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Excerpt from An Argument for Cleansing the Sanctuary: Delivered in the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Being in Opposition to the Prevailing System of Allowing Ungodly and Irresponsible Trustees to Manage Church Property, and Non-Communication to Vote Church Elections The discussion reported in this volume has a Presbyterian cast from the circumstances which gave it birth, although the evil animadverted on exists in most other churches, and the principles herein used to combat it, apply to all such, with suitable modifications; and the whole subject is full of interest and importance to all who desire the triumph of spiritual Christianity over the worldly policy which now enslaves the church of God. Every acute observer of the state of things in the Christian world must perceive that whilst a gigantic and complicated system of worldly aggression has been gradually extinguishing the independence, and with it the spirituality, of the church, and is at this time pressing its desolating invasion with fearful success, there are still to be seen scattered indications of a determined resistance to this enemy of all that is truly valuable in religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In presenting this most important subject for the consideration of the people of God, we invite the candid and prayerful attention of all who have ears to hear. It is well understood by thousands that the great disappointment of the Advent believers arose from the fact that they believed the cleansing of the sanctuary to be the burning of the earth, or some event to transpire at the second advent of the Lord Jesus; and as they could clearly establish the fact that the 2300 days would terminate in the autumn of 1844, they looked with the full assurance of faith and hope for the glorious appearing of the Son of God at that time. Painful and grievous was the disappointment; and while the heart of the trusting was bowed with sorrow, numbers were not wanting who openly denied the hand of God in the Advent movement, and made utter shipwreck of their faith. As the subject of the sanctuary of the Bible involves the most important facts connected with our disappointment, it is worthy of the serious attention of all who wait the consolation of Israel. Those who have any interest in the past Advent movement, cannot be otherwise than deeply interested in the question of our disappointment. To examine this question with candor and fairness, and to set forth the reasons why their expectations were not realized, is the object of this work.