Vermont telegraph. [volume], September 16, 1840, Image 1

About Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843

Image provided by: University of Vermont

                
I ! If
TIEMMONTP 1
H
A.
n
f
f
1.
i
r
ih
1
nh
to
it
rnt
b
rR
rty
euc
.ill-
nely
iCkI.
rlieu-
tiad
foun.l
i.e. a-
v en-
.ty.
r v
Ult
nan
wrvii .1
ais
e!y rc-
jittl m
i alUilt
tack of
i half
i health
Liver-
without
,lio
? LIFE
rcstoied
fe. Th1
II ireiitly
and
ins ro'
,ctte. '
i or flirt
x f fficy
ili l'"'a
r i.vleriC
1 j
ieir u "
,r ob!l'c
ove ne5;
- . nnV Of
0. ZUWr-
,brrl
tebv
cv
ft.
Kit r
i ihe But
nt. a rf4f
,um rod 01
LIJV - -
"he own1
take b?-
TWO 'DOLLARS PER ANNUM: I
BY ORSON S. MURRAY.
"I AM SET FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL
BRANDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBE
PAYABLE WITHIN FOUR MONTH3.
R 10, 1S40.
VOL. XII. NO. 52:
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
mtANDON, SATUKDAV, SEPT. 12. MU.
For the Telegraph. .
THE WORD, CI1UKCII, &C.
Brother Murray : It may be thought
quite unnecessary for me to say any thing
further on this subject, after ihe brief but
lucid argument of brother Hutchins. Yef,
03 from the last appearance of R. M., I
have been waling only for the leisure to
Ynswer him I will now, with your per
mission, give him a few more hint3 on
this subject, which appears to b? of great
importance to him.
In answer to my complaint of great
want of argument in his first article, he
says, viewed the practice remonstrated
against, to be so palpably absurd that not
much argument would be necessary.'
To me, and perhaps to some others also,
it docs not appear so. Whether it is self
evident,' or whtther he has proved it ' pal
pably absurd,' let the candid reader judge.
But permit me first, indulgent editor, to
make one effort to dissipate the smoke '
coxplained of, and to express myself in
language which cannot be misunderstood.
How much of sincerity there is in his
acknowledgment of my candor and kind
ness,' I know not. L.t his declaration,
that one of my paragraphs answers no
pupos? but to display a little knowledge of
original u rce k,' decide this point. If
my argument from the Greek was not
correct, why has he not, in the plenitude
of his knowledge, disproved it?
or selection of one word, they were in all,
which R. M. will not admit in their ren
dering of . baptizo. Moreover, if R. M.
will consult the dictk naries,' which he
so highly esteems, he will learn upon the
authority of Dr. Webster, that church,
primarily signifies a place of worship,
and secondarily, the body of believers. If
any authority on this subject islo be de
rived from the usage of the. Holy Ghost,
it is found in ecdesia, a word employed
by the inspired writers. In many places
in the New Testament it is used for a
body of believer?, and is rendered church,
but in. Acts 19 : 32 and 4 1 it is used for a
riotous assembly, and in verse 39, for a
lawful assembly. In classic use, ecdesia
signified, like church in English, both an
assembly and the place of assembling.
Now if the Holy Ghost applied this word
to believers, did he not also apply it to a
riotous assembly ? How extremely 'in
congruous' must this appear to R. M.
But if a mob was cal!ed eeclesia, which
R. M. has not denied, and can not deny,
he may still object, that there i3 no 'scrip
ture warrant,' i. e. neither precept nor ex
ample, for calling a house for worship, a
church. In Acts 19: 37. we read, 'For
does not afford the convenience which he
supposes, for carrying on a trade of equiv
ocation, falsehood, and every evil work.
With many thanks to you for publishing
my former article, -and hoping that you
will spread ihis before your readers, I re
main, sir, desirous of being governed by
reason rather than prejudice. A.-
fulfilling that which is written, Acts 3, , and the fall of the polity and powers of. tion was the generation cf the - ri'hleoa.
23, Every soul which will not hear that j that kingdom, which took place at the ii.nc.lond would pass away after the coming of
prophet shall be destroyed from among j answer to what is represented by the sun $', Christ, and, if that should la in 1843. i:
the people. He makes ihe verses, Matt., moon ceasing to shine.stars falling & the pow-1 would render the wnrd nfihe n-r.stle un-'
ers of the heavens being shaktu. But if tbejUue, where he saiih, To him (God) bo
former was intended, no s uch things tran-j glory iQ the church ty Christ Jesus.
spired ; and the declaration of the Savior .throughout all ages world without end.
For the Telegraph.
SCRIPTURE EXPOSITION.
Brother Murray : I am truly thank
ful that, among the many journals of the
day, I am privileged with your valuable
paper, which vindicates many valuable re
forms, to my satisfaction. And I am much
pleased to see so much explanation on the
so called dark passages of the scriptures.
There are many expositors on the scrip
tures now-a-days; but after all their re-
j search and" good intentions, they may
jcommit errors. 1 have not time, ability,
or a mind to set myself up as an expound
er of the scriptures, or to correct teachers.
With diffidence, at this lime, I would pre
sume to ask a more clear explanation of
N. Meriam, in his No. 5. I am in favor
of the idea that when an error or evil is
exposed, at the same lime to present a rem-
ye have brought hither these men which cdT J bul t0 this 1 am incompetent. I
are neither robbers of churches, &c.' nave wUn P!eaSure read JN. iVl., but in his
Churches here means houses of worship, No- P 1 can'1 "'erstand all as he seems
to present the subject. It L understand him,
not probably christian worship, but heath
en temples. The word rendered robbers
of churches, means nothing else than sac
rilegious persons, i. e. robbers or plunder-
OT& fit hniKJPR fnncoroln t - ,A
R. M.'s objections to calling a p'.acc of ncp- .. lf, , .
, . . . , t ' 1 M -jd-Jt--iWkt Jhqi make
arsnip a cnuicu, arc in, u is un- uge Qj ,
wor
scriptural.' 2J, 'It is often difficult to
be understood.' The latter he has so far
given up ns to require no further notice.
As to the fust, I have not yet seen the
shadow of proof to support it. We have,!
indeed, been told that it is unscriptural.
But is it a sufficient refutation of a cus
tom, sanctioned as R. M. allows, by the
polite and the learned, for him to say, ' It
is eo palpably absurd as to need no argu
ment? 1 repeat, that whoever would as
tail and cut away ihe prejudices of men,
should not be sp iring of arguments. En
deavor ing to follow out this principle, I
shall confine myself chiefly to my origin
al purpose, to wif, disproving R. M.'s first
position, occasionally noticing seme of his
remaiks as I pass along.
'The scripture?,' says he, arc impli
citly against every ihing that is wrong.'
Since he has ret shown a scripture prohibi
tion of this use of the word, church, he
certainly ou2ht to have shown that it is
wrong. If it is not wrong, it is not im
plicitly forbidden ; for whatever is not
vvrons, being neither explicitly nor im
plicitly forbidden, is right, and therefore
ought to be practiced. Strange, indeed,
that my brother did not perceive this.
In reply to what R. M. has said upon
my remark, Now though there may be
no scripture for it, I think there is none
I' ll II s
a little Knowledge oi original
Greek.' Behold, then, a scripture war
rant, based not upon the caprice and su
perstition of a man, but on scripture ex
16: 25, and Acts 3: 23, parallel, as I
understand him. And he refers to the
27ih verse, already quoted, as I under
stand him, and asks the question, 'But
when shall this be?' And answers by
quoting the 23th verse; 'Veiily I say
unto you there be some standing here
which shall not taste death till they see
the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.'
Which was more likeiv to haie been ful
filled when he took certain of his disci
ples and went into the mount, and was
transfigured before them; Malt. 17: 1 to
9, than to have been fulfilled at the de
struction of Jerusalem, which transfigura
tion took place after six days from that
time. But I think that the parable of the
net, good and bad fishes, and the time of
the coming of the ?onof Man in the glory
of his Father, wkh his angels to reward
every man according to his work, Matt
1G : 27, and ihe time of the reward to the
gooJ and bad. referred to in the parable
of ihe net, these were not fulfilled at the
destruction of Jerusalem ; but I think it
will be when "the parable of our Savior,
Matt. 25, fron 31 to 46 verse is fulfilled
which 1 think means the Judgment of the
he seems to carry the idea that the fulfil
ment of the parable of the net that was
cast into tlw sea, was accomplished at the
destruction of Jerusalem. I cannot for
my part so think that all parables and
is rendered false (30) 'And then shall op
pear the sign of the coming of the Son of
man in heaven ;' Heaven being synony
mous with the holy place of verse 15,
where the daily sacrifice was taken away
and the Roman Standard and the worship
of idolatry set up in its stead. ' And -then
(i e at that time) shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn ;' the term tribes1 never
being applied to the Gentiles who weie
always denominated one people. But
the Jews saw no way of salvation, the
temple, their worship, their nation, their
name, all must be lost, the kingdom be
taken from them and given to these they
hated; 'And they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory.'
3d question Did the Savior come in
the clouds of heaven and wiih power and
srreat glory at that time ? 'a lime of troub
le' aboce all troubles, the 'great and terri
ble day oj the Lord V It is important
that each believer in Christ be able to say
I know and am persuaded by the Lord
Now as this glory was to be in the church
it must be on the earth, for spirits or souls
with, or without, spiritual bodies are no
where in scripturedenominctedthechurch.
Now a false theory may be so framed that
one part will agree wiih the other, yet
neither will agree with truth, with the
Great Day, Jiscle 6, and Rev. 20 : 11 to Jesus that he did.' For if otherwise,
15 verse. E. E. th
New Haven, Aug. 31, 1840.
ings of the prophets, Christ, and the
apostles, of a judgment, and ihe end of the
world, are to be considered fulfilled at the
destruction of Jemsalen. Perhaps this is
smple. If it is not ' incongruous ' to call ' not b-v N- M in No 5 meant 10 aPP157 So
heathen temples churches, surely it can
not be, to call christian meeting-houses
so.
After what brother Hutchins has said
upon what he calls R. M.'s 2J objection,
viz. 1 It ssvors of papacy,' (which I think
he should have referred not to the name
but to ihe dedication of churches,) but lit
tle more need be said, i will only re
mark, lhat, granting a papish origin suffi
cient to condemn the practice, R. M. has
not proved it to be of such origin. The
most that he has proved, is that the time
and place of its origin are not known. Au
thentic history does not trace it beyond the
origin of Constantine, but it does not prove
il to have originated then and there. My
friend has, indeed, made a most uncorn-
promising attack upou this custom, but 1
do not perceive that he has preferred any
other charge than its origin. As he has
not sustained this, any r.trempt to defend
th practice seems q-iite uncalled for.
Again, K. M. says, 'What A. says
about the sp'endid dedication of the Tem
ple, recorded in 2d Chron. 5, G, 7 chap
ters 1 do not exactly understand. It seems
t me the writer must have been m a
ngaiiis.,' 1 would say, does R. M. think smoke when he penned it.' Let R. M.
the fact that a particular act is not express- j 'understand' lhat allusion was made to
ly f dbidden by the law of our state, no j lnal 'occasion, in proof that the dedication
evidence that the act is lawful ? So also J 0f houses of u orship was of more ancient
the' fact that any usage is not forbidden by i oriq-in than the Romish church, and of
the scriptures, ntToida n strong presimj-1 COurse not the offspring of that church.
fire evidence in favor of the same. I;
widely as I express. 1 know of no plain
er passages of the day of days, the judg
ment, than ihe one expressed. Now, to
quote the parable, Matt, xiii : 47, 48, 49,
50, 'Again, the kingdom of heaven is like
unto a net that was cast into the se', and
gathered of every kind, which when it
was full they drew to the shore, ar;d
down and gathered the good into vessels,
but cast the bad away. . . So shall it b ot
the end of the world ; the angels shall
come forth and sever the wicked from
anions: the iust, and shall cast them into
the furnace of fire ; there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.' I think our Sav
ior meant more than to prophesy of the
destiny of the Jews at the destruction of
Jerusalem. It is true our Savior spoke in
parables to them at times of that which
took place, when Jerusalem was destroy-
1 II I . ! . U
eu. i nave oeen iryiug to it am wuai ine
writer meant to establish. Whether all
punishment of man must and will be like
unto the Je.vs at ihe dest. notion of Jeru
salem; and lhat no other judgment will
ever come, only a? each one meets his
fate at the termination of his temporal ex
istence. And that there is to bs no other co.T.ing
of our Savior, only by hisrspiritual preva
For the Telegraph.
Tlie Judgment 9f tlic Great Day--Jnle C.
- - N o - 7 . "
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND THE
END CF THE WORLD.
NO. 2 .
Having examined ihe Savior's answer to
his disciples in respect lo the 'sign of ihe
end of the world we come now to his reply
to this question, viz. ' What shall be the
sin of lhy comin? V (Matt. 24: 23) ' Then
if any man shall say unto you, Lo here is
Chrisi or there, believe it not : For there
shall ari-c false Christs and false prophets
and shall show great sins and wonders,
insomuch that (if it were possible) they
shall deceive the very elect. BeholJ, I have
told you before, (i. e. before it come lo pass.)
Wherefore if ihey shall srty unto you, Be
hold he is in the desert, go not forth, behold
he is in the secret chambers, believe it net.'
Bui why not so to the desert or enter the
secret chambers to see the Savior come lo
i destroy the wicked and establish his king
dom? An?. Because he was lo be seen
only in ihe events taking place according lo
his word ; even as Gid was seen in ihe
events of the destruction of the ol.l wnri.i
Sodom and Gomrnorah, and ihe Iikf. V.
27: For as the lightning comet h out of the
east and shineth even unto the wes', so shall
also the coming of the Son cf man be. The
lightning may be seen as we sit in our
iiouses or when at work in the field. But
again,
(28) 1 For wheresoever ihe carcase i?,
there will the eagles be gathered together.'
lirst question What took place at
Jerus'alum wi hin 30 or 40 years, which
'answered the figure of ' the carcase1 to be
facts in the case.
N. Meriam.
Religious Miscellany.
then are the sp.rint'irps iintrnp: snd. then
- r .
may Christ be not risen from the dead'
Preaching may be vain and the disciples
of Jesus 'be yet in their sins,' for he was
1 to come while John should live, should
w' But said Jesus (Mat. 1G: 27)
The Son of man shall come in the glory
of his Father.' How then was his Father
said lo come in judgment cn the nations
of the earth? Say in the 'flood,'' in the
overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah c
others cases, before " he committed all
judgment to the Son ??' Did he not come
in the clouds I Hear the Psalmist (101 :
3) 4 Who layelh the beams of his cham
bers in the waters, who maketh the clouds
his chariot, who walkcth upon the wings
of the wind ;' Yet no man saw God ex
cept in the events.
(31) 'And he thall send his angels
ministers, or ministering spirits with a
olten
U nce, through ihe earth, by his kingdom 1 devoured by the eajrlcs,' fksh raters, or
extending through the world, ns repre
sented by the parable of the Leaven, hid
in ihe meal by the woman, lill all was
Now if this custom once received" God's leavened; or in the trmsfiguration of our
approbation, and has never been forbidden Savior in the mount. If this is all, I sup
in reference to christian temples, who will pose most of the Untversalists will agree
til: It nr.nn hhn to denounce it as heretic- with him. I think that our Savior ex
i
al and in a high degree sinful ? Excuse
p frr-n such' nresumotion. What valu-
plains the time and manner of ihe fulfil
ment of the parable, so plain that I dare
insisfupon it that R. M. is bound either to
prove that this use of the word is forbid
den by scripture, in express terms, or lhat
it is wrong else give up the point for
which he is contending. He says A.
nvght be told of many things which the
scriptures do not identically name, that he
aiKl abhor to see in practice. Grant it.
And could not R. M. ba told of many
things, not identically named as duties, verv forc;bly reminded me of a species of (bad fishes ; and the Jewish polity would
DISCLAIMER A:D PItOTEST.
From, thf Obcrlin Xon-Rcsista icc Sccie-
ety. addressed to the Faculty cf the
Obeilin Collegiate Institute.
Allow us in the first place to state briefly
why we act at this time, as we propose lo
do, furhe promotion of the principles set
toriu by Uis oc;ity. We Co not desarn
to create unhi :',;bv exrjtement, nor to mag
nify in importance the principles wo main
tain above ethers cf P.i.auiount impor-
tar.ee. jjji ueiieving ir.cm to to of no
small moment, although almost entirely
overlooked by the great body of christians,
we feel obligated to make c-fwit to re
move misapprehension, and to awaken
appropiiale interest in regard to them.
We feel it is unjust to ascribe the unchris
tian spirit manifested by same who sus
tain our views in pari, to these principles,
since many ciher precious truths hire
teen eclipsed by ihe unholy conduct of
ilmse who have sustained them. We are
greatly grieved to see such a spirit exhibit
ed by any who attempt to defend the truth
in any form, as thereby the cause of Christ
is uisuonoreJ, and as you ail deeply f-el
the way of truth is in many ways "evil
spoken oh" Ytt we may not reject iho
truth, because ethers abuse it; but endeav
or, by precept and example' to exhibit iis
true nature and influence, there by slop
ping ihe mouths of guinsnyerjn and rebuk
ing the repuisive censariousners cf rash
zealots.
We do not conceive lhat wisdom exclu
sively belongs to us, on the subject of peace
inJ non-resistance; nor lhat all who dnTer
from us, are the wise and prudent " frcra
whom all such wisdom hasbe.n hid: nei
ther do we wish to entrench ourselves be
hind any refuge to parry eff the arrows
cf truth, lest our seniimcn's be disproved,
for truth is th thing we seek afu r, and
desire to promote ; and be that uhere it
may, we pray for light, and candor lo re
ceive light; that by the truth, not enly w
but ell over whom we exert an influer.ee,
may be made free and fully purilie'd.
Here wc wish to disclaim and rrUst sev
eral things in ofder, which arc either char,
ged upon up as evil, or urged against our
principles.
1st. We are net piitizans. We rido
I no hobby; nor do we adopt and inculcate
great sound of a trumpet,1 a word
employed in former days. (See Eze. 33:
3, and elsewhere) And they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds
from one end of heaven to the other,'
throvgh-oul the kingdom cf Israel or Ro
man e nipire. 'iNow learn a parable ol
the fig tree, when his branch is vet tender
and putting forth leaves ye know lhat I our principles tecausc any man. cr class
5,immor i' nlrrh c 1:1. i tiie.ii, i nier wwc , nar w nisi lO
likewise ye (not
future generations, but ye) when ye shall
see all ihese things known that it is near,
even at the doors ;' i. e. know that the
coming of the Son of man, or he, Christ is
near.
(34) 'Verily I say unto you this gener
ation shall not pass till all these things
be fulfilled.'
(3.3) 'Heaven and earth i. e. Jew and
Gentile kingdoms and worship shall pass
turkeys buzzards ns some render the
passage ? For with that great event, of
which this is a part, was connected the
second coming of Christ; And we shall
be informed, a few verses forward, lhat
those things cited in the lasi and that this
event with others tnat will next Quoted, said the Anostle fF.nh.
x . j j x ,
atastruphe would i be glory in the church
have our principles confoi nifd with those
which may be nearly akin lo ours in some
re?pect, but we desire that they mov rest
! upon their own foundation, and ihue a-
lone.
2d. W'e are notanarchiitj. We dis
claim all intention, or desire of tvaging a
warfare against Human Governments, as
such, for we believe them to be " ordained
of G d," in such a sense, that bv thera
God determines to niak a lesser evil de
stroy a greater one. Therefore we have
nothing to do directly, in laboring for their.
away but my words,' or gospel & king- subversion; but ojr work is to inculcate
able purpose could be. effected by R. M.'s not turn it any other way. But N. M.
hang harangue upon the corruptions of the jsays the good and bad Jews that by
church, or what connection it has with j birth filled the religious kingdom under
this miViect. Jean not understand. It has ! Moses, are represented by the good and
which he notwithstanding, delights in,
uch as Sabbath school?, common schools,
Bible classes, the building of churches,
&c Is it nothing in favor of these lhat
ihere is no scripture against them?
Church, says R. M., is a "nr. me
which the Holy Ghost has seen fit to give
spurious oratory, cai
an appearing to say something? which
is resorted to only when the cause can be
ni-imtninpd neither by sound argument,
nor specious fallacies.
Had I not al read ry trespassed on the
oatience of editor and readers, I would
led by rhetoricians,! be ended at the destruction of Jerusalem,
yea lhat the whole catast
transpire' in that generation in which he
lived, even before the 70 twice told wi'h
the twelve should have completed preach
ing, have established churches, &c.,lhro'
oat the ciiits of Israel as- in his first prom
ise of coming again, (Mat. 10: 23,) the
reader understanding that there hav been
dom, 'shall not piss away' as it is written
4 Thou hast the words of eternal life.'
Thou art the same and thy years shall
not fail.' Now there was glory to God
in the church by Moses for an rge, but
3: 21.) 'To him
by Christ Jesus
lothe body of Christ in general, or to par-i show R. M. a few facts facts requiring
- . ....... I . . n.aJ.' m
Urular bodies of the household of faith,
&C.' Abroad assertion, truly. An as
sertion not only left unproved, but quite
incapable of proof, unless the translators
r . 1, rrirol "J rf-!r ' tn
no Knowledge oi ic ui.Sm.w v.. ,
comprehend facts and principles which
it is no praise to a man to know, but a
trreat disnraise to him not lo know, inas-
were inspired in their choice of words! much as ignorance of them betrays a con
This word was not used by ihe writers of
the Iew Testament, but is nri English
i t . . .
uiu cmpioyea oy me translators. If
summate ignorance of . the very elements
of the Enslish language. I vould prove
to him that words are not the' necessary
therefore, the Holy Ghost made choice of j but convention, signs of ideas, that their
this word, it must have been bv insnirinJ :...i.4 u fe usage of those
.... i eiuivaniui: is seuicu uv i"
mem. if they were msnired in the
AH who r acquainted with " R. m.m know
"ioeerity lo be abore , Impeachmeot-Eo
t'- e. the fribe or nation) who use inc...,
which I infer he means to be represented
in the 13 Matt. 50, so shall it be at the
end of the world. I think this parable of
ihe net is to be understood to mean the
same as ihe one in ihe same chapter, 24th
verse, and explained bv our Savior, 30,
40, and 43 verses that the harvest is the
end of the world, and the reapers are the
angels. As therefore the lares are gam
humeri in the fire, so shall it be
in the end of this world. Then shall the !
righteous shine forth as the sun in the
kingdom' of their Father. Who nam
ears to hear let him hear! Gentiles as
well as Jews hear N. M.'s subject xvi :
26, Matt. 'For whosoever will save his
life shall lose it.' He soon quotes tne
next verse, 27, 'for the son of man shill
-r u: 'CaiKor wiih his
n me iory oi a , "4"r "
throughout all ages, world withou end.'
To Close. Wm. Miller having con
structed a stupendous building of the com
ing of Christ and the end of the world on
the foundation of counting 'a year for a
day,' notwithstanding no passage in the
Bible, that speaks of his coming, can be
no surji cities, for some 1,600 years past : j interpreted in agreement wiih the subject
(29) ' Immediately after the tribulation of j and its connection and yet support his view
those days shall the sun be darkened andjofthe time, because, therefore, he must
ihe moon shall not give her light, and the j either pass over or wrest the scriptures in
stars shall fall from heaven, and the pow- every instance where the time is alluded they rcrmin selfish ar.d carnal ; as Col.
ers of th.i heavens shall be shaken.' to. Every enlightened man inthedavs of iby permitting them tvdo this, causes telf-
ishness to punish itseu, anJ sin to nstraia
the principles of peace ns opposed to vio
lence', that we may induce all lo reject ihe
principles and practices of earthly powers,
and enme into the peaceful and everfasting
kingdom of Jesus Christ. Hence it would
b? as reasonable to brand a irue christian
church as a no-government society) be
cause its prin?ip!es carried out will rVmove
all violence from the earth, as lo give us
ihat epithet, while we are only laboring1, to
accomplish the very thingthe church is des
tined ta accomplish.
3d. We are not disaranizers. Wc
disclaim all fellowship or sympathy with
any who would wish to upturn the jjst
foundations of civil society or mora! order,
a3 we sincerely aim to pVorre both, and
as we beiieve, in the only consistent and
christian way. We do protest against con
trol exercised by meai, over men, by means
of violence, r.s hot Christ-like : yet we do
not expect, nor do we labor lo induce men
In rf-a.ce rnntrn'!in!T men bv force whilft
Immediately after the tribulation of Christ, not excepting the apostles, under
those days.1 That this tribulation, (first stood that the Sav or would come and
occurring, verse 21, & being the same reckon with that generation, both the just
with the 'time of trouble1 found in Daniel land the unjust, nay, Miller himself, bad
12 : 1.) should come on that disobedient he lived in those days, would have so
and gainsaying people,' and that it was j preached. But now he says, by the phrase.
experienced by ihem at the destruction of; this generation found in verse 34 i3 meant
Jerusalem, even 'babes' will perceive. Uhe creneration of the righteous'' which
But, 2d ques. Was it immediately after should not pass away till the Son of man
the end of that tribulation that the 'sun should come and fulfil all that he had
should be darkened, &c, or ofier ihe com
ing of it when at its height? If ihe latter
should be inferred, the enlightened at the
that 'they do use them in snch senses as 1 com . & ,. '.hall' reward every j present day need not be told that the death
they please, and have a perfect right so 1 angels," and tneu . -i,s ; He says; of the Jewish priesthood and Sanhedrim,
to do. I would also show him that thjs'man accorain-
sin ; thus ' making the wrath cf man to
praise him." Our object is to induce chris
tixus to cease striving to coerce men, and"
leave ihe work cf viole nce to those wto
are violent, and not stoop to maintain hu
man laws among rebels against. God, by
human weapons; but to separate them
selves from all these things," because they
are unchristian me-ns far restoring this
.st world lo its rishtful Sovereign and
Protector. Although we fully believe that
Gcd overrules the selfish nmbition of hu
man rulers in restraining sou- forms of
vice, and in furthering some cf his designs
. i j i
snnUnn. li-rs net tne reaaer oejzm to
w
f lhat the words of the
Saviour imply that, that generation cfbenevol,,re towards men ; yd uedara
1 ; - I not 44 do evilthat may eom nd
nass away after the signs of bis coming i . . r rUcen
should be fulfilled ?
we test Trird.m V ur.iscicru
Ifthentha genera-. W n-n Ahi course' as wall