Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-11-04
SINGULAR RELIGIOUS MEETINGS IN NEW
YORK.

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YORK.
The New York Express noticing the
iprosracted meetings at the Broadway Ta-
bernacle, and The communication Of
correspondent, says: We thus record
what was said and done, as one of the
passing events Of the city, and to carry
out our ideas of what a newspaper
should be. Regarding it as ga map Of
busy life. its fluctuations and lis vast con-
|cerns," we intend to record all that Is
said or done. whether grave or cry, live.
iy or severe. 80 far as u 10 safe TO do 80.
consistent with proper respect fos sound
morals.
TO ne Edisors ef tas Nsw Ysrk Ezyr.as
The doctrine of :" Tue Second Cunning
III Christ" snd The Latter day Glory"
- uos TO be spoken Of without serious con-
siderati.n :--tor, 10 sly nothing OF tho
evidence which is supposed To bn found
IN Scripture ia support of IL. Il - held
substantially by iarge cI IS III political
and moral philosophers, whrse opinions
are always worthy OF respect. Schi, g,l.
one ef The most eminent, Of this class Of
thinkers, has .niesyored 10 show, 10 his
great work" The Philosophy OF ilis,o.
.ry'-that when man fell from his native
innocence, an irrecoccllatle hostility i'm
m,'dately sprang up betw, en- the will ard
the understanding. and he was given over
10 the sway Of his lower propensit,es; and
that II is the design of Providence, ~
muntit s,,d in the constitution aud course
al society, gradually TO restore the brok.n
harrnony, so that, after an uncertain, TN.
limited perled, man shall rcluru again 10
stale Of perpetual peace, holiness aud
joy.
hut an air OF ridiculr has been thrown
over the whole subject, by the attempts
which have been made from lime Ia tue.
To Golermtne the hummer of Ch,si's ST.
eond coming and, specially, "a fix the
precise time os his appearance. From ibe
drath Of Christ 10 the prss"n, .im~, almost
every year has brought forth sone new
calculation of this event, which, rs il is
the last, must, Of course, be the most nc.
curute. But, as th,s. calculations are
continually falsfed by the event, the date
OF the commencement &c the Mli, mum,
is continually pushed forward. Tue one
under review, fixcs il at 1913; aud has,
like most III its predeee ssors, the merit Of
simplicity and hreyity. From the " Wis.
i"ns of Daniel" it is inferred, that, after
the successive rise and destruction of five
emplres--yiz: the Bsb, lonior, the Pr.
sian, the Grccian, and the Papacy, tho
Judgement will begin. low is the date
IT The last Of these events to BE- 4, termin-
ed! Dani ssys, nj the end OF 1900 DAYS,
which are interpreted To mean years. The
beginning oi tins periud. deief,uln, d BY the
Angel Gabriel, who informed The prophet
that il shnuld commence VII, The d. cree
nt forth Ia 7. build Jerusalem. The
date OF this last event is d sroyertd frem
Ezra Ia be- 457 h. G.. Ia this add le43,
and We have precisely the 2300 d VS. or
yeats, which were 10 .latse b,i@e.n tie
comm, nceneni of tie v,siun n, d the Gem
summ ton of all tiIpgs Gems, qmntly
our Sev"ur will appear in ls43.
Tine Broadway Tnb-,nael- was VIII
filled again on W,dn Stay .,enne by
those who wished In hrot more Il the
creed and cnlcula,iui al these HI he.
li' VI that the second coming Of our Ss-
vi"ur s nm event 10 Come Ia pass within
two years"