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The Believer's Portion, 
BY A. HALE. 
FOURTH SKETCH. 
WE have seen that this Franco-Italian or-
ganization had power to give life to the new 
European system—the " indirect empire," as 
Rotteck terms it. The prophecy asserts that 
this image of the old system should then 
" speak," and demand homage for itself on 
pain of death. The facts of history are in ex-
act harmony with the prophecy.—To be killed 
politically, or symbolically, is to he deprived 
of authority; to he brought into subjection by 
force or conquest. A brief reference to the 
history of the new European 4-stem, and of 
the relation of the different states of Europe to 
that system, will be sufficient to show the ful-
filment. The design of the Continental Sys-
tem, in its origin, was "to force England into 
a lasting peace with France."—Enc."-Am. It 
was conceived immediately after the rupture of 
the peace of Amiens, in 1803. At the procla-
mation of the empire, in 1804, England, Swe-
den, and Russia, only, refused to acknowledge 
Napoleon. In 1805 a treaty was formed be-
tween Russia and England, by which they 
agreed to use the most effective measures to 
form a general coalition against France. An 
army of five hundred thousand men was to be 
raised ; and England engaged to furnish her 
part of the troops, and to pay one million two 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling an-
nually, for every one hundred thousand men 
furnished by her allies.—Enc. Am. The coali-
tion consisted of Sweden, Russia, Austria, and 
England. A large portion of Europe, while 
several important states were neutral, was on 
the side of France, ready with their forces to 
kill " as many as would not " honor the new 
system—the image created by the power of 
Napoleon. The blow was struck at Austria ; 
and the battle of Austerlitz ended the coalition. 
Besides the immense numbers killed in battle, 
Austria lost her finest provinces, three millions 
of her subjects, and was compelled to submit 
to a treaty " which broke decisively her power, 
and gave the continent into the hands of 
France. Rotteck. 
In 1809 another coalition was formed between 
Austria and England against France. Within 
a month after the war began Napoleon entered 
Vienna, the capital of Austria; arid the battle 
of Wagrarn, fought July 5th and 6th, was fol-
lowed by a treaty, in which Austria lost 
" Then 
titer will 
shall we 
which are alive and remain, shall be caught up loge-
tem in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the kir ; and so 
e with the Lord."-1 Them. 4:17. 
 
Fo er with the Lord ! 0, can it be 
 
T I this bright promise is for child of earth 
Tha for the sons of frail mortality 
Is given this heritage of priceless worth ? 
Forever with the Lord ! Then to thy heart, 
Believer, lake this star of hope to cheer 
And guide thy steps, whene'er in life thy path 
Is &irk with woes, and all around is drear. 
Forever with the Lord ! Let this sure word 
Ile a glad note, to quicken into life 
fliose dead in sin, whose spirits have not heard 
Their Saviour's call to join the Christian strife. 
Forever with the Lord ! Soon shall the light 
Of the eternal day in splendor dawn ; 
Then let us cast away the works of night, 
And take God's armor ere that night be gone. 
Forever with the Lord ! Then, at the last, 
We which remain shall meet him in the air! 
The care, the grief; the joy of earth all past—
With his redeemed the bliss of heaven to share. 
Forever with the Lord ! Ages shall roll 
Onward in ceaseless flow, yet still with Him 
We shall abidd—blest portion of the soul ! 
Equal to that of brightest seraphim ! 
Banner of the Cross. 
The Last Days of Rome. 
ten thousand square miles of territory, making been adopted ; and if the powers of nature had and the pride of the Caesars was forgotten in 
in all she had lost forty-two thousandthind three not also aided the Russians, it is doubtful if the glory of one who had risen upon the ruins 
million five hundred thousand of ht pipula- Russia had not also been completely broken. of their antiquated splendor. No adequate 
tion. She then acceded, without reserve, to " But against the superior, daily swelling pow- conception can be formed of the astonishing 
the Continental system. 
er of France, Russia could find her salvation power and grandeur of Napoleon, but by those 
Now, this was not the work of France alone ; only in a Scythian system of defence. To who witnessed his residence on this occasion 
nor of France and Italy—the two-horned beast, avoid pitched battles, to retreat into the vast at Dresden. The emperor occupied the prin-
as we view it : it was, as the prophecy here ex- deserts, to harass the enemy by petty warfare, cipal apartments of the palace; his numerous 
pressly asserts, the work of the image—the destruction of cities, villages, and magazines, suite were accommodated around ; the august 
new system. It causes that as many as will in order to make his destruction, by inevitable guests of the king of Saxony all looked to him 
not worship the image shall be killed. All the distress and the power of nature, more certain as the centre of attraction. 
Four kings were 
powers that had acceded to the new system the farther he advanced ; this was the plan of frequently to be seen waiting in his ante-cham-
rallied against Austria. " For it was not only the Russian generals, which, if nature actually ber ; queens were the maids of honor to Marie 
the power of the great empire, before which allied , herself with them, and if the bold ene- Louise. With more than Eastern magnificence 
the strongest coalitions had sunk into dust, my presumptuously defied her terrors; prom- he distributed diamonds, snuff-boxes, and cross- 
that now tell upon Austria all alone; not only ised them certainly victory at last. 
es among the innumerable crowd of princes, 
were ranged against this empire the vassal- "Their expectation was not deceived."— ministers, dukes, and courtiers, who thronged, 
states of France, Italy, and Holland, and with Rotteck, vol. 4, pp. 221-2. 
with Oriental servility, around his steps ; when- 
particular zeal the kings and princes of the The vast magnitude and immense power of ever he appeared in public, nothing was to be 
confederation of the Rhine ; not only did. the the new European combination, with the match- heard but praises of his grandeur and magnifi- 
, angry for ancient wrongs, brandishThis less policy which created it, the earthly splen- cence. The vast crowd of strangers, the su-
sword, but also even the pacific Denmark raised dor it exhibited, and the idolatrous homage perb equipages which thronged the streets, the 
her arm for the use of Napoleon, and even the paid to it, in the person of its highest repre- brilliant guards which were stationed in all the 
powerful emperor of Russia, formerly the ally sentative, by the whole Roman world—" them principal parts of the city, the constant arrival 
of Austria against France."—Rotteck, vol. 4, that dwell on the earth "—may be seen by the and departure of couriers from or towards eve-
p. 207. 
following extract from Alison :— 
ry part of Europe, all announced the king of 
It was by this masterly policy, precisely like " Since the fall of the Roman empire, no kings, who was now elevated to the highest 
what had been practised under the old system monarch had ever attained the commanding pinnacle of earthly grandeur."—Hist. of Eu-
for the interest of Rome, that the whole circle station which Napoleon occupied at the corn- rope, vol. 3, pp. 540, 543. 
of the nations on the continent of Europe were tnerawrent of the Russian war. The influ- the remaining items of the sketch of this 
made to keep each other in subjection to the ence of Charlemagne extended over a smaller two-horned beast are given in vs. 16 and 17 : 
new system. They must honor the image, or surface, and embraced only barbarous states : " And he causeth all, both small and great, 
be killed. 
the hordes of Tin-lour were hardly as nutne- rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark 
When the first blow, just now referred to, rotas, and incomparably inferior in discipline in their right hand, or in their foreheads; and 
was struck at Austria, Naples forgot her trea- and equipment. Even the myriads of Attila that no man might buy or sell, save he that had 
ties with France, and opened her ports to Eng- or Genghis Kahn exhibited no such combina- the mark, or the name of the beast, or the 
land. Two armies were sent by Napoleon tion of the muniments of war, and foreboded number of his name." This prediction is of 
against her. The royal family fled to Palermo. no such permanent subjection of the liberties the most remarkable character. NA. hat we re-
And the decree went forth, " The royal house of mankind. From the shores of the Baltic gard as the fulfilment was quite as remarkable. 
of Naples has ceased to reign !" 
to the mountains of Calabria, from the sands It is not uncommon that commercial intercourse 
In the autumn of 1806 Prussia united with of Bordeaux to the forests of the 'Vistula, the should be interrupted on a limited scale, as to 
Sweden, Russia, and England, against France. whole forces of Europe were marshalled at his the articles prohibited ; or, as the result of re-
" The battle of Jena overthrew Prussia. Mod- will ; 'the accumulated wealth of ages was ligious bigotry and intolerance : as the Jews 
ern history has not seen a defeat so total, so turned to the support of one gigantic power ; had no dealings with the Samaritans. But this 
irremediable."—Rotteck. Prussia lost half her and the military prowess, which centuries of strikes at all traffic ; it is on the widest scale ; 
territory; more than four millions of her sub- glory had fostered in the rival states, combined and an established public test is instituted to 
jects; and was made to pay one hundred and under the banners of one victorious leader. carry into effect the general commercial inter- 
twenty millions of francs as a contribution to ." The acknowledged supremacy of his ge- diet. Nothing can be found that answers so 
the victor ; and support 150,000 French nmus had extinguished the jealousies even of perfectly to the prophecy as the " Continental 
soldiers. Eleven princes were added to the the armies who had suffered most in his career. System ;" which it was the object of all the 
Confederation of the Rhine. The battle of The Austrians and Italians, the Prussians and plans, alliances, treaties, and wars of Napoleon 
Marengo, (June 14th, 1807,) was immediately Bavarians,. marched in the same ranks with to establish, after his accession to power. Its 
followed by the peace of Tilsit, which brought the French and the Poles. The partition of design was to exclude England from all traffic 
Russia, with Prussia, to accede to the new sys- Poland, the humiliation of Prussia, the con- with the world, or with Europe, on account of 
tern. The Duke of Brunswick, beaten and quest of Austria, were for a time forgotten : her determined opposition to the innovations of 
wounded in battle, fled from his conquerors, the conquerors of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Je- France upon the old system, effected by the 
and the decree, " The house of Brunswick has na, were to be seen side by side with the van- revolution. Finding it impossible, or at least 
ceased to reign," pronounced him politically nuished in these disastrous combats. However thwarted by Providence in his attempt to cross 
dead. 
much the sense of humiliation might oppress the British Channel, with his army of a huns 
Portugal dared to open her ports to England ; the governments, or the recollection of recent dred and fifty thousand men assembled on the 
a French and Spanish army was sent there un- wrongs rankle in the minds of the people he coast for that purpose, Napoleon turned " to 
der Junot ; the royal family embarked for Bra- had vanquished, the necessity of present sub- combat England by the long and sinuous route 
zil ; and a similar decree i4rmed the world mission was felt by all : one only passion, the of the continent."—Thiers. England was to 
that " The royal house of Braganza had ceased desire of conquest, animated the varied bands be excluded from all commerce with the world 
to reign !" All this was done by the adherents who followed his standard ; one only career, directly, by her own vast fleet of shipping, or 
of the new system. Southern Germany fur- that of military glory, remained to the youth indirectly by the vessels of any other nations. 
nished the gold and troops to beat Russia ; to in the realms he had subdued. 
The first of the decrees which were put 
dismember and humble Prussia, and bring all " Napoleon left Paris on the 9th of May forth to carry out this purpose was dated at 
the northern states of Germany into the new (1812) : the empress Marie Louise accompa- Berlin, the capital of Prussia, in November, 
confederation. Russia brought Sweden to sub- Med him to Dresden. The whole sovereigns 1806. The decree declares England to be in 
init. " Denmark yielded with a ready corn- of Germany were there assembled, including a state of blockade; all commerce with her or 
pliance."—Alison. 
the emperor Francis and time king of Prussia. her subjects is interdicted ; all English sub- 
This immense combination at last became so The empress had left Germany as a sacrifice jects are to be regarded as prisoners, and their 
vast and threatening, that its own supporters to the interests of her country : she returned property a lawful prize ; not one of their ships, 
became alarmed. The numbers " killed " by beside the conqueror of the world, surrounded nor those of any other nation not at war with 
the triumphant image of the beast must be by the pomp of more than imperial splendor. her, or hearing her manufactures, is to be al- 
reckoned by hundreds of thousands. Eng- The theatres of Paris had been transferred to lowed to enter any continental port. The Ad- 
land alone continued the war by sea, and now Dresden ; the assembled courts of Europe miralty Court at Paris is to decide all the dis-
by land also, upon the Pyrenean peninsula ; there awaited her approach ; the oldest poten- putes arising out of the decree in the empire ; 
amid Russia began at last to rise against the tates yielded to the ascendant of her youthful and " our court of justice at Milan " all dis-
world-empire which approached nearer and diadem. During the magnificent series of pa- putes " in our kingdom of Italy." The second 
nearer her frontiers."—Rotteck. But even geants wIfich followed her arrival, flattery ex- decree was issued from Milan in Decem- 
then, if only the usual modes of warfare had hausted its talent, and luxury its magnificence; ber, 1807. It repeated the provisions of the 
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Berlin decree ; but was more stringent against 
all traffic with England. The decree of Fon-
tainbleau, October, 1811, ordered all goods of 
English manufacture found on the continent to 
be burnt. " Thus all peaceable commetce was 
annihilated." says Rotteck. 
All the ports of continental Europe, from 
the Baltic on the west to the Adriatic on the 
south, were closed to the manufactures and 
produce of England and her colonies. Prop-
erty to the amount of millions of francs be-
longing to Americans, and that of other na-
tions not at war with England, was " confis-
cated " under these decrees. No family ties, 
personal friendships, or sacred dignities were 
considered as weighing a feather, in opposition 
to this project to crush England-the only rep-
resentative of the old system which had the 
ability to keep the field. 
The people of Holland had been accustomed 
to traffic extensively with England, and it was 
extremely difficult fully to put an end to it.-
Louis Bonaparte overlooked the violation of 
the laws of the empire, which forbade to " buy 
or sell " with England. Napoleon first remon-
st-ated with Louis, and as this did not put an 
end to it, Louis was charged with being " more 
a Dutchman than a Frenchman," and com-
pelled to give up his crown, in 1810. Hol-
land was then made a province of the empire. 
The complaint of Napoleon's enemies, and 
their attempts to stigmatize his character as 
marked with littleness, only shows how lite-
rally the prophecy was fulfilled. Hence Ali-
son speaks of his " shooting in the maritime 
departments wretched shop-keepers who smug-
gled a pound of sugar."-Hist. of Europe, v. 
4, p. 90. It is also a pretty well known fact, 
that some of our " merchant princes " amassed 
their wealth by their success in this illicit traf-
fic. In the nature of the case, articles of Eng-
lish manufacture or produce would be very 
high in Europe, and very low in England, so 
that a successful voyage must afford an im-
mense profit. Coffee, for instance, a favorite 
beverage with the Dutch, could be bought at 
that time for six cents a pound in the British 
West Indies, and would command a dollar in 
Holland. The writer could name American 
merchants, who became immensely rich, it is 
said, by trading in this article. 
The Pope, too, connived at this trade with the 
English by the Romans. Napoleon remon• 
strated in the sternest mode. The Pope had the 
impudence to quote in justification of himself 
a text which his predecessors appeared never 
to have remembered," If thine enemy hunger, 
feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink." The 
forbidden traffic was continued, and the Pope 
was seized in the Castle of St. Angelo, and 
borne off to France. The remaining " States 
of the Church " were made a French prov-
ince ; and Rome became the second city in the 
empire, in 1809. 
Leaving other facts which might be cited in 
abundance from Europe, we may refer to those 
which show that the United States submitted 
to receive the mark of subjection to, or alli-
ance with, this image of the old system. Af-
ter our country had suffered, in the confisca• 
tion of property, to the amount of millions of 
francs, by the Berlin and Milan decrees, it is 
more than probable that our government agreed 
to make war with England, in case France 
would engage to refund what our merchants 
had lost. This is the ground of the " French 
claims " which are yet hardly closed up. We 
are told that one source of encouragement to 
Napoleon and his confederates, when about to 
enter on the Russian campaign, was this : " he 
was confident of a declaration of war against 
England by the United States."-Enc. Amer. 
Alison speaks thus of the matter : " And thus 
had America, the greatest Republic in exist-
ence, and which had ever proclaimed its at-
tachment to the cause of freedom in all na-
tions, the disgrace of going to war with great 
Britain, then the last refuge of liberty in the 
civilized world, when their only ground of 
complaint against it had been removed ; and of 
allying their arms to France, at that very mo- 
ment commencing its unjust crusade against 
Russia, and straining every nerve to crush in 
the Old World the last vestige of continental 
independence."-Hist. of Europe, vol. 4, p. 
456. This fact it was that constituted a chief 
element in the party politics of the country at 
the time, as the following extracts will show : 
" On the subject of any French connexion 
we have made up our minds. We will in no 
event assist in uniting the Republic of America 
with the military despotism of France. We 
will have no connexion with her principles or 
her power. If her armed troops, under what-
ever name or character, should come here, we 
will regard them as enemies."-Mem. from 
Rock., in N. H., 15th September, 1812. 
" We are constrained to consider the deter-
mination to persist in the war, after official no-
tice of the revocation of the British order in 
council had been received, as a proof that it 
was undertaken on motives entirely distinct 
from those hitherto avowed ; and we contem-
plate with abhorrence the possibility even of 
an alliance with the present emperor of France, 
every action of whose life has demonstrated 
that the attainment, by any means, of universal 
empire, and the consequent extinction of every 
vestige of freedom, are the sole objects of his 
incessant, unbounded, and remorseless ambi-
tion."-Resolutions of Thirty-four Cities and 
Counties of the State of New York, adopted at 
a meeting held at Albany, 17th and 18th Sep-
tember, 1812.-Al. Hist. Europe, vol. 4, pp. 
457-8. 
These are the facts we believe the prophecy 
refers to. They can be added to by the reader 
almost indefinitely. 1. The power supposed 
to be symbolized by the two-horned rises " out 
of the earth "-the Roman world. 2. It has 
two governments under one head ; and only 
two, though all the nations of the continent 
were in its power. 3. It exercised all the 
power of the first beast. 4. It caused all to 
worship, or honor the first beast. 5. It did 
great wonders, and deceived them that dwelt 
on the earth. 6. It commanded them to make 
an image to the first beast. 7. It had power 
to give life to that image ; that it should speak, 
and cause that as many as would not worship 
the image should be killed. 8. It forbade all 
to buy or sell, save those who signified their 
regard for its favor, or submission to its au-
thority. The period of its almost undisputed 
power has ended, as the prophecies referred to 
show us it must be : for the first beast was to 
reign to the end. The part to be performed by 
the worshippers of these great systems, as 
brought to view in other portions, remain to be 
considered. 
On " the number of the beast," on which 
so much has been written, only to make 
a burlesque of the whole subject, the wri-
ter has nothing in particular to say. It does 
not, however, seem to be probable, that it is 
" the first beast," whose number is to be count-
ed, but the two-horned beast. Wherever the 
first beast is referred to, in this prophetic 
sketch, after his history is given, the reference 
is emphatically marked : " the first beast''-
` the beast that had a wound," &c. In the 
original there is nothing to distinguish them. 
The first is " theerion," a beast "-13:1. 
The second is " c4XX0 atiptow," allo theerion,"- 
" another beast "-v. 11. Either of them 
might be referred to as the beast. But the 
second is the one spoken of, at length, imme-
diately before what is said of " his number." 
If any one has the curiosity to know whether 
the number, as usually applied, corresponds 
with this interpretation, they are referred to 
the " Advent Herald," vol. 12, No. 11. 
Dr. Cox's Discourse. 
(Continued from our last.) 
With respect to that happy era that is be-
fore us, we state-1. That they greatly err, in 
our conviction growing continually stronger, 
who deny or disparage the truth, that this 
prosperous condition of the church on earth, is 
to be referrred to no other dispensation of the 
grace of God, than the present, the Christian 
dispensation. [Note 1.] 
Commencing with the mission of the Spirit 
on the day of pentecost, that dispensation, 
called expressly " the ministration of the Spi-
rit," is to continue to the end of the world,-
[Note 2 ] The millennial glory is only the 
meridian of its day, not another day. [Note 3.] 
A change of dispensation is properly a change 
of the instituted manner, order, and duties, of 
divine worship on the earth, to which the de-
vout conformity of all men is obligated and 
due. Such a change occurred, and shook 
earth and heaven, " once more," when the Mo-
saic was superseded by the Christian dispensa-
tion. But this, in comparison, is not to be 
shaken or removed. In it we, and all the elect 
of God to the end of time, are to be educated 
for heaven. " Wherefore we, receiving a 
kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have," 
let us hold fast, or apprehend and firmly grasp, 
" grace, whereby we may serve God accepta-
bly, with reverence and godly fear : for our 
God is a consuming fire." [Note 4.] It is in 
this disp(nsation, to which all previous ones 
were tributary, that our Lord Jesus Christ, our 
blessed Saviour, all accomplished and all ac-
complishing, is to consummate together his 
glory and his work. [Note 5.] There is no 
subsequent dispensation for the church, except 
that of eternity and glory in heaven. [Note 6.] 
" He that descended," to the nadir of his hu-
miliation, " is the same also that ascended " to 
the zenith of his exaltation, culminating for- 
ever, " up far above all heavens;" and for what 
end ? plainly that he might perfectionate his 
church and ultimate the success of his cause, 
and consummate the glory of his eternal en-
terprize-" that he might fill all things," & va 
TX,IP4,01, that he might fulfil, perform, accom- 
plish all things ; " that in the dispensation of 
the fulness of times," that is, in the Christian 
dispensation, [Note 7,] " he might gather to- 
gether in one all things in Christ, both which 
are in heaven and which are on earth, even in 
him, in whom also we have obtained an inher- 
itance, being predestinated according to the 
purposetf him, who worketh all things after 
the counsel of his own will." The idea here, 
as the flier word, adax.E9aXaolo'aP8at, is plain-
ly military,; that he might reduce under one 
nand coMmand, or captaincy, or generalissimo- 
ship, inChrist, all related or congenial ele-
ment, crelestial and terrestrial, angelic and hu- 
man, as his great army of light and glory, 
combined and united forever in him. Here in-
deed we have neither time nor place, for ex- 
tensive argument against opposing theories.- 
[Note 8.] Some of them we view as equally 
specious, and erroneous, and noxious to the in- 
terests of the missionary cause. Hence we 
say of them the following four things ; [Note 9] 
Their advocates seem to us to interpret 
Scripture on principles either partial, or pue-
rile, or false. [Note 10.] 
The plain should govern the doubtful, the 
lucid control the obscure, the didactic interpret 
the allegorical, and great known principles 
rule against those hypothetical and visionary ; 
general views and analogies well ascertained, 
taking the lead against those that are private, 
empirical, and short-witted ; as, with honest 
and simple-hearted men, it is both custom and 
nature to do. [Note 11.] Instead of this, their 
plan seems rather the reverse, than the identi-
ty, of the right. To interpret the Word of 
God on no principles, or on those mainly con- 
jectural, or certainly mistaken, or plainly false, 
seems to be the prestige or the preference that 
besets this class of interpreters-we mean all 
those who expect or believe ANOTHER DISPEN-
SATION OF THE GRACE OF GOD, ulterior to the 
Christian, in this world. [Note 12.] We con- 
demn them all by this criterion, as very faulty 
and unsafe, in these great matters of the king- 
dom. Compare 1 Cor. 10:11 ; Eph. 1:10, 22, 
23 ; 4:10 ; Heb. 9:26-28 ; 12:26, 27 ; 1 John 
2:7, 8, 18. [Note 13.] 
Their views, especially some of them, 
would perfectly revolutionize the nature and 
relations of true religion. 
A temporal dynasty, with Christ regnant in 
human form at Jerusalem ; trumpets, bugles. 
and military music sounding near his awful 
pretorium : oriental grandeur, and magnificence, 
and state, outpeering the glory of Solomon, as 
it surrounds Solomon's greater Son and Lord, 
in the same ancient and holy metropolis ;-
the sword puissant, in his realm, more than 
the pen, the press, or the pulpit; and Prince 
Messiah, dashing, with his war-club, all his 
enemies to the earth, papacy, islam, idolatry, 
infidelity, and error; putting in the fore-front 
scenery of his throne the ocular glare of his 
omnipotence ; superseding faith by sight, and 
love by consternation, and hope by absorbing 
the future into the revelations of the present; 
with countless other normal and judaizing in- 
ventions or implications of their pious day-
dreams, show us truly another Gospel, another 
Saviour, another kingdom of heaven. [Note 
14.] 
Such views are-to say the least--just as 
sensuous, quite as unspiritual, about as mate- 
rializing, and obviously as dissimilar and infe- 
rior, to the appropriate moral glory of the Gos-
pel, revealed from heaven and prehensible by 
faith, as are the abhorred contrivances and the 
silly pageantry of Puseyism, or its sire Popery, 
or even its sire gentilism itself : and these 
three we consider as having much of a com- 
mon origin and character; the best of them as 
a heathenizing caricature of the Christianity 
of God ; and there needs another Bible, or 
possibly much more than this, to commend it 
to our confidence. [Note 15.] 
For one, I incline not to believe in the res-
toration of the Jews to the land of their fa- 
thers ; but only to their fathers' faith, and hope, 
and inheritance, by sound conversion to Christ. 
[Note 16.] The declarations of the New 
Testament ought to interpret, modify, and con-
trol, the figures, the analogies, and the abound- 
ing poetic hyperboles, in the Old. [Note 17.] 
In the New, there exists not a syllable, known 
to me, that imports mainly anything more than 
this-their spiritual conversion to God, and 
their exalted usefulness in the manifold influ-
ences and ministrations that are to convert the 
world. They will then read Moses with a 
correct spiritual intelligence, the veil being re-
moved from their heart. "For we are the cir-
cumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and 
rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence 
in the flesh." They will begin to understand 
a spiritual " Jerusalem, which is above, which 
is free, which is the mother of us all." The 
visioned Apocalypse that charmed the soul of 
John in Patmos, will by faith be theirs-" I 
John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, com-
ing down from God out of heaven, prepared as 
a bride adorned for her husband." [Note 181 
-(To be continued.) 
Note 1.-Well, you give the proof. When 
GOD speaks, we listen with profound reve-
rence. 
Note 2.-Truth, so far. 
Note 3.-Here we join issue : Dr. Cox af-
firms-we deny. On him rests the burden of 
proof. 
PETER affirms that after " the heavens, 
being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the ele-
ments shall melt with fervent heat, . . . we, 
according to his promise, look for new heavens 
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth ighteous- 
oifi... 
ness "-literally, righteous person .-2 Pet. 
3 : 12, 13. 
i 
Note 4.-We will quote the preceding text : 
" And this word, Yet once more, signifieth 
the removing of those things that are shaken, 
as of things that are made, that those things 
which cannot be shaken may remain."-Heb. 
12:27. 
The things which can be shaken are re-
moved : the kingdom cannot be shaken, and 
will therefore remain-not be subject to a re-
moval to another sphere. 
Note 5.-This is true ; and he accomplishes 
his work here when he is revealed " from 
heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, 
taking vengeance on them that know not Goo, 
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord JESUS 
CHRIST.”-2 Thess. 1:7, 8. 
Note 6.-Your text affirms that the kingdom 
is to be " an everlasting kingdom," " under the 
whole heaven." Believest thou this? 
Note 7.-That is, at its termination. 
Note 8.-Why beg the question, without ar-
gument ? 
Note 9.-Are they noxious to the teachings 
of inspiration ?-should be the question ; and 
not, Are they noxious to our scheme ? 
Note 10.-This is the view we are driven 
to take of the Post-millenriialists. 
Note 11.-This is good reasoning. But 
which is the well-ascertained ? and which the 
doubtful? The Doctor seems in his practice to 
reverse his own rule. 
Note 12.-And we mean this of those who 
place the conversion of the world in the very 
place where GOD has placed the blessed hope 
of the glorious appearing of the great GOD and 
our Saviour JESUS CHRIST. 
Note 13.-Do you consider these texts to 
substantiate the spiritual reign ? What, then, 
pray tell us, are the inferential ? 
Note 14.-As we hold no view of this kind, 
we leave it for those, if any there are, to de-
fend it, who do recognize it. 
Note 15.-Why attack a view that does not 
exist ? That is a mere man of straw, which 
cannot possibly stand alone, and reflects no 
kind of honor on the one who set it up for the 
credit of knocking it over. 
Note 16.-The Jews we regard, in this res-
pect, on a level with all other nations. 
Note 17.-A sound conclusion. 
Note 18.-It will belong in common to them 
and to all the seed of ABRAHAM-constituted 
such by being CHRIST'S. But this comes 
down from GOD out of heaven after the first 
heaven and the first earth have passed away. 
See Rev. 21:1. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
171 
• 
Singular Revelations. 
Fir some time the Rochester and other pa-
pers in western New York have made occa-
sional references to mysterious noises, that 
were producing considerable excitement in that 
quarter : and the following grave history of the 
affair was published in the Tribune, by which 
it would appear that intelligent and prominent 
citizens have thought it worthy of serious at-
tention. The case furnishes another illustra-
tion of the effect of mystery on the human 
mind, on which account alone we copy it. 
Knowing that the public mind, in various 
locations in Western New York, has been 
somewhat agitated on account of certain 
sounds, called by some " mysterious," we shall 
offer no apology for making the following 
plain statement of facts in regard to our know-
ledge of the matter. 
The sounds were first heard abut two years 
since, and have not yet ceased, but seem to be 
spreading from one place to another, and grad-
ually claiming the attention of the public mind. 
When first heard, they were manifested by a 
simple hollow sounding rap upon the floor of a 
house. This rapping was continued every 
night, for a long time, and finally commenced 
in the day-time. It was at first entirely unin- 
telligible to the inhabitants of the house. 
At length a little girl said, " Now do as I 
do," and snapped her finger three times. She 
was answered by three raps. On repeating it, 
she found that it invariably repeated the num-
ber she made herself. Another person said, 
" Now count ten," and it was done. " Now 
count the age of " (one of the children.) 
It was done correctly. Another was tried with 
like success. As it began to display signs of 
intelligence, the family became alarmed, and 
the females all left the house at night. The 
neighbors were called in, but there was no ces-
sation of the sounds. The excitement became 
intense, and at one time, it is said, nearly or 
quite three hundred persons assembled to dis-
cover from whence die sounds proceeded. The 
house was thoroughly examined from garret to 
cellar, but, while the sounds continued, no one 
ever discovered the operator. At length it was 
discovered that every time a question was put 
that required an affirmative, a rap was heard; 
for a negative, no sound. 
The question was put, " Are you a spirit ?" 
The answer was by rapping—three raps. By 
this means they found that it purported to be 
the spirit of a man. Many expedients were 
resorted to by which to find out the name of 
the man whose spirit was making these mani-
festations. At length a stranger asked, " If I 
will call the Alphabet, beginning with A, will 
you rap when I come to the first letter of his 
name ?" The answer was affirmative. He 
then commenced, " A, B, C,"—when he came 
to C, there was a rap. Again he went on, and 
it rapped at H, and in that way he spelled out 
the name of Charles Rasme. As before stated, 
these sounds have, from that time, been heard 
in various families in that place and the cities 
of Auburn and Rochester, and in various places 
in the country. Although confined to this rap-
ping sound, the mode of communication has 
gradually improved, so that many very curious 
and astonishing sentences have been spelled 
by the use of the Alphabet. It no longer pur-
ports to be the spirit of one man, or person, but 
when an individual makes the inquiry, " Who 
is it that wishes to communicate with me ?" 
they will generally get the name of some friend 
or relative—a mother, father, sister, or brother, 
who has passed from visible existence. Many 
persons have made the trial, and have had 
names spelled out to them of their friends, un-
known to any person present. Strangers have 
tried the experiment, and had their names 
spelled out before any person present knew it, 
or where they came from. 
In each family where the sounds appear, 
there seems to be some one or two, whose pres-
ence is necessary to insure communications 
freely. 
Generally we finu ,;rat these persons 
are susceptible to magnetic influences and 
clairvoyant, although we have heard it where 
there were none that had ever been magnetized, 
or were known to be clairvoyant. In the family 
of Mr. Granger, of Rochester, a citizen well 
known there, the communications could be had 
with any two of the family previous to any of 
them being placed under the magnetic in-
fluence, but after a daughter was magnetized 
and become clairvoyant, no communication 
could be had without her presence. No person 
had ever been magnetized in the family where 
it first appeared. 
We first became acquainted with these mani-
festations about one year since, and we have 
taken every opportunity to discover, if possible, 
what it is. We have become convinced that 
these three facts there is no disputing, viz.,—
the sounds, the intelligence, and the absence 
of any collusion or deception in the matter. 
Some two weeks since, we were in company 
with some persons who were getting communi-
cations from this invisible communicator, when 
a message was spelled out to us to the import 
that the matter should be made more public—
that the time had arrived for the people to in-
vestigate the whole affair—that it was a thing 
which will ultimately become known to all 
men, and that we should immediately take 
measures to have it investigated. The direc-
tions were then minutely given by these spirits, 
as they purport to be, and which we are willing 
to believe are, until we have as much proof to 
the contrary as it required to bring us to this 
conclusion. These directions will appear in 
the following history, as they were fully and 
strictly followed. The great object was to 
start investigation, and clear those who had 
been hearing it for the last two years from the 
imputation of fraud and deception. 
Accordingly, on the evening of Nov. 14th, a 
lecture was delivered in Corinthian Hall in the 
City of Rochester, and a full history of the 
rise and progress of these strange manifesta-
tions given. During the relation of these facts, 
the sounds were distinctly heard by the persons 
in the hall. 
After the lecture, a committee was chosen by 
the audience, composed of the following per-
sons : A. J. Combs, Daniel Marsh, Nathaniel 
Clark, Esq., A. Judson, and Edwin Jones. 
On the following evening the committee re-
ported in substance as follows :—That without 
the knowledge of the persons in whose pres-
ence the manifestations are made, the com-
mittee selected the hall of the Sons of Tem-
perance for the investigation—that the sound 
on the floor near where the two ladies stood 
was heard as distinctly as at other places, and 
that part of the committee heard the rapping 
on the wall behind them—that a number of 
questions were asked, which were answered 
not altogether right nor altogether wrong—that 
in the afternoon they went to the house of a 
private citizen, and while there the sounds were 
heard on the outside, apparently, of the front 
door, after they had entered, and on the door 
of a closet. By placing the hand upon the 
door, there was a sensible jar felt when the 
rapping was heard. One of the committee 
placed one of his hands upon the feet of the 
ladies and the other on the floor, and though 
the feet were not moved, there was a distinct 
jar on the floor. On the pavement and on the 
ground the same sound was heard—a kind of 
double rap, as if a stroke and a rebound were 
distinguishable. When the ladies were sepa-
rated at a distance, no sound was heard; but 
when a third person was interposed between 
them, the sounds were heard. The ladies 
seemed ready to give every opportunity to the 
committee to investigate the cause fully, and 
would submit to a thorough investigation by a 
committee of ladies if desired. They all 
agreed that the sounds were heard, but they 
entirely failed to discover any means by which 
it could be done. 
After this report and some discussion on the 
subject, the audience selected another commit-
tee, composed of the following persons : Dr. 
H. H. Langworthy, Hon. Frederick Whittlesey, 
D. C. McCallum, William Fisher, of Roches-
ter, and Hon. A. P. Hascall, of Leroy. At the 
next lecture this committee reported that they 
went into the investigation at the office of 
Chancellor Whittlesey, and they heard the 
sound on the floor, on the wall, and on the door 
—that the ladies were placed in different posi-
tions, and, like the other committee, they were 
Wholly unable to tell from what the sound pro-
ceeded, or how it was made—that Dr. Lang-
worthy made observations with a stethescope 
to ascertain whether there was any movement 
of the lungs, and found not the least difference 
when the sounds were made—and that there 
was no kind of probability or possibility of 
their being made by ventriloquism, as some 
had supposed, and they could not have been 
made by machinery. 
Again, after this report, another committee 
was formed, from persons who had opposed in 
the meeting all pretensions to there being any-
thing but a trick. This committee was corn-
posed of D. E. P. Langworthy, Dr. J. Gales, 
Wm. Fitzhugh, Esq., W. L. Burtis, and L. 
Kenyon. This committee met at the rooms of 
Dr. Gates at the Rochester House, and ap-
pointed a committee of ladies, who took the 
In the evening, the Committee, through their 
Chairman, Dr. Langworthy, made a very full 
report of their examination during the day.—
They reported that they had excluded all 
friends of the two ladies from the Committee 
room, and had the examination only in presence 
of the Committee of gentlemen, and ladies 
chosen by them. Notwithstanding all this 
precaution, these sounds were heard when the 
ladies stood on large feather pillows, without 
shoes, and in various other positions, both on 
the floor and on the wall,—that a number of 
questions were asked which, when answered, 
were generally correct. Each member of the 
Committee reported separately, agreeing with, 
and corroborating, the first statements. 
Thus, by three days of the strictest scrutiny 
by means of intelligence, candor, and science, 
were the persons in whose presence these 
sounds are heard, acquitted of all fraud. 
On Friday evening, after the lecture, three 
of the Committee (viz., Hon. A. P. Hascall, 
D. C. McCallum, and Wm. Fisher,) repaired 
to the house of a citizen, and pursued their in-
vestigations-still farther. There were nearly a 
score of persons present. The members of the 
Committee wrote many questions on paper, 
which no person present knew the purport of, 
and they were answered correctly. At times 
they would ask mentally, and would receive 
the answers with equal correctness, and they 
were fully satisfied that there was something 
present manifesting an intelligence beyond the 
persons visible. 
One of the Committee tried the experiment 
of standing the ladies on glass, and failed to 
get any sounds; but the same was subsequent-
ly tried in presence of a large number of per-
sons, and the sounds were as loud and distinct 
as before, on the floor as usual. 
Such are the facts, so far as the public pro-
ceedings are concerned, (which is but a small 
part of these strange occurrences,) with the 
Committee's reports greatly condensed. 
Thus the matter stands at present ; and whe-
ther it is only a remarkable phenomena which 
will pass away with the present generation, or 
with the persons who seem now to be the me-
dium of this extraordinary communication ; or 
whether it be the commencement of a new era 
of spiritual influx into the world ; it is cer-
tainly something worthy the attention of men 
of candor and philosophy. 
E. W. CAPRON, Auburn. 
GEORGE WILLETS, Rochester. 
Rochester (N. Y.), Nov. 22d, 1849. 
The Rabbi Carillon has recently delivered in 
the Reformed Sybagogue in Spanish-town, Ja-
maica, a discourse wherein he applies the term 
Gog and Magog to Russia and the Autocrat. A 
Jew of the nineteenth century explaining the 
prophecies of Isaiah or Ezekiel, awakens many 
interesting thoughts. But we lament to see the 
power of his unbelief, which denies the claims 
of Jesus of Nazareth and the New Testarn(nt, 
and which must disqualify him for interpreting 
the prophecies that embrace in their field of 
vision, the present dispensation. Our readers 
may be interested in the display of learning 
and ingenuity here made by the Rabbi. We 
do not endorse for the soundness of his views. 
He says :— 
" It cannot be questioned that the prophecy 
of Ezekiel is against the last enemies of the 
Jews. But the present state of public senti-
ment, as well as the constitution of all the oth-
er European powers, forbid the belief that they 
%%ill ever again persecute the Jews. Gog-Ma-
gog is represented to us as a man whose ambi-
tion aims at the conquest of the entire world. 
Russia alone, of all the nations of the earth, 
has the disposition to attempt this, or the 
means of undertaking it with any prospect of 
success. And it is remarkable that a prophecy 
is quite current in Russia, the origin of which 
is unknown, assigning to that empire the ulti-
mate dominion of the earth." This prophecy 
is, probably, in part, both the cause and the ef-
fect of an ambitious desire, which betrays it- 
HEART-SEARCHINGS.—Inquire well what IS 
thy hope, what thy heart readiest turns to and 
cleaves to, to comfort itself in any distress.; 
yes, in the times of the greatest ease, what are 
thy thoughts most biassed and turned to with 
oftenest and deepest delight? Canst thou say, 
It is to God ?—that thy heart hath got that re-
treat. and is inured to that—is frequently there 
throughout the day—turns by and passes over 
husband, or wife, or children, or riches, or de-
lights, or anything that would stand in thy 
way, and stays not till it be at Him ;—and 
young women into a room, disrobed them, and !self in all the political and military movements 
examined their persons and clothing, to be sure of that huge empire. 
that there were no fixtures about them that " In the tenth chapter of Genesis," says this 
could produce the sounds. When satisfied on Rabbi, " we find the sons of Japhet to be Go-
this point, the Committee of ladies tried some mer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meschech, 
other experiments, and gave the young ladies and Tiras ; and the sons of Gorier are Ag'hke- 
naz, Riphath, and Togarmah. From them 
the following c( rtificate :— 
" When they were standing on pillows with come the Japhetic nations, viz. : the Chinese, 
a handkerchief tied round the bottom of their the Tartars, the Greeks, the Persians, the 
dress, tight to the ancles, we all heard the rap- Northern Germans, the Muscovites, and the 
ping on the wall and floor distinctly. (Signed) other Sclavonic tribes ; and these very nations 
" MRS. STONE, MRS. J. GATES, Ezekiel mentions as being incorporated' with 
" Miss M. P. LAWRENCE." the empire of Gog, or tributary to it. In chap. 
33 he says : Son of man, set thy face against 
Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, 
(chief prince, in the English version,) Meschech 
and Tubal.' The general name of the country, 
employed by the Scriptures, is Magog, and 
that of its princes, Gog ; but the country itself 
is divided into three principalities : Rosh, Me-
schech, and Tubal. The prophet afterwards 
declares, that this prince shall bring a mighty 
army composed of different nations, whose 
names are the same as those mentioned in 
Genesis as the descendants of Japhet and Go-
mer ; and the greater part of these nations, the 
subjects or allies of the prince of Rosh, Me-
schech, and Tubal, are described as coming 
from the North." 
The name of Rosh our He-
braists will recognize as that which the Eng-
lish version renders " prince." The Rabbi, 
however, is sustained by the Septuagint, De 
Wette, and Rosenmuller, in making it a proper 
name. This name is not found among the 
sons of Japhet. " But we know," says the 
Rabbi, "that the first Czar of great Muscovy 
was called Rush, and that from him the empire 
takes its present name. We know, too, that 
in the early times, Russia was divided into 
three independent states : Russia proper ; or, 
according to some authors, European Musco-
vy ; Muscovy proper, or Eastern and Southern 
Russia ; and Tobolsk, or Northern Russia.—
These three states were finally re-united under 
the general name of Russia, and they enslaved 
many of the Tartar and Sclavonic tribes.—
Even Persia may be regarded as a dependent 
on Russia. Now the emperor of these three 
states, united, Rushy, Moschovy, and Tobolsh-
ky, (for that is the true pronunciation,) and of 
the tributary, or dependent countries, is called 
Gog ; and his empire Magog. It is very proba-
ble that this name has been given to the state, 
because the population is chiefly descended 
from Magog ; and Gog seems to be an abbre-
viation of Magog, applied to the chiefs of that 
empire. 
" The Scriptures also mention specifically 
the names of the three states of which this 
empire is composed. Son of man, set thy 
face toward Gog, of the country of Magog, the 
prince of Rosh, Meschech, and Tubal.' Rosh 
is Russia ; 1VIeschech, Muscovy; and Tubal, 
Tobolsk. Another striking circumstance is, 
that no other country is composed of so many 
different nations but Russia. It is also said, 
that these different nations, who are to march 
under the Russian standard, will be armed with 
ancient armor, shields, bows, arrows, javelins, 
and lances. Now, we know that, notwith- 
standing
Gog and Magog. 
 the immense extent of the Russian 
empire, it can bring into the field only five 
hundred thousand men, who have been trained 
to the use of modern arms ; and that the 
greater part of its troops use the hand-missiles 
of ancient warfare. Thus, in this light also, 
the prophecy may be applied to Russia. It is 
also predicted, that the innumerable army of 
Gog shall be rent by intestine divisions. The 
prophecy is eminently applicable to Russia, for 
it is almost certain Russia, once plunged into a 
universal war, will see Poland and other op-
pressed people, spring up at the first reverse of 
fortune, to cast off the galling yoke. 
" It is thus almost proved that Russia is the 
land of Magog, and that Nicholas, or one of 
his successors, is the Gog announced by the 
prophet, and that there is ground for presum-
ing that the last days are not far distant. We 
should therefore be on our guard, and pray fer-
vently not to be overtaken by these events as 
by a thief in the night."—Chris. Ad. and Wit. 
172 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
there rejoices in His love, sits down under His 
shadow, content and happy'that others should 
share and rule the world as they please ; that 
thou dost not envy them, with all their gay 
hopes and gay prospects ; yea, possibly, scarce 
at any time, feel that sensible presence of God 
and shining of His clear-discovered love upon 
thee, yet still He is thy hope, thou art at a 
point with all the world, host given up all to 
wait on Him, dost account thyself richer in thy 
simple hope than the richest man on earth in 
his possessions. Then art thou truly so ; for 
the hope of God is heaven begun, and heaven 
complete is the possessing of Him.—Archbishop 
Leighton. 
abuent fyralb. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1849. 
The Fall and Destruction of Babylon. 
INTERPRET iTION OF SYMBOLS, FIGURES, &C. 
Dec. 8th, p. 148) is equally applicable here. The 
mystic Babylon is to be dejected from her seat on the 
beast ; so that she will lose the aid of the civil power. 
This fall is not her end ; for it is after her fall that 
she is exhibited as the hold of unclean spirits, and a 
cage of hateful birds. After her fall she seems 'to 
sink rapidly in pollution—is riot converted, as Millen-
nists gravely tell us ! In this farther corruption there 
is a striking resemblance to the Babylon of the old 
dispensation, in which was fulfilled the prediction 
that " wild beasts of the desert shall lie there and 
their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and 
owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there." 
—Isa. 13 : 21. 
Her depravity will be so much more manifest after 
her 'fall, that .another angel calls from heaven to 
" Come out of her, my people." This cry follows 
in the order and time, and doubtless synchronizes 
with the third angel of chap. 14:9, which proclaims 
with a loud voice, " If any man worship the beast 
and his image, . . . he shall drink of the wine of the 
wrath of Goe." The command in the one case, to 
come out, is equivalent to the prohibition in the other, 
not to worship. In the 14th chapter we are told tat 
those who worship the beast or image, will receive 
of their plagues. Here they are told to come out, 
to escape her plagues. A connection with the mys-
tic Babylon after her fall, will therefore be of equal 
danger with the worship of her. 
The retributions to come on this mystic Babylon 
are to come suddenly. She will be overtaken in one 
day with death, and mourning, and famine. Says 
Mr. LORD:— 
on the throne, saying, So be it ! Praise ye Jehovah ! 
And a voice came from the throne, saying, Praise 
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, 
both the small and the great ! And I heard a se ice 
like that of a great crowd, and like the voice of ma-
ny waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, 
saying, Praise ye Jehovah ! for the Lord God Al-
mighty reigneth. Let us rejoice and exult, and give 
glory to him : for the marriage of the Lamb bath 
come, and his wire hath prepared herself ! And it 
was granted to her to he arrayed in fine linen, clean 
and white : (for the fine linen is the righteousness of 
the saints.) And he saith to me, Write, Happy are 
those called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb.—
And he saith to me, these are the true words of God. 
And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he 
saith to me, See thou do it not : I ain thy fellow-ser-
vant, and one of thy brethren, whit have the testimo-
ny of Jesus : worship God : for the testimony of Je-
sus is the spirit of prophecy."--Rev. 19:1-10. 
The order of events in this and the preceding chap-
ters is somewhat obscure. There is a kind of repe-
tition, of going backward and forward. In the 14th 
chapter, 16th verse, the harvest of the earth is 
reaped, the righteous are gathered out. Then follows 
the gathering of the earth, the destruction of the 
wicked. The 15th chapter begins by carrying the 
vision back to a time subsequent to the gathering of 
the righteous, but previous to the destruction of the 
wicked ; for the righteous are exhibited as rejoicing 
on the sea of glass ; and the angels with the seven 
last plagues are just ready to pour them on the wicked, 
and proceed to inflict them. After the 16th chapter 
is completed, there seems to have been an unrecorded 
vision of a harlot sitting on seven mountains, by ma-
ny waters; and the 17th and 18th chapters show her 
judgment. This carries us hack again previous to, 
and down again subsequent to the gatherinj of the 
saints, who seem to be gathered just after the call to 
come out of her, and just before Babylon comes to 
nought ; which is to be destroyed by the brightness 
of CHRIST'S conning. Immediately after the destruc-
tion of Babylon, but before the destruction of the 
wicked, we hear the loud voice of the mighty crowd 
in heaven ascribing praise to JEHOVAH, for his right-
eous judgments on the harlot who corrupted the earth 
with her fornication, whose smoke ascendeth forever. 
No sooner is the song of rejoicing for the down-
fall of Babylon over, than another mighty voice of a 
great multitude is heard, like the voice of many wa-
ters, and like the voice of mighty thunderings, prais-
ing JEHOVAH because " the LORD God Almighty 
reigneth." This involves the return of the King to 
take the kingdom. In connection with that return is 
the marriage of the LAMB—the Bride having pre-
pared herself. Site is arrayed in the righteousness 
of the saints. This involves the glorification of all 
the redeemed—not only the resurrection of those who 
slept in JESUS, brought with him from the world of 
spirits—hut the change of all the living caught up 
together to meet the LORD in the air. As the mar-
riage relation is an inseparable union, " until death 
do them part ;" so does the marriage of the LAMB in-
sepaeably connect to himself the church, now with-
out spot or wrinkle, in an eternal relation—the sec-
ond death having no dominion over those who have 
part in the first resurrection. So overcome was the 
revelator, that he was about to bestow on a created 
being, who hail unfolded to him this glorious con-
summation, that homage which is only permitted to 
his Creator—but was cautioned, " See thou do it 
not ! " 
Death of Mr. Miller. 
Possessing a strong mind, and retentive memory, he 
collected a vast fund of historical information, and 
ever displayed an astonishing familiarity with the 
events and dates of past ages. At the age of twenty- 
two he married, and settled in Poultney, Vt. Pos-
sessing a brain of more than the ordinary size, large 
conversational powers, and a ready fund of general 
information, he became associated with the principal 
men of the village, who entertained deistical senti-
ments, which he embraced and defended about twelve 
years. 
Those with whom he associated being sober- 
minded men, and good citizens, he at first saw noth-
ing deleterious in the tendency of Deism on the mind. 
His first dissatisfaction respecting the grounds of his 
belief first originated in a suspicion of its tendency 
to atheism. He says :— 
" I began to suspect that Deism tended to a belief 
of annihilation, which was always very Abhorrent to 
my feelings. In the fall of 1812, as I was returning 
to Poultney from the court at Rutland, [he held the 
office of Sheriff at the time,] in company with Judge 
Stanley, I asl:ed him his opinion respecting our con-
dition in another state. He replied by comparing it 
to that of a tree which flourishes for a time, and turns 
again to earth ; and to that of a candle which horns 
to nothing. I was then satisfied that Deism was con-
nected with, and did tend to, the denial of a future 
existence."—Apol. and Def. 
In 1813 he received a captain's commission in the 
United States service, and was in the army till peace 
was declared. He says :— 
" While there, many occurrenees served to weaken 
my confidence in the correctness of deistical princi-
ples. I was led frequently to cotnpare tnis country 
to that of the children of Israel, before whom God 
drove out the inhabitants of their land. It seemed 
to me that the Supreme Being must have watched 
over the interests or this country in an especial man-
ner, and delivered us from the hands of our enemies. 
I was particularly impressed with this view when I 
was in the battle of Plattsburgh, when, with 1500 
regulars, and about 4000 volunteers, we defeated the 
British, who were 15,000 strong ; we being also suc-
cessful, at the same time, in an engagement with the 
British fleet on the lake. At the commencement of 
the battle we looked upon our defeat as almost cer-
tain, and yet we were victorious. So surprising, a 
result against such odds, did seem to me like the 
work of a mightier power than man." 
At the close of the war he removed to Low Hamp-
ton, N. Y., his late residence, where, retired from 
the busy scenes of public life, (with the exception of 
filling the office or Justice of the Peace,) in which 
he had during the previous ten years participated, lie 
gave himself much to reading and reflection respect-
ing another state of existence. He says :— 
" I could, however, find no assurance of happiness 
beyond the grave ; all was dim and uncertain there. 
One day in May, 1816, I detected myself in the act 
of taking the name of God in vain, a habit I had ac-
gnired in the service ; and I was instantly convicted 
of its sinfulness. I was then led to inquire how a 
just Being could consistently save those who should 
violate the laws of justice. The works of Nature or 
of Providince could give no answer to this question ; 
and I was most led to despair. In this state of mind 
I continued fur some months, NN hen suddenly the 
character of a Saviour was vividly impressed upon 
my mind. It seemed that there might be a Being so 
good and compassionate as to himself atone fir our 
transgressions, and thereby save us front suffering the 
penalty of sin. I immediately felt how lovely such 
a Being must be ; and imagined that I could cast 
myself into the arms of, and trubt in the mercy of, 
such an One. But the question arose, How can it 
he proved that such a Being does exist? Aside from 
the Bible, I found that I could get no evidence of 
the existence of such a Saviour, or even of a future 
state. 1 felt that to believe in such a Saviour with-
out evidence, would be visionary in the extreme. I 
saw that the Bible did bring to view just such a Sa-
viour as I needed ; and I was perplexed to find how 
an uninspired hook should develope principles so per-
fectly adapted to the wants of a fallen world. I was 
constrained to admit that the Scriptures must be a 
revelation from God ; they became my delight, and 
in Jesus I found a friend." 
From this time and onward the Bible was his con-
slant companion. He devoted much time to prayer, 
and the reading of the Word. In comparing scrip-
ture with scripture he became impressed with the 
conviction that the fifth universal empire, to be given 
for an everlasting possession to the saints of the Most 
High, was about to be established. Believing this, 
he was impressed with the necessity, if it was truth, 
of the world being waked tip to a knowledge of rho 
nearness of the event. Being pressed for the reasons 
of his belief, he wrote out his views, which were 
published in the Vermont Telegraph, and in pamphlet 
form, but he had a great reluctance to appearing in 
public. He thus describes the occasion of his first 
public address :— 
"One Saturday, after breakfast, in the summer of 
1833, I sat down at my desk to examine some point, 
and as I arose to go out to work, it came home to 
me with mere force than ever, Go and tell it to the 
world.' Che impression was so sudden, and came 
with such force, that I settled down into my chair, 
" And after this, I saw another angel descending 
from heaven, having great power ; and the earth was 
enlightened by his glory. And he cried with a 
mighty voice, saying, She is fallen, Babylon the 
great is fallen, and is become a dwelling of demons, 
and a prlSon of every unclean spirit, and a prison of 
every unclean and hateful bird, for all the nations 
have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication, 
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication 
with her, and the merchants of the earth have be-
come rich through the abundance of her luxury. And 
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out 
of her, my people, that ye partake not of her sins. 
and that ye receive not of her plagues, for her sins 
have reached to heaven, and God hath remembered 
her iniquities! Reward her even as she rendered to 
you, and double to her according to her works, in the 
cup, which she hath poured out, pour out double to 
her. By as much as she bath glorified herself, and 
lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning 
give her ; for she saith in her heart, I sit as a queen, 
and am not a widow, and shall see no mourning. On 
this account, her plagues will come in one day, death, 
and mourning, and famine ; and she will be br:rned 
up with fire ; for strong is the Lord God, who judg-
eth her. And the kings of the earth, who have 
committed fornication and lived luxuriousl#with her, 
will weep and wail for her, when they see the smoke 
of her burning, standing afar off through the fear of 
her torment, saying, Woe ! woe ! that great city, 
Babylon, that mighty city ! for in one hour is thy 
judgment come ! And the merchants of the earth 
will weep and mourn over her : for no one buyeth 
their merchandise any more ; the merchandise of 
gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and 
fine linen, and purple, and silk, and crimson, and all 
thyine wood, and all kinds of vessels of ivory, and 
all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of 
brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and fra-
grant ointment, and incense, and myrrh, and frank-
incense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, 
and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and 
bodies, and souls of men. And the autumnal fruit 
of thine appetite's desire is departed from thee, and 
all things dainty and sumptuous are destroyed from 
thee, and thou wilt find them no more at all. The 
merchants of these things, who were enriched by 
her, will stand afar off, through the fear of her tor-
ment, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe ! woe ! 
that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and 
purple, and crimson, and adorned with gold, and pre-
cious stones, and pearls! for in one hour such great 
wealth is destroyed. And every pilot, and every one 
sailing to any place, and sailors, and ,as many as trade 
by sea, stood afar off, and cried, when they saw the 
smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the 
great city ? And they cast dust on their heads, and 
cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe ! 
woe! the great city by which all, who had ships on 
the sea, were made rich through her precious mer- 
chandise ! for in one hour she is desolated. Rejoice 
over her, 0 heaven, and ye saints and apostles and 
prophets; for God hath avenged you on her! And 
a strong angel took up a stone like a great mill-stone, 
and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus violently, will 
Babylon, the great city, he cast down, and be no 
more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, 
and pipers, and trumpeters, will be heard no more at 
all, in thee ; and no craftsman, of any art, will be 
found any more in thee ; and the sound of a mill-
stone will be heard no more at all, in thee ; Nod the 
light of a lamp will shine no more at all, in thee; 
and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride will be 
heard no more at all, in thee : for thy merchants 
were the nobles of the earth ; for by thy sorcery all 
nations were deceived. And in her was found the 
blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all those 
slain on the earth."—Rev. 18th. 
The angel proclaiming that Babylon, has fallen, 
evidently synchronizes with the angel of Rev. 14:8 ; 
" The kings of the earth who had united with her 
in her idolatries, are to witness her punishment and 
lament it. They are not to he its authors, therefore, 
nor are they to attempt to hinder it. They are to 
stand at a distance, and leave the executors of the 
divine wrath, who are doubtless to be the multitude, 
to fulfil their office without obstruction. The stir- 
vivance of the kings, shows that her fall is to take 
place before the great battle in which they are to be 
destroyed. Her merchants, who are the great ones 
of the earth, symbolize the nobles, doubtless, and 
dignitaries that held the patronage of her benefices. 
They also, and others who have grown rich by her 
luxury, are like the kings to witness her overthrow, 
without attempting, to intercept it; and are to lament 
it, and they alone. Heaven, by which, as it is dis-
tinguished from the redeemed, is doubtless meant the 
angelic hosts, is summoned to rejoice over her, and 
the saints, and the apostles, and the prophets, be-
cause God has by his judgments condemned her con-
demnation of them. 
And her destruction is to he entire. As a mill-
stone when thrown into the depths of the sea sinks 
forever from the sight of men ; so she is to be swept 
from the earth, and leave not a trace of her greatness 
or mischievous dominion ; and because site is a sor-
ceress, whose whole agency has been to seduce men 
from God ; and a murderess, who has shed the blood 
of prophets amid saints, and of all who have been 
slain in the empire for the word of God during her 
sway."' 
" It is no more indisputable that the woman and 
the wild beast are symbolic, than it is that the literal 
city of arts and commerce, which is here used as a 
symbol, is representative of an analogous structure ; 
and if those writers felt justified in assuming that it 
denotes a literal city, they should for the same rea-
sons have- regarded the woman as symbolizing 
literal sorceress, who induces the nations to drier( of 
a golden cup of abominations held in her hand ; and 
the wild beast as denoting a literal seven headed and 
ten horned monster on which the sorceress is borne. 
But as the vision is symbolic ; as the symbol city is a 
literal city like Babylon, or palaces and dwellings, of 
merchants and artisans, of merchandise and luxury, 
having a sea and land, and sustaining relations to civil 
rulers ; it is thence as indisputably certain that the 
city she represents, is not a merchant city, but an 
analogous structure of human beings, sustaining a 
relation of authority and supremacy towards vast 
multitudes of fellow beings, resembling that of a city 
of walls and edifices towards the population that is 
sheltered within it. It is an organized body of men, 
therefore, or an assemblage of organizations that ex-
ercise official influence and dominion over a commu-
nity or communities. It is not a political body, inas-
much as it is distinguished from the kings and great 
men of the earth. It is therefore ecclesiastical, and 
is the organized body of the tillers and teachers of 
the nationalized church, not the whole body of the 
church itself ; no more than the walls and edifices of 
a city are the population that inhabit it. It is that 
vast hierarchy of rulers and teachers whose authority 
and sway overshadow the unofficial multitude of the 
church, as the walls and dwellings of a city invest 
and shelter the inhabitants that reside within H."—
Exp. of Apoc., pp. 503-5. 
THE EXALTATION OF THE SAINTS, AND THE MARRIAGE 
OF THE LAMB. 
" And after this, I heard a loud voice of a mighty 
crowd in heaven, saying, Praise ye Jehovah ! The 
salvation, and the glory, and the power, of our God ! 
For true and righteous are his judgments; for he 
i tit edged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth 
with her fornication, and bath avenged the blood of 
his servants at her hand ! And again they said, 
Praise Ye Jehovah ! And her smoke ascendeth for-
ever. And the twenty-four elders and the four liv-
so that the interpretation given of that (see Her. of ing beings fell down and worshipped God, who sat 
 AIMPBRIMMII 
"Know ye not that there is a great man fallen this day in Israel ?" 
Died, at Low Hampton, N. Y., Dec. 20th, at 3 
o'clock P. M., our beloved BYO. WILLIAM M1LLF.R, in 
his 68th year. 
The subject of this notice was horn at Pittsfield, 
Mass., Feb. 15th, 1782. When he was four years 
of age, his father removed to the town of Hampton, 
Washington county, N. Y. That county then being 
new, his opportunities for schooling, till he was nine 
years of age, were mostly limited to the instructions 
imparted by his mother. Under her tuition, he was 
enabled to read fluently in the Bible! Psalter, and a 
hymn book, which constituted the whole of his fa-
ther's library. At the age of nine he was sent to 
school three months in each year, till the age of four-
teen, during which he was regarded by his compan-
ions as a wonderfully apt scholar. At the age of 
fourteen he manifested such a desire for reading, that 
several; gentlemen in his father's neighborhood,—
among whom were Hon. MATTHEW LYON, Member 
of Congress from Vermont from 1794 to 1798, Judge 
JAM ES NV ITHERKLL, afterwards Judge of the territory 
of Michigan, and ALEXANDER CRIIIKSHANKS, Esq., 
of Whitehall,—voluntarily offered him the use of 
their private libraries, which he accepted with grati-
tude. From this time till the age of twenty-one, he 
was a devoted student of ancient and modern history. 
THE ADVENT T HERALD. 
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At the meeting of the Class for Mutual Improve- 
ment, this work was recommended for those who 
wished to sturdy Ancient Geography : and Beiss's 
Analysis to those who wish to study Modern Geog-
raphy. 
quent life had corresponded with, and fulfilled the 
particulars of his dream,—excepting that part in 
which he dreamed that he died, and was conscious 
in the intermediate state. He was, therefore, ever 
very confident that for a short before the coming time of 
the kingdom, he should he absent from the body and 
present with the Lose. The MS., as it was written 
nearly twenty-two years since, has been in our pos-
session for some time, with the request that it be not 
published while he lived. We think of giving it in 
the first number of the next volume. He was very 
much cheered and ,comforted during his long illness 
by the assurance of PAUL, that if he died he should 
depart hence and be with CHRIST in a far better con-
dition than to abide in the flesh. He did not, how-
ever, regard death as a state of reward. 'The morn-
ing of the resurrection was the epoch to which he 
looked for the crowning consummation of all his 
hopes. But he has fought the good fight, he has 
finished his course, he has kept the faith ; and hence-
forth there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness, 
which the LORD, the righteous Judge, will give him 
at that day, and not to him only, but to all those that 
love his appearing. We doubt not that like LAZARUS 
he was cart ied by angels to the bosom of ABRAHAM, 
and will be of the number of those who shall have 
washed their robes and made them white in lifeblood 
of the LAMB. 
A letter from Bro. RIMES, dated Low Hampton, 
N. Y., Dec. 21st, gives the following account of his 
last moments :-- 
" Bios. BLiss :—I now sit down to give in some 
detail an account of the last days and hours of Fa- 
ther MILLER. From the time that you visited him, 
in May last, and afterwards, at my last visit, on my 
way from the Champlain meeting, till now, he has 
occupied about the same ground as to all points of 
doctrine. His faith has been unwavering. As to the 
time, he has not felt that the period of 1850 was of 
sufficient importance to he proclaimed to the world. 
He hoped that it would come in the spring, and that 
theialculation could not be carried further than the 
spring. For one or two months past he has dwelt much 
on the " battle of Armageddon," (the 16th of Reve-
lation and the 10010 and has looked to the $resent 
aspect of the nations as indicating the nearness of 
that battle. He has watched all the movements of 
the Eastern worlfiwith the greatest interest, as being 
connected with the cooling of CHRIST. 
" For several months past he has been confined 
mostly to his room. A part of this time he has been 
confined to his bed and easy chair in excruciating 
pain. In the midst of it all he has manifested great 
patience and forbearance. For a man of his age, 
and compassed about with infirmities as he was, he 
gave evidence of a large degree of Christian attain-
ment. Doting the times of his greatest suffering he 
would repeat passages of Scripture, which were con-
soling, and also numerous hymns of WATTS and Oth-
ers, that expressed the hopes and the joys of the re-
deemed. 
He arranged all his business some months since, 
and was ready at any hour to depart. He felt that 
he had done his duty to the world and the church. 
And having given up the idea of seeing the SAVIOUR 
before his death, he only waited for the call of his 
GOD and SAVIOUR to "depart and be with Clots's, 
which was far better than to remain in the flesh." 
On the 13th of December he had one of the severest 
attacks that he ever had endured. It was thought 
he could not live through the night. At this time 
the family sent for me to visit him. On my arrival on 
the 17th, at an early hour in the morning, he had 
obtained some relief, and was quite comfortable. On 
entering his room he immediately recognized me by 
the sound of my voice, and on approaching his bed- 
side he recognized my features, thought his eyes were 
somewhat dim. He clasped my hand in his, and 
held it for a long time, exclaiming, with much affec-
tion, as also with astonishment, (tor he had given up 
the idea of seeing me again in this state :) Is it 
Elder HIMES! 0, my Gon1 is it Elder Histss? 0! 
is it Elder HIMES 1" I am glad to see you!'—
Then said I, You know me, Father MILLER—do 
you?" 0 yes! I understand—I know all about 
what is passing!' (For further particulars see let-
ter on last page.) He would often repeat the words, 
Yes, 0, I long to be there !' Such views of the 
future glory tended to mitigate the present pains 
of his body, which at times were violent. 
" But the closing scene finally came. On the 20th 
of December, in the morning, it was manifest to all 
that he must soon depart. During the morning he 
had no particular conversation with me ; yet he 
would break forth in expressions like the following: 
Mighty to save!" 0, I long to be there!" Vic- 
tory ! victory !' 
 Shouting in death !' &c. He 
saying, I can't go„Lord." Why not?' seemed to 
he the response ; and then all my excuses carne up, 
my want of ability, &c. ; but my distress became so 
great, I entered into a solemn covenant with God, 
that if he would open the way, I would go and per- 
form toy duty to the world. What do you mean by 
Opening the way ?' seemed to come to me. Why, 
said I, if I should have an invitation to speak public• 
ly in any place, I will go and tell them what. I find in 
the Bible about the Lord's coming. Instantly all my 
burden was gone, and I rejoiced that I should not 
probably he thus called upon, for I had never had such 
an invitation. My trials were not known, and I had 
but little expectation of being invited to any field of 
labor. 
" In about half an hour from this time, before I 
had left the room, a son of Mr. Guilford, of Dres-
den, about sixteen miles from my residence, came in 
and said that his father had sent for me, and wished 
me to go home with him. Supposing that he wished 
to see me on some business, I asked him what he 
wanted? He replied, that there was to he no preach-
ing in their church the next day, and his father wished 
to have me come anti talk to the people on the sub• 
ject of die Lord's coming. I was immediately angry 
with myself for having made the covenant I had ; I 
rebelled at once against the Lord, and determined not 
to go. 1 left the boy without giving him any answer, 
and retired in great distress to a grove near by.—
There I struggled with the Lord for about an hour, 
endeavoring to release myself' front the covenant I 
had made with him, but I could get no relief. It was 
impressed upon my conscience, Will you make a 
covenant with God, and break it so soon?' and the 
exceeding sinfulness of thus doing overwhelmed me. 
I finally submitted, and promised the Lord that if he 
would sustain me, I would go, trusting in him to give 
me grace and ability to perform all he should require 
of me. I returned to the house, and found the boy 
still waiting; he remained till after dinner, and I re-
turned with him to Dresden. 
" The next day,—which, as nearly as I. can re-
member, was about the first Sabbath in August, 
1833,—I delivered my first public lecture on the 
Second Advent. The house was well filled with an 
attentive audience. As soon as I commenced speak-
ing, all my diffidence and embarrassment were gone, 
and 1 telt impressed only with the greatness of the 
subject, which, by the providence of God, I was ena-
bled to present. At the close of the services on the 
Sabbath, I was requested to remain and lecture during 
the week, with which I complied. They flocked in 
from the neighboring towns; a revival commenced, 
and it was said that in thirteen families, all but two 
persons were hopefully converted. 
" On the Monday following, I returned home, and 
fouad a )eater from Elder Fuller, of Poultney, Vt., 
requesting me to go and lecture there on the same 
subject. They had not heard of my going to Dres-
den. I went to Poultney, and lectured there with 
similar effect. 
" Front thence I went by invitation to Paw let and 
other towns in that vicinity. The churches of Con-
gregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists, were thrown 
open. In almost every place I visited, my labors re-
sulted in the reclaiming of backsliders and the con-
version of sinners. I was usually invited to fields of 
labor by the ministers of the several congregations 
whom I visited, who gave me their countenance ; 
and I have never labored in any place to which 1 was 
not previously invited. The most pressing invitations 
from the ministry, and the leading members of the 
churches, poured in continually from that time, 
ring the whole period of my public labors, and 
more than one-half of which I was unable to comp 
Churches were thrown open everywhere, and I lec-
tured to crowded houses, through the western part of 
I
rwmont, the northern part of New York, and in 
Cfnada East. And powerful reformations were the 
results of toy labors." 
The results of his labors are before the public.—
He has come in contact with and influenced a vast 
amount of mind ; and we doubt not at the day of 
flied account his labors will he found to have been 
productive of vastly more good than the world give 
him credit for. The excesses and extravaganciei of 
some who assumed his name were a source of great 
trial to him. He never countenanced any departures 
from strict propriety, its conduct, ois sound evangeli-
cal views in doctrine. There can be no question but, 
aside from the large class of minds, who, through 
his instrumentality have been called to the reception 
of the doctrine of the Advent near,—that a general 
interest on the subject has been awakened, and the 
attention of many called to it, who would not think 
of attributing to his labors any agency in their case. 
Mr. MILLER was no common man. He was capa-
ble of great mental efforts ; and made himself per- 
fectly understood by the common class of minds.—
He was of a very amiable and companionable dispo- 
sition ; but when he felt that his views were wilfully 
misstated, he could almost annihilate his revilers with 
most biting sarcasm. 
In preaching the Advent near, he always had a 
conviction that he should himself not live till that 
event. '['he impression that he should first die was 
the result of a dream which he had in 1826—seven 
years before he commenced as a public lecturer. He 
placed no reliance on dreams ; but this one made such 
an impression on his mind that, a year and a half subse-
quently, he committed it to writing. Eighteen years 
after th'at event he said that the events of his subse- 
finally sunk down into an easy sleeping, or dozing 
state. Occasionally he roused up, and opened his 
eyes, but was ndt able to speak, though he was per-
fectly rational, and knew us all. He continued to 
breathe shorter and shorter, till five minutes past 3 
o'clock, P. M., he calmly and sweetly gave his last 
breath, when the silver cord was loosed—the gold-
en bowl broken at the fountain—the wheel bro-
ken at the cistern : the dust left to return to the 
dust as it was : and the spirit returned to Goo who 
gave it.' 0, how peacefully and happily he died ! 
I was privileged to stand with his wife, children, 
and friends, about his bed, when he gave up the 
ghost. I closed his eyes, while all other eyes 
were filled with tears. It was a solemn scene.—
While the wife and children and friends were weep-
ing the loss of a beloved relative; I was here to 
weep the loss of a father in Israel, more dear to me 
than any earthly relative, or even the most precious 
of the servants of Gon. 
" He is now beyond the reach of toil and pain.—
The haters of truth, and the enemies of the doctrine 
of the Advent of our SAVIOUR, can never more give 
pain to his ear, or his heart, by their slanders or re-
proaches. He is beyond their reach, where the 
wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at 
rest.' 
" Mr. MILLER'S character and abilities have not 
been understood by the church or the world." 
siossms.smssossmososss. 
 
THE CLOSING YEAR.—Solemn thoughts naturally 
force themselves on the mind at the close of an event-
ful year. Before we issue another sheet, this year 
will be numbered with the past. How full it has 
been of important events. What mighty hopes 
have been crushed. How many have had their eter-
nal destiny sealed. How many have fallen before 
the fell destroyer. 
It is impossible to revolve in the mind the events 
of a year, and not feel how uncertain and unsubstan-
tial tire the things of life—the shortness of time—the 
little space that is meted out to man's existence here. 
Feeling the insufficiency of earthly things, we can 
look away to the eternal realities of the future, and 
hope in an endless existence of glory, honor, and 
immortality. 
When we come to these great way-marks which 
divide the boundaries of years, it is profitable to look 
hack over the past, and forward to the future. Du. 
ring the past year, what opportunities for doing good 
have been neglected, what good resolutions have 
been broken, how much has been done which had 
better been left undone, and how much undone which 
should have been performed. Recalling the weak-
ness and imperfections of the past, we learn our un-
worthiness, and the need of continual grace to guide 
out wandering feet aright. Our resolutions for the 
future should he rrotearnest, and we should strive 
to he more faithfieatchful, patient, and self-deny-
ing. And when we have done all, we should remem-
ber thaewe are but unprofitable servants,—that we 
have earned no merit, and that we can only suppli-
cate the Divine favor through the merits, atonement, 
and intercession of Him who died for us. 
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inviting him, because we are puzzled with his answer, 
on the plea that it is not to the point, of vs hich our 
readers, and not we, shoidd judge, would not be 
courteous, or in accordance with the rules of honor-
able publishers. As you have not been thus alluded 
to, you have nothing to correct. 
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condense into about one half the compass. The only 
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short, pithy articles—such as show that the writer 
knew what he wished to say before he began, and 
what he 'had written when he has finished. 
Br,o. MARSH.—WOOld it not be well to correct tire 
mistake we pointed out at the time, and again three 
weeks since, in our statement respecting the opinion 
of JUSTIN MAWR on the state of the dead? Un-
less this is done, some of your readers might believe 
all their days, and assert on your authority, that he 
believed in their unconsciousness, when he expressly 
affirms the opposite. In these days of error and mis-
conception, let us get everything as near right as we 
can, and be prompt to correct all our mistakes. We 
shall he happy to correct any errors we make when 
they are kindly pointed out. 
ASHAMED OF THEIR NAME.—Several writers in the 
Investigator object to the use of the word " 
as expreSsive of their faith, because it is unpopular, 
and primitively denotes disbelieving, on which some 
might argue that they did not believe anything.—
Another writer in that paper of the 26th, shows that 
the common meaning of that term is one who disbe-
lieves the inspiration of the Scriptures ; and lashes 
most unmercifully those who object to using the term 
which expresses their true position. We honor those 
who are not ashamed to avow their true name. 
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factory nerve. I wish some one would explain to 
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to impose so wretchedly on the traveller. They sit 
as deliberately and smoke in your face, as though 
they thought it no inconvenience. Mr. Smoker has 
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and even violently sick, than the most unfeeling bar-
barian. Change the compliment, and place before 
the smoker's face a filthy drug that he abominates as 
much as cleanly people abominate the perfumes of 
tobacco, and with what earnestness would he demand 
the reason for the insult. The smoking gentry ought 
to be treated like other intruders. This privileged 
class are getting as numerous as the frogs of Egypt. 
If humanity requires, would it not be well for a gene-
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the centre two hundred feet high ?—Here let all who 
use tobacco, this vile and filthy weed, collect, and the 
public would soon make up a purse to defray the ex-
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spirit, at death, into the unrevealed, unknown, and III. The true attitude of Christians with respect 
unexplored regions of the " etherial blue," his chariot to that appearing. 
a sun beam, or ray of light, then, to explore the To the first branch of this subject, perhaps it is 
works of 
 ? (Echo aura\ ers, what !) the necessary to rive but partial consideration. 1 take it 
Elysian fields of imagination. 
for granted that most, if not all, of my audience be- 
All this, is the fruitful consequence of departing lieve that the second advent of our Redeemer is fu-
from the simplicity of the Gospel—God's plan of re- tore, arid will be personal, visible, and glorious ; 
demption. 
and that it savors as much of scepticism to doubt the 
2. At his appearing. 
manner of the second advent as it does of the first. 
What says Paul to Timothy? "I have fought a Any interpretation of those passages which relate to 
good fight ; I have finished my course ; 1 have kept this event, in such a manner as to make their fulfil-
the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me a crown ment to consist merely in past or future providences, 
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judgments, political revolutions, moral changes, or 
Judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only, the abundant effusions of the Holy Spirit, is errone-
but to all them, also, that love his appearing."-2 ous and infidel. As the prophecies that related to 
'Fim. 4:7, 8. 
his first advent were literally fulfilled, so it is but 
Hear PETER. 
What did he expect ? " Blessed just and necessary to infer, that those prophecies 
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which refer to his second coming will be fulfilled in 
who according to his abundant mercy, bath begotten the same manner. The words which are employed 
us again, unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of in the Scriptures to represent that coming imply 'a 
Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance, incor- personal, visible corning. The circumstances under 
ruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved which it is stated that this coming will occur, also 
in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God, favor the opinion of a personal, visible appearing : 
through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in " shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him 
the last time."-1 Pet. 1 : 3-5. Here we have the go into heaven ;" " with clouds ;" with " the great 
unequivocal assurance that the inheritance was " re- sound of a trumpet ;" with " the voice of the arch-
served " for the heirs, unto " the last time," to be angel ;" as " a thief ;" as " a snare ;" as " the 
then revealed. 
lightning "—for " every eye to see him." But fi- 
What says Peter of the CROWN ? 
natty, the directions of the apostles, iii all their Epis- 
" And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye ties to the churches to " wait for Christ," and as in 
shall receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not away." our text, to look for Christ from heaven, plainly irn- 
-1 Pet. 5:4. 
ply the bodily, visible, glorious coming of our Lord. 
JAMES.—" Blessed is tine man that endureth temp- They so associate this event with the resurrection of 
tation, for when he is, os.g.soc,* approved, he shall the dead, and kindred doctrines, that to deny Christ's 
receive the crown of life, which the Lord bath prom- second advent as literal and future, is equivalent to 
ised to those that love him."-1:12. 
asserting that the resurrection of the dead is spirit- 
JESUS.—" Be thou faithful unto death and I will ual, or that that event may have already occurred. 
Correspondence. shall feed them and shall lead them to living foun- 
tains of waters." 
Do they sometimes mourn, because they fear his 
HEIRSHIP. 
face is hidden from them? Does darkness sometimes 
8 Y G. NEEDHAM. 
obscure their pathway, and they cry out like Job, 
(Continued front the last "herald.") " 0 that I knew where I might find hint! that I 
3. The children of God, are heirs of all the blessed- might come even to his seat "? " They shall see 
ness of the eternal reign of Christ. 
his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads "— 
Must that we know, in the world, is by comparison. and their " sun shall no more go down ; neither shall 
We can have no adequate idea of what we have their moon withdraw itself : for the Lord shall be 
never experienced. 'Fell a blind man of colors—try their everlasting light, and the days of their mourn-
to represent sounds to a deaf man, and what idea can ing shall be ended." 
you get before their minds? The one will tell you Does creation groan and heave its mighty bosom, 
that yellow " looks like the sound of a trumpet," under the weight of woe? Does the Christian's ear 
and perhaps the other, that the report of a musket catch the sound of its awful mutterings? and his eye 
" sounds.like yellow." 
fasten on its grand and solemn swellings? Does his 
But tell a blind maim that sight is as pleasant to us heart and soul vibrate with oscillating nature ? —
as hearing is to him, or the deaf, that hearing is as Blessed be God ! 
HE has sent forth the heart cheer-
pleasant to us, as sight is to him, and then hold out ing annunciation, " Behold ! I make all things new." 
the hope of deliverance, and they have an object of " There shall be no more curse!" 
comparison, before their minds, by which they can " Heirs of God :" Ere long thou shalt cease to 
form some just conception of what those enjoy, who tread the rough and thorny ; the rugged and toil- 
are endowed with all these faculties. 
some ; the uneven and devious paths of this sin cursed 
Thus God has taken objects with which we are ac- world—thou shalt cease to know weariness and 
quainted, and by setting them in juxta-position, to anxiety, painful watching and tossing, to and fro—
those promised, we gain some idea of what Gud has thou shalt forget the weaknesses and faintines ; for 
in reserve for those that love him. 
God thy Saviour shall " make thy feet like hinds' 
In the 32d chapter of Isaiah, God, by the prophet, feet," and cause thee " to walk upon thy high 
begins to describe that transcendently glorious ad- places ;" and will "give power to the faint, and to 
ministration, by first calling our attention : ,, Be- them that have no might, increase stiength "—
hold "— listen —" a King shall reign in righteous. though, now, the " youths faint and are weary, and 
ness, anti princes shall rule in judgment." He can the young men utterly fall ;" " yet they that wait on 
&cry well make us understand this, having given us the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount 
his law as a rule of righteousness, and experience tip with wings, as eagles ; they shall run and not be 
has taught us both the positive and negative. But weary, walk and not faint." 
are now groaning to be delivered from these infirmi- 
Then, shall the " ransomed of the Lord return and 
when he comes to describe the clearness of vision, 
he perfection of hearing, understanding and speech, come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon 
he presents the negative, and then assures us, it shall their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and 
he the very opposite. Ah : we understand this. We sorrow and sighing shall flee away." 
IV. Is the heirship conditional, or unconditional ? 
ties. That is the very state desirable. Who wants If Universalism is true, it is unconditional. But it 
to wade through these difficulties forever? There— the doctrine of election is true, it is conditional. 
in the opposite, is the idea of blessedness. 
But which, is true? I answer : Election! The 
Doss he want to describe the just appreciation of text affirms it. "If children, then heirs." Theie 
character, which shall be the rule of judgment there, could be no " if " in the case, but for erection.-- 
how can he better do it, than by calling our attention What ! all men "children," and yet "if ciiildren I". 
to the opposite state of things, existing in this pre- Only that little " if " spoils unconditionality forever. 
sent world 1 " The vile person shall no more be What are the conditions? 
called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful." I. Repentance toward God—and 
Whose heart has not been wrung with anguish, 2. Faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 
whose eyes have not wept tears of regret, whose Paul declared that Jesus had sent him to the Gen- 
warm, panting bosom, has not swelled with a sigh, tiles, " to turn them from darkness to light, and from 
as they have seen honest worth slighted, scorned, and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive 
trodden down, while black hearted villainy has nes- forgiveness of sins, and INHERITANCE among them 
tied and warmed itself in the heart of society, and that are sanctified by faith that is in me." " Repent 
receised its warmest caresses ? But what relief it and he baptized," said Peter, " every one of you, 
affords, to turn from such painful scenes, to the con- into the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of 
temptation of the fact, that, though this is our por- sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 
tion—our inheritance here, we are heirs of that, and For the promise is unto you, and to your children, 
ere long shall partake of the fulness of joy. and to all that are 'afar off, even as many as the Lord 
Is he suffering from the falsehoods, the deceits, the our God shall call." 
calumnies, the little devilish trickery, cunning and " For the promise that he should be the heir of the 
fraud, of the sons of Belial ? have their " lying world, was not to Abraham or his seed through the 
words" " made empty his soul I *lave they well law, but through the righteousness of faith."—Rom. 
nigh " destroyed the poor?" Take courage, afflicted, 4:13. See also Eph. 1:11-13, when the Apostle 
mourning soul, you are an heir to a world where the tells us, that, " through whom [Christ] also we have 
breath of slander, falsehood, deceit, hatred and envy, obtained an inheritance, being predestinated accord- 
can never enter. Every heart, will there, find a ing, to the purpose of him who worketh all things 
heart, vibrating in the bosom of his fellow, in unison after the counsel of his own will : that me should be 
with his own. Tongue, will, then, vie with tongue, to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ; 
in speaking the truth. Lips, in breathing forth in whom also, having believed, ye were sealed with 
words of comfort and peace, to the joyful ears, of the that Holy Spirit of promise, .Ifs, .ish is the earnest of 
happy listeners. 
our inheritance, until the redem of the purchased 
" Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness possession." Any number of to ight be quoted, 
and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And to prove the conditionality of heirship, in its initiation : 
the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the but we will consider a third condition— 
effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for- 3. .4 life of holiness. Vain, presumptuous man, 
ever." 
who thinks he shall inherit the kingdom of God, 
without the new birth, and a corresponding life of 
Does He wish to describe the justice of that reign? holiness! As well might the cannel think of going 
" He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall 
save the children of the needy and shall break in through the eye of a needle ! 
pieces the oppressor." 
" Follow peace with all men," says inspiration, 
What words of comfort to the poor, the bereft and " and 
despoiled ! What a vivid idea of the blessedness of Lord•"holiness, without which no man shall see the 
Our lives must be one continued scene of 
justice, is conveyed by such a promise! The poor, devotion to the cause of God. One act of faith, or 
perhaps, never knew, in his own experience, the obedience, or love, is not enough. It would only 
comfort of wealth. He has always felt the curse of initiate us—join us to Christ. But all our subsequent 
penury and pinching want. He was always too poor, lives must be made up of a series of acts, like that 
w 
to have even handed justice, meted out to him, even, which joined us to the Lord, or we shall become like 
 
by the magistrate. He was robbed of his wages— " withered branches," which are broken off and cast 
he was robbed of justice—he was robbed of liberty— into the fire. "Thou standest by faith !" is the con-
of himself. Oppressed and trodden in the dust, in dition of our continual acceptance with God and 
this world, he will rise, not to immortality only, but union to Christ. See IIeb. 12:14, 15 ; Matt. 24:13; 
 
to plenty, fullness, justice, equality. Yea more, he Rev. 2:26. 
will rule over his oppressors. What blessedness !— 
4. " If so be that we suffer with him." Is this, 
Who wonders that " they sung the song of Moses indeed, an ingredient in the condition of heirship?— 
the servant of God and the song of the Lamb !" Can we not have part with Christ, without suffering? 
Does he wish to give us the idea of a state opposite No, no. " As he is, so are we, in the world." In-
to the painful, sorrowful, and dying state in which somuch as he is despised by any generation of men, 
 
we now groan? He does not describe it by the posi- so must his followers be. As he is mocked, or scoffed, 
five. There are no words to express the idea. But 
I 
I 
or derided, or hated, so will his disciples be. Sure, 
 
there is a negative description, that touches the finest we must bear the cross, if we. would reign. 0 for 
I chords, that twine around the heart. 
grace to follow the Master, daily ! 
 
I Is the weary pilgrim, racked with pain—tossed to V. When will the heirs receive their inheritance? 
and fro on his bed of anguish ? " There shall be NO 1. The popular theology tells us, " at death." 1 
I more pain." 
ask : Is death a friend, that it should help us to the 
! Does sorrow fill his heart? Do tears run down his boon of all, the purchase of a Saviour's blood I 
i eyes? " God shall wipe away all tears from his Does death make a man immortal ? No, never ! 
eyes ;" " and there shall be NO more sorrow, nor It is the consummation of mortality—it is an enemy. 
1 crying." 
It belongs to the devil, the father of it, as life, eter- 
I Has dentin invaded his dwelling and snatched away nal life, belongs to the Anointed, the father of it. 
1 
 one after another, of those he loved ? Is it even now Does death usher a man into the kingdom of God I 
on his own track, and is lie every moment expecting Surely, it ushers him into time bowels of it ! a most 
to grapple with the grim monster? " There shall be undesirable inheritance ! 
NO more death." 
None of these things are true. They are rnon- 
Does he hunger? thirst? "They shall hunger no strous perversions of God's plan of salvation. They 
more, neither thirst any more." 
Does he welter un- lose sight of the whole plan of redemption. They 
der the scorching heat of a tropical sun, ready to take away the hope of the Gospel, and substitute an 
perish amid the burning sands? "The SUN. shall NOT imaginary one. The chartist or socialist, in his 
light on them, NOR any heat." 
blindness, is vainly attempting to realize it here, in 
" For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne mortality. The spiritualist, equally blind, sends a 
give thee a crown of life."—Rev. 2:10. 
Paul calls it a " crown of righteousness;" Peter, 
a " crown of glory ;" James, and Jesus, a " crown 
of life." Who can doubt, that they all refer to one 
and the same time, for the giving and receiving it.—
" I am the resurrection and the LIFE" said our Lord. 
" 1 give unto them eternal life," said he on another 
occasion. There is no other time designated in the 
Word This is God's time. Any other is the in-
vention of man, in which he " puts darkness for 
light, and calls evil " (arid the greatest evil in the 
universe) " good." 
The resurrection, at " The glorious appearing," 
will be the " gate to endless joys," and endless life. 
Whoever departs from God's plan, perverts it, and 
substitutes one of his own, which will prove an empty 
" cistern, containing no water."—( To be continued.) 
angel, and with the trump of God : and the dead in 
"For our conversation is in heaven ; from whence Christ shall rise first. "-1 Thess. 4:16. In a pre- 
also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ ; vions verse he had stated that those " tt ho sleep in 
who shall change our vile body, that it may he lash- Jesus will God bring with him ;" the " dead in 
lolled like unto his glorious body, according to the Christ,'' and those that " sleep in Jesus," are to be 
working whereby he is able even to subdue all timings understood as synonymous. In 1 Cor. 15 : 21-23, 
unto himself. Phil. 3 : 20, 21. 
the same apostle says : " For since by man came 
The twenty-fifth of the present month is the day death, by man came also the resurrection of the 
which is celebrated by several denominations of pro- dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in [by] 
fessing Christians in this, and in other lands, as that Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his 
on which the birth of our blessed Redeemer occurred. own order : Christ the first-fruits ; afterwards they 
*The observance of " Christmas," as it is termed, that are Christ's at his coming." Here you will ob-
may be traced back as far as the second century, in serve a recognition of Christ's agency in the matter 
the time of the Emperor Commodus. There is sad of the resurrection of the dead, which resurrection is 
proof that it was kept before the time of Constan- to be simultaneous with his advent. But our Lord 
tine : for it is said that the tyrant Dioclesian, finding h. self asserts it as his prerogative to raise the dead : 
multitudes of Christians assembled together, to cele- t e Jews he affirmed—" The hour is coming, in 
brate Christ's nativity, ordered the church in which th which all that are in the graves shall hear his 
they were assembled to be fired. The command was voice, and shall come forth."—John 5 : 28. And 
obeyed, and the church and its inmates were speedily again : " This is the will of him that sent me, that 
reduced to ashes. On the return of the day of our every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, 
Saviour's nativity, masses are performed in the Ro- inay have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at 
man churches : one at midnight, one at day-break, the last day."—John 6:40. The resurrection of those 
and one in the morning ; and both in the Greek and that have believed in Christ is more commonly in the 
Roman churches, the tinnier, the holy family, &c., Scriptures connected with the coming and agency of 
are sometimes represented at large. The Church of Christ, because their resurrection is to be one unto 
England, and the Episcopal churches of our own life eternal ; and it is therefore worthy of special 
land, observe this day by appropriate religious ser- mention. But what a glorious transaction will that 
vices. In the southern sections of our country par- be !—the raising from the grave the very forms, per-
ticularly, " Christmas" is in like manner celebrated sons, bodies of all the saints, from that of righteous 
by a general cessation from business, with public re- Abel to the last soul that has been spiritually quick- 
ligious exercises and festivals. 
ened, and the sudden and glorious changing of every 
It is not our habit to observe Christmas; I have living saint that tread's God's footstool ! Surely this 
therefore thought it well to secure for ourselves on were object enough to bring Christ again from heaven 
this day, some of the benefits which I should endea- to earth. 
vor to collect for you had it been our custom to oh- 2. But a second object of such a mission will be 
serve Christmas. But instead of carrying your minds to reward the righteous. During their sojourn on 
back to the Babe of Bethlehem, I shall do as the earth, they were mocked, scourged, imprisoned, 
apostles did, and as many excellent ministers have stoned, tempted, and slain with the sword. The good 
done before me, who sacredly observe the day of our things of this life were not theirs : they had no por-
Lord's nativity ; and shall invite you to contemplate tion here. But when Christ comes " in the glory of 
with me the glorious " Coming One "—the King his Father, with his holy angels, then shall he reward 
and Judge of the whole earth. if you are interested every roan according to his works." He will then 
in the humiliation of Christ, you ought to be as appear as the vindicator of the righteous;—he will 
much, or more, interested in his glorification. If descend to change their vile bodies, and to make 
you love to hear of an event which was attended them like unto his own glorious body ;—to place on 
with a most gracious preparation for man's redemp- their heads crowns of righteousness ;—to wipe all 
tion from sin, how must you love to hehr of an event tears from their eyes, and to say to them, " Come, 
that shall consummate this work, and make man ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre-
completely and eternally righteous and happy ! At pared for you from the foundation of the world."—
his first advent, Christ came as a man to suffer and Granting, as we do, the consciousness of time right-
to die for simmers. At his next advent, he will come eons after death, as also their happiness, still it is 
upon the throne of his glory, with all his holy an- not until the advent of Christ, and the resurrection 
gels, to receive the submission of all time tribes of of the bodies of the saints, that that happiness is 
the earth, and to be admired of all them that love perfect, or that their future and eternal state is com-
him. But I am anticipating my subject somewhat. plete. The satisfaction of David will not be full un-
There are three points suggested from the text, to nil he " awakes" with Christ's likeness. Nor will 
which I now desire to turn your kind attention. Paul, and those who with him love Christ's appear- 
?. The nature of Christ's next appearing. ing, receive their crowns of righteousness until they 
II. The objects of that appearing. 
are given to them at the corning of' Christ. It was 
This word occurs seven times in the New Tes- forward to the advent of our Lord that the apostles 
looked when justice should be done them, arid all 
Lament, and in every other instance, is rendered, ap- 
proved. The idea is, approved after trial, or exams- their hopes should meet with a righteous fruition. 
nation. 
3. The judgment and destruction of the wicked 
II. On the second branch of this subject we may 
dwell a little more at large, recapitulating some of 
the objects of Christ's next appearing. 
At his first advent, our Lord had a particular de-
sign to effect ; Paul sums up that design inciden-
tally in one word, when alluding to his second coin-
ing--" unto them that look for him shall he appear 
the second time without sin "—i. e., having not in 
purpose the offering up of himself for the sins of 
the people, as he did at his first appearing, but their 
salvation from sin, and their rest in the kingdom of 
God. The future mission of Christ again to this 
earth is as necessary, and will have as an important 
bearing upon this world as that of his first mission ; 
and the Bible is just as explicit in teaching the ob-
jects of Christ's second coming. 
1. One of these objects will be the resurrection 
of the righteous dead. This Paul teaches in thefol- 
A CHRISTMAS SERMON. 
lowing words : " For the Lord himself shall descend 
BY F. G. BROWN. 
from heaven with a shout, with time voice of the arch- 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
175 
will be another object of Christ in his next appear-
ing.—" To execute judgment upon all, and to con-
vince all that are ungodly among them of all their 
ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committee, 
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners 
have spoken against him." Then, having separated 
the righteous from the wicked, he shall say to them 
on his left hand, " Depart from me, ye cursed."--
And Paul, in 2 Tines. 1 : 7, says, that " when the 
Lord Jesus shall' be revealed from heaven," it will 
be " with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking 
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey 
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : who shall 
be punished with everlasting destruction from the 
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his 
power." Our Saviour, who defines the tares to be 
the children of the wicked one, and the harvest to be 
the end of the world, has testified that itr the time of 
harvest he will say to tire reapers, or his attending 
angels from heaven, " Gather ye together first the 
tares, and hind them in bundles to burn them."—
Matt. 12:30. So that there need he no more diffi-
culty in deciding what disposal will finally be made 
of the wicked, than there is in determining what is 
to become of the righteous. The wicked will be 
turned into hell with all the nations that forget God. 
They will be burnt up by fire,—they will be forever 
without hope or salvation. 
4. Yet another object of Christ in his re-appearing 
will he to destroy the earth, and to subject all things 
to himself.—" The heavens and the earth which are 
now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved 
unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition 
of ungodly men."-2 Pet. 3:7. Such is the uniform 
statement of the Scriptures. And God seems to give 
us pledges of 'he truthfulness of this doctrine in the 
conflagration, destruction, and disappearance of va-
rious stars in our heavens. As the late eminent Dr. 
Good observes, " Worlds, and systems of worlds, 
arc not only perpetually creating, but also perpetually 
disappearing." Astronomers have beheld these far 
distant conflagrations with wonder and alarm ; but 
the time will come when the inhabitants of other 
stars may behold our own world wrapt in flames, and 
tumbling into ruins, though unlike those stars that 
have utterly vanished, leaving the spots which they 
occupied in the heavens total blanks, from the ashes 
of our own system shall rise a new earth, refined and 
beautified, to be the eternal home of that intelligent 
and holy order of beings that have come up out of 
great tribulation, having washed their robes and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. Says An-
drew Fuller : " The earth will not be annihilated by 
fire any more than it was by water. It will he purl-
fled from sin and all its effects. The generations of 
a corrupt race of creatures having terminated, it will 
become the perfect and perpetual abode of righteous-
ness. The creation has long been subjected to the 
,vanity of supplying its Creator's enemies with the 
means of carrying on their rebellion against him.—
Under this bondage of corruption it has groaned and 
travailed as it were in pain, longing to be delivered. 
And now the period has arrived. The liberation of 
the Son of God from the power of the, grave shall be 
the signal of deliverance to the whole creation.—
Rom. 8:19-23. It is not the object of the Holy Spi-
rit to tell us what the heavenly glory is, but rather 
what this world shall become, in opposition to what 
it now is. The world purified from sin becomes the 
everlasting abode of the righteous, who, having been 
raised from the dead, are immortal." Thus shall 
Christ, at his coming, subdue the wicked, the earth, 
and destroy even death itself. " All power is given 
into his hands in heaven and in earth," and all things 
shall ultimately be under his feet. The Babe of 
Bethlehem, the Man of Nazareth, the slain and dy-
ing Jesus, at his next advent shall exercise his sove-
reign and undisputed power over all flesh, and reign 
absolute and supreme from sea to sea, and from the 
river to the ends of the earth. And what heart that 
has ever sympathized with Christ in his humiliation 
and sorrows, by man's hatred of his gospel, and by 
that defiance which unbelievers and the ungodly have 
hurled at him, will not leap for joy at the thought of 
another advent for him when " at the name of Jesus 
every knee shall how, of things in heaven, and things 
in earth, and things under the earth, and every tongue 
shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory 
of God the Father."—Phil. 2: 10. Sympathy with 
the wronged, with the righteous, with truth, and 
goodness, and peace, renders the advent of Christ 
congenial, all-consoling, and an object of joyful de-
sire.—( To be continued.) 
LETTER FRCM T. H17NTINGTON. 
BRO. HIMES:—For the benefit of such as were not 
present, 1 wish to give through the " Herald " a 
brief account of our excellent meeting. As I did 
not take any notes, I shall not be able to present even 
the substance of the interesting discourses which 
were delivered ; hut lest you may not find time to 
give a more detailed report, I shall do what I can. 
Friday, being cold and windy, there were probably 
some absent who would otherwise have been there; 
but as it was, there was a goodly number of the 
brethren and sisters, and they all felt abundantly 
compensated for the effort made in getting to the 
meeting. The first discourse was by Bro. Need-
ham, from 2 Cur. 5:7—" For we walk by faith, not 
by sight." This was a timely, as well as profitable 
subject, and ample justice was done to it in the 
clear and impressive manner in which it was exhib-
ited. In the afternoon, Bro. Himes preached from 
1 Pet. 1:13—" Therefore gird up the loins of your 
mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the glace 
that is to he brought unto you at the revelation of Je-
sus Christ." Here we had presented to us the use 
of the girdle, then the constituent parts of the mind, 
and its operations, then how the mind could be girded 
up, and the inducement for doing it. In the evening, 
Bru. Needham preached from 2 Pet. 1:12. The doc-
trine—the present truth. The design of this dis 
course was to show, that God had, in every age, 
brought before the mind of man some great specific 
truth ; which truth was made to take the lead of all 
others, and on the belief of which turned his accept-
ance with God. This was illustrated by the history 
of Adam, Abel, Noah, Abraham, and others, before 
Christ ; and John the Baptist, Christ, and his apos-
tles afterward, to the present time. The subject was 
then applied to the peule of this day, in the fact that 
the angel having the everlasting gospel (Rev. 14:6, 
7,) was now winging his way through the midst of 
heaven, saying, " Fear God, and give glory to him ; 
for the hour of his judgment is come." Thus ended 
the first day. 
Saturday.—Bro. Needham preached both in the 
morning and afternoon. First text, Luke 19:11-27. 
The subject was, that the kingdom cannot come, and 
the awards be determined, until the Nobleman shall 
return in person. In the afternoon, the text was from 
Jer. 25 : 26—" And all the kings of the north, far 
and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of 
the world, which ate upon the face of the earth : and 
the king of Sheshach shall drink after them." To 
give an adequate idea of this discourse, I should need 
notes, which I did not take. To give a mere sketch 
of such a sermon, would present important ideas 
without the proof on which those ideas are based, 
and consequently would neither answer the mind of 
the reader, nor do justice to the preacher. I hope 
Bro. Needham may think best to give the leading 
points of the discourse, at some convenient time, in 
the " Herald." I think the subject presents thoughts 
too important to be lust. 
In the evening, Bro. Himes gave a discourse from 
Epli. 2 : 1-7. 'Phis was an exceedingly impressive 
effort, and the effect on the minds of those who heard 
it was evidently convincing. The object was to show, 
that all effort of a religious character, which has ever 
been made at any period of the world, has had the 
sole object of taking out a remnant, and not the con-
version of the whole mass. This fact was exhibited 
in the history of the ages past, as well as in the one 
in which we now live. No general or universal re-
fOrm or conversion of the world is to be looked for, 
because such a result never was any part of God's 
original design. The " taking out " of a people is 
all that ever was contemplated ; and that being ac-
complished, no more is to be looked fur. 
Sunday.—Services commenced with a full house 
of attentive hearers. Bro. Himes spoke in the morn-
ing and in the afternoon. The first discourse was 
from 2 Pet. 3:4—" Where is the promise of his com-
ing?" He spoke nearly two hours and a half from 
the passage quoted, and no sign of weariness ap-
peared in the audience; and when the service was 
closed, universal satisfaction was visible. The truth 
commended itself to every man's conscience. In the 
afternoon, Bro. Himes spoke front Ezek. 21:25-27. 
The subject was the nature and time of the establish-
ment of the kingdom of God. 
This closed the meeting in Abington ; and we can 
say without hesitation, that no meeting of the kind 
was ever more promptly sustained, or ended with 
more satisfactory results. The effort will prove a 
good one, and the truth will make an impression on 
minds which were in a condition to receive and retain 
it. No one, we think, will regret having improved 
such an opportunity ; but many who were there on 
the Sabbath, did express great regret that they did 
not hear the whole. 
Yours truly in the love of the truth. 
Brooklyn, Dec. 13th, 1849. 
LETTER FROM J, W. BONHAM. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES:—Through the kind providence 
of God, I have reached the place for which we sailed. 
The packet ship " New-World " set sail from Sandy 
Hook on the 9th inst. We had eleven or twelve 
cabin passengers, among whom were G. M. Wool-
sey, Esq.. and sertpt, Dr. Guodale, Dr. J. G. Sew-
all, W. Mickle, so of the ex-Mayor of New York, 
W. Augustus, J. Matsell, and the Rev. J. T. Coit, 
Minister of the Presbyterian Church. The accom-
modations on board were superior ; our state-rooms 
were commodious and well ventilated, and, in addi-
tion, we had the use of a bath-room, containing a 
douche and shower bath, of which 1 availed myself 
every morning, doubtless with advantage to my 
health. Capt. Knight was very gentlemanly, and 
studied the comfort of his passengers; he being a 
very skilful captain, our noble ship was well com-
manded. 
On the first Sabbath after our departure, service 
was held in the cabin, on which occasion,—Mr. C. 
feeling unable to preach without injury to his throat, 
—Capt. Knight read a discourse on " The Moral 
Uses of the Sea." On the following Sabbath we 
again had religious service, in which Capt. K. and 
Mr. C. took part, and the sermon preached by my-
self. We intended to hold service on the following 
Sabbath, but as matters connected with the ship haul 
to be attended to at the time appointed, it had to be 
dispensed with. 
We made the first third of our passage in seven 
days, the next third in two hours less than four days, 
and reached the vicinity of cape Clear by Saturday, 
24th inst., on which day we expected to reach river• 
pool, but were unexpectedly detained in the Channel 
by calms and head winds. We first saw land on 
Sunday afternoon, 25th inst., and Bardsy light-house 
between seven and eight o'clock. We took a pilot 
on Monday, 26th inst., saw Holyhead in the morn-
ing, and the " Skerries light-house" in the evening. 
During, the night we made but little progress, in con-
sequence of a head wind. In the morning we saw 
the snowy topped Welch mountains, which presented 
an interesting appearance. At 11 A. M. a " steam 
tug " came along side, which took us to near " the 
Bar," from whence the captain and nine of our cabin 
passengers went in a steam-boa! to Liverpool. Hav-
ing to wait for the tide, the ship did not get to the 
docks until about nine in the evening. Thus, with 
every obstacle, we made the passage in eighteen days, 
and was near making it in fifteen days. (Full par-
ticular9 of the passage would be tedious, and occupy 
too much room in the " Herald.") 
We have great cause to be grateful. The fair 
winds which wafted us along so speedily, the comforts 
we experienced while sway from our homes, the im-
minent dangers that we escaped, with the privileges 
that we enjoyed while on the great waste of waters, 
may he attributed to the goodness of that wise Being 
who controlleth all things, numbers the hairs of our 
heads, and without whose knowledge a sparrow fall-
eth not to the ground. 
Last evening, Nov. 29th, I attended the anniver-
sary meeting of the Bethel Union, held at the Music 
Hall, where, I should think, upwards of one thousand 
took tea. Dr. Raffles presided on the occasion. Af-
ter the removal of the tea-cups, &c., the meeting 
was called to order, and speeches made by ministers, 
captains, and sailors. Some pieces by Handel were 
sung by the choir, which very Scripturally referred 
to the corning and reign of the Messiah. The Society 
is supported by the different denominations of Liver-
pool. Five or six agents are employed, who preach 
and devote all their time to the interests of seamen, 
and from the testimony of sailors who were present, 
the Society has accomplished much good. 
I am at present with Bro. Carmount, and intend to 
commence my labors in the Advent Chapel on Sun-
day next. I have received some very cheering letters 
from brethren welcoming me to England, which have 
greatly encouraged me. With my Christian regards 
and love to the friends of the cause in the United 
States, I remain, yours, looking fur the Saviour. 
Liverpool, Nov. 30th, 1849. 
E. G. 
A MISSION TO THE SOUTH. 
Though the Advent brethren have been most in-
defatigable in their labors in the proclamation of the 
Advent message in various fields of labor, both at 
home and in foreign lands, yet but little has been 
done for our Southern States. The cry from that 
region ia, " Come over and help us ;" and it be-
comes a question of no little interest whether we 
ought to heed these calls. I have recently received 
letters from South Carolina and Louisiana, express-
ing a desire for labors in those and adjoining, States. 
here give the letter from Louisiana, that the breth-
ren may consider what is duty in the case. 
Lake Providence (La.), Nov. 19th, '49. 
BRO. MANSFIELD :—I embrace the present opportu-
nity to address a few lines to you, to request you to 
send me the value of the enclosed amount in the 
eight-page sheet which you have just published inn 
your city. I desire it for distribution, being an Ad-
ventist, and a subscriber to the " Advent Herald," 
(by which means I learned that you had issued a 
sheet,) and I feel anxious to do all I can in this glo-
rious cause ; and I am the more impressed with the 
necessity of exerting myself, as I see the day ap-
proaching 0, my dear brother, urge some one or 
more Advent ministers to come and proclaim in this 
Southern country the glad tidings of a cooling King 
to set up his kingdom, and reign with his saints.-
0, look at the fields of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ar-
kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, 
ripening white to the harvest of the last great day. 
Arid yet there are no Advent laborers in those fields 
to warn them to prepare for the coming kingdom, 
though it is so nigh. 0, how can ministers of God 
in this faith look upon those fields, white unto the 
harvest, and destitute of Advent laborers, and yet 
stay where they are, when they have given line upon 
line, and precept upon precept, all through that coun-
try? Ah, remember God's words, clear your skirts 
from the blood of all men. Consider well your duty 
as ministers of that God who is a consuming fire.—
Give tne an interest in your prayers, dear brother, 
that the God of grace may sustain me through these 
trying times, and bring me, with the redeemed of 
every nation, into his everlasting kingdom. 
In hope of the speedy coming of our Lord Jesus, 
your sincere through Unknown friend and brother in 
Christ, 
JAMES G. WHITE. 
Now, T would ask the brethren, What ought we 
to do ? Shall we suffer our own country to call 
upon us while we heed not the call? I submit the 
matter for your consideration. There are those who 
are ready to say, " Send us." Who will contribute 
the means ? 
L. D. MANSFIELD. 
Rochester, Dec. 10th, 1849. 
[We have received many communications from the 
South, calling for aid. We have responded by doing 
what we could. Publications have been sent freely, 
and Northern lecturers have gone as far as they 
could. Some have been received, and others have 
been obliged to return North, on account of the cry 
of " Abolition." If any feel that they have a duty 
to perform to the South in reference to the Advent 
message, we hope they will discharge it faithfully. 
We shall not be backward in such further aid as we 
may be able to render. If some able lecturers could 
he raised up in the South, we presume, from circum-
stances we need not specify, they might accomplish 
inure than any from the North.—ED.] 
Extracts from Letters. 
From Halifax, Dec. 10th, 1849. 
DEAR Bao. HIMES :—I have been in this city about 
Once weeks. On toy way hither, I had the pleasure 
of meeting with the friends at Granville, Clements, 
and Bear River. Found them generally well, and 
still holding on to the truth. I do not think that they 
have ever been in a more prosperous state than at 
present. They enjoy the labors of Bro. Ingham, 
who is devoting himself, and all that he has, to the 
upbuilding of the cause in these parts. We find 
him to be a true yoke-fellow, and the good effects of 
his untiring efbirts are already seen, and we trust will 
more prominently appear in the day when our Lord 
shall make np his jewels. 
At the Bay-shore Settlement, the brethren are 
at peace, very happily united in the bonds of love, 
notwithstanding a mighty effort has been made to 
crush the influence of those who labor to spread the 
glad tidings of the coming King. Bro. John Wood-
worth resides at that place, and is constantly, by pre-
cept and example, helping them after a godly sort. 
They have, through his instrumentality, a well at-
tended Sabbath-school, which is exerting a happy in-
fluence over the minds of most of the youth in the 
settlements. In Clements, the cause is increasing in 
interest. 
We had the privilege of speaking three times to 
the friends in Cornwallis. Good attention was paid, 
and we were invited to stay with them for a little 
while ; but as it seemed duty to visit this place first, 
we could not accept of the invitation at that time, 
purpose making them another visit soon, if the 
will. Bro. Ingham and myself have made arran 
'Dents to hold a number of meetings there the first of 
the coming month. Yours in hope, 
J. LENFEST. 
From Lower Granville (N. S.), Nov. 24th, 1849. 
BRO. HIMES :—I am not discouraged, but am still 
striving for the kingdom. Never have I felt more de-
cided to endme to the end than I do now. The re-
ward is at the end, and will be a crown of righteous-
ness, and an inheritance that is incorruptible, unde-
filed, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven 
for those that are kept by the power of God, through 
faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last 
time. Amidst all my trials and conflicts in this world 
of affliction, it cheers my heart to see the evidences 
of the speedy coming of the Lord thickening around 
me. It is clear that we have reached that period in- 
dicated by the distress of the nations with perplexity. 
What then? Jesus says, that when these thitugs be-
gin to come to pass, we are to look up and lift up 
our heads, for our redemption draweth nigh. Never 
were oe in more perilous times than now. There 
are many things transpiring around us to draw us 
away from our true position. Without a strict ad-
herence to the sure word of prophecy, to ascertain 
our true position, we shall he allured away by the 
errors of the wicked, and fall from our own stead-
fastness. We have need to watch and pray always, 
that we may be accounted worthy to escape all the 
things that are coming upon the earth, and to stand 
before the Son of man. 
Things remain about the same as they were among 
the Adventists in this province. There appears to be 
a little waking up among them ; a few have been re-
claimed, and I hope there will he more, for there is 
much need of more engagedness among us all. Time 
is short, and what is done must be done quickly. Let 
us all do our duty in warning sinners to flee from the 
wrath to come, for soon he that is filthy will be filthy 
still, and he that is righteous will be righteous still. 
Let us he diligent, that we may be found of him in 
peace, without spot and blameless. 
Yours, expecting speedy redemption, 
WM. M. INGHAM. 
From Waterloo (C. E.), Dec. 14th, 1849. 
BRO. HIMES:—In the " Herald " of Dec. 8th it 
is said in my letteri that the conference in Stanstead 
will be the first week in January, and the one in 
Waterloo the second week. This was according to 
the original arrangement; but as we cannot have the 
church at Derby Line on the first week in January, 
the conference will be held as announced on the last 
page of the " Herald." Brn. Shipman and Burn-
ham must arrange to stay in Canada at least four 
weeks. 
Yours, R. HUTCHINSON. 
Obituary. 
Mrs. ABIGAIL D. HEMINGWAY, wife of Benjamin 
Hemingway, departed this life in Camden, Me., Oct. 
241h. aged 56 years and too months. Her disease 
was an affection of the lungs, with which she had 
been afflicted for several years, which she bore with 
Christian fortitude and resignation. She experienced 
religion when young, and united with the Methodists, 
with whom she remained until 1845. In 1843 she 
embraced the Advent doctrine, and was a firm be-
liever in the speedy coming of Christ until her death. 
I have often heard her speak of the blessed hope, and 
of that land where the inhabitant will not say, " I 
am sick." She looked forward with pleasure to the 
resurrection, when she expected her vile body would 
he changed, and fashioned like her Saviour's glo-
rious body. We have lost a kind and affectionate 
mother, but I mourn not as those who have no hope, 
for 1 expect to meet her soon in a better land. 
E. T. HEMINGWAY. 
DIED, in Manchester, Dec. 7th, Louisa L. CAVIS, 
aged 21 years. Her trust was in God, and her death 
peaceful. 
ACROSTIC. 
A round the earth diffuse thy light, 
D ispel the darkness of this night ; 
V indicate Christ's coming again, 
E yen in person on earth to reign, 
N e'er cease to cry, He now is near, 
T hough wicked men may mock and jeer. 
II is coming cannot long delay ; 
E arch and its pomp must pass away ; 
R oman rule will soon be o'er, 
A nd kings shall rise and reign no more. 
L et then thy labor still extend, 
D esisting not till time shall end. 
A. The heavens declare the glory of God ; and 
the firmament showeth his handy work.—Psa. 19:1. 
Q. What is the man called, who denies the exist-
ence of God ? 
A. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no 
God.—Psa. 14:1. 
Q. Is God visible ? 
A. No man hath seen God at any time.-Jno. 1:18. 
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND AGENTS.—OFFICE A Fe 
FAI RS.—It becomes necessary, 'n older to sustain the 
credit and interests of this office, that we should 
have a settlement with all our agents and subscribers 
at the close of this volume. Let all make an effort 
to square their accounts by the 1st of January. This 
can be done, if an effort is made. Let every one 
concerned begin now. If every one resolves that his 
account shall be square by the 1st of January, it will, 
no doubt, be done. Try ! 
PROSPECTUS 
OF THE NEXT VOLUME. 
THE next volume (Vol. V.-new series) of the Advent Herald 
will commence on Saturday, Feb. 2d, 1850. This paper having now 
been published since March, 1840, the ten years of its past existence 
are a sufficient guaranty of its future course, while it may be needed 
as a chronicler of the signs of the times, and an exponent of 
prophecy. 
The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
age in which we live-The near approach of the Filth Universal 
Monarchy ; in which the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark the present time; 
and to hold up before all men a faithful and affectionate warning to 
flee from the wrath to come. 
The course we have marked out for the future, is to give in the 
columns of the Herald-I. The best thoughts from the pens of origi-
nal writers, illustrative of the prophecies. 2. Judicious selections 
from the best authors extant., of au instructive and practical nature. 
3. A well selected summary of foreien and domestic intelligence, 
and 5. A department for correspondents, where, from the familiar 
letters of those who have the good of the cause at heart, we. may 
learn the state of its prosperity in different sections of the country. 
The principles prominently presented, will be those unanimously 
adopted by the "Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held 
at Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845. And which are in brief- 
The Regeneration' 01 this Earth by Fire, and its Restoration 
to its Eden beauty. 
The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints, at the Advent. 
The Destruction of the Living Wicked from the Earth at 
that event, and their Confinement under chains of darkness till the 
Second Resurrection. 
Their Resurrection and Judgment, at the End of the Millen-
nium, and consignment to Everlasting Punishment. 
The Bestowment of Immortality, (in the Scriptural, and 
not the Secular use of this word,) through CHRIST, at the Resur-
rection. 
The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
These views we propose to sustain by the harmony and letter of 
the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment 
of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the future. We shall en-
deavor, by the Divine help, to present evidence, and answer objec-
tions, and meet the difficulties of candid inquiry, in a milliner he-
coming the questions we discuss ; and so as to approve ourselves to 
every loan's conscience in the sight of GOD. 
These are great practical questions. If indeed the Kingdom of 
GOD is at hand, it hecometh all Christians to make efforts for re-
newed exertions, during the little tithe allotted them for labor in the 
Master's service. It becometh then] also to examine the Scriptures 
oh truth, to see if these things are so. What saitli the Scriptures 
Let them speak ; and let us reverently listen to their enuuciations. 
TERMS-The Advent Herald is published every Saturday, at No. 
8 Chardon-street, Boston, by the subscriber, at $1 per vol. of six 
months. 
Exchanges, on whom we have conferred similar favors, and oth- 
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BILLS.-We are sending out bills this week to those who owe 
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so as to avoid the necessity of sending bills ; to some, this is the 
third time we have sent without getting response. Those unable 
to pay, have only to inform us of this and their bills will be 
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CHILDREN'S HERALD-The Jauwiry No. of this little paper, 
being No. IX. of Vol. 111., will he issued next Monday. 
FIDDLE-DE-DIDDLE."-They are to have a bait in Milton Society 
(Litchfield,) on 'Thanksgiving eight, the avails of which are to be 
given towards repairing the Episcopal church in that place ! It is 
called a " Charity Ball."-Fiddle-deeliddle !-New Haven Journal. 
Rev. James II. Perkin, pastor of the Unitarian church in Cincin-
nati, committed suicide on' the 14th, by jumping into the river wtide 
crossing in a boat, It is supposed he was laboring under temporary 
insanity. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, DECEMBER 29, 1849. 
Visit to Father Miller, 
Biro. Bless :—I arrived -here this morning at 10 
o'clock, and found Father MILLER alive, and some-
what relieved of his pain, which has been almost 
insupportable, though there appears to be no hope of 
his recovery. 
On entering his room, he immediately recognized 
my voice, and on approaching his bedside, he was 
able to distinguish my features, though his eyes were 
dim. He grasped my hand, and held it for some 
time, exclaiming with much earnestness, and in a 
tone of affection, " Is this Elder HIMES ?—Is it El-
der HimEs?-0 ! is it Elder HetiEs?—I am glad to 
see you." " Then you do know me, Father MIL-
LER, do you ?" " 0 yes,—I understand,—I know 
what is passing." He was then silent for a few mo-
ments, apparently in a deep study. Presently he in-
troduced the subject of my connection with the Ad-
vent cause, and spoke of my responsibility, express-
ing a fervent desire that I might be relived from the 
difficulties that beset me. He also expressed much 
anxiety about the cause, and alluded to his own de-
parture. I assured him that he had faithfully dis-
charged his duty, was clear from the blood of all men, 
and could now leave this matter in the hands of GOD. 
I old him that so far as I was concerned, I hoped for 
into
ce to enable me to be faithful in the ministry I 
d received. He seemed to assent, and then fell 
into a dose, for he was weak, and unable to converse 
longer than a few moments at a time. Presently he 
said, " Elder HIMES has come, —1 love Elder 
threes." He then spoke on the subject of the " Spirit 
of adoption," which we have now, and of the final 
adoption, for which we look at the second coming of 
the blessed SAVIOUR. Last evening he said to Bro. 
BOSWORTH, " Tell them (the brethren) we arg right, 
—the coming of the LORD draweth nigh ;—but they 
must be patient, and wait for him." His mind is 
still clear and strong on the subject of the conscious 
intermediate state. He believes that when lie shall 
be absent from the body he will be present with the 
LORD. He expects that his flesh will slumber in the 
ground, till JESUS comes and bids it rise, when he 
will be perfected. He never looked for the crown at 
death, but at the time when Jesus should come in his 
glory. The intermediate state is not that for which 
he longs most, (though, with the apostle, he thinks 
that is " better " than this state of toil and sorrow,) 
but the final, the glorified state, when the body shall 
be redeemed, and mdae like unto the glorious body 
of CHRIST, is the subject of this hope. . 
Fot some weeks past, his mind has dwelt much on 
the subjects of the judgment, the " adoption," and 
the new heavens and earth. The following hymns 
very much interested him of late. He has repeated 
them over and over, and requested to have them sung 
by his children, (who, by the way, are beautiful sing-
ers). He seemed to be greatly comforted in hearing 
them. One of the hymns is by Dr. WATTS, and is 
called 
When this mortal body is racking with pain, 
And demons are striving to trouble my brain, 
I hope for the crown that the saints soon shall wear, 
In the regions of glory, and long to be there. 
Long to be there, &c. 
When the wicked are scoffing,—because I believe 
The Saviour is coming, my pains to relieve,—
I weep for their folly, and bow in deep pray'r, 
For Christ's coming kingdom, and long to be there. 
 
Long to be there, &c. ' I. 
And when cruel death, with his spear lifted igh, 
Stands full in my presence, and says, Thou salt die, 
I think how my Saviour its smart once did btar, 
To fit me for Eden, and long to be there. T 
Long to be there, &c. 
When the grave, with its millions of captives, ap- 
pears, 
To the eve of my mind, it awakens my fears : 
I yearn for that morn, when the dead saints shall 
wear 
Their glorified bodies, and long to be there. 
Long to be there, &c. 
By the sweet flowing River of Life I will sing 
My triumph through Jesus, my Saviour and King, 
And praise hint who brought me, a sinner, to share 
A feast of fat things,—O, I long to be there! 
Long to be there, &c. 
I long to be there ! and the thought that 'tis near 
Makes me almost impatient for Christ t' appear, 
Arid fit up that dwelling of glories so rare, 
The earth robed in beauty, I long to be there! 
Long to be there, &c. 
Such views of the future glory tend to mitigate 
the pains of his body, which at times are violent. 
The dear old man lies upon his couch in the east 
room, where he studied the Bible, and wrote his 
Lectures on the Second Coming of CHRIST, which 
have so moved the church and the world for a few 
years past. He is surrounded by his beloved and af-
fectionate wife and children, who watch by his bed-
side day and night, ministering to all his necessities. 
I have visited this family many times, and partook 
of their hospitality. Many have been the happy and 
pleasant visits I have enjoyed with my venerable bro-
ther ; but my present visit is a sad and gloomy one. 
Never before have I realized such a scene as that 
which I now am witnessing. My chief friend and 
father in the gospel is about to be removed hence.—
We fondly hoped that together we should be per-
mitted to behold our SAVIOUR coming in his glory, 
without lying in the dust of the earth. But no, lie 
has been called to rest awhile, while those who have 
shared his labors are left, still to toil, and strive, and 
endure. Yet we joyfully hope soon to meet again, 
where sickness, sorrow, and death will not be known. 
I am glad to be permitted to see our brother, and 
to sympathize with hint in his last hours, and minis-
ter to his comfort. Though he is hated by the world, 
and despised by misguided and prejudiced ministers 
and members of the churches of the land, we cling 
to him, and love to do him honor and service, both as 
a man, and more especially as a servant of the Most 
High Gott. I know him ; I have been with him for 
the last ten years, under various circumstances, and 
whether I view him as a man, simply, or as a Chris-
tian, he must ever receive my love ;eel respect. Some 
years ago we fully identified ourselves with him in 
the following declaration : • 
— 
" We were not insensible of the fact, that much 
obloquy will be cast upon us in consequence of our 
association with the author of this work. This, how-
ever, gives us no pain. We had rather be associated 
with such a man as William Miller, and stand with 
him in gloom, or glory, in the cause of the living 
God, than to be associated with his enemies, and en-
joy all the honors of this world."—Miller's Life and 
Views. 
I have never regretted that declaration, nor shrunk 
from the responsibilies Which have devolved upon 
me in consequence. 
I can add no more now ; you will soon hear from 
me again. My health is poor, and 1 shall have to 
rest awhile, or break down. My appointments, which 
have been recalled, I will attend to as soon as my 
health will permit. Brethren, be patient, and pray 
for me. 
Yours, 
J. V. H. 
Low Hampton (N. Y.), Dec. 18th, 1849. 
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THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. 
Q. What is God ? 
A. God is a Spirit.—John 4:24. 
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A. The invisible things of him, from the creation 
of the world, are clearly seen ; being understood by 
the tnings that are made : even his eternal power 
and Godhead.—Rom. 1:20. 
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APPOINTMENTS. 
Bro. H. H. Gross will preach in Albany, N.Y., Sabbath, Dec. 
30 ; Benediet's Corners, Jan. 6th, 10 A DI, P al, and evening at 
Cranberry Creek ; Gloversville, evenings of 5th and 6411 ; Br ock-
ett's Bridge in the brick church), evening of the Oth, COBIHOling 
tour days, at 2 and 6 1-2 F M, except the last day (Sabbath), when 
there will also be preachingat 10 1-2-A al-ten lectures. It is hoped 
there will he a general gathering of the friends, plenty of families to 
entertain friends from abroad and their teams. 
Bro. P. Hawkes will preach in Fitchburg Sunday, Dec. 30 ; Lu-
neebu rg, st ; Teat !detail, Jail. 2d ; Athol, 3d ; N ortlifieldSImm-
laiu 4th ; Northfield Farms, Sunday, 6th ; Vernon; Vt., 5th ; Chico-
pee Fulls, Mass., 9th ; Springfield, 10th • BlandfOrd, Sundae, 13th ; 
(during the week I will preach where Bro. Bates may appoint) ; 
Pleasant Valley, Ct., Sunday, '_0th. 
13ro. 1.R. Gates will preach at New Durham Ridge Jae. 8th, nt 11 
and 2 o'clock ; Nottingham Syr., evening of 9th ; Ballard Vale, 
(where Brn. Green and Beale may appoint), evening of 12th mud 
Sunday-will the brethren from South Andover please attend' ; 
Franktert, Me., Sabbath, 20th-unless Bro. T. Smith arranges for 
the discussion with Mr. Rand at Eddington, the Zed ; if not, will be 
at Lowell the 20th. 
Bro. J. Cummings will preach at Claremont, N. 114-hillier? 1st, 
2d, and 3d ; North Springfield, Vt., eveiiing of 5th, lied Sucdai ; 
Concord, N. He 14th ; Manchester, 15th ; Lawrence, Mass.. Leh ; 
Marblehead, 18th and over the ;Sabbath. 
Bro. A. Sherwin will preach in Burlington, Vt., evening of Jan, 
9th ; Low Hampton, N. Y., Sabbath, 13th. 
Bro. Edwin Burnham will preach at Sugar Hill Sabbath, Jim. 6th, 
on his way to Canada. 
Bro. John Couch Jr. will meet with the brethren in Hill, N. 11., 
Sunday, Jan. 6th. 
1,1r6tI.I,Iale may he expected to preach in South Reading Sunday. 
,ran. 
 
Bro. D. Campbell will preach ill the following places Carrying- 
place, Dec. 31st, 7 r M ; Colborne' Jan. 1st, 7 P ; COMM 3(1, 
P 
; Burlington (at Young's, 3,1, 7e s4 ; Pence, 4111, 6 P m ; 
Coburg, 
 
5th, 6 I' m ; Toronto (near Oakville, at Bro. Griggs'- isro. Forman 
see to io, 6th, 7 P M ; Nelson, bili, 6 p ; Father teumnbell's, oth ; 
r M, Burrows, loth, 6 P ; Elder W °lye, ton's, lit ii, 6 e N; Gray, 
12th, 6 P M; 
 London, 13t11, 6 P M-Bro. Morrill see to ie ; 
14th, 6 P al • Bunten, 1511i, 6 P M; Ireland, belt turd 1701, 6 P M; 
Finegal, 18t1i, 6 P M ; Burden, 10th, 6 P NI, and lite ai th, II A M ; Nor-
wich at Ve ilcox'sd, 22d, 6 r m ; Deacon 'toward's, 23,1, 6 P M ; 1.a-
ban Crawlers, 24th, 6 P M ; Bro.Trusdel's, 25th, 6 I' at ; Credit, 26th, 
6 P M. 
Bro. King S. }Listings will preach in Bristol 30th and Slot (watch 
night) ; Litchfield wear Bro. A estin's Jati. let, eve. ; lietir Bro. . 
Beach's, 2d ; Roxbury 3d and 4th ; East Kelit'50, Sunday, ; 
Pleasant Valley, 8th ; conference at South Hawley Friday evening, 
Ilth, and continue over the Sabbath ; Savoy (Lear teeter e,cteul-
lock's', 14th near Bro. Meekinse fah ; Dear Bro Sides, 1sth ; 
Pinht field, 17th ; conference at A Afield (isaptist corners„ eyeeing 
of 18th, and continue as long as thought best. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at East Kingston, N. H , evinine of 
Jan. 3d ; South Berwick, el., 3d do t_ Great Fulls 4th ; New Cur-
ham Ridge, N.H., Sabbath, tith ; Pittsfield, Sabbath, 1001 ; Concord 
14th ; Manchester 15th. 
Bro. L. D. Thompson will preach at Walden, Vt.. four corners, 
the first Sabbath in January ; Pierniont, N. H., the s, mond ; Grafton, 
N. II , 16th ; Lake Village 15th ; New Durham Ridge loth ; 1 (Ws- 
mouth, Sabbath, 20th ; Abington, Mass., 22d and ; Barnstead, 
N. H. (at the red schoolhouse), Sabbath, LItti• 
Bro. S. W. Bisliop will preach; at Savoy (where Bro. Meekins may 
appoint), Jan. 1st; Cheshire, 5th, mid continue over Sunday. 'lee 
evening meetings al ti P M. — 
Bro. A. Brown will preach in Berlin (at Bro. J. Banus'), Jan. 1st ; 
Marlboro' 2d-each at 6 1-2 P M. 
BorioiD. Jonathan
j 
 Wilson will preach at Hartford, Ct., the first Sub- 
b8
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Bro. C. R. Griggs will preach in Athol Sabbath, Dec. 30tle 
MEETINGS. 
MISSION OF BRN. E. BURNHAM AND 1. H SHIPMAK TO CANADA. 
-Providence permitting, there will be a conference in Derby Line, 
beginning W ednesday evening, second week in Jaeunry, tied con- 
thine each day over the Sabbath. 
Also in Waterloo, begineieg ou Wednesday eyeliner, third week 
in January, and colutinue over the Sabbath. Brethren hi aa nterloo 
will do all they can to accommodate friend:, from a distance, except-
ing the keeping of horses, though this may be had at the hail on 
reasonable [elm. The renuainieg meetings of the mission will he 
announced h, reafter. 1 he sustaining of these niceties, G 
will oitre 
the co-operation of all interested in then, It. IllretilNWN. 
A conference will he held in W hitefield Village, N. H., on Friday, 
inn. Ilth, at 10 A m, and continue over the Salubath. Lee. J, 
Cook will be present. Brethren in Lisbon. Landsat', unroll, Lan-
mister, Danville, Sutton, Vt., and elsewhere, the ieveed. 
JOHN M. Gove, 
Jos. COLBY. 
A conference will be held in Shipton, C. E., the first week in Feb. 
Brie Edwin Burnham and I. H. Shipman are requested to wised, 
as d0011 as their appointments at AV aterloo and Granby are tuffitled. 
IN • GILMAM. 
There will be a conference Stanbridge, C. E., Friday evening, 
Jan. 11th, and continue over the Sabbath. D. T. TAYLOR, JR. , 
Providence permitting, a conference will be held in Cambridge 
Centre, Vt., commencing Thursday evening, Jan. 3d, and continue 
over the Sabbath. 1. token and fiiends are cordially ievit,d Let 
its rally tel the aid of the cause. Brie D. T. Tay lo, jr., and A. Sher-
win are expected to intend. 
I will ettend a conference in Sutton, N. II., January 10th, at 19 A 
nn, to contillue over Sunday. The brethren may tarmac accordingly. 
Bro. Sherwin is expected to visit Canada East ill Ft turnery next. 
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THE HEAVENLY CANAAN. 
There is a land of pure delight, 
Where saints immortal reign ; 
Infinite day excludes the night, 
And pleasures banish pain. 
There everlasting spring abides, 
And never-withering flowers ; 
Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
This heavenly land from ours. 
Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
Stand dress'd in living green ; 
So to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
While Jordan roll'd between. 
But timorous mortals start and shrink 
To cross this narrow sea; 
And linger, shivering on the brink, 
And fear to launch away. 
0 could we make our doubts remove, 
Those gloomy thoughts that rise, 
And see the Canaan that we love, 
With unbeclouded eyes! 
Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
And view the landscape o'er, 
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
Should fright us from the shore. 
The other is called " I long to be there," and may 
be found on page 446 of the Harp. 
In the midst of temptation, and sorrow, and strife, 
And evils unnumbered, of this hitter life, 
I look to a blessed earth, free from all care, 
The kingdom of Jesus, and long to be them. 
Long to be there, long to be there, 
The kingdom of Jesus, and long to be there. 
When poverty presses, and foes do surround, 
And clouds of thick darkness do hover around 
The pathway to gloty, which Christ did prepare, 
1 look for his coming, and long to be there. • 
Long to be there, &c. 
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