l jRome in the Ninete nth Century, by Raphaelel and snblcty of the Jesuit, employed to discover the rs PUl!M,nn avsnv WE Nssun :. Ciocc~ fotmerly a :Jenedt··tinP. and i:)t•rciu~ in~linations and predominant passions of the youth AT NO. u DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, Mouk." uocJer his guidance~ Alas] poor youths! y V HIMES '!'hose. of our rea4ers who ~annot purchase t~e He remained four years~ in which time his B J · · r • work, w1H thfnk us for a bnef statement of 1ts teachers made it their chid business to inspire him J. V. Himes, S. Bliss, & A. Hale, Editors. thrilling f:tcts, ~Yhic.h show t~at the hon.ry ~t>nde:rl \Vith a hatred of Protestantism. 'rhcy told him Tn•s-0~ .DolltJ.:per rolu~m o.f 215 N:'.m.her/1. Fi~t Dollci'sfor m.otb.er of harlots, though pamted and dJsgutsed, lS .: Protestants worshipped M·uumon iastead of God, I Stx coptes, 2 en Dollars !or 'nur/t~n .cuptef. still the same. . that they did not believe in Christ, that they directeclti)"J.V.H[l ~c,,B..,ston,M.~.::~s.' (postpat~l} .. Subscn.bers .1. h'ld. R . ,· If• e ·' . l jl Allcomrn11nications onl~r~. orretmtta.n~~ fortlus ~ffic~, sl\red will infJ.ilibly have their dfE·ct1 if not in have rushhd towards the door, to nttempt an l - this worlJ, in the worl.l to come. possible flight, had not the poor fellow held me , Who cannot, in this usage, perceive the deP.th back~ and with n supplicating voice eried, 90 THE ADVENT HERALD, 1 "0, for mercy's sake, have pity upon an unfor-were a part, but he was not permitted \o speak t~nate youth! Sacredly restrain your fe{llings-them tiH several days afterwards. d1,s~lose no~ a word of wh~t has pas.sed between The long wished-for Monday al length arrived, U:s, otherwJ!!e a heavy pQmshment will assuredty and 1 was accomp tilled to my home by the Master fall upon ~e, a~~ Gpd kn~ws, a few d1·ops of th~ of the n?vice~ Although the horsr s convey~d us w~~er of l ofarua may be m ~tor~ for bo.t.n of u~ .. I at .a rapiil paeer rbe distauce appeared to me mter- For both of U:3? My obJeCt m commg here 1:1 llJIO:lhle. I had no· sooner f•nteied the house than study, and you say .that they w1ll dare to give me [ rushed to my mother's apartment, leaving the ~he water of Tofan1a? No, no, it cannot be; this Ma:ster alone, notwitbstand,ng I had been forbiddeu Is but a phantom of your heated imagination." to quit his presence for a momeut. After the first to 1 minate my miseries; but 1 esteem you .lf'sl crue in treatmg me thut'l, than in having sacrificttd me by deception!" None of the remtdit's administtl'· ed afforded me the sligf1test relid: All my com- panions were affected LO tears at the sight of my sufferings. "My mother! my mother!" 1 ex clairntd ; • 1 let me, 1 t-ntrea~ you, !lee her once again bt>lore I die; . . . . and my father, my brothers, my sisters, let me embrace them ali! " "I repeat that what I have uttered is true· I rxchange of embraces and affedionate inquirirs, I conjure you to submit, as f have done, or in a lew anxiously suid, . d..~ys yon may cease to exist.': ''Relieve me, for pity's sal~e, from a doubt that "How? Die! Die in the ba'nds of these weighs horribly on my mind-tell me, have you cruel nien? 0 unhappy me, where. am I 1" received my letters durmg tho time 1 have been in He took my hand affectionately, and said, tho college?" • "Calm yourself, since weeping will do uothino- '•Yes, all, my son," replied my mother, ''and can for you, and you wdl have time enough to weep. produce them.'' "And we, too, have ours," said Perhaps God may aid you; and let me entreat of my sister8, who were present. you, as you desire peace, as you value your own They produced the lttters. I :A'astily opened life, as you value mine, never allow the conversa-several address~d to my molher, and on finding t~on that h:1s passe. I bo.tween us to escape your them to contain sentiments never express:d, nor hps; nn::l be careful to y1eld a prompt obedien•.:e to even thought of by me, I uttered a cry of dMrt:'SS: the commands of the monks. Adieu.17 Having exclaiming-" Ah, how have I been drceived!" thus spoken, he hastily q1Jilled the apartment anJ '·Why? how? what do you mean?" 1hey aJJ I was lef~ alone. ' inquired in astonishment. Six years, Ciocci remaint>d in the hands ofthese "0 unhappy me! God is witness that I have me~, sublllitting to one demand after another, by written none of these letters.'' ~h1ch the monks sought to bind him, and secure "Written none of these letters? The physieian arrivtd. His countenance was new to me. They told me that in cor.st-quence of the urgency of the ca~e, they had called m a doctor of the neighborhood. .He gave me a gla~s of medicine wb1ch he had brought with him, and I. swallowed it v. ith hope. A few minutes after, instead of being reliev'ed, my pain became more intolerable, and the heat in nty tlnoat incre,seu. I then insisted on their ~ummoning the ordina!'Y physician, who \Yas, I knew, my lriend. JJr. Hic- cardi came. Having inquired mto the nature of the attaclc, be took li·om the table the phial that had contained the medicine' I had swallomd, Z~nd having exammed the few rcma;ning drops, he shudden:d, and with a mysterious ami s1gnifieant "ah !" threw it out" of the wmdow, quick iy pn~paring for me another medicine, which I dnt11k in his presence. He then lelt, and a violent sicknt:ss brougl1t me the wi$hed-for relief. AfiPr thfle lwurs he returnLd, Impossible!-and ordered that l should be placed in a hot Lath, and from thence be corm•yed to a war Ill bLd. Th1s induced perspiration, which complettd the happy change that the medicine h.ad aln·ady produced ; ami, contrary to the expectatiOns of my pel'stcutors [ escaped from the jaws of death. ' h1s property for their monastery. Not withstand· how can that be?,, · ing ~is ~onvet:sation with Appollonj, and the de- No, not one. The!; are not mine; they au c.eptwn m whtch he detected them, it was a long j01·geries of the masters,'' I declared. time before the reverence his mother taught him to '·Then,'' inqui1·ed my mother in alarm, "tell feel for the monks c.ould be eradicated. me. . . . Your profession?" • They importuned him to sia-n a "deed of bumil· '~ I have been entrapped into it. It was no~ my ity," in which he.was to mal{e a renuncia be not only the innocrnt bnt the injured party, he refused to accept of liberty on those terms, vaiuly hoping to obtain justice from the priests in power. When his cou1se of study was ended, his parents came to the college to obtam his rdease. Bnt be- fore they were permitted to see him, the monks filled their ears with such tales ()f his impiety, that the loss of their confidence was added to his cup of misery. He thus describes their interview : Having flown to embrace my.motber, she avoid ed my approach, receding a few paces, and con- cealing her fac(l, bathed in tears, in her handker- chief. With surprise I addressed her, exclaiming, " ·why i3 this? 'Vhat have I done~ Am l not worthy of your affection?" 11 No," said my father, -..vith tears in his eyes, but with a finn voice, "no, you are not worthy of the name of son. You embitter our declinil!g years; you disgrace the good education you have received; you have stifled the good principl~s that we have instilled into your . . . " Here interrupting him, I said, " .(t least tell me, I entreat,-in what I have failed.'' ''Have you the effrontery to ask strcb a ques- tion ~ Are you, then, lost to a sense of remo:se ? You curse God; you blaspheme Chri~t-" 1 could hEar no more. Roused with indignation at so black a calumny, I exclaimed in a voice of passion-'' Liars! deceivers! have they proceeded even to such lengths 1 Do they aim at bursting the bonds of consanguinity! Will they deprive me of the affections of my family? Do not, my dear parents, allow j7ourselves to be thus deceived; I worship God, l adore Christ; but because I am a Christian 1 am hated by those persons, whose only god is their bel1y." . '' Do you 'not see that' you are condemning yourself?" was the reply. "To speak evil of the ministers of God is gross impiety; it is offending the Almighty m the apple of his eye. Utter not such sacrilegious words ; suffer thorn not to pro- ceed out of your mou.h. Were you indeei a i5n AND MORNING WA'I'CH. Christian, it is not to be conceived that the Superi· ors would aH dedare rGll impious ;-all concur in condemning you--al affirm that you ex.h1bit no tokens of piety. You say you adore Christ, while yoll ~rample on the laws of the Church. Are you not sensible that by slighting her you blaspheme even at the prF-scnt moment. [sit not time for the ated. But he merely told them how his word Man of Sin to be destroyed with tb.t: brightness of would be received: there would be two divided Christ's coming 1 against one, and three against two, &c., in one I,; house. In other words, some would receive the tmth, and others would reject it; but it does not j; , follow, that because the Lord said that there should \!torrt_aponbenct. Christ' Striving in vain to convince my unhappy pa· LETTER FROM BRN. GATES AND 05LER. rents, { found with hitternes& the truth of the say· DEAR BRo. HIMES.-The Conference accord- ing so common in Italy, ''A tie from a superior is m.Q' to notice commenced here on the 15th inst. worth a hundred truths from a vassal." This ~ There were present ministering brethren, T. sentence is summary of tile moral and political f d Smith, H. S~imson, G. Snout, E. McGinley, I. R. state o my unfortunate country, where the i ca of Gates, L. Osler, and alsu Brn. Start and Mansfit>ld. power is based, not upon J. ustice and truth, but on h T e weatber from the commencement,. until thP brute force. My parents left me, turning away in l d close, was remarkably p easant. The good con- sorrow an an5·er~ and I went to my chamber d' f h 1 d ofdrwhelmed 1vitlt grief and desolation at being ttl on ° t e brethren here, great Y increase by thus abandoned. 'Twas then I fdt how consola-the presence and assistan~e of their tried compa· •1 uions in tribulation from the C.cond Advent cause m th1s d(•stJtut; r~g on of by siclmes& in my family; I have laid one little rathet· th..Jn that was a mere scer.te beillg enacted countr~. ~t the clos.e ~I the afternoon s d1scourse~ son in the grave, ond another J expect will ~000 to answer certain ends. I had not then read the we celcbrat d. the dymo love of Jesu~. The at follow. My children are near and dear to me, but history of the Jestlits, ttor kRt:'W taat the text of trnd~nce dunng the Subbath \:as very la~·ge. [ feel to adopt the language of one of old, ''The St P, ul 1 C"' 9.2;) "l. ..1 II tb' t Dunng Sunday and .Monday evenmgs we contmu-Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and . a "'r. . "'• am ma;.te a UJ gs o d . h · d f 1 d h 1 all (t e" that l · O'hl L 11 , , h .1 e our m~etmg, w en we expeneoce some o b t'sse be is holy name.:' do not sorrow as ~ .. , m1~ y a means save :some. au . , d A b r: d r h 11 been interpreted by thern in the impious sense of mewes r~ps. num er came .torwar tor those that ave no hope: 1 expect they wi ''come _.: The eud justi.ries. the means;, and that both prayer.s. 1 wo or three ere reclatmed. from a again from the land of the enemy into their own in Japan and China the Jesuits bad made them-ba.cks!tdJen state, ;nd hothKr~s ddt•clared 1 ,t1 helf d 1 eter~ border.'' The hope of Chri8t's speedy coming to se'l ves even idolators in order that the mi ht thus mmatlon to star~ 10t' t .e mg om. 1us c ?seu take his ransomfd people home, has been a great ent.rc~ th pe 1 1',h s It I · .Y g on·~ of the most mterestmg and profitable meeungs comfort to me in my affliction. The world dwin- 1 ,. e op e. . e coun e liS man gave me h _-4 d r 1 · · y · · dl · 1 was to the effect that l shoulc! consider my con-we ave attet~e tor a vn~ time. ours, wallmg es to a pomt, and I fee more than ever that I am sc1ence free from' all obligations to obey the mon-for the gathenng of tlw Sflmts. a pilgrim and a strang<'r. I am looking for my astic rules, to which J was no Longer ~ubject, in I. R. GATEs, King to come, to take me, with all that ba'e "died consequence of the nullity of my profession. It L. OsLER. in faith:'' to the true inheritance. May we have was also his ~d vice tltat L should addrrss myself gracP. and patience to do the will of our divino to tb.e CMdinal Patrizi, Prefect of the Holy Con- LETTER FltOM BRo. L. R. HAsKINS. Master, and thus be prrpared to hear the plaudit, vocation, and insist on a public avowal of the vio Dear B1'o. Himes :-1 feel it my duty to caution "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into lence done to me; and be concluded with sayinO', my bn~thren against \'olves in sheel)'s clothing. I the joy of thy Lord,'' is the prayer of "Take LOUr?ge? my son, you ~o not sue for" p~~-am sorry to say, there are many in this vicinity of Your brothf'r, SAMUEL BRQWfol', don, but for JUStice.; speak to bnu freely, set a~1rlr this character, who teach that the Lord has rome, ~lilwaukie (Wis.), Oct. l, 1845. J j. human regard; yotu consciP.nce-the salvation of and that th~ door is shut. "\Ve read that there sh:Jll We sympathize with our dear brother, hotti in .• your soul i.s at stake, a-nd ail th~ qa rdinals. who come in the last days those who should, if Dossible, his aftl iction and his hope. We also have eonsi~ed have ever (Jved cannot save that, 1f It be sacnficed deceive the very elect. ·we would do weh at this b If Co to the dark rcsting-p lace of the dead three little 'J yotu~e . urage, I say; ~at once, andre-crisis to take heed to our Savior's wordi (Mark 13), turn to mform me -of the resuh of yotn interview.'' for we are in perilous times. Truly "there are ones, whom we hope soon to see come forth, bloom- This deceptive eounset opffiAd the d()or to new many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, .... ing in immortality, i:1 the morning of the resurrec-I miseries. He went to the Cardinal. who -contriv-whotw mouths u1ust be stopped, who subvert whole tion. 1 ed to draw forth an unguarded expression of his houses, teaching things which they ought not." I indignation at the injllstice with which he was (Tit. 1:10, 11.) Seealso, Col.2:4; Rom.16:17, 18. 1 • treated; and he was told to repau to St. Eusebia Whose enrl is destruct;on, whose god is then· belly, LETTER FROM SISTER L. :. RICH:VOND. for three days. Before they ended, he fi1und he and whose glory is m their shame, and who mind Dear Bro. Himes :-l enclose you.....--for the was to be a prisoner, subject to great crueltifs, earthly things. Some of these filthy dreamers, as continuance of your valuable paper. Althat~gh we ' perhaps for life. He therefore resolved to attempt Jude calls them, have been the means of subvert-are poor as to this "·orld's goods, we are rich in escape, and to leave Italy forever. The conclu-ing whole houses here j and among the re'!t, ruy faith, waiting. in common with the reat Qf Ollr sion of the book is an interesting narrative of his lather's. These men bavc a great deal to say about brethren, for the consolation of Israel. Oh, what fl1ght to England, and his residence there since tht the burden of the Lord; let all of God's children a relief it is to a heart weighed do\'n with 1otrow Spring of 1842. beware of such. and aft1iction, to be nble to cast ita whole burden Thus we have a glimp:!e at Popery, which pro- Ollr Savior never taught us that his people were upon One who is able and mighty to save. The fesses to be the only true form of Christianity,-to be d1viJed, and strive to keep themselves sepnr-dark storms of adversity may gather around \JB, ll II THE ADVENT HERALD, and '3eem to threaten immediate destruction; but,But whilt~t looking for that blessed hope, let us not J l'laid the church member before referred to, "he hal!l t: God will not for~ake his children, nor deal sub· forget that we must have the spirit of Jesus Christ, got JOU now-it is ol:tscure; what will you do with it 1'' tilely with his servants.'' He hath made a cove· or we shalJ be none of his. ·. "Hold a minute/' said we; "Danle'l ~;aya· {8: 5-8), nant and confirmed it with an oath, that "He will. There are some in this place who I sincerely • And as 1 was considering, behold, an he-goat came not 1'1·e unto David." "His seed shall endtua for believe are looking-for the Lord from heaven, fr ~ om the west on the fac~ of the whol13 earth, and ever, and his throne as the snn before him." We while others are looking for different things,· but ,0 ~ • uched not the ground : and the goat had a notable read that ,: sorrow may endure for a night, but joy God knoweth the heart." b cometh.in the morning." May we be able to keep i . orn between his eyes. And he came to the ram that ,; the beginning of our confidenee firm unto the - had two horns, which I had seen standing before the end," and by fervent prayer and ~upplication, ~ook LETTER FROM BRo. J. PEARSON, JR. river, and ran unto· him in the fury of his power. And continually to 't the author and fintsber of our faith," Bro. Bliss:-Will you do me the favor to pub-I saw him coine close unto the ram, and he was moved for a speedy release, and a glorious termination of I ish the following:- with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake all our labors. Bro. Jacobs :-l have beer, much pained and his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to Yours, in hope of an imperishable crown, • surprised that you do me the injustice to Wlthhold stand before him, but he cast him down tathe ground, LYDIA M. RicHMOND. from your, readers, my answer to your ioterroga· and stan:ped upon him : and there was none that Lebanon (Madison Co., N. Y.), Sept. 29, 1845 tions respecting my change of views and my "con-could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore, ------- fession.'' If you wished for information on tbos~ the he-goat waxed very great : and when he' was N 0 7 D B H. points, why not communicate the information to strong, the !!reat horn was broken·, and fur it, came ATTICA ( . Y.), ct. .- ea?· ro. z~es: d h h . d . 0 ~ h h d b h d t your rea ers w en you ave receive 11? • r p four. notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.' I rejoice to · ear t at our goo ret r~n an Sl}\ ersf shall I be obliged to believe you withhold ~my re· Iuf in the East are getting out of the m1st a_ nd. fog o l l d the prophecy bad stopped here, it might have been h l f p y, est your rea ers shall see the injustice of mysticism, and returning tc. t e. pure pnnc1p es o your insinuations 1 I again request you to pub-somewhat obscure ; but the angel adds, vs. 20-22, the gospel. May God bless them, and ~~ke them I ish my reply, in justice to myself. 'The ram which thou sawesl having two horns are the a blessing in i:urning their honrst, bu_t ernng bre.lh- J. PEARSON, JR kings of Media and Persia.. And the rough ~Jat is ren into the paths of tr_uth and happmess .. l WI~h Por.tland, (Me.) Oct. 20th, 1845. the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is be- l might but see those dear br~thren and Sister lfl tween his eyes is the first king. Now that being bro- W estern New York and Olno stop for a moment., , .~· I' ~]~ bJ ken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall and serhusly consider the position tbey ~ccupy. ' lJ"''ll 4Ji•w""l~ ~"~' Nfch must, 1 do think, they \Vou~d soo~ see then rmstalH', ·. ""~ ~J~·j;'-~.M--~ "-" '1• stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.' Thi:!!, and with all their souls turn agam to the truth and you see, removes the obscuracy, and makes the pro- work of the Lord. But I do rejoice, that in tlw tt THE LORD IS AT HAND." phecy all plain.'? "Sure enough," said the church midst of so much darkness, there are somt who member," that alters the case-you have got him.- have the light of life in Western New York and BosroN, OCl'. 29• 1845· Come," said he to the c-lergyman, " wha.t will you Canada West· the cause is rising; never did I see ·~· ,.. do with that 1" "Why,'' said the other, "that par- a more strong: steady, consistent, per~everin~ fa~th The Obscuracy of Prophecy, tir.ular prophecy is plain, but it is generally obscure." in exercise than now j and I find. an mcreasmg 10· We hear a great deal about the obscuracy of pro-"Yes," said we, "it ·s genetally as obscure as tnat." tarest aniong the pE;ople in gen.eral to hear oa this pbecy,-that it cannot be understood until it is fulfilled, ''But," said he," that is not a fair sample." "Why, subject. May the Lord carry It fo_rwa rd. . &c. \Ve are, however, more and more satisfied that then," said we, H did you quote it as an illustration of Yours, in the hope of soon seewg the Kmg of 1 d b · · h · C B t 1e suppose o scuracy Js owmg more tot e Ignorance the qbscuracy of prophecy 1" "Sure enongh," said glory, ). . YWATER. d. d'ffi -------- an In 1 erence of the men to whom it is so obscure, the church member," wht did you quote it 1" "Be- than to any designed obscura··y in the word. cause I did not l'ecollect that the angel gave au expla- 1 • ELIZABETHTOWN, Qc;t. i.-Dear Bro. Flim~s: Passing-up Main-street, in H--, a few days since, nation of it," said he. "Well, then,'' said we, "·will This will inform you t~at the ~d~ent co.ngregatwn we were beckoned to by a young clergyman, an old yo~ mention any prophecy that is not explained--ei- in this place continues Ill the ongmal faith. Some I have left our ranks, bnt others have taken tbeu friend, and as a m~tter of course, stopped for old ac-ther in the connection, m• in some other portion of I places, so that OLH numbers continue about the same. quaintance sake. \Ve stepped into a store, and con- Scripture 1 for we will venture to find some explana- 1, We hold our meetings, as usnal1 9n Wednesday versed a while on various points of uifference respect- tion in the Scriptures for every prediction you will evenioo-s to search the Scriptures, exhort one ano· ing the prophecies. At length he rem:11·ked, "\Yell, find there." He ho·wever declined making any more tber. a~d' pray for God's blessing on OIH endeavors I think you are correct respecting the future abode of quotations from the Scriptures. to k~ow and onderstand the truth. the saints. I think the evidence is, that it will be this vYe then gave him an earnest and affectionate ex- 1 have been freely supplied with various rapers] earth." "But," said we, "if it is to be this earth, hortation to" search the Scriptures," and see if these such as the '' Gospel Stanclard,ll H Jubilee Stan-will n~t all those Scriptures, which speak of the will things were not so. He however thought that it was dard '' and •: Bible Examiner,' 1 &c., and have pe-of God being done on earth as in heaven,-of the of very little importance whether we had a correct rused them carefully, nnd find some good things Ill knowledge of the Lord covering the earth as the wa. understanding of the prophecies: it was our duty to them all. I wi:.;h to prove "ll things, and hold f.'tst to that which is o-ood. 'rhel'efore 1 shall hold fast ters do the sea, &c. &c., be then literally fulfilled P' be ready for the event. "Yes," said we," we need >:> .1 1 1 · r. th 1., This was admitted. "Then," said we, "is there any to b-e ready for the ev,ent ; and we also n~ed to have tlat faith wherein we stanu, OOfc;ng 10l' e ne • heavens and new earth wherein d welleth right· necessity for a temporal millennium before the end to correct ideas of the nature of tbe events that are about ( d. t th' 1·om·1se) seekJ·n~ a ct·ty fulfil tho::.c prophecies 1" He tbourrht the B1ble was bursting upon us, that we way show the world their f·OUSnPSS accor tng 0 ~ e p · , ;· o ~· t~ult IS just in sight, \~hich bath foundatiOns, whose fnll of (lviden·ce to prove the occurrence of such an danger. And you theol'\lgians especially, should have builder and rnaker. 1s God; the very S.'lme that event. "\Viii you name a text to prove this 1" ''No," a correct knowledge of these things, that yon may Abmham looked for, the same that Peter looked said be," you are all cocked and primed, and ready tol·give correct information to-those who are looltJme of it 1" ''Sure enough,'' eaid the cbnrc~ member; "it' our ministers are not cor- t1inO'S afar off. This was the faith once delivered an honest church member that stood by, "why not reedy informed, how can they teach us'!'.' B. t J the saints ancl rna y· it be the faith of all true Ad- 1 d ventists, yvho are now waitin~. patiently for the give some of the evidence 1" Ie however emurred l f b because tl prophecy is so obscure, tb::tt we cannot tell King of Glory to res·.?:c all thmgs spo ien ° yhl what is referred to until it is fulfilled." [How ~hen all the holy prophets snwe the world began. 0 that all who are looking for the Lord to comP-did he know there would be a temporal rnillennjum 1] speedily, would live in the unity of the Spirit and 1'o this we replied, Lha.t Prof. Stu.art had decided that in the bouds of peace, and overlook all matters of there was no more necessary obscuracy in the predic- minor ir:nportance, and put on the whole armor. of tion, that a river will overflow its banks a year henc.e, God, and come up to the help of. the _Lord agawsL than there is in the historical record, that it did over~ the migbtv, a~d !ear God ~nd gtve him glory, for flow a year sinee. "That," said he u was a very the hour of h1s JUdgment IS come. ·. foolish remark in the Professor; fur the Scriptures do Yours, in the patient waiting for the kmgoom, not assert that a eettain king will arise and do thus · RosT. T. PRICE CAMBRIDGE (Vt.), Oct. 9.-Bro. A. C. Weth- erby writes : "Your paper is. a w.elcome messe~ger here, and I hope still to. receive Its wek.o~e v1sits. To take aw:~y the eommg of our Lord, IS to take away our hope. We are .in duty .bound to look at all the evidence God has gtven ofh1s near approach. and so; but they say,-A he-goat will come from- where 1" said he. "From the west," said we. tt And ran against-what 1" said hf'. "Against the ram," we replied. "And he brake his two horns, and tread him asunder, &c. There," said he, '' ia a sample of the obscura~y of prophecy, which you see is not plain and explicit, like a historical assertion." "Sure enough," Fanciful Interpretations. There can never )Je but one Scriptural view of any portion of God's word. There may be various and contradictory opinions entertained of portions of the Word, and yet only one of those opinions can be cor- rect. The last few lnonths have given birth to an ex- traordinary-variety of contradictory views on many points. Amid such variety, the !!reat portion of them must necessarily be creations of the fancy. A. con- ductor of a religious paper cannot feel too deeply his responsibility in giviug publicity to crude and anti- Scriptural notions; for the mind is so constructP.d, that no idea, however illogical. can be put forth, but some will see great light in it. While we are respon- sible for what we hear and what we teach, we are none the less responsible for what we publish. Whe- ther we put forth the fine-spun sophistries of the Seep- tic, the'hallucinations of tha Mormon, or the subtle reasonings of the Transcendentalist; some minds will be found so poorly enabled to resist the conclusions arrived at,-so little accustomed to discern between logic and sophistry ,-that they will rece,ive them, however erroneous. It is therefore as necessary to point out carefully errors in reasoning, as it would be for a historian to point out errors in fact. And every bane should be accompanied with 1ts antidote. Many1 when they get a new idea, instead of stop- ping to weigh carefully, digest, and mature the thought, or even to examine all the testimony of the Scriptures on the point, will endeavor to inculcate it to others. Sometimes we find them in such haste to communicate the new conception, that they have to avow that they are not fully settled on it, and only throw it out as a suggestion. But if you show the absurdity of the position, they defend it with all their zeal, commit themselves to it, and then their pride of opinion will not permit them to confess their mistake1 and they adhere to it till some new notion carrie!! them off in a tangent after some other chimera. Some find that they can exert an infhtence only while they have some novely to inculcate. Such will run from one notion to another, positive with regard to each, none the more modest for their previous con- fessed errors, and ready to denounce as heretics all who cannot readily see with them the force of eYi- AND MORNING WATCH. cut him asunder." He adds, " Then shall the king- dom of heaven be likened," &c. When 1 \Vhen the Lord comes, and has cut the evil servant asunder, and appointed him his portion with hypocrites and unbe- lievers. That is, the last act in the parable, the shut- ting the foolish virgins out, will have been fulfilled by the portion of the foolish servants being appointed with hypocrites. 2q. We understand the going forth to meet the bridegroom to be fulfilled on the part of believers, by all, throughout the gospel aglj, who have endeavored to be prepared tor Christ's second coming, and the marriage supper of the Lamb. · 3d. He does a short time ; for before he comes, the cry of his coming must be given, and the virgins must awal{e, arise, and t.J:im their lamps, and the foolish go and buy. 4th. It does not ; for as the bridegroom had not come when the cry is commenced, the tarrying time must continue till the bridegroom comes. . But in an Eastern wedding, the cry always continues till the bridegroom comes; anrl therefore the true midnight cry, "BeholJ he comes," cannot cease nntil the Lord shall appear. The close of the cry, a.nd not its intro- duction, terminates the tarrying time. 5th. There can be none-after the miJnight cry is completed. 93 The Sects. dence where none exists. Of such there is but little 6th. We understand that it has been commenced; The condition of the religious sects is truly deplo- rable, if we may credit their own testimony, as it comes to us from numerous private sources, from their pulpits, and established organs of public communica- tion. Within a year or more, the Episcopal, Baptists, Methodists, and even the steady, peace-professing Quakers, have becomA more or less embittered and dis- tracted, and rent among themselves. They have been ruptured by this or the other sectional, moral, or theo- logical question. In some instances the separation is regarded as only partial; the parties refusing to co- operate as heretofore, for example, in carrying for- ward the missionary project. But it requires little or no foresight to see that the tendency of this first step will be not only to a virtual, but to an avowed divi- sion in these respective denominations. So that come- autism is nothing peculiar to one, but to every quarter of the moral compass. We see· nothing in particular to deplore from such divisions, where they are mmle on just and Scriptural grounds; nay, perhaps it is a har- binger of good. We have long despaired of seeing the various classes of religionists meet together on common ground : the towering Babels of their long and zealous erection, are destined to an overthrow. God will scat- ter confusion among them, until they come to labor solely and singly, not for denominational supremacy and aggrandizement, but for the simple truth of Christ, and the glory of God. hope. Honesty in ethics seem& wanting in them. and that we are now in the cry; and that it may tar- However much sudden withdrawals and separations may be a source of grief to these communities, in our estimation they are not worth a thought, when com- pared with the alarming supineness and awful death of the sects. vVe are not desirous of hunting up facts in proof of this point, but they obtrude themselves so often upon us, that we have to notice them. We have before us a long list of such facts, taken from their own papers, &c. : some of them are headed, "Day of fasting and prayer,'' "Religious Declension," Spirit- ual Dearth," "The great calamity," &c. &c. These documents abound in confessions of their stupidity, worldliness, sad decline, &c. Had Adventists brough& one half of these cha1·ges against tilem, they would have been regarded as exceedingly uncharitable, if not very malevolent. We rejoice, however, that there is obvious any returning sense of \heir real con- dition before God. 0 that this consciousness might s~read and deepen in every breast, until every heart shall heave with godly sorrow for its sins, and God's mercy be once more bestowed upon them. We \ould hope for this result, though we often-times fear thatJ God will never again he gracious to them as bodies. Others will cater for a corrupt taste, and feed with minate, with the termination of the tarrying time, at that which will for the tnoment gratify those of mor-l any moment, by the coming of the Lord. We suppose bid itnacrinatious, because it is for their own advantage. the cry began when the sound, "Behold, the Bride- This th~ upright will never do. Such wjll always seek groom cometh.," broke on the ears .of the a~tonished the ultimate good of the souls committet.l to their care. world ; when 1t first began to be wlnspered, w gentle, They will seek to build them up in the most holy f:tith, balf-spuken accents, that the King of Glory was about to advance their growth in grace, their progress in di-to make his advent, to restore this fallen worlti.-A vine things. To accomplish this, reason will dictate cry which, increasing in thunder tones, l~as reached that the speculatiYe and fanciful, which would neutral-throughout the length and breadth of this mundane ize all such efforts, should not be presented as truth ; sphere, resounding through evety valley, and reverbe- for such will not anctify the heart. Minds may be rating from every mountain-top-penetrating each dis- diseased as well as the body. To restore such to tant ocean isle, and visiting each rock-bound coast,- health, they must not be nurtured on a sickly diet;-a11d the last, dyin~ echoes of. which a~e about to give they must have the unadulterated, sincere milk of the place to tfle glonous appeanng of Htm, whose com- word. ing has been thus annou11ced. Shall we, therefore, for fear of not winning popular favor, endeavor to extend each sickly fancy 1 or shall we present those truths which we can meet unc:on- deumed at the jud ment 1 We say, let us stand on the Scriptural, the gospel platform, thotlgh we stand alone. \Ve must feed with what we ~elieve to be Bi- ble doctrines; and we can give no countenance to that sickly theology, which can only talk about a shut door, &c., when souls are dying for lack of knowledge. Questions on Matt. 25th. Dear Bro. Himes :-The following questions ap- pear to me to afford n1atter for consideration exce~d­ iugly interesting a.t the present tune. ~lease gtve your readers an answer as so?n as convement. . 1st. When (i. e. at what t1me) 1s the kwgdom ot heaven likened unto ten virgins 1 2d. At what time (i. e. re!atively, before or after the event mentioned in 1st v.) are the virgins to go forth to meet the bridegroom 1 3d. Dtd the bridegroom tarry longer than the virgins slumber~d and slept "! 4th. Does the introduction of the midnight cry, and the waking up oi the virgins, close the tarrying time 1 5th. Is there another tarrying time. or any tarrying after the midnight cry is made 1 6th. If not, has the midnight cry been made 1 Yours waiting, while he tarries, for the consumma- tion of our hope, DAVID CHURCHILL. ANSWER. 1st. Vve understand the kingdom of heaven is li- kened unto ten virgins when the likeness is completed: not when the resemblance begins. Our Lord says, Matt. 24:50, 51, "The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, .... and sha-ll The Leafing out of the Fig-tree. " Now learn a parable of the fig-tree ; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer i.s nigh: so ltkewise ye, when ye shall see all the e things, know that it [Christ's coming] is near, even at tlte doors." (Md.U. 24:32, 33.) We are often asked, what we understand by the leaf- ing out of the fig-tree 1-i. e. what it is a symbol of1 and we hear it remarked, "the fig-tree must be about leafing out," &c., as if i~ was a symbol, in addilion to the darkening of the sun, &c. After reading ~uch confession~ as we have alluded to, dne might suppose that they would seek for no for- eign cause as a salvo fur their highly irritated hearts. }i'ourieri11m, Universalism, Oberlin ism, Evangelism, Millerism, are all set ~own as having contributed It is not, however, presented as a symbol in the text. . . . Wh largely in effecting this doleful result. Verily the salt It 1s used as a figure, a companson. en we see t h 1 t .1 th" d · · ·r · h ll the firr-tr e or anv of the trees, leaf out we know '!'us ave 08 1 s savor, OIJ . 18 a missron, 1 Wt~ a o ~ ' . . • . ' . · ns o.bundance, and naturally Inherent excellence, tt has that summer Is mgh. Our Savior makes use of tlus not been able to counteract such influences! We'la- to show, that with the same assurance we know that I b . h c f G d h b · . or, m t e .ear o o , to put t e est constructiOn summer is mgh when the trees are leafing out; so 1 f h 1 . . . . we can upon t 1e course o t ose w 10 oppose us: we may we also know that Ins conung 1s mgh, when we I h b h k" d d 1· · · see the darkemng of the sun, moon, and falhng of the h h. h h fi 11 h ll ffi . . 1 try to ove t em, ut t e un ·w an rna tgnant spmt stars. That is all that is conveyed by the firrure.-wtt . w lC t ey 0 ow u~ up t warts a ou~ e ort.s, A d 1 . h. Ch . , ~ . and 1f we are to succet:d, 1t must be by rema10mg 10 n est any mtght suppose t at nst s comwg j . . . . . ld b h · · h }" profound Ignorance of theu spmt and speeches tn rela- ~VOU ~ t en as near as s~mmer 18 to spnng, e Im-tion to us, or by thinking of them only as once they 1ts the ume to the generation that shall see all those 1 f.I . . h h t d .d d were. ow 1t 1s t at we ave exer e so Wl e an signs. controlling an influence, remains to be explained - lD" Bro. Noble, of Bioghampton, N. Y., inquires, Every effort, both fa.ir and unfair, has been used to " Where is Bro. Collins 1" He says Bro. C. was in-cut off our influence, and to shut out the Advent doc- strumental in awakening an interest in the Advent in trine from the churches : pulpits have been shut that section. Y..l e believe that Bro. Collins is preach-against us ; members, on embracing the faith, have ei- ing in connection with the Methodist denomination.-ther gone out, or been turned out. On the occurrence We suppose he still believes in the Advent near. Wei of revivals,.as we have believed, under the influence should like to hear from him. of Advent preaching, ministers, and members, and papers, have been exceedingly careful to have it sta- ted, that Millerism was not the cause of the work.- Almost every pastor has been loath to admit that he had any of our faith in his congregation; and more than a year since Millerism was declared dean ! Then let this doctrine no longer furnish its enemie'l with a convenient subterfuge for their own crirrlinal neglect of God ; and should another year· roll around, let not the decrease in Conference or Association statistics be attributed to "Millerism." Count up the churches in each direction, where the doctrine never, perhaps, had a disciple, .and is 11 Millerism " the cause of the de- clension there 1 0 how sadly men deceive themselves and othF.rs! 'Ve o.nly ask our friends to notice whe- ther God ever does bless them again, while they con- tinue to cherish the spirit th<3y have towards the doc- trine of our Lord's speedy coming, and to smite with the fists of wickedness those who Jove and wait for his appearing. Should such a time e\u2022er come, with our present convictions, we shall have strong evidence to believe that we are on the wrong track! If the doctrines of the resurrection, the judgment, the com· ing of Christ ; if, too, the system of means whieh they have heretofore used, and on which G<>d bas set the seal of his approbation, are henceforth to be en- tirely passed over and discarded. then we almorst des- pair of seeing them enjoy again the favor of God.- This much is true, pastors will have to seek for them- selves the spi1·it of evangelists; they will have to lay themselves out for woTk: members and parstors will have to re-cast their piety in a holier mould than ever -to consecrate themselves to God, and pray and labor indwidually as they have not been wont to. Satisfied we are, however, that the course which the sects seem resolved on pursuing in relation to the work of God, meets the entire approbation of thP. enemies of revi- vals; and Satan, we fear, will grasp the present oppor- tunity, as one unusually fitted to lull them into a state of perpetual sleep. · Cheering, We hear from varipus quarters, and our own obser- nt.ion coofirms tb'e same, that the Advent churches and ministers are waking up, and girding themselves once more for the work of the Lord. Meetings are increasingly interesting, and the watchword swells along the ranks, "Onward! onward!" The 11 signs" of the near advent of our Lord have not lost their power, even on a promiscuous ~udience, when t e ~Speaker has had his heart fired with the truth and the Spirit of God ; an attentiGn and a aolemnity have marked the occasion, such as it was common to wit- ness before '43 had passed. We have recently con- versed with a brother who has recently made a tour into \he Stat~ of Maine; he says he has found many who have never before heard mnch in relation to the grounds of our hope, out who will sit and eat down with a keen relish. expositions of the 2d and 7th of Daniel. He met with many who are tired of their bondage, perishing for the bread of life, and ooly wait- ing to meet with a company of spiritual men and wo- men, io order to come out and join them. Let us all be encouraged : there is a band in every direction of as true, as pure, and as noble hearts, connected with the cause we advocate, as ever stood; and they are determined, at all hazards, to hold on to the truth to the last. Let us, too, keep very bumble, disregard all that is said against us falsely ; close our ears equally t(l flatteries as to anathemas, and our eyes to the vani- ties and follies of this world; live in view of the Judge at the door, and ~fa speedy release from all our cares and labors, and God will bless us abundantly. llJ" We finish mailing all our papers on Tuesday, unless unavoidably delayed till Wednesday. Any de- lay from that is owing to the Post-office. We state this for the information of Bro. Moffatt. Ouly three Nos. of the" Shield" have been published. We can g~t none out al present. THE ADVENT HERALD, ~otntnunicntions. Hold Fast the Truth. Dear Bro. :-We read in John 8:31, 32-" If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Again, John 17: 17, 11 Sanctify them throu~rh thy truth; thy word is truth." Thus spake, and thus pra. ed our blessed Lord, eighteen hundred years ago; and we bless his name that his words are still spirit and life. But till truth achieves a final and everlasting triumph over error, the heirs of the prom- ise, and of like faith with Abraham, shall not he made free indeed. This the Son, wbo·e office it is to make free indeed, will accomplish when he comes in his own; and his Father's glory, to raise and glorify his people, and give them for an everlasting inherit- ance the new earth, teeming with more than Eden beauty, and glorious like the garden of the Lord.- Then shall the earth be filled with the knowledge o( the glory of God, according to the word spoken by his servants. Isa. 65:17, 25; 2 Pet. 3 : Rev. 21. The coming of Christ. to restore all things, should now hold the chief place in our thoughts. It may occur any moment, and cannot, from the teachings <•f God's word, and other data, be long delayed. 0 let us tem- per the wisdom of the serpent with the meekness of the dove, redeeming the time; tor now our redemp- tion draws nigh. To-day, ~o-•lay must. as Bro. Mil- ler says, he our time till Christ appears. To meditate oft on this soul-stirring theme will fit us for duty, nerve the mind for trials, and enable us to bear evil treatment for conscience sake with meeknt!ss and equanimity. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested1 that he might destroy the works of the devil. Hence, from the beginning, the grand aim of the devil has been to ruin the cause of truth and right- eousness. He still has vassals, who are ready at his call to mix with the friends of truth, to sow the seeds of discord and division, or betray with a kiss, as cir- cumstances might require. Still, though at the insti- gation of the adversarv, millions of the excellent of the earth have been ·basely slaughtered for love to Christ and the truth, the truth itself abideth the same. The Savior calls his disciples the salt of the e.trth, the light of the world ; and while the world stands, he will have the "seed" to do him service. The truth makes them free, and thus gets them to be its guar- dians and conservators. Thank God there is still a remnant left, who will maint:tin the conflict against the enemy, till all heaven re~:>ound with the triumphant shout of victory. Y ee, soon the kingdoms of this world shall become the l1ingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Adventists, who have been taught by the Spirit of all grace to put off the old man, which is corrupt! and put on the new man, which after God is created in ritzhteousness and true holiness, to hold fast the faith, and to watch and pray in view of the f)oming sa,•ior, are now everywhere spoken against, as those of like precious faith with us were, in the Apostolic age.- Now as Peter says, that those who do these things (the things of the Spirit) shall never fall; and Paul tells us, Rom. 8:8, that they that are in the flesh can- not please God, we ask why evil treatment should be awarded ~s for doing the will of God, and turning our back on the world, the devil, and the flesh~ But one greater than Solomon tells us (John 15: 18, 19), "If the world hate you, it hated me before it bated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own." Paul, too, is just to the point (Gal. 4;28, 29), "Now we, brethrenf as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that ''as born after the spirit·; even so is it now." \Veil, because it is so now, are we on that account to act the coward, or give up our blessed hope 1 No, no. 1 Tim. 2:3, 4, "Thou therefore en- dure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth hirnselr' with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath called him to be a soldier." Philip. 1:27, 28-" Only let your consolati«)n be as becometh the gospel of Christ; ... and in nothing terrified by your.a?ver&aries, which is to them an evident token of perdJtwn, hut to you of salvation, ami that of God." Continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and be not moved away from thr. hope of the gospel, " which is Christ in you the hope of glory." But, alas ! what a frail creature man is, and how soon seduced by the enemy of all righteousness, when be forgets to look to the heavens from whence cometh all our aid. Many who were once looking for the re- turn of the Nobleman, and run we11 for a season, have lost hold of their hope, anti the world has taken hold of their heart instead. See 2 Pet. 2;20, 22. Others evinc.e no desire to obtain the blessing promised to the merc1f~l (Matt.. 5:7). On the contrary, they have shut up the1~ bowels of mercy from poor, perishing sinners. Adventists, too, are excluded from all sympathetic re- gard. Oh, say they, the door is shut. But where is the proof1 . Nt~t one solita~y text can he procluced from the B1ble 1~ favor of th1s notion. To attempt to pro"e such a thtng would be equal to offering pruof that the sun does not shine at noon. Others instead of desiring, 11 as new-born babes, the sincer~ tnllk of the word," have imbibed an appetite for faocifui theo- ries, spiritual phantasies, and wild speculations : and rhere are but too many ready. with new and true mes- sages, dreams, and metaphots, to countenance and keep up t_he delusion. Some who ~·ere once free, have been ag~!n entangled with Jewish fables, questions and str_Ifes of .~ords, whereof cometh envy, strife, railing, eVIl .sunmstngs,. &c., and are tossed to and fro, an·d c~rned a~out Wlth every wind of doctrine, by the cun- n~ng crafuness, whereby tltey lay in wait to deceive. 1 he grand work of the enemy was first to distract and divid~; then, after having accomplished this, the next step 1s to saddle all the evil consequences on the Sec ond Advent doctrine, and those who adhere to first principles. But truth still remains, as distinct from error, as Jig bt is f1 om darkness-heaven from thfl pit, and we feel confident that no weapon formed against It shall prusver. Such t hiugs, however, contain a Jes~ so.n, and teach us,_ 1st. To be humble. We walk by faith: let us not oe high-minded, but fear. 2d. To watch and pray: the time is short, and rhe judgment near. Keep this before the mind. 3d. Beware of self, and self-seeking. Let us chiefly seek the things that are Jesus Christ's, ;~nd then we shall not look "every man on his own things, b•Jt every man also on the things of others." 4th. Contend for nothing but the truth; compared with this, nothina is worth a thought. 11 Buy the truth and sell it not" 5th. J,et us guard against 1he wiles of the devil, who is some- times transformed into a messenaer of light in order to.accomplisb his dark purposes. o ' In view of all that has been said, we now feel to pray with the Apostle (Eph. 3:18, 19), that we'' may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth. and height; and to · know_ the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye n11ght he fill~d witb all the fHlness of God." \Vhen man becomes the temple of God, he knows of a truth that God_ is love. He breathes in a new atmosphere ; for love 1s now the reigning, ruling principle within : and beueath its rsalutary influence, the whole man, soul body, and spirit, is created anew, and fitted for th~ Master's service. .Many thus qualified, started from ouscurity to proclaim the message of the Advent an- gel, in order to arouse a drowsy world from the slum- ber of death, and prepare a people to hail the cominll' One. Need we remind those who left all to do thi~ glorious work, that " they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars fur ever." Think beloved, think on the immortal crown, the white robe' and the palm\ of victory, yet to be awarded by th~ King of kings to those who, like him, overcome; and be not weary in well doing. Awake! arise! and rally once more around the Master's standard, and God and truth be our watchword. Yours for the truth's sake, JoaN MoFFATT. Patapsco (Md.), Sept. 29, 1845. Remarks on Matt. 27 : 62, 63. I do not p~rceive that difficulty iu these verses which some seem to discover. And the surmise of Dr. Adam Clark se-ems utterly unbecoming a man set for the defence of the gospel. We know the Bible is a standing miracle; and although translators may vary a little in phraseology, yet the fountain is always ac- cessible ; and is admitted by all to have been held by all, as most sacred. For this we have the assurance and promise of Christ, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away." He who will fulfil has likewise preserved. I recollect an article in the "Morning Watch," en- titled ''The Voice of the Lord," where the arrange- ment. of a few verses in the 24th of Matthew did not exactly agree with the author's ideas of perspicuity, and which he thought might possibly have been,~hrough neglect, transposed by the translators. The passage, perhaps, was not arranged according to hiiil idea of grammatical arrangement; but the Bible is often so. 1 would rather not hear a transposition mentioned : I would prefer calling it a recapitulation, or even any ob- scurity. Let learning go to the original if it pleases, but no where else. So I believe you and your friends hold. But concerning Matt. 27 : 52, 53, I do not see any AND MORNING WATCHl necessary obscurity. ~althew is relating the circum-! and also letting it shine. "Truth is mighty, and will stances, wonders, and miracles, &ttending the crucifix- prevail." R . .H. ion and resurrection of the Lord. , When first fa~t-· Canada East, Oct. 25, 1845. ened to the cross a gloom covers the heavens from the 6th to the 9th hour, the time the Lord expired. When With regard to the. new birth, we are satisfied there be had eried a second· time, as 'forsaken of God, he Is a sense in .which we are said to be born again at gave up t ·e ghost. Thus the sun was darkened while conversion ; and in another sense, we are born again he suffered., ·wben his spirit fled, the vail of the tern-at the resurrection. And the new birth is used in both ple was rent-the earth did quake. and the rocks rent. • • This miracle announced the conflict ended, and re-of those senses in the Scriptures. We cannot apply demption finished, when Jesus slept. When he arose, all the texts that refer to it either at conversion, or at and not before, several eminent saints followed him in the resurrectilln exclusively. The trnth lies between. the resurrection, went into Jerusalem, and appeared Con~ersion is a new bir1h, inasmuch as a part is put to the diseiples, as additional confirmation that Jesus had risen; and to give that ocular demonstration that for the who!e. But we look to the resurrection for the He is ~he resurrection and the life. We have no right crowning consummation. Thus the whole matter is to say' they rose on Frlday,* and came out of their in a nut-shell. Some have made more of this than graves on same day; but they rose and came out of the Scriptures warrant. their graves after his resurrection, and appeared to We shall be pleased to receive the pmffered articlP.s. many, during the forty days (perhaps) before the as- cension. As to the number, we know nothing. If supposi- tion were anything; we might suppo.,e it would cor- respond to the number of the apostles whom Christ chose to be witnesses of his resurre(;tiotl. But this is of no consequeuce. vVe have no authori1y for believ- ing they have any reference to the 144,000 of the Apocalypse; nor have we any authority for deciding wb,, the 144,000 were: Some snppose they are the children who were slam by .Herod, that he rnight des- troy the infant Savior. Of the fact of thP-resurrection of a number of tl1e ancient ~aints as compauions with Christ in his resur- re(;tion, we are assu .e1l. But who they were, and'- how manv, we cannot tell; only their nnmber was so small, as not to affect at all the identity of thtJ first re~urrec,tion, or the truth of Oh'rist being the fin;;t fruits; for they came not with bim, but after him; merely as collateral proof of the resurrection of our Lord, and to demonstrate that his resurrection is the guaranty and assurance of our~. A BRoTHER. Adoption. No. I. The Apostle Paul is the only inspired writer who uses the word adoption. He uses it only five times, viz., as follows: " Having predestinated us into the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself." E . 1:5. "That we might. receive the adoption of so . " Gal. 4:5. " To whom pertaineth the ::tdoption." 9:4. "Ye have received the spirit of adoption." 8:15. "Waiting for the adoption." Rom. 8:23. Apostle defines the term only once. He says: ' know that the whole creation groaneth and trav in pain together until now, a11d not only they, but. selves also, which have the first fruits of the Spi . even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."- {Rom. 8. 22, 23.) 'l'hus adoption is something for which the saints are waiting !-it is the 1·edemption of thezr bodMs. They are now the children of God, in- ~smuch as they possess his Spirit; but they are wait- lOg to be counted in his fa mil v at the resurrection. It we use, Paul's term, adoption, we ought to use his defi. nition of it. 1 prefer it to all the uninspired definition~ in Christendom. Scripture is its own best interpreter. Regeneration and the New Birth. 1 No. II. According to modern tkeology, regeneration and the new birth are identical, one and the same. This view cannot be correct, if the terms are allowed to retain their obvious import. To generate, Is to beget; to re-·generate, it~ to re-beget. Htmcel it is easy to see a difference between regeneration and the new birth, and also the amount of difference. We are regene- rated, generated ;1new, or begotten again, when we believe the gospel.-\Ve are re-burn, or born again, at the re.surrection of the just-when Zion travails and brings folth a nation at once. Or, to divest the sub- ject of all figurative terms, we receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit when \Ve embtace Christ by faith; and the same Spirit changes us from rntlrt.ality to im- mortality, or from corruption to incorfllption, at the coming of the kingdom of God. I published au article on the above ~ubject through t~e "Advent. Herald," early in the spring of 1844, giving an exposition of otlr LOrd'~ conversation with Nicodemus. While some received the View at 'the time, others cried '·Bro. H. is off the track now (" I rejoice, however, that many att: now seeing tile. light, OBITUARY.-Died, in Randolph, Vt., at the residence of his :son-in-law, Dr. J. S. Smith, on the 2d instant, Rev. James Sabine, Rector of Christ Church, Bethel, aged 71 years. The occasion of his death was an enlargement of the prostate gland, which subjected him to intense suffenngs a gteat part of the time of his sickness, which he endured as a Chri:stian, "learil- ing obedience by the things which he suffered," like his divine Master, and manifesting to all his faith in the ~a'lor, whose gospel he preaehe-;1 for more than fifty years. The deceased, who was well-linown in this part of the coun.try, \Vas a native of England, ·where he commenced his minil'>try in early youth :1.mong the dissenters. He came to this country in 1H18, and was pastor of a Congregatio;ml church in Boston for a number of years, wher he and a part of his congregation united with the Episcopal church.- He was ordained deacon and pnest by Bishop Gris- wold, in 1828-9, and officiated a short time in this city. In the autumn of 1830, he removed· with his family to Bethel, Vt., where he preached until within a few weeks of his death. He has left a widow and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord-they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.-Chris. Wit. and Advocate. When the doctrine of the Advent was promulgated, he became interested in t.he cause, and was of mate· rial aid to it, both by his advice and pen. He was the author of No. 18 of the S~!:~pd.,4<1X,~~LM.?-rary: His friend-ship;;.antt'r~~1Ta."ve greatly cheered us in our arduous duties. He awaits the resurrection morn. lG' J. G. ScATEs.-This brother called on us a few s since, Reverely afflicted with a large cancer un- der. ~tfttnk, his right ear .. He ~ad co.me directJ.y fruh't Buffalo, N. Y., wLth the Intentwn ot calling on Dr. Wolverton, of this city, t() have his cancer ctued, if possible. He put himself under the care of the Doctor, who told him the plaster he usually applied in such cases, would probably kill him, as the cancer had already reached the glands of his throat; there was a bare possibility, however, of its being removed, and life saved. The patient was' sensible he must die in the most painful manner if the cancer was left to take its natural course ; consequehtly, after prayerful con- sideration, by his request, the plaster was applied, but removed in a few hours. The patient, however, sunk in deat.h in the course of a few days, happy in the hope of soon obtaining a part in the first resurrection. No blaroe is atta&hed to Dr. Wolverton, who is repute·d to be skilful in such cases. We give this 'accoun' for the information of his friends at the East. We un- derstand that he resided in Essex Co., Mass. ; the town we did not learn. He had been an exborter among the Christians, and a lecturer on the second coming o: Christ.-Voice of Truth. We are sorry to learn the death of our htfrther.- He was from Roxl:iury~ two miles from Boston .. 0BITUARY.-Sister Marinda Barney, wif'e of Bro. Alb~l!'t Barney, of Dunham, C. E., died the 8Lh inst., aged 41. For some y,ears she ha.s been a consistec1 follower of the Savior. She eml>raced the Adveni faith in 1842; since then it has been her meat and drink. In her last sickness, thA grace of God enabled ller in patience to possess "her soul, nnder the urellt- est sufferings. ~he fell asleep, in the lively h;pe ot a speedy resurrection to eternal Ue. May the Lord comfort her bereaved husband undpr his afHICtion.- Aod mav the death of our sister be the lite of be1 children: who are out~ of Christ. I preached her fu- neral sermon from 2 Tim. 1 : 10, showing that "life an£! immortality" are broughtto light through the gos pel, and will l>e bestowed at the appearing and king- dom of Jesus Christ. It is hoped that the fruit will l>e seen after many days. R. HuTCHINSON. Waterloo (C. E.), Oct. 11, 1845. P.S. Instead of my appointment on the 7th instant being at St .. Johns, N. B., it was at St. Johns, C. E. I had a candid hearing on the AbrahamiC Covenant, and an earnest request that I would ~isit the place again soon, which 1 design doing. R . .H. OBITUARY -In Cambridgeport, the 16th inst., John Curliug, youngest sot'l of Stephen D. and Sarah A. Brown, aged five years and nine months. Thy days, thou darling one, were few, An angel's morning visit; That came and vanished with the dew ! 'Twas here, 'tis gone !-where is it 1 Foreign News. l1·eland.-Mr. 'o·connell is agajn urging "repeal" with much zeal and fervor. · A writer einployed by the London Times, under the title of its " Commissioner," to make reports npon the state of the affairs of Ireland, was attacked l>y Mr. O'COl111ell in speeches at. the Repeal A:::sociation, and at a "monster demonstration" at Cashel, fur alleged omissions and misrepresentations in his statemeuts. At the Repeal Association en the 29th ult., Mr. John O'Connell read a letter signed "John .foster,'' puqJOrt- mg to be from this Cornmis~ioner, denouncing him as. "a liar and a. blacl;guard." This exclted much irulig- nation, and the letter was put upon Lite record of this Association " as a specimen of English poltteness." It appears however from the Times of the 3d inst that the letter ·as not wrillen by the commissianer,'; who was not a the place whe-re i.t was dated at the time, anJ who is nut named •• John Foster." China.~ The news frnm China is to the 27th of June. The Lonrlon Times says:- The trad.e ~ith the Chinese was going forward favor- ably, and It IS t& be hoped that the negotiatiullS f