w enough of the effect of that theory that
teaches the 2300 days ended in '44, and scores of Shakers can tell you
more even than we can."

Out of the great mass of advent believers in '44, I do not believe you
knew of twenty that did not think the days were ended in '44. We will try
to show, by-and-by, who have followed sound reason; and who have got "the
plain word of God." You say you "know enough of the effect of that theory
that teaches the 2300 days are ended." Allow me to tell you that you do
not know so much about it as you think you do, or as you will wish you
had. You are as much afloat here as you are on the subject of the Sabbath
and commandments. That portion who abandoned the idea of the days being
ended, of which you boast, are of those that organized and entered the
state of the Laodocean church, "neither hot nor cold;" neither in one
position nor yet in another; "always learning and never coming to the
knowledge of (the present) truth." The ending of the 2300 days was the
great burden of the advent teaching in '43 and '44; "then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed." You will have it that this cannot be before the coming
of the Lord, and you see he may come at any time; yes, now, by the first
of January, as your Bible Advocate states. You have now heard something of
the character of this J. Weston. He would have us believe that he was so
full of the spirit of the Lord, that God had revealed to him that Jesus
would come the 24th of December, or by the 1st of January. All good--we
will publish it! What about the 2300 days, Br. W.? Oh, no matter, Jesus is
coming now. H. H. Gross has refuted this time, but look at _him_ last
spring; the 1335 days must end the 18th day of April, and the
resurrection, or they would not end under forty-five years. Well, he
confessed that he was wrong in ever believing that they had ended in '44.
Come, then, where will they end here? Oh, somewhere a little while before
the 1335 days end in the spring of 1847. Well, time has passed on; out he
comes again and says the Lord will come in the spring of 1848. Where will
the 2300 and 1335 days end, friend Gross? Can't say--that is, he don't
say--neither does J. Weston, and he does not correct him for this; it is
only because the advent cannot be until spring. And here I will ask an
opinion--that there is not a man in the whole advent ranks--(it seems to me
that I will not even except you)--that can show that the Lord will come
this winter or