Observer Mocks Adventists While Lamenting Church Barrenness
From Advent Herald and Morning watch of 1845.
So says the New York “Observer,” at the commencement of a long article, in which it mourns that “the Lord has departed from us,” that “the heavens are shut up,” &c. But while mourning over the barrenness of the churches, and supplicating the genial influences of the Holy Spirit, its editor has to go out of his way to say, that Millerites, Mormonites, and other fanatics equally wild, “can get up an excitement.” Now, Mr. “Observer,” we wish to whisper in your ear, that so long as you blaspheme God by connecting a belief of Christ’s soon appearing—a belief that rests alone on the scripture, and for which we are taught in the scriptures to pray—with Mormonism—a phantasy that professes to be by other revelations than those in the Bible,—so long will God send barrenness and leanness to your soul. Point us to the church which the Holy Spirit has deigned to bless, while opposing the doctrine of Christ’s coming!—Point us to the sermon, or editorial, against that doctrine, that has been instrumental in the awakening of a single soul! The instance cannot be found. God has marked all opposition to this doctrine with a curse. And he will only bless those who cease to oppose. If, then, you in sincerity feel the need of a revival, lay aside your opposition to those who are looking for that “blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”