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NEW THEME FOR ''ExcITATIoN.r just
as the Canada fire has burned out, new
subject has sprung up, which, according
to the Bosom Times, is "to create trc.
mendous excitement in the Christian
world" The immediate cause ofthis tre-
mcndous excitement that isto be, is work
written ON the prophecies, by the Rev.
VIM. Miller, Of Hampton, New York
The editor ofthe Times, who has read the
work, says that it shows depth of re-
search in the prophetic portion Of the
scriptures, and u boldness Of conception
altogether astonishing. He thus sums up
the author and his book


"The Rev. author, if we are not mis,a-
ken, is a convert from Judaism, and like
him who was brought up ''at the feet Of
Gamaliel," possesses q thorough know-
edge not only ofthe Levitlcal Law, but Of
the traditions Of the Jewish fathers. The
ground assumed by Rabbi Miller, in its
principal features, is, that the second com.
ing of Christ is Identical with the destruc.
tion of the world, or rather its purihcaton
by fire from all its sinful elements, so az
TO render it III habitation for the Saints
in Glory adring the Thousand years Of
milIenist peace: THIS he constitutes the
first resurrection. The prophecies rcla.
thg to circumstances which are to happen
previous TO the consummation, lie thinks,
are now chiefly fulfilled, and that great
event, which is to cansume the wicked on
the face Of the earth will happen in the
year 1843-only five years from the
present.! The Turkish Empire, he says,
will come to an end in 1889, and the
troublesome times" to the Christian re.
ligon, is all that remains to be fulfilled of
the prophecies"