The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-12
Conference or Believers In the Speedy Advent
OF Christ.

"A Conference OF Believers in the Second Personal
and Speedy Advent of the Saviour commenced its Sit
tings yesterday morning at Washington Hail. in Hester
street The morning occupied in the transaction
Of business Of general interest Religious exercises
did not commence until about PM, when they opened
with singing After this Brother Litch offered up a
prayer In the Of which he took occasion to state
that he and his brethren were ambassadors of Jesus
Christ sent to preach repentance ruined world and
declare the approaching vengeance Of the Lord Bro.
Their Itch next gave out hymn of which the follow
ing is a stanza
Jesus our Saviour, says will appear
Have you faith?
My trumpet is sounding majestic aud clear,
Have you faith!
The faithful alone u come to see,
And they shall live and reignswth me,
Only have faith Moderately
Only have faith. (Loud)
Only have faith. (Louder)
This hymn having been sung with incredibly entbu
siastic devotion, ~
Brother HALE assembled the pulpit, and preached a
eloquent and instructive sermon from the text
tanned in Hebrews KILL st and ID verses He said that
the design of the Apostle Paul. in writing his episte to
the Hebrews to encourage and strengthen the He
brew Christians in their profession of faith in Christ
Ihey were considered a. being peculiarly in danger Of
apostacy.st Because they exposed the perse-
cution OF the jews the socaed chosen people of God
who were more malignant in their enmity than the
worst of the Gentes I'd, Because they were compelled
10 endure prvations and trials render it
doubtful whether the reward they hoped for would be
sufficient recompense in the world to come The posi-
n
that of the Hebrew Christians They too were perse
cuted and reved by the soidisant chosen of God'-
the modern professors of Chrstand had besides var-
GUS trials and Affections But they had one answer to
all that might be alleged against them" Jesus speaks
= his disciples believe what he speaks" There
which the whole system revolves as the common
centre. l. The Second Advent of Jesus Christ o The
resurrection of mankind at this second coming The
doctrine of the restitution of all things not oniv Of AMI
NAL life but Of this great globe itsef There is not
single item of the gospel revelation that does not
naVah Irnnn Of hoea f,.l
stance the doctrine Of repentance hangs upon the fact
OF Christs coming to judge the wordthc doctrine of
future happiness OF man ordinarily preached in the
churches there is not enough tangbty about it to in
duce men to give up the carna enjoyment Of this world
for the hope Of the future Belief in the speedy
Of Christ can alone reform the world We are often
called Merites, fanatics disorganizers sc but as our
ders we need not blush. We should 'I feel ''1 no
resentment but remember the abuse that was
tate his patient forbearance and love to his revers
The text affords encouragement by reminding us of the
cloud Of witnesses which encompass about This has
been great stimulus to noble actions in all ages In
the Lyceum Of the Creeks and statues of their
great poets orator statesmen and warriors
An English prize fighter once nearly beaten when
in the presence of the multitude of his wife
cheerea him on-hs conquered. An English prize pI
fighter named Hall fought an Irishman named
Donnelly the lrishman was nearly overcome, when
OF the crowd around the arena, and shrieked
"Donnely, will you undo me'' The Irishman in
stanty resumed the attack and struck his antagonist
lfeloss to the ground My dear brethern God has his
picture gallery and his arena Brother Hale here exhb
tied a chart to the audience, which depicted
figures of Enoch Abraham Jacob John the Baptist
phen &C., he pointed them out the witnesses Of the
church but few connected with us now
to the numbers could muster In human estma-
ton cause is deadits obituary is written "a voice.
God be praised9 But Jesus win raise 1t up We stand
safe ground God has identified all his great purposes
with the existence ofhis people, (Voices-Amen amen
and our cause cannot die The memory Of all tho
saints and prophets is philosophers stone "a voice
Soap stone is better stone than tha that turns our
prospects into golden visions of future glory The devil
from hell may do his worsbut he Bullets against rock
When Christ comes in his glory also shall appear
with him and enjoy the rewards held out to the
righteous.
NAT the conclusion of the Sermon Brother Hines re-
commended the congregation very strongly to buy
tain tracts which Brother Tracy offered for sale.
In the evening, at N P. NJ, Brother LrcH preached
from Romans XII, - aud IA. Ho listened to atten-
lively by about two hundred persons all sexes shades