Midnight Cry - Volume 01, Number 23

              THE MIDNIGHT CRY!
I. NEW- YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1842. NUMBER
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may ran that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie
though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
BY JOSHUA V. DAILY- NO- 30 PARK- ROW. PRICE TWO CENTS.
THE MIDNIGHT CRY.
Prayer Meetings. 4 ; l
ICT There will be a prayer meeting at this ojfiee this
evening, and at 24 Rose street, to- morrow afternoon, at
two o'ci ock.
Brother French
Lectured last evening to an intensely interested
audience in Attorney street. The word was attend
ed by the demonstration of the Spirit, and led many
to seek earnestly for entire sanctification of heart,
that they might be in complete readiness for our
coming Lord.
He lectures at Jersey City, this evening, and leaves
for Wilksbarre, Pa., to- morrow, where he expects to
labor till Christ comes.
H Y M N .
In expectation sweet,
We'll wait, and sing, and pray,
Till Christ's triumphal car we meet,
And see an endless day.
He comes I the Conqueror comes !
Death falls beneath his sword ;
The joyful prisoners burst the tombs,
And rise to meet their Lord.
The trumpet sounds, « * Awake !
Ye dead, to judgment come !"
The pillars of creation shake,
While man receives his doom.
Thrice liappy morn for those
Who love the ways of peace ;
No night of sorrow e'er shall close,
Or shade their perfect bliss.
TJie Cry m Illinois.
It will be seen by the following extract from a letter,
that '* the midnight cry" is being sounded through
those western wilds, and the people are beginning to
wake up on the subject of the speedy coming of the
Lord. May the alarm go forth, arid the slumbering vir
gins be aroused, before the Master shall have shfit the
door ; and may the blessing of God attend the efforts of
those dear brethren, who, alone, as it were, are lifting up
their voices to give the people the word of warning :
DEAR BROTHER FLEMING, There is a great interest
awakened upon the subject of the second coming of our
Saviour, even in this western country, although there are
not wanting tho^ e who are saying, ** Wherftis the pro
mise of his coming 1? I am trying, in my way, to declare
bhat the kingdoms of this world are about to become the
kingdom of our Lord " and his Christ, and to be given to
the people of the saints of the Most High.
Please send me such publications as you may think
best to aid a young preacher to proclaim that the coming
of Christ is at hand.
Brother Simon Fitch, and myself, are the only ones I
know of in this part of the state, who believe, or at least
dare to preach the eonrng of Christ as soon as 1843. Yet
there are a great many of the people who believe.
Yours & c. I. L. BURNHAM.
We hope, as the time is short, that our brethren in the
fit will cry aloud and spare not. Let the alarm go
out. Wake up the virgins startle the sleeping watch
men alarm the guilty sinner, and let them know that
what they do, they must do quickly.
. Books, Pamphlets; and Charts*
We have a good supply at 36 Park Row, ( up stairs.)
Call and buy read* and circulate.
From the N. Y. Luminary and Messenger.
SECOND ADVENT—* 4 WONDERS "—" FEAR-J
"* FtTJL SIGHTS, GREAT SIGNS," « fcc.
Mr. Editor, In this article I am to give some
instances or remarkable specimens of ihe Au
rora Borealis, or Northern Lights ; as they
have recently appealed on various occasions,
apparently fulfilling the foretold " Wonders" and
"£' fgns"( iTi " the last days"} of Christ's *' coming' 1
and '' kingdom at hand.'' 1
The following account is copied from the
New York Commercial Advertiser of Oct. 2* 2,
1839, showing a wonderful exhibition of these
phenomena in London a few weeks before that
date. These were also seen in this country on
the same night, but far less remarkable :
From late London Papers.
" London, Sept. 5, [ 1839]. Between the
hours of 10 on Thursday night and 3 yesterday
morning, in the heavens, was observed one of the
most magnificent specimens of these extraordi
nary phenomena, the falling stars and Northern
Lights witnessed for many years past. The
first indication of this singular phenomenon was
ten minutes before 10, when a light crimson,
apparently vapor, rose from the northern por
tion of the hemisphere, and gradually extended
to the centre of the heavens, and by 10 o'clock,
or a quarter past, the whole, from east to wust,
was one vast sheet of light. It had a most
alarming appearance, and was exactly like that
occasioned by a terrific fire. The light varied
considerably; at one time it seemed to fall, and
directly after rose with intense brightness.
There were to be seen mingled with it volumes
of smoke, which rolled over and over, and every
beholder seemed convinced that it was a ' tre
mendous conflagration.' The consternation of
the metropolis was very great ; thousands of
persons were running in the direction of the
supposed awful catastrophe. The engines be
longing to the fire- brigade stations in Baker- st.,
Farringdon- st., Watling- st., Waterloo Road, and
likewise those belonging to the West of Eng
land stations in fact, every fire- engine in
London, was horsed, and gallopped after the
supposed * scene of destruction,' with more than
ordinary energy, followed by carriages, horse
men, and vast mobs. Some of the engines
proceeded as far as Highgate and Halloway,
before the error was discovered. These ap
pearances lasted for upwards of two hours,
and toward morning the spectacle became one
of more grandeur.
" At two o'clock in the morning, the pheno
mena presented a most gorgeous scene, and one
very difficult to describe. The whole of London
was illuminated as light as noon day, and the
atmosphere was remarkably clear. The sou
thern hemisphere, at the time mentioned, though
unclouded, was very dark ; but the stars, which
were innumerable, shone beautifully. The
opposite side of the heavens presented a singu
lar but magnificent contrast; it was clear to
extreme, and the light was very vivid; there
was a continual succession of meteors, which
varied in splendor they appeared formed in
the centre of the heavens, and spread till they
seemed to burst. The effect was electrical.
Myriads of small stars shot out over the horizon,
and darted with that swiftness toward the earth,
that the eye scarcely could follo. w the track ;
they seemed to burst also, and to throw a dark
crimson vapor over the entire hemisphere. The
colors were most magnificent. At half past
two o'clock, the spectacle changed to darkness,
which, on dispersing, displayed a luminous
rainbow in the zenith of the heavens, and round
the rid^ e of darkness that overhung the south
ern portion of the country. Soon afterward,
columns of silvery light radiated from it they
increased wonderfully, intermingled among crim
son vapor, which formed at the same time, and
when at full height, the spectacle was beyond
all imagination. Stars were darting about in
all directions, and continued until four o'clock,
when all died away."
The writer of the above account, it will be
seen, makes no allusion to the fact, that such
" alarming" appearances are foretold in pro
phecy as " great signs" of the Second Advent at
hand. And though it may be that he knew, or
thought of no such thing while writing, he has
described the phenomena as being an exact
fulfilment of the many prophecies of these very
things. He speaks of them as something " won
derful" k< singular" " extraordinary" " a vast
sheet of light" « « most magnificent" " alarming"
" a terrific fire" " awful" " a tremendous
conflagration" ** volumes of smoke" " columns
of silvery Jight" " intense brightness" " produ
cing very great consternation," & e., which the
Almighty bad previously foretold and described
them as " wonders in the heavens" " blood^ and
fire, and pillars of smoke" ^ fearful sights and
great signs from heaven" " before that great and
terrible day of the Lord come" Just so sure then
as the Lord caonot lie, and would have us, as little
children, to understand him to mfcan as he says,
these now fulfilled wonders and signs admonish us,
together with m:\ ny other signs fulfilled, that Christ's
coming is verily " near, and even at the doors."
Again, on the evening of January 25,1837, there
was a remarkable exhibition of this same phenome
non in the various parts of our country, as our
readers will doubtless recollect. Where the ground
was then covered with snow, the sight was grand
and " fearful" in a most unprecedented manner.
In one place, situated near a mountain, the people
who witnessed the scene, informed us that it resem
bled *; waves of fire rolling down the mountain."
And generally, so far as learnt, the snow covering
he ground appeared like fire mingled with blood,
while above, ( as the apostle says,) " the heavens
being on fire," resembled so much the prophetic
description of the last day, that many were amazed,
he children beholding it were affrighted, and in.
quired if it were the coming of the judgment, and
even the animals trembled with much manifest
alarm.
HENRY JONES.
New York, December 10, 1842.