Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-02-22
The Millenfum Coming.


Several very important religious and intellectual
movements and symptoms are developing themselves
in this city, For some time past, the modest and
affcctsnate Mehodists have been holding multitude
of "Pasors' Visits" to dozen of which, l, though
Catholic by education and prejudice, have received
kind invitations. Several Of these holy soirfes
have attended and the kindness, sweetness Of man.
ner, simple beauty Of the women, and benevoence
and pety of the men, have gone through and through
my heart like flight of arrows from the Tartar
bow.
Again, on Sunday next, which ! trust will be
beautiful day. the Catholic Church in Barclay street
is to be opened, and consecrated with all the spea-
dor, magnificence and poetic beauty of the middle
ages. And what is mere, to this interesting ceremo-
n.y. understand that Methodists, Presbyterians,
Universaists, Hebrews, &c. are all going, thus for
getting the violent hostties which once existed be-
tween the same sects about 1--WE centuries age.
Yet again-next month"; learn that most gor-
geous, holy, and splendid ceremonial is to take place
among certain portion of the Hebrews up town-a
ceremonial in which the rites Of the age Of Moses,
David and Solomon VIII be revived, in all their pictu-
resqueness, poetical sublimity and singular mystery
am promised, in few days fall and accurate de-
scription of this matter, with the original Hebrew
terms--an affair which embraces the covenant and
the marriage rite. In one of these mystical ceremo-
MES beautiful Hebrew boy, about two years old,
will be the object Of the holy covenant TO the Lord
in the latter part most beautiful and lovely Jewish
maiden, now living sp town with her mother-a
maiden whose grace and loneliness surpass all the
LeiIas, or Rebeccas Roses of Sharon, that poets
have yet invented But Of this more on another day
Thus we go-are not then, Judging from these
events on the edge of new Reformation, animated
by another Luther, and leading to fresh intellectual
development Of the human mind and human affec-
tons? We are, we are, we are. AT this moment,
Catholics Protestants, Hebrews Freethinkers Dests,
are all engaged unknowiney, unwittngy, in further
ing the great purposes of Eternity. New York is the
centre of original thought and of original feeling for
this great continent and soon it will become the cen
tire Of the whole word-the very soul, the big throb
bing heart of the nations We have not the slightest
doubt but this mysterious city is the New JERUSALEM.
mentioned in the Apocalpyse-aRd that II will be-
come the religious, political, commercial, and phio-
sophica capital Of the whole earth in less than
tury. retaining that supremacy most likely for full
thousand years.
WHY'S this so Let US open the seventh seal and
zee.
Here all religions, all creeds, all opinions all feel
ings, all thoughts, all influences as free as the
winds Of heaven blowing around the shaggy brows
of the Catskill. A mans conduct is only restrained
within the limits Of order-but his soul-his heart,
his brains his legs all Free There is neither i'm
prisonment for debt--nor Imprisonment for mind
There is no shacke either for mind or body. All
parties alike wings, conservatives, oeofscos-all re-
lieons and all sects are left TO their own free WILL
10 be as wise or foolish as they please. At this
moment, the Hebrews the Catholics the Protestants
are warming towards the poetic and picturesque
monies of their progenitors without any Of that party
violence that disgraced former ages and other coun
tries Whatever differences of speculative opinion
may exist among these different sects, at this day,
they have sprung from the same great intellectual
movement, Of which the mysterious authors Of the
Book of Job and the Pentatsuch the real founders
We are the people of the book-we are becoming the
people Of the newspaper. The religion of the Jews,
Of the Catholics, Of the Protestants Of all tho new
sects Of the day, even the dests and freethnkers,
are, in a great measure, identical in purpose. in
origin in character, and will be in results. 1t is the
great principle of freedom of thought and heart,
operating through written characters, applied TO q
social system, and becoming the living foundation Of
a peculiar civilization. Abraham left Mesopotsma,
with his saddle bags full Of old pamphlets and gene
aloeies, 10 enjoy liberty in ralcstine-Moses fled
from Egypt to write his five books and erect his
temples TO liberty in the hills Of JudsaDavid fought
fer il in the plains Of Jericho-Judas Maccabees
,inued the unequal contest against the Greeks and
Romans the great Author Of Christianity renewed
and reestablished the principle and gave il the en-
pire Of Europe ASIA and Arca-the pious Jesuiis Of
the middle ages attempted is establishment over the
runs Of Chinese superstiton-the mighty Luther re-
formed when nearly sbli,eraed under the corrup-
tons of the vatican--Whitfcld and Wesley brought
back the heart Of Europe and America to the light,
when on the verge Of beng buried in scientific So
pershons, and at this great and interesting Moment
new spirit, and new soul s generating in this city
under the action Of the daily press. that will gil the
whole Union-the whole earth with, love, purity,
philosophy, and psre religion in all their gery The
poetic and picturesque ceremonies ofevery sect among
us, are now revving all their msgnifcsnce-but
with this revival the soul 10 right, the heart night the
thoughts night.
Monu EmcmAs.--" Medsra" puzzles us COM
ple,ely. We can neither make head or tail Of the
enigma she sends u.s. Can't she find solution else
where7 "ssrah Louisa's' is very good and arpro.
pos. We shall publish it tomorrow Il possible, and
AGAIN act the wits of the city in motion.