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mountain, and filled the whole 
earth.—vs. 35, 36. 
INTERPRETATION. 
" Thou, 0 king, art a king of 
kings : for the God of heaven 
hath given thee a kingdom, pow-
er, and strength, and glory. And 
wheresoever the children of men 
dwell, the beasts of the field, and 
the fowls of the heaven, bath he 
given into thy hand, and hath 
made thee ruler over them all. 
Thou art this head of gold. 
" And after thee shall arise 
another kingdom, inferior to thee. 
" And another third kingdom 
of brass, which shall bear rule 
over all the earth. 
" And the fourth kingdom 
shall be strong as iron : foras-
much as iron breaketh in pieces 
and subdueth all things : and as 
iron that breaketh all these, shall 
it break in pieces and bruise. 
" And whereas thou sawest 
the feet and toes, part of potter's 
clay, and part of iron, the king-
dom shall be divided; but there 
shall be in it of the strength of 
the iron, forasmuch as thou saw-
est the iron mixed with miry clay. 
And as the toes of the feet were 
part of iron and part of ,clay,; 
the kingdom shall be partly 
strong, and partly broken. And 
whereas thou sawest iron mixed 
with miry clay, they shall min-
gle themselves with the seed of 
men ; but they shall not cleave 
one to another, even as iron is 
not mixed with clay. And in 
the days of these kings shall the 
God of heaven set up a kingdom 
which shall never be destroyed ; 
and the kingdom shall not be 
left to other people, but it shall 
break in pieces and consume all 
these kingdoms, and it shall 
stand forever. Forasmuch as 
thou sawest that the stone was 
cut out of the mountain without 
hands, and that it brake in pieces 
the iron, the brass, the clay, the 
silver, and the gold ; the great 
God hath made known to the 
king what shall come to pass 
hereafter : and the dream is cer-
tain, and the interpretation there-
of. sure."—Dan. 2:34, 35, 37-45. 
REMARKS. 
The first general remark to 
be made upon this vision is, It 
carries us down from the days of 
Nebuchadnezzar to the eternal 
state, and gives the great outline 
of the world's history, as it 
stands related to eternity. Oth-
er prophecies and visions only 
bring up the important events 
and features of particular sec-
tions of this great field. It con-
nects the kingdoms of time with 
" a kingdom which shall never 
be destroyed ; it shall not be left 
to other people, but it shall stand 
forever !" 
All earthly kingdoms are to 
be destroyed, to make room for 
the everlasting kingdom of God. 
No terms could be employed, to 
express their entire destruction, 
more clearly than those contained 
in the text. They are " broken 
to pieces," " carried away," " no 
place found for them." The 
kingdom of God " shall break in 
pieces and consume all these 
kingdoms." 
The territory occupied by 
these kingdoms is to be occupied 
by the everlasting kingdom of 
God : " And the stone that smote the image 
became a great mountain, and filled the whole 
earth." 
The different sections of this vision bring 
to view events which were to take place in regu-
lar chronological succession,—like the months 
of the year, the days of the week, or the hours 
of the day,—so that we can tell the relation of 
those who may have lived in any particular 
section of the vision to the end of all earthly 
things, so far as the order of events can indi-
cate it, as well as we can tell the relation of 
November to December, Friday to Saturday, 
or of 11 o'clock to 12. Now, we wish to know 
where we stand, and our relation to the end of 
all things. How much of this vision has be-
come history ? and how much remains to be ful-
filled ? Has the first section—the head of gold 
— been filled up with the events of history ? 
Yes.—Dan. 5:25-31; Rollin, B. iv., art. 2, § 2, 
Harper's edit., 1841. Has the second— the 
breast and arms of silver ? Yes.-1 Mac. 1:1; 
see Rollin, B. xv., § 11. Has the third — the 
belly and thighs of brass ? Yes.-1 Mac. 8:1 
10 ; see Rollin, B. xx., art. 2, § 5. Has the 
fourth—the legs of iron ? Yes.—See Gibbon, 
Goldsmith, or any historian of Rome. 
Has the fifth section—the feet and toes, part 
of iron and part of clay, been filled up by the 
events of history ? Not quite ; for that section 
is to end with the smiting process which intro-
duces the everlasting kingdom of God. Noth-
ing, however, remains to be looked for but that 
great and decisiire event. 
But it may be asked, " Has not the everlast-
ing kingdom already been set up ?" " Does not 
that kingdom mean the Christian church, or 
dispensation ?" So some have supposed, but 
we think that cannot be its true meaning. Our 
reasons are these : 1st. This kingdom was to be 
" set up in the days of these kings," or king-
doms. The kingdoms here referred to must be 
those represented by the primary sections of the 
image, or the divisions of the fourth, or Roman 
kingdom. Supposing the Christian church to 
be here intended, it could not have been set up 
in the days of the divided Roman Empire, be-
cause its division did not take place till nearly 
five hundred years after Christ was born. Nor 
is it true that there were " kingdoms," as 
brought to view by the primary sections of the 
image, when Christ came. These were all in 
subjection to Rome. The testimony of Luke, 
(chap. 2:1,) in speaking of the decree by the re-
quirement of which " Joseph and Mary, his 
espoused wife," were brought to Bethlehem, 
where Christ was born, would be sufficient on 
this point. He says, " It came to pass in those 
days, that there went out a decree from Cnsar 
Augustus, (first Cesar of Rome,) that all the 
world should be taxed." Of course, all were 
tributary to Rome. 
The sense in which the phrase " all the world" 
is to be understood, is determined by the testi-
mony of historians generally on this period. An 
extract from Guthrie will present a correct view 
of the case. 
" During these civil commotions (in which 
the republic was subverted) the Romans still 
preserved the glory of their arms among distant 
nations; and while it was unknown who should 
be master of Rome, the Romans were, without 
dispute, the masters of the world. Their mili-
tary discipline and valor abolished all the re-
mains of the Carthaginian, the Persian, the 
Greek, the Assyrian, and Macedonian glory ; 
they were now only a name. No sooner, there-
fore, was Octavius (afterwards called Augustus) 
established on the throne, than ambassadors 
from all quarters of the known world crowded 
to make their submissions. Victorious by sea 
and land, he shuts the temple of Janus. 
The 
whole world lives in peace under his power, and 
Jesus Christ comes into the world four years be-
fore the common era."—Geography, Int., p. 48. 
Now there could be no propriety in speaking 
of kingdoms, when only one of the powers had 
an independent existence, which could possibly 
be intended by the text. But such was the 
state of these kingdoms at Christ's first coming, 
2d. It is not true that the image was smitten 
by Christ, in any sense, when he did come ; but, 
on the other hand, that power, to which all the 
world was in subjection, smote him even unto 
death. Micah (5 : 1) had said, " They shall 
smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the 
cheek." Roman soldiers " took the reed and 
smote him on the head."—Matt. 27:27, 30. On 
the eve of the crucifixion Christ said to his dis-
ciples, (Matt. 26:31,) " All ye shall be offended 
because of me this night : for it is written, I 
will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered abroad." This was done by the Ro-
man governor, who condemned him, and the 
Roman " soldiers, who nailed him to the cross, 
one of whom thrust a spear into his side." Now, 
to say nothing of the absurdity of supposing 
that the image could have been smitten upon 
the feet of it, five hundred years before that di-
vided state of the fourth, or Roman kingdom, 
which the feet and toes represented, (v. 41,) 
came into existence,—there is neither propriety 
nor truth in supposing that Christ smote the 
image, in any sense, when the only power it 
represented, then existing as an independent 
power, smote him. 
3d. When the stone smote the image on his 
feet, " then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the 
silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, 
and became like the chaff of the summer 
threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them 
away, that no place was found for them ; and 
the stone which smote the image became a great 
mountain, and filled the whole earth." 
Now, although it is eighteen hundred years 
since the coming of Christ, these results have 
not yet been realized,—the image has not been 
smitten as the text specifies, nor has the stone 
filled the earth. Therefore, whatever may be 
said in other prophecies, of the history and 
operations of the Christian church, we are satis-
fied they are not referred 'to in this vision. It 
must speak of an event yet future. 
We remark still further,—there has never 
been a time, since this vision was given to 
Nebuchadnezzar, when it could have been ful-
filled, until our own day ; for when the stone 
smote the image on the feet, all the other parts 
were broken to pieces together, implying that 
they were to have a separate and independent 
existence together, at that time. They never 
have existed together till within ten or fifteen 
years past. But it may be asked, " Do they 
now have a separate and independent exist-
ence ?" Let us see. The iron and clay exist 
in the divisions of the Western Roman Empire. 
We have in England, France, and Germany, 
the remains of the old Roman iron,—its laws, 
literature, ambition, and energy ; while in Spain, 
Portugal, Italy, and the smaller states of Eu-
are upheld by the great powers, to preserve what 
they call " the balance of power," we have the 
weakness of the clay. Greece, represented by 
the belly and thighs, became independent after 
the revolutionary struggle against the Turks, 
between 1820 and 1830. 
The history of Persia—the breast and arms 
of silver— has been somewhat like that of 
Greece. It was under foreign masters until A. 
D. 226 ; then independent awhile. It has since 
passed under the power of the Saracens, Mo-
guls, and Tartars; again, though divided, and 
the theatre of frequent revolutions, it has be- 
come independent, and during the last century, 
Persia, with the family now reigning on the 
throne, took her place among the nations of the 
world, with some of whom she has since main-
tained the most important relations.—Encyclop. 
Amer. ; Bell's System of Geog. 
And have we Babylon—the head of gold ? 
Not literally. Ancient Babylon can never exist 
again. It was doomed to " perpetual desola- 
tions," " and it shall be no more inhabited for-
ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from genera- 
tion to generation."—Jer. 60:39, 40. Is there 
anything pointed out in the word of God, to an-
swer to ancient Babylon ? For we would never 
depart from its literal meaning, without a war- 
rant from God himself. In Rev.
b 17th we have 
a great Antichristian organization thus brought 
to view : " Mystery, Babylon the great, the mo-
ther of harlots and abominations of the earth," 
Tr3 Four Universal Kingdoms. 
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S VISION. 
DAN. 2 : 31 — " Thou, 0 king, sawest, and behold a great 
image,'WhOse brightness was excellent, stood before thee, and 
the form thereof was terrible." 
1ST SECTION. 
" This image's head 
was of fine gold."—
Dan. 2 : 32. 
Babylon. 
2D SECTION. 
" His breast and his 
arms of silver."—Dan. 
2 : 12. 
Media and Persia. 
3D SECTION. 
" His belly and his 
thighs of brass." —
Dan. 2 : 32. 
Greece. 
Dan. : 3-8, 20, 
22; 1 Mac. 1: 1. 
7TH SECTION. 
" His legs of iron." 
—Dan. 2:33. 
Imperial ROAtle. 
1 Mac. 8 : 1-10 ; 
Luke 2 : 1. 
5TH SECTION. 
" His feet part of 
 iron and part of clay." 
—Dan. 2 : 33, 
Rome Divided. 
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SECTION. 
The Everlasting. Kingdom. 
Dan. 2 : 44. 
" Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, 
which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and 
clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, 
the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, 
and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and 
the wind carried them away, that no place was found for 
them ; and the stone that smote the image became a great 
" WE HAVE NOT FOLLOWED CUNNINGLY DEVISED FABLES, WHEN WE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU THE POWER AND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT WERE EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY .. .. WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNT." 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
—which is to occupy a commanding position 
among the subjects of Divine wrath in the 
scene of destruction which is hastening upon 
the world. Let any one compare what John 
says of her character, history, and fate, with 
what the old prophets say of the character, his-
tory, and doom of ancient Babylon, and they 
will see at once the agreement between the type 
and the antitype. Thus we have all the king-
doms represented by the image, in existence at 
the present time—those which agree with its 
primary sections, and those which are denoted 
by the feet and toes—the divisions of the Ro-
man Empire. Everything is ready for the great 
catastrophe. We are admonished by the vision 
to expect it every hour. 
The first section is filled up; the second sec-
tion is filled up ; the third section is filled up ; 
the fourth section is filled up ; we are living in 
the fifth, which closes up with the destruction 
of all earthly kingdoms, and the establishment 
of the everlasting kingdom of God. And here, 
by the mysterious revolutions of providence, we 
are surprised to find all the anticipated prepara-
tions for the last act in the drama, duly ar-
ranged. And can we doubt that it will take 
place ? God has, by this vision, written the 
doom of this world and its worshippers, in cha-
racters as startling as those which appeared on 
the palace walls of the monarch of Babylon ! 
By it he is speaking in particular to those on 
whom the end of the world is to come ! And 
soon will it be verified, that God hath numbered 
the kingdoms and finished them ! 
DANIEL'S VISIONS. 
" In the first year of Belshazzar, king of 
Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his 
head upon his bed ; then he wrote the dream, 
and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake 
and said, I saw in my vision by night, and be-
hold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon 
the great sea. And four great beasts came 
up from the sea, diverse one from another.—
Dan. 7:1-3. 
In the 7th of Daniel, a kingdom is brought to 
view which is to take the place of all earthly 
kingdoms, the principal of which are represented 
by four great beasts. Of this kingdom, which 
is to follow and take the place of all others,' we 
are told—First, that it is to be an Everlasting 
Kingdom.—vs. 14, 18, 27. 
Secondly, it is to be Universal.—v. 27. 
Thirdly, it is to be given to Christ and the 
saints, in connection with the judgment scene, 
and at the end of all earthly kingdoms.—vs. 
17, 18, 9, 10, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 27. 
We will notice the different sections of the 
vision, their interpretation, and application. 
" The first was like 
a Lion, and had eagle's 
wings ; I beheld till the 
wings thereof were 
plucked, and it was 
lifted up from the earth, 
and made to stand up-
on the feet as a man, 
and a man's heart was 
given to it."—Dan. 7:4. 
" And behold ano-
ther beast, a second, 
like to a Bear, and it 
raised up itself on one 
4,_ side, and it had three 
ribs in the mouth of it 
between the teeth of it ; and they said thus unto 
it, Arise, devour much flesh."—Dan. 7:5. 
"After this, I beheld, 
and lo, another, like a 
Leopard, whi.ch had 
upon the back of it four 
wings of a fowl ; the 
beast had also four 
heads ; and dominion 
was given to it."—Dan. 
7 : 6. 
And after this 
I saw in the night 
visions, and be-
hold a fourth 
Beast, dreadful 
and terrible, and 
strong exceed-
ingly ; and it had 
great iron teeth ; 
it devoured and 
brake in pieces, 
and stamped the 
residue with the feet of it ; and it was diverse 
from all the beasts that were before it ; and it 
had ten horns. 
" I considered the horns, and behold, there 
came up among them another little horn, before 
whom there were three of the first horns plucked 
up by the roots ; and behold, in this horn 
were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth 
speaking things. 
" I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and 
the ancient of days did sit, whose garment was 
white as snow, and the hair of his head like 
the pure wool ; his throne was like the fiery 
flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery 
stream issued and came forth from before him ; 
thousand thousands ministered unto him, and 
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before 
him : the judgment was set, and the books 
were opened. I beheld then because of the 
voice of the great words which the horn spake 
Ijoeheld even till the beast was slain, and his 
body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had 
their dominion taken away : yet their lives were 
prolonged for a season and time. 
" I saw in the night visions, and behold, one 
like the Son of man came with the clouds of 
heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and 
they brought him near before him. And there 
was given him dominion, and glory, and a king-
dom, that all people, nations, and languages, 
should serve him ; his dominion is an everlast-
ing dominion, which shall not pass away, and 
his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 
" I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the 
midst of my body, and the visions of my head 
troubled me. I came near unto one of them 
that stood by, and asked him the truth of all 
this. So he told me, and made me know the 
interpretation of the things. 
TIIE INTERPRETATION. 
" These great beasts, which are four, are 
four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 
Then I would know the truth of the fourth 
Beast, which was diverse from all the others, 
exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, 
and his nails of brass ; which devoured, brake 
in pieces, and stamped the residue with his 
feet ; and of the ten horns that were in his head, 
and of the other which came up, and before 
whom three fell ; even of that horn more stout 
than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn 
made war with the saints, and prevailed against 
them ; until the Ancient of days came, and 
judgment was given to the saints of the Most 
High ; and the time came that the saints pos-
sessed the kingdom. 
" Thus he said, The fourth Beast. shall be the 
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be di-
verse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the 
whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break 
it in pices. And the ten horns out of this king-
dom are ten kings that shall arise ; and another 
shall rise after them ; and he shall be diverse 
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 
And he shall speak great words against the 
Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the 
Most High, and think to change times and 
laws : and they shall be given into his hand 
until a time and times and the dividing of time. 
But the saints of the most high shall take the 
kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even 
for ever and ever. But the judgment shall sit, 
and they shall take away his dominion to con-
sume and to destroy it unto the end. And the 
kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of 
the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be 
given to the people of the saints of the Most 
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting king-
dom, and all dominions shall serve and obey 
him."—Dan. 7:15-27. 
REMARKS. 
The Lion represents the first kingdom of the 
four. No other application is ever made of it 
but to Babylon, the same kingdom that is rep-
resented by the head of gold in the image. 
Its connection with the people of God com-
menced B. c. 677. 
The Bear corresponds with the breast and 
arms of silver in the image, and represents the 
kingdom of the Medes and Persians. Persia 
superseded Babylon, and became connected 
with the people of God before Christ about 538. 
The Leopard corresponds with the belly and 
thighs of brass in the image, and represents 
" the third" or Grecian kingdom. The four 
heads and wings denote the four parts into 
which the kingdom was divided after the death 
of Alexander. The Grecians conquered the 
Persians, and were connected with the people 
of God about 331 B. c. 
The monster, so dreadful and terrible that 
nothing could be found in the whole domain of 
nature to express its character, corresponds with 
the legs of iron in the image, and represents 
the fourth or Roman kingdom. The conquest 
of Macedonia, the first division of Greece con-
quered by the Romans, took place B. c. 168, a 
few years after which the Romans became con-
nected with the people of God. The most gen-
erally received date for the division of the Ro-
man Empire is A. D. 476. 
The dominion of the little horn, Popery, was 
taken away in 1798, when the time, times and 
half a time, or 1260 days, expired. It was, 
however, to make war and prevail against the 
saints, until the Ancient of Days came and 
judgment was given to the saints. In those 
countries which have formerly been the hot-beds 
of Popery, it has been consuming since 1798 ; 
in some others it is now making war and pre-
vailing. Both parts of the prophecy have been 
fulfilled. Its destruction comes at the end. 
It is now 52 years since the dominion of 
Popery was taken away. " The end " is the 
next event to be looked for,—when the king-
doms of this world will become the kingdom of 
our Lord and his Christ, who is the blessed and 
only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of 
lords, and he shall reign forever and ever; and 
he will say to all the heirs, Come, ye blessed of 
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for 
you from the foundation of the world,—and they 
shall come from the east and west, north and 
south, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob in the kingdom of God. Then the prom-
ise to Abraham that he should be the heir of 
the world (kosmou) shall be fulfilled, and all 
who are of faith shall he blessed with faithful 
Abraham. 
Before we inquire how much of this vision 
has been fulfilled, we would remark, that it cor- 
responds in many important respects with the 
vision of Nebuchadnezzar. That contemplates 
the whole field of this world's history in its re- 
lation to eternal things, so does this. That ex-
hibits the destiny of the kingdoms of this world, 
and the prospects of the church of God, so does 
this. This differs from that, 
1st. In its imagery—the kingdoms repre-
sented by the different sections of the image are 
represented in this vision by great beasts. 
2d. In the statement of the process which sep-
arates time from eternity. In that it is a smit- 
ing process. In this it is the judgment scene ; 
perhaps the clearest view of it we have in the 
word of God, certainly the clearest in the Old 
Testament. He who could apply this to any 
other event might find little or no difficulty in 
blotting the doctrine of a future and general 
judgment from the Bible. 
3d. We have a most striking and particular 
description of one of the powers brought to view 
in this vision, and of its relation to God and his 
church ; it is the " little horn " in which Daniel 
felt so much interest.. 
And 4th. We have in this vision the first 
prophetic period, to be filled up in the history 
of the world, which is contained in the book of 
Daniel. It expresses the period during which 
the " little horn " should triumph over " the 
saints," or rather that they should " be given into 
his hand." He was to " prevail against them," 
from the time he arose " until the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom ;" but this 
period of bloody, and blasphemous despotism 
would be broken before " the end." 
Now we are prepared to inquire—Where are 
we ? Have we the broad ocean before us, or 
should we be looking out for land, and prepar- 
ing for a part in the " inheritance that is incor-
ruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away ?" 
Bow many parts or sections of this vision 
have been filled up by the events of history ? 
That Babylon, Persia, and Greece, (represented 
by the lion, bear, and leopard,) in their ancient 
forms, have risen and fallen, no one will deny. 
Their prophetic history is given in the 12th 
verse. That Rome, the 4th beast, was divided 
A. D. 476, and that ten kingdoms arose out of 
its fragments, is also admitted. But has the 
" little horn " come up and performed its part 
among these " first" kingdoms—have the saints 
been given into his hands during the time spe-
cified, and has his dominion been taken away ? 
That Popery is the power denoted by this 
little horn " is clear, inasmuch as the descrip-
tion of it will apply to no other power. No 
Daguerreotype likeness can agree better with 
the original than this' description does with 
Popery. Nearly all Protestant writers on the 
prophecies agree in the opinion that Popery is 
intended by this power. 
To ascertain the commencement of the pro-
phetic period named for the triumph of this 
" little horn," we must take particular notice of 
the facts stated in the text upon its history prior 
to the saints being given into his hand. 
He was to rise " after " the ten. 
He was to " subdue " three " kings," or 
kingdoms. 
These were to be " three of the first " 
kings, or kingdoms. 
Before A. D. 483 the following ten kingdoms 
had risen in western Rome. 
The Huns, about A. D. 356. 
The Ostrogoths, 377. 
The Visigoths, 378. 
The Franks, 407. 
The Vandals, 407. 
The Sueves and Alans, 407. 
The Burgundians, 407. 
The Heruli and Turingi, 476. 
The Saxons, 476. 
Lombards in the north of Germany, 483, 
in Hungary, 526. 
Have we any account of three of these being 
" plucked up " (conquered) by, or in behalf of 
Popery ? The wars in behalf of the Catholic 
faith (Popery) began early in the sixth century. 
The fall of the first of these kingdoms by the 
agency of Popery, and its date, is thus noticed 
by Du Pin, who was himself a Catholic. " Gaul 
was divided between the Burgundians and 
Franks. The Burgundians were Arians : the 
Franks were more happy, for most of the nation 
followed their king Clovis, who had embraced 
Christianity, and was baptized in 496. The 
power of the Burgundians having been destroyed 
in 524, the Catholic religion flourished through- 
out France, under the kings of the first race." 
Du Pin, vol. 2, p. 257, London, 1724. 
The kingdom of the Vandals in Africa, who 
were also Arians, fell A. D. 533 before the arms 
of Justinian, emperor of the east ; a war which 
was from beginning to end avowedly a Catholic 
war. (See Gibbon, Decline and Fall, vol. 7, p. 
150.) 
The war against the Ostrogoths, in Italy, com-
menced A. D. 534, by the same army which 
had conquered the Vandals, and in March, A. 
D. 538, the Pope was placed in quiet possession 
of the capital—Rome. (See Gibbon, chapter 
41.) Here then we have the date of the fall of 
three of the first kingdoms, before the "little horn." 
In connection with these military movements in 
behalf of Popery, Justinian also declared the 
Bishop of Rome " head of all the churches," by 
the laws of the empire. Baronius, Cen. 6. 
Croly on Apoc. pp. 113-117. By this law the 
saint were given into the hand of Popery. 
The little horn then has come up—performed 
its part among the first ten kings, and the saints 
have been " given into his hand." Has the pe-
riod specified—" a time, times, and the divid-
ing, or half a time," expired ? 
It is frequently asked—What does that pe-
riod amount to ? How do you know what " a 
time " is ? And how many of them are meant 
in this period—two, three, a score, or how many 
—who knows ? As God has explained what he 
means, let us see what light we have upon this 
question, which has puzzled so many. Turn to 
Rev. 12:6, 14. " And the woman fled into the 
wilderness, where she bath a place prepared of 
God, that they should feed her there a thousand 
two hundred and threescore days." " And to 
the woman were given two wings of a great 
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, 
into her place, where she is nourished for a 
time, and times, and half a time, from the face 
of the serpent." 
These texts refer to the same portion of his-
tory, and the period assigned to it is expressed 
in a manner to explain the period now under 
consideration. In " a time, times and a half a 
time" then, there are 1260 days ; but will that 
period, understood literally, cover the long his- 
tory of papal usurpation, blasphemy, and blood ? 
Why, everybody knows, who knows any thing 
of the history of the church, that it would not 
be time enough for even one of the wars against 
the saints, whom Popery has always called 
" heretics." How then shall we understand it ? 
The old Bible rule is, when a text cannot be un-
derstood ,literally, to apply it figuratively , and 
as days are used figuratively sometimes when 
years are meant, we should understand the pe-
riod to signify 1260 years. Where will that 
bring us to ? Let us see-538 + 1260 = 1798. 
And we find that the great change predicted 
to take place in the condition of the " little 
horn " occurred in that year. " They shall take 
away his dominion." In 1798 Rome was con-
quered by the French army ; the Pope and car- 
dinals were made prisoners, and the papal inde-
pendence was abolished. (See Allison, Thiers, 
Croly.) 
An extract from a work written by Edward 
King, Esq., F. R. S. A. S., and published in 
London in 1798, we believe gives the true idea 
of the prophecy. 
" Is not the Papal power, at Rome, which 
was once so terrible, and so domineering, at an 
end ? 
" But let us pause a little. Was not the end, 
in another part of the Holy Prophecies, fore- 
told to be at the END of 1260 years ? and was 
it not foretold by, Daniel, to be at the END of 
a time, times, and half a time ? which compu-
tation amounts to the same period. 
" And now let us see ; hear; and under-
stand. This is the year 1798.—And just 1260 
years ago, in the very beginning of the year 
538, Belisarius put an end to the empire and 
dominion of the Goths, at Rome. 
" He had entered the city on the 10th of the 
preceding December, in triumph, in the name 
of Justinian, Emperor of the East, and had soon 
after made it tributary to him ; leaving thence-
forward from A. D. 538, no power in Rome, 
that could be said to rule over the earth—ex-
cepting the Ecclesiastical Pontifical Power." 
" It is true, that after this entry of Belisarius, 
Rome was twice re-taken by Totila and the 
Goths. But instead of setting up any empire 
there, he, the first time, carried away all the 
Senate, and drove out all the inhabitants ; and, 
the second time, he was himself soon defeated 
and killed, and Rome was recovered for Jus-
tinian, by Narses. 
" Still, however, no dominion, no power rul-
ing over the world, ever had any seat there, any 
more, except the Papal.' For the Duke of 
Rome, appointed by Longinus in 568, was no 
more than a subordinate civil officer ; and even 
under the Exarch. Whilst the Exarch of Ra 
venna (at the same time that he was, in reality, 
no residing power at Rome) was, at most, him- 
self only a subordinate officer under the Empe-
ror of the East. And the dominion and power 
of the Emperor of the East was quite different 
and distinct from what could at all properly be 
called the Roman Power. For nothing could, 
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Jo/ 
cription of the eleventh chapter (vs. 4-15), the 
particular history of two of the more important 
of those divisions is given. In this chapter, in-
deed, the particulars of personal and family in-
jury and revenge—of intrigue and diplomacy—
of
, 
 the mustering and marching of armies—of 
defeat and conquest, as they have since taken 
place in Persian, Grecian, Egyptian, Syrian, 
and Roman history, are all portrayed by the 
prophetic hand. In the first vision we are left 
merely to infer that the " kingdom of the God 
of heaven " is to be possessed at all, by the 
phrase, " it shall not be left to other people." In 
the second vision it is repeatedly stated that 
"the saints of the Most High " are to possess 
it ; but in the last and more literal description 
we are told that all " who are found written in 
the book," whether they " sleep in the dust of 
the earth," or " wait " among the living, " shall 
shine as the brightness of the firmament and as 
the stars forever and ever ;" and the prophecy 
closes up with a particular promise to Daniel 
that he should partake of its rewards—" stand 
in his lot at the end of the days." 
The vision of the eighth chapter is now to be 
Media 
AND 
Perja. 
Grecia. 
Greece 
Divided. 
Rome. 
The first thing attempted in the interpretation 
of the vision, is to show that it extends to "the 
end," (v. 17,) the exact meaning of which is ex-
plained to be " the last end of the indignation," 
(v. 19,) and that "the vision," and the time given 
in it, terminate together,—" at the time appoint-
ed the end shall be."—v. 19. All this was said 
by Gabriel before a word was said about the 
historical emblems of the vision—the ram, goat, 
&c.—evidently implying that these points were 
the most important to be understood. We will, 
therefore, consider them first. 
What, then, is " the time appointed ?" It 
must be the time mentioned in " the vision :" 
for it was " the meaning " of " the vision " 
Daniel sought, (v. 15,)—it was the vision Ga-
briel was sent to " make " him " understand," 
(v. 16,) and it was the vision Gabriel " came " 
to explain to him, (v. 17 ;) the time appointed, 
therefore, must be the time given in " the vis-
ion," or Daniel's prayer was answered with 
mocking, Gabriel forgot his commission, and 
directed his attention to something foreign from 
the matter to be attended to. No other time is 
given in the vision but the " 2300 days," (v. 
14,) and that this was specially designed to be 
communicated to Daniel is evident from this 
fact : when the question was asked, " How long 
--- 
by any means, fairly come under such a descrip-
tion, but either the dominion of the Western 
Emperor, or the diminiu of the Kings of the 
Goths, or the Papal dominion. 
" We have reason to apprehend, then, that 
the 1260 years are now completed, and that we 
may venture to date the commencement of that 
period, not, as most commentators have hitherto 
done, either from Pepin's giving the Pope Ra-
venna, or from Charlemagne's determining and 
adjudging the Pope to be God's Vicar on earth, 
but from the end of the Gothic power at Rome. 
Because both those other circumstances were 
only (like subsequent gifts, or acquisitions of 
territory and revenue,) mere augmentations of 
splendor, and confirmations of that state of Ec-
clesiastical Supremacy, in which the Papal 
Power had been left at Rome by Belisarius, on 
his driving out the Goths and ruining their 
kingdom." 
" By a very common error," says Mr. Croly, 
" it has been conceived that the close of the 
1260 years was to be the extinction of the Pa-
pacy, but the prophet says no more than that it 
shall be the end of its power over the saints. 
Its end is predicted to be subsequent, and con-
temporaneous with the great battle of God Al-
mighty. At this moment, the Popedom, shak-
ing off the sackcloth and dust of the French 
Revolution, is rising into a haughty stature and 
strength, ominous of the part it is yet to perform, 
and in the midst of which it shall be extin-
guished by the last avenging judgments of 
heaven." 
Then we are living in that section of the vis-
ion which is to be closed up by the " casting 
down of the thrones "—the sitting " of the judg-
ment "—the " coming of the Son of man in the 
clouds of heaven," and the giving of the ever-
lasting kingdom to Christ and " the saints of 
the Most High." 
DURATION OF EARTHLY KINGDOMS. 
There is one prominent peculiarity of the 
prophecy of Daniel which cannot fail of com-
manding the attention of every intelligent and 
thoughtful mind. It is most happily described 
by the prophet Isaiah (28:10, 13) : " The word 
of the Lord was unto them precept upon pre-
cept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line 
upon line; here a little, and there a little." The 
prophecy, as a whole, may be looked upon as 
the different views of an extended scene, of 
which the first vision is the well-defined out-
line, while the grouping of the parties, and the 
expression of character, and the detail of ob-
jects; and place, and tisie, and. catastrophe, are 
given in the after visions. 
The first grand communication of prophetic 
light was expressly intended to unfold " what 
shall be in the latter days," and by connecting 
a succession of earthly kingdoms with the ev-
erlasting kingdom of God, time is connected 
with eternity, and of course the whole field of 
this world's history is comprehended in the first 
prophetic survey. The second vision contem-
plates the same ground, but with greater par-
ticularity in the description of some of the more 
important features of the scene. The kingdoms 
are the same. The fourth is here divided into 
" ten kingdoms." The catastrophe in this vis-
ion, though the same in its results, is net effect-
ed by smiting, but by " the burning flame."—
This brings us to the end, in which the Ancient 
of days sits in judgment — the Son of man 
comes in the clouds of heaven,—" and there is 
given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, 
that all people, nations, and languages should 
serve him : his dominion is an everlasting do-
minion, which shall not pass away, and his king-
dom that which shall not be destroyed."—Dan. 
7:14. But perhaps the most interesting subject 
of this vision (it certainly was to Daniel,) is the 
" little horn "—" the abomination that maketh 
desolate." Here is its first portrait, with the 
chronology of an important period of its history 
in a form which can hardly be perverted or mis-
taken, and which gives an almost infallible clew 
to the correct application of the portrait itself, 
and of the other prophetic periods which do not 
admit of a literal application. 
The subsequent visions of Daniel, in a simi-
lar manner, fill up the first general outline, by 
unfolding new features of the field first con-
templated, or by showing the relations of its 
more important parts to each other. The vis-
ions are, therefore, necessarily involved in each 
other; and, no person can obtain a full and 
clear view of the great panorama described by 
the prophet, in all its parts, unless he has the 
several sketches of the prophetic pencil before 
his eye at the same time. 
As instances that each succeeding view of the 
scene adds to the first or previous, and more 
general view, the following examples cannot 
fail of being at once recognized. In the first 
vision, the four kingdoms are referred to only 
in the most general manner ; in the vision of 
the eighth chapter the second and third of these 
kingdoms are called by name—Persia and Gre-
cia. In the second vision the division of Greece 
into four parts is expressed by the four heads 
and wings of the leopard; in the third, by the 
four horns of the goat. In the more literal des- 
I considered, with which the ninth stands con-
nected as a sort of appendix. It commences 
with the second of the four great kingdoms 
brought to view in the previous visions, as the 
first, Babylon, had nearly or quite run out its 
appointed time.—Jer. 25 : 12. Babylon was 
conquered by the Medes and Persians B. c. 553. 
This vision brings particularly to view the re-
lation of the kingdoms of this world to the 
church and her inheritance, and the fate of the 
last of the four, (though other visions assure us 
that all the other kingdoms are to be destroyed 
at the same time,) in connection with the deliv-
erance of the church, and " the redemption of 
the purchased possession." 
VISION OF DAN. 8th. 
Dan. 8:1, 2—" In the third year of the reign 
of king Belshazzar, a vision appeared unto me, 
even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared 
unto me at the first. And I saw in a vision ; 
and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at 
Shushan in the palace, which is in the province 
of Elam ; and I saw in a vision, and I was by 
the river of TJlai." 
" Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, 
there stood before the river a ram which had two 
horns ; and the two horns were high ; but one was 
higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 
I. saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and 
southward ; so that no beasts might stand before him, 
neither was there any that could deliver out of his 
hand ; but he did according to his will, and became 
great."—vs. 3, 4. 
" And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat 
came from the west on the face of the whole earth, 
and touched not the ground ; and the goat had a no-
table horn between his eyes. And he came to the 
ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing 
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his 
power. And I saw him close unto the ram, and he 
was moved with choler against him, and smote the 
ram, and brake his two horns ; and there was no 
power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast 
him down to the ground, and stamped upon him ; 
and there was none that could deliver the ram out of 
his hand. Therefore the he-goat waxed very great." 
—vs. 5-8. 
" And when he was strong, the great horn was 
broken ; and for it came up four notable ones, toward 
the four winds of heaven. And out of one of them 
came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding 
great, toward the south, and toward the east, and to-
ward the pleasant land."—vs. 8. 9. 
(NoTE.—The divisions of Greece were, Macedon, in the west ; 
Thrace, in the north ; Syria, in the east ; and Egypt, in the south—
marked in the diagram, M. T. S. E.,' 
" And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; 
and it cast down some of the host, and of the stars, 
to the ground, and stamped upon them."—v. 10. 
[ " And the people of the prince that shall come 
shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end 
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the 
war desolations are determined."-9:26.] 
" Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of 
the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken 
away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 
And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice 
by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth 
to the ground ; and it practised and prospered."—
vs. 11. 12. 
[" And the king shall do according to his will ; 
and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above 
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against 
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indigna-
tion be accomplished :. for that that is determined 
shall be done."-11:36.] 
the vision ?" though it does not appear to have 
been proposed by Daniel, the answer is ad-
dressed to him,—" And he said unto me," &c. 
This, then, is " the time appointed," at the 
end of which " the vision " is to end,—" the 
sanctuary shall then be cleansed," the last end 
of the indignation " come, and the power repre-
sented by the " little horn " " shall be broken 
without hand." 
What are we to understand by the " cleans-
ing the sanctuary ?" To " understand " this 
correctly we must ascertain what is meant by 
" the sanctuary." The word sanctuary is used 
by the inspired writers in the following signifi-
cations. 1. It is the name of a particular part 
of the temple.— Heb. 9:2. 2. The different 
apartments of the temple.—Jer. 51:51. 3. The 
temple itself.-1 Chron. 22:19 ; 28:10. 4. 
Places of worship generally, true or false.—Amos 
7:9 ; Ezek. 28:18 ; Dan. 8:11. 5. Heaven is 
called the sanctuary.—Ps. 102:19. 6. The 
promised land.—Ex. 15:17 ; Ps. 78:54 ; Isa. 
63:18. 7. The tabernacle of God in the heav-
enly state.—Ezek. 37:26, 28. These are the 
principal significations of the word sanctuary, 
in the word of God. According to which of 
these significations is the word to be understood 
in the text before us ? I think the most obvious I 
sense is that which points out the promised 
land ; for it must be evident to every one that 
the sanctuary here spoken of must be capable 
of being " trodden under foot," and of being. 
" cleansed," and, as I think we shall see, of be-
ing cleansed at the coming of Christ and the 
resurrection of the righteous dead. The text 
should also be understood in a sense that will 
harmonize with other cases in which the word 
is used by Daniel in particular, with the views 
of the other prophets, and the word of God 
generally. 
The promised land, of which old Jerusalem 
was the metropolis, was given to Abraham, 
(Gen. 17:4-9,) and to his seed after him, for an 
everlasting possession, in a covenant established 
with Abraham, and to be established with his 
seed after him in their generations. And this 
seed are thus to possess it as a peculiar inherit-
ance when the promise to Abraham that he 
should be the heir of the habitable earth (kos-
mow) shall be realized. 
There will be the " city which hath founda-
tions, whose builder and maker is God," to 
which they have " looked " while " strangers 
and pilgrims on the earth." There " the king 
shall be seen in his beauty,"—" upon the throne 
of David, to order and to establish it with judg-
ment and with justice, from henceforth even 
forever." " For the Lord hath chosen Zion : he 
hath desired it for his habitation." " This is 
my rest forever : here will I dwell ; for I have 
desired it."—Ps. 132:13, 14. " This is the hill 
which God desireth to dwell in ; yea, the Lord 
will dwell in it. forever."—Ps. 68:16. See also 
Ex. 15:17, 18 ; Isa. 60:13 ; Ezek. 37:24-28 ; 
Rev. 22:3. On this territory the great battle is to 
be fought, which will make an end at once of the 
desolator and the desolations.—Isa. 14:24-27. 
See also 29:5-8 ; 31:4, 5 ; 34:1-8 ; 63:1-4 ; 
Joel 3:9-16 ; Zech. 14:3 ; Rev. 16:13-16 ; 
19: 21. 
Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," " and 
the host " of " the ransomed of the Lord," de-
livered from the power of death and the grave, 
and their oppressors on earth, " shall return and 
come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting 
joy shall be upon their head." 
This cleansing is to take place at the last end 
of the indignation. A remark or two will show 
that this is to come at the time of Christ's com-
ing to judge the world, to raise the righteous 
dead, and to enter upon his glorious and ever-
lasting reign. If there were any doubt whether 
this indignation were God's general indignation 
against a guilty world, or against the wicked 
and unwovthy occupants of. Him " heritage "—
the promised lanklit wduld make no difference 
as to the events which are to take place at the 
last end, or termination of it. In the most gen-
eral sense it must bring the last manifestation 
of God's wrath against sinners, and that we 
know will not be till "the day of judgment and 
perdition of ungodly men." 
But the indignation is evidently that which 
is so often spoken of by the prophets, which was 
poured out upon the covenant people of God on 
account of their sins, which first subjected them 
to the dominion of foreign masters, and after-
wards removed them from the land of their fa-
thers, to be fugitives among all nations. See 
Isa. 5:5-7, 13 ; 10:5, 6 ; 42:24, 25 ; Jer. 7:17-
34; 9:13-16 ; Ezek. 36:17-19 : Dan. 9:7-12, 16. 
Now we have the clearest proof that this con-
dition of " the sanctuary "—" the holy moun-
tain," which " the Lord hath chosen for his 
habitation to dwell in it forever ;" and which 
without doubt is to be the location of " the city 
of the great King," " when the Lord of hosts 
shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, 
and before his ancients gloriously," " King over 
all the earth ;" and which " the heirs " are " to 
possess as an everlasting inheritance," together 
with " the kingdom and dominion under the 
whole heaven,"—we have the clearest proof, I 
repeat, that this condition of the sanctuary is to 
terminate at the coming of Christ, and not till 
then. Daniel, in the 9th chapter, the appendix 
to the 8th, where he gives us the fate of " the 
city and sanctuary," says, " for the overspread-
ing of abominations he shall make it desolate, 
even until the consummation." And also 12:1 
—7, the accomplishment of the predicted " scat-
tering of the power of the holy people "—in 
other words, the desolation, or " treading under 
foot," of the inheritance—is the point at which 
the " wipders " before stated are to " be fin-
ished.",,What are " these wonders ?" 
At. that time shall Michael stand up, the 
great Prince which standeth for the children of 
thy people." Michael is one of the names 
which is applied to Jesus Christ. It means, 
" Who is like God ?" To " stand up," means, 
in this prophecy, to reign.-11:2-4. The first 
of these wonders, then, is the reign of Jesus 
Christ ; which is always stated to commence 
with the destruction of all earthly kingdoms. 
See Dan. 7:9-14 ; Rev. 11:15-18. When " He 
whose right it is " to reign takes the throne, his 
kingdom will be " all the earth ;" and " the 
throne " of every usurper shall be " cast down," 
and their trouble shall come in one day, death 
and mourning and famine. 
" And at that time thy people shall be de- 
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THE ADVENT HERAL D. 
livered, every one that shall be found written in 
the book." There is no other " time " in which 
the " deliverance " of " people " is to be deter-
mined by referring to " the book," but in the 
judgment scene.-Dan. 7:10; Rev. 20:12, 15; 
21:27. The second of these wonders is, there-
fore, the judgment scene, which brings " trou-
ble " to the wicked and deliverance to the right-
eous. 
" And many of them that sleep in the dust 
of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting 
life, and some to shame and everlasting con-
tempt." This is a clear statement that the res-
urrection, particularly of the righteous, will 
take place when the predicted scattering of the 
holy people is "accomplished." It takes place 
" at his (Christ's) coming."-1 Cor. 15!23; 1 
Thes. 4:14-17. The third of " these wonders," 
therefore, is the resurrection. 
" And they that be wise shall shine as the 
brightness of the firmament ; and they that turn 
many to righteousness as the stars forever and 
ever." This can mean nothing less than the 
glorification of the righteous. Paul uses similar 
language in speaking on the same point.-1 
Cor. 15:41, 42. The Saviour uses very similar 
language in his parable of the tares and wheat. 
-Matt. 13:37-43. And he assures us that " at 
the end of this world " the righteous " shall 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their 
Father." 
Now " all these wonders " are to " be fin-
ished," " when he shall have accomplished to 
scatter the power of the holy people." The tes-
timony of Christ,-(Luke 21:24-27,) is equally 
clear, that the desolation of " the sanctuary, the 
holy mountain," is to end at his coming to 
judge the world, and to reign forever. " And 
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gen-
tiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 
And there shall be signs in the sun, &c. And 
then shall they see the Son of man coming in a 
cloud with power and great glory." 
By " the sanctuary," then, I understand to be 
meant, " the place which the Lord made for 
himself to dwell in, the mountain of his inherit-
ance,"-the land given to Abraham, " the land 
wherein he was a stranger, all the land of Ca-
naan, for an everlasting possession ;" of which 
he received, during his life, according to the 
apostle, (Acts 7:5,) "none inheritance in it, no, 
not so much as to set his foot on ;" fZir it was 
the " place which he should after receive for an 
inheritance."-Heb. 11:8. 
In this sense Daniel seems to have used the 
word in the 9th chap. verse 17. I had just 
prayed, " 0 Lord, I beseech thee, let tine anger 
and thy fury be turned away from thy city Je-
rusalem, thy holy mountain," &c., and continues 
in this verse, " Now, therefore, 0 our God, hear 
the prayer of thy servant, and his supplication, 
and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary 
that is desolate." Can " Thy (God's) sanc-
tuary " mean anything else here but " Jeru-
salem, thy holy mountain," the same as that to 
which Moses applies the word the first time it 
occurs in the Bible ?-Ex. 15:17. 
By the cleansing the sanctuary I understand 
to be meant, 1. Its purification from the wicked 
agents of its desolation, and, 2. The removal of 
the curse which is upon it, at the termination of 
its predicted desolation.-Isa. 1:27, 28: 49:13-
17, 19. 
It may be asked, perhaps, how can this par-
ticular land be possessed in the eternal state ? 
Will it survive the conflagration ? To what 
extent the geological and geographical features 
of the earth will be affected, when " changed," 
or " melted " by the fire unto which it is re-
served, we do not pretend to say. That it will 
exist in the same form in which it now exists, a 
globe, is evident from the fact that there is to 
be day and night, though " the city hath no 
need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine 
in it;"-(Rev. 7:15; 20 : 10:) and if it exist in 
its present form there must be the same diver-
sities of latitude and longitude ; and a portion 
of the new earth which corresponds with the 
latitude and longitude of the promised land in 
this old earth, may be selected for the location 
of the heavenly Jerusalem, " the city of the 
great King." 
But from the repeated assurances that " the 
land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," 
" the mountains of Israel," " the holy moun-
tain," " Mount Zion," &c. &c., are to be " pos-
sessed forever," " stand forever," " never to be 
removed," &c., we may suppose that some of 
the present features of the earth will survive 
the conflagration. 
It may be asked again, Will not the process 
of cleaning-" the great battle," and " the burn-
ing flame," &c., require a long time for its ac-
complishment ? We cannot tell how long a 
time it will require to complete the work ; it 
may be but a few days, it may be as many 
years as the Israelites were in conquering the 
Canaanites, after they entered the land--seven 
years ; it may be more or less ; but that it will 
be commenced suddenly, and by the personal 
interposition of the " King of kings and Lord of 
lords," and that its commencement will be de-
cisive upon the hopes of mankind, is clearly 
stated in the word of God. (See Zeph. 1:18; 
Isa. 60:22; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Jude 14,15.) 
The vision ends when the sanctuary is cleansed, 
(or justified, as the margin reads,) and the last 
end of the indignation comes, at the time ap-
pointed-the end of the 2300 days. 
When does the period terminate ? To deter-
mine that we must ascertain " the manner " in 
which it is to be understood, and when it began. 
It is sufficient to settle the question whether 
this period is to be understood literally or not, 
to know that 2300 days, literally, will riot cover 
the history of the power which continued for the 
shortest time of any one in the vision-the 
" king " represented by " the great horn " of 
" the goat "-Alexander. 
If anything more were needed, the fact that 
all who have attempted to apply it literally, have 
failed to do so, many of them confessing it une-
quivocally, put it forever to rest. It must, 
therefore, be understood symbolically, as equal 
to 2300 years. 
The commencement of this period is indi-
cated by the condition of Persia, the first king-
dom in the vision, represented by the ram, at 
the time in her history when the vision began. 
What was the condition of Persia at the point 
contemplated in the vision ? 1. " I saw the 
ram pushing westward, northward, and south-
ward, so that no beast might stand before him." 
2. " Neither was there any that could deliver 
out of his hand." 3. " But he did according to 
his will and became great." 
This must denote a state of complete triumph 
over all opposing nations, and of course Persia 
must have been at the zenith of her power and 
prosperity at the time. The vision cannot com-
mence at any point in her history after she had 
passed the zenith. When was Persia in such a 
condition ? I know of no historian whose state-
ments will allow us to begin this vision at a later 
period than the reign of Artaxerxes Longima-
nus. Though the Persians were successful in 
many of their expeditions after his reign, there 
certainly is nothing in their history to correspond 
with the representations of this vision. 
Rollin, in speaking of the " vices which first 
caused the decline, and at last the ruin of the 
Persian empire," says, " The death of Darius 
Codomanus, (B. c. 130,) may very justly be con-
sidered as the era, but not as the sole cause, of 
the destruction of the Persian Monarchy." * 
" We easily perceive that this decline was pre-
pared at a great distance, and carried on to its 
end by visible steps which denoted a total ruin," 
Vol. 1. pp. 543, 544. Harpers' Edition. 
The period of its decline is thus noted in the 
Encyclopedia Americana, Art. Persia : " Under 
Artaxerxes Longimanus, the Ahasuerus of the 
Scriptures, (until 425 B. c.,) the first symptoms 
of decline became visible." The period, then, 
must be commenced prior to 425 B. c. But Ar-
taxerxes reigned from 464 to 425 B. c. In 
the third year, B. c. 461, he reigned from India 
even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven 
and twenty provinces ; (seven more than there 
were in the time of Darius, Dan. 6:1 ;) when 
he made a great feast unto all his princes and 
his servants ; the power of Media and Persia, 
the nobles and princes of the provinces, being 
before him.-Esther 1:1, 2. 
The great question of interest to Daniel in 
the vision of the 8th, was, as we have seen, 
" How long the treading under foot of the sanc-
tuary and the host " was to continue ? It was 
this also which led him to the acts-" to seek 
by prayer, and supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes "-which introduce the 
9th, and which called forth the communications 
contained in it. Read chap. 9th, verse 3d to 
the end. 
From all the circumstances of the mission of 
Gabriel, as recorded in the 9th chapter, it is 
plain that Daniel labored under some mistake 
in the case. " While he was speaking in prayer, 
Gabriel, being caused to fly swiftly, touched 
him and talked with him, and said unto him, 0 
Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill 
and understanding," And again, " I am come 
to show thee." There must have been some-
thing that was not understood by Daniel, or Ga-
briel would not have been sent thus, on express, 
as it were, " to show " him about it. But what 
could have been Daniel's mistake ? It was not 
in supposing that the " 70 years " predicted by 
" Jeremiah the prophet " had come nearly or 
quite to an end ; no, that was understood. " I, 
Daniel, understood by books the number of the 
years."-v. 2. From Daniel's prayer, and the 
course taken by Gabriel, the mistake seems to 
have been this : Daniel supposed that " to ac-
complish 70 years in the desolations of Jeru-
salem " would make an end of her desolations. 
Mark the words as they fell from his lips in 
prayer. After confessing the sins of the " kings, 
princes, fathers, and all the people of the land," 
and that " the curse poured upon them" by " the 
Lord their God," was " righteous"-being also 
a fulfilment of " his words," he proceeds-" I 
beseech thee, 1. Let thine anger and thy fury 
be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy 
holy mountain." 2. " Open thine eyes, and be-
hold our desolations, and the city which is called 
by thy name." 3. " And cause thy face to 
shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for 
the Lord's sake." 4. " 0 Lord, hear, 0 Lord, 
forgive ; 0 Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, 
for thine own sake, 0 my God." Such impor-
tunity brought Gabriel from heaven,-not to 
tell him his prayer should be answered, but to 
show him that " the city and sanctuary" should 
be " destroyed," and continue " desolate even 
until the consummation." But why should 
Daniel make such a mistake ? There does not 
appear to be anything in " the books " of Jere-
miah, to which he refers, to warrant such an 
expectation. The most obvious reason which 
can be assigned is, that Daniel supposed that 
the vision of the 8th chapter, which brought to 
view the time when " the sanctuary should be 
cleansed, or justified," run out at the same time 
with the 70 years of Jeremiah. This appears 
still further evident from the first attempt of 
Gabriel " to show " Daniel. " I am come forth 
to show thee ; therefore understand the matter, 
and consider the vision." How could he " give " 
him " skill and understanding," and " show " 
him, by telling him to " consider the vision ?" 
Daniel could not but see that the vision had not 
run out with the 70 years, and of course there 
was no reason to expect the sanctuary to be 
cleansed, for it was to be " trodden under foot " 
until the vision should end. " Consider the vis-
ion !" Daniel. Has the ram - the kings of 
Media and Persia, been conquered by the rough 
goat-the king of Grecia ? Has Greece, after 
being a unit, been divided into " four king-
doms ?" And have these been followed by a 
" king of fierce countenance," who was to arise 
" in the latter time of their kingdom- and who 
should " destroy wonderfully, and destroy the 
mighty and the holy people-stand up against 
the Prince of princes ?" &c. Consider the vi-
sion ! So far is it from having run out, that 
" 70 weeks (sevens) of the vision are deter-
mined, or cut off, upon thy people, and thy holy 
city, to finish the transgression, and to make an 
end of sins, [fill up their iniquity by putting to 
death their Messiah, the event which shall] 
make reconciliation for iniquity, and bring in 
everlasting righteousness, [and by this also] to 
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint 
the Most Holy." 
Now the point to be settled is, what " vision" 
did Gabriel refer to ? It must be evident to all 
that he refers to what is stated in the 9th chap-
ter, or to some previous vision, 
Here is the same messenger, Gabriel, seen in 
the previous vision. His work is the same-to 
make Daniel " understand." The manner of 
afidress implies that he had come to' finish 
up the work assigned him in that vision-" to 
show" Daniel its commencement, the only point 
before omitted. The words declare it. " Con-
sider the vision," Daniel, to " understand the 
matter." 
And, to put the last query in the case to rest, 
he adds,-" Know, therefore, and understand, 
that from the going forth of the commandment 
to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Mes-
siah the prince, shall be seven weeks, and three-
score and two weeks "=69 weeks, "and he shall 
confirm the covenant with many for one week," 
which added to the 69 make out the 70. This 
makes " the matter " plain. The 70 weeks are 
made a part of the 2300 days, or years, by tell-
ing us they are to be " cut off" from the vision 
referred to ; and being a part of that period, 
they fix its commencement. 
We cannot therefore but regard the 9th chapter as 
a designed and indispensable appendix of the 8th 
chapter. As such, it gives the undoubted clue to the 
chronological period of the vision, both as to its com-
mencement, and " the manner of times the Spirit did 
signify" by that period. We also consider the ex-
act fulfilment of the 70 weeks of the 9th chapter as a 
pledge that the whole period, which reaches to the 
end, will be as exactly verified at the time appointed.. 
HISTORY. 
Having dwelt so long upon the chronological bear-
ings of this vision, and the events which are to come 
at its termination, but little need be said upon its his-
torical interpretation and application. No difficulties 
exist here, except in the case of the " little horn," 
and some of his transaction ; upon the meaning of 
the ram, he-goat, or the four horns which came up in 
place of the great horn, there is no difference of opin-
ion. 
As this vision evidently harmonizes with the other 
visions of Daniel in its scope and design, this little 
horn must correspond with the fourth kingdom of the 
other visions, as the ram and he-goat do with the 
second and third, and the fourth kingdom must be 
Rome-Rome in its comprehensive character,-pagan 
and papal, a unit or divided. 
1. Can it be said that Rome " came forth out of 
one " of the four divisions of Alexander's empire ! 
The design of the prophecies is not to give a history 
of the nations of which they speak, in themselves 
considered, but in their relation to the cause and 
people of God. It is in this sense only, therefore, 
that the power intended by this little horn can be sup-
posed to be referred to. 
The first connection of the Jews and Romans was 
by the league mentioned in 1 Mac. 8th chap., which 
took place about B. c. 160. 
The four divisions of Alexander's empire, accord-
ing to Rollin, were, " Syria, Egypt, Macedon, and 
Thrace." Macedonia was conquered by Rome, and 
made a province of the empire, B. c. 168. Rollin, 
Book 20, Article 1, chap. 4. The remainder of 
Greece shared the same fate B. c. 146. By this it 
will be seen, that Rome superseded one of the four 
divisions of Alexander's empire, a few years before 
the time of its first connection with the Jews. 
Did Rome wax great geographically towards 
the south, the east, and the pleasant land ? Accord-
ing to Worcester's Ancient Atlas, the roman empire 
included all of northern Africa, from Thebes in 
Egypt to the 30th degree of north latitude on the At-
lantic ; the whole of Europe to the 60th degree ; and 
all of Asia west of the Caspian sea, and north of the 
Euphrates, with " the pleasant land," Palestine. 
(See Luke 2:1.) 
Did Rome " wax great even to the host of 
heaven ?" Was Rome the conqueror and persecutor 
the prophecy describes ? These questions hardly 
need to be answered. Rome, in the person of the 
Pope, claimed to be " God's vicegerent upon earth." 
Rome was mighty, but not by its own power ; for, 
1st. It " could have no power except it were given 
from above." It was arm agent and instrument, like 
other great nations, to effect the work and will of 
God. 
Did Rome " stand np against the Prince of prin-
ces ?" A Roman governor condemned him, and Ro-
man soldiers nailed him to the cross, " and one of the 
soldiers with a spear pierced his side," 
Did Rome " take away the daily (sacrifice,) and 
cast down the place of his sanctuary ?" and was there 
" a host given him against the daily (sacrifice) by 
reason of transgression ?" If the Jewish worship 
were here intended, it is true of Rome. But the 
Jewish worship cannot be intended by the daily (sac-
rifice.) 
The great subject of the vision, and to which the 
question of the vision refers, is, the condition of the 
church and the chosen inheritance, " trodden under 
foot." 
Paganism and Popery are also brought to view, as 
the great organization of depravity by which the 
church has been " trodden under foot." The little 
horn of Daniel 7th (Popery) is to " make war and 
prevail against the saints until the judgment ;" the 
same power that Paul and John saw " destroyed by 
the brightness of Christ's cominga" 
There can be no doubt that Paul spoke of Pagan 
Rome and Popery in 2 Thess. 2, or that the former 
is " what withheld," that the latter "might be re-
vealed in his time." 
By the different forms of Paganism,-which was 
the daily, or then existing abomination of Daniel's 
day, and the " transgression of desolation," Popery, 
-" the sanctuary," (God's " heritage,") " and the 
host," (his church,) have been trodden under foot 
" from the days of the kings of Assyria unto this 
day."-Neh. 9:32. 
If anything were wanting to confirm our views of 
the little horn, the daily, &c., it is found in the exact 
agreement of history with the words of the prophecy. 
Was there a host given to the state or government 
of Rome " by reason of transgression?" And, if so, 
what transgression? We should suppose, at first 
sight, that, if a host was given against Paganism by 
reason of transgression, the transgression must be on 
the part of Paganism. What particular enormity 
could it be ? What is the transgression which God 
has uniformly interposed to punish ? hit not brought 
to view in the following brief but frightful item of 
history ? 
" A. D. 303. The progress of the faith stirred up 
the last paroxysm of expiring Paganism. The sove-
reigns, Maximian and Galerius,-ferocious soldiers, 
and owing their elevation to the sword,-had already 
been secret persecutors in their camps and palaces. 
The superstition of the mother of Galerins ; the in-
solence of the tyrant himself, inflated by recent Per-
sian victory ; the artifices of the priesthood, dreading 
the rapid extinction of their shrines; and the cold 
and infirm nature of Diocletian, perhaps alarmed at 
the growing multitude of the Christians,-had worked 
together, until the whole vengeance exploded in one 
burst of popular, kingly, and military persecution. 
The 23d of February of the year 303, the day of the 
festival .of the terrninalia, was appointed for levelling 
to the ground the principal church of Nicomedia, the 
imperial residence. On the next day, the General 
Decree of persecution was issued, commanding (1) 
the instant demolition of all the Christian places of 
worship ; (2) .the death of all who dared to worship ; 
(3) the delivery of the Scriptures to be burned ; (4) 
the confiscation of all property belonging to the 
churches ; (5) the acceptance by the tribunals of 
every charge brought against a Christian, the refusal 
of every complaint brought by a Christian , a nd , 
the exclusion of the whole body from the protection 
of the law." (Croly, p. 209. See Fox' Book of 
Martyrs.) 
If ever the Almighty interposed to avenge the in-
juries of His people, might we riot expect it in this 
case ? 
It only remains, then, to inquire whether Rome is 
reserved for such a fate as that contemplated for the 
little horn-" to be broken without hand." The 
fate of Rome may he learned by referring to the 
doom of the image-" broken to pieces by the stone 
cut out without hands ;" " destroyed, and given to 
the burning flame !"-Dan. 7. 
Here, then, we have a most literal and exact ful-
filment of every part of the prophecy of this little 
horn in the history of Rome ; and it cannot be found, 
-it never has been found,-but in part, in the his-
tory of any other power ! 
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WE this week give Bro. Gnarl's reply to Dr. 
WORCESTER in full, because we could not well divide 
it. We trust it will meet and refute objections among 
our opponents all abroad, and prove an able defense 
to the Advent cause. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, 
formable unto his death ; if by any means I might at-1 piness : and God will give additional splendor to the 
tam unto the resurrection of the dead."-Phil. 3:10, 
11. MCKNIGHT translates this, " from the dead ;" 
WHITING, " from among the dead ;" BUSH, " out 
from among the dead." Why was PAUL so anxious 
to get out from among the dead, or to attain unto 
the resurrection of the dead, if all will then be 
raised ? If the just only are then raised, there is 
reason for his anxiety. 1st. The children of that 
resurrection will be blessed and holy ; and 2d, all 
who do not attain unto it will be punished with the 
devil and his angels,-as we read in Rev. 20:6 : 
" Blessed and holy is he that bath part in the first res-
urrection : on such the second death hath no power, 
but they shall be priests of GOD and of CHRIST, and 
shall reign with him a thousand years." That CHRIST 
will come at the resurrection of the just we believe 
that is the second coming for which we look. 
But it is said CHRIST comes at conversion. Only 
one first coming is contended for ; how then can there 
be more than one second coming ? If CHRIST comes to 
the Christian at conversion, at death, and at the res-
urrection, there are three second comings in the 
history of the same individual. CHRIST'S coming at 
conversion pre-supposes his previous absence. But 
he is the true light that lighteth every man that corn-
eth into the world. At conversion the gracious 
manifestation of CHRIST, is entirely another thing 
from the second coining of the LORD from heaven. If 
that is the second coming for which we are to look, 
then the second coming took precedence of the first ; 
for ABRAHAM was converted, and all the worthies 
described in Heb. 11th. If that is his second coming, 
he is always here, and yet always coming. 
Does CHRIST come at death ? The sister of LAZA-
RUS said unto JESUS, " LORD, if thou hadst been here, 
my brother had not died."-John 11 : 21. Whets 
CHRIST comes, the saints will never die. His com-
ing restores from death. At his coming the saints 
are raised. How, then, can death be the coming of 
the LORD ? CHRIST comes not at death. When the 
body dies, the spirit goes to GoD who gave it. 
Did CHRIST come at Jerusalem's overthrow ? -
Those who claim he did, claim that the tribulation 
spoken of in the 24th of MATTHEW'S Gospel, was 
the tribulation attending that destruction. But " after 
the tribulation of those days," the signs were to be 
seen which should precede and indicate his coming.-
vs. 29, 30. How, then, could the coming there pre-
dicted be during that tribulation ? 
But the SAVIOUR, in speaking of the destruction of 
Jerusalem, said : " Then if any man shall say unto 
you, Lo, here is CHRIST, or there ! believe it not. -
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, 
and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch 
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very 
elect.''-Matt. 24:23, 24. How deceive them? By 
causing them to believe that CHRIST then came.-
" Wherefore," he adds, " if they shall say unto you, 
Behold, lie is in the desert ! go not forth : behold, he 
is in the secret chambers ! believe it not."-v. 26. 
Why should they not believe it, if he did actually 
then come? Because he is to come in no such way : 
" For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and 
ehineth even -.Alto the west ; so shall also the coming 
of the Son of man be."-v. 27. Shall we, then, be-
lieve that CHRIST came at a time when he so express-
ly cautions us to " believe it not "-to " go not after" 
those who teach he then comes? 
Is " the idea of the bodily presence preposterous?" 
If the predictions of the second Advent have respect 
only to death, conversion, and Jerusalem's overthrow, 
it would be truly preposterous. But admitting that 
the early church looked for CHRIST'S return, that 
PETER believed it, and that the two in white taught 
it,-with those on our side, we are willing it should 
be thus considered. 
The Doctor read the llth and 60th chapters of Isa-
iah, or parts of them, and said : " It has been confi-
dently believed by all learned and competent ex-
pounders of Scripture, that these relate to the spirit-
ual millennium, when the rapt visions of the illus-
trious bards of Israel will have become history. Then 
will come the seventh millennary-the last of the 
world's history. The thousand years in Rev. 20th 
are not to be supposed as just a thousand years, any 
more than the Jews' looking for Christ's bodily re-
turn, is to be regarded as literal. Nor are we to un-
derstand that every soul will then be converted : the 
majority will have love supreme to God ; and then 
will be fulfilled the promise of the new heavens and 
new earth." 
If " all learned and competent expositors " have 
thus understood the 11th and 60th of Isaiah, it fol-
lows that the early church had no learned or compe-
tent expositors. PETER, or the two in white, were 
neither learned nor competent. MARTIN LUTHER, 
NEWTON, " the learned JOSEPH MEDE," Pres. LORD, 
Dr. TYNG, Bishop HENSHAW, the late Mr. BICKER-
STETH, and seven hundred others of the Church of 
England, lacked these qualifications. 
But Dr. WORCESTER does not agree with his own 
learned and competent expositors. We quote from 
" SEARS' Bible Biography ; Approved by more than 
Fifty Editors and Ministers, Embracing nearly all of 
the Religious Associations of the Country :"- 
" Sacred prophecy foreshows a blissful millennium, 
when the abundant grace of the Holy Spirit shall be 
largely poured forth upon the churches of the Re-
deemer; the whole population of the earth shall pro-
fess his holy gospel, and obey its institutions, and the 
character of the people, for the space of a thousand 
years, shall exhibit the sanctity and zeal of the noble 
army of martyrs for Jesus Christ. The essential 
peculiarities of the millennial period are represented 
in prophecy as most remarkable. Divine knowledge, 
when all shall be taught of the Lord,' and exem-
plary holiness, will universally prevail ; men of every 
rank and station will be intelligent believers in the 
gospel ; civil rulers will be influenced by the fear of 
God, and directed by his divine oracles ; crimes will 
cease, and liberty, security, and happiness, be enjoyed 
by all mankind. The visible church, formerly divided 
and sectarian, will be united as one harmonious body 
-believing the same doctrines, observing the same 
ordinances, the ministers seeing ' eye to eye,' richly 
replenished with all divine gifts and graces, and ex-
periencing the consolations of the Holy Ghost. Holi-
ness arid righteousness thus producing temperance 
and prolonging health, will secure unexampled hap- 
:kpent 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1550. 
DR. WORCESTER ON THE ADVENTISTS- 
MR. OSIER'S DEFENCE. 
Quite an interest to hear on the subject of the Ad-
vent has been excited in Salem (Mass.), by a late 
sermon, preached by Dr. S. M. WORCESTER, of the 
Tabernacle chinch, in that city, disparaging the views 
of Adventists, as held by the church of Adventists in 
to their old Hebrew notions." Where did he get 
those Hebrew notions I Not from the Jews ; for 
they, disbelieving his first coming, could have no 
faith ill his second. And if PETER was only cling-
ing to "Jewish notions," the two in white apparel, 
must have been clinging to the same ; and their " no-
tions " were received in the court of heaven. 
We now inquire, Under what circumstances did 
PETER utter his declarations respecting CHRIST'S re-
turn? Just previous to the ascension, the disciples 
inquired of the SAVIOUR, " Wilt thou at this time 
restore again the kingdom to Israel ?"-Acts 1:6. 
" And lie said unto them, It is not for you to know 
the times or seasons which the Father hath put in his 
own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the 
Holy Ghost is come upon you" (vs. 7, 8)-power 
for what?-not to utter old Jewish notions, but to be 
witnesses of the truth : " and ye shall be witnesses 
unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." 
-v. 8. It was after the Holy Ghost had come-af-
ter the miraculous gift of tongues (Acts 2:3), that 
PETER uttered the testimony referred to. He was at 
this time a recognized witness of JESUS. If, then, 
this was an old Hebrew notion, every doctrine the dis-
ciples promulgated, may be called an old Hebrew no-
tion. If PETER did not make this declaration under 
the influence of the Holy Spirit-if he was not then 
inspired-when did he become inspired? When did 
the disciples give up their false hopes? On a subse-
quent occasion, PETER affirms that " we have not fol-
lowed cunningly-devised fables," - or, in the lan-
guage of the Doctor, " old Jewish notions,"-" when 
we made known unto you the power and coming of 
our Lord JESUS CHRIST, but were eye-witnesses of 
his majesty. For he received from GoD the Father 
honor and glory, when there came such a voice to 
him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved 
Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice 
which came from heaven we heard, when we were 
with him in the holy mount."-2 Pet. 1:16-18. On 
the mount, MOSES and ELIJAH appeared in glory, and 
CHRIST was transfigured, so that his countenance 
was altered to its kingly majesty, and his raiment 
was white and glistening. It is a coming like that, 
PETER would teach us, he looked for ; and for which 
he desired to stir up the pure minds of the early 
Christians, by way of remembrance-well-knowing 
that there should " come in the last days scoffers, 
walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is 
the promise of his coming?" 
But the Doctor admits that the coming of CHRIST, 
taught in 2 Thess. 1:7, when " the LORD JESUS shall 
be revealed in flaming fire," is beyond doubt the true 
evangelical restitution of all things. And where, 
we ask, is the difference between this coming, and 
the coming taught by PETER? That is the coming 
and restitution for which we look. 
The Doctor says : - 
" Concerning the second coming of Christ, there 
are four modes in which it is generally believed : 1st. 
The majority of the church believe as we do, that at 
Christ's coming the resurrection of all will take place 
-the just and the unjust ; and, after that the judg-
ment. Hence, Christ comes •when all are raise&sitid. 
Christ comes when the believer has a clear view of 
the Saviour's glory. He read from Whitfield the 
story of a man, much burdened with a deep sense of 
his sins, who, at length receiving peace through the 
belief in the atonement of Christ, cried out, Christ 
has come ! he has come ! he has come ! ' 3d. Christ 
comes at death, when the spirit has been taken to the 
bosom of the Father. And, 4th. He came at the ta-
king of Jerusalem. But the idea is preposterous, 
that the bodily presence shall ever be seen." 
Mr. OSLER remarked, that the idea of a simultane-
eous resurrection of all men at the same time could 
not be harmonized with the following texts : " But 
when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, 
the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed : for 
they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be rec-
ompensed at the resurrection of the just."-Luke 14: 
13, 14. Why does the evangelist speak of the res-
urrection of the just, as the time of their reward, if 
the wicked are to be raised at the same time? 
Again, the SAVIOUR said : 66 But they which shall 
be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the 
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are 
given in marriage : neither can they die any more : 
for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the chil-
dren of GOD, being the children of the resurrection." 
-Luke 20:35, 36. But if all are to be raised at the 
same time, how can any attain unto the resurrection 
from the dead? Can a part of this audience go out 
from the audience, when all go out at the same time? 
If the Doctor is correct in his view of a resurrection 
of all men at CHRIST'S coming, and all men are to be 
blessed who attain to that resurrection, then all men 
will be alike blessed. From this we dissent. We 
are told that the subjects of this resurrection will be 
equal unto the angels, being the children of the res- 
urrection. Of what resurrection? 
Ans.-Of the 
resurrection of the just. Why call it the resurrec- 
tion of the just, if it is the resurrection of all Men ? 
Why call the righteous the children of the resurrec-
tion, if all are the children of the resurrection ? Tr 
the children of the resurrection are the children of 
God, are to be equal to the angels, and are to die no 
more, how can the wicked have a part in it? 
Again : " For since by man came death, by man 
came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made 
alive. But every man in his own order : CHRIST the 
first-fruits ; afterward they that are CHRIST'S at his 
coming."-1 Cor. 15:21--23. If those are CHRIST'S 
who are to be raised at his coming, then the-Dr. can-
not be correct in his statement that all are raised at 
his coming. If all are then raised, why is the dis-
tinction of " they that are CHRIST'S," made here? 
Again : " For the LORD himself shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of GOD : and the dead in CHRIST 
shall rise first."-1 Thess. 4:16. Why is the distinc-
tion made here of " the dead in CHRIST," if all are 
to be raised first,-before the change of " we which 
are alive and remain ?" 
Again, PAUL counted all things but loss for the ex-
cellency of CHRIST. Why so? He says : " That I 
may know him, and the power of his resurrection, 
and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made con- 
heavens, with increased fertility to the earth. Peace 
reigning in every region throughout the world ; indi-
viduals, families, and nations, by believing in Jesus 
and obeying his gospel, will be exempted from the 
calamities produced by unsanctified passions ; and the 
whole race of men be blessed under the spiritual reign 
of Messiah." 
These fifty ministers and editors say the thousand 
years are one thousand years, and that every soul will 
then be a child of GOD. If Dr. W. is correct, all 
those are neither learned nor competent. They are 
all wrong, or the Doctor is. In the 11th of Isaiah, 
GoD expressly declares, before that blessed time is 
spoken of, that " he shall smite the earth with the 
rod of his mouth ; and with the breath of his lips 
shall he slay the wicked."-v. 4. If slaying the 
wicked will convert them, then will all the wicked 
be converted. In the 60th of Isaiah, we read : " Vio-
lence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor 
destruction within thy borders ; but thou shalt call 
thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The sun 
shall be no more thy light by day ; neither for bright-
ness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the 
LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy 
God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; 
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself : for the LORD 
shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy 
mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be 
all righteous : they shall inherit the land forever, the 
branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I 
may be glorified." - vs. 18-21. This must be the 
same state as that described in Rev. 21st and 22d-
the glorified state ; for the LAMB is the light thereof : 
CHRIST must be there personally. 
The Doctor amits that then will be the new hea-
vens and new earth ; but JOHN states that then " Goo 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there 
shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 
neither shall there be any more pain : for the former 
things are passed away!'-21:4. Dr. W. and those 
who believe with him, believe that in the millennium 
there will be death. JOHN says, " They shall see 
his face."-22:4. But Dr. W. says the idea is pre-
posterous', that the bodily presence shall ever be seen. 
How can the apostle and the Doctor both be right? 
Which shall we believe ? 
The Doctor said, that "according to the Scriptures, 
no man knoweth the hour, day, or year, of CHRIST'S 
coming, nor ever can know ; but should always be 
ready for his coming, either at death or at the judg-
ment. The safest course will be to stop where reve-
lation leaves us." 
We say, Stop where revelation leaves us : but 
where does revelation leave us? Says the SAVIOUR, 
" Now learn a parable of the fig-tree : When his 
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know 
that summer is nigh : so likewise ye, when ye shall 
see all these things, know that it [the second Advent; 
is near, even-at the doors."-Matt. 24: 32, 33. 
The Doctor said : " But there are some who hold 
the doctrine of Millennarianism, who expect a per-
sonal reign of Christ with his saints. The general 
idea amongst them is, that Christ will he in the body, 
and also his saints. They wilh, of course, marry, 
and be given in marriage. The Jews are to be gath-
ered, and the temple re-built, at Jerusalem. It is al-
so supposed that the Jews will be raised from the 
dead. Whether they are to enter into former rela-
tions, I have never been able to find out. But to be-
lieve this requires. I must say, a great deal of faith, 
and a great deal of credulity." 
He says, " of course they will marry, and be giv-
en in marriage "-if the saints are in the body. We 
do not believe this. Why ? Because we stop where 
revelation leaves us.-Said the SAVIOUR: " They 
which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, 
and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, 
nor are given in marriage."-Luke 20:35. If to be-
lieve this requires a great deal of faith, and a great 
deal of credulity, then we have just as much as is 
required by the gospel. We believe that the pious 
Jews, and the pious only, will be raised at CHRIST'S 
coming. If the Doctor does not know whether they 
are to enter into their former relations, why does he 
refer to it as an objection to the doctrine? As we do 
not believe in the restoration of the Jews, and the re-
building of the temple, we leave it to those who do, 
to defend it. 
We now come to another class of arguments. The 
Doctor said :- 
" The belief of the personal reign brings disas-
trous and legitimate consequences. He instanced 
PAPIAS, etc. ; said that in the eleventh century many 
gave away their all to monasteries, thinking that 
CHRIST would come, and hurried to Jerusalem to meet 
him. These were crusaders. THOMAS MuNZER, 
king JOHN, of Munster, and his adherents, attempted 
to establish this doctrine with fire and sword, in Ger-
many ; but LUTHER withstood them. These were a 
turbulent band of fanatics, who were nearly all exe-
cuted for high treason. EDWARD IRVING, who in-
troduced strange tongues. A fellow-laborer of his, 
-JOSEP WOLFF,-stigmatized all those churches and 
persons who did not believe in the literal view. 
6 I 
do not expect,' says he, to rule over creatures in 
flesh and blood in the renovated earth." These hal-
lucinations in a Jew may not seem so singular, be-
cause they expect to sit nearest the King. About 
fifty years ago a man at New Haven believed this doc-
trine, and persuaded his father to erect a large build-
ing on the coast, to receive all the Jews on their way 
to Jerusalem. He was insane ; and in all charity, 
we may think so of these men. In every age, here 
are many who can be wrought on, by the fear of corn-
ing judgment, and there are many ready to take ad-
vantage of their credulity." 
Admitting that all the evils above enumerated ex-
isted among those who believed our views ; would it 
follow that they resulted from such belief 1 If so, 
the evils which existed in the Corinthian church 
must have been the results of Christianity. PAUL 
refused to speak unto them " as unto spiritual ; but 
as unto carnal."-1 Cor. 3:1. He reminded them 
that things were commonly reported of them, which 
were " not so much as named among the Gentiles." 
-5:1. Were those things the result of their believ-
ing in CHRIST? No, they were because they had 
departed from his precepts-from the literal teach-
ings of his Word, 
that place. 
Dr. WORCESTER is a man of commanding talents 
and good address ; and is in the prime of life. He 
has a large church, which, we believe, is the leading 
orthodox Congregational church in Salem. On Sun-
day the 17th of March, he gave notice from his pulpit 
that on the next Sabbath evening,-March 24th,-he 
should deliver a discourse on what the Scriptures 
teach respecting CHRIST'S second coming. Such an 
announcement, of course, called out many believers 
in CHRIST'S near coming to hear. The discourse 
proved to be an attack on the Adventists, as repre-
sented by the church in Salem ; and as such, called 
forth a reply, on Thursday evening, April 4th, from 
Elder LEMUEL OSLER, ministering there. By request 
of the congregation, it was repeated on Thursday 
evening, April 11th On this last occasion, we were 
present, and took notes ; from which, we are able to 
lay the following synopsis of the arguments on both 
sides before our readers : - 
Mr. OSLER reviewed the Doctor from notes taken 
during the delivery of the Doctor's sermon. It is 
very possible that the notes taken may not do full 
justice to the Doctor's position. If they do him in-
justice in any way-if he has been misunderstood, or 
his remarks misapprehended-we shall be happy to 
make full correction. And we here invite the Doctor 
to make any use he pleases of the columns of the 
Thrald, to place himself right before our readers. 
The discourse of Mr. OSLER was preceded by that 
good old missionary hymn :- 
" From Greenland's icy mountains, 
From India's coral strand," &c. 
He wished the audience to remember, that the ser-
mon under review was preached for the purpose of 
showing the people .of Salem the objectional features 
of the views of Adventists ; and to contrast with 
them the Scriptural view of CHRIST'S coming. He 
read the text of Dr. W. :- 
" And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment : so Christ was once offered 
to bear the sins of many ; and unto them that look 
for him shall he appear the second time without sin 
unto salvation."-Heb. 9:27, 28. 
" The Doctor admitted that the church, in the ear-
lier ages of Christianity, was always accustomed to 
speak of Christ's return ; and that the disciples were 
assured ,of this at his ascension, by the two person-
ages who stood by them in white apparel ( Acts 1:10), 
and said to the wondering disciples, Why stand ye 
gazing up into heaven 1, This same Jesus which is 
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.' 
" The ascension of Christ," said the Doctor, " was 
unexpected by the disciples; but Peter proved its ac-
cordance with the Scriptures in Acts 2:25-36. In 
the earlier address of Peter, we hear him say : Re-
pent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins 
ay be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall 
ome from the presence of the Lord ; and he shall 
end Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto 
u : whom the heaven must receive, until the times 
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken 
the mouth of all his holy prophets, since the world 
an.'-Acts 3 : 19-21. But," said the Doctor, 
eter was then clinging to old Hebrew notions. 
minds of the disciples were but partially enlight- 
; but twelve or fifteen years after Christ's as-
on, they saw more plainly. And as the Messiah 
scended without performing what they had 
for-the establishment of the kingdom-they 
ned their Jewish notions-gave up their false 
and knew only Jesus, and him crucified. For 
die but once ; so Christ died but once ; and he 
die a second time. But when he comes, it 
as the Lord from heaven, with his mighty 
n flaming fire taking vengeance on them that 
t God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
us Christ : who shall he punished with ever-
struction from the presence of the Lord, 
the glory of his power ; when he shall 
glorified in his saints, and to be admired 
that believe (because our testimony among 
lieved) in that day.'-2 Thess. 1:7-10. 
a question, is the true restitution of all 
wished the congregation to note this 
n-that the early church were always 
speak of Cirri isT's return ; and that the 
assured of this by the angels who 
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; and of whose return the early 
ys accustomed to speak. It was he 
am he that liveth, and was dead 
and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and 
have the keys of hell and of death " (Rev. 1 : 18) ; 
who said to his disciples, " Behold my hands and my 
feet, that it is I myself handle me, and see ; for a 
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have " 
(Luke 21:39) ; Who bade THOMAS to put his finger 
in the print of his nails, and to thrust his hand into 
his side ; and who, after his resurrection, ate with the 
disciples a piece of broiled fish and an honey-comb. 
That JESUS, which, quickened by the Holy Spirit, 
ascended into heaven, is to come again. 
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But the belief of most of the men above named 
was the opposite of ours. PAPIAS we claim. Dr. 
DUFFIELD, a distinguished minister of the Presbyte-
rian church in Detroit says : " He was bishop, or 
pastor, of Hierapolis, in Phrygia, and supposed, by 
IREN,EUS, to have been instructed by JOHN, the apostle. 
EUSEBIUS says he was a hearer of JOHN, and asso-
ciate of POLYCARP, and quotes from his historical 
work, in five books, not now extant, entitled an ex-
planation or account of the LORD'S sayings or ora-
cles."—Dul. on the Proph., p. 195. Dr. D. adds : 
" What his [PAPIAS'] language was, in setting forth 
the faith of the apostles, and their cotemporaries, 
about the Millennium, and the kingdom of CHRIST, 
we do not know ; but his statements come to us 
through a prejudiced channel, through EUSEBIUS, who 
was a courtier and philosopher of the Platonic school, 
who lived two hundred years after CHRIST, and 
adopted and extolled the allegorical, or mystical in-
terpretation. The following, nevertheless, is EUSE-
BIUS'S account of PAPIAS'S sentiments and interpre-
tation of the Scriptures : He says there would be 
a certain Millennium after the resurrection, and that 
there would be a corporeal sign of CHRIST on this 
very earth : which things,' adds EUSEBIUS, he ap-
pears to have imagined, as if they were authorized 
by the apostolic narrations, not understanding correct-
ly those matters which they propounded mystically 
in their representations.' 
" It is worthy of remark here, that EUSEBIUS does 
not impeach the veracity of PAPIAS, who does not 
profess to discuss doctrines ; but simply to give a 
narrative of the traditions he derived from those that 
conversed with the apostles, and which, he says, 
were, in the very words of the apostles themselves, 
for the truth and fidelity of which he pledges himself. 
It is also worthy of remark, that EUSEBIUS admits, 
that the plain and literal meaning of the apostolical 
narratives would seem to sanction the views of PA-
PIAS, because he charges him with taking the plain 
meaning, instead of understanding them mystically,' 
and by this means with being led into error. 
" Because PAPIAS displayed no skill in the allegori-
cal or mystical interpretation, EUSEBIUS says he was 
very limited in his comprehension. That is, his Mil-
lennarianism was proof of folly, according to EUSE-
BIUS, whose principles of interpretation were so op-
posite ; yet he admits that he was both eloquent and 
learned in the Scriptures—a far better learning than 
the philosophy of the schools. 
" It is also still more worthy of remark, that how-
ever foolish the views of PAPIAS appeared to EUSE-
BIOS, he was constrained to admit, that the great 
body of ecclesiastical writers coincided with PAPIAS ; 
and he endeavors to account for the fact, by his an- 
tiquity. He was the cause,' says EUSEBIUS, why 
most of the ecclesiastical writers, urging the an-
tiquity of the man, were carried away by the same 
error.' "—Ib., pp. 19621. 
If we may judge of the statements of EUSEBIUS by 
Dr. WORCESTER'S impressions respecting our views, 
we must make great allowance for EUSEBIUS, and 
conclude that PAPIAS was much more sound and or-
thodox than EUSEBIUS represents him. If the ac-
count of EusEsius is correct, and PAPIAS did run into 
extravagance, as EUSEBIUS states that he was a hear-
er of JOHN, may we not conclude—according to Dr. 
WORCESTER'S own argument—that his views were 
the result of JOHN'S teachings? 
As EuSEBIUS admits that the great body of ecclesi-
astical writers of that day coincided with PAPIAS, 
if Dr. WORCESTER is correct in his argument, that 
those views lead to disastrous excesses, why does he 
not instance the excesses of POLYCARP, JUSTIN MAR-
TYR, IGNATIUS, CLEMENT of Rome, and others, of 
the `great body" of that faith? Of POLYCARP, 
" EUSEBIUS bears the highest testimony, saying that 
he had been instructed by the apostles, and had fami-
liar intercourse with many who had seen CHRIST, 
and whom, he says, he had himself seen, while he 
was a youth, having lived to a great age, and died at 
last a martyr, A. D. 167—this pattern of orthodoxy, 
as he was regarded by EUSEBIUS, beside other allu-
sions to the same subject, says, in his epistle to the 
Philippians, so therefore let us serve (CHRIST) with 
fear and all reverence, according as He commanded, 
and the apostles have preached the gospel to us, and 
the prophets, who have heralded the advent of our 
Lord JESUS CHRIST, being zealous of good works, 
abstaining from scandals and false brethren, even 
those who hypocritically bear the name of the LORD, 
and who make vain men to err."—Duf., p. 194. 
As testimony of this nature can be given for those 
of our views, it follows that they do not necessarily 
lead to disastrous results. 
The Crusaders : " The foundation of these cru-
sades to Jerusalem was a superstitious veneration for 
those places where our Saviour performed his mira-
cles, and accomplished the work of man's redemp-
tion. An opinion was about this time prevalent in 
Europe, which made these pilgrimages much more 
frequent than formerly.—It was imagined that the 
thousand years of Rev. 20th were fulfilled; that 
Christ was soon to make his appearance in Palestine, 
to judge the world ; and consequently, that journeys 
to that country were highly meritorious and necessa-
ry."—Encyc., p. 429. 
As they believed the thousand years were past, and 
we believe them future, their belief differed from ours. 
As they believed the thousand years preceded the ad-
vent ; in that respect they agreed with Dr. WORCES-
TER. Had they regarded the literal teachings of 
CHRIST in the 24th of Matthew, they would never 
have gone to Jerusalem. They went there to find 
CHRIST. The Bible says, that " as the lightnino-
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the 
west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man 
be."—Matt. 24:27. We stop there, because revela-
tion there stops.. It was their departure from revela- 
tion which led them to Jerusalem. But if CHRIST 
came at the destruction of Jerusalem, why should 
they not go there? (!!) 
How was it with M.UNZER and his adherents? 
" There were dwelling at Zwickau a few men, 
who, being deeply moved by the events passing 
around them, looked for special and direct revela-
tions from the Deity, instead of desiring, in meek-
ness and simplicity, the sanctification of their affec-
tions.. These persons asserted that they were corn- 
missioned to complete that Reformation which, in 
their view, Luther had but feebly begun. What is 
the use,' asked they, of such application to the Bi-
ble? Nothing is heard of but the BIBLE. Can the 
Bible preach to us ? Can it suffice for our instruc-
tion ? If God had intended to instruct us by a book, 
would he not have given us a Bible direct from hea-
ven? It is only the SPIRIT that can enlighten ! God 
himself speaks to us, and shows us what to do and 
say.' Thus did these fanatics, playing into the hands 
of Rome, impugn the fundamental principle on which 
the whole Reformation is based : namely, the perfect 
su,
sufficiency of the word of God. 
Nicolas Storch, a weaver, publicly declared that 
the angel Gabriel had appeared to him by night, and 
after revealing to him matters he was riot allowed to 
divulge, had uttered the words, Thou shalt sit on 
my throne ! ' A senior student of Wittemberg, 
named Mark Stubner, joined Storch, and forthwith 
abandoned his studies ; for, according to his own 
statement, he had received immediately from God the 
ability to interpret Holy Scripture. Mark Thomas, 
also a weaver, associated himself with them ; and 
another of the initiated, by name Thomas Munzer, a 
man of fanatical turn of mind, gave to the new sect 
a regular organization. Resolving to act according 
to the axample of Christ, Storch chose from among 
his followers twelve apostles and seventy disciples. 
All these loudly proclaimed, as we have lately heard 
it asserted by a sect of our own days, that apostles 
and Prophets were at last restored to the Church. 
" Ere long, the new prophets, in accordance with 
this plan of adhering to the example of those of holy 
writ, began to declare their mission. Wo, wo !' 
they exclaimed ; a church under human governors, 
corrupted like the bishops, cannot be the church of 
Christ. . . . When the earth shall have been purified 
by blood, supreme power shall be given to Storch, to 
install the saints in the government of the earth.' " 
" The pretensions of a handful of fanatics to divine 
inspiration added to the danger. Whilst the Reforma-
tion constantly appealed from the authority claimed 
by the church to the real authority of the Sacred 
Word, those enthusiasts rejected not only the au-
thority of the church, but that of Scripture also ; they 
began to speak only of an inward Word, an internal 
revelation from God ; and, unmindful of the natural 
corruption of their hearts, they abandoned themselves 
to the intoxication of spiritual pride, and imagined 
themselves to be saints. 
" The Sacred Writings,' said Luther, were 
treated by them as a dead letter, and their cry was, 
" The Spirit ! the Spirit !" But assuredly, I, for 
one, will not follow whither their spirit is leading 
them l• May God, in his mercy, preserve me from a 
church in which there are only such saints.' 
" The most noted of these enthusiasts was Thomas 
Munzer.. . . With little knowledge of his own heart, 
and wanting in true .humility, he was taken up with 
the desire of reforming the world, and, like the gene-
rality of enthusiasts, forgot that it was with himself 
he should begin. Certain mystical writings which 
he had read in his youth, had given a false direction 
to his thoughts. 
" The revelations of the Spirit, according to him, 
were the means by which the reformation he was 
charged with should be effected. He who hath the 
Spirit,' said he, hath true faith, although he should 
never once in all his life see the Holy Scriptures.' " 
—D'Aubigne, pp. 273, 274, 320, 321. 
Thus their belief was the opposite of ours. The 
Doctor objects to us that we are literalists : was MUN-
ZER a literalist? He and his adherents claimed to be 
guided by the Spirit, without the aid of the Bible.—
We take it as the only rule of our faith and practice. 
We agree with LUTHER, in denouncing their depart-
ures from its teachings, and rely on the perfect suffi-
ciency of the word of GoD. The preaching of Ad-
ventists has created a demand for Bibles—their teach-
ings set it aside. They believed that the earth would 
be purified with blood : we that it will be purified 
with fire. How were their minds addled? It was 
because " they undertook to reform the world;" and 
those hallucinations were the result of reading mys-
tical writings. We by reading the Bible believe the 
world cannot be reformed, and that the gospel will 
only gather men out of every nation, and kindred, 
and tongue, and people. Those who think they can 
" reform the world " are among our opponents. Why 
did LUTHER oppose these fanatics? Because he held 
with us, and looked for the personal coming of 
CHRIST. 
" 1 will rouse the choler of that Italian beast,' 
said Luther. He kept his word. In his answer, he 
proved by the revelations of Daniel and St. John, by 
the epistles of St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Jude, that 
the kingdom of Antichrist, predicted and described 
in the Bible, was no other than the Papacy. I know 
for certain,' said he, in conclusion, that our Lord 
Jesus Christ liveth and reigneth. In the strength of 
that assurance I could face ten thousand popes, and 
never shrink. May God visit us at length according 
to his infinite power, and hasten the day of the glo-
rious appearing of his Son, in which he shall destroy 
that man of sin. And let all the people say, Amen.' " 
—D' Aubigne, p. 178. 
King JOHN of Munster differed from us in three 
very essential particulars. He quit his thimble and 
shears to set up the kingdom of GOD in this world, 
before the resurrection. We believe that CHRIST 
alone will establish his kingdom, that it will be in 
the coming age, and after the resurrection. We leave 
it to those who think to establish CHRIST'S kingdom 
by human agency, before the resurrection, in the pres-
ent world, to defend their views, against the excesses 
of King JOHN. 
The case of IRVING. The Doctor has shown why 
his course was disastrous. He introduced strange 
tongues, and departed from the literal teachings of 
the Bible. 
So with WOLF. While he held some things in 
common with us, he expected to reign over flesh and 
blood, in opposition to our views ; for we stop where 
the Bible does, and believe that flesh and blood cannot 
inherit the kingdom of GoD. Why object to our 
views because somebody else has believed something 
diametrically opposed to them? 
Take the case of AUSTIN, who erected a building 
for the Jews at New Haven, Ct. What has that to 
do with the belief of those who have no faith in the 
Jews' return'? We might as well argue that PETER 
was a lunatic, because SIMON MAGUS thought the gift 
of the Holy Ghost could be purchased with money ! ! ! 
The Doctor objects to us that we do not believe in 
the Jews' return ; and yet complains that a man got 
crazy by believing in their return. 
He says that many in every age can be wrought 
upon by fear of coming judgments. Yes, " by faith 
NOAH, being warned of God of things not seen as 
yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving 
of his house ; by the which he condemned the world, 
and became heir of the righteousness which is by 
faith."—Heb. 11:7. Fear of coming judgment drove 
LOT from Sodom. It moved the Christians to flee to 
Pella, from the impending judgments on Jerusalem. 
But lie says many are ready to take advantage of 
their credulity ! The prophets were complained of 
by Israel for predicting corning judgments. CHRIST 
preached repentance, because the kingdom of heaven 
was at hand : and PAUL says, " Knowing the terror 
of the LORD, we persuade men."-2 Cor. 5:11. The 
fathers pursued a similar course, and we are willing 
to be found in their company. 
The Doctors says :— 
" Of late many books have been written, showing 
that the Jews are to be restored to Palestine, and of-
fer as in former days burnt offerings, and rebuild 
Ezekiel's temple. One of the sons of Keith has 
been to the Holy Land to Daguerreotype all the 
views, that he may show to the resurrected, or future 
Jew, what the land was before Christ restored it.—
This is the terrestrial glorification of the Hebrew race. 
The Jews on both sides of the water, are stiff advo-
cates for this view. There are happily a few who do 
not hold it." 
He adds :— 
" These Millennarians are generally called Lite-
ralists. They insist upon a literal interpretation, 
against all commentators, lexicographers, and against 
reason and common sense. This doctrine is nowhere 
taught plainly in the Bible, but by twisting Scripture 
in the most unwarrantable way. Absurdity ! Un-
warrantable presumption ! My objection is, that it 
is too earthy, too sensual for Christians. It Judaizes 
the gospel ; beginning in the Spirit, and ending in 
the flesh. Revolting absurdity ! The ritual has been 
nailed to the cross ; will it be taken down again? and 
so have Christ crucified again? and then have the 
passover? 
Then old David must reign on the earth 
again." 
The Doctor has cleared us of all this by saying of 
us, that 
" Of the Jews they make a summary disposal, by 
saying he is not a Jew who is one outwardly.' " 
Those who believe in the Jews' return, the re-
building of the temple, and the restoration of sacri-
fices, may defend themselves, if disposed. We yield 
to none in the question of a literal interpretation of 
the Scriptures ; but do not think that such views are 
thus sustained. 
We do not go against all commentators, &c. The 
Doctor has already admitted that we have the early 
Christians on our side, the two in white, and PETER. 
We also have LUTHER, Sir ISAAC NEWTON, Bishop 
NEWTON, Dr. GILL,' JOHN WESLEY, and a host of 
otliVs. Says MOURANT BROCK, a minister of the 
Church of England :— 
" It is not merely in Great Britain that the expec-
tation of the near return of the Redeemer is enter-
tained, and the voice of warning raised, but also in 
America, India, and on the continent of Europe. I 
was lately told by one of our German missionaries, 
that in Wirtemburgh there is a Christian colony of 
several hundreds, one of the chief features of which 
is the looking for the second Advent. And a Chris-
tian minister from near the shores of the Caspian Sea 
has told me, that there is the same daily expectation 
among his nation. They constantly speak of it as 
the day of consolation.' In a little publication, en-
titled The Millennium,' the writer says that he un-
derstands in America about 300 ministers of the 
Word are thus preaching the gospel of the king-
dom ;' whilst in this country, he adds, about 700 of 
the Church of England are raising the same cry." 
The Doctor says :— 
" Pres. Edwards, while writing his celebrated 
work on redemption, was shown a work of this kind, 
and expressed his astonishment, by saying, I am at 
a loss to imagine the purpose of its author. 
Was it 
written in burlesque? or was he insane ?' 'Well may 
we be amazed in our day, for where in the Scriptures 
is one word for such a faith ? For we might as well 
believe the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel to be lite-
ral, as the resurrection in Rev. 20th to be literal.—
Short sighted mortals to look into these things." 
The Doctor believes the second resurrection is 
literal : then why not the first? This resurrection 
cannot he a spiritual one. 1. Because the meaning 
of the word is against it. 2. If the first resurrection 
is spiritual, the second must be. The second must 
be similar in nature, as well as the second in order, 
to have it said with propriety, " the second resurrec-
tion." 3. If those who have part in the first resur-
rection have been spiritually dead, then those who 
lived not again until the thousand years were finished 
must also have been spiritually dead, for those resur-
rected were from those that remained. Hence the 
word " rest" of the dead. 4. If the first resurrec-
tion consists of the operation of God's spirit on the 
heart, when, since the days of Abel, has it not been 
going on? 5. Those only are blessed and holy, and 
escape the second death, who have part in the first 
resurrection. 6. What need of a martyr spirit when 
the devil is chained ? 7. Those who are raised at 
the termination of the thousand years are deceived by 
the devil, and experience the second death.—v. 14. 
8. They are called Gog and Magog, (v. 8,) and can-
not include any righteous. 9. All of them gather 
around the camp of the saints, and then are devoured 
with fire, and meet the doom of the devil.—v. 15. —
10. The Scriptures cannot be harmonized with that 
view. 
The Doctor says, we may as well believe that the 
valley of dry bones, in the 37th of Ezekiel, is a lite-
ral resurrection, as to believe that this is. We be-
lieve there are the same arguments for the one as for 
the other, and consequently understand that a literal 
resurrection is symbolized in that vision. 
Again the Doctor says :— 
" But after all this, would it have been expected 
that- it would be preached again ? None but an 
ignorant, and an insane man, would have supposed 
he could raise again this delusion in this age. But 
so it is." 
" That man was William Miller, who, with ef-
frontery beyond all description, brought together and 
repeated this faith. Serious, presumptive, and im-
pious pretenders ! Monstrous imposture and delu-
sion, beyond all precedent ! No man knows the time. 
It may be 6000 or 60,000 years. The effrontery of 
these false prophets is the more unaccountable, as 
Daniel did not know. They presume to teach Christ 
himself, who did not know the time of Jerusalem's 
destruction, much less the end of the world. Wil-
liam Miller, this impious impostor, the scourge of 
the land—this same Miller and his ignorant disciples, 
brought the end of the world to '43. As the end of 
the world would not come in '43, so '43 was length-
ened out to '44, and '44 to '45, and '45 to '46, and so 
to '50. Now the time is fixed for the spring of '50. 
If I mistake not, April 3d is the day. Of the man-
ner in which they have outraged common sense, it is 
not necessary to speak. Their papers and hooks 
show this." 
" But of their outraging the Holy Spirit ! Not to 
speak of their spirit heated and inflamed ! Beware 
of giving away to these seducing spirits, and doc-
trines of devils. The literalizers, from the fanatical 
Muggleton to the insane Miller, are vain, presump-
tuous, weak. I once heard this ignorant Miller. A 
similar farrago of nonsense is seldom heard. A nui-
sance to society. He deserves the rebuke of the 
church and the world. A cloud of little Millers are 
now abroad to pester the world. Bold wicked 'Wil-
liam Miller. He taught that the earth would be 
cleansed by fire, and the saints would come down 
from mid air, with Christ, and dwell with him in the 
New Jerusalem. These were the dcctrines of this 
man and his followers, according to their ignorant 
and presumptuous interpretations. This view takes 
from the beautiful spirit system." 
On the principle that hard words are hard argu-
ments, we are vanquished. We do not regard them 
as such. They are weapons which may be resorted 
to by the defenders of any cause, irrespective of its 
goodness or badness. The necessity of resorting to 
them is indicative of the absence of more weighty 
arguments. Had we only such arguments at our 
command, we ought, as honest men, to renounce a 
position which can only be thus defended. Children 
may thus be frightened, but are not thus instructed. 
Insane people may be terrified, but not recovered, 
by such means. If we are ignorant, we are to he 
commissorated,—not denounced. The Jews said of 
CHRIST, he had a devil, and to PAUL, Thou art mad : 
and the Romanists said of the reformers, " What are 
all these Lutherans ? a motley rabble of ignorant 
grammarians, licentious priests, disorderly monks, 
ignorant advocates, degraded nobles, misled and per-
verted plebians."—D' Aubigne, p. 187. 
If the earth may continue 6000 or 60,000 years 
longer, how can the Doctor's previous assertion res-
pecting the seventh millennary be correct? If CHRIST 
did not know the time of Jerusalem's destruction, 
how could he have known that that generation would 
not pass away ? and how could he tell his disciples 
when they should flee to the mountains? If lie knows 
nothing of the time of his second coming, how could 
he have left on record the injunction, " And when 
these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and 
lift up your heads : for your redemption draweth 
nigh. . . . When ye see these things come to pass, 
know ye that the kingdom of GOD is nigh at hand ?" 
Mr. MILLER did believe that the LORD would come 
in '43-4. He was disappointed in his expectations. 
As an honest man, lie confessed his mistake to the 
world. But his views did not turn on a mere point 
of time. His chronologers failed him. They also 
failed others wiser than he claimed to be. There was 
not a point in his views that he claimed as original ; 
and not one that has not been admitted by some one 
or other of his opponents. He did not lengthen out 
'44 to '45, '45 to '46, and so on to '50. He, nor any 
in his confidence, sanctioned any such procedure. 
If our " books and papers " show that we have out-
raged common sense, our books and papers will speak 
for themselves. If we have outraged the Holy Spi-
rit, we are surely culpable ; but wherein AVO have 
done it, the Doctor has not shown. If we have a 
heated and inflamed spirit, we should be admonished 
to study gentleness and meekness. If we are buffeted 
for our faults, we will take it patiently. If all man-
ner of evil is spoken of us falsely, we will rejoic, 
and be exceeding glad ; " for so persecuted they tl 
prophets." If our converts to CHRIST have been li 
away by seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, /e 
should like to have them examined by Ch-eisan 
teachers, and reclaimed from such malign influer'es. 
The reference to literalists is an extract fror 
Cox's sermon preached at Pittsfield. We aresorTY 
that Dr. W. has not in his possession the re,ow of 
that sermon. 
The Doctor says that Mr. MILLER taUgiliLhat the 
earth would he cleansed by fire. So did no/N1uNzER 
teach ; so did PETER. Mr. MILLER so Might, be-
cause he read, " But the heavens and the Oh, which 
are now, by the same word are kept in stot, reserved 
unto fire against the day of judgment aid perdition 
ie LORD will 
'Well the hea- 
e, and the ele- 
earth also, and 
tuned up. See- 
e dissolved, what 
all holy conver-
7, 10, 11. 
The Doctor says Mr. M. taught that the saints 
would come down from mid air aid dwell with CHRIST 
in the New Jerusalem. He dig thus teach, because 
he read, " For the LORD hiasef shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with thevoice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of GOD: and the dead in CHRIST 
shall rise first : then we wlach are alive and remain 
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be 
with the LORD."--1 The:3s. 4:16, 17. " And I JOHN 
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coining down from 
GOD out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for 
her husband. . . And the city hath no need of the 
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glo-
ry of Goo did lighten it, and the LAMB is the light 
of ungodly men. . . . But the day o 
so come as a thief in the night ; in th 
yens shall pass away with a great n 4 
merits shall melt with fervent heat, 
the works that are therein, shall bi 
ing then that all these things shall 
manner of persons ought ye to bees 
 
sation and godliness ?"-2 Pet. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
103 
thereof. And the nations of them which are saved 
shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the 
earth do bring their glory and honor into it. And 
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day : for 
there shall be no night there. And they shall bring 
the glory and honor of the nations into it."—Rev. 
21:2, 23-26. " And there shall be no more curse • 
but the throne of Goo and of the LAMB shall be in it; 
and his servants shall serve him : and they shall see 
his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 
And there shall be no night there ; and they need no 
candle, neither light of the sun ; for the LORD GOD 
giveth them light : and they shall reign forever and 
ever. And he said unto me, These sayings are faith-
ful and true. And the LORD GOD of the holy proph. 
ets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things 
which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quick-
ly : blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the 
prophecy of this book."-22 : 3-7. Believing these 
things, and stopping where revelation left him, he 
thus taught. Why should he not? 
But " this view takes from the beautiful spiritual 
system." It may take from a beautiful spiritual sys-
tem ; for there are many of them : ANN LEE had 
hers ; SwEDENsoRG, his ; the Mormons, theirs ; the 
German Neologists, theirs. We are not told which 
of these systems it takes from. We trust it does not 
take from the system revealed in the Scriptures of 
truth. 
The Doctor then read from the declaration of the 
Church of Adventists in Salem, the following " Im-
portant Truths," taken from the " Declaration of 
Principles, by the Mutual General Conference of Ad-
ventists, at Albany, N. Y., April 29th, 1815 :"— 
" IMPORTANT TRUTHS. 
" 1st. That the heavens and earth which are now, 
by the word of God, are kept in store, reserved unto 
fire against the day of judgment and perdition of un-
godly men. That the day of the Lord will come as 
a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works 
that are therein, shall be burned up. That the Lord 
will create new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
righteousness—that is, the righteous—will forever 
dwell. (2 Pet. 3 : 7, 10, 13.) And that the kingdom 
and the dominion under the whole heaven, shall be 
given to the people of the saints of the Most High, 
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all 
dominions shall serve and obey him. (Dan. 7:27.) 
" 2d. That there are but two advents, or appear-
ing,s, of the Saviour to this earth. (Heb. 9:28.) That 
both are personal and visible. (Acts 1:9, 11.) That 
the first took place in the days of Herod, (Matt. 2:1,) 
when He was conceived of the Holy Ghost, (Matt. 
1:18,) born of the Virgin Mary, (Matt. 1 : 25,) went 
about doing good, (Matt. 11:5,) suffered on the cross, 
the just for the unjust, (1 Pet. 3 : 18,) died, (Luke 
23:46,) was buried, (Luke 23 : 53,) arose again the 
third day, the first fruits of them that slept, (1 Cor. 
15:4,) and ascended into the heavens, (Luke 24:510 
which must receive him until the times of the resti-
tution of all things, spoken of by the mouth of all 
the holy prophets. (Acts 3 : 21.) That the second 
coming, or appearing, will take place when he shall 
descend from heaven at the sounding of the last 
trump, to give his people rest, (1 Thess. 4 : 15, 17 ; 
1 Cur. 15:52,) being revealed from heaven in flaming 
fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, 
and obey not the gospel. (2 Thess. 1:7, 8.) And that 
he will judge the quick and the dead at his appearing 
and kingdom. (2 Tim. 4:1.) 
" 3d. That the second coming, or appearing, is in-
dicated to be now emphatically nigh, even at the 
doors, (Matt. 24 : 33,) by the chronology of the pro-
phetic periods, (Dan. 7:25 ; 8:14 ; 9:24 ; 12:7, 11, 12 ; 
Rev. 9:10, 15 ; 11:2, 3 ; 12:6, 14 ; 13:5,) the fulfil-
ment of prophecy, (Dan. 2d, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, and 
12th ; Rev. 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 17th,) 
and the signs of the times. (Matt. 24:29 ; Luke 21 : 
25, 26.) And that this truth should be preached 
both to saints and sinners, that the first may rejoice, 
knowing their redemption draweth nigh, (Luke 21 : 
28 ; 1 Thess. 4 : 18,) and the last be warned to flee 
from the wrath to come, (2 Cor. 5 : 11,) before the 
Master of the house shall rise up and shut too the 
door. (Luke 13:24, 25.) 
" 4th. That the condition of salvation is repentance 
toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 
20 : 21 ; Mark 1 : 15.) And that those who have re-
pentance and faith, will live soberly. and righteously, 
and godly in this present world, looking for that 
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. (Tit. 2:11-13.) 
" 5th. That there will be a resurrection of the 
bodies of all the dead, (John 5 : 28, 29,) both. of the 
just and the unjust. (Acts 24 : 15.) That those who 
are Christ's will be raised at his coming. (1 Cor. 15 : 
23.) That the rest of the dead will not live again 
until after a thousand years. (Rev. 20:5.) And that 
the saints shall not all sleep, but shall be changed in 
the twinkling of an eye at the last trump. (1 Cur. 
15 : 51, 52.) 
" 6th. That the only millennium taught in the 
word of God is the thousand years which are to in-
tervene between the first resurrection and that of the 
rest of the dead, as inculcated in the 20th of Revela-
tion. (vs. 2-7.) And that the various portions of 
Scripture which refer to the millennial state, are to 
have their fulfilment after the resurrection of all the 
saints who sleep in Jesus. (Isa. 11th ; 35:1, 2, 5-10 ; 
65 : 17-26.) 
" 7th. That the promise that Abraham should be 
the heir of the world was not to him, or to his seed 
through the law, but through the righteousness of 
faith. (Rom. 4 : 13.) That they are not all Israel 
which are of Israel. (Rom. 9 : 6.) That there is no 
difference under the gospel dispensation between Jew 
and Gentile. (Rom. 10 : 12.) That the middle wall 
of partition that was between them is broken down, 
no more to be rebuilt. (Eph. 2 : 14, 15.) That God 
will render to every man according to his deeds.—
(Rom. 2 : 6.) That if we are Christ's, then are we 
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 
(Gal. 3:29.) And that the only restoration of Israel, 
yet future, is the restoration of the saints to the earth, 
created anew, when God shall open the graves of 
those descendants of Abraham who died in faith, 
without receiving the promise, with the believing 
Gentiles, who have been graffed in with them into 
the same olive tree—and shall cause them to come 
up out of their graves, and bring them, with the liv-
ing, who are changed, into the land of Israel. (Ezek. 
37:12 ; Heb. 11:12, 13 ; Rom. 11:17 ; John 5:28, 29.) 
" 8th. That there is no promise of this world's 
conversion. (Matt. 24:14.) That the horn of Papacy 
will war with the saints, and prevail against them, 
until the Ancient of Days shall come, and judgment 
be given to the saints of the Most High, and the time 
come that the saints possess the kingdom. (Dan. 7 : 
21, 22.) That the children of the kingdom, and the 
children of the wicked one, will continue together 
until the end of the world, when all things that of-
fend shall be gathered out of the kingdom, and the 
righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom 
of their Father. (Matt. 13 : 37-43.) That the Man 
of Sin will only he destroyed by the brightness of 
Christ's coming. (2 Thess. 2: 8.) And that the na-
tions of those which are saved, and redeemed to God 
by the blood of Christ, out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and people, and nation, will be made kings 
and priests unto od, to reign forever on the earth. 
(Rev. 5:5, 10 ; 21 : 24.) 
" 9th. That it is the duty of the ministers of the 
Word, to continue in the work of preaching the gos-
pel to every creature, even unto the end, (Matt. 28 : 
19, 20,)—calling- upon them to repent, in view of the 
fact, that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, (Rev. 
14 : 7,)—that their sins may be blotted out, when the 
times of refreshing shall come from the presence of 
the Lord. (Acts 3:19, 20.) 
" And 10th. That the departed saints do not enter 
their inheritance, or receive their crowns, at death. 
(Dan. 12:13; Rev. 6:9-11; Rom. 8:22, 23.) That 
they without us cannot be made perfect. (Heb. 11 : 
40.) That their inheritance, incorruptible and unde-
filled, and that fadeth not away, is reserved in hea-
ven, ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Pet. 1 : 
4, 5.) That there are laid up for them and us crowns 
of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judge 
shall give at the day of Christ, to all that love his 
appearing. (2 Tim. 4 : 8.) That they will only he 
satisfied when they awake in Christ's likeness. (Ps. 
17:15.) And that when the Son of man shall come 
in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, the 
King will say to those on his right hand, Come ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the thundation of the world. (Matt. 25 : 
34.) Then they will be equal to the angels, being 
the children of God and of the resurrection. (Luke 
20:36.)" 
He said :— 
"This form of doctrine was compiled by William 
Miller, and contains much that is good, but it is 
mixed up in a confused, heterogeneous manner ; with 
a reckless, industrious tearing of Scripture. I have 
no doubt but that many good men may be led away 
by it. This is the way the deceiver comes as an an-
gel of light. This is just such a compound as would 
deceive some not well read in the Scriptures. Reck-
less and daring, deceiving, if possible, some of the 
elect. Like frauds in the currency, where there is 
a pure coinage, the more perfect the resemblalk of 
the false, the more it is to be dreaded. Can any one 
be in his right mind and believe such an absurdity? 
If the community were to embrace this, then there 
would be an end to all the noble works and enterprises 
of a social and scientific character,
_ and art would be 
smitten at once to the ground. We hope such may 
be restored to their right minds. But it will not be, 
till great injury has been done. This is too impor-
tant to be passed over. It must be checked by salu-
tary influence. Men ought to use their common 
sense. And if a man does not know how to take 
care of his common sense, he ought to be shown how. 
No man can play the fool without injury to his neigh-
bors. This doctrine strikes the senses, and beguiles 
from the simplicity of Christ. Infidelity has had too 
much occasion to rejoice in the expounding of unful-
filled prophecy. If these doctrines gain ground, then 
will our glorious work be obliged to wait ages on 
ages." 
That form of doctrine was not compiled by WM. 
MILLER, but by a committee appointed for that pur-
pose. How is it calculated to deceive? Does the 
devil take the literal word of GOD to deceive men 
with? He knows that that will convert men from 
his purpose. It was not the result of a labored effort, 
but of a few hours' consultation. It becomes those 
who are well read in the Scriptures, to point out 
what violence is done to the word of GoD, by the 
quotations therein contained. 
If believing them would put an end to works of 
science and art, why did NEWTON pursue his scien-
tific inquiries while entertaining such a faith? Was 
that the reason why he made no farther progress?— 
Were the labors of the Reformers paralyzed by their 
belief in the Second Advent? LUTHER himself con-
fessed, when translating the Scriptures, that he feared 
he should not complete the work before the Lord 
would come ; but did he on that account relinquish 
the work ? No. Those who thus believe remember 
that the SAVIOUR has said, " Lo I am with you al-
ways, even unto the end of the world " (Matt. 28 : 
20) ; and " blessed is that servant whom his LORD 
when he cometh shall find so doing—(34:46)—one 
in the field—another on the house-top. Those who 
thus believe stop where revelation leaves them.—
Some of the most valuable improvements in machine-
ry, of the present day, have been made by Adventists. 
But how shall this belief be checked? What salu-
tary measures shall be resorted to, to restrain such 
as know not how to use their common sense. We 
live in a land where it is our boasted privilege to live 
each under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to 
molest or make afraid. The resort to salutary meas-
ures was the recourse of a darker age. Where there 
is a disposition to resort to such, the want of power 
is all that restrains. Still, if we play the fool, we 
hold ourselves amenable to the common law. 
Does this doctrine beguile from the simplicity of 
CHRIST? Hear the testimony of JOHN : " Every 
man that bath this hope in him purifieth himself, even 
as he is pure."-1 John 3:3. 
If Infidelity takes advantage of the interpretation 
of unfulfilled prophecy ; should, then, none attempt 
to interpret it? Our expositions can be shown to be 
incorrect, only by those who may more correctly in 
terpret it. 
But how can a work of GOD be deferred by the ef-
forts of man for ages on ages ? GOD has said that the 
wrath of man shall praise him, and the remainder 
thereof will he restrain. Hath he spoken, and will 
he not do it? Hath he purposed, and will he not 
bring it to pass? If GOD has a set time for the con-
version of the world, can that set time pass without 
its being accomplished ? 
We suppose the object of this remark was to show 
that our belief hinders missionary efforts. But du-
ring the ten or fifteen years of PETER'S ignorance, 
while it is admitted that he thus believed, did he not 
go with the other apostles everywhere, preaching the 
word ? The SAVIOUR has commanded to go into all 
the world, and preach the gospel to every creature, 
till the end of the world. Those who stop where 
revelation leaves them, will not he disposed to throw 
obstacles in the way of the chariot of salvation. 
The Doctor said : " The preacher who gives his 
mind to such questions, will find himself falling from 
spirituality, and in the study of unfulfilled prophecy 
will find he is but an hair's-breadth from monomania." 
Dr. Cox says : " Rightly to read history is to read 
prophecy ; and wisely to compare them is a noble 
work for the best and the strongest minds, a work 
pre-eminently of profit, pleasure, and piety." 
If the study of prophecy makes men monomaniacal, 
then such men as Drs. TYNG, LORD, DUFFIELD, Bish-
op HENSHAW, etc., are monomaniacs. If the study 
of prophecy leads to such a result, the Doctor is not 
a monomaniac, would he wish us to conclude that he 
has taken his position against our views, without 
first qualifying himself for the work by the study of 
prophecy If so, how are we to place confidence in 
his conclusions? 
The Doctor said : " According to the Adventists, 
the new heavens and earth may come to-morrow.—
Yes, after all is burned up ; and Abraham and the 
Jews are to be brought into the new Jerusalem. I 
call this Milleritish-Millennarianism, or Millennarian-
Millerism." 
No ; according to the Adventists, the new creation 
cannot come to-morrow. Probation may then end, 
and CHRIST come. How long after that before this 
earth is cleansed, we know not ; but we do not expect 
one day will suffice for it. Nor do we believe that 
any Jews will then be brought into the new Jerusa-
lem. Adventists believe, with PAUL, that then " there 
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor 
free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all 
one in CHRIST JESUS."—Gal. 3:26. 
Finally, the Doctor said : " These men say that 
the meteoric showers in '33 were the filling of the 
stars.—The heavenly bodies out of their spheres. It 
was an electrical phenomenon. Let this be strongly 
belived, and a man will be excited ; then enthusiastic ; 
then fanatical ; and then insane. It is not for us to 
lay any interdict on the study of the Word of GOD. 
These impostures are unworthy of a hearing. But 
we cannot hinder any man from hearing dreamers 
or impostors. But let error be unflinchingly ex-
posed, but always in the fear of GOD. There is 
something very dreadful in the idea, that a man should 
rise from reading the Word of GOD to delude his fel-
lows. Beware of being wise above what is written. 
Has he not wisely withheld these things? These 
things present a spectacle, over which humanity and 
religion may we tears of anguish. But still it will 
come. Sinner ! he ready." 
The assertion respecting the falling of the stars is 
another mistake. Adventists believe they were just. 
what Prof. Olmsted declared them to be. A single 
star could not fall from its place in the firmament 
without disarranging the equilibrium of all the heav-
enly bodies. But we are unworthy of a hearing ! 
So said the Pope's Nuncio respecting the Reform-
ers : " The Reformer [LUTHER] and all who took 
part with him, of whatsoever rank or degree, were 
anathematized, and were declared to have forfeited 
fin- themselves all their honors and their worldly 
goods. Every faithful Christian was enjoined, as he 
valued his own soul, to shun all intercourse with that 
accursed crew ; in every place where the heresy had 
gained a footing, it was the duty of the priests on 
Sundays and holidays, at the hour of high mass, sol-
emnly to publish the sentence of excommunication.'
, 
—D'Auhigne, p. 183. The Papists gave, as a rea-
son for so doing, that, " if the axe be not laid at the 
root of this venomous plant,—if the death-blow be 
not dealt against it,—then I behold it covering Christ's 
heritage with its branches, changing the vineyard of 
the Lord into a howling wilderness, converting God's 
kingdom into a haunt of wild beasts ; plunging Ger-
many into the same wretched condition of barbarism 
and desolation to which Asia has been reduced by 
the superstition of Mohammed."—/b., p. 187. 
The most effectual interdict which can be laid on 
the Word of GOD is to make men believe that the 
study of it tends to monomania! 
" Beware of being wise above what is written." 
So say we. Adhere closely to the Word of GOD ; 
but pervert not the words of inspiration. Where 
revelation stops, there stop. 
" But still, it will come." What will come? —
the judgment, the fear of which leads to fanaticism / 
May not the credulity of some be taken advantage of, 
by warning them of coming judgment? But " sin-
ner ! he ready." In this the Doctor agrees with us. 
To induce them to this, is the desired object of all 
our labors , and we consider the above-named motive 
perfectly legitimate. 
We hope not to have done any injustice to the 
Doctor's expressions of opinion respecting us.—
If we have, we shall desire to make all amends. 
As said Dr. LORD, so say we : " Slowl jr and re-
luctantly he has been convinced of the second 
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not, by just and consistent principles of intepreta-
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general analogy of natural and moral government ; 
by the history of Christianity, and the present aspects 
of God's providence. It may not be the less, but the 
more credible, because it has been lost sight of by 
the generality." 
[If any injustice has been done in the above to the 
sermon of Dr. WORCESTER, we will give space for it 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, 
arming, and that at a signal given by Russia, the torch of 
war would spread over the whole boundary territory of the 
Porte. 
GREECE.—There is a report from Athens that the pre-
liminaries of a settlement of the difference between England 
and King Otho have been agreed upon, the Greek Govern-
ment, of course, being the weaker power, making certain 
concessions. The report, however, is not authentic. Eleven 
of the captured vessels have been given up by the English. 
The news from Italy is of no interest. The Pope had not 
yet set out for Rome. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Conferences in New York and Boston. 
BOSTON, APRIL 27, 1850. 
A Conference of Adventists, or believers in the 
speedy coming of CHRIST, will be held in New York, 
at Washington Hall, Hester-street, three doors from 
the Bowery. To commence Tuesday, May 7th, at 
10 o'clock A. m., and continue three days. 
Also, in Boston, in Chardon-street Chapel.—To 
commence Tuesday, May 21st, at 10 o'clook A. m., 
and continue three days. 
Answers to Inquiries.. 
" If there is any authority for commencing the " seven 
times" so as to correspond to 1850 for their termination, why 
has it never been presented 1' 
" Answer. It has been presented several times by the 
writer. 
" In brief, it is this : Dr. Hales (the last and perhaps 
ablest of chronologists—having written with the labors of 
others before him,) dates the final captivity of Israel—or the 
extinction of the kingdom of the ten tribes, and the humilia-
tion of Judah under Manasseh, B. c. 671. Thus 671 B. c. 
added to 1849 A. D. makes 2520, or ' seven times.' The 1849 
Bible time ends this spring ! ! 
"Bro. Thomas Smith gives occasion to the above inquir-
ies in the last Herald.' I answer, because of my interest in 
the subject—and because I have an answer. There is no known 
date to extend them further. See Harbinger.' Ile gives 
Hales' date, as the last—the very last." 
Harbinger, April 13th. 
The words of Dr. HALES are these :— 
" Yet within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, 
from being a people. If ye believe not, ye shall not be estab-
lished."—Isa. 7: 8, 9. 
" And accordingly, from the date of this prophecy, B. c. 
740, to B. c. 675, when Esarhaddon, or Sargon, or Sarche-
don, took away the remnant of Israel, (Isa. 20: 1-3, Tobit 
1:21,) and planted the Cuthite and Babylonian colony in their 
room, (2 Kings 17: 24, Ezra 4: 2,) and his generals took Je-
rusalem, and brought away Manasseh in fetters to Babylon, 
(2 Chron. 33:11,) was sixty-five years." 
New Anal. of Chron., vol. 2, b. 1, p. 455. 
This date, 675, and no other, is given three times by Dr. 
HALES. It is generally understood that there is a difference 
between " fact " and fiction; and we have supposed that it 
was very proper to admit the difference, and act accordingly. 
And is not the question worthy of some consideration, whether 
a person is qualified to become the apostle of " all the truth," 
who does not understand, admit, and strictly observe this 
important distinction? Is there not danger of equalling the 
worst " Methodist conscience " unless this is done 1 
Now, we should like to know if there is any authority—
that of the " ablest of chronologists," or any " others "—
which puts " B. C. 671," for the date of MaNassEH's cap-
tivity 1 We don't want any one to " answer " unless he has 
" an answer " that is an answer. We don't want an asser-
tion of what chronologists may say " in brief," especially if 
it abbreviates what they do say, ad. lib.; but the words of the 
authorities alledged, book and page, or chapter and verse, 
where the words are to be found. If such authority is not 
known to exist, we want a straight-forward and immediate 
correction of the misstatements, or else we do not see but 
this case must be put with some others, which go to show, 
that some men who state things for " facts " are not to be re-
lied on, though they state them " several times " over. 
A. H. 
To Correspondents. 
I. D.—We can never endorse an argument which we see 
to be fallacious. If 69 weeks ended when you think, your 
whole time expired the 3d inst. Thus it has failed, from 
your own premises. If we wish to convince men, we must 
use only arguments which will command their respect. 
A. M.—We think he did, but do not now recall what dis-
position was made of it. The extracts respecting MEDE 
will appear in due time. 
"Where is the fulfilment of the prediction concerning the 
leopard-like beast (Rev. 13: 5)—'Power was given him to 
continue forty and two months' I believe this point in the 
exposition was omitted in the Interpretation of Symbols, 
Figures,' &c. See ' Herald,' Oct. 27th, 1849." H. L. H. 
The forty and two months do not relate to the time the 
beast was to continue to exist; but of the time he was to con-
tinue to make war. See WHITING'S translation, copied into 
the Herald of the week previous to the one you refer to. 
They were the 1260 years of the persecutions of the saints, 
—frens A. D. 538 to 1798. 
L. E. S.—We do not understand the SAvioun to assert 
in Luke 16:9, that the mammon of unrighteousness will se-
cure to us an eternal inheritance. But, those who think to 
be saved by that means, may try if they wish. 
CORRECTION.—In copying from the Harbinger of March 
23d, the name of E. B. WHITE was, by mistake, printed 
WRIGHT, in the Herald of the 13th. We promptly correct 
any inadvertencies, when pointed out. The Harbinger says 
we " altered " the signature. If we could descend to such 
an unspeakably mean and wicked act as to do so designedly, 
we should feel unworthy of the respect of any human being. 
One who could even suspect us of so doing, can have no 
confidence in our Christian integrity. 
The Harbinger has another column on the case of Bro. 
JOHNSTON. We believe the readers of the Herald now suf-
ficiently understand the case, without our further comment. 
If the Harbinger thinks Bro. J. preaches CHRIST "through 
strife and envy," we would suggest that a council of breth-
ren, and not an editor, or exparte company, decide the ques-
tion. As the Harbinger now accuses us of " misstatements 
and misrepresentations," (April 20th,) it will excuse our not 
noticing it more in detail — our only object having been, to in-
duce it to treat kindly those differing from it. We are sorry 
that our effort has been labor lost. 
Foreign News. 
The steamship America arrived at this port on Saturday 
last, bringing advices from Europe to the 6th inst. 
ENGLAND.—The English coast was visited by a severe 
hurricane on the 30th of March, causing much destruction of 
property, and a frightful loss of life. Amongst other vessels 
lost, was the " John R. Skiddy," of New York, which was 
driven on shore on the coast of Wexford, where she was a 
total loss. Capt. Shipley, passengers, and crew saved. The 
" Howard," from New Orleans, was also wrecked at the en-
trance of the Mersey. The steamer " Adelaide," from Dub-
lin to London, was lost near the mouth of the Thames, and 
every soul on board (numbering 200) was drowned. The 
coast is everywhere strewed with portions of vessels that 
have been wrecked. 
IRELAND. — In addition to the abolition of the Lord 
Lieutenancy of Ireland, it is stated that Government has it 
in contemplation to abolish the Irish Courts of Law, and 
transfer the whole machinery for governing Ireland to Lon-
don. Both measures are violently opposed by the Irish 
press. 
The "Limerick Chronicle" says that emigration is again 
amazingly on the increase, not, however, so much to Canada 
as to the United States, and the train from this to Dublin is 
daily crowded with intending emigrants, mostly agricultural. 
The banks of Limerick are hourly paying out money upon 
the orders remitted by the friends of those people in America, 
who emigrated the last and preceding years. There are nine 
vessels at the quays taking passengers, three for New York, 
and six for Quebec. 
FRANCE.—A Paris date of Thursday, April 14th, states 
that an insult which was offered to the President on his way 
to Vincennes, and the prospect of another election for Paris, 
have a depressing influence on the Funds. Not the slightest 
fear of any disturbance in the capital is entertained, how-
ever. 
One of the regiments in garrison at Paris had revolted. It 
appears that the colonel having two days ago intimated his 
intention to punish an adjutant who voted for the Democratic 
candidate at the last election, the greatest agitation mani-
fested itself in the regiment. The soldiers refused to obey 
their officers, and set their authority at defiance. They left 
their barracks in bands, and during the following day wan-
dered in the suburbs, behaving in a very disorderly manner. 
The newspapers are filled with accounts of sergeants and 
corporals who have been reduced to the ranks and sent to 
Algeria, for voting for Socialist candidates. 
It is said that the President is so deeply in debt, that noth-
ing but the possession of the imperial crown can extricate 
him, and that he is at present engaged in negotiations with 
Russia, for the purpose of possessing himself of that, to him, 
now necessary protection. The Government is perseveringly 
employed in introducing measures of coersion, in which the 
majority of the Assembly support it. 
SPAIN.—Cousiderable uneasiness was manifested in Spain 
in relation to Cuba, and the alarm was on the increase.—
Spanish rule in that Island was regarded as most precarious. 
The jealousy of the Spaniards is proverbial, and the most 
trifling circumstances are looked upon as idicative of a desire 
on the pact of the Cubans to throw off the yoke of the mo-
ther country. The frigate Esperanza, 44 guns, was under 
sailing orders at Cadiz, for Havana. 
PORTUGAL.—A report was in circulation at Lisbon, that 
an American squadron was expected to enforce the claims of 
citizens of the United States. The Portuguese squadron, 
under the command of Commodore Martin, returned to the 
Tagus on the 26th ult. Rumors prevailed that the object of 
the squadron was to protect the port and city against the 
American naval force. 
SWEDEN.—Letters from Stockholm announce that, by a 
general order, the Swedish navy is put on a war footing. The 
object of the measure is not known. 
GERMANY.—The long talked of Parliament has assem-
bled at Erfurt. The proceedings, which have hitherto been 
of no interest, were opened in a cold, formal manner, and 
have disappointed the people at Berlin. 
Baron Hugel, the Wurtemberg Minister at Berlin, has de-
manded his passports, in order to quit that court, having 
been dismissed by the Prussian Government in consequence 
of the speech from the throne, delivered by the King of 
Wurtemberg on the 15th ult. This official speech made ac-
cusations against Prussia, and cast aspersions which have 
given deep offence at Berlin, and so their diplomatic inter-
course is broken off. 
Bavarian, Wurtemberg, and Austrian troops are being con-
centrated in two camps on the frontiers of the Grand Duchy 
of Baden, and in northern Franconia. 
The German " Journal of Frankfort " states, that the 
Prussian Cabinet has sent a reply to the collective note to the 
Kings of Wurtemberg, Bavaria, and Saxony, in which it de-
clares formally that it will never consent to the Austrian mon-
archy, as a collection of States, entering the new Germanic 
Union, and that it will firmly persist in the line of policy it 
has adopted, in order to satisfy the German nation, and pro-
tect the rights of States, by establishing a political com-
munity. 
It is said that negotiations have been opened by the Cen-
tral Power of Germany with the United States, for the pur-
chase of American vessels of War, completely equipped for 
service. 
The Austrian Cabinet has expressed itself to Prussia, rela-
tive to the German question, in a very conciliatory manner, 
manifesting a sincere desire to come to a good understanding 
with the Prussian Government. 
PRUSSIA.—The Russian Cabinet has announced to Gen. 
de Rochow, the Prussian Ambassador, that his Government 
must seriously undertake to arrange a peace with Denmark. 
An imperious note has been addressed by the Russian 
Government to that of Prussia, on the subject of the Schles-
wig Holstein dispute. After enumerating all the points in 
dispute, the note says :—" There are so many facts which 
the Emperor cannot regard with indifference, from which he 
cannot in conscience release the Prussian Cabinet." The 
note concludes by distinctly intimating the determination of 
the Emperor to employ decisive measures, if necessary, in 
support of the Danish side of the controversy. 
AUSTRIA. AND HUNGARY.—The Emperor of Austria has 
decided that the Hungarian National Guards are to be unmo-
lested, and the Honveds are to be treated with unexpected 
leniency. Letters from Pesth state, that the Emperor's cle-
mency has produced a remarkable effect upon the feelings of 
the people, who are now as elated as they were before de-
pressed. 
TURKEY.—Preparations were being made to conduct Kos-
suth and the other Hungarian refugees to Kutahia, in Asia 
Minor. 
Insurrections among the border population in Bosnia, said 
to be instigated by Russia, had given the Turkish Govern-
ment much trouble. A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, of 
the 29th ult., states that the insurrection is extending its 
range and increasing in strength. Two thousand Turkish 
troops were defeated by the insurgents, and compelled to 
evacuae tthe fortress of Banjaluka. Accounts from Servia 
.,I• and Montenegro state, that the inhabitants there were also 
GLIDDON'S PANORAMA OF THE NILE.—This is now 
on exhibition at the Tremont Temple, and gives the specta-
tor a correct idea of the various localities in the valley of the 
Nile—that cradle of the civilization of the globe. The oral 
illustrations by Mr. GLIDDON are of great interest, and are 
very instructive. In listening to his statements, you feel a 
confidence in them, from the fact, that he himself has a score 
of times looked down from the top of the largest pyramid, 
has loitered amid the mausoleums of their kings, has jour-
neyed up and down the river's vale, and rode the swift 
dromedary across the deserts, and has himself read the in-
scriptions cut in the solid rock, during his many years' so-
journ in Egypt. 
WHIPPLE'S OPTICAL EXHIBITION.—The views being 
presented by Mr. WHIPPLE at the Melodeon, are very in-
structive. His dissolving views in particular are very curiousr 
You see before you some well-known and familiar location: 
and while you are wondering at its accurate representation, 
you see it a little dimmed by the faint outline of another view, 
which, you know not how, has imperceptibly taken its place. 
Thus /belting away from one object into another, Mr. WHIP-
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be found on the globe. His mode of presenting views is 
somewhat original, and very novel.' He also exhibits da-
guerreotype likenesses of men the size of life, astronomical 
diagrams, and illustrations of the telescopic appearances of 
the various heavenly bodies, &c. 
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.—This excellent newspa-
per has recently been enlarged to double its former size. It 
is an able journal, not surpassed by any in the country, and 
is free from anything of an immoral tendency. We can re-
commend it as a paper, which may be safely introduced into 
a family, without the danger of corrupting its readers. Its 
subscription price is the same as before, viz., the weekly, $2; 
semi-weekly, $3; daily, $5, per annum. 
MR' MILLER'S LETTERS.—We gratefully acknowledge 
the receipt of about twenty of his interesting letters from 
Elder T. HE NDRYx. Many others, who have valuable let-
ters of his, which we very much want, we hope will not de-
ny us the use of them (or a copy), for the forthcoming work. 
SUMMARY. 
The steamer " Belle of the West," Capt. James, was burnt one 
 
mile below Warsaw, Ky.,on Monday morning last, at 1 o'clock.— 
She was on her way from Cincinnati to St. Louis, having on board 
California emigrants. It is stated that one hundred passengers were 
sillier burnt, or drowned by jumping overboard. The officers saved 
themselves by jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The ca-
tastrophe is described as the most awful scene ever witnessed in the 
Western States. 
A few days since, the U. S. Senate was the theatre of a scene 
such as never before, we believe, occurred there. Mr. Foote (Sena- 
tor from Mississippi, who, train his excessive garrulity, ultra slavery 
most
sentiments, put forth and maintained in the most offensive manner, 
has 'managed to gain the unqualified contempt of all but reckless 
partizans,) was indulging in some remarks on Mr. Benton, when 
that gentleman rose quickly from his seat, and approached Mr. F. 
The latter drew a pistol as he rushed to the open space before the 
presiding officer's chair, and prepared to use it. The confusion that 
ensued may be imagined. Mr. Benton is said to have been nearly be-
side himself with rage, and could hardly be held back by those sur-
rounding MM. He called out, " I am unarmed,—let the assassin 
fire !" Mr. Foote avers, that he was induced to go armed, from inti-
mation. that he had received, that it was Mr. B,enton's intention to 
inakorbersonal attack on him. Nothing is known of what Mr. 
Benton's real intention was, though his conduct on this occasion was 
such as to give color to the idea ; and if so, cannot be too strongly 
reprobated. A committee was appointed to investigate the matter, 
but we have little faith that anything will be done by way of censure 
at all commensurate with the magnitude of the offence If fire-arms 
are carried into such a place as the U. S. Senate Chamber, by one of 
the members, and there exposed, with the intention of being used 
towards another, who can wonder that the example thus shown 
should be imitated by the lesser lights of ruffianism all over the 
country ? Mr. Benton has brought the matter to the notice of the 
Attorney of the District, who has replied, that it shall be laid before 
the Grand Jury at their next meeting. 
— Two young men nanied Naylor, brothers, were frozen to death 
during the storm on the sight of the 12th, while dredging for oysters 
near Weymouth, N. J. 
— R. Whichello, keeper of a tavern eight miles from Richmond, 
Va., was murdered on Saturday evening, the 13th. Several negroes 
have been arrested on suspicion. 
A barn in Three Rivers, Palmer, belonging to Rufus and AL 
drew Brown, was burnt on Monday evening, with much hay arid 
grain, and three or four head of cattle. 
In removing the old building No 55 Walnut-street, Philadel-
phia, a mahogany coffin was fumed walled up in one of the arches of 
the cellar, and within it the remains of a human being, but so much 
decomposed by the action of quick lime, that it was impossible to 
ascertain the age or sex. It is curious that in New York, Boston, 
and Philadelphia, human remains should be discovered on the Sallie 
day. 
The Greenfield " Democrat" says the following note, verbatim 
it literatim, was recently sent to the presiding judge of a court in 
that county :— 
to the Boilable cort 
Sir your juris canter Gree. fourman. 
— Another fight among the Philadelphia firemen occurred on Mon-
clay night, 15th. Large guns and pistols were discharged both in the 
street and from the adjoining houses. A small boy was shot in the 
hand, which will probably require amputation. 
— In New York on Saturday night, John Bell, aged 16 years, a na-
tive of Portsinouth, N. 1.,1e11 overboard from the ship Danube, and 
was drowned. 
— The shock of an earthquake was felt at Louisville, Indianapo-
Elizabethtowa, Nashville, Paducah, and various other points in 
Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, on the 4th. 
— In Rochester, N. Y., a young lady took chloroform in order to 
have a tooth extracted, became delirious, and suffered terribly for 
several weeks in consequence. 
— Robert Irwin, aged 30 years, was found dead in Seekonk, with 
two cents and a copy of Webster's trial in his pocket, and a little 
dog watching the body. lie belonged in Attleboro', and died from 
intoxication mid exposure. 
— Mr. Paul Haskell, of Beverly Farms, aged about 52 years, hung 
himself in his barn OR Wednesday morning, 17th. 
Thomas J. Hough, a clerk in the Philadelphia Post-office, has
been arrested for embezzling money from letters. Ills depredations 
have been continued through a period of three years past, and proba-
bly $15,000 have been thus taken. A brother of the accused, D. C. 
Hough, At clerk in a telegraph office, is implicated. It appears that 
the latter has deposited in a bank, from the time he opened an ac-
count, $21,000. The young men had salaries of only $600 each. 
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continuing over the following Sabbath. Bro. D. I. Robiuson, of New 
York. has engaged to be present ; also Brim. Mathewson, Gunn, and 
others, who will take an active part in the conference. Entertain-
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brethren.) 
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Bro. N. Billings will preach in Marlboro' the seem] Sabbath in 
May ; Lunenburg; 14th ; Fitchburg, kith ; Templeton, 16th ; North-
field Farms, 17th, each at 71 e. at. ; Northfield Mountain, third Sab-
bath, where Bro. Clark Griggs may appoint ; Newtou, N. H., Fri-
day evening, 24th—will Bro. Gale call for me at the Newton depot 
on arrival of second train from Boston ; Kensington, Sabbath, :.6th. 
Bro. N. Hervey will preach at Clintonville, Mass., the second 
Sabbath in May. 
Bro. Daniels will preach in South Reading Sunday, 28th. 
Bro. A. Hale may be expected at, Andover the first Sunday in May. 
Bro. R. V. Lyon will preach at Chicopee, Mass., the 27th (at 71 P. 
m.), and remain over the Sabbath ; Three Rivers, 20th, 71 P. M. 
Bro. H. II. Gross will preach in West Troy May 12th ; Albany, 19. 
Bro. I. R. Gates will preach at Hopeyille, Rhode Island, from the 
21st to the 20th ; at New York, May 5th— Brooklyn, a. at., Hester-
street, P.m., Bleeker-street, evening ; Albany, 12th. After the N. 
Y. Conference, Bro. G. will visit Seneca Falls, Ithica, ad Spring-
field, Pa. Those who wish his services (hiring the week on his way 
to the above places, address hint at New York at the time of the 
Conference. 
Bro. A. Brown will preach in Salem April 22d ; Lynn, 23(1 ; Lows 
ell, 23th ; Manchester, 26th ; Nashua, Sabbath, 26th ; Fitchburg, 
29th ; Westminster, 30th ; Templeton, May 1st ; Northfield Forms, 
3d ; Cabotville, Sunday, 5th'; Hartford, Ct., 7th, and be at N.Y. 
couference—each at 7 P. m., except Sabbaths. 'W ill inquire for let-
ters at the Sabbath appointments. 
Bro. S. W. Bishop will' preach at Ashileld the 20th, and remain 
over Sunday; Conway, 22d, where Ero. Rice may appoint, 7 P. M. ; 
South Hawley, 23d, 2 e m. 
Elder C. Taylor will preach at Londonderry, (where Bro. Morse 
may appoint, from the 21st to the Seth ; Lawrence Oct 0. F: 
May 5th. 
Brn J.Pearson and W. Burnham will attend conferences, and 
give lectures on the Advent question. 
Bro. S. Fletcher will preach in Abington, Sunday, April 28th.