, 1873-11-16
SECOND ADVENTISM.


crowd and driven thom home.
| SECOND ADyEN1IsM.
Its History and Princtplcs.-D1ffor-
cncca OF Holics.-The TORY island
"Tlmfsts.,,
trSm ths nar{iera GA Gsn1agi ov 4o,.
predicting tho second advent Of tho Savior and
Tho ond Of tho world In that yoar, no movement
| Of believers in the Advent faith ban caused go
| much notice in tho public proas Of the country
"Terry Island" il this State, awaiting with per-
foot confidence the second coming Of Christ dur
ing the present year. OF ooursc, there has beon
no such general oxoitomont rs e1istod thirtyyeara
and Of Ills followers, from ttine to time. has led
tho general public to look lightly upon tho argu-
monss OF thoho who have moro recently pre-
dicted tho ond OF tho world in my particular
boon. quite Tide dinorenees 'of baliof Of iate
.yeArn among those who have boen identified
with the Second Advent movement. = Tho char,
aotar Of tho gathering ct Tsry 4aland, the con-
ing Of tho prophetie words Of. Scripture points
Enthusiastically to this Very year, and almost to
tic dRys'of the, ,preseut. wook, as '",tho onu, !"
| gives to this movement more than ordinary in
ress ri this belief. and tho points OF difYeronco
aman8 tllohs who advocate 1t, quito appropriate
sad intereating jnHs now. A lady WIN has long
been . 'atm be!ievor to, md Eoalous advocate
/ Of, tho principles; o6 Advontisrn, and who is
identified with the Il. .74mists " now gatho1ed at
Terry island, has kindly consented to prepare
the following concise history Of Advontisrn, and
tho points Of difference among the believers.
It will be read with interest in Wow Of TIN atoss
extraordinary movement Of Advent boliovors:
TEna7 1sLAND, Nov. 8.
Tho origin Of Advent theology il OF recent
date. In this country 1t waB first entortaineub By
Of tho torn Millcr1to. Ho was tho pioneer Of
the Adront movement aa known Ia America.
Tho principles that underlie tlse theory donom-
mated Adveneiam, and upon which was bui1ded
all Adyentiata in the commencement, nre tho
FirstSThe simo Of the second coming of
Christ in revealed. and revealed to be Under
stood.
second-All prophetic ttme should bo undo.-
IAird-rhat tho ], 200 aud 1886 days mentton-
ed in the prophecy Of Daniel should bo reckonod
"from tho timo tho daily sacrifice wns taken
away, sud tho abomination that naketh desolato
FourM-Ttas the determination that makoth
desolate,"' spoken'of BY Daniel tho prophst,, is
i wts 3. belief in and application Of these
mont Of 184s. Notwithstanding tho dsap-
pointment TINT resulted, large number still re~
tsined the name Of AdYeutists; becauso Of an
unshakon faith in tho Fundamental princplea
above mentioned. The Advent body remained
united in doctrine for number of years i1nme-
diately succeeding 1843, but separation uas
cousummatod in 1851, caused by difforonce In
belof respecting tho nature Of man and tho
TLe large majority Of the body became con-
vinced that man ia wholly mortal. and repudiat..
ed the doctrine Of the immortality Of the soul
and consequent eternal torment"of tho wicked,
taking a. basis fo5 theI5 belief abs tbss 1.-THE ;
soul that sinneth it shall die ,-Ez. 1e4. "The
blessed md only potontato, King Of Kings and
Lord Of Lords, Who only hah tnnorta!ity"Ll
no authority given IN tho Scriptures for uniting
in any organization with manufactured creed
for ralo OF faith and practice. They recognized
tho Diblo as tho only Diyinely authorized creed,
and all human bonds aB unBcrlpturhl. q
The email minority that remained after tho
Withdrawal Of the majority have boen Known
since by tho name OF Evangelical Advonsists,
and, 50 far ~ ID known to the writer,
they difrer In no respect whatever, In
izations. The loader In this departure from tho
comtnonly-receiyod doctrine Of tho Immortality
Of the soul was George storra, Of New York;
formerly Methodist minister, and also pfo-
ter cause he waa excluded from tho Methodist
Church. He WAS the first man who publicly pro-
mu1gated tho doctrine Of tho ontire mortality Of
msu, although associatod With him prominently
Rochester, N. +; and George Noedham. oi
Providence, Il. T.
Tho company entertaining those vievs hare
been known since Al Adyentists, and remained
movement In favor OF organization among thosn
excluded olRss rho still adhered to beicf
that AL human organizations wcre unscEiptural,
wl,ioll latter class also mada now departure III
point Of doctrine. This last departure consisted
in beliof that the wicked dead wonld not re-
ceive resurrection, tho former hoief haying
Been that both wicked and righteous would 10
wicked would bo cousgnsd again to condition
Of death, Thoy reasoned that II tho penalty Of
the Inv is aesth only neither suffering or dyngia
anypsrt Of the penalty for SIN, and that when mon
tice ars ~ fully satisfied ~ il they were mado
alive to undergo second dying, which saoond
dying would only return them to the precise con-
dition from whonce they aro taken. They quote
following: "They ehall sleep !, perpetual eleep,
Lord ii hoste.a Jor. 5lat, 81: "They ore dead,
shoy aaall not hye; thoy are deccaaod. they shall
stroye4 them, and malo all thoir rhomory to
perish" lisa. 20. II. -,
This division III faith sepasatod tho Advent
body ito two partias rhich have existed zncee
1868, kaown to the world by tho general namo Of
AaYentasz, but distinguished from one another
BY the application Of tho torn "Lifs BoleyerR'
to the class last described.
Tho prominent newspaper osgane OF thoso
two diWhons are the Herald Of Life and tho
Worlds Cris.s, tho former representing the
viewb OF the class lonominated "Iifs Below
ern," and tho lattor supported by believers ~
roaurroosiou q both righteous aud wicked. Tho
Herald cr Life, published in Springfield, 1,as
formerly Gifted by George Btorrs who was tho
first promulghtor OF tho doctrine Of the non-
resurrection Of tho wicked, but at pranent ID
managed BY tTo editors-L. @. Thorne: of New
York, and ". N. Pile, Of Springfield. Tho name
OF OK x-Chanoeloe uAlstoad, Of Now Jersey, ought
not 10 be emitted from tho list Of those WHO
nero prominent in promnlgsting tho doctrine Of
the non-res.lrrocton Of tho Wicked, as pe1hhpa
nero than lny othor man he has contributed to,
tho spreading Of this theory BY tho book Of
which he y tho author, entitied Theology OF
tho Nble." Tue Worlds Crisis III under tho
management of John Couch aud Miles Graut,
both ct Chelaea, Msas., and is printed in Boa.
| ton.
large number OF both ttono divisions Of ADJ
YantatH now repudiata one or moro Of the fun-
dAmontal principles that have been mentioned
n forming tho bhsia OF AdyentiHm Ut its ineep-
tion. Thoxo iR 4 EQmnRnE hoWeYQr Of each d.