcting what, in my soul I  
believe and know to be false. In my confession, I  
have said and now say, I was sorely disappointed in  
not seeing the blessed Saviour this last Spring. I 
had believed He would come in the Jewish year 1843,  
which I had good reason to believe ended March, 1844.  
And so I honestly proclaimed it Time has shown  
my error, as to the exact time of the event. Yet I  
am not "cast down," I bless God 1 have not "cast 
away my confidence" in God or his word. I am now  
waiting every hour for what I then looked for. I have  
yet strong faith in the immediate fulfillment of these  
things. I have said, and still believe, in a proper  
time, God will justify me in the mode of reck-
oning time, in prophetic chronology. I believe the  
failure is in the manner of the accomplishment of the  
last events. Yet I know that the grand drama has  
commenced, and the coming of "Christ is at the door."  
How do you know? I answer by the same way as Christ  
said I might know, Mark 13 : 29, "So ye in like man-
ner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, 
know that it is nigh, even at the doors." But says 
the unbeliever, it may be 10, 50 or 1000 years off then 
for all you know! No, it cannot be, it must be very  
nigh, the "times," the "signs," all show it is nigh at the  
door, we can have no assurance of an hour. Herein my  
views have been misrepresented as though I thought


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it might be 50 years off. I have no such view. I am  
looking every day, and expecting him too. I have no  
sympathy of feelings with the Rev. Gentleman, who 
said he was looking for him every day, but did not ex- 
pect Him !!  
I am perfectly convinced that thousands of prayers  
are day and night, ascending the holy hill of Zion,  
from hamlet, grove and field, from hearts sincere, and  
souls who Jong to see the kingdom of God : crying  
"come, Lord Jesus, Oh come quickly." These 
prayers will soon be heard, and answered too, Luke  
18 : 8. "I tell you that he will avenge them speedi- 
ly. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall  
he find faith on the earth 1" The signs, the Sabbath, 
the seven times, the seven years bondage, the dream  
of Nebuchadnezzar, the vision of Daniel and John, 
the cry of God's elect day and night, all go to show  
we are near, yes very near the end. Plow can I put  
it off? And well the angel cries, a wo to them who  
put off the trying day, and sleep upon the blink of 
ruin. Awake, awake, oh sleeping virgins, awake, and  
you my brethren, I do implore you listen not to any  
report which the enemies of Christ's return, may cir- 
culate. The devil has come down having great 
wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. And if  
it were possible, would "deceive the very elect."  
Those of my brethren who have studied the Bible for 
yourselves, know whereof we affirm, you, therefore, 
will not waver, but will hold fast your confidence unto  
the end. Our opponents do not expect to deceive  
such : but by measuring others by themselves, they  
think the Adventists are following leaders, and there- 
fore they misrepresent those whom they may suppose 
are leaders, in order to draw away, as they vainly sup- 
pose, their follower!. But how foolish they are ! We  
have declared ourselves morally independent. We 
call no man master. And if any such were among us^  
when our time run out, they left us. We stand now  
each on his own faith, should they then have any  
influence on 'us 1 No, let every man "study to be a  
workman that need not be ashamed," and all the pow- 
ers of the bottomless pit, cannot move you. Our op- 
posers ought to see that nothing will draw us from our  
? 
iresent faith, but a better construction of scripture, 
jet them give us this, and we yield.—But misrepre- 
sentation, burlesque and ridicule, will never make a 
real Adventist give up his hope.  
We have the Lord on our side, and we expect he  
will continue to be on our side, while we keep humble, 
penitent, and trust in him and his word. We have no  
master on earth. We have no leaders, but those who  
lead us on to the word of God. We fellowship no  
teachers, but those who teach the Scriptures, and we  
feed on no food spiritually, " but every word of God."  
This is our faith. Therefore, let our opposers govern  
themselves accordingly. And may we all meet in  
the New Heavens and New Earth, when the angel  
proclaims "time shall be no longer."  
Buffalo, N.  I'. July 31, 1844. WM.MILLER.  
SCOTTSVILLE CAMP MEETING, NEAR  
ROCHESTER, N. Y.  
Our meeting was held in a beautiful shade of tall  
ash-oak and beach trees, on the bank of the Genesee  
River, about twelve miles from Rochester. There 
were nine tents on the ground. It being the time of 
wheat harvest, the congregation through the week 
was not as large as usual for such meetings. On  
Sunday, there was a large gathering of believers, and  
also of candid enquirers after the truth. From what  
we could learn, a deep impression was made upon  
some sceptical minds, as also upon professors* who  
had not till now given their attention to the subject.  
Some gave signs of penitence, and a few were 
blessed. A. deep conviction was fastened upon many  
minds, which I doubt not will result in  their salvation.  
The attendance of lecturers and laborers, in this  
region, was large, most of whom took part in the ex- 
ercises. Brethren Miller, Marsh, Barry, Hill, Smith,  
Seymour, Henry, Johnson, Macomber and others :  
and among the female laborers, were sisters Hersey,  
Seymour, Clemons and Spence. Those who spoke,  
seemed to be full of faith and the Holy Spirit. Bro. 
Miller never spoke with more power and interest.  
The closing scene was one of very deep interest to  
all. We had a baptism, ordination, and communion.  
Bro. H. F. Hill, of Geneseo, was baptized and set  
apart to the work to which the Holy Spirit had 
called him. A Wge number united in the supper, 
who after a parting address, separated in the hope of  
soon meeting in the kii^domof God.  

We commence our meeting in Buffalo, to morrow.  
We are all in good health—laboring night an d day,  
waiting, and watching for the coming of our King.  
Brethren pray for us."  
Yours, J. Y. HIMES.  
Rochester, July, 29, 1844.  
LETTER FROM BROTHER LITCH,  
Dear Brother Southard :—I arrived in this city,  
(Baltimore,) on my way from the West,, last evening.  
And having a leisure hour, I will improve it by giving  
you a farther sketch of the stale of the cause, in the  
west. My last was written from Cleveland, 0., where I  
spent the last Sabbath in June. The new Tabernacle had 
been opened the previous Sabbath, by J^J. PORTER. 
The prospects ofthe brethren there are encouraging.  
The house was well filled at each meeting, while I  
was there, and the brethren generally, seem strong in  
faith, and are patiently waiting and anxiously looking 
for their coming Lord.  
From Cleaveland, I went to Akront where J. D.  
PICKANDS is labouring, and found a goodly company of 
believers united in love, waiting the adoption, to wit,  
the redemption of their bodies. In this place also, the  
brethren have put thern up a commodious tabernacle,  
where they meet to worship God and study his word. 
I spent two days, and gave three lectures to interesting  
congregations. My interview with Bro. Pickands and  
the other brethren, was most interesting and encour- 
ageing to myself, and 1 trust not without profit to 
others.  
From Akron, I next started for Cincinnati* where  
I arrived Saturday morning, and found brethren Jacobs  
and Brewer, just on the point of leaving for the tent 
meeting, in Madison, Ind. The brethren had just 
completed their Tabernacle, a plain but convenient  
building, 80 feet square. It speaks well for their zeal  
and devotion. They have done credit to themselves  
and a great service to the cause of God and truth, by  
their vigorous exertions in the erection of this build- 
ing, as well as their other efforts and sacrifice*. Since  
the tent meeting held last autumn, by Brethren  
Storrs, Himes and others, the cause has been  
permanently established, and constantly progress-
ing. The Lord has wonderfully owned the labors  
of Bro. Jacobs and others ; so that during the 
entire winter, whilst desolation and a spiritual dearth  
reigned in all the churches, a continuous revival pro-
gressed among the Adventists. The congregation is  
now large. The brethren are firm in the cause, en- 
joying a good share" of Spirituality. In short, a fairer  
prospect never opened before a company of Christians,  
for success and usefulness. This is the grand rally- 
ing point at the west. And the success of the cause  
throughout that section of country, depends greatly  
upon its state here. The brethren have sustained the 
W'estern Midnight Cry, principally by donations, and  
circulated them all through that part of the country,  
besides numerous other publications.  
The Tent Meeting, at Madison. Ind., was a season  
of great interest. 1 spent four or five days there,  
towards the close of the meeting. The prejudice 
which at first was very strong, gradually gave way, and 
before the meeting closed, almost the whole communi-,  
ty were more or less interested on the subject. Some  
efforts were made by Rev. Mr. Curtis, a Presbyterian  
clergyman, to stop the progress ofthe doctrine, but as  
usual with such attempts, he did us more good than  
harm. Bro. Jacobs politely offers him the use of the 
Tent to give his views* if he chose, or to discuss the 
merits of the- doctrine on any reasonable terms,  
whether in the Tent, or at his Church. But he very 
sagely avoided the issue, and declined meeting him.  
On the whole, there is a stronger conviction on the  
minds of the people, that the doctrine is true, and 
many have been stirred up to seek a preparation for  
the event. The calls for light, all through the West,  
although they have long been pressing, were never so 
numerous and so urgent as at present. It thus "all dies, 
away." The people know we have common sense 
and Scripture on our side, and wish to, hear the doc-
trine preached. And' they must have it. And if a  
regular ministry refuse to give it, we must do it. at the  
expense of disturbing them in their fat salaries and fin©  
churches. Brethren, we must go, " every where, 
preaching the word."  
Last Sabbath, I spent in Cumberland, Md., and lec- 
tured three times in the market-house, with good 
effect, to large audiences. Last evening, I was re- 
freshed with greeting once more the warmhearted  
band of brethren in this city. The cause was never  

more prosperous than now. The prayer-meeting 
was ciowded to overflowing, and some six or eight  
arose for prayer. Bro. Gates is much beloved here, 
and is doing good.  
I left Bro. and Sister Brewer, at Cincinnati, in good  
health, and expecting to go into the country, and make  
a tour through the interior ofthe state. Their labors  
are useful here.  
Yours in hope,  
J. LITCH.  
Baltimore, July 28, 1844.  
LETTER FROM LAUREL, FRANKLIN CO.,  
INDIANA.  
Dear Brethren,—Enclosed I send you $1 to pay my  
subscription to your valuable paper, the Midnight Cry ;  
and I do it most cheerfully,  because I am a thousand  
times remunerated in reading it, and learning the pro- 
gress of the glad tidings ofthe kingdom at hand. There 
is no subject, brethren, that absorbs my whole soul like  
that of soon seeing the King in his beauty—and with all  
the children of  our Father's family safely arrived at home.  
I am not discouraged, brethren, because the time has  
passed when we thought we should have seen the Sa- 
viour. Oh no, a little seeming delay will only give a  
greater zest to our joys, and increase the enraptured  
vision of the dear Redeemer when the lingering hour ar- 
rives. " For yet a little while, and he that shall come  
will come, and will not tarry."  
There is a goodly number of advent believers in our  
neighborhood who are waiting and earnestly desiring the  
coming of our adorable Lord. When I say advent be- 
lievers, I mean those who are expecting and waiting for  
Him whom their soul loveth, and whom they expect  
shortly to see.  Oh, how much we want some of the  
brethren to come to this part of the country ; our hands  
and hearts are open to receive them, and although the Bride 
has forgot her rich inheritance, and says plainly by clos-
ing her doors, that her affections are alienated, yet our  
barns, dwellings, and groves shall be given to the Lord 
for the use of his servants, whenever they are wanted. 
Brethren, bear in mind where we live, and send us some  
lecturers. We will take care of them.  
Yours in the glorious hope,  
THOMAS P. HEDRICK,  
Local Preacher M. E. Church.  
P. S. There are five Methodist local ministers almost  
immediately in my very neighborhood, proclaiming the  
glad tidings ofthe kingdom just to be set up.  
LEITES PROM LAPORTE, INDIANA.—Brother W. W.  
Nelson, after speaking of the preaching of a temporal 
millennium, and the return of the Jews, which passes  
current in Northern Indiana, says ;  
" They have turned the brethren here out of doors, and  
we have taken shelter in the grove, where we have wor- 
shipped in peace the last three Lord's days. The meet-
ings have been interesting: at least  the brethren seemed  
to enjoy them. Bro. Meede, Joseph Catlin, and myself,  
have done the lecturing thus far. We expect to keep up  
meetings twice a week until the Lord comes, or the in- 
clemency of the weather drives us from our place of  
worship. Wre expect Bro. Cook with us soon ; he is now  
at Juliette, III. He is strong in the faith of our Lord's 
coming, and as persevering as ever. The brethren here 
seem to be of a good stamp ; they seem determined to  
cry aloud and spare not, until the Lord comes. They  
are determined to set their light upon the stand, that the  
whole family may be benefited by it."  
TOUR IN THE SOUTH.—Brother J. B. Mitchell writes us  
from Bellefonte, Pa., giving an account of his travels  
and labors. He says:  
"For the few months past, I have been in the South  
endeavoring to give the cry. I went from Philadelphia 
to Washington, via Baltimore, in each of which places I 
found bands of dear brethren, who were looking for the  
blessed hope. I directed my course through Yirginia,  
South, through Fredericksburgh, Orange, Charlottesville,  
Lynchburgh, Liberty,and other smaller places, in the most  
of which I spoke or distributed tracts. I struck North  
Carolina in Stokes Co., passed through Germantown,  
Surry and Wilks Co , to Wilksboro', where I spent two 
weeks. I then passed through Ash Co., N. C., and  
Grayson Co., into the great valley of Virginia, where I  
spent some five or six weeks, doing what I could for the  
truth. I held a number of meetings with some missiona-
ry Baptists who were favorable, or at least willing  to  
hear. All was harmony and peace, and  the Lord blessed,  
our feeble efforts to the refreshing his children and some  
symptoms of awakening. I then proceeded on my way 
down the valley through Christiansburg to Stanton, &c., 
where I met an advent brother, the first who was wil- 
ling to avow his principle, since leaving Washington.


A. D. 1844.  THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  31  
Bro. Brewer has been through the valley during the 
spring, and left a good impression. I made my way di- 
rectly for this place after leaving Winchester. I find a 
strong little hand of believers here, who suffer all mariner 
of evil to be spoken of them falsely, &c.  
"To-morrow I start for Clearfield, Clarion, Arm- 
strong, and a few of the western counties of Pa. I ex-
pect to do, until the Lord come, all I can in my way.  
Pray for me,  
Your Bro. m the blessed hope,  
J. B. MITCHELL.  
LETTER FROM RRO. IIEYES,  
Providence, R. I., July  29, 1844.  
DEAR BRO. SOUTHARD :•—Yesterday (Sabbath) was  
a day of encouragement and rejoicing to God's waiting  
children in this city and vicinity. The power of the  
Highest was present with us. I allude particularly to  
our afternoon meeting, which we held in the grove,  
near the Dexter Training Ground. The attendance 
was very large, and perfect order prevailed. We com-
menced at 2 o'clock and closed a little before six, loth 
to part. It was indeed gratifying to witness the deep  
attention paid to the subject while we endeavored to  
show from the sure word of prophecy, that the coming 
ofthe Lord is verily and immediately nigh, and the 
moistening eye of the listener told of conviction within.  
A cross-bearing disciple, who has not particularly as- 
sociated with us hitherto, gave in a glowing testimony 
to the heart-felt joy he experienced in meeting and  
worshipping with the people of God, even those called  
Milierites. He urged upon Christians the duty of  
faithfulness to their fellow men, in view of the solemn  
account we must all give at the bar of God. In short,  
the meeting was one of great interest, and we trust the  
word preached, and the earnest and faithful exhortations  
given by the brethren and sisters, will prove a savor 
of life unto some at least. H. HEYES.  
Bro. Heyes writes, August 5, " We feel re-aroused,  
our meetings increase in interest."  
PROF. GAUSSEN ON PAPACY.  
The following is from the Preface by Mr. Bickersteth,  
which is prefixed to the English edition of Prof. Gaus- 
sen's discourse, which we published a few weeks since  
in the Cry, and which we have now in a pamphlet  
form,  
"Never did the Church of Christ more need all the  
armor which God has provided for it against the aposta- 
cy of Rome, than it does at this time. There is a great  
revival of the mystery of iniquity. This might justly  
have been anticipated Its fall is to be with violence, 
suddenness, and at once. We may expect that as  
Jezebel of old, just before her destruction, pointed her  
face, and tired her head, and looked out of her window,  
hoping to win her enemies by her deceitful charms, so 
her true antitype, Popery, will now put on all its show  
and attractions. It does so everywhere. Ir. is bringing  
forth all its fictions with more than wonted zeal and  
earnestness. It cannot indeed conceal its tyranny ; the  
decree against the Jews at Ancona; the imprisonment  
of Dr. Kalley at Madeira: the efforts now making in  
France, still help to prove its identity with the apostacy  
that has a mouth that speaks great things, and wears out  
the saints of the Most High.  
The most remarkable feature in popery at present, is  
the working out those false principles to which it has  
adhered, and the shameless profession of them in the  
face of Europe. The worship of the Virgin is gloried in  
from the Pope to the humblest priest. The cruel atroci- 
ties of past ages are sanctioned and perpetuated in the 
medals to this hour re struck and sold from the mint of 
Rome. The ultra-montanism of popery, its extreme  
principles, are now the prevailing principles in all papal  
kingdoms. It shrinks not from the avowal of its past 
abominations. Recovering from the wasting effects of 
the vials that have hitherto marked the divine displeas-
ure, Babylon rebuilds her towers, that the last vial of  
wrath may show the nations of the earth, by the great- 
ness of her fall, that great Babylon came in remembrance  
before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine ®f the fierce- 
ness of his wrath."  
N„ E. JOHNSON.—Our readers remember some of the  
melancholy facts developed respecting him. He speaks  
for himself, in a letter of which the following portion is  
worthy of our serious regard :—  
"Had I time to dwell upon the causes from which so  
mournful results originated, I should point to a want  of  
thorough self-examination at the beginning of my Chris- 
tian profession—to the influence of a neglected closet  

and a self-confident spirit—to the deleterious effects of 
that kind of popular literature which is not less licentious  
than brilliant—and to several other influences of a similar  
nature, from which others may derive timely and appro- 
priate warnings. I wish to join with all the good and  
virtuous in expressions of indignation respecting my in- 
excusable conduct. Feeling my whole mind rise up in  
abhorrence of it, nothing would give me greater grief  
than to hear any person extenuate for the purpose of  
averting from me the merited reproach. No ! let it come!  
it is right—it is just—it is good ! Many idle reports will 
undoubtedly be circulated, at once false and absurd—but  
these will naturally die of themselves, while the things  
which I have confessed to the Presbytery deserve un- 
qualified reprobation. In this reprobation I desire to 
unite, If  I have taught that the ends of the law must  
be obtained, however the offender suffers, that teaching 
I wish to recognize now."  
THE POPE'S BULL, (which we published in part,) has  
excited much attention. The New York Churchman 
says :  
It professes a profound reverence for the Holy  
Scriptures ; an anxiety to have the faithful radicated in  
their doctrine: the duty of explaining them agreeably to  
the tradition of the Church ; a jealousy of their purity 
which guards against vicious and unauthorized trans- 
lations, and the right and duty of pastors to warn their 
flocks against the perversion and deprivation of the  
Scriptures by heretics. We approve of the Pope's  
circular on these accounts. And although we are and 
always expect to be a heretic and a rebel in the Pope's 
estimation, we will go farther and say that we like  
the circular none the less because it emaUates from  
the Successor of St. Peter and the primordium unitatis 
or beginning of unity in the Catholic Church. Our 
disapprobation of modern Bible Societies, of the Pro- 
testant Association, and of such books as D'Aubigne's  
pretended History of the Reformation, has been often  
expressed; and we certainly like them none the better  
because the Pope has condemned them.  
Truly, the Mother of Harlots has daughters bearing  
a striking family resemblance.  
THE FOREIGN NEWS.  
The Caledonia, which left Liverpool July 19th,  
brings but little intelligence of importance. As it was,  
before the flood, and in the days of Lot, the people of  
the world are eating and drinking, planting and building,  
buying and selling, with great activity. "Money was  
abundant" in England, and trade brisk. The electro- 
magnetic telegraph is in constant use.  
France and Flanders have suffered from desolating  
storms.  
The war between France and Morocco is still in  
progress.  
O'Connell has given up all hope of succeeding in his  
appeal to the House of Lords.  
The British Ambassador in Portugal writes that the  
woman sentenced to death at Maderia for becoming a  
Protestant, will probably not be executed. According  
to the Portuguese laws, the penalty is death, but the  
execution would require the sanction of the queen,  
which will not be given. This fact does not, in the  
least, relieve the law from its bloody atrocity.  
In Marseilles there has been a riot. The Madrid  
papers are filled with rumors. It is reported that an 
extensive conspiracy has been discovered.  
SPAIN.—The Madrid Gazette of the 1st contains re- 
volting particulars of the executions in only one district 
of Catalonia. About 300 in all have been executed.  
ITALY.  
The Gazette d'Augsburgh of the 10th, contains a  
long communication, giving an account of the plans 
formed by the Italian conspirators ; one part of which,  
that relative to Naples, has so recently failed in Cala-
bria. The main point explained, is that a grand con-
spiracy exists, which had its agents at Vienna, Paris,  
and London, principally the latter, for uniting all the 
different states of Italy into one great government—  
whether royal or republican was left for future consi- 
deration. The Pope and the church were to be disman- 
tled, the King of Naples sent adrift, the several duke- 
doms dispensed with, and the King of Lombardy freed  

from Austrian authority ; in short, the great govern- 
ment of Italy was to be established. The first attempts  
at revolution were to be made at Bologna and at Cala- 
bria ; but both failed, because the persons who had un- 
dertaken to advance money in England, declined to ful-
fil their engagements.  
GERMANY.  
RIOTS IN THE MANUFACTURING  DISTRICTS.—-The  
riots which took place in the early part of June in Si-
lesia have been followed by others in Prague; the  
causes are excessive lowness ofthe price of labor, and, 
to a great extent, utter want of work. For a long pe- 
riod the distress among the hand-loom linen weavers  
has been dreadful. This has now extended itself to 
the cotton spinners, and the description ofthe appear- 
ance of these workpeople ; the formerly simple, peace-
ful, and industrious, and happy inhabitants of the Sile-
sian valleys, is heart-rending.  
Before Christmas some disturbances took place-—the  
distress has gone on increasing. On the one hand the 
formidable competition of England ; on the other the 
strict closing of the trade across the frontiers with 
Russia, has at length bVought the people to despera- 
tion. They attribute all their miseries to the introduc-
tion of machinery, and accordingly against that they  
turned their fury. Collecting in a mass of more than 
a thousand, they marched with a white curtain torn  
from a window, and hoisted on a pole as a banner, and  
to the singing of a song which had long been sung in  
the district to express their injuries, into the populous  
manufacturing villages. The fury of the rioters was  
terrific. Windows, roofs, machinery, furniture, all 
met with one common destruction. The stores of yarn, 
indigo, manufactured goods, spindles, &c., were all 
carried out and flung into the mill streams. During  
four and twenty hours this work of demolition and  
plunder went on.  The soldiers, on their arrival, fired  
on the mob, and killed thirteen on the spot, besides 
wounding many others. The rioters then fled to the  
hills and woods, whence the soldiers hunted them out. 
Upwards of a hundred were conveyed to the prison at  
Schweidniz. There were smaller riots in Breslau  
and Prague.  
TURKEY.  
Our advices to Constantinople are to the 27th of  
June. The Sultan had renewed to Sir Stratford Can- 
ning his promises in reference to the renegade ques- 
tion. Letters from Syria state that Namik Pacha had  
left Aleppo with 4000 troops on his way to Orfa. At  
Mount Lebanon Roman Catholic intrigues were carried  
to such an extent, that it was stated the construction 
of the Protestant Church at Jerusalem had been dis-
continued in consequence of the interference of the  
local authorities. A large quantity of property, and 
upwards of 1000 lives have been lost in consequence  
of an inundation in Adana. Albania was tranquil.  
Letters from Athens, of the 26th. say that a great  
deal of agitation prevails among the people of Athens, 
and that cries are heard in the streets of" down with  
the ministers."  
SYRIA.—Advices from Beyroot to the 4th June,  
state that Lebanon is once more restored to order 
and tranquillity. The silk crop is being gathered, but  
the prospects are that the crop will be below the usual  
average.  
A Turkish army of 7,000 men, destined to march up- 
on Orfa and  Diarbekir, had been concentrated at  
Aleppo..  
A fleet of Ottoman vessels was lying in the harbor  
of Beyroot.  
The following from the  oldest city now existing in  
the world,—so often mentioned in the Bible, and so 
near Jerusaleuii—will be read with interest. From  
this very city, Abraham had a servant at least 3756  
years ago; there Paul preached the first of his ser- 
mons which startled the Gentile world. Distress and  
perplexity pervade this ancient spot.  
From Damascus, we learn that Nami Pacha had left  
with 5,000 men, for Aleppo. The arrival ofthe Chief  
Governor of Arabia had created great alarm among  
the people of Damascus, lest a new levy of conscripts  
should be made among them. For several days the 
streets were abandoned, shops closed, and all young  
men of age to bear arms fled.  
On the 18th of May, at 4 o'clock, A. M., a violent  
earthquake was felt at Damascus, greatly terrifying  
the unfortunate inhabitants. This beautiful city has  
been a prey to painful excitement and alarm. " First


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came unusual and severe frosts in the spring, de- 
stroying the young crops to a great extent; next came  
the locusts, like the clouds of heaven obscuring the  
sun, and devouring the vegetation which had escaped  
the ravages of the frost, no sooner had they left us  
than we were horrified by the commission of awful 
crimes, the contemplation of which sickens the soul.  
Many people have been murdered, their dead bodies  
thrown without the city, and the murderers remain un- 
discovered. One morning, six headless bodies of men  
were found in a garden, without the walls, but who  
they were or who murdered them, is to this day a 
mystery. A citizen murdered his wife a few weeks  
ago, to" obtain possession of her jewels. He cut her  
body into small pieces, salted them and buried them in 
his "garden. The murder was providentially discover- 
ed, and he now awaits the vengeance of the law. 
Such are a few ofthe painful scenes of blood and mis- 
fortune with which we have been visited, and now  
comes the fearful conscription to take from us our 
choicest young men."  
PETERSBURG, YA.—Bro. Prideaux writes Aug. 1 :  
Since writing my last, I have travelled hither. In 
these regions I have been preceded by our esteemed  
Bro. Stewart, whose praise is in every mouth. Num-
bers here are rejoicing in the blessed truths he taught,  
and in the belief ofthe speedy coming of the Lord Je- 
sus. I have held several meetings among them, and 
am truly delighted with that oneness of heart and mind 
which they seem to enjoy ; they are evidently taught  
by one Spirit. 1 have also held several meetings in  
Norfolk, where, as here, there is a noble few contend- 
ing amid3t much opposition, for the faith once deliver- 
ed to the saints. I hope to return there the latter end  
of next week, when several intend being baptized.  
May the Great Head ofthe Church grant to his little  
two's "and three's, that are scattered about, his especial  
grace, that, amid all their many difficulties, they may  
at last come off more than conquerers.  
LIBERTY, ME. July 13. A brother writes ;—" It  
may be interesting to you to know that Br. A. Stinson  
and wife, of the Free Will Baptist connection^have  
recently embraced the Advent views. Bro. S. has  
been a respectable minister of that denomination for  
several years, and highly esteemed as such by the de- 
nomination. This, brother will do much to forward  
the cause in this vicinity. He is a regular graduate of  
Bangor Theological Seminary."  
©ciinp^JMcethtgs & Cmxfemtces,  
CAMP MEETING at Manchester. Ct., on the Cheney  
Place, (so called) 9 miles East of Hartford, commencing 
Monday, August 19t.h. The sole object of this meeting is  
to advance vital godliness in the soul.  
CAMP MEETING at Cahot, Vt., near the Plains, com- 
mences on Tuesday. Aug. 20th. Brn. Bennett, Shipman,  
and others will attend.  
CONFERENCE at Esperance, 26 miles west of Albany,  
commences Tuesday, Aug 20, and continues over the  
Sabbath. Evening lectures will be given in such adjoin- 
ing places as may be deemed expedient.  
CAMP MEETING AT BROOKLYN, CT.  
A Camp-meeting which has been notified to be held in  
this place, is deferred for want of help. Application was 
made to Bro. Miller, Fitch, Storrs, Powel .White, Stod- 
dard, and others, and only one of the number can be de- 
pended on with any certainty. Under such circumstances  
the brethren have"thought it unadvisable to call such a  
meeting together.  
In behalf of committee, THOMAS HUNTINGTON.  
CAMP MEETING at Hillsboro', N. H. commences on  
Tuesday, Aug. 20th. Brn. Shipman, Bennett, and others,  
are invited to attend.  
Conferences—Cleveland, 0, August 10th and 11th. Cincin- 
nati, 0., August 18th and onward. Brother Miller,  
Himes, and other lecturers expect to be present.  
CAMP MEETING at Newington, eight miles south of Hart- 
ford, Ct., commences on Wednesday, September 4, and  
continues one week or more. Brethren Miller, Himes,  
Fitch, Litch, and Storrs, and others, are invited to attend.  
Arrangements for board will be made upon the ground.  

CONFERENCE at Liberty, Maine, August 16th, and con- 
tinues over the Sabbath.  
CAMP MEETING in the woods of Bro. Jacob Gamher,  
near Louisville, Pa., 6 miles from Lancaster, commences  
Thursday, August 29th, and continue one week. Bre-
thren Storrs, Fitch, Osier, and Prideaux are expected to  
attend.  
CAMP MEETING at Gill, Mass., commences August 19th,  
and continues one week. Bro. Preble and other lectu- 
rers are invited to attend.  
CONFERENCE at Urbana, Independent Hill, Steuben Co.,  
N. Y., commences Friday, August 16th, and continues  
over the Sabbath. The brethren in that vicinity, and 
elsewhere, and especially lecturing ordained brethren for  
the purpose of  ordination and other official duties, are re- 
quested to attend.  
CAMP MEETING at Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y. about  
one mile south ofthe landing, on the farm of Judge Tay-
lor—commences September 10, and continues over the  
Sabbath. Bro. Miller and Shipman will remember their  
pledge and attend the meeting without fail. Lecturing  
brethren are earnestly requested to attend. A waggon  
will be furnished to convey the baggage of our friends 
who may come by the boat, to the ground,  
E. S. LOOMIS, for Committee.  
DARTMOUTH, MASS.—Camp Meeting in a grove of Mr. D.  
Wilson, about one mile and a half west of the Providence  
and Taunton Rail Road, at the head ofthe River Depot,  
three miles north of New Bedford, commences August 
26. Brother Cole and other lecturers are engaged to be  
present.  
EATON CORNER, N. H.. Camp meeting, commences  
Friday, August 9, and continues over the Sabbath. Brn.  
Churchill, Harvey, Sanborn, and other lecturers will be  
in attendance.  
EXETER, N. H. Camp meeting, on ground occupied last  
year, two miles east from Exeter on the Boston and  
Maine Rail Road, commences Monday, August 12, and 
continues till Saturday noon. Fare on the Rail Road  
will be reduced to half the usual price.  
FITCHBURY. MASS. Camp meeting, commences August  
28, on ground near the Free Will Baptist Meeting House, 
three miles from the village, on the road toward Ashley.  
CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.—CAMP MEETING, Doctor F.  
B. Hahn has kindly tendered the use of grounds on  
his farm about three miles from the village, on the  
east side of the lake. The grove selected is a very  
pleasant one, containing a large spring of excellent  
water. The meeting will commence Tuesday, Aug. 20,  
and continue over Sabbath. Elders T. F. Barry and J.  
Marsh, will attend, and Elder Elon Galusha is ex- 
pected.  
DERRY, N. H.—Camp Meeting, commences Tues- 
day, Aug. 27, and continue one week, in a grove one  
mile and a half from- Derry, Lower Village. Brn. 
Coles, Jones, Plummer and others, lecturers are invi- 
ted to attend.  
TUNBRIDGE, Vt. Conference, commences on Satur- 
day, Aug. 10, and continue over the Sabbath. Brn.  
Bennet and Billings,  will be in attendance.  
ORRINGTON, Me., Camp Meeting, commences Sep- 
tember, 11. two and a half miles east of Mill Creek,  
and nine miles below Bangor. Several lecturers will  
be present.  
CAMBRIDGE VT- Conference, commences on Friday,  
Aug. 16, and continues over the Sabbath. Brethren  
J. G. Bennet and A.M. Billings, will attend.  
UNION CAMP MEETING FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADEL- 
PHIA. There will be a camp-meeting, the Lord willing,  
about a mile and three quarters south from Trenton 
Bridge, N. J., Morrisville side, on land owned by Brother  
Worral, to commence  on Wednesdey, Aug. 14, and held  
over the Sabbath. Those coming by Steamboat or Rail  
Road will stop at Morrisville,  and can walk, or ride for a  
few cents to the ground. There will be provision for  
board at reasonable prices. Brn. Fitch, Litch, Storrs, 
Goff, Mathias, and others, are expected to be present  
Now, come, brethren, Let us rally from all quarters, and  

comfort and strengthen one another in hope of our com- 
ing Lord ! The grove is beautiful—the road excellent—  
and we will strive to have the arrangements good.  
D. I. ROBINSON.  
Those who wish to go from New York, will take the  
steamboat Raritan for New Brunswick, and go thence by  
railroad. For further particulars, inquire at this office.  
The meeting is to be held at Fallsington, 2 miles from  
Morrisville. Brethren are requested to bring tents with  
them.  
There will be a camp meeting near Poughkeepsie, N.  
Y., September 1st. More full notice hereafter.  
BP Bro. Albert Worthington, a Presbyterian min- 
ister of Milford, Mich., writes that he is very much in- 
terested in, and has embraced the Advent doctrine,  
and is preaching it.  
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 6  
N. B. We have annexed to each acknowledgment, the  
number to which it pays. Where the volume only is men- 
tioned, the whole volume is paid for.  
G W Carpenter, 13, v 7, 25 cents.  
J Moyer, 13, v 7—J Petrie, 13, v 7—B Rocback, 13, v  
7—L Hayes, 13, v 7—H Heath, 13, v 7—L Young, 13, v,  
7—J Richmond, 13, v 7—P Marsh, 13, v 7—H Patten,  
13, v 7—C Tuttle, 13, v 7— R Draper, 13, v 7—W S  
Taylor, 13, v 7—S B Hadley, 13, v 7—N Edgerton, vol 6  
—B Whitney, 13, v 7—B Unthank, 3, v 7—E Hall, 13, v  
7—H B Tolles, 13, v 7—N Chiprnan, 13, v 7—A Wol- 
ford, 6, v 7—E Niles, 13, v 7—JSears, 3. v 7—C Dut-
ton, 13, v 6—Mr. Scallinger, 13, v 7—H Haywood, vol 6  
—L Haskins, vol 5—J B Larrabee, vol 7—S Howland,  
13, v 7—T E Jones, 13, v 7—11 Jones, 13, v 7—Kauffman  
& Rupley, 3, v 7—R Andrews, vol 7—S Clark, 13, v 7— 
T J Atkins, vol 6—W C Hall, vol 6—A Curtis, vol 6—  
A Coons, 13, v 7—N Coons, vol 6—H Crawford, 13. v 7 
—J Peckham, vol 6—N Prentice, vol 6—Eliza A Alt- 
house, 13, v 7—Dr J James, 13, v 7 (and 50c for books)  
—J Haskell, 13, v 7—W Teffs, 13, v 7—Sally Snell, 13,  
v 7—R Heneage, vol 5—C Mattern vol 6, (and $1 for  
Herald,)—each 50 cents.  
A Hinckley, vol 6—C Snow, vol 7—J Burgess, vol 7—  
Elder Bailey", vol 6—M P Whitcomb, 13, vol 6—T P  
Hednck, 23, v 7—S Hopkins. 20, v 7—W D Cook, 13, v  
7—J Hall. 13, v 7—M Holbrook, vol 7—Mary A Perkins,  
vol 7—S Smith, vol 6—S Judson, vol 7—J Perrine, vol 6  
—M H Smith, vol 5—C P Morse, 6, v 7—D Honk, vol 7 
—J P Brookins, vol 7—Olive Howe, vol 6—J Ranney,  
vol 6—D Benham, 13, v 5— VV Kelley, 13, v 8—J H Sta- 
ring, vol 6—J Durfee, 13, v 5—D B Rogers, vol 7—M.  
Williamson, vol 6—D Smith, vol 7—M Pendleton, 4,  vol  
8—Geo W Whiting, 13. v 7—G Russell, vol 7—Sarah A  
Scott, vol 7—H Kingsbury, vol 7 — J H Hoofstitter, vol 7  
J R Benedict, 13, v 8—T Fisk, 13, v 7—M Whitaker, vol  
7—M Wilson, vol 7—R W Middagh, 23, v 8—G W Tay-
lor, vol 6—P Terry, vol 6—P Ryan, vol 7—C M Spencer,  
vol 7—John Barnes, vol 7—J Tryon, vol 7—J Morrill,  2  
copies, vol 6—L Briggs, vol 7—J Chapman. 16, vol 7— 
Abigail Congdon, vol 6—E Keyes, vol 7—O Jennings, 13,  
v 7—Mrs P Blood, 21, v 7—Miss E Weles, 13, v 7—Geo 
Dennison, vol 7—G S Harris, 2 copies, 13, v 7—J M  
Morse, vol 6—H Gurney, vol 7—T §Rhodes, 22, v 7—J 
Fancher, vol 7, (and $1 for Herald)—D Austin, vol 7—J  
B Paine, vol 7—E C Drew, vol 7--E J Tasker, Vol 8—  
Nancy True, vol 7-S York, vol 7—S D Hilliard, vol 7—  
J Murray, vol 7, each $1.  
Mrs J Hermans, vol 6—S R Lathrop, vol 6—L Nash,  
13. v 7—M Sumner, vol 6—S Shaw, vol 6—Emily Bald- 
win, vol 7, each $1 50.  
J H Hayes, vol 6—HF Hill, vol 7—E Wright, vol 7—A  
A Coburn, vol 6—D N Clark, vol 7—R Robinson, 10, v  
8—Wm Hall, 2 copies, vol 7—G Peacock, 13, v 9—J  
Harrison, vol 8, each $2.  
A Arnold, 5 copies, vol 6—H Pitts, 13, v 7—A Baker,  
14, v 7—J W Goldsmith, 3 copies, vol 7, each $3.  
A S Richardson, 4 copies, vol 7, $4. | Frederick Glass- 
cock, (for books) $5.  
INDIVIDUALS.—a J Porter—S D Barker—J Litch—J  
Kilton—J V Himes—E C Galusha—H V Teall—B Mat- 
thias—T H Spencer—E W Twing—O French—R Whit 
more—J Day—C Fisher—W Lee—J Brooks—J Dutton  
—J M Smith—S Reynolds—C Green—S S Snow— W  
Prideaux—L D Coburn—S B Roney—S G Mabey—R 
Hawley—E Routan—G A Sterling—C J Cook— RW 
Stearns—R Plum«r—H Jones.  
POSTMASTERS.—Littleton, Mass—Salisbury, N H —  
Lockport, N. Y.—Weymouth, O—New Bedford, Mass.— 
Shepherdtown, Pa.—Glenn's Falls, N. Y.—Barnesville,  
Md.—Rectortown, Va.—Moodus, Ct.—Vevay, Ind.—No.  
Wardsboro' Vt.—Abington, Ct.—Richfield Springs, N.Y. 
—Arcade, N. Y.—Limerick, Me.