Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-10
VO L. V. NO.

% sincere and honest man. pro-
ed he will come up frankly and Soma
to the mark, acknowledge that be has,
III error, throw away his assum.;
and assertions, and go abou, ra,ior,l
faithful investigation as simple inon
after truth. In the Signs of the Tioa.
March /, David Bernard II The III
hxer'up" of the Bible, by way Of all
'ng' revising and amending = has an
tended article in favor OF the Miller 4
ry, which he closes with a poy.,
worded and emphasized as follows.
p. S. If we have made no misaL,
our expoSltons OF the Prophecies Of H.
lei, the Lord will come IN I843 ST.
there be mistake-whch is pc<<,ha
sill believe, from The other 2ronbp,i.
that the end Of all things IS al haoJ
SHALL LOOK FOR HIM TILL He convxu
1t will be seen that here is grea, ca
tlousness, with door wide open for 6
cape. 1t is "possible" there is " n;
take" He will "Iook for Him Nh 81
comes" This may be considered to be
torn towards getting it back to the croor5
occupied by the priesthood and chur,I
generally-the ground of uncertainty
AS many of the people as can be imposed
upon in this way, will have to be aboO.
doned to imposition. There is no HEN
for them.
In August or September last, VIM. Nil.
Ter went through with course Of lectures
at the Baptist house in this village. at
tended and heard him twice. Having ba l
all needed opportunity for acquainting. nv.
self with his theory, did not think ii in
cumbent on me to give more time TO the
subject in that shape then. But being in.
formed afterwards that there was TO be an
extra meeting in the yestry, for discussion
went in. At the time entered the room
friend Miller was speaking, apparently in
answer 10 question, touching the passage
in the 24rh Of Matthew, at The Both verse
" But of that day and hour knowelh no man
no, not the angels oc heaven, but my Fan.
er only" When he had got through and
taken his seat, asked if there was oppor-
Iunity for remarks; and, being answered in
the affirmative, called friend Miler's auen-
ton 10 the 7th verse Of the 1st chapter of
Acts, aud asked him if the passage might
not be considered as very much parallel to
The one above quoted from Matthew or as
explanatory Of it. The passage reads thus
=" and he said unto them, it is not for YOU
10 know the times or the seasons vlirb ,Ia
Father hath put in his own power" After
some hesitation, he answered in the afirma-
tive. This agreed with the view mad al.
ways taken Of the passage in Mathew
making " day and hour" there mean abop,
the same as " times and seasons" in The 9TH
er passage; and both meaning abo3t as
Much as if it had been said, the time
whatever i; may allude to-is rot 10 be
known. Friend Miller here manifeSrv dis
covered that the concess on he had now
made destroyed the construction which his
theory requires TO be put upon the passage
in Matthew. Now look at The tws, he
made to get out Of his position. H. read
the next verse in Acts, which is as follows
" but We shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you and We shalt
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem. and
IN all Judea, and in Samaria, and in the VI
termost part of the earth" Who will be-
lIeVe that the construction be put upon this
was, that whereas before the Holy Ghost
was given on the day Of pentecost. there
was not power TO krow the time which hi:
theory fixes on, since the Holy Ghost was
given, there is power to ascertain the time
| then cited him 10 his concession, always
before made, in. which he had diScIaimed
any pretensions TO revelation, declaring Tia
ne had arrived at his conclusions by arirh,
me1ical calculations. By this time, his dis
ciples, seeing his distress, came TO his rye
and declared that discussion was not the
thing! They said the meeting had not
been appointed for discussion, but for CUES
tons to be asked for the lecturer TO answer
1t was not the design TO give opportunity ior
replies 20 him. turned and asked friend
Miller how it was. He replied" shan
give you club to maui me with" | then
invited him 10 fix on a time and place fox
discussion of the subject before the people,
and left the meeting. He had previously
agreed 10 call and visit me. Blu. heard
nothing more from him. l was afterwards
told by those who remained in the meeting
that he gave the subject one more turn at'eI
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