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day in prophecy always means a day, and is)jthat work, Mede 'wrote many comments, es-
never, except in a few specified instances, says and letters. The learning, piety, and (in 
used to denote a year, or any longer period of I general) sobriety of mind, which this distin-
time. 
The question involved 1 conceive to be guished work exhibited, gave it great influ-
one of the utmost moment to the interests of ence in the religidus community in England, 
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TIME SHALL BE NO MORE. 
And who is He 1 the vast, the awful form 
Girt with the wl~irlwind, sanrlal'd with the storm~ 
A western cloud arouw:l his li111bs is spread, 
His crown a rainbow, and a sun his head; 
1'o lugltest heaven he lifts his kingly hand, 
And treads at once the ocean and the land : 
And hark! his vuice amid the thunders roar, 
Hi$ drearll"ul voice, that time shall be no more! 
-Lo ! elu-:rub hand~ the golden courts prepare, 
L,, ! 1 hronPs are set, and evf'ry saint is there ! 
Earth's lllllli•St hounds confess his awful sway, 
The mo11ntaius worship, and tl e i es obey; 
Nor sun nor moun they need,-nor day nor night; 
·God is their te1nple. and the Lamb their light; 
Aud shnlluot Israel's suns exultiug eome, 
Hail the glad heam, and claim their aucient home ~ 
On Oavid's throne shall Oa,·id's off~pring reign, 
And the dry hun•~s be warm with life again. 
Hark ! white·ruhed crowds their deep ht1sannas raise, 
A nrlthe hoarsP. flood repeats the !'ound of praise; 
Ten thou;;and harps att<me the lllystic song, 
Ten thuusand dtuusand t;aints the -strain prolong-
" Worthy the Lamb "l omnipotent to save, 
Who died, who lives, triumphant o'f'r the grave! 
Hebet'a Palertine. 
nis fat-uus of false 
hermen·eutics, 
but the threw them. 
Still the influence of this work on 
church is at once cut loose from every chro-English commentary, has been felt down to 
nological mooring, and set adrift in the open the present hour. 
Particularly is it so in re-
sea, without the vestige of a beacon, light-gard to the subject of reckoning time ; the 
house, or star, by which to determine her consideration of which is now before us." 
bearings or distances from the desired millen-p. 7 4." 
nial haven to which she had hoped she was 
The fact is, Mede is very far from being the 
tending. 
She is deprived of the means of ta-first who adopted this solution of the symboliq 
king a single celestial observation, and has no term day. 
It is the solution naturally arising 
possible data for ascertaining, in the remotest from the construction put in all ages upon the 
degree, how far she is yet floating from the I oracle of Daniet respecting the Seventy 
Ararat of promise. 
Upon your theory, the Weeks, which by Jews and Christians have 
Christian world has no distinct intimation giv-been interpreted of 1veeks of years, on the prin-
en it as to the date ofthe downfall of the Ro-jciple of a day's standingjo1· a year. This fact 
man Despotism, civil or ecclesiastical, of Ma-is obvious from the Rabbinical writers en 
hometanism, or Paganism ; no clew to the time masse, where they touch upon this subject, 
of the conversion of the Jews, or of the intro-and Eusebius tells us, (Dem. Evan g. L. VIII. 
duction of the Millennium. On all these points p. 258, Ed; Steph.) that this interpretation in 
the Church is shut up to a blank and dreary his day was generally, if not universally ad-
uncertainty, which, though it may not extin-mitted. 
It is plain that this canon of interpre-
guish, will tend greatly to diminish the ardor tation is no modern novelty, and the universal 
of her present zeal in the conversion of the consent which your own words ascribe to it, 
world. 
might at least suggest the propriety of a more 
I am not indeed of the number of those who rigid inquisition into its origin than you have 
From the Midnight Cry. 
deem the consent of fathers, or the .current of seen fit to institute. 
I have in my own collec-
THE SAVIOR COMES. 
tradition, an infallible test of biblical inter-tion, writers on the prophecies, prior to the . 
Jesus, my Lord, tu glory's gone, 
He whom l fix my hopes upun ; 
An' ious for his return 1'11 wait, 
And contemplate the glorious state. 
Soon I shall see with unclimned eyes, 
The glory of new earth and skies, 
When Christ to earth returns again, 
And all his saiuts ~ball shout A MEN. 
Snon will he cnme: the earth ~hall quake, 
And rucl\s and hills their seat~ forsake, 
The mountains 111elt, the ~eas retire, 
And earth 1*! wrapped i 1 iquiJ fir·e. 
0 whPre, in that tremendous day, 
Shall sinners hide them~elves away 1 
In vain on rocks and hills they'll call 
To hide them from the Lord· of all. 
pretation ; nor am I in the least a stickler for time of Mede, who interpret the 1260 days of 
a punctilious specification of the dates of pro-so many years, and who are so far from 
phecy ; but neither am I, on the other hand, broaching this as a new interpretation, that 
inclined precipitately to discard an opinion they do not even pause to give the grounds of 
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long prevalent in the church, which has com-it, but proceed o,nwards, as if no risk were run 
mended itself to those whose judgments are in taking for grar.ted the soundness of. a prin, 
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entitled to profmmd respect. 
That such is the ciple which came down to them accredited by 
case in regard to the y£;ar-day calculations of the immemorial usage of their predecessors. 
1 prophecy, I am abundantly satisfied, and I I do not say that they were justified in this, 
j confess too at once to the pleasure that it af-for in a matter of this nature it is always well 
fords me to find that that which is sanctioned to lay an impregnable foundation for whatcv-
by age is also sustained by argument. How er system of prophetical interpretation men 
strong is the evidence of its truth from this are prompted to adopt ; but, as the present 
source, it is the object of my present com-question is merely a question of fact, as to the 
L.D.F. 
munication to evince, and I enter upon it with-origin of a certain mode of exegesis, the state-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j1·out farther preliminaries. 
ment I have made will be seen to be wholly 
I am not a little suprised at your remark in in point. 
Prop~etic Designations of Time. 
the following paragraph :-
You enter upon the process of proof by 
BY Pn.oFEssoR GEORGE BusH. 
"It is a 
singqlar fact, that the great which your main position is to be established, 
The following triumphant argument in proof !nass of interpreters in the English and Amer-by ~aying down the following as one of the 
th 1 th 
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b I 
f 
ICan world have, for many years, been wont to plamest and most cogent of all the rules of 
. a · e prop etlc ays are sym 0 8 0 years, understand the days designated in Daniel and hermeneutics, viz., that evet·y passage of Scrip-
IS an extract of a letter from Prof. Bush to in the Apocalypse, as the representatives or tu.re, and of eve1·y othe1· book, is to be interp1·e-
Prof. Stuart in the " Hierophant " No. 11, symbols of yea.rs. 
I have found it difficult to ted as bearing its plain, and p1'imary, and lit-
1843, pp. 242-248. Speaking of that por-trace the origin of this general, I might say, eral sense, unless good reason can be given tvhy 
tiou of Stuart's Hints which has respect to almos;t universal custom. Without venturing it should be tropically unde1·stood. To the 
on a positive statement, I am inclined to be-truth of this canon I cordially assent. 
I sub-
prophetic time, he says :-
lieve that we may trace it mainly to the distin-scribe also with equal freedom and readiness 
"For myself, I venture to regard this portion guished Joseph Mede, who lived and wrote to the connected remark, that " when we ad-
of your work as equally replete with error, and during the first quarter of the seventeenth cen-mit the tropical sense of a passage, we do it 
open to refutation as any of the rest ; and tury. His Clavis .flpocalyptica (Key to the because, if literally understood, the subject 
though my remaining limits will not allow of so Apocalypse) excited much attention when it and predicate would not harmonize, or be-
full and detailed. an expose of its positions as I was published, and indeed for a long time af-cause a literal sense would be frigid, unmean-
have given to the preceding, yet I shall hope terwards. 
Many criticisms were made upon ing, or inappropriate." The only question is, 
to adduce sufficient reasons for a most decided it by the learned ; and in the explanation and whether in the department of prophecy suffi-
rejection of your main averment, viz., that a defence of the positions which he had taken in cient reasons can be assigned to justify a de-
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parture from the literal, and nn adh~rence to I given into the hands of the Little Horn for a their bearing upon the question at issue, are 
a tropical sense. In other· words, arc these time, times and half a time," or three years contained in the following extrads : 
designations of time to be taken symbolically ? I and a half, I natu•·ally consider this period as 
"The pr<Jphet is expt·tssly told, in this case, 
The ar·gument, I think, may be summarily jmystical, because the Little Horn is so. 
So that one day is to be the symbol oj a year. 
despatched. 
To one who has so long and so when I find "locusts tormenting men five Why ? Plainly because it would never enter 
la•·gely considered the genius and structure of months," 1 am as much pron1pted to inquire the mind of himself or of any other man, that 
inspired prophecy a::; yourself: it can scarcely into the symbolical import of the five months as such could be the case, unless he were express· 
be otherwise than superfluous to remark, that into that of the locusts. 
Why should one of ly informed of it. 
What bearing, then, in the 
the Scriptures present us with two distinct these terms be literal and the other iTopical? 
way of analogy, does or can this have upon 
classes of predictions-the literal and the sym-
Now this distinction in the character of the the designations of time in Daniel and in the 
bolical. 
Where an event, or series of events, prophetic oracles you have seen fit to leave Apocalypse ? 
Ce~tainly ~one ;. for in the~ 
of a historical characteJ·, is histm·ically an-out of view altogether. 
Your whole train of books we have n~ mformatwn given. of such a 
nounced, we natm·ally look for the announce-reasoning goes 011 
the asurnption, that as pe-nature. 
~he writer~ never once hmt at such 
ment to be made in the plainest, simplest, and J•iods of time are to he literally understood, in ~ mode of mterpretatw.n. 'Vhat foHows, the~, 
most literal tet·ms. 
No ·reason can be as-connection with certain predictions, so they are except that we must mt~rpret these .boo.ks m 
signed for designating periods of time in 
a in all. 
But the distinction is palpably obvi-the u~ual way ? A special co~mumcatwn to 
my~ticai o~ fi.g~trative. diction. 
If the fate of ous, and a glance of the mind's eye is sufficient Ezekiel wa.s deP-med necessary m order to hts 
nat!ons or ~nd!v~duals Is co~cerned, and !hose to evince that we cannot legitimately reason understandmg that days would or c~·uJd. he the 
~at10ns or ~~dtviduals are ht~I·ally and lustor-from the one to the other; On the ground you ~ymbols of years. 
Such a c~mmumcatwn was 
Ically specihed, we rega.rd It a~ a matter of have assumed the argument will stand thus ;-m fact necessary ; for not~mg can he. more 
c.ourse .that what~ver P.enods of time are men-The chronological periods attached to all liter-
n.atut·~l to all .men.' than t.o mterprel plam de-
twned m connech.on Wit? the:n, they are ~o be ally expressed prophecies are found to be s1gnatwns of tun~ m the simple and usual way. 
understood also m their pnmary and hte:al themselves Litem·lly and not mystically expres-!o ~reyent Ezekiel from. domg so, the symbol· 
sense. 
Thus, to advert to the cases whiCh sed. 
Therefore the chronological periods at-
~c. s1gn~ficancy .of days ts a matt~r of express 
you have adduced, when. God a.nnounces ~he tached to all symbolically expressed prophecies, InJUnctiOn. 
This of course co~stttutes ag ood 
deluge ~o N ?ah, as the1·e ts nothmg ~gura.tive must be themselves literally and not n~y~tically ~ncl adeq~ate reason for adopt1~g the symbol-
or ~ysttcalm the events, so ~he de~•gnatwns exprPssed. 
Now this is a gross non sequilm". teal meanmg of the word day m the passage 
of ltme are to be constru~d m their natural It is reasonin(J" from unlike tu unlih. More is before us. 
and obvious import. 
When it is foretold that put into the c~nclusion than had appeared in 
"B t h 
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Abraham's posterity should be afflicted four the premises You will uot be surprised there-. D u. l owdts.I 7~ A e 
e~Ignahon ~ ImeR 
hundred years-that seven years of plenty and f~re at the. i;ltimation that the whole force of Ill h a~ I~ an . m 
e 
p~ca ~pse, . w ei. e n~ 
seven years of famine should succeed each vour argument b'lsed upon this ground dis-
~l~ 
IDJUn~tton .~r exp anatton b Is 
gtven . 
other in Egypt-thai Israel should wander for-
~ipates itself as 'completely as the famous 'wat-
er~ ca:. e, ast"I seem;. t~ ~e, l u\hone( an-
ty years in the 
wilderness-that Ninevah erflll in Switzerland where the water is pre-
swe~r o t IS qtuebs Ion j_ w diC. 
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years-that the glory of Moab should be con-declivit 
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temned within threP-
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fact. recogm~d there, . winch. makes {hrectly 
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The grand prmc1ple mto whiCh the usage ~ I agamst the mterpretat10n wh1r·h we are caU-
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~fy on seve,~ty hears-employing a day for a year is to be resolved, ing in question. 
The express ~xception as to 
as a d ese commu1n1• •es dar~ h 
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1tera ,y I an1-is that of miniature symbolization. 
As the I the usual mode of reckoniurr which is there 
nounce , we reasona 1 y an 
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m t 1e same re at1ve ces d1rectly to show that the general rule 
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necessitate us to adopt a different tnt6"r-
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fectly right in saying that _in th.ese cases " we tecedent information touchinrr the mte or scale pre a I~n. 
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neve~,once eve.n dream, of,pu,ttmg a ~Lay fo~ a ofreduction. But the probability is, that sur.h . I~ hke m~nner as to the case of the spies 
year. . Why. ~houl~ "e ~ 
fher~ 18. nothmg scale will be at the rate of a day or minor rev-
In N unbers XIV.. 
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at all In the cn cumslances to reqUire It. 
nlution of the earth round its axis, for a year 
" We perceive a~ one~ ~hat the ~hole IS 
But the case is entirely reversed in regard or greater revolution of the earth round the dependent on 
~peeml diVIne 
appomtrnent. 
to the symbol-ical p1·oplu.cies, and that fo1· the sun. 
In adducing the proof of the principle Had the. declaratwn ueen th_at 'Israel should 
most obvious of all reasons-the v~ry reason upon which this prophetic usage depends, you wa~der m th~ desert accordmg to the time in 
which you have yourself assigned, vir.., that in will of course read at onGe the answer which I whiCh the spies had been absent, 'would any 
prophecies so constructed, "the subject a11d return to your construction of Ezek. iv. 5, 6, one have ev~r supposed that forty years were 
the predicate would not harmonize ; the literal and N um. xiv. 
As to the first, we are inform-
~neant ? It IS conceded that they would not, 
sense would he frigid, un~aning, and inap-ed that Ezekiel was commanded to "lie on his m the very fact that exp,·ess mention is made, 
propriate." Nothing, you are aware, is more left side 390 days, that so ile might bear the th~t days are to stand as the. sy.rnbols ofyem·s. 
obvious, than that the prophets have frequent-iniquity of the house of Israel." This was a W tthout a declaratiOn ~f th1s Import, no one 
ly, under divine prompting, adopted the system typical action constituting a symbolical proph-would ever have s.urmised t~at the case was 
of hieroglyphic ?'epresenlalion, in which a single ecy, and so far as its chronological purport is such. 
Now as n~Ither Dame! nor the Ap?c-
man represents a community, and a wild beast concerned, Jehovah himself adds, "l have ap-alypse ever mention such a mode of countmg 
an extended empire. 
Consequently, since thP. pointed each day for a year." Ezekiel is in days for years, what else can we do, 
~xcept 
mystic exhibition of the commnnity or empire this transaction a miniatu1·e hieroglyphic of Is~ !o follow t~e commo.n laws. o~ language m the 
is 
in 
miniatm·e, 
symbolical 
prf)priety rt-rael ; a man, of a nation. 
Hence as the man mterpretatwn of their predictiOns ?" p. 78. 
quires that the associated chronological peri-represented the nation in miniature, so the 390 
The obvious reply to all this is, that the in-~ 
ods should be exhibited in miniatm·e also. 
The days represented the period of 3~0 years in stances now adduced are to be considered as 
!ntrinsic ~tness of such 11: mo.de of present~tion, miniature.. 
l.n 
lik~ manner,, his lying forty me.rely giving us a clew to a general pr·inciple 
Is self-evident. 
In prediCatmg of a nation a days on hts nght s1de symboltzed the foreseen of tnterpretatwn. Here are two or th1·ee strik-
long term of 400 or 4000 years, there is noth-iniquity of Judah through the period of forty ing examples of predictions const1·ucted on the 
ing revolting to verisimilitude or decorum ; but yea1·s. Again, when the land of Canaan was plan of miniatur symbolic 1'epusenlation, · in 
to assign such a period to the actings of a to be searched, twelve spies were appointed which the involved periods of time are reduced 
symbolical man or a symbolical animal, would out of the twelve tribes to make the plll·posed to a scale proportioned to that of the events 
be a grevious outrage upon all the prop1·ieties explorations and report the result on their re-themselves. 
What then more natural or more 
of the prophetic sty I e. 
The character of the return. 
The tenor of their· report and the legitimate, than that when we meet with other 
adjuncts should 
evidently correspond with subsequent condur.t of the pel)ple was such prophecies, constructed on precisely the same 
those of the principal, or the whole picture is that God was highly displeased, and conse-principle, we should interpret their chronologi-
at once marred by the most palpable incongru-quently declared that Israel should wander cal periods by the same rule ? Instead ofyield--
ity. 
W!len I find the Most High declaring in in the desert for forty years, each year corres-ing to a demand to adduce authority fur thia 
express language that the Jews should serve ponding to one of the forty day.<J of the espial. mode of interpretation, I feel at liberty to de-
the king of Babylon seventy )'ears, and that In this case, also, we recognize the same prin-mand the authority for depar·ting from it. .Ma. 
·after the expiration of that time they should ciple as in the preceding. T~e twelve selected nenle ratione manet lex, is an apothegm which 
again be restored to their own land, I seek no spies jointly constituted a miniatm·P. symbol of is surely applicable here if any where. 
You 
other than a literal sense in the term yea1·, in-the entire natio~. According.ly, the predicted repeatedly in the course of your pages appeal 
asmuch as all the other terms, Babylon, Judah, term ·qf the national wandermgs was analo-to the oracles of common stnse as the grand 
and captivity, are taken in their ordinary ac-gously represented in miniature also. 
arbiter in deciding upon the principles of her· 
cept.ation. But w.hen .I .find ·"times and laws 
Your remarks upon these cases, viewed in meneutics. 
I make my appeal to the some au-
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,-thority in the present case ; I demand in 
[the 
name of common sense, a reasun 
why 
the symbolical prophe0ies of Daniel and 
John should 
not 
be 
interpreted on 
the 
same principle 
with 
other prophecies of 
1 precisely the same class. 
But however loud 
'and urgent my demand on this head, I ~xpect 
nothing else than that hill and dale will re-
echo it even to "the crack of doom,'' before 
a satisfactory response from your pages falls 
on my ~ar. 
All the answer I obtain is the following :-
'~Instead ofbeing aided, then, by an appeal 
to Ez·ek. iv. 5,6, we find that a principle is re-
cognized there, which makes directly against 
the interpretation that we are calling in ques-
tion. 
The express ·exception as to the general 
mode, which is there virtually made, goes, un-
der such circumstances, directly to show that 
the geneml rule ~ould necessitate us to adopt 
a different interpretation." I may possibly be 
over sanguine in my anticipations, but I can-
not well resist the belief that the reader will 
perceive that that which you regard as the ex-
ception is in fact the n.tle. 
salt leave it? No chris~ ian has any right to leave ular scripture, dots not lead to such uncom:orrable 
his church, if it is a 'dead and putrid mass. 
purity of.hfe1. <~s the Juoking for "the such things" 
.Mrs. H. 
Then Lu:her and the reformers did as tloe Mdlente's does. .From tbis hope good Lord 
wrong, in expo:sing the errors of tile Born ish church, delivt•r rnt'. 
and in coming ~ul, ~nd bein
1g ~eparate. 
Who would get an estate in the worlcl, with 
. Dr. 0. ,.Mo:st d~:ctdedly. fhey, ~md no~earthl) I :mc~1 a hope, who wc•uld labor for the meat which 
nght, to leave the 'Church at all.. lhere.Gotl t1all pert::.heth! 'Twould be the rum of business. And 
placed them, under hts O\~n s~mtual adVJ:sers, aud one ~ood, sut•::.tantial rea:son, why I think that 
they were not re:;pons1ble fur what they \-\ tre nuth)(Jg-can be known ahout Christ's corning and 
ta:.:ght. They were. uudcr so!emn oath to walli 1he plare he has gone to prepart", fur lhose tha~ love 
Wllh the church, unul by vrovtdence or Jeath re-him-place he has gone to prepare, "beyond the 
moved. 
bounds or time aud !'pace"-no place at all then 
. Mrs. II. And is the world no better for Luther':s i u~d the Bible version is to ~e u~derslood spiritually: 
labors? 
I Y t?s, one reason why nothtng IS to be understood 
Dr. 0. Scarcely. He had done more for the of what is revealed, about thtJse thinrrs is that it 
W?rld had he kept quiet~y ~n his own church:. He would create confusion, and consternation ln every 
nught have serv~d iu~ Savtor much mare eHectu-department o~ labor, and occasion a great deal of 
ally, had h~ remamed In the church and attempted unnecessary mconvenience. 
Without holiness of 
~o make It bett.er. .However, I am 11ot u:mally heart, .the belief must ~lake one crllzy _ e1go, it is 
::.t~enuous on 
~his P?IDt, as must ol my brethren better,w my apprehension, ~otto broach the subject 
tlunk the RefQrmatwn a very good thmg-and 1 at all, and let people ltve, while they Jive in 
always avoid contention where 1 can. I reason in peace and quiet, and not be forever haras~ed 
this way : if Luther's reformation was a good and "with watc.hing !or the Lord's comina!" 
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desi~able one-s~ are all,. and where will the refur· 
(Enter Mrs. Orthodox~ 
mauon.s end ?-10 breakmg up o~r churches and 
Mrs. 0. Husband, what is tltis new doctrine of 
scauer~ng our cle~gy I fear, so I w11l not adnut that wbich we hear so much? 
I;uther s reformatiOn, on the whole, was any bene-
Dr. 0. Why the long and the short of the mat· 
fit to the world. But-now you may go home, and ter is, it is one of t[1e "wiles of the devil'" 
remer~ber that you are a reproach ~o the .whole 
Mrs, 0. Well, how happens it, 
t~;at the best 
ct hur?·'·h~ disgrace to byourkhusbanu, 10 ,a ~alu wady christians of our cburch are among the belit:vers? 
Our Church; 
o r~m ts prospects-r.ea 
up your tam1 y, an 
Dr. 0. No such thing at all-they are not our 
OR 
gettnto the Insane Hospital. 
best members 
I call Dea Hoperul Dea L 
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DR. ORTHODOX AND DEA. HOPEFUL. 
[Exn Mrs. Hopeful.]. 
and Esq.Prudent amono· the most saintly of our 
CoiSTtNUED. 
Dr. 0. (alone pacing his study.) This :Millerism church. 
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The subject of the article lu~re continued is not a mere is the qu_intescence ot all I detest! Abominable-
Mrs. 0 
Saints truly! and SQund in the faith 
fancy sketch. Eo. 
I would that it had o~e neck th~t I might ~rush it as far as it cons.ists in sleeping soucdly. They are: 
Dr. Orthodox was trouhleJ _Here is a difficult -t~e v~ry thought of tne Lords con.Hng 1s. to b~ so far as I can JUdge, sound asleep in reli~ion, and 
case; thought he. Here is a case which sound The-avoided. 
'~hy, W~_;-'lt ~Ill become oi the Wl~ktd · t.hey are often sound a'51e~·p in church! Have you 
ology, and all my Logic, cannot reach. 
Yet I can-Am I to desne the ~avwr so much as to be Willing forgotten how Dea. Hopeful came tumblin()' out of 
not give up the wandeier-wh~t will my brethren that they be cut off?. "Even so come Lord Jesus!" his SP.at, i.nto the ai~le, (vnly .t~vo wet·ks ago) from 
-what will our church say, ifl do not succeed, in does not mean that m my ~pprehensl~n, and I have the top ot a :sound nap -
excttwg pt oples risables, 
my attempt to reclaim! With these thoughts, he 
br~ll a clu~e student ot lheology for mor.e than and making the old rhurch jar again? 
became irritated and broke forth to the heretic, after thuty years. ::'hy I h~ve ~ad. th~ ~ffer of bewg 
Dr. 0. H~sh, hu~h, ?on't rneution it. We've not 
the following fashion. 
Very well, you may have President of a.l heolng1cal Semma1 y. ~t ':an not be a more efficient man 10 the church -besides, my 
somt> slight opportunity to suffer: as you seem so that. I am mls.t.al>efi:, and the wea~~ iuoh::.h, .and dear, you should have more respect for one, in good 
desirous of becoming a martyr. We can arrange ~esptsed, are. nght. 10 th~s matter-Ill n?t beh.eve and regular standing in our church-possessing 
that matter to your full satisfaction, I doubt not.-It,-my conscience IS gettmg nervous-I laney ll. IS ·large property, and unbounded influence. 
When gentleness will do, we use that, but if that dls~ased; why, what 3: bedlam my soul ~as been m, 
1r.~. 0. 1 mut-t say, that I have more n·spect 
does not answer, we use the rod of correction. while I. have betn trymg to get back thts wanderer for one who bas moral courage to maintain good 
You are a deluded fanatic-a crazy child, and a to the fold! It cannot be that I am wrong! Oh uo, and regular wandering from the church! Mrs. 
little harshness will do wonders, towards restoring I ne_ver am, I ~I ways was very correct. frum acinld. Hopeful for instanre. 
you. 
My JUdgment IS ttnusually good-as IS abundantly 
Dr. 0. Mary, Mary, what does this mean? 
Mrs. Ilopeful. What have I done? 
proved, by the very .general homage paid me by the 
Mn II. Why, husband, I feel that when the 
Dr. 0. Done ! w by you've committed the gr~a! and learned of our church: And ev~n now _at chUJch is as dead and lifeless as ours, and some 
unpardonable sin, that crime of crimes, looking for this JUncture, gr~at confidenc.e IS rep?sed lfi me, for members. find be~ter food elsewh.ere -where they 
your Lord to come soon, and you even spread light they ask me, with .a fe.w dashes ot my powerful can .get mstrucllons on the subJect of the Lord's 
on the subject. You even give your influence, to pen! to e~ace ~~ll~nsm from the earth! 
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commg, they have a perfect right to go! 
help on an unhallowed excitement. You've dis-
): es, I 11 do 1t dtrectly' no. ne~d of hu,rrymg the 
Dr. 0. Well said, well said. I did not expect 
graced our church, by ao;sociating with a low, and 
matte~, that 'Yould not be d1gn1fied. It .s too co~-this from you ? 
despised class of christians, and its fitting that we 
te~ptlble. entuely, for rue to meddle wllh, and lt 
Mrs. H. My soul is full-else I could not have 
wipe off the reproach by disowning you. 
w11l requue gre~t c~n~escenswn,to be sure, to stoop spoken as I have. For a long time my thoughts 
M1·s. H. I know, assuredly, that I have not dis-so low as to relute ll. 
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have been fixed on this subject, but I have dreaded 
pleasd my Savior, in the course I have pursued; 
What a. meek one tha~ Mrs. Hopefu!.1s! The to tell you how deeply it is impressed on my mind! 
and he will not be ashamed to acknowledge me. 
scnpture IS not fulfilled m her case, 
the meek 
Dr. 0. Where will this end'? Where will this 
Dr. 0. Have your views respecting our church shall he guide in judgment." "The meek shall he end? 
changed of late? What do you think of it? 
tea?h his ~ay." She has t~ken leave of her sens~s 
Mrs .. o. :My dear! tell me, have rou ever calmly 
Mrs. II. I think it for the most pai·t in a frigid, entirely, IU my ~ppre~enswn. To be su~e It ts and dehberately sat down to the mvestigation of 
frozen state, there is too much of the world in it, to through much tnbulatwn, that we enter mto the the Advent question? 
allow it to possess much vitality. I feel that God kingdom of heaven-tl.tat's a ~omfort to me .in all 
Dr. 0. Nonsense-no, child, mv time is quite 
is calling loudly on his chosen ones, to testify a· my trouble and perplexuy. 
Wit~ all my Wisdom too precious, to waste in that way.· 
gainst the fearful lukewarmness of the church. I lam perplexP.d to know how to dispose of some of 
Mrs. 0. But, husband, it has originated just 
believe that Guc! has a chosen people in ('Very my poor church members-they are as meek as where I should suppose truth would oriainate and 
church, and he would have them "be separate, and :Moses, and yt::t they do not inherit the earth, and the world is in just the state the Bib!: desc;ibes 
touch not the unclean." He is saying, "Come oul the Bible says, that the meek shall inherit the when the Son of man shall return? 
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of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her ~arth, and ~akes no exceptions; yet here arc some 
Dr. 0. Nonsense! Mary! what Second Advent 
plagues." 
m our churcn, who hvae not an inch of land to set bo<.ks have been tuming your head? 
. p1: 0. Its true the church is not perfect. Yet foot on! 
Mrs. 0. The greatest Second Advent book in the 
It Is graven on the palms of the hands of our Sa-
Well, to be sure I do not wish to dispute prophe-world-the Bible? 
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vior. 
cy, but how can I believe it, when my observation 
Dr. 0. Mary, you are bestde yourself!-Yo!t're 
. 
Mrs. H. I suppose the dry branches are not and experience testify against it. "Meek inherit mad? 
graven there. The church is the body of Christ, the eanh," perhaps these low persons are in the 
Mrs. 0. Nay, hu;;band, but I speak forth the 
and only those who "abide in the vine," belon~ to right of it after all and there is to be a New Earth words of truth and soberness. We can as well 
the body 1\lf Christ. 
for them to inherit!' Get behind me Satan! tempt me "discern the signs of the tim~s," as we can discern 
Dr. 0. Satan helped. you to that construction. not, to ~uch a gross belief. This is too fanciful en· the face of the sky. The s1gns of the coming of 
Le.t me tell you to abide in the vin(', means to 'tirely. 
So like Paradise of Mahomet-the new 
t~e Lord are all fulfilled, whether we take them 
ab1de m your.o.wn chur~h, and not to wander away Jerusalem of the Mormons-if the word of God literally or figuratively, and when I see. these signs 
from those !.pmtual adv1sers, wh?m a merciful God does support it, I cannot, away with it. I had fulfilled, as I now do, I know tha~ the JUdge stand· 
has placed over you! You are m a sad, sad state, much rather anticipate sitting on a floating cloud, et~ at the door, and I have no drsposnion to join 
hopelessly lo!>t, I fear. 
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and singing Hallelujahs forever. The New Heav-With ~he sc~ffing world,,, who asks "Where is the 
. Mrs .. II.· Is not a church corrupt JUSt m propor-en and New Earth of the Adventists,is too tangible. promise of ~·s corn~ng? 
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twn as Jt 1s popular? 
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~he Bible describes it too vividly for my apprehen· 
Dr. 0. These s1gns are JUSt no signs at all-
Dr. 0. Not at all, acconhng to that, 1t would swn. Hence I must conceive it to be understood they have always been fulfilling. 
be a mass .of ?orruption in the Millenium., when all spiritually. I had rather have something gloriously 
M?S. 0. Nevt?~ have the sig~s in the sun, moon 
the wor~d IS m the c~urc~. I do admtt that the indefinite-it gives more scope to imagination, and and ~tars-the .d.tstress of natwns, the perplexity 
church I.s no better t~a~ 1t shoul~ be, and I ask every one then can have a heaven to suit himself-
me~ s hear:s fa!hng them, for fear of those things, 
what wtll become of 1t, If all the hght, leaven, and besides an uncertain hope not founded on a partie-wh1ch are commg upon the world-been clustered 
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into the period of one generation, as now. 
When 
we begin to see these things, we are told to rejoice, 
for our redemption dra weth nigh? 
Dr. 0. Too fanciful entirely for my apprehen-
sion. 
. 
Mrs. 0. Husband, have you ever fasted and 
prayed over the subject? 
Dr. 0. Fasted and prayed ove::-it! Why no, ifi 
did that~ I sLould expt>ct to believe it! 
Mrs. 0. Thfn~ husband, you either think, that 
fasting and prayer leads one into error, or you are 
afraid of being led into the truth: 
Dr. 0. I see how it is. 
Sister Hopeful is gain-
ing you over to he as great a heretic as herself! 
Mrs. 0. I wish I were as good as she is! 
Dr. 0. Let me enquire into this business. Do 
you see her often? 
Mrs .. 0. She comes to our weekly prayer meet-
ings. 
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Dr. 0. She must be silenced directly-that the 
mischief spread no further. 
She is a dangerous 
person! As for you, Mary, do you never open your 
mouth on the subject out of my presence. 
Mrs. 0. Sister H. is a sweet, meek and humble 
christian, full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith. 
Dr. 0. How do you know that. I can testify that 
she is filled with the soirit of the angel of light, that 
is the old serpent! How do you know she is guided 
by the Spirit? 
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Mrs. 0. It is written, by their fruits ye shall 
know \hem, and the fruits of the Spirit are love, 
joy, peace, long-suffering, etc. The sister has the 
fruits of the Spirit, and therefore I judge she is 
guided by the Spirit. 
Dr. 0. Well, we shall see! None of the great 
and learned men of our church believe these despi-
sed doctrines-and if they were true, they of course 
would have beell first to find them out-the doc-
trine is heresy, according to the articles of our 
church, and we shall proceed to deal with offenders 
accordingly. 
Mrs. 0. See that thou have nothing to do with 
these jw~t perl"ons, for like Pilate'1. wife, I have 
suffered many things in a dream this day because 
of them. 
Dr. 0. Is Saul among the prophets? Are you 
too a dreamer ? 
Mrs. 0. I am not, as you very well know,-yet 
1 will not reject any light God may be willing to 
shew me-even if it is by a dream. 
Dr. 0. I suppose your next movement will be, 
to say you are guided by the Spirit. 
Mrs. 0. When I ask for bread, will my heavenly 
Father give me a stone? With God are all the 
treasures of wisdom and knowledge, and he giveth 
to all liberally and upbraideth not. 
He has said, 
"Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, 
knock and it shall be opened. 
Dr. 0. Hush, hush, do not pervert any more Scrip-
ture, if you please-if you persist in this course, 
you will strike at the root of all my happines~>­
you'll blast my earthly prospPcts forever! 
Mrs. 
Orthodox a Millerite indeed! (with great contempt.) 
Mrs. 0. The Savior is at the door-He has said 
''surely I come quickly," I can say, "Even so, 
come Lord Jesus." The great day of the Lord is 
near, it is near, and hasteth greatly ! 
Dr. 0. I cannot say, Even so, Come Lord Jesus, 
and cut Qff the wicked! I have too benevolent a 
heart for that-( after a pause as if musing to him-
self.) Day of the Lord near.......,. hasteth greatly. I 
made a capital bargain buying that land, if tile day 
of the Lord does come soon, what will become of 
my farm? 
CATHARINE. 
To be Continued. 
THE DAY OF JUBILEE. 
Lo! the day at length is.dawning, 
Jesus comes to Fet ug tree; 
Hail! the eternal S<•l>hath mornin"; 
Hail ! the day of jubilee. 
" 
'Ti3 the purchase 
Of his bleeding agony. 
Streams of mnsic, loud as thunder, 
Rolling down his lofty throne ! 
l3lest i111murtal~, rnpt in wonder, 
L!lW 11dure the GICiriouSI One. 
HP:J1•en descendin", 
With its radiance veil: the sun. 
Lo he comes ! the clanrls encircling 
Wreathe his form-henPath, around, 
Fallen ~1is foes ! their l>lond empurpling 
All Ius 1·e~tnre, ~tains the ground. 
••H;{Iielnjah!" 
Still tht! harll" of heaven resound. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
1\~ucnt lljernU1 & titcportcr. 
"THE LORD IS AT HAND." 
BOSTON, MARCH 6, 1844. 
()tJ-.All communications for the Signs of the Times, or 
m·dPrs for Books or remittances, should be dtrected to 
"/. V. Himes, Boston, Mass," post paid. 
Post Masters are aulhodzed by the Post Office Depart-
ment to forward free of expense all orders for, or to 
discontinue publications, and also money to pay for the 
a me 
Subscribers' names with the State and Post Office should 
be di~tiJ?ctly given when money is forwarded. 
Where the 
Post Office is not given, we are liable lo misdirect the }'a· 
per, or credit to the wrong person, as there m·e often sev· 
era/ of the same name, or several Post Offices in the same 
town. 
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 
ON WHTCH THE 
SECOND ADVENT CAUSE IS BASED. 
I.-Tht word of God teaches that this earth is to be re-
generated, in the restitution of all things, and restQ,1'ed to 
its Eden state as it came ft·om the hand of its Malter be 
fore the fall, and is to be the eternal abode of the right· 
eou~ in their resurrection state. 
IL-'l'he' only Millenium found in the word of God, (s 
the 1000 years which are to intervene between the first and 
second re&Urrections,aa brought to view in the :.ot/i of Rev· 
elations. And the various portions of Scripture which 
are adduced as et idence of such ll period in time, are to 
have their fulfilment only in the New Earth,wherein dwell-
eth righteousness. 
III-'l'he only restoratwn of I.~rael yet future, is there-
storation of the Saints to the New Earth, when the Lord 
my God shall come, and tJ/l his saints with him. 
IV.-The signs which were to p1·ecede the coming of our 
Savior, have all been given; and the p1·ophecies have all 
been fulfilled but those which relate to the coming of Christ, 
the end of this world, and the restitution of all things. 
V.-'I'lwre are none of the prophetic periods, as we un-
derstand them, extending beyond the [Jewish] year 1843. 
1)1:? 'l'he above we shall ever maintain as the immutable 
truths of the w01·d of God, and therPfore, till our Lord 
come, WP. shall ever look for his return as the next euent 
in historical prophecy. 
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
DEAR BROTHER BLiss :-We left Philadelphia 
on Monday the 19th inst., and arrived at Baltimore 
at 3 o'clock P.M. We fvund a happy company of 
believers there, who received and greeted us with a 
warm friendship. 
The Advent Depot, (at the south-
west corner of North and Fayette-sts.) was thronged 
by the ftiends ofthe Advent, and strangers who wer':l 
interested to know more of this important matter.-
! gave a lecture in the evening to a crowded and 
attentive auditory. Bro. Miller followed, with some 
appropriate remarks. The labors of Bro. Litch in 
that city have been greatly blessed. 
There is a 
large congrega ti.?n gathered already, and others 
might be gathered, if we had efficient lecturers to 
talte the ground. 'Bro. Prisdeaux has the care of the 
meetings in the absence of Bro. L. 
Bro. Miller will 
commence his lectures there on the 4th of .March. 
Many of the coloied people have received the 
doctrine. One of their most efficient ministers has 
embraced the doctrine in full, and will devote him-
self wholly to the proclamation of it. 
The people 
of color will therefore have a congregation, w~ere 
the Advent doctrine will be fully proclaimed. 
We come to this c!ty on the 20th ult. 
Bro. Miller 
commenced his lectures in the evening at the B~tist 
meeting-house, near the Navy-Yard. ·The House 
was thronged,-and many had to leave, for want of 
room. 
He has now given three lectures. The effect 
thus far is very great. 
Prejudice is being removed, 
and many of the Protestants and Catholics are be-
coming favorable, who have heretofore rejected the 
doctrine, as a sp~culation, or, at least, as a visionary 
scheme. 
The whole community are now waked up 
to examine the question. 
We finish here on the 25th-
ult. 
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olio-Hall, 'j~i:this city, near the White-House.-
We have arranged the appointments there, so that 
strangers in the city, and the members of Cresar's 
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household may have the light if they choose. 
But 
our only hope is, that the common people, and the 
pious of all sects will receive and profit by the truth. 
Yet the warning will be given to all, and all will hear 
it. It cannot be evaded. 
The lectures 0of Bro. Mil.:. 
Jer are like the galvanic b:tttery, they electrify the 
whole body, political and ecclesiasticaL It is not a 
matter of choice whether they will hear the warning 
and consider the word ofthe Lord to this-generation, 
but a necessity. 
They cannot put it out of their 
minds, or their conversations, if they try. It follows 
them day and nigh~. It is all the talk when awake, 
and, if we are to believe many, even_pf the wicked, 
it is the chief subject of their dreams whe asleep.-
God is in this matter. And the message we p cl.lim 
of Christ at the door, will prove a savor of life nto 
life, or of death unto death. 
J. V. HIMES, 
P. S.-We issued the first number of the "Souther 
.Midnight Cry," on Saturday last. 
We print 10,000 
copies, which will be scattered in this city, Baltimore 
and the neighboring towns. Two numbers will be 
issued here, and then it will be published by Bro. , 
Litch at Baltimore. 
~ro. Litch is with us, render-
ing efficient aid. 
J. V. H. 
WASHINGToN, D. C. Feb. 23, 1844. 
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~leepj_ng in Jesus. 
Died at Tolland, Ct., Feb.llth, John Bliss,aged 4 
years and 10 months, and on the 13th, Mary Jane, 
aged 8 months, only children of Bro. L. S. and 
Sister Mary E. B. Fuller. They both died of the 
scarlet fever, and were buried in the same coffin. 
Just before John died he wished to kiss his little 
5ister, and wished to know if she was going with 
him? Lovely and pleasant were they in their 
lives, and in their death they were not divided. 
"Thus saith the Lord, Reti·ain thy voice from 
weeping, and thine eyes from tears : for thy work 
shall be rewarded saith the Lord, and they shall 
come again from the land of the enemy. 
And 
there is hope in thine end saith the Lord, that thy 
children shall come again to their own bonier." "Of 
such is the kingdom of heaven." 
~leep on, sweet onP~, in thy narrow t;ed, 
But thy calm slum hers soon will he o'er • 
The last trump shall awaken the dead, 
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Aud in death thou wilt ~lumber no ;nore. 
A linle while we shall miss you IJPre, 
And our hearts tor you lonely will bt>; 
But yon l>right moru will dry every tear :-
En:u now its litir clawniog we see. 
Thy children dear will return again, 
Fro1n out the land of the ene111v. 
And in Bden'a:; howers forever, ti1en, 
Am•!llg Eanh'o rausu111ed one'~ they will be. 
So we will not mourn fur tho.:e who slerp 
In Jesus, who su soJn will ari~e; 
But if we mourn, for ourdelve:s we'll weep, 
And eudeavor to lllet:t iu t.he ~kies. 
Persecution. 
That Christians shoutd oppose the doctrine of the 
Advent, that they should reject that blessed hope, 
the glorious appearing ofthe great God and our Sa-
vior Jesus Christ ; or that they should persecute and 
despise those who are only guilty of the crime of 
looking for, and loving the appearing of the Lord; a 
few years since, few would have believed. 
And yet 
within a short time we have witnessed all this among 
the professed disciples of the Lord ! Some would 
deny that this has been the c:1se: but these things 
have ·• not been done in a. cor:1or." The great ma-
jority of the churches (honorable exceptions there 
have been,) have arrayed themselves against the 
presentations of the simple evidence of the immedi-
ate coming of Christ. Humble, and praying souls 
there have been, who have not joined the universal 
cry, Away with this doctrine, we will have none of 
it; but of the majority we speak. 
The doors of most 
f the chnrches in our land have been closed against 
his doctrine. 
Pastors have boasted that their 
hurche.;~ were free fromit. The finger of scorn and 
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derision has been pointed at those who could not rc-but those of kindnedS and respect for you all ; tary is more intimately connected. It is an extract 
sist the B1ble e, idence of the .nearness of the event; and it is duty to God and to man alone that from a letter of a member excommunicated from that 
and nicknames have been given them. Sarcasm and prompts us t~ take this step. 
Our views up-
church. 
ridicule have been the arguments used to disprove it. on many subjects have been greatly changed 
We are cast out of our churches in consequence 
Members of churches, in good and reg.Ylar standing, within the last eighteen months, by studymg of believing the whole word of God, and acting ae-
the Bible as we believe God designed it should cordingly. 
Thir~embers were C.J!.L2.[fr_9.m the 
have been c:'enied the privilege of exhorting their fel-be studted j not by the use of Commentaries, south B.!!.ptist church in this city a short time since. 
low servants to prepare for the coming judgment. but by comparing Scripture with Scripture Some others are not yet determined upon; they 
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mnlunl.cated w1'thout a 
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must yield to that power spoken of in Daniel, or 
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een exco 
and asking the aid ofthe Holy Spmt, t at we 
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share the same fate with the rest of the l\lillerites, 
cause. The religious press, 
50 ca e ' lave a so may be guided into all truth. 
as we are enrolled on their church book. This ap-
been first and foremost in heaping opprobrium upon 
By this course of study, we have found pears to be the most prominent charge they had 
those who have been so foolish as to believe the Bi-that all those promises which have been re-against us. They could not agree among themselves 
ble as it reads; and all manner of f<dse and scurrilous fered by the church to the temporal millenni-for a while, what 
other charges to make; see 
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Acts xxv. 26, 27. 
They finally came together again 
reports have been published by them, the ten ency urn, do 10 fact re ate to t e eterna state o 
e 
h 
at the close of two weeks, and were not only pre-
of which were to show that those who were looking righteous in the New Earth, where all t e pared to cast out the poor !.gnorant creatures as one 
for the Lord were a set of ignorant and deluded fa-true Israel will be gathered from the land ot of their number styled us; but the pastor of that 
natics. In view of such facts,those who felt the im-death, and from a world of sorrow, and will be church in his preparatory prayer, said, "0 Father, 
Portance of assembling themselves together, of ex-made subjects of that kingdom of which there be with us by thy Spirit, and let us be very solemn, 
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Savior for as we are about to act on hu<~iness of importance; 
hol.tl .. ng one anotl1er daily, and so much the more as WI 
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verify thy promise unto thy children to mght; w at 
they see the day approachi-ng, felt impelled, in view of thmr r.vfeGr asdhng 
.mhg. 
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el a f~rl-they loose on earth, do thou loose in heaven; and 
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0 how different were the sentiment~:~ of my heart. I 
"comfort one another with the words." spoken by wrophets, our Savior, and the apostles, (for had no desire t.hat they should he cast out of heaven; 
the apostles and prop.hets of tt1e comwg One i and they all speak of the restttution of all things) but my prayer was, Father forgive them ,for they know 
that they·m,i!ht lift u_p their heads ~nd .~ook up, be:t to betoken the great day of the Lord at ~and, not what they do, and have mercy upon them, andre-
cause th$Jtr . redemptwn draw. eth mgh. 
Th.ey t.hus 
have been literally fulfilled ; and all that lS re.-
ceive them into heaven. My heart wept over them; I 
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Pitied their condition; I would have bathed their feet 
while brea ung. none o t eu co.venan o 1gatw·n·s quired of us to see that these thin_gs are. so, lS 
with my tears, if thus tbey might see the error of their 
found that tbetr souls were fed w1th the bread ofhfe, [\o receive the word of God as a httle child. 
wavs, and know in this their day the things that be-
and themselves drawing nigh unto the kingdom. 
1 \Believing these th~ngs as. we ~o, ,Y~U must lon"g to their peace; for sQon, I fear they will be hid 
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For these acts of occasionr.l abser.ting the~selves se~ that we. are consistent 10 ma10ta1.nmg that from their eyes, this I could not do, for I_ was not 
from the meetings of their sects, that they mtght re-this 
doctrme ought 
to be pr.o clatmed un-permitted to speak, un ess 
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ceive that seasonable food, which they were denied til the Lord comes i an we ee lt .our 
u Y 0 happy to hear me; what, pray me out of heaven, and 
at home, and for which their souls were hungering~ further this object as much as posstble. 
in again, in one evening! Insult upon reproach! 
and also for uniting in these •• union meetings," rna-
We would beg of yo~,our dear breth!en an.d 
I fear, with a !arge majority of this highly favored 
ny of the churches have come ~eir 
of-sisters, every one for htmself, to examme th1s city, it will be too late for the marriage preparation 
great and momentous subject without de.lay. of the Lamb. 
Our churches remain willingly igno-
fending members, with all the vengeance, in propor-We are all alike interested in it ; we beheve rant, and this truly is p•linful. 
Can there anything 
tion to their power, that the "mother of harlots," the Bible is plain; and as Christ commanded more be done for Hartford, that has not been done? 
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upon the watch, that we be not overtaken as esting. 
God is with us of a tru~h. Several have, 
That the charges usually preferred have only been a thief. 
That we may all be prepared, blame-we trust, been converted to God, and say, "It is 
the ostensible ones, is shown from the eagerness with less unto the day of his coming, is our prayer. better to suffer affliction with the people of God. 
whicltall Adventists are disciplined for every suppo-
DAVID CRARY. 
than to enjoy the pl~asures of sin for a season. 
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ventists, whose crimes have been the same, or great-
Hartford, Jan. 27th, 1844. 
from a late number of the Secretary:-
er, without the redeemmg virtues of worshipping any 
To such a communication, it might be supposed that 
"In these days, men of all parties have begun to 
where, have b~en permitted to pass on UE~unished. 
a civil answer would be given; and that their request learn the Christian lesson, that the true disciRle is 
In view, therefore, of being thus cast out the pale would be complied with, or the reasons for dissent always to befound in the down-trodden patty, andre-
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of Christendom, we ave venture to mquue w y lt presented in a like Christian manner. 
But the result last, feeble demonstrations, under various 
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And lVLr . .Milier, a short time since, entreated was neither. On its being read to the church, one of GUISEs." 
any, in the respective churches, to honestly answer, the most prominent deacons arose and said, he 
Both Sides. 
why. 
To this request the Hartford Christian Secre-thought the belief contained in that letter, was 
A candid and rational beings, it becomes us to 
tary comes out in half a column under the caption of enough to exclude them from that church; they not w-"""igh well all the arguments which can be adduced 
"Per~ 
wh!!. h_e calls ':..Jlur answer;" only believedtnetime of Christ's coming, but inter-(g'~inst the immediate coming of Christ ; for if any 
in which he endeavors to make out that this appeal is preted the Scriptures differently from them, which valid objections could be urged, their full weight are 
for the purposo of getting sympathy, and doubts should exclude them. 
to be taken into the consideration of this question.\ 
whether such ca::.es of persecution do exist. Now, 
Another brother however showed them th:J.t such It is well known that one great reason of our confi-
nlthough we have a list of facts, which would aston-
was the faith of the church anciently, before the dence in the evidence by which our views are sus-
ish those who have not been familiar with the" mo-church departed fJ·om the ~at'th, by gt'vina heed to 
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dus operandt" of modern church discipline i yet we fables, within the last 150 years. But this availed and to the ease with which all arguments, thus far 
w-ill only refer to the Baptist churches in Hartford, nothing with that church. And instead of complying adduced, have been shown to be fallacious. 
with which the Christian Secretary is more intitl'late-with their request, they" ex~d" them, as they 
It will be remembered, that in the first number of 
ly acquainted. 
term it," fo~lecting their...cQvenant obli ations," this volume, Mr. Miller called upon any in the l'e· 
Dr. David Crary and wife, members of the First which obligations they had never bToken. 
Instead of spective churches to show why we are cast off ns 
Baptist Church in that city, feeling their spiritual endeavoring to point out their error, or acting upon heretics? referring to those who have been cut off 
goud demanded that they should withdraw from a the request of the letter, they excommunicated them) und excommunicated, or denied their just rights for 
church .;.,•here they could not receive the food on at once. 
I their Advent faith. 
In reply to this call, Rev. Geo. 
which their souls love tQ feast, sent the following 
We selected this case, from its occurring in Hart-Bush, Prof. of Hebrew and Oriental Literature, in 
communication to that church. 
ford, as the Editor of the S:cretary confesses that the New Yo1k C1tyUnive~sity, by way of response, 
To th~ Fi~·st Baptist Church of Hartfor~. 
he " could hardly suppress a smile" that such a re-
has given his reasons for rejecting the doctrine.-
DEAR BRETHREN AND SisTERS :-Being ful-
quest as Mr. Miller's should be made, whose "let-How far that is a reason for rejecting those who 
ly convinced, by a careful st~dy of Scripture, ter," he says:-
embrace the doctrine, or replying to the call from 
that the kingdom of heaven 
~s at hand, and 
"Certainly conveys a most essential r_nisrepr~sen'l. Mr . .Miller, our readers must judge. 
that it will shortly be ushered 10 by the person-tation, so far as we have had opportun1ty to JUdge, 
Prof. Bush has been one of our most fair, candid 
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from personal knowledge. To be sure, we cannot and respectful opponents ; and as his views, denying 
al comina of Jesus, in t e g ory 
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at ler, positively s:\y that there have been no churches that the world will ever end, or that Christ will ever 
with all the holy angels, . we feel co~strained, which have dealt harshly or unkindly with members, personally come-~tre what the church is fast em-
inasmuch as this belief differs essentially from simply for believing in the s.peedy advent .of Cl~tist, bracing, we give ~hem for the purpose of showing on 
that embraced by the body of the ch~rch, .to or for holding Mr. Miller's views of the M1llenmum, how broken a reed men can rely in questions of such 
ask of you a dismission of chur~h relatwn~hip. but we very much doubt it. 
At least, we know of awful magnitude. 
And so-doing, we 
uld not have you mfer no such instances." 
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PROF. BUSH TO WM. MILLER. 
that we have aught against an individual m.em-
If this is not sufficient, we will instance the South 
Dear Sir :-In casting my eyes over the last 
ber of this church ; tor we have no feelmgs Baptist church, with which the editor of the Secre-number of the "Advent Herald," (late "Signs of 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, 
Volume VII. 
the Times,") J noticed a letter under your signature, 
headed, "An Address to the Believers in Christ, of 
all· Denominations," and containing an earnest pro-
test against the virulent denunciations from the pul-
pit and the press, to which the advocates of your pe-
culiar views of prophecy have been l!lubjected. 
You 
demand a statement of the grounds on wuich you, 
and those holdmg your views, ate virtually excluded 
from the pale of Christian fellowship, and ask wheth-
er it is to be charged upon you as a crime or a hereey, 
that you believe the prophecies of the Old and New 
Te~tament to b1.1 true, and that you think you under-
stand them, and are endeavoring to govern yourselves 
accordingly. You enquire, moreover, whether you 
are to be treated as heretics because you believe 
Christ will come this year, when he has, llimself, 
commanded all "to watch ;" and the duty of watch-
ing necessarily implies the "expectation of the ob-
ject for which we watch." 
The letter before 
me teems with various other queries of a similar 
l!ltrain, carrying with them a burden of serious re· 
monstrance against the course generally pursued, as 
you allege, by the mass of the christian co~unun!ty 
towards yourself, and those who sympathise w1th 
your prophetic theories. 
myself to notice any comments that may be made by administration the meaus are usually proportioned to 
yourse!f or others on my communication. 
the end, and the preparation to the accornpli~I~merlt. 
As I have no disposition to question the entire sin-It is directly contrary to this a11alogy to sul'pose that 
cerity of your convictions on the points at issue, so our terraqueous gloLe is to come to an end just a·s it 
you will not, I prestJme, retuse to reciprocate the begins to be available for the main purposes for 
acknowledgement in regard to those who differ from which it was created. 
We learn from science that it 
the views that you yourself entertain. 
has existed for a tong period, and pa!!!'ed through 
Conceding, then, all you can desire on the score of many changes of a formative character, that it m1ght 
motive, and free from any wish to load your ~>enti-be fitted up as a 1esidence for man. Even the space 
ments with gratuitous opprobrium, I may be allowed of six thoosand years bears scarcely any proportion 
to state, in all candor, the true grounds v.hich have to the prior periods of its existence, and it is not 
doubtless prevailed with multitudes in their most more than half peopled at the pret<ent moment. 
And 
decided rejection of the cardinal tenets of your be-as to the developement of human destiny, the in-
lief. 
That thia emphatic dissent has been accompa-stinctive impn~s~>ion is, that it is in mid career. To 
nied with a prejudice, strong in" proportion to their suppose then that the earth is now upon the eve of 
conviction of the error of your pcsition, is no doubt dissolution, is to a!tribnte to its Divine Architect a 
true ; but I thinlt I may confidently affirm that this greater lack of wisdom than any one would rccog-
prejudice is not founded :-
nize in '1 human artist who should spend fifty or a 
Now for myself, while I am ready to admit that 
you are entitled to a fair and argumentative consid-
eration of what is sCJiously and argumentatively 
proposed on the authority of the divine oracles, yet 1 
cannot conceive that you ha.ve any just cause for 
wonder, even if the reception of your doctrines bas 
been as uncourteous as you contend. 
You will 
scarcely deny that there has been no small meas-
ure of denunciat1on on the other side, which has had 
little tendency to conciliate, especially as it has 
often gone on the ground of charging that a dissent 
from your views was identical wit~ a total neglec[ or 
utter ignorance orthe Wli'ole. subject of prophcy. 
I 
wiTI not here adduce specimens of the language 
which I have often seeo employed in Second Advent 
puLiicutions, (of which I have heen a pretty dtligent 
reader,) und some even f10m your own pen, which 
certainly dealt in very .w.holesaie condemnation of 
the rejecters of your opm10ns. I repeat, then, that 
although it is very possible that your interpretations 
may not have received all the respectful attention 
which they deserve, yet the fact that they have been 
somewhat severely treated, does not present a pro-
I. Upon your high estimate and cliligent investi-hundred years in erecting a rn!lgnificent stage for a 
gat ion of the Prophetic Scriptures. We are command-dramatic performance which &hould last but half an 
ed to give heed to the "sure word or prophecy, llS hour. 
I must of course admit that every rational 
to a lamp that shincth in a dark place," and the prepossession of this kind is to g1ve way to the E'X-
devout study of this part.Jif !.he divine oracles IS to 6el press t:eclarations of holy writ to the contrary, pro-
re~rded rather as a matter of commendation than of vided they exist, but in the belief of the mass of 
censure. (Note 1.) 
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l christians they do not exist. 
Consequently they do 
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either is it to be objecte , as I conceive, to not believe your theory. 
(Note 4.) 
yourselfcr your friends, that you have devoted much 
2. The sentiments you have broached strike at the 
time and attentic,n to the study of the chronology of root of all missionary efforts for the conversion of 
prophecy, and have labored much to determine the the world. To ud..,pt them is to renounce that sys-
commencing and closing dates of its great periods. tern of means for compassing the great end, which 
If these petiods are actually given by the Holy (;host they firmly believe God himself has instituted, and 
in the prophetic books, it was C:oubtless with the de-
which they do not believe he would have command-
sign that they should be studied, and probably, in the ed, if he foresaw and foreordered that they should be 
end, fully understood ; and no man is to be dunged abortive. (Note 5.) 
with presumptuous folly who reverently makes the 
3. The evidence which 
you have professed to 
attempt to do this. 
On this point, I have myself no bring of the truth and soundness of your interpreta-
charges to bring against you. 
Na , I ame\en ready tions has failed to satisfy the public mind. 
Your 
to go so far as to sav, that I 
o nOtCO'ilce1ve your own impression probably is, that that evidence hus 
errors on the subject 'o-f chronology to be at all ol a not been fairly and candidly weighed. This, in some 
s1i"i'i0li"Siiature, or in Tact fo be very wide of the quarters, may have been the cuse. 
But I think I 
truth. In taking a da.y as the prophetiCal term for a hazard nothing in saying that your views have been 
yea1·, I believe you are sustained by the soundest extensively subjected to a rigid examination, by 
exege~is, as well as fortified by the high names of minds competent to the task, and that they have 
.Mede, Sir I. Newton, Bishop Newton, Kirby, Scott, found them built upon fallacious principles of inter-
Keith, and a host of others who have long since come pretation. 
In what particular re!.>pects this holds 
to substantially yC�r conclusions t·n this head. They good, I shall presently state. 
blem very difficult to be solv~d. 
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Still I am not a ware, notwJthstandmg all the prov-
ocation of which they have been conscious, to hard 
speech, that the evangelical churches in our l:wd, 
have regarded your peculiar views so much in the 
light of a dangerous heresy~ as of an unhappy delu-
sion. 
They have not, I believe, felt called upon to 
form any definite judgment _as to the. degre.e in whi_ch 
vour sentiments were cons1stent or wcons1stent w1th 
~n honest and cordial belief m the leading doctrines 
of the Gospel. 
But they have been satisfied that the 
confidence with which they have been broached, 
rested upon no adequate basis of sound opposition, 
and therefore they could not be insens1ble to the per-
nicious effects arising from a system that claims t .. 
speak with infallible certainty upon points which the 
soberest minds are compelled to regard as doubtful. 
Here, I apprehend, iR the true source of that decid-
ed rejectwn of your sentim~nt.s, of wh!ch you speak, 
as if it were a breach of ChnstJan Chanty, and a hat-
ing without a cause. 
The usual style in which that 
class of tenets usually denominated "Millerism"-
(I do not use the term opprobiously )-is promulgated 
is such as can only be warranted by an absolute assur-
ance of their truth. 
The evidence upon which such 
assutal}_ce can be buill 1s, to housantfs of reflectin[ 
minds, wanting ; and that not because they have not 
lo-oked fo-r"it, but he cause they have looked for it and 
c nnot 
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it. This would appear to be in your 
VIeW an assertion wholly incredible ; neYertheless I 
may venture tu assure you it is !lue. The subject of 
prophec.Y has not been altol!ether left out of the 
range of biblical study by etther clergymen or lay-
men of the present day, and however stra!lge the in-
timation may sound in your ears, yet l confidently 
affiam, there is such a thing as an intelligent convic-
tion of the entire erroneousnes~ of some of the grand 
features of your mode of interpreting the scriptures. 
all agree that the leading periods mentioned by Dan-
4. 
Men of sober and reflecting temperament are 
iel and John, do actually expire about this age of the revolted by the tone of absolute assurai1ce in which 
world, and it would be a strange logic that would yourself and your associates are in the habit of 
convict you of boresy for holding in effect the same Epeaking of the meaning of many passages in the 
views which 11tand forth so prominent in the notices Scriptures, which, after their mo!>t dilligent research-
of these eminent divines. 
Your e:ror', as 1 appre-es, they are constrained to regard ua at least of 
!tend, lies in another direction than your chronology; doubtful import. Though it is possible they may not 
not, however, that I am prepared to admit all the de-
be able positively to deny the sense which you put ' 
tails of your calculations, but, in general, your re-u on them,. et neither are they prepared to admit 
suits in th1s field of inquiry do not <!trike me so fur out it, much less to receive and proclai:n it with-that 
oi the way as to effect any of the great interests o( )mqua!Jfied confidence which seems to be the rule 
truth or duty. (Note 2.) 
,.6 With all your adherents. It cannot be expected that 
3. Your earnest and impassioned flxhortation to intelligent men will receive any interpretation which 
Some of the grounds of this conviction I now pro-
ceed, in compliance with your call, to state. 
But I 
beg it to be obscn·ed that I do not presume to speak 
in the name, or aP the organ of any body of Chris-
tians. 
I think it not unlikely, indeed, that a consid-
erable portion of them may find their own sentiments 
accurately represented in mine ; but I still address 
you on my own personal responsibility. 
The cir-
cumstances under which I write, warrant the confi-
dence that the same columns which are open to your 
Jetter, will not be refused to mine. 
I think .2~ 
made a reasonable demand and as far as in me lies, 
I am wilTing to resrond to it. I do not wrili; now-
ever, for the sake of controversy. nor do l pledge 
,he duty ~f •·.watc~fulness," are, mor~over, no mat-is not s.ustained by the ~riginal. Your expositions 
ter of obJeCtiOn, m themselves cons1dered, to the reRt mamly u on the readmg of the English text of 
scheme which you advocate. The duty may indeed th 
c 1ptures. (Note 6.) 
be urged o~ such grounds! fro~ sue~ motives, and in 
To s ow h.o": inadequate are your teachings to 
such relations, as shall g1ve 1t cnt1rely another as-produce conv1ct1on on .l!Pme of the leading points of 
pect, and one that sober-minded christians might your theory, I will adduce a few instances. The 
deem to have an injurious tendency, and I am not phrase" end of the world," you seem invariably to 
sure that your inculcations may not be of this char-understand ai implying the physical destruction of the 
acter ; but l·would still say that there is enough in Globe. 
Now every scholar knows that the Greek 
the common views of pious men to warrant a peculiar phrase is simply "the consummation of the age," 
urgency on this score, though they might essen-and no man is prepared to give a satisfactory Folut:on 
tially difler from me in regard to "the object for of the meaning of the words who does not unfold the 
which they watch." 
This hour of death is certainly true sense which was attached to them in the minds 
to all intents anti purposes a coming of Christ to the of the disciples, when they proposed to our Lord the 
individual soul, even though we should grant that question, "What shall be the sign of thy coming and 
this is not the only event indicated by the term; and of the consummation of the age?" It has never yet 
this is a very proper ()hject ofwatchfulness.(Note 3.) been proved that the language has the least allusion 
Admitting then that there is nothing censurable in to the physical terrumation of the globe which we 
these features of your scheme, what are the grounds inhabit. (Note 7.) 
on which it encounters the rejection and opposition 
Again : you make much of a great period of"seven 
of so large a portion of intelligent christians? On times," built upon Lev. xxvi. 18.-"And if ye will 
this bead it is perhaps desirable that extensive por-not for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish 
tions of the community who are in the habit of he:u-you seven times more for your sins." This you will 
ing and reading on but one side of the question should understand to be the pl'ophetical designation of a 
be more fully informed. 
I answer :-
period of 2520 years-taking a day for a year-dur-
1. Because your views strike them as intrinsi·cally ing which the Jews are to be punished for tlleir 
irrational and incredible. 
In saying this, I am well rebellion. Now the fact is, the original aflords no 
aware that 1 am not planting myself upon ground warrant whatever for the implication of a term of 
which will bear the whole weight of my argument. time, whether long or short, in the words. it is 
It is not Scriptural ground ; and I am williug you simply an intimation of degree ; I will punish you 
should give it no more weight than you probably with a seven-fold severity. 
It is precisely su<.h a 
will. I am far from holding that that wh;ch is mere 
phraseology as we employ when we say to-day is 
ly rational is to be Iegarded as a test of that which seven times hotter or colder than yesterday. 
The He-
is script":"ral, but conten~ing as I_ do that the spee_dy brew word is in f~ct the same, \~ith the slight dijJ"e?--
destructJon of the wolld IS unscnptural, I am at hb-e'lce of gender, with that occurrmg Dan. iii. 19, ,, hen 
erty to plead also that 11. prior objection weighs Nebuchadnezzar commands that the furnace should 
against it by reason of its being unreasonable. It is be heated "one seven times hotter than it v.as wont 
impossible for us to resist the conviction that the to be." You might just as well found your theory 
creator of the world had an end in bringing it into of a period of time upon one of these passuges as up-
existence wort_h_f of his infinite wisdom, 
The a~al~-on the other. 
Is he to be a~k~owledged nn adequate 
gy of all the d1vme proc&dures teaches us thatm h1s expounderofprophecy who IS Ignorant ofthis usage? 
A. D. 1844. 
AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES REPORTER. 
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I have already admitted that there are passages 
where a day is the symbolical term for a year, but 
the difficulty here is, that there is not the 1emotest 
inference to time in any sense. (Note 8·) 
ly cannot be argued that the New _Earth, as p1esent-~ 
This place is being shaken.'?the common sen:Se 
ed in the language of Scripture, is a view inferior to peopl: w~o.,ht.>~tr, ~o ~way :onvinced of the truth of 
that where death will eternally reiO'n, 
And there-our expo:ltttun of.LYotl s ble:lse? book, and w~ have 
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To be continued. 
fore 1t w11l be nicessary for Prof. Bush to refute hal•s ofj'u~tt·c ... ao·• 
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NOTES ON 
THE FOREGOING. 
ing against himself! 
Hro. Himes is scatterirsg his papers and his tracts 
(5) We cannot see the force of this obJection ;-
amon~ tb~'? by. tl:o_u~unJs, an~ a m~re hungry class 
the salvation of souls would be as great a motive ot anXJOU:l mqum:r:l 1 never saw. 
fhey throng us 
As the argument presented in this commuuication 
is all that can affect the question, we shall pass over 
that which is ~aly the mere opinivn of the writer.-
The manner of the reception or rejection of Mr. 
Miller's views by tho pulpit and press, is familiar to 
all our readers. We would therefore remark on his 
reasonings by appending a few notes. 
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' constantly for papers, books or tracts, for informa-
and the commands to go mto all the world to ~rear.:h tion on th{s important subject, "end of the world." 
the gospel to every creature, and to occupy t1ll the They send in frorn the vicinit}', and from old VIr-
Lord come, would be just as binding. 
That it does ginia, for papers or lectures. The one-hundredth 
not sttike at the root of such operations, but rather part of their requesls can never ue complied with, 
accelerates them has been shown in the more ener-unless God ratse up mor~ laborers to enter the 
( 1) N otwit!.standing the Scriptures render it im-
perative that we search, and gi'e heed to them, yet 
Mr. M-iller has been more assailed for believing that 
by a devout study of them., aided by the Holy S(Hrit, 
he could understand them,than for almost any other 
act. He hab been told that they were not to be un-
-derstood ; that he should not pry into the hidden 
mysteries contained in the Word ; that the secret 
things belong unto the Lord, and not to man ; that 
no man can ever know ; that he should ask his 
Bishop, and not pretend to decide on the meaning 
himself; and finally that it cannot be understoud 
without a knowledge of the otiginal. 
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the beJteVCfS of thtS VIeW, 10 the spread of truth. 
f'eeling, With SUCII intenSe irlterPSt fOr hOUfS j and 
(6} If the prophecy is to be "fully understood," never have the lectuns done apparently so much in 
men ought to be able either to admit or reject any convincing the beare~s of the truth of the doctrine 
doctrine presented, purporting to be based on a thus 
~ve advocate, a~ on thts tour; ot Bo.ston you.kno\~; 
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a most g onom: VICtory 
deny that Mr Mtller s v1ew 1s correct, certamly through the truth and grace of God. Anti now in 
should not reject him for heresy in so tJelieving. 
the capital of our count~y, the prospect is fair, yes, 
(7) Had the Prof. been such a "pretty dilligent v.ery fatr; we shall tnumph bey~nd o~~ expecta· 
reader" of the "Advent publications," as he sup-tlOn. Ho:-v can we account for this, Whtle o,ur op-
poses he has been, he could hardly have fa1led to poo"'!!f$:aJe shouting victory, because our time has 
notice, that the distinction between the world and 
rtlti-~ 
as they say. 
We are joined by scores and 
earth has been fully observed and presented. In 
hun~_rQd's of the most intelligent and pious people 
No. 26 of the Second Advent Library, pp. 12-14 of'Goa! When the laRt try10g moment has come, 
thill distinction ts fully pointed out, and it is shown and our enemies supposed that the Advent cause 
to be the end of the age ; nor is it contended that would slumber in the tomb of by-gone uays; be-
it implies "the physical destruction of the globe," on hold from hill and dale, from villaae and hamlet 
the contrary, it is contended that the aionos or age from city and country from kinod~ms aud statt•s
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extends to the renovati?n of the eanh. That this from cpntinents ¥~d 'isles, a r:douhll'd shout i~ 
age,exlend~ to that p~rJO~, was there argued from ht>ard,.JJN! ON!! ro victory. Ah, this is God's do· 
the use whtch our Sav1or mother pl:1ce.s made of,the ings, and marvellous in our eyes. 
All 
who 
same word, rendered wodd, ~h~ Pll.nctple o~ wh1ch, are believers in thi~ glorious doctrine, now, have 
w~s Luke xx. 33-37, w?ere ~tIS sat~ the chtld.ren of girded on their armour for victory or death. lf 
th1s a.ge marry and. are g1ven m murnage, but 10 the I Christ comes, as we expect, we will sing the song 
ag"? to come.do nenher, but are equal 10 the ang~ls, of victory soon ; if not, we will watch, and pray, 
bem~ the chtldren of Go.d and of ~h~ resurrect ton. ard preach until he Cu'Jles, for soon our time, anti 
In v.tew of that explanation, .the dtsct.ples a~ked our all prophetic days, will have 
IJl~en filled, and from 
Savwr, what should be the stgn. of hJs com.mg, and the indications God is givin11 I am fully sat';;fi d 
(2) It will be seen that it is admitted that the pro-
phecies are to be fully understood. This, then, will do 
away with the argument that we can never know 
any thing respecting the various events predicted, or 
the times of their fulfillmi(!ILt. It will also be te-
marked that there is here no dispute with Mr. Miller 
respe{:ting the termination of the prophetic periods 
He admits that Mr. Miller's chronology is not very 
wide of the truth, ;tnd that he is sustained by the 
most eminent divines in the conclusion, that those 
'periods do actually terminate about this age of the 
world. The question is therefore narrowed down to 
the nature -of the. events which are thus to trans-
pire. 
(3) It will be !een tbat tb~ disciples of our Lord 
did not look upon the event of Christ's coming, as 
an:y evidence of a man's death, but the reverse.-
ln John, xxi. 21-23, when Peter inquired of the 
Master what Jchn should do, and our S.1vior replied, 
"If I will thllt he tarry till I come, what -is that to 
thee,'' the disciples at once reported that John 
"should not die." 
They took it for granted that if 
he tarried till the Lord should come, he would live 
forever. 
They did not look forward to their death 
as the coming of Christ, but to the time \<hen death 
should ha·. e no more dominion over them. Our Sa-
vior, however, did not say John should tarry till he 
came, or should not die, "but if I will that he tar-
ry," &c. John did live till after the destruction of 
Jerusalem, and then died. Our Savior did not then 
come. Again, had the disciplM understood out Sa-
vior as saying that John might live till ho died, they 
would not have suppo~ed he would never die ! 
(4) It seem!', then, that the first great argument 
for rejecting Mr. Miller's view of the event is, that 
it is irrational; but as it is admit.ted that if Scrip-
ture for it existt!, this arg~ment must give way, we 
shall not remark upon it as we otherwise should.-
We fully believe, howe\u00b7er, that the restoration of 
this eilrth to its !::den state is the only one that can 
be reconciled with. reason. If this earth was to 
cease tG exist with the removal of the curse, the ar-
gument of the end of its creation being thus lost, 
would have more force. 
But when we contemplate, 
that iu the removal of the curse, and its restoration 
to its Eden state, • fitted for the eternal ubode of the 
Saints, an .end is attained worthy of its creation, and 
Jor which the 6000 long years ofprobation have only 
.beell an approp.riate preparation ; there is not only 
seen no Jack of wisdom on the part of its "Divine 
~rchitect," but a.ll other ends •• vhere sin and crime 
and death wm continue, strike our minds as thus 
reflecting, in proportion as the present dis!leneation 
is inferior to the glory which will follow. It certain· 
end of the age, to the resurrectiOn. 
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(S) It is no new thing to hear denied that, this salt 1• . 
e gre~t·men ° .t e and begm to .tremll~·, 
prediction hus reference to time, and vet the argu-
an~ pnests begm to quail. They see tl.tetr day IS 
ment that it does, is neither peculi:u to, or original gotng by wh;n they. can rule the multttu~e, and 
with Mr. Miller. His view of it is also sustained by now the~ cry .or chanty, when ,they st>e thetr flocks 
those whose knowledge of the original w•>uld not be are leavmg t3eu~ hy scorea •. fhey now want we 
que<'lioned. 
The m"Ore we examine the argument should have chanty! Oh chanty, for what? Will 
for this period, the more convinced we arc ofits irn· ~hey not remember how they have scot~ed, and 
portance ; we have never yet seen an attempt to Jeered, and calle.d us all the names that t~en wick-
refute the whole of the araument. 
But as the time etl hearts coultlmvent, and spurned us lrom them, 
is not a point at issue, web will not dwell here. 
We as th?ugb w~ were to~ vile ~o lh·e, too base to be 
would merely inquire if" the .~light difference of gen-
associat~s wllh .them, Ill the1r churches. And now 
der" is not in this case a material ditlerence ? 
they clatm chanty of us, whom they have despised 
:Mr. Miller at Washington. 
BRo. BLISS :-We are now in the capitol of our 
h~loved country, and have given four or five lec-
tures, on the glorious anJ all-absorbing them~ of 
the Supreme Kingdom of the Messiah, soon to be 
established in all the earth. True, our rulers and 
political me11 are not yet ready to give up their 
power, but they are as much engaged in their polit-
ical squabbles for the next Presidency, as if their 
little ;·hrief authority," were to last forever. 
But, 
by the help of God's Word, the Holy Sririt, and 
the history of past ages, I will show th~:m that an 
important revolution will take place before lo11g, 
which ,.,ill supercede the necessity of choosing a 
Pre;;ident by ballot; for the King of KiD.gs wilt 
soon be inaugurated into the Chair of State, and 
that too, by acclamation, when all dominions shall 
serve and obey him. 
I know the prtde and bigotry 
of some of the most dignified part (as they would 
be called) of our legislative counctl, standing, as 
they do, upon their own dignity, will not give us a 
candid hearing. Yet I do hope that some of them 
will hear, be convinced, and prepare to meet in tile 
genetal assentbly, the church of the first-horn in 
Heave11. 
Yet, from past experience, and the Word 
of God; we have hut little expectation that many 
of the rulers will believe in this King Jesus, or re-
ceive honor from him, for how can they he servants 
ofGod, while they seek honor one of another. We 
have a duty to do to them, as well as others. They 
have souls, and can only be saved in the same 
manner as the most degratletl menial in all the 
land: blood of high birth, riches, nor worldly hon-
ors, will ever introduce them into the court of the 
King of Kings. 
They must become humble and 
docile as a little child, or they can never enter the 
Kingdom of God. 
as they do the dust of the street, on whi~h they 
tread. or what hypocrisy men will be guilty, when 
they find themselves nailed to the wall? Wl,at 
have been our crimes ? Vv e are looking for Chrtst, 
this is our offence ; then let me be an offender 
while llive; or, uetil he, the Savior, shall come. 
The clergy in this city, many of them, keep aloof 
from us, and stand on their dignity, and are "crying 
peace and safety, saymg in their hearts, my Lord 
delayeth his coming." But tht! people are waking 
up. and I hope th~y may wake up their slumbering 
watchmen. I r-emam, as ever y(Jurs, lookinl!' for 
tile blessed hope. 
W .111. MILLER. 
Not.e.-We are now at the Oppollo, givmg three 
lect~tres a day to good and1ences. 
Bro. Miller 
speaks morning aud afternoon, and Bro. Litch in 
the evening. I shall give an account in my next. 
J. v. HIMES. 
Washington, Feb. 28, 1841. 
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SANCTIFICATION-with a Scnptural view of the 
Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Bv N. 
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L~tter from F. G. Brown, ~ritten expressly for 
th1s work. Also the beauttful hymn with the 
notes-entitled "A Pilgrim and a Stranger." 96 
pages. 
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Al~o at 
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Arcade-and at our depots generally. 
We commend this work to enquirers on the sub. 
ject of entire sanctification, as among the best 
which has appeared on this important subject. 
We makP. a fews extracts from Bro Brown's let-
ter:-
My attention was not called to the subject aaain 
until about Cine year since, when, as you k;ow: 
40 
God, in his infinite condescension to my soul, pour-
ed upon me copious influences of his Spirit, so that 
I could say-I am enveloped in God-I am over-
whelmed in the ocean of his love! From that roo-
men t passages in the experiences of certain Christ-
. ians, that had always sounded strange to my ear, 
were written on my heart, incorporated into my 
own experier:ce, and became like ravishing music 
to every chord of my soul. I now fully understood 
the apostle, when he said, "But God forbid that I 
should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and 
I unto the w01·ld" "Likewise reckon y~ also your-
selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alwe unto God 
through Jesus Christ our Lord." I could now pray 
Paul's prayer, recorded in Eph. iii. 14-19 :-"For 
this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our 
Lord Jesus ChJist, of whom the whole family in 
heaven and earth is n:~med, that he would grant 
you,· according to the riches of his glory, to be 
strengthened. with might by his Spirit in the inner 
man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by 
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love 
may be able to comprehend with all saints what is 
the breadth, and length, and depth, and heighth; 
and to know the love of Christ, which passeth know-
ledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of 
God." My experience was not unlike that of Mrs. 
E-'-, mentioned on page 51 of your little book. 
At first I could hardly be persuaded that any living 
mortal was standing with me on ground so choice, 
so elevated so near the very gates of bliss: I was 
delightfully surprised, however, 10 find that the grace 
of God was not restricted to one poor creature of 
earth alone, but that multitudes of almost every or-
der of Christians had quaffed from the same pure 
fountain, and been admitted into the glories of the 
same inner temple. 
Holiness makes the coming of our Lord desirable; 
which desire I must. think but few of the professed 
disciples of Christ entertain. Both the doctrine of 
Christ's appearing and of sanctification are all im-
portant. I love the first-1 love the last. To the 
praise of God's grace, and with deep humility fn 
view of my insignificance and great unworthiness, 
I am happy to say, that I believe that I understa d 
fully and by a blessed experience all of tlk 
terms which are employed for the purpose of 
representing the doctnne of sanc•.ifi.ca tion. I 
believe in it as a prominent doctrine of the Bible, 
and as an experience to which hundreds of Chris-
tians can testify. I am glad that so much is said 
and written on it, even aside from its application to 
the Advent. I am happy to find you interested in 
it. I trust that in giving the public the view which 
you believe the Scriptures take of this doctrine, 
you have been prompted by a fervent desire to point 
out the way by which a holy character and 'life may 
be acquired, as preparatory to the speedy coming of 
the Lord. You appear to have given rather a 
clear and scriptural view of the means, fruits, qc. 
of sanctification. Perhaps it hardly could be ex-
pected that our views on this great subject should 
harmonize in every particumr. 
Nevertheless, it 
strikes me that your book is calculated to call at-
tention to the doctrine of sanctification. You have 
collected together no little light, by which the in-
quirer may be guided on his way to the summit of 
holiness. 
The doctrine of Holines8, even br some who 
profess to enjof it, has not been clearly perceived. 
I have heard o one individual, at least, who con-
tended, probably, from their understanding of the 
apostles's language-" And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless, 
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."-that 
the m.::mbers of the body-this very fle.~h of ours-
must be made holy in.the same sense that the heart is. 
You have correct! y shown the different senses in 
which sanctification is used in the Scriptures; as 
found commencing on page 8, in the sense of the 
consecration of our physical and rational powers to 
God, and in the sense of the purification ol' the 
heart. 
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Low HIMPToN, N.Y. Bro. \Vm. S. Miller writes,-
•• The Advent cause is firm as el'er, and u.ore so as the time 
draws nigh." 
VERGE!IN ES, VT, Br. C. Wines writes,-" With re-
spect to the cause we ad1·ocatr, l woulclj11st~ay, in this plaee 
and vicinity, it is onward; there is no looking 1rk, hy true 
believers. There serms to be ar.1· awaking up tu the ~ulj..t:t. 
especially among thuse that seem to have got tlwir ft:et on 
the Rurk. 
And <os tliey nellr tile heavenly 'in-heritance, the 
world recede~, fulfilling in ~ome respect the ~aving, he that 
has this hope purifieth hirn~elf c~''en as he is pure. 
We hal'e 
the lahors of brother Henry A lli,n at pre' sent, anrl rxpect he 
will remain in thiQ rrgion until the Lord r.orne. 
He appears 
strong in the fitith, and l'ull of the Holy Ghost. We purpo~e 
holding in this and ~ome three or four acljtoining t()wns, a 
Conferrnce alten1ately, of•one 01' 111ore days' continuance, as 
the Spirit may dictate, or circornsl:lllCf's rrquirr. Pray fi;t· 
us. 
And that we may soon meet to part no more; is the 
prayer of your friend in that blessed hope, 
WEsT WRENTHAM·, Ms.-Brn. J. D. Emerdon writes : 
That through the labors of Rev. J. White, a goodly tiUmher 
were converted to faith. 
Bro. White was inl'ited there by 
the l,laptist chureh and pastor 
The pastor lhen expi'Cijsed 
himself a con,·ert ; but has now turned bitterly against the 
E'peecly advent of the Lord. Bro. Emerson and "ife, for 
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from the church : the charges were, for forsaking our usual 
meetings and adhering to anti-;:criptnral doctrines, ~uch as 
falling from grace, open communion, &c," the &c. probably 
lwin!( the doctrine of the Adl'ent. 
Bro. E. add~, there are a 
number yet, who hold on to tbe taith once delivered to the 
saints. 
CARROLL, N.H. Bro. John Howe writei:-TheFe area 
"Prepare to meet thy God." 
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NEw llosTo!l, N. H. Br. N. Trull writes:-"Fhe Ad-
vent hand in this plnre ~tand firm in the faith that Chriet 
will come this Jewi~h year. Tlw work <of grace is deepen-
ing in the heart, and we are ;.II rrjnicing in the blessed 
hope." He ~<a)e, "Tell brother Brown, if be can come to 
thi~ place soon, we should be glad to ~ee him. There Beems 
to be a door open." 
ALnAI'\Y N.Y.-Sister G. S.l
iles writes very encourag-
ing of the state of thing~ there. 
The cau,e there was ne\u00b7er 
UI01'e prusperou~. 
ScHF.!IECTADY, N.Y. We learn that the leaven is work~ 
ing there. 
NEwPoRT, ME. 
Bro. Wm. H Ireland writes:-"Broth-
er Himes, I wish to say thl'Ough ynu, to my friemls in the 
Ach·rntcause, that I am still in the beliefof~eeing our bles 
sed Lord between this 1111d April next. 
I lal'e heen tra1·el· 
ling east t.his winter, :~s far as the Rivt>r St. Johns, and the 
Aroostook Rh er; and I hal'e seen th~ ~aints quickened and 
backsliders reclaimed, and Er.ores, 1\ ho had but a partial 
hope, came out boldly on the Lord's ~ide, nnd are now re-
joicing in the hope of soon enjo~ iug the full fruition of God's 
!ol'r, in the everlast in!! kingdom of our Lord Jesus Chri~t. 
Our pra)er is, Comt', Lord Je;:us,come qmckly. 0, my dear 
brethren, see to it that yom· lamps are trimmed, and your 
lights hurnin!!'• 
Scoffers are multiplying, ever) thing around 
indic:1trs the immediate c"ming of the bleFsed Lord. 
WATF.RLOo,CA!IADA. Bro.H. A. Garlick writes,-"The 
brei hren are ~tong tn the faith, and in looking for their com-
ing Savior, and are determined to wall and watch until he 
~hall appear. One good si~ter has recrntly died in this vil-
lage, strong in the Iiiith that Christ will come this y~ar. 0 
that all his professed tol!owers may be fully prepared to meet 
him." 
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Lonl is with u~; give all the glory to his name." 
J Lenfest, ~Ianmer Ma~s; J Litdt, J'hilaclelphia, 41 Ar-
cade; J V H mws 9 Spruce St New York; H Littll'fi..td 08-
wcgo N Y; B Scht:merhorn, Sd1enectad;t N Y; ll'l•abod E 
Hazen, Sutton NH; Rosana Maines, Dc·xter l
.,; G E Fr,). 
lonsbee New Castle l
e; Charles R<llnsdt>ll, 
Nashu<~ N H; 
Capt. L S Fuller, Tolland, Ct; E Da.vis pm Ea~t Washing-
ton NH; Joseph Turner, So Paris Me; Wm Rogers Hart-
ford Ct; D l
 Trickey, Portsmouth, N H; E Bnsbin,Cham .. 
plain NY· 
en to some to that efi'ect. 
()r:1-The state of the cause in Bot~ton is very encouraging. 
"7'he Prayer of Faith shall save tlte Sick." 
We learn that Bru. F. G. Brown is quite sick at New Ips· 
wich. 
Bro. L. Hersey, of this city, is also confined to his 
room with sickuese. Bro. N. Southard's health, we learn,is 
being restored. 
HARTPORD, CT. 
Bro. D. Crary writes,-" Moat of the 
believers in the speedy coming nf Christ are now disconnect· 
ed from their respective churclw~. Seventeen were read out 
ef the ~lethorlist church last Sabhath. We have good meet· 
ing11 at the hall, well attended. We want some one at this 
time very much, to come and help u~. The churches are all 
as cold as an ice-house. 1 am told the work is going on 
well at Middletown." 
. John Ri~ketta, Web~ter Ms; L F Sikes, Springfield, Ms; 
E Walker, Wellt Becket .Ms, J Roberts, Strafford Cunter, 
N H: J Pearson, Portland l
e; C P Calkins, llallston Cen-
tre; J Nokrs, Navy Yard, Washingtou DC; J Litch, Balti-
more Md; C Benns, Burlington Vt; T Rt>ndt>n, Milfield, N 
H;J Aldridge, Sugar Hill, NH; 1' Cole, Lowell; Tho. San-
born, Eaton, N H; S J Hart, Meriden, Ct; J Starkweather, 
W ot·cester ,Ms.