here, the first of January. It is well known that the spring, or fall is
the only place ever fixed for their ending.

Those who believe that Christ was crucified any where but in the middle of
the week are teaching, as H. H. Gross, that his advent will be in the
spring. Those who still believe in the types, and that Christ was
crucified in the midst or half of the week can see no place for the ending
of the 2300 days or the advent of Jesus, but in the seventh month. Neither
can the 6000 years end any where but in the seventh month; the proof is
clear in Gen. i: 11, 12, and 29, that the seed and fruit was ripe for the
harvest when God finished his six days; proof, Adam and Eve partook of it.
It is also perfectly clear that God changed the beginning of the year from
thence to the first month, to commence the feasts of the Lord and the
types to which we have, and still may, refer; see Exo. xii: 2; xiii: 3, 4;
xxxiv: 18; Deut. xvi: 1. This was the beginning of months and the
beginning of the year, the passover month.

Now we say here, according to the scriptures, Christ was crucified on the
14th day of Abib, or April, in the midst (or middle) of the week, meaning
the last week of the seventy. This is just 486-1/2 years; then the balance
_eighteen hundred and thirteen and a half_ years more, would just make the
2300 days, or years. Now carry the half year from the Passover to the fall
of the seventh month, then you will have just 1813 full years to come.
Then, of course, every full year unto the last, must end here; and it is
not in the power of man to make them end any where else, but in the
seventh month. Neither is it in the power of any adventist, who says he
believes in the speedy coming of Christ, to show any thing about their
ending, since Oct. 1844, because we never have, and it is not likely we
ever shall know of any other place or point, for their ending. If the
beating of the air, three years, has proved a failure, and made the
subject gross darkness, what can be expected from a farther experiment. If
any one disputes this point, he will confer a great favor by showing where
they do end.

There is _one_ more point; that is, God's people are now in their trial
foretold by prophets and apostles; and in their every day experience. If
they deny this, then they cannot look for Jesus, because that trial must
take place here in _time_; and according to the type, it must be while
Jesus our great high priest is cleansing