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AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES 'REPORTER,

BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!! GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM!!!

VOL VITI. \O. 11 pk 130.:710111 hicutAan, October 111, 1815. 'WHOLE NO. 181.

T.11.1c, . . IERALD !:,:iii,d, while the ark was a preparine.' But when'ilreetiog his people to sone.) portion of the revelation
/ As tiei (ue of 11w present number t e !: that period drew to a do,e, the th,y wus'pointed out. I we elready have, wil led is adapted and designed to
1 • • And the Lord said mat, I\oah, Count than and .)11 "give that it/form:Ilion.
ilcrald is ot 1r last•
f!ay of publication before the teeth :.)iy
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into the el k : hr thee have I seen riehtell A new reveletion we have no reneon to t' pact.
day • of the se‘entlt month, we eliall make 1)0 Otis before we in this eeneration : far yet.scven Ar e; A nd if that knowledge of the lime is found in the
pee ision for issitillg, a paper fur the week fulloWing. l!0 and 1 will cause it to rail) upon the earth forty days word word of God, must it • not be in the types which
im to this i thv
i_ the bolitid.), and tarty nielne : tind eve ry 1ivina so bA.1110v thet 1 e point.. to mon ths in] days ?
Awl as we are ...lintq
have made will I destroy limn oil the lace of the 2. Vie have allowed that the fulfillment of the
ingot' this cry at tni dnight, during the tarryinj of II ii Ii. And Noah did accordiee, unto all that Ilw •seventy weeks scaled or made sure, the remainder
die visiott, when we had all slumbered and elepte ; Lord cumin:wiled him. And it teone to pass al fer) of the visit»), frO4n which they were cut eft It il-
im! at the very point when all the periods, accord- • Al yea days, (Margin, in Mr iievtirth day) that the wa-;flestrated the manner of time expressed. Now nod,-
it,g to our chronology and date of their commence- Iers .of the flood were upon the earth. Here the. in.,was -nil b% Denied of the rat or day, v...ben
particular iiine--the day—was unknown till thei; Messieb shoultU•he cut off. He gave the yrar wily;
mean terminate—we fed called upon to suspend .Ii'Vent ' e - . 1 I •
WaS atfile d oor • tiler ii trUS Made kDOwn,) hut when Christ came, and entered upon his work,
our labor, and await the result. Behold, the Bride- !aridso • die event took place. and the malice of his enemies plotted his death, fur
,4 roelli Cometh; eu ye tilt to meet hint! is tin. ery i So al;:.1:,, in the deliverence from Egypt, the timee' a censiderahle kited) of time we are told, that thee
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dolt la twine sounded in our ears ; and may we a n, as to the yeer,was prcdieled to be .1:3!) years front one !could nut efli-et it, because "his hour Wa3 nut Et
e t wh en th e day of his crucifixion arri v-
with our lamps trimmed and burnine, be prepared :: PnnIt' -It trout anotin' befure the event ' :lo,-es ;"",t`tc." B
for ins glurieus appeatine. J. V. 11 I 11ES. „evidently understoud it, for •,ve are told dell '.- truen,:eo, we are told that e when AVIS knell! dial hiS It tar
. i/ie lime al the promise drew iii ii, which God hail;Itnee tame," he at e th e last supper with his disciples,
Oct. S. i'etvorn Onto Abraham "—'` Nloees was hone" aridil Wm)-lied their feet, and repaired to the garden to
-----..—ee—ell when he was " forty years old " he visited the Ism-I-prepare for the painful scene before hi in.
• - ei 'elites--" for he suppesed his brethren would have; ) litre let us ask—how was themore definite tune
geCOnd 0 'It
4 „,, ,,„„
it on. ...,, d how that tied, by his hand, would deliv- I—" the hour " designated ? Not by the seventy
. ..- . • -• - - - • . :•ur them : hut they underetood not." Forty yearei weeks, but liy do types, the paesever. And if this
• II tier that, God appeared to Idol to prepare hint fur l was one of the " thioes " which was " written '' by
Bro. Litch on the seventh Month. :his mission. But nothing was said of the day, till!. Moses concerning him, has not the Father thus iii-
-the contest between God an I idols—the right, of, timated le ne, that by the types, Hr de‘igned to
Peat: Boo. IliNes:-1. wish to say to l'iq "'tr. wan and oppre,sion—had coetinued, down. to they' make know n " the day when the Son of Mari is to
•ruthreu and sisters who are looking
it for the i'iniong!:hst miraelie and the last p....-iie, in lie mom in he teVeah,1? And elicited we not receive the eel-
e die Lord Oh the tenth day ra the bt'S• l'ilih riltMlil,i:..di i.1, thi, ram ie, was fu
lfjed. Then a new rev-ldenee from this source as sufficient, if it tetrotonizes
.ut espeeial:y - to those.whohave hesitated un the;:elatioo was made up Mc lime:— j, wiih that from weer forms of prophecy ? Nay,is it
ue,-1:011-1te't '•tie ',11.4-11 4 "..leetiwis w.,Iiiell have ('-': " Ale! the Lord spite till o Moses an d Aaron in out w O only evidence wench the nature of the case
It'd th nlY 11"h d it :-it
1""" it). "r" l'a "'le:tw"Y, aild I .' the land ef Eypt, saying, 'rhis month hall he unmeadmits of ? • Shall we, then, lie " slow of heart to
ii how colliiiced that. the t? I)", together with thej you the beginning of months: it shall he the first!' believe all that the prophets have spoken ? " It
-lees- of tint tenet:, are sufficient authority for hi-lice-i ,10,,,i, at the year to you. Speak ye unto all the l! would seem from Isamb (yin. 16-20) that the la
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eg in the Lord's co- mine; at that nine; alid itenc""; coueregation of Ierael, say ing,In tic ti,ntle Jay e/ this :as well as the testimony of the Lon!, was tu be ei'nit
Id) I shall look to that (ley with the expectation of i munth they shall take' to them every wan it
larrili,l up till his " disciples should look hoc hi in ;" and as
!eeihittej 11:e hilig lit I) IS heallty• I bassthe hatnel'aceoeding to the house of their fa ther,:, a lamb for a i it was left ''to the time of the end for the Father "
:the Lard, fur setioiae tine ineleieht cry to arouse, 1,„,,,„ : „r,d NC shall keep it up until the _fourteenth ; to make known "the times and seasons'' of the pro.
x, to go out to nit-et the BrIdegruout. Max thei:d„,1 al IL,: seine Mont h : am! the whole assernbiy ofi'ii/ors. which he had • ' reserved in his own power,",
elol mike us tneet fur the inheritance ut thel: L ime con- regtnien 0/ Israel shall Lit it in the crenin -.I'sliiiald we not expect, that he would also unseal
the
tints. I. Lucit. I And they ehall take of the blood, and strike it on I law, sadar as it riders 10 these. tittles and seasons,
ilostun, Oct. 11th, 18:14. 1 the two side-posts, and On the opper tioor-p0A of, before the times run out. .
houses WIlu'rein they shalland
eat it: they shall!! In the caseof the prophetic periods of Daniel, a3
Letter to N. N. Whiting. ;!val the Hush in that night, roast with lire, and un-'non as their bearing upon the end was pointed oat,
I leavened bread ; and with bitter herbs they sheik it was so Libelous, that re.) man has been ahle to
;ND TO EVERY OXE WHO RE:1DE7H.4„1 .' i t. gainsay it, without showirtg his ignorance or disre-
oe Tin: TIME.—TuE DA1—OF THE ADVENT. ,: I; iAnd thus shall IC eat it; with your loins girded, ''aid of the truth ; and die truth has so far triumph-
. your shovs un your feet, and your emir in your hand: l ed by oheerving the prophet's maxim: " To the law
U kiowiedErc of the d I! y is in a ceur,ld nee with a na 1- ;I 11,1 ye shall eat it in haste ; it is the liunrs pitssel and to the testimony: if they speak not aceurdieg to
nevus caseg, the Fe'ood ,irqd tt fe deliteraAfe I r"z; vet- : lit 1 will pas,: throng!) the land of Egypt this!1 this word, it is berail,e there is no light in .thern."
,E'1.!—i"die"Itil 11 I lie.fulfi.11;"e" .1 'Y. ihg 4ei'''"fli'' Melo, a»d will smite all the first-horn iiithe land; We may expect it will hit the same in due case of
teree.e.— Pe iii's argu.erd e in the Epistle to the ii„- . ill.
E:eypt, both man oid beaet: and against all the the types, as to their bearing upon the time of the
brews, sbms 1.14ut the artrielfillei 1NPe ./.11 "/$ I” 41 'gods. uf Leypt I will execute judgment: I am tin. i Advent.
disti het Fa I t y' thc trunk ef (a; is!, the author andl.'Loid.
i;eisl.er (9' our j'aith----that teurk to le pelforined ritt Ifone who has stood on both sides of the question
And the blood shall be to you for a token - upon: in„). he allotved to decide, it is even so!
to the
4is "h,6C."Pi'cur,ing—t,he I ld'e 1-wi"14 k"th the house s wh ere ye are ; andwhen I binc the lilood:' 3 . 11 '-ut ti bearing.. of the ty pes m ay be found in
dr y f t h e sece;da .11101110
.11101110
'I trill pass • over you, and the plague shall nut belI the word of God, we should expeet it would be
PLAit .BROTILER.:-.--1: am informed. that you stilt 'upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of . "1"eund in the epietle of Paul to the Hebrews ; for
.e:uti: that we are . ever to uuderstand anything •Eeypt. nothing is retire evident than that his design, in this
we deliuite about the time of the cumin!, of the I Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord epistle, was to show the relation of farmer dispen-
en of _Lan, thau earl be obtained nom tile prophet- I commanded Moses and Aaron so did they. And it i sations to the Christian dispensatien.
periods of Daniel; and as I have till within a l eame to pass the self :same day, that the Lord did I Ile begins by shewing that the word spoken by
ry :ea! days, stood iu the samnt position, allow lee bring the children of' Israel out of the land of Egypt the Apostle and High Priest of our profeesioo,Christ
- call your attentien to the consideration, which iby their artmes."—Ex. xii. !Jesus, was from the same God, who had spoken of
eie induced me to take a dillerent one, viz : that 111 these two analogous cases, expressly pointed old unto the fathers by the prophets ;—" God, who
was intended by the, great Author and Finteher of "out, as suet), Me day was ultimately made known. ;at smithy times, and in divers manners, spake in
faith, that we sheual know the time—the day God required faith in the day, and, singular as must 'times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hull in
wlecn the secoud advent is to tape place. have been the spectacle exhibited to at unbelieving i theee last days spoken unto us by His Son."---Heb.
1. it is in accurdaece with other cases, to which i world, God honored the faith of his eervants, which ::j 1, 2.
•t. are repeatedly referred as analoguus, that the !they evidenced by performing whet he required. lie shows that the former dispansatione were
timid,' tiine—ria day, should be ultimately known. I• And why should we not expect a similar designa-,:; incomplete of themselves, and that they looked
As it was ill the days of Noah, even thus hall it ,t ion of the time, in reference to the Advent, the end, forward to that of' Christ ; and, as the interpreter
it) the day when the Sun of Man is revealed."— ;of man's probationary state. You will nut contend'Iof the Infinite Aliud, which hail speken in .all the
that case Ole time, in years, was made known I that there is anything in the word of God which for- fernier communications hi of divine truth, he:puts s
• a hundred and twenty years " befure the eveet. bids it. But if the day is made known, it must be linger upon those counicatioes, mm and then points
ad ouring that time" the long-sulleriog of Gud dine by a new revelation from God-, or by his di- . out their application to the future—to the person,
II
 82a, THE ADVENT HERALD,
Apostle of Our profession, the Mediator of the nett/1 tr. To what time of the autumn would the typeR
1 the work.te the kin:Aunt of Chtiat. He quoits, in i:
patticular, frien :'.lure's, Smiled, karat!, Isitiah,!' covenant, has given us the statutes ; the covenant point us as the time—i be day—for the appearing of
.terentiale Ilateikkuk, and Haagai. . :'has l iven enieirmed, " God hearing;witticaa, by the !our great High Prime after the order of 111elciDSC . dCei
Il e she w a that the ', rent personrusea. institutions: girth ol the Holy Ghost," which were communicated 'who, like him, is " kift2 of riehteonsness, and kite:
and trate-actions of former tii ica. tt trued to Christ !I to "all psh " on the day of Pentecost, (and thua of peace,"—and for the, perfecting of his wora_ae s
and future times. .11chinzedce, Muses, 1\nroll,1 we have a satnIde of what is to make up the future saltation of them that look for him ? To the work
j,,,b ua , D.1% id, ;,na Salunw n {1'ot the quotalit•n, in . kin4dom) that day so noted among the days under I, Of the high piest ender the law, there were two ii-
the drat chalet r which r e!erted t o Da vid and solo.
,, th e la w ; as Christ our pasaever was sacri fi ced fur !portant parts. The first was to make an atonement,
nv, n primarily, are, IN Pau! applied to Christ,) all!' ty•:. on antillter, when the offering. of our High'Itae 1 second was to en use the reaps-_oat to " tear
eNhibited, typically, sinnething. which pertained to; Priest Was made ; and as he ruse from the dead on il l aivii.ary , tl‘tieliseinfrsoft ldmootreleb,y itnbteo
., ,.tt third, " the first fruits of them that slept." tins site eirnifincden'a'tnd
inilialle-)jold-
Christ.
Hut Paul repeatedly tp•!•eris, mid proves, t ai n t the' ,If than heatitti, the second was done by a hang
But it V:as Patti'. particular aim to show, that : 1 beast.
,,,. _
The :;,‘,, the f i r,, etivi, totill . ,.%.„, n min iature or the ,setsOilti COVelliint CollitnItphli..5. it state of thing.,
: i 0 whirh never could be realized under .. taut 11S,IITC3 us that Chriat has done the first by
sinthe
eCond ot Clil'istioll covets rat. The first exhiliitete , law,
ri.;,iiitli, when shall he , the °tiering of his body once for ail." And he as
ti, h14,,,,, the „..1,0tid ;tau has not yet liven
" the patterns of hen t en ly lie abutesli.f."!ly assures' 11H. that the last remains to be done. But
hrinaa to view " the heavenly things themselves. 1; "le"!1. mind "11,0"/"'""i no !cr uet 1 •neis 0 . e . Mt OR turn to rho type :_.
d int state ol thi 15 .1. is
Nlos es yens the ripubt1e. the miniater, and mediator •u'' by what transaction "Thus Fliall Aaron come into file holy place with
et' tht• fast ; Christ, the Lord froth heaven, " bath • introduced, and lieu the time for it Is apponitcd, m‘.r7111). ..nottirebruilnk,i4c.k..fo.r. a tin-oflerino, and se ram for i
to 1/r, ii
obtained a Int.re cNcellent ministry," as he is the and we :hall see if the law alien's any titre And he slid!. take of the con'
day when it is to take place. Let us Istar him — gregation of the children of Israel to o kids of the
apostle and " ant din:or M. a better covenant.”—
The stifijects of the fir:4 wire the seed of Abraham , .,„ quotina
Alter , the Words of Jeremiah, Web. viii., goats for a sin-offering, and ono ram for a !rutin of-
that the that 1 !?erins..
according to the flesh, the subjects of the second `'-',--141) to show that tied rhaigned : And Aaron ball offer his bullock of the sin_
art' all who are of Abraham's Mull. Th e in heri t.i: stiould be followed by a better covenant ; he repeats l' oaring which is for himself,add make an atonerriont
nnee of the first was "all the land of Canaan"' t;',t pa r t oh the (11 mat:on to the tenth chapter as hot-I, fur himself and for his house. And he shall take the
"" :—" A lid every priest Mandell) daily m i n ister- "two goats, aod peer eat before the Lord at the
that of the beeollti is " an eternal inheriiimce,"1" 1
" an heavenly country." the world to come, of rat, anti ',111d eikri"g oftentimes the same sacrificesdd oor of the tabernacle of the congregation. And
wili e4 Chris t is " the appointed heir," and over: vatuen can never lake away sins : hut this titan, 1lAaron shall cast lots upon the two coats; one lotfor
after he had oflered one saclike fer SIDS, fin- ever „the Lord, find the other lot for the scape-goat. And
which he is to reign : " For unto the angels batk .
fawnheact- • Aaron :hull bring the goat upon which the Lords lot
hay put in subRetion the world to come whereof •• sat down on the right hand a laud ;
forth expr mug till his ,:of nacs he made his funisi,01. ',fell, and.oller him for a sin-offeaing. But the goat
we apeak," but of Jesus it is said, "'Thou Mast put •
t. 's feet." ,,
, Fur by one offering he hath perfected fOr ever them I:• uponwhich the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall
al iin.,••• in su jectiara •
be presented alive before tho Lord,to make an atone-
The first covenant had its tabernacle, made with l: that are ""etlii"• Where"( 11.' holy Ghost also
witueas to us: for alter' that he had said before, ment with him, and to let him go for a scape-goat
handa, that of the, second is :Au, true tabernacle!,Iasisa.
„ which the Lord pitched and not man. into which i his Is the covenant that I will make with them into the wilderness And when he bath mede
after !hose days, sail!) the Lord, I Will put m y Ian end of recoeciling the holy place, and the tatter-
Christ has entered and which is to . come down , m i nds will I Ian of the eongregatian, and the altar, he shall
from God out of heaven in due time, when " the !"."..3 into their hearts, and its their
1 write Thee Iii said,) And !heir sins .brie f!; e the lit e goat : and Anton shall lay both .his
tabernacle of. God shall be with men.), The ai„1. . them ; (Margin, :hands upon the head of the live goat, and confer,
.,-- • ,.... 1 ..._ is I , , I and iniquities will 1 ninendicr no wore.
b, t, ' . „p • . .. a nd . r, of God, I a previrma !eta of his argument (x. i.) he had over hint all the iniquities of the children of Israel
High Priest over the litesae under ',the- ' In
,12.1,,d, (hat ‘, t he hiw c„„ „e„ti• w i th t h,„„iteaces !and all their transgressions in alt their sins, putting
second ; :tad 1,v the oPritie,- of his body once for rito4e them "P" the he"d of the goats and shall send Mtn
which they offered year by year continually,
all, he bath ps-tfeeted for ever them that are saarti-: , ,,,...e, he shows, that by the I:and of a fit man into the wilderness:
1 tied. The first had it, penalites, so has the seeontl:1! ("inc."ligleunl° Pct./ ja i " "" ;and thel goat t shall bear upon him all their iniquities
qTerings are needed, 'Christ, by one Wks-
"I.1. lilt de-piFed Vioses' law died without mer- :: so gar as aitilt en ‘tlirldiabited„: and - he sir let go the
perfecied forfa.rtr theta OW are sant:until." rinlint in ta .ter ss. . Lev. M.
'It; cy, tillder two or thlee witnesses ; of how touch Mg oaths
, t)i this " the Holy Ghost is a witness ;" fur it shall !ib, :g°— m this
sorer puei,lishelit auppeae ve shall he thougut L.:Iptilwlie‘.ortypical transaction we remark, 1, That
_ he realized after those days when the Lord shall k of Christ could not be exhibited by
worthy, - who :anti trodden ander foot lite Step 0‘. i
(;,,,t, and oat h roomed the blood of the covenant, 1 . write his law in theft hearts, and in their miude, one kid of the goats. lie was to atone for sin, and to
un hol y thing, and 11 and shall tahe away thew SillS and iniquams, so that' ; remove or take away sin in all its consequences;:so
wherewith be was sanctified, „„
thry shall le remember( d no more ! that it should be remembered no more.
hallo done despite unto the a"aril of zrace?
'rite :NI „,,,,,.,„nra had i t, ern, ,..,11, _
..,as well „ its • Having settled this point he proceeds to the nisei 2. The kid on whom the people's lot fell, and wt,o
t;,,es. to bear away their sins, is called,(mara in) " Az a-
awed iiines, 1(:r the cr, rit transaetiens which con- plieation ol his itrgument,. by eneouragements,
. he were ad- !zee." And I need not remind you of the import of
ferret! its blesaite;a: —.Mot ea received tin! statutes, warnings and exhortations, just as it
: dressnig the Adventists of our day : " Let us bold. that tvord. Azaz, a goat. El, Go.l, i. e. Gad's t.7id
of the first covenant partly in :lore!), and hart!, in . ry. the coals. And when we recollect that lambs and
the plains el :Moist); (Deut.xxix. 1.) Joshua brought lust the profesaion of our faith without wavering ;
d. Cies not away • kids appear to have been the same, in the cererao-
the pevpie into their inheritance and conquercir3 for he is laithful that has pronsise
most u their ern.‘nsiea ;--David hretiaht all into therefnre your confidence, whien bath great recom• -' nits of the law, can there be ney misapprehension ur
; no r pense of reward. For ye have need 01 pattence,l'the testieeiny of John, when he pointed to Chrha,
subjection, awl Fettled the PlY.airA tli svue, m' the will of God ye might Saying, " _Behold the Lamb If God, that TAxt:TH
Solramon tlisilaytal its full elory, by the erection oti that art" ye have doo
I promise. fur yet a. little while, and he. (Rlargin,BEARnTn) ASSAY the sins of the wo,ld ?"
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the tenaplz.., an admitted tyPe of the Work of Christi.
1. . that shall come will come, tied will nut tarry.— : 3- The !jibe, in the order of the ceremony, is sio.
as a ton over his own hortse," in t,reparinf..t a ,lieu- 1 -,, • : " and when he hulk mode A:v rare of re.
, uw the just shall his by faith ; but if any inan:irtilicant
it:it ten of God throuoh the Spirit." '','Iten God :Take , -` el!conciling the It iv place, sae., he shall bring the live
to David of So!omen, 11e said, " Ile shall build and!`r3w back my :out shall have no pleasure in tom. I goat, ;it tt:e goat shall bear upon hirn all their mi.
t a remarks Win !Mike all plain,
house for mv name. and I wi!1 eatahlish the thrtme -:'' :e31 i • ,I
. • d . s.. !I quit ies into a land riot inhabited, ( mit gin , of separa-
' la 'is the transaction
of his kingdom for ever ; I will be his father, and!! , •
prod reward," the "piorji-ct " state of things Mon).
he shall he my son," 2 S.1111. vii. 13, 14. Patilli 1[42 " , , I
knswer. l'he making of the fro .s rf I Now Paul assures us that Christ is to do that work
shows that the words referred also to Christ, lieb.,i‘. P"'"'sf.' ' " • forum. So that we may sine withDavid,when he look-
h„ ,,,, A„id l; Christ hia foots/ea. When is that to be. done e
i. 3. Solnruon liegnn the• temple "alt t •or shy s..) au , mita 11,-.i. - tenter ell to the same time, " .ds far as the east is Port the
yi. •alliin.,s put
nAnth," 1 Kingg.t vii. I, the mouth in which our., , , , -, west, so far Wit he removed our transgressionstrout
Liu asc'end ed to hen „ n; he th,d iented iLe
lemithAtIntier ann. An,wer. At his coming. I i hell "nu ' i e., !"—He will buries it by "sa•allott inn up death in
it 10(
: 1; eth the end, when he shall leive eehvered up victory." "For the sting of death is sin, and' the
"-krr the 5cruith ratinth,'' 1 Nine's viii. `). al ay (brought hack, of restored) the kingdom to tithe ..strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God
be that all the " lively atunes wit) be " built up a .,
apiretral house," and the topatone he hrought fur--!: eVen the Father ; when lie (the Father) shall have, who uiveth us the victory through our Lord J4sta
put down all rule, and till authority, and poei w ..'Christ." "The wicked shall be 'driven away in their
;aril with ihouting5.- of " 'race ! ,....roe,, ,..Itnio ir , 51 !
For he (the Father) moat rt•ign, till lie (the Father) r „.ici„doe„:, He will :Ilse destroy him that hath
IN " a oreater than :zolomon," in the same month ?
• ,i bath put all (monies under his (the ....uit's) wet. ! t h e power nedeath, that is, the devil. And he will
Tilt' seennd covenant is equally distinguished bylThe lest enetny that shall be destroyed ia death., finish it by making all things new, so that " there
n th(' times for Oa ereat trans;wtiotts, and the realm-it , 1, For he bath pet :ill things under los feet." Am 1 lan be no mom. curse • " '' For behold, I create
zation of Is hies-tuffs. " !i'.:1 lia1 not the scColsti ;• 1/,c cohtin 0 rj. Christ then, tins .perfect slate of' new heavens and a new earth : and the former s.klit
envennnt been fully eat!-Idi•lieti ?" " Are not its! things is to be intreduced. nil be rememlered, nor come into mind. And Chid
htesseass now fully le:distal f " l:v no means.' 2. Does Paul shriw IN that his coming is connect- hliall wipe away all tern., from their eves ; and thare
'I Ile iNiieritanCe is yet iil 1!:e nand , of usurpers, its reel wil h .(ay chronologiea I armies/mu:10 1 AllSWer. •Sliall be no ;Imre death, neither sorrow, nor c,in!...!,
el.. is ::1,s,•tii ; its sub;!'('!, are i:it!ier Wider tin I;y quolitig from thu p:uplict 11 ,0)0 k k Uh., (ti. 3,40 he neither shall there he any more pain: for the tomcr
! ewer 0 dealla er liatnine the heli!.'s of tlteir shewe that what Cod spoke by that prophet, of "the things 'ire passed away."
L ord. • -h eir preesn1 posiiisa Is lik es t ha t of t he 'vision " which is "fur ail appeinted time," relates to To thi$. perfect st at e the "great c loud of wit ness_
Jsriielitt !t in the wilderness, and we are warned by ' the coming el' Chi kt• The prophet says, .. Though ,es," who hare died in faith," looked, while tbey
teeir fa: , to fear " lest a proanee I eiag left tie of it, (the vision) fairy, wait for it ; because it will , were, like us, pilgrims and strangers on tie earth!'
jet.) his reat." any of LB isthi ., a fter the surety conic, it will not tarry." rout- says, " lie They saw it " afar oil.," and sifter counting. the Cost,
sattie eXanirile of lItitie!iel," 'Ind so Mine "-bort of!' that shall come will mimic, and will not tarry." The " were persuaded" of its value, " embraced" it as
it :" "'or we are re-sa• partakers of," „ t. wi t h prophet says, "The just shall live by his faith." Paul their portion, and their " confession" followed.
(Ark!, if we lio:('. that the Leginnine of our con- '-a) s, "Now the dust shall live by faith." They Butt " they received not the pounse," its fun-
fdence steadfast to,to ttir F'u All that Christ has' siwil "ccire the promise—The saving of the soul. ment : God having prodded some better thin; for
spoken ; our profeeai.):1 Of !frith in what he has To draw back is perdil tin ! :us all, by which they eith us shall be etude peitect."
spoken ; all me wamin,,s, nrornit,:t.s and exhor- r Again, then, %v.: reinark,t he coming of Christ takes !And then our shit!!, of which Jesus is " the author,"
tations ;and the great wi.rk wnieli confers the lull place 'when the vision, which is for an appointed I (margin be;zi ft. er,) will beliefs/led. The full Wes_
blesaings of , he set•on,1 coven:nit, look to the future, time, is fulfilled. And there is no appointed time for ;!sings of hia " promise" will have been received.
vision's Inch we believe can extend beyond the tl What he has 5,pol:en in the past will have given place
to the end, the appk•;:ring of Christ. 'flue, the any 11
. present autumn !
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r., „1,„t “1„. sii,aliittii frinn heaven." For '' hi'1; of our igitltrJc::311s, . .. Christ
.. id oc.. ,(51011(18 W ing Christ, and r' inyviring and starching diligently
,,,,,..,• „li ve ,60,,k• Plo tett-ill," aeeompa flied wit h ..it io ii liemetit. heave.n . We are i Ned. ‘k•olon a imp aay.s of that What, and what manner of time." Those who are
..„,,,,,I or a triiisitlitt,'• at I h e.,,,i v i„ j... of the hi, ; 11,11 A wild mintit,, Ii i t; i i ffisi, who are
unprepared i. too indolent to search, or who are afraid to follow
)10 A Iii - hal li premised, sayiter, .• Yet once more 1':—. lint glor)oiis to these Wil011.1"1: rigply, I feel that Ii truth -velion they find it, for fear of Mall, whose breath
,1,., !,„ ,ss l b,. ease) -11, , he: .11.se he:111111.. , A1141 Ibis i Mu unsling t h us hist ,`!,peer/ that i shell ever snake .. is in his nostrils, will of course remain in• ignorance
wee'. ' Vet uori• til"ti'•' -!•2oi!leflt the roo loviog oh ,f1111/11,01 .1:10 press. Aly heart is fiill. I see the un- i of titne t.and :that day, most likely, will come upon
thee: dieters litters that Pre slisl'"n, as of things Ilisit are i godly and the sinner disappearing: from my view, and ',theta unawares.
„,,as, t au thou thins .; Whic h cannot he shekel, m may
a ,!here re now stands helOre my 111iiiti • the professed be- : I will nowt present a brief argument from the
tem 'is. trateeSee we terek ing a kingdom whii:11 'fierrrs in the Lent's near approach. lint what shall 'types to show that the tenth day of the,•sreenth month
i• 'omit !el moved, let ,i,.., kive •ira.,e win:ruby we limy , I say to demo I A las l we have all been stuntbcring i is the time in the year to look fur our reining Lord.
',nit f ;oil a vroltialtlyi t‘ ill% re% im:Heo Hod godIr ow/ sietrin. ,—hotli the wise and the foolish; bOt so ! 'Matt. v. 17, 18—Our Lord.says, " Think not that
fe.ir."—lielr. *ii. 2.ti-•--.2.S. •I •• t.,
: tint 8:iNitir told 11:4 it Wolliti be ;and "thus the Scrip- I.I am come to destroy the law or the prophets ; I am
red is verY ''x'u'i in lin'iting-°tit " Ihn inii!ei oft tiire,s are fulfilled," ;Led it is the last prophecy re-li not come to destroy, but to fulfil. .For verily I say
the .Tirit :•' Ift-re i: be litit..u.i." ma.i"lf , ;: lasting to Alio events to precede the personal wlef nt 1 , unto 'yoli, Till heaven and earth pasis one jot. or one
,1„, is to .• ?•,..,,,ire .tin, ,i ,, ti.till2S, tlt:tt ar .: ,irdi,,,r.1..:4:(,„z louf d ; imw comes, the 'Due Ala:eight (.sry. !tittle
shall ill nu wise pass from the law; till all be
"the heaven, .a •1,1 Ow ,•.irill," awl is to lie: re ile‘ve, d . 'nit!: pri.,•ioas, was butt ,ibc alelent. Sow Me Vfil fondled." This mugs relate to tlai laai of type, as
ss o i ess, 11111$;:A Wil1C . • ,1. :.'t1'11.
. ., 110 miiro be stilt:- one .i,: sonmbp.4,; and obi itow
i.,,.._the 0,,,,,,,, 1 i,,i,,,,.,t„„i.,H.11,„ ,„,„,... bo ,,,,,„, ;,:,,,I. Tins „ virnin6 ,, irivu 1114.11 adul71(c)rtr insiltolit:biill.1127;. tsl'itel I tals.pit-sheh:m i oeralmelant r..6.1..filileetd.tislr,thii,,i
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'we. earth—.t i • kiii2(Inni wiliili c•atit?I• lin "Inv" 1,1 1. vest, all or its. Asleep on tht.: tint ,:: that is the. point. : notice is the •.alii.xing,
of, the pascal larrib, Exodus xii.
Tlit, a " the po vets of 11..,AVt..11 S.I1:111 1).! sital.:41.1 ',. 16-1011/31 ,
113V11 illilMtl 10-v:tr.hicri the seri.n/h month, lint '6,—" And ye shill keep it up until the feurteenth
than th4 that, are in their ,graves 'shall - Ite31*•111C ... . ,
• it has with (bed,/ whether it is ibis ye;tr or some ,,day of the Same -, - ritot -Miiila itierent . bly of
toted n the: -on o • ..rot , a 01 1 '0.1. 1.1 Maisie part in. ,'eller •
: atul that doubt is now removed from my mind, !the congregatien Of Israel
Ilse brit resurrection shall come fol•th ; " for the.. „ , „ , „ , , ithkill shall it inthe evenikr,."
Lord himself shall de,:eml front heaven with al ' '''''''"") Flee ve""...g.rwini rum(14," 77.3 l'c'ar, " Go " lietwrta the Inc ecenings," is the marginal read-
,hniii. with the m. etee (31. the :it eitattgel, anti the ye out to nn4 him." We have done with thol. ing. '.rh Jews iiivided their afternoon into two even-
tromp of GOti, and• the. de..td iii Christ shall rise first ;rinontinal 0'111111es and all the wicked, except.ao far :inks, viz, from the sixth to the ninth hour, and from.
Oteiewe witieh are ale e shall lie c:illslit i ll to!vether I; as I bis cry may ailing them: our work is tiny to. the ninth hour to sundown ; this is, from mid-day
w i t h them in the cloud:, to meet. the Lord to the i,' wake lip (he " virg'ins " who " took their lamps and Iii our three o'clock; and from three o'clock to the
.,;r * , a nd t hen we Alll .• enine auto Mount sleet ,i went tiirtli to meet the 13ritlear001f1." Where arc snit settings The lamb; 'Which was a type of Christ,
met onto tau city of the living. God,,the heavenly; Si kloW,.? ".: II the vision tarry, wait for a." is not i tv,,s killed in the point -hi the clay we call three
larti,,,t1„,,11, and to an i111111,5KtralAc 1,..0101,3111- of ail- . that Our answer since last March and. April ? }'es. o'clock in the afternoon, on the fourteenth of the first
aak, to the eeneral assembly and church of the first ' What: happened while the bridegroom tarried ?— month. Was this type exactly fulfilled to our Lord's
earn, whist' are written. in heaveit,, and .to God the !The virgins all shiniltered and slept, did they snot? death? Yes. Tie was put ' to death at the Peas-
i sle° of all, and to tl:e spirits tit jilts!. teen Amide per_ Christ's word's have not failed ; and " the crip- over, and died at three o'cloCk, or the ninth hour.
r.. t, and to Jesus the medi Liar of the' new coyeean t, tures cannot he lirokeo," anti it is of no use for us' See Mark xv. 33-37. Thus the type had an exact
,,si to the aloud of sprinaline, this!. speaketh !lette r in., prcte lid that we have been ass'ahe : WO have been Ifulfilmeet on the cloy, and at the very hour ; so exact
chine's than that of Aliel."--41e1). xii. 22—•24. Olt, slumbering ; not on the ha of Christ's ('riming, but is God about Bete.
e fed a brig=ht and it lorious vision of initiortality l!on the lbw. \Vc came into the tarrying Bute.—wed Leviticus xxiii : 9-11,—We read thus, "And
opens before 013 .I Hid not know " how long" it would tarry, and on li the Lords nake unto Meses, saying, speak unto the
Who would not hold fsst, at any cost, a profession li that point we have slumbered—some of us have said,
of faith that is to he tiies finished ? (children of Israel, and say.anto tnem, When ye be
' "isillepor N si(07, : 3 itUroit' i ithill:
IXis cittl:u‘111,1"1..kr ctiimise .;;. 80L(‘)11de :came into the land whichi give unto you, and shall
Now Paul 1113SIIMIS us that Christ Will CW(4'11110111 the
ihis work when be loaves his father's right band, to 1,11cip for taut is the help of man. Speak thyself, reap the harvest thereof, then, ye shall bring a sheaf .
come. again ; he evidently connects his eomiulz with j: Lord'. 0 that the "1st:1hr," may now "hake of the first-fruits of yourstiareest unto the priest ;
tilts vision which is for an appointed time, and lie ;Lis, ;,,,p„.1,,, a,: 1,,,,,. ,and
, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be
shows that the type i, then to he fulfilled. -" For : Peter, 1st Epistle, chap. I. 11, positively . declares for you: onabemerrot.v after the Sabbath
Christ is not entered into the holy places made with' that the Spirit of Christ., in the prophets, did testify ' the priest shall tsfaie it." Hese is A type of Christ's
ha nds, which are the tigoies of the true, hin into th lime fm. the stifferings of Christ and the glory that 'resurrection, end Paul telly us, let.c..;or. 15 : 20—
boaveil itself; liql0 to appear in Ilse presence of "oil ,ishould follow, and gives us to understand, in the 13th But now i4.Chrisiserfr,ortl. cti.e,4eatl, and be-
for us ;" there be fulfills. the type of :he kid oil 'i r„rs,,, that that it g 1 011, W to he " at the revelatton of
, "as come the firsl-friAits .gf theta that . slept:"
. On what
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whom the.Lord s lot tell, And onto them that look 11),,sn (leis'. " Speaking; of the pronl eht Peter day did-our Lordaisesfrorit :she dead.? On the first
for bun shall he amic:ir the- second time wirlious sin,"1,,,y-st " S.ear-ithiiiiixvliator what mlintie..r1Of t'ime..the . diay:. o:1,' the, week, or the " Morrow. i.after the ,Sab-
(mu oirering,) hat ing in•tile an eild of reconciline th e N ; ;E r t 1 which vets in them did signify, bath." 'I bus exactly fulfilling the type, note
h.& place, &e, " on.o salvalien"—to " !mar a•wav i svil't.e.).;:. i ti i fes't'illi..:71.1-,hefOreliand the sufferings of Christ in the thing signified, but in the lime, Lev.;.iiiii.
the sins of the world," that they may be remembered i and tile, glory that should follow. . . Wherefore 15, 10—we have the time of the least of weeks, or,
iiti Mute, , I gird up the loins of your mind, he sober, and hope as it is called, the PenteeostS,,•which signifies the
(In Oat fiery does the type require this to he done ri el the end for the grace that is to be brought unto !flieth day. This was the anniversary of the; giv-
" And the Lo.d said unto .Moses, Speak unto Aa run .•, you at the revehoion
iliv brother, that he come not al ail times into tilt: , of Jesus Christ." Here we ing, of the Law, and the descent of the Lord upon
phme within the tarn. .. .. . And this ,hall ho ti . nave the. filet stated that tice Spirit of Christ did re- Mount Sinai. Exactly on that day did the Holy
holy veal to the, prophets the tint( not only of Christ's suf- Spirit descend on the Apostles. Acts ii. 1-4.
•tatute forever unto too : that in. Pie serr.oh. nomth, i'erings hut of his glory, or " revelation." Peter If the types have been fulfilled exact, as to time,
bq ote 1e11.4. ,lu or
.ll on fie! ewer?, ve shall sanest your
. that 7: even to the hour, where chat is known, will those
Ftir day sleill the priest make:: wits u', the time revealed was not literal but symbo,,-
!..iids , that remain to be fulfilled , lie less exact ? I think
an atonement for on to dean'-'e v°", Ilia( Ye 11"v l'‘..t.alt.i m ‘, i iii t.',7;„of.b,t„ikniti,?::, illt s1.:
‘7,\,.1!„h;sit 1,111,f,s ()/c6:17inflgtsh.a;t) :' not. God always has kept time in the fulfillment of
I. iodate from all your sins i:e fore ihe Lord." to thi: 1,2,11 ch;Lpter a -1),„eci, the ene,, the prophecies ; and thus far, as we have seen, in
Nee let it be remembered, that the l'itSSOVCT and liy turning
the Pentecost, ta-0 out at the three groat standing in- , flint after the angel had finished the detailed expla - the types. He will not fail on us now. No, not
.'its tions of the Cast coven, ain b„ ve bemired;
,
bemired; natiou.of the vision::, and woundup with the stand- " oneaut or tittle shall pass from the law till all
be fulfilled. Let us then lookne those types that
hy the most impnriant trans-actions of the, new cote.-i[ing up of Michael, Ewa: like God—the Son of God,]
1::011, which have vet tal:en plaice. Wili the third, ;the roman:4:6°n of the saints,, and those 'that had remain to be accomplished. Lei. xvi. 29-34—
" unit oft A tonement , rein tin o i t h ont he m., 1,,,,,,,,... :turned many to righteousness shine as the stars, "And this shall be a statue for ever unto ply,. that
rdin a similar manner ? Aa d if it is everhonored ;. &e., that Daniel sees, verse 5, two angels, " and in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the mouth, •
by its a n:si-tv pica! et ens, most it not be in the pi-esonl i.t010 said to the man clothed in linen, wh ich was ye shall afflict your souls, and -do no work at all, ,
.:deata ? I think so. Iii my soul I believe it,,au,d I !triton the waters of the river — how long. shall. it whether it be one of your own country, or a.stranger
sei•'act accordingly. . Hie to the Ind of these wonders?" Here is an in _ that sojourneth among you :•.For on that day shall
you may ask, perhaps,—If the day of atonement itquiry aleott lime, by the angels. Well, Peter said the priest make art atonement fursyou, to cleanse
„ 4s to he stalked by its anti-typical events, why did..t.liti.,iiiigt.ls desired to look into it. Mil they get an you, that ye utay be clean from: alt yoursins;before:
o..0 Christ enter tile holy place on that day ? If he ':wager ! :-=ev. Dail. xii. 7—” And I heard the man the Lord. It shall be a Sabbath ' oftest s• unto you-,
Ad. 1-1-11141111 be ilotibteil tile more reastiaably, that 'cluillt4Th linen, which was upon the waters of the and ye shall afflict your souls, be a statue forever:-
i,„ ,,,edd mar-, on litat ti 4y. but now, as he did river, when he Iii•Ll up his right hand and his left And the priest, when he shall anoint, andiwhons he
',in cuter on that day. it is settled that he !mist conichand unto heaven, and snare by him that livuth for 'shall consecrate to minister in the -priest's office in
mit on that day, or the type, as to time, must be for- : ever, :old it shall be for a time, times, and an half ; his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and '
""1 nuful'Il". Other types I lease,. as they hays, and when he shall have aecumplislie'd' 6; scatter the shall pat on the linen clothes, even. the:• hoiy gar.
ii,ei fully powed uoi, and aher? is no time to add! power of the holy people, all these things shall lie, rnents: And he shall make an atonement for the
,„.„.n. As ! belit7e 11.1e word ot. Goil.shows Nnve are li t ,i,!„.(1 .•, This 1„.rs„,, th us s„.,;,,ring, was none holy sanctuary,. and he shall make an atonement
-eosline so :ie.:: Me t.l.ly W111011,3 10 01.1,010 the fate ,other than the: Lord Jesus Christ • and he mare to for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the
.,f all inen •,- and fee..i.it that i . am not'. putting loan tamt. Yea, to time conneeted with the second ad- altar ; and lie shall make an atonement for .the
tie. list ettill. 16 ell.:.i.at that truth which is meat in .yew the risoirreetioll Mid the tilorifie:ttion of his ,!priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
truth
sw setsoa, I cams-tly iaiplore ihat mercy :Ind : people.. Tit-;„ owe, 1,0,.,,mr, is symbolica l:: 1st4 And this shall be an everlasting statue unto you,
mit• ritst upon us, to git; li.t and ptcpare US for a part . ,ixtii ..:Itty mil dare. :At! the biaspheidons position to make an atonement fur the children of Israel, for
is the immortal kingdom. Amen.
Your brother in enlist, • ii. 4,..1LE. 'alga' the Lie' Jesus SWare to time • that meant nu.. all their sins, once a year." In the 9th chap. we
;thing ; or, which is the sinne thing, sware, with thei have an. account of what was to 1-e done tat that
CharleOuir a, 0.-I. P- 1-1.
mist solemn oath, tu time that lie intended should day, and at the closing part it of we ate aold, Lev.
never Le understood! Such a position,. one would ix. 22, 23—" And Aaron lifted up his hand towards
• "Go ye out to meet .kiim." suppose, is blasphemo us. enough to make a dek-il the people and blessed them, and came down from
Tile TE,..NTII Ii.kY OF TUE sEVENTII :Nit:NTIT. trentlile ; for, it is virtually eharging the Lord of offering of the sin-offering and the burnt. offering,
I take up soy pen with feeling-:; such as I never he- Glory with swearing a lie! ! Beware, U van man, and peace-offerings. And Moses and Aaron went
t• 1r,... N twrient,•111. B-Han.1 a &milt, in my mind, the how you thus charge the Son of God. Time is re- into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came
f. ak day of the serz'tah mantis will winless the rove •cealett. But it cannot be understood without obey- out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the
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Notwithstunding we saw. there must be such an up- cry referred to, and that: it of the utmost impore
fjcialb ilcportcr. [ parent delay, yet we supposed the time of this delay lance that we all be ready without delay, lestthe door
• "7 Wa altogether indetionte, and that we could have no be closed and any be shut out.
`` T14 V. LOS I) Is AT It A :more clue io the particular time of the Lord's Ad- „
THE NATURE OF THE MIDNIGHT City.
. veto ; mud Ora while it einst Ito near, • and might be
BOSTON, ocuezvart LG, 10.1.1.; expeeted,-yet we could only wait and We are free to confess that we were not looking far
•
watch for his coming. a cry of this nature. We expected it would be giver:
x emeee. we have neine,,,,,m.ed ed e„ it ei, eel •
however,•co»trary to our expectations, in a dial:rent manner ;. and yet we had no Scripture.
die rveular time, that we might again teach Our ' %,Ve
the Advent bands have been every where upon which our expectatious, as to its nature, were
e miffs at Lime cerliest pthsih:e date. We repuldish; 'mu t"t
electrified by the prodaination of a definite time—. based. And, therefore, we have 110 argume.its to
also articles of Ben Stors end' Snow, and our views
a, given our lust, th.,t the i.videue of the wide_ tenth day of the seventh month of the pres- disprove that this is the '° Cry." -
cut year. God often works in a -mytteriors manner, and epee
.gisemi's speedy apploach may he extended as far ... c"i" sacred -1"is cry has gone on the
%sings of the wind, tied has been with joy'received rates Upon the minds of men in ways that we know
a:, is praetteable,
: by the: great hotly of those who were looking for time not of. When God 'had predicted of Cyrus that he
;;.../' We eltall strike elf a large numher. of trtra%
(',,sous; which ugly be had 'at this oilice, Without immedette unitise.; of the Lord, and also by most of should do all ME plensureOsa. xliv. 28,we might have
money, and w price. those who are proclaiming his appearing. And the enqoired, how that heathen prince could be ritoved
- npou :inch has beer most ealutary. It•bas pro- execate the predictions. of God. But V13 learn that
the Bridegroom cometh! dueed a most sleep and abiding solemnity. on the Gierticeemplis!..i:d his purposes by sending the angel
Go Vs: oca"ro mEET Him !! Attie& of those who have received it ; and a solemn Gabriel, Daniel. X. 13, to Cyrus the prince of the
Reader, have you heard this astounding " Cry," • '1 littnss pervades the "beeting3 of these who believe 'kingdom of Persia; and - although Cyrus withs!ood,
- t his last " NIntaight Cty ," which has so suddenly it. It has caused a giVing up of this world, a laying • and refused to listen to the secret influences of the
.swakesied the virgins, who were slumbering .ond l!eside of all its pleasures :and ceres, and a patient angel for one and twenty days, so that Michael went
0,;epeig d„i„it, the tart,ins .the. vision ? Haw:Ile:siting for his Sun twin heaven —such. as was not to help hirn, yet his, heart was finally rnmed ; and
heaid while has been borne on the wings of " iiiie"ed ditri"g. "".) part of 18-13. The whole cf- !thus, the Lord stirred -up the spirit of Cyrus to the
tee wind to every adveut band in the hind; .and ;feet has been' .So salutary, amid it has bee" so performance of his word, who made a proclamation
,rust-ed them simultaneouely front their :;talieeusly and Widely extended, that it cannot be ac- throoghout all his kingdom, that all of the people of
electrifying theta with its startling appea l If eel, - conisted fir, unless God is hi it: It has also been so :God who were minded might go up to Jerusalem and
hie not, Limn it is high time to awake out or sleep, like a fulfillment of theintrable of rebuild the house of God,—Ezra i. 1-5.
and listen to its solemn" notes The cry has gone
In. the same manner may God, by his angels and
luau, that the Loam,, " whot,e goings forth are from . THE TEN VIRGINS,
'by his Spirit, operate upon the minds of men. at the
evtalisime," is to come its judgment this present
And Bill you listen to the reasons, and in the :2:itlt of Matthew, that we see not how it can Present time. In this way, and in this alone, can we
no d isproved, that this is the cry,,, which was .to account fur such en awakening on the particular point
tiot arguments, whielt are advanced tit its support
he made at midnight,—" Behold, the Bridegroom of time, as has been so simultaneously and so univere
1843. :cometh, go ye out to meet him ! " This parable was salty witnessed. It therefore becothes us to tel:e
This you well know has always been our time ;
spoke k by our Savior, in illustration of what should heed to ourselves how we treat it : "for if this
and as the conductors of the Advent press, we have
. be, at his comine — when The evil servant should be council or this work he .Of men it Ni.ill come to
never hati:tity other. In that year e e expected the ; •
we tees tee:,tit ;Lad sayeig in his heart? " my Lord delayeth his coming," nought : hut if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it..;
Lord would conic; and
• . tend the wise servants were giving meat in due seas- lest haply ye be found eVeu to fight against God."
gal s because ate I b ••d••d • With, this view of the subject we cannot feel that
whir must he the uppoeite of what the evil
asvey, and the event for which we looked was nut ;!"' we have.discharged our duty to our readers without
,,:slued, we regarded it as an ieexplicable my,tery.l!servants were saying,—and which must consequently and l presenting all the evidence which may be brought to
Vet we held on tnt;he blessed hope by tee new light be a proclamation of the coming of the Lord,— ff bear upon this momentous question. And first,
%%hie!) was thrown upon the Scripture promises ; .orid !!theit the Lord would come in a day in which the evil
which we saw that the vision must tarry to fulfil .i! sT11434. looked not. for him, and in an hour he was not " THE PROPHETIC PERIODS."
the jets and Wiles el God's word ; and that we w ere and would cut hint asunder and appoint hint !
portion with the. hypocrites. `rues, says our Commencing the prophetic periods at these points,
to wait for it. We Saw by the prophecy of
ti. 1-4, that •when the vision had been writion!! Savitir, shall the kingdom of heaven be likered to which we have considered the most strongly fortified,
the present autumn roust be the latest point to
aud made plain upon tables, so that those who shoiddiilthis parable. And the parable teaches us, 1st, That
might ma and proclaim the Mess:le.4i of the!!" the vireius would take their. lamps mud go out to which we can extend them, without admitting an 'er-
t,..d it
ror in the dates of our commencement of them, or in
coming Savior, it would then appear to us to tarry,l; meet the Ilrideeroone— as is the custom in oriental
and we were to wait for it. 'The vision was still, :l countries to this day. This is never dune until about chronology since their commencement.
owever, to be for a time appointed, at the end 06 lie time in which the return or the bridegroom is
h 1; THE 6,000 YEARS. We have long been of the
which it would surely come, and would no longer iieneeted. .1..ven so did the Adventists : about the opinion, that the eURsE,,under which this earth hap
,
Larry, should speak, and not lie, That this had l e- ltime when we had Deleon to expect the revelation of existed from the FALL CF ADAM, would continue
ference to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, " e .!.the Lord, they took their Bibles and went. out to meet : upon it fur 6,000 years to the restitution of all things,
were assured by St. Paul's quotation' .of it in !tele Ilium. when there will "be no more curse." That the fail
s. 35-39, and his comments upon it, by which he;; The Bridegroom was to tarry ; and while he of man was in the autumn, there can be but little
Iris shown us, that when ee bad done the will 'if 'tarried, all woiild slumber and sleep, as is often the room to doubt. Till that event, there must have
Gad in thus writing the vision, we should have heed :caSe when the coming of the bridegroom is delayed been a continual succession of fruits in Eden, as
ur patience, that we might receive the l
irwHise'4n. alater time iss the slight than he was at first ex- there will be in the New Earth, which will be Eden
• ellen, "vet a little e hue, and he that cometh will iel ps.e.ted. . yield 'twelve
And thus leis the wining of our Bridegroom restored, where one tree alone
some, amid w:11 not tarry " God had also shown us 1, „ manner of fruits, which will not be confined to the
lueen delayed oeyond the Jewish year in Whieh we
by the prophet Ezekiel, vii. 21-28, that the opposers
.e,, 'looked fur his retern ; und during this delay, who months in one season of the year ; but will yield Re
tit the Advent were to have an opportunity of sari s fruit every month Although here we have a succes-
r.s.01; will ne'.. plead guilty oh' having been asleepl
the days were piolonged, and that every. a 1 bald sion of fruits. from May till late 51 -the fall, and in
eeled.- But the Sante divine word also u:-sined us] 3. At midnight there was to be a cry made, — Judea front early in the spring ; yet in Eden, before
t hat when they should thus say, then God would il" Beheld, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet the curse, the earth must have brought forth salt
• yeak ; and the word that he should speak wonlq hint," and then :all the virgins would arise and trim more abundantly. But when man fell, arid the
„wee to pass, is hen that proves b should be usual lio!..their lamps. The present inevement, and the present ,ground was cursed for his sake, so that it shout'
,sore, and then should be- the effect of every vision.'• cry, ere strlike the fulfillment of this, that we feel !bring forth fewer and worse fruits, then we may sep,,
• Anil we also saw, by various other portions of Strip- l'eolietrained to take heed to it and to taila our lamps ;pose that all :mature felt the blow, and straightway
ease that there must he a tarrying time between tfse., 1:ace„edeigiy. began to droop and wither, as in our autumn ; and
s:xpiratien of our time and the fullillthent of God's,!
e 4. While the fieili:411 should be gone to replenish I therefore the autumn being marked by the fall of
time. And when our imblished time had passed, at It
i the'r hones with oil, the BrUfgroom would come, man, is fitly called the full cf the year.
:i: ted or leele-Jewisli sacred fiine, we frankly tol-;. and those who were ready would jo in with hint to
meted to the world thaewe had no inure time time ;arch Hew long Adam remained in the garden, from fii;
, the marriage. awl the door woul:! be shut, .when
• „.,, e ko gave the reason why there mum. be an dppar- creation in the first week of time to the fall, we
. . , - r the vis- i on. Sac
e .,3 I.. .. s,”. •; ., td i .those who were not ready .yould plead in vain for have no certain means of knowing; but the probe.
cast ._ .
adinitemee.. We solemnly believe the present is theINlity . .
voe. Herald, Vol. 7, p. 92. ii- I ; is, that it waleonlz from the Spring pre iiousi
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, at which t 'roe in the year, according to the best au-red to hallow every fiftieth ea r, Levit. xxv. 10, when; is evident ; :ill thoSe periods must terminate together,
- thorities, the earth was created. I. they a cre to proclaim liberty throughout all their'
t none of. them are yet terminated, and the lonper
, - Ao t. /, short:a pace of tinem e ust have imitetnenco% : land, unto all the inhahitaiits thereof. ; raid then ev- li,ieriods we should expect, ...timid point to tin.: terrrnia-
hot ween creation and the commencement of the eery rain might return unto his possession, and to. his[tion of the, s',•orter onus. .We ...- .(3 therefrre fully jos.
• curs!. it it ,,,o be si,,,, that oe ate about 6,000, family' But there is no assertion hi the Ecriptures, iiii,,d in ,,,N/"...t i ntr ILL, peseta Autumn the terumbrii•
years from c...2:ition, WQ•111aV colitidemi t!v look for the or in 30s01/1illS, that the .leas eVet- observed a single thin of all the prophetic periods. To extend them
„nein:Ilion of the Ammon. ;+ nil that vt.e.. .1.mmlolee. We, however, leurn from information de-I i
curse thi, i:ircyood, would Et:impose an, - error in the date of the
.,. .11 iterimlato,e llrived from Rabbi At : Isaacs,. the
i are about (',001 years from citation, i>. t 11101 'PriP!'t of 11 '"! ermirrie»cement. Of each, or in the ehronulo„.y of tame,
with the - ehronolog•v of the ii,,I,a,..„. 1 ,,,t ,- ,,,,,t the,.Jew Jewish syeagogoes lil the city of New York , that. sinee their commencement.
'•, united chrenology of - ditrerent :old indepunilent Hi : - ave. ording to the Talmud, these Julilees. were oti•-•,, .
f As we :ire thus br000l.t. to this point by the err-
tinny, roma thp , 1,,,oyintii,gh ent, ii ,. ;1y. .A0.1,1,6,11,11, served till the Babylimisli captivity, and once mmfler-liohi,ti3 ourLiods, .,xi., may ,,.. ,, . .
1:41 inquire W):cener. 0iirre i4
i Usher, vr li o,c chronology is eviterallv followed hv a arde. lie says, that although a few landholders in t'or, eiiiie to the time in inc.! .s.et.,, s„ tied e inly.e.).,
we
' historian., and vvbit•ii basin:en allowed in the margin Pale...! hie still ob,•erve. them, yet they do nr:. observe ., .)
I his i,. I hem ii, 11„s comintry., pest we corning .,1* the Lord N6;11 rom•c cOnfideoce
of most llibl...s, films short 152 yoarS ,.r ;oohing l•f "%also , inri;r1Hsthi.' that, a.o- t than at any other time. It is very. eVillent thr;t we
earth ti,ihnt years old with the teri4linitiOn of tbi,.41 MI-ding, 11) the Jewish ,citienear, I 1:(1 present is Le i:can have eu . iiime to the tir„.:..., in
the year, on'y t.s it
prpsent scar. Ile however lift'. but 17 -years. for , year i:X05 front creation, and the next year of I heir It v.... il ._,Altilic : ! ,rorn
t'..., !.•rort.11 of JosInta.'s rehnt, but form hich Josephus. Jul'ih'n, toi,i'i.,,,ii, if notild be in if7o7—iini king th . i. "H. " ' (n •
et% (..., 45, and he dives but :31.1 years 60111 the death last year of their Jubilee A. D. 1817. Accordkg tol THE TYPES .
1,., is voim,.• our calendar, reckonings from the year (1,n Passover of the
01 :M , ;>'•iia to Samuel, when .To.,i, r11 ,.., gi Levitical Petv—tlie time of the cbserva.nees of
for Ore elder andaturreliv, mind the llebrew tex t , was instituted, the last Jubilee should have been ob-. the varions se:Tit:errs nod feasts Wi.:**.h -...ere shadews
e j v „: _i •lo ,, ...,„„, ;.„,. t h e Jthi ges and taviivi'l les-mak.). served in 1837, or according to Usher i.m 1?"1. ::mif good ill'imos !u come, as well as some, of ther:
;•.)g .... :.8 yoaris for that period, and a inch acnords with I l'er:"'lli'lg from the :limo . they entered t..bo. lat_t_ :1 )0_1,,..„,„„,,,„„ra,ive o f p.,..,it ,,,,,,ts.
tets xii.t. ,,,,, t hat .i. t. was • Canaan, it should have heel' observeu. in IN...7,.1 . .
the testimony of St. Pat •
aboottl.e space of 450 y cars. 1;i no no- makieg the next Johileo in 1877, according to our • TILE TIME 01' TUE T1 PICA7, OnSE.R-
tice of an interregnum of 11 Years, which ne mind, calendar. Dr. !tales, howeVer, cons.ends that A. D. I VA.I;CES.
ec,:ording to 2 Iiings, xiv. and xv., existed between 28 was a jubilee year, and that Christ beg-n his mina r.., ii.m principal observances whielt 1.......i reference to
a
the reigns of Amariah and Azariah. These three istry in th t year, Wkii1;:i Ile clailim must neeeslelfit) .:/11.e, Were •be great „Jewish festivals, Ai?, 1st, that
€7:1TS dlitils010n lita:,e 119 have been en a jubiJen yea r , and that it was thus de- oaf the Paseo-yr in the 1117st tnentli. 2d, tl.at of wcals
; and.
,,,,,!„..m r,,t ed it lien o ir Savior prearliod the acceptable i ,„.m petite: list in ti,:e 3d month : and 3d, the feast of
he ...Its 61mA' on other points some 3 or -1 fl'0111
• e,he.r tted more eccurate chronologers, en or 0,;(1,[ ya. r., at- the Lord in the byaagogite of . Naarctl;, ls , Tabernaeles in ti,' 7th reenth.
. - addt:l to his chronology of the world's age, give' d.r Lnlce iv. 19, 21, and re-sured the Jews that on the!. I 1st. Tut in Pa':',- : :it. The peseleal Jar& was iitears
. ,.;,out a,(100 years f•„. tie duration 0 ,, the curse l e: day that Scripture was fulfilled in their oars. If so, J. Mod mni the ; ...1 day of the f';rst month.
Go-! &Ivs
I.:1'e FOSent time; an.d we have reason to believe :.:.. it a wild bring the nest jubilee 1878. But notwit!:- i1 I . y moses, Dem, xej. fj, ...., ile uit, sha h sacrifice t.„e
t!mat it may be consmruoated with the present .Autimio,, standing the impossibility of bringitmg the .'!also y.mir pzeismiver :o. even, at 110P i.f0i1la ('-',VII of the fill:, at
end we .sHitild theref,:re live in continn.11 expectation within the years is-lo or 1:itl, according ' •-; any clue- ,m1,,, season that lbw, vainest - frah out of Et,lit."
nolotty .
of tlie titres of the restitution of all litho?, • • or computation ; yet, - as we said before, ther.:: '.% ,•
,teorcee,4 to Dr. Plies !I.-. frst, Passover, Ex. xii.
should
2. TA): sr vy.:4; T1Mrs. This period .11'254 0 VeqrSs " no liee"sitY that II"' great jelniee either' I 1—/3, was thus ooserved :
beoin terminivte on a )Cori if t c•in only be
during which the Jews Wore to lie ;,01,:p-clioll 10 .1-..!1e11 7-rlii!y had been previously at
smiwn, that the nation front its first bonita has begine.e.; of the month Abzb, (tri, f-era
enem melee. have conimeneed with the rap-
existed the time of a groat jubilee ; ond whic.:, cora- 1.•!nrxforili, was made the first .;:enth of sacred
tivity of Itt.ii,assell, since n hich those who halted
imencing in B. C. 607, could not terrniaate till in A. I). year, rctrievisnee the. o:iginel heginnieg of rho year,
the-i have ruled over them. Ills captivity is dated ,o,„ in smug, o.mout tae vernal equinox,) to take a
hw• teed '(:111'0110100er,, ;ma wit h „.t„:„. • lamb winiout or upon the /teat day of
• I 4 Tile 01.:011 n evu These dais we ',save core-
13. C. C":7. I 'reeellect of het one or two wbo !,.two s • • the month, to lit e;) it tr,i, e.t.d1. to kill it or. trie four.
"-oaks, tren(h,trimerin the ben tv.1..r...,,q3,-(the fe:,eci. of le hich
"1act-u it lo'er, and oe, have 'Jot tator,:it.ia e ith thewi
gteat weicht of es i,kilee is oi l. '""""tt t h t'm (.""'"te""le"t
4.,oing forth of the dL.:ICI: 10 ''.'uYt.i.:re and re- : began at the nint:riret.i7; the latter fit the eleventh,
two y ears ; bet the
build Jerusalem, Pau. ix. 25, which was giv I_ , by Ar- • c.ir t"eset.) They .Were ZO rilast it whele.,_aild to eat
tower of this dams:. Now, aft hoorli we have always .7-r:ota- of t',,Wit
:!gii,___ . .i 1 ill ihti-OP, not ., 4 ., . . „ ., n...
feudin" . h Iatter lark
commenced ti.is period in 13. C. till., aoil sil poos,,,i im
• la 'wrxes - ' - ill 11/!: 711i yea r of his r,
- • ' I 011,11111'11111.1 ,_,-- ith Mai:. loins gird-
Ez. vii li--4 'file decree 1"vil Ireell li ,' on ly 1Ti'en 'en but and Infra?'" ":'- brcall' "T'd'- .'- • '''•
w,-..‘ohl terminate in 1 S.t3,,ct all can site that ;t would' ' .• ' " •' -•t , : ed, their .k.',n,,..5 (Er VI! ir feet, ;Ir.: tkeir staves in ilvfir
s hit' arrived it Jerusale,“ in du- rill b month .iii the 7th bands, a far the wanner and posture of distressed
require 677 al years B. C., a 0d vs.t..1 full years A. D. • . - . -
near of1110 sang. According to the canto, of Ptole-: 'tiiikri:toi who • -t- re!s-;.•,: -,g out instaotiv urien a
_to accomplish 2520 years ; and that this period must
:my, the most authentic ariciont document wine.! me 'long journey, Ihrougli ^ ..!reerywi,derness, towardi
• .:, xtend as u'ar into 1::,4 1, as mt beian after the com- ,
are fairly en-!nave to establish the, dates of that 7‘etico", the 7tb :(i.-e. t11.'...i4,aut
s6. lan•I wbem- “ their toll and tre-el
• t . w^
. (... to
neeicement of B. C. 677 : so that a e 'And they x"Vt..re - also r-euired to sprinkle the
:tear of Ibis . king is pinned down to the year 4, 2r)4 of
tiard.to the present , autumn, ill which to look fin- Hymen! of the paschal F.1711). •e-ditlii rt bunch of hyssop
we , the Julian period. And front the end of that year, i'.;p7r:d:•therein, even the • lintel, er b”.4. post, and
tl.e.ir .ermination, 'according to - the date at which
. i which was the commencement of A. J. P. 4257, to (lion the two side posts of the diens el tleeir hoeses
have always commenced them.
'the consmeneement of A. .1.1? 4714, !'rorn Whi,:ll'Our to save. . thein lien! llie destroyer, V. seeing
- • te 1-1..i 1
3. THE GREA .r Jernzer.e. This is a period of 7 t vniear , ,
era times, • ,-,..,
is 404 full veers • ;. .-
to .., : i me.
wieco flit • tol:en, -WOuld pass trvf:r their houses, witheire eeee.
t r .1
times 7 Jubilees of 80 years each, or 2.450 years' 1 ,4; .I, years wi . it;jrgi
, ei:.!iseu
, .1 1 ,, , , int.,,:,' to strike te.en."--7..ceo• %freak ..... <I Chrori61,1y,
i716i. •.J a ti si a r y won NI. iic,,t,,,k.i. p. ns. •--
t'...nt the latel. wits to rest, and w !rich vve have ever' - -:- II
• Jan. I,I A. II P. 4714, the vulgar era, and 'Al: have:
regarZecl. roore CIA collateral, than :is positive et i- ,._ Im of do; present Whir.; ebseronce seems to typify fee two advents of
%on fullyrais • • "at ti e • 11.
sin1)eurionetit
. .
dence. This period we have alwitys commenced A. .1. p. 6557. It is however hy He 1,1eans :,,ettah, isI CI.:.ist. rPhe Land, .epified Christ -the samb :....laia
with the captivity of Jelioiakim, when Nebuchad- „, ,,., , , , Artaxerxes , , from the foundation Of t'•z.: World. As the knob was
that the 4 tll Hi did run beein in tLe bider,
• tie:ear carried captive all the mighty men' and ' part of A. J. P. 4: 256, so fiwt it rni„lit4criiiiiiato MI eaten. ...Iv 'e, eu eel. a bone cif Christ was broken :
10,000. captives from Janw3lern ; "n'I which evem 1. A. J. P. 4257. Irstich was the ra, k trio.; rem:I:rating I IIi,: wits the Paschal Larnb. .That which had refer•
is placed with great unanim;ty by .elironologers B C. from the firi,,, day.. of time firs! month, when the Jews. encl.: to his fiat Xtivent was then fulfilled : But there
607. If we• recollect ariele, there is a variation . .-
i lico• an to go tip, and 2131st loll years would expire on Iwn8 the eonising nrtr the elii7.dren of Israel, who had
i amen!; chronolooers in this date of only about 2:, the bro. : day of the first month of the present Jewi:..11 • ••o their doors the sprinkling of the. 14..od of the
years, none making it later than titi5 ; while the! year. Brim. Snow, howemer, argues that the 2.̀?'Jf.; • lamb, the elaying ef the Eg,:.iitians, and the depar.
1 great weight of eviL;enCe plates it 11. C. h07. Iii this: day', should not he ret•kinivil loon time date of the Ire of the children of Israel front Egypt, which reel
• I
I as in the other period, it will be seen that,- to t•otn- doerce, but that they should be dated fi•oin the only be fulfilled in Christ's seeend Advent; When
piece 2450 years, we must extent! them as far into ..111111.• they licgaii to build the walls of the, city when ''..lie Israel of i'tid will leave the ..,....:gypt cr 0,-. wc,14,
A. D. 1.',41 as We begin after the coilime»centeut of the &wive hat' go:ie nee efliiet. As lieey did not I a.-. the- destroyhe; angel v•li pass over those whi,
, B. C. C07 ; so that again we are fairly VIII itied to the; arrive at Jerusalem till the tit'.11 snout!!, and as.' a-e sprinkled with the 1;.•,od of Christ, and will slay
present autumn, in which to look for t'ol termination
there must. have been• a little delay before commute- Pot only the first born, but al! of the wicked at till:
of thi.--• period, without relinquishing our date of its .
i ,ill;; operations, that, wou11 ibring i1me. tetreination • • • ; •.1 .i., roll' I encit.
. • ofthe II pa-esoler
• • • •'. • mt .e 1•• vingdoeiof God. "
commencmvmot, .1
II of the 2300 years into
. . . . the. preeent !eittimn, which is, i See Luke xxii. i.o. .
' It may be objected to . that date, that IL C. 607 !
was not a Jubilee rear, 'and that 'the great Jubilee the latest. point Ito mI tie • .1i .ilii. .,, L.11! 1 /L .LXILIlt
• • • 1.1
LC 111/1/11 "0 'I fa. • ElmoiT .. Fi•trer-. ,.----God required oftheT .sue,
cannot therefore be reckoned Amu it. But it is not the supposition that their ofirtinology and date ofj Lev. xxiii., that when thy came into their lana i
necessary that this period should either commence, ii commencement are right. We refer the reader:. and should reap time harvest 1..I.- creel, that they should
or end, in a Jubilee year. The Jews were command-lito Bro. Snow's argument. One thing hoeverdi w bring a sheaf of the fir.-.t fruits to the priest te, if u;
•