The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-12-23
For hs S?irii Of .ise.
" HE THAT Is FIRST IN HIS OWN CAUSE
SEENErH JUST: BUV His NElGiBOR
COMErH AND SEARIHErH HiM'"


f' addressing Nou at this ine IN this public man
ner but, remembering that as we read "a or 81
II, "Mhee The spirit Of the l.oid is, there Is lIh'r-
ty," shalt waive all ceremony aud proceed dl-
Ieclly to the great work Of investigation before me
But how shall address you shall do Il BY
the use of the endedring Appreciation of father? /
must not. though your head Is already whitening
with The fosls Of many winters. For we read
Matt %; 8, "call 10 man your father upon the
earth for one is your Father, which is in! hrHvcn,"
Shall call you my master ? BY no means For
we read, Matt, 20: s, "lor one is your Master
even Christ; aud all ge are breihrea" In the
light of The glorious Gospel Of truth and love there
fore, feel bound 10 address You by That most ten
DERBY attcllonale tile, my brother. For "GH ye
are bre'hren." And as you will readily acknowl.
edge, God "halh made Of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell! on ul the lace Of the earth. -
Acts ~ 26.
With these introductory remarks, permit me IN
say 10 you, Br. Hutchinson, that have read your
communication upon the uhiect Of the Millennium
and second advent of Christ, published IN this pa
per, dated I'd inst; have given it II thorough Pc
,usll, and, trust TINT can say with lruh,a can
did one too. Ard while it contains some very
good suggestions, they appear 10 be. in general, 50
deeply shvopdrd in error that II costs more Than
decidedly wrong in the most essential positions
which YOU have taken, and feel called upon, as Il
friend, brolher in the spirit Of the Gospel, to en-
deayor to convince YOU and your readers Of it.
| shall pass over your remarks upon the prophe-
ries, and the design which God had in the same,
by admiiins, that in The main, they appear 10 be
correct. also agree with YOU that the llIne OF the
commencement Of the prophclcal numbers which
are mentioned by Daniel in his prophecies, and by
John in the Revelation, and quoted by you, Is n
mong the most doubtful things in the whole Bible.
Indeed, even SO that scarcely any two Of all the
learned aud distinguished commentators who have
cansed their intellectual lights TO dawn upon the
sacred page, have been able to iiX upon the samc
period for their commencement. And yet ihese
numbers constitute the very ground work of the
visionary theory Of WIN, Miller, thu, the world is
to end ia awful grandeur in 1913.
Tins r,r, we are agreed. Aud now We come
10 speak Of the second advent Of Christ B"! up
on this Subject shall differ nj least several hun
bred years. Nor docs i: appear to be nj all GER
tain that the prophclical numbers in the hooks of
Daniel and Revelation, in every instance, If in
any, extend down precisely 10 Ills important event
You inform Us that Won believe that the lime Of
the second advent, of Christ is not far distant And
vet, among the uncertainties in which the suhirrt
Il Involved, YOU "s!A not attempt to correct the
computation made by any one, by fixing 5iltr
ant period. nor DO ,nu believe IN any one eS@ci
period any more for lis being fixed upon hy cSposi'
tors. BIT you prefer judging of he pcr''h by The
signs orlhn times" ion shy that You evil only
express your opinion, which is worth nothing M
less il accordS with Scripture" And IN this, moSt
surely YOU nre right. Eat in Your "cpinion" up.
On the second adron, Of Christ when tried by this
I. a. 4 IT,. Ii,
all see and have the frarkuesS 10 acknowledge thu,
you are decidedly wrong.
You believe that the time Of The second advent
il not Car distant. That the vision Of john Of the
angel flying through the midst Of heaven bearing
The everlasting Gospel 10 every people, nill1n,Hnd
language, has been fulfilling for many wears past,
by the spread ofthG Gospel, and will continue to
be rulim. until offers of salvation will he made to
all the inhabitants of the earth, all that win then
be on the earth, aud then you lhinl: that CmiS
will come. You believe that the Gospel mist be
preached to ali the inhabitants Eor oeMctHH hr.
fore the second advent Your evidence If this is
doubtless obtained from Matt "a II. Which
rcads--"Ard this Gospel Of the Kingdom sh3ll be
preached in all the VERDI for i wi,@"ss unto ~
nations; and then StgN The emf r0&c,' ion will
agree with me that the eat cf which our SRvoar
speaks here, is the c3i Of ne lcoril mentioned in
The Sd verse Of tbs cllap. The disciples Inquired
Of our Sa, Jour, what should be the sign Of his
comiag and Of the eui Of The woHl. And here
the question naturally arises, what world was This
ubont which the disciples asked the foregoing Qucs
ton ! But we will pass this for the present, as
be il what it may, WE are Informed that the Gospel
of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world,
mud then, or al that tire, il ShgN haze an end
Now this declaration Of oar Saviour WAS made fall
1900 years ago; or when he was i-s, upon the
earth. II therefore there his ever been II timc
since these words were spoken. when the Gospel
has been preached in all The world, it is certain
that OF That time our Saviour made hi' second APP
pearancc, and thu, the world there mentioned Thea
had m end. The important question now there
fore is, has the Gospel eve! been preached in al
the world; md if so, when And this we vii let
the Bible answer, wig: Rom. /; S.-"Fifsi, ! thInk
my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that
your larh is spoken Of Ihroughou, the Whole
world" Rom. 10: iS--"Uut ] say, Have they
not heard yes, verify; their sound went into MI
the earth, and their words unto the ends Of the
world. "--Col |: 23.--"If We continue in the
faith grounded and settled aud b. not moved away
from the h,pe Of the Gospel which yc have heard.
md which was preached to every creature which
is under heaven; whereof Paul Am made I minis.
ter"
Thus il Appeals. Br. Hutchinson, that one op'n-
ion advanced in the communication under eXan,i-
nation. is very much out Of The way. Yea, 1900
years, Mt least. For the Bible informs Us that tho
Gospel was preached in all the world in the Apns-
Ties days, and then the Son Of Man appeared the
I'd time, aud then the world, and the only world
Of The end Of which we ever read came To is end
Nor do find amy prophecies affirming or even in.
inntng that the Jews should return either 10 Pal
esInc or my larger place or territory before that
important event Bat do read hat after that
period, and when the fitness Of the Grn,irs shall
have come in, then " shall NIL Israel be- saved -
For saith the APOSTLE Rom. II: %, 2G-"i'cr
would not brethren, that We should be Ignorant Of
this mystery, lies, ye shou!d be wise IN your own
conceiis) that blindness in part is happened 10
Israel until the iullncss Of the Gcncs be- come ill.,
And 50 all Israel shall be saved as it Is wri.ien.-
There shall come out Of Sion the Drlivenr, and
shall turn AWAY ungndlincss from IocoI.' And