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Second Advent Review,: and Sabbath Herald
Second Advent Review,: and Sabbath Herald
be made araeliFasr to ISRAEL, therefore am I come baptizing banner, flag, or colors carried in time of war, an ensign."—
with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit Perhaps it: may properly be said that no associated body of
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon bun,— persons for any length of time maintain, their association with-
And I knew him not ; but he that sent me to baptize with wa- out a standard. The political, moral, and religious associations,
ter, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spir- all have a standard around which they rally, and for which they
it- descending and remaining on him, the same is RE which bap- contend. In this chapter the KING OF KINGS commands a
tizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw and bare record," &c. standard to be lifted up for a people destined to higher honors
It is clear that previous to this time Jesus was not known, or than to receive all the crowns of earthly emperors, or the dia-
manifest to John, nor Israel, as the MEssian'. Neither do the dems of imperial monarchs. Around this standard the daugh-
Scriptures recognize him as the Messiah previous to this point ter of Zion is to rally, and under this banner she is to-"contend
of time. But from this point they begin to recognize him as earnestly fel. the faith once delivered to the saints," " until
such. See John i, 41, Andrewsaid to Simon, We have found the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salva-
:he'MEssIAR ; which is, being interpreted, the Christ. [margin, tion thereof as a lamp that burneth." Then shall those who
the Amitaseatal Again, when Jesus talked with the woman of have fought under this standard, "no more be termed for-
Samaria at Jacob's well, "The woman saith unto him, I know saken," but they shall he made " a praise in the earth."—
that MESSIAS cometh, which is called Christ ;" "Jesus saith Then the Gentiles shall see their righteousness and all kings
unto her, I that speak unto thee AM HE." John, iv, 25, their glory. Then they shall receive those glorious names,
26.. Ontanother occasion He said to his disciples, " But whom and titles, by which the King of Glory is pleased to desig-
say ye that I am ?" " Peter answered, Thou art the_ Gams's." nate them.
He answered Peter, "Blessed art thou Simon Bar-jona : for In view of the glorious results of rallying around, and con-
flesh and blood' bath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father tending under this standard-, I am led to inquire--
which is in heaven." Matt. xvi, 15-17. And when he was I. What-is this standard to be lifted up for the people?
demanded of the high priest whether he was the Christ, " Je- II. Who are required to lift it up ? and
sus said I am." Mark xiv, 61, 62. After Jesus Was anointed, III. When is this standard to be lifted up ?
he was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for- I. What is the standard ? John while in the isle of Patmos,
ty days, he then returns in the power of the Spirit (into which in holy vision, hears the proclamation of three messages to
he had been anointed) into Galilee, and there was delivered them that dwell on the earth, preparatory for, and leading to
to him the Book of the prophet Esaias, and he opened -it and the coming of Christ on the " white cloud." This coming is
read, " The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, BECAUSE HE the same as the one mentioned in connection with our text ;—
HATH ANOINTED me to preach the gospel, &c." Luke " Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh;
iv, 1-18. Here in Galilee is where Jesus BEGAN to preach behold his reward is with him, and his work before him." John
the gospel of the kingdom of God, Saying, THE TIME IS in connection with the third and last message, before time ap-
FULFILLED. Mark i, 9-15. Here " the fullness of the time pearance of the white cloud, brings to view two•classes of per-
was come, when God sent forth his Son." Gal. iv, 4, "Saying sons, each with their appropriate mark, ensign, or standard.—
hear ye him," and from this point Jesus began to preach, &c. One class pays homage to the " beast and his image," by re-
The sixty-nine weeks was the fullness of the time here fulfill- ceiving their mark, or ensign in their forehead, [public profes-
ed. For no other time is given to reveal the point of time for sion,] or in their hand, [some of their works,' while the other
the manifestation of the Messiah. From the above consid- class utterly refuses to pay any adoration, reverence, or respect
erations it is perfectly clear that the sixty-nine weeks ended for the mark -pf the beast, and its two-horned dragon-mouthed
when Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power associate, but choose rather to patiently wait the arrival of the
and BEGAN to preach thes Gospel of the kingdom which was A. white cloud, and its adorable guest. They take for their stand-
DI 27. And he caused " the sacrifice and oblation to cease," ard " the- commandments of God," and the testimony or "- faith
in the middle of the seventieth week, by the sacrifice of him- of Jesus." See Rev. xii, 17.
self, A. D. 31. And the seventieth week ended when the Isaiah [viii, 20] holds up this standard as a true test by which
gospel was sent to the Gentiles, A. I). 34. to try all the children of light, and the children of darkness.—
The seventy weeks, 490 years, terminate then in A. D. 34, " To the law and to time testimony; if they speak.not according
1810 years added -fill up the 2300 years, which terminated in to this word it is because there is no light in them." John and
1844. Arnett, HIRAM EDSON. Isaiah were viewing each the same things. John saw the saints
patiently waiting. Isaiah says of the saints, "I will wait upon
THE STANDARD. the Lord, . . • and I will look for him." John views it
When I take a view of all that has been written and pub- under the third and last message, just before the reaping time.
lished to elucidate and set in order the clear light that now shines Isaiah places it oiler the shut doer, where " the testimony" is to
with such brilliancy upon " the commandments of God and the be bound up, and " the law" sealed " among my disciples."—
testimony of Jesus," or " the law and the testimony," I [Not among the Gentile world.] This is " the seal of the liv-
_feel that nothing from my feeble pen can be added to make the ing God." Rev. vii, 1-3. He'also places it just before the
ligiit more dear, or potent. There is, however, one idea con- wicked are." driven to darkness." _
nected with the present truth, which I do not recollect to have The law and the testimony,. or the commandments of God
seen Written or published. and testimony of Jesus, is the only true standard under which
The Lord bath said by Isaiah, [chap. lxii, 10,] " Go threrigh, the disciples, or true saints are to rally, preparatory to the battle .
go through the gates ; prepare ye the way of the people ; cast of the great day. This is the standard to be lifted up to the
up, cast up the highway, gather out the stones, lift up a people, to the daughter. of Zion, while the way is prepared, the
STANDARD for the people." highway cast up, and the stones and stumbling blocks are east
From this chapter we learn that God will have a people on out, .
the earth, just before be comes with his reward, that he calls II. Who are commanded to lift .up a standard ? The sixth
" the daughter of Zion," The holy people, The redeemed of verse says, " I have set watchmen upon thy walls, 0' Jerusa-
the Lord ;" they shall also be celled, "'Sought out, A city nor lem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night ; ye that
forsaken." He also says " thou shalt be culled by a new name, Make mention of the Lord keepsnot silence." Yes, God has a
which-the mouth of the Lord shall name." They shall also feW chosen and tried, whom he has called ,out and placed upOn,
" be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal dia- the battlements, as faithful sentinels, to proclaim the third an-
dem in the hand of thy God." He also says of this people, gel's message, and lift tip the standard, and say, " If any man
"Thou shalt no more be termed forsaken ; . . . . for the worship the beast, [papal,' or his-image," [protestant," by keep-
Lord_ delighteth in thee," and " as the bridegroom rejoiceth over ing the day They have instituted for a Sabbath, and neglect to
the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over tbee.1' For this people, keep the " Sabbath of the Lord our God," lie "'shall drink of
just before the Lord comes with his reward, and makes them the wine -of the wrath of God," soon to be poured out without
" as crown of glory," and " a royal diadem," a standard is to mixture of mercy.- On the other hand blessed are those who
be lifted up. patiently wait, and. "keep the commandments of God, and the
The detinitioa of standard, according to Butterworth, is " a faith of Jesus." They are also saying down here " to the end
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of the world,' to the daughter of Zion, " Behold thy salvationi until given from Sinai ! It has existed parallel with God hint'
cometh," &c. See verse 11. Self ; and has been, and will be the ruling principle of his gov-
III. When is this standard to be lifted up ? ernment as long as God and his dreated intelligences exist.
To the same watchmen who are required to lift up the stand- ,The holy perfect law of God is the principle of his own being,
-ard, " the Lord bath" proclaimed, [where ?] unto the end of the the principle of his right to rule his own creation.
world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation The law of God is the only principle by which he claims su.
cometh," &c., the only appropriatd time and place for the cry, r periority over his created intelligent beings, and demands of
just before he comes to.reward each as their work shall be.— them love and adoration. To abolish and disannul the law of
John introduces the standard under the third and last message, God would abolish and make void the government of God oyez
previous to the coming of Christ on the white cloud. all worlds. Talk of abolishing and disannulling and improving
Thus we have a definite and clearly defined standard, and the law of God which was already perfect, holy, just and good!!
God has chosen watchmen and placed them on the walls, to pre- ,As well talk of abolishing, or improving God's own existence,
pare the way, and lift up and hold out the true standard to the !and the principle of his own being; For the holy, perfect law
people, and say to the daughter of Zion, Thy King coined) lof God is but the second edition of himself. John has said,
having salvation for all who " keep the commandments of God," " In the heginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God,
and have "the filial of Jesus," and all in their place whore and the w.oan WAS GOD. The same was in the beginning with
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the prophets placed them in the order of prophetic events. 'God." Again, la John 11, 4,j "The OLD COMMANDMENT (o.r
0, how brilliant is the light that now illuminates the path that 'LAW, for they are synonymous terms) is the WORD which ye
shines more and more even to the perfect day. 0 ye Laodi- have beard from the BEGINNING." Word, commandment,
ceans, awake awake ! and no longer be deceived by those and law are synonymous terms in these texts. 'Ibis is clear
who once were leaders to the Advent flock, but now they tread from the face of the text, viz., " The old commandment is the
down the rich pastures, and foul the deep waters with their feet.' word, which ye have heard from the beginning." See also Ch.
God says, he will judge between small cattle of lambs and kids, iii, 11, 12, " For this is the message (margin commandment)
and the great he-goats:. [See margin.] What a fearful doom that ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one
awaits those who have led the flock astray from the true stand- another. Not as Cain, &c." Here we have it in clear terms.
ard. 0, be entreated to no longer follow these false leaders, 'Flic message or commandment, or law of love to one another,
but rally around the true standard, now raised, which is des- was from the BEGINNING. And who will say that the law of
tined to triumph over all others ; the standard of King Jesus, love to God did not exist from the beginning ? Well then, on
around which all must rally if ever they are numbered with the these two HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPH-
144,000, which are to stand upon Mount Zion with the Lamb.1 ETS. Enoch, Jacob, Joseph and many, others were prophets
0, fly ! fly ! 'Parry not in all the plain. Keep all the corn- before the law was delivered from Mount Sinai. How could
mands of God. Not nine only, remember there is ten. of them, they have hung on the law of love to God, and their neigh-
and a breach of one will cut you off from being numbered with: bor, if no such law existed in their day ?
those " who keep the conunandments of God," and " have' In Jer. xxxi, 81-33, we learn that a new covenant was to be
right to the tree of life," &c. Also get " the faith," or " testi-; made with the house of Israel, but not according to the cove-
molly of Jesus," by which you may learn his true position in rant made with them in Horeb, when they were led out of
the heavenly Summary, and confess your sins, that they mayl Egypt. But the one law is the basis, or foundation of both
be blotted out while the day of atonement lasts; for ill a few, covenants. This is undersiood by the text, " I Will write KT
days he will put off his priestly robes, and put on " the garments! LAW in- their hearts," &c. No idea of making a new _lawis in-
of vengeance." Then all who are not found under the true! timated, and nothing like annulling any portion of it, nor of im-
standard, sealed with the law, will be ranked under the banner' proving, re-enacting, or making new his law. But the language
of the enemy, and must feel the withering blast of " the four, is, " I will write MY LAW," in broad terms. And we learn [ii
winds" let loose, and the awful anguish of " the seven last' C/or. iii, 3] that the law which was the basis of the covenant
plagues" which are to desolate the earth. made in Horeb, and was written in tables of stone, is the same
" That awful day will surely come, that is written in fleshly tables of the heart, and the one law is
The appointed hour makes haste." the basis of both these covenants. From this fact also we learn
DAVID ARNOLD. that the one perfect law of God, which is holy, just and good, is
Fulton, Oswego Co., N. the basis of a plurality of covenants. How foolish the asser-
tion then of our opponents, that the law of God did not exist
I Letter from Bro. Edson.] until given from Mount Sinai, because it is said in Deut. v, 3,
DEAR BRO. WHITE :—Please send me a few more conies of " The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with
No. 5, containing the article on " the perpetuity of the law of ,us, even us who are alkof us here alive this day." Oh how
some- clear that all this warfare against the law of God is from the
God," by Bro. J. N. Andrews. I have long wanted to see
thing on this most glorious theme. 1 fully believe that the two "carnal " mind, which is enmity against God and is not subject to
great principles on which ALL the law and the prophets HANG, ,the law of God neither indeed can be." '° So then they that
viz., love to God and our neighbor, have existed parallel with are in the flesh (or carnally minded) cannot please God. And
to he carnally minded is death, bat to be spiritually minded is
the existence of created intelligences, and have been the great
spiritaa/," and he
ruling principle of' God's government over all his created intelli- lift! and peace." Paul s Lid, " The law is
delighted in, and served thd law of I. Add Ddvid said,
pent beings. Angels have ever been govmued by this great
" 0 how love I thy law," and " grew peace have they which
rinciple. Angels which kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation, most bertainly violated this great principle of love thy law and nothing shall'olfbu0 thein." Amon.
III RA M EDSON.
God's government. Cain violated the law of love to his brother,
or neighbor. See i John iii, 11, 12. Had not the precept," Thou Fort Gilson, (N. Y.,) Feb. 22, 1851.
shalt not kill," existed, how could Cain have been convicted of
evil or sin ? "Sin is the transgression of the law," and "where To CoasEsroNnssTs.-1. In writing, let everything of a bu-
rro law is, there is no transgression." God said of Abraham, siness nature, such as the names of those who desire to receive
that lie obeyed his voice, and kept his charge, his COMMAND- he Review and Herald, be put in a plocc1, j itsolf, not mixed
mnszrs, his statutes, and his LAWS. (in the broad sense.)
• • And up with other matters.
thirty days before the law was spoken from Mount Sinai, the
2. Let the name and Post-office address, (i. e. the town, Conn-
Lord said unto Moses, that he would prove the children of Isra-
ty, and State,) be distinctly given. Every letter 'lb each word
el whether they would keep his law or no. And he proved
should be plainly written. Some names are so badly written that
them by sending them manna; but some obeyed not, and the
we are not able to find them out. Between the name and the
Lord said unto Moses, " How long refuse ye to keep my cost-
address, a comma (,) should always be inserted, that it maybe
mANDivisNTs and my laws; (in the broad sense,) for see that the
seen what pertains to the name, and what to the address.
Lord bath given you the Sabbath." Mark this : COMMAND-
MENTS and LAWS are synonymous terms. 0 how false the a. Let everything be stated explicitly, and in as few words
assertion of our opponents, that the law of God- never existed as will give a clear expression of the writer's meaning.
THE it EnE AND I-IERALD.
ments of God," &c. A remnant is a small part, and the last end.—
Therefore, the remnant of the seed of the woman must be that " little
THE REVIEW AND HERALD. flock," the last end of the church, at the corning of Christ, to whom it is
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy ward is truth." the " Father's good pleasure " to give the " kingdom." The dragon is
wroth, because they keep the " commandments of God." You can keep
PARIS, MARCH, 1851.
and teach nine of God's immutable laws throughout the length and
breadth of the dragon's dominion, yet his wrath will not be kindled, if
To IRA FANORER—Your communication is received. A press of
other duties has prevented us from noticing it sooner. Having the full- you leave out the fburth, the one that embraces the Sabbath of the Lord
est conviction that your view of the 2300 days, that they extend to, and thy God No one will oppose you in teaching and observing nine of the
terminate this spring, is erroneous, and subversive of the Advent faith, commandments of God ; for they are universally admitted to be binding,
we cannot publish it. If we believed that the 2300 days extended to the and are professedly observed by the churches. But just teach and " do "
Second Advent, and that the cleansing of the Sanctuary was the burning the fourth commandment, and the dragon's ire is at once stirred against
of the world, or the removing of the curse from it, or any portion of it, you. Then, we say, that the reason why the dragon was to be wroth
then we should probably search for the end of the days in the future, or with the " remnant," the " little flock " who are waiting for Jesus, is
renounce the Aditent faith. But there is no evidence that the unit, or because they were to keep the Sabbath, as well as the other nine com-
any portion of it, is the Sanctuary. You cannot bring one text of Holy mandments of God.
Scripture to prove this view of the Sanct nary, so commonly held by Ad- Those who oppose the observance of ALL of the commandments, and
ventists. Do you call to your aid Ex. xv, 17 ; Ps. lxxviii, 54s and lea. call the law of God " a yoke of bondage," a "miserable rickety old law,"
lxiii, 181 We assure you that these texts do not prove what they are &c., and give the idea that those who keep it are fallen from grace, and
said to prove, When compared with each other, and with their con- are in the road to perdition, will meet all this again in the Judgment.
nections, it will be seen that they alone afford sufficient proof that God's Hear what the " Alpha and Omega " says of those who " keep the com-
Sanctuary, under the old, or new dispensation, is not the earth or any mandments of G. d." " Blessed are they that do his command-
portion of it. [See Review and Herald No. 4.] We admit that if the ments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter
earth, or the land of Canaan is the Sanctuary of Dan, viii, 14, then you in through the gates into the city." This testimony is worth more to
are right in looking for the termination of the 2300 days in the future. us, than that of all those who hate the Sabbath of the Lord. But it is
But as there is no Bible proof of it, and as there is abundant evidence not our object to dwell on the Sabbath question at this time; we refer
that the days have ended, and that the Sanctuary of which Christ is a you to our publications on this subject, and also the cleansing of the
Minister, or Priest, is now being cleanses!, your view is all wrong, and Sanctuary. Compare them with the Scriptures, and we trust you will not
perfectly Calculated to ruin those who still adhere to it. It is true that fail to seethe fulfillment of prophecy in our Advent experience, that the
your time will soon expire ; but if we judge of the future by the past, we 2300 days have ended, that the Sanctuary in Heaven is now being cleans-
may expect that when this spring passes, some will still endeavor to pro- ed, that we are in the time of the third angel's message, and that the
long the 2300 days, and look to some future date for their termination. Sabbath of the Lord our God should be observed.
We believe that the " Advent Herald" is correct in commencing the
The following remarks on the 70 weeks, and the 2300 days, from the
70 weeks and 2300 days B. c. 457, and in placing the crucifixion in the
" Advent Herald," are full of truth and interest, and should be carefully
" midst " [middle] of the 70th week, in the spring of A. D. 31 ; conse-
studied by all our readers. It will be seen that this view establishes
quently the end of the 70 weeks in the autumn of A. D. 34. You see
one of the main pillars of the present truth.
that this view does not fail to terminate the 2300 dap in the autumn of
"To ConeeseoreDesrs. W.—Should we receive a communication
A. D. 1844, You do not fail to see the "nakedness" of their position, in which it was earnestly claimed that four and five make ten, backed by
while they still adhere to the . unscriptural view that this earth, or any arguments, conclusive to the writer, but of no weight to our mind,
portion of it, is the Sanctuary ; for they have a blank space of six and a what would he our duty respecting its publication? It might be claim-
half years, with nothing to cover it. But we assure you that your po- ed that a free interchange of thought might evolve light on the subject,
sition is, in reality, no better than that of the "herald." and we might he pained to refuse the friend who wished to see his arti-
cle in print. Yet mild we publish it? Should we do so, it would not
With you, we believe that the Bible gives us definite time, and that it only expose his want of comprehension, but would reflect on our own
was to be understood, and preached, and with it the world was to he understanding, and show our unfitness for the station in which we are
warned. But we do net believe that God designed that such work placed, which requires that we detect and expose fallacious reasoning,
should be made with the 2300 days as has been, since 1844, in setting and give no place to statements which are not facts. * * *
As men do not naturally like to be shown to be mistaken, to point out
some six or eight diffeient times for their termination, with little or no mistakes is no pleasant duty. And as it is always more agreeable to
evidence. God does not have to mend his work, and do it over again gratify a friend, than to refuse his communication, to reject such is often
and again. The Angel, with the'_' everlasting gospel," [Rev. xiv, 6,7,] a painful duty.
who proclaimed " the hour [period or time] of His judgment," did not " Now the above applies to your, and all the communications we have
received, or seen elsewhere, attempting to assign a new date for the ter-
misunderstand his message from 1840 to 1844. That trumpet of alarm mination of the seventy weeks. There are certain chronological points
did net give an uncertain sound. That proclamation had all the marks which have been pilled as fixed; and before the seventy weeks can be
of the work °Wed, and we are far from admitting that that Angel start- made to terminate at a later period, those must be unsettled, by being •
ed with a wrong date, therefore it has become necessary that his meg- shown to have been fixed on wrong principles; and a new date must be
sage should be corrected some six or eight times! assigned for their commencement based on better principles.
" Now, that the commencement of the reign of ARTAXERXES LONGI-
/le that has given us time has also taken care of chronology ; and mANus was s. c. 464-3 is demonstrated by the agreement of above twen-
when the right time game, removed the " seal " so that the " vision " ty eclipses, whist) have been repeatedly calculated, and have invariably
might be understood, believed, preached, and the world warned. We been found to fall in the times specified. Before it can be shown that
did wide/stand the "vision," the right time was proclaimed, and God the commencement of his reign is wrongly fixed, it must first be shown
that those eclipses have all been wrongly calculated. This no one has,
set his seal to it, Amen. or ever will venture to; do. Consequently the commencement of his
Do not think us harsh, and unchristian when we, honestly and in love, reign. cannot be removed from that point.
tell you that this work of removing the " land marks," and following on " The seventy weeks must date from some decree, for the restoration
from one point of time to another to find the end of the 2300 days, like a ofJerusalem. Only two events are named in the reign of ARTAXERXES
for the commencement of those weeks. The one is the decree of the
man, following his shadow, dishonors the Advent cause, destroys true seventh year of his reign, and the other, that of. the twentieth. From
faith. offends Geld, and if ,persisted in, will lead to certain ruin. We tine of these, those four hundred and ninety years must reckon. As his
invite you to turn your attention to a more excellent way. Once more reign began H, c. 464-3, his seventh year must haVe been a. c. 458-7 ;
read the fourteenth chapter of Revelation, and mark well the messages and his twentieth a. c. 445-4. If the seventy, weeks date from the fer-
nier, they cannot terminate later than A, D. 34 •' and if from the latter,
of the fine, ,second, and third Angels. Notice with care the message of they cannot have terminated earlier thae,A, D, 46-7, Consequently you
the third, which introduced the "commandments of GeV' which. are cannot terminate them in 4. D. 41, as you do, without first showing the
the tea commandments, and. nothing more nor less. - .Compare this with' inaccuracy of the astronomical calculations,
Chap. xii, yY. " And the dragon was wroth with 'the woman, and went "In addition to the above, sixty-Ate of the severity were to extend to
40 040 waT with the remnant of her seed; the Mutsu-it, the Prince. It does not read that they are to terminate
which keep the caternatid- when 16 is called the Prince, or- that he is to begin to be the Prince ,
TIM REVIEW AND HERALD.
w ilea they terminate. They were to extend to the MESSIAH—the' candor. The " Publishing Committee " are all of them destitute of
words, Tile PRINCE, being added to show who was signified by the Mes- Means of their own, therefore, those who are iblefested in the spread of
8IAII. Sixty-nine weeks of years are four hundred and eighty-three
years. 13Minning these with the seventh of ARTAXERXES, they extend truth, and aid benefited by the publications, will see that the pleasure
t) A. D. 264; dating from the twentieth, they terminate in A. D. 30-40, and blessing of sustaining this cause is theirs. The brethren in this
Was there aortbing in dither of thote years which would make the State are generally poor. None in this vicinity own a foot of land, a
words, unto M Essi,ku the PaiNcE,' appiopriale When JF.'1U8 was hap- house, or even a horse. But the cause of publishing has been freely
tiz td of Jolts in Joriam a voice Was heard from heaven acknowledging
and fully sustained. There has been no lack the year past. God has
the SAVIOUR as the SON of GOD, in whom the Father was well pleas-
ed. Consequently HE was ' the Messwi—the Prince ' whose coining opened the hearts of a few of the friends of the cause. Some who have
had been predicted. With that baptism the SAVIOUR, commenced the no other means to sustain their families and the cause than day labor,
work of his public ministry- -the MESSIAH the Prince had i hen dome, as it hand dohs Much. A zeal for the truth is kindled in some hearts that
was predicted lid should at the end of sixty-nine weeks. When he was will not be checked, and the cause will be sustained.
acknowledged as the Son of Goo—the MESSIAH—he went into Galilee
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of Goo, and saying, The time is But, we ask, is it right that a few self-sacrificing souls should bear
fulfilled.' rbe time then fulfilled, must have been some predicted peri- the whole expense, and share thewhole blessing? Our readers will all
od, There was no predicted period which could then terielnatd; but the answer, that it is not. Mark this: we do not speak of want. If this
sixty-nine, or Seventy weeks. Did either of thdse then terminate? We was any other than the cause of God, we then might have to urge appeal
have seen that the former; reckoned fl'orn the seventh of ARTAXERXES,
as it is fixed by :istromimidal Calculations, would end in A. D. 26-7 ; and after appeal for help, as is done in other papers, More than a score of
A: D, 27 we find is the precise point of time kvhdn the SAVIOUR must brethren have said to us, " If you need means, just let me know it and
have been about thirty years of age, when he was baptized of lops, and you shall have it," But shall we call on such free hearted brethren
declared the time fulfilled. At the first passover the S Avioun attended, while three-fourths of those who read the Review and Herald have done
Whidh Could not have been later than the spring of his second year, the
Jews told him that the temple had then been forty-sixyears in building: nothing to support it? We think we should not. We shall therefore
reckoning back forty-six years from A. D. 28, they began a. c. 17, which expect these who have fully embraced the present truth, and who have
is the precise year when Helton began the work of rebuilding the tem- not aided in this work, to help us as the Lord has prospered them.—
ple. Prom the eclipse which marked the death of HsitoD, before which We do not expect help from those who are not fully with us in the pre-
the SAVIOUR had been born, his birth could not have been later than B. c. sent truth ; but those who are, will not neglect their duty,
4, which would make him about thirty at the very time of his baptism of W,
JOHN. Such a concurrence of chronological, astronomical, and histor-
ical testimony, can only be set aside by testimony still more conclusive. PUBLICATIONS.
Your argument that he was not called a prince till after his crucifixion The calls for publications have probably increased ten fold the last
is of no weight ; for the Jews could not have crucified " the Prince of
six months. And it seems necessary that quite an amount of means
life," as Pcireii accused them, if he was not the Prince of life till after
his crucifixion. should be immediately expended, riot only in publishing new works on,
* * at " But what was to occur in the midst of the week? the present truth, but in getting out another edition of a number of
The sacrifice and oblation ' was then to cease. Those Jewish ordi- works which are nearly exhausted. As there are but few laborers in
nances could only cease actually or virtually. They did not actually the wide " harvest," and in many places but few to hear the evidences
cease till A. D. 70. They ceased virtually only at the crucifixion : they
then ceased to foreshadow the sacrifice then offered. Was that in the of our position, publications must take the place, in a great measure, of
midst of the week? 3 1-2 years from A. D. 27 bring us to the spring of lectures. The brethren that travel cannot tarry long enough, in each
A. D. 31, where Dr. HALEs has demonstrated the crucifixion took place. place they visit, to spread out before those who have " an ear to hear,"
The week during which the covenant was confirmed, was that in the one half the Scripture evidence of our position ; therefore they must
midst ' of which the sacrifice and oblation virtually ceased. Conse-
quently- it could riot extend beyond A. D. 34—the latest time to w hich have publications, containing an exposition of our views, to leave with
seventy weeks from the seventh of ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS could those whose ears and hearts are open to the truth.
reach. We have thought best to circulate all our publications gratuitously.
" As those chronological points, on which the whole question turns, But in doing so there are some thingS which are unpleasant and wrong
are unnoticed in your article, to publish it would only tend to throw
doubt and uncertainty on that which is well established,—the same as if which we will name. 1. A few devoted brethren and sisters have made
we should question whether two and two make four." liberal donations in order that the publications might, without money or
price, be put into the hands of all those who would read them ; while
We have on hand about 200 copies of all the back numbers of the most of those who have been benefited by them have contributed nothing
Review and Herald, which we will send to those who wish them.— to defray the expenses of publishing. This is not right. Every broth-
Those who send in names, should state whether the hack numbers are er and sister should be forward to do something, " as God has prosper-
wanted. We hear that some have not received the paper regularly.— ed " thorn. But as the publications are circulated free, and as a few
Those who have not can be supplied. whole-hearted servants of the Lord have sold worldly possessions, or
The two new works, viz: " The Bible Sabbath'," and " Thoughts on have divided the small amount obtained by day labor, and have freely
the Sabbath and the perpetuity of the Law of God," can be obtained of contributed, so that we have had no occasion to make any call for means,
Bro. Otis Nichols, Dorchester, Mass., or at this place. many entirely neglect their duty in this matter.
TIIE HYMN Boox.—We have a few left. Price, 12 for $1, or 12 1-2 2. Some seem to use and distribute the publications as if they cost
cts. single copy. nothing, which is very likely to give the impression, to many, that they
The brethren in Western New York can obtain the Chart of Elias are of but little value, hardly worth reading. Therefore, in some eases,
Goodwin, Oswego. at least, they will not be so likely to accomplish good as if sold at a rea-
sonable price. Here we will say, that the folding, stitching, wrapping,
THE PAPER.—It ma.y be our duty to say a few words relative to the &c., has been done by those (some of feeble constitution, who have oft-
course we have pursued in sending out the paper. When we began to en labored till past midnight) who have had no other pay than the con-
publish we had but a very small list of names; in fact but few indeed, sciousness of having done what they could for the cause, It can but be
were then interested in the present truth. We thought best to send the a cause of grief to have the publications freely banded out, without price,
paper to all, whose names were sent in by the brethren, without price. to those where there is no possible hope of their doing good. Said Je-
Thus we have continued to do, and God has blessed the effort, far be- sus,;` Give not that which is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
yond our expectations. But very few papers have been returned, and before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
most every mail brings some new names for our list. Some, however, and rend you."
to whom we send the paper without money or price, seem to manifest We cannot refrain from urging the necessity of having these things,
quite a sour disposition ; but in these days of discord and war, among which are unpleasant and certainly wrong, corrected by the brethren.—
those who reject the present truth, we may expect to be treated un- We have been extremely anxious that all who are searching for truth
kindly by some at least. But the cheering accounts, from the brethren, should have the publications, therefore, in order that the light should at
of the work of the Lord, and the spread of truth, fill us with joy, and once be set before such, we have thought best to circulate them without
urge us on in our present work. price; but it should be done in a judiciousmanner, and all the friends of
Our object in sending out the paper gratuitously has been, that it the cause should be invited to cast in their mite, to aid in paying for
might immediately be put into the hands of ALL who would read it with them. If any wish publications to distribute to those who are desirous
51 THE REVIEW AND HERALD.
of finding and obeying the truth, let them send in their orders, they shall 'a year ! One is as absurd as the other. It is true that God,
have them ; and if any, are not able to pay the postage, we will pay it after he had brought the natural seed of Abraham out of the
house of bondage, reminded them of his Sabbath, and corn-
for them,
The present state of the cause certainly calls fir a vigorous and united manded them to observe it ; but there is not a word on record
is necessary that gospel 1 to show that it was then instituted. The reason is plain why
effort of all the brethren and sisters. And it
order should be sought for, and carried out, in order that the purpose of God, at that time specially enforced the observance of the Sab-
God be accomplished by us, in letting our "light so shine before" the bath, whielt is as follows
" And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and
scattered members of the body of Christ, that they may be led to glorify the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand
our Father in heaven, in keeping all his commandments. We are cer-land and y a stretched-out arm ; therefore the Lord thy God commanded
tainly safe in following in the footsteps of the apostles of our Lord Jesus ,thee bto keep the Sabbath-day." Dent. v, 15.
Christ, and in carrying out that system of order introduced by them.— While the children of Israel were slaves in Egypt they could
Says St. Paul— not keep the sabbath. But they had been from Egypt but thir-
" Naw concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order ty days when God reminded them of it, and, in giving the man-
to the churches of Galatia, so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, na, guarded the Sabbath by three standing miracles. See
let EVERY ONE OF YOU lay by him in store, as God bath prospered Ex. xvi, 19-30. They were then free, and the only given
him, that there be no gatherings when I come." Cor. xvi, 1, 2. reason why God at that time commanded them to keep his
Now we are quite sure that it would be well pleasing in the sight of Sabbath was because he had brought them " out thence through
the Lord for all our brethren and sisters to act on the plan, (or a similar a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm ; [where they could
one,) in raising funds to meet the expenses of publishing, that was in- keep it therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep
the Sabbath-day." God does not here speak of the Sabbath,
troduced by the Apostle for the poor saints. And we will here suggest'
as of a new institution. He calls it " the Sabbath," as if speak-
the propriety of the brethren in every place, once in two or four weeks,!
ing of an old institution perfectly understood by the people.
collecting what each can spare to aid in publishing. And when for-
God has given but one reason for the institution of the Sab-
warded to us, it shall be credited to the church or individuals who send. bath, and that reason shows that it was " made" for the first
it. " man," Adam, and all his posterity.
" For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all
THE WEEKLY SABBATH INSTITUTED AT CREA- that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed
TION AND NOT AT SINAI. the Sabbath-day and hallowed it."
" Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou That God instituted the weekly Rest for man to keep in
labor, and do all thy work ; But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the commemoration of his Rest on the seventh day, after he had
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, itor
thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor created the world in six days, is as clear as the noon-day sun.
thy stranger that is within thy gates ; It is one of the most simple and glorious truths of the Bible.
le01. in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the.sea and all that The passover was a memorial for Israel, that they might not
in them is, and rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the forget their. wonderful deliverance from Egyptian bondage.—
Sabbath-day, and hallowed it." Ex. xx, 8-11. The communion of the body and blood of Christ is a memki-
These are the words of the fourth commandment, the great al instituted for the church to keep in memory the Lamb of
Sabbath law, which Jehovah spake from the smoking Mount, God who suffered and died for us. So the seventh-day Sabbath
and with his finger wrote upon tables of stone. With the divine is a weekly memorial to commemorate God's Rest-day, after he
requirement is also given the reason why the Creator instituted had created the world, in six, that man might not forget the living
the weekly Rest, which is as follows :—" For [or because] in God who made heaven and earth. If had always observ-
fix ,Clays the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that ed this memorial, none would have forgotten God, and there
.;in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord never would'have been an infidel in the world. How wonder-
;Messed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it." None can fail to ful and wise the plan of Jehovah, laid out in the beginning !—
see that the Sabbatic institution is inseparably connected with Man was to labor uix days, and on the seventh rest from servile
t -God's resting on the seventh day of the first week of time, labor and care ; and by viewing the heavens, the earth, the
-which day he then "blessed" and " sanctified." Therefore, sea, and all things which were created in six days, he was to
.at the close of Creation, God instituted the weekly Rest, a me- call to mind the living God who rested on the seventh.
The passover was to be observed from the time of the deliv-
tInorial of himself, and gave it to " man," to observe in corn-
; memoration of the very day on which the Creator rested.- erance from Egypt, until " Christ our passover" was " sacri-
We are told by those who advocate the no-Sabbath views , ficed for us ;" the communion was to be observed by the church
that the Sabbath was given to commemorate the deliverance from the crucifixion, until the Second Advent of Jesus ; so the
of Israel from Egyptian bondage. But this view is not only seventh-day Sabbath was designed to be kept from the Crea-
-unscriptural but absurd in the extreme. The deliverance of tion to, at least, the close of time.
Israel from Egypt was on the fifteenth day of the month Abib. God has " blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it" but
It was commemorated by its two annual memorials, the pass- once, and that was when there was but one man living.
. over and -the feast of unleavened bread. These institutions " And God BLESSED the seventh day and SANCTIFIED it ; BECAUSE that
:were well calculated to call to mind God's wonderful power in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
Gen. ii, 3.
:manifested in bringing Israel frem the house of bondage. But •
la moment's ieflection is sufficient to satisfy any reasonable Mark well the language of that portion of the decalogue
mind that God never designed the weekly Sabbath to com- which gives the reason for the institution of the Sabbath.—
memorate an event which took .place on the fifteenth day of the When speaking of the Creation in six days, and the Rest of the
month Abib. God rested on the seventh day after six days of seventh, God says, " Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-
labor. That day of. the week he " sanctified" and " blessed." day and hallowed it," '• Here the seventh day is called " the
Sabbath-day" at the very period when he bestowed his blessing
" And on the seventh day GOD ended his work which he had made ;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. upon it, which was on the seventh day of the first week of
And Gon blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it time. As we have seen the institution of the Sabbath insepar-
he had rested from all his work which GOD created and made." Gen. ably connected with God's Rest at the close or Creation, and as
ii, 2, 3. the Creator bestowed his blessing upon " the Sabbath-day" but
It is not possible for the, Sabbath to commemorate any event once, and that at Creation, and as he designed the Sabbath for
only that which occurred on the last day of the first week of a memorial of himself, that the whole human family might call
time. What if we should assert that the feast of unleavened to mind the living God who made heaven aria earth, by follow-
bread was designed to commemorate God's Holy Rest at the ing his example and resting on the seventh day, we are now
close of Creation ? Certainly none would believe us. Neither prepared to understand the words of our Saviour when he says,
should our OppOnents be believed when they assert that the " The Sabbath was made for Man."
seventh day Subtith. was designed to commemorate the deliv- The word " man" when used as it is here, in its broadest
eiance from Egypt, which was to be commemorated only once sense, means all naankiaL. Not the Jews only, but man, the
THE REVIEW ANT) HERALD. 55
whole race of multi the same as in the following texts,: " Man seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said un-,
that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble." ,to Moses, How long refuse ye to:keep my commandments and my laws?
Job xiv, I. " Man goeth forth unto his work and to h-is labor See, tbr that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giyeth
you on the sixth day the bread of two days:',' Ex, xvi,
until evening.", Ps. civ. 23. " There hath no temptation taken
you but such as is common to man." Cor. x. 13. " Man lieth There is something very interesting. in -the circumstance of
down and riseth-not, till the heavens be no more." Job xiv, 12. the people gathering twooiners of manna on. the sixth day.,
No one will say that man in the texts means Jews or Chris- This seems to have been done without the special direpti9n of
tians, for the whole family of Adam is included. In this sense, Moses or the rulers. And when " the rulers of the congrega-
" The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sab- tion came and told Moses," he said unto, them, "This is that
bath.". Adam, Noah, Enoch and Abraham were men, there- which the Lord bath said. Tomorrow is the -rest of the Holy
fore the Sabbath was made for them as well as for Abraham's Sabbath unto the Lord.". Where had the Lord thus said ? at
natural seed. We are men, and the Sabbath was made for us. ? Certainly not; for he did not speak the ten-command. •
The entire record of about twenty-five hundred years from ments till thirty-two days afterward. It is evident that Moses in
the Creation is contained in fifty-two chapters of our Bible, his reply to the rulers of the congregation, referred to. the time
therefore we should not expect that much would be said relative when God blessed and sanctified the seventh- day at Creation,
to the weekly Rest during that period of time. But we find But some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather
early and frequent notices of reckoning by sevens. The term manna, and there was none in the field-. This called forth the
week is used in the contract between Jacob and Laban.- " Ful- rebuke from Him, who hallowed the seventh day. Hew long
fill her week." Gen. xxix, 27. The word Sabbath not being refuse ye to keep my COMMANDMENTS and my LAWS ?—
used in the record of more than two thousand years is no eVir See, for that the Lord hath- given you the Sabbath." Here we
dence that there was none during that time. At a later period, see that God's commandments and laws existed, and were ob-'
even in that time when the transgressor of the law of God, served by his people, before he spake them from Mount Sinai.
was, by the law of Moses,. put to death, the word Salmath is
not found in the divine record of about four hundred years.— DEAR Bno. Writre brief sketch of my last tour west
None will say that there was no Sabbath during that space of may interest some of the scattered flock, Our conference in
time, because it is not mentioned in the record. The word Berlin, Conn.,Feb. 15 and 16-, vas -ery good. Much-interest
Sabbath being left out of that portion of the Bible which only was manifest the proclamation of the " present truth." I
notices the most important events from the Creation to_the de- believe the Lord set it home on the hearts of children and pa-
liverance from Egypt, certainly, is not so remarkable as its be- rents. Some were present and took a part with us that were
ing left out for hundreds of years when enforced by temporal acquainted with the first and second angel's message, who, I
death. trust will also receive the third, and be found, and known as the
As there is no intimation given of the institution of the Sab- restorers of God's Holy Sabbath, in the great and eventful day
bath only at the close of Creation, ant, as Jehovah has so of the Lord.
forcibly shown, by the language of the fourth commandment, We also held meetings in Middletown -and East Hampton:—
that the Sabbath of that commandment is inseparably connected In the first place, several came in to hear our message. At the
with his Rest on the seventh day of the first week of time, we close of the meeting two of them presented some of their
can now clearly see that when Jesus said, " The Sabbath was strongest objections to the seventh day Sabbath, and shut door ;
made for man," be meant for Adam, the first man, and for all but they were powerless and did not affect the hearers, because
his posterity. they failed to produce a " thus saith the Lord" to stay up their
We frequently hear it asserted, by those who oppose the Sab- inferentes. The others professed their sincerity relative to the
bath of the Lord our God, that " the word Sabbath is not men- ',' present truth." I hope they will embrace it fully.
tioned in the Bible, till after the law was given from Mount Si- In the last place we found two.who had been supplied with
nai ; therefore," say they, " it is the Sabbath of the old Jews, the papers, and were anxious to hear and ready to say they be-
and was abolished at the crucifixion, where the Jewish dispen- lieved, so far as they had heard. The next Sabbath, (Feb. 22,)
sation closed." But any one who has read Ex. xii—xx, ought I spent with Bro Waters' family, ;.n East Hamelton, W. N. Y..
to know better than to make this statement. The Lord refreshed us. In Norwich, (24 miles south,) held'
The Sabbath was guarded by three standing miracles in giv- meetings at Bro. Burrows. Here we found some hungry starv-
ing the manna, and was kept by Isitfel, in the wilderness of Sin, ing sheep, two of them wanted the paper sent to them. The:
thirty days before they came to Sinai. The children of Israel types and third angel's message made their past experience so,
departed from Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month, and clear, they were anxious for more light. My prayer is, Lord
tame to the wilderness of Sin on the fifteenth day of the second lead them into the whole truth.
month. See Ex. xvi, 1. There, in the wilderness of Sin, God In Peterborough, I learned that Gerrit Smith, who is so famed
.gave them bread from heaven, and through Moses reminded for his beneficent acts - to the poor, especially to the liberated
them of his Sabbath. They then journeyed to Rephidim, and colored people, was, with his companion keeping the seventh-
froM Rdphidim they came to the desert of Sinai on the fifteenth day Sabbath, but not in the message of the third Angel, Rev..
day of the third month. xiv, 12. He listened a little while,- said he must examine the
Moses was then commanded to sanctify the people, to set subject, regretted very much that his companion was absent
bounds around the Mount, and to be " ready against the third from home, as she was very much interested in the Advent.—
dity." And on the third day, in the morning, " there were thun- Had two meetings here. One Sister, I believe, received the
Sabbath in the message, some others seemed deeply impressed..
ders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the Mount." And
the Lord descended upon it in fire, and from the smoking Mount In Camden, we met with the brethren from Oswego, Scriba,,
proclaimed in awful grandeur, the " Royal Law." But, thirty Sterling, and the three families just removed from- East Hamel--
days before Israel saw Mount Sinai, and thirty-two days be- ton, and Brookfield. The dear brethren who had been wading:
fore they heard the voice of Jehovah repeating to. them the through deep trials were much strengthened with the union of
ten commandments, both God and Moses speak of the Sabbath the little church from East Hamelton. I trust they will continue-
to renew their strength. The, conference on- the Sabbath and:
as of an old institution well understood by the people. first day, (March 1 and 2,) Was an interesting, quickening sea-
" And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as son. Truth seemed to take deep hold on many minds. Quite
munch bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers Of the-dongrega- a number who had been laboring, and struggling for liberty,
tiOn came and told Moses. And he said unto them, This is that which
the Lord bath said, To-morrow is the rest of the Holy Sabbath•unto the and freedom from the enemy, were set free in answer to prayer.
Lord : bake that ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe ; In Devemiix, I found Sisters Cady and Brissee hunzry for the
and that which remiineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the truth. We had a season of interest with theni, and some oth-
morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did ers. Bro. Brissee, I trust, will have the whole message.
not Stink, neither was there any worm Therein. -- When 'I arrived in Boston, (March 6,) 1' learned that Bra.
" And Moses said, Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a Sabbath- unto the Rhodes had found' some that loved. the present truth there.
Lord ; to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather It is very evident, dear. brother, even from the facts of Allis
; bat on the seventh dy,-which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be
none. short tour, that God is .now. gathering his people by ones and
" And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the' twos arid tnrees, from almost every place where the third an-
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