NEWARK, Thursday, Nov. 10.

  As I told you in my last letter of last evening, the sermon preached by Dr. Brownlee in the Dutch Church here created a tremendous excitement, and as there are thousands here who endeavored to obtain admittance, but could not, I think it advisable to send you a report of it, the more especially as there is a great anxiety, I know, in New York, to hear and see what can be said against Miller's doctrines and views. I told you, before, that I do know believe any of his calculations; at the same time I tell you seriously that they are implicitly believed in by a large number in this neighborhood; and that if they are not contradicted and shown to be false upon good authority, they will alarm, and perhaps fatally alarm, many timid and weak-minded persons all over the country. I therefore repeat my serious conviction that it is the duty of all theologians and divines, and good biblical chronologists, (such as Dr. Cox) to come out against this doctrine and show it to be false, and set the thing at rest. Otherwise as the year 1843 approaches, there will be some strange scenes of fanaticism. I perceive that four persons in Massachusetts have already become insane by this preaching, therefore the importance of hearing what such men as Dr. Brownlee and Dr. Cox have to say against it, will readily be seen.—Here is his sermon, then, without further preface.

DR. BROWNLEE'S SERMON AGAINST MILLERISM.

  The Doctor took his text from the 20th chapter of Revelations, and read the first seven verses:—

1: And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2: And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3: And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5: But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7: And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.

  He went on:—This teaches us that Christ will reign at least one thousand years on earth. This is a very extraordinary age and very important events are now transpiring in all parts of the world. Most interesting prophecies are now in the course of fulfillment. This fixes the attention of the whole Christian community upon the second coming of Christ, which may be expected shortly. No believer in the Bible can doubt the approach of the Millennium, the Golden Age of the Earth. We have had our Iron Age with a vengeance, and other ages, but the Golden Age of the Millennium is yet to come. As when Christ was about to come first, all looked anxiously for him; so now all look anxiously for his second appearance. This millennium is specially foretold by Isaiah, by Daniel, and particularly by John in the words of my text. I shall divide the subject into four great heads. 1st. Is the Millennium past? One friend and brother has written a book to show that it has. 2d. I shall refute the doctrines of Father Miller. 3d. I shall give an exposition of this passage, and subject it to fair criticism. And 4th. I shall show that the reign of Christ on earth is not bodily or personal, but spiritual; that is, he shall fill the earth with his glory, while the heavens retain his person. [Here there was a great noise and rush from the cracking of a beam, and Dr. Brownlee supposing it was some of the Millerites kicking up a row, cried out, "I hope some of our honored magistrates will keep order!" but some of the honored magistrates were as much afraid of the beam as anybody.] Those who say that the Millennium is past hold to the Latter Day Glory described in the 21st of Revelations. But it is not past. For there will first be the restraining and binding of the Devil. Then the bringing in the scattered remnant of the Jews with the fullness of the Gentiles; then, the resurrection of the souls of the earthly martyrs who did not worship the beast and image, it will be a resurrection of their souls, not their bodies, and then their spirits will fill the righteous who live on earth. I defy any one to show where the resurrection of the soul means the restoration of man to life. The bringing in of the Jews will probably commence about 1843, next year, and occupy from that time till 1847. This will be the great event set forth to take place next year; not the end of the world. During the 1000 years of the Millennium Satan will be bound. Then at the end of that time he will be let loose, and there will be a terrible time for the Saints—the fearful invasion of Gog and Magog, infidelity shall flourish and the spirits of Old Pharoah and Judas shall live in the hearts of many; this is the apostacy following the Millennium; and when the Church is almost destroyed—during this "little season" of the 3d verse then the end will come. Christ will descend with a shout of the arch-angels and the trumpets—all the dead shall stand before God—the judgment shall be set and the books be opened. This is the literal and last resurrection! This is the statement of the Bible; let us not break through it. If the Millennium has past, when did it take place? Certainly not in the first three centuries. Was it in the days of Constantine? No: for though there was a great spread of Christianity then, and a nominal Christian on the throne, paganism had not fallen. In 360, Julian the Apostate did his utmost to increase paganism, but God cut him off. In 606 the Eastern Anti-Christ, "Mahomedanism," and the Western Anti-Christ, "Popery" arose—these were the dark ages. The Millennium was not then. We come, then, down to Luther in 1520. It was not then; that was only the dawning of the day of truth. We think hard of some of the Miller brethren, who give us ministers hard names, which we don't deserve from the followers of Father Miller. Now let us look at his doctrines. First, he says we are on the very verge of the end of the world. This is not true. He has fixed the year, the month, and the day.^* The 24 th of April, 1843! This is not the first, second or half a dozen times that the end of the world has been prophecied. Now in allusion to the time of the 2300 days or years to the end, so much talked about by Father Miller, several starting points might be taken. We might take 536 B.C. the time of the decree of Cyrus; or 518 B.C. the decree of Darius Astaspes, or 457 B.C. the decree of Artaxerxes, or 441 B.C. or 404 B.C. Father Miller takes the third date to start from, though without a single reason whatever; that date refers to the cleansing of the sanctuary—not the end of the world. Read it and judge for yourselves. I saw from the reports in the New York Herald, which, I am told, are very correct, Father Miller's account of how Christ will come next year, with a great light, and so on. It's all delusion! If we take the first of these dates, it will bring us to 1764, a time of great events. The second brings us to 1782, the close of our revolution, and a time of important events. The third brings us, it is true, to 1843, which will be a time of great events—as from 1843 to 1847 the Jews will be restored. The next gives us 1856, and the next 1866, which may be the commencement of the preparation for the Millennium, when Anti-Christ will receive his terrible blow. But the end of the world will not be at either of these periods (see Daniel 9th, chap. 6th and 7th verses), then read the last verse. This refers to the end of the sorrows of the Jews; they shall be gathered under David (Christ), but it shall be a spiritual reign of his over them. The four beasts spoken of undoubtedly refer to the four great kingdoms, Assyria, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. When Pagan Rome fell, the ten toes of the fourth beast represented the continuation of the Roman Empire. The little horn represented the Pope of Rome. This corresponds precisely with the first and second beast of Revelations. And I pledge myself to prove that papal Rome, the second beast, borrowed all its rites, its round cake, and every thing else, from holy water down to the mass, from the first beast, pagan Rome. This little horn lasted 1260 years—threw down three horns; these were the Exarchate of Ravenna, the state of Rome, and the kingdom of the Lombards. No scholar in the world can believe that the world is coming to an end next April. It's utterly impossible! If it does, the Almighty has told the greatest lies that were ever uttered. Now, the world can't come to an end till the eastern and western Anti-Christ are destroyed; and if Father Miller is going to destroy them before next April, he'll have to make quick work of it. Then, the Jews must first be gathered home from all nations; and it will be rapid work to do that before next April. Then, again, the Gospel must be preached to every nation, people, and tongue. See the Revelations and Matthew:—

6. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. 14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 19. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

  Every individual must have the gospel plainly preached to him before the end of the world. This would take 10,000,000 of preachers, and where is Father Miller? Why don't he send out his missionaries? Then, also, the Millennium must come and last 1000 years or more before the end of the world. Dr. Nott shows that if the 2300 days meant years then the 1000 years meant periods of 360 days each, and each day for a year thus:—

  Thus, then the Millennium may last 360,000 years.—And the glories of that period I leave to the poet to describe. This world is yet in its infancy, and yet these people would murder it next April. (Considerable smiling among the ladies.) The reporter of the "New York Herald" says that the ladies of Newark have been frightened by these declarations of Father Miller almost into fits. They need not be alarmed. I pledge my word that the world will not come to an end next year. I appeal to every candid Christian here whether I have not demolished these Millerites and their doctrines; and shown that the world cannot come to an end next April.—Before that, we shall have the first resurrection of the spirits of the good; then the second resurrection of the spirits of the wicked; and third, the last and literal resurrection of all things, and then the judgment. There is not a text to prove the personal reign of Christ on earth. The modern Millenarians says that he will come bodily to Jerusalem. Now, suppose he should? What good would it do you here? You could n't see him; and if you were to go to Jerusalem, when you got within 500 miles of it, there would be a perfect jam; and this would cause a pestilence first and a famine afterwards! But I should like kindly to whisper a word in Father Miller's ear, "If you know that the end will be next year, you know more than Christ himself."

32. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

  Yet Father Miller says he knows both the day and the hour. But I fear that if the 24th of April passes, and the sun rises and sets as on any other day, that a shout of infidelity will arise from the unbelievers; but if any such are here, I appeal to you in the name of reason, science and philosophy, not to believe these false prophets. The world is not going to end next year. Read your bible on your knees. Read Daniel and judge. Yet the world will come to an end at last—Christ may come to us individually before April and the Millennium will come, but I shall not live to see it. In 1843 or 1844 we may see the first dawn of light preparing us for the Millennium, in the restoration of all the Jews to the Holy Land. Then the next great event, the commencement of the Millennium, may be thus: Anti-Christ rose in 606 A.C. That year the Pope was crowned Universal Bishop, by Phocas, Emperor of Rome. In 756, A.C., the Pope was crowned by Clovis, King of France!

  In 1866, then, Anti-Christ will receive his great blow. Now Popery prevails. At least 150,000 Roman Catholics reach this country every year, principally by way of New Orleans. They have now 1,600,000 members of their church. More than any other sect. Look at Europe, how it prevails! Look at that little nook called Rome—the Pope's farm! See how he rules there! He has the power of a king. He has brought into subjection, successively, every kingdom of Europe. Yet Romanism is to be wasted away. See Thessalonians—

3. For our exhortations were not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile. 4. But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 8. So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

  When in 756 the Pope received the triple crown of Ravenna, Rome, and Lombardy, he became the beast; before that he was the man of sin. Every time he appears with this triple crown, he proclaims to the world, that he is the man spoken of in the prophecies. By 1866, he'll get his death blow; and by 2016, all but the Millennium will be accomplished; popery will be destroyed, the Jews will all have been gathered; the gospel will have been preached to all; and Christ's Kingdom will then triumph over all; and we shall reign 1000 years on earth with him, not he with us. Then let us press on with our Bibles and Missionaries. But especially let us preach against Popery and the Pope—that great beast—the mother of abominations—the scarlet whore of Babylon, whose death is nigh. Still she struggles. Last year the Bishop of Cincinnati received $21,000 from the beast; but my old friend,—I call him my old friend—Bishop Hughes, received only 52,000 francs. [Great laughter.] And now, I have one favor to ask of this congregation; it is that they help us fight against this monster; and to do so it is proposed to take up a collection for the Protestant Society,

  At this many laughed, many went out, a collection was taken up, and many contributed.

  The Millerites are going to reply to Dr. Brownlee, and say they can use him up. To-day they were praying pretty strong that the Almighty would enlighten him. The wind blew so hard as to tear up one of the stakes, and they had to lower the tent again.