''THIS SAME JESUS WHO IS TAKEN UP FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN; SHALL SO OOME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN." IS PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY A'l' NO. 9 MILK STREET, BOSTON, BY J. V. HifiiES. TllliS-$1 pP.r Volume of 26 Numbers. $5 for Six copies. $10 for Thirteen copies. .lll communications, ordera or remittances for this of· lee, lhould be directed to "J. V. HIMES, Doston MILSs." (poet paid). · Subscribers' name~, with their Post-office lddnlu, should be distinctly given, when money is for- warded. The llours. of Prayer. (From the Harrisburg "Argus.'') WhP.n IQ'fe wns JIIJre, and faith burnt bright, All in tll!l oJd,n time, Uore Cbri11t's fruit had snlfered hlight, Ita radiance dimmed in Error's night, Men lo'fed the holy chime. But now our hearts are cold, and earth Attract• our zesl and care, .lad tho11e who love the hours of mirth, ADd care not for the soul's new birth, Now ahun tlte hours of prayer. lu agM past the sacred bell .\woke the early morn; And ancient Chri~tiau fRthers tell Tile old saints met in quiet dell To worship ere the dawn. In ~~~er;~~i~~e~; ~~~~~ ~r~f~:.~ : And thu~ their hearts were cheered to aoar Beyond the vain worltl's gari~h store, .ln4 thus new etrengtll derived. At noontide, too, in c:>lden days, They met to Jlray a~rain, . And many a hymn of holy prais~, Upborue by youth IUlcl hoary age, Awoke earth's wilence then. A1aha they knelt, when nP.ar his goal Drew "the unwearied" sun, And longell thflt thus mi~ht shine each soul Freell from dark sin and sin'• control, Ere life's brief race "as run. Oact'l more they bowed the lowly head, And beht the willin!l knee, When e'l'ening's sacred li~rht was shed, When day anti lfll day'~ cares were fled, And tnildly glowed the aea. The darkneu heard their humble si&h, 'Tw!lllil[ht-fur God was there, And strains or pensive melody Blent with the sinner's sorrowing cry- Thus passed the hours of prayer. .lnd O, th11t we 11 few short hours To God'• own work would spare, frowning on earth's ~mmt fading flowers, And hitlinll in those smiling bowers- The blessed houn of prayer. And would that we could I! lance Midt~, Nor mark rude pletuure'ag!Rre: What joys would cheer the spirit tried! Wllat heavenly raJltures gently glide On the winged hour:s of prayr.r. ·Glorification. II' TKI I IV. :llOUilANT BROCK,)( • .1.., CH.lr.LUX TO THB II.I.TH PZl'IIl'E TIARY1 E!IG. SALVATION is a-;;;;k present and fu- t~re. Present, as it regards the justifica- tion of the believer-future, as it relates to his glorification. Thus, the Scriptures ~metimes speak of the people of God as now . u.ved-" He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death Unto life," (John 5: 24); and some- times of their salvation as future-" Sal- ation ready to be revealed ;" ( 1 Pet. 1:5.) :d again," Now is our salvation nearer an when we believed." (Rom. 13:11.) Renee, believers are now saved, and yet [0 lJe saved. They are nrnc saved, entire- Y saved from the guilt of sin by the ce of God throu.l five particulars of death of an individual only adds one geth~r: "He shall come to be glo~ified this change, teaching us that these bod-fr.esh member, nay, only part of a fresh in his srunts,. and to be admired in all ies will be incorruptible-glorious-pow-member, a soul without a body, to those them t~a& belteve.'' Then, shall he as- erful-spiritual-heavenly. (1 Cor. 15: who have gone before; and many other surne ~HI" rna~y crown~,'' and his people 42, 43, 44, 49.) And, again he says members, it is evident, yet remain to be enter mto the JOY of theu Lord. that " our vile body shall be fashioned gathered before the Church can be glo- lll. THE PERIOD oF THE SEcOND AD- rifled.' VBll'f is the point e propose next to con· • Ia not this text frequently misapplied, aa if · 'd we now were to know only a crucijild Jesus?- The Scnpture describes the condition Sl et. On .this SIJbjeet, as is well w.hereaa, thia is only the grand fundamental dO"-of the departed as one of rest-" They known, their exists great diversity of tnne whence we go on to others. . est from their labo~." Blessed is this ppinion. ,,_, > 186 THE ADVENT HERALD. C,hristians, however, are generall; that the state of Christendom at the time began to approach must have ·waked up and huge preclp!ces, toppling over the agreed in this, that there wiU be a reign of the end will not be one of activity strange associations in his heart. At chasms at their base, went thundering of righteousness upon earth, commonly and watchfulness. Our Lord's discourses length the well-remembered form of Ho-through the darkness. The fallen proph- called the Millennium. Whether the in the previous section show the same reb rose to view, where he had wandered, et lay on the floor of his cavern and, lis- Lord's :Advent will be before, or after, ttuth, but in stronger colors, and, per-self-exiled from his home. A gloomyfn· tened to the grinding, crushing sound this time is the question debated. 'fhfl,.t haps take in a wider range. The ar-gitive he first saw that desolate 1monntain arounq and beneath him, and the steady it is before, we now from Scripture en-gument there used, as to the impossibility in the distance; a leader of a mighty shocks that seemed to reach the very seat . de.avor to show. Omitting any proof of a period of blessedness intervening be-people, and the chosen of God, he pitehed of nathre, thinking that Jehovah at last frrun the Old Testament, we at once pass tween the present time and that period, his tent the second time at its base.-stood there. Sure! y it w-as his mighty to the N e\V; will apply also to the interpretation of Doubtless his first interview with the hand thl:).t lay on that trembling, tottering 1. Our Savior, in two discourses, one the parable now under c.onsideration, and Deity here caused him to expect some mountain, and his strong arm that rocked spoken at a distance from Jerusalem, will again show that Christ comes before other revelations now that the commission it so wildly on its base. No, "God was (Luke 17 : 20 to the end; and 18: 1~8.) the Millennium.-{ To be continued.) he had given him had been fulfilled.-not in the earthquake." and another delivered on Mount Olivet, How much his early expNience had to "'Twas but the the thundering of his car, (Matt. 24:37,) teaches us what the state The Sacred Mountains. do with his encamping on this spot with The trampling of his steeds from far." of society will be at th~ time of his com- M 0 u NT H 0 REB. the host of Israel it is impossible to tell; The commotion ceased, and nature in g. He says, "As it was in the days of but that he should expect the God who stood "and calmed her ruffled frame:" Noe,-as it was in the days of Lot,- nv Tas Rsv.l. T. HBAnLsY. had first sent him forth should here give but in the sudden ominous silence that they were eating and drinking, planting MouNT HoREB does not stand so iso-him further instructions, was most natu-followed, there seemed a foreshadowing and building; even thus shall it be in lated as Ararat or Sinai, and hence does ral. His expectations were not disappoint-of some new terror, and lo, the heavens the day when the Son of man is revealed." ed, and Sinai ·and Horeb together be- d 1 fi h And, he adds, "When the Son of man not occupy so definite a place in nature came the scene of the most wondrous were su den y on re, and a s eet of or history One of the crroup that sur flame descended. Its lurid light pierced cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" · 0 • -events of human history. h rounds Sinai, it presents the same barren H h to the depths of Elijah's cavern till it {or,~' ~l e faith,"-from what goes beLfore, and desolate appearance, and stands Twice hadD oreb been horrored by t e glowed like an oven, and from base to l~o ~ y, thelfaith of his coming. uke amid the same bleak and forbidding presence ohf eity' which had so conshe-summit of Mount Horeb there went up a l. 1: f:. )-himp ying that He shall find but scenery. These solemn summits rise to-crated it t at we find the angel of t e vast cloud of smoke, fast and furious, Jtt e ait . St. Paul, Jude, and Peter, in gether in the same heavens, and the si-Lord afterwards calling it" THE MouNT while the entire sides tlowed with tor- their epistles, testify to the same state of OF Gon." It was, however, destined for things. Hence, it follows, that, when lent language they speak has the same a third baptism. When EliJ' ah, hunted rents of fire. The mountain glowed Christ is revealed, it will be at a period meaning. Still, Horeb has less distin-by Jezebel, fled for his life he wandered with a red heat, and stood like a huge f I N guishin2" characteristics than Sinai, and burning furnace under a burning heaven, o 00'enera corruption of manners. ow, ~ across the desert to this mountain. His the latter overshadows it as much in in- and groaned on its ancient seat as if in tor· up to the present time, which is nearly terest as it does in nature. The Mount prayers had brought rain upon the parched ture. But God was not in the fiery two thousand years since our Lord's and desolate earth, but his sword had al- of Terror is monarch there in the desert, storm. manifestation in the flesh, what have we d ll th 't b t h' b d so drank the blood of the prophets of ", . 17 • • , seen but apostacy? What is the world's an a 0 er s~mmi s ar~ u IS 0 y-Baal, and Jezebel had sent him word Twas but the hghtnmg of his eye t t t b t t 1 A d th guard. They Witnessed his grand coro- h h ld d h' h h d d h h d k' dl d h · · presen s .a e u apos ac.y. n. e nation when the law was given, and shook t at s e wou o to Im as e a one t at a ·m e t at monntam mto a above Scriptures teach, that at the time of t th th d th t h d th to her prophets, and so he fled into the blaze, and filled the air with flame, h . · . o e un ers a onore e cere- B h h t e end, there Will be apostacy still, and wilderness, and sat down under a juniper ut t is too passed by, and w at that even to a greater extent than at pre-s- mM~~nt Horeb has not been consecrated tree, and prayed for death. Weary and new scene of terror could rise worthy to ent! Where, then, are we to introduce discoura0cred, the hunted fugitive lay herald the footsteps of God; what 0QTeat· once, but thrice, and hence has a three- the Millennium? It clearly has not been down and slept, when the angel of the er outward grandeur could surround his 1 • fold claim for a place amid the immortal manifested ; it is not now being manifest-list of Sacred Mountains. Moses learned Lord touched him, and bade him arise presence 1 The astonished prophet still ed; whilst, the chronological prophecies his first lessons around its base, ~nd amid and go to Mount Horeb. Elijah started lay upon his face, wrapped in wonder, and plainly show, that, with the greatest lati-its solitudes formed the thoughtful, stern for the desert, and after travelling for filled with fear at these exhibitions of al- tude of interpretation, there is no space and decided character which rendered more than a month, he at length, worn mighty power, waiting for the next scene for it to be interposed between the pres-him fit to be the leader of Israel. When and exhausted, came to the mountain, and in this great drama, when su,ddenly ent time and the coming of Christ. I If, h h h E took up his solitary lodgings in a cave. through the deep quiet and breathless in is impetuous yout e slew the gyp- h then, this reign of righteousness has not . How many desolate days and lonely us~ that had succeeded the earthquake been, is not no , and cannot be before tian that would trample Qn his QOuntry-nights he passed there we know not1 but and the storm, there arose "a still small man, he fled thither to escape the penal- the Second Advent of Christ, it is evi- at length a voice from heaven said, "Go voice," the hke of which had never met dent that it must take place after he comes: ty of the deed. When the first gust of forth and stand upon the mount." Jeho-his ear before. It was "small a.nd still," · indignation had swept by, and he saw the hence we look for a pre-millennia! Ad-I'D 1 t h' £ t 1 t k th vah was about to reveal himself. But but it thrilled the prophet's frame with vent of our Lord. 1 e ess corps~ a IS ee '.a arm o_o . e before he reached the entrance of his electric power, and rose •so sweet and 2. Many of our Lord's parables estab-place of passiOn, and hastily covermg the cave he heard a roar louder than the sea, clear, dead man in the sand, he fled to the des- lish this fact, the greater number of t 1\u00b7f th ft th h d d that arrested his footsteps, and sent the "That all in heaven and earth might hear; th b . h . . er . on a er mon 1 e wan ere bl d b k h' h Th It k f · em emg prop etlc. · b H b h. k' f E d h oo ac to 1S eart. e next mo- spo eo peace-1t spoke of love, The pa~ab]e of the wise and foolish vir-a ou: ore h t Jn 1~g 0 gypt a~ t e ment there came a blast of wind, as if It spoke as angels ~peak above." gins points to the state of the professing ~;ya thour~ e t a;.e n~t thnteri wa~ the last chain that bound it had suddenly And God was in the voice. The prophet Church at our Lord's second coming, b om d ~ emp ~ 1 rn~ho ~ e jat~ce, an been thrown off, ;.nd it had burst forth in knew that He was nigh, and rising up, when even the wise virgins slumbered and t'eyonth t e .rebate 0 he. cotnl IC mhg tmod-all its unrestraiJfl!d and 11mitless energy. wrapped his mantle about his face, and l Th h L d , d Ives a mig sway 1m 1ere, e ro I h · kl' f h s ept. us, w en our or app,:ars, an the desert a free man. Wi.th nought but n t e twm · mg o an eye t e sun was went to the mouth of the cave~ and rever- even ~hen the ery go~~ _fort?, Behold Nature and God to teach him, his char-blotted out by the cloud of dust, and the ently stood and listened. Oh, who can the Bndeg:roo!fi cometh, 1t w.Ill gener~lly acter must be simple and manly, and his fragments that filled the air were whirled tell the depth and sweetness of the tones a~e ~ven behevers by. surpnse. It 1s at principles upright and pure. Amid the in fierce eddies onward. It shrieked and of that voice which the Lord of iove mzdr:tght that the cyy JS made. Look at grand and striking features of mountain howled around the mouth of the cave, deemed worthy to announce his coming. Chnstendom; consider t~e ~ross ~ark-scenery; he could not but learn to hate while the fierce hissing sound of its A ransomed spirit's harp--an angel's ness of the Papacy, the .proround .Igno-tyranny and love freedom, and when, at steady pressure against the heart of the lute-a Sf:raph's song, could not have ranee of the Greek, Cophc, and Onental length, his character was settled on a mountain was more terrible than its ocean-moved the prophet so. But while his Churches, the deep slurpber of the Prot-broad and permanent basis the Deity like roar. Before its fury and strength, ~vhole ~ing, soul and body, trembled to estant a~d. other Churches abroa~; mark sent him back to Egypt, t~ deliver his rocks were loosened from their beds, and 1ts music, a sterner voice met his ear, the unwtlhngness .too ge~erally.d1spla~ed people. hurled through the air-the earth rent saying," What doest thou here, Elijah 1" ~t home to hear this wa~nmg voice, ~vhiCh Wandering one morning along the where it passed, and before its fury that The prophet poured the tale of his woes Is now, blessed be Goa, from wat.chman slopes of Horeb, he saw before him a sol-steady mountain threatened to lift from and of Israel's sin into the Infinite bosom. to watc~man taken up. S)um~er IS ~pon itary bush, blazing from top to bottom, its base and be carried away. Amid this His wron~ were promised.redress and the eyehds, though the cry 1s bemgrai~ed. b t t'll d E b h deafening, uproar,andconfusion,anddark-Israel deliverance, and the hunted exile What, then, hinders but that the Bnde- ufi s I ~mco~sumed · veryl r;ncl 7a} ness and terror, the stunned and awe-went bo~dly back to his people, and Ho· !2'room should be at hand, even at the afi ertyh t ranlc ' dan evetryd e.a ,ahea t?ll struc.k Elijah expected to see the form of reb aga: t d '1 h ~ * re a g owe unwas e m t e s 1 J h h . b h . 1 bl m s oo Sl ent and alone in t e doors? This parable\ therefore, shows fl. A h t d d d e ova movma-; ut t at resist ess ast, desert. arne. s ~ s 00 a~aze an awe-strewing the SI.~des of Horeb wi'th wreck "The M f G d d h t k t th ht h t . ount o o " nee s no ot er • It is not merely in GJ'reat Brl'tam' that tho ex-s rue a e Sig • a VOice, w ose ones . d h G d . . . I k t t b f .1. t h' an c aos, was not o m motiOn: t1t.e to ma e it thefiourth Sacred Moun· pectation of the near return ofthe Redeemer is en-were ye o e am11ar o IS ear, ex- h !ertained., and th~ voice of warning rai.aed, b.utalso claimed, "Take thy shoes from off thy "'Twas but the whirlwind of his breath~ tam on t e earth.-N. Y. Ohserter. m Amenca, lndm, and on the continent of Ea-feet, for the place on which thou stand- Announcing danger, wreck, and death." rope. I was lately told by one of the German st i~ holy ground " Here M The hurricane passed by, and that missionaries that in Wirtembur~h there is a Chris-e . 'a h' fi ·. . d hoses re- tian colony of several hundreds, one of the chief cetve JS rst commiSSIOn, an ere was wild strife of the elements ceased ; but features of which i.a the looking for the Second God's first outward demon~:tration to him before the darkened heavens could clear Advent. And a Chri~tian minister from near in behalf of his people. themselves, Elijah beard a rumbling the sh_?res of the c.asplan Sea ~as told me? that In the excitinu scenes through which sound in the bowels of the mountain and there 18 the same daily expectation among h1s na- d 0 d · E h h k ' tion. Ther constantly speak of it as .. the day he afterw~r s passe m gypt, he may 1 t e next moment an eart qua e WI\S on of consolatiOn." In a little publication, entitled have entuely forgotten Horeb. But af-the march. Stern Horeb rocked to and "the Mil!eunium( the writer says. that he un-ter the plag~es, and death, and flight, fro like a vessel in a storm, and its bo- derstands 18 America ab.out 300 IDlmsters of the and pursuit and Red Sea rassacre and som parted with the sound of thunder be- Word are thus preachmg "the Gospel of the ' h' · ~ ' .l' • hr b th kingdom , whilst in this country he adds bo t overthrow of IS enemies ad all been 10re the convuls1Ve t o s . at seemed 700 of the Church of England' are raia~ the left behind1 and the host of lsiael en-rending the very heart of nature. Fa- same cry. tered the desert, the familiar scenery he thornless abysses opened on every side, God In History. I .The ruins of kingdoms !-the relics of mighty empires that were !-the over· throw. or decay of the master-works of man, Is, of all objects that enter the mind, the m?st aHlicting. The high-wrought perfectwn. of beauty and art seems born but to pe~1sh ; and decay is seen and felt to be an mherent law of their being.- But such is the nature of man that even while gazing upon the relics of unknown nations, which have survived all history, THE ADVENT HERALD. 187 he forgets his own perishable nation in And yet how great reason is there for order to this I must bring before the no· or remembered all that the Apostle had the spectacle of enduring greatness. the conclusion, that while the country of tice of the reader a Scripture canon of taught them. We know of no spectacle so well cal-Ferdinand and Isabella was yet a stran-interpretation, Now I claim for the doctrine of the culated to teach human humiliation, and ger to the cultivated arts, America teemed In the second chapter of the Epistle Resurrection the application of this same convince us of the utter fragility of the with power and grandeur; with cities to the Hebrews, the Apostle quotes the principle of interpretation; and if I can p~oudest monuments of art, as the relics and temples, pyramids and mounds, in eighth Psalm, applying it to the reign of show, that. in other places the doctrine of of vast populations that have passed from comparison with which the building of Christ:-" Thou hast put all things in a :resurrectiOn of the saints only is revealed, the earth, and the empires that have crum-Spain bear not the sliO'htest resemblance, subjection under his feet;" and he then altogether distinct from that of the wicked, bled into ruins. We read upon the ruins and before which th~ relics of the old argues: " For in that he put all in sub-we are bound 1o receive that doctrine in of tbe past the fate of the present. We world are shorn of their grandeur? jection under him, he left nothing that is ~uch manr~er, as shall .fall in with the feel as if the cities of men were on foun- All these great relics of still greater not put under him." This appears very general tesllmony of Scnpture.* dations beneath which the earthquake nations, should they not teach us ales-absolute; as if all, not even excepting 1. The first place is 1st Cor. 15: slept, and that we abide in the midst of son, that God is in history which no man God himself, were to be put under his 22-261 which explicitly gives the order the same doom which has already swal-can penetrate? If the historian tells us authority. But in the 1st Cor. 15:27, in which all shall rise. "For as in Adam lowed so much of the records of mortal truly that a hundred thousand men, re-we have this qualification of It; viz. that, all die, so in Christ shall all be made magnificence. Under such emotions, we lieved every three months, were thirty " When he saith all things are put under alive; but every man in his own order: look ~n human power as. foundationless, yea~s in erecting a si.nglc Egyptian py- hi~, it is. manifest th~t He is excepted Christ the fir~t fruits ;-after~ards, they and view the proudest natiOns of the pres-ramid, what conclusiOn may we not rea-·whtch did put all thmgs under htm." that are Chnst's at his commg ;-then ent as covered only with the mass of their sonably form of the antiquities of our From the comparison therefore of these cometh the end, when he shall have de- desolation. own continent, which is almost by way of two places we must infer, that if· at any livered up the kingdom, " &c. Here are The Assyrian empire was once alike derision, one would suppose, styled the time we meet with a text, which seems three degrees in the order of the resurrec- the terror and wonder of the world and "New World!'' to contradict some other plainly revealed tion. (1.) First, "Christ the first-fruits." Babylon was perhaps neve: surpassed in fact, "it is mani~est" that we must qualify St. Paul tells Festus and Agrippa, that power and gorgeous magnificence. But The Frst Resurrection. that text, accordmg to the nature and ne-Moses and theProphetshad testified, "that where is there even a relic of Babylon cessity of the case; taking care that we Christ should snfier. and that he should now, save on the pages of Holy Writ? Bv THE Rn. J. w. BRooKs, M.A., VIcAR oF cuREnRo' reconcile one Scripture with another, be the first that should rise from the dead," AND ST. SAVIOR'S, RETFORD1 AND CHAPLAIN TO LORD The very place of its existence is now a FITzoEa.nD AND vEsEv. and do not destroy one by another. (Acts 26:23): which was typified by the matter of uncertainty and dispute. Alas! Th h f th t' h b Now in order to show the necessity offering of the first-fruits of the hanest, that the measure of time should be 1 de ?e ~ d e resurr~~ wnf, as e~n for such a rule of interpretation and its In the first-fruits may perhaps be included doomed to oblivion: and those who first ~hreaf ll ou~ i·t uptn, WI f.e hrenc~ 0f proper application to the point in hand those saints, who came out of their ()'raves divided the year into months, and invent-the u an ~ er~ thccFml~.Is m~n ° we have but to turn to certain prophe~ after the resurrection of Christ, and ed the zodiac itself, should take so spar- e promite mh e 0 e a ers 1: ~h~ cies of Scripture about which there is went into the holy city, and appeared ing of immortality as to be, in the'lapse r:rpsse. ~ s o; lore express~! ,a f little or no dispu;e and which seem at unto many,-a blessed earnest of their of a few centuries, confounded with nat-the · chntp ures ~c a~e a rdesurrefct~on °t first view to refer 'to one event only' or own future manifestation in the same 1 h f . d 11 e ng eous, pnor m or er o Ime o ' . ' 1 .Alfi h ura rp enomena ? moun tam an v~ ey. the resurrection of the wicked, and dis-to two events takmg place at one period p ac~. , (2.) " . terwa:ds ,t, ~y that are "Who can certamly show u~ ~he stte of tinguished as the first resurrection ·-not of time ; but which we are compelled to Chnst s, at his commg : I. e. " after· the tow~r that was "rear.ed agamst heav-first (as some imagine) b a priori;y of a. admit, from other scriptures and from wards,at the second advent of Christ, those en?:' Who were th~ builders of the py-f.ew hours only but by a leriod of at least facts, refer to two distinct events, between that belong to him." There is no mention ram1ds that have exctted so much aston- th d ' Th ·r which a considerable interval of time at all in this place of the wicked dead : it ish f d . 1 a ousan years. e mere CI cum- r 1 h h h ll be ment o . mo ern natiO~s . . . stance of priority would in itself confer must be interposed. :eters on y to t ose w o ~ a . asleep Where IS Rome, the Irresistible mon; but little pre-eminence; since it would First I may instance the Advent of our m. Jes?s, a11d ~hom! at ~'ls commg, he arch of the east, the terr.or of the world. not matter, whether the saints were Lord Jesus. Many passages might be will raise and brmg with h.1m. (3.) "Then Where are the pro~d edifices of her glo-raised a few hours before or after the brought forward, which would lead to (after that) c?meth the end, .when h~ ry, the ~arne. of whJ.ch ~~s reac~ed eve~ wicked, provided they did but rise to the conclusion, if considered wit,hout shall have. delivered ~p the k'lngdom; to our time m classic VI~Id~ess. ~las. the enjoyment of glory, honor, and im-reference to other Scriptures, that there after havmg first re?.gned-as the next s~e, too, has faded a~ay m sm~ and VIces. mortality. Nor indeed would a prece-was only to be one advent; and we know verse declares. Time ha! s\yept his unspar:ng .scythe dence, which only regarded the order of t~at the Jews, because t.hey did not con- . Bishop Jeremy Taylor, thou~b he. de- 0!er her l?lon~s, and shorn this prmce of time, even to the extent of a thousand s1der hose passages which speak of the m~d the thousand years, or Mtllenmum, his towenng diadems. · years, avail much. It is the circumstance, previous humiliation of Jesus, fell into bemg future, nevertheless could not but .Througho~t the ra~ge of our wester~ that all the promises of God for good (so error, and rejected our Lord when he see clearly from this. place t~e ~rder here ~1lds, down m Mexico, Yucatan, Bo~I-far. as they are at present revealed) are came to suffer. I will instance one pas-s!ated. He says on It,·' Chnst IS alrea~y VIa, etc., travell~rs ~ave been a?le to dis· connected with this period, that gives sage, connected with the resurrection, in :1sen f~o~ the dead: we also shall. n~ cov.er the most mdisput~hle ev1tl~nces ?f to it such peculiar importance. To be which Job says-'· I know that my Re-m Gods t1m.e and our order. Chnst IS extmct races of men highly skilled m privile(J'ed to enjoy this Millennium de-deemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the first1nnts: but there shall be a full learning and the arts, of whom we. have dares ~s to be "blessed and holy,'' (Rev. the latter day upon the earth; and though h.arvest of the resurrection, and all shall no .earthly record, save th~ rel?ams •Jf 20:6); whilst to be excluded from it, will after my skin worms destroy this body, nse: My text. speaks only of the resur- theu wonderful works w~tch time has mark us as "unjust and filthy still." yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom rect10n .of the J~.s~,-of them that htlong spared for our contempl~tw.n. On the (Rev. 23:11.) Within this period is con· I shall see for myself, and mine eyes to Chrz.~t, (~xphcitly I say of ~hese, a?d very spot where f?rests nse m un?roken centrated that special glory which Christ shall behold, and notanother." (Chap. 19: therefore directly of ~esurrectwn to hfe grandeur, generatiOn after generatiOn has will inherit as I'iiAN·MEDIATOR: and he, 25.) Now it might be supposed from this eternal;) but because It also says there stood, has lived, has warred, grown o~d therefore, who is not included in that text, that the point of time, when the Re-shall be an order for every man, and yet and passed aw~y: a~d not .only their heavenly company, which shall descend deemer should ~tand on the earth-' the every rna~ d.oes not belo.ng. to .Chnst, names, .hut their natwn, theu. l~nguage at the archangel's shout, will not "be latter day '-was the period of the gene-therefore. mdtrectly also. It Imphe~ the has penshed, and utter obhvwn has with him where he is to behold that ral resurrection, in which Job should have more umversal resurrectiOn unto JUdg- closed over their once pop1llous a?odes. glory whi~h God has gi~en him." (John his lot; and it is only from other texts, ment. But this shall be the ~ast thing W'_ho shall un~vel to u~ the magmfi~e.nt 17:24.) arid from the events which have since that shall be done: for ~ccordmg. to the rums of MeX1co, Yucatan, and Bolivia, It will first however be needful to meet come to pass, that we find, that two com-proverb of the Jews, Michael fhes but over w~ich hangs the sublimest. m¥~tery, an objection, drawn from the fact, that ings were to take p!ace,, with a long in-with ?ne ~ing, .and G~briel with two;- and wh1ch seem to have been ant1qu1t1es m there are one or two passages of Scripture terval between. Were not indeed the God IS qmck m sendmg messengers of th~ days of Pharaoh? Who were the which apparently advert to the resurrec-principle for which I am contending to peace, and they fly apace; but the me~­ ~wlders o.f those gorgeous templ.es, obe-tion of the righteous and wicked as taking be rec.eived, a Jew might deny from this sengers of wrath c?me ~lowly ;-God IS hsks, and palac~s, now t~e rums of a place together. First, there is the de-text the reality of any standmg of the more hasty to glo;Ify his s£rvants, than powerful ~nd h1g~ly cultivated people, scription, in Matthew 25, of the Son of Redeemer upon earth, prior to the time to condemn the WJC.ked." . whose natiOnal existence was probably Man on the throne of his olory and all when Job should be raised to behold him 2. A second testimony 1s 1 Thessalo- before that of Rome or Th.e?es, Carthage the nations gathered befor:him', whom in the flesh. nians 4:13-~8; because t~ere cnn be no or Athens 1 ~las! .there IS none to tell he separates into two classes; one of I shall only instance further the proph- ~oubt that this pass~ge, h~e the fo~er, ~he tale i. all lS conJ~cture, an? our ?est which goes away into everlasting pun-ecies conc(lrning Antichrist. The second IS to be under~too.d m a plum a"I!d hteral mformat10n ~oncernmg them IS denved ishment, but the righteous into life eternal. advent of Jesus was thought by the sense. For as, m the. forn1er mgtanc~, from uncertam analogy. Secondly, there is the passage in John Thessalonians, from Paul's occasional the Apostle expressly Ins~ructs them m How forcible do the wonderful revoh-5: " The hour is coming in the which language, to be immediately at hand. the natur~ of the resurrectiOn, to !!llard tions, which overturn the master-works all that are in the graves shall hear his And no wonder: for he speaks of him-them agatmt the error of those who de- of man, and utterly dissolve his boasted voice, and shall come forth ; they that self and them, as if they were to survive k • It is worthy of remark, that most of those ·nowledge, remind us that God is in have done good unto the resurrection of till that event should happen. But he expositors, who inl!ist on the resurrection of the them all! Wherever the eye is turned, life, and they that have done evil unto reminds them in another Epistle, that righteous and the wicked as one in point of to whatever quarter of the world the at-the resurrection of damnation." These he bad taught them, that that eYent should time, do nenrtbeless, in their interpretation of tention is directed, there lie the remains Scriptures themselves will come under not take place, except there should come our Lord'a prophecy in Matthew 24, generally f d d d · 1 'd · h f r. 11· fi d h f · contend for two judgments; (the one on Jeru- 0 more powerful, more a vance , an more partlcu ar conS) eratwn erea ter: a 1a mg away rst, an t e man o sm salem, the other at the second advent:) though more highly skilled nations than our-at present I intend only-to di.scuss the should . be .revealed. So tha~ the time they confess them to be 80 involvPd, the one in selves, the almost obliterated records of principal point of difficulty; VIZ. the ap-for Antichrist to grow up, se1ze the do· the other, that it is difficult to distinguish them. the mighty past.-How seemingly well-parent fixing of the two events, or the minion, and reign, must of necessity I differ entirely from s~cb a.n interpretation of founded was the delusion and indeed two circumstances connected with one come in before the glorious appearinO' of that chapter, as makes 1t 80 tnt:olved pr~phecy. h ' . . . f L d h' h h' Th 01 (a• I shall prettmtly mow;} bat I mentiOn the ow current even now, that the discovery great event. (I. e. the resurrectiOn o the the or : w tc t mgs the essa o-fact merely to ahow the inconsistency of their of Columbus first opened the way for righteous, and the resurrection of the nians certainly might have inferred, had ebjection, when urged against that view of the the cultivated people in the" new world." wicked,) to the same point of time. In they carefully considered other Scriptures, Resurrection, whieb is here contended for. 188 THE ADVENT HERALD. S kin h P f th H ens This interest manifests itself in many ways : the nied it,· so here he teaches them plainly mentarily expected. On these points, all who ha g Oft e ower 0 8 eav • f voyagers wear a more lively expression o counte- concern in a those who sleep in JeS'lts, that CO-ine grace, another is sowing the seeds of error and division, the result~ will be disa.strous. This cause has euffered so much by the preaching of opposite and con- tradictory sentiments, that lookers on, unless they take the pains to inquire, may innocently be ignorant of what the Ad>entists believe. And thus we daily hear the hallucinations of fanatics put forth as the belief of" lillerites." Adventists have, however, guarded ,against this, by putting forth to the world the.charac- teristics of their belief at the Alhany Confer- 1 ence,which, in short, is: No uillJenoium before the first resurrection,-the coming of Christ pre-millennial,-theresurrection of the just at Christ's coming, and that of the wicked at the end of a thousand years,-the restoration of the earth to. its Eden state,-the eternal abode of the immortal righteous here,-nore&- toration of the Jews in the flesh, and the coming of Christ to be continually and mo- or independently of each other. Should they parative lightness of the pressure. lasting, the glorious kingdom into which, through do so, the same confusion would arise, which What then is the sign 1 The darkening the favor of Jesus, he has been introduced, arose from the irresponsible action of the of the sun and moon occurred the same day. adopted, and made a joint heir? Then pardon . bearers of new messages. Consequently, the So we understand tl.at the falling of the stars the enthusiasm of the long-absent pilgrim and so- doings of individuals of the Committee will h k. f 1 f h h J'ourner, who, catching a glimpse of his native and s a ·•ng o t 1e powers o t e eavens be no more official than the a<·ts of other in- J h 1 · · skies and territory, bursts forth in exalted eulo- occurred simultaneously. o n exp ams 1t. dividuals. To act as a Committee, it will ~e _, · 1 giums upon its desirableness, its loveliness, its He says, Rev. 6:13, "Anu the stars of lea- necessary to proceed in a regular manner.-ven fell nnto th~ earth, even as a fig-tree peace, its l:tlessedness! Let Christian patriotism T. G. Clayton was appointed by the Commit- 1 k stand at least by the. side of that which 10prings casteth her untimely p~s, when she iss 1a en tee as its Chairman, and A. Hale as its Sec- from earth, and is finally entombed in it. of a mighty wind." retary. Any business to be brought before After having sailed for Rome hours in sight of f When the Savior says the stars will fall, I the Committee, i. e., the supplying o any the shores of Ireland, und thereby having had ~~! destitute field with laborers, or other business the question 1lrises, How can that be 1 John awakened in our bosoms those thrilling reflec- relevant for the General Committee to attend saw a visiun of this fall, like fig::~ falling from tions which so naturally suggest themselves, we to, a letter to either of them will call forth a a tree shaken by a mighty wind. A fig-tree committed ourselves once more to the care of the public notice for the meeting of the Commit-shaken by a mighty wind, would loosen the God of the seas, and rose in the morning to en- tee, at such time and place as circumstances power by which the figs are held. ::5o tn joy a day of deeper interest. We had expe--n d h b · cast the meteoric stars to the earth, the · ed t:' bl w1'nd a d on the wh le a may render expedient. An t e usmess to nenc 1uvora e s, n o , be brought before them being published in power which sustains them in the heavens fine run up to this and the previous day. Now connection with the call for their meeting, must be seemingly shakeu, like the wind the wind was against us, and the fog very thick, those who cannot be present can express their shaking the fig-tree to disengage the figs.- so that our journey was somewhat retarded. We S f When this sign appeared, this phenomenon had theadvantage,however, ofSt.George'sChun- views and wishes by letter to the ecretary 0 nel, which is usually rougher than the sea itself, the Committee, to be read at the meeting. was seen. They fell in myriad numbers, as b d though the !)Ower that sustained them in the but which during our passage over it of 300 miles Thus everything will be pu lie an open- ' h h d b dd I d · 1 1 was as smooth as glass. there will be no secret manreuvring,-and all eavens a een su en Y an ••o t!nt y shaken. Eye witnesses lesti(v that they fell The fog disappeared by noon, nnd a more who wish to co-operate together will learn as fruit falls from a tree, when •iolently pleasant excursion you cannot imagine. There the wants and wishes of friends in different were the beautiful blinks of Wales, with her · d h d f th t shaken hy a mi~hty wind. sectiOns, an t e greatest goo o e grea- graceful bosom dotted with cottages for long and r est number can be considered. And as each W uh this view of tho question, the signs many miles, diverting and charming us: rural r ill h h · · are all literal, and all harmonize with each " member w ave an eye over t e necessities life never before seemed to have so many fascina- of his own section, he can communicate with other. ti•ms. The mountains of Wales abound with the rest for their public action and co-operation. Correspondence of the .English Mission. goats, sheep, and mull's. Jts natural productions To act harmoniously, notice of. all import- -- are valuable~ consisting of coal, copper, and, we ant measures should be first published. The NUMBER III. think, quarries of slate. We understood that . h 1 k 'th . . Conclu•lon or tbe Voyage-ExcitemenJ.-Land-Ireland Prof. Lyle, the Geologist, and a passenger with body have a ng t to oo WI a suspiCIOUS -WaleM-Pilot-Arrivai-A Lord'• duy in Euah~nd us, said that the mines of the single island of An- eye on secret movements. To shun the light -IJuglll\I'Neile-Departure. glesea, which io~ only 37 miles in length, and not indicates a love of darkness. When meas- 'rha last day or two of a voyage on the sea is one fourth that in width, had been known to yield 1 1 the value of £1000 daily for an entire year.--r' ures are concocted in secret, or those only one of rather exciting interest. Some are re-What struck us us very peculiar to these pretty who are known to be of the same mind are turning, after days and years of absence, to the shores was, that they ure without trees : but the rivately consulted, there is reason to believe bosoms of those they love most dearly on earth : God of nat~re has, as ~hove, wi~ely and benefi- P . . · · h · h · cently provided a bount1ru1 substitute. .Bro. B. ~ that some Sl~ter motive 1s to be subserved. ot ers are go1ng to open t ~tr eyes to new and felt the absence of his drawing pencils, as well as Tr. ue Adventists have none such to subserye. strange scenea, to meet w1th no face tbey.have of l!kill, to sketch Hollhe~d, a ery romantic- And therefore t~ose who co-operate, pubhsh ever seen before, to execute plans, basttly or -bluff of rocks, on whtch J8 the first light-house their plans and WlShes beforehand. The Con-long and deliberately formed, some having ref-we met on the shore11 of Wales, and from which, ferences at Rochester' New York, Boston, erence to this and some to the world to come . by means of Tel?graph, the ~ewe of .our a p- &c. were publicly called, and publicly at- ' . ' proach was earn~ perhaps m ten mmutes to tenkd; and we ho~ that thi.a will e>er be and all, perhaps, as heretofore, to drink of Liverpool, five or s1x hours before our arrival.-_ f.t the way with .Adventlsts. the mingled cup of this strange and fleeting life! The light-houses of Holy head, Skerry bland, I --- - THE ADVENT HERALD. 118Wf11) miles farther, are very unlike those plain passed either onder the brush, or plane: the put- aDd unattractive things we have been acco~:~tomed pit, the candlesticks especially, would not be to I- to see. 'fhc town of Holyhead is some five lerated in many of the churches of the United miles back of the light, and contains about 2000 States. All joined in the worship: the sinaing, iDbabitants: it derives·its importance only from though led by a small choir, was by no m"eans being the point of carriage communication be-confined to them; but all praised God. 'l'here tween London and Dublin. wall one thing which struck our eye strangely; "' IT. It wns six o,clock. P. M. of Saturday, when a and that was, the simultaneous bow and courtesy pilot-boat was seen bearing down toward us, made, when all were in the posture of standing ~ 1 and iu the course .of the hour, a pilot was joyful-on their feet, at the name of Jesus, in the recita- - iJ 1y received on board. And thus, we thought, tion of the creed ! If the Episcopalians want to will it be when the great Pilot, the Captain of keep clear of Puseyism, they must not go so our salvation, shall appear. After a long and near the line. dugeroos voyage~ when all are weary with labor, \Ve were impressed with the quiet and easy watching, and waiting, with every eye looking, manner of leaving the house : a. pause en- and every heart anxious, Jesus, with all his shin-sued after the henediction before any one W,retinue, will be seen in the far distance,direct-moved, and then the departure was so gentle, W, his glorious course to earth, for the help, and that we have actually heard more disturb- aeeurity, and salvation of his longing, loving ance during the entire hour of devotion in the saints. Then the care-worn will be received, U. S. than we witnessed in the dispersing and the faintin~ refreshed. 0 what a moment of of that great assembly. The services were gladness and JOY will that be to such! What a season of congratulation and interchange of the full two hours long, and not the least fatigue 10ul'• fullest and mightiest powers of affection! was manifested among the hearers, notwith- 0 my soul! will it be there to participate in such standing. Think of that, ye who complain a meeting! of the services of God's house, if they ex- 1 The darkness closed in upon us, and we ceed the limits of one brief hour, or-hour knew of our approach to Liverpool only by the and a quarter. So far· as we have seen as numberless lights before u1.1. A few cannon and yet, we may conclude differently. The aim- rockets from our decks told of our arrival to plicity and absence of affectation and stiffness those who were awake .. We came to anchor, of the religioub assemblies in Liverpool, at quarter of a mile from the dock, about midniaht, least, would put to the blush the formality and remained on board until the next morni~g; and coldness of some of our trans-Atlantic making the voyage from Boston to Liverpool in a religious bodies. we wish our limits would . 1 JiUle more than twelve days. To show the II '+ speed of this mode of conveyance, we will state a ow of giving you what at the time we a filet. A merchant sent letters to his corret~pond-took, an imperfect sketch of Mr. MeN. 's 11tin Boston by the Hibernia, and received re-discourse: but you will excuse the omission: tar1s by the Britannia in the space of only 25 his theme was the sufferings of Christ. ~~a1,! Our hand is weary with holding the pen1 Tboa we have graciousiy been wafted over and perhaps your eyes with reading. and die aea, with little or no inconvenience ; we we will mutually relieve ourselves in 011e have bad a delightful passage, for which we moment. Jn our next number, we will bless Almighty God. Our heal~h and spirits speak of Liverpool, &c. Adding here, that have been excellent: and never dtd we feel mo~~ ryesterday morning our ship's company all peac~ful and happy .in yielding ourselves up tel gathered at Queen's Dock to present the keys ihe d~pos~l and gmdance .of God. We were of our baggage, and to have it examined:- &fad 10 bemg able to have, m some respects, the a most excellent time it was too and rather aeenes of the past few days changed. The in flu-lucrative must such games b~ to h~r MaJ-esty : .ee of father Matthew has never been felt over . . the company of ,.,h'tch h .1 h .1 everytlung was overhauled and Inspected : , .. , app1y, orun app1y, h h d b k h we were a part on ship-board. The bills of every one w o a oo s, no matter ow lilfly for wine, and other spirits, muilt have been old and worn, or loose pamphlets, &c., had euonnous: a settlement of which was required to pay for t~em at the rate of about 12 ?ts ethe day before our arrival. per lb. Enghsh works excepted; but English On Lord's day morning, after putting a hand-re-prints were subject to seizure as .stolen L/u of necessary articles into our valises, which property. Those who h~d tobacco 10 any r~d to pass under the review of a Custom-bouse form had to pay nearly ltS cost to get It officer, we stept into the ferry-boat •belonging to through : the duties on this article amount- tile Packet Company, and in a few minutes were ing quite to a prohibition of it. A very good laoded at the Dock, where we were met by two law. However, some articles on which rhe of the Brethren here in waiting for us ; you may owners had fully expected to pay duties, wellsuppos.~ that they gave us what many other!.l~id not meet the eye of the searchers. Bro. , llave done smce, a hearty "Welcome to Eng-1-limes paid $5 on his books. The counte- lud !" As we were unfit for service immedi-r.ances of nearly all seemed to declare that atelt:, and as a place for meetings had not .as this business was almost a grand imposition: yet en secured~ weal~ concluded to go and Its-though it is all according to law. tellteRev.HughM'Nede,ofwhommostofthe B H · · T rea4ers of the ~·Herald". have heard, and by ro. utchtnson ~reached 10 oxteth wt.G.e writings they have occasionally been edi- Ha~l on Tuesd~y evemnl!, and started for. the !*f. After a }eng walk, we reached his meet-res.td.ence of ~Is .parents the next mor~mg, !JII·heuse, which, like most places of worship to JOin us a~atn 10 ~ few days. Bro. H1mes here, is in the style of the Gothic architecture, preaches thts evemn.g at the same pla~e ; llld bui.lt of stone, large, and capable of holding we hold another meeting to-morrow evemng. over 2000 people. We made our case known to On Tuesday we intend going to ;Exeter, Olle of the many sextons in his black gown, and Plymouth, and elsewhere, the brethren hav- desir~ a.~ood seat. After some minutes of re-ing matie arrangements for us to commence C&lUloitermg, he returned a~d ~onducted.us to work in that section forthwith, so, having leltl very favorable for seemg, artd hearmg.-cheered the hearts of our brethren here by Mt. M'Neile .is s.omewhat old.er than we had sup-our presence and our words, we rout leave po.ed ,from ~I!l h~e~ess, wh~ch we h~d seen m them and this important field for future at- Am~: hts hatr Isalmostsdvery:whtte, though tent ion. At another time we will write some- lie 11v~ no appearance of phystcal or mental h · · · · infirmity: he may be a man of 55 ; he is of ood t tn~ respecttng the cause, &c., tn Ltverpool. heipt, neither of thin, nor full habit: his c~un- Ltverpool, (Eng.), June 16th, 1846. \ltonesponl)ence. leaane~ is grave, his eye ~lack and piercing, yet lot qutck and restlesf! : It seldom flashes, yet it ~burn out upon his hearers. You notice in hleJ etpecially, expressions of decision, boldness, ~ courage, which, together with his figure and •!"bade, arc calculated to command respect, and Will lhere be a Spa~e between the Fall hJS sermon was in keeping with this last feature of delineation : he did not hesitate to exhort his la~ere, but, said he, " I command you, after ._v1ng given you a sufficient reason, to reject the Gtabolieal infidelity which the cunning enemies of ~ would imposA uponJou." It was a pleaa- IIC ~t to see him ascen the pulpit with a pock- et ~able onll in hi.l hand, and preach off a good pla~ Rllaffeeted, impressive discourse. He is the meat eloquent reader of the Scriptures we '!er heard. Hi:~ voice is clear and strong, and hi empba is most perfect ; so that one listens to the ID08t familiar portion of Scripture, when read trr biro, aa though he had never heard it before. M nless. Ollr eyes and ears were deceived, Mr. e • 111 a man of prayer, a man who feels and teaehettbe otbe~ they mul!lt feel, the necessity of Holy Ghost. He ai.ms not to please man, bat to ~lorify God with his talents. We wonder !'_! th8 his large house is thronged with one of ..., ~ respeetabl~ a'erious, and attentive con- ~taona we ever saw. There was nothing I• particularly oatentatioua, either in the house, or ltl oeeupants : the f'ormer has not for a long time OF ROME, AND THE REVELATION OF CHRIST! In my last, but one,published in the Herald of June lOth, I endeavored to idt>ntify Rome as being the Babylon of the New Testament, and also of lsa. 14th chaptt>r, and to show its duom. "It f?Oeth into perdition." It is the last of Gentile empires, and will fall when "the times of the Gentiles" is ex- pired. I will now proceed to consider the ques- tion at the head of this article. Pre-con- ceived opinions are bard to be overcome ; hence, I have no hope that many, if any, will be prepared to endorse the sentiments I may advance on this question. Nor do I feel any great anxiety that they should. If I had any fear that my views would lH3 taken up, as many others which have been taught have been, and made a test qnestion, and all con- demned who would not subsc!'ibe to them, my pen would cease to move. There is nothing I m01e deprecate than party biek- - erin~s on speculative questions. But while such questions are discu8sed in a spirit of brotherly love and forbearance, there may be much uenefit derivad from their discussion. I said, I did not feel much anxiety that others should embrace my view on this sub- ject I am thus indifferent in reference to tt, not because I am doubtful of its correct- ness myself, but because, if true, its practical importance does not yet exist. If it ever should exist,the facts in the case will be so up- parent, that the attention uf the sincere ser- vants of God ha,•ing been once turned to them, they will feel the ft•rce of the truth. Yet, while I see, or think I see, a storm gathering, I esteem it my duty to throw out an anchor to the windward. It can do us no harm-it may do us much g<10d to look at these,things. If my view is true, it may be that some disappointed child of God, who ts looking for immeJiate deliverance, will, by being previously admonished of what is coming, be encoural;!ed to endure trials whinh otherwise would overwhelm tbe soul. Ever since the summer of 18'ffspring of Popery 1 And is not the image of the beast to be his first offspring 1 If so, both Isaiah and John agree as to futurity. In my future numbers, I design to fulfil my promise of inquiring into the history and spirit of the Jesuit-s, and their adaptation to answer the destiny of the two horned beast. One thiog is certain, and that is, that the heast aod his image will have their day after the fall of Babylon ; for the r.ry of the third an~! of Rev. 14th is a most terrific warning against worshiping the beast and his image, or receiving their mark. J. LITCH. "The Conversion of the World." (Continued from Herald of July 8.) John preached no such doctrine. In his first epistle he speaks of there being, in the last time, many anti-christs; and this was to be one of the prominent signs by which we might know we were on the very eve of eternity. In the Revelations he says noth- ing n( a long time of peace, but an angel crtes out, " \Voe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth." The last woe takes place when the "sevP.n:h angel is sounding," and the "kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ."- At his time do we find the world being con- verted~ Let John answ~r: "And the na- tions were angry," and God's "wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged,'' &e. He thus ·describe·s the wofl : " and there were lightnings, and voice~, anrt thundrring-s, and an earthquake, and great hail." Is the last woe, or the last vial of God's wrath, to be instrumental to convert the world! Are the heavie:;t judg- ments that ever fell on the earth to be trans- formed into the most glorious time of peace ever witnessed ! Are not such interpreta- tions pe~versions of Scripture! The seeond position of the writer in " Zi- on's Herald," to prove his millennium, is, that " Christ died to accomplish it." Did be not also die to save the world! but doea that prove he will save it~ The third ae.sumption is, that "The Goa- I~ .l I ·- 190 .THE ADVENT HERALD. pel is the instrument; the power of God," &c. The Gospel will save all that obey : vet it hardens those that do not. Will the Gospel convert those that harden their hearts, and turn their ears from the truth, counting themselves unworthy of life eter- nal 1 Again, is the Gospel to be a more . powerful agent than it was in the days of the apostles! Hitt fourth assumption is, that "Christ taught us to pray for it: 'Thy kingdom come,' &c.; and prayed for it himself. John 16:23. ': When is this to be fulfilled 1 It is to be when the will of the Lord is "done in earth as it is in heaven."-Not in men's hearts, as hundreds pray, but in the "earth" Some eay it has come; if it has, why pray for it to come l How can the will of the Lord be "done on earth as it is in heaven," so long as this earth is under the curse of sin l For proof that our Savior prayed for it, we are referred to John 16:23-" And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." I see no reference to Christ's pray- ing, but his followers. If this proves that all will be converted, why may we not pray for the whole creation-for fallen angels, &c .• and ha.ve all converted and restored 1 It w.ould be as consistent an expectation. His fifth position is, that" The Holy Spirit is the divine agent in the work, 'to reprove,' convince, convert, and sanctify through the truth "-the word. It is true, all that are converted, are converted by the Spirit and the truth; but the Spirit never compels men to become reconciled to God. As it never has converted all in any age, we may look in vain lor a millennium in time, unless the Spirit irresistibly brings men to the knowledge of the truth. Sixth, he argues, that "The church and ministry are the medium through which the biessings of the Gospel are to be conveyed," &c. Is the church more holy now than it was in the days of the apostles l If not, how can it be a more effecn•Je instrument than it has been~ Is the ministry at the - John. " Repent ye : for the kingdom of hea- ven is at hand."- Matt. 3: 2. Paul. "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, de- ceiving and being deceived.'' 2 Tim. 3 : 13. '' The time will come, when they will. not endure sound doctrine ; but atier their own lusts shall they heap to them- selves teachers hav- ina itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables."- 2 Tim. 4 : 3, 4. " Let no man de- ceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, ex- cept there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." 2 Thess. 2:3. " All that will live godly in Christ Je- sus, shall suffer per- secution." 2 Tim. 3: 12. James. "Be patient, there- fore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord." Jam. 5: 7. Millennial Theory. Repent ye; for the world's conversion is at hand. Evil men and se- ducers shall cease for a thousand years. The time will come when they will en- dure sound doctrine, and after their own holy desires shall they heap to them~~lves teachers, teaphin~r truth, and they shall turn a way their ears from all error, and shall be turned unto truth. Let no man de- c~ive you hy any means: for that day shall not come, ex- cept there come a great revival first, and our millennium be revealed, the hope of the churches. All will be godly for a thousand years, without any persecu- tion. Be patient, there- fore, brethren, unto the coming of the millennium. W. P. Tbe " Fonrtb " Sign. present time, or can any one reasonably ex-'' What sltall be THE SIGN of thy coming, and pect it will be more holy than the apostolic 1 of the end of the wodd 1" They were "holy men of God, who spake Momentous question! but fully justified by as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 the Savior's explicit answer. Pet. 1:21. They preached the Gospel in "The StJN shall be darkened, the MooN "den1onstration of the Spirit and of power," shall not aive her liaht, the STARS shall fall -wrought miracles in the name of Jesus, to from heav~n, and th: PowERS of the heavens confirm the word-cast out devils, healed all shall be shahn :" says Matthew and Mark. manner of disease~, and· were continually But liow will the children krtow when-the dt•ing good. What was the result 1 They jou1·th sign is fulfilled, if they do not know received for their salary, sometimes a shower where, or what it is l They evidently would of stones, at others they were beaten with not have Imown, had not Luke informed us. rods, were whipped, were thrown into prison, He names over in order the first three, and were in perils of rubbers, in deaths oft, &c. then, hefore he names the fourth, tells us Did thev convert the world 1 Saye Paul, what and where it is : '' Not niany wise after the flesh, not many "Upon the EARTH distress of nations, with mighty, not many noble are called." This perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; was the result of their preaching, notwith-men's hearts failing them l<>r fear, and for standing the old Jews tnought they would looking after those thingd whi0h are coming turn the world upside down. The Son of on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall God from heaven preached to this ungodly be shaken." world. "He spake as never man spake." Now, is it not easy to see, that this is ei- He confirmed his Messiahship by miracles, ther an explanation of the fourth sign, or and fulfilled every prophecy relating to his another, an additional one 1 Most certainly. first advent. Did cmr Lord's pre~ching con- It will be very hard to make me believe vert the world l Our Lord said to those in that Matthew and Mark would leave out one his day," Ye will not come unto me t~at ye of the ~>igns: and therefore I am driven to may have life," con~equently l~w behevell, the conclusion, that this is the fourth sign and few were eaved. If there is to be such explained. a time of peace, by what means is it to be But, " \Vhen ye shall see all these things, brought about 1 Who will tell us! know that it is near. even at the door." The doctrine of the world's conversion Who does not know that this fourth sign haa no foundation in the word of God. It is in the past, that pretends to know that contradicts our Savior's teachings, and libels Christ is at the door l the declarations of the apostles. We will For some years past, I have thought that contrast some of the teachings of our Lord I knew that "it was near," and at the same and apostles, with the teachings of a tern-time believed this "shaking" was the shak- poral millennium. ing of heaven a'nd earth when Christ eomes. Our Savior. Millennia! Theory. What absurditv! What would be the u&e of "Tares and wheat · Tares and wheat knowing it was near after it had come! shall grow together shall not grow to- Now let us all take care that we do not till the harvest: the gether till the bar-say that we know that Christ is at the door, harvest is the end of vest; for all are to until we know what the fourth sign is, and the world." Matt. 13. be converted before also that it is in the past. "As in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the ~on of man." Luke 17. "The Gospel shall be preached in all the world, for a wit- ness unto all natione, and then shall the end come." Matt. 24:14. the end of the world. Did you ever think that these signs were As all were located in the only four great part8 of God's drowned in the days universe, which men ar-' able to look upon, of Noah, so all shall viz., sun, moon, s~ars,. and earth l How be converted by the suitable to have a stgn In each of these.- spiritual coming of Did you ever notice the gradation 1 The the Son of man. dark day every body saw and wondered at: The Gospel shall. the dark night was looked upon with less convert " all the wonder, and less people : but few saw the world for ·a \Vitness falling stars, and it was thought but little of: unto all nations," the fourth was distinctly marked by few ex- and then shall the cept the saints. temporal millennium And now methinks I hear from all quarters, come. "that if Luke's explanation is the fourth sign, I remember well about the fulfilment." Yea, verily ; and I consider the universal. pros· perity, as indicated by the accu.mulatton ?f forty. millions of "surplus revenue" by thts countrv, which was distributed among the States" ahout 1836, about three years after the third sign, as marking the· time when the last bign began; for the money had hardly reached the coffers of the States, or the pockets of the individuals who received it, before a "distress and perplexity " com- menced, fully answerable to the prophecy of the Savio~. The banks in Great Britian and America were obliged to suspend specie payments, i.e., could not pay what they had agreed to; the consequence of which was, this nation cam~:~ near bankruptcy, and many of the States did repudiate their debts. Most of those who were trading on borrowed capital failerl. Confidence amon~ busineRs men dis- appeared, and a" distress" and "perplexity" came over the nations where the bulk of the children of God dwelt, as unexpe(!ted, and almost as sudden as the dark day, or the fall- ing of the l!tus. · As proof of what I have now asserted, I will make a few quotations from the papers : "1\hny person are puzzling themselves to account for the unparalleled scarcity of monev, which has been felt by the communi- ty in· almost all parts of this country for some time past. "-Bost. Mer. Jour., Dec. 6, 1836. "The times are dreadful, and in my opin- ion not half what they will be next spring. And I predict that not one note in one hun- dred will be paid this year, to the Northern, or New Orleans merchants."-From Mis- sissippi, June 2, 1837. " The pecuniary distresses which have visited this country, have been bitterly felt by almost every class of society. The rich and the poor-the professional man, the far- mer, the mechanic, and the day laborer have all felt it. A desolating blast has swept over the land."-Journal, July 6, 1837. "There is no business doing, and no pros- pect of a change (except to more general ruin). Wall-street is thronged with an.rious looks, and forebodings of evil : while the marts of commerce are deserted, as in the davs of the cholera. The numbers of fail· ures yesterday was 21 j the agg"regate, 290. The advices from the South continue gloomy enough."-N. Y. Com., May 5, 1837. Things are discouraging enough for the present. The currency of the country is in confusion," &c. &c.-N. H. Reg., June, '37. "The feelings of despondency which has so loner existed, continues to increase. The revulslun in the curn trade, by overwhelming so many houses, at home and abroad, has spread difficulty and alarm on every side."- English paper, Oct., 1842. Thus much for the "distress and per- plexity." The next it~m is, 11 sea and waves roar- ina." And here I mav sav, that it is no do~tbt fresh on the me111ories "of most of my brethre'n, that the waves ran higher, and the gales were more frequent and severe, on the Atlantic the four years preceding '43, than •tsual. In one of which, the largest steam':!r then in the world (the President) sunk, with all on board, with nnt one left to tell the dreadful tale. The British and American coast suffered more in vessels and lives than usual; in the same length of time. A few more quotations from the papers. "There has seldom been experienced more severe and dangerous weather on Lake Erie, than has been this fa.ll. Many vessels have been wrecked."-Mer. Jour. Dec. 3, 1838. "Very severe gales were experienced. on the coast of England, Nov. 28, and many vessels wrecked. One hundred lives were lost between Bridgeport and Weymo•Jth."- Jbid. Jan. 7, 1839. " Terrible horricane on this eoast-25 ves- sels on Cape Ann-50 lives lost. At Mar- blehead, every vessel but one went ashore. Advices from Cape Cod says, it is seldom indeed that so ~structive a storm has been experienced in N11w England.''-Jb. Dec., 1839. " The present winter bids fair to be as pro- lific in storms and disasters as the last. The storm must have been terribly severe iri th~ bay."-Jb., Dec. 28, 1840. " The la.te gale was felt with much severi- ty at Nantucket and vicinity. The tide rose to a height almost unprecedented-three feet above the wharves. In fine, such a scene of - ·---- desolation has not been witnessed for more than a quarter of a century. We shudder at the expectation of news from abroad of this terrible storm. At Rockport the breakwater' gav~ way, and all the ve~>sels went ashore, and nearly all were lost. Great destruction at Cape Cod. Accounts of m:Jmerous and serious disasters at sea will be found under our marine head, with the loss of many Jives, and much property. Such a destruc- tive storm has not been for many years.11- Jb., Oct. 7, 1841. "The waves washeJ up on Star Island with tremendous fury, covering twenty-acres of land, \ hich had rarely before been ap- proached by the water. Rocks of tfve tons weicrht were driven on the beach, from the rec:sses of the ocean. At White Island, the surges beat with tremendous fury. The oldest inhabitants do not recollect a gale of equal fury."-Ports. Jour., Oct., 1841. And now for the last item, " men's hearts failing· them," &c. Ther~, must be some special cause to produce th1s effect. Indeed, we had that cause, in the hundreds of well- attested accounts of wonderful phenomena, with which the seccular papers teemed : and especially the wonderful comet, that made its appearance so sudden, at noon-day, near the sun wholly unexpected by the astrono- mers. Now as Christ does not so much as allude to these sights, as occurring among the signs, and as th-ey were mostly seen by opponents, so l conclude that they, togeth- er, with the universal belief among the Ad- ventis~s, that the Lord was coming in '43, was the cause which produced this "fear" on the public mind. And I do not believe that there is a single Advent believer, who does not recollect some one of his neighbors, who confessed they believed some great crisis was at hand. Even Prof Bush said, " The present age is just opening upon the crowning consummation of all prophetic dec- larations,-we firmly believe tha.t we are now upon the borders of the momentous changes predicted. We have clear intima- tions from prophecy, that the last day~ shall be distinguished for a laxity of morals, 'and manners, fur the prevalence of a spirit of law- lessness, and license for party legislation, for general p\lblic profligacy, aod corrup- tion, and for all the evils by which we are now ~turrounded. These are facts to which we c;,.nnot shut our eyes, and over which it is not easy to go to excess in lamentation."· This "fear," in very many eases, operated EO much, as to prevent t.he building and repairing of houses and barns, until the spring of 43 passed. And now, dear brethren, has not" the sign," in sublime grandeur, and in exact order, passed before us 1 Did not the last item. in the last sign cease with the passing of the time 1 Did not the " snare" begin to take the world at that time, and was completed in the fall of'441 And is not this "the sign of the Son of man 1'' I do most sin- cerely believe it is; and for the following reasons: bt. If there was to have been a fifth sign, Mark and Luke could not have been so recrean~ to their duty as not to have mentioned it. 2d. That sign does not pro- duce the mourning, but it is the appearing of Christ that does; as you will· see more clearly by cousulting Dr. Campbell's transla- tion. And lastly. If there was to be any su- pernatural appearance to precede the Savior, then he could uot come on the world as 11o thief. My brethren, do we not know that-He is nigh, even at the door' I do most solemnly believe we shall never see another winter ! It is most manifestly clear, that the 70th week wa" only half gone at the crucifixion in A.D. 33; so we began tu reckon on the 1810 years just 3~ year:~ tno soon. The voice of God from heaven, at Christ's baptism, and to Peter on the roof at Joppa, marked that momentous week. Amen. Mav we soon meet in the " endlese kingdom." · LIWIS HERSEY. REMARKS ON THJJ: A11on.-We insert the above at the request of the writer; not as an expression of our views on this question. We have no difficulty with the evidence that the distress and pe.rplexity in the com• mercial world during lhe last ten yeare, may be a fulfilment of the distress and per- plexity, and the failing of men's heallls for fear, for the looking for \hose things which are coming on the earth, that were predicted to precede the &nd. But to make this the -~--~ f.HE ADVENT HERALD. 191 -- the Lord raise up those who will labor inde- fatigably in the vineyard. Yours faithfully, L. DELOS MANSFIELD. Detroit, (Mich.), June 28, 1846. P. S. The Lord willing, I shall be in Cleveland, 0., with my family, next week. LETTER FROE Bao. W. P~ATT. .uking of the powers of the heavens is a view in which we have no confidence. There is no evidence that Luke is an ex- planation of Matthew, for it is a question which was written first. We regard Luke as mentioning some things which Matthew omitted. We have two great reasons for dieeenting from the view above, which will be found under the editorial head. Dear Bro. Himes :-Says our Savior, Luke 13:24, " Strive to ent~::r in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will LITTER FROM Bao. L. DELos MANSFI~LD. seek to enter in, and shall not he able." Dear Brethren:-Since writing from In Matt. 7:13, " Enter in at the strait Cleveland an account of the Conferences up gate i for wide is the gate, and broad is the to that date, I have been privileged with way that leadeth to destruction and many meeting the brethren in Michigan at two there bo which· go in thereat: because o'hers; and it seems to me if you could be strait is the gate, and narrow is the way at the West, and see what strong and uu-which leadeth unto life, and few there be w&Yering advocates there are in this region that find it." I am more and more convinced for the troth, as exhibited in the " Herald" there will be but little faith nn the earth for a few years past, and come in contact when Christ comes,and few ready to meet him. with some of these warm hearts, and hear Mal. 4:1, says "All the proud, yea, and all how much the "Signs of the Times," &c., that do wickedly shall be burned up" in has done to establish them in the truth of the burning day. . Paul says " Them that God, you would feel encouraged to go on know not God, and obey not the gospel of your way rejoicing, with the confidence that our Lord Jesus Christ," shall be punished "your remaining labors would not be in vain with "everlaMing destruction" from his in the Lord." The cause of God in the presence. 2 Thess. 1:8, 9. Who obey the West is evidently improving, and the breth-gospel! "As ye would that men should do 181 are recovering from the influence of to you, do ye also to them likewise." Luke those who have spiritualized away our hope. 6:31. "Love your enemies, bless them that At Jackson, Mich., we had an excellent curse you, do good to them that hate you,· meeting indeed, and met brethren and sisters and pray for them which despitefully use from Ohio, ·Indiana, and various parts of you and persecute you: that ye may be Kiohigan. I made acquaintance with some the children of your Father which is in ucellent ministering brethren, from whom I heaven," &c. Matt. 5:44, 45. They leave had heard before throug~ the paper, who are 'all for Christ-deny themselves and take laboring in this blessed cause as though they up their cross daily-are not ashamed of believed firmly that the end of all things is Jesus or his words,or of the humble followers at band. Brn. N. M. Catlin and E. Miller of Christ.-It is more than meet for them to do pve encouraging statements i11 reference God's will-they have our blessed Lord's io the blessing of God on their labors quite spirit, his rmnd, love, meekness and hutnility ~ntly : several have been converted and -love not the world, but, are dead to it- &ll.ptized. Bro. Needham, of Perrysburgh, have n.o respect to persons-have no person 0., was present, and is still occupied in the in admiration-desire not the applause of ~elf-denying work of proclaiming " the glad men-or honors of the W()rld-or pleasures .tidings of God's kingdom" to the people in of earth-they seek not ease, happiness, or this region. Other excellent brethren and the good things of this life, nor filthy lucre listers who labor in the Gospel were at the which has ruined thousands of good men, s.eeting, and· have scattered from that place both ministers and members. In a word, SO various fields of labor. The brethren of they are a very "peculiar people," and as Jaekson are a very consistent and devoted scarce as they are peculiar in this age of ~ hmpany, and are really looking for, and lov-the world, for they obey the gospel, which hag the Lord's appearing. The blessing o( ieads them to separate themselves from the· God was upon the meeting, in. the conversion world, to turn away from them that have a· of souls. Three were baptized, one of who:11 torm of godliness, and abst'lin from all ap- WII a wretched inebriate, but appeared to be pearance of evil. When we consider that it thoroughly converted to God, and filled with requires something more than a form qf Joy and peace in believing. Our meeting godliness, or the righteousness of the scribes was one in which love preYailed in a remark-and pharisees to enter the kingdon, I tram- able degree, and I trust its influence will be ble for fear there will be but few to go felt until the Lord comes. The nutnber of through the gate into the city of the living thoae not engaged in the cause was very God. considerable, and many listened with evident When I look around and see the multi- interest ; and it is to be hoped, that fruit will tude laying plans to gain the shining dust yet &pring up to everlasting life. of earth, I become anxious to know in what At the request of Brn. Peonel and Lyon, rF.lation they stand to God. I open the pre- of Noithville, Bro. Needham and myself cious Bible,and John steps forward and meets held a meeting, in connection with the breth-them with this message, ''If ye love the reo, at that place. Our numbers were small, world th~ love of the Father is not in you." ·IMI& the Lord was with us, and blessed the 1 John 2:15. Another similar. clas~ comes interview, wiiich we enjoyed together for two up that it is covetous. Paul hesitated not daya. The villages generally have decided to say they are idolaters. Eph. 5:5. When to hear nothing of this matter, and conse-the ''Lord ariseth up to shake terribly the quently the influence of the meeting upon earth," it will reveal the " idols of silver and Unbelievers in our hope was not felt to any gold " that will be cast to the moles and considerable extent, if ~t all. We did not, bats for fear of the Lord. Another class beweveT, regret the time and trouble ex-is still worse,if possible. Professors, and not · pended in the meeting; for the l)rethren, a few, in our day, go to law with. each other bo&h In that vicinity, and from other places before the unjust. Others cannot speak to each in the State, were strengthened and com-other, and of course cannot commune togeth- fon.ed, and, I think, see more fully than ever, er: and if any among them have the blessed t t the influence of haters of this blessed hope they turn them out. When such things HOpe of the near coming of Christ, are like exist, if the beloved apostle John should rise, the "whited rsepulchres" of old, " which in-he would cry out at once the land is full of deed appear beautiful outwardly, but are murderers: for says, he, 1 John 3:14, "Who- filled \Yitb dead men's bones, and all unclean-soever hateth his brother is a murderer." Dell. May the Lord keep them frona the Now take the proud, the lover of the world, llllrea of the adversary, and" preserve them the coveteous, the idolaters, the murderers, I18 his heavenly kingdom." We broke the luke-warm-lovers of pleasure more then -d ith the dear sainta at the Confer-lovers of God-those that have the form of eLooces in both places, and " showed forth the godliness, but deny the power thereof-in a rd'a death," who we believe will apeedilv word, all that obey not the gospel of our !"'Jfte again and gather us around his table Lord, and how many would there be left to ll his kingdom. raise the cry to heaven," Come Lord Jesus, In this city, Detroit, there are a few who come quickly!" If we should ask tbe ques· are etill waiting for the Lord's return, who tiona now, are there few to be saved, Lord 1 IDeet together for prayer and exhortation.-the answer would come forth in thunder- TThey do not hold any public meetings now. tones," Strive to enter in at.the strait gate," hey &re anxious to have some lecturer with for " many will seek to enter in wbo will tla~~a, "to feed them with the sincere milk not be able." Will have. some desires--will Aef the word, that they may grow thereby." oft"er some cold prayers-yet after all, not large ield of labor is open at the West, being willing to strive, will not be able to ~ .. ~here are many devoted saints scattered enter. Br~thren the Lord help us to strive. t...-~ghow that region, who luve the glorious WALTER PuTT. hope of soon aeeiog our blessed Lord. May &urif'Us-, July 7tla, .1846. -- LETTER FRo~r BRo. H. BucKr.EY. ''We rather sigh and groan than live;" Bro. Bliss:-The Conference in this place and for fifty-eight years I have indulged a commenced last Thursday at J 0 o'clock A. hope which has hitherto proved as an anchor M., and closed yesterday (Sunday} at 5 to a ship, through all of the tempestuous o'clock P. M. • It was held in a large barn, scenes which I have witnessed. For eight owned by Judge Gilbert. The floor and bay years past I have been greatly delighted by were comfortably seated. On the whole, it reading Bro. Miller and others on the proph- was rather a pleasant place of worship for ecies, relating to tha place, time, and the this season of the vear. None felt like mur-events attending the consummation of the muring. But as th~ Lord, for whom we look, Christiall's hope. I verily believe the-Lord and whom we worship, was born in a tttable, will continue to prosper the work, notwith- and cradled in a manger, all felt thankful fur standing all of the wildness and shipwrecks such a place of worship, in which to hear of, which has been witnessed. and contemplate the second coming of our As to my belief, I stand alone in this re- glorious King, who will save the '1 pilgrims gion. I neverl heard a lecture on the sub- and strangers," and il)troduce them into those ject, except from a youn{! man by the name 11 mansions'' which he has gone " to pre-of Allen, who came to this place since '43, pare '' for all who love his appearing. and if I am not mistaken, he was propaga- The meeting was one of deep interest.-ting some dangerous errors. I should like On the fir~t three days we had respectable to know where he has l~nded. All that 1 congregatiOns, composed uf the most intelli-have learned on the subJect of the Advent ~ent and pious part of the community. On' has been. l>y' reading, and com~aring-with Sunday there was a large con()'re•Yation out the unerrmg Word. By thus domg, I have and a large share of them appe~red to b~ become fully est~blished, that within a few candid hearers, and seekers after truth.-years past more hght has been reflected on Brn. Miller, Thompson, and G. W. Burn-the prophecies relating to what this wicked ham, of the ministeriug l>rethren, were pre!-world will soon witness, than all which has ent. Bro. Miller preached seven times in been presented before for 200 years. I saw four days. Most of his. discourses were an extract said to be from the ''Christian upon the visions of Daniel. I never heard Reflector," perhaps six months ago, stating him speak with more calmness and interest that the movements by the churches denoted upon those subjects. There are but few Ad-that the time to favor Sion had come. Well, ventists in this section, but those few are if' their anticipations should be realized, I firm and devoted. They live considerablv should have to stop and pause; for my im- scatte.red, but they came together from seve- pres~ion~ are, that .tl~e unive~sal de~lension raJ miles around. Some came forty miles. of expertmental rehgwn at this day IS a ful- Ail ap.peared edified, refreshed, and strength-filment of wh~t t.he a~ostle t.erms a• falling ened m the hope and faith of soon seeing away first, which IS to tmmedtately precede Jesus, and beinu like him. Several back-the destruction of the man of sin by the sliders, and th;se who have hitherto been brightness of the Lord's coming. impenitent, appeared deeply convicted, and The young man referred to above, fell o.ne bac~slider has expressed a firm resolu-into Judaism, and other errors; and where tJOn to hve for the Lord. At the close of . our meeting yesterday, we had the pleasure he Is now, we know not.-En. of baptizing one happy soul, a young lady, who was converted at a meeting held here Bro. E. NoYES writes from New Orleans, about three months ago. We hope soon to see others walking in all the commandments June 29th, 1846 :- and ordinances blameless. I think a good lJear Brethren :-There are a few in this and lasting impressior: has been made upon city looking for the blessed hope and glori- the minds of the people; and by the blessing ous appearing of the Savior. I received of God, the cause will prosper in this vicinity. the books from Bro. Len fest, and have dis- Bro. Miller left for home this morr ing, in tributed most of them, as near as I could iu accordance with the wishes of Bro. L.- company with Bro. Burnham, who has gone to visit the friends in Addison, Vt., and vi-.I have !:teen on board about 90 yessels, and cinity. He appears to be a faithful brother. left each a '' Locker," with a request 1 hat 0 may God make him a blessing to the pen-all hands would (read them, and distributed ple where .he goes. the l>alance at boarding-houses and to pas- The Lord will, I remain here over another tors of churches, except about twenty, which Sabbath, after which I expect to visit the I have reserved to distribute as occasion brethten in Green county, N. Y. offers. I have given some of the Bibles and yours, looking for Jesus, Testaments, and some " Lockers" to the H. BucKLEY. colored brethren. I think 1000 will read the Cranberry Creek, (N. Y.}, June 28, '46. "Lockers,'' and think they will do much good. A Methodist brother preached us a very good LETTER FBOM BRo. R. HuTcHINSON. Not ar1 Infidel yet.-" I should not be sur- prised,'' said a minister in Canada recently, " if I hear next that Mr. Hutchinson does not believe the Bible ; for if my God had disa'ppointed me as often as his God has disap- pointed him, I would not trust him any longer." In reply to such statements as the above, I may say that I never res!ed the truth of the Bible on thtJ coming of Christ in 1843-4. I do not understand that "mv God" had ever disappointed me. That i have been disappointed in not seeing the kingdom of heaven before now, I readily admit; but a disappointment occasioned by a defective human chronology I do not im- pute JO God. When the time specified in his word expires there will be no longer de- lay,-no more disappointment, only on the part of those who are saying, "Peace and safety., I nod it still good to trust in J e hovah's promise,-'' Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry." I may also add, that I do not re- gard myself as out on indefinite time. I be- lieve that J esua will come again at the end of 2300 prophetic days "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem," or at the end or 1810 prophetic days from the termination of the 70 weeks. I look for their end about now, and "in the dispensation of the ful- lness of Times he will gather together in one all things in Christ." Atlantic Ocean, June 11th, 1846. Bro. J. CoL& writes from Salisbury, Her- kimer Co., N.Y., July 1st, 1846:- It lacks some leu than two years of my :arriving to the age at whie~ Dr. Watts says, Advent sP.rmon on Wednesday last. By the grace of God 1 intend to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom in this city. Any as- sistance in the way of books and tracts will be thankfully received. I affi poor in the things of this world, have a family to provide for, Lut glory be t(l God, l can say I am rich in faith. There are some in this city that wish to hear on this subject, perhaps as many in proportion as in any Northern city. Those churches that have allowed the Ad- vent doctrine to be preached in them, ~re in a much better state than others whtch have refused. I have attended several meet- ings where the corning of the Lord is spoken of, have always aeen the bless~d infl.uen~e of the spirit there ; but when thts subJect Is thrust aside the meetings are always cold. The Methodist church have given me license to exhort, with a full knowledge of my belief in the Advent doctrin~; I expect to have licen~>e to preach at the next Quarterly meeting. I am willing to do or be any thing the Lord sees proper. I think a mission South would be beneficial. Bro. Hinds paper is regularly mailed.-En. Bro. W. B. W .!D~ writes from Oswego, Ia., June 24th, 1 · ·- I would not do without the " Herald " for any price. I value it above all other publi- cations, the Bible alone excepted. I believe it advocates the very doctrine that should be preached at this day, and love the spirit it breathes. I read the accounts of the Con- ference in New York and Boston with much intereat. I am happy to see and hear of the harmony among brethren from dift'erent and distant parts of the United States. I be- lieve the cause ia of God, and he will sua- :tain it. 192 ·-":.< Summary. THE ADVENT HERALD. To Correspondents. JONES; o' that place, refuses t()•take his·po.per out or the office. It. Jonas owe~ $3 08. .llwful Conflagration in Nantucket.-The Nantucket "Warder" of Tuesday, July 14th, records one of the most calamitous fires that ev- er happened in that place:- \Ve have had an awful night. The fire is still raging, and God knows when it will end. At 11 o'clock last evening our inhabitants were arou~ed with the appalling ery of fire, and it was soon discovered that the store occuJ,lied by E. G. Kelley was in fl:ames. The flames spread with sucb rapidity as to baffie every exertion to repretts them : the expedient of blowing up houses was resorted to as the only means to ar- rest thA conflagration, but it would seem with lit- C. P. W.-Your proposallo()l~s too much like an attempt to bribe us to " handle the wortl of God deceitfully." You approve of the" Ex:tra Herald;" and of "the subjects to be brought before the public " in it-you will help it forward with all your might, "if the time between the first and second resur- Attempt at Suicide.-On Tuesday morn- ing a ~nan named Brown, a Mil1'erite, \~hu has been for some time insane, thTew lnm- self from the fourth storv of the house at the corner ,,f Chureh and South Cedar streets. When ta.lten up, though no bones were f~ood to be broken, he was considerably brmsecl. An attempt was making to have him com- mitted to the insane hospital, and in the meantime he was watched ; but while the attendant's head was turned for a moment, he accomplished his purpose, casting him- self against the closed win,Jow blinds and breaking through. We learn that previous to this, he has not been shaved for two years, and after the accident his· beard was taken off, much against his wiJl.-Tra·veller. J. W. l?ETERS, of L8xington, Mo., bas his paper re- turned by P. l., owing $4. S. SHARON and D . .MOORE, of! the same place, have their papers retnrlled, each owing:.$3. Total deliuquen<:ies for >he week-$2;1 ! BUSINESS NOTES. C. G. Crane, 263, 42 C'ls.-The 50 cts. p!J.id to llro, Rogers is credited on our books a~ paid !\~arch. 1st; but as you think it has not been, we have cred1tetl Jt the sec- ond timt:, and marked your paper to end of v 11. , tie success. .More than twenty buildings are thu11 destroyed, and indeed many more wcmld have been dem•>lished, but that all the powder in the place was consumed. .Tht3 town presents a scene of devastation that language cannot des- cribe. The whole square of buildings bounded by Main, Centre, Broad', and Federal streets,. is in ruins, and nearly all the buildings opposite those which formed the square. Trinity church is now in flames. All the buiMings on North Water street as far as A. Mitchell's, inclusive, all the buildings on Main street, from G. H. Rid- dell's to Straight wharf. On TJnion street as [ar ail the building occupied by the· town officers, m- clusive; Washington street as far as Capt. J. H. rection 'is not discussed ;'' "if it is, you cannot in conscience, you do not believe it." But do 'you not know that the word of God has spoken of a period of " time between the first and second resurrection~, And would you have us •• take from the words of this prophcey ~" If your "conscience " will allow you to do this, we beg of you not to tamper with the " conscience " of those who feel bound to live by " every word of God.'' So the poor " Millerites" have to take it. The facts are these : Brown in the early part of '43 came to Boston, professed to have been converted to the Advent faith, and wished to travel and lecture: We found J. Iloden-You are paid lo 210, leavinl( $2 50 due ut the' end of this volume. You mny send what•you feel able to, and we will credit you to the end (If the voJ. .T. Weston, $1-We sent to your·Ja~t order 25 copi~:s of that No. uf tbe Herald, either &o the town to which you directed them to '>e ~tent, or uHhe town where your letter was dated : a• we have not now the letter, we do not rerollect where. We sent you then all we had to spare of that No. 1f you recollect' where you wrote from, or'whei'e you ordered them sent, son1ewhere in , !\I nine, you will fiud them there. . H. Heyes-We did not know by tlle s1gnature who it was. The Jetter is now mislaid. We hnve such a num- ber of correspondents, that we always expect the full name. J. F. Stowe, 50 cts.-We have none of the pap en you 'Pease's, inclusive. Dr. Ruggle's house, on Or- ange street, was blown up, which arrested the flames at that point. It is estimated that about $1,000,000 worth of property' was destroyed : it is very remarkable that no lives were lost ; and but two or three persons were injured. A scoundrel named Hurley, after robbing many poor people in Baltimore, under pretence of keep- ing an intelligence office, hag decamped with the spoils. The Mexican Privateer.-We publi~hed some time since from Jamacia an account of a suspicious vessel, supposed to have been a Mexi- can privateer, ho-vering in the vicinity of that is- land. The "Herald," publi~hed at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, contaips a report from Capt. Kelley, of the schooner Mazeppa, which may be consid- ered as in some degree a confirmation of the ex- istence of such a vessel. Capt. Kelley fell in, lat. 28, lona. 66 40, with a long black schooner of about !"so tons, with tall raking masts, low hull, and high rail. During the day she boarded two brigs. Capt. K. lost sight of her at dark, but in an hour afterwards she came within a few yards of the Mazeppn, and kept under her stern up- wards of two hours, and then sailed off in an easterly direction. No person was seen on her decks, and Capt. K. is of opinion that she was a pirate. He attributes his escape to her being short of hands, in consequence of her having just taken two prizes.-Oha?'lestown News. The Potatoe Orop.-We regret to hear that the heretofore liberal pro1.1pect of a large and good crop of -this most useful vegetable, is in many places in this county entirely destroyed. In Flatbush and Flatlands many of the farmers have ploughed up their fields and replanted them. At the poor-house, there will not be a third of a crop, and what there is will be of a miserable quality. The cause we do not learn, but it is sometlring that has occurred to the ~rop within the past fortnight. Three weeks ago, we never saw finer looking fields than the potatoe fields of Kings county.-Brooklyn Eagle. Jahn O'Maley, a boy in the employ of Ald. Van Slyck, fell from the rear of his tobact~o manu- facturina establishment, on Brown's race, Roches- ter N.Y., into the floom, and was carried through the' aates by the current-precipitated over the bank: a distance of 90 feet, on the rocks below, and instantly killed. Mr. E. B. Robinson, of Mobile, was shot dead on Sunday, 21st ult., at his moth~r's house,,in Lowndes county, by Mr. Brooks, h1s own cousm. A young man named Thomas Lownsbury, aged 24 years, was drowned at Black Rock, N.Y., on Monday evening, while bathing. An elderly man named Russell Young drowned himself at Orleans, Cape Cod, last week. You say yuu "do nut see the need ·of discussing it." May we be permitted to say, dear. brother, that you " need" to discuss it 1 You say,. farther, that" the literal two resurrections you should wish ;" and yet you "feel that a number of clearly literal wit- nesses are better than one which may not be literal. There are certainly John, Daniel, and the Savior against this one witness." Does your "conscience," dear brother, allow you to say that this is "certainly'' so 1 And if it i11, do you " wish the two literal resurrections" to be " brought before the public " on one witness, " which may not be literal1" We are sorry that any brother professing to be an Adventist should "feel " that hi~ "cnnscience '' could tolerate such a course; and if, as he intimates," a. large number of the brethren" are with him in this matter- requeat. Inatead thereof, we ~~end you six. of Hale'~ that he had only embraced the notions of 'Lectures, from which all the evidence in those articl~s one who had been silenced, told him that w~. ':~=~h-We have received the copy o1i the paper we had no confidence in his views, and that ·you sent us. We should hardly think that subject would lle relevant for a review for our columns. he was not competent to teach. He how- :L. H. ShiJ>man, $3 50 on account.-We thank you for · d · l the interest you take in the Herald, for the line list of ever lcntered aruun lrom one Pace to ~new subMcribera, and the funds from old, that accompa- another, for a time, and then embraced, in ·n~~ ~~~~nes-We have attended to Bm. Williams' re- t he fa II of '43, the view3 of a Mrs. Bishop. qpedt. The other matter is all uuderatood. God alone f E I d k. d f' M Ch . can direct aright. rom ng an , a Ill 0 ormon, or CIS· Timothy Draper-What is your P. 0. addreas ?. Your tian Israelite Soon after that he pretended paper is paid to 283, 1111d sent to Westford, E11sex Co:, · N.Y. The P.M. of Westford, Otsego Co., says 11 to renounce "Millerism" and the clergy of comes to his office, and that there l! no such man in his ' . vicinity. We see by the'' Blue Book," that there is no Portland, Me., attempted to make some cap1-:Westford in Essex Co., and think we may have written 1 f h. · · b 1 · · 1.. Westford for West Port, which is in Essex Co. We ta out o IS renunciatiOn, Y c a1m1ng tuat ·now change it to that. 1r this meets your eye, please he had given all his money to the Adventists .. write us~. He, however, when interroga.ted, could only CONFERENCES. recollect of $15 which he had given away, The Lor.d permittin~, there will be a Conference in an. d this was to the Clne whose views he · C'oncord, N.H., to commence the fourth Friday in July, • Ill 10 o'clock A. M., and continue over the Sabbatn.- first embraced. Subsequent to this, while 'Preachers and brethren we hope will come in and help us. The meeting will be held in the "Advent Hall" in he was a believer in the views of Mrs. S'pring-etreet. EDWIN BunNHA.N, . d h d . f I c. s. BROWN. Bishop, and had renounce t e octrme o t Je 1 An .•.d.veat Grove-meetwg will be held in Shiremana- Advent he was taken insane and was taken town,.Pa., nenr Bro. Henry R.upps, to commence the h 1 d b I' " h ' · , ' ' i last Tuesday In July, and contmue through the week.- w o ' o not e !eve W at ' one wltnesl!l, to Worcester. Since then he has never Breth~en throuih that region are invited ~o attend. chosen of God, has said, on a point on which b Ad t' t d I b I pur.pose, pr.ovidence permittin~, to hold a Conference een an ven ts ' an las een more or in Springfield, ~1uKs., to commence on Friday, August no other one has spoken, (as is the case on less insane till the occurrence of the above 7th, nt 8 o'clock P.l\l.,and continue over the Sabbath. "the time between the first and second melancholy event. Brethren in the vicinity are invited t~~t~~n~.uYTox. resurrections,") it. is on! y another fact to TherP. wiD be a Camp-meeting on the Shaker•' ground, Enflefd, Ct., 4 1-2 miles· eallt of Thomp1onville, and 9 prove that there is ,, little faith on the earth., II? We see by the " Voice of Truth," south of Springfield, commencing Monday, Aug. 10, and Bro. E. L. Clark-Your views correspond that Bro. Marsh has been sick, but is now to continue till Sat~rday · The Lord willing, a Conference of Advent brethren with our own on that point. Yet we ha~e recovering. will be hel'