,transcriber's ,notes3    ,text enclosed
 by underscores is in italics 7italics74
    ,additional ,transcriber's ,notes   
are at the end4           99       99   
99       99       99    ,,life          
,,incidents4           99       99      
99       99       99          ,,life    
,,incidents1 ,,in ,,connection ,,with   
,,the ,,great ,,advent ,,movement1 ,,as 
,,illustrated ,,by ,,the ,,three        
,,angels --,,of-- ,,revelation ,,xiv4   
,,by ,,elder ,,james ,,white4      8,and
 he said unto me1 ,unto two thousand and
 three hundred days1 then    shall the  
sanctuary be cleansed40--,,daniel4      
8,and the angel which ,i saw stand upon 
the sea and upon the earth1    lifted up
 his hand to heaven1 and aware by ,him  
that liveth forever    and ever1 who    
created ,heaven1 and the things that    
therein are1 and    the earth1 and the  
things that therein are1 and the sea1   
and the    things which are therein1    
that there should be time no longer4444 
,and    he said unto me1 ,thou must     

prophesy again before many peoples1 and 
nations1 and tongues1 and               
kings40--,,john4      ,,volume ,,one4   
,,steam ,,press    ,,of ,,the           
,,seventh-,,day ,,adventist ,,publishing
 ,,association1    ,,battle ,,creek1    
,,mich4      #ahfh4          ,,preface4 
,the writer of these pages does not     
entertain the idea that he has done     
justice to the subject upon which they  
treat4 ,the field is a wide one1  and to
 do the subject full justice1 would     
require much time1 and many  volumes the
 size of this4 ,and it has been while   
laboring with the  churches in ,michigan
 that these thoughts have been hastily  
gathered  from personal knowledge and   
experience1 and from the writings of    
those who were deeply imbued with the   
sweet spirit of revealed truth4  ,more  
time1 undivided attention to the        
subject1 and more pages1 would  greatly 
improve the work4 ,but even such as it  
is1 it is commended to  the prayerful   
consideration of the reader1 in         

confidence that it is  calculated to    
revive the ,advent hope and faith in the
 hearts of the  fainting1 and to cheer  
way-worn pilgrims to ,mount ,zion1 and  
lead them  to take fresh courage in the 
,lord4 ,and may it not also be hoped    
that  this historical sketch of the     
great ,advent movement will lead some   
to see the subject clearly in the light 
of the sacred ,scripture and  ,christian
 experience1 and embrace the truth of   
,god4    ,the writer has passed rapidly 
over the incidents in his early life1   
and has given only those of later years1
 which were connected with the  ,advent 
cause4 ,his object has been to give     
those facts only which would  serve to  
honor and magnify the name and power of 
,god in the exhibition  of divine truth4
 ,the fact1 however1 that he has been   
connected with the  ,advent cause since 
#ahdb1 may serve as an apology for      
introducing some  incidents of personal 
,second-,advent experience into this    
work4    ,it has been with great        

pleasure that the great ,advent movement
 has  been revived in the preparation of
 these pages4 ,it has been an           
intellectual and spiritual feast4 ,the  
fundamental principles of the  glorious 
doctrine of the soon coming of ,christ1 
never appeared more  firmly established4
 ,and the facts in ,second-,advent      
history1 fulfilling  prophecy1 never    
seemed so important to the people of    
,god1 as an anchor  in the perilous     
storms of these last days1 as since     
examining anew  this whole question4    
,may ,god make this work as great a     
blessing to the  reader as it has been  
made to the writer in its preparation4  
,j4 ,w4    ,illustration                
,,contents4        ,ancestry and ,early 
,life1                    #i-ae         
,christian ,experience1                 
#ae-ag      ,impressions of ,duty1      
#ag-be      ,william ,miller1           
#be-ci      ,his ,views of ,prophecy1   
#dj-db      ,daniel1 ,chapter ii1       
#db-dd      ,daniel1 ,chapter vii1      

#dd-dg      ,daniel1 ,chapter viii1     
#dg-di      ,the #bcjj ,days1           
#di-fj      ,his ,public ,labors1       
#fj-fc      ,conversion of ,one ,hundred
 ,infidels1        #fc-fe      ,miller  
and the ,prophecies1                    
#fe-gb      ,my ,public ,labors1        
#gb-abj      ,rise and ,progress of     
,adventism1          #abj-abg      ,the 
,signs of the ,times1                   
#abg-abh      ,united ,effort1          
#abi-acb      ,camp-,meeting ,era1      
#acb-acd      ,the ,great ,tent1        
#acd-ace      ,the ,midnight ,cry1      
#ace-aci      ,mr4 ,miller's ,visit to  
,washington1        #adj-ada            
,termination of the ,prophetic ,times1  
#ada      ,modes of ,opposition1        
#ada-adf      ,extent of the ,work1     
#adf-adg      ,advent ,books1           
#adg      ,lecturers and ,writers1      
#adh-adi      ,what ,adventism has      
,accomplished1         #adi-aea         
,permanency of the ,work1               
#aea-aec      ,the ,exeter              

,camp-,meeting1                 #aec-afh
      ,character of the ,work1          
#afh-ahj      ,the ,passing of the      
,time1                 #ahj-aia         
,argument from the ,types1              
#aia-bji      ,the ,seventh ,angel1     
#bji-baf      ,the ,first ,message1     
#baf-bcj      ,the ,second ,message1    
#bcj-bdj      ,the ,third ,message1     
#bdj-bfd      ,rise and ,progress of the
 ,third ,message1  #bfd-bfh             
,introduction of the ,sabbath1          
#bfh-bgj      ,first ,conference of     
,believers1           #bgj-bga          
,mrs4 ,white's ,experience1             
#bga-bgd      ,second ,general          
,conference1               #bgd-bge     
,the ,opposition1                       
#bgf-bij      ,a ,paper ,started1       
#bij-bib      ,the ,review and ,herald1 
#bib-bid      ,purifying ,process1      
#bid-bif      ,tent ,meetings1          
#bif-big      ,removal to ,michigan1    
#big-bih      ,power ,press1            
#bih      ,publishing ,association1     

#bih-bii      ,organization1            
#bii-cjj      ,systematic ,benevolence1 
#cjj-cjb      ,glance at the ,past1     
#cjb-cji      ,tongue of ,slander1      
#cji-cba      ,present ,position and    
,work1               #cbb-cdb      ,the 
,law and the ,gospel1                   
#cdc-cei      ,god's ,memorial1         
#cfj-cgc           99       99       99 
99       99    ,life ,incidents4        
,,ancestry ,,and ,,early ,,life4      ,i
 was born in ,palmyra1 ,somerset        
,county1 ,maine1 ,august #dth1 #ahba4   
,bloomfield1 ,me41 which now forms a    
part of ,skowhegan1 was the  birthplace 
of my father1 ,deacon ,john ,white4 ,at 
the age of twenty-one he  commenced life
 in the new township of ,palmyra4 ,at   
that time there were  but twenty acres  
of trees felled on his land4 ,the old   
farm is situated  on the west side of a 
body of water which is called1 as seen  
upon the  large map of ,somerset        
,county1 ,white's ,pond4 ,on this farm  
he lived and  labored fifty-one years4  

,he has since spent one year and a half 
in  ,ohio1 and seven years at ,battle   
,creek1 ,michigan1 where he now resides4
    ,my father descended from one of the
 ,pilgrims who came to ,america in  the 
ship ,may ,flower1 and landed upon      
,plymouth ,rock1 ,december1 #afbj4  ,on 
board that ship was the father of       
,perigrine ,white1 who wore a pair  of  
silver knee-buckles1 such as may be seen
 in the picture of the  venerable       
signers of the ,declaration of          
,independence4    ,the knee-buckles worn
 by this man were afterward given to his
 son1  ,perigrine ,white1 who was born  
on the passage to this country1 with the
  request that they should be handed    
down in this line of the ,white  family 
to the eldest son of each successive    
generation1 whose name  should be called
 ,john4 ,my father had those buckles    
thirty years4 ,they  were as familiar to
 me in my boyhood days as the buttons   
upon my coat4  ,he gave them to my      
brother ,john1 who has passed them down 

to his son  ,john1 a young man of       
eighteen years4    ,my father possessed 
from his youth great physical strength1 
and  activity of body and mind4 ,with   
his own hands he cleared the heavy      
timber from his land4 ,this revealed    
stones in the soil1 which his own  hands
 removed and placed into stone fence1 to
 prepare the way for the  plow4 ,he     
toiled on for more than half a century1 
till the rock-bound  soil was literally 
worn out1 and much of the old farm lost 
its power to  produce crops4 ,at the age
 of seventy-four he left it and sought  
rest in  the more congenial climate of  
the ,west4    ,his religious experience1
 of more than sixty years1 has been     
marked  with firmness and zeal1 and yet 
with freedom from that bigotry which    
prevents investigation and advancement1 
and shuts out love for all who  seek to 
worship ,god in spirit and in truth4    
,at the age of twenty-one he was        
sprinkled1 and joined the               
,congregational church1 but never felt  

satisfied that in being sprinkled  he   
had received ,christian baptism4        
,several years later1 a ,baptist        
minister came into that new part of the 
,state and taught immersion4  ,my father
 was immersed and became a ,baptist     
deacon4 ,still later he  embraced the   
views held by the ,christian            
denomination1 which were more  liberal  
and scriptural than those of the        
,calvinistic ,baptists of those  days1  
and communed with that people4 ,the     
,baptists called a special  meeting4    
,the minister and many of the church    
members were present4 ,the  minister    
invited several to open the meeting with
 prayer1 but each in  his turn wished to
 be excused4 ,he waited4 ,finally1 my   
father opened  the meeting4 ,they then  
excluded him for communing with the     
,christians4  ,the minister made an     
effort to have some one close the       
meeting4 ,no one  moved4 ,my father     
closed their meeting with prayer1 and   
left them with  feelings of love and    

tenderness4 ,he soon joined the         
,christian church1  and served them as  
deacon nearly forty years4 ,during this 
entire  period he was present at every  
conference meeting held by the church1  
excepting one1 which1 according to their
 custom1 was held on ,saturday          
afternoon of every fourth week4    ,as  
early as #ahdb my father read with deep 
interest the lectures of  ,william      
,miller upon the second coming of       
,christ4 ,he has ever since that  time  
cherished faith in the leading points of
 the advent doctrine4 ,in  #ahfj1 with  
my good mother1 he embraced the         
,sabbath1 and dwells upon the  evidences
 of the ,bible ,sabbath with clearness  
and much pleasure4    ,my mother is a   
granddaughter of ,dr4 ,samuel ,shepard1 
one of the first  and most eminent      
,baptist ministers of ,new ,england4    
,she possessed great  firmness of       
constitution1 a good mind1 and a most   
amiable disposition4  ,her entire       
religious experience1 for more than     

sixty years1 has been  marked with a    
meek and quiet spirit1 devotion to the  
cause of ,christ1  and a consistent walk
 and godly conversation4    ,my         
venerable parents have reached the good 
old age of more than  fourscore years4  
,they keep house alone1 and enjoy as    
much of life as  their advanced age will
 allow4 ,yet each year visibly brings   
then nearer  the grave4 ,god grant that 
as they are being gently lowered to its 
embrace1 they may sweetly ripen for     
immortality1 to be given at the  soon   
coming of ,christ4    ,in my father's   
family ,i stood in the center of nine   
children1 four  above me and four below 
me4 ,but this family chain is now much  
worn1 and  nearly half its links are    
broken4 ,the four above me in years1 all
 live4  ,all below me sleep4 ,time1 toil
 and care have made their unmistakable  
impress on the remaining five4    ,my   
remaining brothers are both ministers1  
one of the ,m4 ,e4 ,church1 of  ,ohio1  
the other of the regular ,baptist1 of   

,vermont4 ,two sisters live in  ,maine4 
,one brother is supposed to have lost   
his life by the ,indians1 in  returning 
from ,california4 ,another sleeps beside
 a sister in ,mount ,hope  ,cemetery1   
,rochester1 ,n4 ,y41 while another      
brother1 who died at the age  of three  
years1 rests in the old burying-ground  
in ,palmyra1 ,maine4    ,my parents say 
,i was an extremely feeble child4 ,and1 
what added greatly  to my difficulties1 
and cut off their hopes of my life1 when
 less than  three years old1 ,i had what
 the doctors called worm fever1         
resulting  in fits1 which turned my eyes
 and nearly destroyed my sight4 ,i am   
reported to have been extremely         
cross-eyed--not naturally1 but from     
affection of the nerves--a feeble1      
nervous1 partially-blind boy4 ,these    
are sufficient reasons why ,i could not 
enjoy the common advantages  of school4 
,and not until ,i was sixteen years old1
 when my health and  strength greatly   
improved1 and my eyes became quite      

natural1 could ,i  read a single verse  
in the ,testament without resting my    
eyes4 ,i felt  keenly the fact that ,i  
was behind my school-mates in education4
 ,and  with the poor advantages of those
 times ,i could do but little toward    
making up the almost total loss of ten  
years4 ,i grew rapidly1 and at  eighteen
 was ahead of my years in size and      
strength4 ,this added to my             
embarrassment as ,i entered the ,academy
 at ,st4 ,albans1 ,me41 at the age  of  
nineteen4 ,i could not then work a      
simple problem in single rule  of three1
 and ,i could not tell a verb from an   
adverb or an adjective1  and was        
deficient in the other common branches4 
,my friends advised  me to turn my      
attention to farming1 and not think of  
seeking for an  education4 ,but ,i could
 not take their advice4    ,at the close
 of the term of twelve weeks1 ,i        
received from the  preceptor1 ,c4 ,f4   
,allen1 a certificate of my             
qualifications to teach  the common     

branches1 and the winter following      
taught school4 ,this  required close    
study eighteen hours of each            
twenty-four4 ,a victory  was gained4    
,much of my time previous to this ,i had
 viewed myself as  nearly worthless in  
the world1 and regretted my existence4  
,but now ,i  was beginning to hope that 
,i had powers to become a man4 ,no      
privation  nor hardship formed an       
obstacle in my way4 ,my father gave me  
my time at  nineteen1 and a suit of     
clothes4 ,all ,i asked of my parents in 
addition  to this was three dollars to  
pay my tuition1 and six days' rations of
  bread to take with me each ,monday    
morning for three months1 as ,i should  
walk five miles to the school4    ,at   
the close of my first term of           
school-teaching ,i again attended       
school at ,st4 ,albans five weeks1 then 
shouldered my pack and walked  to the   
,penobscot river1 forty miles1 to offer 
myself as a raw hand in  a saw mill4 ,in
 the mill ,i cut my ankle1 which        

resulted in permanent  weakness and     
occasional painful lameness in my left  
foot4 ,for  twenty-six years ,i have    
been unable to bear my weight upon my   
left heel4    ,at the end of four months
 ,i returned home4 ,i had lost much time
 in  consequence of the severe wound in 
my ankle joint1 and after paying  my    
board during the time lost1 ,i had but  
thirty dollars and a scanty  amount of  
worn clothing4 ,in order to be qualified
 to teach a school  where ,i could get  
first-class wages1 it was necessary for 
me to attend  school4 ,i therefore      
immediately packed up my books and      
humble apparel  for the school at       
,reedfield1 ,me41 then favorably known  
as being under  the control and support 
of the ,episcopal ,methodists4 ,during  
that  term my object was to thoroughly  
qualify myself to teach the common      
branches4 ,besides these1 ,i took up    
,natural ,philosophy1 ,algebra1 and     
,latin4 ,at the close of that term ,i   
had conquered all the ,arithmetics      

within my reach1 was regarded as a good 
grammarian1 was prepared to  teach      
penmanship1 and was told by my preceptor
 that ,i could fit for  college in one  
year4    ,my thirst for education       
increased1 and my plans were laid to    
take a  college course and pay my way1  
if labor1 economy1 and study would      
accomplish it4 ,i had but little else to
 thank but ,god and my own  energies for
 what advancement ,i had made4 ,at      
,reedfield ,i wore old  clothes1 while  
my class-mates wore new1 and lived three
 months on  corn-meal pudding prepared  
by myself1 and a few raw apples1 while  
they  enjoyed the conveniences and      
luxuries of the boarding house4    ,with
 the close of this term1 also closed my 
school studies4 ,i have  attended high  
school1 in all1 twenty-nine weeks1 and  
the entire cost of  tuition1 books1 and 
board1 has not exceeded fifty dollars4  
,my apology  for being so definite in   
this part of my narrative1 is a desire  
to help  those young men who wish to    

obtain an education while suffering     
under  the unfriendly influences of     
poverty and pride4 ,a poor boy may      
obtain  an education by calling to his  
aid industry1 economy1 and application  
to his books4 ,such an one will prize   
his education1 and be likely to  make a 
good use of it4 ,while the young man who
 looks to his father's  purse1 puts on  
fine clothes1 spends much of his time in
 fashionable  calls1 and acts the part  
of the spendthrift1 will not get a      
thorough  education1 and will probably  
make a poor use of what he does obtain4 
,the following winter1 covering a part  
of #ahdj and #ahda1 ,i taught a  large  
school1 and also gave lessons in        
penmanship in two districts4 ,and  with 
my winter's earnings in my pocket1 ,i   
returned home with a firm  purpose to   
pursue my studies4          ,,christian 
,,experience4      ,at the age of       
fifteen ,i was baptized1 and united with
 the ,christian  church4 ,but at the age
 of twenty ,i had buried myself in the  

spirit of  study and school teaching1   
and had lain down the cross4 ,i had     
never  descended to the common sin of   
profanity1 and had not used tobacco1 tea
  and coffee1 nor had ,i ever raised a  
glass of spirituous liquor to my  lips4 
,yet ,i loved this world more than ,i   
loved ,christ and the next1 and  was    
worshiping education instead of the ,god
 of ,heaven4 ,in this state  of mind ,i 
returned home from my second and last   
school1 when my mother  said to me3     
8,james1 ,bro4 ,oakes1 of ,boston1 has  
been lecturing at our  meeting house on 
the second coming of ,christ about the  
year #ahdc1 and  many believe the       
doctrine1 and there has followed these  
lectures a good  reformation1 in which  
most of your mates have experienced     
religion40    ,i had regarded what was  
commonly called ,millerism as wild      
fanaticism1  and this impression was    
confirmed by hearing one ,james ,hall1  
of ,maine1  speak upon the subject at   
the house of worship at ,palmyra4 ,but  

now that  my mother1 in whose judgment  
and piety ,i had reason to confide1     
spoke  to me upon the subject in words  
of earnestness1 candor and solemnity1   
,i was shocked and distressed4 ,in spite
 of me1 conviction would fasten  upon my
 mind that these things might be so4    
,but1 then1 how could ,i have  it so8 ,i
 was unprepared1 and my plans for this  
life were made4 ,the  conversation      
continued3    8,but1 mother1 this       
preacher ,oakes1 of whom you speak1     
professes to know  more than the ,lord  
and his angels1 in teaching the time of 
the second  advent4 ,christ himself has 
said1 #8,but of that day and that hour  
knoweth  no man1 no1 not the angels     
which are in ,heaven2 neither the ,son1 
but  the ,father4' ,this man ,oakes is  
certainly wise above that which is      
written40    8#8,as the days of ,noah   
were1 so shall also the coming of the   
,son of ,man  be4' ,god gave the time to
 ,noah4 ,the ,bible says1 #8,my ,spirit 
shall not  always strive with man1 for  

that he also is flesh2 yet his days     
shall  be an hundred and twenty years4' 
,gen4 vi1 #c4 ,noah had this time given 
him in which to build the ark and warn  
the world4 ,and his message1  based upon
 the word of the ,lord that a flood of  
water would destroy  man and beast from 
off the face of the earth at the close  
of the one  hundred and twenty years1   
condemned the world4    8,jesus also    
says in this connection1 that there     
shall be signs in the  sun1 moon1 and   
stars1 and adds1 #8,when ye shall see   
all these things1  know that it is near1
 even at the doors4'    8,but ,paul has 
said1 #8,for yourselves know perfectly  
that the day of the  ,lord so cometh as 
a thief in the night4' #a ,thess4 v1 #b4
 ,this language  is very plain1 and     
shows that as the thief in the stillness
 of night  quietly seeks his plunder1   
without giving notice1 so ,christ will  
come  when least expected1 hence this   
idea of warning the world of his soon   
coming is a mistake40    8,but1 ,james1 

of whom is the apostle in this verse    
speaking8 ,not of  ,christians1 but of  
the ungodly4 ,they will not receive the 
warning4 ,they  will not be looking for 
,christ4 ,they will be buried up in the 
spirit  of this world4 ,they will be    
saying1 ,peace and safety1 and they will
 be  suddenly and unexpectedly          
destroyed4 ,not so with those who love  
,jesus  and his appearing4 ,they will   
receive the warning4 ,they will be      
looking  for1 waiting for1 and loving   
the appearance of the dear ,saviour1 and
  that day will not come upon them as a 
thief4 ,notice with care the two        
classes mentioned in the two following  
verses4 ,one is the ungodly4 ,the  other
 is the brethren4 ,the day of the ,lord 
will come on one class as a  thief2 but 
not so with the other4 #8,for when they 
shall say1 ,peace and  safety1 then     
sudden destruction cometh upon them1 as 
travail upon a  woman with child1 and   
they shall not escape4 ,but ye1         
brethren1 are not  in darkness1 that    

that day should overtake you as a       
thief4'0    ,my good mother was ready to
 meet1 calmly and pleasantly1 all my    
objections1 and ,i was now disposed to  
view the subject as worthy of my        
attention4 ,and when in the house of    
,god ,i heard my schoolmates speak  of  
the love of ,christ1 and the glory of   
his appearing1 ,i was deeply  impressed 
that the hand of ,god was in the ,advent
 doctrine4          ,,impressions ,,of  
,,duty4      ,as ,i returned to the     
,lord1 it was with strong convictions   
that ,i should  renounce my worldly     
plans and give myself to the work of    
warning the  people to prepare for the  
day of ,god4 ,i had loved books         
generally1 but1  in my backslidden      
state1 had neither time nor taste for   
the study of  the sacred ,scriptures1   
hence was ignorant of the prophecies4 ,i
 had1  however1 some knowledge of the   
,bible history of man1 and had the idea 
that the race in six thousand years had 
depreciated physically1 and1            

consequently1 mentally4 ,the subject    
came before my mind in this form3  ,man 
once lived nearly one thousand years4   
,in length of days he has  dwindled to  
seventy4 ,in a few centuries1 should    
time continue1 with the  same results   
upon the lifetime of man1 the race would
 cease to exist4  ,i had renounced the  
doctrine of the conversion of the world1
 and the  temporal millennium1 in which 
the soil and man were to be gradually   
restored to their ,eden state1 as taught
 me by my father4 ,i therefore  saw the 
necessity1 in the very nature of things1
 for some great change1  and the second 
coming of ,christ seemed to be the event
 which would most  probably bring about 
the change in man1 and in the earth1 to 
remove the  curse and its results1 and  
restore all to its ,eden perfection and 
glory4    ,my mind turned to the young  
people of the school ,i had just left4  
,in  that school of fifty scholars1     
twenty were near my own age1 several    
were older4 ,my school was a happy one4 

,i loved my scholars1 and this  love was
 mutual4 ,as we parted1 at the close of 
the last day of school1  ,i said to     
them1 8,i am engaged to teach this      
school next winter1 and  should ,i      
fulfill this engagement1 ,i will not ask
 one of you to obey my  orders better   
than you have this term40 ,as ,i found  
comfort in prayer1 ,i  began to pray for
 my scholars1 and would sometimes wake  
myself in the  night praying vocally for
 them4 ,a strong impression came upon   
me1 as  if a voice said1 ,visit your    
scholars from house to house and pray   
with  them4 ,i could not conceive of a  
heavier cross than this4 ,i prayed to be
  excused1 that ,i might pursue my      
studies2 but no relief came4 ,i prayed  
for clearer evidence1 and the same      
impression seemed to say1 ,visit  your  
scholars4    ,in this state of mind ,i  
went into my father's field1 hoping that
 ,i  could work off the feelings under  
which ,i suffered4 ,but they followed   
me1 and increased4 ,i went to the grove 

to pray for relief4 ,none came4  ,but   
the impression1 ,visit your scholars1   
was still more distinct4 ,my  spirit    
rose in rebellion against ,god1 and ,i  
recklessly said1 ,i will not  go4 ,these
 words were accompanied with a firm     
stamp of the foot upon  the ground1 and 
in five minutes ,i was at the house1    
packing my books  and clothes for       
,newport ,acadamy4 ,that afternoon ,i   
rode to the place  with ,eld4 ,bridges1 
who talked to me all the way upon the   
subject of  preaching1 greatly to my    
discomfort4    ,the next morning ,i     
secured a boarding place1 and took my   
position in  several classes in the     
school1 and commenced study with a will 
to  drive off my convictions4 ,but in   
this ,i did not succeed4 ,i became      
distressed and agitated4 ,after spending
 several hours over my books1  ,i tried 
to call to mind what ,i had been        
studying4 ,this ,i could not  do4 ,my   
mental confusion was complete4 ,the     
,spirit of ,god had followed  me into   

the school-room in mercy1               
notwithstanding my rebellion1 and ,i    
could find no rest there4 ,firmly ,i    
resolved that ,i would do my duty1  and 
immediately took my cap and went        
directly from the door of that          
school-room1 on foot1 to the town of    
,troy1 the place of my last school4  ,i 
had gone but a few rods on my way1 when 
sweet peace from ,god flowed  into my   
mind1 and ,heaven seemed to shine around
 me4 ,i raised my hands  and praised    
,god with the voice of triumph4    ,with
 a light heart and cheerful step ,i     
walked on till sundown1 when ,i  came to
 a humble cottage which attracted my    
especial attention4 ,i was  strongly    
impressed to call1 but had no reason for
 so doing1 as it was  but a few miles to
 the school district1 where ,i should   
find a hearty  welcome4 ,i decided to go
 past this house1 as ,i did not wish to 
find  myself in the awkward position of 
calling upon strangers without some     
good reason4 ,but the impression to call

 increased1 and the excuse to  ask for a
 drink of water occurred to me1 and ,i  
stepped to the door and  called for     
water4 ,a man in the noon of life waited
 upon me1 then kindly  said1 8,walk in40
 ,i saw that he had been weeping4 ,in   
one hand he held  the ,bible4 ,when ,i  
had taken the chair he offered me1 this 
sad stranger  addressed me in a most    
mournful manner1 as follows3 8,i am in  
trouble4  ,i am in deep affliction4     
,to-day ,i have buried my dear son1 and 
,i have  not the grace of ,god to       
sustain me4 ,i am not a ,christian1 and 
my burden  seems greater than ,i can    
bear4 ,will you please stop all night   
with me80    ,he wept bitterly4 ,why he 
should so directly open his afflicted   
mind to  a young stranger1 has ever been
 to me a mystery4 ,i could not refuse   
his  invitation1 and concluded to stop  
for the night4 ,i told him my brief     
experience1 and pointed him to ,christ1 
who says1 8,come unto me all ye  that   
labor and are heavy laden1 and ,i will  

give you rest4 ,take my yoke  upon you1 
and learn of me2 for ,i am meek and     
lowly in heart1 and ye  shall find rest 
unto your souls4 ,for my yoke is easy1  
and my burden is  light40 ,we bowed in  
prayer1 and my new friend seemed        
relieved4 ,then we  sought rest in      
sleep4 ,in the morning ,i assisted him  
in erecting the  family altar1 and went 
on my way4 ,i have neither seen nor     
heard from  him since4    ,but ,i had   
walked only two miles on that delightful
 spring morning1 when  all nature1      
animate and inanimate1 seemed to join my
 glad heart in  the praise of ,god1     
before the same impression came upon me1
 as ,i was  passing a neat log cottage4 
,something said to me1 ,go into the     
house4 ,i  stepped to the door1 and     
called for a drink of water4 ,and who   
should  bring it to me but a young lady 
who had attended my school the past     
winter4 ,as she recognized me1 she      
exclaimed1 8,why1 schoolmaster1 walk    
in40 ,this family had just moved from   

the district1 three miles1 to a  new    
settlement surrounded by forests4 ,the  
father was absent4 ,the mother  and     
children greeted me with more than usual
 cordiality1 each calling  me1 ,master4 
,there was the place for my work to     
commence4 ,i told my  errand1 and asked 
the privilege to pray4    8,oh1 yes60   
said the already weeping woman4 8,but   
let me send out the  children and call  
in my neighbors40 ,some half-dozen      
little boys and  girls received         
dispatches from their mother1 and       
cheerfully ran to as  many log cottages 
with the word1 8,our schoolmaster is at 
our house1  and wishes to pray1 and     
mother wants you to come as soon as you 
can40  ,in less than half an hour ,i had
 before me a congregation of about      
twenty-five4 ,in conversing with them1  
,i learned that not one of that  company
 professed ,christianity4 ,lectures on  
the second advent had been  given near  
them1 and a general conviction that the 
doctrine might be  true rested upon the 

people4 ,and as ,i related my experience
 of the  few weeks in the past1 stating 
my convictions relative to the soon     
coming of ,christ1 all were interested4 
,i then bowed to pray1 and was          
astonished to find that these           
twenty-five sinners all bowed with me4  
,i could but weep4 ,they all wept with  
me4 ,and after pointing them to         
,christ1 as best ,i could with my       
limited experience and knowledge of the 
,scriptures1 ,i shook their hands1 said 
farewell1 and joyfully pursued  my      
journey4    ,as ,i entered the district 
,i had so recently left1 all seemed     
changed1  yet no changes worthy of note 
had taken place but in me4 ,the         
school-house where ,i had spent happy   
hours in teaching willing minds1  was   
closed1 and my scholars were pursuing   
their daily tasks in the  field and     
kitchen4 ,i had left them1 a proud1     
prayerless backslider1 but  now had come
 to pray with them4 ,it seemed to me    
that the ,lord could  not have selected 

a duty more humbling to my pride4 ,the  
district was  made up of ,universalists1
 formal professors1 respectable sinners1
 and  infidels4 ,my employer1 who had   
also engaged me to teach their school   
the next winter1 was an infidel4 ,i lost
 no time in making known the  object of 
my visit1 and in visiting and praying   
from house to house4 ,no  one opposed   
me4 ,some were deeply affected and bowed
 with me4 ,my infidel  friend said to me
 as ,i asked permission to pray in his  
house1    8,i am very sorry1 ,mr4       
,white1 to find you in this state of    
mind4 ,you are  a good teacher1 and a   
gentleman4 ,i shall not forbid you40    
,this reception was decidedly cold when 
compared with what ,i had  met from     
others4 ,this infidel was evidently much
 disgusted and  disappointed1 but tried 
to conceal his feelings out of respect  
to  mine4 ,i tried to pray1 and passed  
to the next house4 ,in a few days  my   
work in this direction was finished for 
that time1 and ,i returned  home with   

the sweet assurance that ,i had done my 
duty4 ,a few weeks  afterward1 however1 
,i visited the place again4 ,a general  
reformation  was in progress1 under the 
labors of a ,christian minister4 ,on    
,sunday1  the meeting was held in a     
barn4 ,the interest was general1 and the
  congregation large4 ,after the        
minister closed his remarks1 ,i improved
  a few moments4 ,i felt deeply1 and my 
testimony reached the people1           
especially my scholars and their        
parents4 ,the following summer1         
lectures were given in the town-house1  
and the next winter most of the  people 
of that town embraced religion4    ,much
 of the summer ,i was unsettled as to   
duty4 ,i had visited my  scholars1 and  
sometimes hoped to be excused from      
anything further of  the kind1 and feel 
free to pursue my studies4 ,but the     
definite idea  of proclaiming the soon  
coming of ,christ1 and warning the      
people to  prepare for the day of the   
,lord1 was impressed upon my mind4 ,i   

did  not dare attend school4 ,the       
,spirit of the ,lord had driven me from 
the  school-room once1 and in following 
a sense of duty ,i had been greatly     
blessed4 ,how could ,i resist present   
convictions1 and again try to shut      
myself away from the ,lord1 over my     
books8 ,but how could ,i renounce all   
my fondly-cherished hopes of the future8
 ,my brother in ,ohio said to  me by    
letter3 8,come out into the sunny ,west1
 ,james1 and ,i will help  you40        
8,well10 said ,i1 8when ,i become a     
scholar40 ,how could ,i give up my      
school books1 and with my small stock of
 education think of becoming a          
preacher8    ,a school-mate1 ,elbridge  
,smith1 who had also been a room-mate at
 ,st4  ,albans and at ,reedfield1 was a 
special friend of mine4 ,he was a fine  
young man1 of good habits1 yet not a    
,christian4 ,i loved him for what  he   
was1 and we mutually in confidence      
freely stated to each other all  our    
plans1 hopes and difficulties4 ,to this 

young man ,i first opened my  mind      
freely upon the subject of the second   
advent1 and my convictions  of duty to  
preach the doctrine4 ,he treated the    
matter with candor1 and  seemed troubled
 as he learned from my own lips that ,i 
was inclined to  believe that ,christ   
would come about the year #ahdc4 ,he had
 given the  subject no study1 but       
evidently feared it might be so4 ,he    
replied as  follows3    8,you know ,i am
 not a ,christian1 and therefore am     
poorly prepared to  give you advice in  
relation to religious duty4 ,i think of 
these things  more than many suppose1   
though ,i publicly take no personal     
interest in  them4 ,i1 however1 think it
 well for me1 and safe for you1 to say  
at  this time1 ,follow the convictions  
of your own mind40    ,i highly esteem  
this friend of my youth for his candor  
and good  counsel4 ,who could have done 
better8 ,we have met but a few times    
since1  as ,i soon left that part of the
 ,state to proclaim the coming of the   

,lord1 and he for ,bowdoin ,college4 ,he
 graduated in two years from that  time1
 studied law1 and now ,elbridge ,smith  
is a judge somewhere in the  ,west4     
,the struggle with duty was a severe    
one4 ,but ,i finally gave out an        
appointment1 and had some freedom4 ,i   
soon sent an appointment to speak  at   
the ,troy town-house4 ,the congregation 
was large4 ,had rather a lean  time1 and
 felt embarrassed4 ,and what seemed to  
well-nigh finish me1 a  good1 honest1   
simple-hearted woman came up to me at   
the close of the  meeting and said3     
8,elder ,white1 please come to our house
 and take dinner40    ,the word ,elder  
cut me to the heart4 ,i was confused and
 almost  paralyzed4 ,i will not attempt 
to narrate anything further that        
occurred  on that day4 ,the remaining   
portion of the day has ever seemed like 
a  blank4 ,i can only remember my       
confusion and anguish of spirit as ,i   
heard the unexpected word1 ,elder4 ,i   
was unreconciled at the prospect  before

 me1 yet dared not refuse what seemed to
 be duty1 and turn to my  books4 ,i was 
urged to speak in the presence of two   
young preachers1  and attempted to      
preach4 ,in twenty minutes became       
confused and  embarrassed1 and sat down4
 ,i lacked resignation and humility1    
therefore  was not sustained4 ,i finally
 gave up all for ,christ and his gospel1
 and  found peace and freedom4    ,soon 
my mind was especially called to the    
second advent by hearing  ,elders ,j4   
,v4 ,himes and ,a4 ,hale speak several  
times upon the subject1 in  the city of 
,bangor1 ,me4 ,i then saw that it was a 
subject that required  study1 and felt  
the importance of commencing in earnest 
to prepare  myself to teach others4 ,i  
purchased ,advent publications1 read    
them  closely1 studied my ,bible1 and   
spoke a few times during the summer on  
the second coming of ,christ with       
freedom1 and felt encouraged4           
,,william ,,miller4      ,in ,september1
 ,elders ,himes1 ,miller1 and others1   

held a meeting in  the mammoth tent in  
,eastern ,maine4 ,in company with one   
,moses ,polly1  a ,christian minister of
 my acquaintance1 ,i attended that      
meeting4 ,i  there for the first time   
saw that great and good man1 ,william   
,miller4  ,his form and features showed 
great physical and mental strength4 ,the
  benevolent1 affable1 and kind spirit  
manifested by him in conversation  with 
numerous strangers who called on him to 
ask questions1 proved him  a humble1    
,christian gentleman4 ,infidels1        
,universalists1 and some others  came to
 him with opposing questions4 ,he was   
quick to perceive their  designs1 and   
with becoming firmness and dignity      
promptly met their  objections and sent 
them away in silence4 ,so long had he1  
even then1  been in the field1 meeting  
opposition from every quarter1 that he  
was  prepared for any emergency4    ,in 
his public labors his arguments were    
clear1 and his appeals and  exhortations
 most powerful4 ,the tent in which he   

spoke was a circle  whose diameter was  
one hundred and twenty feet4 ,on one    
occasion1 when  this tent was full1 and 
thousands stood around1 he was          
unfortunate in  the use of language1    
which the baser sort in the crowd turned
 against  him by a general burst of     
laughter4 ,he left his subject with     
ease1 and  in a moment his spirit rose  
above the mob-like spirit that          
prevailed1  and in language the most    
scorching he spoke of the corruption of 
the  hearts of those who chose to       
understand him to be as vile as they    
were4 ,in a moment all was quiet4 ,and  
the speaker continued to describe  the  
terrible end of the ungodly in a solemn 
and impressive manner4 ,he  then        
affectionately exhorted them to repent  
of their sins1 come to  ,christ1 and be 
ready for his appearing4 ,many in that  
vast crowd wept4  ,he then resumed his  
subject1 and spoke with clearness and   
spirit1 as  though nothing had happened4
 ,in fact1 it seemed that nothing could 

have  occurred to fully give him the    
ears of the thousands before him1 and to
  make his subject so impressive as this
 circumstance4    ,god raised up ,paul  
to do a great work in his time4 ,in     
order that the  ,gentiles might be      
clearly taught the great plan of        
redemption through  ,jesus1 and that the
 infidelity of the ,jews might be met1 a
 great man  was selected4    ,martin    
,luther was the man for his time4 ,he   
was daring and sometimes  rash1 yet was 
a great and good man4 ,the little horn  
had prevailed1  and millions of the     
saints of the ,most ,high had been put  
to death4 ,to  fearlessly expose the    
vileness of the papal monks1 and to meet
 their  learning and their rage1 and    
also to win the hearts of the common    
people with all the tenderness and      
affection of the gospel1 called for     
just such a man as ,martin ,luther4 ,he 
could battle with the lion1 or  feed and
 tenderly nurse the lambs of ,christ's  
fold4    ,so ,william ,miller1 in the   

hands of ,god1 was the man for his time4
 ,true1  he was a farmer1 and had been  
in the service of his country1 and had  
not the benefits of an early classical  
education4 ,and it was not till  he had 
passed the noon of life that ,god called
 him to search his word  and open the   
prophecies to the people4 ,he was1      
however1 a historian  from his love of  
history1 and had a good practical       
knowledge of men  and things4 ,he had   
been an infidel4 ,but on receiving the  
,bible as a  revelation from ,god1 he   
did not also receive the popular1       
contradictory  ideas that many of its   
prophecies were clad in impenetrable    
mystery4  ,said ,william ,miller3 8,the 
,bible1 if it is what it purports to be1
 will  explain itself40    ,he sought   
for the harmony of ,scripture and found 
it4 ,and in the  benevolence of his     
great and good heart and head1 he spent 
the balance  of his life in teaching it 
to the people in his written and oral   
lectures1 and in warning and exhorting  

them to prepare for the second  coming  
of ,christ4    ,much of the fruits of   
his labors are now seen4 ,much more will
 be seen  hereafter4 ,heaven will be    
hung with the fruits of the labors of   
this  truly great and good man4 ,he     
sleeps4 ,but if it can be said of any   
who  have toiled and worn and suffered  
amid vile persecutions1 8,blessed are   
the dead which die in the ,lord from    
henceforth1 that they may rest from     
their labors1 and their works do follow 
them10 it can be said of ,wm4  ,miller4 
,he nobly and faithfully did his duty1  
and the popular church1  united with the
 world1 paid him in persecutions and    
reproaches4 ,the  very name of ,wm4     
,miller was despised everywhere1 and    
,millerism was the  jeer of the people  
from the pulpit to the brothel4    ,but1
 dear reader1 if your deed of real      
estate be registered at the  office of  
the county clerk1 rough hands may tear  
the paper you hold  in your hand which  
you call a deed1 and your title is no   

less secure4  ,and however roughly and  
wickedly men may have handled the name  
of  ,wm4 ,miller here1 when the final   
triumphant deliverance of all who  are  
written in the ,book of ,life comes1 his
 will be found among the  worthies1 safe
 from the wrath of men and the rage of  
demons1 securing  to him the reward of  
immortality according to his works4     
,as ,i have introduced to the reader the
 man whom ,god raised up to lead  off in
 the great advent movement1 it may be   
expected that something of  his life1   
experience and labors should here be    
given4 ,i have room for  only a very few
 sketches from his memoir4 ,he was born 
in ,pittsfield1  ,mass41 ,february1     
#aghb4 ,his biographer says3    8,in his
 early childhood1 marks of more than    
ordinary intellectual  strength and     
activity were manifested4 ,a few years  
made these marks  more and more         
noticeable to all who fell into his     
society4 ,but where  were the powers of 
the inner man to find the nutriment to  

satisfy their  cravings1 and the field  
for their exercise8    8,besides the    
natural elements of education1 the      
objects1 the scenes1  and the changes of
 the natural world1 which have ever     
furnished to  all truly great minds     
their noblest aliment1 the inspiring    
historical  recollections associated    
with well-known localities of the       
neighboring  country1 and the society of
 domestic life1 there was nothing within
  ,william's reach but the ,bible1 the  
psalter and prayer-book1 till he  had   
resided at ,low ,hampton several years4 
8,his mother had taught him to read1 so 
that he soon mastered the few  books    
belonging to the family2 and this       
prepared him to enter the  senior class 
when the district school opened4 ,but if
 the terms were  short1 the winter      
nights were long4 ,pine knots could be  
made to supply  the want of candles1    
lamps1 or gas4 ,and the spacious        
fireplace in the  log house was ample   
enough as a substitute for the          

school-house and  lecture-room4    8,he 
possessed a strong physical             
constitution1 an active and naturally   
well-developed intellect1 and an        
irreproachable moral character4 ,he had 
appropriated to his use and amusement   
the small stock of literature  afforded 
by the family while a child4 ,he had    
enjoyed the limited  advantages of the  
district school but a few years before  
it was  generally admitted that his     
attainments exceeded those of the       
teachers  usually employed4 ,he had     
drank in the inspiration of the natural 
world  around him1 and of the most      
exciting events of his country's        
history4  ,his imagination had been     
quickened1 and his heart warmed1 by the 
adventures and gallantries of fiction1  
and his intellect enriched by  history4 
,and some of his earliest efforts with  
the pen1 as well as the  testimony of   
his associates1 show that his mind and  
heart were ennobled  by the lessons1 if 
not by the spirit and power of religion4

 ,what1  now1 would have been the effect
 of what is called a regular course of  
education8 ,would it have perverted him1
 as it has thousands8 or would  it have 
made him instrumental of greater good in
 the cause of ,god8    8,whatever might 
have been the result of any established 
course of  education in the case of ,wm4
 ,miller1 such a course was beyond his  
reach3 he was deprived of the benefit1  
he has escaped the perversion4  ,let us 
be satisfied40    ,william ,miller was  
married in #ahjb1 and settled in        
,poultney1 ,vt4 ,his  biographer        
continues3    8,but the men with whom he
 associated from the time of his removal
 to  ,poultney1 and to whom he was      
considerably indebted for his worldly   
favors1 were deeply affected with       
skeptical principles and deistical      
theories4 ,they were not immoral men2   
but1 as a class1 were good  citizens1   
and generally of serious deportment1    
humane1 and benevolent4  ,however1 they 
rejected the ,bible as the standard of  

religious truth1  and endeavored to make
 its rejection plausible by such aid as 
could  be obtained from the writings of 
,voltaire1 ,hume1 ,volney1 ,paine1      
,ethan  ,allen1 and others4 ,mr4 ,miller
 studied these works closely1 and at    
length avowed himself a deist4 ,as he   
has stated the period of his  deistical 
life to have been twelve years1 that    
period must have begun  in #ahjd2 for he
 embraced or returned to the ,christian 
faith in #ahaf4 ,it  may fairly be      
doubted1 however1 notwithstanding his   
known thoroughness  and consistency1    
whether ,mr4 ,miller ever was fully     
settled in that  form of deism which    
reduces man to a level with the brutes1 
as to the  supposed duration of their   
existence4 ,and the question is worthy  
of a  little inquiry1 to what extant was
 he a deist80    ,he received a         
captain's commission1 and entered the   
army in #ahaj4 ,he  returned from the   
army1 and moved his family to ,low      
,hampton1 ,n4 ,y41 to  begin there the  

occupation of farming1 in #ahab4    8,as
 a farmer1 he had more leisure for      
reading2 and he was at an age  when the 
future of man's existence will demand a 
portion of his  thoughts4 ,he found that
 his former views gave him no assurance 
of  happiness beyond the present life4  
,beyond the grave all was dark and      
gloomy4 ,to use his own words3          
#8,annihilation was a cold and chilling 
thought1 and accountability was sure    
destruction to all4 ,the heavens  were  
as brass over my head1 and the earth as 
iron under my feet4  ,eternity6--what   
was it8 ,and death6--why was it8 ,the   
more ,i reasoned1  the further ,i was   
from demonstration4 ,the more ,i        
thought1 the more  scattered were my    
conclusions4 ,i tried to stop thinking1 
but my  thoughts would not be           
controlled4 ,i was truly wretched1 but  
did not  understand the cause4 ,i       
murmured and complained1 but knew not of
  whom4 ,i knew that there was a wrong1 
but knew not how or where to find  the  

right4 ,i mourned1 but without hope4'   
,he continued in this state of  mind for
 some months1 feeling that eternal      
consequences might hang on  the nature  
and object of his belief4    8,it       
devolved on ,captain ,miller1 as usual  
in the minister's absence1  to read a   
discourse of the deacons' selection4    
,they had chosen one  on the ,importance
 of ,parental ,duties4 ,soon after      
commencing1 he was  overpowered by the  
inward struggle of emotion1 with which  
the entire  congregation sympathized1   
and took his seat4 ,his deistical       
principles  seemed an almost            
insurmountable difficulty with him4     
#8,soon after1  suddenly1' he says1     
#8the character of the ,saviour was     
vividly impressed  upon my mind4 ,it    
seemed that there might be a being so   
good and  compassionate as to himself   
atone for our transgressions1 and       
thereby  save us from suffering the     
penalty of sin4 ,i immediately felt how 
lovely such a being must be2 and        

imagined that ,i could cast myself into 
the arms of1 and trust in the mercy of1 
such an one4 ,but the question  arose1  
,how can it be proved that such a being 
does exist8 ,aside from  the ,bible1 ,i 
found that ,i could get no evidence of  
the existence of  such a ,saviour1 or   
even of a future state4 ,i felt that to 
believe in  such a ,saviour1 without    
evidence1 would be visionary in the     
extreme4    8#8,i saw that the ,bible   
did bring to view just such a ,saviour  
as ,i  needed2 and ,i was perplexed to  
find how an uninspired book should      
develop principles so perfectly adapted 
to the wants of a fallen  world4 ,i was 
constrained to admit that the           
,scriptures must be a  revelation from  
,god4 ,they became my delight2 and in   
,jesus ,i found a  friend4 ,the ,saviour
 became to me the chiefest among ten    
thousand2 and  the ,scriptures1 which   
before were dark and contradictory1 now 
became  the lamp to my feet and light to
 my path4 ,my mind became settled and   

satisfied4 ,i found the ,lord ,god to be
 a rock in the midst of the ocean  of   
life4 ,the ,bible now became my chief   
study1 and ,i can truly say1 ,i         
searched it with great delight4 ,i found
 the half was never told me4 ,i         
wondered why ,i had not seen its beauty 
and glory before1 and marveled  that ,i 
could have ever rejected it4 ,i found   
everything revealed that my  heart could
 desire1 and a remedy for every disease 
of the soul4 ,i lost  all taste for     
other reading1 and applied my heart to  
get wisdom from  ,god4'    8,mr4 ,miller
 immediately erected the family altar2  
publicly professed  his faith in that   
religion which had been food for his    
mirth1 by  connecting himself with the  
little church that he had despised2     
opened  his house for meetings of       
prayer2 and became an ornament and      
pillar in  the church1 and an aid to    
both pastor and people4 ,the die was    
cast1 and  he had taken his stand for   
life as a soldier of the cross1 as all  

who  knew him felt assured2 and         
henceforth the badge of discipleship1 in
  the church or world1 in his family or 
closet1 indicated whose he was1  and    
whom he served4    8,his pious relations
 had witnessed with pain his former     
irreligious  opinions2 how great were   
their rejoicings now6 ,the church1      
favored  with his liberality1 and       
edified by his reading1 but pained by   
his  attacks on their faith1 could now  
rejoice with the rejoicing4 ,his        
infidel friends regarded his departure  
from them as the loss of a              
standard-bearer4 ,and the new convert   
felt that henceforth1 wherever he  was1 
he must deport himself as a ,christian1 
and perform his whole duty4  ,his       
subsequent history must show how well   
this was done4    8,soon after his      
renunciation of deism1 in conversing    
with a friend  respecting the hope of a 
glorious eternity through the merits and
  intercessions of ,christ1 he was asked
 how he knew there was such a  ,saviour4

 ,he replied1 #8,it is revealed in the  
,bible4' #8,how do you know  the ,bible 
is true8' was the response1 with a      
reiteration of his former  arguments on 
the contradictions and mysticisms in    
which he had claimed  it was shrouded4  
8,mr4 ,miller felt such taunts in their 
full force4 ,he was at first  perplexed2
 but1 on reflection1 he considered that 
if the ,bible is a  revelation of ,god1 
it must be consistent with itself2 all  
its parts  must harmonize1 must have    
been given for man's instruction1 and1  
consequently1 must be adapted to his    
understanding4 ,he therefore said1      
#8,give me time1 and ,i will harmonize  
all those apparent contradictions  to my
 own satisfaction1 or ,i will be a deist
 still4'    8,he then devoted himself to
 a prayerful reading of the word4 ,he   
laid  aside all commentaries1 and used  
the marginal references and his         
,concordance as his only helps4 ,he saw 
that he must distinguish between  the   
,bible and all the peculiar partisan    

interpretations of it4 ,the  ,bible was 
older than them all1 must be above them 
all2 and he placed  it there4 ,he saw   
that it must correct all                
interpretations2 and in  correcting     
them1 its own pure light would shine    
without the mists  which traditionary   
belief had involved it in4 ,he resolved 
to lay aside  all preconceived opinions1
 and to receive with child-like         
simplicity1  the natural and obvious    
meaning of the ,scripture4 ,he pursued  
the  study of the ,bible with the most  
intense interest--whole nights as  well 
as days being devoted to that object4   
,at times delighted with  truth1 which  
shone forth from the sacred volume1     
making clear to his  understanding the  
great plan of ,god for the redemption of
 fallen man2  and at times puzzled and  
almost distracted by seemingly          
inexplicable  or contradictory passages1
 he persevered until the application of 
his  great principle of interpretation  
was triumphant4 ,he became puzzled  only

 to be delighted1 and delighted only to 
persevere the more in  penetrating its  
beauties and mysteries4    8,his manner 
of studying the ,bible is thus described
 by himself3 #8,i  determined to lay    
aside all my prepossessions1 to         
thoroughly compare  ,scripture with     
,scripture1 and to pursue its study in a
 regular1  methodical manner4 ,i        
commenced with ,genesis1 and read verse 
by verse1  proceeding no faster than the
 meaning of the several passages should 
be so unfolded as to leave me free from 
embarrassment respecting any  mysticisms
 or contradictions4 ,whenever ,i found  
anything obscure1 my  practice was to   
compare it with all collateral passages2
 and1 by the  help of ,cruden1 ,i       
examined all the texts of ,scripture in 
which were  found any of the prominent  
words contained in any obscure portion4 
,then1 by letting every word have its   
proper bearing on the subject of  the   
text1 if my view of it harmonized with  
every collateral passage  in the ,bible1

 it ceased to be a difficulty4 ,in this 
way ,i pursued the  study of the ,bible1
 in my first perusal of it1 for about   
two years1  and was fully satisfied that
 it is its own interpreter4 ,i found    
that  by a comparison of ,scripture with
 history1 all the prophecies1 as far  as
 they have been fulfilled1 had been     
fulfilled literally2 that all  the      
various figures1 metaphors1 parables1   
similitudes1 c41 of the  ,bible1 were   
either explained in their immediate     
connection1 or the  terms in which they 
were expressed were defined in other    
portions of  the word2 and when thus    
explained1 are to be literally          
understood in  accordance with such     
explanation4 ,i was thus satisfied that 
the ,bible  is a system of revealed     
truths1 so clearly and simply given1    
that the  wayfaring man1 though a fool1 
need not err therein4' ,in pursuing his 
study of the ,holy ,scriptures1 ,mr4    
,miller adopted the following rules of  
interpretation3    8#a4 ,every word must

 have its proper bearing on the subject 
presented in  the ,bible4 ,proof1 ,matt4
 v1 #ah4    8#b4 ,all ,scripture is     
necessary1 and may be understood by a   
diligent  application and study4 ,proof1
 #b ,tim4 iii1 #ae-ag4    8#c4 ,nothing 
revealed in the ,scriptures can or will 
be hid from those  who ask in faith1 not
 wavering4 ,proof1 ,deut4 xxix1 #bi2    
,matt4 x1 #bf1 #bg2  #a ,cor4 ii4 #aj2  
,phil4 iii1 #ae2 ,isa4 xlv1 #aa2 ,matt4 
xxi1 #bb2 ,john xiv1  #ac1 #ad2 xv1 #g2 
,james i1 #e1 #f2 #a ,john v1 #ac-ae4   
8#d4 ,to understand doctrine1 bring all 
the scriptures together on  the subject 
you wish to know2 then let every word   
have its proper  influence2 and if you  
can form your theory without a          
contradiction1 you  cannot be in error4 
,proof1 ,isa4 xxviii1 #g-bi2 xxxv1 #h2  
,prov4 xix1 #bg2  ,luke xxiv1 #bg1 #dd1 
#de2 ,rom4 xvi1 #bf2 ,james v1 #ai2 #b  
,pet4 i1 #ai1 #bj4    8#e4 ,scripture   
must be its own expositor1 since it is a
 rule of itself4  ,if ,i depend on a    

teacher to expound to me1 and he should 
guess at its  meaning1 or desire to have
 it so on account of his sectarian      
creed1 or  to be thought wise1 then his 
guessing1 desire1 creed1 or wisdom1 is  
my rule1 and not the ,bible4 ,proof1    
,ps4 xix1 #g-aa2 cxix1 #ig-aje2 ,matt4  
xxiii1 #h-aj2 #a ,cor4 ii1 #ab-af2 ,eze4
 xxxiv1 #ah1 #ai2 ,luke xi1 #eb2 ,matt4 
ii1 #g1 #h4    8#f4 ,god has revealed   
things to come1 by visions1 in figures  
and  parables2 and in this way the same 
things are oftentime revealed again  and
 again1 by different visions1 or in     
different figures and parables4  ,if you
 wish to understand them1 you must      
combine them all in one4  ,proof1 ,ps4  
lxxxix1 #ai2 ,hos4 xii1 #aj2 ,hab4 ii1  
#b2 ,acts ii1 #ag2 #a ,cor4 x1  #f2     
,heb4 ix1 #i1 #bd2 ,ps4 lxxviii1 #b2    
,matt4 xiii1 #ac1 #cd2 ,gen4 xli1 #a-cb2
  ,dan4 ii1 vii and viii2 ,acts x1      
#i-af4    8#g4 ,visions are always      
mentioned as such4 #b ,cor4 xii1 #a4    
8#h4 ,figures always have a figurative  

meaning1 and are used much  in prophecy 
to represent future things1 times and   
events--such as  mountains1 meaning     
governments1 ,dan4 ii1 #ce1 #dd2 beasts1
 meaning  kingdoms1 ,dan4 vii1 #h1 #ag2 
waters1 meaning people1 ,rev4 xvii1 #a1 
#ae2  day1 meaning year1 c4 ,eze4 iv1   
#f4    8#i4 ,parables are used as       
comparisons1 to illustrate subjects1 and
 must  be explained in the same way as  
figures1 by the subject and ,bible4     
,mark  iv1 #ac4    8#aj4 ,figures       
sometimes have two or more different    
significations1 as  day is used in a    
figurative sense to represent three     
different periods  of time1 namely3     
first1 indefinite1 ,eccl4 vii1 #ad2     
second1 definite1 a  day for a year1    
,eze4 iv1 #f2 and third1 a day for a    
thousand years1 #b  ,pet4 iii1 #h4      
8,the right construction will harmonize 
with the ,bible1 and make good  sense2  
other constructions will not4    8#aa4  
,if a word makes good sense as it       
stands1 and does no violence to  the    

simple laws of nature1 it is to be      
understood literally2 if not1           
figuratively4 ,rev4 xii1 #a1 #b2 xvii1  
#c-g4    8#ab4 ,to learn the meaning of 
a figure1 trace the word through your   
,bible1 and when you find it explained1 
substitute the explanation for  the word
 used2 and if it make good sense1 you   
need not look further2 if  not1 look    
again4    8#ac4 ,to know whether we have
 the true historical event for the      
fulfillment of prophecy3 ,if you find   
every word of the prophecy  7after the  
figures are understood7 is literally    
fulfilled1 then you  may know that your 
history is the true event2 but if one   
word lacks a  fulfillment1 then you must
 look for another event1 or wait its    
future  development2 for ,god takes care
 that history and prophecy shall agree1 
so that the true believing children of  
,god may never be ashamed4 ,ps4  xxii1  
#e2 ,isa4 xlv1 #ag-ai2 #a ,pet4 ii1 #f2 
,rev4 xvii1 #ag2 ,acts iii1 #ah4        
8#ad4 ,the most important rule of all   

is1 that you must have faith4 ,it  must 
be a faith that requires a sacrifice1   
and1 if tried1 would give up  the       
dearest object on earth1 the world and  
all its desires--character1  living1    
occupation1 friends1 home1 comforts1 and
 worldly honors4 ,if any  of these      
should hinder our believing any part of 
,god's word1 it would  show our faith to
 be vain4 ,nor can we ever believe so   
long as one of  these motives lies      
lurking in our hearts4 ,we must believe 
that ,god will  never forfeit his word2 
and we can have confidence that ,he who 
takes  notice of the sparrow's fall1 and
 numbers the hairs of our head1 will    
guard the translation of his own word1  
and throw a barrier around  it1 and     
prevent those who sincerely trust in    
,god1 and put implicit  confidence in   
his word1 from erring far from the      
truth4    8,while thus studying the     
,scriptures10 continuing the words of   
his  own narrative1 8,i became satisfied
 if the prophecies which have been      

fulfilled in the past are any criterion 
by which to judge of the manner  of the 
fulfillment of those which are future1  
that the popular views of  the spiritual
 reign of ,christ--a temporal millennium
 before the end of  the world1 and the  
,jews' return--are not sustained by the 
word of ,god2  for ,i found that all the
 scriptures on which those favorite     
theories  are based1 are as clearly     
expressed as are those that were        
literally  fulfilled at the first       
advent1 or at any other period in the   
past4 ,i  found it plainly taught in the
 ,scriptures that ,jesus ,christ will   
again  descend to this earth1 coming in 
the clouds of heaven1 in all the glory  
of his ,father4    8,i need not speak of
 the joy that filled my heart in view of
 the  delightful prospect1 nor of the   
ardent longings of my soul for a        
participation in the joys of the        
redeemed4 ,the ,bible was now to me  a  
new book4 ,it was indeed a feast of     
reason2 all that was dark1  mystical or 

obscure1 to me1 in its teachings1 had   
been dissipated  from my mind before the
 clear light that now dawned from its   
sacred  pages2 and oh1 how bright and   
glorious the truth appeared6 ,all the   
contradictions and inconsistencies ,i   
had before found in the word  were gone2
 and1 although there were many portions 
of which ,i was not  satisfied ,i had a 
full understanding1 yet so much light   
had emanated  from it to the            
illumination of my before darkened mind1
 that ,i felt  a delight in studying the
 ,scriptures which ,i had not before    
supposed  could be derived from its     
teachings4 ,i commenced their study with
  no expectation of finding the time of 
the ,saviour's coming1 and ,i  could at 
first hardly believe the result to which
 ,i had arrived2 but  the evidence      
struck me with such force that ,i could 
not resist my  convictions4 ,i became   
nearly settled in my conclusions1 and   
began to  wait1 and watch1 and pray1 for
 my ,saviour's coming40    8,from the   

time that ,mr4 ,miller became           
established in his religious  faith1    
till he commenced his public labors--a  
period of twelve or  fourteen           
years--there were few prominent         
incidents in his life to  distinguish   
him from other men4 ,he was a good      
citizen1 a kind neighbor1  an           
affectionate husband and parent1 and a  
devoted ,christian2 good  to the poor1  
and benevolent1 as objects of charity   
were presented2  in the ,sunday school  
was teacher and superintendent2 in the  
church  he performed important service  
as reader and exhorter1 and1 in the     
support of religious worship1 no other  
member1 perhaps1 did as much  as he4 ,he
 was very exemplary in his life and     
conversation1 endeavored  at all times  
to perform the duties1 whether public or
 private1 which  devolved on him1 and   
whatever he did was done cheerfully1 as 
for the  glory of ,god4 ,his leisure    
hours were devoted to reading and       
meditation2  he kept himself well       

informed respecting the current events  
of the  time2 occasionally communicated 
his thoughts through the press1 and     
often for his own private amusement1 or 
for the entertainment of  friends1      
indulged in various poetical effusions1 
which1 for unstudied  productions1 are  
possessed of some merit2 but his        
principal enjoyment  was derived from   
the study of the ,bible40          ,,his
 ,,views ,,of ,,prophecy4      ,what can
 be more natural than for man1 as he    
looks forth upon a world  where evil is 
everywhere present1 and the marks of    
disorder and decay  everywhere visible1 
to inquire whether or not this state of 
things  shall always continue8 ,and what
 inquiry can be of more interest and    
importance to the race than that which  
has respect to the age of the  world in 
which we live8 ,it would therefore be   
reasonable to conclude  that ,god would 
give to man a revelation informing him  
in respect  to subjects of such         
absorbing interest4 ,and the declaration

 of the  scripture is in strict         
accordance with enlightened reason1 when
 it  says1 8,surely the ,lord ,god will 
do nothing1 but he revealeth his secret 
unto his servants1 the prophets40 ,amos 
iii1 #g4    ,the object of prophecy is  
to forewarn the world of things to come1
  in time for the requisite preparation1
 and to inspire the people of  ,god with
 fresh courage as they see the time for 
the full fruition of  their hopes       
drawing nigh4 ,no judgment has ever come
 upon the world  unheralded2 and none   
have ever fallen therein unwarned4 ,and 
if1 from  the uniform dealings of ,god  
with our world in the past1 we may judge
 of  the future1 then may we conclude   
that of the events yet to transpire1    
and above all1 the great event in which 
earth's drama shall close--the  ushering
 in of the great day of the ,lord1 and  
the coming of the ,son  of              
man--something will be known1 and the   
world be faithfully warned  thereof1 ere
 they shall take place4    ,in calling  

attention to these things1 ,william     
,miller and his associates  were accused
 of prying into the secrets of the      
,almighty4 ,from this  charge1 however1 
they needed no better vindication than  
the language  of ,moses1 in ,deut4 xxix1
 #bi3 8,the secret things belong unto   
the ,lord  our ,god1 but those things   
which are revealed belong unto us and   
to our children forever40 ,prophecy     
belongs to that portion of the  ,bible  
which may properly be denominated a     
revelation4 ,it is designed  to reveal  
to us things of which we could not in   
any other way gain  information4        
,again1 they were met with the plea that
 the prophecies could not be            
understood4 ,but says the ,saviour1     
referring directly to the prophecy of   
,daniel1 8,whoso readeth let him        
understand40 ,matt4 xxiv1 #ae4 ,that    
many  of the prophecies1 such as those  
portions of ,daniel which reach to the  
close of earthly governments1 have not  
been understood1 is very true4  ,but to 

assert that they cannot at any time be  
understood1 is a virtual  denial that   
they are a portion of ,god's revelation 
to man4    ,the prophecy of ,daniel1    
reaching far into the future1 could not 
be  understood by the prophet himself4  
,neither could it be understood by  any 
until the time of the end1 when much of 
it should be fulfilled4  ,hence the     
answer of the angel to the anxious      
inquiry of the prophet3  8,and ,i heard1
 but ,i understood not3 then said ,i1 ,o
 my ,lord1 what  shall be the end of    
these things8 ,and he said1 ,go thy way1
 ,daniel1  for the words are closed up  
and sealed till the time of the end4    
,many  shall be purified and made white1
 and tried2 but the wicked shall do     
wickedly1 and none of the wicked shall  
understand2 but the wise shall          
understand40 ,chap4 xii1 #h-aj4 ,again  
says the angel to the prophet3  8,but   
thou1 ,o ,daniel1 shut up the words and 
seal the book1 even to the  time of the 
end4 ,many shall run to and fro1 and    

knowledge shall be  increased40 ,verse  
#d4    ,from the very nature of the     
prophecy of ,daniel1 it was closed up   
and  sealed till the time of the end1   
when1 most of its prophetic history     
being past1 it was to be unsealed1      
understood1 and many were to run to  and
 fro with the knowledge of the great    
subject upon which it treats4  ,the     
result of the increase and spread of    
knowledge in relation to the            
approaching ,judgment1 which is the     
great theme of the prophecy1 is  also   
given4 ,the wicked shall do wickedly1   
and none of the wicked shall            
understand4 ,but the wise shall         
understand4 ,with these remarks the     
attention of the reader is called to    
,,daniel1 ,,chapter ,,ii4      ,the     
scene opens with the kingdom of         
,babylon1 or ,chaldea1 at the summit  of
 its greatness and glory1 ,b4 ,c4 #fjc4 
,nebuchadnezzar1 the ,chaldean  monarch1
 as it is natural for man to do1 had    
been anxiously looking  into the future1

 and pondering what should come to pass 
thereafter4  ,verse #bi4 ,instead of    
rebuking or discouraging this spirit of 
inquiry in  man1 ,god takes occasion to 
grant to the king1 and through him to   
the  world1 the information which he    
sought4 ,under the symbol of a great    
image he presents before him the most   
impressive history of the world1  from  
that time on1 that can anywhere be      
found4 ,this image's head was  of fine  
gold1 symbolizing the kingdom of        
,babylon1 then existing4 ,in  his       
interpretation1 the prophet addressed   
himself to the king in the  following   
words3 8,thou art this head of gold40   
,verse #ch4 ,the breast and  arms of    
silver represented ,media and ,persia1  
which shortly supplanted  ,babylon in   
the empire of the world4 ,the belly and 
sides of brass  prefigured ,grecia1     
which1 conquering its predecessors1     
enjoyed its  period of universal        
dominion4 ,and finally ,rome1 the legs  
of the image1  bore its iron sway over  

all the earth4 ,in development of the   
ten toes1  said the prophet3 8,the      
kingdom shall be divided0 verse #da3 and
 so was  ,rome divided into ten kingdoms
 between the years ,a4 ,d4 #cef and     
#dhc4  ,what next8 ,the monarch beheld  
till a stone cut out of the mountain    
without hands smote the image upon its  
feet1 ground its metallic parts  to     
powder1 became a great mountain1 and    
filled the whole earth4 ,the  inspired  
interpretation of this impressive scene 
is given thus3 8,in  the days of these  
kings shall the ,god of ,heaven set up a
 kingdom which  shall never be          
destroyed1 444 but it shall break in    
pieces and consume  all these kingdoms1 
and it shall stand forever40 ,verse #dd4
    ,the prophetic history of ,babylon1 
,media and ,persia1 and ,grecia1 has    
long since been completed1 and that of  
,rome also has been fulfilled1          
excepting the dashing in pieces to give 
place to the immortal kingdom  of ,god4 
,and mark3 ,the stone smote the image   

upon the feet4 ,and it was  in the days 
of the kings1 or kingdoms1 represented  
by the ten toes of  the image1 that the 
,god of ,heaven was to set up an eternal
 kingdom  purely his4 ,this kingdom is  
not yet established4 ,it is evident that
 it  was not set up at the time of      
,christ's first advent1 from the fact   
that  ,rome was not then divided into   
the ten kingdoms1 represented by the ten
  toes of the image4    ,paul looked    
forward to this kingdom in his solemn   
charge to ,timothy in  view of the      
,judgment at the appearing and kingdom  
of ,christ4 #b ,tim4 iv1  #a4 ,for this 
kingdom all ,christians were to pray1   
8,thy kingdom come40  ,matt4 vi1 #aj4   
,james speaks of this kingdom as a      
matter of promise to  the poor of this  
world1 rich in faith4 ,chap4 ii1 #e4    
,adventists never believed1 however1    
that all that is said in the ,new       
,testament relative to the kingdom of   
,heaven relates to the future  kingdom  
of glory4 ,especially in some of the    

parables of our ,lord does  the term    
refer to the work of grace with the     
people of ,god in this  mortal state4   
,but if we may be allowed to express the
 relation between  believers and their  
,lord in this mortal state by the term  
kingdom of  grace2 and the future       
relation of immortal beings with the    
,king of  kings by the kingdom of glory1
 the position that the kingdom was set  
up at the first advent is not relieved  
of any of its difficulties4  ,for       
certainly the kingdom of grace was      
established immediately after  the fall4
 ,adam1 ,abel1 ,enoch1 ,noah1 ,abraham1 
and ,moses1 were as truly  the subjects 
of the kingdom of grace as the apostles 
of ,jesus4 ,with  this view of the      
subject every text relative to the      
kingdom can be  harmonized4    ,it is   
true that both ,john and ,jesus         
proclaimed the kingdom of ,heaven  at   
hand4 ,the immortal kingdom of glory was
 then at hand in the sense  that it was 
the next universal kingdom to come4 ,in 

the time of the  ,babylonian kingdom1   
the kingdom of ,persia was at hand4 ,the
 kingdom of  ,greece was at hand in the 
period occupied by ,media and ,persia4  
,and in  the days of that kingdom1 ,rome
 was at hand1 for it was the next       
kingdom  to succeed4 ,in this sense was 
the kingdom of ,heaven at hand in the   
days  of the ministry of ,john and of   
,christ4          ,,daniel1 ,,chapter   
,,vii4      ,in this chapter we have the
 same great outline of this world's     
history  as symbolized by the image of  
chapter ii1 again brought to view1 but  
in  a different form4 ,the prophet here 
saw four great beasts1 explained in     
verse #ag to be four great kingdoms1    
corresponding respectively to the  gold1
 silver1 brass1 and iron1 of the great  
image4    ,the first was like a lion1   
and had eagles' wings4 ,verse #d4 ,the  
,chaldean  empire1 as advanced to its   
summit of prosperity under              
,nebuchadnezzar1  was intended by this  
beast4--,scott4    ,the second like to a

 bear1 and it raised itself up on one   
side1 and  had three ribs in its mouth4 
,verse #e4 ,a fit emblem of the         
character  and conquest of the ,persian 
nation which succeeded ,babylon1 ,b4 ,c4
  #ech4--,prideaux1 ,vol4 ,i1 p4 #aci4  
,and lo1 another like a leopard1 which  
had four wings and four heads4  ,verse  
#f4 ,this was the emblem of the ,grecian
 or ,macedonian empire1  which for the  
time was the most renowned in the world4
 ,it was erected  by ,alexander the     
,great on the ruins of the ,persian     
monarchy1 and it  continued in four     
divisions under his successors4 ,the    
leopard being  exceedingly fierce and   
swift1 represented the kingdom1 and     
especially  under ,alexander1 its       
founder1 but the swiftness of the       
quadruped  was not an adequate emblem of
 the rapidity with which he made his    
conquests2 the leopard had therefore    
four wings of a fowl upon his           
back4--,scott4 ,prideaux1 ,vol4 ,i1 p4  
#chj4 ,rollin's ,hist4 of  ,alexander4  

,and behold a fourth beast1 dreadful and
 terrible1 and strong  exceedingly4     
,verse #g4 ,the kingdom that succeeded  
,greece was ,rome1  the invincible      
fortitude1 hardiness and force of which1
 perhaps were  never equaled4 ,this     
beast had ten horns4 ,these are declared
 in verse  #bd to be ten kingdoms4 ,the 
ten kingdoms are enumerated by          
,marchiaval1  ,bishop ,lloyd1 and ,dr4  
,hales1 as follows1 #a4 ,the ,huns1 ,a4 
,d4 #cef4 #b4  ,the ,ostrogoths1 ,a4 ,d4
 #cgg4 #c4 ,the ,visgoths1 ,a4 ,d4 #cgh4
 #d4 ,the ,franks1  ,a4 ,d4 #djg4 #e4   
,the ,vandals1 ,a4 ,d4 #djg4 #f4 ,the   
,suevi1 ,a4 ,d4 #djg4 #g4 ,the          
,burgundians1 ,a4 ,d4 #djg4 #h4 ,the    
,heruli and ,rugii1 or ,thuringi1 ,a4   
,d4  #dgf4 #i4 ,the ,anglo-,saxons1 ,a4 
,d4 #dgf4 #aj4 ,the ,lombards1 ,a4 ,d4  
#dhc4 ,it is  certain that the ,roman   
,empire was divided into ten kingdoms2  
and though  they might be sometimes more
 and sometimes fewer1 yet they were     
still  known by the name of the ten     

kingdoms of the western empire4--,scott4
    ,i considered the horns1 and behold 
there came up among them another  little
 horn1 before whom there were three of  
the first horns plucked up  by the      
roots4 ,in this horn were eyes like the 
eyes of man1 and a mouth  speaking great
 things4 ,verse #h4 ,this little horn is
 by all ,protestants  acknowledged to be
 a symbol of the ,papacy4 ,said the     
angel1 speaking of  this horn1 8,he     
shall subdue three kings40 ,verse #bd4  
,the three kingdoms  that were plucked  
up to make way for the ,papacy were1 #a4
 ,the ,heruli1 in  #dic4 #b4 ,the       
,vandals1 in #ecd4 ,and #c1 ,the        
,ostrogoths in #ech4 ,gibbon's  ,decline
 and ,fall4 ,into the hands of this     
power the saints1 times1 and  laws1 were
 to be given for a time1 times1 and the 
dividing of time1  7#abfj years2 see    
,rev4 xii1 #f1 #ad74 ,from #ech1 when   
the ,papacy was set  up1 #abfj years    
extend to #agih2 and it is a notable    
fact of history1  that on the #ajth of  

,february1 #agih1 ,berthier1 a general  
of ,bonaparte's1  at the head of the    
,republican army of ,france1 entered    
,rome and took  it4 ,the papal          
government was abolished1 and the ,pope 
died in exile in  #agii4 7,see ,croley  
on the ,apocalypse1 ,their's ,history of
 the ,french  ,revolution1 ,clarke on   
,dan4 vii1 #be47 ,the ,papacy has never 
been  restored to its former power4 ,we 
are by this chain of prophecy brought   
down to the eighteenth century4 ,and the
 prophet does not see this beast        
gradually changing his wild and         
ferocious nature to the innocence and   
gentleness of the lamb1 to make way for 
a temporal millennium2 but he  looks    
only a step further1 and says1    8,i   
beheld even till the beast was slain1   
and his body destroyed1 and  given to   
the burning flame40 ,dan4 vii1 #aa4     
,,daniel1 ,,chapter ,,viii4      ,it is 
characteristic of the different chains  
of prophecy1 that each  succeeding one  
introduces particulars not furnished in 

any previously  given4 ,the seventh of  
,daniel1 after covering the general     
field  symbolized by the image of       
chapter ii1 instructs us more           
particularly  concerning the development
 of the little horn1 or man of sin4 ,in 
the  eighth chapter we are again        
conducted over a portion of the world's 
great highway1 with additional          
particulars concerning the mighty       
kingdoms that stand as waymarks along   
our journey4 ,on the symbols of  this   
chapter1 the ram1 he-goat1 and horn     
which waxed exceeding great1  the       
prophet received the following          
instruction3    ,the ram which thou     
sawest having two horns are the kings of
 ,media and  ,persia4 ,verse #bj4 ,the  
,persian division of the empire was the 
highest  and came up last4 ,the ram with
 the two horns was the well-known emblem
  of the ,medes and ,persians4 ,it was  
usual for the ,persian kings to wear a  
diadem made like a ram's head of        
gold4--,scott4    ,and the rough goat is

 the king of ,grecia2 and the great horn
 that is  between his eyes1 is the first
 king4 ,verse #ba4 ,this was ,alexander1
 who  was born ,b4 ,c4 #cef1 decided the
 fate of ,persia at the battle of       
,arbela1  ,b4 ,c4 #cca1 and died eight  
years thereafter in a drunken fit1 at   
the age  of #cc1 ,b4 ,c4 #cbc4    ,and  
whereas the great horn being broken1    
four came up in its stead1  four        
kingdoms1 said the angel1 shall stand up
 out of the nation4  ,verse #bb4 ,these 
were ,macedonia1 ,thrace1 ,syria1 and   
,egypt1 into which  the empire was      
divided shortly after ,alexander's      
death1 governed  respectively by        
,cassander1 ,lysimachus1 ,seleucus1 and 
,ptolemy4    ,and out of one of them    
came forth a little horn4 ,verses #i1   
#bc-bg4 ,rome  was not connected with   
the people of ,god1 and hence is not    
introduced  into prophecy1 till after   
its conquest of ,macedonia1 one of the  
horns  of the goat2 hence it is         
represented as coming forth from one of 

those  horns4 ,that this little horn    
which waxed exceeding great was ,rome1  
the  following considerations prove3    
#a4 ,it was to rise in the latter part  
of their kingdom1 that is1 of the  four 
kingdoms4 ,so did ,rome1 so far as its  
place in the prophecy is  concerned4    
,its connection with the ,jews commenced
 ,b4 ,c4 #afa4--a ,mac4  viii4          
,josephus' ,antiq41 ,b4 xii1 c4 x1 sec4 
#f4 ,prideaux1 ,vol4 ,,ii41  p4 #aff4   
#b4 ,it was little at first4 ,so was    
,rome4    #c4 ,it waxed 8exceeding      
great1 towards the east and towards the 
south40  ,so did ,rome4 ,it conquered   
,macedonia1 ,b4 ,c4 #afh2 ,syria1 c41 to
 the  river ,tigris1 ,b4 ,c4 #fe2       
,egypt1 ,b4 ,c4 #cj4 ,from this horn's  
increasing  toward the south and east   
particularly1 ,sir ,isaac ,newton infers
  that it arose in the north-west corner
 of the goat's dominion1 i4 e41  in     
,italy2 which points directly to the    
,romans4    #d4 ,it cast down some of   
the host and of the stars to the ground4

 ,so  did ,rome2 persecuting the        
disciples and ministers of ,jesus as no 
other  power ever did4    #e4 ,he       
magnified himself even to the ,prince of
 the host4 ,thus did ,rome1  when both  
,herod and ,pontius ,pilate conspired   
against ,jesus4    #f4 ,he shall        
destroy1 wonderfully1 the mighty and the
 holy people4  ,let from #ej to #ajj    
millions of martyrs make good this      
charge against  persecuting ,rome4 ,see 
,religious ,encyclopedia4    #g4 ,it was
 the only power that succeeded the four 
kingdoms which waxed  ,,exceeding       
,,great4    #h4 ,in this vision ,grecia 
succeeds ,medo-,persia1 just as it had  
been  seen twice before2 and it is      
absurd to suppose that the power which  
follows them in this vision is a        
different power from the one which      
twice before had been seen succeeding   
them1 in chapters ii and vii2  and that 
power was ,rome4    #i4 ,he shall be    
broken without hand4 ,how clear a       
reference to the stone  cut out without 

hand1 which smites the image upon its   
feet4 ,chap ii1 #cd4          ,,the     
#bcjj ,,days4      ,besides the symbols 
of governments contained in ,dan4 viii1 
there is a  definite period of time     
brought to view1 which claims attention4
 ,as  recorded in verse #ac1 ,daniel    
heard one saint ask another the         
question1  how long the vision should be
 concerning the daily sacrifice and the 
transgression of desolation to give both
 the sanctuary and the host  to be      
trodden under foot4 ,the angel then     
addressed himself to ,daniel  and said1 
8,unto two thousand and three hundred   
days1 then shall the  sanctuary be      
cleansed40 ,waiving for the present the 
question as to  what may constitute the 
sanctuary1 we wish to ascertain if      
possible  the nature1 the commencement1 
and termination of this period of time4 
,there are two kinds of time to be met  
with in the ,bible2 literal and         
symbolic4 ,in symbolic time1 a day      
signifies a year4 ,num4 xiv1 #cd2  ,eze4

 iv1 #f4 ,to which class do the #bcjj   
days belong8 ,being brought  in         
connection with acknowledged symbols1 it
 would be both easy and  natural to     
infer that they partook of the nature of
 the rest of  the vision and were       
symbolic1 presenting us with a period of
 #bcjj  years4 ,and that such is the    
case is further evident from the fact1  
as is shown in the investigation of     
,dan4 viii1 that the field of the       
prophet's vision1 was the empires of    
,persia1 ,greece and ,rome4 ,the #bcjj  
days there given cannot therefore be    
literal days2 for literal days          
7scarcely six years and a half7 would by
 no means cover the duration  of any one
 of these empires singly1 much less     
embrace so nearly the  whole of their   
existence put together1 as they         
evidently do4 ,they must  consequently  
denote #bcjj years4 ,can we now         
ascertain the commencement  of this     
period8 ,we answer1 ,yes2 the key to the
 matter being in the  ninth chapter of  

,daniel1 between which and the eighth   
there is an  unmistakable connection1 as
 we shall now endeavor to show4         
,after their mention in verse #ad1 the  
#bcjj days are not again spoken  of in  
chapter viii4 ,all the other parts of   
the vision are there fully  explained2  
it must have been1 therefore1 this point
 concerning the  time1 that troubled the
 mind of the prophet1 and in reference  
to which1  solely1 that he exclaims at  
the end of the chapter1 ,i was          
astonished at  the vision1 but none     
understood it4    ,it was in the third  
year of ,belshazzar1 ,b4 ,c41 #eec1 that
 ,daniel had  this vision of chapter    
viii4 ,fifty-three years previous to    
this time1  ,jerusalem had been taken by
 ,nebuchadnezzar1 and the seventy years'
  captivity commenced2 and thirty-five  
years before this1 the ,chaldeans  had  
utterly demolished the city1 broken down
 its walls and burnt the  house of ,god 
with fire4 #b ,chron4 xxxvi1 #ai4       
,daniel had learned from  the prophecy  

of ,jeremiah1 chapter xxv1 that the     
seventy years of  captivity were drawing
 near their close1 in the first year of 
,darius1  ,b4 ,c41 #ech1 as we read in  
the first verses of ,dan4 ix2 and it is 
evident that he so far misunderstood the
 period of the #bcjj days as to  suppose
 that they ended with the seventy years 
of ,israel's servitude2  therefore1     
turning his face toward the prostrate   
city and the ruined  temple of his      
fathers1 he prays ,god to cause his face
 to shine upon his  sanctuary which is  
desolate4 ,verse #ag4    8,while ,i was 
speaking in prayer10 says he1 chapter   
ix1 #bj-bc1 8even  the man ,gabriel1    
whom ,i had seen in the vision at the   
beginning1  being caused to fly swiftly1
 touched me about the time of the       
evening  oblation4 ,and he informed me  
and talked with me1 and said1 ,o1       
,daniel1  ,i am now come forth to give  
thee skill and understanding4 ,at the   
beginning of thy supplications the      
commandment came forth1 and ,i am  come 

to show thee2 for thou art greatly      
beloved2 therefore understand  the      
matter1 and consider the vision4        
,seventy weeks are determined  upon thy 
people and upon thy holy city10 c4      
,that this is a continuation of the     
explanation of the vision of chapter    
viii1 would seem sufficiently evident   
without the aid of any special  argument
 to prove it so4 ,but as there is a     
vital point that hinges upon  this fact1
 we will offer a few reasons which place
 it beyond the limits  of contradiction4
    #a4 ,gabriel had received a charge  
chapter viii1 #af1 to make ,daniel      
understand the vision2 but at the end of
 that chapter1 ,daniel says he  was     
astonished at the vision1 but none      
understood it4 ,gabriel therefore  did  
not complete his mission in chapter     
viii2 the charge still rested  upon him1
 ,make this man to understand the       
vision4    #b4 ,the being who came to   
,daniel at the time of the supplication1
 was  the very same who had appeared to 

him in the vision at the beginning2     
namely1 ,gabriel4 ,and that he had now  
come to undeceive him concerning  his   
application of the time1 is evident in  
that he says1 ,i am now  come forth to  
give thee skill and understanding4 ,why 
did he not give  him a full             
understanding of the vision at first8   
,we answer1 because he  revealed to him 
all that he was then able to bear4 ,he  
fainted and was  sick certain days4     
#c4 ,direct reference is made to the    
vision at the beginning4 ,and if  that  
is not the vision of chapter viii1 it is
 impossible to find it4  ,and again1 if 
,gabriel does not explain in chapter ix1
 what he omitted  in chapter viii1 it is
 impossible for any man to show wherein 
,gabriel  fulfilled his commission to   
make this man understand the vision4    
#d4 ,when ,gabriel commenced his further
 explanation1 he did not explain  the   
symbol of the ram2 for that he had      
already explained4 ,he did not  explain 
the goat2 for he had likewise explained 

that4 ,neither did he  commence about   
the little horn2 for he had made that   
plain also in  chapter viii4 ,what then 
did he explain8 ,the very point there   
omitted2  namely1 the time3 ,seventy    
weeks are determined upon thy people1 c4
  ,these facts are sufficient to show   
the connection of ,dan4 ix with the     
vision of chapter viii4 ,but how do the 
words of ,gabriel1 ,seventy weeks  are  
determined upon thy people1 c41 explain 
the period of the #bcjj  days8 ,the     
answer is1 ,the word rendered           
determined1 signifies literally1  cut   
off4 ,gesenius1 in his ,hebrew ,lexicon1
 thus defines it3 ,properly1  to cut    
off2 tropically1 to divide1 and so to   
determine1 to decree4  ,the             
,englishman's ,hebrew ,concordance says1
 ,determined1 literally  divided4 ,from 
what period are the seventy weeks       
divided1 or cut off8  ,from the #bcjj   
days2 for there is no other period given
 from which they  can be taken2 and this
 is placed beyond a doubt by the        

connection of  the two chapters1 which  
has already been proved4    ,having now 
ascertained that the #gj weeks of ,dan4 
ix are the first #dij  years of the     
#bcjj days1 and that consequently the   
two periods commence  together1 we      
further learn that this period of weeks 
dates from the  going forth of a        
commandment to restore and build        
,jerusalem4 ,dan4  ix1 #be4 ,if then we 
can definitely locate this commandment1 
we have  the starting point for the     
great period of the #bcjj years4 ,the   
,bible  furnishes us with four tests by 
which to determine when the true date   
is found3    #a4 ,from the time of the  
commandment1 #di years were to witness  
the  completion of the street and wall  
of ,jerusalem4 ,dan4 ix1 #be4    #b4    
,threescore and two weeks from this     
time1 or1 in all1 #fi weeks1 #dhc       
years1 were to extend to ,messiah the   
,prince4    #c4 ,sixty-nine and a half  
weeks were to extend to the             
crucifixion--the  cessation of sacrifice

 and oblation in the midst of the week4 
,verse #bg4    #d4 ,the full period of  
#gj weeks was to witness the complete   
confirmation  of the covenant with      
,daniel's people4    ,in the seventh of 
,ezra1 we find the decree for which we  
seek4 ,it went  forth in ,b4 ,c4 #deg4  
,much concerning this decree1 and the   
date of its  promulgation1 might here be
 said4 ,but a more full explanation of  
it may  more properly be given in       
another place4 ,i will say1 however1    
that1  admitting that ,b4 ,c4 #deg1 is  
the correct date for the commencement   
of the #bcjj years1 which is susceptible
 of the clearest proof1 none  will fail 
to see how ,william ,miller came to the 
conclusion that this  prophetic period  
would close in the year #ahdc4          
,from                 #bcjj    ,take    
#deg                         ----       
,and there remains  #ahdc    8,with the 
solemn conviction10 writes ,mr4 ,miller1
 8that such momentous  events were      
predicted in the ,scriptures1 to be     

fulfilled in so short a  space of time1 
the question came home to me with mighty
 power regarding  my duty to the world1 
in view of the evidence that had        
affected my  own mind4 ,if the end was  
so near1 it was important that the world
  should know it4 ,i supposed that it   
would call forth the opposition of  the 
ungodly2 but it never came into my mind 
that any ,christian would  oppose it4 ,i
 supposed that all such would be so     
rejoiced1 in view of  the glorious      
prospect1 that it would only be         
necessary to present it1  for them to   
receive it4 ,my great fear was1 that1 in
 their joy at the  hope of a glorious   
inheritance so soon to be revealed1 they
 would  receive the doctrine without    
sufficiently examining the ,scriptures  
in  demonstration of its truth4 ,i      
therefore feared to present it1 lest1 by
  some possibility1 ,i should be in     
error1 and be the means of misleading   
any4    8,various difficulties and      
objections would arise in my mind1 from 

time  to time4 ,certain texts would     
occur to me1 which seemed to weigh      
against  my conclusions2 and ,i would   
not present a view to others1 while any 
difficulty appeared to militate against 
it4 ,i therefore continued the  study of
 the ,bible1 to see if ,i could sustain 
any of these objections4  ,my object was
 not merely to remove them1 but ,i      
wished to see if they  were valid4      
8,sometimes1 when at work1 a text would 
arise like this3 ,of that day  and hour 
knoweth no man1 c41 and how1 then1 could
 the ,bible reveal  the time of the     
advent8 ,i would then immediately       
examine the context  in which it was    
found1 and ,i saw at once that1 in the  
same connection1  we are informed how we
 may know when it is nigh1 even at the  
doors2  consequently1 that text could   
not teach that we could know nothing of 
the time of that event4 ,other texts1   
which are advanced in support of  the   
doctrine of a temporal millennium1 would
 arise2 but1 on examining  their        

context1 ,i invariably found that they  
were applicable only to  the eternal    
state1 or were so illustrative of the   
spread of the gospel  here1 as to be    
entirely irrelevant to the position they
 were adduced to  support4    8,thus1   
all those passages that speak of the    
will of ,god being done on  earth as in 
,heaven1 of the earth being full of the 
knowledge of the  glory of ,god1 c41    
could not be applicable to a time when  
the ,man of  ,sin was prevailing against
 the saints1 or when the righteous and  
wicked  were dwelling together1 which is
 to be the case until the end of the    
world4 ,those which speak of the gospel 
being preached in all the world1  teach 
that1 as soon as it should be thus      
preached1 the end was to  come2 so that 
it could not be delayed a thousand years
 from that time1  nor long enough for   
the world's conversion after the        
preaching of the  gospel as a witness4  
8,the question of the resurrection and  
,judgment was for a time an  obstacle in

 the way4 ,being instructed that all the
 dead would be raised  at the same time1
 ,i supposed it must be so taught in the
 ,bible2 but ,i  soon saw it was one of 
the traditions of the elders4    8,so   
also with the return of the ,jews4 ,that
 question ,i saw could only  be         
sustained by denying the positive       
declarations of the ,new ,testament1    
which assert1 ,there is no difference   
between the ,jew and the ,greek2  that  
the promise that he shall be the heir of
 the world1 was not to  ,abraham and his
 seed through the law1 but through the  
righteousness of  faith2 that there is  
neither ,jew nor ,greek1 bond nor free1 
male nor  female2 but that if ye are    
,christ's1 then are ye ,abraham's seed1 
and  heirs according to the promise4 ,i 
was1 therefore1 obliged to discard  an  
objection which asserts there is a      
difference between the ,jew and  ,greek2
 that the children of the flesh are     
accounted for the seed1 c4    8,in this 
way ,i was occupied from #ahah to #ahbc1

 in weighing the  various objections    
which were being presented to my mind4  
,during that  time1 more objections     
arose in my mind1 than have been        
advanced by  my opponents since2 and ,i 
know of no objection that has been since
  advanced1 which did not there occur to
 me4 ,but1 however strong they at  first
 appeared1 after examining them in the  
light of the divine word1 ,i  could only
 compare them to straws1 laid down      
singly as obstacles1 on a  well-beaten  
road4 ,the car of truth rolled over     
them1 unimpeded in its  progress40      
,he continued to make the ,bible his    
daily study1 and became more and  more  
convinced that he had a personal duty to
 perform respecting what  he conceived  
the ,bible to teach of the nearness of  
the advent4 ,these  impressions he thus 
describes3    8,when ,i was about my    
business it was continually ringing in  
my ears1 ,go  and tell the world of     
their danger4 ,this text was constantly 
occurring  to me3 #8,when ,i say unto   

the wicked1 ,o wicked man1 thou shalt   
surely  die2 if thou dost not speak to  
warn the wicked from his way1 that      
wicked man shall die in his iniquity2   
but his blood will ,i require at  thy   
hand4 ,nevertheless1 if thou warn the   
wicked of his way to turn from  it1 if  
he do not turn from his way1 he shall   
die in his iniquity2 but  thou hast     
delivered thy soul4' ,eze4 xxxiii1 #h1  
#i4 ,i felt that if the  wicked could be
 effectually warned1 multitudes of them 
would repent2  and that1 if they were   
not warned1 their blood might be        
required at  my hand4 ,i did all ,i     
could to avoid the conviction that      
anything was  required of me2 and ,i    
thought that1 by freely speaking of it  
to all1  ,i should perform my duty1 and 
that ,god would raise up the necessary  
instrumentality for the accomplishment  
of the work4 ,i prayed that some        
minister might see the truth1 and devote
 himself to its promulgation2  but still
 it was impressed upon me1 ,go and tell 

it to the world2  their blood will ,i   
require at thy hand4 ,the more ,i       
presented it in  conversation1 the more 
dissatisfied ,i felt with myself for    
withholding  it from the public4 ,i     
tried to excuse myself to the ,lord for 
not going  out and proclaiming it to the
 world4 ,i told the ,lord that ,i was   
not  used to public speaking2 that ,i   
had not the necessary qualifications  to
 gain the attention of an audience2 that
 ,i was very diffident1 and  feared to  
go before the world2 that they would not
 believe me1 nor  hearken to my voice2  
that ,i was slow of speech1 of a slow   
tongue4 ,but ,i  could get no relief4   
8,as ,mr4 ,miller's opinions respecting 
the nearness and nature of the          
millennium became known1 they naturally 
elicited a good deal of comment  among  
his friends and neighbors1 and also     
among those at a distance4  ,some of    
their remarks1 not the most             
complimentary to his sanity1 would      
occasionally be repeated to him4        

8,having heard that a physician in his  
neighborhood had said that  ,esquire    
,miller1 as he was familiarly called1   
was a fine man and a good  neighbor1 but
 was a monomaniac on the subject of the 
advent1 ,mr4 ,miller  was humorously    
inclined to let him prescribe for his   
case4    8,one of his children being    
sick one day1 he sent for the doctor1   
who1  after prescribing for the child1  
noticed that ,mr4 ,miller was very mute 
in one corner1 and asked what ailed him4
    8#8,well1 ,i hardly know1 doctor4 ,i
 want you to see what does1 and         
prescribe for me4'    8,the doctor felt 
of his pulse1 c41 and could not decide  
respecting his  malady2 and inquired    
what he supposed was his complaint4     
8#8,well1' says ,mr4 ,miller1 #8,i don't
 know but ,i am a monomaniac2 and ,i    
want you to examine me1 and see if ,i   
am1 and1 if so1 cure me4 ,can you  tell 
me when a man is a monomaniac8'    8,the
 doctor blushed1 and said he thought he 
could4    8,mr4 ,miller wished to know  

how4    8#8,why1' said the doctor1 #8a  
monomaniac is rational on all subjects  
but  one2 and when you touch that       
particular subject he will become       
raving4'    8#8,well1' says ,mr4        
,miller1 #8,i insist upon it that you   
see whether ,i am  in reality a         
monomaniac2 and if ,i am1 you shall     
prescribe for and cure  me4 ,you shall1 
therefore1 sit down with me two hours1  
while ,i present  the subject of the    
advent to you1 and1 if ,i am a          
monomaniac1 by that  time you will      
discover it4'    8,the doctor was       
somewhat disconcerted2 but ,mr4 ,miller 
insisted1 and  told him1 as it was to   
present the state of his mind1 he might 
charge  for his time as in regular      
practice4    8,the doctor finally       
consented2 and1 at ,mr4 ,miller's       
request1 opened the  ,bible and read    
from the #hth of ,daniel4 ,as he read   
along1 ,mr4 ,miller  inquired what the  
ram denoted1 with the other symbols     
presented4 ,the  doctor had read        

,newton1 and applied them to ,persia1   
,greece1 and ,rome1  as ,mr4 ,miller    
did4    8,mr4 ,miller then inquired how 
long the vision of those empires was to 
be4    8#8#bcjj days4'    8#8,what6'    
said ,mr4 ,miller1 #8could those great  
empires cover only #bcjj  literal days8'
    8#8,why1' said the doctor1 #8those  
days are years1 according to all        
commentators2 and those kingdoms are to 
continue #bcjj years4'    8,mr4 ,miller 
then asked him to turn to the second    
chapter of ,daniel1  and to the seventh1
 all of which he explained the same as  
,mr4 ,miller4  ,he was then asked if he 
knew when the #bcjj days would end4 ,he 
did not  know1 as he could not tell when
 they commenced4    8,mr4 ,miller told  
him to read the ninth of ,daniel4 ,he   
read down till he  came to the #bast    
verse1 when ,daniel saw the man         
,gabriel1 whom he had  seen in the      
vision4    8#8,in what vision8' ,mr4    
,miller inquired4    8#8,why1' said the 
doctor1 #8in the vision of the eighth of

 ,daniel4'    8#8,wherefore1 understand 
the matter1 and consider the vision4 ,he
 had now  come1 then1 to make him       
understand that vision1 had he8'        
8#8,yes1' said the doctor4    8#8,well1 
seventy weeks are determined2 what are  
these seventy weeks a  part of8'        
8#8,of the #bcjj days4'    8#8,then do  
they begin with the #bcjj days8'        
8#8,yes1' said the doctor4    8#8,when  
did they end8'    8#8,in ,a4 ,d4 #cc4'  
8#8,then how far would the #bcjj extend 
after #cc8'    8,the doctor subtracted  
#dij from #bcjj1 and replied1 #8#ahaj4  
,why1' said  he1 #8that is past4'       
8#8,but1' said ,mr4 ,miller1 #8there    
were #ahaj from #cc2 in what year would 
that come8'    8,the doctor saw at once 
that the #cc should be added1 and set   
down #cc  and #ahaj1 and1 adding them1  
replied1 #8#ahdc4'    8,at this         
unexpected result1 the doctor settled   
back in his chair and  colored2 but     
immediately took his hat and left the   
house in a rage4    8,the next day he   

again called on ,mr4 ,miller1 and looked
 as though he  had been in the greatest 
mental agony4    8#8,why1 ,mr4 ,miller1'
 said he1 #8,i am going to hell4 ,i have
 not slept  a wink since ,i was here    
yesterday4 ,i have looked at the        
question in  every light1 and the vision
 must terminate about ,a4 ,d4 #ahdc2 and
 ,i am  unprepared1 and must go to      
hell4'    8,mr4 ,miller calmed him1 and 
pointed him to the ark of safety2 and in
  about a week1 calling each day on ,mr4
 ,miller1 he found peace to his  soul1  
and went on his way rejoicing1 as great 
a monomaniac as ,mr4  ,miller4 ,he      
afterward acknowledged that1 till he    
made the figures #ahdc1  he had no idea 
of the result to which he was coming40  
,,his ,,public ,,labors4      ,the      
public labors of ,mr4 ,miller1 according
 to the best evidence to be  obtained1  
date from the autumn of #ahca4 ,he had  
continued to be much  distressed        
respecting his duty to go and tell it to
 the world1 which  was constantly       

impressed on his mind4 ,one ,saturday1  
after breakfast1 he  sat down at his    
desk to examine some point1 and1 as he  
arose to go out  to work1 it came home  
to him with more force than ever1 ,go   
and tell it  to the world4 ,he thus     
writes3    8,the impression was so      
sudden1 and came with such force1 that  
,i settled  down into my chair1 saying1 
,i can't go1 ,lord4 ,why not8 seemed to 
be  the response2 and then all my       
excuses came up--my want of ability1    
c42 but my distress became so great1 ,i 
entered into a solemn covenant  with    
,god that if he would open the way1 ,i  
would go and perform my duty  to the    
world4 ,what do you mean by opening the 
way8 seemed to come to  me4 ,why1 said  
,i1 if ,i should have an invitation to  
speak publicly in  any place1 ,i will go
 and tell them what ,i find in the      
,bible about the  ,lord's coming4       
,instantly all my burden was gone1 and  
,i rejoiced that ,i  should not probably
 be thus called upon2 for ,i had never  

had such an  invitation4 ,my trials were
 not known1 and ,i had but little       
expectation  of being invited to any    
field of labor4    8,in about half an   
hour from this time1 before ,i had left 
the room1 a  son of ,mr4 ,guilford1 of  
,dresden1 about sixteen miles from my   
residence1  came in1 and said that his  
father had sent for me1 and wished me to
 go  home with him4 ,supposing that he  
wished to see me on some business1 ,i   
asked him what he wanted4 ,he replied   
that there was to be no preaching  in   
their church the next day1 and his      
father wished to have me come  and talk 
to the people on the subject of the     
,lord's coming4 ,i was  immediately     
angry with myself for having made the   
covenant ,i had2 ,i  rebelled at once   
against the ,lord1 and determined not to
 go4 ,i left  the boy without giving him
 any answer1 and retired in great       
distress  to a grove near by4 ,there ,i 
struggled with the ,lord for about an   
hour1  endeavoring to release myself    

from the covenant ,i had made with him2 
but ,i could get no relief4 ,it was     
impressed upon my conscience1 ,will  you
 make a covenant with ,god1 and break it
 so soon8 ,the exceeding  sinfulness of 
thus doing overwhelmed me4 ,i finally   
submitted1 and  promised the ,lord that1
 if he would sustain me1 ,i would go1   
trusting  in him to give me grace and   
ability to perform all he should require
  of me4 ,i returned to the house1 and  
found the boy still waiting4 ,he        
remained till after dinner1 and ,i      
returned with him to ,dresden4    8,the 
next day1 which1 as nearly as ,i can    
remember1 was about the first  ,sabbath 
in ,august1 #ahca1 ,i delivered my first
 public lecture on the  second advent4  
,the house was well filled with an      
attentive audience4  ,as soon as ,i     
commenced speaking1 all my diffidence   
and embarrassment  were gone1 and ,i    
felt impressed only with the greatness  
of the subject1  which1 by the          
providence of ,god1 ,i was enabled to   

present4 ,at the  close of the services 
on the ,sabbath1 ,i was requested to    
remain and  lecture during the week1    
with which ,i complied4 ,they flocked in
 from  the neighboring towns2 a revival 
commenced1 and it was said that in      
thirteen families all but two persons   
were hopefully converted4    8,on the   
,monday following ,i returned home1 and 
found a letter from ,elder  ,fuller1 of 
,poultney1 ,vt41 requesting me to go and
 lecture there on the  same subject4    
,they had not heard of my going to      
,dresden4 ,i went to  ,poultney1 and    
lectured there with similar effect4     
8,from thence ,i went by invitation to  
,pawlet1 and other towns in that        
vicinity4 ,the churches of              
,congregationalists1 ,baptists1 and     
,methodists1  were thrown open4 ,in     
almost every place ,i visited1 my labors
 resulted  in the reclaiming of         
backsliders1 and the conversion of      
sinners4 ,i was  usually invited to     
fields of labor by the ministers of the 

several  congregations whom ,i visited1 
who gave me their countenance2 and ,i   
have never labored in any place to which
 ,i was not previously invited4  ,the   
most pressing invitations from the      
ministry1 and the leading  members of   
the churches1 poured in continually from
 that time1 during  the whole period of 
my public labors1 and with more than    
one-half of  which ,i was unable to     
comply4 ,churches were thrown open      
everywhere1  and ,i lectured to crowded 
houses1 through the western part of     
,vermont1  the northern part of ,new    
,york1 and in ,canada ,east2 and        
powerful  reformations were the results 
of my labors40          8,,conversion   
,,of ,,one ,,hundred ,,infidels4        
8,with the #ast of ,january1 #ahch1 he  
commenced a second course of  lectures  
at ,lansingburgh1 ,n4 ,y41 in compliance
 with the urgent  request of the        
,baptist church in that place1 and of   
,e4 ,b4 ,crandall1  their pastor4 ,the  
lectures continued nine days1 and were  

listened  to by crowded and attentive   
audiences4 ,the result also was most    
heart-cheering4 ,infidelity had several 
strongholds in that  neighborhood1 and  
many of that class attended his         
lectures1 and were  greatly affected by 
them4 ,in a letter dated on the #beth of
 that month1  two weeks after the close 
of the lectures1 a gentleman of that    
place  writes to ,mr4 ,miller3    8#8,i 
have never witnessed so powerful an     
effect in any place as in this1  on all 
who heard4 ,i am of the opinion that not
 less than one hundred  persons who held
 infidel sentiments are brought to      
believe the ,bible4  ,infidelity is dumb
 in this place1 as if frightened1 and   
converts are  many4'    8,the following 
testimony of one who was converted from 
infidelity  during these lectures1 is   
copied from the ,boston ,investigator   
7an  infidel paper7 of ,january1 #ahde3 
8#8,mr4 ,editor3 ,i was a warm supporter
 of the views of ,abner ,kneeland1      
attended his lectures and protracted    

dances1 disbelieved in ,divine          
revelation and a future existence1 and  
fully accorded with ,mr4  ,kneeland's   
views of religion4 ,having read every   
work of note that ,i  could obtain1 and 
having heard many lectures opposed to   
,god and the  ,bible1 ,i considered     
myself prepared to overthrow the        
,christian faith1  and feared no        
argument that could be brought from the 
,bible4 ,with these  feelings1 ,i       
attended a full course of ,mr4 ,miller's
 lectures4 ,he gave  his rules of       
interpretation1 and pledged himself to  
prove his position4  ,i approved of his 
rules1--to which ,i refer you1--and the 
result was1  he established the fact    
that the ,bible is what it purports to  
be--the  word of ,god--to my mind1      
beyond a doubt2 and ,i have taken it as 
the man  of my counsel4 ,i notice your  
doubts of the truth of the statement in 
relation to hundreds of infidels being  
converted under the preaching  of ,mr4  
,miller4 ,this may possibly be owing to 

your never having given  ,mr4 ,miller a 
candid and thorough hearing4 ,he is a   
man mighty in the  ,scriptures1 and has 
done terrible execution in the ranks of 
the 8,king's  enemies10 with the sword  
of the spirit1 which is the word of     
,god4 ,i am  personally acquainted with 
nearly one hundred who held to similar  
views  with ,abner ,kneeland1 who were  
converted under the preaching of ,mr4   
,miller2 and we did not yield the point 
without a struggle1 nor without  due    
consideration4 ,each and every prop and 
refuge of infidelity and  unbelief was  
taken away from us1 and our sandy       
foundation was swept  by the truth of   
the ,almighty as chaff is driven by the 
wind4 ,yet we  parted with them much as 
a man parts with a diseased tooth4 ,we  
tried  to cure and keep it there1 and   
when made to know that the root and     
foundation was rotten1 it was painful to
 part with2 but we rejoice and  felt    
better after the separation2 for there  
is balm in ,gilead--there is  a         

,physician there4'    8,from the #bdth  
to the #bhth of ,may1 ,mr4 ,miller      
lectured in ,groton1  ,mass41 and from  
the #c;d to the #ith of ,june1 in ,lynn1
 ,mass4 ,in connection  with his visit  
to this place1 he made he following     
entry in his  memorandum book3 #8,thus  
ends my tour into ,massachusetts1 making
 eight  hundred lectures from ,october  
#a1 #ahcd1 to ,june #i1 #ahci--;four    
years1 six  months1 nine days4' ,the    
editor of the ,lynn ,record gave the    
following  notice of ,mr4 ,miller1 and  
his visit to that place3                
8#8,,miller ,,and ,,the ,,prophecies4   
8#8,we took a prejudice against this    
good man when he first came among  us1  
on account of what we supposed a glaring
 error in interpreting the  ,scripture  
prophecies so that the world would come 
to an end in #ahdc4  ,we are still      
inclined to believe this an error or    
miscalculation4 ,at  the same time we   
have overcome our prejudices against him
 by attending  his lectures1 and        

learning more of the excellent character
 of the  man1 and of the great good he  
has done and is doing4 ,mr4 ,miller is  
a plain farmer1 and pretends to nothing 
except that he has made the  ,scripture 
prophecies an intense study for many    
years1 understands many  of them        
differently from most other people1 and 
wishes for the good of  others1 to      
spread his views before the public4 ,no 
one can hear him five  minutes without  
being convinced of his sincerity1 and   
instructed by his  reasoning and        
information4 ,all acknowledge his       
lectures to be replete  with useful and 
interesting matter4 ,his knowledge of   
,scripture is very  extensive and       
minute2 that of the prophecies1         
especially1 surprisingly  familiar4 ,his
 application of the prophecies to the   
great events which  have taken place in 
the natural and moral world is such1    
generally1 as  to produce conviction of 
their truth1 and gain the ready assent  
of his  hearers4 ,we have reason to     

believe that the preaching or lecturing 
of  ,mr4 ,miller has been productive of 
great and extensive good4 ,revivals     
have followed in his train4 ,he has been
 heard with attention wherever  he has  
been4    8#8,there is nothing very      
peculiar in the manner or appearance of 
,mr4 ,miller4 ,both are at least equal  
to the style and appearance of          
ministers in general4 ,his gestures are 
easy and expressive1 and his  personal  
appearance every way decorous4 ,his     
,scripture explanations and             
illustrations are strikingly simple1    
natural1 and forcible2 and the  great   
eagerness of the people to hear him has 
been manifested wherever  he has        
preached4'    8,on his way home he      
lectured at the following places3       
,commencing on  the #afth of ,june at   
,westford1 ,vt42 the #bc;d1 at          
,cambridge1 ,vt42 and on  the #cjth1 at 
,colchester1 ,vt4 ,as a result of his   
labors in ,colchester1  twenty-three    
were added to the ,baptist church       

between that time and the  #b;d of      
,december following4    8,the letters   
addressed to him and his son at this    
period show that a  report was in       
circulation that he was dead2 and as    
soon as that was  successfully          
contradicted1 another was current1 that1
 on re-examining  his calculations1 he  
had discovered a mistake of one hundred 
years4  ,both of these rumors were      
several times subsequently revived1 and 
had  to be as often contradicted4       
8,on the #aeth of ,september1 in        
compliance with the wish of many in     
,rutland1 ,vt41 who were very anxious to
 hear his course of lectures1  he       
visited that place1 and lectured each   
day1 to the #bb;d1 when he  returned to 
his family1 and made arrangements for a 
second visit to  ,massachusetts4    8,he
 commenced his labors at ,groton1       
,mass41 on the #acth of ,october1  and  
lectured ten days4 ,in reference to     
these lectures and others in            
neighboring towns1 ,silas ,hawley1      

,congregational minister1 wrote from    
,groton1 on the #ajth of ,april1 #ahdj1 
as follows3    8#8,mr4 ,miller has      
lectured in this and adjoining towns    
with marked  success4 ,his lectures have
 been succeeded by precious revivals of 
religion in all those places4 ,a class  
of minds are reached by him not  within 
the influence of other men4 ,his        
lectures are well adapted1 so  far as ,i
 have learned1 for shaking the supremacy
 of the various forms  of error that are
 rife in the community4'    8,closing   
his lectures in ,groton1 ,mr4 ,miller   
gave a third course of  lectures in     
,lowell1 continuing from the #bc;d of   
,october to the #ast  of ,november4     
,these1 like the previous lectures in   
that place1 were  attended with precious
 fruits4    8,from the #b;d to the #ajth
 of ,november1 he lectured in           
,haverhill1 ,mass41  where he made the  
acquaintance of ,elder ,henry ,plummer1 
pastor of the  ,christian church1 who   
embraced his views1 and was a steadfast 

friend  till ,mr4 ,miller's decease4    
8,on the #aath of ,november1 ,mr4       
,miller commenced a course of lectures  
in  ,exeter1 ,n4 ,h41 which continued   
till the #aith4 ,on the #abth1 a        
,conference  of the ,christian          
connection was in session there1 and    
they called on  ,mr4 ,miller in a body4 
,he was a stranger to nearly all of     
them2 and few  of them regarded his     
views with anything more than mere      
curiosity4  ,several of them questioned 
him respecting his faith2 but they were 
speedily silenced by the quotation of   
appropriate tests of ,scripture4    8,he
 arrived in ,boston on the #gth of      
,december1 and from the #hth to the     
#afth lectured in ,chardon-street       
chapel1--his first course of lectures   
in that city4    8,on the #abth of      
,december1 ,mr4 ,miller writes from     
,boston to his son3 #8,i  am now in this
 place lecturing twice a day1 to large  
audiences4 ,many1  very many1 go away   
unable to gain admittance4 ,many1 ,i am 

informed1 are  under serious            
convictions4 ,i hope ,god will work in  
this city4'    8,on the #aith of        
,november1 he commenced a course of     
lectures in ,new  ,haven1 ,ct41 in the  
,m4 ,e4 ,church1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,law1       
pastor4 ,on ,sunday1 the  #bjth1        
although the house was large1 it was    
crowded2 and in the evening  many were  
unable to gain admittance4 ,he continued
 there till the #bfth1  the interest    
continuing during the entire course4    
,the ,fountain1 a  temperance paper     
published in that city1 gave the        
following account of  the meeting3      
8#8,mr4 ,william ,miller1 the celebrated
 writer and lecturer on the second      
advent of our ,saviour1 and the speedy  
destruction of the world1 has  recently 
visited our city1 and delivered a course
 of lectures to an  immense concourse of
 eager listeners in the ,first          
,methodist ,church4  ,it is estimated   
that not less than three thousand       
persons were in  attendance at the      

church1 on each evening1 for a week2 and
 if the  almost breathless silence which
 reigned throughout the immense throng  
for two or three hours at a time is any 
evidence of interest in the  subject of 
the lectures1 it cannot be said that our
 community are  devoid of feeling on    
this momentous question4    8#8,mr4     
,miller was accompanied and assisted by 
,elder ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1 who  is by no    
means an inefficient coadjutor in this  
great and important  work4 ,we did not  
attend the whole course1 the last three 
lectures being  all we had an           
opportunity of hearing4 ,we are utterly 
disappointed4 ,so  many extravagant     
things had been said of the 8fanatics0  
in the public  prints1 and such         
distorted statements published in       
reference to their  articles of faith1  
that we were prepared to witness        
disgusting and  perhaps blasphemous     
exhibitions of ,millerism1 as the       
doctrine of the  second advent is       
called4    8#8,in justice to ,mr4       

,miller we are constrained to say1 that 
he is one  of the most interesting      
lecturers we have any recollection of   
ever  having heard4 ,we have not the    
least doubt that he is fully convinced  
of the truth of the doctrine he labors  
so diligently to inculcate1  and he     
certainly evinces great candor and      
fairness in his manner of  proving his  
points4 ,and he proves them1 too1 to the
 satisfaction of  every hearer2--that   
is1 allowing his premises to be correct1
 there is  no getting away from his     
conclusions4    8#8,there was quite a   
number of believers in attendance from  
other  places1 and a happier company we 
have never seen4 ,we have no means of   
ascertaining the precise effect of these
 meetings on this community1  but we    
know that many minds have been induced  
to contemplate the  ,scripture          
prophecies in a new light1 and not a few
 are studying the  ,bible with unwonted 
interest4 ,for our own part1 this new   
view of the  world's destiny is so      

completely at variance with previous    
habits of  thought and anticipation1    
that we are not prepared to give it     
entire  credence1 though we should not  
dare hazard an attempt to disprove it4  
8#8,the best part of the story is1 that 
a powerful revival has followed  the    
labors of ,messrs4 ,miller and company4 
,we learn that over fifty  persons      
presented themselves for prayers at the 
altar of the ,methodist  church on      
,sunday evening4 ,on ,monday evening the
 number was about  eighty4'0    8,from  
the #fth to the #ith of ,march #ahdb1   
,mr4 ,miller lectured in  ,medford1     
,mass4 ,while here1 a friend took him to
 a phrenologist in  ,boston1 with whom  
he was himself acquainted1 but who had  
no suspicion  whose head he was about to
 examine4 ,the phrenologist commenced by
  saying that the person under          
examination had a large1 well-developed1
  and well-balanced head4 ,while        
examining the moral and intellectual    
organs1 he said to ,mr4 ,miller's       

friend3    8#8,i tell you what it is1   
,mr4 ,miller could not easily make a    
convert of  this man to his hair-brained
 theory4 ,he has too much good sense4'  
8,thus he proceeded1 making comparisons 
between the head he was  examining and  
the head of ,mr4 ,miller1 as he fancied 
it would be4    8#8,oh1 how ,i should   
like to examine ,mr4 ,miller's head6'   
said he2 #8,i  would give it one        
squeezing4'    8,the phrenologist1      
knowing that the gentleman was a        
particular friend  of ,mr4 ,miller1     
spared no pains in going out of the way 
to make remarks  upon him4 ,putting his 
hand on the organ of marvelousness1 he  
said3  #8,there6 ,i'll bet you anything 
that old ,miller has got a bump on his  
head there as big as my fist2' at the   
same time doubling up his fist as  an   
illustration4    8,the others present   
laughed at the perfection of the joke1  
and he  heartily joined them1 supposing 
they were laughing at his witticisms on 
,mr4 ,miller4    8,he pronounced the    

head of the gentleman under examination 
the reverse1  in every particular1 of   
what he declared ,mr4 ,miller's must be4
 ,when  through1 he made out his chart1 
and politely asked ,mr4 ,miller his     
name4    8,mr4 ,miller said it was of no
 consequence about putting his name upon
  the chart2 but the phrenologist       
insisted4    8#8,very well1' said ,mr4  
,m42 #8you may call it ,miller1 if you  
choose4'    8#8,miller1 ,miller1' said  
he2 #8what is your first name8'         
8#8,they call me ,william ,miller4'     
8#8,what6 the gentleman who is lecturing
 on the prophecies8'    8#8,yes1 sir1   
the same4'    8,at this the phrenologist
 settled back in his chair1 the         
personation  of astonishment and dismay1
 and spoke not a word while the company 
remained4 ,his feelings may be more     
easily imagined than described40        
,concerning his personal appearance and 
private character1 we must do  the      
reader the service of giving him the    
following portrait1 drawn by a  delicate

 pencil3    8,i have just had the       
privilege of meeting with this humble   
servant of  ,god1 at the fireside of a  
friend1 and ,i can truly say that my    
earnest  expectations were more than    
realized in the interview4 ,there is a  
kindness of soul1 simplicity1 and power1
 peculiarly original1 combined  in his  
manner1 and he is affable and attentive 
to all1 without any  affectation of     
superiority4 ,he is of about medium     
stature1 a little  corpulent1 and in    
temperament a mixture of sanguine and   
nervous4 ,his  intellectual developments
 are unusually full1 and we see in his  
head1  great benevolence and firmness1  
united with a lack of self-esteem4  ,he 
is also wanting in marvelousness1 and is
 ,,naturally skeptical4 ,his            
countenance is full and round1 and much 
like the engraving we have  seen1 while 
there is a peculiar depth of expression 
in his blue eye1  of shrewdness and     
love4 ,although about sixty-two years of
 age1 his  hair is not grey1 but of a   

light glossy auburn1 his voice is full  
and distinct1 and his pronounciation    
somewhat northern-antique4 ,in  his     
social relations1 he is gentle and      
affectionate1 and insures the  esteem of
 all with whom he mingles4 ,in giving   
this charcoal sketch to  the public1 ,i 
have merely sought to correct numerous  
misstatements1  and gratify the honest  
desire of many distant believers1 with a
 faint  outline of the character and    
appearance of the man whom ,god has     
chosen  to give the #8,midnight ,cry' to
 a sleeping world40--,midnight ,cry4    
,here we must leave ,william ,miller for
 the present1 to be introduced  again in
 a brief sketch of the rise and progress
 of ,adventism4          ,,my ,,public  
,,labors4      ,on returning from the   
great camp-meeting in ,eastern ,maine1  
where ,i  heard with deepest interest   
such men as ,miller1 ,himes1 and        
,preble1  ,i found myself happy in the  
faith that ,christ would come about the 
year #ahdc4 ,i had given up all to teach

 the doctrine to others1 and  to prepare
 myself to do this was the great object 
before me4 ,i  had purchased the chart  
illustrating the prophecies of ,daniel  
and  ,john1 used by lecturers at that   
time1 and had a good assortment of      
publications upon the manner1 object1   
and time of the second advent4  ,and    
with this chart hung before me1 and     
these books and the ,bible in my  hands1
 ,i spent several weeks in close study1 
which gave me a clearer  view of the    
subject4    ,in ,october1 #ahdb1 an     
,advent camp-meeting was held in        
,exeter1 ,me41 which  ,i attended4 ,the 
meeting was large1 tents numerous1      
preaching clear and  powerful1 and the  
singing of ,second-,advent melodies     
possessed a power  such as ,i had never 
before witnessed in sacred songs4 ,my   
,second-,advent  experience was greatly 
deepened at this meeting1 and at its    
close ,i  felt that ,i must immediately 
go out into the great harvest-field1 and
  do what ,i could in sounding the      

warning4 ,i therefore prepared three    
lectures1 one to remove such objections 
as the time of the advent not  to be    
known1 and the temporal millennium1 one 
on the signs of the  times1 and one on  
the prophecy of ,daniel4    ,i had      
neither horse1 saddle1 bridle1 nor      
money1 yet felt that ,i must  go4 ,i had
 used my past winter's earnings in      
necessary clothing1 in  attending       
,second-,advent meetings1 and in the    
purchase of books and the  chart4 ,but  
my father offered me the use of a horse 
for the winter1 and  ,elder ,polley gave
 me a saddle with both pads torn off1   
and several  pieces of an old bridle4 ,i
 gladly accepted these1 and cheerfully  
placed  the saddle on a beech log and   
nailed on the pads1 fastened the pieces 
of the bridle together with malleable   
nails1 folded my chart1 with a  few     
pamphlets on the subject of the advent1 
over my breast1 snugly  buttoned up in  
my coat1 and left my father's house on  
horseback4    ,i gave from three to six 

lectures in four different towns around 
,palmyra4 ,speaking1 with the blessing  
of ,god1 gave me freedom and            
confidence1 and as the subject opened to
 me by study1 reflection1 and  in       
speaking1 ,i found it necessary to      
divide subjects1 so that ,i added  one  
discourse1 at least1 to the little      
series1 at each place4 ,i had a  good   
hearing at all these places1 but saw no 
special results4    ,a school-mate of   
mine had engaged to teach school in the 
town of  ,burnham2 but by accident had  
lost an eye1 and was told by his        
physician that he should rest at least  
one week before teaching4 ,he  urged me 
to teach for him one week4 ,i consented1
 and on the first day  of school gave an
 appointment for evening lectures4 ,the 
school-house  was crowded4 ,i gave seven
 lectures1 which were listened to with  
interest and deep feeling4    ,at this  
place ,i began to feel the burden of the
 work1 the condition of  the people1 and
 love for precious souls1 as ,i had not 

before4 ,previous  to this time ,i had  
taken great delight in dwelling upon the
 evidences  of the ,advent hope and     
faith4 ,but now ,i realized that there  
was a  solemn power in these evidences1 
to convict the people1 such as ,i did   
not expect to realize4 ,at the close of 
my last lecture1 sixty arose  for       
prayers4 ,i felt deeply the condition of
 the people4 ,but what could  ,i do for 
them8 ,i had not anticipated that ,i    
should ever have upon  my hands sixty   
repenting sinners1 and was wholly       
unprepared to lead  them any farther4   
,my little pond of thought1 in the      
course of seven  lectures1 had run out1 
and ,i dared not undertake to preach a  
practical  discourse for fear it would  
prove a failure1 and injure the         
well-begun  work4 ,in this state of     
things it occurred to me to send for my 
brother1  who had been in the ministry  
five years before me1 and was favorable 
to the ,advent doctrine4 ,he came and   
labored six weeks1 baptized1 and        

organized a large church1 for which they
 paid him sixty dollars4 ,i  paid1 at   
the close of my week's teaching and     
lecturing1 one dollar for               
horse-keeping1 and left for the         
,kennebec4 ,my brother afterward told me
  that every one he baptized dated their
 experience from my lectures4    ,at one
 of the places near my native town1     
where ,i had given lectures1 ,i  met a  
gentleman who seemed very much          
interested in the soon-coming of  the   
,lord1 who gave me an urgent invitation 
to visit ,brunswick1 ,me4 ,he  stated   
that there had been no preaching on the 
subject in that part of  the ,state1 and
 that the ,freewill ,baptists1 who were 
very numerous on  the west side of the  
,kennebec river1 from ,augusta to       
,brunswick1 would  willingly give me a  
hearing4 ,from that moment ,i felt      
inclined to make  my course toward      
,brunswick4 ,so1 in ,january1 #ahdc1 ,i 
left on horseback1  thinly clad1 and    
without money1 to go more than a hundred

 miles among  strangers4    ,night came 
on as ,i drew near ,augusta1 the capital
 of the ,state1 and ,i  inquired at a   
humble cottage for entertainment1       
stating that ,i was a  penniless        
preacher1 and wished to find rest with  
some ,christian1 who  would willingly   
care for me and my tired horse without  
charge4 8,i am a  member of the         
,christian church of this place10 said  
he1 8please stop  with me40 ,i gladly   
accepted the cordial invitation4        
,during the evening my friend stated    
that ,elder ,pearl1 a ,christian        
minister1 was to preach on the next     
,sunday1 and invited me to stop and     
give evening lectures in the            
school-house1 and spend the ,sunday with
  my old friend and acquaintance1 ,elder
 ,pearl4 ,i did so1 and had a good      
hearing1 and was kindly received by     
,elder ,pearl1 who loved the doctrine   
of ,christ's soon coming4 ,i was also   
invited to speak in the school  district
 east of that1 near the ,kennebec river4

 ,the house was filled1  and many stood 
outside at the open windows4 ,a         
,universalist opposed the  doctrine ,i  
was presenting to the people1 and       
finding he could prevail  nothing1      
brought a ,mr4 ,w41 the editor of the   
,augusta ,age1 a noted  ,universalist1  
to oppose me1 and1 at the close of my   
lecture1 introduced  him to the people1 
and invited them to stop and hear what  
he had to  say4 ,i was too hoarse to    
reply1 and stated that ,i had no further
  claims on the congregation4 ,a dozen  
voices cried1 8,clear the way1 and  let 
us pass out40 ,only about twenty-five1  
and those of the baser sort1  remained  
to hear ,mr4 ,w4 ,they were1 of course1 
ready to receive what the  speaker chose
 to say1 who1 being grieved and angry   
with the youthful  lecturer for leaving1
 and with the people for following me1  
was in a  state of mind to excite in    
them a mob spirit4    ,the reader may   
think me rash in depriving the editor of
 the ,age of  a hearing4 ,but ,i was an 

inexperienced youth1 and feared a       
battle1  and took this course to avoid  
it4 ,but a battle came the next evening 
of a different kind4 ,mr4 ,w4's hearers 
decided before leaving the  school-house
 to get all to join them who would1 and 
on the next evening  break up the       
meeting4    ,as ,i was about to go to   
the house the next evening1 several of  
my  friends came to me and stated that a
 mob of at least three hundred was      
around the school-house4 ,they warned   
me1 as ,i regarded my life1 to  remain  
away from the meeting4 ,i went before   
the ,lord with the matter1  then told my
 friends that ,i should go to the       
school-house1 trusting in  ,god to      
defend me4 ,and as ,i drew near the     
house ,i heard the shouting  of the mob1
 and was again warned by the friends who
 accompanied me to  take their advice1  
and go no further lest ,i lose my life4 
,i then stated  to them that ,i believed
 the ,lord would in some way defend me1 
and  pressed forward4 ,my friends had   

resolved that if ,i went to the place of
  meeting they would go with me1 and    
stand by me to the last4 ,we found  the 
school-house filled with women1 all the 
windows taken out1 and the  house       
surrounded by men enough to fill three  
such houses4 ,i pressed  through the    
crowd and made my way to the desk4 ,the 
greatest fear  prevailed within the     
house1 while unearthly yells seemed to  
be the  delight of the mob without4 ,the
 ,universalist1 who had taken the       
trouble  to get ,mr4 ,w4 to the place to
 oppose me1 stood close to the desk1    
and1  as ,i entered it1 said to me3     
8,this1 sir1 is the result of your      
conduct last evening1 in refusing to    
hear the gentleman ,i brought here to   
reply to you4 ,your meetings will  be   
broken up40    ,i replied1 8,very well1 
sir1 if it is the will of ,god1 let it  
be so40  ,i then called the meeting to  
order1 and prayed1 standing upon my     
feet4 ,this ,i did for two reasons4     
,first1 want of room to kneel1 and1     

second1 it was safer for me to stand    
with my eyes open and watch this        
infuriated ,universalist1 who seemed to 
have all he could do to keep  from      
striking me4    ,while praying1 a       
snow-ball whistled by my head and struck
 on the  ceiling behind me4 ,i read my  
text from ,peter1 relative to the       
burning  day of ,god1 and commenced     
commenting upon it1 but could be heard  
by  only a few near me1 in consequence  
of the shouting of the mob4 ,many       
snow-balls were thrown at me through the
 open windows1 but none hit me4  ,i     
raised my voice above the noise of the  
mob1 but while turning for my           
proof-texts they seemed to gain         
advantage over me4 ,and there was too   
much excitement and fear for my proofs  
to tell on any mind4    ,my clothing and
 also my ,bible were wet from the melted
 fragments of a  hundred snow-balls     
which had broken upon the ceiling behind
 me1 and had  spattered over me and it4 
,that was no time for logic1 so ,i      

closed my  ,bible and entered into a    
description of the terrors of the day of
 ,god1  and the awful end of the        
ungodly4 ,these opened before me        
wonderfully4  ,language and power of    
voice seemed to be given me for the     
occasion4 ,i  was nearly lost to all    
around me1 while the naked glare of the 
fires of  the day of ,god seemed to     
light up the field of slaughter of the  
ungodly  men before me4 ,i cried1       
8,repent and be converted1 that your    
sins may be  blotted out1 or you will   
drink of the wrath of ,god4 ,repent1 and
 call on  ,god for mercy and pardon4    
,turn to ,christ and get ready for his  
coming1  or in a little from this1 on   
rocks and mountains you will call in    
vain4  ,you scoff now1 but you will pray
 then40    ,the mob seemed more quiet4  
,the night before1 a spike was thrown at
 me  and hit me on the forehead1 and    
fell into my ,bible1 and ,i put it into 
my pocket4 ,inexpressible pity and love 
for the crowd came over me1 and  as ,i  

was pointing sinners to the ,lamb of    
,god1 with tears1 ,i held up the  spike1
 saying1 8,some poor sinner cast this   
spike at me last evening4  ,god pity    
him4 ,the worst wish ,i have for him is1
 that he was this moment  as happy as ,i
 am4 ,why should ,i resent his insult   
when my ,master had  them driven through
 his hands10 and at the moment raising  
my arms and  placing my hands upon the  
ceiling behind me1 in the position of   
,christ  on the cross4    ,the ,spirit  
of ,god accompanied the words and the   
gesture to the hearts  of the crowd4    
,some shrieked1 and a general groan was 
heard4 8,hark6  hark60 cried a score of 
voices4 ,in a moment all was silent4 ,in
 tears ,i  was calling on sinners to    
turn and live4 ,i spoke of the love of  
,god1  the sacrifice of ,christ2 his    
undying pity for vile sinners4 ,i then  
spoke of his coming in glory to save all
 who would seek him now4 ,more  than a  
hundred were in tears4 8,do you want to 
see a happy man10 said  ,i2 8please look

 at me40 ,many were weeping aloud1 and  
,i was getting so  hoarse that ,i could 
hardly be heard for the penitent cries  
and sobs of  those around me4 8,who are 
willing to seek ,christ10 said ,i1 8and 
with  me suffer persecution1 and be     
ready for his coming8 ,who in this crowd
  wish me to pray for them1 that this   
may be their happy portion8 ,as many  as
 do1 please rise up40 ,nearly one       
hundred arose4 ,it was nine in the      
evening1 and ,i was hoarse and weary4 ,i
 closed with benediction1 took my  chart
 and ,bible1 and made my way out through
 the subdued crowd4 ,some  one locked   
arms with me to assist and guard me4    
,his countenance seemed  impressively   
familiar1 yet ,i did not know him4 ,when
 ,i had passed the  crowd1 ,i missed    
him1 and1 from that evening1 who he was1
 or how he left  me1 and where he went1 
have been mysterious4 ,was it an angel  
of ,god1  sent to stand by me in the    
perils of that evening8 ,who can say it 
was  not8    ,my lectures continued in  

this place three or four evenings       
without  the least opposition1 and a    
general reformation followed4 ,in about 
eight weeks ,i returned to the place    
again1 and as ,i entered the door  of an
 especial friend1 near the old scene of 
battle1 ,i recognized my  ,universalist 
friend4 ,he had been driving some       
exciting conversation  with the lady of 
the house about me4 ,both appeared      
greatly agitated  as ,i entered4 ,the   
lady greeted me cordially1 but with     
expressions of  astonishment that ,i was
 in her house again4 ,the ,universalist 
made for  the door1 and left in a most  
abrupt manner4 ,the lady then stated    
that  this man had been talking of me to
 her in a most abusive manner1 and  that
 the last statement he made as ,i came  
to her door was as follows3  8,white is 
a rascal4 ,he has been overtaken in     
crime1 and is safe in  jail4 ,one of my 
neighbors told me that he saw him       
yesterday in ,augusta  jail40    ,this  
man was overtaken in his guilty folly in

 a manner he little  expected4 ,he had  
certainly succeeded poorly in his war   
against me4 ,i  did not see this        
,universalist1 neither did ,i hear of   
him after his  hasty retreat homeward1  
showing as much shame as the face of a  
guilty  man is capable of silently      
expressing4 ,but let the reader go back 
with  me over these eight weeks to the  
time ,i closed my labors in this place4 
,an invitation came for me to visit     
,sidney1 and lecture in the ,methodist  
meeting-house4 ,cheerfully ,i accepted1 
and found a large house filled  with    
attentive hearers4 ,the first evening ,i
 spoke on the millennium  with freedom4 
,and as ,i entered the house the second 
evening1 ,i was  told that ,elder       
,nickerson1 the presiding elder1 would  
be present  that evening4 ,i felt my    
youth1 my lack of general knowledge of  
the  ,scriptures1 and my brief          
experience in the things of ,god4 ,i    
trembled  for the result of that        
meeting1 as ,i learned that this        

presiding elder  was opposed to the     
doctrine ,i was teaching4 ,i was on     
,methodist ground4  ,this led me to pray
 most earnestly to ,god for help4 ,my   
confidence that  the ,lord would be with
 me grew firm as ,i entered the pulpit4 
8,i learn10 said ,i1 8that ,elder       
,nickerson is in the congregation4      
,will he please take a seat with me1 and
 join in the services of the  evening80 
,he cheerfully came forward1 and ,i gave
 him an ,advent hymn  from the          
,methodist book to read1 and found him  
willing to pray4 ,i then  sung an       
,advent melody1 and took this text3     
8,but of that day and hour  knoweth no  
man1 no1 not the angels of ,heaven1 but 
my ,father only40  ,matt4 xxiv1 #cf4 ,i 
stated1    #a4 ,that the subject was the
 second advent4    #b4 ,that ,god had   
not revealed the day nor the hour of    
that event4    #c4 ,that ,christ did    
say1 in this connection1 that when his  
people  should see the signs in the sun1
 moon1 and stars1 that they should know 

that his coming was near1 even at the   
doors1 as truly as men know that  summer
 is near when they see the trees of the 
field send forth their  buds and unfold 
their leaves4    #d4 ,that1 as it was in
 the days of ,noah1 so should it be at  
the coming  of the ,son of man4    ,the 
work of warning the people of the coming
 flood was given to  righteous ,noah4   
,and in order for him to know when to   
build the ark1  and when to raise his   
warning voice1 the year of the flood was
 given  to him4 ,so shall it be at the  
coming of the ,son of man4 ,the world is
  to be warned of its approaching doom4 
,and to this end the prophecies  of     
,daniel and ,john especially point to   
this time4 ,the signs in the  heavens1  
on earth1 in the church1 and a wicked   
world1 all show that  ,christ and the   
day of vengeance are at hand4    ,the   
people of that place were divided       
between ,methodism and  ,universalism1  
and it seemed a favorable time to show  
up from ,matt4 xxiv  the view held by   

,universalists that ,christ came at the 
destruction  of ,jerusalem4 ,in this ,i 
had had some experience1 and succeeded  
in  pleasing ,elder ,nickerson1 who made
 a few general remarks1 not directly    
opposing me1 for fear1 as ,i supposed1  
of pleasing the ,universalists1  who    
evidently felt stirred at my discourse4 
,the meeting closed with  good feelings 
between us4 ,but as ,i left the house1  
,i received an urgent  request by       
several gentlemen to call at the hotel  
the next morning1  at nine1 to answer   
some questions relative to what ,i had  
said of  ,universalism4    ,at the hour 
appointed1 ,i found myself surrounded by
 several  ,universalists1 who were      
evidently in an unfriendly mood1 and as 
many  ,methodists1 who had come to see  
that the young stripling should be well 
treated4 ,this was kind in my ,methodist
 friends4 ,the interview lasted  till   
the clock struck twelve4 ,my ,methodist 
friends expressed themselves  satisfied 
with my answers4 ,the landlord1 who was 

the leading spirit  among those         
professing ,universalism1 then arose and
 said to me3    8,mr4 ,white1 please    
walk out to dinner4 ,this afternoon ,i  
wish to show  you that there is no      
connection between the ,old and ,new    
,testaments40    ,i was surprised to    
find that this professed champion of    
,universalism  was really an infidel1   
and declined dining with him1 stating   
that  my mission was to those who       
received the sacred ,scriptures of both 
,testaments as a harmonious revelation  
from ,god4 ,this closed our  interview4 
,my ,methodist friends charged me to be 
on my guard lest the  ,universalists    
take advantage of some unguarded        
expression1 and hurt  my influence4     
,this was indeed kind in them1 and for  
which ,i have ever  felt to respect     
them4 ,i gave a few more lectures1 and  
parted with  the ,christian people of   
that place1 with their thanks for my    
labors  among them1 and their           
expressions of joy that ,universalism   

had been  fearlessly exposed without    
giving its adherents chance to hurt me4 
,my mind was still on the field of labor
 farther down the river toward          
,brunswick4 ,my labors thus far in      
,augusta and ,sidney seemed more        
accidental1 or providential1 than in    
accordance with my design when  ,i left 
home4 ,and now1 with the peace of ,god  
ruling in my heart1 ,i  journeyed on4   
,as ,i passed a neat cottage in the town
 of ,richmond1 the  impression came upon
 me powerfully1 as distinctly as if a   
voice said to  me1 8,call into this     
house40 ,i obeyed1 and asked for a drink
 of water4  ,a middle-aged lady laid    
down the paper she was reading1 and upon
 it  placed her glasses1 and gravely    
said to me1 8,please be seated40 ,as she
  stepped to another room to wait upon  
me1 ,i took up her paper1 and to my     
joyful surprise1 saw that it was the    
,signs of the ,times1 published by  ,j4 
,v4 ,himes1 ,no4 #ad ,devonshire street1
 ,boston4 ,and as ,i took the water1    

the following conversation1 in          
substance1 commenced3    8,i see you    
have the ,signs of the ,times1 which    
teaches the peculiar  sentiments of one 
,william ,miller4 ,are you a subscriber 
for it80    8,i am1 and ,i think it an  
excellent periodical4 ,would you like to
 read  it80    ,i took the paper from   
her hand1 and enjoyed reading several   
stirring  articles from able pens1 then 
passed it to her1 and1 with an air of   
indifference1 asked1 8,what do you do   
with the long cherished opinion of      
nearly all great and good men1 of all   
denominations1 that the temporal        
millennium1 in which the conversion of  
the whole world and the complete        
triumph of the church is to take place  
prior to the second advent80    8,i     
reject the doctrine4 ,and you are       
mistaken1 sir1 as to the millennium     
being a long-cherished sentiment4 ,it is
 an unscriptural fable of recent  date4 
,it has not been the faith of the church
 until the last century4  ,the parable  

of the wheat and tares1 as explained by 
our ,lord1 and his  declaration that as 
it was in the days of ,noah so should it
 be at the  coming of the ,son of man1  
forbids the idea4 ,in fact1 the prophets
 of  the ,old ,testament1 and the       
apostles of the ,new1 describe the last 
days  as dark1 gloomy and perilous1 with
 the church fallen1 and far from ,god1  
and the world filled with crime and     
violence40    8,admitting that you are  
right on this point1 is it not very     
wrong to  set the time1 as ,mr4 ,miller 
has done80    8,bro4 ,miller1 in        
searching the ,scriptures1 has found by 
the prophetic  periods1 as he thinks1   
the time of the end1 and1 as an honest  
man1 has  taken the cross to teach it to
 the world4 ,he also sees by the signs  
of  the times that ,christ's coming is  
near1 even at the doors1 and takes  the 
safe side of the question to be ready1  
and to warn others to get  ready4 ,and  
all those texts usually quoted to show  
that men are to know  nothing of the    

period of the second advent1 do not     
prove what they are  said to prove40    
,it was evident that this woman was     
mistress of the subject1 and as she     
proceeded to give the proofs in support 
of definite time1 ,i interrupted  her1  
stating that ,i would no longer conceal 
from her my faith and  mission4 8,i am10
 said ,i1 8a full believer in the second
 advent of  ,christ as taught by ,wm4   
,miller1 and have left all to proclaim  
it40    8,thank the ,lord60 she         
exclaimed1 8my prayer is answered in    
sending  you here4 ,my husband is a     
,freewill ,baptist minister1 and will be
 glad  to have you speak to the people  
of his charge here upon the coming of   
,christ4 ,let me have your coat and hat4
 ,i will send for some one to care  for 
your horse1 and will send an appointment
 to the school for you to  lecture this 
evening40    8,what is your husband's   
name80 ,i inquired4    8,andrew         
,rollins10 was the reply4    8,is he a  
believer in the advent doctrine80       

8,he does not oppose1 and is favorable40
    ,soon ,elder ,rollins came in1 and  
his wife introduced me to him as a      
,second-,advent lecturer4 ,he asked me a
 few questions in a grave manner1  and  
looked me over closely1 as much as to   
say1 8,you are a young  stripling to go 
abroad to lecture upon the prophecies40 
,i saw that he  was a strong man1       
watching all my words2 therefore thought
 it best for  me to be guarded4    ,the 
appointment flew through that portion of
 the town1 and1 at the time  appointed1 
what has ever been known as the ,reed   
meeting-house1 was  filled with both the
 pious and the curious4 ,and as ,i sung 
an ,advent  melody1 all listened with   
solemn silence1 and some wept4 ,elder   
,rollins  then prayed in a most solemn  
and fervent manner for the blessing of  
,god to rest upon the youthful stranger 
who was about to speak to the  people4  
,this prayer drew me nearer to him1 and 
,i began to feel that in  this minister 
,i had found a true friend4 ,and so it  

proved4    ,at the close of my lectures1
 there was a general interest and deep  
conviction upon all minds4 ,the school  
children committed to memory all  my    
texts1 and almost everywhere you might  
hear them repeating this one  from ,dan4
 viii3 8,then ,i heard one saint        
speaking1 and another saint  said unto  
that certain saint which spake1 ,how    
long shall be the vision  concerning the
 daily sacrifice1 and the transgression 
of desolation1 to  give both the        
sanctuary and the host to be trodden    
under foot8 ,and he  said unto me1 ,unto
 two thousand and three hundred days1   
then shall the  sanctuary be cleansed40 
,as ,i was about to leave1 ,elder       
,rollins said to me1 8,in two weeks our 
quarterly meeting1 embracing about      
thirty churches in this locality1  will 
hold its session at ,richmond village4  
,i would like to have you  give some    
lectures before the preachers1          
delegates1 and brethren who  will be    
present4 ,i will call the matter up in a

 business session1 and  they will       
probably vote you room1 if you will     
decide to be present and  speak to us40 
8,certainly1 ,i shall be glad of the    
opportunity to speak  what ,i regard    
important truth to the heads of your    
denomination in this  part of the       
,state1 and will1 ,providence           
permitting1 be at the meeting  in       
season40 ,this said1 ,i rode off on     
horseback to fill appointments in       
,gardiner and ,bowdoinham4    ,after    
filling these appointments1 ,i returned 
to the quarterly meeting  in ,richmond4 
,and as ,i entered the place of worship1
 ,elder ,rollins1 who  was seated beside
 the pulpit at the further end of the   
house1 arose  and said3 8,bro4 ,white1  
you will find a seat here by me40 ,after
 the  sermon1 liberty was given for     
remarks1 and ,i spoke with freedom upon 
the ,christian life1 and the triumphs of
 the just at the second advent  of      
,christ4 ,many voices cried1 8,amen6    
amen60 and most in that large           

congregation were in tears4    ,the     
,freewill ,baptists in those days were  
indeed a free people1 and  many in that 
congregation were exceedingly anxious to
 hear upon the  subject of the advent4  
,and as ,i spoke1 they seemed to be     
finding relief  from their pent-up      
feelings in hearty responses and tears4 
,a portion1  however1 seemed unmoved1   
unless it was to show in their          
countenances  that they were displeased4
 ,elder ,rollins then informed me that  
his  brethren had voted in favor of a   
lecture at that meeting1 and the next   
day rescinded the vote4 ,this displeased
 him much1 and his statement  to me     
relative to the action of his people as 
to my speaking to them  explained to me 
the existing state of things4 ,near the 
close of that  meeting1 after getting my
 consent1 ,elder ,rollins arose and     
said3    8,bro4 ,white1 who sits at my  
right side1 will speak at the ,reed     
meeting-house this evening1 upon the    
second coming of our ,lord ,jesus       

,christ4 ,come up1 brethren1 and hear   
for yourselves4 ,we have sufficient     
room to entertain you all4 ,come up1    
brethren--it will not harm any of  you  
to hear upon this subject40    ,he had  
as much influence as any minister in    
that quarterly meeting1  and1 being     
disappointed and hurt that his brethren 
should vote against  my lectures1 and   
shut the ,advent doctrine out of their  
meeting1 was  willing they should feel  
it4 ,he very well knew that most of his 
brethren would leave their meeting in   
the village1 and go three  miles to hear
 me1 and that their appointed business  
session would be  broken up4 ,and so it 
was4 ,three-fourths of the ministers1   
and nearly  every delegate1 left1 and   
the ,reed meeting-house at an early hour
 was  crowded4 ,my subject was ,matt4   
xxiv4 ,the ,spirit of ,god gave me great
  freedom4 ,the interest was wonderful4 
,as ,i closed with an exhortation to    
,christians to fully consecrate         
themselves1 and be ready1 and to sinners

 to seek ,christ1 and get ready  for the
 coming of the ,son of man1 the power of
 ,god came upon me to that  degree that 
,i had to support myself with both hands
 hold of the pulpit4  ,it was a solemn  
hour4 ,as ,i viewed the condition of    
sinners1 lost  without ,christ1 ,i      
called on them with weeping1 repeating  
several times1  8,come to ,christ1      
sinner1 and be saved when he shall      
appear in his  glory4 ,come1 poor       
sinner1 before it shall be too late4    
,come1 sinner1  poor sinner1 come40     
,the place was awfully solemn4          
,ministers and people wept--some aloud4 
,at the close of every call to the      
sinner1 a general groan was heard       
throughout the entire assembly4 ,i had  
stood upon my feet explaining  the      
chapter and exhorting for more than two 
hours1 and was getting  hoarse4 ,i      
ceased speaking1 and wept aloud over    
that dear people with  depth of feeling 
such as he only knows whom ,god has     
called to preach  his truth to sinners4 

,it was nine o'clock1 and to give       
liberty to  others to speak1 would be to
 continue the meeting till midnight4 ,it
 was  best to close with the deep       
feeling of the present1 but not till all
  had a chance to vote on the ,lord's   
side4 ,i then called on all in the      
congregation who would join me in       
prayer1 and those that wished to be     
presented to the throne of mercy1 that  
they might be ready to meet the         
,saviour with joy at his second coming1 
to rise up4 ,every soul in that  large  
house1 as ,i was afterward informed by  
persons in different parts  of it1 stood
 up4 ,after a brief season of prayer1   
the meeting closed4    ,the next morning
 ,i returned to the village1 accompanied
 by at least  seven-eighths of that     
,freewill ,baptist quarterly meeting4   
,every one was  telling what a glorious 
meeting they attended the evening       
before4 ,this  did not help the feelings
 of the few who remained away1 who had  
been  instrumental in closing the pulpit

 at the village against the doctrine  of
 the soon coming of ,christ4 ,their     
course only increased the interest  to  
hear me4 ,the independent stand taken by
 ,elder ,rollins resulted in  their     
having a taste of that spiritual food   
for which they hungered4    ,at         
intermission1 delegates and ministers   
invited me to join them in  making      
arrangements as to time when ,i could   
lecture to the several  congregations in
 that quarterly meeting who had         
commodious houses of  worship4 ,it was  
then in the middle of ,february1 and it 
was decided  that there remained not    
more than six weeks of firm sleighing1  
giving  the people a good chance to     
attend meetings4 ,twelve of the most    
important places were selected for my   
labors in six weeks4 ,i was to  give ten
 lectures1 which would require of me to 
speak twenty times a  week4 ,this gave  
me only half a day each week1 which ,i  
generally found  very necessary to      
travel fifteen or twenty miles to the   

next place of  meeting4    ,at          
,gardiner1 near the river1 ,elders      
,purington and ,bush were holding  a    
protracted meeting with poor success1   
and were ready to hear me4  ,so were    
most of the church4 ,some opposed1      
stating their fears that  the ,advent   
doctrine would destroy their            
reformation4 ,they had1 after  tugging  
at the wheel several days1 on the third 
or fourth evening of  their meeting1    
after inviting and coaxing for half an  
hour1 prevailed  on two persons to take 
what was called the anxious seat4 ,in   
this1  however1 ,i saw no reformation to
 spoil4 ,i told these ministers ,i was  
ready to commence my work4 ,they        
hesitated4 ,i proposed to go where the  
people were all anxious to hear me4     
,they would not consent to have  me     
leave4 ,i waited one day longer1 and    
spoke several times in social  meeting4 
,many urged me to lecture4 ,i sent them 
to the ministers4 ,they  labored with   
the opposition privately4 ,their meeting

 was becoming  divided4 ,i decided to   
bring the matter to the point of        
decision1 so  that ,i might at once     
enter upon my work1 or leave the place4 
,the  ministers held on to me1 and also 
labored with the opposition4    ,i      
finally stated before the entire        
congregation that ,i had been invited   
to the place1 and had been held there   
one day by their ministers and  most of 
the congregation1 waiting for a few     
individuals to consent to  have me      
lecture2 that ,i should wait no longer2 
that if ,i could not  commence lectures 
that evening1 ,i should go where they   
wanted to hear4  ,i called for a vote of
 the congregation4 ,nearly all voted for
 me to  remain and commence that        
evening4 ,the ministers said1 8,go on   
with your  lectures1 and we will stand  
by you40    ,as ,i took the stand that  
evening1 ,i requested all who loved     
,christ1  and the doctrine of his soon  
coming1 to pray for me1 and stated that 
,i would excuse those who did not love  

him enough to see him come in  glory    
from praying for me1 as ,i thought they 
could to better advantage  and profit   
pray for themselves4 ,every ear was     
open1 and every heart  felt4 ,the ,lord 
gave perfect freedom in presenting      
proofs of the advent  near1 and in      
exhorting the people to prepare for that
 day4 ,many were  in tears4 ,i left the 
pulpit1 exhorting the people1 and       
calling on them  to come forward to the 
front slips4 ,about thirty came forward4
 ,many of  them wept aloud4 ,i then     
turned to the ministers in the stand1   
saying3    8,these fears1 expressed by  
some unconsecrated ones1 that the       
glorious  doctrine of the second coming 
of ,jesus would kill a reformation1 are 
without foundation4 ,do you think the   
work of reform has been injured  here   
this evening80    8,no6 no6 ,go on1     
,bro4 ,white2 go on4 ,the ,lord is      
here40    ,this meeting1 apparently1    
swept away all opposition1 and the way  
was  prepared for a good work4 ,but     

other appointments would not allow me to
  remain longer than to give three or   
four lectures more4 ,the protracted     
meeting then progressed with success4   
,at ,richmond ,corners ,i gave seven    
lectures in their new meeting-house1    
just dedicated1 and at the close1 two   
hundred arose for prayers4 ,during  the 
progress of the meetings1 a ,baptist    
deacon opposed4 ,when ,i was  commenting
 upon ,daniel vii1 ,i stated that it was
 a historical fact  that on ,february   
#aj1 #agih1 at the close of the #abfj   
days1 ,berthier1 a  ,french general1    
entered the city of ,rome and took it1  
and that on the  #aeth of the same month
 the ,pope was taken prisoner and shut  
up in the  ,vatican2 and gave ,dr4 ,adam
 ,clarke as one of my authorities4 ,an  
educated  ,catholic broke in upon me1   
charging me with falsehood1 and offered 
me  five dollars if ,i would read such a
 statement from ,clarke's comments on   
,daniel4 ,with the promise that ,i would
 read ,clarke the next evening1  and by 

the entreaties and threats of his       
neighbors1 this enraged  ,irishman was  
kept quiet4    ,the next evening ,i     
entered the pulpit with ,clarke's       
,commentary under  my arm1 and1 after   
calling the people to order by singing  
an ,advent  melody1 read what ,clarke   
had said upon taking away the dominion  
of  the little horn1 which fully        
sustained what ,i had stated the        
previous  evening4 ,i then offered the  
volume to any one who would see if ,i   
had  read correctly1 stating that ,i had
 not been to the trouble of going  five 
miles for the ,commentary in order to   
claim the five dollars4 ,that  ,i chose 
to let the gentleman keep his money1 and
 have the truth on the  subject besides4
 ,there was no reply4 ,a gentleman of   
fine feelings and  good influence in the
 community1 who made no pretensions to  
piety1  arose and said3    8,i wish to  
call the attention of this congregation 
to this one fact1  that no persons in   
this community have manifested          

opposition to the  lectures of ,mr4     
,white but a ,baptist deacon and a      
,roman ,catholic40    ,many were        
converted in the vicinity1 a strong     
company of believers  was raised up1 and
 a ,second-,advent camp-meeting was held
 there in the  autumn of #ahdd4    ,at  
,bowdoinham ,ridge my labors were well  
received4 ,a protracted meeting  was    
being held with that church by ,elders  
,quinnum and ,hathern4 ,they and  the   
church fully co-operated with me1 and a 
good work followed4 ,on the  last day ,i
 spent in this place ,i spoke forenoon  
and afternoon1 then  invited sinners to 
come forward for prayers1 and joined in 
prayer for  them4 ,when we arose from   
our knees the sun was just setting1 and 
,i had  sixteen miles to go to my next  
appointment1 which was that evening4 ,a 
friend held my horse at the door4 ,i had
 labored excessively1 and was so  hoarse
 that ,i could hardly speak above a     
whisper1 and my clothes were  wet with  
sweat4 ,i needed rest4 ,but there was my

 next appointment4 ,the  people would be
 together in about an hour1 and ,i had  
sixteen miles to  go4 ,so ,i hastily    
said farewell to the friends with whom  
and for whom ,i  had labored1 mounted my
 horse and galloped away toward ,lisbon 
,plains1  in a stinging cold ,february  
evening4 ,i was chilled1 but there was  
no  time to call and warm4 ,my damp     
clothing nearly froze to me1 but ,i     
galloped on4 ,as ,i rode up to the door 
of the house of worship1 an aged        
,freewill ,baptist minister was saying  
to the crowd3    8,i am sorry to say to 
the congregation that we are            
disappointed4 ,the  speaker we expected 
to hear this evening has not come40     
,as this minister raised his hands to   
dismiss the people with the             
benediction1 ,i cried3 8,hold6 ,i am    
here60    8,good60 cried the minister2  
and the people sat down4 ,they had been 
waiting for me more than an hour4 ,with 
a few words of explanation of  my late  
arrival1 ,i commenced to speak2 but ,i  

was so thoroughly chilled  that my      
chattering teeth would cut off some of  
my words4 ,however1 ,i  soon warmed up1 
and felt freedom in speaking4    ,but   
where was my poor horse4 ,his turn had  
come to be wet with sweat1  and to shake
 with cold4 ,a friend stood at the door 
watching for my  arrival1 who took the  
poor creature1 and1 as ,i supposed1 took
 care  of it4 ,but he simply tied it to 
the fence with a rope4 ,heated1 wet1    
and without blanket1 it had to stand in 
the keen wind one hour and a  half1     
trembling with cold until it was ruined4
 ,the next morning there  was seen in   
the poor creature a clear case of       
chest-founder4 ,it is a  shame to treat 
,god's poor creatures thus4 ,i learned  
from this sad  circumstance never to    
leave my horse without full directions  
as to its  wants4    ,the large house of
 worship was crowded with attentive     
hearers three  times each day1 till my  
time came to hasten to the next place4  
,on  ,sunday1 the ,presbyterian minister

 had thirteen hearers4 ,on ,monday he   
came to hear me1 and as ,i passed down  
the symbols of ,daniel viii1 and  began 
to apply the specifications of the      
little horn of that chapter to  the     
historical facts of ,rome1 he broke in  
upon me1 saying3    8,you mislead your  
hearers4 ,antiochus1 and not ,rome1 is  
the subject of  this prophecy40         
8,please wait1 sir10 was my reply1 8till
 ,i have finished speaking1 then  you   
can talk as long as the people wish to  
hear you4 ,be patient1 and  hear me     
while ,i show that ,rome1 and not       
,antiochus ,epiphanes1 is the  subject  
of the prophecy40    ,the matter was    
made quite plain1 and the minister was  
told that he  could speak4 ,he rose1 but
 his subject was the temporal           
millennium4 ,all  his propositions and  
proof-texts1 which he tediously brought 
forward1  had been examined in my first 
lecture4 ,but it seemed necessary to    
briefly reply1 notwithstanding it was   
little more than to repeat the  same in 

the ears of nearly the same             
congregation4 ,as ,i closed1 a tall1    
rough-looking1 red-shirted lumberman    
rose up in the house and said3    8,the 
difficulty with ,elder ,merrill is that 
he is not ready1 and is  afraid the     
,lord will come40    ,the benediction   
repeated1 the meeting closed4 ,good     
fruits followed in  this place4    ,at  
,brunswick1 ,i had a candid hearing in  
what was called ,elder ,lamb's          
meeting-house1 a very large house of    
worship4 ,my stay was brief1 and  most  
of the members of that numerous church  
were rich and worldly4  ,they had not   
sufficient interest to even oppose me4  
,so they heard me  with a degree of     
apparent interest1 amounting to little  
more than  curiosity1 and let me go4    
,at ,bowdoin1 ,elder ,purington received
 me as a brother1 and stood by  me till 
my work was done in that place4 ,the    
large house of worship  was crowded4    
,the people listened with deep interest 
and feeling4 ,the  ,universalists sent a

 few questions to the desk in writing1  
which ,i  enjoyed answering4 ,sinners   
manifested their desire for salvation1  
and  those who loved ,christ and his    
appearing rejoiced in the ,advent hope  
and faith4    ,litchfield ,plains was my
 next place of labor4 ,the house was    
crowded  the first evening4 ,in fact1 it
 was with difficulty that ,i found my   
way  to the pulpit4 ,to call the people 
to order1 the first words they heard    
from me were in singing1      8,you will
 see your ,lord a coming1     ,you will 
see your ,lord a coming1     ,you will  
see your ,lord a coming1       ,in a few
 more days1         ,while a band of    
music1         ,while a band of music1  
,while a band of music1     ,shall be   
chanting through the air40    ,the      
reader certainly cannot see poetic merit
 in the repetition of these  simple     
lines4 ,and if he has never heard the   
sweet melody to which they  were        
attached1 he will be at a loss to see   
how one voice could employ  them so as  

to hold nearly a thousand persons in    
almost breathless  silence4 ,but it is a
 fact that there was in those days a    
power in what  was called ,advent       
singing1 such as was felt in no other4  
,it seemed to  me that not a hand or    
foot moved in all the crowd before me   
till ,i had  finished all the words of  
this lengthy melody4 ,many wept1 and the
  state of feeling was most favorable   
for the introduction of the grave       
subject for the evening4 ,the house was 
crowded three times each day1  and a    
deep impression was made upon the entire
 community4    ,west ,gardiner was my   
next point4 ,elder ,getchel received me 
like a  brother1 and seemed to have a   
good interest in the subject4 ,the      
people  in this part of the town were   
nearly all ,freewill ,baptists4 ,there  
had been one large church in the place1 
composed mostly of farmers  possessing  
more wealth than piety4 ,a part of the  
church had wanted  a popular minister1  
and because they were opposed in this by

 a more  humble portion1 drew off in a  
church by themselves1 built a fine      
house1  and employed a preacher that    
pleased them4 ,here stood in full view  
two  ,freewill ,baptist meeting-houses1 
each occupied every ,sunday by two      
ministers of the same denomination1 not 
always on friendly terms4 ,it  was a    
hard place to labor4    ,while the      
members of these churches had been      
occupied with the division  in their    
midst1 they had been destitute of the   
spirit of reformation1  and their       
children had grown nearly to manhood    
without conversion4  ,these were much   
affected by my lectures1 and sought the 
,lord1 while  their parents seemed      
unmoved4 ,i will leave this place in my 
narrative1  for the present1 to return  
again1 as ,i have something more to     
relate of  the good work here in its    
proper place4    ,according to          
arrangements at the quarterly meeting at
 ,richmond village1  ,i filled all my   
appointments1 and saw in every place    

more or less of  the work of ,god before
 ,i left4 ,but the lectures were usually
 followed  by protracted meetings1 and  
large accessions were made to these     
churches4 ,at the next quarterly meeting
 it was publicly stated that  within the
 limits of that quarterly meeting1 one  
thousand souls dated  their experience  
from my lectures during that six weeks4 
,the second day of ,april1 #ahdc1 ,i    
mounted my poor1 chest-foundered  horse1
 and started for my native town1 much   
worn by the labors of the  winter4 ,the 
snow was very deep4 ,my horse's feet    
were much of the time1  while passing   
over the drifts1 higher than the tops of
 the fence-posts4  ,my only suit of     
clothes was much worn1 and ,i had no    
money4 ,i had not  received the value of
 five dollars for my labors4 ,yet ,i was
 happy in  hope4 ,as ,i journeyed       
homeward1 my horse became very much     
irritated with  frequent turning out    
into the deep snow and sharp crust in   
passing  teams4 ,several times while    

passing women and children he crowded   
nearly  into the sleighs where they     
were4 ,and fearing that he might        
seriously  injure some one1 ,i decided  
that it was safest1 as teams approached1
 to  dismount1 crowd the horse out of   
the road1 and hold him with a firm  hand
 until they passed4    ,as ,i was       
entering the city of ,augusta1 a farmer 
was returning home with  an empty       
hay-sled1 drawn by six oxen4 ,i chose to
 ride past this team4  ,the driver sat  
on the fore part of the sled1 and the   
oxen kept the  middle of the road4 ,on  
being crowded out of the road1 my horse 
became  very angry1 and as the sled was 
passing1 threw himself over the first   
set of stakes on to the sled4 ,seeing   
strong probabilities that ,i should  be 
thrown on some one of the second set of 
sharp stakes and killed1  ,i sprang from
 the horse1 quite over the stakes1 into 
the snow on the  other side4 ,the team  
continued to move along with my horse   
fairly  loaded upon the sled2 and1 by   

the time ,i had rescued myself from the 
snow1 was several rods from me4         
8,halloo60 cried ,i4 8,please stop your 
team and let me have my horse40    ,the 
good farmer stopped his oxen1 and       
assisted me in unloading my  horse1     
which1 when ,i had mounted1 galloped off
 as well as before4    ,rain came on1   
and the firmly-trodden drifts became    
soft1 so that my  horse with my weight  
upon him would frequently sink to his   
body in the  snow4 ,i rode all day with 
my feet out of the stirrups1 and as he  
would  plunge into the snow1 ,i would   
instantly slide off and relieve him of  
my  weight1 that he might better        
struggle out1 or if he could not do this
  alone1 assist him by lifting where    
most needed4    ,april #e1 ,i reached my
 father's house1 and1 after resting a   
few weeks  till the ground settled1     
returned to my field of labor1 and was  
rejoiced to learn that the spirit of    
reformation had swept over the  entire  
field4 ,but the time had fully come for 

the people in farming  districts to     
hasten out upon their lands1 and ,i     
found but little chance  to get a       
general hearing excepting on ,sunday4   
,however1 ,i soon had a  call to labor  
in ,east ,augusta4    ,but before going 
to this place ,i dreamed that an ox1    
with very high  horns1 was pursuing me  
with very great fury1 and that ,i was   
fleeing  before him for my life4 ,he    
followed me so closely that ,i sprang   
into  a house near by and bolted the    
door4 ,the ox broke down the door and   
entered4 ,i left the house through an   
open window1 and escaped to the  barn4  
,the ox broke down the barn door and    
entered4 ,i escaped by another  door1   
and as my last resort for safety1 crept 
under the barn floor4 ,the  ox tore up  
the planks with his horns1 and drove me 
from under the barn4  ,and as he was    
pursuing me in the open field1 ,i felt  
his horns goading  my back4 ,at that    
moment wings were given me1 and ,i arose
 and flew  with ease to the roof of the 

house4 ,the disappointed ox stood       
looking  at me1 frequently shaking his  
horns1 and appeared wild with rage4 ,my 
deliverance was complete1 and exultingly
 ,i flew from the house near  the head  
of the ox1 then quickly arose to the    
roof of the barn4 ,this  repeated       
several times1 ,i awoke4 ,this dream    
made quite an impression  upon my mind1 
but soon passed from me1 and ,i thought 
no more of it  until brought to my mind 
by what occurred in connection with my  
labors  at ,east ,augusta4    ,as ,i    
entered the school-house to meet my     
first appointment1 the only  person     
present was a tall1 athletic man1 in the
 middle age of life4  ,as it was a cool 
evening1 he was kindling a fire4 ,he    
spoke to me in a  tone of kindness1 but 
eyed me closely4 ,i was afterward told  
that ,walter  ,bolton1 for this was his 
name1 was an infidel4 ,he was regarded  
as a  good citizen1 but had never before
 been known to take any interest in     
religious meetings4 ,he attended all my 

lectures1 and seemed deeply  interested1
 and ,i often heard remarks from his    
neighbors like this3  8,what has got    
hold of ,walter ,bolton to call him out 
to these meetings8  ,i never saw him in 
a religious meeting before1 unless it   
were a  funeral40 ,we will leave ,mr4   
,bolton for the present1 and pass to    
other  features of this series of       
meetings4    ,during the week ,i gave   
lectures each evening to small          
congregations4  ,but ,sunday morning1 at
 an early hour1 the house was crowded4  
,my subject  was the millennium4 ,i     
labored to show1    #a4 ,that those     
texts usually quoted to prove the       
conversion of the  entire world1 did not
 prove what they are said to prove4     
#b4 ,what those texts do teach4 ,in     
speaking upon ,isa4 lxv1 ,i showed that 
it was not in this mortal state1 upon   
this old sin-cursed earth1 that  the    
leopard would lie down with the kid1 and
 the lion eat straw like  the ox1 but in
 the new earth1 as plainly declared by  

the prophet4 ,that  beasts1 restored    
from the effects of the curse1 would be 
no more out of  their proper places in  
the earth restored1 than when created   
upon it  before the fall4    #c4 ,that  
certain texts in the ,old and ,new      
,testaments1 in most distinct  and      
emphatic language1 teach that at no     
period of man's fallen  condition will  
all men be holy4    ,at the close of    
this discourse1 a ,universalist preacher
 present arose  and said3    8,i want   
five minutes to show that this doctrine 
has no foundation in  the ,bible1 or in 
common sense40    ,he had been a regular
 ,baptist minister1 had engaged in      
trade1 and  in the sale of liquor1 had  
backslidden1 and was preaching the      
unconditional salvation of all men4     
8,you will want more than five minutes1 
sir1 to do that10 ,i replied4 8,it  is  
already half past twelve1 and the people
 need rest and refreshment4  ,when ,i   
have closed this afternoon1 you can     
speak as long as they wish  to hear     

you40    8,no2 this is just the place   
and time for me to speak1 and the people
  want to hear me40    8,we will submit 
the matter to the congregation1 and let 
them decide it  for us10 was my reply4  
,i then asked those who agreed with me  
that the  gentleman had better wait till
 afternoon1 to rise up4 ,nearly the     
entire  congregation were at once on    
their feet4 ,i then asked those who     
chose  to have him speak immediately to 
arise4 ,ten or twelve young men1 who    
looked like finished ruffians1 arose4   
,the congregation was immediately       
dismissed for one hour4    ,in the      
afternoon ,i spoke upon ,matt4 xxiv1    
and1 expecting a battle with  the       
,universalist preacher1 gave some time  
to the examination of the  view that    
,christ came the second time at the     
destruction of ,jerusalem4  ,my         
arguments told on the congregation1 and 
the minister felt it4 ,when ,i  had     
closed my discourse1 ,i said1 8,there is
 now room for that gentleman  to speak  

as long as the people wish to hear him40
 ,he arose embarrassed1  and said in    
substance3    8,i do not want to act the
 part of the scoffer1 or fall under the 
denunciation of him who says1 #8,my     
,lord delayeth his coming1 and smites   
his fellow servant2' but ,i wish to make
 a few remarks relative to a  portion of
 scripture commented upon by the speaker
 this forenoon1 which  you will find in 
the sixty-fifth chapter of ,daniel40    
,he immediately commenced to ridicule   
the idea of beasts in ,heaven4 ,i  saw  
at once that it was ,isa4 lxv1 and not  
,daniel1 that he referred to4  ,and     
after he had gotten fairly under way1 ,i
 called his attention to the  fact that 
he had made a mistake in giving the     
prophet ,daniel credit for  speaking of 
the lion and the ox both feeding on     
straw1 and the leopard  and the kid     
lodging together4 ,it was not ,daniel1  
but another prophet  who had thus       
spoken4 ,he rebuked me for interrupting 
him4 ,i stated  that as he should       

proceed to show in five minutes that the
 doctrine ,i  preached had no foundation
 in scripture1 or in common sense1 ,i   
should  see that his reference was all  
correct4 ,but he affirmed that he was   
right in quoting ,daniel1 and went on   
with his remarks in a style well        
calculated to disgust the people1 and   
turn them in strong sympathy with  me4  
,and when his unsanctified tongue was   
moving off at full speed1 ,i  called to 
him again1 saying1 8,i am not willing   
the gentleman shall  proceed any further
 till he reads from ,dan4 lxv1 the      
scripture from  which he is speaking4   
,please turn and read1 sir1 and satisfy 
us all  that you are correct1 and ,i    
will consent for you to go on40    ,he  
took up his ,bible and turned from one  
side of it to the other1  colored up1   
appeared greatly agitated1 and said1    
8,the book of ,daniel  is torn out of my
 ,bible40 8,here1 sir1 is mine10 said   
,i1 and reaching  it toward him1 said to
 those seated near me1 8,please pass it 

to him4  ,mine has the book of ,daniel  
in it40 ,as my ,bible was being passed  
from  seat to seat toward this man1 he  
looked distressed4 ,he could not        
readily find the book of ,daniel1 not   
being familiar with his ,bible1 and     
evidently made the false statement for  
the occasion1 that this book was  torn  
from his ,bible4    ,he took my ,bible  
and searched from one lid to the other  
several times  for the book of ,daniel1 
but was so agitated that he could not   
find  it4 ,the people fixed their eyes  
upon him1 some with pity1 others with   
apparent anger1 while still another     
class laughed at him4 ,my pity  was     
moved toward him1 and ,i stated that ,i 
could help the gentleman4  ,that it was 
,isaiah1 and not ,daniel1 that he wished
 to quote4 ,that  there were but twelve 
chapters in all the book of ,daniel1 and
 that he  wished to speak upon ,isa4    
lxv1 #ag-be4 ,i then quoted these nine  
verses  from memory1 and said1 8,this is
 what you want1 is it not80 8,yes10 was 

his reply1 and after a few broken       
remarks which showed his complete       
confusion1 he sat down and covered his  
face with his hands4 ,the people  were  
ashamed of him1 and seemed astonished   
that ,i should know from his  remarks   
what chapter and verses he wanted1 and  
that1 without my ,bible1  ,i could      
repeat nearly half a chapter4    ,if the
 dream of the ox applied to the effort  
on the part of this  ,universalist      
minister to crush me1 then by this time 
,i had all that  victory over him       
represented by my soaring above him on  
wings4 ,i  then exhorted this poor      
apostate to turn from his sins1 and seek
 a  preparation for the coming of       
,christ4 ,and as ,i felt the condition  
of  the people1 as there was scarcely a 
praying man or woman present1 ,i        
exhorted them for half an hour4 ,nearly 
all wept4 ,the minister did not  raise  
his head4    ,i gave an appointment for 
another evening meeting4 ,seventy men   
and  women were present4 ,at the close  

of the lecture ,i asked those who felt  
the need of ,christ and desired my      
prayers1 that they might become         
,christians1 to rise up4 ,every one     
arose1 the ,universalist minister and   
all4 ,he then stated as follows3    8,i 
was once a ,christian1 and was called of
 ,god to preach1 and if at  last ,i wail
 in hell1 ,i shall have this to comfort 
me1 that ,i have been  a means in the   
hands of ,god of the salvation of       
sinners40    ,the reader may judge that 
by this time this man's faith in        
universal  salvation had become very    
much shaken4 ,i then asked all among    
those  who had risen1 who would esteem  
it a privilege to come forward and bow  
with me1 to come to the front seats4    
,all seventy started1 and soon the      
floor in front of the seats was crowded 
so as to give no one a chance  to kneel 
down4 ,i then told them to go back to   
their seats and kneel  down there as    
best they could1 and give their hearts  
to the ,lord4 ,as ,i  knelt every soul  

present bowed with me4 ,there was no one
 in all that  congregation to join me in
 vocal prayer1 for not one of them      
enjoyed  communion with ,god4    ,the   
next day ,i called at the house of      
,walter ,bolton4 ,he and his family     
received me kindly1 and conversed with  
me freely relative to the  meetings1 and
 upon the subject of religion in        
general4 ,before ,i left1  ,mr4 ,bolton 
said3    8,mr4 ,white1 when you rode    
into this place ,i knew you by sight as 
if ,i  had been acquainted with you for 
years4 ,your countenance1 hat1 coat1    
horse1 saddle and bridle1 looked        
familiar to me4 ,just before you came   
here to lecture1 ,i dreamed that a young
 man rode into this place  on horseback1
 to speak upon the second coming of     
,christ4 ,i noticed  particularly his   
appearance and dress4 ,the people asked 
him many  questions1 which he readily   
answered in a manner that carried strong
  conviction to their minds that the    
doctrine was true4 ,among these         

questions were those upon the           
millennium1 suggesting the view that    
there was to be a thousand years of     
peace and prosperity to the church1     
during which time all men were to be    
holy4 ,they were the very points  you   
examined in your discourse last ,sunday 
forenoon1 which called out  that        
,universalist minister4 ,when ,i saw    
you1 as you rode to this place1  my     
dream came to my mind with such force   
that ,i felt that ,i must hear  you     
speak4 ,this is the reason why ,i have  
attended all your meetings1  and have   
watched their progress with interest4   
,especially when you  quoted the very   
texts which ,i heard you quote in my    
dream1 and when you  made the very      
remarks upon those texts which ,i       
distinctly remember of  hearing you     
make1 my feelings were beyond           
description40    ,from anything ,mr4    
,bolton said during this interview with 
him and  family1 no one would receive   
the idea that he had been troubled with 

infidelity4 ,he was under deep          
conviction1 and seemed to choose the    
religion of the ,bible as the theme of  
conversation4 ,i bowed with this  dear  
family in prayer1 and parted with them  
in tears4 ,the case of  ,walter ,bolton 
furnishes an illustration of the simple 
means by which  the ,lord sometimes     
softens the hearts and enlightens the   
minds of those  shut up to the hardness 
and blindness of infidelity1 and        
prepares them  for the reception of     
light and truth4    ,in a few days ,i   
returned to ,palmyra1 where ,i received 
ordination to  the work of the ministry 
from the hands of ministers of the      
,christian  denomination1 of which ,i   
was a member4 ,but ,i soon returned back
 to ,east  ,augusta and baptized three  
persons4 ,a fourth candidate stood ready
 to  go into the water1 but not being   
satisfied that she was sincere1 ,i      
refused to baptize her in the presence  
of a large congregation at the  water4  
,this young woman was disappointed1 and 

joined her parents in  expressions and  
manifestations of anger4 ,they sent for 
,elder ,hermon  ,stinson1 an educated   
,freewill ,baptist minister of note1 who
 came to  the place1 baptized the young 
woman1 and organized a small church4    
,and  in just four weeks from that time1
 ,elder ,stinson was again called to    
the place to sit in counsel in the case 
of this woman1 when she was  dismissed  
from the church for bad conduct4        
,fearing that the bitter  feelings of   
this family toward me might involve me  
in difficulty1 ,i did  not visit the    
place again4    ,during the summer of   
#ahdc1 ,i was not able to awaken        
especial interest  at any new place upon
 the subject of the second advent4 ,i   
visited  the congregation of believers  
in ,portland and ,boston1 labored in the
  hay-field to earn clothing for the    
winter1 and preached in different       
places where ,i had the previous winter 
given lectures4    ,in the autumn of    
that year1 in company with my father and

 two sisters1  ,i attended the ,maine   
,eastern ,christian ,conference1 of     
which ,i was a  member1 held in the town
 of ,knox4 ,before we reached the place1
 as  night drew on1 a heavy shower of   
rain compelled us to call at a hotel4   
,in those days singing was our delight4 
,my father had been a teacher of  vocal 
music1 and my sisters were first-class  
singers4 ,and as time began  to hang    
heavily upon our hands1 we found relief 
in singing some of the  most stirring   
revival melodies of those times4    ,the
 landlord1 his family1 and many who had 
been driven in by the rain  as we had   
been1 seemed to enjoy our singing1 and  
when we had finished  one piece1 they   
would call for another4 ,in this way the
 evening passed  off pleasantly4 ,and   
when my father called for our bill the  
next  morning1 the landlord told him    
there was none for him to settle1 as we 
had paid him the evening before in      
singing4 ,he also stated that at any    
time we would put up with him he would  

entertain us1 and take his pay  in      
singing4    ,the ,christian denomination
 in ,maine1 as well as in other ,states1
 had  been deeply imbued with the spirit
 of the ,advent hope and faith4 ,but it 
was evident before that conference      
closed1 that many1 especially among  the
 ministers1 were drawing back1 and were 
partaking of the spirit of  opposition4 
,the religious meetings and business    
sessions1 however1  passed off with a   
good degree of apparent harmony4 ,no one
 preached or  spoke in favor of the soon
 advent of ,christ in a manner to offend
 any  one1 and no one directly opposed4 
,but a lack of freedom of spirit was    
felt by that portion of the conference  
who were decided believers4  ,this class
 constituted a majority1 and on ,sunday1
 the last day of the  meeting1 ,i was   
urged to preach4 ,but ,i was young1 and 
well knew that  according to custom the 
ablest men present were already selected
 to  preach to the crowd on that day1   
yet ,i felt assured by the ,spirit of   

,god1 that ,i had the word of the ,lord 
to speak to the people on that          
occasion4    ,just as the afternoon     
service was to commence1 ,i felt so     
deeply  impressed with duty to preach1  
that several ministers noticed it in my 
appearance1 and came to me1 saying3 8,it
 is your duty to speak1 and we  will try
 and secure the time to you this        
afternoon40 ,i then retired  from the   
crowd in and around the house1 to pray  
over the matter1 and  while bowed before
 the ,lord1 decided that ,i would press 
my way directly  toward the pulpit1 and 
if the ministers gave me room1 and the  
time1  ,i would speak4 ,as ,i came      
toward the pulpit1 ,i saw that the sofa 
was  filled with ministers1 and that one
 of experience in the ministry sat  in  
the center1 directly behind the large   
,bible4 ,this man had been  selected to 
give the last discourse4 ,he had opposed
 me when lecturing  in the west part of 
the ,state1 and ,i concluded that he    
would not  consent to give me the time4 

,but as ,i drew near the pulpit1 my     
brother ,samuel1 who was then a  member 
of the conference1 and a ,bro4          
,chalmers1 stepped down from the        
pulpit1 took hold of my arms1 and urged 
me to take a seat upon the  sofa1       
stating to me that if ,i wished to      
preach ,i should have a chance4  ,i     
replied that if one of them would read  
,advent hymns1 the other pray1  and ,i  
could get hold of the large ,bible1 ,i  
would speak4 ,my brother read  a hymn1  
and while ,bro4 ,chalmers was praying1  
,i took the ,bible from  the stand and  
turned leaves to certain proof texts4   
,when the prayer  was finished1 some    
uneasiness was manifested by several    
ministers as  they saw me in possession 
of the ,bible4 ,the second hymn was read
 and  sung1 while ,i held fast the      
,bible4 ,my intentions to preach were by
  this time well known to all the       
ministers1 yet no one offered to take   
the ,bible1 or speak to me in reference 
to occupying the time4 ,the way  seemed 

fully open1 and ,i moved forward with   
freedom1 while responses  of 8,amen10   
were heard in different parts of the    
house from those who  cherished the     
blessed hope of the soon-coming of      
,jesus4    ,at the close of this        
service1 the ,lord's supper was to be   
celebrated1  and while the friends of   
,jesus were gathering around his table1 
,i  joined with my sisters in singing1  
8,you will see your ,lord a coming10 c4 
,our voices were in those days clear and
 powerful1 and our spirits  triumphant  
in the ,lord4 ,and as we would strike   
the chorus of each  verse--8,with a band
 of music10--a good ,bro4 ,clark1 who   
ever seemed  to have resting upon him a 
solemn sense of the great day of ,god   
near  at hand1 would rise1 strike his   
hands together over his head1 shout     
8,glory60 and immediately sit down4 ,a  
more solemn appearing man ,i never  saw4
 ,each repetition of this chorus would  
bring ,bro4 ,clark to his feet1  and    
call from him the same shout of glory4  

,the ,spirit of ,god came upon  the     
brethren1 who by this time were seated  
ready to receive the emblems  of our    
dying ,lord4 ,the influence of the      
melody1 accompanied by ,bro4  ,clark's  
solemn appearance and sweet shouts1     
seemed electrifying4 ,many  were in     
tears1 while responses of 8,amen10 and  
8,praise the ,lord10 were  heard from   
almost every one who loved the ,advent  
hope4 ,the emblems were  passed1 and    
that yearly meeting closed4    ,in a few
 weeks ,i returned to my old field of   
labor1 and gave lectures  at ,brunswick 
and ,harpswell1 where a good degree of  
interest was  manifested4 ,the field of 
labor seemed to open before me as winter
 drew  near4 ,i had become acquainted   
with ,bro4 ,john ,pearson1 ,jr41 of     
,portland1  who had been laboring a     
portion of his time giving lectures upon
 the  advent near1 and ,i invited him to
 join me4 ,we labored together in       
different parts of ,maine much of the   
time for nearly one year4 ,at the  ,reed

 neighborhood1 in ,richmond1 we saw a   
good work4 ,elder ,e4 ,cromwell1  the   
pastor of the church1 embraced the faith
 in full4 ,i there baptized  several4   
,we labored at ,litchfield and saw a    
good work4 ,many professed ,christians  
embraced the faith1 and sinners were    
converted4 ,the ,congregationalist      
minister felt that the work was against 
his interests1 and in private  circles  
opposed4 ,on returning to the place1    
after an absence of some  weeks1 ,i met 
this minister in the road1 and as we    
passed he seemed to  be surprised to    
meet me again1 and said1    8,why1 ,mr4 
,white1 are you yet in the land of the  
living80    8,no1 sir10 was the reply1  
8,i am in the land of the dying1 but at 
the  soon coming of the ,lord ,i expect 
to go to the land of the living40 ,we   
each went our way4    ,the year #ahdc1  
,jewish time1 which was supposed to     
reach1 as stated  by ,mr4 ,miller1 from 
,march #ba1 #ahdc1 to ,march #ba1 #ahdd1
 passed1 and  many were sadly           

disappointed in not witnessing the      
coming of the ,lord  in that year4 ,but 
these soon found relief in the clear and
 forcible  application to the existing  
disappointment of those scriptures which
  set forth the tarrying time4    ,it   
was as early as #ahdb that the prophecy 
of ,habakkuk suggested the  idea of the 
prophetic chart to the mind of that holy
 man of ,god1  ,charles ,fitch4 ,no one1
 however1 then saw in this prophecy the 
tarrying  time4 ,afterward they could   
see both the chart and the tarry4 ,here 
is  the prophecy3    8,write the vision1
 and make it plain upon tables1 that he 
may run that  readeth it4 ,for the      
vision is yet for an appointed time1 but
 at the  end it shall speak and not lie4
 ,though it tarry1 wait for it2 because 
it will surely come1 it will not tarry40
 ,chap4 ii1 #b1 #c4    ,true believers  
were also much comforted and            
strengthened by that  portion of the    
prophecy of ,ezekiel which seemed       
exactly to the point1  as follows3      

8,and the word of the ,lord came unto   
me1 saying1 ,son of man1 what is  that  
proverb that ye have in the land of     
,israel1 saying1 ,the days are          
prolonged and every vision faileth8     
,tell them1 therefore1 ,thus saith  the 
,lord ,god1 ,i will make this proverb to
 cease2 and they shall no more  use it  
as a proverb in ,israel2 but say unto   
them1 ,the days are at hand1  and the   
effect of every vision4 ,for there shall
 be no more any vain  vision1 nor       
flattering divination within the house  
of ,israel4 ,for ,i am  the ,lord1 ,i   
will speak1 and the word that ,i shall  
speak shall come to  pass4 ,it shall be 
no more prolonged1 for in your days1 ,o 
rebellious  house1 will ,i say the word1
 and will perform it1 saith the ,lord   
,god4  ,again the word of the ,lord came
 to me1 saying1 ,son of man1 behold1    
they  of the house of ,israel say1 ,the 
vision that he seeth is for many days   
to come1 and he prophesieth of the times
 that are far off4 ,therefore1  say unto

 them1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1      
,there shall none of my words  be       
prolonged any more1 but the word which  
,i have spoken shall be done1  saith the
 ,lord ,god40 ,chap4 xii1 #ba-bh4       
,there was a general agreement with     
those who taught the immediate  coming  
of ,christ1 in applying the parable of  
the ten virgins of ,matt4  xxv to the   
events connected with the second advent4
 ,and the passing of  the time of       
expectation1 the disappointment and the 
delay1 seemed to be  forcibly           
illustrated by the tarrying of the      
bridegroom in the parable4  ,the        
definite time had passed1 yet believers 
were united in the faith  that the event
 was near4 ,it soon became evident that 
they were losing a  degree of their zeal
 and devotion to the cause1 and were    
falling into  that state illustrated by 
the slumbering of the ten virgins of the
  parable1 following the tarrying of the
 bridegroom4    ,the first of ,may ,i   
received an urgent call to visit ,west  

,gardiner1 and  baptize4 ,a messenger   
was sent twenty miles for me4 ,he stated
 that there  were ten or twelve children
 there1 who were convicted by my        
lectures1  who had held their little    
meetings by themselves1 and sought and  
found  the ,lord1 and who had decided to
 have me baptize them4 ,their parents   
opposed the idea1 and told them that    
,elder ,getchel1 the pastor of the      
church1 would baptize them4 ,they held a
 little counsel and decided that  they  
would not go into the water unless they 
could have me to immerse  them4 ,their  
parents yielded and sent for me4 ,but   
before ,i reached the  place1 an effort 
was made to intimidate these dear       
children1 and1 if  possible1 to frighten
 them1 and thus keep them from doing    
their duty4  8,what kind of an          
experience does ,mr4 ,white suppose     
those babies can  tell80 said a ,baptist
 minister of the most rigid stamp of    
past times4    ,the large school-house  
was crowded at the time appointed1 and  

there  were three unfriendly ministers  
present to watch the proceedings4       
8,please vacate these front seats10 said
 ,i1 8and give those who are to  be     
baptized a chance to come forward40     
,twelve boys and girls1 from  seven to  
fifteen years of age1 came forward4 ,it 
was a beautiful sight1  which stirred   
the very depths of my soul1 and ,i felt 
like taking charge  of them as ,i would 
of a class in school4 ,i was determined 
to help the  feelings of those dear     
children as much as possible1 and rebuke
 their  persecutors4    ,after taking my
 text1 8,fear not little flock1 it is   
your ,father's  good pleasure to give   
you the ,kingdom10 ,luke xii1 #cb1 a    
text quite  applicable to the occasion1 
,i stated that ,i should not require the
  children before me to relate their    
experiences before the congregation4    
,that it would be cruel to decide their 
fitness to follow the ,lord in  the     
ordinance of baptism by the confidence  
and freedom they might  have in speaking

 before those professed ,christians     
present who  felt unfriendly toward     
them1 and that ,i should1 at the close  
of my  discourse1 ask them a few        
questions4 ,the children were much      
comforted  and cheered by the discourse4
 ,in fact ,i was enjoying decidedly a   
good  time with those lambs of the      
flock4 ,they then arose in their turn   
and  answered some questions1 and       
related particulars as to their         
conviction  of sin1 the change they had 
experienced1 and the love of ,jesus they
  felt1 until the congregation heard    
twelve intelligent and sweet            
experiences4 ,it may be proper for me   
here to state that questions asked      
these children at the very point in the 
relation of their experiences  when they
 were becoming confused1 and were about 
to cut their story  short1 gave them    
confidence1 and helped them to enter    
into all parts of  their experiences4   
,i then called upon all present who felt
 opposed to the baptism of the  little  

flock before me1 to rise up4 ,not one   
arose4 ,i stated to them  that the      
present was the time to object if they  
had objections4 ,but if  they did not   
then and there object1 to forever be    
silent4 ,i then said  to the children   
that no one objected1 and that the way  
was fully open  before them1 and no     
person from that day had any right to   
object to  their baptism4 ,we went to a 
beautiful body of water1 where ,i led   
those  dear children down into the      
liquid grave1 and buried them with their
  divine ,lord4 ,not one of them        
strangled or seemed the least agitated4 
,and as ,i led them out of the water and
 presented them to their parents1  the  
children met them with a heavenly smile 
of joy1 and ,i praised the  ,lord with  
the voice of triumph4 ,this meeting1 and
 that sweet baptism1  has lived among   
the most pleasing memories of the past1 
and when  laboring for the youth in     
different ,states1 ,i have probably     
rehearsed  more or less of the          

particulars of that sweet meeting1 and  
that happy  baptism1 a hundred times4   
,in the month of ,june1 #ahdd1 a        
,second-,advent ,conference was held at 
,poland1 ,me41 which ,i attended in     
company with ,elder ,pearson4 ,i had    
traveled extensively in the heat and    
dust of summer1 until my plain  clothing
 was much soiled and worn4 ,and not     
enjoying my usual freedom of  spirits1  
,i chose to remain silent and give      
others the time4 ,i enjoyed  the        
preaching1 however1 and the social      
seasons of this excellent  conference1  
and at its close felt my usual spiritual
 strength and  freedom4    ,there was   
present at this conference an ,elder    
,h41 from ,eastern ,maine1  who had much
 to say in his peculiar1 noisy style4   
,he professed to be  a man of great     
faith1 and wonderfully filled with the  
,holy ,spirit4  ,if noise1 harsh        
expressions1 rough language generally1  
and frequent  empty shouts of 8,glory1  
hallelujah10 constitute the sum total of

 the  fruits of the ,spirit1 then this  
,elder ,h4 was an exceedingly good man4 
,but if love1 peace1 long-suffering1    
gentleness1 goodness1 meekness1  and    
temperance1 are among the fruits of the 
,spirit1 this poor man was  sadly       
deficient4 ,in fact1 these precious     
fruits were not exhibited in  him4 ,he  
enjoyed a shout with those who would    
join with him1 and ever  appeared to    
feel strong and sure of ,heaven4 ,self  
appeared in this man1  and not ,christ4 
,he had much to say of humility2 but his
 was evidently  on the outside4 ,his    
style of worship1 and pretended         
humility1 are  well-described by the    
apostle as 8voluntary humility and      
will-worship40  ,at times he was so very
 humble 787 that he chose not to seat   
himself  at the table with others to    
take food2 but1 forgetting the words of 
the apostle1 8,let all things be done   
decently and in order10 he would  take  
food from the table1 and go behind the  
door and eat it1 attracting  attention  

to his wonderful humility by shouts4    
,but if corrected for his  faults1      
however carefully1 the demon in him was 
aroused at once4 ,this  man had no words
 of tenderness and comfort for the weak 
and fainting4  ,so far from this1 he    
even boasted of running over1 as he     
expressed it1  this one and the other4  
,he spoke and acted as if he regarded   
himself as  being on exhibition at that 
meeting as a wonderful specimen of faith
  and goodness4 ,his career since that  
time1 in following the spirit that      
seemed to possess him at that           
conference1 has proved that the man was 
laboring under the sad mistake of       
supposing himself led by the ,spirit  of
 ,god1 while being controlled by ,satan4
    ,the reader may be disappointed at  
the introduction of this unpleasant     
matter1 choosing to read only of those  
incidents with which are  connected the 
victories of the work and power of ,god4
 ,but it may be  for the safety and sure
 advancement of young disciples1 and    

those of  little experience in the      
conflicts of the ,christian life1 to    
learn  of the trials of the way1 and of 
the wiles of the ,devil1 as to know     
only of the power and love of ,god1 and 
the triumphant victories of his  truth  
and people4 ,the various attacks of     
,satan1 in order to mislead  and finally
 destroy even honest men and women1 may 
with propriety1 in  consequence of their
 numbers1 bear the name of legion4 ,and 
the duty  of all is1 as stated by our   
,lord1 8,watch and pray1 lest ye enter  
into  temptation40    ,but he who is    
filled with pride in spiritual things1  
and is  unteachable--thinks himself     
especially led by the ,spirit1 and      
understands all about the work of the   
,lord1 who regards himself as  an       
eminent ,christian1 yet is easily       
tempted1 and becomes jealous of  being  
slighted1 and even ugly if he does not  
receive a large share  of attention--is 
a tool for the ,devil1 and an           
exceedingly dangerous  man4 ,he is a    

medium in the hands of ,satan through   
which to affect and  mislead the        
precious flock of ,christ4 ,let all     
beware lest they1 in  some way1 be      
brought more or less under the influence
 of such1 and1  in consequence1 weave   
into their experience uncomely stripes  
of vain  religion4    ,such things ever 
have existed1 and ever will exist during
 the entire  period of ,satan's efforts 
to wrest precious souls from the hands  
of  ,jesus ,christ4 8,for there must be 
also heresies among you10 says ,paul1   
8that they which are approved may be    
made manifest among you40 ,these1  in   
the ,lord's providence1 constitute a    
portion of the fuel to heat the  furnace
 of affliction in which the true        
,christian loses his dross and  is      
refined1 so as to reflect in his life   
the meekness and purity of the  loving  
,lamb of ,god4 ,therefore let not the   
beloved of the ,lord think  it strange  
concerning the fiery trial which is to  
try them1 as though  some strange thing 

had happened unto them4 ,but rejoice1   
inasmuch as  they are partakers of      
,christ's sufferings1 that when his     
glory shall be  revealed1 they may be   
glad with exceeding joy4 #a ,pet4 iv1   
#ab1 #ac4    ,the reader will please    
return to ,poland conference4 ,one      
morning about  forty brethren and       
sisters bowed at the family altar1 at   
the house of  ,bro4 ,jordan1 while      
,elder ,h4 led in prayer4 ,a portion of 
that strange  prayer was in substance as
 follows3    8,o ,lord1 have mercy on   
,bro4 ,white4 ,he is proud1 and will be 
damned  unless he gets rid of his pride4
 ,have mercy upon him1 ,o ,lord1 and    
save  him from pride4 ,o ,lord have     
mercy1 and wean him from the pride of   
life4  ,break him down1 ,lord1 and make 
him humble4 ,have mercy upon him4 ,have 
mercy40    ,he went on telling a long   
story about me1 informing the ,lord of  
my  pride1 and how sure ,i was of       
destruction unless ,i should speedily   
repent1 and closed up with vehement     

cries of 8,have mercy6 ,have mercy6     
,mercy6 ,mercy60 ,this was his way of   
treating those who did not seem to      
receive him with feelings of great      
reverence for his special humility  and 
extra holiness4 ,his object in this was 
to cast fear upon those  around him1 and
 thus bring them directly under his     
influence1 that they  might show him all
 that respect which his especial        
endowments demanded4    ,but he did not 
succeed in my case4 ,after the company  
had arisen to  their seats1 and had for 
awhile painfully pondered in silence    
what  these things could mean1 ,i drew  
my chair near ,elder ,h41 and in a kind 
manner said to him3    8,bro4 ,h41 ,i   
fear you have told the ,lord a wrong    
story4 ,you say ,i am  proud4 ,this ,i  
think is not true4 ,but why tell this to
 the ,lord8 ,he  knows more about me    
than you do4 ,he does not need to be    
instructed  in my case4 ,but this was   
not your object4 ,you wished to         
represent me  before these brethren and 

sisters as proud1 and have chosen to do 
so  through the medium of prayer to     
,god4 ,now1 sir1 if ,i am proud1 so much
  so that you are able to give the ,lord
 information on the subject1  you can   
tell me before these present in what ,i 
am proud4 ,is it in my  general         
appearance1 or my manner of speaking1   
praying1 or singing80    8,no1 ,bro4    
,white1 it is not in those things40     
8,well1 is it manifested by these worn  
and soiled clothes8 ,please look  me    
over4 ,is it in my patched boots8 my    
rusty coat8 this nearly worn-out  vest8 
these soiled pants8 or that old hat ,i  
wear80    8,no2 ,i do not see pride in  
any of these things you mention4 ,but1  
,bro4  ,white1 when ,i saw that starched
 collar on you1 ,god only knows how ,i  
felt40    ,and here the man wept as     
though his heart would break4 ,this was 
for  effect4 ,it was his usual resort   
when he had points to carry in a        
difficult case4 ,in an extremity1 tears 
are not unfrequently woman's  closing   

and most powerful argument4 ,in her1 if 
her cause be just1  they are excusable1 
and even appropriate and beautiful4 ,but
 to see a  coarse1 hard-hearted man1    
possessing in his very nature but little
  more tenderness than a crocodile1 and 
nearly as destitute of moral and        
religious training as a hyena1 shedding 
hypocritical tears for effect1  is      
enough to stir the mirthfulness of the  
gravest saint4    8,but let me explain  
to you1 ,bro4 ,h41 about this starched  
collar4 ,i may  be able to help you4    
,when ,i came to this conference1 sister
 ,rounds  offered to do my washing1 and 
as ,i had no clean change1 she kindly   
lent  me her husband's shirt1 which     
unfortunately has a starched collar4    
,mine  have only a narrow binding round 
the neck4 ,i wear no collars only in    
cases of necessity like the present4 ,it
 is this1 sir1 that has given  rise to  
all your ado this morning4 ,i usually   
wear a black alpaca bosom1  but am not  
the owner of a single collar4 ,you have 

certainly told the  ,lord a wrong story 
about me1 under circumstances the most  
inexcusable4  ,and ,i think your first  
and most important work is to settle    
this matter  with him40    ,elder ,h4   
dropped upon his knees1 and said1 in    
substance3    8,o ,lord1 ,i have prayed 
for ,bro4 ,white1 and he is displeased  
with me for  it4 ,have mercy upon him6  
,have mercy6 ,mercy6 ,mercy60    ,and   
seeing that none joined with him1 not   
even so much as to kneel1 he  felt that 
his effort was proving a failure1 and in
 a subdued tone came  to me and said3   
8,why did you not kneel with me8 ,o     
,bro4 ,white1 ,i have felt for you1     
prayed for you1 and have wept over you1 
and ,i hope you will not be  offended40 
8,certainly1 ,i am not offended4 ,there 
is nothing in all this to offend  any   
one4 ,i pity you4 ,you are suffering    
from unsanctified feelings  arising from
 an unfortunate application of false    
ideas4 ,your prayers  are no more to me 
than the howling of the winds4 ,and when

 you1  under such circumstances1 plead  
your tears1 feelings of shame and       
inexpressible disgust and pity for you  
come over me4 ,i advise you to  carry   
this matter no further2 and ,i hope you 
will learn a good lesson  from the folly
 you have manifested this morning40     
,by this time ,i seemed to lose sight of
 that gloom and despondency under  which
 ,i had been suffering for several days1
 and ,i enjoyed the closing  portion of 
the conference exceedingly well1 and    
from that time felt my  usual freedom of
 spirits4 ,this was my first experience 
in meeting and  rebuking fanaticism1    
which served to prepare me to deal with 
it in its  ever-varying forms in after  
time4    ,that fanaticism did arise     
about this time1 and labor to attach    
itself  to the ,advent cause1 ,i would  
not deny4 ,i1 however1 by no means admit
  the truthfulness of the highly-colored
 reports of the bitter enemies of  the  
cause4 ,not more than one in ten of the 
slanderous reports had the  least       

semblance of truth in them4 ,men filled 
with prejudice and with  bitterness     
against the proclamation of the         
immediate second advent of  ,christ1    
mingled with fear that it might be true1
 were totally unfitted  to fairly       
represent the faith1 motives and actions
 of believers4 ,and  there are no good  
reasons why he who gives a faithful     
sketch of ,advent  history1 should      
hesitate to admit all the facts relative
 to fanaticism  which have arisen from  
the bigotry and blind zeal of such men  
as ,elder  ,h41 and those more designing
 and shrewd1 who have borne the ,advent 
name1 and have professed the ,advent    
faith4    ,is it not one of the plainest
 facts in sacred history1 that when ,god
  has especially wrought for his people1
 ,satan has ever improved the           
opportunity to make especial efforts8   
,and1 during the entire period  of the  
controversy between ,christ and his     
angels1 and ,satan and his  angels1 when
 the sons of ,god come to present       

themselves before the  ,lord1 may they  
not expect that ,satan will come also8  
,has not this ever  been true in the    
history of the people of ,god8 ,and does
 not the sad  experience of the church  
of ,jesus ,christ1 since the time where 
sacred  history leaves it1 agree with   
that of the patriarchs and prophets8    
,we read of ,luther's perplexities1 and 
of his anguish1 in consequence  of the  
conduct of fanatics1 and the terrible   
influence the course of  these men had  
on the great reformation1 and count     
these things among  the evidences that  
,god was especially with ,martin        
,luther4 ,and there  were the ,wesleys1 
and a host of other good men1 who have  
lifted at the  great wheel of reform1   
and have blessed the world with the     
inspiring  influence of their living    
faith4 ,these men who kept pace with the
  spirit of reform1 have1 in their turn1
 been annoyed at every step by  ,satan  
close at their heels1 pushing unguarded 
souls1 over-zealous and  illy-balanced  

ones1 into fanaticism4 ,the experiences 
of these men are  in harmony with that  
of the holy men of old1 and attest the  
fact that  when and where ,god works for
 his people1 just there is the time and 
place for ,satan to practice his        
impositions upon those he can get under 
his foul influence4    ,did ,satan stir 
up fanaticism in connection with the    
,advent movement8  ,this is one of the  
proofs of the genuineness of the work4  
,what6 ,he  suffer the world to be      
warned of their and his approaching     
doom1 and he  not be stirred in         
consequence of it8 ,the church be       
aroused to action1  and to readiness for
 the day of ,god1 and sinners by        
thousands leaving  his ranks and seeking
 a preparation to meet the ,king of     
kings1 and he  remain quiet8 ,no4 ,he   
knows his time is short1 hence not only 
his wrath1  but his wiles in all their  
forms4 ,this is well illustrated by what
 is  said to be a dream4 ,a traveler saw
 ,satan seated upon a post1 in front  of

 a house of worship1 asleep4 ,he aroused
 him from his slumbers and  addressed   
him as follows3    8,how is it that you 
are so quietly sleeping8 ,this ,i       
conclude is unusual  for you1           
considering your reputation for activity
 in your kind of work4  ,is it not80    
8,yes10 was the reply1 8but the people  
in this house of worship are  asleep1   
and the minister is asleep1 and ,i      
thought this a good time for  me to take
 a nap40    ,let the people be aroused  
to the living truths of the word of     
,god1  and to a life of faith and       
holiness2 let them with gladness receive
  the news of the return and peaceful   
reign of the ,just ,one2 let them       
consecrate themselves and all they have 
to the ,lord1 and with one  united voice
 swell the note1 8,behold he cometh10   
and you will have good  evidence that   
the powers of darkness are all astir4   
,satan will not  sleep then4 ,with      
vigilance will he manifest his wrath1   
and1 calling  to his aid all the fallen 

angels of his realm1 his wiles will be  
imposed upon all connected with the     
people of ,god who are not properly     
instructed and guarded4    ,but it      
should be distinctly understood that the
 proclamation of time  in the message   
symbolized by the first angel of ,rev4  
xiv1 #f1 #g1 and in  the cry 8,behold   
the ,bridegroom cometh10 given in great 
power in the  autumn of #ahdd1 did not  
produce fanaticism4 ,in those solemn    
movements1  believers were sweetly      
united in the one blessed hope1 and the 
one  living faith4 ,it was when they    
were left without definite time1 during 
the summer of #ahdd1 that extravagant   
views of being led by the ,spirit       
prevailed1 and to some extent brought in
 fanaticism1 division and  wild-fire1   
with their blighting results1 among the 
happy expectants of  the ,king of glory4
 ,but when the proclamation of definite 
time came in  the autumn of #ahdd1      
fanaticism1 ultra holiness1 unhappy     
divisions1 and  their results1 melted   

away before it like an early autumn     
frost before  the rising sun4           
,,rise ,,and ,,progress ,,of            
,,adventism4      ,a wide field is      
before me1 and ,i must study brevity    
upon this subject1  or it will crowd    
more important matter out of this       
volume4 ,i can  therefore give but a    
brief sketch of the most prominent      
features of  this great movement4 ,i    
shall be principally indebted to an     
article  published in the ,advent       
,shield for ,may1 #ahdd1 written by ,j4 
,litch1  for what is said upon this     
subject4 ,the first period of           
expectation  had just passed1 when ,mr4 
,litch reviewed the entire ground1 and  
presented facts in the case for the     
edification and encouragement  of       
believers4 ,these facts can never lose  
their interest to all true  believers1  
till the ,advent hope shall be          
consummated4    8,the rise of the       
,advent cause1 as it has been developed 
by ,mr4 ,miller1  may be dated ,a4 ,d4  

#ahca4 ,for although he discovered his  
principles as  early as #ahah1 it was   
not until #ahca that he first began to  
publish  them abroad4    8,his first    
step in this work was the publication of
 a series of  articles on the subject of
 ,christ's second coming1 which appeared
 in  the ,vermont ,telegraph1 a ,baptist
 paper1 published in ,brandon1 ,vt4     
,those articles were written to rid     
himself of the strong impression  which 
followed him1 that he must go and       
publish this thing to the world4        
8,but after writing and publishing the  
above1 instead1 as he expected1  of     
finding relief from his                 
responsibilities1 he only found the     
inward  monitor the more earnestly      
pressing him1 saying1 #8,go and tell it 
to the  world1 or their blood will ,i   
require at thy hand4' ,to rid himself of
  this strong impression1 he wrote a    
synopsis of his views1 and in the       
spring of #ahcb he published it in      
pamphlet form1 and spread it over  the  

country1 and sent it to different parts 
of the world among the  missionary      
stations40    ,invitations for ,mr4     
,miller to lecture came in from all     
directions1  which he accepted1 and he  
continued to travel and labor with great
  success among the people1 but with    
little encouragement from the  ministry4
    8,in #ahcf ,mr4 ,miller found a     
friend who undertook the publication of 
a  volume of lectures1 the series which 
he usually gave as a course4 ,the       
publication of those lectures           
constituted a new era in the history of 
the ,advent cause2 for1 from that time1 
wherever he went and lectured1  the     
written lectures which were left behind 
continued to preach and  establish those
 who were partially convinced of the    
truth4 ,his labor1  by this means1      
ceased to be like writing upon the sand1
 as formerly4 ,it  is one of those      
strongly-marked demonstrations which    
history presents  of the power and      
influence of the press for good or evil4

    8,those books gradually spread      
abroad1 where he had never been in      
person1 and created an interest in the  
public mind to investigate  the subject 
for themselves4 ,it was not1 however1   
until the winter of  #ahcg-h1 that the  
work attracted much attention in        
,massachusetts4 ,about  the month of    
,february1 in #ahch1 several copies of  
the lectures found  their way into      
,massachusetts1 and awakened quite a    
sensation4 ,one copy  fell into the     
hands of the editor of the ,boston      
,daily ,times1 and most  of the lectures
 were re-published in that paper1 and   
obtained quite an  extensive reading4   
,the effect was so great that it was    
found necessary  to provide an antidote1
 in the shape of two letters from the   
pen of  ,rev4 ,ethan ,smith40    ,mr4   
,litch introduces his own interesting   
experience in the ,advent cause  in the 
following language3    8,about the time 
of the appearance of those lectures in  
the ,boston  ,times1 a copy of the work 

was put into the hands of the present   
writer1 with a request that he should   
read it and give his opinion of  its    
merits4 ,the idea of an attempt to      
discover the time of ,christ's  second  
advent was to him so strange1 that he   
could scarcely make up  his mind to give
 the book a perusal4 ,no doubt came into
 his mind but  what he could entirely   
overthrow the whole system in five      
minutes4  ,for1 thought he1 according to
 ,paul1 #b ,thess4 ii1 the falling away 
must first come1 and the ,man of ,sin be
 revealed2 which the great body  of     
commentators understood to be the ,papal
 system4 ,but1 according to  ,daniel and
 ,john1 that power is to continue for   
#abfj days1 or years2  and the date     
assumed by the most learned writers of  
the age1 for the  commencement of the   
period1 was #fjf1 and consequently it   
would not end  until #ahff4 ,this was a 
decisive argument4 ,however1 to gratify 
a friend1  and from a curiosity to know 
what arguments could be adduced in      

support  of so novel a doctrine1 the    
book was read4 ,there was no difficulty 
in adopting most of the sentiments      
advanced in the first lecture4          
,prejudice began to give way1 and the   
idea of the glorious reign of  ,christ  
on the earth renewed1 was most          
delightful4 ,from that1 the #abfj  days 
came up1 and the evidence presented1 by 
which it was clearly shown  that those  
days terminated in #agih1 having begun  
in #ech4 ,the great  argument against   
the coming of the ,lord1 which had      
appeared so strong  and invulnerable1   
soon vanished2 and a new face shone     
forth from ,paul's  argument4 ,the      
substance of it was1 the predicted      
period having gone by1  and the ,papacy 
having been consumed away by the spirit 
of the ,lord's  mouth1 he is next to be 
destroyed by the brightness of ,christ's
 coming4  ,then there can be no         
millennium until ,christ comes--for the 
reign of  the ,man of ,sin and a        
glorious millennium cannot co-exist4    

,thus the old  fabled millennium was    
lost4    8,before concluding the book1  
,i became fully satisfied that the      
arguments were so clear1 so simple1 and 
withal so scriptural1 that  it was      
impossible to disprove the position     
which ,mr4 ,miller had  endeavored to   
establish4    8,the question of duty    
then presented itself thus3 #8,if this  
doctrine  is true1 ought you not1 as a  
minister of the gospel1 to understand   
and proclaim it8' ,yes1 certainly ,i    
had4 #8,then why not do so8' ,why1 if   
it should1 after all1 prove false1 where
 will my reputation be8 ,and  besides1  
if it is not true1 it will bring the    
,bible into disrepute1  after the time  
has gone by4 ,but there is another view 
to be taken  of this subject4 ,how shall
 we know whether it is true or false8   
,can  it be known except by the         
testimony of the ,scriptures8 ,what do  
they  teach8 ,this is the true question4
 ,if it is true that the ,lord is       
coming so soon1 the world should know   

it3 if it is not true it should  be     
discussed1 and the error exposed4 ,i    
believe the ,bible teaches the          
doctrine2 and while ,i believe thus1 it 
is my duty to make it known to  the     
extent of my power4 ,it is a scriptural 
subject1 and one full of  interest2 and 
the discussion of it cannot do harm4    
,these prophecies and  periods are in   
the ,bible1 and mean something--if they 
do not mean this1  what do they mean8   
,thus ,i reasoned1 until the ,lord1 in a
 night-dream1  showed me my own         
vileness1 and made me willing to bear   
reproach for  ,christ1 when ,i resolved1
 at any cost1 to present the truth on   
this  subject40    ,as soon as ,mr4     
,litch came to this decision1 he        
published a synopsis  of ,mr4 ,miller's 
views in a pamphlet1 entitled the       
,midnight ,cry4 ,he  continued to       
lecture1 and also published a second    
work of #bjd pages1  entitled 8,the     
,probability of the ,second ,coming of  
,christ about ,a4 ,d4  #ahdc40    8,it  

was in this work that the calculation on
 the fall of ,ottoman  supremacy on the 
#aath of ,august1 #ahdj1 was first given
 to the world4 ,so  also the argument on
 the #abfj days1 showing how all the    
events which  were to precede the time1 
times and a half1 centered in #ech1     
while the  decree of ,justinian was     
given in #ecc4    8,this work circulated
 through ,new ,england1 and excited     
something of  an interest4 ,the subject 
rested here1 with the exception of a few
  newspaper articles published in       
,zion's ,herald1 of ,boston1 and ,zion's
  ,watchman1 of ,new ,york1 until the   
spring of #ahci4    8,in that year      
7#ahci7 ,mr4 ,miller was invited into   
,massachusetts to  lecture4 ,in that    
tour he visited and lectured in         
,randolph1 ,lowell1  ,groton1 and ,lynn4
 ,his introduction was principally      
through the  influence of ,elder ,t4    
,cole1 of ,lowell1 a minister of the    
,christian  connection4 ,again1 in the  
autumn and winter of the same year1 he  

returned and lectured in ,exeter1 ,new  
,hampshire1 and ,haverhill1             
,massachusetts1 where a good effect was 
produced4    8,it was at this ,exeter   
meeting that he first became acquainted 
with  ,elder ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1 and        
received his first invitation to visit  
,boston  and give a course of lectures  
in the ,chardon-,street ,chapel4 ,his   
first  course of lectures in that place 
constituted altogether a new era in  the
 history of ,adventism4 ,an excitement  
was produced in ,boston which  demanded 
light1 and prepared the public mind to  
sustain the enterprise  of hiring the   
,marlboro ,chapel for a course of       
lectures4 ,from that point  an influence
 was extended through all the adjacent  
country2 and such  was the demand for   
light that it was determined to issue a 
new and  revised edition of the         
lectures4 ,this work was undertaken1    
without fee  or reward1 by that devoted 
friend of the cause4 ,he cheerfully     
undertook  the revision of the work and 

the superintendence of publication1     
which  a ,boston publisher agreed to do 
if he could have the profits arising    
from an edition of five thousand copies4
 ,this he had4 ,mr4 ,miller has  often  
been blamed for securing the copyright1 
and hence it is but just  to him and the
 cause to say1 that it was the only     
condition on which  the publisher would 
undertake to issue the work4 ,after     
selling the  five thousand copies1 ,mr4 
,mussey1 the publisher1 concluded that  
the  demand was over4 ,for the purpose  
of supplying the public1 ,mr4 ,himes    
then undertook1 at the earnest          
solicitation and advice of friends1 the 
publication of the work himself4 ,at the
 same time he abandoned the  copyright1 
and thus1 to save reproach on the cause1
 exposed himself to  the competition of 
any and all who chose to compete with   
him4 ,the same  course has been pursued 
in reference to all his other           
publications4  ,notwithstanding all     
this1 all that the tongue of slander    

could invent  has been heaped upon him  
for the stand he took and the           
self-denying  course he pursued on this 
subject4    8,during ,mr4 ,miller's     
lectures in ,boston1 a work entitled    
#8,illustrations  of ,prophecy1 by      
,david ,campbell1' appeared4 ,some other
 works of an  ephemeral character1 from 
,orthodox1 ,infidel1 ,universalist1 and 
other  ists1 appeared about the same    
time1 and accomplished each their work1 
by overthrowing--not ,mr4 ,miller--but  
one another4    8,under these repeated  
attacks from the pulpit and press1 it   
was felt  that some organ of            
communication should be opened1 by which
 the public  mind could be disabused in 
reference to the varied reports which   
were  circulated in reference to ,mr4   
,miller and his views4 ,he had long     
sought for some one to take the         
supervision of a paper through which  he
 could speak to the public2 but such a  
man could not be found1 who  for love or
 money would undertake the task1 and    

bear the scorn of an  unbelieving world4
          8,,the ,,signs ,,of ,,the     
,,times4      8,at this juncture1 when  
the storm of opposition grew heavy1 the 
providence of ,god raised up a man for  
this work also4 ,the unwearied  friend  
of this cause1 ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1 who has  
so nobly stood in the front  of the     
hosts and the hottest of the fire1 came 
forward and threw  himself into the     
enterprise1 to make up the breach4 ,on  
the #bjth of  ,march1 #ahdj1 without    
money1 patrons1 or scarcely friends1 he 
issued  the first number of the ,signs  
of the ,times4 ,the appearance of that  
sheet was hailed with joy by many a     
longing heart1 waiting for the          
consolation of ,israel4 ,the paper was  
sustained for the first year at a       
considerable expense to the editor1     
besides his own unrequited toil4 ,as    
might be expected1 the enemies of the   
cause were greatly discommoded  by the  
appearance of such a weapon1 both       
offensive and defensive4  ,nothing which

 a heart surcharged with gall could     
invent1 or the tongue  of envy utter1   
was left unsaid or unwritten against the
 editor4 ,but  his language was1 ,none  
of these things move me4 ,he was        
sufficiently  convinced of the truth of 
the doctrine to know that it was worthy1
 at  least1 of a full and candid        
investigation1 and this he determined it
  should have1 so far as he was able to 
gain thus much for it4    8,the paper   
thus started was published for two years
 as a semi-monthly1  and1 since then1 as
 a weekly periodical4 ,it has been read 
by multitudes  throughout the ,united   
,states1 and in the ,british provinces1 
with the  deepest interest1 and has been
 to thousands an angel of mercy and     
love2 the good it has accomplished will 
only be known in the great day  of the  
,lord4    8,during the same winter      
7#ahci-dj7 ,mr4 ,miller was invited to  
lecture  in ,portsmouth1 ,n4 ,h41 and   
,portland1 ,me4 ,in both these places1  
as well  as in ,boston and vicinity1 his

 labors were attended with refreshing   
showers of divine grace4 ,numbers       
embraced the doctrine of the ,lord's    
speedy coming1 who are yet strong in the
 faith1 giving glory to ,god4  ,this    
winter's campaign produced an excitement
 throughout ,new ,england1  and raised  
up friends in almost every town4    8,as
 the spring opened and the summer came1 
the entire community were  excited1 and 
expectation on tip-toe1 in reference to 
the #aath of ,august  and its           
anticipated events1 the fall of the     
,ottoman empire1 c41 c4  ,many were the 
predictions that when that day should   
have passed by1  as it certainly would  
do1 without the event being realized1   
then the  spell would be broken1 and    
,adventism would die4 ,but the time     
came2 and  it must be confessed it was  
for a few weeks a time of trial to many4
  ,yet #8,he who tempers the wind to the
 shorn lamb1' had compassion on his     
little ones1 and did not suffer them to 
be tempted above what they were  able to

 bear4 ,and few1 very few1 even under   
that trial1 shrunk from  their faith4   
,the time came and passed by2 and1 as a 
matter of course1  the distance from    
,constantinople could not be passed     
without consuming  some considerable    
period of time4 ,but when the fact did  
reach us1 it  was found that on the very
 day anticipated1 the #aath of ,august1 
a  transfer was made of the supremacy of
 that empire from ,mahometan hands4     
,this fact entirely discomfited the     
hosts of the enemy4 ,the cause again    
revived1 and careered on its way with   
still greater power than ever  before40 
,,united ,,effort4      8,up to this    
period all that had been done was       
accomplished by  individual effort4 ,in 
this depression of affairs1 it was      
determined  to hold a #8,second-,advent 
,conference' in ,boston1 where the      
friends of  the cause could congregate  
and give expression to their feelings1  
and  put forth an effort to arouse the  
country and the world to a sense  of its

 coming doom4 ,this meeting was         
assembled in the ,chardon ,street       
,chapel1 on the #aeth of ,october1      
#ahdj1 and continued two days4 ,this was
  styled #8,the ,first ,general         
,conference of ,second-,advent          
,believers4' ,it  was a season of       
comfort and refreshing to the lovers of 
the glorious  appearing of our blessed  
,lord4    8,in the spring of #ahdj1 the 
writer of this article wrote and        
published  a third work1 entitled #8,an 
,address to the ,clergy4' ,it embraced  
in  a short compass an exposition of the
 nature of the kingdom of ,god2  also an
 article on the return of the ,jews1 and
 their title to the  land promised to   
,abraham for an everlasting possession4 
,it presented  the subject in a light   
somewhat different from what it had ever
 been  presented before in this country4
 ,the effect of it on the clergy was    
considerable2 some were moved by it to  
give the subject an examination1  and   
became satisfied that it was the true   

position4 ,it also contained  the       
argument on the fall of the ,ottoman    
empire4 ,the second edition1  published 
in #ahda1 was revised by giving the     
historical facts1 showing  the          
fulfillment of the calculation40        
,june #ae-ag1 #ahda1 the second ,general
 ,conference of ,advent believers was   
held in ,lowell1 ,mass4 ,it was a time  
of deep interest1 and gave a new        
impulse to the cause4    ,during the    
ensuing summer ,mr4 ,litch visited the  
seats of the four ,new  ,england        
,methodist ,episcopal ,annual           
,conferences1 and gave lectures which   
called out more or less of the ministry 
to hear him4 ,his efforts in  this      
direction removed prejudice1 and made a 
good impression4    8,the course of     
,adventism was steadily onward1 both    
among clergy and  laity1 throughout ,new
 ,england4    8,it was in the autumn of 
this year that that devoted and beloved 
brother1 ,c4 ,fitch1 returned again to  
the examination of the question of  the 

,lord's coming1 and came out a decided  
advocate of the doctrine4 ,he  at once  
entered the field1 and has proved an    
efficient auxiliary to the  cause4      
8,bro4 ,william ,miller continued his   
labors in various parts of the  country 
with great success4 ,bro4 ,himes also   
devoted as much time as his  pastoral   
and other duties would allow1 to        
lecturing on the subject4    8,in       
,october another conference was held in 
,portland1 ,me41 which gave  a new      
impulse to the work in that section of  
the country4 ,another  conference was   
appointed and held in the ,broadway     
,tabernacle1 ,new ,york  city1 which was
 the first successful effort ever made  
in that city4    8,from ,new ,york city 
we proceeded to ,low ,hampton1 the      
residence of  ,bro4 ,miller1 and        
commenced another conference4 ,it was a 
season of  refreshing to all1 and more  
especially to ,bro4 ,miller himself4 ,it
 was  the first conference he had ever  
attended2 and to find around him such  a

 host as were congregated there1 from   
east1 west1 north and south1  from      
,canada as well as the ,states1 raised  
up to proclaim this truth1  by the      
blessing of ,god on his labors1 was to  
him most refreshing and  encouraging4   
8,during the winter of #ahda-b1         
conferences were held in various places1
  which were all attended with good3    
,boston1 ,mass42 ,dover1 ,n4 ,h42 ,sandy
  ,hill1 ,n4 ,y42 ,pomfret1 ,ct42       
,colchester1 ,vt42 ,ashburnham and      
,lunenburg1  ,mass41 c4 ,the result of  
them1 eternity will unfold2 but much    
fruit was  immediately apparent4 ,a     
large number of ministers of the gospel 
were  awakened1 during the winter1 to a 
sense of their duty to investigate  the 
subject1 and were induced to preach it  
more or less in their pulpit            
ministrations2 and some of them devoted 
themselves entirely to the  ,advent     
cause1 and became efficient lecturers4  
8,as the spring opened1 ,bro4 ,himes    
determined on sounding the cry  abroad  

more fully in the city of ,new ,york2   
and accordingly1 in the  month of ,may1 
himself with ,bro4 ,miller went to that 
city to commence  their operations4 ,the
 ,apollo ,hall1 on ,broadway1 was rented
 at a heavy  expense1 and they commenced
 their work4 ,the labors of the         
preceding  visit were so far obliterated
 that none could be found to invite them
  to their house and give them a night's
 lodging4 ,they accordingly took  an    
ante-room adjoining the hall as a       
sitting and lodging room for a  part of 
the time1 until friends were awakened   
and brought in1 who  furnished a        
cot-bed1 and thus relieved them from the
 hard floor4 ,two  weeks1 under these   
circumstances1 laboring night and day1  
paying most  of their own expenses 7for 
the public collections were very small71
  were necessary before an impression   
could be made4 ,one fact should be  here
 recorded3 ,an impression had gone      
abroad respecting the ,adventists1  that
 they were monsters1 or almost anything 

but civilized beings4 ,so  strong was   
this impression1 and so general1 that a 
number of days  had passed and scarcely 
a lady dared to make her appearance in  
the  meetings4 ,the religious press had 
sounded the alarm1 and spread a panic   
through the community which it was      
difficult to remove4 ,but as one  after 
another ventured to look in1 and then to
 listen1 the prejudice  began to give   
way1 and the congregation to enlarge1   
and before the  meetings closed on      
anniversary week1 the house was well    
filled with  attentive hearers1 and a   
permanent interest secured4 ,it was a   
great  undertaking1 but the victory was 
at length achieved1 and a great and     
glorious harvest has been gathered in4  
,this meeting closed under  encouraging 
circumstances1 and filled all who were  
present with hope as  to the future40   
,,camp-,,meeting ,,era4      8,while the
 meetings were progressing in ,new      
,york1 the friends in  ,boston          
determined on a general rally in that   

city during anniversary  week4          
,accordingly1 the ,melodeon was secured 
for the occasion1 and our  meetings     
began under the most auspicious         
circumstances4 ,adventism  had never    
seen a brighter day4 ,the attendance was
 large throughout  the entire meeting4  
,although the interests of the week were
 great1  yet none had a larger share of 
attention than the ,advent ,anniversary 
,conference4 ,during that week1 among   
the various other interests which  came 
up for discussion1 was the question of  
holding a camp-meeting1  or             
camp-meetings1 during the ensuing       
summer4 ,this was thought1 by  many1 a  
great undertaking4 ,what1 a little      
handful of ,adventists hold  a          
camp-meeting6 ,why1 they are hardly able
 to hold a house-meeting1  much less a  
camp-meeting6 ,however1 there was       
sufficient faith and  zeal in the       
meeting to say ,,try4 ,arrangements were
 accordingly made by  the appointment of
 a camp-meeting committee1 to carry the 

plan into  effect4 ,it was determined to
 make a most vigorous effort during the 
summer1 for the spread of this great    
light4 ,for we then thought it  doubtful
 whether we ever should reach another   
anniversary week1 in time4              
8,immediately after the anniversary     
meetings were over1 the writer  started 
for ,canada ,east1 to fulfill an        
engagement in ,stanstead4 ,he  left     
,boston on ,monday morning1 and arrived 
at ,stanstead1 and began  his meeting on
 ,wednesday4 ,the interest steadily     
increased from the  beginning1 and      
before two weeks were passed1 the       
country1 for thirty  or forty miles     
around1 was awake to the subject of the 
,lord's coming4  ,immense concourses    
assembled both in ,canada and in ,derby1
 ,vermont1  where a course of lectures  
was given4 ,such was the interest to    
hear1  and the awakening among the      
people1 that it was determined at once  
to  hold a camp-meeting in ,canada4 ,in 
accordance with this determination1  a  

place was selected1 the ground prepared1
 and the meeting held in the  township  
of ,hadley1 ,canada ,east4 ,such was the
 good effect of this first  meeting1    
that the people of ,bolton wished one to
 be held in their town4  ,this was begun
 the next week after the ,hadley meeting
 closed1 and ended  on the third of     
,july4 ,during that month's labor1 as   
near as could be  estimated1 five or six
 hundred souls were converted to ,god4  
8,the last week in ,june1 the first     
,advent camp-meeting held in the        
,states commenced in ,east ,kingston1   
,new ,hampshire1 where an immense       
multitude assembled to hear the word of 
the kingdom1 and worship the  ,god of   
,abraham4 ,thus1 instead of one ,advent 
camp-meeting during the  season1 which  
the unbelief of some thought could      
hardly be carried  through1 within one  
month of the determination to try1 three
 such  meetings had actually been       
successful4 ,besides these              
camp-meetings1  there were immense      

gatherings of the people all through the
 northern  part of ,vermont and ,new    
,hampshire1 and onward through the      
,state of  ,maine40          ,,the      
,,great ,,tent4      ,while these       
operations were going forward1 the plan 
was started for  constructing a large   
tent sufficient to accommodate four     
thousand  persons1 with which to go into
 the cities where no house was open for 
lectures4 ,this proposition was at once 
received by the people1 and ,bro4       
,himes1 with the help of other friends1 
undertook the work4 ,such a tent  was   
completed and pitched in ,concord1 ,new 
,hampshire1 in the latter part  of      
,july4 ,the excitement produced by such 
a movement was still greater  than that 
occasioned by the ,advent camp-meetings4
    8,the tent was next pitched in      
,albany1 ,new ,york2 then in            
,springfield1  and ,salem1              
,massachusetts1 and ,benson1 ,vermont4  
,and finally1 for the  last time in the 
season1 in ,newark1 ,new ,jersey4 ,in   

all these places  the word took effect1 
and produced the greatest and most      
beneficial  results4 ,besides the great 
tent-meetings and numerous courses of   
lectures1 there were held some six or   
eight camp-meetings1 in ,new  ,england1 
during the summer and fall4 ,the work   
spread with a power  unparalleled in the
 history of religious excitements4      
8,during the season1 ,bro4 ,c4 ,fitch   
made a visit to ,oberlin ,institute1    
where he proclaimed the doctrine of the 
,lord's coming to the students1  as well
 as faculty of the institution1 and in  
various other places in  ,ohio4 ,while  
on this tour1 the ,lord wonderfully     
blessed his labors1 and  gave him favor 
in the sight of the people4 ,it was     
arranged for him to  remove his family  
into that region of country to spend the
 winter1 and  lecture in ,cleveland and 
vicinity4 ,this movement awakened an    
interest  in that part of the country1  
which has been increasing to the present
  time4    8,after the close of the     

,newark camp or tent-meeting1 the cold  
weather  set in1 and rendered it        
impracticable longer to continue these  
public1  out-door meetings1 and the     
laborers began to arrange for a winter's
  campaign4 ,bro4 ,himes1 together with 
,bro4 ,miller and others1 returned  to  
,new ,york1 and commenced a course of   
lectures in the church1 corner  of      
,catherine and ,madison streets1 where  
,bro4 ,storrs had been laboring  with   
great success for a number of weeks4    
,the interest still continued  to       
increase beyond all expectation4 ,an    
invitation was also given for  a course 
of lectures in the ,methodist           
,protestant church1 in ,anthony  street1
 under the pastoral care of ,bro4 ,e4   
,jacobs4 ,this invitation  was accepted 
by ,bro4 ,a4 ,hale1 and attended with a 
great blessing4  ,bro4 ,jacobs1 and many
 of his church embraced the doctrine1   
and began  immediately to proclaim it   
with power4          8,,the ,,midnight  
,,cry4      8,such was the interest in  

,new ,york ,city1 that it was determined
 by ,bro4  ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1 to commence a
 daily ,advent paper1 and publish it at 
least  for four weeks1 in which the     
principal arguments sustaining our views
  were to be embodied and given to the  
public in a cheap and popular  form4    
,the paper was commenced in the latter  
part of ,november1 #ahdb1  entitled ,the
 ,midnight ,cry4 ,it was principally    
under the editorial  supervision of our 
beloved and faithful brother1 ,n4       
,southard4 ,the  twenty-four numbers    
were published1 and ten thousand copies 
of each  number circulated4 ,most of    
these were gratuitously distributed     
through  the post-offices at the expense
 of the publisher4 ,of course1 such  a  
distribution could not fail to awaken an
 interest throughout the  country1 of   
the most salutary character4 ,thousands 
were enlightened and  instructed1 and   
embraced the doctrine1 who never heard a
 lecture on the  subject4 ,the #8,cry'  
has been continued as a weekly paper up 

to the  present time1 and has each      
successive week been extending its      
sphere of  usefulness1 and cheering the 
hearts of thousands of lonely pilgrims  
in  every part of the land4    8,in     
,february1 #ahdc1 ,bro4 ,miller and     
,bro4 ,himes visited ,philadelphia1  and
 gave a course of lectures1 with very   
great effect4 ,the city was  convulsed  
throughout with the influence of the    
lectures4 ,saints  rejoiced1 the wicked 
trembled1 backsliders quaked1 and the   
word of the  ,lord ran and was          
glorified4 ,it is doubtful whether ,mr4 
,miller ever gave  a course of lectures 
with greater effect than at that time4  
,it placed  the cause on a permanent    
foundation in the city1 and prepared the
 way  for extending it into the ,south  
and ,west4 ,a book-room was opened in   
the city early in ,january1 and a small 
penny paper1 the ,philadelphia  ,alarm1 
was issued4 ,thirteen numbers of it were
 published1 about four  thousand copies 
per number40    ,efforts were now made  

in ,washington1 ,d4 ,c41 and            
,pittsburgh1 ,va4  8,indeed1 the whole  
,west seemed ripe and ready for harvest4
 ,letters  written from ,pittsburgh1 and
 published in the ,midnight ,cry1 soon  
aroused the friends at the ,east1 and a 
number of lecturers immediately  started
 for that field of labor4 ,the ,advent  
banner was unfurled in  ,cincinnati1 and
 from thence the light has been         
spreading all over the  western and     
southern country4    8,returning from   
,pittsburgh1 about the middle of ,march1
 the  ,philadelphia ,alarm was merged in
 the ,trumpet of ,alarm1 a paper        
containing the diagrams of the visions  
of ,daniel and ,john1 and a  connected  
view of the ,advent doctrine1 gotten up 
for the express  purpose of circulating 
in the ,west and ,south4 ,from          
twenty-five to  thirty thousand copies  
of it have been circulated4    8,while  
these things were going on at the ,west1
 the ,lord was still at  work in the    
,east4 ,by his gracious ,providence1    

those beloved brethren1  ,n4 ,n4        
,whiting1 ,j4 ,b4 ,cook1 and ,f4 ,g4    
,brown1 were brought into the  faith and
 began to proclaim it aloud4 ,the effect
 of it was electrical4  ,very many1 who 
had previously looked upon the subject  
as beneath their  notice1 began to feel 
that it was possible1 after all1 that   
there might  be something in it4 ,this  
induced examination of the evidence1 and
 that  again produced conviction of the 
truth of the doctrine4    8,in a manner 
too rapid to record1 the ,advent cause  
went forward during  that winter4 ,i am 
aware that history loses more than half 
its interest  from the absence of its   
details2 but such are the limits to     
which this  sketch must be confined1 it 
is impossible to enter into the minuti  
of  the thing4 ,all that can be done    
will be to record the outlines of the   
story4    8,then1 again1 ,bro4 ,fitch's 
mission in ,ohio resulted in the        
establishment of a ,second-,advent paper
 in ,cleveland1 which has proved  an    

instrument of great good to the cause in
 that section of the  country4 ,brn4 ,h4
 ,b4 ,skinner and ,l4 ,caldwell1 who    
spent the winter in  ,canada ,east1 also
 commenced a paper there1 devoted to the
 cause4    8,as the summer opened1      
preparations were made for tabernacle   
and  camp-meetings4 ,east1 ,west1 and   
,north1 they were appointed and held2   
most of which were attended with the    
special blessing of ,god on the  people1
 and greatly extended the knowledge of  
the ,advent views4 ,the  same anxiety to
 hear on the subject1 which has         
characterized the  doctrine from its    
beginning1 marked it still4 ,not only in
 places where  it had gained a foothold1
 but in new places where it had never   
been  proclaimed1 the greatest anxiety  
to hear was manifested4    8,bro4 ,himes
 undertook the task of again sustaining 
the great tent1  and going with it into 
western ,new ,york4 ,this he1 in        
connection with  other brethren1 carried
 through4 ,up to that time1 no permanent

 interest  had been created in that part
 of the country4 ,but from the holding  
of  the tent-meetings in ,rochester and 
,buffalo1 the subject took a strong     
hold on the community through that      
region of country1 and has been         
steadily going forward ever since4      
8,from ,buffalo1 the tent was taken to  
,cincinnati1 ,ohio1 and a full          
exposition of the ,advent doctrines     
given to the people4 ,several  courses  
of lectures1 however1 had been          
previously delivered in that  city1 and 
the people were thus prepared to improve
 the privilege of  the tent-lectures4   
,there had also been several            
camp-meetings in the  vicinity of the   
city2 so that a great interest prevailed
 in the country  to obtain light on the 
subject4    8,in connection with each of
 the tent meetings1 an ,advent paper was
  published1 in which the main points of
 the ,advent doctrine were given  to the
 people1 with great effect4    8,we have
 not space for a full account of the    

numerous incidents which  marked the    
labors of the summer and autumn of      
#ahdc4 ,but it must be  recorded1 to the
 praise of ,god's glorious grace1 that  
the work of the  ,lord went steadily    
forward1 bearing down all opposition1   
from whatever  source4    8,we were     
deprived1 during the entire spring and  
summer1 of the labors  of our beloved   
,bro4 ,miller1 who was confined to his  
house by a painful  sickness for a      
number of months4 ,in the fall of the   
year1 as his health  improved1 he again 
commenced his arduous work3 first making
 a tour  through ,new ,england1 and then
 into western ,new ,york4 ,during the   
eight  weeks which he spent in the      
latter tour1 he preached eighty-five    
times1  besides all the other duties    
which devolved upon him1 incidental to  
such a journey4 ,never were his labors  
attended with better results1 or        
received with greater pleasure1 than    
during that journey4 #8,the good  seed1'
 #8the word of the kingdom1' still found

 good ground1 into which  it fell1 took 
root1 and brought forth fruit4          
8,during this visit to the west1 among  
other places1 he visited  ,lockport1    
,new ,york1 the residence of ,elder ,e4 
,galusha1 so well known in  the ,baptist
 church in the ,united ,states4 ,he had 
been for several months  more or less   
exercised on the subject of the coming  
of the ,lord1 and  had given it a very  
candid examination1 but had never fully 
committed  himself to it until ,bro4    
,miller's lectures in the church of     
which he  had the pastoral charge4 ,he1 
from that time1 became a decided        
advocate  of the doctrine1 and has since
 devoted himself to its advocacy40      
,,mr4 ,,miller',s ,,visit ,,to          
,,washington4      8,it had long been in
 contemplation1 by ,bro4 ,himes1 in     
company with ,bro4  ,miller1 to visit   
,washington city1 ,district of          
,columbia1 and sound the  alarm in the  
capital of the nation2 but no           
opportunity presented itself  for so    

doing until the past winter4 ,commencing
 in ,boston1 they lectured  in that     
city1 and from thence came to ,new      
,york1 delivering a course  of lectures 
to a numerous audience2 from thence     
visited ,philadelphia1  spent a week1   
and gave a course of lectures to an     
immense concourse  of people1 with very 
great effect4 ,from ,philadelphia1 he1  
in company  with the writer1 went to    
,washington and commenced a course of   
lectures1  ,february #bj1 #ahdd4 ,two   
weeks were spent in different sections  
of the  city1 in presenting the         
doctrines of ,adventism1 and the        
evidences  of the speedy coming of the  
,lord4 ,the attendance was good1 and the
  interest to hear1 deep4 ,a greater    
revolution in public sentiment has      
rarely been witnessed in so short a     
time1 than was brought about in         
,washington1 in reference to the ,advent
 doctrine4    8,during our stay in      
,washington1 besides the papers and     
books which were  carried on from the   

,north1 a paper was commenced there1    
called the  ,southern ,midnight ,cry4   
,two numbers were published and         
circulated in  ,washington and vicinity1
 and another in ,baltimore1 while ,bro4 
,miller  was giving his course of       
lectures in that city4 ,thus ended the  
winter  of #ahdc-d1 and brought us to   
the point which had so long been before 
us--the end of the ,jewish year #ahdc40 
,,the ,,termination ,,of ,,the          
,,prophetic ,,times4      8,as might be 
expected1 as the crisis1 the #bast of   
,march1 approached1  there was a very   
general expectation of an entire        
overthrow of the  whole system of       
,adventism4 ,it was supposed that those 
who had embraced  it1 if the appointed  
time should pass1 would yield the whole 
question4  ,but they had not so learned 
the ,bible4 ,the doctrine does not      
consist  in merely tracing prophetic    
periods1 although that is an important  
part of the work4 ,but the whole        
prophetic history of the world is  given

 in the pages of inspiration1 is        
recorded in history1 and affords        
indubitable evidence of the fact1 that  
we have approached a crisis4 ,and  no   
disappointment respecting a definite    
point of time can move them1  or drive  
them from their position relative to the
 speedy coming of the  ,lord4 ,and it   
yet remains to be shown that our        
calculations of time are  not correct1  
and are only in error relative to the   
event which marked  its close4 ,this is 
the most likely4 ,there are1 at present1
 some who  falter1 but comparatively    
few1 however1 who have given up the     
cause4  ,most stand unmoved amidst all  
the scoffs and jeers of a reviling      
world40          ,,modes ,,of           
,,opposition4      8,it has usually been
 the fact that1 as soon as the doctrine 
of the  ,lord's speedy coming has been  
presented in any place1 the clergy1 in  
the course of one or two weeks1 would   
begin their attacks from the  pulpit4   
,the usual argument has been--    8#a4  

#8,of that day and hour knoweth no man2'
 yet these men profess to  know the very
 time when the ,lord is to come4 ,yes1  
they profess to know  more than the     
angels1 or even the ,son of ,god        
himself4    8#b4 ,the ,lord cannot come 
until after the millennium1 during which
 the  whole world is to be righteous1   
and the lion eat straw like the ox1 c4  
8#c4 ,the ,jews must be brought in1 and 
restored to ,palestine1 before that  day
 comes4    8#d4 ,it is to come as a     
thief1 as a snare1 c41 on all them that 
dwell  on the earth4 ,but now there are 
so many who are looking for it1 that it 
cannot come as a snare4    8#e4 ,it     
cannot come now1 because there are so   
many learned and holy  ministers and    
,christians1 that if it should come now1
 it would take  them by surprise4 ,the  
,lord will not come without their       
knowing it4    8#f4 ,the world is yet in
 its infancy2 the arts and sciences are 
just  beginning to come to maturity1 and
 fit the world to live1 and it cannot   

be that the ,lord will come now and     
destroy it all4    8#g4 ,then again     
there is so much waste land to be       
occupied in the  western country1 land  
which has never yet been cultivated at  
all1 that  it is not at all reasonable  
that the ,lord should destroy it all    
before  it has been improved4    8#h4   
,but the great argument1 the one which  
has proved the most  effectual1 has     
been1 that this vision of ,daniel viii  
has nothing to do  with the coming of   
,christ1 or setting up of ,god's        
everlasting kingdom4  ,it simply refers 
to ,antiochus ,epiphanes1 and his       
persecution of the  ,jews1 and          
desecration of the temple1 some #afj odd
 years ,b4 ,c4 ,thus we  have the       
abomination of desolation spoken of by  
,daniel the prophet1 for  which the     
,saviour taught his people to look1     
about two hundred years  before the     
instruction was given4    8,to the      
foregoing might be added a number more  
of the same class1  professedly drawn   

from reason and ,scripture1 but none of 
them more  formidable than those already
 recorded4 ,do you smile1 gentle reader1
 at  the idea of calling these          
arguments8 ,yet1 you may be assured that
 each  of them in turn has been urged by
 grave men1 calling themselves doctors  
of divinity4    8,but the most wonderful
 and overwhelming of all arguments which
 have  ever been presented against the  
doctrine1 is1 #8,mr4 ,miller has built  
some stone wall on his farm66' ,but1 ,i 
forgot myself2 ,i said the most         
wonderful2 there is another quite its   
equal3 #8,mr4 ,miller refuses to  sell  
his farm66' ,how1 oh6 how can ,christ   
come1 when ,mr4 ,miller will not  sell  
his farm8    8,but this is not all2 for 
the truth is1 #8,mr4 ,himes has         
published and  scattered 7a large part  
of them gratuitously7 more than five    
millions  of books and papers4 ,he must 
be engaged in a speculation2 and how can
  the ,lord come8 ,oh6 how can he come8'
    8,but to be serious2 a word on this 

subject is due these men1 and the  cause
 whose advocates they have been4 ,for   
those who have known ,william  ,miller1 
and have known his personal history1 it 
is not needful we  should write4 ,but   
there are those who know him not2 on    
their account it  is1 that this memento 
is here inserted4    8,when ,mr4 ,miller
 first commenced the advocacy of the    
,advent doctrine1  he was engaged in    
agricultural pursuits4 ,he had a farm of
 his own1 was  surrounded by an         
interesting family1 and possessed all   
that could make  life easy and          
agreeable4 ,when the ,lord called and   
thrust him out into  this work1 he was  
in the decline of life1 without the     
advantages of an  academical education1 
without experience as a public speaker1 
without  ecclesiastical preferments1    
except as a valued and worthy lay member
  of the ,baptist church2 the prejudices
 of both the church and world were      
decidedly against all attempts to       
understand the prophetic scriptures1    

with many other discouraging            
circumstances4 ,yet1 in the face of all 
discouragements1 he went forth taking   
nothing2 but as freely did he  bestow on
 others the light which ,god had given1 
as he had received it4    8,for a number
 of years after he began this work1 he  
traveled  extensively1 lectured         
frequently1 endured privation and       
scoffing1 and  paid all the expenses of 
his journeys from his own funds4 ,at the
 same  time he had a large family       
dependent on him for their subsistence1 
besides keeping open doors for all the  
,lord's servants who should  choose to  
come under his roof2 where they were    
always sure to find a  hearty welcome4  
8,after pursuing this course for some   
years1 he arranged his domestic         
affairs1 by giving up his farm into the 
hands of his sons1 so as to  sustain his
 family1 and have an annuity of one     
hundred dollars1 to  clothe himself and 
meet his other incidental expenses4 ,in 
this way  he continued to travel far and

 near1 wherever ,providence opened the  
way1 and for the most part bearing his  
own expenses4 ,this he did until  his   
journeys became so numerous1 long and   
expensive1 as to exceed his  income4    
,then he permitted the people among whom
 he labored to pay his  traveling       
expenses4 ,but he has not received      
enough1 since he began his  work1 to    
sustain him in it4 ,from the sale of his
 books he has received  no profit4 ,it  
has been no part of his business to lay 
up treasures on  earth1 or accumulate   
wealth by the gospel of ,god's grace4   
8,amidst all the vile and reproachful   
epithets which have been heaped  upon   
him1 all the false and scurrilous       
reports which have gone the  rounds of  
both pulpit and press1 as well as       
private circles1 he has  gone on1 still 
pursuing the even tenor of his way1     
accomplishing the  mission on which he  
set forth4 ,if his remarks concerning   
the attacks  which have been made upon  
him1 have sometimes seemed severe1 it   

will  not be wondered at1 when it is    
recollected that it is nothing else but 
the severity of truth4 ,we will not     
pretend to say that he has never  erred2
 but this we do say1 while we confess1  
that #8to err is human1'  few men have  
gone through an enterprise like this1   
with fewer errors or  blemishes than    
,william ,miller4    8,so1 likewise1 in 
exposing and reproving the growing      
corruptions of the  church and ministry1
 he has been thought by many too severe4
 ,but this1  too1 has consisted in the  
severity of truths which few1 in an age 
of  degeneracy like this1 had either the
 independence or courage to speak  out4 
,he has spoken aloud what others have   
thought and repeated only in  private4  
,yet1 after all1 who that knows the man1
 but loves him8 ,take  him all in all1  
where could an instrument be found      
better qualified for  the station he has
 filled8    8,a few words respecting    
that faithful and devoted friend of the 
cause  of ,adventism1 ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1   

must close this part of the present     
work4  ,from the position he has        
occupied in the front of the battle1 the
 most  deadly shafts of the enemy have  
been aimed at him4 ,the generous spirit 
of self-sacrifice with which he came    
forward and exerted every nerve  for the
 advancement of this great work1 excited
 at once the envy1 the  wrath1 the anger
 and calumny of the whole host of foes  
to the doctrine4  ,and no means which   
could be devised to blast his influence 
has been  wanting from that to the      
present time4 ,but through grace he has 
thus  far triumphed4 ,i believe the     
providence of ,god raised up ,j4 ,v4    
,himes  as an associate and fellow      
helper of ,mr4 ,miller1 in the great    
work of  arousing the church and the    
world to prepare for the coming of the  
,lord2 and that he has performed the    
work with fidelity to ,god and man1  and
 honor to himself40          ,,extent   
,,of ,,the ,,work4      8,we look upon  
the proclamation which has been made1 as

 being the  cry of the angel who        
proclaimed #8the hour of ,his judgment  
is come4'  ,rev4 xiv1 #f1 #g4 ,it is a  
sound which is to reach all nations2 it 
is  the proclamation of #8the           
everlasting gospel1' or #8this gospel of
 the  kingdom4' ,in one shape or other1 
this cry has gone abroad through the    
earth wherever human beings are found1  
and we have had opportunity to  hear of 
the fact4 ,within the last six years1   
publications1 treating  on the subject1 
have been sent to nearly every ,english 
and ,american  missionary station on the
 globe2 to all1 at least1 to which we   
have had  access4    8,then again1 the  
great religious papers of the country   
have all aided  in this work2 for some  
of them have published our views1 as    
written by  friends1 and others have    
published reviews and everthrows1 in    
which our  arguments must be presented1 
in order to refute them4    8,by these  
the truth has been spread into many     
places where it could not  have reached 

by the ordinary means4 ,then again1 the 
caricatures which  have been scattered  
among the rabble1 have carried the great
 point with  them1 the coming of the    
,lord to judgment1 and the time of his  
coming4    8,the secular press has      
contributed1 in no small degree1 to     
increase  and spread an interest on the 
question4 ,even the foolish and false   
statements which have been put forth1   
have1 in some instances1 only  turned   
out for the advancement of the work of  
,god4 ,the story1 for  instance1 which  
was started by the ,new ,york ,sun1 that
 ,mr4 ,miller  had fixed on the #bc;d of
 ,april1 #ahdc1 as the time for ,christ 
to come1  although entirely false and   
baseless in itself1 yet was so widely   
circulated1 that there was scarcely a   
place known where the report was  not   
heard and an interest awakened40        
,,advent ,,books4      8,these have been
 greatly multiplied within the last four
 years4 ,as  already remarked1 the first
 and most important work published1 was 

,mr4  ,miller's lectures4 ,that volume  
may be regarded as the seed from which  
all the rest have germinated4 ,the works
 of ,miller1 ,ward1 ,hale1 ,bliss1      
,fitch1 ,storrs1 ,brown1 ,hervey1 ,cook1
 ,whiting1 ,starkweather1 ,hawley1      
,litch1 ,fleming1 ,cox1 ,sabine1 c41    
constitute the ,second ,advent ,library1
  and exhibit the views which have been 
presented to the public by the          
lectures4 ,other sheets and pamphlets   
have been published4    8,some of the   
sheets which have been published and    
circulated have  accomplished a vast    
amount of good4 ,the #8,clue to the     
,time1' written  by ,bro4 ,l4 ,hersey1 a
 shoemaker in ,boston1 and a city       
watchman1 with a  diagram1 has been the 
means of great good4 ,eternity alone    
will reveal  the many precious souls who
 have been led to look for the ,lord's  
coming  from the reading of one of those
 sheets40          ,,lecturers ,,and    
,,writers4      8,the mass of lecturers 
who have been raised up and thrust forth

 into  this work1 have been men of sound
 minds1 warm hearts1 full of zeal for   
,god and the salvation of men4 ,they    
have made no great pretensions to       
learning1 in its common acceptation2 but
 yet1 as a general thing1 they  have    
been close students of the ,bible1      
making it a self-interpreting  book4    
,nor have they been altogether          
inattentive to history as their  time   
and means have allowed4 ,it is true     
that1 so far as they have been          
successful in their work1 the excellency
 of the power has been of ,god4    8,but
 there have been some raised up among us
 of commanding talents and              
acquirements2 men1 who need not blush to
 stand by the side of the wise  and     
learned of the earth4 ,these were raised
 up at a time when such  assistance was 
needed1 and ,god has accomplished his   
work by them4 ,the  ,advent writings    
exhibit minds accustomed to think and   
reason1 as well  as read4 ,although the 
mass of the books lay no claim to       

literary merit1  yet they have done more
 to promote a sound1 healthy1 moral     
literature1  than any other books of the
 age4 ,they have so selected and        
arranged  historical incidents1 in      
connection with the prophetic           
scriptures1  which embrace the history  
of the world1 as to invest that history 
with  an interest which the mass of     
readers never before saw or felt4 ,if   
they have promoted the study of history1
 much more have they induced a  careful 
study of the ,scriptures4    8,it is a  
lamentable fact1 that although this is  
an age of ,bibles1 yet  the great body  
of professing ,christians know but      
little what that ,bible  contains4 ,and 
wherever ,advent books have been        
circulated1 instead  of superseding the 
use of the ,bible1 as most books do1    
they almost  invariably send the reader 
to the sacred storehouse4 ,nothing ever 
given  to the public has excited so much
 interest in the study of the ,bible as 
the proclamation of #8the hour of ,his  

judgment4' ,a course of lectures in  a  
village1 would open a door for the sale 
of more ,bibles in a week than  would   
have been sold before for years4        
,whatever may be the final issue  of    
this question1 so far its fruits have   
been of the best character40            
,,what ,,adventism ,,has ,,accomplished4
      8#a4 ,when this cry first         
commenced1 the prophecies were generally
  looked upon as a book of mysteries1   
which it was presumption1 if  not       
sacrilege1 to attempt to understand or  
explain4 ,that spell  has been broken1  
and the ,christian public understand    
that those  deeply-interesting portions 
of the word of ,god are also a part of  
his revelation to man4 ,and even the    
clergy1 of all orders1 have been        
constrained to speak out and give some  
explanation of the prophecies1  however 
crude it might be4    8#b4 ,the fable of
 the world's conversion1 and the        
universal triumph of  ,christianity1    
which almost universally prevailed ten  

years ago1 has  been exploded1 and the  
church now understands that the ,man of 
,sin is  to remain in the world until   
the ,lord comes and destroys him by the 
brightness of his coming4 ,that there is
 to be no millennium until #8the  first 
resurrection1' at the coming of the     
,lord4 ,that idea cannot be  made to    
grow again as it has done4    8#c4 ,that
 kindred doctrine1 the return of the    
,jews to ,palestine1 where  they are    
again to be exalted to peculiar         
privileges1 is exposed1 and  the old    
apostolic doctrine1 that there is no    
respect of persons with  ,god1 is made  
to stand out in bold relief1 so that the
 church must see  and acknowledge it to 
be the truth of ,god4    8#d4 ,it has   
produced a very general conviction on   
the public mind1 that  we are near the  
end of time1 and just ready to appear   
before the bar  of ,god4 ,the general   
outlines of prophecy1 as exhibited in   
the four  great kingdoms1 is seen and   
acknowledged by very many to be nearly  

accomplished4 ,and hence the conviction 
fastens on the mind1 that the  end of   
all things is at hand4    8#e4 ,it has  
developed a vast amount of ,german      
rationalism1 neology and  infidelity in 
the church1 and has demonstrated the    
fact1 that nearly  or quite all the     
theological schools are under its       
influence4 ,and it  has proved1 that if 
the ,lord does not come speedily and end
 the strife1  that the country must soon
 be flooded with this system of neology4
    8#f4 ,wherever it has gone1 the     
,advent doctrine has awakened sinners1  
reclaimed backsliders1 quickened        
believers1 and promoted the cause  of   
,god generally4 ,thousands on thousands 
can witness the truth of  this remark in
 their own experience2 and will have    
cause to bless ,god  eternally for the  
,advent doctrine and ,advent preaching4 
8#g4 ,it has shown professedly orthodox 
ministers to be so degenerate  in their 
sentiments as to make common cause with 
infidels and  ,universalists against the

 coming of the ,lord4 ,and has also     
shown the  church to be so degenerate as
 to cast out her children for looking   
for  and speaking of the return of her  
,lord4    8#h4 ,it has given to the     
church and world a simple1 plain1       
common-sense  system of interpretation  
of the sacred canon1 so that every man1 
who  will take the trouble of reading   
the ,bible and collating the different  
portions of it1 may understand the word 
of ,god without the aid of  learned     
commentaries40          ,,permanency    
,,of ,,the ,,work4      8,no provision  
has been made for the establishment of  
permanent  institutions among           
,adventists4 ,indeed1 we have no means  
of ascertaining  the number of          
ministers1 and others1 who have embraced
 the ,advent  faith4 ,we only know that 
there are several hundred congregations1
 and  a still larger number of          
ministers1 who have publicly professed  
the  faith1 besides many who still      
remain in the churches of the land4     

,those  who have espoused this cause    
have honestly believed in the coming of 
the ,lord #8about ,a4 ,d4 #ahdc2' and as
 honest men they have kept to their     
work of sounding the alarm4 ,all        
peculiarities of creed or policy have   
been lost sight of1 in the absorbing    
inquiry concerning the coming of  the   
heavenly ,bridegroom4 ,those who have   
engaged in this enterprise  are from all
 the various sects in the               
land--,protestant ,episcopal1           
,methodist ,episcopal1 ,methodist       
,protestant1 ,primitive ,methodist1     
,wesleyan ,methodist1 ,close ,communion 
,baptist1 ,calvinistic and ,armenian    
,baptists1 ,presbyterians1 ,old and ,new
 ,school ,congregationalists1 ,old  and 
,new ,school ,lutheran1 ,dutch          
,reformed1 c41 c4 ,all these have       
agreed to work together for the         
accomplishment of a certain object2  and
 the organization to which this has     
given rise1 so far as there is  anything
 which may be called an organization1 is

 of the most simple1  voluntary and     
primitive form4 ,while the engrossing   
and scriptural  character of the grand  
object has kept those who have been     
brought  under its influence above the  
considerations which so generally       
divide the household of faith1 it has   
also made them frank and kind in        
expressing their minor differences1 and 
forbearing toward each other on         
subordinate questions upon which they   
may not see alike4 ,and in this is      
their strength4    8,in #ahdb1 ,robert  
,winter1 an ,englishman by birth1 and a 
,primitive  ,methodist by profession1   
fell in with the ,adventists in this    
country  and embraced the doctrine4 ,in 
the fall of the year he resolved to     
return to ,england1 and proclaim the    
coming of the ,lord4 ,he did return1    
and commenced the work4 ,god owned his  
truth1 and it took effect1 and  many    
have been raised up to join with him in 
spreading the light  through these      
islands of the sea4 ,last summer camp or

 field meetings  were held in different 
parts of ,england with great success4   
8,books and papers to a large amount    
have been sent to ,england1 and         
scattered abroad through the country2   
and several books and papers have  been 
republished in that country with great  
effect4    8,the ,british provinces     
adjoining the ,united ,states1 have been
 visited  and furnished with the light4 
,our beloved brother ,hutchinson1 in    
,montreal1 has published a large amount 
of matter in his paper1 ,the  ,voice of 
,elijah1 and sent it over the ,united   
,kingdoms4    8,but ,i must close this  
brief sketch of the rise and progress of
  ,adventism1 or my space will be more  
than full4 ,but a few only out of  the  
multitude of incidents which should     
enter into a work of this  kind have    
been noticed4 ,but this is all we have  
room to give in the  present sketch4    
,the ,judge is at the door1 and will    
make a more full and  accurate          
development of this great work than     

human heart can indite or  hand record4 
,concerning ,adventism1 it may be truly 
said1 #8,what hath  ,god wrought8'      
8,no cause of a moral or religious      
character1 probably1 ever made so  rapid
 advances as the cause of ,adventism4   
,its votaries have usually  been the    
most humble1 pious1 devoted members of  
the different churches2  men and women  
who love their ,lord1 and to whom the   
thought of his  glorious advent has been
 a source of sweetest pleasure4 ,the    
hand of  ,providence has everywhere     
opened the way1 and provided the means  
for  doing all that human means could   
do4 ,none of the lecturers have made    
themselves rich1 or even held what      
little they had when they embarked  in  
the enterprise4 ,everything has been    
freely sacrificed when the  cause       
demanded it4 ,never have a set of men   
labored more faithfully and  zealously  
in the cause of ,god1 or with purer     
motives4 ,but their work is  with the   
,lord1 and their record on high4    8,it

 is asked what we intend to do1 now the 
time is expired8 ,our answer  is1 we    
intend1 by the ,lord's help1 to spread  
the glad tidings of  the kingdom of ,god
 until it appears4 ,the arguments which 
have been  presented on the prophetic   
history and periods1 together with the  
signs  of the times1 have lost none of  
their strength2 and we purpose to       
continue presenting them until the      
,master comes1 that we may be found     
giving his #8household meat in due      
season4'0          ,,the ,,exeter1 ,n4  
,h41 ,,camp ,,meeting4      ,it was in  
the month of ,august1 #ahdd1 that the   
memorable ,second-,advent  camp-meeting 
was held at ,exeter1 ,n4 ,h4 ,this      
meeting was large4 ,it  was the occasion
 of a general rally from all parts of   
,new ,england1  and many were present   
from other ,states and from the         
,canadas4 ,there  were many tents upon  
the ground1 some of them resembling     
houses of  worship1 in size and shape1  
more than the small tents usually seen  

upon  ,methodist camp grounds4 ,these   
furnished ample accommodations for the  
thousands of believers present4         
,there was a general agreement with all 
,adventists at that time1 that  the     
special providence of ,god had directed 
the ,advent movement4 ,but the  farthest
 point to which the ,jewish year could  
be extended1 reaching  from ,march1     
#ahdc1 to ,march1 #ahdd1 had passed1 and
 believers were left  in a state of     
suspense and uncertainty1 evidently not 
enjoying all the  inspiring influence of
 the ,advent hope and faith they felt   
under the  proclamation of definite     
time4 ,and there were other things      
besides  the passing of the time1 that  
cast a degree of general gloom over the 
,second-,advent cause at that time4     
,storrs' ,six ,sermons on the           
immortality question were being widely  
circulated among ,adventists1 and the   
doctrine of man's unconsciousness  in   
death and the destruction of the wicked1
 was being adopted by  some and regarded

 with favor by many4 ,the time had come1
 in the  providence of ,god1 for this   
question to be agitated4 ,but its       
importance  could not then be seen by   
any as it is now regarded since the rise
  and wide-spreading1 desolating        
influence of ,spiritualism4 ,those      
,second-,advent editors and lecturers1  
such as ,litch1 ,hale1 ,bliss1 ,himes1  
and ,miller1 who did not agree with ,mr4
 ,storrs1 not only failed to see  that  
good could result from the agitation of 
the subject1 but were  grieved that the 
once united and happy flock1 who were   
looking for the  immediate return of the
 great ,shepherd1 should have their     
minds divided  by this question4 ,and   
these men1 who felt the responsibilities
 of the  great ,advent cause1 are not to
 be censured too much for their fears1  
nor blamed too severely for their       
efforts to avoid the discussion of so   
sensitive a question4    ,and while it  
was being feared that a portion of the  
,advent body were  having their minds   

diverted from the all-important work of 
warning  the world of the soon-coming of
 the ,son of man1 by an unnecessary     
discussion of the immortality question1 
others were causing divisions1  and were
 bringing much labor and perplexity upon
 the leading men in the  cause1 by      
urging upon the flock extreme views of  
entire consecration1  or ,christian     
perfection1 then taught by the          
,methodists1 the men of  the ,oberlin   
school1 and others4 ,and not a few men  
and women appeared  in the ,advent ranks
 who professed to be wonderfully led by 
the ,holy  ,spirit4 ,these took their   
position in advance of their brethren4  
,many of  them soon became              
self-righteous1 and1 notwithstanding    
their apparent  humility1 were proud of 
their spiritual attainments4 ,so        
wonderfully  impressed to do this or    
that1 and so directly taught by the     
,holy ,spirit  in relation to their     
entire duty1 how could they err8 ,the   
idea of  mistakes on their part1 in     

doctrine or in duty1 was banished from  
them4    ,viewing themselves far in     
advance of their brethren1 they were    
ready  to teach even their teachers4    
,and supposing themselves directly      
taught  by the ,holy ,spirit1 they were 
ready to reject the instructions and    
corrections of those who labored to help
 them4 ,such persons usually  advance   
rapidly in their wild career4 ,they soon
 fall under the direct  power of ,satan1
 to be impressed and tempted by him to  
do this or that  thing which may be     
sinful4 ,they labor under the terrible  
deception  that all their impressions   
are from the ,holy ,spirit1 and must at 
all  hazards be promptly obeyed4 ,god   
pity the poor fanatic1 who is thus      
goaded on by the ,devil to disgrace     
himself and wound the cause of  ,christ4
 ,in no case could ,satan strike the    
,advent cause so stunning a  blow1 and  
so completely cover it with reproach1 as
 to lead on certain  ones who bore the  
,advent name in the wild career of      

fanaticism4    ,and he knows when to    
strike4 ,the world had just trembled    
before the  solemn message of the       
,judgment hour1 proclaimed with great   
boldness  and power4 ,and believers had 
lifted up one united voice in confident 
testimony relative to the period of     
their joyful expectations4 ,but the     
time had passed1 the world breathed     
easier1 the scoffer triumphed1 and      
believers felt that they had all they   
could do to hold fast1 and not  draw    
back to perdition4 ,this was just the   
time for ,satan to strike4    ,more or  
less had embraced the ,advent faith from
 all those religious  bodies where the  
idea was prevailing that ,scriptural    
sanctification1  purity and holiness1   
consisted chiefly in happy flights of   
feeling1 and  being led in the minuti of
 the ,christian life by impressions4    
,these  had been stirred to the very    
depths of the soul by the proclamation  
of  the second coming of ,christ1 and   
felt that if they ever needed holiness  

it was then necessary1 to enable them to
 stand when he should appear1  and that 
if they should ever follow the leadings 
of the ,holy ,spirit1  it was then1 as  
they were engaged in the preparatory    
work for the  ,judgment4 ,and with their
 false notions of entire consecration1  
they  were in readiness for the torch of
 fanaticism4 ,if ,satan could control   
these1 and bring reproach upon the      
,advent cause1 and sadden the hearts  of
 those he could not destroy1 he would   
gain a victory that would cause  wicked 
men and demons to triumph4    ,there was
 upon the ,exeter camp-ground a tent    
from ,watertown1  ,massachusetts1 filled
 with fanatical persons1 as briefly     
described  above4 ,at an early period in
 this meeting1 they attracted much      
attention by the peculiar style in which
 they conducted their seasons  of social
 worship in their tent4 ,these were     
irregular1 very lengthy1  frequently    
extending into hours of intermission and
 rest1 continuing  nearly all night1 and

 attended with great excitement1 and    
noise of  shouting and clapping of      
hands1 and singular gestures and        
exercises4  ,some shouted so loud and   
incessantly as to become hoarse1 and    
silent1  simply because they could no   
longer shout1 while others literally    
blistered their hands striking them     
together4    ,the tent's company from   
,portland1 ,me41 of which ,i was one of 
the  number1 had pitched close by this  
tent from ,watertown1 before the        
condition of those who occupied it was  
generally known1 little thinking  of the
 annoyances they were to suffer from    
these fanatical persons4  ,but these    
they endured for a while in the hope    
that they would be  corrected and       
reproved4 ,seeing1 however1 that they   
were not the persons  to be reformed1   
and that they grew no better1 but1      
rather worse1 the  ,portland brethren   
moved their tent to a distant part of   
the ground4  ,but this act1 showing the 
assembled thousands that we had no union

  with those we left1 created sympathy  
for these fanatics1 in not a few  who   
viewed all the dangers of the way on the
 side of those who were  disposed to    
formality4 ,these joined with the       
,watertown people in the  cry of        
persecution1 and shouted glory to ,god  
over it1 as if a new and  brilliant     
victory had been gained4    ,by this    
time a general gloom was coming over the
 meeting1 and ministers  who had the    
burden of the work upon them1 felt      
deeply4 ,the wildfire  was spreading1   
and how to stop it was the question4    
,the people were  told of the dangers of
 spiritual magnetism1 and were warned to
 keep  away from that tent4 ,but this   
only caused a crowd of the curious1     
incautious1 and those who claimed a     
right to investigate1 and felt that     
they were responsible to no one1 to     
gather round this tent4 ,and it was     
evident that every hour some were being 
brought under this influence1  several  
of whom were suffering impulse to ride  

over reason4    ,a minister1 possessing 
more natural eloquence than piety and   
real moral  worth1 while attempting to  
preach from the stand1 was rebuked by a 
clear voice from this tent1 and thrown  
into confusion4 8,don't let me  fall1   
brethren10 said he to the large         
congregation who were turning  their    
attention to the tent from which came   
the voice4 8,pray1 and keep  your minds 
upon the subject40 ,he did fall in      
spirit and freedom1 and  his effort was 
a decided failure4    ,elder ,plummer1  
of ,haverhill1 ,mass41 who had the      
especial charge of  the meeting1 made   
appropriate remarks upon the condition  
of things1  with great solemnity and    
deep feeling4 ,he then prayed1 calling  
on  ,god for guidance and help in that  
critical hour4 ,he prayed like a  strong
 man in agony1 whose only hope of       
deliverance was in ,god4 ,he  then      
stated something of his opinion of the  
spirit of fanaticism on  the ground1 and
 exhorted the people to look to ,god for

 help1 and not  suffer their minds to be
 diverted by the interruptions and      
general  noise of the faction on the    
ground1 who were not in harmony with the
  great objects of the meeting4 ,he     
stated1 in the most solemn manner1  that
 he had no objections to shouts of      
praise to ,god1 over victories  won in  
his name4 ,but when persons had shouted 
8,glory to ,god0 nine  hundred and      
ninety-nine times1 with no evidence of  
one victory gained1  and had blistered  
their hands in striking them together   
with violence1  he thought it was time  
for them to stop4 ,but if they would not
  change their course1 it was time for  
all who wished to be consistent         
,christians to withdraw their sympathy  
from them1 and show their  disapproval  
of their course by keeping entirely away
 from them4    ,these remarks helped the
 people generally1 but not those who    
were wild  with fanaticism4 ,but none   
among the preachers and speakers        
generally  had shown up to this time    

that they had the burden of the meeting 
upon  them1 excepting what was seen in  
,elder ,plummer1 in reproving existing  
wrongs4 ,several spoke from the stand1  
but they failed to move the  people4    
,god evidently had a special message for
 that people1 to be  attended with his  
signal blessing4 ,men of ability spoke  
of the great  lines of prophecy1 which  
proved that the advent of ,christ was   
the next  great event1 and of the signs 
that the event was at the door2 but this
  was as familiar to that crowd of      
intelligent believers as the alphabet4  
,just then1 as one was speaking with but
 little force and interest1 and  the    
people were becoming weary of being     
told1 in a dull1 prosy style1  what they
 already knew1 a middle-aged1           
modest-appearing lady arose in  the     
centre of the audience1 and in a calm   
manner1 and with a clear1  strong1 yet  
pleasant voice1 addressed the speaker as
 follows3    8,it is too late1 ,bro4    
----4 ,it is too late to spend our time 

upon those  truths1 with which we are   
familiar1 and which have been blessed to
 us  in the past1 and have served their 
purpose and their time40    ,the brother
 sat down1 and the lady continued1 while
 all eyes were  fastened upon her4      
8,it is too late1 brethren1 to spend    
precious time as we have since  this    
camp-meeting commenced4 ,time is short4 
,the ,lord has servants here  who have  
meat in due season for his household4   
,let them speak1 and let  the people    
hear them4 #8,behold the ,bridegroom    
cometh1 go ye out to meet  him4'0       
,this testimony seemed electrifying1 and
 was responded to by choked  utterances 
of 8,amen10 from every part of that vast
 encampment4 ,many  were in tears4 ,what
 former speakers had said was forgotten1
 and the  spirit of fanaticism1 which an
 hour before lay upon the burdened      
feelings of the brethren and sisters    
like a ponderous leaden weight1  was    
also forgotten4 ,the attention paid to  
those in fanaticism1 and the  opposition

 they were able to call out1 were just  
the coveted fuel to  feed the unhallowed
 flame4 ,and they were destined to      
triumph1 unless  the attention of the   
people could be fastened in another     
direction4  ,this done1 and their power 
was broken4    ,by the request of many  
brethren1 the next morning1 the         
arguments were  given from the stand1   
which formed the basis of the tenth day 
of the  seventh-month movement4 ,the    
speaker was solemn and dignified1 and   
showed to the entire satisfaction of    
that vast body of intelligent           
believers--    #a4 ,that all the        
evidences which had been relied upon as 
proof that the  #bcjj prophetic days of 
,daniel viii1 would end in the year     
#ahdc1 proved  that they would terminate
 in #ahdd4 ,the entire body of believers
 had  been united1 agreeing with        
,william ,miller that the #bcjj days    
dated from  the going forth of the      
commandment to restore and to build     
,jerusalem1  ,b4 ,c4 #deg4 ,this point  

settled1 the figures #ahdc were readily 
found3      ,from                #bcjj  
,take                 #deg              
----      ,and there remain  #ahdc      
,but the speaker showed an error in this
 calculation4 ,he stated that it  would 
require #deg full years before ,christ1 
and #ahdc full years  after ,christ1 to 
make #bcjj full years1 so that if the   
#bcjj years  commenced with the first   
day of ,b4 ,c4 #deg1 they would reach to
 the  first day of ,a4 ,d4 #ahdd4    #b4
 ,that this prophetic period did not    
commence with the year #deg1 in  the    
spring1 but in the autumn of that year4 
,his reasons were--    a4 ,that as the  
seventy prophetic weeks are the first   
#dij years of the  #bcjj1 and as the    
first seven weeks of the seventy1 mark  
the time of the  work of restoring and  
building ,jerusalem in troublous times1 
the great  period must commence with the
 commencement of the work of restoring  
and  building1 which did not commence in
 the spring1 on the first month1  when  

,ezra started from ,babylon1 but after  
he had reached ,jerusalem1  in the      
autumn1 probably on the seventh month4  
8,for upon the first day  of the first  
month began he to go up from ,babylon1  
and on the first  day of the fifth month
 came he to ,jerusalem40 ,ezra vii1 #i4 
,this would  give more than two months  
for necessary preparations for the work 
of  restoring and building to commence  
on the seventh month1 immediately  after
 the great day of atonement4    b4 ,that
 as the words of the angel to the       
prophet ,daniel--8in the  midst of the  
week he shall cause the sacrifice and   
the oblation to  cease10--mean that in  
the middle of the last week of the      
seventy1  ,christ should be crucified2  
and as he was crucified in the spring1  
that  prophetic week of seven years must
 commence and close in the fall4        
,consequently the seventy weeks         
commenced and closed in the fall1 and1  
therefore1 the #bcjj days terminate in  
the fall4    #c4 ,the speaker then      

introduced the arguments drawn from     
those types of  the law of ,moses which 
point to ,christ1 to prove that the     
second advent  of ,him who was then our 
,high ,priest would take place in the   
autumn1  even on the tenth day of the   
seventh ,jewish month4 ,he reasoned that
  as the spring types1 pointing to the  
great events connected with the  first  
advent of ,christ1 were fulfilled1 not  
only as to their nature and  order1 but 
as to time1 so would the autumnal types1
 pointing to the  second advent1 be     
fulfilled as to time4 ,see ,lev4 xxiii4 
,the slaying of  the passover lamb was a
 type of the crucifixion of ,christ4    
,paul says1  ,christ our passover is    
sacrificed for us4 #a ,cor4 v1 #g4      
,the sheaf of the first fruits of the   
harvest1 which was waved before  the    
,lord1 was typical of the resurrection  
of ,christ4 ,paul again says1  in       
speaking of the resurrection of the     
,lord and all his people1  ,christ1 the 
first fruits1 afterward they that are   

,christ's at his  coming4 #a ,cor4 xv1  
#bc4 ,as this sheaf was like the grain  
in all the  wide harvest-field1 only    
that it was the first ripe grain1 so    
,christ  arose from the dead a sample of
 all the just to be raised at his second
  coming4 ,then all the saints will have
 glorious bodies1 like that of  their   
divine ,lord4 ,phil4 iii1 #ba4    ,the  
new meat offering was a type of the     
descent of the ,holy ,spirit on  the day
 of ,pentecost4    ,the speaker stated  
that ,christ was offered a sacrifice for
 sinners on  the fourteenth day of the  
first ,jewish month1 the very day and   
month on  which the passover lamb had   
been slain for sixteen long centuries4  
,that  he was raised from the dead a    
sample of all the resurrected just on   
the very day of the month upon which the
 earliest ripe grain was waved  before  
the ,lord4 ,and that the descent of the 
,holy ,spirit on the day  of            
,pentecost1--,pentecost meaning         
fifty1--was on the day of the month  in 

which the new meat-offering was         
presented unto the ,lord4 ,that new     
meat-offering was fifty days from the   
presentation of the wave sheaf4  ,the   
descent of the ,holy ,spirit upon the   
waiting disciples was on the  day of    
,pentecost1 or fiftieth day from the    
resurrection of their divine  ,lord4    
,and1 therefore1 as the high priest1 on 
the tenth day of the  seventh month1 on 
the great day of atonement1 came out of 
the sanctuary  and blessed the people1  
so ,christ1 our great ,high ,priest1    
would upon  the same day of the same    
month1 come from ,heaven to bless his   
waiting  people with immortality4 ,the  
conclusion seemed irresistible4 ,and    
what  gave it still greater force was   
the harmony of this position with  the  
proofs presented1 that the prophetic    
period of #bcjj days would  terminate in
 the fall4    ,the deepest solemnity    
pervaded the entire encampment4 ,but one
 view was  taken of the subject         
presented1 by nearly all present1       

namely1 that in  all probability the    
speaker was correct1 and that in a few  
short weeks  human probation would close
 forever4    ,but what of the ,watertown
 fanatics8 ,in the intense interest upon
 the  subject of time1 taken by the     
entire crowd1 these were forgotten4 ,no 
one seemed to be affected by them1 or   
troubled about them4 ,in fact1  they    
were quiet till they left the ground1   
and as dumb as if the  special rebuke of
 the ,lord was upon them4 ,this fact1   
that fanaticism  dried up before the    
solemn and searching time-message of    
#ahdd1 like the  morning dew before the 
midsummer's sun1 is of importance to    
those who  suppose that that stirring   
proclamation caused fanaticism4    ,the 
next day1 by unanimous request of the   
people1 the same speaker  repeated1 with
 still greater clearness and force1 the 
same proofs  in support of the position 
that the fast-approaching autumn was the
  time for the great prophetic periods  
to terminate1 and that the types        

pointed to the tenth day of the seventh 
month as the time for our great  ,high  
,priest to come out of ,heaven and bless
 his waiting people4    ,this was       
followed with solemn and stirring       
discourses in harmony with  the time1   
from ,elders ,heath1 ,couch1 and        
,eastman4 ,the specifications of  the   
parable of the ten virgins1 down as far 
as the cry at midnight1  seemed to have 
a natural and forcible application to   
the great ,advent  movement up to that  
time1 and the words1 8,behold the       
bridegroom cometh1  go ye out to meet   
him10 already being heard from the lips 
of those who  were looking to the       
seventh ,jewish month for the coming of 
the ,lord1  had a solemn1 subduing power
 in them1 such as no others had4 ,the   
first  portion of the parable1 and the  
application of it then made1 ,i will    
here give3    8,then shall the kingdom  
of ,heaven be likened unto ten virgins1 
which  took their lamps and went forth  
to meet the bridegroom4 ,and five of    

them were wise1 and five were foolish4  
,they that were foolish took  lamps1 and
 took no oil with them2 but the wise    
took oil in their  vessels with their   
lamps4 ,while the bridegroom tarried1   
they all  slumbered and slept4 ,and at  
midnight there was a cry made1 ,behold  
the  bridegroom cometh2 go ye out to    
meet him4 ,then all those virgins arose 
and trimmed their lamps40 ,matt4 xxv1   
#a-g4    #a4 ,the ten virgins represent 
those then interested in the subject of 
the immediate second coming of ,christ4 
#b4 ,the lamps which the virgins took to
 light their way at the hour of         
midnight1 represent the prophetic word  
of the ,lord4 8,thy word is a lamp  unto
 my feet1 and a light unto my path40    
,ps4 cxix1 #aje4 8,we have also a  more 
sure word of prophecy1 whereunto ye do  
well that ye take heed as  unto a light 
that shineth in a dark place40 #b ,pet4 
i1 #ai4    #c4 ,the five wise virgins1  
who took oil in their vessels with their
  lamps1 represent those who had faith1 

and the work of the grace of ,god       
wrought in them4    #d4 ,the five       
foolish virgins represent those         
professed believers who  lacked true    
faith1 and who had not the work of the  
grace and ,spirit of  ,god in them4     
#e4 ,the tarry of the bridegroom1 the   
delay in the parable1 and the           
slumbering and sleeping of the virgins1 
represent the passing of the  ,jewish   
year1 #ahdc1 the disappointment1 the    
suspense and uncertainty  which resulted
 in loss of faith and zeal1 manifested  
by believers  before the time passed4   
,it appeared evident that the period of 
hope  deferred and general gloom since  
the close of the ,jewish year1 #ahdc1   
was the night of sleeping and           
slumbering4    #f4 ,the cry at midnight 
in the parable1 8,behold the bridegroom 
cometh2  go ye out to meet him10        
represented the solemn message of the   
tenth day  of the seventh month time1   
#ahdd1 already being heard4 ,it was     
suggested  that the night of tarry in   

the parable represented half of the     
prophetic day1 or six months1 extending 
from the passing of the time in  the    
spring1 to the seventh month in the     
fall1 and that the then present  work of
 waking up under the cry1 8,behold the  
bridegroom cometh1 go ye  out to meet   
him10 commenced in ,july1 in the middle 
of the tarrying  time1 or at midnight4  
,and now the work of waking up the      
slumbering believers1 and giving  the   
last warning to the world1 seemed to be 
crowded into a few weeks4  ,those who   
received the message felt the burden of 
the work4 ,language  cannot describe the
 solemnity of that hour4 ,and no one can
 have any  just idea of it1 only        
eye-witnesses upon the grounds1 who saw1
 heard1  and felt for themselves4 ,the  
time for shouting1 and display of talent
  in speaking1 singing1 and praying1    
seemed to be past4 ,the brethren and    
sisters calmly consecrated themselves   
and their all to the ,lord and  his     
cause1 and with humble prayers and tears

 sought his pardon and  his favor4 ,all 
those unhappy divisions and             
extravagancies1 which had  threatened   
the prosperity of the ,advent cause1    
were lost sight of1 and  the watchmen1  
and the people also1 were beginning to  
lift up one united  voice1 with strength
 and heartfelt solemnity1 8,behold the  
,bridegroom  cometh2 go ye out to meet  
him40    ,on returning from the ,exeter 
camp-meeting1 ,i visited the ,advent    
congregation at ,poland1 ,me41 and      
attended camp-meetings at ,litchfield   
and ,orington4 ,at these two            
camp-meetings ministers and people      
became  imbued with the spirit of the   
seventh-month message4 ,the evidences   
upon  which it was based seemed         
conclusive1 and a power almost          
irresistible  attended it2 and the      
fruits of this message everywhere were  
alike  excellent4 ,whatever of          
differences of opinion1 division in     
feelings and  plans of action1 or       
schisms of any kind that had sprung up  

during the  time of suspense represented
 by the tarrying of the bridegroom1 and 
the  slumbering of the virgins1 were now
 being swept away and lost sight  of in 
the onward course of this mighty        
movement4 ,the hearts of the  believers 
were being united as never before4      
,the first evening of the ,orington     
meeting ,i spoke to the people1 and     
stated my convictions that ,christ would
 come on the tenth day of  the seventh  
,jewish month of that year4 ,there was a
 tent's company on  the ground affected 
more or less with the spirit of         
fanaticism1 and  there was a great want 
of that solemnity in most all present1  
which  characterized the recent         
camp-meeting at ,exeter1 ,n4 ,h41 where 
the  evidences in favor of the tenth day
 of the seventh month had been          
presented4    ,as ,i spoke of the       
disappointment1 the tarry1 the          
slumbering and  sleeping1 and the cry1  
8,behold the bridegroom cometh1 go ye   
out to meet  him10 a death-like         

stillness reigned throughout the entire 
encampment4  ,the application of ,advent
 history thus far to these              
specifications of  the parable seemed so
 natural and forcible as to convict all4
    ,and there was no more heard the    
irreverent shout of the fanatic1 nor    
the heartless prayer of the formalist1  
after that evening meeting4 ,as  in the 
days of ,christ's first apostles1 all   
were pricked in the heart1  and the     
inquiry of all seemed to be what they   
should do to be saved4  ,the labor of   
that meeting1 from that time onward to  
its close1 was the  presentation of the 
evidences that the #bcjj prophetic days 
of ,daniel  would end that autumn1 that 
the types pointed to the tenth day of   
the  seventh ,jewish month as the time  
for the second advent1 and that we had  
reached the point in ,second-,advent    
history where the slumbering ones  were 
to be aroused by the midnight cry4 ,to  
this were added practical  sermons and  
solemn exhortations1 setting forth the  

necessity of giving  up the world1 and  
consecrating all to the ,lord4 ,social  
meetings were  marked with great        
solemnity4 ,sins were confessed with    
tears1 and  there was a general breaking
 down before ,god1 and strong pleadings 
for pardon1 and a fitness to meet the   
,lord at his coming4 ,and the  humble   
disciples of the ,lord did not seek his 
face in vain4 ,before  that meeting     
closed1 hundreds testified with tears of
 joy that they  had sought the ,lord and
 found him1 and had tasted the sweets of
 sins  forgiven4    ,the parting was    
most solemn4 ,that was the last         
camp-meeting the  brethren expected to  
attend on these mortal shores4 ,and as  
brother  shook the hand of brother1 each
 pointed the other to the final         
gathering on the immortal shores at the 
grand encampment of the saints  in the  
,new ,jerusalem4 ,tears flowed          
profusely1 and strong men wept  aloud4  
,god grant that those who read these    
lines may see as good a  day4 ,and even 

now1 although more than twenty years    
have passed since  that meeting1 and    
that parting scene1 as ,i write1 my     
being seems to be  inspired with its    
solemn1 humble spirit1 and my tears will
 flow4    ,the ministers all fully      
believed that time was short1 and now   
the work  before us was to fly to every 
part of that wide field1 sound the      
alarm1  and wake the slumbering and     
sleeping ones4 ,in company with one who 
professed the truth1 ,i visited two     
towns each day1 and sometimes spoke  the
 same day in three different towns4     
,congregations were crowded1 and  every 
meeting was wonderfully marked with the 
presence of the ,holy  ,spirit4         
,,character ,,of ,,the ,,work4      ,as 
to the character of the work which      
resulted from giving what was  called   
the midnight cry1 it evidently was the  
special work of ,god4 ,it  was not1 as  
many suppose1 the result of fanaticism4 
#a4 ,because it bore the marks of the   
especial providence of ,god4 ,it  was   

not characterized by those extremes ever
 manifested where human  excitement1 and
 not the word and ,spirit of ,god1 has  
the controlling  influence4 ,it was in  
harmony with those seasons of           
humiliation1 rending  of heart1         
confession and complete consecration of 
all1 which are  matters of history in   
the ,old ,testament1 and are made       
matters of duty  in the ,new4    #b4    
,because it was subversive of all those 
forms of fanaticism which had  made     
their appearance somewhat in connection 
with the ,second-,advent  cause4 ,and it
 is a fact1 that ,satan had crowded upon
 some who bore the  ,advent name1 almost
 every stripe of fanaticism he had ever 
invented4  ,but these were at once      
swallowed up by the solemn power of the 
midnight  cry1 as the rods of the       
magicians were by the rod of ,aaron4    
#c4 ,because the work was marked with   
sobriety1 humility1 solemnity1          
reverence1 self-examination1 repentance1
 confessions and tears1  instead of     

lightness1 exaltation1 trifling1        
irreverent expressions1                 
self-justification1 pride in spiritual  
things1 voluntary humility and  will    
worship1 which generally characterize   
the conduct of fanatics4    #d4 ,because
 the work bore the fruit of the ,spirit 
of ,god1 as set forth  in the ,new      
,testament4 ,it was evidently guided by 
wisdom from above4 ,the  apostle ,james 
declares this wisdom to be 8first pure1 
then peaceable1  gentle1 and easy to be 
entreated1 full of mercy and good       
fruits1  without partiality1 and without
 hypocrisy40 ,chap4 iii1 #ag4 ,paul says
  that the fruit of the ,spirit is love1
 joy1 peace1 long-suffering1            
gentleness1 goodness1 faith1 meekness1  
temperance4 ,gal4 v1 #bb1 #bc4  ,these  
are the good fruits of the work and     
,spirit of ,god1 and these did  all     
appear in an eminent sense as the       
results of the midnight cry4    ,but    
fanaticisms are the works of the flesh1 
the power of ,satan being  brought to   

bear upon the carnal mind4    ,it is    
true that ,satan seeks to clothe his    
work1 as far as possible1  with that    
which may resemble garments of truth and
 righteousness4  ,but the experienced   
observer will not fail to see that he1  
and  those who are brought under his    
influence1 come infinitely short of     
counterfeiting the work of ,god4 ,he may
 succeed in blinding the eyes of  men1  
so that they may not be able to discern 
the difference between the  work of ,god
 and his imperfect mimicry4 ,but the    
work of high ,heaven he  can not        
imitate4 ,and when the work of ,satan in
 fanaticism is carried  out1 and its    
terrible fruit is ripened into          
bitterness1 its contrast  with the fruit
 of the work and ,spirit of ,god will be
 seen as wide as  ,beelzebub with       
,christ1 perdition with all its terror  
and blackness of  despair with the      
matchless glories of the kingdom of     
,god4    ,reader1 there is a difference 
between the road to life1 and that      

leading to death4 ,and these do not lie 
side by side4 ,they are in  opposite    
directions4 ,do not be deceived by those
 who mix fanaticism  with the work of   
,god1 and affirm that the compound all  
came from  ,heaven4 ,neither be deceived
 by those who1 seeing evidence of       
fanaticism  in some who have been       
connected with the ,advent cause1       
denounce the  entire movement as being  
the work of men1 or of ,satan4 ,i here  
enter  my solemn protest against making 
one grand ,second-,advent chowder of    
all that in any way has been connected  
with the great ,advent movement1  of    
truth and error1 of wisdom from ,heaven1
 and the spirit and work  of fanaticism1
 and then presenting it to the people as
 being all the  work of ,satan1 or all  
the work of ,god4 ,such insult ,god by  
making him  the author of fanaticism and
 confusion4 ,they also please the       
,devil1 by  attributing the work of ,god
 which he has tried to mar1 to his      
satanic  power4 ,that they might do     

this1 and make no difference between the
 pure  work of ,god and the results of  
his miserable efforts at counterfeiting1
  is the spur of his ambition4    ,but  
of all the great religious movements    
since the days of the first  apostles of
 our ,lord1 none stand out more pure and
 free from the  imperfections of human  
nature1 and the wiles of ,satan1 than   
that of  the autumn of #ahdd4 ,in fact1 
after looking back upon it for more than
  twenty years as the greenest spot on  
all the way in which ,god has led  his  
people1 ,i do not see how it could have 
been better1 at least so far  as the    
direct providence and work of ,god is   
concerned4 ,it was beyond  the control  
of human hands1 or human minds4 ,men and
 demons sought to  hinder and to mar    
this work1 but the power that attended  
it brushed  away their influence1 as you
 would remove a spider's web1 and there 
stood the work of ,god free from the    
print of a man's hand4    ,but as the   
reader will be better edified by reading

 the statements and  experience of those
 ministers who had the burden of the    
work upon them1  and were imbued with   
the spirit of that solemn message1 ,i   
will here let  them speak in            
confirmation of the foregoing           
statements4    ,elder ,george ,storrs1  
,new ,york1 ,september #bd1 #ahdd1 says3
    8,i take up my pen with feelings    
such as ,i never before experienced4    
,beyond a doubt1 in my mind1 the tenth  
day of the seventh month  will witness  
the revelation of our ,lord ,jesus      
,christ in the clouds of  heaven4 ,we   
are then within a few days of that      
event4 ,awful moment to  those who are  
unprepared1 but glorious to those who   
are ready4 ,i feel  that ,i am making   
the last appeal that ,i shall ever make 
through the  press4 ,my heart is full4  
,i see the ungodly and sinner           
disappearing  from my view1 and there   
now stands before my mind the professed 
believers in the ,lord's near approach4 
,but what shall ,i say to them8  ,alas6 

we have been slumbering and sleeping1   
both the wise and  the foolish2 but so  
our ,saviour told us it would be2 and   
#8thus the  ,scriptures are fulfilled1' 
and it is the last prophecy relating to 
the events to precede the personal      
advent of our ,lord2 now comes the  true
 midnight cry2 the previous was but the 
alarm4 ,now the real one is  sounding2  
and oh1 how solemn the hour6 ,the       
#8virgins' have been asleep  or         
slumbering2 yes1 all of us4 ,asleep on  
the time2 that is the point4  ,some have
 indeed preached the seventh month1 but 
it was with doubt  whether it is this   
year or some other2 and that doubt is   
now removed  from my mind4 #8,behold the
 bridegroom cometh1' this year1 #8go ye 
out to  meet him4' ,we have done with   
the nominal churches and all the wicked1
  except so far as this cry may affect  
them2 our work is now to wake  up the   
#8virgins' who #8took their lamps and   
went forth to meet the  bridegroom4'    
,where are we now8 #8,if the vision     

tarry1 wait for it4' ,is  not that our  
answer since ,march and ,april8 ,yes4   
,what happened while the  bridegroom    
tarried8 ,the virgins all slumbered and 
slept1 did they not8  ,christ's words   
have not failed1 and #8the ,scriptures  
cannot be broken1'  and it is of no use 
for us to pretend that we have been     
awake4 ,we have  been slumbering2 not on
 the fact of ,christ's coming1 but on   
the time4  ,we came into the tarrying   
time2 we did not know #8how long' it    
would  tarry1 and on that point we have 
slumbered4 ,some of us have said in our 
sleep1 #8,don't fix another time2' so we
 slept4 ,now the trouble is to  wake us 
up4 ,lord1 help1 for vain is the help of
 man4 ,speak thyself1  ,lord4 ,oh6 that 
the #8,father' may now #8make known' the
 time4    8,to illustrate the position  
we have occupied4 ,time--the preaching  
of  definite time for the coming of our 
,lord1 was what led us to take our      
lamps1 and go forth to meet the         
,bridegroom4 ,the great truth1 our ,lord

  ,jesus ,christ is coming again1       
personally1 to this earth1 was1 so to   
speak1 the rope let down from ,heaven1  
made fast to the throne of ,god1        
equally immovable as that throne2 by    
faith1 as with both hands1 we took  hold
 of that rope2 under our feet we had    
solid platform1 time1 where  we stood1  
and all opponents could not remove it1  
nor make us let go  of the rope4 ,there 
we stood1 and rejoiced in the #8blessed 
hope4' ,what  our opponents never could 
and never did do1 the end of the        
supposed  ,jewish year #ahdc effected1  
viz3 swept away our platform from under 
us1  and left us with nothing but the   
rope to hold on by4 ,did we let go8     
,some have1 and drawn back to perdition4
 ,but many have continued to  hold by   
the rope4 ,the scoffing winds have beat 
against us severely1  and we have swung 
in the air1 the sport of our opponents4 
,they told  us we were now with them1   
looking for the ,lord's coming1 but     
without  any definite time2 and we have 

been compelled to admit it1 but have    
refused to let go the rope1 saying1     
#8,if the vision tarry1 wait for  it4'  
,but we have not known how long we were 
thus to swing upon the  rope1 without a 
foundation for our feet2 and we have not
 felt the same  joy and glory that we   
did when we stood on definite time4 ,god
 has  been trying our faith1 to see if  
we would hold on4 ,now1 once more1  he  
offers us a platform on which to stand4 
,it is in the twenty-fifth  chapter of  
,matthew4 ,here we have the chronology  
of the tarrying time1  and its duration4
 #8,if ye shall receive it1' you will   
find once more  your feet upon a rock1  
and the glory that the first belief in  
time  produced in our breast1 returns   
with a large addition to it1 even a     
#8joy unspeakable and full of glory4'   
8,the present strong cry of time        
commenced about the middle of ,july1    
and has spread with great rapidity and  
power1 and is attended with a           
demonstration of the ,spirit1 such as ,i

 never witnessed when the cry  was      
#8#ahdc4' ,it is now literally1 #8,go ye
 out to meet him4' ,there is  a leaving 
all1 that ,i never dreamed could be     
seen4 ,where this cry  gets hold of the 
heart1 farmers leave their farms1 with  
their crops  standing1 to go out and    
sound the alarm1 and mechanics their    
shops4  ,there is a strong crying with  
tears1 and a consecration of all to     
,god1  such as ,i never witnessed4      
,there is a confidence in this truth    
such as  was never felt in the previous 
cry1 in the same degree2 and a weeping  
or melting glory in it that passes all  
understanding1 except to those  who have
 felt it4    8,on this present truth1   
,i1 through grace1 dare venture all1 and
 feel  that to indulge in doubt about it
 would be to offend ,god1 and bring     
upon myself #8swift destruction4' ,i am 
satisfied that now1 #8whosoever  shall  
seek to save his life1' where this cry  
has been fairly made1 by  indulging in  
an #8if it don't come1' or by a fear to 

venture out on this  truth1 #8shall     
lose' his life4 ,it requires the faith  
that led ,abraham  to offer up ,isaac1  
or ,noah to build the ark1 or ,lot to   
leave ,sodom1 or  the children of       
,israel to stand all night waiting for  
their departure  out of ,egypt1 or for  
,daniel to go into the lion's den1 or   
the three  ,hebrews to go into the fiery
 furnace4 ,we have fancied we were going
  into the kingdom without such a test  
of faith2 but ,i am satisfied we  are   
not4 ,this last truth brings such a     
test1 and none will venture  upon it but
 such as dare be accounted fools1       
madmen1 or anything else  that          
,antediluvians1 ,sodomites1 a lukewarm  
church1 or sleeping virgins1  are       
disposed to heap upon them4 ,once more  
would ,i cry1 #8,escape for thy  life2' 
look not behind you2 #8remember ,lot's  
wife4'0    ,n4 ,southard1 editor of the 
,midnight ,cry1 ,september #bf1 #ahdd1  
says3    8,before ,god1 whose swift1    
approaching judgment will bring every   

secret  thing to light1 ,i wish to say1 
that up to this hour my professed       
consecration to him has not been        
complete4 ,if this fact makes me a      
hypocrite1 ,i have been one4 ,i have not
 been dead to the world4 ,if all        
,christians are dead to the world1 ,i   
have not been a ,christian4 ,but ,i  now
 say1 let ,christ be all1 and let me be 
nothing4 ,he has a balm for  every      
wound1 for his blood cleanseth from all 
sin2 and ,i1 even ,i1 can  stand        
complete in him4    8,after writing thus
 far1 ,i kneeled and asked ,god for     
direction as to  what ,i should say     
next4 ,i arose and took my ,bible1 and  
opening it1  read ,rev4 vii1 #i-ag3     
#8,after this ,i beheld1 and lo1 a great
 multitude1  which no man could number1 
of all nations1 and kindreds1 and       
people1  and tongues1 stood before the  
throne and before the ,lamb1 clothed    
with  white robes1 and palms in their   
hands2 and cried with a loud voice1     
saying1 ,salvation to our ,god1 which   

sitteth upon the throne1 and unto  the  
,lamb1' c4 ,if this great multitude is  
admitted before the throne1  is there   
anything to keep me from being there8   
,they differ in every  conceivable      
particular from each other1 except in   
two4 ,they have all  washed their robes 
in the blood of the ,lamb1 and have all 
suffered  great tribulation for his     
sake4 ,here1 then1 is the touchstone4   
,is  your robe all washed clean in the  
blood of ,christ8 or have you been      
insulting him1 by trying to patch up a  
robe out of the filthy rags of  your own
 righteousness8 ,alas6 ,i have thought  
that ,i could rest partly  upon myself  
and partly on ,christ4 ,i now cast      
myself naked and helpless  upon that    
mercy which saved the thief on the      
cross1 which received  denying ,peter1  
which honored ,mary ,magdalene as the   
first witness of his  resurrection1 and 
which changed a persecuting ,saul into a
 chief apostle4    8,but can ,i bear the
 second mark8 ,can ,i joyfully endure   

tribulation for  ,jesus8 ,not in my own 
strength1 but his grace is sufficient   
for me4 ,in  that grace ,i believe2     
,lord1 help mine unbelief4    8,one of  
my besetting sins has been a desire to  
please those around me1  instead of     
inquiring simply1 what would the ,lord  
have me to do1 to  be1 and to say4 ,i   
confess this before the world1 but ,i   
cannot confess  that ,i have not thought
 ,i was doing right in publishing the   
evidence  of ,christ's near coming4 ,i  
have not been half enough awake to the  
greatness of the subject4 ,may ,god     
forgive me in this thing1 and grant  me 
grace to be wide awake till he comes4   
,dear reader1 are you awake8 ,if  not1  
it is high time to awake out of sleep40 
,elder ,f4 ,g4 ,brown1 ,october #b1     
#ahdd1 says3    8,i wish to say to all  
my dear brethren and sisters1 who with  
me have  been waiting for the kingdom of
 ,heaven1 that ,i am thoroughly         
convinced  that we are now in that      
portion of the parable of the ten       

virgins1  represented by the cry at     
midnight1 #8,behold the bridegroom      
cometh1  go ye out to meet him4' ,i     
fully respond to the cry2 my expiring   
lamp  has been re-kindled1 and ,i am now
 permitted1 by ,god's grace1 to see     
additional light blazing from the       
,scriptures1 and all converging to one  
glorious point1 the advent of our       
blessed ,lord this very month6 ,my dear 
friends1 ,i have been in an awful1      
slumbering1 sleeping state4 ,i have     
been on the verge of perdition2 though  
,i have never ceased to cherish  in my  
heart the great and leading doctrines of
 the ,lord's coming4  ,i thought a few  
weeks ago that ,i was in a pretty good  
state2 awful  delusion6 ,look out for   
deception6 ,awake1 and trim your lamps1 
or you  will be lost after all60        
,elder ,j4 ,litch1 late editor of the   
,advent ,herald1 ,boston1 ,october1     
#ahdd1 says3    8,i wish to say to my   
dear brethren and sisters1 who are      
looking for  the coming of the ,lord on 

the tenth day of the seventh month1 but 
especially to those who have hesitated  
on the question1 that the  strong       
objections which have existed in my mind
 against it1 are passed  away1 and ,i am
 now convinced that the types1 together 
with the signs  of the times1 are       
sufficient authority for believing in   
the ,lord's  coming at that time2 and   
henceforth ,i shall look to that day    
with the  expectation of beholding the  
,king in his beauty4 ,i bless the name  
of  the ,lord for sending this midnight 
cry to arouse me to go out to meet  the 
,bridegroom4 ,may the ,lord make us meet
 for the inheritance of the  saints40   
,william ,miller1 ,low ,hampton1 ,n4    
,y41 ,october #aa1 #ahdd1 says3    8,i  
think ,i have never seen among our      
brethren such faith as is  manifested in
 the seventh month4 #8,he will come1' is
 the common  expression4 #8,he will not 
tarry the second time1' is their general
  reply4 ,there is a forsaking of the   
world1 an unconcern for the wants  of   

life1 a general searching of heart1     
confession of sin1 and a deep  feeling  
in prayer for ,christ to come4 ,a       
preparation of heart to  meet him seems 
to be the labor of their agonizing      
spirits4 ,there is  something in this   
present waking up different from        
anything ,i have  ever before seen4     
,there is no great expression of joy2   
that is1 as it  were1 suppressed for a  
future occasion1 when all ,heaven and   
earth will  rejoice together with joy   
unspeakable and full of glory4 ,there is
 no  shouting2 that1 too1 is reserved   
for the shout from ,heaven4 ,the singers
  are silent2 they are waiting to join  
the angelic hosts1 the choir from       
,heaven4 ,no arguments are used or      
needed2 all seem convinced that they    
have the truth4 ,there is no clashing of
 sentiments2 all are of one  heart and  
of one mind4 ,our meetings are all      
occupied with prayer1 and  exhortation  
to love and obedience4 ,the general     
expression is1 #8,behold  the bridegroom

 cometh1 go ye out to meet him4' ,amen4 
,even so come1 ,lord  ,jesus40    ,i    
will here give1 as the closing testimony
 relative to the character  of the      
seventh-month movement1 one from the    
8,advent ,shield10 published  ,january1 
#ahde4 ,and let it be borne in mind that
 the 8,shield0 was a  standard work1 of 
#ddj pages1 for all ,adventists at that 
time1 and that  the following testimony 
from it was not published till about    
three  months after the seventh-month   
movement1 when ,adventists had taken    
time  to review the past1 and settle1 as
 was supposed1 upon a firm1 united      
position4    8,it produced everywhere   
the most deep searching of heart and    
humiliation of soul before the ,god of  
high ,heaven4 ,it caused a  weaning of  
affections from the things of this      
world1 a healing of the  controversies  
and animosities1 a confession of wrongs1
 a breaking down  before ,god1 and      
penitent1 broken-hearted supplications  
to him for  pardon and acceptance4 ,it  

caused self-abasement and prostration of
  soul1 such as we never before         
witnessed4 ,as ,god1 by ,joel1          
commanded1  when the great day of ,god  
should be at hand1 it produced a rending
 of  hearts and not of garments1 and a  
turning unto the ,lord with fasting1    
and weeping1 and mourning4 ,as ,god said
 by ,zechariah1 a spirit of grace  and  
supplication was poured out upon his    
children2 they looked to him  whom they 
had pierced1 there was a great mourning 
in the land1 every  family apart and    
their wives apart1 and those who were   
looking for the  ,lord afflicted their  
souls before him4 ,such was its effect  
upon the  children of ,god4    8,while  
none could deny the possibility of the  
,lord's then coming1 and  as the        
fulfillment of some of the types        
chronologically at ,christ's  first     
advent rendered it highly probable that 
those which typified the  second advent1
 would also be chronologically          
fulfilled1 so general an  awakening1 and

 with such blessed fruits1 could not but
 impress many  minds2 and those who were
 not convinced of the soundness of the  
typical  argument1 were led to regard it
 as a fulfillment of the parable of  the
 ten virgins1 in the twenty-fifth of    
,matthew1--as their arising to  trim    
their lamps1 after having gone forth to 
meet the ,bridegroom1 and  slumbering   
while he tarried2 so that the definite  
time was finally  embraced by nearly all
 of the ,advent faith4 ,so universal a  
movement  among those who a short time  
before were comparatively asleep on this
  question1 could not be unnoticed by   
the world4    8,the wicked1             
consequently1 flocked to the various    
places of meeting1  some out of idle    
curiosity to hear1 others out of concern
 for their  spiritual interests1 and    
others still to scoff at solemn things4 
,those  who believed they should so     
shortly stand in their ,saviour's       
presence1  and whose works corresponded 
with their faith1 could not but feel a  

nearness of access to ,god1 and sweet   
communion with him2 and the souls  of   
such were greatly blessed4 ,with a      
realizing sense of such a nearness  of  
the greatest of all events1 as we came  
up to that point of time1  all other    
unnecessary cares were laid aside1 and  
the whole soul was  devoted to a        
preparation for the great event4 ,god   
being more ready to  give than we are to
 receive1 does not permit any thus to   
plead in vain2  and his ,holy ,spirit   
came down like copious showers upon the 
parched  earth4 ,it was then evident    
that there was faith upon the earth1    
such  faith as is ever ready to act in  
accordance with what the soul believes  
that ,god has spoken2 such faith as     
would1 in obedience to a supposed       
command1 bid all the pleasures of this  
world adieu1 having respect to  the     
recompense of reward4 ,such was a faith 
like that of ,abraham's when1  at the   
command of ,god1 he went out1 #8not     
knowing whither he went1'  nor withheld 

his only son2 and here were those all   
ready to join the  multitude1 who       
through faith will inherit the          
promises40          ,,the ,,passing ,,of
 ,,the ,,time4      ,the tenth day of   
the seventh month of the ,jewish year   
#ahdd1 came and  passed1 and left       
impressions upon the minds of believers 
not easily  effaced2 and although a     
quarter of a century has passed since   
that  memorable period1 yet that work   
has not lost its interest and force     
upon the minds of those who participated
 in it4 ,even now1 when one  who shared 
in that blessed work1 and who feels its 
hallowed influence  rekindling upon his 
mind--if in obedience to the injunction 
of the  apostle when he says1 8,call to 
remembrance the former days in which1   
after ye were illuminated1 ye endured a 
great fight of afflictions1  partly     
whilst ye were made a gazing stock1 both
 by reproaches and  afflictions1 and    
partly whilst ye became companions of   
them that were  so used0--shall speak of

 that solemn work1 of that consecration 
of  all1 made in full view of eternal   
scenes1 and of that sweet peace and     
holy joy which filled the minds of the  
waiting ones1 his words will not  fail  
to touch the feelings of all who shared 
the blessings of that work  and have    
held fast4    ,and those who            
participated in that movement are not   
the only ones who  can now go back in   
their experience1 and feast upon the    
faith-reviving1  soul-inspiring         
realities of the past4 ,those who have  
since embraced  the ,advent faith and   
hope1 and who have seen in the three    
messages1  of ,revelation xiv1 the past 
consecration and blessedness1 the       
present  work of preparation1 and the   
future glory1 may go back with us to    
the autumn of #ahdd1 and with us share  
the rekindling of the heavenly          
illumination4 ,was that our ,jerusalem1 
where we waited for1 and enjoyed1  the  
outpouring of the ,holy ,spirit8 ,then  
as all ,christians1 as well as          

,christ's first disciples who were      
present on the occasion1 have looked    
back to the day of ,pentecost with      
pleasure and profit1 so may these who   
have embraced the doctrine of the       
,second ,advent since the memorable     
seventh-month movement1 look back to    
that period with all that interest      
those can who participated in it4       
,the impressions made and left upon the 
minds of believers were deep and        
lasting4 ,however far one has since     
departed from ,god and his truth1  there
 still remains upon the soul of the     
apostate traces of the work4  ,let him  
hear the subject afresh2 let the simple 
facts be again brought  before his mind1
 and he will feel upon this subject as  
he can feel upon  no other4 ,and those  
who took part in that work1 who are far 
backslidden  from ,god1 yet cherish     
regard for the word of ,god and         
,christian  experience1 will yet feel   
deeply over this subject1 and the faith 
of  many of them will be resurrected to 

new life4 ,god grant that these  pages  
may prove a blessing to many such4      
,the disappointment at the passing of   
the time was a bitter one4 ,true        
believers had given up all for ,christ1 
and had shared his presence as  never   
before4 ,they had1 as they supposed1    
given their last warning  to the world1 
and had separated themselves1 more or   
less1 from the  unbelieving1 scoffing   
multitude4 ,and with the divine blessing
 upon  them1 they felt more like        
associating with their soon-expected    
,master  and the holy angels1 than with 
those from whom they had separated      
themselves4 ,the love of ,jesus filled  
every soul1 and beamed from  every face1
 and with inexpressible desires they    
prayed1 8,come ,lord  ,jesus1 and come  
quickly40 ,but he did not come4 ,and now
 to turn again  to the cares1           
perplexities1 and dangers of life1 in   
full view of the  jeers and revilings of
 unbelievers who now scoffed as never   
before1  was a terrible trial of faith  

and patience4 ,when ,elder ,himes       
visited  ,portland1 ,me41 a few days    
after the passing of the time1 and      
stated  that the brethren should prepare
 for another cold winter1 my feelings   
were almost uncontrollable4 ,i left the 
place of meeting and wept like a  child4
    ,but ,god did not forsake his       
people4 ,his ,spirit upon them still    
abode1  with all who did not rashly deny
 and denounce the good work in the      
,advent movement up to that time4 ,and  
with especial force and comfort  did    
such passages as the following1 to the  
,hebrews1 come home to the  minds and   
hearts of the tried1 waiting ones3      
8,cast not away therefore  your         
confidence1 which hath great recompense 
of reward4 ,for ye have  need of        
patience1 that1 after ye have done the  
will of ,god1 ye might  receive the     
promise4 ,for yet a little while1 and   
,he that shall come  will come1 and will
 not tarry4 ,now the just shall live by 
faith2 but  if any man draw back1 my    

soul shall have no pleasure in him4 ,but
 we are  not of them who draw back unto 
perdition2 but of them that believe to  
the saving of the soul40 ,chap4 x1      
#ce-ci4 ,the points of interest in this 
portion of ,scripture are--    #a4      
,those addressed are in danger of       
casting away their confidence in  that  
in which they had done right4    #b4    
,they had done the will of ,god1 and    
were brought into that state of  trial  
where patience was necessary4    #c4    
,the just at this time are to live by   
faith1 not by doubting whether  they had
 done the will of ,god1 but faith1 in   
that in which they had  done the will of
 ,god4    #d4 ,those who should not     
endure the trial of faith1 but should   
cast away  their confidence in the work 
in which they did the will of ,god1 and 
draw back1 would take the direct road to
 perdition4    ,but why apply all this  
to the subject of the second advent8    
,answer3  ,because ,paul applies it     
there4 ,his words1 in the very center of

 the  foregoing quotation from his      
epistle to the ,hebrews1 forbid any     
other  application3 8,for yet a little  
while1 and he that shall come will come1
  and will not tarry40 ,no one will for 
a moment question that the second       
advent is the subject upon which the    
apostle treats4 ,the peculiar  situation
 of those who should be looking for the 
second appearing of  ,jesus1 is the     
burden of his exhortation4 ,and how     
wonderfully applicable  to those who    
were sadly disappointed1 tempted and    
tried1 in the autumn  of #ahdd1 are his 
words4 ,with great confidence had they  
proclaimed the  coming of the ,lord1    
with the assurance that they were doing 
the will  of ,god4 ,but as the time     
passed1 they were brought into a        
position  exceedingly trying to faith   
and patience4 ,hence the words of ,paul 
to them1 just then1 and just there4     
8,cast not away therefore your          
confidence 444 ,ye have need of         
patience4444 ,ye have done the will  of 

,god40 ,to this decision of the apostle 
every true ,adventist1 who  tasted the  
good word of ,god and the powers of the 
world to come1 in the  movement of      
#ahdd1 will respond1 ,amen4    ,but how 
fearful the words which follow3 8,now   
the just shall live by  faith2 but if   
any man draw back my soul shall have no 
pleasure in him40  ,as ,adventists came 
up to the point of expectation in the   
blazing light  of unsealed prophecy1 and
 the rapidly-fulfilling signs that      
,christ's  coming was at the doors1 they
 walked1 as it were1 by sight4 ,but now 
they stand with disappointed hopes1 and 
stricken hearts1 and live by  faith in  
the sure word1 and the work of ,god in  
their ,second-,advent  experience4 ,with
 these who hold fast1 ,god is well      
pleased2 but in those  who draw back he 
has no pleasure4 ,these believe to the  
saving of the  soul2 while those who    
become impatient1 cast away their       
confidence in  the way ,god has led     
them1 and give it up as the work of man1

 or of  ,satan1 and draw back to        
perdition4    ,this and many other      
portions of ,scripture of like import1  
having a  direct application to the     
condition of believers at that time1    
served  not only as an encouragement to 
them to hold fast their faith1 but as  a
 warning to them not to apostatize4 ,and
 a general impression remained  upon the
 minds of believers for some time after 
the disappointment1  that the           
seventh-month movement was in the direct
 providence of ,god1  and that those who
 had been engaged in this work had done 
his will4    ,and according to the best 
light they then had1 there was a general
  agreement that the seventh-month      
movement was the last great test1  that 
the harvest of the earth was ripe for   
the sickle of the ,son of  man1 and that
 the door was shut4 ,that the salvation 
of the soul1 or  perdition1 hung upon   
the manner in which those who heard     
treated that  solemn message1 ,i doubt  
not4 ,and this is especially clear in   

the case  of the disappointed believers 
after the time passed4 ,in holding fast 
and believing1 there was salvation2 in  
drawing back1 the result would  be      
perdition4 ,the view1 however1 that the 
harvest of the earth was  ripe1 and that
 the door was shut1 was soon abandoned4 
,but although all1  long since1 gave up 
this position as incorrect1 ,i fail to  
see why they  should be censured for    
taking it upon the passing of the time4 
,in fact1  the conclusion seems very    
natural1 and ,i hardly see how they     
could have  come to any other4 ,i will  
here mention some of the reasons why    
such a  conclusion was reasonable1 if   
not unavoidable4    #a4 ,william ,miller
 and others had taught that the door    
would be shut1  and that probation would
 close a short time before the second   
advent4  ,in a letter to ,elder ,j4 ,v4 
,himes1 ,october #f1 #ahdd1 he said3 8,i
 am  strong in the opinion that the next
 will be the last ,lord's day sinners   
will ever have in probation4 ,and within

 ten or fifteen days from  thence1 they 
will see ,him whom they have hated and  
despised1 to their  shame and           
everlasting contempt40    #b4 ,and1     
certainly1 that probation will close    
prior to the second advent  is plainly  
taught in the following emphatic        
testimony from ,rev4 xxii1  #aa1 #ab3   
8,he that is unjust1 let him be unjust  
still2 and he which is  filthy1 let him 
be filthy still2 and he that is         
righteous1 let him  be righteous still2 
and he that is holy1 let him be holy    
still4 ,and  behold ,i come quickly40 ,i
 will only add1 that the order of events
 here  given is1 first1 the final       
decision of all men living at the close 
of  probation1 and1 second1 then follows
 the advent of ,him who says1 8,and     
behold ,i come quickly40    #c4 ,all    
true believers expected that probation  
would close as soon as  the tenth day of
 the seventh month4 ,and as the time of 
expectation  drew near1 their burdened  
spirits felt more and still more heavily

  the weight and responsibility of doing
 every duty to others4 ,but as  the     
point of expectation was finally        
reached1 all this burden at once  fell  
off4 ,this was as true of the isolated  
brother or sister1 in some  distant part
 of the country1 as with those in the   
crowded city mingling  with hundreds of 
like faith4 ,it was true of all4 ,all   
felt that their  work in warning sinners
 was done4 ,no one can have a just idea 
of this  great change1 only those who   
participated in the movement1 and came  
up to the time of expectation with the  
burden of the solemn work upon  them4   
,jesus had not come as they expected1   
and why this great change  had come over
 all was a matter of proper inquiry4    
,and how natural the  conclusion1 to say
 the least1 that probation was ended4   
#d4 ,the change that had suddenly come  
over the ungodly seemed to  strengthen  
the conviction that the door was shut4  
,although the passing  of the time1     
removing their fears1 may now be        

regarded as a sufficient  cause for the 
change in them1 yet at that time the    
fiend-like conduct  of many after the   
tenth day passed1 who but a few hours or
 days before  had appeared penitent1    
gave the idea that the restraining      
influence of  the ,spirit of ,god had   
forever left them4    ,in view of these 
things it should not be a matter of     
surprise to any1  that ,adventists were 
agreed that the midnight cry was the    
last great  test1 that the work for the 
world was finished1 and that the door   
was  shut4 ,that this was their faith1  
may be seen by reviewing the writings   
of leading men in the cause1 published  
immediately after the passing of  the   
time4    ,william ,miller1 in a letter  
addressed to ,j4 ,v4 ,himes1 says3      
8,we have done our work in warning      
sinners1 and in trying to awaken a      
formal church4 ,god1 in his providence1 
has shut the door2 we can only  stir one
 another up to be patient2 and be       
diligent to make our calling  and       

election sure4 ,we are now living in the
 time specified by ,malachi  iii1 #ah2  
also ,dan4 xii1 #aj2 ,rev4 xxii1 #aj-ab4
 ,in this passage we cannot  help but   
see that a little while before ,christ  
should come1 there would  be a          
separation between the just and unjust1 
the righteous and wicked1  between those
 who love his appearing and those who   
hate it4 ,and never1  since the days of 
the apostles1 has there been such a     
division line  drawn as was drawn about 
the tenth day of the seventh ,jewish    
month4  ,since that time they say #8they
 have no confidence in us4' ,we have now
  need of patience1 after we have done  
the will of ,god1 that we may  receive  
the promise40    ,the ,advent ,herald1  
for ,november #ac1 #ahdd1 ,j4 ,v4       
,himes1 ,s4 ,bliss1 and  ,a4 ,hale1     
editors1 says3    8,but the alarm was   
everywhere made2 the cry was everywhere 
given4 ,and  again we can see that ,god 
was with us4 ,it was a soul-purifying   
work2  and the children of ,god bowed   

themselves in his presence and received 
blessings to their souls1 unprecedented 
in the history of the ,advent  cause4   
,and yet we are disappointed2 the day   
passed away and we are  still here4 ,and
 those who only looked on1 and passed   
by1 were ready  to exclaim that it was  
all a delusion2 and that now of a       
certainty  we must relinquish all our   
hopes1 and abandon all our expectations4
  ,we1 however1 do not thus feel4 ,as   
great a paradox as it may be to our     
opponents1 yet we can discern in it the 
leadings of ,god's providence2  and when
 we are reviled and censured by those to
 whom the world look as  the ,gamaliels 
of our age1 we feel that they are only  
speaking evil of  the things they       
understand not4    8,those who have not 
been in this late movement1 can         
appreciate nothing  respecting it4 ,and 
we regard it as another1 and a more     
searching test1  than the first         
proclamation of the time4 ,it has       
searched ,jerusalem  as with candles2   

and it has purged out the old leaven4   
,it has tested  the hearts of all who   
heard it1 and awakened a love for the   
,lord's  appearing2 or it has called    
forth a hatred1 more or less            
perceivable1  but known to ,god1 of his 
coming4 ,it has drawn a line1 and       
awakened  sensibilities1 so that those  
who will examine their own hearts1 may  
know on which side of it they would have
 been found1 had the ,lord then  come2  
whether they would have exclaimed1      
#8,lo6 this is our ,god1 we have  waited
 for him and he will save us2' or       
whether they would have called  to rocks
 and mountains to fall on them to hide  
them from the face of  ,him that sitteth
 on the throne1 and from the wrath of   
the ,lamb4 ,god  thus1 as we believe1   
has tested his people1 has tried their  
faith1 has  proved them1 and seen       
whether they would shrink1 in the hour  
of trial1  from the position in which   
,he might see fit to place them2 and    
whether  they would relinquish this     

world and rely with implicit confidence 
in  the work of ,god4    8,and we as    
much believe that we have done the will 
of ,god in thus  sounding the alarm1 as 
we believe that ,jonah did when he      
entered into  ,nineveh a day's journey1 
and cried1 saying1 #8,yet forty days and
 ,nineveh  shall be overthrown4'        
,nineveh was not then overthrown2 nor   
has the  ,lord yet wrought deliverance  
in the earth1 nor the inhabitants of the
  world fallen4 ,was ,jonah a false     
prophet when he preached the time  of   
,nineveh's destruction8 ,no2 he had only
 preached the preaching that  ,god had  
bid him4 ,but ,god had said that #8at   
what instant ,i shall speak  concerning 
a nation and concerning a kingdom to    
pluck up and to pull  down and to       
destroy it2 if that nation against whom 
,i have pronounced1  turn from their    
evil1 ,i will repent of the evil that ,i
 thought to do  unto them4' ,jer4 xviii1
 #g1 #h4 #8,so1 the people of ,nineveh  
believed ,god  and proclaimed a fast1   

and put on sackcloth1 from the greatest 
of them  even to the least of them2 and 
,god saw their works that they turned   
from their evil way2 and ,god repented  
of the evil that he said he would  do   
unto them2 and he did it not4' ,the     
preaching of ,jonah served as a  test to
 the inhabitants of ,nineveh1 and       
accomplished ,god's purposes1 as  much  
as it would have done had the city      
perished4    8,so we believe that this  
last cry has been a test2 and that with 
our  views of duty1 we should as much   
have sinned against ,god1 had we        
refrained from giving that message1 as  
,jonah did when #8he rose up to  flee   
unto ,tarshish from the presence of the 
,lord2' that we should as  much have    
sinned1 had we refused to give heed to  
it1 as the ,ninevites  would in refusing
 to repent at his preaching2 and that   
all who are  angry that we have preached
 a time which has not been realized1 are
 as  guilty as ,jonah was when he was   
angry and prayed the ,lord to take his  

life from him1 because ,god had spared  
that great city40    ,the following is  
from the ,advent ,herald of ,october    
#cj1 #ahdd1 relative  to the suspension 
of meetings in the ,advent ,tabernacle  
of ,boston4 ,the  article from which it 
is taken1 had previously been inserted  
in several  of the daily papers of that 
city4 ,it is important1 as it correctly 
sets forth the views and feelings of    
,adventists at that time4 ,in view  of  
such testimony1 it is vain for any man  
to deny that it was the  universal      
belief of ,adventists1 in the autumn of 
#ahdd1 that their  work for the world   
was forever done4 ,after giving some of 
the reasons  why they expected the ,lord
 on the tenth day of the seventh month1 
the  writer of the article says3        
8,with this expectation we were desirous
 to meet once more1 to mingle  our      
prayers1 and to encourage one another in
 the last work of  preparation2 and for 
this purpose we had met at our          
well-known place of  worship in this    

city4 ,we gave no special notice of our 
meeting1 we made  no appeal to the      
public1 and it was characterized by no  
exercises which  were calculated to     
excite either the mirth or vengeance of 
any portion  of the community4    8,we  
were serious1 we were bowed in penitence
 and prayer before ,god1 or  heartily   
affected by the mutual confessions of   
tried and dear friends4  ,we had no     
ill-feeling to indulge toward any man2  
we felt that we were  done with the     
world1 and had forgiven them the many   
injuries they had  inflicted upon us2   
but stale and silly slanders in         
reference to us  were revived2 the      
restless spirits of the community have  
been aroused2  we could not meet in     
peace1 and our meetings in consequence  
have been  suspended4 ,and we now make  
these remarks to disabuse the public1   
and  with the hope that some1 who would 
not otherwise give their attention  to  
the calls of the present time1 may lay  
them to heart4    8,to the city         

authorities1 who faithfully rendered    
their services1 we  are grateful1 though
 we could not promote the objects of the
 meeting  when such protection was      
needed4    8,we forgive our enemies4    
,they have not injured us2 and oh6 that 
they  could see how much they may have  
injured themselves2 but we have done    
with them now4 ,we expect the           
realization of the promise of ,god4 ,he 
who  delivered ,noah and ,lot2 he who   
brought his people out of ,egypt and    
,babylon1 has promised 7as we believe7  
to save them finally #8by his ,son  from
 ,heaven4' ,we expect it4 ,we have      
hazarded all on that expectation2  and  
we only ask that ,god may give us1 and  
all who look for him1 grace  to abide   
the issue4    8,in behalf of the        
,adventists in ,boston and vicinity1    
8,,joshua ,v4 ,,himes40    ,i have not a
 word of censure for a single soul who  
came to the honest  conclusion that the 
work of warning sinners closed with the 
burden of  the midnight cry4 ,and more1 

,i solemnly believe that the providence 
of  ,god brought us to that position4   
,and there the ,advent hosts should     
have remained1 patiently waiting1       
watching and praying1 until our true    
position could have been clearly seen by
 the light of the heavenly  sanctuary4  
,,argument ,,from ,,the ,,types4        
,in the providence of ,god1 in the      
seventh-month movement the attention  of
 the people was turned to the types of  
the law of ,moses4 ,the  argument which 
had been given1 that as the vernal      
types1 namely1 the  passover1 the wave  
sheaf1 and the meat-offering1 were      
fulfilled in  their order and time in   
the crucifixion1 the resurrection of    
,christ1  and the descent of the ,holy  
,spirit on the day of ,pentecost1 so    
would  the autumnal types be fulfilled  
as to time1 in the events connected     
with the second advent1 seemed to be    
conclusive and satisfactory4 ,the       
position taken was1 that as the high    
priest came out of the typical          

sanctuary on the tenth day of the       
seventh month and blessed the people1   
so ,christ1 our great ,high ,priest1    
would on that day come out of ,heaven   
to bless his waiting people4    ,but it 
should be borne in mind that at that    
time those types which  point to the    
work in the heavenly sanctuary were not 
understood4  ,in fact1 no one had any   
definite idea of the tabernacle of ,god 
in  ,heaven4 ,we now see that the two   
holies of the typical sanctuary1  made  
by the direction of the ,lord to ,moses1
 with their two distinct                
ministrations--the daily and the yearly 
services1--were1 in the  language of    
,paul to the ,hebrews1 8patterns of     
things in the ,heavens10  8figures of   
the true10 chapter ix4 ,he also says of 
the work of the  ,jewish priests in     
chapter viii1 8,who serve unto the      
example and shadow  of heavenly things40
 ,his words mean simply this3 ,in       
,heaven there is a  sanctuary where     
,christ ministers1 and that sanctuary   

has two holies1  and two distinct       
ministrations1 as truly as the earthly  
sanctuary  had4 ,if his words do not    
mean this1 they have no meaning at all4 
,how  natural1 then1 the conclusion1    
that as the ,jewish priests ministered  
daily in connection with the holy place 
of the sanctuary1 and on the  tenth day 
of the seventh month1 at the close of   
their yearly round of  service1 the high
 priest entered the most holy place to  
make atonement  for the cleansing of the
 sanctuary1 so ,christ ministered in    
connection  with the holy place of the  
heavenly sanctuary from the time of his 
ascension to the ending of the #bcjj    
days of ,dan4 viii1 in #ahdd1 when  on  
the tenth day of the seventh month of   
that year he entered the most  holy     
place of the heavenly tabernacle to make
 a special atonement for  the blotting  
out of the sins of his people1 or1 which
 is the same  thing1 for the cleansing  
of the sanctuary4 8,unto two thousand   
three  hundred days10 said the angel to 

the prophet1 8then shall the sanctuary  
be cleansed40    ,the typical sanctuary 
was cleansed from the sins of the people
 with  the offering of blood4 ,the      
nature of the cleansing of the heavenly 
sanctuary may be learned from the type4 
,by virtue of his own blood1  ,christ   
entered the most holy to make a special 
atonement for the  cleansing of the     
heavenly tabernacle4 ,for clear and full
 expositions  of the sanctuary and the  
nature of its cleansing1 see works upon 
the  subject by ,j4 ,n4 ,andrews and ,u4
 ,smith1 for sale at the ,review        
,office1  ,battle ,creek1 ,mich4        
,with this view of the heavenly         
sanctuary before the reader1 he can see 
the defect in the seventh-month theory4 
,it now appears evident that  the       
conclusion that ,christ would come out  
of ,heaven on that day is  not justified
 by the premises in the case4 ,but if   
,christ's ministry  in the heavenly     
sanctuary was to last but one year1 on  
the last day  of which he would make an 

atonement for the cleansing of the      
heavenly  tabernacle1 according to the  
type1 then the conclusion that he would 
on  that day come out and bless his     
waiting people1 would be irresistible4  
,but let it be remembered that 8the law 
having a shadow of good things  to      
come10 was 8not the very image of the   
things40 ,in the shadow1 the  round of  
service1 first in the holy place for the
 entire year1 save  one day1 and second1
 in the most holy place on the last day 
of that  year1 was repeated each        
successive year4 ,but not so in the     
ministry  of ,christ4 ,he entered the   
holy place of that heavenly sanctuary at
  his ascension once for all4 ,there he 
ministered till the time for the        
cleansing of the sanctuary at the close 
of the #bcjj days in the autumn  of     
#ahdd4 ,to accomplish this work1 he then
 entered the most holy place  once for  
all4 ,christ suffered upon the          
cross--not often--but once for  all4 ,he
 entered upon his work in the holy place

 once for all4 ,and he  cleanses the    
heavenly sanctuary for the sins of his  
people once for  all4 ,his ministry in  
the holy1 from his ascension in the     
spring of ,a4  ,d4 #ca to the autumn of 
#ahdd1 was eighteen hundred and thirteen
 years  and six months4 ,the period of  
his ministry in the most holy can no    
more  be defined before its close1 than 
the time of his ministry in the holy    
could be defined before it terminated4  
,therefore1 however much the  tenth-day 
atonement for the cleansing of the      
typical sanctuary proved  that our great
 ,high ,priest would enter the most holy
 of the heavenly  tabernacle on the     
tenth day of the seventh month1 it      
proved nothing to  the point that he    
would on that day come out of the most  
holy place4    ,but just what was       
accomplished on the tenth day of the    
seventh month  became a matter of       
discussion4 ,some took the rash position
 that the  movement had not been        
directed by the providence of ,god4     

,they cast away  their confidence in    
that work1 not having sufficient faith  
and patience  to 8wait0 and 8watch10    
until it should be explained by the     
light of the  sanctuary and the three   
messages of ,rev4 xiv1 and they drew    
back1 to  say the least1 toward         
perdition4    ,others trembled for this 
fearful step1 and felt the deepest      
solicitude  for the welfare of the      
flock1 and exhorted the brethren to     
patiently  wait and watch for the coming
 of the ,lord1 in full faith that ,god  
had  been in the work4 ,among these was 
,william ,miller4 ,in a letter published
  in the ,advent ,herald for ,dec4 #aa1 
#ahdd1 he says3    8,,dear ,,bro4       
,,himes3 ,be patient1 establish your    
heart1 for the coming of  the ,lord     
draweth nigh4 ,for ye have need of      
patience1 that after ye have  done the  
will of ,god1 ye might receive the      
promise4 ,for yet a little  while and he
 that shall come will come1 and will not
 tarry40    ,the following is from the  

cheering pen of ,eld4 ,f4 ,g4 ,brown1   
who was  not only a man of ability1 but 
one who drank deeply at the fountain  of
 advent experience4 ,he saw and felt the
 danger of drawing back1 and  wrote the 
following letter to encourage his       
brethren to hold fast and  believe to   
the saving of the soul4 ,it was written 
,nov4 #aa1 #ahdd1 and  published in the 
,advent ,herald4    8,,dear ,,brethren  
,,and ,,sisters3 ,the great ,god has    
dealt wonderfully with  us4 ,when we    
were in a state of alarming blindness in
 relation to the  coming of the great   
and terrible day of the ,lord1 he saw   
fit to awaken  us from our death-like   
slumbers1 to a knowledge of these       
things4 ,how  little of our own or man's
 agency was employed in this work1 you  
know4  ,our prejudices1 education1      
tastes1 both intellectual and moral1    
were  all opposed to the doctrine of the
 ,lord's coming4 ,we know that it was   
the ,almighty's arm that disposed us to 
receive this grace4 ,the ,holy  ,ghost  

wrought it in our inmost souls1 yea1    
incorporated it into our  very being1 so
 that it is now a part of us1 and no man
 can take it from  us4 ,it is our hope1 
our joy1 our all4 ,the ,bible reads it1 
every page is  full of the ,lord's      
immediate coming1 and much from without 
strengthens  us in the belief that the  
,judge standeth at the door6 ,at present
  everything tries us4 ,well1 we have   
heretofore had almost uninterrupted     
peace and exceeding great joy4 ,true1 we
 have had some trials formerly1  but    
what were they in comparison with the   
glory to be revealed8 ,we  are permitted
 to live in the days of the ,son of man1
 which ,jesus spake  of as a desirable  
day4 ,how special the honor6 ,how       
unspeakable the  privilege6    8,and    
shall we be so selfish as not to be     
willing to endure a little  trial for   
such a day1 when all our worthy and     
honored predecessors have  so patiently 
submitted to the toils and sufferings   
incident to their  pilgrimage and to    

their times8 ,let it never be6 ,we know 
that ,god has  been with us4 ,perhaps   
never before this has he for a moment   
seemed  to depart from us4 ,shall we now
 begin like the children of ,israel to  
doubt1 and to fear1 and repine1 after he
 has so frequently and signally  shown  
us his hand in effecting for us one     
deliverance after another8  ,has ,god   
blessed us with sanctification1 and     
salvation1 and glory1 now  to rebuke and
 destroy us8 ,the thought is almost     
blasphemous4 ,away with  it6 ,have we   
been so long with our ,lord and yet not 
know him8 ,have we  read our ,bibles in 
vain8 ,have we forgotten the record of  
his wonderful  dealings unto his people 
in all past ages8 ,let us pause1 and    
wait1 and  read1 and pray1 before we act
 rashly or pronounce a hasty judgment   
upon the ways and works of ,god4 ,if we 
are in darkness1 and see not as  clearly
 as heretofore1 let us not be impatient4
 ,we shall have light  just as soon as  
,god sees it will be for our good4 ,mark

 it1 dearly  beloved1 our great ,joshua 
will surely bring us unto the goodly    
land4 ,i  have no kind of fears of it1  
and ,i will not desert him before he    
does  me4    8,he is doing the work just
 right4 ,glory to his name6 ,remember1  
you have  been sailing a long1 long     
voyage1 and you began to think          
yourselves  pretty skillful sailors     
until you approached the home coast1    
when the  ,pilot coming on board1 you   
had to relinquish the charge to him1 and
 oh6  how hard it is to commit all your 
precious cargo and your noble vessel    
into his hands4 ,you fear1 you tremble1 
lest the gallant ship should  become a  
wreck1 and the dearly-bought freight be 
emptied into the  ocean6 ,but don't     
fear4 ,throw off the master1 and like a 
good1 social1  relieved officer1 go and 
take your place with the humble1 yet    
sturdy  crew1 and talk over home scenes 
and endearments4 ,cheer up1 #8all's     
well4'    8,you have finished your work1
 and now be patient1 and you shall have 

the reward4    8,it was necessary that  
our #8faith' and #8patience' should be  
tried  before our work could be         
completed4 ,we closed up our work with  
the  world some time ago4 ,this is my   
conviction4 ,and now ,god has given us a
  little season of self-preparation1 to 
prove us before the world4 ,who  now    
will abide the test8 ,who is resolved to
 see the end of his faith1  live or die8
 ,who will go to ,heaven if he has to go
 alone8 ,who will  fight the battle     
through1 though the armor-bearers faint1
 and fear1 and  fail8 ,who will keep his
 eye alone on the floating flag of his  
,king1  and1 if need be1 sacrifice his  
last drop of blood for it8 ,such only   
are  worthy to be crowned1 and such only
 will reap the glorious laurels4    8,we
 must be in speaking distance of port4  
,god's recent work for us  proves it4   
,we needed just such a work if ,christ  
is coming forthwith4 ,i  bless ,god for 
such glorious manifestations of himself 
to his people4  ,don't dishonor him1    

questioning whether it might not have   
been the work  of man1 for he will      
vindicate that1 and his word1 too1 very 
shortly1 is  my solemn belief4 ,do not  
be allured by the baits that may be     
flung out  to draw you back from your   
confidence in ,god4 ,the world and the  
nominal  church know nothing at all of  
your hope4 ,they cannot be made to      
understand us4 ,let them alone4 ,you    
have buried your name and reputation    
once1 and now do not go to digging it up
 again1 when all manner of evil  is     
spoken of you1 falsely1 for ,christ's   
sake4 ,pray for your enemies4  ,do look 
straight ahead1 lest your minds again   
become occupied with  earth--its        
business1 cares1 labors1 pleasures1     
friends4 ,the ,bible1 the  ,bible1 is   
the best teacher now4 ,prayer1 prayer1  
is the best helper4 ,the  next signal we
 have will be the final one4 ,oh6 shall 
any of us be found  with our lamps going
 out when the ,master comes8 ,oh6 how   
impressive the  ,saviour's repeated     

admonition1 ,watch1 watch1 watch40      
,many concluded that great changes took 
place on the tenth day of the  seventh  
month1 closely connected with the final 
destiny of men1 but as  yet there was no
 well-defined position as to what did   
take place4    ,joseph ,marsh1 editor of
 the ,voice of ,truth1 ,nov4 #g1 #ahdd1 
says3    8,we did believe that he would 
come at that time2 and now1 though we   
sorrow on account of our disappointment1
 yet we rejoice that we have  acted     
according to our faith4 ,we have had1   
and still have1 a conscience  void of   
offense in this matter1 toward ,god and 
man4 ,god has blessed us  abundantly1   
and we have not a doubt but that all    
will soon be made to  work together for 
the good of his dear people1 and his    
glory4    8,we cheerfully admit that we 
have been mistaken in the nature of the 
event we expected would occur on the    
tenth day of the seventh month2  but we 
cannot yet admit that our great ,high   
,priest did not on that very  day       

accomplish all that the type would      
justify us to expect4 ,we now  believe  
he did40    ,where are we in the        
fulfillment of prophecy8 soon became a  
matter of  most interesting inquiry4    
,some yielded to the clamors of the     
church  and world1 who called for       
confessions that they had been mistaken 
at  least in the time1 and among this   
number were several able ministers4     
,their fearful course greatly increased 
the anxiety to understand the  real     
position4 ,the hour was a most trying   
one4 ,there seemed to be a  strong      
inclination with many to draw back1     
which ripened in them into a  general   
stampede in the direction of ,egypt4    
,finally1 not a few settled1  with more 
or less clearness1 upon a position      
embracing the following  points3    #a4 
,that the parable of the ten virgins    
represented the great ,advent  movement1
 each specification illustrating a      
corresponding event  connected with     
,second-,advent history4    #b4 ,that1  

in answer to the inquiry1 ,where are we8
 the point of time  was reached1 when   
the words of our ,lord following the    
parable were  applicable1 8,watch1      
therefore1 for ye know neither the day  
nor the hour  wherein the ,son of man   
cometh40 ,matt4 xxv1 #ac4    #c4 ,that  
the time had come to liken1 or to       
compare1 the experience of  those who   
were looking for the kingdom1 here      
called the kingdom of  ,heaven1 with an 
eastern marriage1 and that in order to  
do this1 both  must be matters of       
history1 showing that each specification
 in the  parable was already fulfilled4 
#d4 ,that the time when to compare      
,second-,advent experience with the     
events in the marriage was definitely   
pointed out by our ,lord when he  says1 
8,then shall the kingdom of ,heaven be  
likened unto ten virgins40  ,when8 ,he  
had just closed a description of two    
kinds of servants in  chapter xxiv1 one 
servant giving meat to his master's     
household in due  season1 the other     

smiting this good and faithful servant1 
and in his  heart saying1 8,my ,lord    
delayeth his coming40 ,just then may the
 events  connected with ,advent history 
be compared with the specifications of  
the parable4 ,these two servants had    
been engaged in the same work4 ,but  by 
some means one begins to say in his     
heart1 ,my ,lord delayeth his  coming1  
and smites his fellow4 ,no one who      
wished to see1 could fail to  see a     
clear fulfillment of this illustration  
in the labors and general  course of    
,advent ministers soon after the passing
 of the time4 ,all came  up to that time
 apparently a band of brothers4 ,the    
time passed4 ,some  became impatient and
 cast away their confidence in the work1
 confessed  to a scoffing church and    
world1 and because others would not     
confess as  they had done1 that a human 
or satanic influence had controlled     
them1  they were ready to smite those   
who were strengthening the ,master's    
household with the bread of ,heaven4    

,the spiritual food for that time was by
 no means that teaching which  would let
 them down from the position they had   
taken1 and send them  weeping and       
mourning back to ,egypt4 ,but meat in   
due season was those  expositions of    
,god's word which showed his hand in the
 movement1 and  such cheering           
testimonies as are quoted in the        
foregoing pages in  vindication of the  
,advent movement4 ,how humiliating and  
painful the  fact that ,satan is        
permitted to bring the spiritual warfare
 within the  ,second-,advent ranks4     
#e4 ,that in the sense of the parable   
the ,bridegroom had come4 ,come  where8 
,answer1 ,to the marriage4 ,was the     
marriage of the ,lamb to take  place in 
this world at the second appearing of   
,christ8 ,the ,bridegroom  had not come4
 ,but if the marriage of the ,lamb was  
to take place in  ,heaven1 the position 
might be correct4 ,and right here the   
charge of our  ,lord to the waiting ones
 comes in with peculiar force3 8,let    

your loins  be girded about1 and your   
lights burning1 and ye yourselves like  
unto  men that wait for their ,lord when
 he will return from the wedding40      
,luke xii1 #ce1 #cf4 ,if our ,lord at   
his second appearing returns from the   
wedding1 then the marriage of the ,lamb 
must take place in ,heaven prior  to his
 return4 ,therefore1 the coming of the  
bridegroom in the parable  illustrated  
some change in the position and work of 
our great ,high  ,priest in ,heaven in  
reference to the marriage of the ,lamb4 
,in a letter to the ,voice of ,truth for
 ,feb4 #ai1 #ahde1 ,william ,miller     
says3    8,i presume1 ,bro4 ,marsh1 you 
have seen ,brn4 ,hale and ,turner's     
,advent  ,mirror1 printed in ,boston1   
,jan41 #ahde1 concerning the marriage1  
in the  parable of the virgins4 ,i do   
believe in the main they are right--that
  cannot be the personal coming of      
,christ4 ,why1 say you8 ,read ,luke xii1
  #cf3 #8,and ye yourselves like unto   
men that wait for their ,lord1 when he  

shall return from the wedding1 that when
 he cometh and knocketh1 they  may open 
to him immediately4' ,you see his       
coming1 for which we look1 is  after the
 wedding4    8,has ,christ come in the  
sense spoken of1 ,matt4 xxv1 #aj8 ,i    
think he has4    8,i know many of my    
brethren whom ,i highly esteem1 will1   
and do1  disagree with me on this       
matter4 ,i would advise them not to have
 any  hardness4 ,remember what ,james   
says1 v1 #i3 #8,grudge not one against  
another1 brethren1 lest ye be condemned3
 behold the ,judge standeth  before the 
door4' ,it would seem that in this very 
time when we have  need of patience1 the
 apostle1 by the inspiration of the     
divine  ,spirit1 foresaw that there     
would be danger of grudging1 or grieving
  one another1 and warns us not to do   
it1 lest ye be condemned3 for #8the     
,judge standeth before the door6'       
8,let the dear brethren see to it1 that 
we give meat in due season4 ,let  no one
 say in his heart1 ,my ,lord delayeth   

his coming1 and begin to  beat and      
bruise1 and grudge against his          
fellow-servant4 ,he that seeks  to save 
his life now by conformity to the world1
 or worldly men1 will  lose it2 and he  
that loses his life now for the truth's 
sake1 will find  eternal life40    #f4  
,that the established view1 that in the 
marriage of the ,lamb the  church is the
 bride of ,christ1 was among the errors 
of past times4 ,by  investigation it was
 clearly seen that there were two things
 which the  ,scriptures of the ,old and 
,new ,testaments illustrate by marriage4
 ,first1  the union of ,god's people in 
all past ages1 as well as at the present
  time1 with their ,lord4 ,second1      
,christ's reception of the throne of    
,david1 which is in the ,new ,jerusalem4
 ,but union of believers with their     
,lord has existed since the days of     
,adam1 and cannot be regarded as the    
marriage of the ,lamb4 ,it is supposed  
that ,isaiah liv1 #e1 speaks of  the    
church when he says1 8,thy ,maker is    

thine husband20 but ,paul1 in  ,gal4 iv1
 applies this prophecy to the ,new      
,jerusalem4    ,says ,john1 speaking of 
,christ1 8,he that hath the bride is the
  bridegroom40 ,john iii1 #bi4 ,that    
,christ is here represented in his      
relation to his followers by a          
bridegroom1 and his followers by a      
bride1 is true2 but that he and they are
 here called the bridegroom and  bride1 
is not true4 ,no one believes that the  
event called the marriage  of the ,lamb 
took place eighteen hundred years since4
    ,paul1 in writing to the church1 #b 
,cor4 xi1 #b1 says1 8,i have espoused   
you to one husband1 that ,i may present 
you a chaste virgin to ,christ40  ,but  
does this prove that the marriage of the
 ,lamb took place in  ,corinth8 ,or1 did
 ,paul only wish to represent by        
marriage1 the union  which he had       
effected1 through the gospel1 between   
,christ and the  church at ,corinth8    
,he also says1 ,eph4 v1 #bc1 8,for the  
husband is the head of the wife1  even  

as ,christ is the head of the church40  
,but please turn and  read from verse   
#bb1 and it will be seen that ,paul's   
subject is the  relation and duty of man
 and wife to each other4 ,this is       
illustrated  and enforced by the        
relation of ,christ and the church4     
,those who  suppose that ,paul is here  
defining who the ,lamb's wife is1 are   
greatly  mistaken4 ,that is not his     
subject4 ,he commences1 8,wives1 submit 
yourselves unto your own husbands40     
,verse #bb4 8,husbands1 love your       
wives40 ,verse #be4 ,it is1 indeed1 an  
excellent subject1 but has nothing  to  
do in determining what the bride is4    
,the marriage of the ,lamb does not     
cover the entire period of probation1   
in which believers are united to their  
,lord1 from ,adam to the close of       
probation4 ,it is one event1 to take    
place at one point of time1 and  that is
 just prior to the resurrection of the  
just4    ,then what is the bride in the 
marriage of the ,lamb8 ,said the angel  

to  ,john1 8,come hither1 ,i will show  
thee the bride1 the ,lamb's wife40 ,rev4
  xxi1 #i4 ,did the angel show ,john the
 church8 ,let ,john testify4 8,and he   
carried me away in the ,spirit to a     
great and high mountain1 and showed  me 
that great city1 the holy ,jerusalem1   
descending out of ,heaven from  ,god40  
,verse #aj4    ,the ,new ,jerusalem is  
also represented as the mother4 8,but   
,jerusalem  which is above is free1     
which is the mother of us all40 ,gal4   
iv1 #bf4  ,christ is represented 7,isa4 
ix1 #f17 as the 8everlasting ,father0 of
 his  people2 the ,new ,jerusalem1 the  
mother1 and the subjects of the first   
resurrection1 the children4 ,and1 beyond
 all doubt1 the resurrection  of the    
just is represented by birth4 ,how      
appropriate1 then1 is the  view that the
 marriage of the ,lamb takes place in   
,heaven before the  ,lord comes1 and    
before the children of the great family 
of ,heaven are  brought forth at the    
resurrection of the just4    ,let those 

who are disposed to cling to the old    
view that the church is  the bride1 and 
that the marriage is after ,christ      
comes1 and the saints  are caught up to 
,heaven1 answer the following questions3
    #a4 ,who are illustrated by the man 
found at the marriage1 ,matt4 xxii1  not
 having on the wedding garment8    #b4  
,will any be caught up by mistake1 to be
 bound hand and foot1 and be  cast down 
to the earth again8    #c4 ,if the      
church is the wife1 who are they that   
are called to the  marriage as guests8  
#d4 ,jerusalem above is the mother of   
the children of promise2 but if the     
church is the ,lamb's wife1 who are the 
children8    #e4 ,that the door was     
shut4 ,the clear light from the heavenly
 sanctuary  that a door1 or             
ministration1 was opened at the close of
 the #bcjj  days1 while another was     
closed at that time1 had not yet been   
seen4  ,and in the absence of light in  
reference to the shut and open door of  
the heavenly sanctuary1 the reader can  

hardly see how those who held  fast     
their ,advent experience1 as illustrated
 by the parable of the  ten virgins1    
could fail to come to the conclusion    
that probation for  sinners had closed4 
,but light on the subject soon came1 and
 then it was seen that although  ,christ
 closed one ministration at the         
termination of the #bcjj days1  he had  
opened another in the most holy place1  
and still presented his  blood before   
the ,father for sinners4 ,as the high   
priest1 in the type1  on the tenth day  
of the seventh month1 entered the most  
holy place1  and offered blood for the  
sins of the people1 before the ark of   
the  testament and the mercy-seat1 so   
,christ1 at the close of the #bcjj days1
  came before the ark of ,god and the   
mercy-seat to plead his blood in  behalf
 of sinners4 ,mark this3 ,the great     
,redeemer then approached the           
mercy-seat in behalf of sinners4 ,was   
the door of mercy closed8 ,this is  an  
unscriptural expression1 but1 if ,i may 

be allowed to use it1 may ,i  not say   
that in the fullest sense of the        
expression the door of mercy  was opened
 on the tenth day of the seventh month1 
#ahdd8    ,beside the ark of ,god       
containing the ten precepts of his holy 
law1  over which was the mercy-seat1 did
 the trusting ones now behold their     
merciful ,high ,priest4 ,they had stood 
in harmony with the whole ,advent  host 
at the passing of the time1 then        
represented as 8the church in           
,philadelphia20 meaning brotherly love4 
,and with what inexpressible  sweetness 
did the following words addressed to    
that church come home  to their stricken
 hearts3 8,these things saith he that is
 holy1 he that  is true1 he that hath   
the key of ,david1 he that openeth1 and 
no man  shutteth2 and shutteth1 and no  
man openeth4 ,i know thy works4 ,behold1
 ,i  have set before thee an open door1 
and no man can shut it40 ,rev4 iii1  #g1
 #h4    ,adventists were agreed that the
 seven churches of ,rev4 ii and iii1    

symbolized seven states of the          
,christian church1 covering the entire  
period from the first advent of ,christ 
to his second appearing1 and  that the  
sixth state addressed represented those 
who with one united  voice proclaimed   
the coming of ,jesus1 in the autumn of  
#ahdd4 ,this  church was about to enter 
upon a period of great trial4 ,and they 
were  to find relief from it1 so far as 
ascertaining their true position is     
concerned1 by light from the heavenly   
sanctuary4 ,after the light should      
come1 then would also come the battle   
upon the shut and open door4 ,here  was 
seen the connecting link between the    
work of ,god in the past ,advent        
movement1 present duty to keep the      
commandments of ,god1 and the future    
glory and reward4 ,and as these views   
were taught in vindication of the       
,advent movement1 in connection with the
 claims of the ,sabbath of the  fourth  
commandment1 these men1 especially those
 who had given up their  ,advent        

experience1 felt called upon to oppose4 
,and their opposition1 as  a general    
thing1 was most violent1 bitter1 and    
wicked4    ,the shut and open door of   
the heavenly sanctuary constituted the  
strong  point upon which the matter     
turned4 ,if we were right on the subject
  of the cleansing of the sanctuary1    
then the door or ministration of  the   
holy place was shut1 and the door or    
ministration of the most holy  place was
 opened1 the #bcjj days had ended1 the  
preaching of time was  correct1 and the 
entire movement was right4 ,but let our 
opponents show  that we were in error   
upon the sanctuary question1 that       
,christ had not  entered the most holy  
place to cleanse the sanctuary1 then the
 #bcjj  days had not ended1 the         
preaching of the time was an error1 and 
the  entire movement was wrong4 ,and1   
again1 if the door or ministration of   
the most holy place was opened1 and the 
faith of the waiting ones was  to view  
,jesus standing before the mercy-seat   

and the ark of the ten  commandments in 
,heaven1 how forcible the arguments for 
the perpetuity  and claims of the entire
 law of ,god1 the fourth precept not    
excepted4  ,the hand of the ,lord was   
with those who took a firm position that
 the  great ,advent movement had been in
 his direct providence1 and that the    
time had come for the ,sabbath reform1  
and many embraced these views4  ,then it
 was that our opponents arose in the    
spirit of persecution1  manifesting the 
wrath of the dragon against those who   
kept the  commandments of ,god1 and     
labored to open the door that had been  
shut1  and to shut that door which had  
been opened1 and thus put an end to the 
matter4 ,hence the strong expressions   
quoted above--8,he that openeth and  no 
man shutteth1 and shutteth and no man   
openeth40 8,behold ,i have  set before  
thee an open door1 and no man can shut  
it40 ,nothing can be  plainer than that 
man1 or a set of men1 near the close of 
the history  of the church1 would war   

against the truth of ,god in reference  
to the  shut and open door4    ,and to  
this day those who retain the spirit of 
war upon those who keep  the            
commandments of ,god1 make the belief in
 the shut and open door  odious1 and    
charge it all upon ,seventh-day         
,adventists4 ,many of them1  however1   
are not unaware of the injustice of     
this4 ,some of this people  did believe 
in the shut door1 in common with the    
,adventists generally1  soon after the  
passing of the time4 ,some of us held   
fast this position  longer than those   
did who gave up their ,advent           
experience1 and drew  back in the       
direction of perdition4 ,and ,god be    
thanked that we did hold  fast to that  
position till the matter was explained  
by light from the  heavenly sanctuary4  
,and it may be worthy of notice that    
although the belief in1 and  abandonment
 of1 the shut-door position has been    
general1 there have  been two distinct  
and opposite ways of getting out of it4 

,one class  did this by casting away    
their confidence in the ,advent         
movement1 by  confessions to those who  
had opposed and had scoffed at them1 and
 by  ascribing the powerful work of the 
,holy ,spirit to human or satanic       
influences4 ,these got out of the       
position on the side of perdition4      
,another class heeded the many          
exhortations of ,christ and his         
apostles1 applicable to their position1 
with its trials1 dangers1 and           
duties--,watch--,be ye therefore        
patient--,cast not away therefore your  
confidence--,for ye have need of        
patience--,hold fast4 ,they waited1     
watched1 and prayed1 till light came1   
and they by faith in the word saw  the  
open door of the heavenly sanctuary1 and
 ,jesus there pleading his  precious    
blood before the ark of the most holy   
place4    ,but what was that ark8 ,it   
was the ark of ,god's testimony1 the ten
  commandments4 ,reader1 please follow  
these trusting1 waiting ones1 as  they  

by faith enter the heavenly sanctuary4  
,they take you into the holy  place and 
show you 8the candlestick1 and the      
table1 and the shewbread10  and other   
articles of furniture4 ,then they lead  
you into the most holy  where stands    
,jesus1 clad in priestly garments1      
before the mercy-seat  which is upon1   
and but the cover of1 the ark containing
 the law of ,god4  ,they lift the cover 
and bid you look into the sacred ark1   
and there you  behold the ten           
commandments1 a copy of which ,god gave 
to ,moses4 ,yes1  dear reader1 there1   
safe from the wrath of man and the rage 
of demons1  beside his own holiness1 are
 the ten precepts of ,god's holy law4   
,the waiting1 watching1 praying ones1   
embraced the fourth precept of  that    
law1 and with fresh courage took their  
onward course to the golden  gates of   
the city of ,god1 cheered by the closing
 benediction of the ,son  of ,god3      
8,blessed are they that do his          
commandments1 that they may have  right 

to the tree of life1 and may enter in   
through the gates into the  city40 ,thus
 they came out of the position of the   
shut door on the side  of loyalty to the
 ,god of high ,heaven1 the tree of life1
 and the eternal  city of the redeemed4 
,the reader will not fail to see the    
difference  between their course and    
getting out of the shut door on the side
 of  perdition4 ,god pity the apostate4 
,,the ,,seventh ,,angel4      ,the      
seventh angel1 the last of the seven    
trumpet angels1 had been  supposed to be
 the same as the 8last trump10 which    
will awake the  righteous dead4 ,but    
many among the ,adventists were about   
this time  taking a different view of   
the subject4 ,the six former trumpet    
angels  were symbols1 and each had      
occupied a period of time1 during which 
a  series of events took place4 ,why not
 the seventh be a symbol covering a     
period of time1 during which a series of
 events might also transpire8    ,but   
the scenes connected with the last trump

 mentioned by the apostle1  are         
represented as transpiring 8in a moment1
 in the twinkling of an  eye40 ,not so  
with the events under the sounding of   
the seventh angel4  8,but in the days of
 the voice of the seventh angel10 is the
 testimony  of ,rev4 x1 #g4 ,as this    
entire chapter has a direct bearing upon
 the  subject of the great ,advent      
movement as symbolized by the three     
messages of ,rev4 xiv1 ,i will here give
 it with a few brief remarks of         
application4    8,and ,i saw another    
mighty angel come down from ,heaven1    
clothed with a  cloud2 and a rainbow was
 upon his head1 and his face was as it  
were the  sun1 and his feet as pillars  
of fire4 ,and he had in his hand a      
little  book open3 and he set his right 
foot upon the sea1 and his left foot  on
 the earth1 and cried with a loud voice1
 as when a lion roareth3 and  when he   
had cried1 seven thunders uttered their 
voices4 ,and the angel  which ,i saw    
stand upon the sea and upon the earth1  

lifted up his hand  to ,heaven1 and     
sware by him that liveth forever and    
ever1 who created  ,heaven1 and the     
things that therein are1 and the earth1 
and the things  that therein are1 and   
the sea1 and the things which are       
therein1 that  there should be time no  
longer40 ,verses #a-f4    ,i will       
briefly call attention to the following 
points in the above  quotation3    #a4  
,the angel1 in a most solemn manner1    
swore that there should be  time no     
longer4 ,this does not mean that with   
the oath of the angel1  time1 as        
measured by days1 months and years1     
would cease2 for the  next verse speaks 
of the 8days0 of the voice of the       
seventh angel4  ,and even from the      
second advent of ,christ and the        
resurrection of the  just1 a thousand   
years are marked as reaching to the     
resurrection of  the unjust4 ,in fact1  
while the earth and the sun and moon    
shall endure  and continue their        
revolutions1 so long will there be days1

 months  and years4 ,and there is no    
scripture evidence that these bodies    
will  ever cease to exist4 ,the oath of 
the angel1 therefore1 must refer to     
prophetic time4    #b4 ,the angel holds 
in his hand1 as he swears upon the      
subject of time1  a little book open4   
,it may be inferred from this language1 
that this  book was at some time closed 
up4 ,this was true of the book of       
,daniel4  8,but thou1 ,o ,daniel1 shut  
up the words and seal the book1 even to 
the  time of the end2 many shall run to 
and fro1 and knowledge shall be         
increased40 ,dan4 xii1 #d4 ,it was to be
 sealed only to the time of the  end1   
when it was to be opened1 knowledge of  
the subject of which it  treats should  
be increased1 and many run to and fro in
 the ,scriptures  and obtain knowledge  
upon the subject4 ,if this open book in 
the hand  of the angel represents the   
unsealed book of ,daniel1 how forcible  
the  application of his solemn oath to  
the manner in which the close of        

prophetic time was proclaimed in #ahdd4 
,the oath of this angel must be regarded
 as a symbol of a most solemn  and      
positive message proclaimed by the      
servants of ,god4 ,his right foot  upon 
the earth1 and his left upon the sea1   
represent its extent1 and  shows that it
 was to be borne to the people by sea   
and by land4 ,the  prophet continues3   
8,but in the days of the voice of the   
seventh angel1 when he shall begin  to  
sound1 the mystery of ,god shall be     
finished1 as he hath declared to  his   
servants1 the prophets40 ,verse #g4     
,why introduce the sounding of the      
seventh angel thus1 unless his  sounding
 commenced with the termination of the  
prophetic time8 ,he is  to continue his 
sounding a period of days1 probably     
prophetic1 meaning  years1 and in the   
beginning of his sounding1 or during the
 first  portion of the period of his    
sounding1 the mystery of ,god is to be  
finished4 ,this mystery is the gospel   
considered with especial reference  to  

the means by which its blessings are    
secured to the nations of the  earth4   
,it is something which1 before the      
apostles' days1 even from the           
foundation of the world1 was not made   
known as it was then revealed4  ,rom4   
xvi1 #be1 #bf2 ,eph4 iii1 #c-e4 ,it was 
known that the woman's seed  should     
bruise the serpent's head1 and that in  
,abraham and his seed  should all the   
nations of the earth be blessed2 but how
 this was to  be accomplished was not   
understood till more fully revealed at  
the  first advent of the ,saviour1 and  
set forth by the preaching of his       
apostles4 ,before this it was not seen  
that when the ,redeemer should be       
manifested to the world1 all walls of   
partition shall be broken down1  all    
distinctions be obliterated1 and ,jew   
and ,gentile1 male and female1  bond and
 free1 be on equal terms and in equal   
measure blessed in him4  ,hence ,paul   
presents as the distinguishing feature  
of the mystery of  ,god1 the fact 8that 

the ,gentiles should be fellow-heirs1   
and of the  same body1 and partakers of 
the promise in ,christ by the gospel10  
and  that in ,christ all might be       
gathered together in one4 ,eph4 iii1 #f2
 i1  #i1 #aj4 ,hence we more fully      
define the mystery of ,god to mean the  
great  plan of salvation1 as it centers 
in the work of ,christ1 and is revealed 
in the ,new ,testament4 ,see also ,eph4 
vi1 #ai2 ,col4 iv1 #c2 and ,gal4 i1 #aa1
  #ab1 compared with ,eph4 iii1 #c4     
,the finishing of the mystery of ,god is
 the completion of the great  plan of   
salvation in connection with ,christ's  
ministry in the heavenly  sanctuary4 ,in
 the type the yearly round of service   
was finished on the  tenth day of the   
seventh month4 ,in the antitype ,christ 
entered the  most holy place of the     
heavenly sanctuary at the end of the    
#bcjj days1  to finish the great plan of
 salvation4 ,the mystery of ,god was to 
be  finished1 as he had declared by his 
servants1 the prophets2 and the         

cleansing of the sanctuary spoken of by 
the prophet ,daniel1 is only  another   
expression signifying the same thing as 
the finishing of the  mystery of ,god4  
,hence the seventh angel began to sound 
at the close of  the #bcjj days1 in     
#ahdd1 when the cleansing of the        
sanctuary1 or the  finishing of the     
mystery of ,god1 commenced4    ,a series
 of events to occur under the sounding  
of the seventh angel  is mentioned in   
chapter xi4 ,after the announcement1 in 
verses #ae-ag1  of his sounding1 during 
which period all earthly kingdoms are to
 pass  into the hands of the ,king of   
kings1 an event which interests both    
earth and ,heaven1 and calls for the    
grateful thanks of the good of both     
worlds1 this series is given as follows3
    #a4 8,and the nations were angry40  
,this is supposed to have reference to  
the political commotions and wars of the
 nations1 which the prophets of  ,god   
have described as marking the closing   
hours of probation4    #b4 8,and thy    

wrath is come40 ,this has reference to  
the seven last  plagues1 which will be  
poured out immediately following the    
ministry of  ,christ in the heavenly    
sanctuary4    #c4 8,and the time of the 
dead1 that they should be judged40 ,this
 is  not the investigative ,judgment of 
the righteous4 ,that closes with the    
ministry of ,christ in the heavenly     
sanctuary4 ,it is the ,judgment of  the 
wicked dead4 ,we are therefore carried  
forward in this third event  to the time
 of ,christ's appearing in the clouds of
 heaven1 and the  resurrection of the   
just1 when he and they will sit in      
,judgment on the  cases of the wicked   
during the one thousand years4    #d4   
8,and that thou shouldst give reward    
unto thy servants1 the prophets1  and to
 the saints1 and them that fear thy     
name1 small and great0 ,it is  true that
 all these receive immortality at the   
second coming of ,christ1  at the       
commencement of this great ,judgment    
period2 but their reward  embraces the  

promised inheritance1 the new earth1    
which will not appear  till the close of
 the one thousand years4 8,blessed are  
the meek for  they shall inherit the    
earth40 ,then1 at the close of the one  
thousand  years1 will the prophets1 the 
saints1 and all who fear the name of    
,god1  both small and great1 receive    
their full reward4    #e4 8,and shouldst
 destroy them which destroy the earth40 
,this is also  the period of the final  
destruction of ,god's enemies1 who have 
taken  part in destroying 7corrupting1  
margin17 the earth4 ,and here closes    
the sounding of the seventh angel1 or   
the third woe4 ,the prophet still       
continues3    8,and the voice which ,i  
heard from ,heaven spake unto me again1 
and said1  ,go1 and take the little book
 which is open in the hand of the angel 
which standeth upon the sea and upon the
 earth4 ,and ,i went unto the  angel1   
and said unto him1 ,give me the little  
book4 ,and he said unto  me1 ,take it1  
and eat it up2 and it shall make thy    

belly bitter1 but it  shall be in thy   
mouth sweet as honey4 ,and ,i took the  
little book out of  the angel's hand1   
and ate it up2 and it was in my mouth   
sweet as honey2  and as soon as ,i had  
eaten it my belly was bitter40 ,verses  
#h-aj4    ,in this highly-figurative    
portion of the prophecy1 ,john1 in      
receiving  the little book from the hand
 of the angel1 represents those who     
received the doctrine of the coming and 
kingdom of ,christ1 as  proclaimed in   
connection with the time1 based upon the
 prophecy of  ,daniel4 ,his eating the  
little book1 and enjoying its sweetness1
  represents the holy delight with which
 they feasted upon the gospel of  the   
coming kingdom4 ,in the symbol1 the     
little book in the mouth of ,john  was  
as sweet as honey4 8,what is sweeter    
than honey80 ,and what could  feast the 
consecrated soul1 imbued with the love  
of ,jesus1 as the news  of his soon     
return in glory1 with all the holy      
angels1 to redeem those  who loved and  

looked for his appearing8    ,but in the
 symbol there is a change from the      
sweetness of honey to  bitterness4 ,this
 represents the change from the joy of  
bright hope to  the painful sadness of  
disappointment1 experienced by believers
 at the  passing of the time4 ,the hope 
and faith had been to them an anchor  in
 the storm1 a shield in the fight1 and  
their exceeding joy all the  day long2  
and as they drew near the point of      
expectation1 their hopes  grew brighter1
 their faith stronger1 and their joys   
were complete4  ,the time passed2 and   
only those who felt it can form any idea
 of the  bitterness of that             
disappointment4 ,probably there never   
has been a time  since the crucifixion1 
that the high expectations and bright   
hopes  of the disciples of ,jesus1 have 
been so completely crushed as at the    
passing of the time in #ahdd4 ,and the  
feelings of the many thousands of       
disappointed ones were like those       
expressed by ,mary3 8,they have taken   

away the ,lord out of the sepulchre1 and
 we know not where they have  laid him40
    ,a good degree of relief1 however1  
very soon came in the well-defined      
position that there was a time of       
waiting for the ,lord1 and trial of     
faith1 after just such a disappointment 
as believers had experienced4  ,and with
 it came also the general impression    
that our work1 in bearing  testimony to 
the world1 was finished4 ,the solemn    
announcement of the  hour of ,god's     
,judgment1 in the first message of ,rev4
 xiv1 had been  made4 ,the stirring     
testimony in reference to the condition 
of those who  rejected this message1 and
 still clung to a corrupted             
,christianity1  symbolized by the second
 message1 had been borne4 ,everywhere   
among  believers had been heard the     
solemn cry1 8,babylon is fallen1 is     
fallen40 8,come out of her my people40  
,and these messages were clearly  seen  
to be in the past4    ,but when was the 
third message to be given8 ,this is one 

of the series1  all of which are to be  
given in the history of ,god's people in
 this  mortal state4 ,this is as        
distinctly marked in the prophetic      
sketch  of ,rev4 xiv1 as the first and  
second messages are4 ,and although the  
disappointed ones felt for a time that  
their work in warning the world  was    
done1 yet ,god designed to roll upon    
them again the burden of his  work1 and 
they go forth and proclaim the third    
message4 ,this work1  dear reader1 is   
most clearly pointed out in the         
remaining verse of the  chapter upon    
which ,i have been commenting3 8,and he 
said unto me1 ,thou  must prophesy again
 before many peoples and nations and    
tongues and  kings40    ,to prophesy    
sometimes means simply to teach1 as in  
#a ,cor4 xi1 #d1  #e2 xiv1 #c1 #bd2     
,matt4 vii1 #bb4 ,in the first and      
second messages the  prophecies had been
 opened to the people1 and they had been
 taught the  solemn and stirring truths 
relating to the ,judgment4 ,believers   

had come  up to the time of expectation 
with a testimony for the people1 and the
  burden of the work upon them4 ,the    
time passed1 and with it also passed    
from them the burden of the work1 and   
they suddenly found themselves          
destitute of any message for the people4
 ,they felt that their work was  done   
for the world4 ,in that position they   
should have waited until the  great     
truths connected with the third message 
were seen by the light of  the heavenly 
sanctuary1 and the ,spirit of ,god      
impressed them with the  new work before
 them1 to proclaim the third message1   
expressed by the  prophetic words1      
8,thou must prophesy teach the people   
again40 ,this  brings me to consider    
briefly the three messages of ,rev4 xiv4
          ,,the ,,first ,,message4      
8,and ,i saw another angel fly in the   
midst of heaven1 having the  everlasting
 gospel to preach unto them that dwell  
on the earth1 and to  every nation1 and 
kindred1 and tongue1 and people1 saying 

with a loud  voice1 ,fear ,god1 and give
 glory to him2 for the hour of his      
,judgment  is come2 and worship him that
 made heaven and earth1 and the sea1 and
  the fountains of waters40 ,rev4 xiv1  
#f1 #g4    ,this is called the first    
angel1 because it is the first of the   
series4  ,see verse #i4 ,john calls it  
8another angel10 from the fact that he  
had  previously seen an angel flying in 
the midst of heaven4    ,this           
proclamation is one of pre-eminent      
importance4 ,it is not a mere  local    
judgment1 but one that concerns all the 
inhabitants of the  earth4 ,hence it has
 reference to the final ,judgment scene4
 ,it is the  same gospel that ,paul     
preached that is here styled the        
8everlasting  gospel40 ,but the great   
truth uttered by this angel would not   
have  been a truth if uttered by ,paul1 
for he lived at the commencement of  the
 gospel dispensation1 and this          
proclamation relates to its closing     
scenes4 ,it seems to be the same as     

8this gospel of the kingdom10 that  our 
,lord presents in ,matt4 xxiv1 #ad1 as  
the sign of the end of this             
dispensation1 and which was to be       
preached in all the world for a  witness
 unto all nations before the end should 
come4    ,the truth on this point is    
well expressed in the following language
 of  the late ,mr4 ,bliss1 editor of the
 ,advent ,herald1 ,december #ad1 #ahej3 
8,as an indication of the approach of   
the end1 there was1 however1 to  be seen
 another angel flying through the midst 
of heaven1 having the  everlasting      
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on
 the earth1 and to  every nation1 and   
kindred1 and tongue1 and people4 ,rev4  
xiv1 #f4 ,the  burden of this angel was 
to be the same gospel which had been    
before  proclaimed2 but connected with  
it was the additional motive of the     
proximity of the kingdom1 #8saying with 
a loud voice1 ,fear ,god1 and  give     
glory to him2 for the hour of his       
,judgment is come2 and worship  him that

 made heaven and earth1 and the sea1 and
 the fountains of  waters4' ,verse #g4  
,no mere preaching of the gospel without
 announcing  its proximity1 could       
fulfill this message40    ,in harmony   
with this testimony from the editor of  
the ,herald1 ,i  will here give another 
from a tract on prophecy1 published by  
,j4 ,v4  ,himes about the same time1    
which also speaks of the character of   
the  message and the time of its        
application4 ,the title of the tract is 
8,our  ,specific ,work40    8,the       
proclamation of an everlasting gospel1  
#8,the hour of his ,judgment  is come1' 
,rev4 xiv1 #f1 #g1 is the leading       
,advent proclamation4    8,the facts    
summed up are these3 ,john1 looking into
 the distant future1  gazing upon the   
theatre of the final conflict1 sees a   
messenger1 a  minister of an everlasting
 gospel1 fly through mid-heaven1 with a 
special1 elevated1 joyous1 public1      
proclamation1 requiring haste and       
extraordinary energy in its delivery4   

,the proclamation contains a  fact1 and 
a command founded upon that fact4 #a4   
,the fact3 #8,the hour of  his ,judgment
 is come4' #b4 ,the command3 #8,fear    
,god1' c4 ,these are the  elements of   
this special commission4 ,the work of   
this symbol agent is  thus clearly      
defined2 no terms more specific4        
8,does this messenger symbolize a class 
of teachers8 ,such has been the  general
 understanding of expositors4 ,mr4      
,wesley and ,dr4 ,benson so  interpret  
the passage4 ,on this point there is    
great unanimity4 ,it is  plain from the 
fact that it is said to preach4 ,that   
class of people is  modern4 ,mr4 ,wesley
 and ,dr4 ,benson make this messenger   
symbolize the  ,protestant reformers in 
the days of ,luther4 ,with their view   
agree a  mass of expositors4 ,this      
commission1 however1 cannot be          
,luther's4    8,that body must exist    
somewhere1 and1 in its character and in 
the  nature of its work1 it must agree  
with the symbol messenger4 ,they  must  

agree as face to face in a mirror4 ,can 
such a body be found8 ,the  proclamation
 above stated has been heard4 ,the world
 can bear testimony  to this4 ,the cry1 
#8,the hour of his ,judgment is come1'  
sounded through  all ,christendom4 ,the 
multitudes heard1 and scoffed1 or       
trembled4 ,by  what body of believers   
was this proclamation made8 ,not by     
those who  taught that that ,judgment   
was a thousand years in the future4 ,no 
church  which holds to the doctrine of a
 spiritual reign can be that body1 as   
the elements of their proclamation      
flatly contradict those elements  above 
stated4 ,such a body now existing can be
 found alone among those  who constitute
 the ,advent believers in ,europe and   
,america40    ,in proof that this       
message has not been fulfilled in the   
history of the  church in ages past1 ,i 
offer the following reasons3    #a4 ,no 
proclamation of the hour of ,god's      
,judgment come1 has ever been  made in  
any past age4    #b4 ,if such a         

proclamation had been made many         
centuries in the past1 as  some contend1
 it would have been a false one4    #c4 
,the prophecies on which such a         
proclamation to men in a state of       
probation must be based1 were closed up 
and sealed to the time of the  end4     
#d4 ,the ,scriptures plainly locate the 
message of warning respecting the       
,judgment in a brief space immediately  
preceding the advent of our ,lord2  thus
 directly contradicting the view that   
locates these messages in  past ages4   
,we now offer proof in support of the   
foregoing propositions4 ,if they  are   
sustained1 they establish the fact that 
the present generation  is that one to  
which the angels' messages are          
addressed4 ,we earnestly  invite all who
 wish the truth1 to weigh this part of  
the argument with  especial care4    #a4
 ,has the proclamation of the hour of   
,god's ,judgment come1 been made  in any
 past age8 ,if such a proclamation has  
never been made in past  centuries1     

there is an end to controversy on this  
part of the subject4  ,no persons have  
ever been able to show any such         
proclamation in the  past4 ,the apostles
 did not make such a proclamation4 ,on  
the contrary1  they plainly inform us   
that the day of the ,lord was not then  
at hand4  ,martin ,luther did not make  
this proclamation2 for he thought the   
,judgment about three hundred years in  
the future4 ,and finally1 the  history  
of the church presents no such          
proclamation in the past4 ,had  the     
first angel preached to every nation1   
and kindred1 and tongue1 and  people1   
that the hour of ,god's ,judgment had   
come1 the publicity of  such a          
proclamation would be a sufficient      
guaranty that the history  of the world 
would contain some record of the fact4  
,its total silence  respecting such a   
proclamation1 is ample proof that it    
never was made1  and should put to      
silence those who make such an          
affirmation4    #b4 ,we are on firm     

ground1 also1 when we say that had such 
a  proclamation been made to the world  
in past ages1 it would have been a      
false proclamation4 ,four reasons       
sustain this statement4 #a4 ,there is no
  part of the ,bible on which such a    
message1 centuries in the past1 could   
have been based4 ,hence had such a      
proclamation been made1 it would have   
been without scriptural foundation1 and 
consequently not from ,heaven4  #b4 ,it 
would have been in direct opposition to 
those scriptures which  locate the      
,judgment1 and the warning respecting   
its approach1 in the  period of the last
 generation4 ,the scriptures which      
sustain these two  reasons we shall     
presently cite4 #c4 ,the history of the 
world amply  evinces that the hour of   
,god's ,judgment had not come ages in   
the past4  #d4 ,nor would it be true of 
past ages1 if limited to ,babylon4 ,for 
,rev4  xviii1 #h-aj1 clearly shows that 
the hour of ,babylon's ,judgment is  yet
 in the future4 ,it is certain1         

therefore1 that the angel with the      
proclamation respecting the hour of     
,god's ,judgment1 has not given it at  a
 time when it would be not only         
destitute of scriptural support1 but    
would absolutely contradict their plain 
testimony4    #c4 ,the prophecies which 
give us the time of the ,judgment1 and  
which present the succession of events  
leading down to that great  crisis1 were
 closed up and sealed till the time of  
the end4 ,we refer  particularly to the 
prophecies of ,daniel4 ,see chap4 viii1 
#ag1 #bf2  xii1 #d1 #i4 ,hence it is    
evident that ,god reserves the warning  
to that  generation which alone needs   
it4 ,noah's warning respecting the      
flood1  was alone applicable to those   
who should witness it2 thus also the    
warning respecting the ,judgment is     
alone applicable to that generation     
which lives in the last days4    #d4    
,the ,bible locates these messages in   
the period which immediately  precedes  
the second advent1 and plainly warns us 

against the  proclamation of the        
,judgment at hand prior to that time4   
,here we join  issue with our opponents4
 ,instead of finding that the apostles  
gave  this proclamation1 as some teach1 
we shall find indubitable evidence  that
 they located this warning far in the   
future1 and that they  admonished the   
church to heed none that should precede 
a given time4  ,if we recur to the book 
of ,acts1 we shall find ,paul preaching 
before  ,felix1 of the ,judgment to     
come2 and before the ,athenians1 that   
,god  hath appointed a day in which he  
will judge the world in righteousness   
by ,jesus ,christ4 ,acts xxiv1 #be2     
xvii1 #ca4 ,but that book nowhere       
intimates that ,christ was immediately  
coming to ,judgment4 ,peter points  his 
hearers to the future1 saying1 that the 
heavens which had then  received        
,christ1 must retain him until the times
 of restitution4 ,acts  iii1 #ba4       
,the first epistle to the ,thessalonians
 may seem to teach that the  apostles   

expected the coming of ,christ to       
,judgment in their day4  ,indeed1 it is 
evident that such an idea was received  
from it by the  ,thessalonian church4   
,hence it was1 that in his second       
epistle to them1  ,paul found it        
necessary to speak explicitly on the    
point4 ,he tells them  that the coming  
of ,christ to the ,judgment could not   
take place until  the great apostasy2   
and as the result of that apostasy1 that
 the ,man of  ,sin should be revealed1  
showing himself that he is ,god1 and    
exalting  himself above all that is     
called ,god1 or that is worshiped4 ,that
 this  mystery of iniquity is the great 
,romish apostasy1 none but a ,papist    
will deny4    ,paul reminds the         
,thessalonians that he had told them of 
these things  when he was yet with them4
 ,and where could ,paul have learned    
this  fact1 which he had thus stated to 
them8 ,he was accustomed to reason  from
 the ,scriptures1 and not to deal in    
assertion4 ,hence1 it is very  evident  

that he refers to the prophecy of       
,daniel1 which in its seventh  chapter  
has given the successive events which   
intervened between its  time and the    
,judgment4 ,in this series of events it 
has with wonderful  precision described 
the power to which ,paul has referred as
 the ,man of  ,sin4 ,no ,protestant will
 deny the identity of ,daniel's little  
horn and  ,paul's ,man of ,sin4 ,and as 
,daniel has brought it into a series of 
events  which ends with the ,judgment   
and the setting up of the everlasting   
kingdom1 it was an easy matter for ,paul
 to tell where in this series  of events
 he stood1 and whether the ,judgment was
 its next event or  not4 ,the apostle1  
therefore1 plainly tells him that that  
day was not  at hand4 ,for the ,man of  
,sin1 the little horn1 must arise and   
perform  his predicted work1 and when   
that should be accomplished1 the coming 
of  ,christ should transpire1 to consume
 8that ,wicked0 with its brightness4    
,now when was the little horn to arise8 

,daniel was told that it should  arise  
after the ten horns upon the fourth     
beast2 or1 in other words1  after the   
fourth empire should be divided into ten
 kingdoms1 which  was accomplished about
 five hundred years after ,christ4 ,the 
,judgment  therefore could not come     
prior to that time4 ,but how long was   
this  little horn to have power to wear 
out the saints8 ,daniel informs us  that
 it should be for 8a time and times1 and
 the dividing of time40 ,how  long is   
this period8 ,rev4 xii shows that it is 
#abfj prophetic days1 or  years4 ,verses
 #f1 #ad4 ,it follows therefore that the
 apostle carries the  mind forward five 
hundred years to the development of the 
,man of ,sin1  and thence #abfj years   
for his triumph1 before the ,judgment   
could be  preached as an event          
immediately impending4 ,whoever will    
carefully read  ,dan4 vii1 will get the 
original of ,paul's argument in #b      
,thess4 ii1 and  will not fail to see   
the force of his statement4    ,the     

papal supremacy began #ech1 and ended in
 #agih with the overthrow  of the       
,pope's temporal power4 ,the warning of 
,paul against a false  proclamation     
respecting the ,judgment at hand1       
therefore1 expires at  that time1 and   
not before4 ,for we have then reached   
the point of time  where the last       
important event in ,dan4 vii1 before the
 ,judgment has  transpired4 ,an angel   
from ,heaven preaching the hour of      
,god's ,judgment  come1 many years in   
the past1 would be giving a different   
gospel from  that preached by ,paul4    
,those who locate the angel of ,rev4    
xiv1 #f1 #g1 in  past ages1 virtually   
place upon his head the anathema of     
,paul in ,gal4  i1 #h4    ,and what is  
of very deep interest1 the point of time
 at which ,paul's  warning expires is   
the commencement of the time of the     
end--the very  point to which the       
visions of ,daniel were closed up and   
sealed4  ,compare chapter xi1 #cc1 #ce2 
vii1 #be1 and the fact that the #abfj   

years'  persecution of the saints       
terminates with the commencement of the 
time  of the end1 will appear obvious4  
,how gloriously does this view of the   
subject make the truth of ,god shine    
out6 ,for the warning of the apostle    
against a false proclamation of the     
,judgment at hand1 expires at the  very 
point where the seal is taken from those
 prophecies which show  when the        
,judgment sits4 ,and it is respecting   
this period1 the time of  the end1 that 
it is said1 ,many shall run to and fro1 
and knowledge on  the very subject which
 was before concealed shall be          
increased4 ,then  the time of the end is
 the period in which the ,judgment-hour 
cry1 and  the subsequent messages are to
 be given4 ,dan4 viii1 #ag1 #bf2 xii1   
#d1 #i4    ,another important argument  
on this point is found in what our ,lord
 has  said relative to the signs of his 
second advent4 ,the church were to      
understand when his coming was at hand1 
by the fulfillment of certain  promised 

tokens4 ,until these should be seen1    
they were not authorized  to look for   
the immediate advent of the ,lord4 ,but 
when the signs  which our ,lord promised
 began to appear1 his church might then 
know  that his coming to judge the quick
 and the dead was at hand4 ,it is an    
interesting fact that ,christ has marked
 the time in which these signs  were to 
begin to appear4 ,consequently the      
messages in question could  not be      
delivered prior to that time4           
8,immediately after the tribulation  of 
those days shall the sun be darkened1   
and the moon shall not give  her light1 
and the stars shall fall from heaven1   
and the powers of the  heavens shall be 
shaken40 ,matt4 xxiv1 #bi4 8,but in     
those days1 after  that tribulation1 the
 sun shall be darkened1 and the moon    
shall not  give her light1 and the stars
 of heaven shall fall1 and the powers   
that  are in heaven shall be shaken40   
,mark xiii1 #bd1 #be4 ,we think there   
can  be no mistake that in these        

scriptures our ,lord refers to the papal
  tribulation of ,daniel the prophet4   
,the signs of his second coming were  to
 commence 8in those days10 but 8after   
that tribulation40 ,in other  words1 the
 #abfj prophetic days should not be     
quite over1 but their  tribulation      
should be ended1 when the sun should be 
darkened4 ,the sun  was darkened in     
#aghj1 and the tribulation of those days
 was then past1  but the days did not   
expire till #agih4 ,thus we have the    
signs of our  ,lord's immediate advent  
just opening upon us1 as we come down to
 the  time of the end1 the period when  
the vision should be unsealed1 and  many
 run to and fro with the word of warning
 to a perishing world4    ,the extent of
 this proclamation is worthy of notice4 
,an ,english writer1  ,mourant ,brock1  
thus remarks3 8,it is not merely in     
,great ,britain that  the expectation of
 the near return of the ,redeemer is    
entertained1 and  the voice of warning  
raised1 but also in ,america1 ,india1   

and on the  continent of ,europe4 ,in   
,america about three hundred ministers  
of the  word are thus preaching #8this  
gospel of the kingdom2' whilst in this  
country1 about seven hundred of the     
church of ,england are raising the  same
 cry40--,advent ,tracts1 ,vol4 ii1 p4   
#ace4    ,dr4 ,joseph ,wolfe traveled in
 ,arabia ,felix1 through the region     
inhabited by the descendants of ,hobab1 
,moses' father-in-law4 ,in ,yemen  he   
saw a book which he mentions thus3      
8,the ,arabs of this place have a book  
called ,seera1 which treats of the      
second coming of ,christ1 and his reign 
in glory40    8,in ,yemen he spent six  
days with the ,rechabites4 #8,they drink
 no wine1  plant no vineyards1 sow no   
seed1 live in tents1 and remember the   
words  of ,jonadab1 the son of ,rechab4 
,with them were children of ,israel1 of 
the tribe of ,dan1 who reside near      
,terim in ,hatramawt1 who expect1 in    
common with the children of ,rechab1 the
 speedy arrival of the ,messiah  in the 

clouds of heaven4'0--,wolfe's ,mission  
to ,bokhara4    8,in ,wirtemberg there  
is a ,christian colony numbering        
hundreds1 who look  for the speedy      
advent of ,christ2 also another of like 
belief on the  shores of the ,caspian2  
the ,molokaners1 a large body of        
,dissenters from  the ,russian ,greek   
church1 residing on the shores of the   
,baltic--a very  pious people1 of whom  
it is said1 #8taking the ,bible alone   
for their  creed1 the norm of their     
faith is simply the ,holy               
,scriptures'--are  characterized by the 
#8expectation of ,christ's immediate and
 visible  reign upon earth4' ,in ,russia
 the doctrine of ,christ's coming and   
reign is preached to some extent1 and   
received by many of the lower  class4   
,it has been extensively agitated in    
,germany1 particularly in  the south    
part among the ,moravians4 ,in ,norway1 
charts and books on the  ,advent have   
been circulated extensively1 and the    
doctrine received by  many4 ,among the  

,tartars in ,tartary1 there prevails an 
expectation of  ,christ's advent about  
this time4 ,english and ,american       
publications  on this doctrine have been
 sent to ,holland1 ,germany1 ,india1    
,ireland1  ,constantinople1 ,rome1 and  
to nearly every missionary station on   
the  globe4 ,at the ,turks ,islands1 it 
has been received to some extent  among 
the ,wesleyans4 ,mr4 ,fox1 a ,scottish  
missionary to the ,teloogoo  people1 was
 a believer in ,christ's soon coming4   
,james ,mc,gregor  ,bertram1 a ,scottish
 missionary of the ,baptist order at    
,st4 ,helena1  has sounded the cry      
extensively on that island1 making many 
converts  and pre-millennialists2 he has
 also preached it at ,south ,africa1 at 
the missionary stations there4 ,david   
,n4 ,lord informs us that a large       
proportion of the missionaries who have 
gone from ,great ,britain to make  known
 the gospel to the heathen1 and who are 
now laboring in ,asia and  ,africa1 are 
,millennarians2 and ,joseph ,wolfe1 ,d4 

,d41 according to his  journals1 between
 the years #ahba and #ahde1 proclaimed  
the ,lord's speedy  advent in           
,palestine1 ,egypt1 on the shores of the
 ,red ,sea1 ,mesopotamia1  the ,crimea1 
,persia1 ,georgia1 throughout the       
,ottoman ,empire1 in ,greece1  ,arabia1 
,turkistan1 ,bokhara1 ,affghanistan1    
,cashmere1 ,hindostan1 ,thibet1  in     
,holland1 ,scotland and ,ireland1 at    
,constantinople1 ,jerusalem1 ,st4       
,helena1 also on shipboard in the       
,mediterranean1 and at ,new ,york city1 
to all denominations4 ,he declares he   
has preached among ,jews1 ,turks1       
,mohammedans1 ,parsees1 ,hindoos1       
,chaldeans1 ,yesedes1 ,syrians1         
,sabeans1 to  ,pachas1 ,sheiks1 ,shahs1 
the kings of ,organtsh and ,bokhara1 the
 queen of  ,greece1 etc4 ,and of his    
extraordinary labors the ,investigator  
says3  #8,no individual has1 perhaps1   
given greater publicity to the doctrine 
of  the second coming of the ,lord      
,jesus ,christ1 than has this well-known

  missionary to the world4 ,wherever he 
goes1 he proclaims the approaching      
advent of the ,messiah in               
glory4'0--,voice of the ,church1 pp4    
#cdb-cdd4    ,the following1 from the   
pen of the editor of the ,voice of      
,truth  for ,january1 #ahde1 fairly     
represents the position of all ,american
  ,adventists at that time3    8,we are 
doubtless near that auspicious hour when
 the harvest of the  earth will be      
reaped1 as described in ,rev4 xiv1      
#ad-af4 ,the history  of ,god's people  
in this mortal state1 as given in that  
chapter1  before being glorified1 is    
nearly complete4 ,the everlasting       
gospel1  as described in verses #f and  
#g1 has been preached unto every nation1
  kindred1 tongue1 and people2 saying   
with a loud voice1 ,fear ,god1 and  give
 glory to him2 for the hour of his      
,judgment is come1 and worship  him that
 made heaven1 and earth1 and the sea1   
and the fountains of  waters4 ,no case  
can be more clearly demonstrated with   

facts than that  this message has been  
borne to every nation and tongue under  
heaven1  within a few past years1 in the
 preaching of the coming of ,christ in  
#ahdc1 or near at hand4 ,through the    
medium of lectures and publications  the
 sound has gone into all the earth1 and 
the word unto the ends of  the world40  
,but those were disappointed who        
expected the ,lord would come in #ahdc  
and in #ahdd4 ,this fact1 with many1 is 
sufficient reason for rejecting  all the
 testimony in the case4 ,to them the    
position that the ,advent  movement was 
in fulfillment of prophecy1 when at the 
same time  those who took part in the   
movement were sorely disappointed1 is an
  absurdity4 ,we acknowledge the        
disappointment1 but cannot acknowledge  
that this furnishes a just reason for   
denying the hand of ,god in that  work4 
,it is a fact that ,god's people have   
fulfilled prophecy1 and at  the same    
time been disappointed in their hopes4  
,this was the case with  the disciples  

and the shouting multitude on the       
occasion of our ,lord  meekly riding    
into ,jerusalem1 when they cried1       
8,hosannah to the ,son of  ,david3      
,blessed is he that cometh in the name  
of the ,lord2 ,hosannah in  the         
highest40 ,the prophet of ,god had said1
 8,rejoice greatly1 ,o daughter  of     
,zion2 shout1 ,o daughter of ,jerusalem3
 behold1 thy ,king cometh unto  thee3 he
 is just1 and having salvation2 lowly1  
and riding upon an ass1  and upon a colt
 the foal of an ass40 ,zech4 ix1 #i4    
,and his words must  be fulfilled4 ,that
 which inspired the shouts of the       
disciples was the  expectation that     
their ,master would then ascend to the  
throne of ,david  and reign among them4 
,but in this they were disappointed4 ,in
 a few  days their hopes died1 as he    
expired upon the cross4 ,did they       
fulfill  prophecy8 ,no one will deny    
that they did8 ,were their expectations 
which moved them to fulfill the prophecy
 realized8 ,they were utterly           

disappointed4    ,and while those were  
disappointed in every particular1       
,adventists1 in  #ahdd1 were right in   
three of the four leading points of the 
,advent  faith4 ,these points were1     
first1 the manner and object of         
,christ's  second advent2 second1 the   
application of the prophetic symbols of 
the  book of ,daniel2 third1 prophetic  
time2 and fourth1 the event to take     
place at the end of the prophetic       
periods4 ,in respect to the first  three
 points1 the ,adventists of #ahdd were  
right4 ,as to the fourth1 they  were    
mistaken4 ,the angel did not tell       
,daniel that ,christ would come  at the 
end of the #bcjj days4 ,his words to the
 prophet are3 8,unto two  thousand and  
three hundred days1 then shall the      
sanctuary be cleansed40  ,the subject of
 the cleansing of the sanctuary of ,dan4
 viii1 #ad1 is now  understood1 and seen
 to be quite another thing than the     
second coming  of ,jesus ,christ in the 
clouds of heaven1 to redeem his people  

and  destroy his enemies by the fires of
 the last day4    ,disappointment by no 
means proves that ,god has no hand in   
the guidance  of his people4 ,it should 
lead them to correct their errors1 but  
it  should not lead them to cast away   
their confidence in ,god4 ,it was       
because the children of ,israel were    
disappointed in the wilderness  that    
they so often denied divine guidance4   
,they are set forth as an  admonition to
 us1 that we should not fall after the  
same example of  unbelief4    ,but it   
must be apparent to every student of the
 ,scriptures1 that  the angel who       
proclaims the hour of ,god's ,judgment1 
does not give  the latest message of    
mercy4 ,rev4 xiv1 presents two other and
 later  proclamations1 before the close 
of human probation4 ,this fact alone is 
sufficient to prove that the coming of  
the ,lord does not take place at  the   
close of the first angel's proclamation4
          ,,the ,,second ,,message4     
8,and there followed another angel1     

saying1 ,babylon is fallen1 is  fallen1 
that great city1 because she made all   
nations drink of the wine  of the wrath 
of her fornication40    ,this angel is  
spoken of as the second1 because the one
 following it is1  in the language of   
inspiration itself1 called the third4   
,in commenting  upon language so highly 
symbolic1 the first point is to         
determine the  meaning of the symbol    
introduced4    #a4 ,what1 then1 is the  
,babylon of this message8 ,it is here   
simply  called 8that great city40 ,but  
it is elsewhere spoken of in the book   
of ,revelation in a manner which cannot 
fail to lead to a correct  solution of  
this question4 ,in ,rev4 xvii1 #ah1 this
 same city is called  a woman4 8,and the
 woman which thou sawest is that great  
city1 which  reigneth over the kings of 
the earth40 ,now a woman is always in   
the ,scriptures1 when used as a symbol1 
taken to represent religious            
organizations1 the true church being    
represented by a virtuous woman1  as in 

chapter xii1 and the false by a corrupt 
woman1 as in the text  before us1 and   
many other places4 ,babylon is something
 distinct from  the civil powers of the 
earth2 for with her the kings of the    
earth form  unlawful connections4 ,it is
 the place where the people of ,god as a
 body  are1 for they are at a certain   
time called away from her communion4    
,these considerations show that we are  
not to look to any literal  city for the
 ,babylon of the ,apocalypse1 nor to any
 civil powers1 but  to ecclesiastical or
 church organizations4 ,is1 then1 any   
particular  church1 to the exclusion of 
all others1 designated by the term      
,babylon8  ,it would not be consistent  
to suppose this2 for #a4 ,the term      
,babylon1  from ,babel1 where ,god      
confounded the language of men1         
signifies  mixture1 confusion4 ,in the  
sense in which we have shown it to be   
used  in the book of ,revelation1 it    
must denote conflicting and discordant  
religious creeds and systems4 ,but this 

would not be applicable to any  one     
religious denomination1 as each of these
 denominations is more  or less a unit4 
#b4 ,the people of ,god who are called  
out of ,babylon1  are not as a body     
connected with any single denomination4 
,hence we  must understand by the term  
all the false and corrupted systems of  
,christianity4 ,that the ,romish and    
,greek churches are included in  these1 
few will be disposed to deny2 while the 
,protestant churches1  alas6 more or    
less identified with war1 for a long    
time the bulwark of  ,american slavery1 
fatally conformed to the world1 and     
guilty of the  long catalogue of sins   
charged by ,paul upon professed         
,christians in the  last days1 #b ,tim4 
iii1 #a-e1 must be reckoned as a member 
of the family4  ,in this branch of the  
family we find that mixture and         
confusion in the  multiplicity of sects 
and creeds which most fitly answers to  
the import  of the term4    #b4 ,what is
 the fall of ,babylon8 ,evidently a     

moral fall4 ,in ,rev4 xviii1  #a-e1     
where a second and subsequent           
announcement of this event seems  to be 
given1 we read1 8,babylon the great is  
fallen1 is fallen1 and is  become the   
habitation of devils1 and the hold of   
every foul spirit1 and  a cage of every 
unclean and hateful bird40 ,that is1 as 
the result of  her fall she had sunk to 
this deplorable condition4 ,having      
fallen1 her  iniquities rapidly         
increased1 her sins reached unto        
,heaven1 and ,god's  people are called  
out4 ,verses #d1 #e4 ,hence this fall is
 a moral one4 ,the  absurdity of        
applying this to ,rome or any other     
literal city1 where but  few1 if any1 of
 the people of ,god are1 and out of     
which they could not  be called after   
its fall or destruction1 must be very   
apparent4 ,the  harmony of applying it  
to a religious body which can apostatize
 and  become corrupt1 and from which the
 people of ,god can be subsequently     
called out1 is equally clear1 and the   

necessity for such an application  no   
less evident4 ,no other is at all       
admissible4    ,the cause of the fall of
 ,babylon is said to be because she     
8made  all nations drink of the wine of 
the wrath of her fornication40 ,her     
fornication was her unlawful connection 
with the kings of the earth4  ,the wine 
of this is that with which the church   
has intoxicated the  nations of the     
earth4 ,there is but one thing to which 
this can refer1  and that is1 false     
doctrine4 ,this harlot1 in consequence  
of her  unlawful union with the powers  
of earth1 has corrupted the pure truths 
of the ,bible1 and with the wine of her 
false doctrine has intoxicated  the     
nations4 ,as a few of the gross errors  
which she has caused the  masses to     
receive as ,bible truth1 we mention the 
following3 #a4 ,that  the soul is       
immortal4 #b4 ,that sprinkling and      
pouring are baptism4 #c4  ,that ,sunday 
is the ,sabbath4 #d4 ,that there are to 
be a thousand years  of peace and       

prosperity before the coming of the     
,lord4 #e4 ,that the  saints'           
inheritance is not the earth made new1  
but an immaterial1  intangible region   
beyond the bounds of time and space4 #f4
 ,that the  second advent is to be      
understood spiritually1 and that it took
 place  at the destruction of           
,jerusalem1 or that it takes place at   
conversion  or at death4 #g4 ,that it is
 right and scriptural to hold human     
beings  in bondage2 and #h4 ,that it is 
of no consequence1 if we may judge  from
 their practice1 to come out and be     
separate from the world4  ,most of these
 pernicious errors ,protestant sects    
have drawn from the  ,romish mother1 and
 others they have themselves originated1
 showing  conclusively that they are but
 the daughters of the great apostasy4   
,we have seen that ,babylon is composed 
of several divisions2 and we  know that 
the name of the whole is frequently     
applied to any one of  its parts4 ,hence
 the name ,babylon may be applied to any

 one of these  divisions4 ,consequently 
when it is announced that ,babylon is   
fallen1 it  is not necessary to         
understand that as a whole it           
experienced a moral  change for the     
worse4 ,it would be true if such change 
took place in  any one of its great     
branches4 ,the cry1 ,babylon is fallen1 
being given  subsequent to the first    
message1 is evidence that the fall took 
place  at that time4    ,the truths     
connected with the proclamation of the  
first angel were  calculated to correct 
many of the fundamental errors of       
,babylon1 and  open the way for the     
reception of the whole truth in place of
 her  false doctrines4 ,that these      
errors were honestly held by the        
different  churches1 is not to be       
questioned4 ,but after light has been   
given to a  person sufficient to enable 
him to discard an error1 he becomes     
guilty  for longer retaining it4 ,so    
when ,babylon1 through the proclamation 
of the first message1 was called upon to

 correct her errors1 and  redeem her    
influence over the people1 and refused  
to do so1 she then  became guilty of    
willfully refusing the truth1 and making
 the nations  intoxicated with her false
 teaching4 ,just as the people of ,god  
when  they are called out after her     
fall1 become guilty by longer retaining 
their connection with her4 ,hence the   
proclamation of the fall of  ,babylon   
comes in after the first message1       
stating the consequence of  her         
rejection of that message4 ,that message
 has already been located  in the       
present generation2 and ,rev4 xviii     
shows that ,babylon's fall  must take   
place in the last days1 as it is just   
previous to her final  destruction4 ,but
 as we look over apostate ,christendom1 
we see that the  ,romish and ,greek     
churches are no more corrupt1 either in 
doctrine or  practice1 than they have   
been for ages past4 ,no marked change   
for the  worse has taken place in those 
bodies within the present generation1   

nor is there scarcely room for them to  
become worse than they have  already for
 centuries been4 ,we therefore look to  
the religious bodies  composing the     
great ,protestant family for the        
fulfillment of the  announcement made in
 the second message1 especially in our  
own country1  where the first message   
was more definitely proclaimed4 ,the    
inquiry now  arises1 has there been any 
moral declension in these bodies within 
the  memory of the generation now       
living8 ,did any such change take place 
with them about the time of the first   
message1 and have they since been       
filling up their cup of iniquity1 as    
represented in ,rev4 xviii8 ,if so1  we 
have the place for an unmistakable      
application of the second message4      
,but that we may not seem to judge these
 denominations ourselves1 as we  might  
be accused of not rendering impartial   
judgment1 we will let their  own members
 speak1 and on their testimony will let 
the question rest4  ,to show that we are

 not alone in ranking the popular       
,protestant sects  as a part of         
,babylon1 we offer the following4 ,if   
they themselves claim  it1 we are not   
disposed to dispute it4    ,mr4 ,william
 ,kinkade1 in his 8,bible ,doctrine10 p4
 #bid1 says3    8,i also think ,christ  
has a true church on earth1 but its     
members are  scattered among the various
 denominations1 and are all more or less
  under the influence of ,mystery       
,babylon and her daughters40    ,mr4    
,hopkins1 in a treatise on the          
millennium1 says3    8,there is no      
reason to consider the antichristian    
spirit and practices  confined to that  
which is now called the ,church of      
,rome4 ,the ,protestant  churches have  
much of antichrist in them1 and are far 
from being wholly  reformed from her    
corruptions and wickedness40    ,mr4    
,simpson1 in his 8,plea for ,religion10 
says3    8,for though the ,pope and     
,church of ,rome is at the head of the  
grand  #abfj years' delusion1 yet all   

other churches1 of whatever             
denomination1  whether established or   
tolerated1 which partake of the same    
spirit1  or have instituted doctrines or
 ceremonies inimical to the pure and    
unadulterated gospel of ,christ1 shall  
sooner or later share in the  fate of   
that immense fabric of human ordinances2
 and that ,protestant  churches should  
imitate the ,church of ,rome1 in this   
worst part of its  conduct1 can never be
 sufficiently bewailed40    ,alexander  
,campbell says3    8,the worshiping     
establishments now in operation         
throughout ,christendom1  increased and 
cemented by their respective voluminous 
confessions of  faith1 and their        
ecclesiastical constitutions1 are not   
churches of  ,jesus ,christ1 but the    
legitimate daughters of that mother of  
harlots1  the ,church of ,rome40        
,lorenzo ,dow says of the ,romish       
,church3    8,if she be a mother1 who   
are the daughters8 ,it must be the      
corrupt1  national1 established churches

 that came out of her40 ,dow's ,life1 p4
  #edb4    ,in the ,religious           
,encyclopedia1 7,art4 ,antichrist71 we  
read3    8,the writer of the book of    
,revelation tells us he heard a voice   
from  ,heaven1 saying1 #8,come of her1  
my people1 that ye partake not of her   
sins1 and receive not of her plagues4'  
,if such persons are to be  found in the
 #8mother of harlots1' with much less   
hesitation may it be  inferred that they
 are connected with her unchaste        
daughters1 those  national churches     
which are founded upon what are called  
,protestant  principles40    ,in the    
spring and summer of #ahdd1 a distinct  
message was proclaimed1  setting forth  
the fallen condition of the churches1   
which resulted in  calling from them    
fifty thousand believers in the         
immediate coming of  ,christ4 ,and the  
testimonies from the very churches they 
had left could  but convince them that  
they had entertained correct views of   
the fallen  state of the churches1 and  

had done the will of ,god in separating 
from  them4    ,the ,christian          
,palladium for ,may #ae1 #ahdd1 speaks  
in the following  mournful strains3 8,in
 every direction we hear the dolorous   
sound1  wafting upon every breeze of    
heaven1 chilling as the blast from the  
icebergs of the north--settling like an 
incubus on the breasts of the  timid1   
and drinking up the energies of the     
weak2 that lukewarmness1  division1     
anarchy and desolation are distressing  
the borders of ,zion40    ,the          
,religious ,telescope1 of #ahdd1 uses   
the following language3 8,we  have never
 witnessed such a general declension of 
religion as at the  present4 ,truly the 
church should awake and search into the 
cause of  this affliction2 for an       
affliction every one that loves ,zion   
must  view it4 ,when we call to mind how
 #8few and far between' cases of true   
conversion are1 and the almost          
unparalleled impenitence and hardness   
of sinners1 we almost involuntarily     

exclaim1 #8,has ,god forgotten to be    
gracious8 or is the door of mercy       
closed8'0    ,these testimonies only are
 offered out of much of like import that
  might be quoted1 as they are specimens
 of the whole4 ,but it may be said  that
 our views of the moral fall and        
spiritual death of the churches  are    
shown to be incorrect by the great      
revivals of #aheh4 ,of the fruit  of    
these revivals let the leading          
,congregational and ,baptist papers of  
,boston bear testimony4 ,says the       
,congregationalist for ,november #ai1   
#aheh3    8,the revival piety of our    
churches is not such that one can       
confidently  infer1 from its mere       
existence1 its legitimate1 practical    
fruits4 ,it  ought1 for example1 to be  
as certain1 after such a shower of      
grace1  that the treasuries of our      
benevolent societies would be filled1   
as it is after a plentiful rain1 that   
the streams will swell in  their        
channels4 ,but the managers of our      

societies are bewailing the  feebleness 
of the sympathy and aid of the churches4
    8,there is another and sadder       
illustration of the same general truth4 
,the ,watchman and ,reflector recently  
stated that there had never  been among 
the ,baptists so lamentable a spread of 
church dissension  as prevails at       
present4 ,and the sad fact is mentioned 
that this  sin infects the very churches
 which shared most largely in the late  
revival4 ,and the still more melancholy 
fact is added1 that these  alienations  
date back their origin1 in most cases1  
to the very midst of  that scene of     
awakening4 ,even a glance at the weekly 
journals of our  own denomination1 will 
evince that the evil is by no means     
confined to  the ,baptists4 ,our own    
columns have1 perhaps1 never borne so   
humiliating  a record of contentions1   
and ecclesiastical litigation as during 
the  last few months40    ,a            
,presbyterian pastor1 of ,belfast1      
,ireland1 uses the following language   

respecting the recent revivals in this  
country3 8,the determination  to crush  
all ministers who say a word against    
their national sin  slavery1 the        
determination to suffocate and suppress 
the plain  teachings of ,scripture1 can 
be persisted in and carried out at the  
very  time these ,new ,york ,christians 
are expecting the religious world to    
hail their revivals4 ,until the         
wretchedly-degraded churches of ,america
  do the work of ,god in their own land1
 they have no spiritual vitality  to    
communicate to others2 their revivals   
are in the religious world  what their  
flaunted cries of liberty1 intermingled 
with the groans of  the slave1 are in   
the political40 ,new ,york ,independent1
 ,december1  #ahei4    ,during the time 
of the great ,irish revival of the past 
year #ahei  the ,general ,assembly of   
the ,presbyterian church of ,ireland1   
held its  session in ,belfast4 ,says the
 ,belfast ,news-,letter of ,september   
#cj3  8,here in this venerable body of  

ministers and elders1 we find two       
ministers openly giving each other the  
lie1 and the whole ,general  ,assembly  
turned into a scene of confusion        
bordering upon a riot40    ,these sad   
facts need no comment4 ,in ,ireland the 
ministers of the  gospel are unable to  
meet in ,general ,assembly without a    
riot among  themselves2 in ,america     
prayers for the enslaved were not       
allowed in the  revival meetings4 ,no   
wonder that fruit of genuine piety is   
difficult to  be found4    ,how unlike  
what ,god designed that his people      
should be1 has this great  city become6 
,the church of ,christ was to be the    
light of the world1  a city set upon a  
hill1 which could not be hid4 ,matt4 v1 
#ad-af4 ,but  instead of this1 his      
professed people have united with the   
world and  joined affinity with it4     
,this unlawful union of the church and  
the  world 7,james iv1 #d17 has resulted
 in her rejection by ,god2 for how can  
the ,god of truth and holiness recognize

 as his people1 those who in  addition  
to their departure from their ,lord1    
have rejected with scorn  the tidings of
 his speedy coming8    ,the following   
extract is from an address before the   
,theological ,school1  ,cambridge1      
,mass43    8,i think no man can go with 
his thoughts about him into one of our  
churches without feeling that what hold 
the public worship had on men  is gone  
or going4 ,it has lost its grasp on the 
affections of the good1  and the fear of
 the bad4 ,it is already beginning to   
indicate character  and religion to     
withdraw from religious meetings4 ,i    
have heard a devout  person1 who prized 
the ,sabbath1 say in bitterness of      
heart1 #8,on ,sunday  it seems wicked to
 go to church4' ,and the motive that    
holds the best  there is now only a     
hope1 and a waiting40    ,prof4 ,s4 ,c4 
,bartlett1 of ,chicago1 in the ,new     
,york ,independent1 says3    8,religion 
now is in a different position from     
,methodism then4 ,to a  certain extent  

it is a very reputable thing4           
,christianity is1 in our  day1 something
 of a success4 ,men #8speak well of it4'
 ,ex-presidents  and statesmen have been
 willing to round off their career with 
a  recognition of its claims4 ,and the  
popularity of religion tends vastly  to 
increase the number of those who would  
secure its benefits without  squarely   
meeting its duties4 ,the church courts  
the world1 and the world  caresses the  
church4 ,the line of separation between 
the godly and the  irreligious fades out
 into a kind of penumbra1 and zealous   
men on both  sides are toiling to       
obliterate all difference between their 
modes of  action and enjoyment40    ,for
 further testimony from their own lips  
respecting the state of the  churches1  
their covetousness1 pride in church     
buildings1 operatic  singing in their   
worship1 their religious gambling1 their
 endorsement  of dancing1 their zeal for
 worldly pleasure1 and their pride and  
fashion1 we refer the reader to the     

works entitled 8,the ,three  ,messages10
 and 8,the ,state of the ,churches10 for
 sale at the ,review  ,office1 ,battle  
,creek1 ,mich4          ,,the ,,third   
,,message4      8,and the third angel   
followed them1 saying with a loud voice1
 ,if any  man worship the beast and his 
image1 and receive his mark in his      
forehead1 or in his hand1 the same shall
 drink of the wine of the  wrath of     
,god1 which is poured out without       
mixture into the cup of his             
indignation2 and he shall be tormented  
with fire and brimstone in the  presence
 of the holy angels1 and in the presence
 of the ,lamb2 and the  smoke of their  
torment ascendeth up forever and ever2  
and they have no  rest day nor night1   
who worship the beast and his image1 and
 whosoever  receiveth the mark of his   
name4 ,here is the patience of the      
saints2  here are they that keep the    
commandments of ,god and the faith of   
,jesus40 ,rev4 xiv1 #i-ab4    ,this is  
the most solemn warning that the ,bible 

contains4 ,as the pen of  inspiration   
has recorded this language for our      
instruction1 it will  be wise for us to 
listen and obey4 ,it is certain that    
church history  presents no testimony   
that this message has been heard in the 
past4  ,and the fact that the first and 
second angels of this series apply to   
the present generation1 most clearly    
establishes the point that this  message
 does not belong to past ages4 ,said ,j4
 ,v4 ,himes1 in #ahdg3    8,but the     
fourteenth chapter of ,rev4 presents an 
astounding cry1 yet  to be made1 as a   
warning to mankind in that hour of      
strong temptation4  ,verses #i-aa4 ,a   
denunciation of wrath so dreadful cannot
 be found in the  book of ,god1 besides 
this4 ,does it not imply a strong       
temptation1 to  require so terrific an  
admonition80    ,it is proper that ,i   
should here notice three symbols        
employed in this  message1 namely1 the  
beast1 his image and his mark1 and call 
attention  to four other distinct points

 embraced by it4 ,these are1 the        
patience  of the saints1 the            
commandments of ,god1 the faith of      
,jesus1 and the  penalty threatened4    
#a4 ,the ,beast4 ,the familiar manner in
 which the ,beast1 the ,image1 and  the 
,mark1 are introduced in this message1  
shows that they are symbols  which are  
elsewhere explained in the prophetic    
word2 for when a symbol  is first       
introduced into prophecy1 specifications
 and particulars  are given sufficient  
to lead the humble seeker after truth to
 an  understanding of it4 ,we find no   
such particulars in this message        
respecting the symbols here introduced1 
and therefore look for them  in other   
portions of the book of ,revelation4 ,in
 chapter xiii1 #a1 and  onward1 we find 
a power introduced under the symbol and 
name of 8a  beast40 ,the time and manner
 of its use is given1 its               
characteristics  are pointed out1 its   
work is described1 the time of its      
duration is  stated1 and the termination

 of its career is foretold4 ,that this  
is  the beast mentioned in the third    
message is certain2 for it is the  only 
symbol in the book of ,revelation which 
bears the unqualified  title of 8the    
beast40 ,in verse #aa of chapter xiii1  
another beast is  introduced1 but after 
being once named as another beast1 it is
 ever  after designated by the pronoun  
he4 ,this other beast makes an image to 
the first beast1 and causes all to      
receive the mark of that beast4 ,no     
other image or mark as pertaining to any
 beast are anywhere introduced2  hence  
these are the ones referred to in the   
third message4 ,therefore  the symbols  
before us are all described in chapter  
xiii4    ,we now inquire1 ,what power is
 represented by the beast8 ,to learn    
this1 we go still further back1 to      
chapter xii1 where we find a power      
symbolized by a great red dragon1 which 
is the one next preceding the  beast of 
chapter xiii4 ,the seven heads and ten  
horns upon both of these  symbols1 show 

that they represent two phases of the   
same power4 ,by  universal consent of   
,protestant expositors1 the great red   
dragon is  considered a representative  
of ,pagan ,rome4 ,the next phase        
presented  by ,rome after the ,pagan    
form was the ,papal4 ,rome ,papal       
succeeded ,rome  ,pagan4 ,the dragon    
gave his seat1 power1 and great         
authority to the  beast4 ,hence the     
beast can represent none other but      
,papal ,rome4    ,this is further shown 
by the identity that exists between this
  beast and the little horn of ,dan4    
vii1 #h1 #ai-bf1 which ,protestant      
commentators all agree is a symbol of   
the ,papacy4 ,if the reader will        
compare carefully the verses referred to
 in ,dan4 vii1 with ,rev4 xiii1  #a-aj1 
he will see1 #a4 ,that both these powers
 are blasphemous powers1  speaking great
 words and blasphemies against ,god4 #b4
 ,that they both  make war with the     
saints1 and prevail against1 or overcome
 them4 #c4  ,that they both have a mouth

 speaking great things4 #d4 ,that they  
both  succeed the ,pagan form of the    
,roman empire4 #e4 ,that they both      
continue  a time1 times1 and dividing of
 time1 or #abfj years4 #f4 ,that both at
  the end of the specified period lose  
their dominion4 ,now here are  points   
that prove identity2 for when we have in
 prophecy two symbols1  as in this      
instance1 representing powers that come 
upon the stage of  action at the same   
time1 occupy the same territory1        
maintain the same  character1 do the    
same work1 exist the same length of     
time1 and at the  end of that time meet 
the same fate1 those symbols represent  
the same  identical power4 ,now all     
these particulars do apply alike to the 
little  horn of ,dan4 vii1 and the beast
 of ,rev4 xiii1 conclusively showing    
that  they both represent the same      
power4 ,no more need here be said to    
show  that the beast is the ,papacy4    
,those who wish to pursue the argument  
more at length1 will find it presented  

in works published at the ,review       
,office4    #b4 ,the image4 ,this is the
 image of the beast we have just been   
considering4 ,an image is a             
representation1 similitude1 copy or     
likeness1 of any person or thing4 ,as   
the beast is the ,papal church1  a      
church having civil power to carry out  
its decrees1 and execute  whatever      
penalty it might affix to the crime of  
heresy1 an image of  this beast must be 
an ecclesiastical organization1         
possessing the same  essential features 
and established upon the same basis4 ,do
 we anywhere  see any room for1 or any  
indications of1 a movement of this kind8
 ,the  power that forms the image1 is   
the second beast of ,rev4 xiii1 called  
another beast having two horns like a   
lamb4 ,any inquiry respecting the       
image1 properly calls for a previous    
examination of this two-horned  beast   
symbol2 but for this we have not space  
in the present work4 ,a  few            
propositions only can here be laid down2

 and perhaps this is all  that is in the
 present case essential1 as they will be
 found abundantly  proved in other      
works4 #a4 ,the two-horned beast is a   
symbol of the  ,united ,states of       
,america4 #b4 ,its two horns represent  
the two leading  principles of this     
government1 ,republicanism and          
,protestantism4 #c4 ,it  occupies the   
right territory to answer to the        
prophecy2 for as it is  another beast1  
it must be located outside of the       
territory occupied  by the first beast  
and its ten horns1 #d4 ,it was seen     
coming up at the  right time1 the time  
when the first beast went into          
captivity1 in #agih4  ,this nation was  
then beginning to attract the notice of 
the world as  a rapidly-developing and  
rising power4 #e4 ,it bears the right   
form of  government1 which1 according to
 the prophecy1 must be republican1  not 
monarchical4 #f4 ,it is performing the  
work assigned it in the  prophecy4 ,in  
short1 it most admirably fits every part

 of the prophetic  description4    ,the 
formation of the image is yet future2   
but if we are right in the  application 
of the two-horned beast1 we are to look 
for it in our own  country2 and within a
 very short time2 as the career of all  
earthly  governments is soon to close in
 the ushering in of the day of the      
,lord4  ,let us then notice how the way 
is prepared and preparing for this last 
great act of the two-horned beast4      
,under the mild influence of one of  the
 lamblike horns1 the ,protestant        
principle that all have liberty to      
worship ,god according to the dictates  
of their own consciences1 which  the    
government has thus far guaranteed to   
all its subjects1 churches  have        
multiplied in the land4 ,but these      
churches have rejected light  and truth1
 and as a body have met with a moral    
fall4 ,a catalogue of  twenty immoral   
features1 with no good ones1 is the     
photograph which  ,paul gives in #b     
,tim4 iii1 #a-e1 of the popular churches

 of these last  days4 ,but many of the  
people of ,god are yet to be found in   
connection  with these churches1 and are
 yet to be called out4 ,rev4 xviii1 #d4 
,and when this shall be accomplished1   
and the good have all left the  nominal 
churches1 when the saving influence of  
such is all withdrawn  from their       
communion1 then we shall have most      
fitting material for  the formation of  
an image to the beast2 for they will    
then be ready  for any acts of          
persecution and oppression against the  
people of ,god1  which ,satan can induce
 those to enter upon who are led captive
 by him  at will4 ,and where could we   
more naturally look for an image to the 
mother of harlots1 than to the          
daughters8 ,we may be sure that the     
child  will develop into a perfect image
 of its mother4 ,then let these fallen  
churches1 from whom the good have all   
departed1 and the grace of ,god  is     
withdrawn1 be formed into an            
ecclesiastical organization1 and let    

the government grant it power 7which of 
course it will not have till  the       
government does grant it7 to enforce its
 dogmas under the pains and  penalties  
of the civil law1 and what do we have8  
,an exact image to the  first beast1 a  
church clothed with power to enforce its
 doctrines upon  dissenters with fire   
and sword4 ,that the churches in the    
condition to  which these are fast      
tending1 will be ready for such a work1 
history  and analogy abundantly prove4  
,and here would be an organization1     
separate from the government1           
constituting no part of it1 yet created 
by it1 and forming a most perfect       
counterpart to the prophecy of the      
image of the beast4    ,and now we ask1 
,do we see any indications of a movement
 of this kind8  ,we answer1 ,yes1 as the
 following extracts out of many that    
might be  given will show4 ,let it be   
remembered that first it is 8said0 to   
them  that dwell on the earth1 the      
people of the nation1 that they should  

make an image to the beast4 ,the        
question must first be agitated1 and    
the movement be recommended1 before the 
public mind will be prepared  for       
decisive action in the matter4    ,dr4  
,lyman ,beecher1 as quoted by ,lorenzo  
,dow1 said3    8,there is a state of    
society to be formed by an extended     
combination of  institutions1 religious1
 civil and literary1 which never exists 
without  the co-operation of an educated
 ministry40    ,rev4 ,charles ,beecher1 
in his sermon at the dedication of the  
,second  ,presbyterian church1 ,fort    
,wayne1 ,indiana1 ,february #bb1 #ahdf1 
said3    8,thus are the ministry of the 
evangelical ,protestant denominations1  
not only formed all the way up1 under a 
tremendous pressure of merely  human    
fear1 but they live1 and move1 and      
breathe1 in a state of things  radically
 corrupt1 and appealing every hour to   
every baser element of  their nature to 
hush up the truth1 and bow the knee to  
the power of  apostasy4 ,was not this   

the way things went with ,rome8 ,are we 
not living  her life over again8 ,and   
what do we see just ahead8 ,another     
,general  ,council6 ,a world's          
convention6 ,evangelical alliance1 and  
universal  creed60    ,in a speech      
delivered in ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,havens   
said3    8,for my own part1 ,i wait to  
see the day when a ,luther shall spring 
up in this country who shall found a    
great ,american ,catholic ,church1      
instead of a great ,roman ,catholic     
,church2 and who shall teach men that   
they can be good ,catholics without     
professing allegiance to a ,pontiff  on 
the other side of the ,atlantic40       
,the ,northwestern ,christian ,advocate1
 of ,december #aj1 #ahfb1 of the        
,president's message says3    8,the     
,chief ,magistrate sees in the dogmas of
 the quiet past1 nothing  equal to the  
stormy present4 ,he sees that history   
must be made4 ,he sees  further1 that   
the ,union may be saved1 if             
,christianity and statesmanship  may    

join hands40    ,there are movements    
already inaugurated to form a great     
union of the  popular churches4 ,rev4   
,j4 ,s4 ,smart 7,methodist71 in a       
published sermon  on the 8political     
duties of ,christian men and ministers10
 says3    8,i claim that we have1 and   
ought to have1 just as much concern in  
the  government of this country as any  
other men4444 ,we are the mass of the   
people4 ,virtue in this country is not  
weak2 her ranks are strong in  numbers1 
and invincible from the righteousness of
 her cause4 ,invincible  if united6 ,let
 not her ranks be broken by party       
names40    ,in a speech delivered in    
,new ,york city1 on 8,the ,coming       
,conflict10  ,february1 #ahff1 the      
speaker said3    8,the time is coming   
when an attempt will be made to engraft 
a religion  upon the laws of the        
country1 and make adherence to a certain
 form of  religion absolutely necessary 
for an applicant for office40    ,an    
association has just been formed for the

 purpose of securing  the adoption of   
certain measures for the amending of the
 ,national  ,constitution1 so that it   
shall speak out the religious views of  
the  majority1 and1 especially to       
enforce ,sunday-keeping under the       
popular  name of 8,christian ,sabbath40 
,it is called the 8,national            
,association10  and its officers are a  
long array of ,reverends1 ,d4 ,d4's1    
,honorables1  ,esquires1 c4 ,in their   
address they say3    8,men of high      
standing1 in every walk of life1 of     
every section of the  country1 and of   
every shade of political sentiment and  
religious  belief1 have concurred in the
 measure40    ,in their appeal they most
 earnestly request every lover of his   
country  to join in forming auxiliary   
associations1 circulate documents1      
attend  conventions1 sign the memorial  
to ,congress1 c41 c4    ,in their plea  
for an amended ,constitution1 they ask  
the people to  8consider that ,god is   
not once named in our ,national         

,constitution4  ,there is nothing in it 
which requires an #8oath of ,god1' as   
the ,bible  styles it 7which1 after all1
 is the great bond both of loyalty in   
the  citizen and of fidelity in the     
magistrate72 nothing which requires the 
observance of the day of rest and of    
worship1 or which respects its          
sanctity4 ,if we do not have the mails  
carried and the post offices open  on   
,sunday1 it is because we happen to have
 a ,postmaster-,general who  respects   
the day4 ,if our ,supreme ,courts are   
not held1 and if ,congress  does not sit
 on that day1 it is custom1 and not law1
 that makes it so4  ,nothing in the     
,constitution gives ,sunday quiet to the
 custom house1 the  navy yard1 the      
barracks1 or any of the departments of  
government4    8,consider that they     
fairly express the mind of the great    
body of  the ,american people4 ,this is 
a ,christian people4 ,these amendments  
agree with the faith1 the feelings1 and 
the forms of every ,christian  church or

 sect4 ,the ,catholic and the           
,protestant1 the ,unitarian and  the    
,trinitarian1 profess and approve all   
that is here proposed4 ,why  should     
their wishes not become law8 ,why should
 not the ,constitution  be made to suit 
and to represent a constituency so      
overwhelmingly in  the majority8444     
,this great majority is becoming daily  
more conscious  not only of their rights
 but of their power4 ,their number      
grows1 and  their column becomes more   
solid4 ,they have quietly1 steadily     
opposed  infidelity1 until it has1 at   
least1 become politically unpopular4    
,they  have asserted the rights of man  
and the rights of the government1  until
 the nation's faith has become          
measurably fixed and declared on  these 
points4 ,and now that the close of the  
war gives us occasion to  amend our     
,constitution1 that it may clearly and  
fully represent the  mind of the people 
on these points1 they feel that it      
should also be  so amended as to        

recognize the rights of ,god in man and 
in government4  ,is it anything but due 
to their long patience that they be at  
length  allowed to speak out the great  
facts and principles which give to all  
government its dignity1 stability1 and  
beneficence80    ,we offer these        
extracts simply to show the tendency of 
the popular  agitation on this subject4 
,it indicates what is in the hearts of  
leading ones in the popular churches1   
and what they are waiting to do1  as    
soon as they shall have the power4 ,it  
is corroborative evidence that  the     
application we make of the two-horned   
beast1 and the image1 is  correct4      
#c4 ,the mark and worship of the beast4 
,the two-horned beast causes men  to    
worship the first beast and receive his 
mark4 ,the worship and mark  are alike  
enforced by the two-horned beast4 ,it is
 this worship and  mark against which   
the third angel warns us4 ,it becomes1  
therefore1 a  matter of solemn moment to
 inquire what is meant by these         

expressions1  since the message levels  
against these things1 whatever they are1
 a  denunciation more terrific than any 
other threatening that can be found  in 
the word of ,god4 ,the sin must be one  
which is most presumptuous and          
,heaven-daring4 ,what is it8 ,many are  
ready to assert that we never can  know1
 and accuse us of prying into secret    
things1 when we raise the  question4    
,but is this possible8 ,if we cannot    
know what the mark and  worship are1 we 
are liable to receive the one1 and      
perform the other1  without knowing it4 
,we then become subject to the terrible 
punishment  threatened4 ,but would ,god 
ever punish a person thus for sins which
 he  did not know he was committing8    
,never4 ,it would be contrary to the    
principles on which he has thus far     
dealt with mankind1 and contrary to  the
 justice of his own nature4 ,and a      
special message1 that of the third      
angel1 is sent out to warn men1 not     
against something they are never to     

know anything about1 but against a plain
 and open act of disloyalty to  ,god1   
which the two-horned beast is to require
 of them1 and to which if  they yield1  
they must drink of the unmingled wrath  
of ,god4 ,we return to  the inquiry1    
,what is the mark of the beast8    ,the 
beast1 as we have seen1 is the ,papacy4 
,the two-horned beast which  is to      
enforce the mark is our own government4 
,what is the mark of the  ,papacy which 
this nation is to enforce8 ,it must be  
something on which  they occupy common  
ground1 and in which both are equally   
interested4  ,the mark of any power must
 be something to distinguish the        
adherents  of that power4 ,this none can
 dispute4 ,and that which distinguishes 
the  adherents of any power1 must be    
some law1 requirement1 or institution   
of that power4 ,it can be nothing else4 
,the mark of the beast1 then1  must be  
some requirement1 of course of a        
religious nature1 which the  ,papacy has
 instituted1 and to which it claims     

obedience from its  followers1 as a     
token of its right to legislate in      
religious matters4  ,this is an         
unavoidable conclusion from the         
foregoing principles1 which  must be    
admitted as sound4    ,again1 the beast 
has been shown to be identical with the 
little horn of  ,dan4 vii1 and of that  
power it is said that he should 8think  
to change  times and laws40 ,what laws  
are these which the ,papacy should think
 to  change1 but not have power to      
change8 ,it must be divine laws1 the    
laws  of ,god2 for all human laws may be
 changed by earthly powers4 ,this power 
is again brought to view under the title
 of the 8,man of ,sin20 #b ,thess4  ii1 
#c2 and of him it is said that he       
8exalteth himself above all that  is    
called ,god40 ,how could he do this8    
,there is one way1 and only one1  in    
which it could be done1 and that is1 to 
change the law of ,god by  putting in   
place of some of its requirements an    
enactment of his own1  and demanding    

obedience to that change1 to the        
violation of the law of  ,god4    ,in   
all these testimonies1 the evidence     
tends with wonderful harmony  to one    
conclusion1 namely1 that the ,papacy was
 to promulgate some  religious          
enactment1 which would involve a change 
of the law of  ,god1 and obedience to   
which would stand as an acknowledgment  
of its  supremacy in religious things4  
,if we can find a ,papal enactment of   
such a nature1 this surely must be the  
mark of the beast4 ,it may now          
facilitate our investigations of this   
subject to appeal directly to the       
,romish church for information4 ,among  
its claims and institutions do we  find 
anything of this kind8 ,we do2 and it   
may surprise some ,protestants  to learn
 that it is the institution of ,sunday  
in place of the ,sabbath  of the fourth 
commandment4 ,hear what that church     
claims on the subject  of the change of 
the ,sabbath3    8,q4 ,have you any     
other way of proving that the ,church   

has power to  institute festivals of    
precept8    8,a4 ,had she not such      
power1 she could not have done that in  
which all  modern religionists agree    
with her2--she could not have           
substituted  the observance of ,sunday1 
the first day of the week1 for the      
observance of ,saturday1 the seventh    
day1 a change for which there is no     
scriptural authority40--,doct4          
,catechism4    8,q4 ,how prove you that 
the church hath power to command feasts 
and  holy days8    8,a4 ,by the very act
 of changing the ,sabbath into ,sunday1 
which  ,protestants allow of2 and1      
therefore1 they fondly contradict       
themselves1 by keeping ,sunday strictly1
 and breaking most other feasts         
commanded by the same church4    8,q4   
,how prove you that8    8,a4 ,because by
 keeping ,sunday1 they acknowledge the  
,church's power  to ordain feasts1      
c40--,abridgment of ,chris4 ,doc41 pp4  
#eg-ei4    ,these extracts are from     
standard ,roman ,catholic works1 and    

clearly set  forth the claim of that    
church4 ,when a person is charged with a
 crime  and confesses it1 that is       
usually considered sufficient to settle 
the matter and preclude the necessity of
 any further investigation4  ,the       
prophecy declared that the little horn  
should think to change  times and laws2 
and here the ,papacy claims to have     
accomplished this  very work2 and we    
must admit the claim or give up the     
prophecy as a  failure2 for no other    
fulfillment can be shown4 ,what need    
have we of  further evidence8 ,notice1  
also1 how admirably this work of the    
,papacy  answers to all the prophecies  
touching it4 #a4 ,it is a change of the 
law of ,god1 such as the little horn was
 to accomplish2 for the fourth          
commandment requires the observance of  
the seventh day as a memorial  of       
creation1 while this requires the       
observance of the first day for  another
 reason4 #b4 ,it is a work by which it  
sets itself up above ,god1  as the ,man 

of ,sin was to do2 for it places its    
institution in place  of that of        
,jehovah1 and demands obedience to it on
 its own authority  in preference to the
 requirement of ,god4 #c4 ,it involves  
on the part of  those who               
understandingly yield to it1 that       
worship which the beast1  ,rev4 xiii1   
#h1 was to receive from those that dwell
 on the earth4 #d4  ,it is in striking  
contrast with the commandments of ,god1 
which those  are found keeping1 ,rev4   
xiv1 #ab1 who refuse the mark and       
worship of  the beast4 #e4 ,it is       
claimed as a token of the authority of  
the church  to ordain religious         
institutions1 just such as the mark of  
the beast  must be intended to show2    
for1 in so many words1 the 8very act of 
changing the ,sabbath into ,sunday10 is 
claimed by that church as proof  of its 
power to command feasts and holy days2  
and the observance of  this institution 
is considered by them as an             
acknowledgment of such  power4 #f4      

,protestants have brought this error    
from the ,romish church1  and though    
they rest it on different ground1 are   
equally tenacious of  the institution1  
and equally zealous for its             
preservation4 ,as above  quoted from the
 address of the 8,national ,association0
 for amending the  ,constitution1       
,catholic and ,protestant are alike     
interested in this  matter2 and the     
,protestant will1 of course1 be ready to
 join with the  ,catholic in upholding  
that which is to him equally dear4      
,here1 then1 we have an institution of  
the ,papacy which admirably  answers to 
every specification of the prophecy1 and
 which singularly  enough1 this nation1 
though ,protestant1 is taking steps to  
make a  national institution1 and will  
soon be ready to enforce by the civil   
arm4 ,for proof that ,sunday-keeping has
 no foundation in the ,scriptures1  but 
is an institution of the ,papacy1 as    
,romanists claim1 see ,history of  the  
,sabbath1 and other works1 published at 

the ,review ,office4    ,if1 then1 the  
keeping of a counterfeit ,sabbath1 and  
one so long and  generally observed as  
the first day of the week1 constitute   
the  mark of the beast1 the question    
will doubtless arise in many minds1  if 
the good of past ages who have lived in 
the observance of this  institution1    
have borne the mark of the beast1 and   
rendered worship to  that antichristian 
power2 and if the many ,christians of   
the present  time who are still keeping 
the first day1 are worshiping the beast1
 and  wearing his mark4 ,by those who   
wish to raise a blind prejudice against 
the views of ,s4 ,d4 ,adventists1 we are
 uniformly represented as so  teaching4 
,but it is purely a misrepresentation4  
,we do not so teach2 nor  does such a   
conclusion follow from our premises4 ,it
 has already been  noticed that the mark
 and worship of the beast are both      
enforced by the  two-horned beast4 ,now1
 in view of this fact1 there can be no  
worship  nor reception of the mark1 such

 as is contemplated in the prophecy1    
till it is enforced by this power4 ,the 
great majority of ,protestants  who have
 kept the first day of the week as the  
,sabbath1 although it is  an institution
 of the ,papacy1 have not had the       
remotest idea that it  had any          
connection whatever with that false     
system of worship4 ,have  such been     
worshiping the beast1 while they have   
been keeping ,sunday  without a thought 
of that power1 honestly supposing they  
were keeping  a ,bible institution8 ,by 
no means4 ,have they had the mark of the
 beast8  ,not at all4 ,the denunciation 
of the third message is against those   
who  knowingly keep ,sunday as an       
institution of the beast4 ,it speaks of 
those who are enlightened in the matter1
 and of those alone4 ,and for a  person 
thus enlightened1 knowing what ,god     
requires and what the beast  requires1  
to basely yield to the requirements of  
the beast1 to avoid  persecution1       
turning away in a cowardly manner from  

what he knows ,god  requires1 from      
motives of worldly interest1--this is   
what makes his sin  so presumptuous and 
,heaven-daring in the sight of ,god2    
this is what  calls forth the terrible  
threatening uttered by the third angel4 
,but  the good of past ages have not    
kept the day with any such understanding
  of the matter1 nor from any such      
motives4    ,just so with the mass of   
,protestants now living4 ,but the third 
message  is sent forth to warn us in    
reference to an issue yet future4 ,the  
people of ,god are coming up to         
translation4 ,they must be freed from   
,papal errors4 ,the truth is to be      
agitated2 and the antagonism between    
the requirements of ,god and those of   
antichristian powers1 is to be set  in a
 clearly-defined light before the       
people4 ,the issue is to be met         
understandingly1 the two-horned beast   
demanding from its subjects the         
reception of the mark1 and the          
performance of the worship of the first 

beast1 on pain of death1 and ,god       
commanding us to refuse the mark and    
worship of the beast1 and keep his      
commandment1 on pain of drinking his    
unmingled wrath4 ,with this issue before
 them1 those who yield to his           
requirements instead of the requirements
 of ,god1 will worship the beast  and   
receive his mark4 ,thus seeking to save 
their lives by avoiding the  wrath of   
earthly powers1 they will lose them by  
becoming exposed to the  wrath of ,god4 
,till this issue is upon the people1    
under the enactment  of civil law1 we   
accuse no one of worshiping the beast or
 receiving his  mark4 ,and the third    
message is sent forth to warn men to put
 away their  errors and receive the     
truth1 that they may be prepared to     
stand when  this fiery ordeal shall     
come1 and1 at last1 having gotten the   
victory  over the beast1 his image1 his 
mark1 and the number of his name1 to    
sing the victor's song upon the sea of  
glass4    #d4 ,the patience of the      

saints4 ,the chronology of the third    
message is  distinctly marked as being  
the period of 8the patience of the      
saints0  which follows the proclamation 
of the two former messages4 8,here is   
the  patience of the saints3 here are   
they that keep the commandments of      
,god1 and the faith of ,jesus40 ,verse  
#ab4 ,and this period of the saints'    
patience is marked by a most important  
fact1 namely1 the keeping of the        
commandments of ,god and the faith of   
,jesus4 ,we have seen that the first    
angel's message refers to the solemn    
proclamation of the immediate  second   
advent1 consequently the period of      
patience here brought to  view must be  
the same as that which in many          
scriptures is located  immediately      
preceding the second advent4 ,a few     
texts must suffice as  examples4        
8,cast not away therefore your          
confidence1 which hath great recompense 
of reward4 ,for ye have need of         
patience2 that1 after ye have done the  

will of ,god1 ye might receive the      
promise4 ,for yet a little while1 and   
,he that shall come will come1 and will 
not tarry4 ,now the just shall  live by 
faith2 but if any man draw back1 my soul
 shall have no pleasure  in him4 ,but we
 are not of them who draw back unto     
perdition1 but of  them that believe to 
the saving of the soul40 ,heb4 x1       
#ce-ci4    8,be patient therefore1      
brethren1 unto the coming of the ,lord4 
,behold1  the husbandman waiteth for the
 precious fruit of the earth1 and hath  
long patience for it1 until he receive  
the early and latter rain4 ,be ye  also 
patient1 stablish your hearts3 for the  
coming of the ,lord draweth  nigh4      
,grudge not one against another1        
brethren1 lest ye be condemned3  behold 
the ,judge standeth before the door4    
,take1 my brethren1 the  prophets1 who  
have spoken in the name of the ,lord1   
for an example of  suffering affliction1
 and of patience40 ,james v1 #g-aj4     
8,because thou hast kept the word of my 

patience1 ,i also will keep thee  from  
the hour of temptation1 which shall come
 upon all the world1 to  try them that  
dwell upon the earth4 ,behold1 ,i come  
quickly3 hold that  fast which thou     
hast1 that no man take thy crown40 ,rev4
 iii1 #aj1 #aa4    8,and it shall be    
said in that day1 ,lo1 this is our ,god2
 we have waited  for him1 and he will   
save us3 this is the ,lord2 we have     
waited for him1  we will be glad and    
rejoice in his salvation40 ,isa4 xxv1   
#i4    #e4 ,the commandments of ,god4   
,the period of the saints' patience is  
distinguished by the fact that they are 
keeping the commandments of  ,god1 and  
the faith of ,jesus4 ,it should be      
distinctly noticed that the             
commandments here brought to view1 are  
not the commandments of ,christ4  ,there
 maybe a certain sense in which all the 
precepts of the ,saviour  may be called 
the commandments of ,god2 that is1 if   
viewed as proceeding  from the sovereign
 authority of the ,father2 but when the 

commandments  of ,god are spoken of in  
distinction from the testimony or faith 
of  ,jesus1 there is but one thing to   
which reference can be made1 namely1    
the commandments which ,god gave in     
person1 the ten commandments4 ,see      
,john xv1 #aj4 8,if ye keep my          
commandments ye shall abide in my love2 
even as ,i have kept my ,father's       
commandments1 and abide in his love40   
,and thus we find the law of ,god which 
he proclaimed in person referred  to in 
the ,new ,testament as 8the commandments
 of ,god10 or as 8the  commandments40   
8,and he said unto him1 ,why callest    
thou me good8 there is none good  but   
one1 that is1 ,god3 but if thou wilt    
enter into life1 keep the  commandments4
 ,he saith unto him1 ,which8 ,jesus     
said1 ,thou shalt do no  murder1 ,thou  
shalt not commit adultery1 ,thou shalt  
not steal1 ,thou  shalt not bear false  
witness1 ,honor thy father and thy      
mother1 and ,thou  shalt love thy       
neighbor as thyself40 ,matt4 xix1       

#ag-ai4    8,and they returned and      
prepared spices and ointment2 and rested
 the  ,sabbath day1 according to the    
commandment40 ,luke xxiii1 #ef4         
8,think not that ,i am come to destroy  
the law or the prophets3 ,i am not  come
 to destroy1 but to fulfill4 ,for verily
 ,i say unto you1 ,till heaven  and     
earth pass1 one jot or one tittle shall 
in no wise pass from the  law1 till all 
be fulfilled4 ,whosoever therefore shall
 break one of  these least commandments1
 and shall teach men so1 he shall be    
called  the least in the kingdom of     
,heaven3 but whosoever shall do and     
teach  them1 the same shall be called   
great in the kingdom of ,heaven40 ,matt4
  v1 #ag-ai4    8,honor thy father and  
thy mother 7which is the first          
commandment with  promise71 that it may 
be well with thee1 and thou mayest live 
long on  the earth40 ,eph4 vi1 #b1 #c4  
8,but he answered and said unto them1   
,why do ye also transgress the          
commandment of ,god by your tradition8  

,for ,god commanded1 saying1 ,honor  thy
 father and mother3 and he that curseth 
father or mother1 let him  die the      
death4 ,but ye say1 ,whosoever shall say
 to his father or his  mother1 ,it is a 
gift1 by whatsoever thou mightest be    
profited by me2  and honor not his      
father or his mother1 he shall be free4 
,thus have ye  made the commandment of  
,god of none effect by your tradition40 
,matt4  xv1 #c-f4    8,what shall we say
 then8 ,is the law sin8 ,god forbid4    
,nay1 ,i had not  known sin1 but by the 
law2 for ,i had not known lust1 except  
the law  had said1 ,thou shalt not      
covet40 ,rom4 vii1 #g4    #f4 ,the faith
 of ,jesus4 ,this term is used in       
distinction from the  commandments of   
,god4 ,it does not refer to a particular
 degree or  kind of faith which the     
,saviour exercised in the performance of
 his  miracles2 for it appears that he  
wrought these by the power which he  had
 already received from his ,father4     
,matt4 viii1 #b1 #c2 ,mark i1 #dj1 #da2 

,luke v1 #bc1 #bd4 ,the world itself was
 made by him4 ,john i4 ,he had ample    
power1 therefore1 to perform every      
miracle which he wrought4 ,there is  but
 one other thing to which this term can 
refer1 namely1 the precepts  and        
doctrines of our ,lord as recorded in   
the ,new ,testament4 ,thus 8the  faith  
of the gospel0 7,phil4 i1 #bg7 must     
refer to the precepts and  doctrines of 
the gospel4 ,the faith to which a       
multitude of the priests  were obedient 
7,acts vi1 #g71 which was resisted by   
,elymas the sorcerer  7,acts xiii1 #h71 
which was committed to the apostles for 
the obedience  of all nations 7,rom4 i1 
#e71 which ,paul testifies that he had  
kept 7#b  ,tim4 iv1 #g71 and which is to
 be earnestly maintained1 as once       
delivered  to the saints 7,jude #c71    
must refer1 we think1 to the precepts   
and  doctrines of the everlasting       
gospel4 ,that the faith of ,jesus is    
used  in this sense in ,rev4 ii1 #ac1 we
 think cannot be denied4 8,thou holdest 

fast my name10 says ,jesus1 8and hast   
not denied my faith40 ,that this  is the
 sense in which it is used in ,rev4 xiv1
 #ab1 is further evident  from the fact 
that it is spoken of as kept in the same
 manner that the  commandments of ,god  
are kept4    8,here are they that keep  
the commandments of ,god the ,father1   
and the  faith of ,jesus0 the ,son4     
,this excludes alike the blind ,jew1 who
 makes  his boast in the law and rejects
 ,jesus1 and also the ,christian who    
professes faith in ,christ while he     
breaks the commandments of ,god4 ,it    
embraces ,christian commandment-keepers 
only4    #g4 ,the penalty threatened4   
,the fearful penalty connected with the 
warning of the third angel consists of  
two things3 #a4 ,the wine of  the wrath 
of ,god1 poured out without mixture into
 the cup of his  indignation4 #b4 ,the  
torment with fire and brimstone in the  
presence of  the holy angels1 and of the
 ,lamb4 ,let us carefully consider each 
in  order4    ,what is the wine of the  

wrath of ,god8 ,the next chapter clearly
 explains  this point4 8,and ,i saw     
another sign in heaven1 great and       
marvelous1  seven angels having the     
seven last plagues2 for in them is      
filled up  the wrath of ,god4 ,and one  
of the four beasts gave unto the seven  
angels  seven golden vials1 full of the 
wrath of ,god1 who liveth forever and   
ever40 ,rev4 xv1 #a1 #g4 ,it follows    
therefore that the wine of the wrath  of
 ,god is the seven last plagues4 ,this  
fact will be further apparent  as we    
proceed to show that these plagues are  
future4 ,that the plagues  pertain to   
the future1 we think can be established 
beyond controversy4    #a4 ,the wrath of
 ,god as threatened by the third angel1 
is poured out in  the seven last        
plagues2 for the first plague is        
inflicted on the very  class that the   
third angel threatens4 ,compare ,rev4   
xiv1 #i1 #aj2 xvi1  #a1 #b4 ,this fact  
proves that the plagues must be future  
when the third  angel's message is      

given2 and it also proves the identity  
of the wrath  of ,god without mixture1  
and the seven last plagues4    #b4 ,we  
have shown that the plagues1 and the    
wrath of ,god without  mixture1 are the 
same4 ,and wrath without mixture must be
 wrath with  nothing else2 that is1     
wrath without mercy4 ,god has not yet   
visited  the earth with unmixed wrath2  
nor can he while our great ,high ,priest
  ministers in the heavenly sanctuary1  
and stays the wrath of ,god by his      
intercession for sinful men4 ,when the  
plagues are poured out1 mercy has  given
 place to vengeance4    #c4 ,hence it is
 that the seven angels are represented  
as receiving the  vials of the wrath of 
,god1 the seven last plagues1 after the 
opening  of the temple of ,god in       
,heaven4 ,if we turn to ,rev4 xi1       
#ae-ai1 we  shall find that the opening 
of the temple in ,heaven is an event    
that  transpires under the sounding of  
the seventh angel4 ,and that account    
concludes with a brief statement of the 

events of the seventh vial or  last     
plague4 ,now if we turn to chapter xv1  
#e-h1 and xvi1 #a-ba1 we shall  read an 
expanded view of the facts stated in    
chapter xi1 #ae-ai1 and  shall find that
 the two accounts conclude in the same  
manner1 namely1  with the events of the 
last plague4 ,these scriptures show that
 the  seven angels do not receive the   
vials of the wrath of ,god to pour out  
upon the earth until the temple in      
,heaven is opened4 ,that temple is      
opened under the voice of the seventh   
angel4 ,the third woe is by reason  of  
the voice of the seventh angel4 ,chap4  
viii1 #ac2 ix1 #ab2 xi1 #ad4 ,the  seven
 plagues are poured out under the       
sounding of that angel1 hence  the      
plagues are future1 and constitute the  
third woe4    ,the foregoing reasons    
establish the fact that the plagues are 
future4  ,we see no reason why they will
 not be similar in character to those   
poured out on ,egypt1 while their       
consequences will be far more terrific  

and dreadful4 ,may ,god count us worthy 
to escape the things coming on  the     
earth1 and to stand before the ,son of  
man4 ,the seven last plagues  are poured
 out on the living wicked2 but the      
second part of the  penalty affixed to  
the warning of the third angel1 is not  
inflicted  until the end of the thousand
 years1 when all the wicked are raised  
and  suffer it together4 ,this part of  
the penalty ,i will now consider4       
8,he shall be tormented with fire and   
brimstone in the presence of the  holy  
angels1 and in the presence of the      
,lamb2 and the smoke of their  torment  
ascendeth up forever and ever10 c4 ,the 
final perdition of  ungodly men1 in the 
lake of fire1 is without doubt the      
subject of  these awful words4 ,that we 
may rightly understand this text1 we    
call  attention to several important    
facts4    #a4 ,the punishment of the    
wicked will be inflicted upon them on   
this  earth2 for the final conflagration
 of our globe is to constitute the  lake

 of fire in which they are rewarded1    
each according to his works4    8,behold
 the righteous shall be recompensed in  
the earth2 much more the  wicked and the
 sinner40 ,prov4 xi1 #ca4    8,but the  
heavens and the earth which are now1 by 
the same word are kept  in store1       
reserved unto fire against the day of   
,judgment and perdition  of ungodly     
men40 #b ,pet4 iii1 #g4    8,but the    
fearful and unbelieving1 and the        
abominable1 and murderers1  and         
whoremongers1 and sorcerers1 and        
idolators1 and all liars1 shall  have   
their part in the lake which burneth    
with fire and brimstone3  which is the  
second death40 ,rev4 xxi1 #h4    8,for  
behold the day cometh that shall burn as
 an oven2 and all the  proud1 yea1 and  
all that do wickedly1 shall be stubble2 
and the day  that cometh shall burn them
 up1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 that it  
shall  leave them neither root nor      
branch40 ,mal4 iv1 #a4    8,and when the
 thousand years are expired1 ,satan     

shall be loosed out  of his prison1 and 
shall go out to deceive the nations     
which are in  the four quarters of the  
earth1 ,gog and ,magog1 to gather them  
together  to battle3 the number of whom 
is as the sand of the sea4 ,and they    
went  up on the breadth of the earth1   
and compassed the camp of the saints    
about1 and the beloved city3 and fire   
came down from ,god out of ,heaven  and 
devoured them40 ,rev4 xx1 #g-i4    #b4  
,the prophet ,isaiah 7chapter xxxiv7    
describes the final conflagration  of   
our globe in language which is a        
complete parallel to that of the  third 
angel in describing the punishment of   
the wicked4 ,those who  contend that    
,isaiah refers only to ancient ,idumea1 
must admit that the  period of time     
described in this strong language1 must 
finally come to  an end4 ,and those who 
admit that ,isaiah1 in the language we  
are about  to quote1 refers to the      
conflagration of our earth1 will find in
 what  follows ample proof that that    

scene will finally close4    8,for it is
 the day of the ,lord's vengeance1 and  
the year of recompenses  for the        
controversy of ,zion4 ,and the streams  
thereof shall be turned  into pitch1 and
 the dust thereof into brimstone1 and   
the land thereof  shall become burning  
pitch4 ,it shall not be quenched night  
nor day2 the  smoke thereof shall go up 
for ever2 from generation to generation 
it  shall lie waste2 none shall pass    
through it for ever and ever40 ,chap4   
xxxiv1 #h-aj4    #c4 ,but this terrific 
scene of final conflagration is not to  
last  throughout unlimited duration4    
,for the earth having been burned1 and  
all its elements melted1 new heavens and
 new earth are to follow1 as  the       
present earth succeeded to that which   
was destroyed by water4 ,and  in the    
earth thus made new the righteous are to
 be recompensed4    8,but the day of the
 ,lord will come as a thief in the      
night2 in which  the heavens shall pass 
away with a great noise1 and the        

elements  shall melt with fervent heat1 
the earth also2 and the works that are  
therein shall be burnt up4 ,seeing then 
that all these things shall  be         
dissolved1 what manner of persons ought 
ye to be in all holy  conversation and  
godliness2 looking for and hasting unto 
the coming of  the day of ,god1 wherein 
the heavens1 being on fire1 shall be    
dissolved1  and the elements shall melt 
with fervent heat8 ,nevertheless we1    
according to his promise1 look for new  
heavens and a new earth1 wherein        
dwelleth righteousness40 #b ,pet4 iii1  
#aj-ac4 8,and ,i saw a new heaven and  a
 new earth2 for the first heaven and the
 first earth were passed away2  and     
there was no more sea40 ,rev4 xxi1 #a4  
#d4 ,thus however dreadful and          
long-continued the punishment of the    
wicked will be 7for each is to be       
punished according to his deserts71     
that punishment will finally result in  
the utter destruction of all            
transgressors4 ,all the wicked will ,god

 destroy4 ,ps4 cxlv1 #bj4 ,they  shall  
die the second death4 ,rev4 xxi1 #h2    
,rom4 vi1 #bc2 ,eze4 xviii1 #d1  #bj4   
,they shall perish1 being consumed into 
smoke4 ,ps4 xxxvii1 #aj1 #bj1  #ch4     
,they shall be punished with everlasting
 destruction1 being burned  up in       
unquenchable fire4 #b ,thess4 i1 #i2    
,matt4 iii1 #ab4 ,and thus having  been 
consumed1 root and branch1 they shall be
 as though they had not  been4 ,mal4 iv1
 #a2 ,obadiah #af4          ,,rise ,,and
 ,,progress ,,of ,,the ,,third          
,,message4      ,the position of all    
,adventists after the passing of the    
time1 was at  best a very trying one1   
and the work for a time moved slowly1   
attended  with much opposition4 ,to     
8hold fast the beginning of their       
confidence0  in the great movement1 in  
the face of a scoffing world and church1
  and amid violent opposition from those
 who were drawing back from the  faith1 
was a severe trial of faith and         
patience4 ,and the numbers who  had the 

moral courage1 and shared sufficiently  
in the grace of ,god1 to  do this1 were 
found to be small4    ,those who        
cowardly yielded to the clamors of      
opponents1 to confess that  they had    
been in error on the time1 occupied the 
unhappy position of  wearing the ,advent
 name after giving up as error the very 
means which  had made them ,adventists4 
,while those who apostatized so far as  
to  give up the ,advent faith1 hope1 and
 name1 for a place in some one of  the  
nominal churches1 were destined to be   
regarded as vacillating1 and  ever feel 
the sting of remorse for so great a     
weakness as embracing  the 8blessed     
hope40 ,those who wished to renounce the
 ,advent faith1 and  free themselves    
from the reproach suffered by those who 
adhered to it1  might find a degree of  
relief for the present in confessing    
their way  back into the church4 ,but of
 those who have been imbued with the    
spirit  of the ,advent faith and hope1  
and have tasted the heavenly gift1 and  

have been partakers of the ,holy ,ghost1
 and have tasted the good word of  ,god1
 and the powers of the world to come1   
and have apostatized1 there  are few who
 can again enjoy the insipid piety of   
the popular churches4  ,in fact such    
persons are very unhappy and            
dissatisfied with their  position and   
relations in religious matters1 unless  
their apostasy has  been so sinful as to
 obliterate from the soul all traces of 
,christian  experience1 and they be     
given over to the sensual pleasures of  
this  life4 ,may ,god pity this unhappy 
class1 and may they again stand with    
those who are looking for the blessed   
hope4    ,but the position of those who 
discard the great movement which made   
them ,adventists1 and yet cherish some  
of the leading views of ,william        
,miller1 and rejoice in the ,advent     
name1 is more inconsistent1 and their   
course far more sinful in the sight of  
,god1 than that of those who made  an   
entire surrender of both position and   

name4 ,what a position in the  sight of 
,god1 angels and men6 ,they bless the   
,advent faith1 hope and  name1 and curse
 the very means which has made them what
 they profess  to be6 ,these may hold   
the doctrines of the personal coming of 
,christ1  the literal resurrection of   
the dead1 and life and immortality alone
  through ,christ to be given at the    
resurrection of the just1 but while     
failing to acknowledge the hand of ,god 
in the ,advent movement in the  past1   
and standing opposed to the third       
angel's message of the present1  have no
 well-defined position as to the plan of
 ,god in warning the  world and proving 
his people preparatory to the coming of 
the ,son of  man4 ,and it is because of 
the ignorance of the people as to the   
true  position1 and because there is no 
real cross in what these men do  teach1 
that they have influence4 ,some of them 
speak of ,millerism and  ,miller1 as    
they would of ,mormonism and the        
notorious ,smith1 and yet  claim to be  

,adventists4 ,but if the hand of ,god   
has been with those who  have borne the 
,advent name at any time1 it was during 
the great time  movement of #ahdc and   
#ahdd4 ,more recent time movements and  
operations of  various kinds1 by those  
who regard that grand movement as an    
error of  ,millerism1 compare with it   
about the same as a rushlight compares  
with  the noonday sun4    ,and these men
 will speak proudly of their ,advent    
faith1 and bless the  ,advent name1     
while they curse the great ,advent      
movement1 which has  brought the ,advent
 doctrine before the present generation4
 ,the sin  against the ,holy ,ghost1    
which had no forgiveness in the days of 
,christ1  was to attribute the work of  
the ,spirit1 in the miracles of ,jesus1 
to ,satan4 ,how much less1 think you1 is
 the sin of those who deny the  work of 
the ,spirit of ,god in the ,advent      
movement1 and attribute the  power which
 attended that work to human and satanic
 influences8 ,i do  not say that all    

,adventists1 besides ,seventh-day       
,adventists1 take the  foregoing        
positions4 ,most of them1 however1 do2  
and the candid reader  who regards the  
view of the great ,advent movement taken
 in these pages  with favor1 will not   
fail to see both the glaring            
inconsistencies and  the sinfulness of  
the positions taken by these professed  
,adventists4    ,but the true position  
is free from such absurdities1 and is   
harmonious  in itself4 ,it honors ,god1 
vindicates his word1 and sustains       
,christian  experience4 ,it explains the
 past1 definitely points out present    
duty1  and lights up the glorious       
future4 ,it presents a connected system 
of  truth1 the most beautiful in all its
 parts1 that the mind of man ever       
contemplated4    ,the period of the     
third message dates from the            
disappointment in #ahdd1  and from that 
time to the present the development of  
its great truths  has been progressive4 
,immediately after the passing of the   

time1 not a  few took a firm stand that 
the first and second messages were in   
the  past1 that the midnight cry had    
been given1 that the #bcjj days had     
ended1 and that we had reached the      
patient waiting1 watching time4  ,but it
 was not until the subject of the       
cleansing of the sanctuary  was brought 
out in #ahdf1 that the termination of   
the #bcjj days became  one of the       
clearest points in the entire system of 
,second-,advent  truth4 ,this           
established us in the fulfillment of the
 first and second  messages in the past1
 opened before us the ark of ,god       
containing the  ten precepts of his holy
 law in the most holy place of the      
heavenly  sanctuary1 and called our     
attention to the third message1 with its
  solemn warning to flee the worship of 
the beast and his image1 and in  its    
stead keep the commandments of ,god and 
the faith of ,jesus4 ,how  forcible the 
closing words of the third angel3 8,here
 is the patience  of the saints1 here   

are they that keep the commandments of  
,god and the  faith of ,jesus40 ,and how
 natural the conclusion that the        
,sabbath reform  should come in right   
here4          ,,introduction ,,of ,,the
 ,,sabbath4      ,as early as #ahdd1    
sister ,preston1 a ,seventh-day         
,baptist1 who was a  believer in the    
soon coming of ,christ1 introduced the  
,sabbath to the  ,adventists of         
,washington1 ,n4 ,h41 and made a good   
impression4 ,with  the help of the      
publications of her people1 and the     
blessing of ,god1  about forty embraced 
the ,sabbath4 ,the truth on this subject
 reached  other points in ,new          
,hampshire4 ,about that time ,elder ,t4 
,m4 ,preble  embraced the ,sabbath1 and 
began to teach it4 ,he called the       
attention  of ,adventists to the        
question1 by a pamphlet on the subject1 
dated  ,february #ac1 #ahde4 ,after     
showing the claims of the ,bible        
,sabbath1 and  the fact that it was     
changed to ,sunday by the ,papacy1 he   

said2 8,thus we  see ,dan4 vii1 #be1    
fulfilled1 the little horn changing     
times and laws4  ,therefore it appears  
to me that all who keep the first day   
for the  ,sabbath1 are the ,pope's      
,sunday-keepers1 and ,god's             
,sabbath-breakers40  ,but ,elder        
,preble1 not seeing the ,sabbath reform 
under the message  of the third angel1  
and that in the ripening of the harvest 
of the  earth1 the ,sabbath was to be a 
test1 continued his ministerial labors  
in connection with those who bitterly   
opposed it4 ,he soon lost his  interest 
in the subject1 and has since become one
 of its bitterest  opposers4 ,the same  
is true of ,elder ,j4 ,b4 ,cook1 and a  
few other  ,advent ministers1 who at a  
later point of time1 embraced the       
,sabbath  and abandoned it4 ,elder      
,preble had1 however1 called the        
attention of  ,adventists to this       
subject1 and several in different parts 
of ,new  ,england embraced the ,sabbath1
 whose interest in it did not prove as  

transient as his had been4    ,in #ahde1
 ,elder ,joseph ,bates1 then of         
,fairhaven1 ,mass41 began to teach  the 
,sabbath of the ,bible1 and several in  
,massachusetts1 and ,maine1  embraced it
 as the fruit of his labors4 ,he wrote  
and circulated  gratuitously a small    
work upon the subject4 ,by reading this 
little  pamphlet1 ,i was established    
upon the ,sabbath1 and began to teach   
it4  ,this little work reached several  
in ,connecticut1 and with ,bro4 ,bates' 
personal labors1 brought over to the    
,sabbath a number in western ,new  ,york
 and different parts of ,new ,england4  
,but these were generally the poor of   
this world1 and the very few  among them
 who had means1 did not realize that on 
them rested the  responsibility of      
sending the truth to others4 ,hence the 
cause moved  slowly4    ,in the autumn  
of #ahdg1 ,bro4 ,bates sat down to write
 a work of more than  one hundred pages1
 with only a ,york shilling at his      
command4 ,and ,i was  chopping cord-wood

 for my daily bread for the support of  
my little  family1 where ,i could earn  
but fifty cents a day4 ,we two were     
alone in  publicly teaching the         
,sabbath4 ,under such circumstances we  
could do but  little in the cause4 ,i   
state these things to show the reader   
the humble  manner in which this cause  
commenced1 and the sacrifices then made 
to  spread the truth4    ,i well        
remember when ,bro4 ,bates felt deeply  
impressed with the duty  to labor in    
,vermont1 and1 being destitute of means1
 resolved to start  on foot from        
,fairhaven1 ,mass4 ,a natural sister of 
,mrs4 ,w4 had come  from ,maine to      
,fairhaven1 to perform the duties of the
 kitchen for one  dollar a week1 and in 
this way raise means to spread the      
truth4 ,on  learning ,bro4 ,bates'      
intention to perform the long journey on
 foot1 she  went to her employer and    
asked for five dollars1 which she       
obtained  and gave to ,bro4 ,bates to   
help him on his way to ,vermont4 ,god   

greatly  blessed the mission1 as many   
witnesses1 who still observe the        
,sabbath1  can testify4 ,let not those  
brethren and sisters who take but little
  interest in spreading the truth1 blush
 at this simple narrative4 ,he  who     
notices the sparrows1 saw this act of   
self-sacrifice1 and set  his seal of    
approbation4 ,it was written in the     
books from which all  are to be judged  
according to their deeds4 ,and did not  
the angels  who rejoice much over one   
repenting sinner1 rejoice over this     
simple  means of sending the light of   
present truth among the ,green          
,mountains  of ,vermont8 ,that sister   
will receive her reward4 ,i write not   
these  things to shame the wealthy      
believer1 who is burying himself up in  
his  wealth and his cares1 and losing   
his interest in the cause1 and his  hold
 on ,heaven2 but ,i design to state     
facts that you may be led to seek  that 
spirit of sacrifice1 which those who    
were first in this cause  evinced1 that 

you may walk in that humble path of     
obedience in which  they walked1 and    
enjoy the blessing of entire            
consecration1 which then  rested upon   
them4          ,,first ,,conference ,,of
 ,,believers4      ,in the spring of    
#ahdh1 in company with ,bro4 ,bates1    
,mrs4 ,w4 and self  attended a          
conference of believers1 at ,rocky      
,hill1 ,conn4 ,this was  the first      
general meeting held by ,seventh-day    
,adventists4 ,in point of  numbers and  
influence1 it marked a new era in the   
cause2 and yet we all  numbered less    
than thirty4 ,the brethren were much    
encouraged1 and ,bro4  ,bates began to  
labor more extensively as the way opened
 before him4          ,,mrs4 ,,white',s 
,,experience4      ,here ,i must        
introduce the part which the ,spirit of 
,god has led ,mrs4 ,w4  to act in       
connection with this cause4 ,i do this1 
#a4 ,because her experience and labors  
have been closely connected with  its   
rise and progress4    #b4 ,because of   

the spirit of prejudice and enmity      
existing against her  calling and       
labors4 ,this is manifested by those who
 are ignorant of the  facts in the case1
 or if not wholly ignorant1 are led by a
 spirit of  frenzied persecution4 ,the  
bearing which this has upon the cause is
 a  sufficient reason for laying the    
facts as they are before the public4    
#c4 ,because of the importance of her   
work1 in connection with this  cause1 as
 will be seen in the following pages4   
,it was but a few weeks after the       
passing of the time1 in #ahdd1 that  she
 had her first vision4 ,the             
circumstances of this manifestation are 
briefly stated by ,mrs4 ,w4 as follows3 
8,i visited sister ,h41 one of our      
,advent sisters1 whose heart was knit   
with mine4 ,in the morning we bowed  at 
the family altar4 ,it was not an        
exciting occasion4 ,there were but  five
 of us present1 all females4 ,while     
praying1 the power of ,god came  upon   
me1 as ,i never had felt it before4 ,i  

was surrounded with light1  and was     
rising higher and higher from the       
earth10 c4 7,spir4 ,gifts1  vol4 ii1 p4 
#cj47 ,her condition in vision may be   
described as follows3    #a4 ,she is    
utterly unconscious of everything       
transpiring around her1 as  has been    
proved by the most rigid tests1 but     
views herself as removed  from this     
world1 and in the presence of heavenly  
beings4    #b4 ,she does not breathe4   
,during the entire period of her        
continuance  in vision1 which has at    
different times ranged from fifteen     
minutes  to three hours1 there is no    
breath1 as has been repeatedly proved by
  pressing upon the chest1 and by       
closing the mouth and nostrils4    #c4  
,immediately on entering vision1 her    
muscles become rigid1 and joints  fixed1
 so far as any external force can       
influence them4 ,at the same  time her  
movements and gestures1 which are       
frequent1 are free and  graceful1 and   
cannot be hindered nor controlled by the

 strongest person4    #d4 ,on coming out
 of vision1 whether in the day-time or a
 well-lighted  room at night1 all is    
total darkness4 ,her power to           
distinguish even the  most brilliant    
objects1 held within a few inches of the
 eyes1 returns  but gradually1 sometimes
 not being fully established for three  
hours4  ,this has continued for the past
 twenty years2 yet her eyesight is not  
in the least impaired1 few persons      
having better than she now possesses4   
,she has probably had1 during the past  
twenty-three years1 between one  and two
 hundred visions4 ,these have been given
 under almost every  variety of         
circumstance1 yet maintaining a         
wonderful similarity2 the  most apparent
 change being1 that of late years they  
have grown less  frequent1 but more     
comprehensive4 ,she has been taken off  
in vision  most frequently when bowed in
 prayer4 ,several times1 while earnestly
  addressing the congregation1          
unexpectedly to herself and to all      

around her1 she has been instantly      
prostrated in vision4 ,this was  the    
case ,june #ab1 #ahfh1 in the presence  
of not less than two hundred            
,sabbath-keepers1 in the house of       
worship1 in ,battle ,creek1 ,mich4 ,on  
receiving baptism at my hands1 at an    
early period of her experience1  as ,i  
raised her up out of the water1         
immediately she was in vision4  ,several
 times1 when prostrated by sickness1 she
 has been relieved in  answer to the    
prayer of faith1 and taken off in       
vision4 ,at such times  her restoration 
to usual health has been wonderful4 ,at 
another time1  when walking with        
friends1 in conversation upon the       
glories of the  kingdom of ,god1 as she 
was passing through the gate before her 
father's  house1 the ,spirit of ,god    
came upon her1 and she was instantly    
taken off  in vision4 ,and what may be  
important to those who think the visions
  the result of mesmerism1 she has a    
number of times been taken off in       

vision1 when in prayer alone in the     
grove or in the closet4    ,it may be   
well to speak as to the effect of the   
visions upon her  constitution and      
strength4 ,when she had her first       
vision1 she was  an emaciated invalid1  
given up by her friends and physicians  
to die  of consumption4 ,she then       
weighed but eighty pounds4 ,her nervous 
condition was such that she could not   
write1 and was dependent on one  sitting
 near her at the table to even pour her 
drink from the cup to  the saucer4 ,and 
notwithstanding her anxieties and mental
 agonies1  in consequence of her duty to
 bring her views before the public1  her
 labors in public speaking1 and in      
church matters generally1 her  wearisome
 travels1 and home labors and cares1 her
 health and physical  and mental        
strength have improved from the day she 
had her first vision4    ,as to the     
character of the visions1 ,i only wish  
to state at present  that this may be   
learned by reading the several volumes  

of 8,spiritual  ,gifts10 for sale at the
 ,review ,office4 ,as to their fruits1  
and the  nature of the opposition they  
have met1 ,i shall speak more fully     
hereafter4          ,,second ,,general  
,,conference4      ,in the summer of    
#ahdh1 we received an invitation to hold
 a ,conference  with the few friends in 
,western ,new ,york4 ,i was destitute of
 means1 and  with feeble health entered 
the hay-field to earn the sum necessary 
to  bear our expenses to that meeting4  
,i took a large job of mowing1 and  when
 fainting beneath the noonday sun1 ,i   
would bow before ,god in my  swath1 call
 upon him for strength1 rise refreshed1 
and mow on again4 ,in  five weeks ,i    
earned enough to bear our expenses to   
the conference4 ,bro4  ,bates joined us 
at this meeting4 ,the notice had been   
given to all in  the ,empire ,state who 
were in sympathy with our views1 and    
there was a  general rally2 yet there   
were not more than forty present4       
,and what confusion of sentiment among  

this few6 ,a spirit of discussion  and  
contention for points not important     
prevailed1 so that we who  had come so  
far could hardly have chance to give our
 message1 and  the meeting would have   
proved a failure1 and the good brethren 
would  have separated in confusion and  
trial1 had not the ,lord worked in a    
special manner4 ,his ,spirit rested upon
 ,mrs4 ,w41 and she was taken off  in   
vision4 ,the entire congregation        
believed that it was the work of  ,god1 
and were deeply affected4 ,she related  
what she had seen1 which  was given to  
correct some errors among them1 and in  
melting strains  exhorted them to leave 
their errors1 and those points on which 
they had  differed1 and unite on the    
important truths of the third message4  
,and  on that good evening the brethren 
sacrificed their ,babel of sentiments   
and united on the truth4 ,and what was  
the result8 ,harmony began to  prevail1 
and many came flocking to the standard  
of truth4    ,the fruit of this vision  

was good4 ,it could not have been the   
work of  an enemy1 according to the test
 given by our ,lord1 in ,matt4 vii1     
#ae-bj3  8,beware of false prophets1    
which come to you in sheep's clothing1  
but  inwardly they are ravening wolves4 
,ye shall know them by their fruits4    
,do men gather grapes of thorns1 or figs
 of thistles8 ,even so every good  tree 
bringeth forth good fruit2 but a corrupt
 tree bringeth forth evil  fruit4 ,a    
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit1
 neither can a corrupt  tree bring forth
 good fruit4 ,every tree that bringeth  
not forth good  fruit is hewn down1 and 
cast into the fire4 ,wherefore1 by their
 fruits  ye shall know them40           
,,the ,,opposition4      ,by the spring 
of #ahdi the subject of the ,sabbath    
began to attract  considerable notice   
from ,advent believers1 who1 seeing that
 the  first day of the week could not be
 sustained by divine authority1  were   
falling back to the position of no      
,sabbath in the ,christian              

dispensation4 ,and it may be worthy of  
notice1 that this is the result         
everywhere the ,sabbath question is     
discussed4 ,the reason why the  regular 
,baptists have taken this position more 
generally than any other  denomination1 
may be because of their relation to the 
,seventh-day  ,baptists1 who have more  
or less brought the subject to their    
notice4 ,as  an illustration of this    
point1 when ,william ,e4 ,arnold1 of    
,rochester1  ,n4 ,y41 in #ahdd1 stated  
to ,elder ,joseph ,marsh his convictions
 of duty  to observe the seventh day as 
the ,sabbath1 ,elder ,marsh replied     
that the first day of the week1 as the  
,sabbath for ,christians1 was  clearly  
proved from the word of ,god1 and the   
unvarying practice of the  ,christian   
church4 ,mr4 ,arnold invited him to give
 the subject especial  attention4 ,he   
promised to do so and report the next   
,sunday4 ,his report  was simply this3  
,that he had examined the subject1 and  
had become  satisfied that the ,sabbath 

was ,jewish1 and that there was none for
  ,christians4    ,the change from the  
first day to no ,sabbath cannot be      
regarded in any  better light than a    
change from bad to worse1 and it is a   
matter of  grief that thousands1 finding
 themselves utterly unable to sustain   
the  observance of first-day1 take      
refuge from the pointed arrows of truth 
in this comparatively strong hold of    
unbelief4 ,the masses are ignorant  of  
the facts relative to the first day of  
the week4 ,they think the  ,new         
,testament abounds with direct testimony
 that it is sacred time4  ,elder ,joseph
 ,bates asserted in a grove1 in         
,connecticut1 in #ahdi1 that  there was 
not one text in the ,new ,testament     
which taught a change  of the ,sabbath  
from the seventh to the first day of the
 week4 ,an  intelligent-appearing       
gentleman interrupted by saying1 8,there
 are more  than twenty40 8,well10 said  
,bro4 ,bates1 8will you please to give  
us  one80 ,the gentleman replied1 8,i   

can give you twenty40 ,bro4 ,b4 urged1  
8,if you can give twenty1 you can       
certainly give one4 ,we wait for one2   
only give us one text40 ,the gentleman  
was silent and ,bro4 ,b4 went on  with  
his subject4    ,it is a fact that the  
first day of the week is mentioned in   
the ,new  ,testament only eight times1  
and is not in a single instance spoken  
of  as a sacred day4 ,inspiration gives 
it the simple title of first day of  the
 week4 ,see ,matt4 xxviii1 #a2 ,mark    
xvi1 #b1 #i2 ,luke xxiv1 #a2 ,john xx1  
#a1 #ai2 ,acts xx1 #g2 #a ,cor4 xvi1 #b4
    ,it is also a fact that inspiration 
in the ,new ,testament gives the        
seventh day of the week the sacred title
 of ,sabbath1 fifty-nine times1  and in 
every instance refers to the day on     
which ,god rested1 and which  he        
sanctified and blessed4 ,see ,matt4 xii1
 #a1 #b1 #e1 #h1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab2 xxiv1   
#bj2 xxviii1 #a2 ,mark i1 #ba2 ii1 #bc1 
#bd1 #bg1 #bh2 iii1 #b1 #d2 vi1 #b2 xv1 
#db2 xvi4 #a2 ,luke iv1 #af1 #ca2 vi1   

#a1 #b1 #e1 #f1 #g1 #i2 xiii1 #aj1 #ad1 
#ae1  #af2 xiv1 #a1 #c1 #e2 xxiii1 #ed1 
#ef2 ,john v1 #i1 #aj1 #af1 #ah2 vii1   
#bb1 #bc2  ix1 #ad1 #af2 xix1 #ca2 ,acts
 i1 #ab2 xiii1 #ad1 #bg1 #db1 #dd2 xv1  
#ba2 xvi1 #ac2  xvii1 #b2 xviii1 #d4    
,those who examine the subject are      
generally compelled to admit that  there
 is no inspired testimony favoring a    
change of the day4 ,some1  however1     
cling to the idea that the change is    
sustained by the example  of ,christ and
 the apostles4 ,as far as the example of
 our ,lord is  concerned1 they can refer
 us to but two instances of his meeting 
his  disciples on the first day of the  
week4 ,the first occasion was when  he  
appeared to them on the evening of the  
day of his resurrection2  and they were 
astonished to learn that he had risen   
from the dead4  ,the second was eight   
days after this1 and hence could not be 
upon the  first day of the week2 and    
neither of these meetings1 so far as we 
have  any proof1 were from previous     

appointment1 or designed for religious  
worship4    ,and there is no evidence   
that the apostles regarded the first day
 of  the week as a day of worship4      
,there is no record of a single instance
  of their holding a meeting in the     
daytime of the first day of the week4   
,it is true that ,paul met with his     
brethren1 at ,troas1 on a first-day     
evening to break bread4 ,that meeting   
continued all night on the first  day of
 the week4 ,the night is the first half 
of the twenty-four  hour day4 ,therefore
 that meeting was held on what we call  
,saturday  night4 ,the next morning1    
,sunday1 ,paul started on his long      
journey to  ,jerusalem1 and spent the   
last half of that day in traveling on   
foot1  and sailing with his brethren    
toward ,mitylene4 ,thus we have         
apostolic  example for regarding the    
first day as a proper day for secular   
business4    ,neither can #a ,cor4 xvi1 
#b1 serve the cause of first-day        
observance4  ,this text does not refer  

to a single element of the ,sabbath4    
,holy time1  rest from labor1 and public
 assembling for divine worship1 are not 
intimated therein4 ,justin ,edwards1 in 
his ,notes on the ,new ,testament1      
comments on this text thus3 8,lay by him
 in store2 at home4 ,that there  be no  
gatherings2 that their gifts might be   
ready when the apostle  should come40   
,with this now contrast ,new ,testament 
testimony relative to the ,sabbath4     
,our ,lord recognized the existence of  
the ,sabbath at the destruction  of     
,jerusalem1 ,a4 ,d4 #gj1 as verily as   
the seasons of the year4 8,and  pray ye 
that your flight be not in the winter   
neither on the ,sabbath  day40 ,he      
refers to a definite day4 ,not one day  
in seven and no day in  particular1 but 
the day of the ,sabbath4 ,in ,mark ii1  
#bg1 he says1 ,the  ,sabbath was made   
for man4    ,in ,luke xxiii1 #ef1 is the
 record of the disciples' resting the   
,sabbath  day according to the          
commandment4 ,this act of resting on the

 ,sabbath  was after the crucifixion1   
and the record of it was made by        
inspiration  nearly thirty years later  
still4    ,the book of ,acts shows what 
the apostles did4 ,which day of the week
 did  they observe as the ,sabbath8 ,the
 writer of the book of ,acts records    
instances of the apostles' holding      
meetings upon the ,sabbath4 ,on one     
occasion when ,paul had been addressing 
a mixed assembly1 8the ,gentiles        
besought that these words might be      
preached to them1 the next ,sabbath10   
showing that it was understood even by  
the ,gentiles1 that the ,sabbath  was   
,paul's regular day of worship4 ,acts   
xiii1 #db4 ,and the next ,sabbath  day  
came almost the whole city together1 to 
hear the word of ,god4 ,verse  #dd4     
,at another time ,paul and ,timotheus1  
on the ,sabbath1 went out of the  city  
of ,philippi to a place 8by the river   
side1 where prayer was  wont to be      
made10 and held a public meeting4 ,lydia
 believed1 and  was baptized1 and her   

household4 ,but was the ,sabbath ,paul's
 regular  preaching day8 ,was this his  
manner8 ,let chapter xvii1 #b1 answer4  
8,and  ,paul1 as his manner was1 went in
 unto them1 and three ,sabbath days     
reasoned with them out of the           
,scriptures40    ,chapter xviii1 #a-aa1 
contains important testimony on this    
subject4  ,paul at ,corinth abode with  
,aquila and ,priscilla1 and worked with 
them  at tent making4 8,and he reasoned 
in the synagogue every ,sabbath1 and    
persuaded the ,jews and the ,greeks40   
,verse #d4 ,how long did he remain  at  
,corinth8 8,and he continued there a    
year and six months1 teaching  the word 
of ,god among them40 ,verse #aa4 ,here  
is apostolic example for  seventy-eight 
successive ,sabbaths4 ,and it will be   
seen by verses #e-h1  that the apostle  
occupied the synagogue a part of these  
,sabbaths1  until the ,jews opposed and 
blasphemed1 then he went into the house 
of  ,justus1 where he preached the      
remaining portion4 ,here1 dear reader1  

is apostolic example in harmony with the
 divine precept1 showing its            
application and force in the present    
dispensation4    ,the cross of          
,sabbath-keeping in the face of decided 
opposition1 when  its friends were few1 
was very great4 ,thousands became       
convinced  that apostolic example was in
 harmony with the fourth precept of the 
decalogue2 but the numbers who had the  
moral courage to act up to their        
convictions1 were found to be           
comparatively few4 ,and no sooner was a 
by-path opened around this cross by way 
of no-,sabbath1 than multitudes  eagerly
 pressed into it4 ,some of those who    
taught the ,sabbath abolished  labored  
to obliterate all distinction between   
typical institutions  and moral         
principles1 and to show that everything 
in the form of law  recorded in the ,old
 ,testament was abolished4 ,others could
 not go so  far1 but took the position  
that the seventh-day ,sabbath was of the
  same nature as the feast days of the  

typical system1 and expired with  them4 
,these could not see any reason why the 
precepts of the decalogue1  excepting   
the fourth1 should be abolished4 ,in    
their nature they are  adapted to man1  
throughout all dispensations of his     
fallen condition4  ,they exactly meet   
his wants4 ,he cannot dispense with     
them4 ,why1 then1  should the           
crucifixion of the ,saviour of sinners  
do them away8 ,these  could see how     
typical institutions1 pointing to the   
death of ,christ1  could cease at the   
cross1 but could not understand how     
moral precepts1  applicable to the      
entire period of man's fallen state1    
could be  affected by the death of the  
,son of ,god4    ,the mistaken view that
 the ,sabbath was typical1 had long been
 held by  the churches2 hence this class
 could more easily receive the idea that
  when ,paul says1 8,let no man         
therefore judge you in meat or in drink1
 or  in respect of a holy day1 or of the
 new moon1 or of the ,sabbath days1     

which are a shadow of things to come10  
,col4 ii1 #af1 #ag1 he includes  the    
,sabbath of the ,lord4 ,the apostle here
 speaks of sabbath days1 or  sabbaths4  
,lev4 xxiii1 shows seven ,jewish        
sabbaths1 to be celebrated at  their    
appointed times1 8besides the ,sabbaths 
of the ,lord40 ,see verses  #cg and #ch4
 ,here the distinction between the two  
kinds of sabbaths  is seen4 ,paul refers
 to those which are classed with meat1  
drink1  new moon1 c41 and not to the    
,sabbath which the ,lawgiver has wisely 
associated with nine moral precepts4    
,the 8,sabbath ,manual10 by ,justin     
,edwards1 speaks with clearness and     
ability upon this point1 and also in    
reference to the days spoken of in ,rom4
 xiv3    8,under the ,jewish            
dispensation were incorporated two kinds
 of laws4 ,one  was founded on          
obligations growing out of the nature of
 men1 and their  relations to ,god and  
one another2 obligations binding before 
they were  written1 and which will      

continue to be binding upon all who     
shall know  them1 to the end of time4   
,such are the laws which were written by
 the  finger of ,god on the tables of   
stone1 and are called moral laws4       
8,the other kind1 called ceremonial     
laws1 related to various outward        
observances1 which were not obligatory  
till they were commanded1 and  then were
 binding only on the ,jews till the     
death of ,christ4    8,there were also  
two kinds of ,sabbaths1 or days of rest4
 ,one was a  day of weekly rest2 and the
 command to keep it holy was placed by  
the  ,lawgiver in the midst of the moral
 laws4 ,it was called1 by way of        
eminence1 #8,the ,sabbath4' ,the command
 to keep the other sabbaths was  placed 
by the ,lawgiver among the ceremonial   
laws1 because it was like  them1 as the 
command to keep the weekly ,sabbath was 
like the laws  with which it was        
associated4 ,one class were fundamental1
 permanent1  universal1 moral laws2 the 
other class were local1 temporary1      

ceremonial laws4 ,one had their origin  
in the nature and relations of  man2 the
 other in the peculiar circumstances in 
which1 for a time1 a  peculiar people   
were placed4 ,one would be binding in   
all ages1 upon all  who should know     
them2 and the other would be binding    
only upon the ,jews  till the death of  
the ,messiah4    8,the ,jews1 at the    
coming of ,christ1 being in a state of  
great spiritual  darkness and grievous  
apostasy from ,god1 did not well        
understand the  nature and objects of   
their laws4 ,often they overlooked the  
spirit1 and  were superstitiously       
devoted to the forms4 ,some1 after they 
embraced  the gospel1 thought that the  
ceremonial as well as the moral laws    
were  binding2 others1 more enlightened1
 thought that they were not4 ,this led  
to contentions among them4 ,paul1 in the
 fourteenth chapter of ,romans1         
presented such considerations as were   
adapted to lead them1 in this  matter1  
to a right decision4    8#8,one man1' he

 says1 #8esteemeth one day above        
another4 ,another  esteemeth every day  
alike4 ,let every man be fully persuaded
 in his  own mind4 ,he that regardeth   
the day1 regardeth it unto the ,lord2   
and  he that regardeth not the day1 to  
the ,lord he doth not regard it4'  ,both
 mean to honor ,god1 and he will accept 
them4 ,but what day does  he speak of8  
#8,the ,sabbath' of the fourth          
commandment1 associated by  ,god        
inseparably with the moral laws8 ,read  
the connection4 ,what is it8  ,is it1   
one man believeth he must worship       
,jehovah2 another1 who is  weak1        
worshipeth idols8 ,one believeth that he
 must not commit murder1  adultery or   
theft1 and another thinks he may8 ,were 
those the laws about  which they were   
contending1 and with which were         
connected the days that  he speaks of8  
,no2 about those laws there was no      
dispute4    8,but #8,one believeth that 
he may eat all things1' 7which are      
nourishing1  whether allowed in the     

ceremonial law1 which regulateth such   
things1  or not72 #8another1 who is     
weak1 eateth herbs4 ,let not him that   
eateth  despise him that eateth not2 and
 let not him which eateth not1 judge    
him that eateth1 for ,god hath received 
him4' ,those were not the laws  about   
which they were contending1 and with    
regard to which the apostle  was giving 
them instruction4 ,it was not the moral1
 but the ceremonial  laws2 and the days 
spoken of were those which were         
connected1 not with  the former1 but    
with the latter4    8,so1 in the second 
chapter of ,colossians1 #8,let no man   
judge you in meat  or in drink1 or in   
respect of a holy day1 or of the new    
moon1 or of  the sabbaths4' ,the        
sabbaths spoken of are not the ,sabbath 
associated  with1 ,thou shalt not commit
 murder1 or adultery1 or theft2 but the 
sabbaths associated with meats and      
drinks1 and new moons1 which were       
indeed shadows of things to come4 ,but  
to take what he said about those        

sabbaths which were associated by ,god  
with the ceremonial laws1 and  which the
 apostle himself1 in this very          
discourse1 associates with  them1 and   
apply it1 as some have done1 to #8,the  
,sabbath' which ,god  associated with   
moral laws1 is wrong40 pp4 #acc1 #acf4  
,all types point forward to something   
connected with the work of  redemption4 
,they have no other design than this4   
,hence no type would  ever have been    
introduced had not man fallen and needed
 a redemption4  ,they all originate1    
therefore1 this side of the fall4 ,but  
the ,sabbath  was instituted before the 
fall1 before man needed redemption1 and 
before anything was1 or could have been1
 reasonably given to foreshadow  that   
work4 ,all the types that were ever     
instituted had no meaning  except as    
they recognized the work of ,christ in  
redemption2 but the  seventh-day        
,sabbath was from creation a holy day1  
and all the facts  to which the fourth  
commandment points would have been just 

as true as  they are now if ,christ had 
never died4 ,while the types1 among     
which  were the typical sabbaths of the 
,jews1 recognized man's guilt1 and      
signified ,god's willingness to save1   
the seventh-day ,sabbath would have     
occupied the same place it now occupies1
 and ever has occupied1 even  if man had
 never sinned4 ,the typical sabbaths    
were shadows of things  to come2 the    
seventh-day ,sabbath was and is a       
memorial of things past4  ,the two      
classes of sabbaths point in opposite   
directions1 and hence  cannot be classed
 together4 ,the one pointed forward to  
redemption2 the  other points back to   
creation4 8,for in six days the ,lord   
made heaven  and earth1 the sea1 and all
 that in them is1 and rested the seventh
  day2 wherefore the ,lord blessed the  
,sabbath day and hallowed it40 ,the     
seventh-day ,sabbath therefore is not a 
type1 if reason and revelation  may     
decide this question4    ,william       
,miller's views respecting the          

perpetuity of the ,sabbath1 and  its    
distinction from the sabbaths of the    
,jews1 is also worthy of notice4    8,i 
say1 and ,i believe ,i am supported by  
the ,bible1 that the moral law  was     
never given to the ,jews as a people    
exclusively1 but they were for  a season
 the keepers of it in charge4 ,and      
through them the law1 oracles  and      
testimony have been handed down to us4  
,see ,paul's clear reasoning  in ,rom4  
ii1 iii1 iv1 on that point4 ,then1 says 
the objector1 we are  under the same    
obligation to keep the sabbaths of      
weeks1 months and  years that the ,jews 
were4 ,no1 sir2 you will observe that   
these were not  included in the         
decalogue4444 ,only one kind of         
,sabbaths was given to  ,adam1 and only 
one remains for us4 ,see ,hosea ii1 #aa4
 #8,i will cause all  her mirth to      
cease1 her feast days1 her new moons1   
and her sabbaths1  and all her solemn   
feasts4' ,all the ,jewish sabbaths did  
cease1 when  ,christ nailed them to his 

cross4 ,col4 ii1 #ad-ag4 #8,blotting out
 the  hand-writing of ordinances that   
was against us1 which was contrary to   
us1 and took it out of the way1 nailing 
it to his cross2 and having  spoiled    
principalities and powers1 he made a    
show of them openly1  triumphing over   
them in it4 ,let no man therefore judge 
you in meat1 or  in drink1 or in respect
 of a holy day1 or of the new moon1 or  
of the  sabbath days1 which are a shadow
 of things to come2 but the body is of  
,christ4' ,these were properly called   
,jewish sabbaths4 ,hosea says1 #8her    
sabbaths4' ,but the ,sabbath of which we
 are speaking1 ,god calls #8my          
,sabbath4' ,here is a clear distinction 
between the creation ,sabbath and  the  
ceremonial4 ,the one is perpetual2 the  
others were merely shadows of  good     
things to come1 and are limited in      
,christ40--,miller's ,life and  ,views1 
pp4 #afa1 #afb4    ,here let it be      
distinctly understood that those who    
hold that no change  has taken place in 

the law of ,god1 excepting in the fourth
 precept1  have no right whatever to    
appeal to those texts usually quoted to 
prove  the abolition of the entire code4
    ,those who took the extreme position
 that all ten of the commandments  were 
abolished1 relied with great confidence 
on what the apostle has  said respecting
 the two ministrations4 #b ,cor4 iii4   
,these seemed to  overlook the fact that
 a law is one thing1 and the            
ministration of that  law quite another 
thing4 ,paul is here contrasting two    
ministrations  of the same law4 ,he is  
contrasting the ministration of the law 
of ,god  under ,moses1 7which was a     
ministration of condemnation and death17
  with the ministration of the same law 
under ,christ 7which is the             
ministration of the ,spirit74 ,it is the
 ministration of death that is  done    
away1 to give place to the more glorious
 ministration of ,god's  law1 called the
 ministration of the ,spirit4 ,but we   
would inquire1 ,why  should all ten of  

the commandments of ,god be slain at the
 cross1 even  if it were necessary to   
abolish the fourth8 ,all agree that nine
 are  good1 yea1 indispensable for the  
,christian dispensation4 ,was it an     
oversight in the ,lawgiver in placing   
the ,sabbath in the midst of nine  moral
 precepts8 ,and did he have to slay the 
whole ten in order to get  rid of the   
,sabbath8 ,but if all ten were abolished
 at the cross1 how  is it that nine are 
still binding8 8,why10 says the         
objector1 8nine of  them were re-enacted
 by ,christ for the gospel40 ,but here  
is a serious  difficulty2 the objector  
has nine of the commandments re-enacted 
during  ,christ's ministry1 before the  
ten were abolished at his death6    ,if 
it be said that the apostles re-enacted 
nine of the commandments for  the gospel
 after their ,lord ascended and the     
,holy ,spirit was poured  out upon them1
 we reply that according to this view   
there was a space  between the abolition
 of the ten1 at the cross1 and the      

re-enactment of  the nine2 a space when 
there was no law1 consequently no       
transgression1  and men might blaspheme1
 murder1 c41 and not commit sin6 ,but if
 the  objector takes the ground that the
 nine commandments were re-enacted at   
the cross at the time when he thinks the
 ten were abolished1 then we  shall     
understand him that ,heaven aimed a blow
 that killed all ten of  the            
commandments1 and that the same blow1 at
 the same moment1 brought  nine of them 
to life again6 ,and all this to get rid 
of the ,sabbath  which ,christ says was 
made for man4    ,by many it was        
assumed1 #a4 ,that ,christ was the      
,christian's lawgiver1  and #b4 ,that he
 has given in person and by his inspired
 apostles1  a complete code of laws for 
the present dispensation4 ,it was then  
asserted that as the law of the ,sabbath
 was not repeated in the ,new           
,testament1 the seventh-day ,sabbath is 
not binding upon ,christians4           
,deuteronomy xviii1 #ae-ah1 was offered 

as proof that ,christ was our  lawgiver1
 but it may be seen that the text       
teaches the reverse4 8,the  ,lord thy   
,god will raise up unto thee a prophet  
from the midst of thee1  of thy         
brethren1 like unto me2 unto him ye     
shall hearken4444 ,and the  ,lord said  
unto me1 ,they have well spoken that    
which they have spoken4 ,i  will raise  
them up a prophet from among their      
brethren1 like unto thee1  and will put 
my words in his mouth1 and he shall     
speak unto them all  that ,i shall      
command him40    ,peter1 speaking of    
,christ1 says3 8,for ,moses truly said  
unto the  fathers1 ,a prophet shall the 
,lord your ,god raise up unto you1 of   
your  brethren1 like unto me2 him shall 
ye hear in all things whatsoever he     
shall say unto you40 ,acts iii1 #bb4    
,christ1 as a prophet1 or teacher1 was  
like ,moses4 ,we now inquire1 ,did      
,moses legislate8 ,did he make laws for 
the people8 ,he did not4 ,moses         
received words from the mouth of ,god   

and spake them to the people4  ,there is
 no record that he ever assumed the     
position of an independent  lawgiver2   
while the inspired word furnishes facts 
quite the reverse4  ,in the case of the 
man who gathered sticks on the ,sabbath1
 7,num4 xv1  #cb-cf17 ,moses did not    
presume to decide his case1 but left    
that for the  great ,lawgiver4 8,and    
they put him in ward1 because it was not
 declared  what should be done unto him4
 ,and the ,lord said unto ,moses1 the   
man  shall be surely put to death40 ,see
 also ,num4 xxvii1 #e-g2 ,lev4 xxiv1    
#aa-ad4    ,that ,christ1 as a prophet1 
or teacher1 was like ,moses1 we have the
  united testimony of ,moses1 7,deut4   
xviii1 #ae17 the ,lord1 7verse #ah17 and
  ,peter1 7,acts iii1 #bb17 therefore he
 was not an independent lawgiver4  ,says
 the eternal ,father1 when speaking of  
his ,son1 8,he shall speak unto  them   
all that ,i shall command him40 ,jesus  
testifies of himself on this  subject1  
and his testimony agrees with that of   

his ,father4 ,mark well  the following  
declarations of the ,son of ,god3       
8,jesus answered them1 and said1 ,my    
doctrine is not mine1 but his that  sent
 me40 ,john vii1 #af4    8,then said    
,jesus unto them1 ,when ye have lifted  
up the ,son of man1 then  shall ye know 
that ,i am he1 and that ,i do nothing of
 myself2 but as my  ,father hath taught 
me1 ,i speak these things40 ,chap4 viii1
 #bh4    8,for ,i have not spoken of    
myself2 but the ,father which sent me1  
he gave  me a commandment what ,i should
 say1 and what ,i should speak4 ,and ,i 
know  that his commandment is life      
everlasting3 whatsoever ,i speak        
therefore1  even as the ,father said    
unto me1 so ,i speak40 ,chap4 xii1 #di1 
#ej4    8,he that loveth me not1 keepeth
 not my sayings2 and the word which ye  
hear is not mine1 but the ,father's     
which sent me40 ,chap4 xiv1 #bd4    ,by 
these testimonies from the ,father and  
,son1 we learn that it was not  the work
 of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ to         

legislate2 but he received the          
doctrines which he taught1 from the     
mouth of the ,father1 and spake them  to
 the people4 ,in this respect1 as a     
prophet1 or teacher1 he was like        
,moses4 ,in both cases the ,father is   
the lawgiver4    ,the transfiguration is
 referred to as proof that ,christ is   
the lawgiver  in the gospel age4 ,it is 
said that the presence of both ,moses   
and  ,christ1 7the teachers of both     
dispensations17 and ,moses' being placed
  upon the background by the voice from 
,heaven1 saying1 8,this is my  beloved  
,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased1 hear  
him10 shows that ,christ  is the        
lawgiver of the present age1 and that   
his teachings take the  place of the law
 of ,god4 ,but a very important         
personage is overlooked  by those who   
take this position4 ,it is the ,father4 
,he also appears  at the mount of       
transfiguration4 ,his voice is heard as 
the highest  authority--8,this is my    
beloved ,son1 hear him40 ,however much  

the glory  of ,christ excelled that of  
,moses1 it did not eclipse the glory of 
the  ,author of the ten commandments4   
,the great ,god spoke the ten precepts  
of  his holy law in the hearing of all  
the people4 ,he did not leave them  with
 ,moses to write and deliver to the     
people4 ,neither was it the work  of the
 ,son of ,god to deliver them1 or any   
portion of them1 the second  time for   
the men of the present dispensation4    
,under circumstances of  awful grandeur1
 the great ,lawgiver spoke the ten      
commandments directly  to the people1   
and wrote them in the tables of stone4  
,christ quotes  several of them at      
different times to enforce the doctrines
 he taught4  ,he treats them as the law 
of his ,father1 and affirms their       
immutability4    ,if it be said that the
 apostles in their writings have given a
 code  of laws for the gospel age1 we   
reply1 that this view makes twelve      
lawgivers1 whereas ,james says1 8,there 
is one lawgiver40    ,see the commission

 to the eleven3 8,go ye therefore and   
teach all  nations1 baptizing them in   
the name of the ,father1 and of the     
,son1 and  of the ,holy ,ghost2 teaching
 them to observe all things whatsoever  
,i  have commanded you40 ,matt4 xxviii1 
#ai1 #bj4 ,christ taught the apostles   
what he had received of the ,father1 and
 this they were to teach men  to        
observe4 ,notice also the work of the   
,holy ,spirit1 and from whom  it        
proceeds4 8,but the ,comforter1 which is
 the ,holy ,ghost1 whom the  ,father    
will send in my name1 he shall teach you
 all things1 and bring  all things to   
your remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have    
said unto you40 ,john  xiv1 #bf4 8,and  
,i will pray the ,father1 and he shall  
give you another  ,comforter1 that he   
may abide with you forever40 ,verse #af4
 ,the ,holy  ,spirit came from the      
,father1 and one object for which it was
 sent1 was  to call to the disciples'   
memory the words of divine truth which  
the  ,son had received of the ,father1  

and had spoken to them4    ,it is ,god1 
the great ,lawgiver1 that speaks to his 
people in both  dispensations3 8,god1   
who at sundry times and in divers       
manners spake  in time past unto the    
fathers by the prophets1 hath in these  
last days  spoken unto us by his ,son40 
,heb4 i1 #a1 #b4          ,a ,,paper    
,,started4      ,the subject of the     
,sabbath was growing clearer1 and up to 
this time the  foregoing positions were 
being presented to small congregations1 
by  ,bro4 ,bates and myself4 ,opposition
 was waxing stronger1 and the battle    
was increasing4 ,burdened with a sense  
of duty to enter the field in  defense  
of truth1 in ,july1 #ahdi1 ,i issued the
 first number of a little  sheet called 
,the ,present ,truth1 from which ,i give
 the following  extract to show the     
spirit of that time3    8,it is through 
the truth that souls are sanctified and 
made ready to  enter the everlasting    
kingdom4 ,obedience to the truth will   
kill us to  this world1 that we may be  

made alive1 by faith in ,jesus4         
#8,sanctify  them through thy truth2 thy
 word is truth4' ,john xvii1 #ag4 ,this 
was the  prayer of ,jesus4 #8,i have no 
greater joy than to hear that my        
children  walk in truth4' #c ,john1 #d4 
8,error darkens and fetters the mind1   
but the truth brings with it  freedom1  
and gives light and life4 ,true charity1
 or love1 #8rejoiceth  in the truth4' #a
 ,cor4 xiii1 #f4 ,thy law is truth4'    
,ps4 cxix1 #adb4 ,david  describing the 
day of slaughter1 when the pestilence   
shall walk in  darkness1 and destruction
 waste at noonday1 so that #8a thousand 
shall  fall at thy side and ten thousand
 at thy right hand1' says3 #8,he shall  
cover thee with his feathers1 and under 
his wings shalt thou trust2 his  truth  
shall be thy shield and buckler4' ,ps4  
xci1 #d4    8,the storm is coming4 ,war1
 famine and pestilence are already in   
the  field of slaughter4 ,now is the    
time1 the only time to seek a shelter in
  the truth of the living ,god4 ,in     

,peter's time there was present truth1  
or truth applicable to that present     
time4 ,the church have ever had  a      
present truth4 ,the present truth now1  
is that which shows present  duty1 and  
the right position for us who are about 
to witness the time  of trouble such as 
never was4 ,present truth must be oft   
repeated1 even  to those who are        
established in it4 ,this was needful in 
the apostles'  day1 and it certainly is 
no less important for us1 who are living
 just  before the close of time4        
8,for months ,i have felt burdened with 
the duty of writing and  publishing the 
present truth for the scattered flock2  
but the way has  not been opened for me 
to commence the work until now4 ,i      
tremble at  the word of the ,lord1 and  
the importance of this time4 ,what is   
done to  spread the truth must be done  
quickly4 ,the four angels are holding   
the  angry nations in check but a few   
days1 until the saints are sealed2  then
 the nations will rush1 like the rushing

 of many waters4 ,then  it will be too  
late to spread before precious souls the
 present1  saving1 living truths of the 
,holy ,bible4 ,my spirit is drawn out   
after  the scattered remnant4 ,may ,god 
help them to receive the truth1 and be  
established in it40    ,a few numbers of
 this little sheet had been published1  
which1 with  ,bro4 ,bates' publications1
 were a great help in the cause4 ,then  
the  few that taught the truth traveled 
on foot1 in second-class cars1  or on   
steamboat decks1 for want of means4 ,the
 testimony they bore  was pointed4 ,god 
worked with them mightily2 and the      
cheering news of  conversions to the    
truth were coming in on every hand4     
,several brethren  sold possessions1 and
 handed out their means1 to advance the 
cause4  ,young men and women could then 
give up their wages to help preachers   
from place to place1 and to publish     
books for gratuitous distribution4  ,all
 seemed to give cheerfully1 and ,god    
abundantly blessed the cheerful  giver4 

,ministers and people then felt for     
souls1 and labored for them  as though  
the coming of the day of ,god was an    
absorbing reality4 ,but  in those days  
of prosperity to the cause1 there were  
trials2 and these  generally arose in   
consequence of a disposition to draw off
 from the  great truths connected with  
the third message1 to points of no vital
  importance4 ,it was impossible to make
 some see that present truth  really was
 present truth1 and not future truth1   
and that the word1  as a lamp1 shines   
brightest where we stand1 and not so    
plainly on the  path in the distance4   
,hence the order of events a thousand   
years in  the future1 or just before or 
after the coming of the ,lord1 was the  
all-absorbing theme with some4          
,,the ,,review ,,and ,,herald4      ,in 
#ahej ,i commenced publishing the       
,review and ,herald at ,paris1 ,me4 ,as 
friends were few and generally poor1 we 
chose this country location  to save    
expense4 ,by this time several preachers

 had united in the  proclamation of the 
present truth1 and our hearts were often
 cheered by  their success4 ,but those  
were days of poverty1 deprivation1 toil 
and  anguish of spirit4 ,we labored     
ardently to bring some to a knowledge of
  the truth1 divided our scanty purse   
with them1 and at the same time  were   
suffering for the comforts of life4     
,with feeble health we traveled  from   
town to town1 and from ,state to ,state1
 preaching the word and  holding        
conferences2 and at the same time       
issuing the ,review once in  two or     
three weeks4    ,about this time ,bro4  
,j4 ,n4 ,andrews commenced his labors1  
which was no  small reinforcement4      
,faithfully has this dear brother       
labored in the  cause1 which is now     
blessed with his clear expositions of   
,bible truth  in our most important     
publications4    ,the first number of   
the second volume of the ,review1 was   
issued at  ,saratoga ,springs1 ,n4 ,y41 
,august #e1 #ahea4 ,up to this time we  

had no  permanent home1 but had traveled
 as the way opened1 then stopped to     
write and publish where brethren made us
 welcome4 ,our two little boys  were    
from us1 and six hundred miles from each
 other4    ,in ,march1 #aheb1 the       
,review was established at ,rochester1  
,n4 ,y4 ,the  friends of the cause      
raised seven or eight hundred dollars to
 purchase  press and printing material  
with which to issue it4 ,this was a new 
and important era in the progress of the
 cause4 ,here commenced ,bro4  ,andrews'
 letters to ,o4 ,r4 ,l4 ,crosier1 which 
not only exposed the  weakness of the   
no-,sabbath heresy1 but the deceitful   
manner in which  some handled the word  
of ,god4 ,success attended the cause    
east and west4  ,bro4 ,waggoner raised  
up witnesses for the truth in many      
places in  ,wisconsin4 ,the labors of   
,brn4 ,cornell and ,cranson were greatly
 blessed  in ,michigan4 ,bro4 ,bates was
 having his usual success in different  
,states and the ,canadas1 through which 

he so rapidly passed1 and other         
brethren in the ,state of ,new ,york1   
and in ,new ,england1 were reporting    
success4 ,i cannot better represent the 
state of things that followed1  than by 
quoting from the ,review1 vol4 xi1 p4   
#gg1 which ,i give under  the           
appropriate head of a                   
,,purifying ,,process4      8,it is     
evident1 however1 that with the increase
 of numbers there was  not a            
corresponding increase in consecration  
and in the graces of  the ,spirit4 ,the 
truth was being more clearly brought    
out1 and many  were embracing it1 and at
 the same time the standard of          
consecration1  self-denial and          
sacrifice1 was being lowered among us as
 a people4  ,there was a great increase 
of numbers4 ,the scripture evidences of 
our  position were the themes of public 
lectures1 and close1 practical          
preaching was too much neglected1 and   
most ,sabbath-keepers became quite      
satisfied with the form without the     

power4 ,hypocrites crowded into the     
ranks4 ,men destitute of principle1 and 
having a seared conscience1  professed  
the ,sabbath4 ,and the spirit of the    
world prevailed in the  body4           
8,church discipline was urged through   
the ,review1 which was very             
disagreeable to some in the ranks who   
wished to have their own way1 and  hated
 reproof and instruction4 ,they chose to
 be teachers1 when they  should have    
been learners4 ,they went out to teach  
the truth without  being sent of the    
,lord1 or approbated by the church1 and 
sowed the  seeds of discontent1 disunion
 and death wherever they went4 ,some of 
them were labored with and reproved4    
,others did not receive as much         
approbation and attention as they       
desired4 ,and not a few were rebuked  of
 the ,lord for their unchristian1       
reckless course4 ,this aroused their    
jealousy and anger1 and finally they    
started a sheet of slander at  ,jackson1
 ,mich41 which met the feelings of all  

those who were ready to  be inspired    
with jealousy and a feeling of hatred   
and revenge toward  those who had       
reproved them for their wrongs1 and they
 all poured forth  their feelings of    
bitterness and wrath into this sheet4   
8,this was a cause of great grief to    
many dear brethren1 and it appeared  for
 the time that the precious cause was   
being injured4 ,but this sheet  was     
manifesting hearts and purifying the    
body4 ,it was evident to all  decent    
people that those who would go with such
 a sheet were not fit  to go with the   
saints4 ,we will mention some of the    
leading men in this  faction1 and their 
position when last heard from4 ,w----n1 
rejected by  his party for crime1 and a 
town charge2 ,b----o1 their editor1     
fined #be  for presenting a pistol1 and 
threatening to shoot a scholar in       
school2  ,c----e1 run out as a preacher1
 and fishing on the lakes2 ,c----n1  in 
a clothing store2 ,l----s1 a            
,spiritualist4 ,r----l and ,h----s had  

denounced ,b----o and the publishers of 
their sheet as hypocrites1 and  were    
standing alone4 ,it seems that as soon  
as these restless spirits  went out from
 the body by themselves1 they           
immediately went to biting  and         
devouring one another1 until not one of 
the eighteen messengers of  which they  
once boasted as being with them1 is now 
bearing a public  testimony1 and there  
is not one place of regular meeting1 to 
our  knowledge1 among them east or west4
    8,the true friends of the cause have
 been led by these things to see  the   
necessity of bearing a bold and         
independent testimony for the  truth1   
and for the gifts of the ,holy ,spirit4 
,and that gift which was  so despised by
 the faction1 never was prized by the   
body as now4 ,the  faction has crumbled 
and disappeared1 and the body has risen 
in union  and strength4 ,and where one  
destitute of moral worth has left the   
ranks1 four of real worth have joined   
the ranks of ,sabbath-keepers4 ,at  the 

time of the disaffection1 when the      
effort was to break down the  ,review1  
the church property at the ,office was  
only #gjj2 since1 it  has increased to  
#e1jjj4 ,then there were but about one  
thousand paying  subscribers1 now there 
are nearly two thousand1 besides quite a
 free  list4    8,we mourn our lukewarm 
condition4 ,we have nothing to boast of4
 ,but  thanks be to ,god who has given  
the truth the victory thus far through  
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,the truth    
will triumph4 ,though those who now     
profess it be laid aside for their      
unfaithfulness1 ,god can raise up a     
faithful army to fight his battles1 and 
wear the victor's crown4 ,but  those who
 have stood the storms of the past will 
not fall away now4  ,though many who    
have not the truth in them sufficient to
 move them  cheerfully to action1 may be
 shaken out1 and left behind1 yet the   
faithful ones who have toiled on1       
groaning1 sighing and crying for        
salvation and deliverance1 will go      

through to the city of ,god1 and  share 
the everlasting rest40          ,,tent  
,,meetings4      ,tent operations1 as an
 effective method of spreading the      
truth1 were  commenced among us in the  
summer of #ahed4 ,the first meeting of  
the kind  was held in ,battle ,creek1   
,mich41 ,june #aj and #aa1 of that year4
 ,these  meetings called out large      
congregations1 and gave greater         
publicity  to our views1 by means of the
 oral lectures1 and of our publications1
  which had been greatly multiplied1 and
 were eagerly called for4 ,since  that  
time tent meetings have been held with  
great success in ,new  ,england1 ,new   
,york1 ,pennsylvania1 ,ohio1 ,michigan1 
,illinois1 ,wisconsin1  ,iowa1 and      
,minnesota4          ,,removal ,,to     
,,michigan4      ,the autumn of #ahee   
found me much reduced in strength1 in   
consequence  of incessant toil and care1
 editing1 publishing1 journeying and    
preaching4 ,very many gave me over to   
die of consumption4 ,a change  seemed   

necessary4 ,heavy debts were upon me1 in
 consequence of printing  large editions
 of our publications4 ,in this state of 
things ,i called  upon my brethren to   
take the cares and responsibilities of  
the ,office  from me1 and advised them  
to remove it to some more favorable     
locality4  ,the truth had been taking   
strong hold in ,michigan1 and the       
brethren  in that ,state came nobly     
forward in that time of need1 and took  
the  responsibilities of the ,office    
upon themselves4 ,at a conference of the
  friends of the cause in ,michigan and 
,indiana1 held in ,battle ,creek1       
,mich41 ,september #bc1 #ahee1 ,i       
offered the following resolutions1 which
  were unanimously adopted3    8#a4     
,that the ,advent ,review ,office still 
remain the property of the  church4     
8#b4 ,that the ,advent ,review ,office  
be removed to ,battle ,creek1 ,mich4    
8#c4 ,that a financial committee of     
three be chosen1 whose duty it shall  be
 to move the ,office1 and publish the   

,advent ,review4    8#d4 ,that ,d4 ,r4  
,palmer1 of ,jackson1 ,henry ,lyon and  
,cyrenius ,smith1 of  ,battle ,creek1 be
 that ,committee40    ,a building was   
immediately erected1 and steps taken for
 the removal of  the ,office4    ,a     
,general ,conference was held at ,battle
 ,creek1 ,november #af1 #ahee1  which   
sanctioned the doings of the conference 
of ,september #bc1 #ahee1  and elected  
,uriah ,smith resident editor of the    
,review4 ,the last  paper published in  
,rochester1 ,n4 ,y41 was dated ,october 
#cj1 #ahee1 and  its publication was    
resumed in ,battle ,creek1 ,december #d1
 following4  ,the expenses of the new   
building1 and the removal of the        
,office1 were  promptly met1 and soon   
the publishing department was in a      
prosperous  condition4          ,,power 
,,press4      ,the business at the      
,office increased so rapidly that the   
hand press  soon became entirely        
inadequate for the work4 ,an appeal was 
again made  to the friends of the cause1

 this time for means sufficient to      
purchase  a power press4 ,the brethren  
immediately responded4 ,an ,adams ,new  
,patent  ,power ,press was purchased1   
and the ,review of ,july #cj1 #aheg1 was
 the  first number printed upon it4 ,a  
steam engine was soon obtained to  run  
the press4 ,the entire cost of press1   
engine1 and fixtures1 was  twenty-five  
hundred dollars1 which was soon met by  
the donations of the  brethren4         
,,publishing ,,association4      ,but   
the wants of the cause soon demanded an 
enlargement of capital1  and more       
extended operations4 ,to this end the   
,seventh-day ,adventist  ,publishing    
,association was incorporated in the    
city of ,battle ,creek1  ,may #c1 #ahfa1
 to which the ,review and all the       
publishing interests  were made over by 
those who had heretofore had them in    
charge4 ,this  ,association immediately 
erected a commodious publishing house1  
and has  since that time been zealously 
engaged in carrying forward the objects 

of its formation4 ,its eighth annual    
report1 ,may #ad1 #ahfh1 showed  the    
amount of property belonging to the     
,association1 free from all             
incumbrance1 to be #ce1iif4ei4          
,,organization4      ,the subject of    
church order had been from time to time 
set forth in  the ,review since #ahej1  
and the necessity of some simple form of
  organization had been quite fully     
discussed4 ,the positions taken upon    
the subject of ,babylon1 the burden of  
the second message1 had led many  of our
 people to stand in great fear of       
organization1 however simple4  ,babylon 
signifies confusion4 ,god did not design
 to bring his people out  of the        
confusion of ,babylon into the greater  
confusion of no order nor  discipline4  
,this would only be making a bad matter 
worse4 ,his object in  bringing them out
 from the churches was to discipline and
 unite them  for the last great battle  
of truth under the third message4 ,it   
was  not ambition to build up a         

denomination that suggested             
organization1  but the sheer necessities
 of the case4 ,for a time1 the subject  
of  organization waded heavily4 ,but the
 importance of united action1 and  some 
simple form of organization by which we 
could legally hold our  places of       
worship1 and property necessary to      
efficiently conduct the  publishing     
department1 being earnestly plead by    
those who saw and felt  the wants of the
 cause1 our people generally soon       
overcame their fears1  and united fully 
in the work4 ,it has proved a success4  
,in our church organization1 the        
,general ,conference1 composed of       
delegates from the different ,state     
,conferences1 is our highest  authority4
 ,this ,conference chooses annually1    
besides the usual  officers1 a committee
 of three who have the oversight of the 
work  throughout the entire field4      
,next to this are our several ,state    
,conferences1 composed of the  ministers
 and delegates from all the churches1 in

 their respective  ,states4 ,these      
,conferences also have a committee of   
three to take the  oversight of the work
 in their several ,states during the    
,conference  year4    ,next to these    
stand individual churches1 associated   
together under  the following simple    
covenant3 8,we1 the undersigned1 hereby 
associate  ourselves together as a      
church1 taking the name ,seventh-day    
,adventists1  covenanting to keep the   
commandments of ,god1 and faith of      
,jesus40 ,the  officers of the church   
are local elders1 deacons1 and clerk4   
,,systematic ,,benevolence4      ,in the
 early stage of the cause1 our people   
had no system upon which  to act in the 
support of ministers4 ,those who were   
disposed to give  anything1 gave what   
they chose4 ,for a time our ministers   
were quite  well sustained1 by a few    
liberal souls1 while the majority       
excused  themselves from doing anything4
 ,ere long1 it became evident that these
  liberal ones were becoming weary of   

this inequality1 and they began to      
withhold their support4 ,hence1 in the  
winter of #aheh-i1 some of our  most    
efficient laborers were contemplating   
leaving the gospel-field to  labor with 
their hands for the support of their    
families4    ,in this state of things1  
feeling that something must be done1 ,i 
finally  prepared an address on the     
subject of ,systematic ,benevolence1 for
 the  church in ,battle ,creek4 ,this   
address was adopted1 and published in   
the  ,review of ,feb4 #c1 #ahei1 as an  
appeal from that church to the churches 
and brethren in ,michigan4 ,this system 
is based on #a ,cor4 xvi1 #b3 8,upon    
the first day of the week1 let every one
 of you lay by him in store1  as ,god   
hath prospered him1 that there be no    
gatherings when ,i come10  and1 as now  
matured1 suggests to all believers who  
are enjoying common  prosperity1 #a4    
,that they give at the rate of two cents
 each week upon  every one hundred      
dollars worth of property which they    

possess4 #b4 ,that  they give a personal
 donation1 each week1 of from one to    
twenty-five  cents1 or more1 according  
to their ability4 ,the object of this   
second  suggestion is to embrace those  
who have ability to earn1 but have      
little or no property4 ,the necessity   
and equality of the system are  plead   
before all2 yet all are left to assess  
their own property1 and  give1 in the   
love and fear of ,god1 according to     
their prosperity4  ,widows1 the aged1   
and the infirm1 who are in straitened   
circumstances1  are excused4 ,it is not 
a system of compulsion1 but1 as carried 
out  among us1 is ,systematic           
,benevolence4 ,while all are entreated  
to act  their part in this work1 with   
feelings of cheerful benevolence1 none  
are compelled4    ,for a time this      
system received considerable opposition2
 but when fully  explained1 it was seen 
to be a perfect system of equality4 ,the
 poor who  had but a very few hundred   
dollars1 were called upon by this system

  for so trifling a sum that they were  
the last to object to it2 and the       
wealthy were certainly able to pay the  
small percentage from their  abundance4 
,this system is generally adopted by our
 people everywhere1  and affords a      
liberal support to our ministers1       
leaving them free to  devote themselves 
entirely to the work of the ministry4   
,,glance ,,at ,,the ,,past4      ,as we 
look back upon the great ,advent        
movement1 with its joyful  expectations 
and bitter disappointments1 its         
prosperity and adversity1  its          
triumphant victories and its trials1 it 
appears just like the  work of ,god in  
separating a people from the world1 to  
purify1 make  white1 and try1 and thus  
make them ready for the coming of their 
,lord4  ,have ,adventists been          
disappointed8 ,so were the ,israelites1 
in not  immediately entering ,canaan1   
and the disciples1 as ,jesus died upon  
the cross4 ,have the faith and patience 
of ,adventists been tried8 ,so  were the

 faith and patience of the ,israelites  
tried in their term of  forty years'    
wandering in the wilderness4 ,and that  
of the disciples  was severely tested in
 the unexpected death of their beloved  
,teacher4  ,have but comparatively few  
of the once happy expectants of the     
,king of  glory held fast their faith   
and hope8 ,and have many cast away their
  confidence in this work and drawn back
 to perdition8 ,caleb and ,joshua       
alone1 of the six hundred thousand male 
adults that left ,egypt1 entered  the   
goodly land4 ,and what of the chosen    
twelve in the hour of our  ,lord's      
apprehension8 8,then all the disciples  
forsook him and fled40  ,matt4 xxvi1    
#ef4    ,god has never been able to make
 anything very great or very good of    
man4 ,it has been his plan to prove his 
people in every age1 to test  their     
faith and patience4 ,this has been for  
the good of man and the  glory of his   
name4 ,it was necessary that such noble 
characters as  ,noah1 ,abraham1 ,job1   

and ,daniel1 should suffer the severest 
tests4 ,and  how unlike the work of ,god
 in all past time1 had the many         
thousands  of ,adventists triumphantly  
entered the kingdom at the point of     
expectation1 with hardly a single trial4
 8,blessed is the man that  endureth    
temptation2 for when he is tried1 he    
shall receive the crown  of life40      
,james i1 #ab4 ,this is ,god's plan4    
,first the cross and the  trial1 then   
the crown of unfading glory4 ,as ,i     
8call to remembrance the  former days10 
touching the ,advent movement1 and see  
its adaptation to  the wants of the     
people1 and ,god's great plan of saving 
men1 my soul  says1 8,he hath done all  
things well40    ,it was necessary1 in  
order that the first message should     
arouse the  people and separate those   
who should receive it from the spirit of
  the world1 that it should not only    
relate to the fearful realities of  the 
,judgment1 but also to the period when  
it might be expected4 8,fear  ,god1 and 

give glory to him1 for the hour of his  
,judgment is come40  ,the proclamation  
of the time was a part of ,god's plan4  
,this brought  the coming of the ,lord  
very near4 ,this was right4 ,this was   
necessary  to move the people4 ,and when
 the time passed1 instead of calling the
  attention of believers to some period 
in the future to which they  might look 
for the coming of the ,lord1 the ,spirit
 of ,god sweetly and  powerfully applied
 to their consecrated minds and hearts1 
such passages  as1 8,cast not away1     
therefore1 your confidence1 which hath  
great  recompense of reward4 ,for ye    
have need of patience1 that1 after ye   
have  done the will of ,god1 ye might   
receive the promise4 ,for yet a little  
while1 and ,he that shall come will     
come1 and will not tarry40    ,how long 
this little while would be1 no one knew4
 ,it was not best that  any one should  
know when it would terminate4 ,and more1
 it was ,god's  plan that this should   
not be known2 but that they should move 

along  through the period of the        
patience of the saints1 ,rev4 xiv1 #ab1 
up  to the coming of the ,lord1 ever    
keeping that event just before them4    
,those who have taught the three        
messages the past twenty years1 have    
all the way presented the coming of     
,christ at hand4 ,this has been as  ,god
 designed4 ,and those who would murmur  
at ,god's ministers for this1  murmur   
against the providence of ,god4    ,it  
is painful to hear those who have their 
faces set toward ,egypt1  complain that 
the message was not properly preached to
 them4 ,the coming  of the ,lord was    
presented too near4 ,and that if they   
had understood the  matter1 they should 
have laid their plans for the future    
differently1  and now their property    
might be double its present value4      
,these murmur  against the direct       
providence of ,god4 ,the coming of the  
,lord was  brought very near in #ahdd1  
to rid men of the love of this world1   
that  they might share the love of the  

,father1 and seek a preparation for  the
 coming of his ,son4 ,they cannot have  
both4 8,if any man love the  world1 the 
love of the ,father is not in him40 #a  
,john ii1 #ae4 ,and it was  designed    
that the coming of ,christ should be    
viewed near by believers1  every step of
 the way from the disappointment in     
#ahdd to the gates of  the golden city1 
to keep them free from the love of this 
world4    ,an energetic ,advent         
minister1 on visiting the believers at  
,roxbury1  ,mass41 being asked1 8,what  
is your message now1 ,bro4 ,b480        
answered1  8,come out of her my people40
 ,soon after the passing of the time he 
visited that people again1 and in reply 
to the inquiry1 8,what is your  message 
now1 ,bro4 ,b480 made the apt and       
appropriate reply1 8,stay out  of her my
 people40 ,so ,heaven designed that the 
coming of ,christ should  be brought    
very near to tear from men the love of  
this world1 and that  in their faith    
they should ever hold his coming just   

before them all  the way till faith     
should be lost in the blazing glories of
 the coming  of the ,son of man4 ,if we 
keep the coming of ,jesus ever near1 and
 live  consistently with such a faith1  
keeping the commandments of ,god and    
the faith of ,jesus1 we may be saved4   
,but remove the coming of the ,lord  to 
the distant future1 become imbued with  
the love and spirit of this  world1 and 
remain in such a state1 and perdition is
 certain4 ,let the  painful history of  
the past relative to those who have said
 in their  hearts1 8,my ,lord delayeth  
his coming10 have apostatized and have  
been  scattered to the world and to     
,satan1 be a warning to all to be ever  
8looking for and hasting unto the coming
 of the day of ,god40    ,when the      
warning voice of the first angel was    
first heard1 it found  the nominal      
churches asleep upon the subject of the 
second advent1  dreaming of the world's 
conversion4 ,but the truth was clear1   
and in  the hands of devoted men1 was   

powerful4 ,every where the message was  
proclaimed it produced general          
conviction4 ,the ,scriptures were       
searched  as never before2 a great      
revolution in religious belief took     
place  in a few short years2 and at     
least fifty thousand in ,america alone1 
became decided believers4 ,the prophetic
 times in connection with that  message 
served their purpose1 and terminated    
with that message4 ,the  first angel's  
message was a time message4 ,the second 
and third are  not time messages4 ,that 
aroused men in view of the fast         
approaching  ,judgment4 ,these tell them
 what they must do to be saved4 ,and it 
has  been ,satan's grand object to      
institute numerous time movements among 
certain ,adventists since #ahdd1 to     
contravene this work of preparation4    
,the passing of each time has weakened  
the faith of believers1 and has  caused 
unbelievers to look upon ,adventists    
with increasing disgust4  ,and confusion
 and irreligion have resulted from these

 spurious time  movements everywhere    
they have reached4    ,the title page of
 this work calls attention to the great 
,advent  movement as illustrated by the 
three angels of ,rev4 xiv4 ,the truth   
and  work of ,god in this movement1     
commencing with the labors of ,william  
,miller1 and reaching to the close of   
probation1 is illustrated by  these     
three angels4 ,the first was a time     
message1 and related to the  ,judgment4 
,the second described the condition of  
corrupted ,christianity4  ,the third is 
a solemn warning relative to what men   
may not do1 and  what they must do1 in  
order to be saved at the coming of      
,christ4 ,these  angels illustrate the  
three great divisions of the genuine    
movement4  ,they do not illustrate the  
numerous time movements which have      
appeared  since #ahdd2 therefore1 to say
 the very least1 these movements were   
not  from ,heaven4    ,seventh-day      
,adventists hold fast the great ,advent 
movement1 hence have  use for the       

messages4 ,they explain them in their   
sermons1 treat upon  them in their      
books1 and give them a place with the   
other prophetic  symbols upon their     
charts4 ,they cannot spare these links  
in the golden  chain of truth1 that     
connect the past with the present and   
future1 and  show a beautiful harmony in
 the great whole4    ,timeists1 and in  
fact all ,adventists who do not         
acknowledge the special  providence of  
,god in the work of ,william ,miller and
 his associates1  in #ahdc and #ahdd1   
have no use for the three angels'       
messages4 ,they  do not introduce them  
into their sermons and printed          
expositions of  prophecy1 unless it be  
to oppose us4 ,they find no place for   
them among  the other prophetic symbols 
upon their charts4 ,indeed1 they treat  
them  with all that neglect that would  
be justifiable1 were they a wicked      
interpolation by men who sought to      
corrupt the sacred ,scriptures4 ,and  no
 reason can be given why these men      

should pursue their fanatical  course in
 relation to definite time1 and other   
fancies not symbolized  by the three    
angels1 and therefore no part of the    
great movement1 and  resist the truth of
 ,god for this time1 unless it be that  
in consequence  of not receiving and    
retaining the love of the truth of the  
fulfillment  of prophecy in the ,advent 
movement1 ,god has given them over to   
strong  delusions4 ,i repeat it4 ,the   
three messages symbolize the three parts
  of the genuine movement4 ,that which  
has appeared not symbolized by the      
three angels1 though it be branded      
8,adventism10 is spurious4    ,again1   
the sanctuary was the heart of the      
typical system4 ,it was the  repository 
of the ark of ,god1 in which ark his law
 was deposited4  ,by this law the people
 had the knowledge of sin4 ,it was also 
the  place where they1 in figure1 found 
pardon for their sins through the       
offerings there made4 ,this entire      
system1 with its great center1 the      

sanctuary1 was but the shadow of the    
realities of the present system of      
salvation4 ,the shadow was on earth2 the
 reality is in ,heaven4 ,the facts  are 
stated by the apostle in few words3 8,we
 have such an ,high ,priest1  who is set
 on the right hand of the throne of the 
,majesty in the  heavens2 a minister of 
the sanctuary1 and of the true          
tabernacle1 which  the ,lord pitched1   
and not man40 ,heb4 viii1 #a1 #b4 ,the  
sanctuary of the  new covenant1 which is
 in ,heaven1 is the great heart of the  
plan of  redemption4 ,there ,christ     
offers his blood for the sins of men4   
,in the  real tabernacle there are two  
holies1 if there were two in the shadow4
  ,in the holiest is the ark of ,god1   
containing the ten precepts of his  law1
 if they were in the holiest of the     
shadow4 ,here is a theme worthy  the    
attention of all ,christians4 ,and it is
 one in which they should  feel the     
deepest interest1 as each has a case of 
eternal consequence  pending there4     

,the work of cleansing this sanctuary1  
at the close of the #bcjj days1 is  a   
subject which should materially interest
 all ,adventists4 ,it pertains  to the  
confession1 pardon1 and blotting out of 
sins4 ,a correct and  intelligent faith 
sees the adorable ,redeemer in the most 
holy of the  true tabernacle1 offering  
his blood before the mercy seat for the 
sins  of those who have broken the law  
of ,god beneath it in the ark4 ,true    
faith reaches within the second vail1   
where ,jesus and the ark of ,god  are   
seen4 ,there1 by the law we have the    
knowledge of sin1 and through  the blood
 of ,jesus we may find pardon1 and share
 eternal redemption4  ,the subject of   
the cleansing of this sanctuary1 then1  
is one of most  thrilling interest1     
especially to all ,adventists4 ,it is   
the key to the  great ,advent movement1 
making all plain4 ,without it the       
movement is  inexplicable4              
,seventh-day ,adventists dwell upon this
 subject with great delight4 ,it  opens 

to them the ark of ,god1 in which is    
seen the ten precepts of his  law4 ,they
 keep them4 ,it presents ,jesus before  
the mercy-seat1 ready  to plead the     
cause of sinners1 who in the spirit of  
penitence and  confession1 go to him for
 help4 ,they love and seek to obey him1 
so that  it is said of them1 8,here are 
they that keep the commandments of ,god1
  and the faith of ,jesus40 ,they treat 
upon the subject of the sanctuary  in   
their sermons and books1 and find a     
place for it among the symbols  of      
prophecy upon their charts4 ,seventh-day
 ,adventists cannot spare the  subject  
of the sanctuary1 as it is the great    
center around which all  revealed truth 
relative to salvation clusters1 and     
contributes more  toward defining their 
present position1 than any other4       
,but nominal ,adventists treat the      
subject as one of no interest or        
importance to them4 ,having in their own
 hearts abolished the ten  commandments1
 they have no use for the ark of ,god1  

and cast it aside as  an antiquated and 
unfashionable piece of furniture4 ,their
 sermons1 and  their printed essays and 
expositions1 do not refer to the        
cleansing of  the heavenly sanctuary1   
unless it be to oppose the views of     
,seventh-day  ,adventists1 and ridicule 
them1 and ignorantly and contemptuously 
talk  of ,heaven being dirty1 and       
needing cleansing4 ,and as in the case  
of  the three angels1 you do not find   
the sanctuary represented upon their    
prophetic charts4    ,but these we value
 above all earthly good1 and make them  
prominent in  all our religious         
teachings1 because the truth of ,god for
 this time1  or present truth1 is in    
them4 ,and for this reason those who    
8call  evil good1 and good evil2 that   
put darkness for light1 and light for   
darkness2 that put bitter for sweet1 and
 sweet for bitter10 cast this  subject  
from them1 as unworthy of their notice1 
unless it be to oppose1  denounce and   
ridicule4          ,,the ,,tongue ,,of  

,,slander4      ,during the rise and    
progress of the third message1 the      
tongue of  slander has not been silent4 
,men will use the best arguments they   
have4  ,when unable from the ,bible to  
meet the positions of those who teach   
unpopular truth1 some will resort to    
slander as the next best argument4  ,the
 case is sometimes felt to be urgent and
 even desperate4 ,truth is  mighty4 ,the
 people will hear1 and some will obey4  
,these are frequently  the best members 
of the various religious bodies4        
,efforts at argument  from the ,bible1  
in opposition1 fail to silence the voice
 of truth1  and in some cases turn the  
minds of many of the people to the      
truth4  ,something must be done4 ,and it
 is painful to record1 that in many     
cases  professed ministers of ,jesus    
,christ deal in smut and blacking1 and  
stoop to invent and repeat the vilest   
slanders to prejudice the people        
against those who plead for the truth of
 ,god4    8,there are hundreds of       

ministers in the ,united ,states who1 if
  disturbed in their quiet possession of
 the ears of the people1 by the         
proclamation of the unpopular truths of 
the third message in their  vicinity1   
would take delight in repeating the old 
threadbare falsehoods  concerning       
ascension robes1 and the like1 to cut   
off the influence of  the servant of    
,god4    8,in almost every place where  
our ministers give discourses upon the  
second coming of ,christ1 and the       
necessary preparation for that event1   
they have to labor against the          
prejudices of the people1 caused by     
reports of the inconsistencies of       
,adventists2 one of which is1 that at  a
 point of expectation in the past1 many 
of them did prepare robes of  white     
linen1 and put them on ready to ascend  
and meet their coming ,lord4    8,while 
all sane persons1 who have any knowledge
 of what the holy  ,scriptures do teach 
of the necessary preparation to meet the
 ,lord as  he shall descend from        

,heaven1 will agree that to prepare a   
literal  white robe made of cloth as a  
fitting preparation for the transit from
  earth to ,heaven1 from mortality to   
immortality1 must be an indication  of  
downright insanity1 none will see in    
such an act evidences of  criminality4  
8,but ,i do not believe that anything of
 the kind ever occurred4 ,i have  been  
actively engaged in the proclamation of 
the doctrine of the  second advent for  
more than twenty-five years1 and have   
traveled and  preached in ,maine1 ,new  
,hampshire1 ,vermont1 ,massachusetts1   
,connecticut1  ,rhode ,island1 ,new     
,york1 ,ohio1 ,michigan1 ,illinois1     
,wisconsin1 ,iowa1  and ,canada1 and    
have not met a person who has seen an   
,adventist thus  attired1 or one that   
was able to give better proofs that     
anything of  the kind ever did occur    
than vague reports4 ,i have never found 
the  place where the thing occurred4 ,it
 was always in the next town1 county1   
or ,state4    8,again1 reports in       

relation to this matter1 and slanders of
 a  similar nature1 have a hundred times
 been denied in ,second-,advent         
periodicals1 and proofs have been called
 for of the truthfulness of  these      
statements4 ,no one has been able to    
produce the proofs4 ,but still  the     
tongue of slander takes delight in      
repeating the old threadbare  falsehood4
 ,elders ,loughborough and ,strong met  
it at ,orange1 ,mich41 in  ,january1    
#ahfh1 and ,elder ,cornell met the same 
at ,johnstown1 ,mich41 a  few weeks     
later4 ,in both cases the miserable     
untruth was declared from  the pulpit by
 professed ministers of ,jesus ,christ4 
8,the people1 generally1 credit the     
statements of these ministers1 and      
conclude that the story of ascension    
robes is true4 ,especially do  those who
 are not favorable to ,second-,advent   
views enjoy this sort of  clerical      
slander4 ,and the fact that our people  
are not always prepared  to meet it1 is 
the reason why ,i have felt called upon 

to notice the  matter at this time4     
8,in #ahdg1 while on our passage in a   
steamboat from ,portland1 ,me41 to      
,boston1 ,mass41 ,mrs4 ,w4 was speaking 
to those around her in the ladies'      
cabin1 of the fearful storm we          
encountered in a recent passage between 
these two cities4 ,she spoke of the     
importance of being always prepared  for
 the close of our probation1 either at  
death1 or at the coming of  ,christ4 ,a 
lady near her replied3    8#8,that is   
the way the ,millerites talk4 ,i mean to
 have a jolly good time  before ,i      
become a long-faced ,christian4 ,the    
,millerites are the most  deluded set on
 earth4 ,on the day they were expecting 
,christ to come1  companies in different
 places put on their ascension robes1   
and went  into graveyards1 and upon the 
tops of houses and high hills1 and there
  remained1 praying and singing till the
 time passed by4'    8,mrs4 ,w4 then    
inquired of the lady if she saw any of  
these persons thus  attired4 ,she       

answered3    8#8,no1 ,i did not see them
 myself1 but a friend who saw them told 
me4 ,and  the fact is so well understood
 everywhere1 that ,i believe it as much 
as  though ,i saw it myself4'    8,at   
this point another lady1 feeling that   
the testimony of the first  should not  
be questioned1 stated3    8#8,it is of  
no use to deny that the ,millerites did 
put on ascension  robes1 for they did it
 in towns all around where ,i live4'    
8,mrs4 ,w4 asked this lady if she saw   
them with their robes on4 ,she  replied3
    8#8,no1 ,i did not see them1 as they
 were not in my immediate  neighborhood4
 ,but it was commonly reported1 and     
generally believed1  that they did make 
ascension robes and put them on4'       
8,by this time strong feelings were     
evidently controlling these two  ladies1
 because ,mrs4 ,w4 did not seem to      
credit what they said against  the      
,millerites4 ,and the first in the      
conversation stated with emotions  of   
excitement and passion3    8#8,i know it

 was so4 ,i fully believe the testimony 
of those who have  told me these things4
 ,i believe what my friends have told me
 about  those fanatical ,millerites1 the
 same as though ,i saw it myself4'      
8,mrs4 ,w4 then inquired of her for the 
names of some persons who had  figured  
in this fanatical movement4 ,she stated 
if the putting on of  ascension robes   
was so very common1 certainly she could 
give the names  of some4 ,to this she   
replied3    8#8,certainly ,i can give   
you names4 ,there were the twin ,harmon 
girls in  ,portland4 ,my friends told me
 that they saw their robes1 and saw them
  going out to the graveyard with them  
on4 ,since the time has passed1  they   
have become infidels4'    8,a           
school-mate of ,mrs4 ,w41 who had never 
been an ,adventist1 was in that  cabin1 
and had watched the conversation with   
mirthful interest4 ,she had  been       
acquainted with the ,harmon girls during
 the entire period of their             
,second-,advent experience4 ,she could  

no longer restrain her feelings1  and   
broke out in a laughing mood1 as she    
pointed to ,mrs4 ,w43    8#8,this is one
 of those twin ,harmon girls4 ,i have   
known them always1 and  know that this  
report of their making and wearing      
ascension robes is  all a lie4 ,i never 
was a ,millerite1 yet ,i do not believe 
that anything  of the kind ever took    
place4'    8,the storm that was fast    
arising in that cabin suddenly abated1  
and  there followed a great calm4 ,mrs4 
,w4 then stated that all the stories    
about ascension robes were probably as  
destitute of truth as this one          
concerning the twin ,harmon girls4      
8,elder ,josiah ,litch1 lately editor of
 the ,advent ,herald1 ,boston1 in  his  
history of the rise and progress of     
,adventism1 makes the following         
statement3    8#8,those periods came and
 passed with no unusual occurrence4 ,as 
soon as  they had gone by1 a flood of   
scoffing1 reviling and persecution burst
  forth1 not from the infidel world so  

much1 but from the professed  friends of
 the ,saviour2 the most idle and foolish
 stories of ascension  robes1 and going 
out into the graveyards to watch1 going 
to the tops  of the houses1 c41 c4      
,these were repeated again and again1   
both from  pulpit and press1 until the  
public were1 many of them1 at least1    
almost  persuaded to believe them true4 
8#8,how1 or where they originated1      
except in willful falsehood1 we cannot  
devise4 ,some of the reports of that    
character1 we happen to know1           
originated with professed ministers of  
the gospel1 who gave date and  place1   
when there was not a word of truth in   
the whole story4 ,others  must have     
originated in a similar way4'0    ,the  
foregoing1 relative to the ascension    
robes1 was given in the  ,review and    
,herald for ,april #ad1 #ahfh4 ,the     
article closed with the  following      
paragraph3    8,fifty dollars reward is 
offered to any person who will present  
unquestionable proofs of the            

truthfulness of the statements1 that    
believers in the second advent of       
,christ1 on the day of expectation1  did
 put on ascension robes4 ,those who can 
produce such proofs1 are  requested to  
forward them immediately to the writer1 
at ,greenville1  ,montcalm ,county1     
,mich41 and receive fifty dollars by    
return mail40    ,up to this date1 ,july
 #ac1 #ahfh1 no one has responded in the
 way of  furnishing proofs that anything
 of the kind ever took place4 ,why this 
silence on the part of our friends1 as  
well as our enemies1 if there  be the   
least semblance of truth in the         
statements upon this subject1  gravely  
made by ministers in the desk as a part 
of the gospel they  preach8 ,if proofs  
exist1 why can we not have them8 ,the   
reader should  regard these statements  
about ascension robes1 which opposing   
clergymen  have the credit of repeating1
 more than any other class1 as malicious
  slanders1 until he has reliable proofs
 that something of the kind  occurred4  

,the ,review and ,herald for ,may #bj1  
#ahfh1 has the following from ,eld4  ,j4
 ,h4 ,waggoner1 which fairly represents 
this matter of ascension robes3         
8,bro4 ,white's remarks on the          
falsehoods circulated on the above      
subject1 remind me of an incident that  
transpired some years since in          
,wisconsin4 ,a ,mr4 ,h41 an ,m4 ,e4     
preacher1 deriding the ,adventists1     
said3  #8,it is a fact that they        
prepared and put on ascension robes in  
#ahdd4'  ,at the close of his remarks ,i
 stated that ,i was very anxious to     
learn  about the facts on that subject1 
and asked him to give particulars1  as  
to where1 by whom1 c4 ,he said that it  
was not always convenient  to give the  
evidence on matters which had transpired
 years in the  past1 and he could not   
then comply with the request4 ,i turned 
to the  congregation and said3    8#8,he
 has said it is a fact4 ,now if he does 
not know it to be a fact1 he  has made a
 false statement4 ,if he knows it to be 

a fact1 he can procure  the evidence of 
the fact4 ,as he has an appointment here
 four weeks  from to-day1 ,i give notice
 that ,i will be here at that time to   
get his  statement1 as that will give   
him time to get the information4 ,if it 
occurred anywhere1 it will be easy to   
prove it in that locality4 ,i  hope the 
people will all be here to get the facts
 he may present4'    8,being thus       
pressed to make good his assertion1 and 
having the  expectation of the people   
raised on it1 he saw the necessity of   
doing  something1 and promptly confessed
 that he knew nothing about it1 but  had
 heard such a report6    8,the way the  
report ran was well illustrated by the  
following case3  ,a ,bro4 ,t41 who had  
lived and labored in ,buffalo1 and      
attended the  ,advent meetings there1   
was working in ,erie in the fall of     
#ahdd4 ,after  the set day passed1 the  
report spread in ,erie that the         
,adventists in  ,buffalo put on         
ascension robes4 ,he was so grieved over

 their folly1  and troubled in his mind1
 that he determined to visit his friends
 in  ,buffalo and talk with them about  
it4 ,landing at ,buffalo1 he met an     
acquaintance1 not an ,adventist1 who did
 not know where he came from4 ,he  asked
 if any of the ,adventists in ,buffalo  
had put on ascension robes4  #8,no1'    
said his friend1 #8but they all did in  
,erie6' ,a smile by ,bro4 ,t4  led to an
 explanation4 ,and so it was everywhere4
 ,everybody knew it  was so--the place  
where it occurred could not be found40  
,the part which the ,spirit of ,god has 
led ,mrs4 ,w4 to act in close           
connection with the cause of present    
truth1 has called forth against  her a  
spirit of persecution4 ,the apostle     
says1 8,let all bitterness1 and  wrath1 
and anger1 and clamour1 and evil        
speaking1 be put away from you1  with   
all malice40 ,eph4 iv1 #ca4 ,but these  
have been employed against her  by the  
professed followers of ,jesus ,christ1  
with the object to crush  her testimony 

and destroy her influence4 ,in this     
cruel work1 with some  the tongue of    
slander has been 8set on fire of hell40 
,the work of the ,lord through her has  
been to encourage the weak1  comfort the
 desponding1 exalt the standard of      
morality and true piety1  and reprove   
sin in all its forms8 ,and why should   
not the dragon rage8  ,why may we not   
expect to see those who are imbued with 
the spirit  of the father of lies1      
delighting themselves in the most       
slanderous  falsehoods against one who  
may be engaged in such a work8 ,such has
  ever been the work of ,satan in all   
past time1 and ever will be1 till  he is
 bound4 ,and he has ever found1 and ever
 will find1 willing tools  to do his    
work in opposition to the work of ,god4 
,and these are more  frequently found   
among ministers than any other class4   
,the following  from ,eld4 ,m4 ,e4      
,cornell1 which occurred on his route   
from ,battle ,creek  to ,ionia1 will    
illustrate the wicked course of some of 

those who love  to be called            
8,reverend30    8,while on the cars1 a  
circumstance occurred which shows the   
necessity  of ,bro4 ,white's article on 
,clerical ,slander4 ,a ,presbyterian    
minister  from ,gratiot county was      
making special efforts to attract       
attention to  himself by his endeavors  
to amuse the passengers4 ,among other   
things1  he stated that ,mrs4 ,white had
 a vision at ,st4 ,louis1 ,gratiot ,co41
  ,mich41 that she was to leave her     
husband and take another man2 that a    
man might have as many wives as he      
chose4 ,he then made some1 not very     
refined1 remarks and witticisms1 which  
excited laughter in some1 but  disgust  
in the pure-minded4 ,in the cars were   
several clergymen1 and  many intelligent
 ladies and gentlemen from several      
different ,states4  ,of course we could 
not let such a base slander pass1 and a 
wrong  impression go to so many         
different places2 we therefore watched  
for a  chance to correct the            

misstatement4    8,an intelligent ,jew  
soon entered into conversation with him1
 and turned  the tables on him by       
relating an old slander against ,martin 
,luther1  that he had a child by his own
 daughter1 c4 ,the minister was aroused4
  ,said he1 #8,it is a base slander1    
invented by his enemies4 ,there is not  
a particle of proof of any such thing4' 
,he then came down upon the ,jew  with  
the most cutting reproof for making such
 a statement from hearsay  evidence4    
,now our time had come4 ,the measure he 
had meted to others had  been           
immediately measured to him again4      
8,we then stated to the passengers that 
we had known ,eld4 ,white and his  wife 
for sixteen years1 and that the         
statement made by the clergyman  was an 
unmitigated slander4 ,first1 ,mrs4      
,white never had a vision in  ,gratiot  
county2 and second1 she never had a     
vision1 anywhere1 of any  such nature as
 had been stated4 ,we then challenged   
him to stop at  ,owasso1 with any of his

 friends as witnesses1 and we would     
secure for  him one thousand dollars1 on
 the condition that he should make good 
his statement4 ,we urged him to the task
 with such earnestness1 that all  in the
 car appeared to be convinced that he   
had uttered a slander4 ,he  was         
embarrassed1 and said faintly1 #8,i     
heard so6'    8,an intelligent ,infidel1
 from ,dearborn1 ,mich41 then rose up1  
and made  some very pointed remarks on  
hearsay evidence and condemning a whole 
body of people1 because of a story about
 some one of their number4  #8,shall    
,i1' said he1 #8call the ,methodists a  
set of cut-throats1 because  several of 
their preachers are now in our          
penitentiary8 ,shall ,i condemn  all    
ministers1 because one in our town ran  
away with ,bro4 ,m4's wife1  last week8'
 ,by this time1 the tide was turned     
completely4 ,several of  the passengers 
expressed themselves very freely to me1 
and were anxious  to know more about    
it0--,advent ,review for ,april #bh1    

#ahfh4    ,i do not believe that all    
ministers who differ with us in faith   
and  practice are alike guilty with this
 man4 ,no decent man1 in or out of  the 
ministry1 would take pleasure in        
uttering such vile slander before  a car
 full of ladies and gentlemen1 however  
much he might feel opposed  to the      
religious sentiments of ,seventh-day    
,adventists4 ,i believe there  are      
,god-fearing ministers in all the       
churches who would no sooner bear  false
 witness of a slanderous character      
against those who are devoting  their   
lives to the cause of ,christ1 than they
 would have the same  done to           
themselves4 ,but while these may be few 
and far between1 the  experience of a   
quarter of a century in teaching        
unpopular truth has  taught me that1    
where personal interest is concerned1   
there are but  very few ministers who   
will not stoop to the repetition of the 
vilest  slanders1 to injure the         
influence of those who get the ears of  

the  people1 if they differ with them4  
,but in reference to the statements of  
,eld4 ,cornell1 ,i will say3    #a4     
,mrs4 ,w4 never was at ,st4 ,louis1     
,gratiot ,county1 ,michigan4    #b4 ,she
 never had a vision in ,gratiot ,county4
    #c4 ,her standard of morality ever  
has been the ten commandments4    #d4   
,her views1 her public and private      
labors1 her books and oral  teachings1  
have ever been in strict harmony with   
the law of ,god1 the  highest standard  
of morality on earth4    #e4 ,she has   
ever borne the most decided testimony   
against any departure  from the         
principles guarded by the ten           
commandments4    #f4 ,she has borne a   
public testimony for twenty-five years1 
in the  several ,states of ,maine1 ,new 
,hampshire1 ,vermont1 ,massachusetts1   
,connecticut1 ,rhode ,island1 ,new      
,york1 ,pennsylvania1 ,ohio1 ,michigan1 
,illinois1 ,wisconsin1 ,iowa1 and in    
,canada4 ,she has1 during this time1    
written books amounting to more than    

twenty-one hundred pages1 besides  many 
articles for several periodicals4 ,and  
all who are acquainted with  her        
teachings know that any statement that  
they are not in strict  harmony with    
,god's standard of morality1 is a       
slanderous untruth4 ,then  let her      
enemies point to one impure sentence in 
all her writings1 or  prove that in her 
religious teachings she has uttered one 
unchaste  word1 or cease their          
slanderous persecution of a             
self-sacrificing  ,christian woman4     
,but ,i do not indulge the thought that 
whatever may be said to show the        
falsity of statements concerning        
ascension robes1 and the views of ,mrs4 
,w41 will silence the tongue of slander4
 ,no4 ,these ministers know the         
influence they have with the public     
mind1 and the advantages they have  over
 us in this respect4 ,regardless of     
justice and truth1 they will  doubtless 
continue to do this scandalous work1    
wherever the glorious  doctrine of the  

coming of ,jesus shall be proclaimed4   
,we can only expose  their sin in this  
thing1 and disabuse honest minds4       
,the dragon is wroth with those who keep
 the commandments of ,god and  have the 
testimony of ,jesus ,christ4 ,the ,devil
 will use any willing  tool to slander  
and abuse the followers of ,jesus       
,christ4 ,scoffers will  scoff1 and     
liars will lie1 whether they bear the   
title of ,reverend1  or be patrons of   
brothels4 ,and the higher the position1 
the greater  the criminality4 ,but for  
all these things will ,god bring them   
into  ,judgment4 ,those who fear ,god   
and keep his commandments1 and suffer   
reproach for the sake of ,christ and the
 truth1 will have their reward4  ,those 
who employ the vile tongue of slander   
against them1 in order to  crush their  
influence and keep others from obeying  
the commandments  that they may live1   
will perish in all their villainy4      
,they1 also1  will have their reward4   
,the ,true ,witness has spoken relative 

to the  present controversy and the     
final destiny of both classes of actors1
 as  recorded by the prophet ,john4     
,first ,class4 8,blessed are they that  
do his commandments1 that they  may have
 right to the tree of life1 and may     
enter in through the gates  into the    
city40 ,rev4 xxii1 #ad4 ,these are doing
 right4 ,although they  suffer for well 
doing1 all the hate and slander that    
wicked men and  demons can invent1 their
 reward is the holy city and the tree of
 life4    ,second ,class4 8,for without 
are dogs1 and sorcerers1 and            
whoremongers1  and murderers1 and       
idolaters1 and whosoever loveth and     
maketh a lie40  ,verse #ae4 ,these are  
commandment-breakers1 and               
commandment-haters1  and haters of those
 who keep the commandments of ,god4     
,they are also  noted for two things in 
particular1 namely1 loving and making   
lies4  ,the application of these two    
items is so natural to these reports of 
ascension robes and the like1 that no   

further comment is needed4 ,they  make  
lies1 and love to publish them from the 
pulpit and the religious  press4 ,but1  
thank ,god1 in the ,judgment they are   
without4 ,the happiness  of those who   
love ,god and keep his commandments is  
then no more to be  marred by their     
poisonous influence4 ,would ,god that   
they would repent  of1 and forsake1     
their wicked course1 and live1 and      
finally share the  holy city and the    
tree of life4 ,but as they will not do  
this work1 that  they may share that    
reward1 their corrupting influence must 
be borne  with ,christian patience and  
fortitude while the controversy lasts4  
,,present ,,position ,,and ,,work4      
#a4 ,seventh-day ,adventists have       
nothing to do with definite time1 only  
to show that the prophetic periods      
served the design of the ,author of     
prophecy in the first angel's message1  
and that they terminated with  the      
midnight cry in #ahdd4 ,having no       
definite time to which to look for  the 

coming of the ,lord1 yet seeing from the
 signs of the times1 and  the           
fulfillment of prophecy1 the great      
,advent movement thus far1 that  the    
event is at the door1 they regard the   
present as emphatically the  waiting1   
watching time4 ,their position since    
their disappointment in  #ahdd has been 
a trying one1 requiring faith and       
patience to hold fast  the ,advent      
movement in the past1 and to meet in a  
,christian spirit  the opposition to the
 observance of the ,sabbath of the      
,lord4 ,hence it  is said of this time1 
and of this people1 8,here is the       
patience of  the saints2 here are they  
that keep the commandments of ,god1 and 
the  faith of ,jesus40 ,should we become
 weary of watching and waiting for  the 
return of our ,lord from the wedding1   
impatiently cast away our  confidence in
 the great ,advent movement1 cease to   
keep the ,sabbath1  draw back1 fall     
away1 and crucify the ,lord ,god afresh1
 it might then  be said of us1 ,here is 

the impatience of the saints1 787 here  
are they  that break the commandments of
 ,god1 and the faith of ,jesus4    #b4  
,we solemnly believe that it was the    
design of ,god that definite time       
should be proclaimed1 and that the #bcjj
 days reached to the ,judgment1         
referred to in the words of the first   
angel1 8,fear ,god and give glory  to   
him1 for the hour of his ,judgment is   
come40 ,in the great ,judgment of       
mankind there are two distinct parts2   
first1 the investigative2 second1  the  
executive4 ,the investigative ,judgment 
takes place prior to the  second advent1
 and the resurrection of the just1 that 
it may be known  who are worthy of the  
first resurrection4 ,those who have part
 in that  resurrection are first        
ascertained to be 8blessed and holy40   
,rev4 xx1  #f4 ,the executive ,judgment1
 both in the reward of the righteous1   
and  the punishment of the wicked1 will 
be at the close of the great day of     
,judgment4    ,the grandeur of the      

sitting of the great court of ,heaven in
 the  investigative ,judgment is        
described by the prophet thus3 8,i      
beheld till  the thrones were cast down1
 and the ,ancient of days did sit1 whose
  garment was white as snow1 and the    
hair of his head like the pure  wool2   
his throne was like the fiery flame1 and
 his wheels as burning  fire4 ,a fiery  
stream issued and came forth from before
 him2 thousand  thousands ministered    
unto him and ten thousand times ten     
thousand stood  before him4 ,the        
,judgment was set1 and the books were   
opened4 ,i saw in  the night visions1   
and behold1 one like the ,son of man    
came with the  clouds of heaven1 and    
came to the ,ancient of days1 and they  
brought him  near before him4 ,and there
 was given him dominion1 and glory1 and 
a  kingdom40 ,dan4 vii1 #i1 #aj1 #ac1   
#ad4    ,the best authorities give the  
words 8cast down0 just the opposite     
meaning4 ,they render them 8set up10 or 
8established40 ,thus1 ,adam ,clarke     

says3 8,the thrones were cast down might
 be translated erected2 so  the         
,vulgate1 positi sunt1 and so all the   
versions40 ,dr4 ,hales1 in his  8,sacred
 ,chronology10 ,vol4 ii1 p4 #eje1       
renders ,dan4 vii1 #i1 thus3 8,i  beheld
 till the thrones were erected1 and the 
,ancient of days sat10 c4  ,the ,douay  
,version reads1 8were placed20 and so   
,bernard1 and ,boothroyd  and ,wintle in
 the ,cottage ,bible4 ,matthew ,henry in
 his ,exposition  renders it 8set up40  
,of the original ,hebrew word1          
,gesenius1 in his  ,lexicon says1       
8,r'mah1 7#a47 ,to cast1 to throw1 ,dan4
 iii1 #bj1 #ba1 #bd2  vi1 #ag4 7#b47 ,to
 set1 to place1 e4 g41 thrones4 ,dan    
vii1 #i2 comp4  ,rev4 iv1 #b40 ,the term
 used by the ,septuagint is  1 which    
literally rendered1 according to        
,liddell and ,scott1 would be1 8the     
thrones were set40 ,other authorities   
might be given4    ,the ,judgment scene 
here introduced opens with1    #ast4    
,the establishment of thrones and the   

sitting in ,judgment of the  great ,god1
 amid the brightness of that glory1     
feebly represented by  fire and flame1  
accompanied by the millions of his      
attendants4    #b;d4 ,the opening of the
 life-records of men1 from which they   
are to be  judged4    #c;d4 ,the ,son of
 man approaches the ,ancient of days1   
attended by  multitudes of angels1 here 
represented by the clouds of heaven1 to 
receive dominion1 glory1 and a kingdom4 
,this does not represent the  second    
appearing of ,christ to this world1     
unless it can be shown that  the        
,ancient of days is here4    #c4        
,seventh-day ,adventists believe in the 
perpetuity of spiritual gifts4  ,they   
believe that the spirit of prophecy was 
designed to be with the  people of ,god 
in all ages1 and that dreams and visions
 are a medium  through which ,god has   
spoken to his people in past time1 and  
through  which he will speak1 till faith
 is lost in sight4 8,if there be a      
prophet among you1 ,i1 the ,lord1 will  

make myself known unto him in a  vision1
 and will speak unto him in a dream40   
,num4 xii1 #f4    ,they find no prophecy
 in the ,old ,testament pointing to the 
opening of  the ,christian age as the   
time for spiritual gifts to be removed  
from  the people of ,god1 and no        
declaration in the ,new ,testament that 
the  church would not need them1 and    
that therefore they were about to       
cease4 ,no1 nothing of this kind appears
 upon the sacred page4 ,but we  hear the
 prophet of ,god say1 8,and it shall    
come to pass afterward1  that ,i will   
pour out my ,spirit upon all flesh2 and 
your sons and  your daughters shall     
prophesy1 your old men shall dream      
dreams1 your  young men shall see       
visions4 ,and also upon the servants and
 upon the  handmaids in those days will 
,i pour out my ,spirit4 ,and ,i will    
shew  wonders in the heavens and in the 
earth1 blood1 and fire1 and pillars  of 
smoke4 ,the sun shall be turned into    
darkness1 and the moon into  blood1     

before the great and the terrible day of
 the ,lord come4 ,and  it shall come to 
pass that whosoever shall call on the   
name of the  ,lord shall be delivered2  
for in ,mount ,zion and in ,jerusalem   
shall be  deliverance1 as the ,lord hath
 said1 and in the remnant whom the ,lord
  shall call40 ,joel ii1 #bh-cb4        
,notice1 first1 that the prophet points 
to the last days1 as quoted  by ,peter4 
,acts ii1 #af-bj4 ,there can be no days 
later than the last1  a period in which 
these things will be removed from the   
church2 and1  second1 that he also      
points to signs and wonders in the      
heavens1 and  in the earth1 in the sun  
and in the moon1 to appear in connection
 with  the manifestation of the spirit  
of prophecy4 ,third1 he mentions the    
deliverance of those who call on the    
name of the ,lord4 ,this naturally      
applies to the deliverance of ,god's    
people who will cry to him day  and     
night in the time of trouble4 ,luke     
xviii2 ,dan4 xii4 ,they will be         

delivered1 according to the words of the
 prophet4 ,and may not the  8remnant0   
here mentioned be the same spoken of in 
,rev4 xii1 #ag8 8,and  the dragon was   
wroth with the woman1 and went to make  
war with the  remnant of her seed1 which
 keep the commandments of ,god1 and have
 the  testimony of ,jesus ,christ40     
,the woman is a symbol of the church1   
and the remnant of the church           
represents the ,christians of the last  
generation of men living just  prior to 
the second advent4 ,the dragon makes war
 on these for keeping  the commandments 
of ,god1 ,sabbath and all1 and having   
the testimony  of ,jesus ,christ1 which 
according to the inspired definition of 
chap4  xix1 #aj1 8is the spirit of      
prophecy40 ,here1 then1 are the causes  
of  the dragon's warfare upon the       
remnant4 ,they teach the observance of  
the ten commandments1 and the revival of
 the gifts1 and acknowledge  the gift of
 prophecy among them4 ,when the ,devil  
got one foot upon  the fourth           

commandment1 and the other upon the     
gifts planted in the  ,christian church 
by ,jesus ,christ1 then his satanic     
majesty was filled  with revengeful     
delight4 ,but when the remnant1 whom    
,god designs to fit  for translation to 
,heaven without seeing death1 8ask for  
the old paths1  where is the good way1  
and walk therein10 then the dragon is   
wroth1 and  makes war on them4    ,the  
true spirit of the dragonic host1 which 
is already being somewhat  developed1 is
 vividly described in ,isa4 xxx1 #h-ac1 
as being manifested  just prior to the  
sudden destruction of those who hate the
 pure  testimony1 and love smooth and   
deceitful things4    8,now go1 write it 
before them in a table1 and note it in a
 book1 that  it may be for the time to  
come forever and ever margin1 #8the     
latter  day'2 that this is a rebellious 
people1 lying children1 children  that  
will not hear the law of the ,lord2     
which say to the seers1 ,see  not2 and  
to the prophets1 ,prophesy not unto us  

right things1 speak  unto us smooth     
things1 prophesy deceits2 get you out of
 the way1 turn  aside out of the path1  
cause the ,holy ,one of ,israel to cease
 from  before us4 ,wherefore thus saith 
the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 ,because ye  
despise this word1 and trust in         
oppression and perverseness1 and stay   
thereon3 therefore this iniquity shall  
be to you as a breach ready to  fall1   
swelling out in a high wall whose       
breaking cometh suddenly at an          
instant40    ,mark this3 ,in 8the latter
 day0 men will not hear the law of the  
,lord1  the commandments of ,god2 and   
they will say to the seers1 those who   
have  the spirit of prophecy1 ,see not4 
,they will receive neither4 ,they war   
against both4 ,see also ,mark xvi1      
#ae-bj2 ,matt4 xxviii1 #ah-bj2 ,eph4 iv1
  #d-ac2 #a ,cor4 xii1 #a1 #bh2 xiii1   
#h-ab2 i1 #d-h2 ,rev4 xix1 #aj2 #a      
,thess4  v2 ,matt4 vii1 #ae-bj2 ,isa4   
viii1 #ai1 #bj2 ,jer4 xiv1 #ad2 xxiii1  
#af1 #ag2  viii1 #aj1 #aa2 v1 #cj1 #ca4 

,for a full exposition of the subject of
 the  perpetuity of spiritual gifts1 as 
held by ,seventh-day ,adventists1 see   
their works upon the subject4    ,but it
 is objected that since the volume of   
inspiration was completed1  spiritual   
gifts have not been needed4 ,who knows  
this to be the case8  ,the disciples of 
,jesus had the law and the prophets1 yet
 needed  the manifestations of the gifts
 of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,we have both    
,testaments1 and who knows that we do   
not also need the gifts of the  ,spirit 
of ,god8    ,the great design of the    
sacred ,scriptures was to give man a    
perfect  rule of faith and practice4    
,god purposed that his people should    
follow  this rule and by it develop     
characters perfect before him4 ,said    
,paul  to ,timothy1 8,thou hast known   
the holy ,scriptures which are able to  
make thee wise unto salvation40 ,there  
is no fault in the ,scriptures  that    
makes it necessary that the gifts of the
 ,holy ,spirit should be  manifested4   

,the necessities in the case exist in   
the imperfections of  the people of     
,god1 in the fact that they do not      
follow their perfect  rule4    ,we now  
see the gifts of the ,spirit occupying  
their proper place4 ,they  are not      
manifested to give a rule of faith and  
practice4 ,we already  have a rule that 
is perfect in the ,sacred ,writings4    
,but in consequence  of the errors of   
,god's people1 and their deviations in  
faith and  practice from this perfect   
rule1 ,god in mercy manifests the gifts 
to  reprove their errors1 and lead them 
to a correct understanding of the  holy 
,scriptures4 ,this is the position of   
the gifts4 ,they were not  designed to  
take the place of the ,scriptures4 ,and 
they are not given  because the         
,scriptures are an imperfect rule of    
faith and practice4  ,but in consequence
 of the errors of ,god's professed      
people1 in  departing from the perfect  
rule1 which he has given them1 the gifts
 are  manifested to correct the erring1 

and point them to the ,bible as their   
lamp and guide4    ,god designed that   
his people should be one4 ,this was the 
burden of  the prayer of ,jesus4 ,john  
xvii4 ,hear him as he prays in agony1   
8,that  they all may be one1 as thou1   
,father1 art in me1 and ,i in thee1 that
  they also may be one in us1 that the  
world may believe that thou hast  sent  
me40 ,paul exhorted the ,corinthians in 
the name of ,christ to be  perfectly    
joined together in the same mind1 and in
 the same judgment4  ,read #a ,cor4 i1  
#aj2 ,rom4 xv1 #e2 ,phil4 ii1 #a1 #b2 #a
 ,pet4 iii1 #h2 v1 #e4 ,but  do we see  
this unity in those who profess to take 
the ,bible as their  rule1 and reject   
the gifts8 ,we see divisions1 and with  
many1 confusion  to the utmost4 ,the    
fault1 however1 is not in the ,bible4   
,it is in those  who fail to follow the 
teachings of the sacred ,scriptures4    
,and ,god in  mercy and condescension   
infinite purposes to help them by the   
gifts4  ,but many of them refuse to be  

helped in this way1 because that in the 
,bible they have a perfect rule4 ,if    
they obeyed the sacred ,scriptures1  and
 walked in unity1 both among themselves1
 and with ,god1 they would  not need the
 gifts4 ,but in their confusion1 and    
their distance from  ,christ1 while     
still rejecting the gifts1 there is no  
help for them in  ,god4    ,again1 ,i   
ask1 ,who knows that the gifts of the   
,holy ,spirit have not  been needed     
since the completion of the volume of   
inspiration8 ,it is  admitted that when 
completed it was a more perfect rule    
then when  but a portion of it was      
given4 ,but how does its completion take
 the  place of the gifts8 ,if they were 
given because of the imperfections  of  
the people of ,god1 their removal       
supposes perfection on the part  of     
,god's people4 ,do we find perfection in
 the church since the days  of ,paul1 to
 that degree as to need no special      
manifestations of the  ,spirit1         
reproving sin and correcting deviations 

from ,god's perfect  rule8 ,the history 
of the church1 setting forth her        
terrible apostasies  and corruptions1   
her endless schisms1 divisions and      
creeds1 and  her conflicting expositions
 of the plainest truths of the ,bible1  
testifies too plainly of her            
imperfections4 ,her sad history and     
present  wretchedness1 show that        
necessity still remains1 since the      
completion  of the ,book of ,god1 for   
the manifestations of the gifts of the  
,spirit4    ,the gift of prophecy is by 
the apostle classed with the callings of
 the  ,christian church in ,eph4 iv1    
#aa-ac4 ,he distinctly states their     
object3  8,and he gave some1 apostles1  
and some1 prophets1 and some1           
evangelists1  and some1 pastors and     
teachers1 for the perfecting of the     
saints1 for  the work of the ministry1  
for the edifying of the body of ,christ1
  till we all come in the unity of the  
faith1 and of the knowledge of  the ,son
 of ,god1 unto a perfect man1 unto the  

measure of the stature  of the fullness 
of ,christ40 ,these were all given at   
the same time1  all for the same        
purpose1 all to cease at the same time4 
,do we  recognize in the ,christian     
church1 evangelists1 pastors1 and       
teachers8  ,why not prophets8 ,does the 
church still need them8 ,why not the    
gift of  prophecy8 ,will those continue 
till the church is perfected1 ready to  
meet her descending ,lord8 ,so will the 
gift of prophecy4    ,paul1 in his      
letter to the ,corinthians1 has spoken  
very definitely  upon this subject of   
spiritual gifts4 ,in #a ,cor4 xii1 #a1  
he says3 8,now  concerning spiritual    
gifts1 brethren1 ,i would not have you  
ignorant40  ,he regarded this subject as
 one of the highest importance1 and     
urges an  understanding of it4 ,in all  
he has said relative to it1 he has not  
once  intimated that the gifts were to  
cease before the perfect day of glory   
should come4 ,but he does clearly point 
to the time when the gifts will  cease4 

#a ,cor4 xiii4 #h-ab3 8,charity --love1 
never faileth3  but whether there be    
prophecies1 they shall fail2 whether    
there be  tongues1 they shall cease2    
whether there be knowledge1 it shall    
vanish  away4 ,for we know in part1 and 
we prophesy in part4 ,but when that     
which  is perfect is come1 then that    
which is in part shall be done away4    
,when  ,i was a child1 ,i spake as a    
child1 ,i understood as a child1 ,i     
thought  as a child3 but when ,i became 
a man1 ,i put away childish things4 ,for
  now we see through a glass darkly1 but
 then face to face2 now ,i know in      
part1 but then shall ,i know even as    
also ,i am known40    ,the apostle here 
contrasts the mortal state with the     
immortal2 the  present imperfect1 with  
that which will be perfect2 the cloudy  
present  while we walk by faith1 with   
the open glory of the life to come4     
,here1  we only know in part1 prophesy  
in part2 there1 that which is in part1  
will be done away4 ,here1 we see through

 a glass darkly2 there1 face  to face4  
,here1 we know in part2 there1 we shall 
know1 even as we  are known4 ,charity1  
or love1 will never end4 ,here1 it is   
the highest  ,christian grace2 there1 it
 will be the crowning glory of immortals
 for  ever and for ever4 ,in this sense 
love will never fail4 ,but prophecies   
will fail1 tongues will cease1 and      
knowledge will vanish away4 ,the  light 
of ,heaven through the dim medium of    
these1 and the other gifts of  the ,holy
 ,spirit1 is represented as being only  
in part1 to be superseded  by the       
perfect day of glory when we may talk   
face to face with ,god1  ,christ1 and   
angels1 as our first parents talked with
 ,god in ,eden before  sin entered4 ,but
 when8 ,this is the vital question4     
,when were the gifts  to be done away8  
,let ,paul answer3 8,but when that which
 is perfect is  come1 then that which is
 in part shall be done away40 8,and let 
all the  people say1 ,amen40    #d4 ,god
 has had a truth in every age1 by which 

he has tested the people  of that age4  
,this was true in the days of ,noah1 and
 at the first  advent of ,christ4 ,it is
 especially true at the present time1 as
 ,god is  preparing to visit the wicked 
with judgments and the righteous with   
salvation4 ,all revealed1 practical1    
truth ever has been1 and ever will  be1 
a test of man's fidelity to ,god4 ,he   
will have to give an account to  the    
,author of truth how he treats it4 ,if  
he obeys1 he may be saved2 if  he       
rejects it1 and violates its claims upon
 him1 he must be lost4    ,but the law  
of ,god1 in an eminent sense1 is a test 
to man4 ,it is the  highest authority in
 all earth and ,heaven4 ,if ,god's law  
is not a test1  there is no such thing  
as a test4 ,seventh-day ,adventists     
solemnly  believe that ,god is proving  
and testing the people by his holy law4 
,in  point of sacredness and importance1
 they regard the fourth commandment     
equal to either of the other nine1 and  
the sin of violating it1 when  as well  

understood1 equal to that of breaking   
either of them4 ,they  believe that the 
present time1 in the providence of ,god1
 during the  proclamation of the third  
angel's message1 is the period for the  
,sabbath reform1 and that in the last   
message1 the ,sabbath of ,jehovah  is to
 be the special test in the law of ,god 
for the people4 ,the great  question to 
be decided before the wrath of ,god     
shall be poured out upon  a guilty and  
ruined world is1 ,who will be loyal to  
the ,god of ,heaven8  ,such1 if washed  
from their sins by the blood of ,christ1
 become heirs to  the future            
inheritance1 and receive a crown of     
unfading glory at the  second appearing 
of ,jesus4 ,says ,christ1 8,if thou wilt
 enter into life  keep the              
commandments40    ,seventh-day          
,adventists are charged with making the 
,sabbath a test4 ,and  some will have it
 that we denounce and reject all who do 
not believe  as we do4 ,it is true that 
we teach that ,god is testing the people

 by  his law4 ,but we deny the charge   
that we denounce and reject those who   
differ from us4 ,our course toward all  
men whom we can reach with our          
publications1 our sermons and our       
entreaties1 proves the charge false4    
,we beseech all men1 without respect to 
profession of religion1 color1  or rank 
in society1 to turn from their sins1    
keep ,god's commandments  and live4 ,and
 we manifest a zeal and earnestness in  
this matter  somewhat in proportion to  
the importance of the testing message we
  bear4 ,and because our testimony is   
pointed and earnest1 condemning  those  
who choose to pass along with the       
popular current1 and violate  the law of
 ,god1 some are disturbed1 and with     
feelings of retaliation1  falsely charge
 us4 ,it is not our work to test1       
condemn1 and denounce1  the people4 ,it 
is not in our hearts to unnecessarily   
injure the  feelings of any4 ,but with  
our present convictions of truth and    
duty1 we  should do great violence to   

our own consciences1 and sin against    
,god1  should we cease to declare to the
 people the purpose of ,god in testing  
the world by his law1 just before the   
day of wrath4    ,and ,god has greatly  
blessed such testimony4 ,as a people1   
,seventh-day  ,adventists were heard of1
 as it were1 but yesterday4 ,as a       
people1 they  do not claim to be more   
than a score of years old4 ,and yet in  
point of  numbers and efficiency they   
have a little strength4 ,and why8       
,because1  when they have borne a       
pointed and earnest testimony1 ,god has 
been with  them1 and added to their     
numbers and strength4    ,but if the    
,sabbath is not a test1 it is not worth 
our while to be  to the trouble of      
teaching and observing it in the face of
 decided  opposition4 ,if we can be as  
good ,christians while breaking the     
fourth  commandment1 as while keeping   
it1 should we not at once seek to be  in
 harmony with the rest of the ,christian
 world8 ,why be so odd as to  obey the  

commandment of ,god1 if one can be as   
good a ,christian while  living in      
violation of it8 ,and there are frequent
 inconveniences1 and  pecuniary         
sacrifices1 to be suffered by those who 
are so particular  concerning the       
observance of the fourth commandment4   
,if the ,sabbath is  of so little       
importance as not to be a test of       
,christian fellowship and  eternal      
salvation2 if men who break the ,sabbath
 should be embraced in  our fellowship  
the same as if they observed it2 and if 
they can reach  ,heaven as surely in    
violating the fourth commandment as in  
keeping it2  why not abandon it at once1
 and cease to agitate the public mind   
with a  question of no real importance  
which is so unpleasant and annoying4    
,seventh-day ,adventists believe that in
 the restoration of the ,bible          
,sabbath1 under the last message of     
mercy1 ,god designs to make it a test   
to the people4 ,hence many of them labor
 with earnestness to teach it1  and are 

ready to make any sacrifices in order to
 observe it1 and do  their duty in      
teaching it to others4 ,convince them   
that it is not a  test1 and they will   
not trouble the people nor themselves   
longer with  it4 ,but should they give  
the people to understand that they      
regard the  ,sabbath of so little       
importance as not to be a test1 8the    
sword of  the ,spirit10 on that subject 
at least1 would become in their hands as
  powerless as a straw4 ,they could not 
then convict the people upon this       
subject4 ,indeed their position before  
the people1 in earnestly calling  their 
attention to a subject that is of so    
little importance as not to  constitute 
a test of ,christian character1 and     
which would subject them  to a heavy    
cross1 much inconvenience1 sacrifice1   
and reproach1 would  be but little less 
than solemn mockery4 ,with our present  
view of the  importance of the subject1 
we have a sufficient reason for         
earnestly  urging the claims of the     

fourth commandment upon our fellow-men4 
,the remarks of ,elder ,j4 ,n4 ,andrews 
in reference to the ,sabbatarians of    
,england in the seventeenth century1    
have so direct a bearing upon this      
subject that ,i give the following from 
his ,history of the ,sabbath1 pp4  #cce1
 #ccf3    8,the laws of ,england during 
that century were very oppressive to all
  dissenters from the established       
church1 and bore exceedingly hard  upon 
the ,sabbath-keepers4 ,yet fine1        
imprisonment1 and even capital          
punishment1 would not have proved       
sufficient to suppress the ,sabbath4    
,it was in the house of its own friends 
that the ,sabbath was wounded4  ,in the 
seventeenth century eleven churches of  
,sabbatarians flourished  in ,england1  
while many scattered ,sabbath-keepers   
were to be found in  various parts of   
that kingdom4 ,now but three of those   
churches are in  existence4 ,it was not 
the lack of able men among the          
,sabbath-keepers  to defend the truth1  

nor the fierce assaults of their        
persecutors1 that  has thus reduced them
 to a handful4 ,the fault is their own1 
not indeed  for any disgraceful conduct 
on their part1 but simply because they  
made  the ,sabbath of no practical      
importance1 and lowered the standard of 
divine truth in this thing to the dust4 
,the ,sabbath-keeping ministers  assumed
 the pastoral care of first-day         
churches1 in some cases as their  sole  
charge1 in others they did this in      
connection with the oversight  of       
,sabbatarian churches4 ,the result need 
surprise no one2 as both  ministers and 
people said to all men1 in thus acting1 
that the fourth  commandment might be   
broken with impunity1 the people took   
them at  their word4 ,mr4 ,crosby1 a    
first-day historian1 sets this matter in
 a  clear light3    8#8,if the seventh  
day ought to be observed as the         
,christian ,sabbath1  then all          
congregations that observe the first day
 as such must be  ,sabbath-breakers4444 

,i must leave those gentlemen on the    
contrary side  to their own sentiments2 
and to vindicate the practice of        
becoming  pastors to a people whom in   
their conscience they must believe to be
  breakers of the ,sabbath4'0    ,the   
,seventh-day ,baptists of ,america have 
done a good work in teaching  the       
,sabbath4 ,we should respect them1 and  
regard them with peculiar  interest for 
this4 ,but had they been faithful to the
 sacred trust  committed to them1 their 
numbers and strength might have been a  
hundred-fold greater than they now are4 
,they have had the reproach1 the  cross1
 and the inconvenience of the ,sabbath1 
without that strength and  force which  
teaching it as a test gives4 ,for nearly
 two centuries1 in  their feebleness1   
they have been holding up the ,sabbath1 
while1 if they  had been faithful in    
teaching it1 in observing it1 and urging
 it upon  the consciences of the people1
 the ,sabbath would have held them up1  
and been the strength of that people4   

,seventh-day ,adventists have nothing to
 boast of4 ,god has often reproved  and 
chastised us for unfaithfulness4 ,and   
when we have returned to  him1 and      
humbly and faithfully battled for the   
truth1 amid reproaches  and             
persecutions1 he has greatly blessed us4
 ,nothing is so much to  be dreaded as  
that calm which is the result of        
tempering unpopular1  testing truth to  
the ears of the people so as not to     
offend4 ,rather let  the reproach come1 
and the storm rage1 if it be the result 
of speaking  the truth of ,god in love4 
,as a people we have had our            
difficulties to surmount1 our trials to 
bear1 and our victories to gain4 ,we are
 gathered from ,methodists1  ,regular   
,baptists1 ,freewill ,baptists1         
,seventh-day ,baptists1  ,presbyterians1
 ,congregationalists1 ,episcopalians1   
,dutch ,reform1  ,disciples1            
,christians1 ,lutherans1 ,united        
,brethren1 ,catholics1  ,universalists1 
,worldlings1 and ,infidels4 ,we are     

composed of native  ,americans1         
,english1 ,welsh1 ,scotch1 ,irish1      
,french1 ,germans1 ,norwegians1  ,danes1
 ,swedes1 ,poles1 and others4 ,to bring 
together a body composed  of such       
material1 affected more or less by the  
religious sentiments  and forms of the  
several denominations1 with all their   
national  peculiarities1 has called for 
much patient1 and persevering toil4 ,and
  it is by the grace of ,god that we are
 what we are4 ,and let his name be      
praised that in our darkest hours1 when 
we have humbled ourselves1 he  has ever 
come to our aid4    ,from their past    
brief history ,seventh-day ,adventists  
may learn much  as to their present work
 and future prospects4 ,when in humility
 they  have borne a decided testimony in
 the fear of ,god1 their labors have    
been signally blessed4 ,when they have  
been willing to bear the cross  of      
present truth1 and sacrifice time1      
convenience and means to advance  the   
work1 they have shared the approving    

smiles of ,heaven4 ,they have  seen that
 nothing can keep the body in a healthy 
condition but the  plain and pointed    
testimony4 ,this will do the work of    
purification1  either by purging their  
sins1 or separating from them the       
unconsecrated  and rebellious4 ,let the 
result be what it may1 such testimony   
must be  borne1 or this people will fall
 as others have fallen4 ,and terrible   
would be their fall1 after having so    
clear light1 and having had  committed  
to them so sacred a trust as the last   
message of mercy to  sinners4    ,from  
the past we may also learn what to      
expect in the future1 in the  line of   
persecution4 ,satan has been angry      
because this people have  been seeking  
for the 8old paths10 that they might    
walk therein4 ,he has  been especially  
disturbed as they have plead for the    
restoration of  the ,sabbath1 and the   
gifts of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,if the     
people be taught  that ,god is testing  
them upon the ,sabbath1 and that they   

should listen  to the testimony of      
,jesus1 in the spirit of prophecy1 which
 reproves  their sins1 and calls on them
 to consecrate themselves and what they 
possess to the ,lord1 we may depend upon
 it1 the ire of the dragon will  be     
stirred4 ,this we have witnessed and    
suffered in proportion to our           
faithfulness in the work4 ,when we have 
borne a pointed testimony1 we  have been
 the especial objects of the wrath of   
the dragon2 but with  it have also      
shared largely the blessing of ,god4    
,when we have been  unfaithful1 the     
dragon has been comparatively quiet1 but
 we have  suffered leanness of soul4    
,and thus we may expect it will be for  
time  to come4    ,the position of      
suspense is not the most happy one4     
,those who wait  for the return of the  
,lord in uncertainty as to the definite 
period  of his second advent1 are in    
danger of becoming restless4 ,hence the 
application of certain texts to this    
time1 and to the people who are  waiting

 for their ,lord4 8,ye have need of     
patience1 that1 after ye have  done the 
will of ,god1 ye might receive the      
promise40 ,heb4 x1 #cf4 8,be ye  also   
patient1 stablish your hearts2 for the  
coming of the ,lord draweth  nigh40     
,james v1 #h4 8,here is the patience of 
the saints1 here are they  that keep the
 commandments of ,god1 and the faith of 
,jesus40 ,rev4 xiv1  #ab4    ,in such a 
position1 how natural the often-repeated
 inquiry1 8,how long  before the ,lord  
will come80 ,but no definite answer can 
be given to  this inquiry4 ,and it is   
best that this question cannot be       
definitely  answered4 ,definite time has
 answered the purpose of ,god4 ,it      
brought  the ,advent people to the      
waiting time1 requiring great patience4 
,throughout this entire period of the   
patience of the saints1 the only  safe  
position is to keep the coming of       
,christ ever before us1 and to  regulate
 all our acts in full view of the       
terrible realities of the  ,judgment4   

,to put off the coming of the ,lord1 and
 view that event in the  distance1 and  
enter into the spirit of the world1     
would be dangerous  in the extreme4 ,it 
is true that there are prophecies to be 
fulfilled1  just prior to the coming of 
the ,lord2 but their fulfillment is of  
such  a nature that it can be realized  
in a short time4 ,unbelief may suggest  
that as the time has continued longer   
than the waiting ones expected1  it may 
still continue many years4 ,but saving  
faith takes the safe  position1 and     
views the event at the door4 ,this fact 
should ever be  borne in mind1 that     
while we have no means of showing that  
the ,lord  will come at an immediate    
definite point1 no one can prove that he
 may  not very soon come4 ,and while it 
cannot be proved that the ,lord will    
not very soon come1 ,i call attention to
 the following facts which show  that   
the second advent cannot be a distant   
event4    #a4 ,the three messages       
constitute a solemn warning to the world

 to  prepare for the coming of ,christ4 
,the closing division of this great     
warning is a test to the world and      
ripens the harvest of the earth4  ,those
 who receive the warning and prepare for
 the coming of the ,lord1  are ripened  
by it for immortality4 ,those who reject
 it1 are ripened for  the day of        
slaughter4    #b4 ,the warning given by 
,noah1 the manner his message was       
treated1 and  the wrath of ,god in a    
flood of water1 illustrate the closing  
events of  the present state of things4 
8,as the days of ,noah were1 so also    
shall  the coming of the ,son of man    
be40 ,god did not call this preacher of 
righteousness to warn the next to the   
last generation before the flood1  but  
the very last4 ,the very generation     
which drank the waters of the  flood1   
saw ,noah build the ark1 and heard his  
warning voice4 ,how absurd  the         
supposition that ,noah built the ark1   
and gave his warning message  in the    
time of next to the last generation1 so 

that those who heard  his message and   
saw his work1 passed into the grave1 and
 the ark went  to decay1 and their      
children came upon the stage of action  
to witness  unwarned the terrors of the 
flood4    #c4 ,the last great warning   
was to be given to the last generation  
of  men4 ,the very ones who hear it1    
receive it1 obey it1 and are waiting    
for the ,lord1 will exclaim1 as the ,son
 of man shall return with his  angels   
down the blazing vault of heaven1 8,lo6 
this is our ,god1 we have  waited for   
him1 and he will save us40 ,and the very
 men who reject the  warning1 and justly
 merit the wrath of ,god1 will also     
witness the  second advent in flaming   
fire with terror and anguish4 ,this     
warning is  not given to the next to the
 last generation1 but to the very last4 
,then1 as certain as the great warning1 
illustrated by the three  messages of   
,rev4 xiv1 has been1 and is being given 
in our day1 just  so certain the        
generation that has heard the warning   

will witness the  day of wrath1 and the 
revelation of the ,son of ,god from     
,heaven4 ,one of  two things is certain2
 either ,seventh-day ,adventists are    
wrong in the  application of the        
messages1 or ,christ is very soon       
coming4 ,if they are  correct in their  
application of the great warning1 then  
the very men  who hear it will witness  
its terrible realities4    8,verily ,i  
say unto you10 says ,christ1 8this      
generation shall not pass  away1 till   
all these things be fulfilled4 ,heaven  
and earth shall pass  away1 but my words
 shall not pass away40 ,matt4 xxiv1 #cd1
 #ce4 ,we do not  believe that the word 
generation marks any definite number of 
years4  ,the ,lord designed to teach    
that the people who should live at the  
time  of the fulfillment of the last    
sign mentioned1 7falling stars of       
#ahcc17  and should hear the            
proclamation of the coming of ,christ1  
based partly  upon the fulfilled signs1 
should witness the scenes connected with

  his coming4 ,god has raised up men to 
give the solemn warning to the  world at
 the right time4 ,the signs were        
fulfilled at the right time to  give    
force to the warning4 ,and the very     
generation of men that live  after the  
three great signs are fulfilled1 and who
 hear and reject the  warning message1  
will drink the unmingled cup of the     
wrath of ,god4  ,and those of this very 
generation who receive the message1     
suffer  disappointment and endure the   
trials of the waiting position1 will    
witness the coming of ,christ1 and      
exclaim1 8,lo6 this is our ,god1 we     
have waited for him40    ,dear reader1  
if watchful and faithful to duty1 we    
shall very soon enter  the harbor of    
eternal rest4 ,keep a good look-out4    
,oh1 be not deceived1  and overcome by  
the world1 the flesh1 and the ,devil4   
,true faith  forbids your looking into  
the future1 and laying plans for the    
benefit  of the next generation4 ,it    
shuts you up to the present4 ,but it is 

to be  feared that those who are        
employing their physical and mental     
forces  to accumulate wealth for their  
children1 while they are neglecting     
their duty to the cause of present      
truth1 and do not give themselves  and  
families time to seek and serve ,god1   
are making a terrible mistake4  ,they   
not only fail to help the cause1 and    
fail to walk with ,god1 and  fail to    
exert the best influence in their own   
families1 but their  influence in       
professing so solemn and definite a     
position as that the  present is the    
period for the third and last solemn    
warning1 while in  works they deny their
 faith1 is decidedly against the cause4 
,the world exhibits madness in grasping 
for wealth4 ,a spirit of insanity  has  
taken hold of men upon the subject of   
worldly gain2 and many who  profess     
present truth are more or less imbued   
with it4 ,with those who  do not fear   
,god and keep his commandments1 and are 
not looking for  the soon coming of his 

,son1 this is what might be expected4   
,but with  ,seventh-day ,adventists     
there is no excuse4 ,with them it is    
insanity and  madness4 ,why should they 
accumulate wealth for their children8   
,should  the ,lord remain away a hundred
 years1 wealth handed down to them would
  be their almost certain ruin4 ,look to
 the history of truly good and  great   
men4 ,have they sprung up amid wealth8  
,or have they come from  families       
trained in the school of poverty and    
want8 ,read the histories  of the early 
lives of ,martin ,luther and ,abraham   
,lincoln4 ,both were  poor boys4 ,but   
they both became great men1 by facing   
want1 grappling  with poverty1 and      
overcoming those obstacles ever lying in
 the path  of want4 ,such a struggle in 
early life gave them experience1 and was
  the safeguard of their purity4 ,while 
the names of these good men are         
embalmed in the memory and affection of 
the people1 those of hundreds1  who     
received riches from their parents1 have

 rotted1 because money was  in the way  
of their doing what they should have    
done1 and being what  they might have   
been4 ,setting aside the coming of the  
,lord1 there is no  more certain ruin to
 the children than for them to look to1 
and lean  upon1 their parents' wealth4  
,but what can be said of the influence  
of those brethren who profess to        
believe that the last great warning to  
the world is being given1 yet  devote   
their entire energies to accumulating   
wealth for their children8  ,what can be
 the influence upon their children8 ,is 
it not to lead them  to love this world8
 to put off the coming of the ,lord8 to 
neglect  the necessary preparation8 ,are
 they not taking a course directly to   
shut them out of the kingdom of ,heaven8
 ,and is there any hope of  the         
salvation of either parents or children 
while pursuing such an  inconsistent    
course8 ,without the faith of the soon  
coming of the ,lord1  they are pursuing 
a course to secure their ruin4 ,with    

this faith1 while  pursuing a course to 
deny it in work1 they are making that   
ruin certain4    ,the short period of   
probation remaining should be improved  
in laying  up treasure in ,heaven1 and  
seeking that preparation necessary to   
its  enjoyment in the next life4        
,parents1 ,i entreat of you1 live out   
the  precious ,advent faith before your 
children4 ,lead them to ,jesus1 and1    
teach them by your faith and works to   
secure a preparation for his  coming4   
,let your influence in favor of truth   
and holiness extend to  all around1 that
 it may be said to you1 8,well done1    
good and faithful  servant1 enter thou  
into the joy of thy ,lord40             
,,the ,,law ,,and ,,the ,,gospel4       
8,i and my ,father are one40 ,john x1   
#cj4    ,the ,father and the ,son were  
one in man's creation1 and in his       
redemption4 ,said the ,father to the    
,son1 8,let us make man in our image40  
,and the triumphant song of jubilee in  
which the redeemed take part1 is  unto  

8,him that sitteth upon the throne1 and 
unto the ,lamb1 forever and  ever40     
,jesus prayed that his disciples might  
be one as he was one with his  ,father4 
,this prayer did not contemplate one    
disciple with twelve  heads1 but twelve 
disciples1 made one in object and effort
 in the  cause of their ,master4        
,neither are the ,father and the ,son   
parts of the  8three-one ,god40 ,they   
are two distinct beings1 yet one in the 
design  and accomplishment of           
redemption4 ,the redeemed1 from the     
first who  shares in the great          
redemption1 to the last1 all ascribe the
 honor1 and  glory1 and praise1 of their
 salvation1 to both ,god and the ,lamb4 
,but if it be true that the law of the  
,father and the gospel of the ,son  are 
opposed to each other1 that one was to  
take the place of the other1  then it   
follows that those saved in the former  
dispensation are saved  by the ,father  
and the law1 while those of the present 
dispensation are  saved by ,christ and  

the gospel4 ,and in this case1 when the 
redeemed  shall reach ,heaven at last1  
and their redemption shall be sung1 two 
songs will be heard1 one ascribing      
praise to ,god and the law1 the other   
singing the praises of ,christ and the  
gospel4    ,this will not be4 ,there    
will be harmony in that song of         
redemption4 ,all  the redeemed will sing
 the facts as they have existed during  
the period  of man's probation4 ,all    
will ascribe the praise of their        
salvation to  ,god and the ,lamb4 ,adam1
 ,abel1 ,enoch1 ,noah1 ,abraham1 and    
,moses1 will  join with the disciples of
 ,jesus in singing of the redeeming     
power of  the blood of the ,son1 while  
those who have lived since the          
crucifixion  of ,christ1 saved by his   
blood1 will join the patriarchs and     
prophets in  the song of praise to the  
,father1 the creator and lawgiver4      
,therefore  the law and the gospel run  
parallel throughout the entire period of
  man's probation4 ,the gospel is not   

confined to some eighteen centuries4    
,the dispensation of the gospel is not  
less than about six thousand  years4    
,the word gospel signifies good news4   
,the gospel of the ,son of ,god is  the 
good news of salvation through ,christ4 
,when man fell1 angels wept4  ,heaven   
was bathed in tears4 ,the ,father and   
the ,son took counsel1 and  ,jesus      
offered to undertake the cause of fallen
 man4 ,he offered to  die that man might
 have life4 ,the ,father consented to   
give his only  ,beloved1 and the good   
news ran through ,heaven1 and resounded 
on earth1  that a way was opened for    
man's redemption4 ,in the first promise 
made  to man that the seed of the woman 
should bruise the serpent's head1 was   
the gospel of ,jesus ,christ1 as verily 
as in the song the angels sung  over the
 plains of ,bethlehem1 to the shepherds 
as they watched their  flocks by night1 
8,glory to ,god in the highest1 peace on
 earth and good  will to men40          
,immediately after the fall1 hope of a  

future life hung upon ,christ as  verily
 as we can hang our hopes on ,christ4   
,and when the first sons of  ,adam      
brought their offerings to the ,lord1   
,cain in his unbelief brought  the first
 fruits of the ground1 which were not   
acceptable4 ,abel brought  a firstling  
of the flock1 in faith of ,christ1 the  
great sacrifice for  sin4 ,god accepted 
his offering4 ,through the blood of that
 firstling1  ,abel saw the blood of     
,jesus ,christ4 ,he looked forward to   
,christ1 and  made his offering in the  
faith and hope of the gospel1 and       
through it  saw the great sacrifice for 
sin1 as verily as we see the bleeding   
,lamb  as we look back to ,calvary1     
through the broken bread and the fruit  
of  the vine4 ,through these emblems we 
see ,christ crucified4 ,abel saw the    
same through the lamb which he offered4 
,do we hang our hopes in faith  upon    
,christ8 ,so did ,abel4 ,are we         
,christians by virtue of living faith   
in ,christ8 ,so was ,abel4    ,abraham  

had the gospel of the ,son of ,god4 ,the
 apostle says that the  scripture1      
foreseeing that ,god would justify the  
heathen1 preached  before the gospel    
unto ,abraham4 ,gal4 iii1 #h4    ,paul  
testifies of the ,israelites in the     
wilderness1 that they 8were all         
baptized unto ,moses in the cloud and in
 the sea2 and did all eat the  same     
spiritual meat2 and did all drink the   
same spiritual drink2 for  they drank of
 that spiritual ,rock that followed     
them2 and that ,rock  was ,christ40 #a  
,cor4 x1 #b-d4 ,the gospel was preached 
to the children of  ,israel in the      
wilderness4 ,the apostle says1 8,unto us
 was the gospel  preached1 as well as   
unto them2 but the word preached did not
 profit  them1 not being mixed with     
faith in them that heard it40 ,heb4 iv1 
#b4    ,moses and the believing ,jews   
had the faith and hope of the gospel4   
,through the blood of the sacrificial   
offerings1 they saw ,christ1 and by     
faith embraced him4 ,their hopes of the 

future life were not in the law1  but in
 ,christ4    8,the law10 says ,paul1    
8having a shadow of good things to      
come40 ,the  typical system is but the  
shadow4 ,the good things1 of which      
,christ  as a sacrifice and mediator is 
the center1 are the body that casts  its
 shadow back into the ,jewish age4 ,the 
bleeding sacrifices of the  legal system
 were but the shadow2 ,christ1 bleeding 
on the cross1 was  the great reality4   
,every bleeding sacrifice offered by the
 ,jews1  understandingly and in faith1  
was as acceptable in the sight of       
,heaven  as what ,christians may do in  
showing their faith in the sufferings1  
death1 and resurrection of ,christ1 in  
baptism and the ,lord's supper4  ,the   
one was done in the faith and hope of   
redemption through the  blood of the    
,son of ,god1 as verily as the other may
 be4 ,the gospel  dispensation1 which is
 the dispensation of the good news of   
redemption  through ,christ1 has been   
six thousand years long4    ,the        

dispensation of the law of ,god is      
longer than that of the gospel4  ,it    
commenced before the fall1 or there     
could not have been in the  justice of  
,god any such thing as the fall4 ,it    
existed as early as there  were created 
intelligences subject to the government 
of the ,creator4  ,it covers all time1  
and extends to the future1 running      
parallel with  the eternity of ,god's   
moral government4 ,angels fell1         
therefore were on  probation4 ,they1    
being on probation1 were consequently   
amenable to law4  ,in the absence of    
law1 they could not be on probation1    
therefore1 could  not fall4 ,the same   
may be said of ,adam and ,eve in ,eden4 
,the ten commandments are adapted to    
fallen beings4 ,as worded in the  sacred
 ,scriptures given to man in his fallen 
state1 they were not  adapted to the    
condition of holy angels1 nor to man in 
his holy estate  in ,eden4 ,but the two 
grand principles of ,god's moral        
government did  exist before the fall1  

in the form of law4 ,these are given in 
the  ,old ,testament1 and are quoted by 
,christ in the ,new1 as the two great   
commandments3 8,thou shalt love the     
,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1  and 
with all thy soul1 and with all thy     
mind4 ,this is the first and  great     
commandment4 ,and the second is like    
unto it1 ,thou shalt love thy  neighbor 
as thyself4 ,on these two commandments  
hang all the law and the  prophets40    
,matt4 xxii1 #cg-dj4 ,compare ,deut4 vi1
 #e2 ,lev4 xix1 #ah4    ,these two      
commandments require supreme love to the
 ,creator1 and love  to fellow-creatures
 equal to that bestowed upon one's self4
 ,angels  could do no more than these   
require4 ,adam could do no more4 ,we can
 do  no more4 ,the two great            
commandments embrace all that is        
required by  the ten precepts of the    
decalogue4 ,they are the grand circle   
inside of  which is the will of ,god to 
man4 ,no precept1 and no principle1 of  
the  ,book of ,god1 extends beyond this 

circle4    ,illustration    ,soon after 
the fall1 we see this circle in ten     
parts4 ,the two  principles of ,god's   
moral government are seen in ten        
precepts1 worded  to meet man's fallen  
condition4 ,love to ,god is taught in   
the first  four commandments1 and love  
to our fellow-man is taught in the last 
six4 ,the prophets of the ,lord1 the    
,son of ,god1 and the apostles of       
,jesus1 have all spoken in harmony with 
the ten precepts of the law of          
,jehovah4 ,the whole duty of man1 says  
,solomon1 is to fear ,god and keep  his 
commandments4    ,illustration    ,the  
ten precepts of the decalogue1 adapted  
to man's fallen condition1  were        
enforced as early as the circumstances  
demanded them4 ,the first  three were   
applicable to ,adam1 immediately after  
the fall4 ,and although  the ,sabbath of
 the fourth precept was instituted at   
the close of the  first week of time1   
before the fall1 and we have evidence   
that ,adam was  directed to observe it  

as a memorial of creation1 yet that     
portion of  the precept adapted to the  
fallen state1 relative to the           
man-servant1  the maid-servant1 and the 
stranger1 could not exist till a later  
period when such relations existed4 ,the
 fifth commandment could not  be        
enforced1 until applicable to ,adam's   
children4 ,the sixth1 seventh1  eighth1 
ninth1 and tenth1 were enforced as early
 as the parties existed  to whom they   
could properly apply4    ,there is      
nothing in the moral condition of man in
 his fallen state1 nor  in the nature of
 the ten commandments themselves1 to    
restrict them to  any one dispensation  
more than another4 ,man's moral         
wretchedness is the  same1 only more    
deplorable as he advances from the gates
 of ,paradise  toward the close of      
probation4 ,and the law of ,god1 adapted
 to his  fallen state1 is applicable and
 necessary throughout the entire period 
of his fallen condition1 from ,paradise 
lost to ,paradise regained4    ,the     

reign of sin runs parallel with the     
reign of death1 from ,adam  until sin   
and sinners shall cease to be4 ,and     
parallel with these1  stretching through
 all dispensations1 there has been the  
knowledge of  the principles of the ten 
commandments1 consequently a knowledge  
of sin4    ,the means of this knowledge 
has been the law of ,god4 8,by the law10
  says the apostle1 8is the knowledge of
 sin40 ,rom4 iii1 #bj4 8,i had not      
known sin but by the law40 ,chap4 vii1  
#g4 ,as proof that this knowledge  did  
exist immediately after the fall1 see   
,gen4 iv1 #g1 #bc1 #bd2 vi1 #e1  #aa1   
#ab4 ,also1 ,noah was righteous before  
,god4 ,chap4 vii1 #a4 ,he was a         
preacher of righteousness4 #b ,pet4 ii1 
#e4 ,by his preaching right-doing1      
reproving the sins of the people of his 
time1 he condemned the world4  ,heb4 xi1
 #g4 ,the men of ,sodom and ,gomorrah   
were great sinners1 excepting  one man4 
,abraham interceded1 saying1 ,wilt thou 
destroy the righteous  with the wicked8 

,gen4 xiii1 #ac2 xviii1 #bj1 #bc1 #be2  
xix1 #g4 ,the blessing  of ,god came    
upon ,abraham1 because he obeyed his    
voice and kept his  commandments4 ,gen4 
xxvi1 #e4 ,those who refused obedience1 
experienced  his wrath for their        
transgressions4 ,the cities of the plain
 were  condemned for their unlawful     
deeds4 #b ,pet4 ii1 #f-h4    ,as an     
illustration of this subject1 ,i will   
briefly notice the murder of  righteous 
,abel4 ,cain killed his brother1 and1 as
 a sinner1 received the  mark of ,god's 
displeasure4 ,sin1 says the apostle1 is 
the transgression  of the law4 #a ,john 
iii1 #d4 ,cain broke the sixth          
commandment2 hence that  precept existed
 in the time of ,cain4 ,otherwise he did
 not sin2 for  where no law is1 there is
 no transgression4 ,rom4 iv1 #ae4       
,the foregoing positions relative to the
 law of ,god would meet with  but little
 opposition were it not for the ,sabbath
 of the fourth  commandment4 ,the proper
 observance of the ,bible ,sabbath is   

not  only crossing1 but with many       
inconvenient1 and not favorable to  the 
successful prosecution of their worldly 
plans4 ,the fearful and  unbelieving    
shun its claims1 brand it as a ,jewish  
institution1 and  frequently assert that
 it was unknown to men until the        
,sabbath law was  proclaimed from       
,sinai4 ,sacred history1 however1 proves
 this statement  to be false4 ,it is    
true that ,sabbath-keeping is not       
mentioned in the  book of ,genesis4 ,but
 this does not prove that it did not    
exist during  the long period covered by
 that brief record4 ,the facts connected
  with the giving of the manna show that
 the ,israelites understood the         
obligations of the ,sabbath1 that some  
of the people violated them1 and  were  
reproved by ,jehovah1 thirty days before
 they saw ,mount ,sinai4 ,see  ,ex4     
xvi-xix4    ,i now come to the ,new     
,testament4 ,the first four chapters of 
,matthew  are devoted to a sketch of the
 genealogy of ,christ1 ,joseph and      

,mary1  the birth of ,jesus1 ,herod     
slaying the children of ,bethlehem1     
,john the  ,baptist1 the temptation of  
,christ1 and his entering upon his      
public  ministry4 ,the fifth chapter    
opens with the first record of his      
public  instructions4 ,in that memorable
 sermon upon the mount1 ,christ warns   
his  disciples against a terrible heresy
 that would soon press its way into  the
 church4    ,the ,jews boasted of ,god1 
of ,abraham1 and of the law1 but        
despised and  rejected ,jesus4 ,the     
great facts connected with his          
resurrection were  soon to be so        
convincing that many would believe4 ,and
 as the ,jews were  to reject and       
crucify the ,son1 while boasting in the 
law1 ,christians  would run to the      
opposite and equally-fatal heresy of    
trampling upon  the authority of the    
,father1 and despising his law1 while   
receiving  ,christ and glorying in the  
gospel4 ,it has ever been ,satan's      
object to  separate1 in the faith of the

 church1 the ,father and the ,son4 ,with
 the  ,jews was the cry1 ,the ,father1  
,abraham1 the law2 but away with ,jesus 
and his gospel4 ,with ,christians the   
cry was to arise1 ,christ1 the  cross1  
the gospel2 but away with the law of the
 ,father4 ,to meet this  heresy1 ere    
long to arise in the ,christian church1 
the ,master1 in his  first-recorded     
sermon1 spoke pointedly4 ,listen to his 
appeal to his  disciples in the presence
 of the assembled multitudes3    8,think
 not that ,i am come to destroy the law1
 or the prophets3 ,i am not  come to    
destroy1 but to fulfill4 ,for verily ,i 
say unto you1 ,till heaven  and earth   
pass1 one jot or one tittle shall in no 
wise pass from the  law1 till all be    
fulfilled4 ,whosoever1 therefore1 shall 
break one of  these least commandments1 
and teach men so1 he shall be called    
least in  the kingdom of ,heaven2 but   
whosoever shall do and teach them1 the  
same  shall be called great in the      
kingdom of ,heaven40    ,these words of 

warning from our ,lord fully meet the   
case4 ,they need  no comment4 ,the      
history of the church1 showing how      
loosely1 great and  apparently good men 
have held the law of ,god1 and the      
present1 closing  controversy respecting
 it1 give them especial force4    ,jesus
 did not come to legislate4 ,in no case 
did he intimate that he  would give a   
new law to take the place of that of his
 ,father4 ,speaking  of the ,son1 the   
,father says1 8,he shall speak unto them
 all that ,i  shall command him40 ,deut4
 xviii1 #ah4 ,jesus answered them and   
said1  8,my doctrine is not mine1 but   
his that sent me40 ,john vii1 #af4 8,i  
do  nothing of myself1 but as my ,father
 hath taught me1 ,i speak these         
things40 ,chap4 viii1 #bh4 8,the word   
which ye hear1 is not mine1 but the     
,father's which sent me40 ,chap4 xiv1   
#bd4    ,let us consider the grave      
question of the great apostle to the    
,gentiles1 relative to the law of ,god  
and the faith of ,jesus3 8,do we  then  

make void the law through faith80 ,rom4 
iii1 #ca4 ,this question  points        
directly to the true issue between us1  
and the men of this day  who teach that 
the gospel of the ,son makes void the   
law of the ,father4  ,paul decides the  
question in these emphatic words3 8,god 
forbid3 yea1 we  establish the law40    
,the gospel is a necessity in           
consequence of law transgressed4 ,where 
there is no law1 there is no            
transgression1 no sin1 no need of the   
blood of ,christ1 no need of the gospel4
 ,but the gospel teaches  that ,christ  
died for sinners1 on account of their   
sins4 ,sin is the  transgression of the 
law4 ,he came1 therefore1 as the great  
sacrifice  for those who transgress the 
law4 ,the gospel holds him up as the    
bleeding sacrifice for the sins of those
 who transgress the law4 ,this  fact    
establishes the existence of the law of 
,god4 ,remove the law1 and  we have no  
further need of ,christ and his gospel4 
,in the gospel arrangement for the      

salvation of man1 there are three       
parties concerned2 the ,lawgiver1 the   
,advocate1 and the sinner4 ,the  words  
of the apostle are to the point3 8,if   
any man sin1 we have an  advocate with  
the ,father1 ,jesus ,christ the         
righteous40 #a ,john ii1 #a4  ,sin is   
the transgression of the law of the     
,father2 hence the sinner  offends the  
,father1 is in trouble with the ,father1
 and needs ,jesus  to plead his cause   
with the ,father4 ,but if the ,father's 
law has been  abolished1 and ,christ    
sustains to the sinner the relation of  
lawgiver1  who is his advocate8 8,mother
 ,mary10 or 8father ,joseph10 or some   
other one of the multitude of canonized 
saints will answer for the  ,papist2 but
 what will the ,protestant do in this   
case8 ,if he urges that  ,christ1 and   
not the ,father1 is the lawgiver1 and   
that in the present  dispensation1 sin  
is the transgression of the law of      
,jesus ,christ1 then  ,i press him to   
tell me who the sinner's advocate is4   

,and ,i ask him to  harmonize his       
position with the words of the beloved  
,john1 8,if any man  sin1 we have an    
advocate with the ,father1 ,jesus       
,christ the righteous40    ,paul        
addresses the elders of the church at   
,miletus1 relative to the  fundamental  
principles of the plan of salvation1    
thus3 8,i kept back  nothing that was   
profitable unto you1 but have showed    
you1 and have  taught you publicly1 and 
from house to house1 testifying both to 
the ,jews and also to the ,greeks1      
repentance toward ,god1 and faith       
toward our ,lord ,jesus ,christ40 ,acts 
xx1 #bj1 #ba4 ,the apostle has here  set
 before the men of the present          
dispensation two distinct duties4       
,first1 the exercise of repentance      
toward ,god1 for his law is binding     
upon them1 and it is his law that they  
have transgressed4 ,second1 the         
exercise of faith toward ,christ as the 
great sacrifice for their sins1  and    
their advocate with the ,father4 ,these 

are both indispensable4  ,paul presented
 both4 ,he kept back nothing pertaining 
to the plan of  salvation1 that was     
profitable4    ,the closing words of the
 third angel point directly to a body   
of ,christian commandment-keepers4      
8,here are they that keep the           
commandments of ,god and the faith of   
,jesus40 ,rev4 xiv1 #ab4 ,the ,jew      
takes no stock in this text1 because he 
sees in it the despised ,jesus  of      
,nazareth4 ,many professed ,christians  
find it as objectionable as  the ,jew1  
for the reason that they find in it the 
equally-despised  commandments of ,god4 
,but said the adorable ,jesus1 8,i and  
my ,father  are one40 ,so the law of the
 ,father and the gospel of the ,son pass
  through all dispensations of man's    
fallen state1 in perfect harmony4  ,oh6 
that both the blind ,jew and the blind  
,christian might see this1  and         
embracing the whole truth1 instead of   
each a part1 might keep the             
commandments of ,god and the faith of   

,jesus1 and be saved4    ,but here let  
it be distinctly understood that there  
is no salvation  in the law1 that is1   
there is no redeeming quality in law4   
,redemption  is through the blood of    
,christ4 ,the sinner may cease to break 
the  commandments of ,god1 and strive   
with all his powers to keep them1 but   
this will not atone for his sins1 and   
redeem him from his present  condition  
in consequence of past transgression4   
,notwithstanding all his  efforts to    
keep the law of ,god1 he must be lost   
without faith in the  atoning blood of  
,jesus4 ,and this was as true in the    
time of ,adam1 of  ,abel1 ,enoch1 ,noah1
 ,abraham1 ,moses1 and the ,jews1 as    
since ,jesus died  upon the cross4 ,no  
man can be saved without ,christ4    ,on
 the other hand1 faith in ,jesus        
,christ1 while refusing obedience to    
the law of the ,father1 is presumption4 
,an effort to obtain friendship  with   
the ,son1 while living in rebellion     
against the ,father1 is  ,heaven-daring4

 ,no greater insult can be offered to   
either the ,father  or the ,son4 ,what6 
,separate the ,father and the ,son1 by  
trampling on  the authority of the one1 
and making a friend of the other8 8,i   
and my  ,father are one40 ,the ,jew     
insults the ,father1 in his rejection of
 the  ,son2 and the ,christian flings in
 the face of ,heaven equal insult1 in   
all his acts of worship in which he     
vainly thinks to make ,jesus his  friend
 while1 with light upon the subject1 he 
breaks the commandments  of ,god4       
,the oneness of the ,father and the ,son
 is seen at the transfiguration4  ,that 
voice which is the highest authority in 
the universe1 is there  heard saying1   
8,this is my beloved ,son2 hear him40   
,it is also seen in  the closing        
benediction of the ,son1 in the last    
chapter of the ,bible1  which presents  
before those who are loyal1 the glories 
of the reward in  reserve for the       
obedient4 8,blessed are they that do    
,his commandments1  that they may have  

right to the tree of life1 and may enter
 in through  the gates into the city40  
,i briefly call attention to three grand
 events1 which have taken place  in     
connection with the sad history of      
fallen man1 either one of which  is     
sufficient to establish the perpetuity  
of the law of ,god4    ,first1 the fall1
 with all its terrible consequences4 ,if
 the law of  ,god was of such a nature  
that it could1 in any particular1 be    
changed  at any time1 it would have been
 thus changed when there were but  two  
fallen beings1 ,adam and ,eve1 just     
before leaving ,eden4 ,if the  plan of  
,god's moral government could be        
changed1 it would then have  been       
changed1 so as to set them free1 and    
save the tide of human  wretchedness and
 agony1 which has followed4 ,but1 no2 it
 could not be  changed4 ,the curse must 
fall on man1 and upon the earth for     
man's sake2  and the blight and mildew  
of sin must follow everywhere1 and hang 
upon creation like a pall of death4     

,why8 ,because ,god's law that had  been
 transgressed1 could not be             
changed--could not be abolished4 ,every 
fading flower and falling leaf1 since   
man left ,eden1 has proclaimed  the law 
of ,god changeless4 ,this has been the  
result of sin4 ,it is the  result of the
 terrible fall4 ,and this has all come  
about because of  the transgression of  
that law which is as changeless as the  
throne of  ,heaven4 ,if that law could  
ever be changed in any particular1 it   
would  have been changed when there were
 but two fallen beings1 in such a way   
as to free them from the sentence of    
death1 and raise them from their        
degradation1 and the race from continued
 sin1 crime1 and woe4    ,think of the  
recent ,american war1 with all its      
terrible agony4 ,but this  is only an   
item in the vast catalogue4 ,for six    
thousand years1 the  tide has been      
swelling1 and creation has been adding  
groan to groan4  ,oh6 the sorrow1 the   
wretchedness1 the agony6 ,who can       

compute it8 ,the  fall1 then1 with all  
its accumulated wretchedness1 proclaims 
,god's law  changeless4 ,i hasten to    
notice the next great event which       
proclaims  this truth4    ,second1 the  
announcement of the ten commandments    
from ,sinai with  imposing display4 ,it 
was not left for ,moses to proclaim this
 law4 ,it  was not left for an angel to 
assemble the tribes of ,israel1 and     
utter  these ten holy precepts in their 
hearing4 ,it was not even left to the   
,son of ,god to do this4 ,but the       
,father1 the great ,eternal1 descends in
  awful grandeur1 and proclaims these   
precepts in the hearing of all the      
people4    ,do you say that that was the
 origin of the law of ,god8 ,do you say 
that  ,god descended on ,sinai1 and     
there legislated8 ,and do you say that  
he  has since abolished that code1 or   
changed it8 ,when did he do this8       
,where did he do it8 ,has any prophet   
foretold that such an event should  take
 place8 ,and has any apostle recorded   

that such a work was ever  done8 ,never4
    ,the commonwealth of ,michigan sends
 her legislators to ,lansing to enact   
laws4 ,these laws are published         
throughout the commonwealth4 ,the people
  understand them4 ,some of these laws  
are repealed or changed4 ,is it  done in
 secret1 and the people permitted to    
know nothing about it8 ,no4  ,the same  
body that enacts laws1 also changes1    
amends1 or abolishes  them1 and the     
people are apprized of the fact4 ,this  
is made as public  as the enactment of  
the law4 ,and has not the all-wise and  
merciful  ,god manifested as much wisdom
 in managing affairs in which man has so
  great an interest1 affairs which      
affect his eternal welfare8 ,he came    
down upon ,sinai1 and proclaimed his law
 under such circumstances as to  impress
 the people with its grandeur1 dignity1 
and perpetuity4 ,who can  suppose that  
he would abolish1 or alter it1 and say  
nothing about it8    ,third1 the        
,crucifixion establishes the law of     

,god4 ,if that law was  of such a nature
 that it could be abolished1 or any of  
its precepts  changed1 why not have this
 done1 and set man free1 instead of the 
,son  of ,god laying aside his glory1   
taking our nature1 living the sad life  
he lived here upon the earth1 suffering 
in ,gethsemane1 and finally  expiring   
upon the cross8 ,oh6 why should the     
divine ,son of ,god do all  this to save
 man1 if that law which held him as a   
sinner could be  changed1 so that he    
could be set free8 ,but no2 nothing     
could be done  in that direction4 ,man  
had sinned1 had fallen1 and was shut up 
in the  prison-house of sin4 ,his sins  
were of such a nature that no sacrifice 
was adequate but the sacrifice of ,him  
to whom the ,father had said1  8,let us 
make man40 ,the death of an angel was   
not sufficient4 ,he only  who engaged   
with the ,father in the formation of    
man1 constitutes a  sufficient sacrifice
 to open the door of hope by which he   
might find  pardon1 and be saved4 ,in   

the language of the hymn we sing1       
8,come1 ,o my  soul1 to ,calvary10 and  
there behold love and agony mingled in  
the death  of the ,son of ,god4         
,behold him groaning in ,gethsemane4    
,his divine soul was in agony as the    
sins of man were rolled upon him4 8,my  
soul10 said he1 8is exceeding           
sorrowful1 even unto death40 ,the weight
 of man's sin in transgressing  ,god's  
immutable law was such as to press from 
his pores as it were  great drops of    
blood4    ,he then bears his cross to   
,calvary4 ,the nails are driven into his
 hands  and feet4 ,the cross is erected4
 ,there the bleeding ,lamb hangs six    
terrible hours4 ,the death of the cross 
was most agonizing4 ,but there  was in  
his case the additional weight of the   
sins of the whole world4  ,in his last  
expiring agonies he cries1 8,my ,god1 my
 ,god1 why hast thou  forsaken me80 and 
bows his head in death4    ,the sun1 the
 brightest luminary of heaven1 can no   
longer view the  scene1 and is vailed as

 with sackcloth4 ,the vail of the       
temple1 the  noblest work of man1 is    
rent in twain4 ,christ1 the noblest     
being in the  universe save ,one1 is    
dying in agony4 ,creation feels the     
shock1 and  groaning and heaving1 throws
 open the graves of many of the saints1 
who come out of their graves after his  
resurrection4 ,this great event         
transpired because it was the only way  
by which sinners could be saved4  ,the  
law must stand as firm as the throne of 
,heaven1 although the earth  shake1 and 
the whole creation tremble1 as the ,son 
of ,god dies in agony4    ,the law of   
,god was given to man as his saviour4   
,he broke it4 ,could  it then redeem    
him8 ,it is not in the nature of law1   
either human or  divine1 to redeem the  
transgressor4 ,those who transgress the 
law of  this commonwealth1 must suffer  
the full penalty1 unless the ,governor  
shall pardon the transgressor4 ,this is 
his only hope of escaping  the full     
sentence of the law4 ,it is said by     

those who do not fully  understand our  
position1 that we trust in the law1 and 
the keeping of  the ,sabbath1 for       
salvation4 ,no1 friends1 you may observe
 all these  precepts1 to the best of    
your ability1 conscientiously2 but if   
you look  no further than the law for   
salvation1 you can never be saved4 ,the 
hope  of eternal salvation hangs upon   
,christ4 ,adam hung his hope there4     
,abel1  ,enoch1 ,noah1 ,abraham1 and the
 believing ,jews1 hung theirs there4 ,we
 can  do no more4 ,the hope of the next 
life depends upon ,jesus ,christ4 ,faith
  in his blood can alone free us from   
our transgressions4 ,and a life of      
obedience to the commandments of ,god   
and the faith of ,jesus will be a       
sufficient passport through the golden  
gates of the city of ,god4              
,illustration          ,,god',s         
,,memorial4      ,the ,sabbath is a     
memorial of what the ,creator did during
 the first week  of time4 ,he wrought   
six days4 ,he rested on the seventh day4

 ,here is  the origin of the week4 ,the 
weekly cycle is not derived from        
anything  in nature4 ,months are        
suggested by the phases of the moon1    
years by  the returning seasons2 but the
 week can be traced only to the six days
  of creation1 and the seventh of rest4 
,the patriarchs reckoned time by  weeks1
 and sevens of days4 ,gen4 xxix1 #bg1   
#bh2 viii1 #aj1 #ab4    ,the ,sabbath   
was instituted in ,eden1 at the close of
 the first week1 by  three acts on the  
part of the ,creator4 ,first1 ,god      
rested on the seventh  day4 ,second1 he 
placed his blessing upon the day4       
,third1 he sanctified  the day of his   
rest4 ,he rested on the seventh day1 and
 in this set an  example for man4 ,he   
next blessed the day upon which he had  
rested4 ,he  then sanctified1 or 8set   
apart to a sacred use10 the day of his  
rest4  ,he gave the first six days of   
the week to man1 in which to obtain  a  
livelihood1 and reserved the seventh day
 to himself1 to be used  sacredly by    

man4    ,the great ,god was not wearied 
with the six days of creation4 ,his rest
  upon the seventh day means simply that
 on that day he ceased to create4  ,nor 
did man in ,eden need rest from toil1 as
 since the fall4 ,in fact1  rest from   
labor is not a leading feature of the   
,sabbatic institution4  ,the fourth     
commandment makes no reference to man's 
physical wants of a  day of rest4       
,neither does it speak of his spiritual 
necessities of a  day of public worship4
    ,it gives quite another reason for  
the ,sabbath4 ,here it is3 8,for in six 
days the ,lord made heaven and earth1   
the sea1 and all that in them is1  and  
rested the seventh day2 wherefore the   
,lord blessed the ,sabbath day  and     
hallowed it0 ,ex4 xx1 #aa4 ,this reason 
relates to what ,god did in the  first  
week of time4 ,he has given no other4   
,it is as old as the world1  and will   
continue to be the reason why man should
 revere ,jehovah's  rest-day as long as 
the world shall continue4 ,man rests    

upon the day  of the ,sabbath in honor  
of the ,creator4 ,and wherever he may   
turn his  eye1 whether to the heavens1  
the earth1 or the sea1 there he beholds 
the ,creator's work4 ,as he rests upon  
the seventh day1 he sees in the         
countless varieties of nature the wisdom
 and power of him who created  all in   
six days1 and thus is led from nature up
 to nature's ,god4 ,the  ,sabbath now   
becomes the cord that binds created man 
to the infinite  ,creator4 ,it is the   
golden chain that links earth to        
,heaven1 and man to  ,god4 ,had he      
always observed the ,sabbath1 there     
could not have been an  idolater nor an 
atheist4 ,the ,sabbath1 as a memorial of
 what the ,creator  did during the first
 week of time1 is now seen in its       
dignity and  importance4 ,it is the     
memorial of the living ,god4 ,man is to 
rest on the  day of the week on which   
the ,creator ceased to create4    ,but  
those who belittle the grand ,sabbatic  
institution to only serve  man's        

physical wants of a day of rest1 and to 
provide for him a day  of public        
worship1 and see no higher design in it1
 are satisfied with  a change of the day
 of the ,sabbath4 ,they think that a day
 on which  the ,creator did not rest1   
will do quite as well as the day on     
which  he did rest4 ,with this limited  
view of the subject1 why may they not   
be content with the change8 ,if a day of
 rest from toil1 and a day  for the     
public worship of ,god1 are all the     
blessings secured to man  by the        
,sabbath1 the one-day-in-seven and      
no-day-in-particular theory  looks quite
 plausible4 ,for1 certainly1 man can    
rest his weary limbs1  or weary brain1  
on one day of the week as well as on    
another4 ,and if  only a season of      
divine worship is to be secured1 ,sunday
 may answer for  this purpose4 ,in fact1
 one day in six might do as well for    
rest and  worship as one day in seven1  
if rest and a day of public worship are 
the sum total of the reasons for the    

,sabbath4 ,there is nothing in man's    
physical or spiritual wants to mark the 
number seven4    ,the original design of
 the ,sabbath was for a perpetual       
memorial of  the ,creator4 ,yet it      
secures the seventh day of the week to  
man in his  fallen condition1 not only  
as a day of rest1 but a day for public  
worship1 in which to draw nigh to ,god  
and share his pardoning love4 ,but      
these blessings1 of comparative         
importance1 can be obtained on either   
of the other six days of the week1 and  
do not constitute the grand  reason for 
the ,sabbatic institution4 ,that reason 
given in the law of  the ,sabbath is1 in
 its importance1 as much above the      
simple idea of  repose from weary toil1 
and a day for public worship1 as the    
heavens  are higher than the earth4     
,with this agree the words of the       
prophet3  8,if thou turn away thy foot  
from the ,sabbath1 from doing thy       
pleasure  on my holy day1 and call the  
,sabbath a delight1 the holy of the     

,lord1  honorable1 and shalt honor him1 
not doing thine own ways1 nor finding   
thine own pleasure1 nor speaking thine  
own words1 then shalt thou  delight     
thyself in the ,lord40 ,isa4 lviii1 #ac1
 #ad4    ,here the great object of the  
,sabbath is set forth4 ,it is to honor  
,god4  ,man is required to turn away his
 feet from the ,sabbath1 and refrain    
from seeking his own ways1 words1 and   
pleasure1 on that day1 not  because he  
needs a day of rest1 but because by so  
doing he can honor  the great ,god4     
,those who keep the ,sabbath with this  
object in view1  will call it a delight1
 the holy of the ,lord1 and honorable4  
,the fourth commandment points back to  
what ,god did during the  first week of 
time4 ,the creation and rest occupied   
the first week4  ,immediately following1
 ,jehovah sanctified and blessed the day
 on which  he had rested4 ,in this way  
the seventh day became the holy ,sabbath
 of  the ,lord for ,adam and his        
posterity4 ,it was ever to be observed  

by the  race as the memorial of the     
living ,god4    ,those who locate the   
institution of the ,sabbath at ,sinai1  
urge that  no mention is made of        
,sabbath-keeping in the brief record of 
the book  of ,genesis1 as proof that the
 ,sabbath was made for the ,jews alone4 
,as evidence of the unsoundness of this 
position1 please notice the  following  
facts3    #a4 ,the sacred record nowhere
 intimates that the ,sabbath was        
instituted  at ,sinai1 while it         
distinctly locates its institution at   
creation4    #b4 ,the ,sabbath being    
made for man1 ,mark ii1 #bg1 as a       
memorial of  creation1 there are no     
reasons why the ,jews alone should enjoy
 its  blessings4 ,all men have need of  
it as much as they4    #c4 ,the facts   
connected with the giving of the manna  
show that the  ,israelites understood   
the obligations of the ,sabbath1 that   
some of  the people violated these      
sacred obligations1 and were reproved by
  ,jehovah1 thirty days before they saw 

,mount ,sinai4 ,see ,ex4 xvi-xix4 ,they 
came to the wilderness of ,sin1 where   
the manna was first given1 on the       
fifteenth day of their second month4 ,on
 the sixth day they gathered  a double  
portion of the manna1 sufficient for    
that day and for the  ,sabbath which    
followed4 ,moses said to the people1    
8,this is that which  the ,lord hath    
said1 ,to-morrow is the rest of the holy
 ,sabbath unto the  ,lord40 ,on the     
seventh day1 ,moses said1 8,eat that    
to-day2 for to-day  is a ,sabbath unto  
the ,lord4 ,to-day ye shall not find it 
in the field4  ,six days ye shall gather
 it2 but on the seventh day1 which is   
the  ,sabbath1 in it there shall be     
none4 ,and it came to pass1 that there  
went out some of the people on the      
seventh day for to gather1 and they     
found none4 ,and the ,lord said unto    
,moses1 ,how long refuse ye to keep  my 
commandments and my laws8 ,see1 for that
 the ,lord hath given you the           
,sabbath40    ,here we see that the     

,sabbath was understood1 and its        
violation was  rebuked by ,jehovah4 ,but
 the ,israelites had not yet seen       
,sinai4 ,indeed  they did not come to   
the mount from which the ten            
commandments were  proclaimed1 until    
thirty days from the time the manna was 
first given4  ,see chap4 xix4 ,here is a
 nail driven in a sure place1 and       
ministers and  men should cease to      
assert that the ,sabbath was first given
 at ,sinai1  till they have searched the
 sacred narrative with greater care4    
,the original plan of the ,sabbath      
contemplated its perpetual observance   
as long as ,god1 the creator1 and       
created man should exist4 ,it does not  
point forward to redemption4 ,it was    
instituted before provisions were  made 
for redemption4 ,it looks back to       
creation4 ,it was made for man  before  
the fall2 but1 in consequence of the    
fall1 it is of tenfold more  importance 
to him throughout the entire period of  
his fallen condition4  ,and it will     

exist during man's future life upon the 
new earth in all  its original          
significance and glory4 ,we have seen   
the ,sabbath based  upon the great facts
 of the creation in six days1 ,jehovah's
 rest  upon the seventh day1 and his    
sanctifying and blessing the day of his 
rest4 ,as long as these continue to be  
facts1 so long will the ,sabbath        
continue4 ,redemption does not propose  
the creation of a new world as  the     
inheritance of the redeemed4 8,behold ,i
 make all things new10 says  the        
,redeemer4 ,this world1 redeemed from   
the curse and all its results1  will be 
the eternal possession of the righteous4
 ,and notwithstanding  the work of      
redemption1 the great facts connected   
with the creation  week will ever be    
vividly impressed upon the immortal     
minds of the  redeemed4 ,thus saith the 
prophet3 8,for as the new heavens and   
the new  earth which ,i will make shall 
remain before me1 saith the ,lord1 so   
shall your seed and your name remain4   

,and it shall come to pass1 that  from  
one new moon to another1 and from one   
,sabbath to another1 shall  all flesh   
come to worship before me1 saith the    
,lord40 ,isa4 lxvi1 #bb1  #bc4 ,there is
 no point of time in the past when all  
flesh have come to  worship before the  
,god of ,heaven on the ,sabbath2 and    
this can never be  while the wheat and  
tares1 the children of the kingdom and  
the children  of the wicked one1 grow   
together2 and these will not be         
separated until  the harvest1 which is  
the end of the world4 ,this unity in    
reference to  the memorial of the great 
,god will be seen only in the immortal  
state1  when from one ,sabbath to       
another1 and from one new moon to       
another1  all flesh shall come to       
worship before the ,lord4 8,what6 the   
moon in  ,heaven80 ,no1 not in such a   
,heaven as that of which the poet sings1
      8,beyond the bounds of time and   
space1     ,look forward to that        
heavenly place1           ,the saints'  

secure abode40    ,beyond space there   
would be no room for the moon1 nor for  
the sun2  neither would there be room   
for the resurrected saints1 possessing  
bodies like their ,lord's resurrected1  
glorious body2 and beyond the  bounds of
 time1 there would be no need of the sun
 and the moon which  are ,god's great   
time-keepers4 ,we are not looking for a 
general smash-up  in the universe1 and  
then the creation of all new things1 for
 immortal  saints beyond the bounds of  
time and space4 ,it is this planet that 
has revolted4 ,and the ,redeemer1 who is
 coming to bring it back into           
allegiance to the government of ,god1   
says1 8,behold ,i make all things  new40
 ,the revolt did not affect the sun1    
moon1 and the other planets4            
,redemption will not affect these       
heavenly bodies4 ,when the ,restorer    
shall have established the immortal     
saints in the new earth1 it will        
continue its revolutions1 and the sun   
and moon will measure off  days1 and    

months1 and years1 as long as eternal   
ages shall roll4 ,the  redeemed will    
have right to the tree of life1 which   
,adam lost through  disobedience4 ,that 
tree yields twelve manner of fruits each
 month4  ,and why may not the words of  
the prophet in reference to all flesh   
appearing before the ,lord from one new 
moon to another1 be fulfilled  when the 
entire family of the redeemed shall come
 each month to partake  of the new fruit
 of the tree of life8    ,but to return 
to ,god's memorial3 ,the position taken 
in these  pages presents the            
one-day-in-seven-and-no-day-in-particula
r1 or  one-seventh-part-of-time1 theory1
 in its true light4 ,if the ,sabbath was
  made for man1 for the simple reason   
that he needed rest from physical  toil1
 and a day of worship1 one day may      
answer as well as another4  ,but if it  
be a memorial of ,jehovah's rest1 the   
seventh1 and no other  day of the week1 
is the day of the ,sabbath4             
,sabbatarians are charged  with being   

great sticklers for the day4 ,and so    
they are4 ,sabbath  signifies rest4 ,man
 is required by the fourth commandment  
to celebrate  the rest-day of the ,lord1
 or the day on which the ,lord rested4  
,god  rested on the seventh day4 ,he    
hallowed the seventh day4 ,hence1 the   
seventh day1 and no other1 is the day of
 the ,sabbath4 ,change the day  of the  
,sabbath1 and you cease to celebrate the
 rest of the ,lord4 ,if  ,god rested on 
one day in seven and no day in          
particular1 man may do  the same2 but if
 ,god rested on the seventh day of the  
first week1  acceptable ,sabbath-keeping
 is the celebration of the seventh day  
of  each succeeding week4    ,the       
passover was a memorial of an event that
 occurred on the fourteenth  day of the 
first ,jewish month4 ,the celebration of
 the day of the  passover became a      
statute in ,israel from ,moses to       
,christ4 ,remove this  observance to a  
day on which the event commemorated did 
not take place1  and the celebration    

would lose its significance4 ,it would  
cease to be  the passover4    ,the      
,american people celebrate their        
national independence on the fourth  day
 of ,july4 ,and why8 ,because ,july #d1 
#aggf1 patriotic men signed the         
,declaration of ,independence4 ,the men 
of this nation are great sticklers  for 
the day2 and well they may be4 ,should  
they change our national  celebration   
from the day on which the ,declaration  
of ,independence  was signed1 to a day  
on which it was not signed1 it would    
lose its  significance4 ,it would cease 
to be a celebration of our independence4
  ,let the people of this country       
celebrate their independence on the     
twenty-fifth day of ,december1 and let  
the ,declaration of ,independence  be   
read from every orator's stand on that  
day1 as is customary on the  fourth of  
,july1 and the ,american people would be
 regarded as a nation  of fools4    ,and
 what ,jew ever thought of observing one
  three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth part of 

time1 or one day in three hundred  and  
sixty-five and no day in particular1 and
 calling that the passover8  ,and we    
might as well talk of celebrating our   
national independence  on one day in    
three hundred and sixty-five and no day 
in particular1  as to talk of           
celebrating the rest-day of ,jehovah    
upon one day in  seven and no day in    
particular4 ,the veriest ,american idiot
 that can  recollect of ever hearing    
about ,george ,washington or the        
,declaration  of ,independence1 might   
well laugh at the folly of changing the 
day of  our national celebration4       
,verily1 as our ,lord has said1 the men 
of this  world are wiser in their       
generation than the children of light4  
,it is  only in matters of religion that
 people seem to be satisfied with that  
which1 in regard to any other subject1  
would be considered consummate  folly4  
,and do these men who use the           
one-day-in-seven-and-no-day-in-particula
r  theory1 advocate a change of the     

,sabbath from the rest-day of the       
,father1 to the resurrection-day of the 
,son8 ,then ,i inquire of them1  ,who   
ever thought of celebrating the         
resurrection of ,christ on one day  in  
seven and no day in particular8 ,if they
 say that this can be done1  then ,i    
inquire again1 ,where is the change of  
the day of the ,sabbath8  ,was it a     
change from one day in seven and no day 
in particular of the  former            
dispensation1 to one day in seven and no
 day in particular of  the present      
dispensation8 ,this would be 8confusion 
worse confounded40    ,and to those who 
assert that redemption1 as a greater    
work1 is to be  celebrated on the first 
day of the week1 as creation was        
anciently to  be celebrated on the      
seventh day of the week1 ,i would say1  
,we only have  your word for that4      
,please notice these facts3    #a4 ,the 
,bible is silent relative to            
redemption's being greater than         
creation4 ,who knows that it is8    #b4 

,the ,bible is silent as to the         
observance of a day to commemorate      
redemption4 ,who knows that a day should
 be kept for that purpose8    #c4 ,we   
have in the ,lord's supper1 and baptism1
 memorials of the two  great events in  
the history of the ,redeemer's work for 
man4 ,these are  appropriate4    #d4    
,there is no fitness in keeping a day of
 weekly repose to commemorate  the      
agonies of the crucifixion of ,christ1  
or the activities of the  morning of his
 resurrection4    #e4 ,but if a day of  
the week should be kept1 to celebrate   
man's  redemption1 which should it be8  
the day on which he shed his blood for  
our sins8 the day on which he rose for  
our justification8 or the day on  which 
he ascended to the ,father1 to intercede
 for sinners8 ,the day of  the          
crucifixion1 when the greatest event for
 man's redemption occurred1  has the    
first claim4 ,the apostle does not say  
that we have redemption  through the    
resurrection2 but he does say1 8,we have

 redemption through  his blood40 ,eph4  
i1 #g4 ,now if a day should be kept to  
celebrate  redemption1 should it not be 
the day on which he shed his blood8     
,redemption is not completed2 but in the
 ,lord's supper and baptism are  two    
memorials of the greatest events that   
have occurred in connection  with this  
work for man4 ,neither of these are     
weekly memorials4 ,baptism  may be      
received by the believer on any day of  
the week2 and it is said  of the emblems
 of the broken body and shed blood of   
the ,son of ,god1  without reference to 
any particular day1 8,as often as ye eat
 this  bread and drink this cup1 ye do  
show the ,lord's death till he come40   
#a ,cor4 xi1 #bf4 ,these memorials point
 back to the death1 burial1 and         
resurrection1 of ,jesus ,christ4 ,god's 
great memorial points back to  the day  
of his rest4 ,and why not let all these 
remain1 answering the  purpose for which
 they were instituted8 ,why should the  
work of creation  be lost sight of in   

the work of redemption8 ,why not        
celebrate both  here8 ,both are equally 
remembered hereafter4 ,it is said of the
 redeemed3    8,and they sung a new     
song1 saying1 ,thou art worthy to take  
the book1  and to open the seals        
thereof2 for thou wast slain1 and hast  
redeemed  us to ,god by thy blood out   
every kindred1 and tongue1 and people1  
and nation40 ,rev4 v1 #i4 ,the same also
 8cast their crowns before the  throne1 
saying1 ,thou art worthy1 ,o ,lord1 to  
receive glory1 and honor1  and power2   
for thou hast created all things1 and   
for thy pleasure  they are and were     
created40 ,rev4 iv1 #aj1 #aa4 ,here the 
redeemed are  represented as ascribing  
praise to both the ,creator and the     
,redeemer4  ,and again1 every created   
intelligence in the universe1 in joyful 
sympathy with man in view of his        
redemption1 is represented in chap4  v1 
#ac1 as ascribing 8blessing1 and honor1 
and glory1 and power1 unto  ,him that   
sitteth upon the throne the ,creator1   

and unto the ,lamb the  ,redeemer1      
forever and ever40    ,we here see that 
the redeemed1 with all the enrapturing  
facts of  redemption completed before   
them1 do not lose sight of the creation4
  ,the ,creator shares their adoration  
equally with the ,redeemer4 ,how1  then1
 must ,adam have felt1 when1 in the     
garden of ,eden1 he first awoke  to all 
the glories of this creation which the  
redeemed so joyfully  remember6 ,fresh  
from the hand of his ,creator1 he       
springs to life  in all the vigor of    
perfect manhood4 ,with an intellect     
capable of  appreciating the glories of 
,eden1 and comprehending the grandeur   
and  dignity of his position1 and with a
 heart unsullied by sin1 how must  he   
have turned in gratitude and adoration  
toward the mighty ,maker of  himself and
 all these glories6 ,if the redeemed    
could cast their crowns  before ,jehovah
 in reverent worship1 in view of a      
creation accomplished  over six thousand
 years before their song of praise was  

uttered1  how must every fiber of       
,adam's being have thrilled with        
emotions of  thanksgiving and adoration 
to the beneficent ,author of his        
creation1 as  he stood there in ,eden1  
enraptured with the strange delight of a
 new  existence6 ,and how could he best 
express the emotions of his heart8      
,would it not be by celebrating1 amid   
all the surrounding glories of his      
,eden home1 a day of rest in honor of   
his ,god8 ,say not that ,adam had no    
occasion for the ,sabbath in ,eden4 ,it 
was the very means by which he  would   
rise into communion with his ,maker1 and
 offer the service of a  grateful heart 
to him from whom he had just received   
the gift of life  and all its blessings4
    ,and if the ,sabbath was thus       
appropriate1 thus necessary1 in ,eden1  
what  shall we say of it since the fall8
 ,with sin came man's estrangement  from
 ,god1 and his proneness to forget his  
,maker1 and wander away  from him4 ,how 
much more needful the ,sabbath1 then1   

that he might not  entirely break away  
from the moorings which held him to the 
heavenly  world4 ,the flood of sin and  
crime has rolled broader and deeper with
  each succeeding year2 and the further 
we come from ,paradise1 the weaker  and 
more prone to sin do we find the race1  
and hence more in need of  ,god's great 
memorial4    ,did ,adam1 while yet      
unfallen in ,eden1 surrounded with all  
its heavenly  influences1 and in free   
and open converse with his ,maker1 need 
the  ,sabbath8 ,how much more1 when1    
with the gates of ,paradise forever     
closed  against him1 he could no longer 
speak face to face with his ,creator1   
but must henceforth grapple with the    
sinful promptings of his own  heart1 and
 grope his way amid the moral darkness  
that began to settle  upon the world    
when the glorious light of ,eden was    
obscured by sin6 ,and  if needed then by
 ,adam1 how much more still by ,abel1   
whose eyes had  never looked upon the   
beautiful garden1 and who had never     

personally  experienced the nearness to 
,heaven which ,adam there enjoyed6 ,and 
it was  still more essential to the     
spiritual wants of the race in the days 
of  ,enoch and the more degenerate age  
of ,noah1 when the influence of ,eden1  
like the last rays of twilight from the 
setting sun1 were fading from  the      
hearts of men4 ,abraham needed it still 
more to save him from the  idolatry of  
his father's house2 and ,moses and the  
,jewish nation1 yet  more1 to keep them 
from the open apostasy of the heathen   
nations around  them4 ,but more than to 
,abraham1 to ,moses1 or to the ,jews1   
was the holy  ,sabbath a necessity to   
the church in the gospel dispensation1  
when the  ,man of ,sin was to arise1 and
 oppose1 and exalt himself above all    
that  is called ,god2 when there should 
be a tendency to multiply feasts and    
festivals1 uncalled for by the          
,scriptures1 in honor of ,christ1 and to
  rank the ,sabbath of ,jehovah with    
,jewish ceremonies1 and sweep it away   

with them4    ,and now we have come down
 nearly six thousand years from the     
gates  of ,paradise4 ,through all this  
time1 has sin reigned1 and iniquity     
abounded1 and the hearts of men grown   
less and less susceptible of  divine    
impressions1 and in the same proportion 
more prone to forget the  ,creator4 ,and
 can we dispense with the ,sabbath now8 
,true1 the dawn of  ,eden restored1 is  
visibly approaching2 but the world is   
farther from  ,god than ever before4    
,infidelity and atheism run riot1 and   
seemingly  the race would fain banish   
all thoughts and love of ,god from mind 
and  heart4 ,more than ever1 then1 is   
the ,sabbath now needed1 to save men    
from utter apostasy4 ,with all the      
original reasons for the institution1   
the accumulated necessities of six      
thousand years of sin1 now call upon  us
 to throw all possible safeguards around
 this sacred institution4  ,if ever a   
memorial of the great ,god and a golden 
link to bind man  to ,heaven1 was       

needed1 it is needed now4 ,and the      
necessity of this  institution will even
 yet increase through the few remaining 
days of  peril4 ,can we dispense with   
it8 ,never4 ,more and more sacredly     
should we  cherish it1 while with       
earnest hearts we breathe the prayer1   
8,let earth1 ,o ,lord1 again be thine1  
,as ere with vengeance cursed2     ,and 
let the holy ,sabbath shine       ,as   
glorious as at first40           99     
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,transcriber's ,notes3    ,punctuation  
has been made consistent4    ,variations
 in spelling and hyphenation were       
retained as they appear in  the original
 publication1 except that obvious       
typographical errors have  been         
corrected4    ,the following change was 
made3    p4 #cci3 8the0 inserted 7to the
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