Midnight Cry - Volume 02, Numbers 07 & 08

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VOLUME II. NEW- YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1843. NtJMBjERS ? & 8.
Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run 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."
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THE MIDNIGHT CRY WEEKLY.
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THE MIDNIGHT CRY.
OUR PAPER.
We learn that a misunderstanding has grown out of
the leading articles published in the last two quadruple
numbers of the Midnight Cry.
Many have inferred that the paper was to be circulated
gratuitously to all. It is true a brother has made a do
nation to be expended in publishing the Cry to be gratu
itously distributed. But the object was to send it among
those who would not otherwise get it. If all the regular
patrons were to be supplied by this brother's donation,
nothing at all would be gained by it, for they would have
procured it and read it, had he not made the gift. Now
if all who feel an interest in the subject, would do as
this one of our brethren has just done, we, could dis
tribute it more freely. But we want every friend to
the cause, who possibly can, to take the paper, and pay
the regular price for it, and by that means enable us to
extend it farther. We make these suggestions, so that
our friends may aid us in extending the Midnight Cry,
rather than in circumscribing it, or preventing the gener
osity of one man from accomplishing its object.
This sheet may he had for circulation, at $ 4 per hun
dred. _____________
VERY IMPORTANT FACTS.
We have now published about 275,000 copies of the
Midnight Cry, of which about 100,000 have been given
away. We have also published 100,000 of the Voice of
Warning, and given away a large portion of them. We
have, thus far, paid paper- makers and printers for their
work as fast as it was performed, but our funds are nearly
exhausted, and we have already spent hundreds of dol
lars more than we have received. Brethren and sisters,
stewards of the Lord's money, shall the work cease?
Shall the press stop, when so many are seeking the light
it sends forth 1
We have sent papers to nearly every post- office in the
west and south. ' A Post Master in Maryland says : 4< I
received, a week or two since, some numbers of the Mid
night Cry. I have been handing them about among the
people, and they are very much taken with them, so much
that one pious old man requested me to write on for
more, or the whole from the commencement, and if you
have no more to give, he will subscribe and pay for them.
Other persons are so anxious to have them, that we
can't take the time to examine the references made to the
Scriptures."
We say now to all: If you want publications, send for
them. Send the money, if you can, but do not decline
sending for publications, for . want of money.
To those who have been blessed by the papers, we
say : If your hearts prompt you to furnish us the means
of sending similar messages of truth to others, SEND
QUICKLY, that we may know how many of the next sheet
we can print. We do not believe the work will now
stop, for if one fails, enlargement will arise from some
other place, and the work will still go on.
LECTURES, & c.
Brothre Himes expects to be in New York, to- morrow,
( Saturday.) on his way to Philadelphia. He will lec
ture on the Sabbath, at the corner of Catharine and Madi
son streets. Services to commence at half- past 10
o'clock, A. M. and* 3 and 7, P. M.
BROTHER DAVID BERNARD
A well- known Baptist clergyman, has recently written
a letter on the Second coming of Christ, which we much
wished to publish this week, but have no room. The
tenor of it may be judged from the Postscript.
P. S. " If we have made no mistake in our exposition
of the Prophecies of Daniel, the Lord will come in 1843.
Should there be a mistake which is possible still I
believe, from the other prophecies, that the end of all
things is at haud. I SHALL LOOK FOR HIM TILL HB
COMES ! ! !"
We shall publish it next week, and print enough to
send it to every Baptist Minister in America, if any
of our Lord's stewards furnish us with the means.
THE NEW EARTH, MILLENNIUM, & c.
We hope our readers will carefally compare all the ar
ticles in this paper, on these subjects, and see how per
fectly they harmonize. Then let them compare Isaiah
65: 17; and 66: 22; and 60: 19 21, with Rev. chap.
21 and 22, and they will see where those glorious prophe
cies will be fulfilled, which have lately been applied to
an imperfect millennium to be enjoyed on a sin- cursed
earth.
We shall try to write more on this subject next week.
CROWDED OUT. A reply to " B." of New Haven.
Daniel's Visions Illustrated by Engravings. The two
Resurrections. A Letter to a Friend in Europe. No
tices of Revivals, and many other important articles.
THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS This excellent Tem
perance paper has opened its columns to articles on
Christ's corning at hand.
We hope our friends will give it such substantial en
couragement that it may lose nothing by so doing.
TRUTH, NO NOVELTVr - AN ADMISSION-It
is often thrown out, that our principles are based
upon new rules of interpretation ; and it is generally sup
posed by those who have not examined this question, that
we have widely departed from the opinions of our fathers,
and give a new enterpretation to the visions of Daniel
and John. The fact is, however, that we are governed
by the same rules of interpretation, and give the sarne-exposiiion
of those visions in th « general outline, as has
been given since the reformation by the WHOLE PROTES
TANT WORLD.
It is our opponents that have taken new ground, and
that are denying what have long been admitted by them
as established principles. This is fully proved by the
following admission of Professor Stuart, in the introduc
tion of his Hints page 8.
Speaking of the designations of lime in those visions,
he admits that a day in prophetic time has been generally
understood as the representative of a year, and the " time,
times, and half a time," and " forty- two months," are
also understood as 1260 years, and adds :
** For a long time these principles have been so current
among the expositors of the English and American world,
that scarcely a serious attempt to vindicate them has of
late been made. They have been regarded as so plain,
and so well fortified against all objections, that most ex
positors have deemed it quite useless even to attempt to
defend them One might indeed almost compare the
ready and unwavering assumption of these propositions, to
the assumption of the FIRST SELF- EVIDENT AXIOMS IN THE
SCIENCE OF GEOMETRY, which no£ only may dispense with
any process of ratiocination in their delence, but which
do not even admit of any."
Our opponents are therefore obliged to deny the posi
tions of the best expositors, and assume positions directly
the reverse of those which have long since been com
pletely settled by the whole Protestant world.
THE NEW EARTH.
The article on the kingdom of God, in the last paper,
may have startled some. Many shrink from the thought
of a material earth restored, as if it were a sort of Ma-hometan
heaven. As one of the many proofs that we are
not alone in our opinions, we here give the admirable
sermon of " THOMAS CHALMER&, D. D. & L. L. D., - Pro
fessor of Theology in the University of Edinburgh, and
Corresponding Member of the Royal Institute of France."
We give these tawdry appendages to the name of a MAN
who needs no such artificial helps to greatness, because
some are pleased with such toys.
We beg our readers to listen candidly to his eloquent
presentations of God's truth, and to apply the doctrine
with which he closes to their own hearts.
" Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heax'ens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth, righteousness." 2 Peter
ill. 13.
There is a limit to the revelations of the.
Bible about futurity, and it were a mental or
spiritual trespass to go beyond it. The reserve
whiclji if. maintains in its informations, we also
ought to maintain in our inquiries satisfied to
know little on every subject, where it has com
municated little, and feeling our way into re
gions which are at present unseen, no further
than the light of Scripture will carry us.
But while we attempt not to be *' wise above
that which is written," we should attempt, and
that, most studiously, to be wise up to that which
is written. The disclosures are very few and
very partial, which are given to us of that
bright and beautiful economy, which is to sur
vive the ruins ot our present one. Buf, still
there are such disclosures and on the princi.
pie of the things that are revealed belonging
unto us, we have a right to walk up and down,
for the purpose of observation, over the whole
actual extent of them, What is made known
of the details of immortality, is but small in the
amount, nor are we furnished with the materi
als of any thing like a graphical or picturesque
exhibition of its abodes of blessedness. JJut
still somewhat is made known, and which, too,
may be addressed to a higher principle than
curiosity, being like every other Scripture,
" profitable both for doctrine and for instruction
in righteousness."
In the text before us, there are two leading
points of information, which wo should like
successively to remark upon. The first is, that
in the new economy which is to be reared for
the accommodation of the blessed, there will be
MATERIALISM, riot merely new heavens, but also
a NEW EARTH. The second is, that as distin* \
guished from the present, which is an abode of !
rebellion, it will be an abode of righteousness.
1. We know historically that earth, that a
solid material earth, may form the dwelling of
sinless creatures, in full converse and friend
ship with the Being who made them that, in
stead of a place of exile for outcasts, it may
have a broad avenue of communication with
the spiritual world, for the descent of ethereal
beings from on high that, like the member of
an extended family, it may share in the regard
arid attention of the other members, and alono1