he first day of the week, for it would not be
reasonable to suppose that Adam began to reckon time before he was
created." He certainly could not be able to work six days before the
first Sabbath. And thus with the second Adam; the first day of the week
he arose and lived. And we find by the _bible_ and by history, that the
first day of the week "_was ever afterwards observed as a day of
worship_." Now I say there is no more truth in these assertions, than
there is in those I have already quoted. There is not one passage in the
bible to show that Christ met with his disciples on the first day of the
week after the day of his resurrection, nor that the first day of the
week was _ever afterwards_ observed as a day of worship; save only in
one instance, and that shall be noticed in its place. And it seems to me
if Adam could not reckon time only from his creation then by the same
rule no other man could reckon time before his birth, and by this
showing Christ could not reckon his time until after his resurrection.
It is painful to me to expose the errors of one whom I have so long
venerated, and still love for the flood of light he has given the world
in respect to the Second Advent of our Saviour; but God's word must be
vindicated if we have to cut off a right arm, "there is nothing true but
truth!" I pray God to forgive him in joining the great multitude of
Advent believers, to sound the retreat back beyond the _tarrying_ time,
just when the virgins had gained a glorious victory over the world, the
flesh, and the devil! Go back from this to the slumbering quarters now;
nothing but treachery to our Master's cause ever dictated such a course!
I never can be made to believe that our glorious Commander designed that
we should leave our sacrifices smoking on the altar of God, in the midst
of the enemies' land, but rather that we should be pushing onward from
victory to victory, until we are established in the Capital of _His_
kingdom. Would it have been expedient or a mark of courage in General
Taylor, after he had conquered the Mexican army on the 9th May last, to
have retreated back to the capital of the U. States, to place himself
and army on the _broad platform_ of liberty, and [35]commence to travel
the ground over again for the purpose of pursuing and overcoming his
vanquished foe? No! Every person of common sense knows that such a
course would have overwhelmed him and all his followers with unutterable
disgrace, no matte