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THE WARNING VOICE 
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TIME AND PROPHECY. 
DV URI Alf 
O'ER all the moral world, where, otherwise, 
No light would come, or through its midnight gloom 
No cheering ray appear, to dissipate 
The darkness, God has set a guiding star— 
A luminary bright—whose rays divine 
Should pierce the night—the deep'ning shades dispel, 
Which o'er the earth in sullen silence brood. 
Nay, more, a ray of God's own brightness, sent 
Direct to man from off his radiant throne; 
That those who gladly should the light receive, 
And follow where it led, should here enjoy 
A glorious foretaste of the bliss of Heaven. 
It is God's Holy Word, immutable, 
Through life's bewildering maze alone can guide 
The wandering traveler to eternal rest. 
Without it, man were lost—lost in the deep, 
Dark labyrinth of dread uncertainty— 
Where doubts distract, and fearful thoughts arise— 
With nought his steps to lead, save the dim lamp 
Of human reason, whose misguiding flame 
Would serve to make the gloom still more profound, 
The darkness deeper, and more keenly felt. 
But 'twos not God's design to leave man thus, 
In error's devious paths, to grope his way; 
So, through his Sacred Word, his will revealed, 
And pointed out the narrow path, that bright 
And brighter shines, e'en to the perfect day. 
And none need err therein, nor is this world's 
Vain wisdom requisite, or judgment deep, 
Or reason proud ; for in their loftiest strain, 
These all are nought but foolishness with God. 
The least the truth may know, so plain it is, 
And known and followed, leads us through to Heaven. 
Our daily course defined, and duty shown, 
Indebted more to mercy infinite, 
in that ere His designs he consummates, 
Or mighty schemes perfects, or judgments sends 
Upon a guilty world—man is forewarned. 
And to his chosen ones, the prophets, men 
Of holiness and truth—and worthy all 
Of favors so divine—he has revealed 
The secrets of his purposes and plans. 
Yea, in their visions, ho removed the veil, 
The mysterious veil which o'er the future hangs, 
And bade them look far down the stream of Qum, 
Until that stream was in eternity's 
Vast ocean lost.—E'en to the day 
When this dark, weary, groaning earth, amain, 
In Eden glory shall rejoice anew ; 
The curse, the blighting curse, of sin removed, 
And all its hideous progeny destroyed ; 
Until the righteous from all ages saved, 
Rejoicing in the glory of their God, 
And in eternal life through Christ the Son, 
Shall round his throne their songs of triumph raise, 
And then go forth—immortal forms and fair— 
With shining crowns, and harps of glittering gold, 
To dwell for ever on the earth renewed, 
And praise for ever their Eternal E ing.— 
A nd as they, wondering, gazed, and saw events, 
Crowding upon events, in order come, 
As the last great event drew swiftly on ; 
And sow mid mighty revolutions, as 
They rolled around the world, kingdoms arise 
And fall, as others rose and fell, in turn, 
Until the last great kingdom was set up, 
Which should not be destroyed, nor have an end; 
Then troubi'd, asked they, when these things should be; 
And then God gave them time, prophetic time, 
That they might know—and so thro'-them the world— 
The times that God in wisdom has ordained, 
His purpose to fulfill and end his plans; 
And knowing, thus, might all keep pace with truth. 
But lean! unthinking man ! how prone to err! 
And let earth's rain allurements, like a mist, 
Obscure the light, and misdirect his steps; 
For when the path of truth too close becomes, 
Too narrow and too strait, for worldly pride, 
And gaudy trappings, vain, with which he loves 
To deck his poor, frail tenement of clay, 
Full soon he turns aside, to folly clings, 
And in his own self-righteousness exclaims : 
nc'cr can think the Bible means, a line 
So straight to draw, or standard raise so high ; 
As for myself; I can see nothing why 
I am not with my friends on equal ground, 
And just as good—as well prepared for Heaven." 
And losing thus his guard, he lets his pride 
Pass judgment on God's word, and shape his course ; 
Makes a criterion of his fellow men, 
Instead of truth, by which to judge himself. 
But hear him more, though farther yet from right: 
" The visions, prophecies, prophetic times, 
By prophets written of old, of standing long, 
We cannot comprehend, or understand; 
To us they're closed and sealed, and deep involved 
in an impenetrable mystery; 
Expressions figurative, denoting what, 
Is something yet for man to ascertain ; 
Or if, indeed, in meaning literal, 
Such a fulfillment we shall ne'er behold; 
For what portends it, or proclaims it, what? 
Why then in useless toil our strength exhaust, 
On secret, hidden things, from which to draw 
But idle, groundless theories, at best ! 
Live up to what of truth we already know ; 
This doing we are safe, and all is well." 
0, peace and safety ! Baneful sentiment! 
Siren of death to all man's future hope; 
For what in worldliness they wish might be, 
They to their bosom fondly, blindly hug, 
Till forced belief proclaims the phantom true. 
Ms this oft baffles conscience, stops tier voice, 
And makes men slumber on the verge of death, 
Nor rouse themselves to see or know the truth ; 
Lulled by the Siren song to calm repose. 
Has God for nought his secrets, then, revealed? 
For nought his word bestowed on man, to guide, 
Because in mystery so deeply veiled? 
And have his servants prophesied in vain, 
And poured their warnings on the empty air, 
Since none their meaning or their import know? 
Is such God's wisdom, or his judgment such? 
Nay ! 'tis not so ; false reasoning ! how absurd 
God is not mocked ! nor are his works in vain 
And his eternal truth will stand, unmoved, 
Nor in one jot or tittle fail, till heaven 
And earth shall pass. Ay, it will triumph ; 
And as it onward moves, majestic, high, 
Sublime, and sheds afar its radiance bright 
O'er the dark waves of error, sin and death, 
All, all who will, may then the light receive, 
All who reject, alone the guilt must bear. 
But God will have a people, who, above 
The world's wild turmoil and unceasing strife, 
By earth-born cares unbound, from passions free, 
Shall ever on its bright unfading beams, 
Their steady gaze direct, and heed it well. 
And who with honest hearts, and pure, fit shrines 
For his own precepts—holy, just and good— 
Shall with unwearied steps, and fervent zeal, 
Press ever on to where it points—to Heaven. 
" The vise shall understand ;" there it remains, 
Bright on the list of his unfailing words; 
And though men laugh and mock, and fiercely strive 
With worldly wisdom, vain, to prove it false-- 
In living, flaming characters of light, 
It still remains, "The wise shall understand." 
Thus spoke the Angel to.the Seer beloved : 
" 0, Daniel, thou, the vision close and seal; 
The book shut up, until the time of the end ; 
For increased shall knowledge be, and to and fro 
Shall many run; and then the wicked shall 
Do wickedly, and none of them the truth 
Shall know; but oh! The wise shall understand." 
Time of the end! Time when the day draws near, 
In which the finger of Almighty God, 
The final period shall place to this 
World's history : when the great clock of time, 
Probationary time, which now has heat, 
For near six thousand years, earth's rapid course, 
Shall toll its final hour, and ail merge in 
The endless cycles of eternity. 
Time of the end ! Time then above all time, 
That man the age should know in which he lives, 
And throwing off the garb of worldliness, 
A covering of righteousness and truth 
Secure, with which to be protected then, 
Will well become him in the day of IIis 
Unmingled wrath, and awful vengeance dire, 
Which day, appointed,. God will surely bring. 
For man to thus prepare, is wisdom true, 
But folly, worse than folly, to defer. 
Time of the end ! When is it7 Who shall know ? 
Who would not know, and so in time prepare 
:For things to come ? For man to strive to know, 
Is wisdom too; then let us all be wise., 
And for ourselves examine, if perchance, 
The time foretold is not already here, 
And we the very ones for whorl to sleep— 
On ruin's trembling verge to sleep—is fraught 
With danger awful ; thus to put far off 
The evil day, till lit e a thief it conic, 
And take ue unawares—tho harvest past, 
The summer ended, and our souls tint saved, 
Time of the end ! Momentous, solemn time t 
When signs and wonders shall be manifest, 
To warn a world of its approaching doom, 
In the last days, saith God, shall come to pass, 
That in the heavens above, and earth beneath, 
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Great signs will I show forth, and fearful sights, 
And wonders strange, in sun, and moon and stars ; 
For into darkness shall the sun be turned, 
The moon her light withhold, the stars from heaven 
Shall fall, ere the great day, and notable, 
Of God shall come—when in the clouds of heaven 
Shall they behold, with power and glory crowned, 
The Son of Man descending in his ire. 
Now of the fig-tree learn a parable: 
When yet her branch is tender, and her leaves 
She putteth forth, ye know the Summer's nigh; 
So likewise know, when all these things ye see, 
The Everlasting Kingdom is at hand. 
For verily this generation—which 
Shall all these wonders witness—shall not pass 
Till all shall be fulfilled ; for heaven and earth 
May pass ; but my words, never can they fail. 
Clear are the signs, and plainly, too, foretold ; 
And who, when he shall see them take, in course, 
Their stand amid the records of the past ; 
And mark what harmony exists between 
Events of time and words of prophecy ; 
Who, then, will not exclaim, "The day is near, 
The end approacheth, yea, is at the door." 
But do men thus believe ? Alas ! for truth. 
Let history the mournful facts reveal: 
There let men look, and looking, be condemned ; 
There let them read sign after sign fulfilled— 
In unison with prophecy, fulfilled— 
And then seek out with their devices strange, 
What cloak they may to shield their unbelief. 
The day has passed, the day of terror, when 
The sun his glories veiled, and dim, withdrew 
Behind the thick'ffing gloom ; when darkness rose, 
And over mid-day brightness, giant-like, 
His sable mantle threw—unfettered then, 
With freedom stalked, throughout a frightened land. 
And when the night came on, and fair, and full, 
Down from her lofty throne, the moon refused 
To give her light, the pall of darkness dense, 
And denser yet became, e'en to be felt. 
And not far ,back, among the wonders rare, 
Of modern times, behold, in bold relief, 
The fearful night, when fell the stars from heaven ; 
As her untimely figs a fig-tree casts, 
When fiercely shaken of a mighty wind : 
When all the starry hosts, innumerable, 
In wild confusion seemed, and sad dismay ; 
And countless myriads of meteors, bright, 
Shot flaming forth, east, west, and north, and south, 
Marking their swift career with vivid lines 
Of coruscating light, which meeting oft, 
All heaven appeared a net-work, bright, of flame, 
And earth with floods of dazzling brightness filled. 
And what, 0, Sceptic! are those northern fires, 
That from earth's icy regions fitful gleam, 
And o'er the frozen zone together blend 
Their fiery sheets, then to the zenith, dart 
Their forked tongues, and, lambent, lick the skies. 
And when at Learning's shrine, with firm resolve, 
Ye bow devoted, with inquiries deep, 
For sonic fixed law of Nature hidden there, 
1)y which to solve such mysteries as these, 
Why is she mute, and all your search in vain? 
Thus have the sun. and moon, and stars received 
Their mandate from His throne, and terror-clad, 
Gone forth to do his bidding; messengers 
Of his firm purpose, and unchanging will, 
Have they fulfilled their mission, and fulfilled 
It well; for as they each appeared, mankind, 
Awe-struck and pale, their utter weakness felt, 
Their insignificance, and trembling saw 
The dreadful warning given; and many then, 
The judgment day believed, was close at hand. 
Well had they cherished that belief, and taught 
Their children so, then had they had the truth. 
But no t No sooner is the terror past, 
Than they tenacious to their idols cling ; 
Their idols—Reason and Philosophy— 
Which gods with more idolatry they serve, 
Than ever heathen worshiped, wood or stone; 
To these they cling for aid, and as the signs 
Of coming wrath, are, one by one dealt out, 
Upon a sleeping world, they straight assign, 
What they term natural causes, and explain 
By philosophic laws, the wonderful 
Phenomena ; then to' the world exclaim, 
" 'Tis clear, and all can be accounted for, 
On scientific principles !" which means, 
Interpreted, You're safe, sleep on ! sleep on ! 
Thus poor, proud, feeble man unwilling seems, 
To own an act of Heaven's almighty arm; 
And doubts that aught within the universe 
Can come, that human science cannot grasp, 
Or human agency perform. 
Here, then, 
The nursery lies, of stubborn unbelief, 
That springs full soon, rank and blasphemous springs, 
Into its vigorous growth; this, the foul nest, 
Where infidelity, undaunted, rears, 
Her vile, infernal brood, which, harpy-like, 
Corrupt the soul of man, blight, and destroy. 
But let such learn this truth, ere time shall teach 
The bitter lesson, with experience sad, 
That all the theories mind can fabricate, 
On human bases reared, though fortified 
However much by science, or confirmed 
By worldly wisdom, or adopted by 
Earth's proudest sons—have neither power to change, 
Or hasten, or impede, fulfillment sure, 
Of written prophecy; and as the signs 
Are given, as such, and registered in Heaven, 
Though the whole human race their truth deny, 
And though all literature combine to prove 
Them plain events from natural causes sprung— 
In the stern judgment hour, will they rise up, 
And witnessing against, condemn a world. 
In the day of His preparation, then, 
With flaming torches shall the chariots be, 
And in the streets shall rage, and one against 
Another, in the broadways, jostle, they 
Shall seem like torches, like the lightnings run. 
Lo ! how fulfilled ! Ye, who behold upon 
The iron rail, impetuous and swift, 
The ponderous train, with fiery steeds, drawn on; 
Or in the crowded straits, mark how the tide 
Of busy action ceases, till, apace, 
The heavy chariots have justled by— 
Through every wheel, and bar of polished steel, 
Through every breath the panting engine draws, 
The Prophet speaketh, and he speaks to you. 
These are the chariots, these, with lightning speed, 
And flaming torches, which, unanswered, say, 
That God's great preparation day is here. 
[TO BE CONT/NUED.1 
THE BEAUTY AND PURITY OF THE 
CHURCH OF cilium 
IN ITS PRIMITIVE STATE, CONSISTED IN ITS SIMPLICITY. 
WHEN converts were made to the cross of Christ, 
out of Judaism, or heathenism, the love they had to 
their new Master and precious Saviour, was made man-
ifest, in their affection for those, who exhibited a kin-
dred spirit; and in whom was seen the image of Christ, 
"having like precious faith." 
The very fact of becoming a convert to Christianity. 
made a necessity in their case, of separating themselves 
from an opposing world. The very natural result, of 
such a state would be, to bind them together, as 
brethren and sisters of one family, and heirs together 
of the same promised inheritance, belonging to the 
same household of faith. With such a spirit and hav-
ing such hopes, they would keep the unity of the spir-
it, in the bonds of peace, and the fellowship of the 
spirit. 
The Bible to them, would be the only rule of faith 
and practice; and their own private judgment, would 
be the interpreter of the word. A human creed, or an 
explanation of what God meant, in his message to 
man, would have been to them an addition to his 
word. They had no book of discipline and forms to 
which they must subscribe, and by which they bound 
themselves to the party or sect. The word itself, to 
them, was sufficient "for doctrine, for reproof, for 
correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the 
man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished un-
to all good works." With no other rule to govern 
them than this word, and so long as they were con-
trolled by and brought under its influence and teach-
ings, just so long would their hearts be knit together, 
as the hearts of David and Jonathan, and nothing but 
death could separate them. All such were brethren, 
and members of one body ; and in the fellowship of the 
spirit, in whatsoever place such kindred spirits were 
found, there in that place, was to be seen the Church of 
Christ. Just so long as they had the Spirit of Christ, 
and were led by the Spirit, just so far were they bound 
together, and were members of one body ; and Christ's 
body is never divided. If any lost or did not possess 
the Spirit of Christ, they went out from them, because 
they were not of them. "They went out that they 
might be made manifest, that they were not all of us." 
If any one like Demas should love this present world, 
he of course, would forsake the assembling together; 
because with those kindred spirits he now finds no 
pleasure, and the atmosphere would be too pure, and 
too holy for a worldly mind. The benevolence of the 
gospel that reigned in the breasts of the brethren, 
would be put forth to reclaim a Demas; but if no mo-
tives could reclaim him, he would be in all things to 
them, the church, "as a heathen man, and a publican." 
The snore pure, and distinct, the truth was exhibit-
ed; the more certain, and sure; the effects would be 
seen, in detecting, and -exposing, the hypocrite, and 
the worldly minded. 
Those then, who loved the truth, would run togeth-
er for the truth's sake ; and a withered branch would 
be scorched by its bright and burning light; and all 
who posessed the spirit of Hems, would be constrain-
ed to go to their own place. 
As the churches or sects arc now organized, a with-
ered branch, must be retained however worldly the 
mind may be, if in the externals, he conforms to the 
standards, and opinions, to which he has subscribed. 
When the leaven of a worldly spirit has infused itself 
into the mass of the members of the different sects, it 
is not to be a matter of wonder, that worldly motives 
should influence them in their official acts, and dem-
onstrate to the prayerful observer, that they court 
the approbation of men, and therefore do blunt the 
sword of the Spirit. Some even in their public bodies, 
have openly avowed their determinations, to prevent 
the considerations of certain sins of which some of their 
members were guilty, because the agitation of the 
subject would divide their counsels. Esteeming a di-
vision in their ranks, a greater evil, than to sacrifice 
the truth. 
Is it a matter of surprise then, that every organ-
ized sect in our land as sects have united to oppose 
the evidence of Christ being near even at the door ?—
The worldly mindedness of these sects, do not look 
for such an event as desirable. 0 how fallen ! "how 
is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold 
changed !" " Oh that my head were waters, and mine 
eyes a fountain of tears ; that I might weep day and 
night, for the slain of the daughter of my people." 
Men have deceived themselves, and supposed that 
religion was in a prosperous state, because the sects 
are now respected, and their religion spoken well of 
by the world; forgetting the fact that there has been 
a woe pronounced against those, of whom all the 
world shall speak well of; and again, if ye will live 
godly in Christ Jesus, ye shall suffer persecution.—
If there is no persecution, where then is the living 
godly, if men's hearts are the same as when this truth 
was uttered. How necessary for the honor of God, that 
the truth should be vindicated; and if the nominal 
churches will not; in consequence of their worldli-
ness, suffer it to be done, whilst remaining in their 
fellowship ? how necessary and appropriate that those, 
who love the truth more than they love these human 
organizations, (for which they can no where find 
the authority in the word of God,) should come out of 
them, and give all their influence against them. This 
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order to accomplish much, they have &Slid the neces-
sity of a separation, 
On this rock of offente, h is to be feared that some, 
who have been looking for the bridegroom, will find 
that the love they have to their church, is greater 
than their love to the truth, with the suffering, and 
reproach, which will accompany them in obeying the 
command, "come out of her, my people." May the 
Lord give his people wisdom in these last days, when 
they are to be tried, and purified, and made white : 
and also remember, that they must never sacrifice 
principle, and duty; for ease, and the approbation of 
our fellow men.— Voice of Truth, 1844. 
THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL. 
SAID a lady to a friend, the other day, "sister, 
what is your hope?" 
"My hope ?" replied the lady addressed, " why I 
have a great many hopes--I hope the world will be 
converted—I hope the Jews will be restored to Pal-
estine—I hope, when I die, I shall go to heaven—re-
ally, it is fatiguing to tell all my hopes." 
We fear there are many who are thus hoping, and 
who have not yet the anchor to the soul, that which 
is the sure and steadfast hope. Peter exhorts, [I I'et. 
iii,j be ready always, to give an answer to every man 
that asketh you, a reason of the hope that is in you, 
with meekness and fear. Let us see if the Apostle 
does not explain himself, in this same epistle. He 
dedicated it to the strangers scattered abroad—elect—
and says, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, 
bath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the re-
surrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an in-
heritance incorruptable, end undefiled, anti that fa-
deth not away, reserved in heaven, for you, who are 
kept by the power of God, through faith, unto sal-
vation, ready to be revealed in the last time." Then, 
after speaking more particularly of this hope, and al-
luding to the diligent manner jn which the prophets 
searched into the time, when the hope should change 
to glad fruition, in the thirteenth verse of the first 
chapter of his first Epistle, he says: "Be sober and 
hope to the end, for the grace that is to be brought 
unto you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 
Thus it is evident, that the hope, for which we 
should ever be ready, to give a reason, with meekness 
and fear, is the hope of the resurrection. It is the 
hope that Christ will come again and raise the dead—
cause them to he satisfied by awaking in his likeness, 
that they may see him as he is ; and be made like 
him ; that they may reign with him on the renova-
ted earth, the kingdom prepared for them from the 
foundation of the world. The hope is based on the 
resurrection of Christ, for " God bath begotten us 
again, unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Je-
sus Christ from the dead. And Paul says, "if Christ 
be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith 
is vain also: ye arc yet in your sins; then also they 
which are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished, if the 
dead rise not." So the hope is as sure and steadfast as the 
Eternal Rock on which it is founded ; for, just as sure 
as Jesus had a resurrection, just so sure all those that 
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. " For God 
bath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up 
us, by his own power. We believe, and therefore 
speak. Knowing that lie which raised up the Lord 
Jesus shall raise us up also, by Jesus, and shall pre-
sent us with you." 
When Peter preached in the temple, and told the 
Jews that God raised the Prince of life from the dead, 
" as he spake unto the people, the priests, and the 
captains of the temple, and the Saddueees, came upon 
them, being grieved that they taught the people, and 
preached through Jesus the resurrection from the 
dead." 
The philosophers of Athens encountered Paul ; 
some said, " What will this babbler say 1" others, " Ik 
seemeth to be a setter-forth of strange gods, because 
he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection." 
Then in his discourse, the Apostle told them, that 
God had appointed a day, in the which he will judge 
the world in righteousness, by that man whom he bath 
ordained ; whereof he bath given assurance unto all 
men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (So 
the judgment is as sure as is the resurrection of the 
Saviour.) And when they heard of the resurrection 
of the dead, some mocked; and others said, we will 
hear thee again of this matter. 
This was the hope of Paul ; when he was brought 
before the Jewish council, he said, "Of the hope and 
resurrection of the dead, I am called in question."—
And when he answered for himself, before Felix, lie 
confessed that he worshiped the God of his fathers 
after the way which they call heresy ; believing all 
things which are written in the law and the prophets, 
and have hope toward God, that there shall be a resur-
rection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust. 
And in his defense before Agrippa, he says, "And 
now I stand and am judged for the hope of the prom-
ise made of God unto our fathers ;" and he directly 
says, " Why should it be thought a thing incredible 
with you, that God should raise the dead 7" So this 
was the hope of the promise made to the fathers.—
And when Paul, as a prisoner, was carried to Rome, 
where the chief of the Jews were come together, he 
said, "for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this 
chain." So the hope of Israel was the hope of the 
resurrection. 
It is otherwise called, the hope of the Gospel. For 
Paul said to the Collossians, that Jesus would pre-
sent them, holy and unblamable, and unreprovable 
in his sight; if ye continue in the faith, grounded and 
settled; and be not moved away from the hope of the 
Gospel ; which ye have heard, and which was preach-
ed to every creature under heaven." 
Hope is a compound of desire, expectation, and con-
fidence. 
The hope of the resurrection is desirable, because 
at that time, Jesus will come in the glory of his Fa-
ther, and all his holy angels. For the Lord himself 
shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the 
voice of the Archangel and the trump of God, and the 
dead in Christ shall rise first ; then we also which are 
alive, and remain, shall be changed in a moment, in 
the twinkling of an eye, and be caught up to meet 
him in the air, and so ever be with the Lord. Paul 
thought it desirable, for he said comfort one another 
with these words. Then will He gather together in 
one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and 
which are on earth. Jesus thought this hope so de-
sirable, that he made his coming the theme of his last 
discourse to his disciples, as recorded in the 24th and 
25th of Matthew ; saying, " When the Son of man is 
seen coining in the clouds of heaven with power and 
great glory, he shall send his angels with a great 
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together 
his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven 
to the other." And (Daniel,) the kingdom and do-
minion, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the 
whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints 
of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 
" Then shall he come to be glorified in his saints, and 
to be admired in all them that believe in that day."—
Is it not desirable to have Jesus glorified? He is at 
the right hand of God from henceforth, expecting, 
(looking forward to the time when he shall be glori-
fied, with all the saints,) until his foes become his foot-
stool, then will the saints receive a kingdom, which 
cannot be moved ; then will the redeemed of all ages 
be made perfect together ; then will the glory of the 
Lord fill the earth as the waters cover the sea. 
The promise made of God unto the fathers, and the 
hope in which they fell asleep, was, that God would 
raise them from the dead, and bring them into their 
own land. In Hebrews eleventh, we read, that Abra-
ham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dwelling in tabernacles, with Isaac and Ja-
cob, the heirs with him of the same promise. And in 
the succeeding verse we read, that they looked for a 
city, which bath foundations, whose builder and ma-
ker is God ; and died in faith, not having received the 
promise. 
The promise was to be received only by the resur-
rection , for those that endured as seeing him who is 
invisible, suffered thus, that they might obtain a bet-
ter resurrection. For the promise of God was given 
to the fathers. Oh, my people, I will open your 
graves and bring you into the land of Israel—the 
promised land. Unto which promise, says Paul, our 
twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, 
hope to come. For which hope's sake, I am accused 
of the Jews. And as the saints are yet in their graves 
and died in faith, not having received the land of prom-
ise, it is an object of desire to pray God to verify his 
promise. For the hour is coming, in the which 
all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, 
and shall come forth, they that have done good 
unto (or at) the resurrection of life, and they 
that have done evil, at the resurrection of dam-
nation. 
Those who were slain for the word of God, and for 
the testimony which they held, are represented as 
crying, "How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, dost thou 
not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ?" 
They were told " that they should rest, yet for a lit-
tle season, until their fellow-servants also, and their 
brethren that should be killed as they were, should 
be fulfilled." God did not reply, that they must 
wait until the church had reigned prosperously on 
earth, without any persecution, a series of ages ; 
(free from persecution, being a token of the end;) he 
said, " they should rest a little season—just as Dan-
iel was told to rest until the end of the days., 
Since then, the patriarchs, prophets and apostles, 
with all that have died in the faith, "looking for a 
city that bath foundations," do not receive the prom-
ised inheritance, until their graves are opened, and 
they are brought into the land of Israel, how desira-
is the resurrection ! 
Since the martyrs, those that Were slain for the 
word of God, and the testimony which they held, are 
not avenged, until Jesus comes with Ins reward, to 
give to every man, according as his work shall be, 
shall we not join in the cry, " How long, 0 Lord !—
How long! Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly !"—
Then, when there is importunity, he will avenge. 
speedily. Again ; what ground of expectation have 
we that this hope will ever be realized? 
The word of Jesus, who is ready to judge the quick 
and dead—his last words were, " Behold I come quick-
ly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man, 
according as his work shall be." Ile which testifieth 
these things saith, surely I come quickly. Even so, 
come, Lord Jesus. Prom which assertion we learn, 
that his coming is certain, near and desirable. Again. 
he has given us the signs of Ins coming, and to know, 
when they are fulfilled, that it is at the doors. The 
signs have been given, and the Judge standeth at the 
door. Peter says, the Lord is not slack concerning 
his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-
suffering to us ward, not willing that any should per-
ish. And Paul says, "Yet a little while, and he that 
shall come, will come, and will not tarry." 
Jesus has said that all things must be fulfilled. 
which were written in the law of Moses and in the 
prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me. Not on-
ly the prophecies of the suffering's of Christ, but the 
glory that should follow. 
Turn to the prophets. They in vision behold the 
hope of the promise made to the fathers realized.—
They inquired and searched diligently respecting the 
time, and it was revealed to them. Is there no ground 
of expectation, that the gospel hope will be speedily 
realized ? 
Confidence is an ingredient in hope. What ground 
for confidence is there in the case �
The faithfulness 
of him who bath promised. He has said, " Let not 
your heart be troubled ; ye believe in God believe 
also in me." A little while he leaves his saints, but 
he will return and gather them on the resurrection 
morning ; then their sorrow shall be turned into joy ; 
and their joy shall no man take from them. This 
must be the confidence of which. Paul speaks, when he 
said, cast not away your confidence, which hath great 
recompense of reward; that is, the full assurance of 
the gospel hope—the patient waiting for Christ—the 
looking for, and basting unto the day of God—where-
in the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and 
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"none understood." He must have received this 
"Sanetify them through thy truth; thy wont is trath." ^ �
" understanding of the vision" in the ninth chapter. 
ROCHESTER, THlina 8 �
ritAilex 17. 1863. The first nineteen verses of the ninth chapter record 
THE SANCTUARY AND 2300 DAYS. �
Daniel's prayer. 
No subject has greater claims on the attention of �
The Prophet then says: "Yea while i was speak- 
the Advent people than the Sanctuary and 2300 days ing in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen 
_ in the vision at the, beginning, being caused to fly 
of Dan. viii. This has been considered the most im 
portant pillar of our faith, and we think that those swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oh. 
who will again carefully investigate this subject, will lation. And he informed me awl talked with me, and 
see that it still remains the main pillar in the faith of said, 0 Daniel, I sin now come forth to give thee skill 
those who are waiting for the Lord, and are expect- and understanding, . . . understand the matter, 
ing him soon. �
and consider the vision." Verses °0-23. 
Now the angel has come to finishwhat the voice from 
According to our best light on chronology the 2300 
days have ended. But if our former view that the Sane- between the banks of 151,11: commanded him to do, 
[Chap. ix, 16.1 viz: "Gabriel, make this man to under- 
Wary is this earth, or a portion of it, and that it is to 
Here the Prophet's attention is 
be cleansed by fire at the coining of Christ, then the stench the viiew." 
'called to a former vision. Ile lies come to give him 
days have not ended. One of two things is certain. "shill awl owleratanding," relative to his Yi,iou of 
We have either been in error in dating the 70 weeks 2300 days, for he says: ''Understand the matter, 
from the seventh of Artaxerxes, n. C. 457 or in empty- and consider the vision." And what are the first 
the Sanctuary to the earth, and its cleansing to be words he utters to the Prophet, as he gives �
" un - 
accomplished by fire at Christ's comings If the 2300 derstanding of the vision," which lie declares at the 
days date from n. c. 451, then they terminated in 184 i. 
If they ended there, then we have not formerly fully 
understood this subject; for no part of this earth was 
cleansed by fire and restored in 1844. if our denier 
view is correct, that the 2300 days reach to the Second 
Advent, then they did not commence until more than 
eight years later than n. c. 457. 
Some date the 70 weeks from the twentieth of Ar-
taxerxes. In this case they would terminate thirteen 
years later than if dated from the seventh. If dated 
from the seventh; they terminated A. D. 34. If dated 
from- the twentieth, they terminated A. D. 47. lint 
as: there was no event that occurred near that time 
creased in goods, when we are poor and miserable in to mark the termination of the seventy weeks, it is 
the sight of the Lord. Let us humble ourselves, that 
in due time we may be exalted, �
useless to urge that they commenced at the twentieth 
 
Above all, let us not mock at those who arc estab- of Artaxerxes. 
lished in the hope of the gospel who have turned �
In the midst [middle] of the 70th week, the "sac-
from dumb idols to serve the living and true God, rifice and oblation" of the Jews was to cease. This 
and wait for his Son from heaven; who, with Paul, ceased to be of any virtue, when Christ, tie' antitypi-
strive, if by any means, they may attain unto the cal sacrifice, was nailed to the cross. lkxe is the great 
resurrection. Let us not say with the ancient phi- way-mark that makes the prophecy sure. Dating 
losophers, that they are setters-forth of strange gods ; I from the seventh of Artaxerxea, the middle of the 70th 
,) 
but let us seek rather to possess that hope which will week, (when Christ was crocified would fall on the 
 Spring of A. D. 31. In one week theta: arc seven years. 
anchor the soul amid all the storms that arc raging, From the middle of the 70th week to its close, was 
around us, inasmuch as it is not of earth, but enters three and a half years, which being added to the Spring 
into that within the veil. 
of A. D. 31, brings us to the Autumn of a. n. al for 
Let us love the hope of good tidings, for it rests on the cloee of the 70 weeks. Seventy weeks, or 4-90 years 
a coming Saviour. Then, when he shall appear the taken from the 2300, teats, 1810, which being added 
second time, without sin unto salvation, we shall not to the, Autumn of A. U. 34, the end of (he 2300 years 
be ashamed to meet him, for he will be to us " coin- is shown to have been in the Autumn of 1844. 
plete redemption."— Voice of Truth. 
The connection of the eighth and ninth chapters 01 
Daniel, or, that the 70 weeks are the first 490 of the 
How unscriptined were the ideas we cherished be- 2300 days, never looked clearer than at, the present 
fore we" were enlightened," respecting the final rest of 
the saints. We have thought that our everlasting abode 
would be far from materiality, and a thousand winds 
of doctrine have been blowing, which have no retinae- 
" While in this place some touching recollections 
wore recalled in reference to my first introduction and 
acquaintedice with Father Miller. It was in this place 
that I first heard him preach, and was introduced to 
him. Ile preached on Dan. viii, 13, 14: o Then I heard 
one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that 
certain saint which spake, now long shall be the vis-
ion concerning, the daily sacrifice, and the transgres 
sion of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the 
host to be trodden under foot'? And he said onto me, 
Unto two thousand and three hundred days ; then shal 1 
the sanctuary be cleansed.' Although I had read hi. 
written discourse on this subject, I was not impressed 
with its harmony and strength until now. He poured 
forth a flood of light from other scriptures upon every 
part of his subject, and fully shot me up to the faith, 
both as to the manner and time of our Saviour's 
Second Advent. And although the time has passed 
without the event being realized, I have never been 
able to solve the mystery. The connection of the 
seventy weeks with tiro 2300 days vision still looks 
clear, but it cannot be harmonized with the light wo 
now have on chronology ; but having done our duty, 
the elements Shall melt with fervent heat—according 
to his promise, the looking for a new heavens and a 
new earth, wherein dwelieth righteousness. It is ev-
ident that those who would, by their efforts, convert 
this earth, not according to the forms of God, and 
substitute it for the New Earth which God is to cre-
ate, are not grounded and settled in the faith, but are 
moved away from the hope of the gospel ; the hope 
that the Jews will be restored, is not the hope of the 
gospel. Vain and delusive are such fancies. The 
hope of the gospel is, that Jesus will come and be. 
glorified in all his saints before all who truly love him, 
shall be quite exiled to the dens and caves of the 
earth, by that power, the little horn, who is to make 
war with the saints and prevail against them, until 
the Ancient of days conies, and judgment is given to 
the saints of the Most High ; and the time comes that 
the saints possess the kingdom. 
We cannot be presented to God by Jesus as holy, 
tinblarnable, and unreprovalde, if we think lightly of 
this hope of the gospel, for which the early martyrs 
soffered, that they might reign. And in the v ery general 
moving away from the hope of the gospel, is not Je-
sus saying, " I have somewhat against thee because 
thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, 
from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the 
first works. I know thy works, that thou art nei-
ther cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot; 
so then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold 
nor hot, I will spue thee out of any mouth." Then, 
if we are among the wanderers from the faith once 
delivered to the saints, let us humble ourselves before 
the Lord, and become rooted and grounded in the 
truth. Let Its not suppose that we are rich and in- 
close of the eighth chapter " none un lerstood" '? "Sev-
enty weeks arc determined [cut oil] upon thy peo-
ple," &c. These weeks, all agree, are 12)) years. Cut 
off from what? 'rime can only he cut oft from time; 
therefore the 70 weeks are cut off from the 2300 clays. 
Can they be cot off from the 2300 literal days? They 
cannot. Therefore the days are prophetic, each day 
for it year. 
The angel continues : "Know therefore and under-
stand, that from the going forth of the commandment 
to restore and to build ;Jerusalem, unto the Messiah 
the Prince shall be seven weeks; and threeacore and 
two weeks," &.e. Here the event from width to date 
the period is given. 
Mark the expression : " Seventy weeks are deter- 
mined upon thy people." �
Thy people" here refers 
to the Jews. Hence, only -190 of the 2300 years be-
longed to the Jews, awl to their Sanctuary. What 
was left, after the seventy weeks were tut oil; for the 
Jews, must belong to another people, or church, and 
to the Sanctuary of that other church. It is evident 
that it belongs to the new covenant, or gospel church, 
and the new covenant Sanctuary in heaven, of which 
Christ is the minister. 
Now Gabriel has obeyed the command to make 
lluniol "understand the vision." He did this in part 
in the eighth chapter. Ile there explained the sym-
bols of aledo-Persia, Gracia. and Borne, yet none under-
stood the vieion. But in his visit to the Prophet in 
chapter nine, he gives a rule by which the days might 
be known to he years, and also names the event from 
which the Perm should be elated. Now the Prophet 
can say he the first verse of chapter ten: "The time 
time. We will here state Seine evidence of Unit. con- appom Mil was long,and he understood the thing, and 
had understanding of the vision." The 70 weeks, then, 
nectiou. �
is the key to unlock the vision of 2300 days, and 
After Daniel had seen the vision relative to th 
ram, lie-,oat little horn and 2300 days, and sought giv
e
e us understanding of the matter. 
We copy the following from the Journal of Eld. J. 
Lion either in truth or common sense, Thus are have for its meaning, [Dan. viii, 3-15,] lie heard a voice V. Mimes, published in the Adroit Herald of Feb. 
song of the soul " winging its flight far beyond the from between the banks of'Ultii. which said. " Gabriel. 
c
., rb,e 17: 20th, 1.853. In epeaking of his visit to Exeter, N. IL, he 
regions of space," and there in some region beyond make this man to understood the vision." 1 
space, spending its eternity in praising God. This All will agree that the angel obeyed this, voice. and "ay'" 
idea came from the very fount of spiritualism, and all 
the glorious descriptions of the New Earth. with all 
the ideas consequent en their literal fulfillfakirt, have 
been crowded into it: while we have tilt plainest evi-
dence that the very earth in which we ars 4.'rillgrims 
and strangers," will be given to "the saints of the 
Most High, who shall take and possess it for ever, 
even for ever and ever." 
When we have presented a bible view of this sub-
ject to many who profess to believe the Bible, we 
have been charged with making heaven a "vile lne-
nagerie." Such a regard for truth has characterized 
our opponents from the beginning. But the child 
who puts confidence enough in the word of his Father 
to believe it all, feasts on the truth, that this earth, 
so dark—so lonely—so sinful now, will be restored 
to its original purity. Then, "the morning stars" 
will sing again, " and all the sons of God will shout 
for joy."—llope of Israel. 
The Saints' Rest. 
T II E �
1A11 VI InV AND HERALD 
which the last verse of the eighth, chapter states that 
made Daniel understand the vision. Gabriel then ex-
plained to Daniel the ram; goat aod little horn; but gave 
him no instruction relative to the 2300 days, where to 
commence them, and whether they were literal or 
prophetic. And at the close of this chapter, Daniel 
says: "I was astonished at the vision, but none un-
derstood it." He certainly understood the symbols 
of the thme universal kingdoms ; for Gabriel fully ex-
plained each of them in verses 16-25. Then what 
was it that " none understood," at the close of this 
visit from Gabriel? Answer, the time. • The angel 
in this chapter gives no starting point for the 2301. 
days. Now pass over the ninth chapter, and read 
the-first verse of the tenth. "In the third year 01 
Cyrus king of Persil, a thing was revealed onto Dan-
iel, whose name was called lielteshazzar ; and the 
thing was true, but the time appointed was long; 
and he understood the thing, and haul understanding 
of the vision." Now Daniel understands the vision, 
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173 
we wait patiently for the clear light of heaven upon 
the subject, in expectation of the full and speedy real-
ization of all we ever hoped for in the fulfillment of 
prophecy, both as to the nature of the events, and the 
time of their realization, at the end of the days. And 
we are exhorted in view of this, not to cast away our 
confidence which Lath great recompense of reward, for 
we' have need of patience, that after we have done the 
will of Cod, we might receive the promise.' So we 
watch and wait and hope." 
We are glad that Bid. IL sees and here acknowl-
edges the connection of the 70 weeks with the 2300 
days vision. It is a matter of much regret that the 
thrall of May 22, 1852, should admit that these two 
periods have different starting points. One object in 
giving the above extract is to show the present posi-
tion of the Editor of the Herald on this subject. 
But what of the " mystery" of which Eld. 
speaks? Can it not be "solved"? May we not un-
derstand our present position? Watchman what of 
the night I Shall the watchman reply, We arc not 
"able to solve the mystery" relative to the time of 
night? "The watchman saith, the morning cometh, 
and also the night: if ye will inquire, :ware ye; re-
turn Caine," Ise. xxi, 12. 
But what is this " mystery" ? Why, Christ did 
not Willa, and the land of Palestine was not cleansed 
by fire in 1814, where the 2300 days ended, according 
to our present light on chronology. But did the an-
gel say, Unto 2300 days ; then Christ shall come, &c. '? 
Never. "Then shall the Sanctuary, be cleansed," are 
the words of the angel. 
Those who taught that Christ would come at the 
end of the 2300 days, in 1844. inferred that the Sanc-
tuary to be cleansed at the end of the days was the 
earth, or the land of Palestine. We say "inferred," 
for we were never able to give one text of plain testi-
mony on the point. it is true that Ex. xv, 17 ; Ps. 
lxxviii, 54; lsa. lxiii, 18, arc quoted as proof; but 
they afford none. When read with their connection, 
they will be seen to refer to the Jewish Sanctuary.—
See Bro. Andrews' remarks on these texts in No. 17 
of the Review, or his Pamphlet, pages 25-27. But we 
confess that it is a " mystery" that some of our Ad-
vent brethen should still hold fast the former view, 
that the Sanctuary is this earth, or Palestine, and 
that it is to be cleansed by fire at the coming of Christ, 
when there is not one text of scripture that favors 
such a view. 
But two things are recognized in the scriptures as 
God's Sanctuary, 1. The typical Sanctuary of the 
Jews, or first covenant. 2. the heavenly Sanctuary-
of which Christ is a minister. This is the new cove- • 
nant Sanctuary. "Nov of the things which we have 
spoken this is the sum; we have such an high priest, 
who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty 
in the heavens ; a minister of the Sanctuary and of the ' 
True Tabernacle; which the Lord pitched, and not 
unto." Hob. viii, 1, 2. Here the two are brought to 
view, and held in contrast. One, the type, earthly, 
pitched by man ; the other, the antitype, heavenly. 
" which the Lord pitched." The one was God's Sane: 
(nary, or dwelling place. [Ex. xxv, 8.] during the first 
covenant, and was cleansed at the close of each year. 
The �
• is the greater and snore perfectb ‘r -a d 
where Christ ministers at " the right hand of the throne 
of the Majesty in the heavens," This latter Sanctu-
ary is to be cleansed at the termination of the 2300 
days. 
Bare an objection at once arises in the minds of 
those who have not investigated this subject. They 
are sometimes apparently disgusted with the idea that 
there is anything in heaven that needs cleansing. But 
it may be seen that their difficulty arises from want 
of knowledge on the point. May we not correctly 
determine the nature of the cleansing of the antitype 
in heaven, from the type on earth ? Most certainly. 
The type was cleansed yearly "because of the un-
cleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their 
transgressions in all their sins." bey. xvi, 16. The 
type, then, was cleansed, not as we would cleanse a 
rooln or garment, but from sin. Now hear Paul :—
"It was therefore necessary that the patterns [the 
two holies of the earthly Sanctuary] of timings in the 
heavens should be purified [cleansed] with these; 
[blood of beasts ;] nut the heavenly things themselves 
[heavenly holy places] with better sacrifices than 
these." Ileb. ix, 23. 
Ilere then is a plain statement that the heavenly 
Sanctuary was to he purified or cleansed. This can 
be done only by virtue of the blood of the Sou of tied, 
the minister of the True Tabernacle. 
We present the plain statement of 1Ieb. ix, 23, and 
say to those who object on the ground that there can 
be nothing in heaven to be cleansed, that they must 
settle the matter with the Apostle. Ile teaches (1) 
that the two holy places of the earthly Sanctuary 
were "patterns" and " figures" of heavenly things, 
; the true holy places of that Sanctuary of which Christ 
, is the minister, and (2) that this heavenly- Sanctuary 
was to be purified or cleansed. The cleansing is of 
 
the same nature as that of the earthly, the removal of 
the sins of God's people. 
We say that t ire subject of the Sanctuary- and 2300 
days claims the attention of the Advent body at this 
time, more than any other. The clear light of chro-
nology terminates the days in 184-1; but no part of 
the earth was cleansed then, or since that time. Says 
3. B. Cook, "I acknowledge that we were mistaken 
in the time, awl L also acknowledge that I do not 
know how to mend the matter." " Watelnnan. 
what of the night'?" The watchman saith, 1 do not 
know. I thought I once knew the time of night, but 
was mistaken, and " cannot mend the matter." 
The "mystery" lies here:'the time was right; 
but there was a mistake in the event to occur at the 
end of the days. The mystery is in making the words, 
"Then shall the Smothery be Gleamed," mean, Then 
Christ shall come, and burn up the old earth, and give 
the new heavens and earth. Now just as long as 
men look to this earth for the Sanctuary, just so long 
will tide glorious theme remain to them a mystery.—
And the only way that it can be solved, is by the 
present light on the Sanctuary, which harmonizes the 
past Advent movement, and allows our present posi-
tion. For a thorough exposition of this subject, read 
Bro. Andrews' Pamphlet on the Sauctuary and 2300 
days. �[ To be continued.] 
An Bx1ract 
Of a letter front Bro. Wm. _Willer, taken front the 
Voice of Truth, of ISM 
To EN be answered and spike unto ma, saying. 
This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, say-
ing, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit 
saith the bard of hosts. Who art thou, 0 great 
mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a 
,',lain: and he shall bring forth the heatiston thereof 
with shootings, crying, Grace, grace, unto it. More-
over, the word of die Lord came unto me saying, The 
hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this 
house; his hands shall also finish it : and thou shalt 
know that the Lord of hosts butts sent nre unto you. 
For who bath despised the day of small tamp. •? for 
they shall rejoice and shall sea the plummet in the 
hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the 
eyes of the I.ord. which run to and fro throuph tie 
whole earth." Zech.iv, 6-10, 
"Will some of ear Judaizing brethren tel us how 
any stones can be added to the building., of which 
Christ laid the foundation, and is budded by the Spir-
it, after the cap, or headstone is brought in when he 
shall descend from heaven with a shout, (1 Thes, iv, 
16.) and finish it.. 
Can carnal Jew and heathen be converted and plac-
ed in the seine, after the headstone is brought in. and 
the building is finished at the second coming of Jesus 
Christ'? 
"Nov let them read Acts iii, 19-24. Repent ye. 
therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be 
blotted out when the times of refreshings shall conic 
from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send 
Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you. 
whom the heaven must receive, until the times of res- 
titution of all things which God hath spoken by the 
month of his holy prophets, since the world began.—
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet 
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your 
brethren like unto me ; him shall ye hear in all timings 
whatsoever ha shalt say unto you. And it shall come 
I to pass, that evei,v soul which will not hear that 
Prophet, shall he destroyed from arming the people. 
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those 
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have like-
wise foretold of these days.' 
"l low can they restore the unretaenting and uncon-
verted Jew, or heathen, after Christ comes, whom 
the heaven must receive until the times of :restitution 
of all things, spoken by the mouth of all the holy 
prophets since the world began'? after every soul is 
cut off, or destroyed from among the: people who w ill 
I of hear Christ—when he �
come to be admired 
i hi all them that believe? 2 Thes. i, 7-1') : And 1,1 
nu who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord 
'Josue shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty 
angels in flaming lire, taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with ever-
lasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and 
from the glory of his power; when he shall conic to 
be glorified in his saint., and to be admired in all 
them that believe (because our testimony among you 
was believed) in that day' Can Judaizers reconcile 
these texts with their 'Slows in a plain and simple 
manner and agree wit bout col nparing notes or views'?" 
"CONSIDER" 
lit NI that endured such contradiction of sinnera 
against himaelf teat ye be wearied and faint in your 
minds." 
While the wise virgins amid the darkness of the 
midnight hour, aro pressint; to their saddened hearts 
the promises, "1 w ill cone again and receive you un-
to myself; that where I ant there ye may be also ;" 
"I Will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, 
and your joy no man taketh from you." ' Yet a lit-
tle tvlriie and he that shall conic, will come and will 
not tarry," &c. There arc not wanting sinners to 
contradict, saying. Where is the promise of hig coining, 
all things continuo as they were: those events and 
phenomena which; you regard as signs, have been com-
mon to all times; this dark night will pass away and 
your beloved will not come. And as if all this were 
not enough, some of high standing in the churches, 
charm them with dishonesty and wickedness : viz • 
"Can such men be honest !" One of this class (though 
not a minister) said the other day to n brother, " You 
are supremely selfish, in desieing Christ to come and 
make yet immortal. I t is my business to obey God, 
without any anxiety for iny own salvation. If 1 obey 
(Rd, he is under obligation to save me." 'the broth-
er's reply was, " It seems to me that it it is not 811-
pretne selfishness for me to receive with a thankful 
heart, the unmerited gift which God has freely pre-
sented." 
But in view of all these things, let the " wise vir-
gins" diligently "consider hint that endured such con-
tradiction"— that he " resisted unto blood, striving 
against sin." Let them not forget the shameful abuse 
he received from his ungodly Eeighbors at la,`,azareth, 
when they, filled with wrath, rose up and thruet him 
out of their city, anti would have destmo3 ed him, if their 
vengeance could hate found means. Ile had lived 
quietly among them—been industrious in his calling 
—and blameless in his �
; yet. when he came to 
read and to explain to them the Scriptures, the pow-
er of his word stirred their deepest revenge. See 
Luke iv, 10. Let them consider the wicked plot laid 
by the leading men in the Church for the purpose of 
twinging him under " the power and authority of the 
governor." Luke xx, 20. The ridiculous argument 
of the Saddueees against the resurrection of the body. 
Lu'ee xxvii, 5. That desperate mob, fumed with 
"swords and staves," and provided with "lanterns 
and torches," and headed by a professed nnnister—
and that most shameful of all trials, in which. mu-
ting, spitting, and mocking, were fully mingled.-.. 
[Brethren, none of us have received this ; if we should, 
may it be with the meekness and gentleness of Christ.] 
Let the wise virgins consider well this Jesus. and the 
opposition he received from professed friends and open 
enemies, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds, 
Let your faith and hope be in God, that tile)- may 
never fail.— Voice of Truths 
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THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 
If Christ is your Lawgiver, who is your 
Ilediutor 
Tres who are unwilling to obey the fourth com-
mandment of God, are often heard exclaiming, " Christ 
is tip lawgiver." With them sin is the transgression 
of the law of Christ, and the commandments of God 
are the commandments of Jesus. 
An Apostle says, There is one lawgiver, who is 
able to save and to destroy. James iv, 12. Who is 
that one lawgiver'? 1)0 you say it is Jesus? Who 
then is your mediator? Paul says, There is one 
( I eel, and unc mediator between God and men, the 
man Christ JCSUE. 2 Tim, iii, 5. A mediator or in-
tercessor is one that acts between two parties—the 
°Gilded and the offender—to effect a reconciliation.—
Jesus, our mediator, died to answer the just demands 
of his Father's violated law. Can mat be reconciled 
to t i od by this sacrifice, and not return to the keeping 
of that law ? If he can, then all are reconciled— all 
are saved. 
Another Apostle declares, that, " Sin is the trans-
gression of the law." 1 John iii, 4. Does he mean 
t he law of Christ ? let us inquire a little further of 
the same Apostle. Chap. ii, 1. " My little children, 
these things write 1 unto you, that ye sin not. And 
if any man sin, we has e an advocate (with whom ?—
With Jesus? No, no ; but) with the Father, Jesus 
Christ the righteous." It is clear then that those 
who acknowledge no lawgiver but Christ, have no ad-
vocate; and it is to be feared, that those who have 
Ito advocate will he lost. 
Dear reader, you who desire salvation, think on 
tee things. 
R. F. COTTRELL. 
Mill Urove, Feb. 23d, 1853. 
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LETTERS. 
From Bro, Hamilton. 
/EAR BRO. WHITE: :— 1. feel desirous to contribute 
something, if it is but a mite, to cheer the hearts of 
God's scattered remnant, that are striving to keep 
all his commandments, and are rejoicing in the faith 
of Jesus ; for I can truly say that the soul-stirring 
epistles of my dear brethren and sisters, as they come 
to ue through the welcome messenger, the Review, 
causes our hearts to be enlarged with love in return; 
towards God and towards them. 0, I feel to praise the 
Lord, that I have been permitted to live to see so much 
truth as is now shining forth in these last days from 
his precious word. Our experience has been short, 
when compared with the most of you in the glorious 
doctrine of the Second Advent of our Lord. There-
fore, we have not experienced many of the trials of 
faith that you have passed through, though we think 
we can see the hand of the Lord in them. It was not 
until the Fall of 1.849 that myself and wife were 
blessed with the privilege of hearing the glorious doc-
trine proclaimed by the first and second angel's mes-
sages. And with these glorious truths came the truth 
which reveals so clearly that man is mortal, and that 
immortality is a gift of God through our Lord Jesus 
Christ ; and that Jesus must come before his children 
can have immortality. And we felt that we could 
then pray with the Spirit, and with the understand-
ing, come Lord Jesus, conic quickly. And in these 
bles,ted truths, we were still rejoicing when the Lord 
sent Ids servants to us, a little more than a year since 
with the third angel's message. 
0 how much reason we have to Jove and praise 
God for his mercy to us ; his mercy endureth forever. 
O. I had not known sin, but by the law, but when 
the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.—
But. bless the Lord we feel that we can now say 
the law is holy, and the commandment holy- just 
and good; that we delight in them, and are striv-
ing to keep them, the fourth not excepted. 
And there are now six of us in this vicinity, 
that are striving to keep all the commandments 
of Clod, and the faith of Jesus, that we may have 
right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates 
into the city. Our hearts have been made glad again, 
by the coining of our brethren among us, giving meat 
in due season. We feel that the labors of Brn. 
Loughborough, and Edson, have been blessed among 
us. The faith of God's children have been greatly 
strengthened, their lamps trimmed anew, and their 
lights shining more clear. After the meetings closed 
here, Bro. and Sr. Miller accompanied our brethren 
eighteen miles, to Gerry, to Bro. Stephen Pratt's, my-
self and wife joining. The next day we held three 
meetings, those present seemed to pay good attention 
to the word spoken. May the Lord bless the seed 
sown. From Gerry we all went to Busts, thirteen 
miles further, where we held meetings Sabbath and 
First-day, and the Spirit of the Lord attended the 
preaching of the word, and the prayer meeting held 
on Sabbath morning was one of those rich and heav-
enly seasons, where the holy Spirit runs from heart 
to heart, and the place is made solemn by the presence 
of (led. The Spirit remained with us through our 
meetings, and the prejudices of many were removed, 
and their objections taken away, and they left to fall 
upon the word of Clod. May- the Lord by his Spirit 
guide their minds into the truth, that they may turn 
their feet into his testimonies, and make haste to keep 
his commandments. 
0, dear brethren and sisters, what a blessed hope is 
ours. Well might David say, "groat peace have they 
that love thy law, and nothing shall offend thou."— 
Ps. cxix, 105. �
May that holy law be written in 
our hearts. that we may be actuated by its holy prin-
ciples, that we may realise the day in which we live, 
that it is a day of strong temptation, a day of thick 
darkness, when the love of many are waxing cold be-
cause iniquity abounds; but God is the hope of his 
people. 0, if we put our trust in him, his grace will 
be sufficient for us. 1 long to meet you all in the 
kingdom, where there will be no opposition to God's 
truth. 
Yours in love, waiting for redemption till Jesus 
shall come, �
J. IIA3tin•rox. 
Fraloilia, N. Y., March (ith, 1853. 
From Bro, Paine. 
DEAR BRO. WHITE :—I will inform you, and the 
dear, scattered flock, of my attachment to the truth, 
emanating from God, through the medium of his bless-
ed Word. On the 10th of July-, 1852, under the reign 
of grace, with decision of mind, I hoisted the holy 
star-spangled flag of the fourth commandment, to the 
top gallant mast bead, destined to remain, and from 
thence, to wave in the breeze, and fresh gales of gos-
pel truth, subject to the beholder's approval or scorn, 
until our hope is consummated. 
The Sabbath question is plain and clear, together 
with the subiect of the Sanctuary. I have been much 
blessed in the observance of the holy Sabbath. The 
opposers of the third angel's message, in this region, 
I feat, are doing their last work. I am satisfied that 
the truth of the last message is drawing a line of sep-
aration between the lovers of truth, and those we 
have loved. 0, I would that the eye-salve might be 
applied to their eyes, and cause the scales to fall, so 
"that they may behold wondrous things out of God's 
law." We must possess holy hearts in order to keep 
the commandments of God—"Israelites. indeetl, in 
whom is no guile." We are thankful to our God, 
that he has sent his servants to dig us out of the rub-
ish of error, into the sunshine of truth. My compan-
ion and two daughters are with me in the truth. 
Bro. Bates called on us recently, and gave one lec-
ture, and meat in due season was presented. But our 
neighbors (being professed Adventists) had no appe 
tite to receive it; their stomachs being so foul with 
error. But they were zealous in opposition to truth. 
1 accompanied Bro. Bates to Barre, called on limo. 
Newcomb, Cleavland, who was sick. His physician, 
a few days previous, remarked, that he might live a 
week or ten days, He was inclined to receive the Sab-
bath truth, being honest in heart, and an Advent in 
the past. And having faith in the skill of the Great 
Physician, and in the use of the means which James 
directs, he requested Bro. Bates to present his case.—
And in answer to the prayer of faith, the healing pow-
er was manifest. And praise, and thanksgis 
(while he walked the room) flowed from his heart and 
lips to God. IIe proclaimed that he was made whole, 
with the exception of being weak. 
From thence we went to Athol, Bro. Bates gave 
them a plain discourse on the Sanctuary, he., which 
should be received by all the lovers of truth ; but the 
spirit of scar was manifest in, and by the professed 
Sabbath-keepers. Yes, that spirit so unlike the Spir-
it of Jesus. But I will show you some of the fruit. 
One of the brethren clenched Bro. Bates by the collar, 
shook him, and then remarked that he did not do it, 
that it was God that did it. They would have us 
think they were the sanctuary. So much for Spirit-
ualism. We were glad to get away. 
Yours, for the patience of the saints, and the faith 
of Jesus. �
LUTHER PAINE. 
Ware, :Vass., Much 77th, 1853. 
From Sr. E. Place to Bro. G. Smith. 
DEAR BRO. SMITH :—I will give you a sketch of 
my experience for a few years past, and if you think 
it will be an encouragement to God's tried and scat-
tered children, you may send it to Bro. White. 
I was converted when very young, yet I was not 
satisfied unless 1 could say, I know beyond a doubt 
that Jest's is mine and 1 am his. This evidence (in 
answer to fervent and continued prayer,) God was 
pleased to give me in the year 1841. For several 
years I enjoyed the Spirit of Christ. I had severe 
trials, and heavy crosses, yet by taking up the cross, 
and Continuing decided and faithful, 1 was blessed of 
God. But for a few years past, I have to confess that 
I have lived the most of the time at a dying rate, in-
deed, and it has seemed fur a few months past espec-
ially, as if everything spiritual or truthful was becom-
ing extinct here on the earth. 1 would bow before 
God and endeavor to consecrate myself, soul, body and 
spirit to him. Yes, I would resolve and re-resolve, 
and still remain (too near) the same. Sometimes I 
would feel for a short time to exclaim, My- Jesus is 
mine and I ant his ; yet I could not find firm footing 
as in days gone by, and 1 would soon find my strength 
gone, awl myself again overcome by temptations ; and 
thus timings continued until the first day of January 
this present year. I spent the most part of the day 
alone. I again endeavored to dedicate myself anew 
for Christ. I trust 1 felt willing to do the will of 
God, it' I knew what his will was; and the desire of 
my heart was that God would make duty plain, and 
enable me to live for him. These were the feelings of 
my heart for about two weeks. I then dreamed that 
two men came to our house. I saw them walking 
from the East, with their arms around each other and 
were in close conversation, and seemed to exhibit that 
love and affection for each other that is not COME1011 
in these days. 
The next day you and Bro. I bolt came to our house. 
I felt immediately- that God had sent you here. Bro. 
Holt talked to us, you know, from the chart. It was 
the first chart I had ever seen. You had before this 
given me a pamphlet called the " Present Truth," and 
about a year since Bro. Myers gave me a paper in re-
lation to the Sabbath. I felt it to be in accordance 
with Scripture, m.11 felt convicted; yet it was ex-
plained away by those in whom I had confidence, in 
this way-, that we arc not under law now, but under 
grace, S:c ; but yet I did not feel satisfied. After Bro. 
Holt showed the Sabbath, and time third angel's mes-
sage so clearly, I did not dare to reject the light, for 1 
felt that if I did, and trampled upon God's Holy Sab-
bath, I should bring darkness and condemnation up-
on my own soul. The Lord enabled me to take up 
the cross, and keep the following seventh day, and in 
keeping God's commandments I. find there is great 
recompense of reward. Yes I feel, truly, that my feet 
are again firmly- planted upon the Bock, not by mere-
ly observing the day, but by keeping all God's com-
mandments in the love and fear of Clod. 
When I commenced to keep the Lord's Sabbath, I 
was alone in keeping it in our family, and supposed 
I was the only one in our neighborhood. I have since 
 
 
 
 
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learned that one of my sisters kept the same day, and 
is now rejoicing in the present truth. Her husband 
is favorable, and I trust will embrace the truth. My 
mother has since commenced to keep the Sabbath, 
and is rejoicing in God; and my faith is strong that 
every member of our family will be brought into the 
ark of safety. I feel grateful to God that he counted 
us worthy, and put it into the hearts of his servants 
to come under our roof. 
All the arguments of friends against the truth are 
powerless unless it is to strengthen my faith and in-
crease my courage. 0, I feel that I am cut loose from 
all attachment to this world, its spirit and its maxims. 
0, dear brethren and sisters, let us be faithful, and 
pray that we may be moulded more and more into 
Christ's glorious image. The desire of my heart is 
that I may be child-like, humble and teachable, and 
that my daily walk and conversation may convince 
those about me, that I have Christ formed within the 
hope of glory. 
Your sister in Christ, 
—LIZABETII PLACE. 
Oswego, N.Y., Feb. 26th, 1853. 
From Sister Dow. 
DEAR BRO. WHITE �
have noticed with peculiar 
interest, the following remark of Bro. N. W. Rock-
well, in a late number of the Review. " When any 
person breaks, or disregards any one, or all of the ten 
precepts of the immutable law of God, he is no longer 
under grace." 
I have thought much of the subject, and am coin- 
• gelled to believe that it is even so, although it cuts 
of hope in the case of some who are very dear to me. 
My heart has been pained, by hearing opposers of 
the Advent cause (for want of better argument, per-
haps) accuse commandment-keepers of attempting to 
obtain salvation by works of the law, undervaluing 
the precious Saviour, and the price paid for our re-
demption. 
Now this is either a great mistake, or willful ignor-
ance. Do they not know that to whom much is for-
given, the same loveth much, and that by the law is 
the knowledge of sin? How can we understand our 
errors, or discover the magnitude and enormity of our 
guilt in the sight of God, unless we have right views 
of the extent and spirituality of his law, and realize 
its claims upon us? But when we'arej)rought to see 
that the commandments are so exceeding broad that 
they extend to every thought, we are ready to smite 
on the breast and cry, " God be merciful to me a sin-
ner." Then we feel the need of a helper who is 
mighty to save. 
It is written, [1 John iii, 4, j "Sin is the transgress-
ion of the law." And was it not sin that crucified 
the Son of God? Yea, verily. He was wounded fir 
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities. 
And will those who love him continue to transgress, 
and thus crucify him afresh, and re-open all his 
wounds 7 0, no. Love constraineth to obedience.—
Let none pretend to the faith of Jesus, who, with the 
light that now shineth, can disregard the command-
ments of God. 
Here T wish to sketch a few words of my own ex-
perience, humiliating though it must be. Let truth 
be magnified, whoever may be abased. I can truly 
adopt the language of the Poet, 
"My guilt appeared but small before, 
Till terribly I saw 
How perfect, holy, just, and pure, 
Was thine eternal law." 
This I had never seen but partially, until the voice of 
the third angel awakened attention to the subject. Ex-
amination of the Sabbath question led me to fear that 
I was not guiltless with regard to other command-
ments, and immediately I set about the work of self-
examination, in the light of each precept separately 
considered. And oh, how appalling was the result ! 
The first made me an icl,olater, as really so as the wor-
shipers of Juggernut. True, I had never bowed to a 
graven image, but had suffered worldly objects to oc-
cupy a larger place in my heart, than the high and 
lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, from whom com- 
eth every good and perfect gift. 0, what baseness ! 
The third convicted me of taking his fearful and holy 
name in vain„„ Not in the use of what is termed pro-
fane language,'but, strange to tell, in my very devo-
tional exercises. By reading his word carelessly, and 
indifferently, by cold and formal prayers, and in sing-
ing, how oft had the sacred name been spoken, with 
a spirit of lightness and vanity. 
With regard to the fourth, I was doubly guilty.—
Not only was the mark of the beast found in the fore-
head, but the day that I stupidly supposed was the 
Sabbath of the Lord, had seldom been kept holy as he 
requires. In short, I found myself in a state of con-
demnation, justly exposed to the wrath of God. And 
in view of all this, how precious, how exceedingly pre-
cious, lovely, and glorious did the Saviour appear, as 
he sweetly manifested himself to my soul, able, will-
ing, to save to the uttermost, all that come to God 
by him. Why, his very name is sweeter music to the 
repenting sinner, than all else that ever was heard 
this side of heaven. 
Why was he called Jesus? "For he shall save 
his people from their sins." Dear brethren and sis-
ters, is not this just what we need, and what we receive 
through hint? Pardon for the past, and salvation, 
present and eternal. 0, yes, his law-abiding people 
know that he is an all-sufficient Saviour, and that 
without him they can do nothing. 
I do thank the Lord, and hope to thank and praise 
him in his everlasting kingdom, for the third angel's 
message. Without it, how would my salvation have 
been possible, since none but those that do his com-
mandments can have right to the tree of life, and ad-
mittance into the City. Truly, he is not willing that 
any should perish. 
Many thanks are due, also, to the brethren and sis-
ters through whose faithfulness I received knowledge 
of the truth ; likewise to those who have been mind-
ful of my low estate, and rendered pecuniary aid.—
May the blessing of the Lord that maketh rich and 
addeth no sorrow therewith, be theirs ; and they re-
ceive all hundred fold in this life, and in the world to 
come, life everlasting. 
Yours, hoping, by the grace of God, to overcome 
and inherit all things. �ELIZABETH Dow. 
Washington, N. H., March, 1853. 
From Sister Conklin. 
DEAR Bno. WHITE :—Feelings of gratitude to God. 
and a sense of duty induces me to relate a little of my 
experience. 
From my childhood I have been taught by precept 
and example to observe the First-day of the week as 
the Sabbath. The reason was, Christ arose on that 
day ; yet T never saw that the fourth commandment 
had any more reference to the First-day: than the 
Third-day of the week, and often remarked that the 
Bible never speaks of the First-clay being the Sab-
bath. The reply ever was, Jesus arose on that day; 
and therefore the day m as changed. But I never 
found a word to my satisfaction on record, although 
like many others, I supposed it was in the Bible 
somewhere, and have often when reading, wished to 
find it, but never was interested enough to search 
for it until last July, hearing that the Sabbath was 
not abolished, and that some began to observe the 
real Sabbath, I began to investigate, to see why they 
should now in these last days turn to the Sabbath of 
the Bible. I found where Jesus met with the disci-
ples on the First-day of the week, and where Paul 
preached until past midnight, and some few more in-
ferences, and talking with unbelievers, I began to 
think the First-day was the Sabbath, and to reject 
the Seventh, and to my surprise there was a burden 
came, such as I never experienced before. 
I now began to call on the Lord to know the reason 
of this burden. I soon discovered that every time 1 
said a word against the Sabbath the burden was great-
er. I at last had the opportunity of visiting at the 
house of a friend. They were keeping the Sabbath, 
being the only family in this vicinity that were keep-
ing the Sabbath excepting one brother. I resolved by 
the grace of God assisting me, to know the truth; and 
Sunday I retired from all of the family. I felt that 
I must live different from what I then did. I read in 
James iv, 17, "Therefore to him that knoweth to do 
good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." I began to 
think what have I done. I felt that I had done noth-
ing that would be acceptable in the sight of God ; and 
how could I think that my heavenly Father could hear 
me. �
I at last said, Lord, make all thy will known to 
me, for I am resolved to do all thy will, and keep all 
thy commandments. I could get no relief. The Sab-
bath came to my mind; I resolved to keep it, and the 
burden left in a measure. I then began to think what 
shall I do, how can I keep the Sabbath, as I am a poor, 
lime girl, and have to depend on friends for a home, 
though 1 have been able to support myself with my 
needle most of the time, 1 knew I had a Father's home, 
and kind brothers and sisters, but they were opposed 
to the seN enth-day Sabbath. Yet I could not give up; 
I must serve the Lord. I remembered God said in his 
Word, that he will take care of his children, and I be-
lieve he will do as Ile says. 1 remained with my friends 
about three weeks, in which time Bro. Case, in Octo-
ber 3d and 4th, held a Conference in this place. My 
father and some of the rest of the family attended one 
lecture with all prejudice. On Monday morhing I re-
turned home, rejoicing in the Lord for what he had 
done for me. Some of them laughed, some ridiculed. 
and tried to shame me. But they saw all would do 
no good. Finally one sister was convinced of the Sab-
bath and kept it with me the next Sabbath, and the 
third Sabbath my mother and two sisters more kept 
the day. Praise the Lord, 0 my soul ; for he is good. 
My- father, also, is now keeping the day. The Lord is 
good. We have a little hand of twenty in number. 
and some more are searching for the truth. May the 
Lord help them. 
Bro. Case held another Conference here, the 15th. 
and 16th of Feb., and I trust the Spirit of the Lord was 
with us, and some were convinced of the truth. A (-
though I meet with opposition, and have all manner 
of evil spoken of me, yet I pray the Lord to keep me. 
for I believe we have the truth, and it looks precious 
to me, I now feel to rejoice in it. I feel to say with 
the Psalmist, "0 how love I thy law !" May God 
keep us humble and give us grace to endure to time 
end, is the prayer of your unworthy sister. 
P. Como.mx. 
Tyrone, Mich., Feb. 27th, 1853. 
From Bro. and Sister Colburn, 
DEAR BRO. WHITE :—TheTe are a few here who 
profess to love the appearing of the Lord. But wu 
have been like sheep without a shepherd, seeking rest, 
but finding none. Of late, the professed watchmen 
have been getting up time again, what they call the 
"midnight cry ;" but some had one starting point 
and some another ; one crying one time, and another 
warning against it. Just about this time, in our ex-
tremity, the Lord sent one of his children here, laden 
with the rich truths of the third angel's message.—
Until this time, (about six weeks since) we had not 
so much as heard that there was a third angel's mes-
sage, save by the way of scorn and reproach. But 
praise God, it was to our ,.ouls. like cold water in a 
thirsty land. Meat indeed. a real strengthening sub-
stance, and we felt it to be in due season, only we 
mourn that we so long fed on husks. is hilt! our Fa-
ther's children had bread and to spare. 
We now read onr Bible with great interest and 
profit. This message lights up the whole pathway. 
clear through to the kingdom. Glory be to God.-
0, it looks right to us that the holy Sabbath should 
be restored, and the perfect law of God kept by his 
children, who are to be changed at Jesus' coming.—
and though our former brethren cry bondage, bond-
age, yet we bless God for that love that knows no 
bondage in keeping his commandments ; and we only 
want more grace, that we may keep them perfectly. 
We are alone in this place, and do hope the servants 
of God will call on us as they pass through. We also 
beg an interest in the prayers of all the Church, that 
we may be able to stand in these perilous times; and 
ourselves feel to pray for all the dear brethren and sis- 
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Mrs, for, though unworthy, we do feel that those that 
do the will of our Father in heaven, is our mother, and 
sister, and brother. 
Yours in the hearty love of the present truth, 
W. & J, emu;R1Y. 
Nashua, N. H, March 5th, 1853. 
From Pro. Phelps. 
DEAR Bro. WHITE:—I write a few words to let 
you know how the truth is prospering. There has 
been quite a turning to the Lord here. Some eleven 
or twelve are decided to keep the commandments of 
God, and the faith of Jesus. Last Sabbath evening 
we had a precious time together, while each one did 
their duty. And still there is a great interest in the 
minds of some that are enquiring after truth i some 
that never took any interest in the Advent cause, but 
honestly trying to serve God, and seeing the fallen 
state of the Church, and not knowing what the matter 
was, on hearing the evidences of our position, readily 
received the truth. I am to leave here this week to 
commence a course of lectures in Bro. Holcomb's 
neighborhood on Sixth-day evening. 
In hope waiting for the kingdom, W. PHELPS. 
Oak Hill, Feb. 28th, 1853. 
From Bro. Loughborough. 
Dzart BRO. WHITE:—During the last five weeks Bro. Ed-
am and myself have visited the brethren in Niagara, Cattar-
augus, Chautauqua, and Allegheny counties, also, Potter Co., 
Pennsylvania. The first Sabbath, we met with the brethren 
in Orangeport, and had a free time in speaking to them the 
word of truth. 
We oalled at Mill Grove, but had only time to speak a few 
words of encouragement ; but the Lord blessed us, and wo all 
felt to consecrate ourselves anew to Hod, to live for him. 
We spent Sabbath, Feb. 12th, in Fredonia and Laoni.—
Here we were much comforted to find our brethren strong in 
the Lord. Wo stopped with them four or five days, and felt 
strengthened in trying to speak the truth. 
From thence we journeyed as far as Gerry, accompanied by 
our brethren and sisters from Fredonia. We spoke three times, 
to attentive hearers, in the house of Bro. Pratt. We fed as-
sured that the seed sown will spring up, and bear fruit. /May 
y 
the Lord load those dear souls into the present trut : We 
were very cordially received at Busti, and hold ours eetings 
as previously arrenged. We spoke to them five ti es. Wo 
believe the Lord will do a great work for. the brethr n there, 
who aro looking for Israel's King, if they will only elieve —
Thank God, the prejudice is giving away there. /We passed 
on from thence to Nile, stopping at Ellington, nd Napoli, 
each one evening, and although it stormed quitekard, we had 
a good and attentive congregation in each place. �
' 
At Nile we found Bro. Gidding's family rejoicing in the 
Lord. Truly he can say, " The Lord has led me by a way I 
knew not." We had the privilege of speaking twice on the 
Sabbath, in the seventh-day Baptist church, to attentive con-
gregations. Quite en interest was manifested by our seventh-
day Baptist Brethren. We moved forward from this place to 
Ulysses, accompanied by Bro. T. I. Giddings, stopping only 
at Some, where we had the privilege of speaking to a few on 
the present truth, in relation to our Great High Priest. We 
found the brethren in Ulysses standing-upon God's word. We 
continued with them nearly one week, and had a free time in 
expounding the scriptures to them. The brethren see the ne-
cessity of acting out the truth they profess. We there formed 
a very interesting acquaintance with Eld. II. F.Babcoalc, pas-
tor of the seventh-day Baptist Church in that place. Toward 
the close of our meeting ho seemed very mush interested in the 
present truth. 0, may the Lord lead him into all truth. 
The ears of the people seem to be open to hear in the vicinity 
of all these places, and would hoar with interest if there was 
any one to speak to them. The sheep are hunting the shepherds, 
and, surely, the shepherds should be awake. And thus it is 
every where. People are anxious to hoar. Brethren, are we 
keeping pace with the message? 0, lot not the things of 
earth lead its to wound the cause of God. The burden of the 
message will soon be given, and then victory will bo ours.—
But I grieve to see some of my brethren living as though the 
Lord would not COMO for a great while. Time is short. The 
144,000 will soon ho scaled, and then the indignation and 
wrath of God will bo poured out. But who shall stand in 
that day? Would to God we could realize where we are. 
" Lift up your heads, ye soldiers, bold, 
Redemption's drawing nigh ; 
We soon shall hear the trumpet sound, 
That shakes the earth and sky." 
Rochester, March 101/,, 1853. �
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. 
From Bro. Everts. 
DEAR BRO WHITE I—I have just returned from u tour, 
searching out the scattered and starving flock in company with 
BM. C. W. Sperry. We had interesting meetings in North 
Hudson, N. V. Some four came decidedly into the Sabbath, 
oim a preacher. Thence to Lewis, at Bro. Merrifield's, (Bap- 
tists) evening of the 23d. They said that the church afforded 
no food, and decidedly declared that they had kept the last 
Pope's Sabbath, and should now keep the true Sabbath. 
We had an interesting meeting at Bro. Mutt's, Plattsburgh, 
commenced evening 25th, heel six meetings; a deep, searching, 
weeping time. Six came out decided to keep the Sabbath, and 
rejoiced is the Sanctuary light and third angel's message.-
28th we lectured at Bro Miles Clay's. He and his wife ac-
knowledged the Sabbath, hope they will walk in its light.—
March 1st at Bro. Day's, Chateaugay, held eleven meetings 
which were strengthening and encouraging to the brethren, 
while eve presented the third angel's message, and particular-
ly the sayings of Christ, &e. Some five or six I hope will walk 
in the light they acknowledge, and keep he Sabbath with the 
seventh-day brethren,theae who have boon hunted like the 
soul of David by Saul, by them who break, and 'tench others 
to, the commandments. 
How strikingly the Sabbath marks the line between the 
righteous and wicked. While the brethren and sisters would 
bow, weep and pray, the wicked would strike the seats, roar 
and laugh ; while some would rejoice in the light, others would 
mock and rage. I never, till of late, felt so sensibly the dis-
cerning between him that fears God and him that fears him 
not, the contest between light and the powers of darkness. 
While an awful development of a rapid increase of indifference 
to what may be truth is so prevalent, yet, some poor, mourning 
children aro scattered in various places and conditions, weep-
ing and sighing over the wretched state of the popular churches ; 
looking to some source for a morsel to prevent death. 0 how 
comforted, yea how rejoiced many wore for the present truth, 
and that again, the family altar that has lain years prostrate, 
is reared up, and their little circle bow in humble devotion, 
and mingle tears and earnest petitions for help from the heav-
enly Simetuary. Ono instance I would mention. After closing 
the fourth meeting in ono place, about ten o'clock at night, 
the congregation would not leave the house till midnight, get-
ting us by the had, and begging of us not to leave them (as 
we were thinking of) the next morning. My Lord feed the 
starving flock of slaughter whose possessors slay them! 
Eros EvEnrs. 
New Haven, Vt., March 8th, 1853. 
THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 
ROCHESTER, THURSDAY, MARCH. 17, 1853. 
THE SANCTUARY. 
THE Harbinger of March 5th has some inquiries relating 
to tiro Sanctuary by J. B. Frisbie, and answers by 0. R. L. Cro-
zier. "My views," says C., "lave been somewhat changed 
on the subject of the 'sanctuary' since 1845, when I wrote the 
article on the law of Moses, from which Sahbatarian Advent-
ists quote so often." We have quoted from C's article, for no 
other reason than this, it contained precious truth, which we 
wished to spread before the flock of Christ. And God has blest 
it to the good of many. One man backsliding from the truth, 
does not affect that truth, any more than to renounce the re- 
ligion of Christ, destroys Christianity. 
But C. says : "The above named persons appear to me insin-
cere in quoting from that article, (1) because they know that 
it was written for the express purpose of explaining and prov-
ing the doctrine of the 'shut door,' which they now, I under-
stand, disclaim." 
On the above we will first remark, that as C. has informed 
the readers of the Harbinger that we disclaim the doctrine 
of the shut door, that paper should no longer reproachfully 
call us "shut-door Sabbatarians." But we say that C's arti- 
cle on the law of Moses, no more goes to prove a shut door 
than it does en open dqor. It is in harmony with the Bible 
doctrine which wo hold, that at the termination of the 2300 
days, in 1844, there was' a change in the work of our High 
Priest—a door was then opened into the Most Holy, while an- 
other was shut. 
C. continues: "I think we have no means of knowing the 
precise time when the antitype of the ancient 10th day of the 
7th month service did or will begin : but we have evidence 
that it will not close the door of mercy' against all the pre-
viously impenitent." 
As to the " door of mercy" of which C.'speaks, we read of no 
such door, only in the writing,: of uninspired men. lint the 
truth that C. wished to state here, for trolls it is, is this, that 
there would be those who might come to God through the me-
diation of Jesus Christ, and find pardon of their sins, after the 
work of the antitype of the tenth day of the seventh month ser- 
vices should commence. This, to us who believe that this is 
the period of the antitypieal tenth day service, is an important 
truth. While the great work of saving men. closed stith the 
2300 days, a few are now coining to Christ, who find salvation. 
The "precise thno" for the antitype of the ancient tenth day 
services to cleanse the sanctuary is given ; "Unto 2300 days ; 
then shall the sanctuary bo cleansed." Anion. 
The following paragraph from C. states important facts, and 
such facts as his brethronigenerally reject. Notice them with 
care. 
"I think the terms the most holy place' and heaven it. 
self,' as they occur in Hob. ix, are not convertible. The con. 
Mast, you will see by verse 24, is between the holy places 
made with bands' and ' heaven itself.' In my opinion, we fail 
to see much of the instruction contained in the typo, if we eon. 
found the services of the ' holy place' with those of 'the most 
holy place.' They had distinct apartments in the sanctuary, 
services were performed at different times, and under different 
circumstanees. These differences axe recognized in the New 
Testament exposition." 
Speaking of the services of the most holy place, or the anti-
type of the service of the ancient tenth day of the seventh 
month, C. says: "According to the best light I can obtain 
from the Scriptures, I conclude that that service will occupy 
the next age." He speaks of the distinction between the ser-
vices of the holy place and the most holy place, and states that 
the service of the most holy will occupy " the next age." If 
it occupies the next age, there can be no room in that ago Syr 
another distinct service. Therefore we are led to conclude 
that his :la:onion is. theA
. �
periorms the services of die ho- 
ly place in the heavenly Sanctuary, in this ago, and the servi-
ces of the most holy place in the next ago, in a Sanctuary yet 
to he built with hands !! Will such a position satisfy- the rea-
ders of the Harbinger? If this is not his position, we do not 
understand him, and shall be glad to be corrected. If they 
aro his views, wo acknowledge that they have undergone 
a sad change since 1945. 
Speaking of the Sabbath, C. says: "How often have I heard 
Sabbatarians say, �
can't keep it: wo do the beet we can ; 
yet we can't keep it according to the Bible.' The reason is, it 
was never designed for Christians to keep," dm. 
We venture to say that no Sabbath-keeper ever made this 
statement, unless on the point of giving it up, as C. and some 
others did a few years since. 'We never heard such a remark 
from the mouth of any Sabbath-keeper. But why cannot 
the Christian rest on the Sabbath day according to the com- 
mandment, as well as the Jew 1 Do tell us why. Ile can. Will 
any clan 'ay that God gave the Jew a Sabbath that he could 
not keep 1 Such make the Great Law-giver a tyrant. The 
Jew could keep the Sabbath, and so may the Christian. Amen. 
To Correspondents. 
U. IlamstiN—We send the Chart as ordered. 
Wm. A. RAYMOND—We know nothing of any view that 
Christ had been in the "Holiest of all" half of his time in 1849 ; 
and much regret that any one should spread such an idea. Such 
things are calculated to have a bad influence on the cause. 
"Now the just shall live by faith." We are in the waiting, 
watching time. Let God's servants "preach the Word," and 
may his people keep the word of his patience, Amen. 
J. II. WAeueelea—We have sent. Tracts to Baraboo, asyou 
ordered, only we did not send as many of some kinds, because 
we have but few on hand. 
JACOB SMPMAN—WO sent you a Chart as ordered, the 11th. 
N. W. ROCKWELL—We sent you a Chart, is it received 1 
E. A. POOLE—Please send your manuscript. 
1—af'Wz aro informed by Brn. A. S. Hutchings and Alonzo 
Lee, that the character and course of J. T. Chase of Derby 
Line, Vt., is such, that he should not be the Agent for the Re-
view in that place. Alonzo Lee is appointed in his place. 
re- SOME ono has written from Claremont, N. H., on busi-
ness, enclosing $2, but as there is no name signed, we shall 
have to wait till the person writes again, before attending to 
the order. 
E...v. THE lengthy article on the return of the Jews in our 
last, should have been credited to the Midnight Cry of 1843. 
NITz shall erase from our books the names of some 
of the many we have never heard front. Those who want the 
Paper can write. 
Orlr PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the breth- 
ren in Orangeport, Sabbath March 19th. 
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. 
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