Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
By Editor
A CORRESPONDENT of the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Record of the Times, writing from this village (Battle Creek) speaks as follows in regard to the place and its people. "THERE was an Indian battle fought there, from which the creek which empties into the Kalamazoo river at this point, and the place derived their names. It is quite an interesting place. It contains about five thousand inhabitants, many good buildings and some very pretty residences. Spiritualism is quite popular here—about one half of the people have embraced it. They are about starting a paper to be devoted to their cause. The second Adventists are also quite numerous here. Their cardinal principles of belief are these:—They believe we are in the time of the Third Angel's Message, and that the second appearing of Christ will take place before the passing away of the present generation. That the second advent excitement of forty-three was the fulfilling of prophecy, and that the parable of the ten virgins applies to it. They hold that the true Sabbath is from Friday at sun-down to Saturday at sun-down which they strictly observe. They believe in the sleep of the dead and the utter destruction and annihilation of the wicked. They hold that immersion is the proper mode of baptism, and that the Father and Son are two distinct beings. They publish a paper here that has a circulation of two thousand. A more pious, zealous and devoted and to all appearance conscientious people you will no where meet."
MOUNTAINEER.
Battle Creek, Mich., Sept 15, 1857