Midnight Cry - Volume 02, Numbers 11 & 12

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VOLUME II, NEW- YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1843. Nos. 11 & 12.
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."
BY JOSHUA V. HUES. WEEKLY- NO. 36 PARK- ROW. READ AND CIRCULATE,
THE MIDNIGHT CRY WEEKLY.
Published every Friday, by J. V. HIMES. Assisted by L. D
FLEMING and N. SOUTHARD.
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THE MIDNIOHT CRY.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6th 1842.
Dear Brother Southard, On the" 31st ult., [ left the
city of Newark, and in company with Brother Himes
and Flavell came to this city to attend the Second Ad
vent Conference, which is now in successful progress.
Brothers Litch and Hale have been faithfully at work in
this great city and vicinity for some time past, and al
though they have had to face a heavy opposition, their
labors have not been in vain. Their efforts have just
prepared the way for a most successful issue as the re
sult of the present Convention. Depend upon it, Phila
delphia is beginning to be aroused. Brother Himes gave
several interesting lectures before brother Miller arrived,
which were admirably calculated to prepare the way.
Brother Miller commenced his lectures on Friday
afternoon, the 3d inst. The friends have obtained the
large Hall of the Chinese Museum, which will probably
hold more people than any other place in the city ; and it
I is crowded with anxious hearers. The truth has got a
I strong hold here, and all the opposing watchmen cannot
' stop it. The common people hear, they WILL hear, and
they hear gladly.
Last evening brother Himes addressed an overwhelm
ing assembly for about two and a half hours, in which
he presented in a most successful manner the perfect
fallacy of the church's hope of a temporal, or spiritual
Millennium, to precede the Second personal Advent of
oar Lord. He contrasted the missionary operations and
success of the Protestants, with those of the Roman
Catholics, showing in a very lucid manlier, that if there
is to be a triumph of the religion of any sect, it must be
that of the Romanists, or papacy. The Lord deliver us
from such a Millennium. God has emphatically told us
that the little horn of the beast ( Papacy) will make war
and prevaifc till the Ancient of days comes. This is un
deniably the only hope of God's people, i. e., that our
blessed Lord will speedily come and destroy the beast
with the brightness of his coining, give the body of the
beast to the burning flame, and then the kingdom and
the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven will
be given to the saints of the Most High, and they will
possess it for ever, even for ever and ever. May the
Lord hasten the time.
Although the mass of the clergy in this city oppose our
views, yet there are some honorable exceptions. Some
of the Methodist ministers are anxiously seeking the
truth. Rev. Mr. Ramsey and Rev. Mr. Boyd, of the
Presbyterians, are settled, I believe, in the time, and
II nearly so in the character of the event. Rider J. J. Porter
1 ( who is now quite sick) is full in the faith, and when well
JI is hearty in the work. The opposers are ill at ease,
while the alarm is spreading all over the city.
Brother Miller will continue his lectures through this
week and over the next Sabbath. He has already pro
duced a great agitation, and the people are greatly disap
pointed in the character of his lectures. They were not
aware that his calculations were based entirely upon the
Bible. The vail of the mystical temple is being torn
asunder, and the people begin to see light in God's light,
and marvel that they have been so long kept in the dark.
The call for lectures is very pressing from every quar
ter. A tithe of the calls cannot be supplied. O that
more of the watchmen would be willing to take their
reputations in their hands, and go out and proclaim " the
year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God."
0, how I long to be able to speak ; but my voice is but
little if any better, and I have about relinquished the hope
of recovering my speech until I reach the everlasting
kingdom, which I am confident is nigh at hand ; then J
this stammering tongue will be loosed, this feeble tene
ment will be clothed with immortal vigor, and death will
be swallowed up in victory. What I do in. the little rem
nant of time left, I am persuaded must be done by the
pen. May the Lord enable me faithfully to discharge
this duty.
Yours in the blessed hope,
L. D. FLEMING.
Since the above was received, a letter from brother
Thomas Alien has come to hand, dated Feb. 8, calling for
more books, which says :
" Br. Miller lectured yesterday afternoon on the parable
of the ten virgins. A host of the sons of Levi [ ministers]
were present, and the subject was very applicable. Last
evening, brother M. lectured from the 20th chapter of
Revelation, to a very crowded congregation after whieh,
we held a prayer- meeting. Many presented them
selves for prayer, among whom was a gentleman who
had been an infidel, who got up about 10 o'clock, and
declared to all the congregation what the Lord had done
for him. Praise God, the interest is increasing and the
work progressing."
LETTERS RECEIVED.
From the many cheering letters received during the
week, we have room for only a few extracts.
Brother J. P. Johnson, writing from Hartford, says :
" The work goes well. All of the villages and towns
around us are awakened, and hundreds of sinners are
coming home to their Father's house, where there is
bread enough and to spare. Oh, that all might prepare,
with oil in their vessels, ready and going out to meet the
Bridegroom when he shall come, that the door may not
he shut against them. The harvest truly is plenteous,
but the laborers few. O that the Lord of the harvest
would send more laborers into the field. But bless the
Lord for what my eyes see, and my ears hear. Brother
Chittemlen is now giving us a course of lectures, which
will result in much good, for the Lord is blessing his
labors abundantly, to the salvation of many precious
souls.
** Wherever the Midnight Cry has been sounded, there
the Lord has set his seal to the work, and hundred? are
looking for a coming Saviour daily. There is a large
number forward for prayers every night, and many have
found pardon. Some anxious ones here think it is too
humiliating to be seen at the anxious seat at a Miller
meeting but they are awakened, and then go forward at
some more popular church. I have seen many of the
young converts, and they tell me that they bless the Lord
that they went to the Miller meetings."
A few days since, our gentlemanly Postmaster in this
city, received a letter which must have struck that popu
lar official as being somewhat out of the line of his ordi
nary business. He politely handed it over to this office,
and we gladly attended to the request it contains.
" UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Jan. 30, 1843.
" Dear Sir, The subject of Millerism is exciting some
commotion in this quarter. Indeed, some of our most
intelligent editors and divines are advocating his doc
trines, both from the pulpit and the printing offices. I
feel some interest in this subject, and would be very glad
if you would send to me any papers which contain any
of the doctrines, views, or arguments, or expositions
of the Scriptures, by Mr. Miller. J beg you will not
consider it forward in me in thus addressing you. The
interest we must all feel in this great and solemn
question, will be, I hope, sufficient excuse for this ap
parent breach of all the rules of etiquette. By sending
these papers to me, or informing me where I can be
able to get them, you will confer a favor that it may
be perhaps in my power, at some time or other, to re
turn.
" I beg you to accept my sincere wishes for your
happiness, & c. In haste,
" JOHN L. PEYTON."
REVIEW
OF MR. ROBERTS 5 SERMON,
AGAINST THE ADVENT NIGH,
Delivered at the Market Street, Methodist Church,
Newark, ' N. J. By L. D. Fleming.
The following remarks are, strictly speaking,
a review of Mr. " Bowling's Reply to Mr. Mil
ler," rather than a review of Mr. Roberts' Ser
mon, as Mr. Roberts' entire argument, and even
his criticisms, which were presented to the au
dience in such a manner as to make them ap
pear his own, were all taken from Mr. Bowling,
almost verbatim ci literatim. Hence, our stric
tures are on Mr. Bowling in fact, but on Mr.
Roberts by the way. Our limits will only allow
us to take a very cursory view of those points
on which the greatest stress was laid.
1. Mr. Bowling seems to have become quite
a text book among those who wish to oppose the
doctrine of the Advent nigh. Speaking of our
calculation as connected with the birth and death
of Christ, lf It is very unfortunate J or these calcu
lations" says Mr. Roberts, or rather Mr. Bow
ling, c* that the end of the world is past already, and
that the event took place more than two years ago"
This is made out by saying that Christ was
born four years before the vulgar era. To this
we will agree. But to the deductions of Mr.
Bowling and his satellite we shall not agree.
As Mr. R. did not produce the evidence to
prove that Christ was born four years before the
vu'gar era, we will present it for him.
According to Josephus, there was an eclipse
of the moon during the last sickness of Herod,
from which eclipse, to the vulgar A. B. 33, are I
36 years. It is evident, that Christ must have I
been about one year old at the time of Herod's
death, as he was taken into Esiypt to escape the !
hand of Herod, and was not brought* back till
after the death of Herod. Here we have as
tronomical proof that Christ was born four years
before the vulgar era. Mr. B and his pupils
suppose that Christ must have been crucified at
the age of 33, however much the time of his
birth may be carried back. Hence, putting it
back four years, they have him crucified A. D.
29, instead of A. B. 33, and they say our calcu
lations must have run out in 1839. This is pe~
litio principii begging the question ! While we
admit that Christ was born four years earlier
than the vulgar era, we also show that he was
37 when he was crucified. In Ferguson's As
tronomy, in ah article headed " The true era of
Christ's birth," he demonstrates by astronomical
facts that the common era of the death of Christ
is correct. The passover was always kept on
the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
Christ was crucified on a Friday at the time of
the passover. And Ferguson says he could
find no paschal full moon on a Friday for sever-al
years on either side of the 22d year of the
reign of Tiberius Ccesar. " And this year,"
says Ferguson, " was the 33d year of our Sa
viour's age, reckoning from the vulgar era of his
birth ; but the 37th reckoning from the true era
thereof." And this was the time of Christ's