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be expected that the patronage of the *' Signs," would 
be diminished. But it cannot be given up while we 
have need of such publications.  
We ask, then, that the friends will consider the whole  
matter, and do what they  think will best subserve the  
cause. JOSHUA V. HIMES.  
New York, July 18, 1843.  

THE MEETINGS AT WILLIAMSBURG  
Were continued from July 9th to the 16th. The ground  
was so near the city, that few stayed on it constantly, 
and the attendance was made up of brethren and sisters 
who could go only occasionally, and of careless persons  
who came to gratify curiosity. Some came 011 purpose  
to make disturbance, but they were remarkably re-
strained, while on the grouad. One evening they with- 
drew to a neighboring field, and held a mock meeting,  
where they uttered the most horrid blasphemies, but 
even there, they seemed to be under check, so that they  
did no harm.  
Several interesting testimonies were borne during the  
meeting to the power of truth. On Sabbath afternoon, 
more than 2000 persons being present, Bro. Himes  
spoke on some of the simple proofs that the time may  
be known, and that it ends this year. ' A man who was 
once a Methodist, but is now a Universalist, interrupt-
ed- the meeting, and at the close undertook to expound  
some passages in Christ's discourse, recorded Matt.  
24 : so as to make them show that we shall know no- 
thing about the time till he comes, notwithstanding all 
the pains he took to give signs, with the solemn injunc-
tion, " Then know that it is near, even at the doors."  
At this the thoughtless crowd who had gathered around 
him, shouted applause, showing how glad they were  
to think that nothing could be known of an event they  
did not love. We did not attempt a reply, choos-
ing to let this instructive exhibition of feeling preach  
to those who love the appearing of our Lord. We 
have reason to believe the meetings were not in vain,  
though the truth preached will rise up in judgment 
against some who heard.  

BRO MILLER'S HEALTH.  
A letter from his son, Wm. S. Miller, postmaster at  
Low Hampton, dated July 10, says:  
" Father is recovering fast from his illness. He  
was able to speak a part of the day yesterday, giving  
us an exposition of the second chapter of Joel. He 
will soon be able to be in the field again."  
It should be remembered that this was at a small  
Baptist meeting house, and our friends will rnot expect  
that he can yet bear the fatigue of traveling, and  
lecturing to the crowds who would flock to hear him.  
A PAMPHLET IN FRENCH.  
La Voix lies Ecritures Saintes, tovxhanf L'Avcnement  
De Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, PAR. N. N. WHITING.  
[Translation] The Voice of the Holy Scriptures con- 
cerning the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. BY  
N. N, WHITING.  
This important work is now in press. It will contain  
about 36 pages, mostly occupied with brief propositions  
and Scripture proofs, in the style of Br, Miller's Synop- 
sis. It is designed for circulation among the French in 
our large cities, in Canada, and Europe,  
Of course, we can expect, but little money from the  
sale of it. We hope many will help send the \oice of  
warning to the people from, among whom arose that  
noble army of martyrs, the Huguenots. We should be  
happy to send them wherever ordered.  
BR. HIMES ex;pects to visit Rochester in the course  
of a week or ten days. He is making arrangements 
and if practicable, will visit Buffalo,, Detroit, and Cin-
cinnati soon, with Bro. Storrs, or some other co-laborer.  
EXPENSE OF TRAVEL.—The fare from New York to  
the camp meeting in Middletown, Pa., is $8 by the 
quickest lines. The fare to that commencing to-day is 
only 25 cts. It is a comfortable and healthful excur-
sion. Brn. Storrs and Chandler will be there. See last  
page.  
POLYGLOTT BIBLES.—We have a large supply of  
the best edition, at the lowest price.  

MEETING AT TROY.  
Bro. Storrs and Himes propose to visit Troy on  
Wednesday of next week, to hold a seriesof meetings,  
if the 'friends there will make arrangements, either in  
a suitable grove or otherwise as they may judge best- 
EXCITING ORDINATION.—On the 2d of July, a young  
man, named Arthur Carey, was ordained at St. Ste- 
phen's (Protestant Episcopal) Church, in this city, by  
Bishop Onderdonk. In reply to the usual question,  
whether any one present knew of any impediment, Dr.  
Smith, rector of the Church to which Mr. Carey had 
belonged, rose and said :--" There is a most serious and  
weighty impediment," and proceeded to state that  Ar- 
thur Carey held sentiments in too close conformity with  
those of the Church of Rome, and referred to a protest 
he had made to the bishop the day before. Dr. An- 
thon, rector of St. Marks, also read a protest, but the 
bishop went on to ordain the candidate. The Church- 
man of July 8th, severely attacked these two D. D.'s,  
supposing they could thus secure the appearance of peace  
in THE Church. It was a vain effort. They were not  
quite ready to have Popery thrust upon them and their 
flocks. They have come out in a pamphlet, which  
proves Bishop Onderdonk to be the high-priest of Pu- 
seyism in this country. We fear " THE Church" is so 
far infected with Popery, that it will be easily re- 
conciled to the publicity of the fact.  
NOTE FROM BRO. S. S. BREWER.  
Dear Bro. Southard,—I have  just returned from the  
lower part of New Jersey, having lectured in many  
places where the people paid great attention to the 
subject. Deep interest was manifested by the impeni-
tent pait of those that heard, and never did they show  
any disposition to oppose those solemn truths, until  
some ofthe sinners in Zion came and raised the stan- 
dard with the inscription, " One thousand years' millen- 
nium," or "all the Jews will be restored to Jerusalem,"  
and then they all sang the soothing strain of " Peace,  
peace." May God have mercy on such stumbling  
blocks. Oh, sinners—sinners, heed them not. Don't  
tarry in the plains. The Lord is at the door.  
One man came to me, and brought his Bible to com- 
pare it with mine, supposing there must be a differ- 
ence. One preacher said the poor, despised Millerites  
were the happiest people he knew, and all of them saw 
alike; Baptists, Methodists—in fact, all of them, of all 
denominations, love each other. Not so among the 
sects. The people begin to see it, and Babylon trem- 
bles. Many friends, I trust, were raised up, who are 
now standing up for the truth. Sinners, and back- 
sliders, and hypocrites were made to tremble.  
S. S. BREWER.  
New York, July  18, 1843.


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THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINE VINDICATED.  
The Doctrine of the Second  Advent sus- 
tained by the Voice of the Church,  
Extract of a Sermon preached at the Dedication of the  
Tabernacle, May 4th, 1843, by REV.  S. HAWLEY.  
ALL are ready to admit, that if we are  
correct in our view of the field of prophecy, 
and the points and lengths of the prophetic  
numbers, there can be 110 mistake as to the 
legitimacy and correctness of our conclu- 
sions. But in all that is essential in our view,  
we have with us the highest and most re- 
spected authorities of the whole church. In 
fact, in almost every point raised by our oppo- 
nents, we have been supported by the expos- 
itors. In the very few instances in which 
we have not their direct support, we have  
their general views and reasonings to sustain  
us, and the direct testimony of some of the  
first and most judicious of their number.  
This I will proceed to show.  
Seven points of doubt or dissent have been  
raised, in reference to the Advent, by our 
opponents. These points I will specify. 1.  
The fourth kingdom of Daniel. 2. The  
little horn of the seventh chapter. 3, The 
little horn of the eighth.  4- The length of  
the prophetic periods. 5. The commence-
ment of the seventy weeks. 6. The connec- 
tion between the seventy weeks and 2300  
days. 7\ The rise of the little horn of the  
seventh. These, so far as I know, are the  
only points of doubt or  dissent involved in  
the system we advocate. If we are sustained  
in these by the best and highest authorities  
of the religious world, all must see that the  
system does not rest on slight or insufficient 
grounds. And, as it respects the first five  
points, it can hardly be questioned that we  
have nearly the whole Protestant world with 
us. An admission of Prof. Stuart implies as 
much as this. He admits that the custom 
of reckoning days as the representatives of 
years, among the  interpreters of the Old and  
New world, is almost universal. (Hints, p.  74.)  
This concession is valuable for more than  
one purpose. It may involve more than ap- 
pears at first view. If the interpreters of the  
Protestant world are with us, as to the method  
of computing prophetic time, they are as to 
the leading features of the prophecy. This  
will follow as a matter of necessity. The 
question of the length of the prophetic num- 
bers, must depend in a great measure on the  
extent of the prophetic field, or the character  
and importance of prophetic events. If, for  
instance, the little horn of the seventh of 
Daniel be intended to represent Papacy, and  
not Antiochus, the time, times, and the divi- 
ding of time, or 1260 days, the period during  
which the saints were to be in his hands,  
cannot mean so many literal days, but so  
many years. This all will admit. So of the 
little horn of the eighth. If Rome in its com-
pound pagan and papal form, be meant, and 
not Antiochus, the 2300 days, all will admit,  
must mean so many years. So the question  
170  

as to the length of the prophetic numbers, is  
one of fundamental importance in the system  
of interpretation. It has a vast bearing upon  
the character, and import, and importance 
of prophecy. The literal system of interpret- 
ing these numbers, or the system that teaches  
that a day in prophecy means but a day,  
changes the whole character of prophecy,  
and diminishes it in importance, value, dig-
nity, and extent of scope, just as much as  
the difference between 2300 literal days and 
the same number of 3^ears ! To shorten the 
prophetic numbers, the prophecy needs  to be  
correspondingly cut down ! The field is re- 
duced, to answer to the chain that is to mea- 
sure it! This is the  alarming result of the  
new system of  interpretation. The whole  
is a paring, frittering, reducing process. It  
strips the prophecy of its dignity, solemnity,  
importance, and glory. It leaves it valueless  
—as empty as a sound. These day exposi- 
tors can see nothing beyond a day—the events  
they interpret are all of a day! The mea- 
sure of the importance of  prophecy is the  
measure of a man, that is, of Antiochus!  
The question, then, respecting the length of  
prophetic time, is one of great moment.  
Much hangs upon its decision. And yet a  
decision of this question must involve a de-
cision as to the extent of  the field covered by  
the prophecy. They are of necessity depen- 
dent 011 each other. And, of consequence,  
those who are with us as to the length of  
prophetic time, are with us as to the general  
field embraced in the prophecy. It is true,  
that, among such, there is a difference as to 
the application of some particular parts of  
the prophecy, but not as to the extent of field  
it covers. Some of the old writers applied  
the prophecy relating to the little horn of the  
seventh and eighth of Daniel, to Antiochus,  
but only in the sense of a type of the Anti- 
christ to come. This, though a mistaken ap- 
plication, did not affect their views as to the  
field embraced in the prophecy, or the length  
of the prophetic numbers.  
Now, as we have, according to the conces- 
sion of Prof. Stuart, the Protestant church  
with us as to the method of computing pro- 
phetic time, they must be equally with us as  
it respects the meaning and general scope of  
the prophecy. And this is not left to an in- 
ference from an admission. The testimony 
of the highest authorities of the religious  
world, will show how fully we are sustained  
in the points specified.  
1. The fourth kingdom of Daniel. This  
we claim to be the Roman. In this view we  
have the support of the ablest and most  
judicious expositors of every age. William  
Cunninghame, Esq., of England, an eminent  
expositor, in speaking of the four parts of the  
great image of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar,  
says, that they " are respectively applied by  
Daniel himself to four kingdoms, which have,  
by the unanimous voice of the Jewish and  
Christian churches, for more than eighteen  
centuries, been identified with the empires of  
Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome." Should  
this be questioned, the witnesses are abun-
dant. In the Jewish Church, we  have the Tar- 
gum of Jonathan Ben Uzziel, Josephus, and  
the whole modern synagogue,  including the  

names of Abarbanal, Kimchi, David Levi,  
and others. In th« Christian Church, such  
as Barnabas, Irenaeus,  Chrysostom, Cyril of  
Jerusalem in his catechism, Jerome, and  
according to him, all ecclesiastical writers, 
Hyppolitus and Lactantius, in the early ages; 
since the Reformation, Luther, Calvin, Mede,  
T. H. Home,* Sir Isaac Newton, Bishop 
Newton, Dr. Hales, Scott, Clarke, Brown,f  
Watson,| Bishop Lloyd, Daubuz, Bright-
man, Faber, Noel, Dr. Hopkins, and we  
might add, almost every biblical expositor of  
any note in the Protestant  church, if we  
except a few who have written in our own  
country within a year or two. And it is 
quite needless to add, that those who make  
this application of the four parts of the image,  
have no difficulty in making a like applica- 
tion of the four beasts of Daniel seventh.  
The remarkable similarity of the two visions  
requires this.  
2. The little horn of the seventh. This we  
hold to be Papacy. This is no novel view of  
that symbol, being, as it is, the view of the 
whole Protestant, world. See Dr. Clarke's 
Notes on 2 Thess. ii. chap., Croly on the  
Apoc., pp. 113—117, Home's Int., vol. 4., p.  
191, Watson's Theol. Die., p. 62, G. T. Noel,  
Prospects of the Church of Christ, p. 100, 
William Cunninghame, Esq., Political Dest. 
of the Earth, p. 28, Mede, Newton, Scott,  
Daubuz, Hurd, Jurieu, Vitringa, Fleming,  
Lowman, and numerous others of our best 
standard expositors.  
3. The little horn of the eighth chapter, that  
became EXCEEDING GREAT. This we believe to  
be Rome. Such was also the opinion of  
Home. || Vol. 4, p. 191. Sir Isaac Newton,  
Bishop Newton, Dr. Hales, Martin Luther,  
Dr. Prideaux, Dr. Clarke, Dr. Hopkins, Wm. 
Cunninghame, and others. In addition to 
these, almost all the old writers, who applied 
it to Antiochus Epiphanes, did so only as the 
type of Rome, where they looked for the  
Antichrist. St. Cyril., Bishop of Jerusalem, 
in the fourth century, said, "This, the pre-
dicted Antichrist, will come when the times  
of the (Pagan) Roman empire shall be ful- 
filled, and the consummation of the world  
approach. Ten kings of the Romans shall  
rise together, in different places indeed, but 
they shall reign at the same time. Among  
these, the 11th is Antichrist, who, by magical  
and wicked artifices, shall seize the Roman 
power."  
4. The length of the 'prophetic numbers.  
On this, little proof need be offered, as there 
is probably no point 011 which Protestant 
commentators have been so well agreed,  
as that the days in Daniel and John are 
representatives of so many years. Faber.  
Prideaux, Mede, Clarke, Scott, the two 
Newtons, Wesley, and almost every exposi- 
tor of note, have considered this a settled  
* See Introduction, vol. 1, p. 333 ; vol. 4, pp. 189, 191. 
f See Harmony of Scripture. 
i Theol. Die., p. 228.  
|| We here give a remark of this standard author : " Sir  
Isaac Newton, Bishop Newton, and Dr. Hales, have clear- 
ly shown that the Roman power, and no other, is intended 
for, although some of the particulars may agree very wet 
with that king, (Antiochus,) yet others can by no means be 
reconciled to him; while all of them agree and correspond  
exactly with the Romans ; and with no other power."


THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINE VINDICATED.  
question. Indeed, so universal has been tms 
interpretation of these periods, that Professor  
Stuart says, in his Hints, p. 74, "IT IS A  
SINGULAR FACT THAT THE GREAT MASS OF INTER-
PRETERS in the English and American world,  
have, for many years, been wont to under-
stand the days designated in Daniel and the 
Apocalypse, as the representatives or symbols  
of years. I have found it difficult to trace 
the origin of this GENERAL, I might say  
ALMOST UNIVERSAL CUSTOM."  
5. The commencement of the seventy weeks.  
These we believe commenced with the decree  
of Artaxerxes Longimanus, to restore and  
build Jerusalem, according to Ezra seventh,  
B. C. 457. This has, also, long been considered  
by commentators to be a settled point; and it  
probably would not now be disputed, were it  
not for a desire to avoid the conclusion to  
which it brings us, on the supposition that it is  
the beginning of the 2300 days. On so settled  
a point as this, we need only mention such  
names as Home, (see Int., vol. 1, p. 336, vol.  
4, p. 191,) Prideaux, (see Connection, pp.227  
—256,) Clarke, (see Notes on ninth Daniel,)  
Watson, (Theol. Die., p. 96,) William Howel, 
LL. D., (Int. of Gen. His., vol. 1, p. 209.)  
Scott, and Cunninghame.  
The two remaining points are those, which,  
among that class of our opponents who in the 
main agree with us in the preceding, are the 
most seriously questioned, and respecting  
which less light is afforded by biblical exposi-
tors. And yet in our views of these we are  
sustained by the general views and reason- 
ings of many  expositors, and by the direct  
testimony of the most able writers.  
6. The connection between the 2300 days  
and the seventy tveeks. This connection we  
think plain, and in proving it we are much  
aided by the learned world. This aid is fur- 
nished both directly and indirectly—a few 
plainly testifying to the fact of the connection  
—the many affording us one of the most deci- 
sive arguments proving it. The argument is  
based upon the literal meaning of the Hebrew  
word, which, in our version of Daniel ix. 24,  
is rendered " determined." That the word  
means literally, cut off,, or cut out, we have the  
highest authority. This fact, viewed in the  
light of the circumstances in which Gabriel  
appeared to Daniel, as stated in the ninth  
chapter, and the instruction given, must be 
decisive proof of the connection between the 
two periods. Daniel had had a vision before  
this time, reaching to the time of the cleans- 
ing of the sanctuary. This he was told 
would be at the end of 2300 days. At the  
time Gabriel appeared to him, he was earnest- 
ly praying for the restoration of his people,  
and the cleansing of the sanctuary, having  
previously ascertained from books that the 
seventy years of captivity had expired. The 
angel, having received orders to fly swiftly,  
appeared to Daniel, and stopped him in the  
midst of his prayer, and gave him further  
instruction. He directed him to " understand  
the matter, and CONSIDER THE  VISION." A  
reference to that would teach him that the  
object of his prayer could not then be grant- 
ed, the end of the 2300 days being far in the  
future. The angel then assured him that  
seventy weeks were cut off for his people and  

city, during which time Jerusalem should be 
rebuilt, with the walls, and at the end of 
which an atonement should be made for sin  
by the death of Messiah; and after that the  
city and sanctuary should be destroyed, and 
remain desolate until the consummation or  
completion of the time, and that which was  
determined should be poured upon the deso-
late. Now, as this was evidently an expla- 
nation of the vision of the 2300 days, and as 
the seventy weeks were cut off from., or out  
of; it; and as the instruction of Gabriel reach- 
ed beyond the termination of those weeks, to 
the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, 
and onward, during a long period of desola- 
tion, to the consummation or completion ; the  
inference seems irresistible that the seventy  
weeks are not only a part of the 2300 days,  
but the first part of them. This being so, the  
commencement of the two periods must be  
the same. But I will here allude to authori- 
ties for thus rendering the word. It will not  
be too much for me to say, that this is nearly  
or quite a settled point among the best schol-
ars. In an old work, entitled, "A six-fold  
commentary on Daniel," published in London.  
A. D. 1608, I observe it is rendered cut out.  
Dr. Gill, a distinguished divine and scholar,  
thus renders the word, and quotes many of  
the first critics, who agree with him.  
Hengstenberg, who enters into a critical  
examination of the original text, says.—- But 
the very use of the word, which does not  
elsewhere occur, while others, much more 
frequently used, were at hand, if Daniel had  
wished to express the idea of determination,  
and of which he has  elsewhere, and even in  
this portion, availed himself; seems to argue,  
that the word stands, from regard to its orig- 
inal meaning, and represents the seventy  
weeks in contrast with a determination of  
time {en platei) as a period cut off from  
subsequent duration, and accurately limited."  
Christology of the Old Test., vol. 2, v. 301.  
Washington, 1839.  
Gesenius, in his Hebrew Lexicon, gives  
cut off as the definition of the word; and  
many others of the first standing, as to learn-
ing and research. And, besides, several ver- 
sions have thus rendered the word.* And  

we might add, that this is admitted to be  
the true rendering of the word, by our best  
Hebrew contemporaries, such as "Bush and  
Seixas, though opposed to our views.  
We also have the direct testimony of  
Prof. Bush, the learned Joseph Wolfe, and  
others of our day, that the seventy weeks 
are a part, and the first part, of the two 
thousand three hundred days. ' Dr. Wilson,  
of Cincinnati, who is the highest authority 
in the Presbyterian church, in a recent dis- 
course "On cleansing the Sanctuary," says,  
—" I undertake to show—that Daniel's ' sev- 
enty weeks' is the beginning, or first part of  
the < two thousand three hundred days,' al- 
lotted for the cleansing of the sanctuary: that  
Daniel's < time, times, and a half' is the last  
or concluding part of the two thousand  
three hundred days." This may be deemed 
sufficient on this point.  
7. The rise of the little horn of Daniel  
seventh. We believe that Papacy, symbol-
ized by the little horn, rose by virtue of the 
decree of Justinian, and not that of Phocas,  
or any other ruler, or power. This decree,  
though issued A. D. 533, did not, as we con- 
ceive, go into full effect until 538, when the 
enemies of the Catholics in Rome were sub- 
jugated by Belisarius, a general of Justinian.  
In this view, as to the rise of Papacy, we 
are sustained by Croly, (see his work on  
Apoc., pp. 113—117:) G. T. Noel, (see Pros- 
pects of Ch., p. 100:) Wm. Cunninghame, Esq.  
(Pol. Destiny of the Earth, p. 28;) Keith, Vol  
1, p- 93; Encyclopedia of Rel. Knowl., art  
Antichrist; Edward King, Esq., and others.  
It is thus we are sustained, in the views  
we cherish, by the plain teaching of the  
prophetic pages, and by the highest author-
ities of the religious world. In all the points 
that are disputed, we have the sure word of  
prophecy to guide us, and the best of human  
A Hebrew scholar, of high reputation, makes the following  
remarks upon the word which is translated " determined " in  
our version.—The verb chathak (in the Niplial form, passive  
nechtak) is found only in Daniel ix. 24.. Not another in- 
stance of  its use can be traced in the entire Hebrew Testament.  
As Chaldaic and Rabbinical usage must give us the true  
sense ofthe word; if we are guided by these, it has the single  
signification of CUTTING, or CUTTING OFF. In the Chal-
deo-Rabbinic Dictionary of Stockius, the word " chathak"  
thus defined:  
" Scidit, abscidit, conscidit, inscidit, excidit"— To cut, to  
cut away, to cut in pieces, to cut or engrave, to cut off.  
Mercerus, in his " Thesaurus," furnishes a specimen of  
Rabbinical usage 111 the phrase chathikah shelbasar—" a piece  
of flesh," or " a cut of flesh." He translates the word as it  
occurs 111 Dan. ix. 24, by " prsecisa est"—WAS CUT OFF.  
In the literal version of Arias Montanus, it is translated  
"decisa est,"—WAS CUT OFF ; in the marginal reading  
which is grammatically correct, it is rendered bv the plural  
" decisae sunt"—were cut off.  
In the Latin version of Junius and Tremellius, nechtak is  
rendered " decisae sunt"—were cut off.  
Again, in Theodotion's Greek version of Daniel, (which is  
the version used in the Vatican copy of the Septuagint as be-
ing the most faithful,) it is rendered by (vvtrfivOnw, « were cut  
off," and in the Venetian copy by rnuivrctt, " have been cut." 
The idea of cutting off is pursued in the Vulgate; where the 
phrase is " abbreviatae sunt," have been shortened.  
Thus Chaldaic and Rabbinical authority, and that of the earli- 
est versions, the Septuagint and Vulgate, give the SINGLE SIG- 
NIFICATION OF CUTTING OFF TO THIS VERB."  

authority to sustain us. This fact will put 
to blush the accuser, who charges us with  
holding novel, fanatical, and heretical views.  
Let him thus charge the high authorities  
quoted above—men of the most distinguished  
talent and extensive learning, the  
ornaments of the church, and the best stand-
ard expositors. With them, in the path of  
truth, we feel we shall not suffer.  
In the light of what has been shown, to  
what conclusion are we necessarily brought ?  
If we are right in the points considered, the  
conclusion is not to be resisted that the end  
is at hand. If we are not mistaken as to  
the extent of the prophetic field, the length  
of prophetic time, and the dates from which  
to reckon such time, all must concede that  
the present period is that which is to witness  
the grand termination of all earthly things  
And the Christian world assure us,' that, in  
the main points, we cannot be mistaken.  
As to particular dates, we have such high  
authority, such light from the prophetic  
pages, such confirmation from the events of  
Providence and the characteristics of the  
present times, as to give foundation and  
strength to our faith. We must, in all hon- 
esty, believe, in view of the accumulating  
evidences around us, and the prophetic dec- 
larations before us, that the reign of Christ,  
long looked for and desired, is near at hand! 
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THE MIDNIGHT CRY.  
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1843.  
PERPLEXITY OF NATIONS.  
Most of the nations of Europe have been running in  
debt, and compelling the working portion of their peo- 
ple to pay enormous taxes, w hich, in the shape of inter- 
est pass into the hands of the rich. In England, a la- 
borer, besides feeding and clothing his family, is com- 
pelled to pay, in the shape of rent, tithes, and imposts,  
nearly two-thirds of his earnings, to support other fami- 
lies in idleness and luxury.  
Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, lately gave a view of  
the indebtedness of nations. Holland is deepest in debt.  
"The population is only 3,000,000,—50045 30 greater  
than that of the State of New York, and the debt has 
reached the enormous sum of 950,000,000—that is  
$240 of indebtedness for each man, woman and child  
in that kingdom. Holland has no alternative but repu- 
diation or bankruptcy. It is out of the question to pay.  
New debts are annually incurred to pay arrearages of 
interest. This state .of things defies even hope."  
Here is perplexity, and men's hearts failing them for  
fear.  
" The debt of Great Britain is $3,700,000,000. Pop- 
ulation 25,000,000. About $200 of indebtedness .to  
each man, woman and child in that kingdom. England 
yet pays her interest promptly by annual taxation."  
The burdens of this tax are almost unendurable, yet  
Government still manifests the same wasteful extrava-
gance, in pampering its favorites. After referring to 
some of these facts, the editor of the Albany Argus  
says :—  
" Cross the ocean to Europe—traverse .that land in  
every direction—witness her half-clad peasantry—her 
mud hovels for her people, and her palaces for her ru- 
lers : go to her manufactories, the famed seats of her  
greatness and her power, and there witness her half-
starved, blear-eyed, and deformed laborers—not over- 
looking the moral blindness and ignorance of even her  
medium classes,—and then on the contrary, mark the  
officers and menials of government pampered, amid this  
vast iazar-house of human woe."  
Surely, we may now expect, that "for,the oppression  
ofthe poor, and the sighingof theneedy,"tthe Lord will 
arise—that the FOURTH BEAST, dreadful and terri- 
ble, which devours, breaks in pieces, and stamps the  
residue with its feet, will soon be destroyed, and the 
sanctuary cleansed.  
THE LAND FILLED WITH VIOLENCE.  
When the Lord gave the land of Canaan to his  
people, he charged them, saying : " Ye shall take no 
satisfaction for the life of a murderer that is guilty  
of death. Blood defileth the land, and the land can- 
not be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein,  
but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not the  
land, for I the Lord dwell among the -children of Is- 
rael." Numbers 35 : 30—34.  
If a slam person were found in the field., the peo- 
ple were required to sacrifice a heifer, over whose  
bleeding body the their elders were to wash their 
hands, and say : " our hands have not shed this  
blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Be merciful,  
O Lord, unto thy people Israel." Thus were they to 
express their horror of murder; and their sense of  
the pollution that the country was supposed to con- 
tract by the blood that was spilt in it.  
In six months from the first of January last the  
newspapers have reported in the United States, TWO  
HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN  murders, by guns, pistols,  
bowie knives, &c., besides 950 accidental deaths,  
and 86  suicides.  
If such are the published facts in this boasted re- 
public, what must be the amount of guilt, in the  
whole world accumulating under the all-seeing eye,  
and what a revelation will be made, when the earth  
shall cast out her dead, and no more cover her slain  
172  

Soon,—too soon for the earth-loving multitude-
will that disclosure be made.  
HOLINESS OF HEART.  
" Who shall stand when he appeareth ? Who shall abide the day  
of his coming ?"  
In these days of scepticism, there is so much barren,  
speculative faith, that floats on the surface of popular  
opinion and superstition, that the simple, childlike 
faith of the scriptures, the whole-souled trust, that  
lays hold like an anchor on the substance and evi- 
dence of things not seen, is rarely understood by the 
term, FAITH,—yet this alone is the saving faith of the  
gospel;—faith, in God's word, in every word which he  
hath speken. Here the believers in the second ad- 
vent REST, and rejoice that God is true, that heaven  
and earth may,pass away, but that his word can never  
fail. The Lord Jesus has promised to come again,  
and we believe that promise. He has also said that  
when we see certain things come to pass, we may  
know that our redemption draweth nigh. These 
things are now daily fulfilling before our eyes—we  
therefore know that he is near, even at the doors.—  
Having this glorious assurance and hope within us,  
we rejoice .with joy unspeakable and full of glory, and  
our constant desire is to purify ourselves, even as he  
is pure, that when he appeareth, we may be like him. 
The apostle exhorts us to " cleanse ourselves from all  
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness  
in the fear of God." If the humble followers of Jesus 
ever needed the cleansing and holiness here enjoined,  
surely the despised band, who are now waiting for 
his appearing more imperatively need its fullest pow- 
er. Infinite mercy has opened our hearts to under-
stand His sure word of prophecy, and inclined us to  
receive the truth of its teachings, that " the end of all 
things is at hand." Seeing these things are eo, we  
anxiously ask what manner of persons we should be  
in all holy conversation and godliness. We dare not  
measure ourselves among ourselves, nor look back to 
the standard of piety in the church, in this or  
past centuries, but lefer alone to the law and  
the testimony. We see our calling, that not many  
wise, or mighty, or noble are called, and we re- 
joice that though we are foolish, and weak, and  
despised, yet God hath chosen us, in Christ Jesus,  
who of God is made unto us wisdom and  righteous- 
ness, and sanctification, and redemption. Here we  
perceive that we may not glory or trust in flesh, but  
in the Lord, by whom alone we are cleansed and per- 
fected in hoiiness. It is through faith in Jesus' name  
that we are fully saved from our sins. According to  
our faith, it will be done unto us. If we reckon our- 
selves dead indeed unto sin, (and continue to believe,)  
from that hour we are alive unto God, and free in- 
deed. Faithful is he who hath called us, who also  
will do it. This is the privilege of every Christian.  
How earnestly then should every believer in the im- 
mediate appearing ofthe Master, seek that entire con-
secration and holiness, without which no man shall  
see the Lord. C. S. M.  
WESTERN  NEW-YORK.—Bro.  Marsh, writing from  
Union Mills, July 12, says :  
" I have recently visited Western New York.—  
West of Rochester the entire field seems ripe for a  
qlorious harvest;—at Rochester our worthy brethren, 
Himes, Barry, Fleming, and others were sowing 
the good seed : and a deep interest was apparent in  
•the minds or many in that city and surrounding com- 
munity, on the speedy coming of Christ. I left my 
good brethren, Peavy, Teall, Johnson, Coburn, and  
otheis, engaged in a camp-meeting at Sennett, near  
Auburn. °The powers of darkness were against  
them, but the Lord was with them, and I hope to  
hear of glorious results from that meeting.  
" I shall now be measurably freed from the cares  
of the Palladium office, and hope soon to be in the  
field with my dear brethren, proclaiming the coming  
ofthe Lord."  

SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK.  
THE LITTLE HORN PREVAILING.  
That the Public School system in New York City  
has been changed by a disgraceful trick of legislation 
is a well-known fact. When the interests of the chil- 
dren in a community of three hundred thousand were  
concerned, the laws regulating the schools for their in- 
struction should have been changed only by the most 
careful hands, guided by cool heads, watchful eyes, and 
honest hearts. The necessity should have been mani-
fest, and ascertained by the thorough investigation of  
able and disinterested committees. The parents and  
friends of the children should have been heard in a de- 
liberate answer to the question, " Shall we make this  
proposed change in our schools I" Even then, pru- 
dence would have taught honest legislators to wait  
awhile, and see if the grievances complained of could  
not be remedied without hazarding the evils which 
must attend a revolution. The course pursued was  
the reverse of all this. We might search in vain to  
find so large a community so amply provided for as  
were the children and youth of this city. Commodious 
buildings, thoroughly furnished with desks, maps, and  
other apparatus, faithful teachers, excellent books, and  
even paper, ink, quills, slates, pencils, sewing thread 
and needles for the girls, &c., &c., were all provided, 
free of expense to the scholar, and at a cost to the  
city astonishingly small, which was paid from the taxes  
on property. By this wise plan, the wealthy, without 
feeling it, were giving a free education to the children  
around them, whose intellectual and moral character 
must greatly affect the value of their wealth.  
Immense numbers of Papists as well as Protestants  
were availing themselves of these precious privileges.  
But a few Romish priests, seeing that their craft was  
endangered by this free discussion of knowledge, be- 
gun to make their absurd complaints. To these the 
managers ofthe schools yielded with a complaisance in  
which servility too largely mingled. They withdrew  
the libraries, though nobody, of course, was compelled 
to read the books, and subjected them to a k«en-eyed  
censorship, that they might erase sentences., pages, or  
chapters, or suppress whole volumes, which contained  
truths offensive to intolerant Romanists.  
We have in our hands, a reading book, called Mur- 
ray's Sequel, one of the most faultless in its style  
and principles, in which the beast that goeth to per-
dition has left his hateful tracks. The " Character  
of Martin Luther," and the " Execution of Cranmer,"  
are blotted over with ink, so that those sections can- 
not be read. Two lines, containing one of the most  
accurate touches in Goldsmith's Traveller, are also 
erased, because they describe Italians thus :  
" Though grave, yet trifling—zealous, yet untrue,  
And e'en in penance planning  sins anew."  
Shame on the managers who did this servile work.  
They rightly judged that Popery could not bear to 
have our children taught to admire the character of  
Martin Luther, or remember that, any body ever had  
the constancy to die for the truth. Those who killed  
the body must murder the memory of the martyrs.  
All these concessions only heightened the arrogance  
of the papists. They organized a party in our city  
election, and threatened to withdraw their support from  
certain candidates for mayor and aldermen, unless cer- 
tain legislators at Albany would trample on the well- 
known wishes of the people, by overturning our  
school system. The election was to come on Tuesday,  
and the law had not been passed on Friday at dark.  
Another day's delay would defeat the object of buying 
votes for partizan candidates in New York, by ob- 
structing the education of her future citizens. It was  
well known that the Senate, when full, would not pass  
the bill: but when it was nearly midnight,—fit hour—  
advantage was taken of the absence of several mem


bers, and the bill passed. Then, in that dark hour, to  
guard against the possibility of wiser counsels prevail- 
ing by fairer measures, next morning,—one man mov- 
ed a reconsideration: but voted against his own mo-
tion. Could meanness descend lower 1  
By such measures the education of 70,000 children  
was trifled with, that the votes of a few hundred papists  
might be secured for the party. The base offering was  
accepted. The priests who had been at Albany dicta- 
ting the terms ofthe bargain, met their people on Sun- 
day. Next day their candidate was withdrawn, and  
the day following their votes contributed to the triumph  
of the party which had thus disgraced itself. The  
Judge of all the earth knows we are not partizans. We  
rejoice that all corrupt parties shall soon cease to tri-
umph when he whose right it is shall come to reign.  
Meanwhile, the beast is being consumed in papal  
countries, but is making war and prevailing over the  
legislation of a state where four-fifths of the people  
profess to hate popery.  
As the result of the change, the Bible has already  
been excluded from the schools in one ward. But the  
law did not favor Catholics exclusively. The principle  
being settled, that nothing must be taught which any  
sect objects to, we can have nothing in our schools but  
a soulless literature, which will just fit our children to 
become practical infidels.  
The newspapers have just published a report of the  
Trustees of the Fourth Ward Common Schools, to the 
Board of Education, concerning the progress they have  
made in travelling back to the darkness of heathenism.  
Here is a portion of it.  
Gentlemen,—The undersigned, Trustees of Common  
Schools in the 4th Ward, would respectfully represent, 
that since their induction into office they have entered 
upon the performance of their duties, and in accordance  
with the act of the Legislature, passed April 11th, 1842,  
they have visited the schools in the said ward which re- 
ceive a portion of the public moneys, for the purpose of  
examining the hooks used in said schools, in order to  
ascertain whether said books contain anything of a sec- 
tarian character contrary to the religious opinions enter- 
tained by any one desirous of sending their children to  
said schools ; or contrary to the said act of the Legisla-
ture, prohibiting the teaching, inculcating or practicing 
any religious doctrine or tenet in any school participating  
in the public moneys.  
Previous to the examination of the undersigned, com- 
plaints had been made by the  several sects known as  
Jews, Catholics and Universalists, and partially at their  
request we did, on the 27th ult. visit Public School No.  
1, and primary Schools Nos. 27 and 2S, and obtained and  
examined some of the books as used in said Schools.—  
We have carefully, and we think impartially, examined  
as many of said books as time would admit, and beg  
leave to lay before your honorable body the following, as  
the results of our investigation ;  
The first book to which we wish to call your attention  
is entitled ' American Popular Lessons.' The portion  
objected to by the Jews may be found on page 138, les- 
son, 'Reward of Goodness ;' page 143, lesson. 'The Son  
of God;' page 144, lesson, 'Heaven ,-' pages 145 and 146,  
lesson. 'Scripture Lessons and Jesus Christ;' pages 148,  
149, 150, and 151, lesson, ' Thou shalt love thy neighbor  
as thyself;' pages 151, 152, 153, 154, and 155, lessons,  
' The Bible,' ' The Ten Virgins.' There are also some  
other passages.  
They (the Jews) also object, to the last conversation  
in the book, entitled, 'Conversations on Common Things;' 
'The Lessons for Schools, taken from Holy Ssriptures:'  
the use ofthe 'New Testament Scriptures,' and many of 
the lessons in ' Murray's Reader.'  
We found the Protestant version of the Bible used in  
said schools, of which the Catholics complain, and by them  
deemed injurious to their peculiar faith, and calculated to  
advance the views of opposing sects. lET They also  
object to the use of the " Lessons taken from the Holy j  
Scriptures "  
The portion ofthe different books used in said schools,  
objected to by the denomination of Universalists, and by  
them deemed calculated to teach sectarian views different  
from their own, may he found in the aforesaid "American  
Popular Lessons ;' page 133, last verse ofthe lesson 'God 
always sees me,' page 136, lesson ' On Duties' eighth  
verse; page 141, lesson, ' Punishment of Sin,'last two  
verses ; page 146, lesson ' Scripture Lesson,' last clause ;  
page 154, lesson ' Ten Virgins,' last section. The selec- 
tions from the Holy Scriptures are objected to on account 
ofthe heading of many of the lessons, particularly those  

on pages 136 and 164, the 'Punishment of the Wicked,'  
and the ' Last Judgment.' They also called our atten-
tion to the section headed 4 Altamont,' pages 139, 140  
and 141, Murray's English Reader, as well as some other 
books which we have not here enumerated.  
If the religious opinions entertained by the Jews, are  
to be regarded with the same favor as those ofthe various 
denominations of Christians, (and we can see no good 
reason why they should not,) then we consider it the  
duty of your honorable body to either exclude all books  
from use in the schools participating in the public moneys, 
or withhold the money from such schools as persist in 
using books contrary to their peculiar belief. The reasons 
are obvious, for they pay their portion ofthe taxes neces-
sary to support our common schools, and do not ask or 
receive any favor on account of their religious opinions,  
but are obliged by law to pay their portion of the public  
expense.  
With the fullest assurance that the subject will receive  
that attention its importance seems to demand, and the 
whole matter amicably and satisfactorily settled, and jus- 
tice be done to all the parties concerned,  
We are gentlemen,  
With great respect, your obedient servants,  
[SIGNED] SIMEON ABRAHAMS,  
DENNIS MULLINS,  
THOMAS WALLACE,  
WM. C. COLYER,  
EDWARD B. FELLOWS,  
Trustees of Common Schools in the 4th ward.  
New York, July 11, 1843.  
On this report, a Universalist editor comments  
thus :  
" If any man requires more than the above to  
satisfy him of the absurdity and impracticability of  
our new School System, he must be obstinate indeed.  
Ori the principles laid down, it  is impossible that any  
books inculcating reverence toward God or benefi- 
cence to man should be used in Schools, since there  
is scarcely an incentive to duty urged to which some-
body might not take exception."  
In this process we can stop nowhere  short, of athe- 
ism. The atheist has as good a right to be a censor 
of the press as any body else. What, then, must be  
the result ? All reference to God. eternal life, and a  
coming judgment, must be kept away from the form-
ing minds of our children the chief part of six days in 1 
the week,while positively evil influences are actively  
at work upon many of them, the remainder of the  
time. A tide of moral pollution is rolling over the 
land, as fatal to the soul as carbonic acid gas to the  
body. Sabbath Schools, and parental instruction 
act like vital air poured into deadly gas,—but while  
the last traces of Christianity are excluded from the  
schools, the hope of their triumph dies within us.  
If these facts had been foretold to our English and  
Dutch ancestors, who found here a refuge from Pope- 
ry, they would have considered the prediction more  
fanatical than that for which we are now ridiculed.  
! How wonderful is the fulfilment of all the prophecies  
of the last days ! The Laodicean church is boasting, 
"I am rich and increased with goods—I am just go-
ing to convert the world"—while the " little horn" is  
speaking great words and prevailing, and living faith 
is hardly found, on earth.  
AN ILLUSTRATION.  
A heedless man sees his watchful neighbor busily at  
work, making all snug in the roof of his house. He 
remembers that his own house has no roof, and feels 
condemned.  
" What are you doing that for V he inquires.  
Watchful.—I perceive by the signs of the times, and  
i I know from the termination of the Summer months,  
that Winter is close at hand, and I wish to have a com-
fortable home amidst its driving storms.  
Heedless.—O, it is well enough to be ready all the  
time; these storms may come any time, but I don't be- 
lieve you can ever tell when Winter is coming till it  
does come. My father used to tell us if we were care- 
less, it would come when we didn't expect it. He told 
us to look for the signs, and be sure to have all things  
in readiness when they come.  

Watchful.—I have seen the signs, and you see what  
I am doing.  
Heedless.—I don't see any signs. All things con- 
tinue as they have been all Summer.  
Sinner, you see your likeness. Fly for shelter  
NOW. To -morrow it. may be too late.  
THE TENT MEETING AT ROCHESTER.  
The design of this meeting was to awake an inter- 
est in that section of the country on the speedy ad-
vent of our Lord. Thus far, the object has been ac- 
complished. We pitched our tent in the city of  
Rochester on the 23d of June, and continued our  
meetings in it, with some interruptions, till the 7th of  
July. Twenty-one lectures were given in the en- 
campment, besides our meetings of prayer, and Bible 
classes.  
The attendance from the city and country was  
large, and a deep interest on the subject ofthe advent  
was manifested by all classes. Though we found  
many of the same difficulties to contend with as we  
had elsewhere, from prejudice, and false rumors, yet 
the honest-hearted and candid people of that vicinity  
gave us a fair hearing, which resulted in a deep con-
viction of the truth of our views on many minds.—  
Very favorable reports have been made to us from  
ministers and laymen, some of whom have already 
embraced the doctrine, and design to proclaim it to  
the extent of their means. Some few have been 
converted, others have been quickened ; one noted 
unbeliever in God and his word, has been converted  
to God and the truth.  
We have established a depository of the Advent  
publications; aT'NO". 17 Arcade, in Buffalo street,  
which is visited by many strangers who are enquiring 
on the subject; some sales have been made, but by 
far the greater amount has been given away. It 
is not expected that the receipts will meet the expen- 
ditures. But it is necessary to the work, and should  
[ be sustained, for the present. " The Glad Tidings"  
is published weekly, and scattered gratuitously in 
the city and  vicinity : also on board the canal-boats  
going east and west; they have also been sent to  
Canada West. The paper contains mostly impor- 
tant articles before published in the " Signs of the 
Times" and " Midnight Cry," with such new matter 
as is called for, by the wants of the enterprise.—  
Thirteen numbers will be published, and, if needed,  
more; otherwise a transfer will be made to the Mid- 
night Cry.  
Having closed out tent-meeting, Brn. Fitch and  
Barry are now lecturing in Talman's Hall, in Buffalo  
street, and will continue the meetings for ten days, 
or more. The lake winds in that vicinity are quite un-
favorable to the tent enterprise. We shall not, pitch  
it again in that part of the country. Conferences and  
Camp-meetings, however, will be held, as a substitute  
for the tent-meetings.  
The heavy squall which struck the tent, parted  
fifteen ofthe guy chains, and several inch ropes. It  
was done in an  instant. The windward side of the  
tent was pressed in toward the audience, and by the  
pressure ofthe wind the leeward side was raised up  
so that the audience passed out, without an excep- 
tion, unharmed ; the tent itself was but little injured,  
and is now in good repair as ever, and ready to be  
pitched again when a place is decided upon. We  
intend, if time continues, to pitch it once more in N.  
E. some time in September, in the vicinity of Ports- 
mouth, N. H., when we shall expect to see a cloud  
of witnesses for the truth from among the tried and  
the faithful.  
One word in relation to the Western enterprise .ft  
is regarded by all as a most important field of labor.  
Thus far 1 have sustained it with my only remaining  
available means. 1 have not only done what, but all 
I could. Our other missions have been aided;—this  
needs it. Shall I have help. I leave it with God to  
direct; and the stewards of his goods to do their  
duty.  
We shall visit Rochester again soon. We doubt  
not all will be done in that vicinity which can be ; but  
some help must be afforded from abroad to carry out  
the benevolent design. JOSHUA. V. HIMES.  
Boston, July 10, 1843.  
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LETTER FROM WILLIAM MILLER.  
Dear Bro. Himes,—This is the first time I have  
wrote for six weeks or more. T 'he time past for sixteen  
weeks seems to me  like a dream, and a painful one too.  
I do not complain, God is good, and although he af-
flicts us by pain, disease and prostration of both physi- 
cal and mental powers, yet he has the power to cause  
all these things to operate as means to help us on to 
glory. Blessed be his name, I find my present afflic- 
tion has been not entirely lost. 1 hope it has and will  
prove a blessing.  
Before I was taken sick last w:inter, at times I was  
very much unreconciled to my lot, as I would call it, of-
ten thinking God had laid on me more than I was able  
to bear. I often murmured and complained, and often 
prayed that I might be permitted to retire from the tur- 
moil and bustle of the world at least for a few weeks.  
God granted my request, and I have been confined to  
my room four months, but how different from what 1  
expected. I anticipated rest, but experienced pain : I  
expected to enjoy the society of my family and friends,  
and have been much of my time a burden to myself and  
them. Yet during the wiiole time of my sickness, my  
faith in the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ this year,  
has been stronger than  I ever experienced for such a  
length of time before. It seemed to me so plain,  
so clear, that to doubt would be as wicked as to doubt  
the existence ofa Supreme Being. And, although my  
pain in body was very severe, yet it was made quite 
tolerable by the strength I obtained through my faith in  
the blessed book of God's word, and the promises there- 
in ofthe glorious inheritance of the saints. It appear- 
ed to me at times, that  the whole plan of salvation lay  
before me like a landscape, and I  was enraptured with  
the sight. I have a number of times during my sickness,  
felt as did Paul, "to depart and be with Christ," &c.,  
but God has seen fit to continue me here as yet. My 
health is on the gain, and I think in a few days I shall  
be able to labor again in the vineyard, if a door should 
open. Perhaps none may want me now,—no matter, I  
will leave that with my heavenly Father and the people. 
The opposition in this quarter are gaining in confidence 
and violence, since the -23d of April is past. But they 
begin to rejoice too quick. We have not yet passed  
1843. I want to hear from you. Not one word since  
brother Fleming wrote—do write. God will try our 
faith more than ever, depend on it, and although trials  
deep and sore may assail us, let us not waver, for the  
Lord will come, and  will not tarry.  
Yours as ever,  
WM. MILLER.  
Low Hampton, July 5, 1843.  
LETTER FROM A BROTHER AT THE  
SOUTH WEST,  
Bro. Southard,—Enclosed is an extract of a letter  
I was permitted to read during my stay in Philadelphia,  
from brother Jacob Marshall, addressed through his 
sister to his father's family, with whom I had the hap- 
piness to stop during the two weeks I spent in that city.  
It will be interesting to those who are anxious to spread  
abroad the midnight cry.  
L. B. COLES.  
NATCHITOCHES, LA., June 20th, 1843.  
Dear Sister,—As a cup of cold water to a thirsty  
traveller, so was your epistle cheering to my soul.  
Yes, my beloved sister, the world think we are beside  
ourselves, but we speak words of truth and soberness 
when we declare our belief according to the unerring 
word of inspiration, that our Lord himself is at the door.  
For this they are willingly and wilfully ignorant of; 
and while they cry peace and safety, then sudden de- 
struction cometh upon them as a thief in the night, and  
they shall not escape. But we, my beloved sister, I  
trust, are not in darkness, (ignorance of this matter)  
but I rejoice to believe we shall, as a family, be  number- 
ed amongthe wise who shall understand, and be ready  
to go in with our Lord to the marriage. I was much  
gratified with the account you gave of the manner in 
which you became interested in this (to use your own 
language) momentous and delightful subject, it is good  
and profitable neither to receive nor reject a matter of 
such moment without a due examination, Credulity 
differs from faith in this that there can be no true faith 
without facts, or something done or to be done, and  
valid testimony or evidence of these facts. The com- 
ing of Christ is a fact and a truth. It is well attested. 
It is confirmed by as good testimony as any other doc- 
trine of the Bible. The time also is revealed. It is  
understood by some, and may be by all sincere enquir- 
174  

ers. If any man would  be wise, let him become a fool  
that he mav be wise. If any man lack wisdom, let  
him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally. Christ 
is our wisdom. He will reveal to his true disciples all  
truth concerning the present state and future happiness.  
I believe with all my heart in the Lord Jesus, and in his  
glorious appearing at hand.  
I preached on this subject in this place, to crowded  
audiences in the Court House. Captain Y— and his  
wife are looking for this blessed hope. Others are in-
quiring. On last Lord's day, I baptized four precious 
disciples of our Lord, in the Red River, which is now,  
like Jordan, consecrated to God. We afterwards re-
membered our Lord's death by the breaking of bread.  
The population of Nachitoches is mostly Catholic.  
Like Corinth, the citizens are wholly given up to sen- 
sual pleasures. But as Christ said to Paul, " Speak, 
and hold not thy peace, for I have much people in this  
place," so is it here. There is a great inquiry among  
the people, what this new dootrine may be ? Our Sa- 
vior once said to his disciples, " O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe what the prophets have spoken ;" so is  
it now. How slow of heart are the most part of pro-
fessed Christians, to credit the  things spoken by Daniel  
and confirmed by Christ and his apostles. When the  
Son of man cometh shall he find faith on the earth 1  
The manner of the interrogation implies that there will  
be great scarcity. But thanks, praise, and glory to  
God, we, my sister, as a family, have obtained like pre- 
cious faith with Enoch, Daniel, Isaiah, Paul, Peter and  
John. Let us then give diligence to add to our faith,  
virtue, fortitude to bear reproaches and shame, for the  
truth as it is in Jesus, courage to possess what we sure-
ly believe, and growin grace and knowledge ; and deny  
ourselves daily, taking up our cross and following our  
Lord wheresoever he goeth : and patiently waiting for  
his coming, and praising God, and laboring for the good  
of men : having our souls filled with the pure love of  
God ; for if we do these things, we shall  never fall,  
but shall receive a crown of life that fadeth not away.  
EUROPEAN NEWS.  
Since we last glanced at the angry nations, there  
have been two arrivals, with the news arising in 18  
days.  
We begin with the affairs in the little principality  
of Wales. That secluded region is not exempt from  
its share of distress and perplexity  
" The southern portion more especially, has been  
the scene ot a series of emeutes, ["outbreaks,"  
" strikes," or ''turnouts,"] which show an unhealthy  
tone of feeling amongst the peasantry. Hitherto their  
depredations have been confined to midnight crusades 
against toll-bars and toll-keepers, by bands of con-
federated laborers yclept ' Rebecca and her daugh- 
ters ;' but recently their boldness has become more  
audacious, and the magistrates have in contempla- 
tion to place the disturbed districts under military  
surveilance."  
The latest papers say :  
•'The trouble with 'Rebecca and her Daughters"  
still continues: Further warrants of distress were  
recently issued against the persons fined for defrauding  
Water street gate, and the constables proceed to exe- 
cute them early in the morning. They reached 
Brynchwith about 7 o'clock, where they were informed 
that the offenders had disappeared. They then went  
towards Talog, and on the way heard the  sound of a  
horn, and immediately between two and three hundred  
persons assembled, with their faces blackened, some  
dressed in women's caps and others with their coats  
turned, so as to be completely disguised, armed with  
scythes, crowbars, and all manner of destructive  
weapons which they could lay their hands upon, and  
after cheering the constables defied them to do their 
duty. The constables then had no other alternative  
but to return to town without executing the warrants.  
The women were seen running in all directions in  
alarm to their neighbors, and it is supposed that some  
hundreds more were concealing themselves behind  the  
hedges, and did not intend to make their appearance un- 
less their services were required. The whole country 
appeared to be aroused about Talog.  
Carmarthen, June 27, 1843,—The town throughout  
the week has been qui t and peaceable; but on Sun- 
day last, orders were given for the immediate departure 
of the dragoons for Newcastle Emlyn, where the  
rioters had assembled, with their numbers augmented 
to 15,000 or 20,000. The  mob were so well armed  
and ready for action, that the dragoons could not enter 
the town until Monday morning, and the conflict that  

took place on Newcastle Bridge was terrible beyond 
description.  
The soldiers were thrown off their horses, their arms  
taken from them, and were afterwards thrown into the  
River Tivy, when one of the men named Kearns, the  
rough rider, met a watery grave, and the others are 
so bruised from having fallen on the rocks below  
the bridge pool, that they are no more fit for ser-
vice. The Union workhouse has also been entirely 
destroyed by fire, and it is feared that a great many gen- 
tlemen's houses will be destroyed in the course of the  
night. The mob, at the present moment, are in pos- 
session of the town, but a detachment of the 73d in- 
fantry, under the command of Col. Love, is expected 
to arrive this evening. They may retake the town,  
but it is generally believed that a great number must  
be slain on both sides before the termination of the  
conflict."  
In Ireland, the throngs which crowd around  
O'Connell, are larger and larger. The numbers  
present at Ennis, in the county of Clare, are stated  
at 700,000. At his meeting in Dragheda he made a  
coarse attack upon the Lord Chancellor, " A man of  
the name ofSugden," and said : "There is not a man  
in ihe crowd, who, if he had an honest pig, would  
call it by such a name." By such low arts, the agi- 
tator fans the flame.  
" On the same occasion, Mr. Barrett, a distinguish- 
ed repealer, talked of war, in a highly exciting  
speech, in the course of which he inquired—' Was  
there ever a country so circumstanced as Ireland for 
repelling aggression 1 With a numerous, brave, so- 
ber, and multitudinous people—every mountain a  
citadel—every hill a fort—every ditch a breast-work  
—every valley a ravine—a country in which cannon  
or cavalry could not act, and where all warfare must  
inevitably be irregular—with nothing to lose and  
every thing lo gain by a struggle—are they not mad 
who would wantonly provoke it!' "  
The European Times, summing up the action of  
Parliament, says :  
" Attention is now chiefly directed to tracing the  
complicated social maladies under which the country  
labors, and various are the remedies proposed. The  
Government, it is clear, propose to do nothing, either  
in the way of coercion or amelioration. All they  
seem to have provided for, is the suppression, should  
it occur—of which there seems at present little pro- 
bability—of a revolt. Mr. O'Connell still preaches  
peace and subjection to the laws, coupled with the  
assurance that if the constitution is stretched to crush  
the agitation, he will oppose it by force."  
The convulsions in Spain have not yet subsided.  
The papers received July 3d stated:  
" The embarrassments of the Regent are increas- 
ing. Nearly the whole of Catalonia is in arms against  
him, and a considerable portion of the troops sent to  
quell the revolt have abandoned his cause and sided  
with the movement. The whole of the garrison of  
Barcelona has declared against Espartero, and the  
same may be said of the garrison of Tatragona. In  
Valencia, the Covernorwas killed in an affray, and  
his body dragged through the streets ; and the con- 
stituted authorities are put to flight."  
The intelligence received July 17, is less exciting.  
There remain symptoms of a rebellious feeling towards  
the regent in the neighborhood of Barcelona.  
" BAYONNE, June 28.  
" Seville declared itself on the 19th. The political  
chief and part of the troops joined the movement. The  
Captain General has quitted the town. Corunna de- 
clared itself on the 18th. The Captain General and 
the political chief have quitted the town. The move- 
ment has extended itself in Galicia. The towns of  
Santiago, Lugo, Oreuse, Vigo, and Petanzos, have de- 
clared themselves. The Regent arrived on the 23d at 
Quintenar, and continued his march on Valencia."  
The news from the East is thus stated in the Times : 
" Our Constantinople  advices speak of the continu- 
ance of hostile demonstrations on all sides, but of no 
decided acts. Expectation, as to the future, is centred 
in the approaching arrival of Baron Lieven.  
" From Alexandria the news is important, inasmuch  
as the Pacha has publicly expressed his intention of 
associating in the government his grandson Abbas, in  
consequence of his own age and infirmities, and Ibra- 
him's being an invalid. Unfortunately, between Ibra- 
him and Abbas there is a deadly feud, which, at the  
old man's death, may lead to civil war."  J


PLAN OF CALCULATING THE PROPHETIC PERIODS  
SCALE OF TIME FROM CREATION.  
THE TWO THOUSAND THREE  
HUNDRED DAYS. Dan. viii. 14.  
2300  
Begun B. C. —157 Ezra vii, 12—2G.  
Ends A. D. 1813  
2300  
Take 70 weeks—190 Dan. ix. 24, 25.  
1810  Add A. D. 33 
1843  
THE TIME, TIMES AND A HALF.  
Dan. vii. 25.  
3 1-2 times.  12  
42 months.  
30  
1260 days.  
A. D. 538 Papacy established in Rome.  
A. D. 1798 Papacy lost civil power.  
45 time of the end.  
A. D.1813  

THE SEVENTY WEEKS.  
Dan. ix. 25.  
7 weeks X 7 — 49 days  
62 " X 7 — 434 "  
1 " X 7 — 7 "  
70 " — 490 "  
Began B. C.—457 Ezra vii. 12-26  
A. D. 33  
1810  
A. D. 1843  

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS.  
Rev. ix. 5, 15.  
Fifth Trumpet began, A. D. 1299, July 27.  
5 months — 150 days — 150 years.  
Sixth Trumpet began, A. D. 1449, July 27.  
1 year = 360 days  
1 month =30 "  
1 day 1 " 
1 hour l-24th "  
391 l-24th " = 391 years 15 days.  
Sixth trumpet ended A. D. 1840, Aug. 11.  
THE SEVEN TIMES.  
Levit. xxvi.  
times  
84 months.  
30  
2520 days.  
B. C. —677 begun. 2 Chron.xxxiii.il  
A. D.1843  

THE 1290 AND 1335 DAYS.  
Dan. xii. 11, 12.  
Begun A. D. 508  
1290  
Ended A. D. 1798  
Time of the end 45  
1843  
Begun A. D. 508  
1335  
Ends 1843  

ISRAEL'S CAPTIVITY.  
Under Babylon 140  
Media and Persia 205  
Grecia 174 
Pagan Rome 666  
Kings 30 
Papacy 1260 
Time of the end 45 
Begun B. C.  
2520  
—677  
1843  
NOTE. The design ofthe above chart and tables is  
to present at a glance the methods of  computing the  
various prophetic periods, for a full explanation of  
which reference must be had to " Miller's Lectures,"  
" Life and Views,"  &c.  
The chart at the head of the page gives a scale of  
time for 6000 years from creation, with the average  
length ofthe prophetic periods, the dates of their com-
mencement, termination, &c. For proof of the age 
of the world being 6000 years, see Miller's Life and  
Views, p. 36.  
The seven times of Levit. xxvi. give us the 2520  
years that the people of God are  to be trodden down  
by their enemies till the times of the Gentiles are ful- 
filled, and which began when Manasseh was taken  
captive and carried to Babylon, B. C. 677. The va-
rious periods that the Church have been subject to 
different powers, is shown under the head of Israel's  
Captivity. See Sec. Adv. Library, No. 14.  
The 2300 days of Daniel viii. extend from the going  
forth of the decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus, B. C.  
457, to the consummation of all things; and denote  
the length of the -vision in that chapter. These days  
are proved to be years, by the fulfilment of the 70  

weeks in 490 years, A. D. 33—in just as many years 
as there are days in 70 weeks. And the 490 years  
terminating in 33, the 2300 must terminate in 184^3, or  
1810 years from the end of the 490. See Miller's  
Lectures, p. 39.  
The 1290 and 1335 days of Daniel xii., began with  
the abolishing of Paganism in A. D- 508, when also 
the abomination of desolation was set up ; for in that 
year was the first ecclesiastical war, and Papacy was 
pushing as a horn, but did not gain the supremacy till  
Rome was conquered by Justinian, and the Arians  
were given into its hands, A. D. 538. The 1290 
days reached till the time of the end, when the king 
of the south (Egypt) pushed at Bonaparte, 1798 ; and  
the 1335 reach to the end itself, when Daniel and all 
the redeemed stand in their lot and shine as the fir- 
mament forever, even forever and ever. See Miller's  
Lectures, p. 100.  
The time, times and a half, began with the suprem- 
acy of Papacy, in A. D. 538, when the Pope first had  
power over the lives of Christians to put them to death  
for heresy, and terminated with the overthrow of the  
Pope when taken prisoner by Berthier, a general of  
Napoleon's, in 1798, at which time the inquisition was  

abolished, and since which the Papists have had no  
legal power over the lives of Christians ; or have not 
dared to execute it. See Sec. Adv. Library, No. 6, 
p. 45.  
The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets are two of the three  
woe trumpets of Rev. ix. The Fifth Trumpet began  
to sound on the 27th of July, 1299, when the Turks  
made their first attack upon the Greek empire; and 
continued five prophetic months, or 150 years, to 1449,  
when the Greek monarch made a voluntary surrender  
of his power into the hands of the Turks, but continued 
on the throne by permission till 1453, when Constan- 
tinople was besieged and taken. Xl>e Sixth Trumpet  
began to sound when Decaozes asked the consent of  
Arnureth to reign, in 1449, and continued "  an hour,  
a day, a month, and a year," in prophetic time, or 391  
years and 15 days from the end ofthe 150 years, and  
terminated on the 11th of Aug. 1840, when the Sul- I  
tan made a like voluntary surrender of his power into 
the hands of the four powers Europe ; and now 
reigns by their permission, the same as did the Greek 
monarch when this trumpet began to sound in 1449  
See Sec. Adv. Library. No. 20, p. 151.  

150  
12GO years.  

391 I'a4th- Woe trumps"  
45  
1200 years.  
1335 years.  
490  f ,  810 = 2300 rears.  

1260 days.  
1200 <*  
1335 "  
2300 "  
Gr. Jubilee.  
7 Times.  
OB . 06 W •  © . W .  O o 06  

252Q years. •  

2450 years. •


FULNESS OF BREAD.—It is estimated that the amount  
of bread stuffs raised in the United States last year,  
would give to every man, woman and child in the United  
States thirty nine bushels !  
CAMP-MEETING  IN PENNSYLVANIA.  
Arrangements are making for a great meeting at  
Middletown, on the 28th. We have received the fol- 
lowing hand-bill:  
A SECOND ADVENT CAMP-MEETING  
Will be held on the farm  of Michael N. Stoner, (if time  
continues,) about miles from Middletown, and li  
from High-spire, in sight of Harrisburg and Lancas- 
ter Railroad, Turnpike, and Pennsylvania Canal, to  
commence on FRIDAY, 28th of JULY, and continue  
ten days. " Of the best speakers whom God has  
raised up in the cause, it is expected three or four  
will be present." All who love the appearing ofthe  
Lord are solicited to attend, and bring with them 
their tents.  
Comfortable lodging tents will be provided for all  
who may come from a distance, and boarding can be  
had on the ground at the rate of $1 50 per week, or  
12i cents per meal.  
All disorderly persons are forbid coming on or near  
the camp-ground; and all kinds of articles of traffic,  
Spirituous Liquors, Wine, Porter, Beer, Cider, &c., 
as prohibited by law to be sold within three miles of  
any religious meeting, are also forbidden by the  
holders of this meeting. The strictest order will be 
required from all during the whole time of the meet- 
ing. The public generally are invited to attend.  
These regulations are excellent. Similar rules  
will be enforced at the camp-ineeting in New Jeisey, 
which commences to-day.  
A SECOND ADVENT GROVE-MEETING, IN  
NEW JERSEY,  
Commences at Port Washington, (formerly called  
Rumson) between the Ocean House and Red Bank,  
on THURSDAY, JULY 20th, at 3 P. M., to con- 
tinue four or five days. The steamer Orus, from  
Fulton Market, lands passengers daily, near the  
ground, touching at the lower wharf, near the Quaran-
tine, for Staten Island passengers. The liberal 
owner of the boat furnishes tickets at twenty-five  
cents—half the usual price. For sale at the Mid- 
night Cry office, 9 Spruce Street, New York. Seve-
rarlecturers are engaged. Board and tent room on  
moderate terms. Arrangements made for the conve-
nience of all who may attend.  
The steamer Orus runs as follows :—Leaves New  
York, Thursday, at 8 A. M. ; Friday, 8 A. M.; Sat- 
urday, 12 M. ; Monday, 5 A. M. and 4 P. M. : Tues- 
day, 3 P. M. Leaves Red Bank, Thursday, 1 P. M.;  
Friday, 2 P. M. ; Saturday, 34 P. M. ; Monday, 12 M.:  
Tuesday, 7 A. M.  
SECOND ADVENT GROVE MEETING.  
On the land of Pardon Ryon, at Smith's Landing, At- 
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and to continue about one week.  
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For the Midnight Ciy.  
LOOKING FOR CHRIST.  
Another weary day is past,  
I'm waiting still for thee ;  
0 keep me, Savior, till the la3t,  
And set my spirit free.  
1 long to know thee as thou art,  
And feel thy spirit move ;  
0 fill this longing, waiting heart  
With all thy work of love.  
With thine own living image seal  
This worthless soul of mine,  
And all thy holiness reveal,  
And let thy glory shine.  
1 would be where thou art: O come—  
No longer now delay,  
But take thy weeping children home,  
From sin and grief away.  
Jesus, our hope, our life, our heaven,  
The lingering  times have flown  
T® thee ; the Kingdom now is given ;  
Return, and claim thine own.  
And as we wait, along the skies  
Unearthly glory steals,  
And our glad spirits seem to rise,  
To haste thy chariot-wheels.  
Although they seem to linger, still  
Thy retinue on high  
Is marshalled, and awaits the will  
That bids their myriads fly.  
Then we will wait, nor deem too long  
The closing hours of grace,  
But trim our lamps with cheerful song,  
Till we shall see thy face. C. S. M.  
For the Midnight Cry.  
" WHOLLY THE LORD'S."  
'Tis love that hath taken possession of me, 
I feel every power from sin is set free,  
Though powerfully tempted, a refuge I have,  
In Jesus, my Savior, who's mighty to save.  
0,1 am the Lord's ; I feel he is mine,  
A branch, drawing sap from the true living vine,  
While nothing obstructs, every avenue free,  
I feel virtue flowing from Christ into me.  
His voice I have heard, and opened the door, 
My Jesus hath entered, what can I ask more,  
The feast is prepared, the table is spread, 
And lo ! I am supping, with Christ at the head.  
How perfect the love, my Lord doth impart,  
How sweet is the peace springing up in my heart; 
Thy Maker's thy husband, he whispers within,  
I rest on his bosom, I'm saved from sin,  
L. N. C.  
Williamsburgh, L. I.  
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