THE 
American Millennial Association, 
Organized in Boston, Mass., Nev., 1858, has tor 
ITS OBJECT 
The publication of a Pre-Millennial periodical 
(monthly or oftener), the issue of Books and T1: ell, 
 
calculated to instruct on the subject of Plophecy 
and of a practical character, and the support of M i r.-
isters or Colporteurs in destitute fields of Wan - 
BOARD OF OFFICERS FOR 1872-3. 
President: REV. JoHN PEARSON, Newbury port, 
Mass. 
Vice-Presidents : JOSIAH LITCH, L. H. Tnam As. 
F. GUNNER, I. H. SHIPMAN, M. L. JACKSON and 
WM. L. HOPKINSON. 
Recording Secretary: REV. H. CANFIELD, North 
Attleboro',Mass. 
Correspod
ing Secretary: REV. C. CUNNINGHAM, 
59 East Brookline St., Boston, Mass. 
Treasurer: R. R. luvowLEs, Providence, R. I. 
Auditor: ANTHONY PEARCE, Providence, E. T. 
Directors: L. Osier, D. Bosworth, W. H. Swartz, 
S. Prior, A. W. Brown, P. L. Hopkins, Geo. W. 
Burnham, E. W. Marden, W. J. Hurd, S. Foster 
Wesley Burnham and D. Rupp. 
[For Terms, &c., see Fourth Page.] 
This paper is specially devoted to the advocacy 
of the speedy, personal, pre-millennial advent of 
Christ, the glorification of the church at that epoch, 
the dissolution of the heavens and earth by fire, 
their renewal as the everlasting inheritance of the 
redeemed, and the establishment of the kingdom 
of God; and while rejecting—as it has from the 
commencement of its existence—the doctrine of the 
unconscious state of the dead and extinction of the 
being of the wicked, it will aim to present the truth 
pertaining to the cross and crown of Christ in such 
a way as to make one of the best family papers. 
VOL. XXXIV. NO. 33. 
BOSTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873. 
WHOLE NO. 1673. 
THE AD VENT HERALD, 
The Oldest Prophetic Journal in America, 
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT 
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'‘tIeeupy till I comae." 
"131443.1.1. I ctotoritae crutickly." 
gospel fills us with Christ. Hence, the 
law must die out that Christ may live in 
us.—Times of Refreshing. 
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SOMETIME. 
SoMetime when all life's lessons have been learned, 
And sun and stars for evermore have set; 
The things which our weak judgments here have 
spurned, 
The things o'er which we grieved with lashes 
wet, 
Will flash before us out of life's dark night, 
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue; 
And we shall see, how all God's plans were right 
And how what seemed reproof Was love most 
true. 
- Bro. Orrock is one of the best 
tracts of warning and entreaty to the 
sinner in view of the Lord's coming that 
I ever saw. If it has never been pub;-
lished in the Herald, I should be pleased 
to see it inserted, for I believe it would 
do much good. I hope the A. M. Asso:-
ciation will republish it in tract from and 
scatter it widely, as a ,message of warn7 
ing and salvation to the world. 
J. B. Krmer. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
thing. Rahab had heard of the people 
of Israel, that God had divided for them 
the waters of the Red Sea ; she had 
heard how he had destroyed their ene- 
the feminine form, and of course that," 
in order to refer to either must also have 
the feminine form ; but instead of this 
it has the neuter form ; hence, can not I 
refer to either. Then to what does it 
refer ? We answer, it refers to the sen- I 
timeht expressed, viz : Salvation by 
grace through faith. This is not of our-
selves ; it is the .gift of God. None but 
God could devise it. It is His free gift 
to man.. It remains then for us to accept 
the gift and be saved in the way God 
has provided.—Miprt§7-Ret*d. 
Communicationo mien on the other side of Jordan, and 
sented are those of an exact contract, in I time to puzzle myself with peradventures 
which mutual obligations between the . and futurities. Faith lies at anchor -in 
two contracting parties, each offendingithe midst of the waves, and believes the 
sinner and justly offended God, are spe- accomplishment of the promises through 
cifically stated, and must be as specifically ! all overturning confusions. Upon this 
I accepted, or heaven's divinest instru— God do I live, who is our God forever, 
meets of grace, devised with immeasura- and will be our guide even unto death. 
Me love for man's universal advantage, I Methinks I lie becalmed in His bosom. 
As Luther said, in such a case, "T am 
not much concerned. Let Christ see to 
it." "Faithful is He that hath promised, 
who also will do it." Keo..ekase to God, 
and then a little of the Creature will go 
a great way. Maintain secret commun-
ion with God, and you need felt nothing. 
she believed . it all. She had, indeed, 
Articles not dissented from will not be understood never seen these wonderful people about 
as necessarily endorsed by the editor. We solicit 
communications on prophetic subjects irrespective whom she had heard so much ; and when 
 
of any views which we cherish, —correspondents 
being responsible for the sentiments they advance. 
is not the path of faith. The Spirit does 
not mark it so, but just the contrary. 
Difficulties there may be, and He well 
knows them ; but the province of a true-
hearted confidence in Him is to surmount 
them, not to be overwhelmed before 
them. "Exhorting one another." Each 
in his turn has need of exhortation—
each may be used to give it. Most are 
liable to faint upon the road, and blessed 
it is when one lifts up his fellow. Eccles. 
4 : 9, 10. "Exhorting one another : and 
so much the more, eito.ye see the- day ap-
proaching." The light of the coming 
day should stir us from our slumbers. 
Surely its beams are stealing upon the 
horizon—day of the return of Jesus ! 
day of hope, and joy, and blessedness, 
and everlasting peace. May we be 
found in readiness for it—watching—and 
watching together.—The Testimony. 
" MY REDEEMER." 
THE SCARLET LINE. 
 
• • 
VETERANS REWARDED. 
From the Bible I take it that the re-
deemed of earth will somehow get a 
little nearer the great white throne than 
any other inhabitants of that country. 
It seems to me our relationship is a little 
different in the wonderful mercy of God. 
I think that the time will come when the 
redeemed who have been steadfast, and 
maintained their fealty to God and to 
the great Captain of their salvation, 
rising from their dusty graves, and called 
up into that eternal world, will hear him 
say to Gabriel, Michael, and all the host 
of heaven, " Fall back ! fall back !" 
And he that sitteth upon the throne and 
is King of kings and Lord of lords, will 
exclaim, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the world." It 
seems to ,me we shall get a little nearer 
—that there will be a kind of relation-
ship which angels will not know any-
thing about ; that there will be a feeling 
of love, gratitude and adoration in the 
redeemed host, that those who kept their 
first estate will not feel as we do. How 
we honor those who have stood up like 
men when it required men. to stand ! 
Some of us older °hes can 'remember 
having met, in other' days, the remnant 
of the grand old army of '76. I have 
seen a few of them. Rude, poor, un-
cultivated men they were ; but how we 
honored them and loved to do them rev-
erence ! How even the little bright-eyed 
boys and girls would look slily out of 
the corners of their eyes amidst their 
curls when an old Revolutionary soldier 
passed, and whisper to each other, 
" He is an old Revolutionary soldier." 
I like that ; I think it is right, and I 
think God likes it. 
I imagine when Christ calls home his 
old scattered, battered veterans of the 
cross, who have stood up against sin, 
hell and the devil, and wicked men—
stood as the anvil to the stroke—when 
God lets them through the gates into 
that city, the angels will say to each 
other, "Look ! there is the travail of his 
soul ; there is the purchase of his blood ; 
there are human beings from the dusty 
battle-fields of earth—from that land of 
sin ; there are those who stood' up for 
God—who counted not their lives, for-
tunes,-nor anything else dear to them, that 
they might win Christ." I think when 
that time comes, every redeemed soul 
from earth will be a sort of walking 
wonder in the golden streets, to be gaied 
at and admired of all who love the Lord 
Jesus Christ. Then we shall hear the 
finale of the whole matter, "Well done ! " 
Brother, did you ever think of what 
that means when God Almighty speaks 
it ? That " Well done " means heaven, 
glory, immortality, eternal life ! When 
God says " Well done," there are no 
more temptations, trials, or dangers after 
that. And to secure this—blessed be 
God !—He took not on him the nature 
of angels, but the seed. 
 of Abraham. 
May God make us partakers of all the 
blessings that He died to purchase.—
Bishop Ames. 
And we shall see, how while we frown and sigh, 
God's plans go on as best for you and me; 
How, when we called, he heeded not our cry, 
Because his wisdom to the end could see. 
And e'en as prudent parents disallow 
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood, 
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now 
Life's sweetest things, because it seemeth good. 
And if, sometimes, commingled with life's wine, 
We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink, 
Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine 
Pours out this potion for our lips to drink. 
And if some friend we love is lying low 
Where human kisses cannot reach his face, 
Oh, do not blame the loving Father so, 
But wear your sorrow with obedient grace. 
And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath 
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friend, 
And that, sometimes the sable pall of death 
Conceals the fairest boon his love can send. 
If we could push ajar the gates of life, 
And stand within and all God's workings see, 
We could interpret all this doubt and strife, 
And for each mystery could find a key! 
But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart! 
God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold. 
We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart, 
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold. 
And if, through patient toil we reach the land 
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest, 
When we shall clearly know and understand, 
I think that we will say, " God knew the best!" 
—Baptist Union. 
GATHERED FRAGMENTS. 
MEDITATION.—Those who would be in 
health do not sit still in their houses to 
breathe such air as may come to them, 
but they walk abroad and seek out rural 
and elevated spots that they may inhale 
the invigorating breezes ; and thus those 
godly souls who would be in a vigorous 
spiritual state, do not merely think upon 
such holy doctrines as may come into 
their minds in the ordinary course of 
thought, but they give time to medita-
tion, they walk abroad in the fields of 
truth, and endeavor to climb the heights 
of gospel promises. It is said that 
Enoch walked with God : here is not an 
idle but an active communion. The road 
to bodily health is said to be a foot-path, 
and the way to spiritual health is to ex-
ercise one's self in holy contemplation.—
Spurgeon. 
A BANKRUPT merchant gathered to-
gether the fragments of his fortune and 
went to California. He put all that he 
had into a mill on the bank of a stream. 
Just when the mill -was finished there 
came a great freshet and swept it away. 
When the waters had subsided the man 
walked out with heavy heart to look at 
the ruins. As he walked along the bank 
he saw something gleaming in the rock. 
He looked and found gold. The floods 
which swept away his mill laid bare a 
mine of wealth. Such was the first dis-
covery of gold in California. So God 
often sends floods to sweep away some-
thing we love that he may reveal some-
thing far richer and better. 
FREQUENTLY at the great Roman 
games, the emperor, in order to gratify 
the citizens of Rome, would cause sweet 
perfumes to be rained down upon them 
through the awning which covered the 
amphitheatre. Behold the vases, the 
huge vessels of perfume ! Yes, but 
there is naught here to delight you so 
long as the jars are sealed, but let the 
vases be opened, and the vessels be pour-
ed out, and let the drops of perfumed 
rain begin to descend, and every one is 
refreshed and gratified thereby. Such 
is the love of God. There is a richness 
and a fulness in it, but it is not perceived 
till the Spirit of God pours it out like 
the rain of fragrance over the heads and 
hearts of all the living children of God. 
See, then, the need of having the love of 
God shed abroad in the heart by the 
Holy Ghost ! , 
THE SCRIPTURES are a deep that few 
can wade -far into, and none can wade 
through (as those waters, Ezek. 47 : 5,) 
but yet all may come to the brook and 
refresh themselves with drinking of the 
streams of its living water, and go in a 
little way, according to their strength 
and stature. Now this (I say) may be 
spoken to our shame, and I wish it might 
shame you to amendinent, that so many 
of you either use not the Scriptures at 
all, or, in using, do not use them ; you 
turn over the leaves, and, it may be, run 
through the lines, and consider not what 
they advise you.—Leighton. 
--• •••••• • 
ASSEMBLING TOGETHER. 
must remain utterly inoperative in every 
one of its intended benefits. 
If Christ is any one's accepted and so 
real Redeemer now, he is of such an one's 
own choice his present deliverer from the 
power of indwelling sin. The habit and 
love of sin or self-seeking are fatally 
smitten in his affections and his will. 
That his Redeemer liveth, and that he 
has wrought a great work already in his 
inmost being is a matter of present revi-
dence with him. The glorious future of 
his promised revelation in glory to him 
is forecast now in these present manifes-
tations of his Saviour's presence with his 
soul. He is not to him as the rest -of 
mankind, a mere dead Christ, or at most 
a grand, historic personage, worthy of 
all admiration, but a living presence rath-
er, in all his happy consciousness. He 
"knows that he liveth" to beautify eter-
nity with the fullness of his glory ; be-
cause he who makes such exalting assur-
ances of a grand remembrance of his 
friends in the unending future, proves 
himself here to be more and better to 
them than they could at first have dared 
to dream. " My peace I give unto 
you," he saith to them all ; "not as the 
world giveth give I unto you ; " and that 
peace he gives—peace from the otherwise 
ever-harrowing sense of guilt, peace 
from the victorious sway of sin and temp-
tation in the soul, peace from the pursuit 
of a violated conscience, peace from the 
chafing cares of life, and peace from 
the overawing fear of death. Blessed 
Saviour ! in thy light we see light. Thou 
art the life, the truth, and the way—
rise thou Day-spring of eternity forever 
on the admiring vision of our ravished 
hearts ! 
How often have the precious words : 
" I know that my Redeemer liveth," 
been carved on tombstones set up as me- 
n'inftieg of--those whose had not 
one streak in them of belie\ ‘,2;, prayer-
ful consecration to the will and work of 
Christ. " Nothing but what is good con-
cerning the dead," is a heathen motto 
often followed in Christendom, and by 
those quite as frequently as by others 
who rejoiced to vilify them when living. 
How different is the Bible rule of feeling 
toward the dead, and thus significantly 
expressed ; " Blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord." All others are 
cursed here and will be forever, cursed 
with the unbroken dominion now of 
evil in their souls, and with their own 
self-reproach and the moral distrust of 
their fellows, and the abiding condemna-
tion of God and all the holy above. 
And cursed will they be forever in their 
own consciousness and by the penal vis-
itation of God upon them. 
Worldly men may amuse themselves, 
as many skeptical talkers and writers do, 
with talking about religious duties here 
and human destinies hereafter—as if the 
Bible declrations concerning them were 
all outgrown now by the advanced ideas 
of our day, and their empty words were 
of necessity sure to be represented •by 
corresponding facts under God's admin-
istration of all things. But, like chaff be-
fore a devouring flame, all their false 
speculations will soon disappear to their 
own utter confusion with them. " There 
is no name given under heaven whereby 
men can be saved but the name of Jesus 
Christ of Nazareth." " He that believ-
eth and is baptized shall be saved, and 
he that belieVeth not shall be damned." 
"By their fruits shall ye knOw them." 
"Who is he that _overcometh the world 
but he that believeth that Jesus is the 
Son of God."—Interior. 
"Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves to-
gether, as the manner of some is; but exhorting 
one anothor: and so much the more, as ye see 
the day approaching."—Hebrews 10 : 25. 
It has pleased the Lord to connect, an 
especial blessing with the assembling of 
His people together. We see this even 
in the case of Israel in the wilderness. 
Faint, and weary, and thirsty in that dry 
and barren land, they needed the reviv-
ing an invigorating stream ; and He 
who knew 
 anti Ina their every want Amp-
plied it from the rock, and those to give 
it when they were together. "And the 
Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the 
and 
and • 
my 
de- 
the spies, who were two of them, came 
to ask a lodging at her house, they seem-
ed but poor, wearied, way-worn men ; 
but what she had heard had sunk deep 
into her heart ; she had believed that 
God who thus protected the Israelites 
was the true God, and therefore she re-
ceived the spies gladly ; she preserved 
and sheltered them at her own risk. 
Here was faith and its fruits—faith, so 
that she believed a tale of distant won-
ders wrought for a people of whom she 
knew nothing except by report, and by 
a God of whom before she had been ig-
norant—faith which, when two of these 
people presented themselves at her door, 
made her receive them joyfully, and own 
them as the messengers of God. 
And now, dear reader, a message from 
God is sent to you, in the midst of this 
ruined world : on the one hand, telling 
you that judgment now hangs over this 
doomed earth ; for " the day of the Lord 
so cometh as a thief in the night. For 
when they shall say, Peace and safety ; 
then sudden destruction cometh upon 
them as travail upon a woman with 
child ; and they shall not escape " 
(1 Thess. 5 : -2, 3). On the other hand 
the message is, that "He who believeth 
on the Son hath everlasting life." No 
condemnation awaits such a one ; he is 
delivered from all the wrath that shall 
be poured out upon this earth. 'Washed 
clean in the blood, and accepted in Christ 
as his righteousness, he .will be a partak-
er of the happiness and glory of God, 
when the heavens shall depart " as a 
scroll when it is rolled together ; ,and 
every mountain and island shall be 
moved." 
But let us proceed with the history of 
Rahab. After telling the two men she 
knew the Lord had given them the land, 
she proceeds,—" Now therefore, T pray 
yon, swear unto me by the T era, ,lie•(• I 
have showed you kindness, that ye will 
also shew kindness unto my father's 
"IN THEE DO I TRUST." 
JOSHUA II. & VI. CHAPTERS. 
The city of Jericho was a ver3 rich 
and populous_city in the land of Canaan. 
It was inhabited by people. who had for-
gotten God, and cared only for the riches 
and pleasures of this life. We are not 
told that they were openly filthy and 
immoral in their lives, like the people of 
Sodom and Gomorrah ; but they livedat 
ease ; the world was pleasant to them ; 
all things prospered ; and though out-
ward decency and morality were perhaps 
kept up, yet "God was not in all their 
thoughts." They were, in fact, much 
like the rest of the world, striving how to 
get on in it, careless about God ; and if 
a thought of judgment came across their 
minds, they put off the unpleasant 
thoughts by persuading themselves, "The 
world will last our time ; " " God is mer- 
ciful ; " " We are not worse than our 
neighbors ; " or some such notion. Such 
was Jericho ; but, as such, God had sen-
tenced it to destruction. All, indeed, 
looked fair and prosperous ; the well-
watered plain was green and fertile as 
ever ; the river Jordan gently overflow-
ing its banks, made the meadows most 
productive ; the men of the city were 
strong, healthy, and active ; all that they 
turned their hands to seemed to prosper; 
there was no feebleness, no decay ; and 
their city was so strongly built, and so 
ably defended, that it could defy any 
_army of the enemy, and no human pow-
er could prevail against it. And yet the 
sentence had been passed by God upon 
Jericho. It hung over the city, notwith-
standing its seeming prosperity. God 
saw that their iniquity was full, and their 
judgment slumbered not. 
Now look around you on the world. 
It has been, as Jericho was, sentenced of 
God to destruction. Jesus, before his 
crucifixion, said, " Now is the judgment 
of this world." True, there are no out- 
ward signs of it which your eye can see ; 
seasons return, day follows night, all 
goes on as ever, and yet the sentence is 
passed. You are living in a world that 
is under judgment. Fearful thought ! 
At any moment judgment may come ; 
certain it is, it will come when men least 
expect it. " The day of the Lord will 
come as a thief in the night ; in the 
which the heavens shall pass away with 
a great noise, and the elements shall melt 
with fervent heat, the earth also, and the 
works that are therein shall be burned 
up" (2 Pet. 3 : 10). 
But before Jericho was destroyed, 
Joshua sent " two men to spy secretly, 
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. 
And they went, and came into an har-
lot's house, named Rahab, and lodged 
there" (Josh. 2 : 1). 
Alarm at the judgments of God, of 
which they had beard, had indeed taken 
hold of all the inhabitants of the land, 
but it was a terror soon forgotten ; and 
so far were the people of Jericho from 
taking warning from what they had 
heard, that their king wished to have the 
two men delivered up, that he might kill 
them ; and had it not been for the faith 
and kindness of Rahab, they might have 
perished at his hands. And so it is now 
with this world : warning after warning 
has God been sending before the fearful 
destruction comes ; but who believes the 
report ? who flees from the wrath to 
come ? Almost all mock at it ; some are 
angry at being disturbed by it ; others 
exclaim against such uncharitable doc- 
trine, as if God were really going to 
judge the earth, as if men were really as 
bad as such preachers would make them 
out to be. But there was one woman, 
even in Jericho, who believed God's 
word, and received the spies with peace 
—Rahab, a harlot, perhaps the worst 
woman in the city, despised and spurned 
by all ; yet she boldly says, " I know 
that the Lord hath given you the land." 
She had not, indeed, any better means of 
knowing it than others ; she had only 
heard the same report as they had, but 
she believed it to be true ; for she could 
say, "The Lord your God, He is God in 
heaven above, and in earth beneath." It 
was this belief, this faith, that saved her. 
To believe is, you see, a very simple 
house, and give me a true token : 
that ye will save alive my-father, 
my mother, and my brethren, and 
sisters, and all that they have, and 
liver our lives from death. , And the men . 
answered her, Our life for yours, if ye 
utter nOt this our business. And it shall 
be, when the Lord hath given us the 
land, that we will deal kindly and truly 
with thee." So certain is Rahab that 
destruction is coming on Jericho, that 
she must have an oath and a token from 
the spies for her safety before she lets 
them go. She will take no denial ; and 
they are ready to give all that she de- 
sires. Upon their own lives they stake 
her safety : " Our life for yours." They 
had no need to go back and ask Joshua, 
their captain, whether they might spare 
her life'; no, they can pledge themselves, 
knowing assuredly the mind of their 
captain ; and as surely as they kneW they 
should triumph over the city, so certain 
were they that Rahab and her house 
would be spared. Blessed confidence ! 
Two poor spies in the midst of an ene-
my's city, in peril of their lives, and far* 
from their own army, can pledge their 
lives to a poor harlot, that she and her 
house shall be safe : fully assured that 
the land would be theirs on the one hand, 
and that they have power to proclaim 
deliverance to Rahab on the other. 
And this, dear reader, is like the mes-
sage and pledge of the gospel Which I 
can now give to' you. In the midst of 
an evil world that hates the Lord Jesus, 
with sin and Satan contending in every 
way, with every delusion, against the 
truth ; yet in the name of Him who is 
the Captain of our salvation I can pledge 
to you full, free, eternal deliverance from 
all the guilt of sin, from all the condem-
nation of this world, from all the power 
of Satan and of death; if yoti only be- 
lieve God's word about Jesus. No doubt-
ful message, no uncertain deliverance is 
this which is freely presented to you of 
God. Were I to put an if to it, were I 
to offer it upon conditions, were I to tell 
you only to hope for salvaltioni-I should 
be a false messenger—a lying ambassa-
dor. No ; full, free, everlasting redemp- 
tion you need. Salvation, about which 
there cannot be a shadow of doubt, alone 
will satisfy the desires of your soul ; and 
such is the gracious provision of God in 
Christ for every sinner that really feels 
his need : "Whosoever will, let him take 
the water of life freely" (Rev. 22 : 17). 
Here, you see, the offer is free to every 
one that willeth. "He that believeth 
hath everlasting lift" (John 3 : 36). 
Here, you see, the gift is everlasting. 
" God justifieth the ungodly" (Rom. 4 : 
5). Here, you see, it is .the ungodly, the 
sinner, who has the blessing. 
But Rahab wanted also a token.' "And 
the men said unto her, ....Behold, when 
These are the two sweetest words that 
any one, conseious of his great sinfulness, 
can sound together to himself in the 
depths of his soul. What _wonderful 
heart-force is shut up in that little word 
" my." There is heat enough in it to 
warm any heart, strong or weak, rich or 
poor, refined or vile, with a fresh sense 
of the worth of life, whenever it falls 
anew at any time into the soul, like a 
star into the sea, concerning any really 
valued treasure. My home, my hopes, 
my property, my family, my all, this is a 
kind of universal language needing no 
interpreter to any human heart for its 
full significance, but understood thor-
oughly everywhere at sight. And how 
does each one say and feel when he finds 
another misunderstanding and abusing 
him in word or deed—would he put him-
self in my place, he would show a better 
spirit, and see things in a different light ? 
As each one of a thousand persons 
gazing at a rainbow sees an individual 
arch for himself in the heavens, and no 
one of them can by any possibility see 
any other than his own, so it is with 
each man's view of all surrounding things 
—of earth with all its multifarious con-
tents, and man in-all• his -multiplied pre-
sentations, and the great incomprehensi-
ble God himself over all. It is my own 
view of the universe, and that only, 
rod, and gather thou the assembly to- • that I feel or understand, and to which 
gether, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and 
speak ye unto the rock before their eyes ; 
and it shall bring forth his water, and 
thou shalt bring forth to them water out 
of the rock."—Num. 20 : 7, 8. 
And ' 
again, " The Lord spake unto Moses, 
Gather the people together, and I will 
give them water. Then Israel sang this 
song, Spring up, 0 well ; sing ye unto 
it." Num. 21 : 16, 17. There we see the 
Lord engaging to supply the need, when 
once the people were assembled, and do- 
ing more than he had promised, giving 
them a song as well as refreshment—joy 
and gladness in addition • to the needed 
draught. And is it not so still with us 
who are called of Him to journey to a 
better country, that is, an heavenly ? Do 
we not find the world a wilderness? A 
dry and thirsty land, where no water is? 
And is it not a blessed privilege to meet 
together in His name, of whom the smit-
ten rock was but a type ? Surely His 
promise is still good, " Where two or 
-three are' gathered together in My name, 
there am I in the midst of them." Matt. 
18 : 20. And the name of Jesus has a 
charm in it, which may well attract our 
souls to gather to Him. It is His pres-
ence which alone can cheer and 'animate 
and strengthen us ; His, who was once 
smitten for us on the cursed tree ; who 
there sustained the heavy stroke that our 
. transgressions had deserved from the 
hand of Eternal Justice ; His, who now 
is risen, and ever lives to plead our cause, 
to sympathize, to lead, to feed, refresh, 
and guard us on our pilgrim way ; His, 
who will shortly come again to take us 
to Himself, that where He is, there we 
may be also. It is Jesus who encourages 
us to meet together, who by His Spirit 
promises to be with us in so doing. Sure-
ly, if we love His name, we shall not be 
slow to respond to this—" Not forsaking 
the assembling of ourselves "—the ones 
for whom He died—the ones who have 
tasted that He is gracious—those who 
are bound by every tie of gratitude to 
hearken to'His word ; ourselves—the ob-
jects of His everlasting love—the pur-
chase of His blood—the future compan-
ions of His glory. "Not forsaking "— 
'
111'.1. not turning away from a privilege of His 
offering. In the coming glory, none -Till 
think of it—all will prize the wondrous 
privilege then. Can we without loss, 
neglect it in the wilderness—the place 
where we have the most need ? Some, 
indeed, adopt another manner ; they 
have turned aside, in sorrow it may be, 
in dodly sorrow too, because the privi-
lege has been abused—because the flesh 
has acted to the grieving of the Holy 
Spirit. A cause of humbling, truly ; 
would that our hearts were all more deep- 
humhled at it ! but the path of these 
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present 
help in trouble."—Ps. xlvi. 1. 
It is hard to keep the helm up against 
so many cross-winds as we meet withal 
upon this troubled sea of life. I there-
fore cast all my concerns on the Lord. 
In the midst of painful events, I say with 
myself, Is this an affair in which God 
will not choose for me ? or is it an affair 
in which He will choose otherwise than 
well? Can infinite wisdom be mistaken? 
Can perfect goodness intend me evil ? 
Have I left my eternal interests with 
God, and can I not trust Him with those 
of time ? 
I find that while faith is 
steady, nothing can disquiet me ; and 
when faith totters, nothing can establish 
me. If I stay myself on God, and leave 
Him to work in His own way and time, 
I am at rest, and can sit down and sleep 
in a promise, even when a thousand trou-
bles rise up against me ; therefore, my 
way is not to plan beforehand, but to go 
on with God day by day. "Sufficient 
unto the day is the evil thereof." 
I find so much to do continually in my 
calling and in my heart, that I have no 
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? 
" By grace are ye saved through faith ; 
and that not of yourselves ; it is the 
gift of God." What is it that is not of 
ourselves, but is the gift or God ? Some 
have said that it was grace ; others that 
it was faith. We say in this passage it 
is neither. Understand me. We do 
not say that grace is not the gift of 
God ; neither do we say that faith in a 
certain sense is not. Faith is not a direct, 
supernatural gift, it is not sent down out 
of heaven, but its existence depends 
upon certain indispensible conditions—
there must be a revelation of the facts 
to be believed—there must be testimony 
that the revelation is divine—there must 
be mental and moral activity before faith 
can be possessed ; in a word, God gives 
faith in the same way that he gives 
everything else—in the use of the pre-
scribed means. To expect faith, or pray 
for it, and not study the gospel and seek 
to know the truth,, is as useless as it is to 
expect or pray for a crop of corn and 
not plough the ground nor plant the 
seed. We have said that the passage 
before us does not affirm that either 
grace or faith is the gift of God. By 
reference to the original you will see 
that " grace " and " faith " are both in 
ACROSS THE JORDAN—MOSES DEAD. 
THE Lord took Moses away, and put 
Joshua in the lead of His people before 
they entered the promised land. That 
is one of the things He always does with 
every one of His children in bringing 
them into rest. Moses must die. He 
represents the law. 
Joshua must be put 
in his place. He represents grace. 
The 
name Joshua is identical with Jesus, and 
means Saviour. The law is no Saviour. 
It shows •us our need of salvation, but 
never bestows it upon us. It can bring 
us to the brink of the Jordan, but it 
cannot take us over into the land. It 
can take us up to the top of Mount 
Nebo, and show us the goodly ,land of 
milk and honey, oil and wine, with its 
vine-clad hills and valleys of green ; but 
there it must die, and God must bury it. 
Grace alone can open the waters before 
us, and lead us over, and put us in pos-
session of the unspeakable things God 
has in store for us. The law can make 
us feel as deeply as the man under the 
law in the seventh of Romans, what we 
ought to be and what we ought to do, 
and what we ought not to be and ought 
not to do. But the gospel alone can 
lead us into the knowledge of what Christ 
is for us and to us, and this is just the 
difference between the two. The law 
fixes our thoughts on ourselves ; the 
I shape with more or less logical adapta-
tion both my internal and external life. 
The expressions of divine wisdom or 
goodness made to the eye or to any sense 
in physical forms, although often great 
and precious, are feeble indeed compared 
with those revealed in his inmost soul to 
the happy conciousness of him who walks 
with God. And the means of approach 
to our Maker, with tenders of love and 
service, which we possess in respect to 
outward things of any kind, are small 
compared with the vast scope and sweep 
of right feeling and pure desire opened 
before us in the privileges of delighted 
oneness of heart with Him in all things. 
Any enjoyments, so called, are, when 
destitute of the true religious feeling 
mingled with them, insipid and stale. 
They do not satisfy the deep longings of 
the human soul for good ; and any one 
who tries to make himself or others be-
lieve that they do, shows to any one of 
any real moral insight, that he is at heart 
fully aware of the imposition that he is 
attempting to practice. 
The more personal our sense of rela-
tionship to God and his canse, and the 
more definitness of feeling that we have 
in our approaches of friendship to him, 
the richer is the satisfaction of all our 
work and worship in his name. Vast are 
the differences of degree with which va-
rious human hearts that are yet all real-
ly united by faith of true, . loving, and 
therefore of true, living qualities of God, 
are bound in principle and affection to his 
will. They who delight themselves in the 
Lord, are, they who from that very fact 
know the real joy of life, which none 
others also know. 
"My Redeemer liveth," is a sweet 
phrase of ancient piety that, once uttered 
in the world, in far off Arabia, has been 
ever since felt by all who have heard it 
with any proper relish of its meaning, to 
be too good to be lost. It will go sound- 
ing down the heart as one of the very 
chimes of heaven through every genera-
tion that shall yet appear upon the earth. 
But how many have sung these sweet 
words with organ-swell and heart-swell 
too, perchance, who knew as little of 
their sense as those who pour forth all 
their strength of musical inspiration upon 
melodies conel'ed in the words of a for- 
eign tongue that they do not understand. 
Christ is the offered Redeemer of the 
whole world, but the actual Redeemer 
only of those who, repentent of their 
sins and believing in his name, really 
cast all their sins and wants and hopes 
upon bim. The determinate blessings of 
his mediating love can be appropriated 
by no one to himself, except in the way 
of clearly specifi,‘4 and absolutely need-
ful conditions. The terms formally pre- 
$1916 60 
zee-The above donors will please send their 
subscription to the Treasurer, R. R. KNOWLES, 
Providence, R. I. 
R. R. KNOWLES, Treas. 
We notice a discrepancy between the 
Treasurer's report of the pledges and 
payments made and the sum proposed to 
be raised,-an error must have been 
made in the reckoning at the time, as it 
was reported the full amount had been 
made up. Cannot one or more of our 
friends who were not at the meeting at 
the time give $25.00 which will more 
than cover the deficiency ? We wait a 
reply. 
MONEY FOR GOD'S TREASURY. 
Corropantenet. 
"Then they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another ; and the Lord hearkened and heard it, 
and a book of remembrance was written before him 
for them that feared the Lord, and that thought 
upon his name." 
SOCIAL MEETINGS AT CAMP 
HEBRON. 
BY A LADY. , 
Wednesday evening, July 30th, the 
camp-meeting services were very happily 
introduced, by the last of a series of 
prayer meetings which have been con-
ducted by Elder Osler, on the Wednes-
day evening of each week, since the first 
of July. This meeting was led by El-
der Canfield, who, after reading from 
the sixth of Romans, spoke of the neces-
sity that the little company present 
should be prepared, by a baptism of the 
Holy Spirit, for the coming week;-that 
they might be willing to be nothing 
themselves, but to let God work through 
them. He also spoke of the words, 
" Let your light shine " (Matt. 5 : 16,) 
adding, " Thank God for that little word, 
.'let' ! We have not to make it shine, 
only to let it shine ; and putting away 
that bewildered, doubtful Christianite, 
so often expressed, unite in the testimony 
of praise." The remarks which follow-
ed showed that the seasons of prepara-
tion had not been in vain. About twen-
ty took part. Words of greeting were 
spoken, and earnest words of desire and 
purpose to spend the coming days in the 
service of the Master. 
Next morning the camp-meeting com-
menced, and the social meetings were 
THE ADVENT HERALD, AUGUST '27, 1873. 
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held regularly at the hours of six and 
nine, A. M. The six o'clock meetings 
were delightful seasons of preparation 
for the services which followed. From 
fifty to a hundred were generally pres-
ent, and most of the time was spent in 
prayer and praise. To those who believe 
in the power of prayer, those little gath-
erings in the fresh, early morning-when 
everything was so quiet and peaceful-
must be very pleasant reminiscences. 
The meetings at nine were more especial-
ly occupied in giving individual testimo-
nies. The chapel was generally filled, 
and the greatest interest manifested. 
The first early meeting was led by El-, 
der Stokely, and at nine the few who 
had arrived met at the Pennsylvania cot-
tage, and were led to a recital of indi-
vidual experience by Elder Osier. 
And so the meetings followed each 
other, led by different ones, among whom 
were Elders Canfield, Bundy, Dr. War-
dell, Shipman, Stockman, Bosworth and 
Litch, until we came to the last Sabbath 
-the great day of the feast-when it 
needed a strong hand to hold in check 
the almost resistless current of feeling, 
and to prevent undue excitement. - 
Some, who were not able to be pres-
ent, may be interested in a detailed ac-
count of a few of these meetings, which 
may be taken as specimens of the others. 
Friday morning, Aug. 1st, the meet-
ing seemed to be filled with testimonies 
to the joy arising from the Advent faith. 
" That blessed hope " seemed to fill the 
minds of the people. 
Sunday morning, Dr. Litch led the 
Services of the love-feast, by reading 
Eph. 3rd and explaining the meaning of 
the name given to the meeting. Ths 
ceremony of passing the bread and wa 
ter was not considered necessary ; con- . 
mullion by words of love for God and 
his people, which should unite the hearts 
of those present, in closer Christian sym-
pathy, being all sufficient. 
Deacon 
Knowles said, that as • they " could not 
have a strawberry festival without straw-
berries, so a love-feast could not be 
where there was no love." Elder Bundy 
spoke of his lafs-Ving to make a choice be-
tween visiting a son whom he had not 
seen for three years, and coming to these 
meetings; and related the incident, (illus-
trative of the fact that the call of duty 
may be stronger than natural affection) 
of a father who saw a train of cars pass 
over his infant child, rather than neglect 
his duty and endanger the lives of those 
on the train. The child escaped unhurt. 
"It is safe," said. he, "to do your duty 
and trust in God." A sister spoke 'of 
the necessity of choosing as well as de= 
siring. Short testimonies-such as, " I 
know that my Redeemer liveth," follow-
ed by another, "Because he lives I shall 
live also "-came in rapid succession. 
One who had heard Elder Shipman 
preach "the Advent faith" thirty years 
ago in Vermont, and a Congregationalist, 
brother who first attended these mc,et-
ingrfast year, and had been striving to 
iphold the faith among his people since 
then spoke words .of especial interest. 
Between thirty and forty spoke -,and the 
hour of closing came all too soon. 
The influence of this meeting was felt 
in the evening services, which were very 
iolemn and impressive. A hush seemed 
to fall over the whole assembly, and God 
seemed to be speaking by his " still small 
voice " to the hearts of those present. 
aequests for prayer for absent friends 
were proffered, and several rose to ex-
dress their desire that prayer might be 
)ffered for them, among whom were 
some who that night found peace in be-
lieving. 
Monday afternoon, Mr. Canfield preach-
3d, and after the sermon the meeting 
was continued by remarks suggested by 
the sermon. The interest manifested 
was such, that, when the time was spent, 
the meeting adjourned to two of the 
cottages, and was continued for another 
hour with unabated interest. 
In opening the meeting Thursday 
morning, Elder Bundy expressed a desire 
for short pointed remarks, and wished 
that sixty might take part in the meet-
ing. Suddenly a strong, impressive 
voice was heard, saying : " There is pow-
er in action," and Elder Edwin Burnham 
made by the friends of the cause-to the 
harmony and candor which prevailed-
and especially to the .Christian spirit 
which enabled individuals to yield their 
own cherished plans for the sake of oth- 
ers. Especially was this noticeable in 
the result of the discussion relative to 
the change of name of the Herald. It 
was very manifest that individuals had 
strong preferences for their favorite 
name ; and it was equally manifest that 
to relinquish such preference for the sake 
of harmony would be a great sacrifice ; 
but the love for the precious cause was 
stronger than the desire for self-gratifi- 
cation ; and though, there were those 
who felt deeply disappointed, yet the 
kindly, fraternal spirit manifested, gave 
evidence of a deep under-current which 
had not been disturbed. May God grant 
that the same result may obtain among 
all the readers, of our excellent paper. 
H. CANFIELD, Sec'y. 
No. Attleboro, Aug. 14, 1873. 
TREASURER'S REPORT. 
To the Standing Committee of the A. 
M. Association the Treasurer respect-
fully presents the following QUARTERLY 
REPORT for the quarter ending July 
1, 1873 :- 
REC ECIPTS. 
Sub. to Herald 
 $842.98 
Books and Tracts sold 84.69 
Donations in cash 112.96 
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L C Walker 
Geo Phelps, paid, 
H Ballou 
Mrs D Richardson 
S N Burrough 
Mrs. J R Matthewson 
" Brown, " 
Miss Emma Osier, paid, 
C A Hiscox 
A blind girl 
Mrs Bamford 
" Harding 
" Dent 
" Bartol 
Mrs H Canfield, 
A J Williams 
A Thayer 
D M Babcock 
Rev W H Swartz 
Mrs E Liscomb 
Mrs J Litch 
Miss H B Watt 
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Elwell in the chair, and Eld. Gunner 
Secretary pro tern, it was resolved to re-
fer the entire work of employment, sup-
port and control of the two missionaries 
who are to labor under the auspices of 
the A. E. A. Conference, to the Ameri-
can Millennial Association. 
F. GUNNER, Acting Sec'y. 
The meeting proceeded to the election 
of officers for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows :- 
President, J Pearson, Jr. 
Vice _Presidents, J. Litoh, D. Bos-
worth, H. Bundy, A. W. Brown, Dr. T. 
Wardle, S. Prior. 
Recording Secretary, H. Canfield. 
Corresponding Secretary, F. Gunner. 
Treasurer, R. R. Knowles. 
Auditor, P. L. Hopkins. 
Directors : L. Osier, T. C. Lowe,. A. 
Pierce, W. L. Hopkinson, W. J. Hurd, 
Elwell, G. W. Burnham, J. M. Or-
rock, I. R. Gates, W. H. Swartz and D. 
Atwood. 
At the request of J. C. Emery, him-
self and wife were dropped from the list 
of members of this body. 
The Treasurer's Report was received 
and accepted, and a vote of thanks ten-
dered to R. R. Knowles for the faithful 
discharge of his duties. 
Voted to lay on the table the Resolu-
tion of last year relating to separation of 
the duties of 13usines; Agent and Treas-
urer. 
Adjourned to meet at the close of the 
evening service. 
CHANGE OF NAME OF THE PAPER. 
9 o'clock P. M.-The members of the 
Association were called to order by the 
President, and after some informal con-
versation, the subject of a change of the 
name of our paper was introduced. Sev-
eral names were suggested, among which 
were Pre-Millennialist," " Millennial 
Herald," " Herald of the Morning," 
" Messiah's Herald," " The Herald." 
After considerable discussion, a vote 
was taken with the following result :-
"Messiah's Herald," 12 ; "Millennial 
Herald," 7 ; " Herald of the Morning," 
5 ; "Advent Herald," 3 ; "Harbinger," 1. 
On motion it was ordered to vote on 
the two highest, with the following re-
sult :- 
" Messiah's Herald," 16. 
" Millennial Herald," 10. 
Adjourned. 
none), was her trust. The token in the 
window, the scarlet line, told her all 
within its shelter were safe ; and she 
knew, if her parents trusted in the same 
God, if they believed what she had be- 
lieved, then her deliverance was theirs ; 
the same token would preserve them as 
herself. " Jericho was straightly shut 
up because of the children of Israel : 
none went out, and none came in." There 
was no possibility of escape but that of- 
fered by Rahab ; and humbled at being 
obliged to accept such a refuge, yet glad 
at the offered deliverance, they all took 
shelter where the scarlet line in the win-
dow witnessed that judgment was passed. 
And so, dear reader, the blood of Je-
sus Christ tells us sad, humbling truths 
as regards ourselves, though it tells us 
joyful news as 'regards God's mercy and 
love. It tells us that we are alike con-
demned as sinners before God, so that 
the. poor degraded harlot is entitled to 
mercy as much as the most upright, de-
cent, and moral. It tells us that the 
heart, the whole nature, the whole man 
-body, soul, and spirit, reason, under: 
standing,-all is, in every individual, so 
corrupt, so stained with sin, that nothing 
but the precious blood of God's own Son 
can enable the very best to stand guilt-
less before him ; yea, and even that the 
very best stands in as much need of it 
as the most openly abandoned sinner on 
earth. It brings all down to one sad 
level of ruin, guilt, and sin. It proves 
that the fairest, the most lovely, is as 
unfit for the Divine presence' as the 
wretched harlot, who is abandoned and 
scorned by all. Do you wish to escape 
from judgment? Do you want deliver-
ance ? °You must find it where it is alike 
open to the vilest and to the most moral 
-in the blood of Jesus Christ. Your 
life is forfeited, your inheritance is death 
and judgment ; nothing can avail for 
your redemption, but seeing this guilt, 
this ruin, laid upon another. 
[To be continued.] 
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$373.70 
reading given by Rollin. BARNES says : 
" The Vulgate renders this, ' In the days 
of these kingdoms,'" and adds : " The 
natural and obvious sense of the passage 
is, that during the continuance of the 
kingdoms above mentioned, or before 
they should finally pass away,-that is, 
before the last one should become ex-
tinct, another kingdom would be estab-
lished on the earth which would be per-
petual. Before the succession of univer-
sal monarchies should have passed away, 
the new kingdom would be set up that 
would never be destroyed. Such lan-
guage is not uncommon. 'thus if we 
were to speak of anything taking place 
in the days of British kings, we should 
not of course understand it as running 
through all their reigns, but merely as 
occurring in some one of them.'-Prof. 
Bush. So it is said in Ruth 1 .: 1, 'It 
came to pass in the days when the judges 
ruled, that there was a famine in the 
land' ; that is, the famine occurred 
sometime under that general administra-
tion, or before it had passed away, evi-
dently not meaning that there was a fam-
ine in the reign of each one. So it is 
said of Jephtha that he was buried in 
the sepulchres of his fathers that is, in 
some one of them."-Notes on Dan. 2d. 
That the fourth or Roman kingdom, 
in its united and " divided" forms, is 
not to pass away and give place to anoth-
er universal kingdom before the kingdom 
of God is established, is the simple mean-
ing of the passage. Rome was " divid-
ed" nearly fourteen centuries ago, and 
remains in a fragmentary condition to-
day. It will thus continue till Christ 
shall come as the nobleman from the far 
country (Luke 19 : 11-27 ; 2 Tim. 4 : 1) 
and establish his kingdom. Barnes un-
derstands that the kingdom of God was 
set up at the first advent of Christ, and 
has therefore been cotemporary with 
"the fourth kingdom" all these centu-
ries. We believe it is yet to come ; and 
when we pray, " Thy kingdom come," 
we mean come, and not that it is already 
here and to " advance " aggressively. 
" The visible setting up of the kingdom 
of glory on earth by the God of heaven 
is plainly here meant," says Fausset, 
"not the unobserved setting up of the 
kingdom of grace. That kingdom of 
glory is only to come at Christ's second 
advent." So we teach. 
Bro. R. R: Knowles wishes us to say 
that since sending the above reports he 
has received the following note from El-
der M. L. Jackson : 
Morrisville, Pa., Aug. 19th. 
Dear Bro.-I herewith send a money 
order for $16.25, being ten dollars I sub-
scribed toward the four thousand pro-
posed to be raised at Camp Hebron, and 
six and a quarter that belonged to my de-
parted daughter. I wish it to go into 
God's treasury, and hence send it to the 
A. M. Association : Credit to Flora A., 
(deceased.) Praying that you may enjoy 
prosperity from the Lord, I am yours in 
Christ. 
M. L. J. 
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DR. DUFFS ADDRESS. 
we come into the land, thou shalt. bind 
this line of !scarlet thread in the window 
which thou didst let us down by ; and 
thou shalt bring thy father, and thy 
mother, and thy brethren, and all thy 
father's household, home unto thee. And 
it shall be, that whosoever shall go out 
of the doors of thy house into the street, 
his blood shall be. upon his head, and we 
will be guiltless ; and whosoever- shall 
be with thee in the house, his blood shall 
be on our head if any hand be upon him. 
....And she said, According unto your 
words, so be it. And she sent them 
away, and they departed ; and she bound 
the scarlet line in the window." 
Here 
was the token for Rahab that she and.all 
within her house were safe-the scarlet 
line of thread in the window. 
And you also want a token. God has 
given an all-sufficient one to the poor 
sinner-the blood of the Lord Jesus. 
Look to it as your shelter from wrath, 
and you are safe : you need fear no judg-
ment then ; for the blood tells of judg-
ment already passed upon another, and 
borne by him. Do you fear the wrath 
of God on account of sin ? Behold, the 
blood of Jesus tells us that wrath has 
been visited upon him to the uttermost, 
on account of the sin of others, which 
he bore. Do you feel the uncleanness 
and pollution that sin defiles you with, 
making you unfit for God's holy pres-
ence ? The testimony of God is, that 
" the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleanseth from all sin" (1 John 1 : 7). 
The word of God alone is that upon 
which the sinner has to rest ; and that 
word points to the blood, and tells of 
the blood as the token' of the entire 
cleansing, entire forgiveness, of the sin-
ner who believes. 
But perhaps you may say, " How am I 
to look upon the blood ? How do I know 
that I have any right to the precious 
blood of Jesus ? I want to know that 
it is mine, that it has been shed for nie" 
Dear reader, if such are your thoughts, 
there is one simple answer to them all. 
Do not distress yourself as to whether 
or not the blood has been shed for you: 
only believe that God looks upon it ; 
that God is satisfied with it as a full an-
swer for sin : that God esteems it pre- 
cious ; that it is the witness to Him of 
judgment passed-of holiness and right-
eousness and justice satisfied. 
The scarlet line in the window of Ra-
hab was to be the token, not to her only, 
but to the Israelites, that her house was 
safe. The blood of Jesus is the token, 
not to the sinner only, but to God, that 
the sinner trusting in it is safe. God, 
who is the Judge of all, says, that the 
blood of his Son has been " shed for 
maSiy, for the remission of sins " (Matt. 
26 : 28) ; and he sends this message to 
you, and if you belieVe it, you are saved. 
And as to who has a -right to the pre-
cious blood, why, of course the'y are' 
welcome to it who feel their Deed of it. 
Such a Lamb needed not to have been 
slain, if the case of sinners had not been 
desperate. The Son of God did not 
leave the bright glory of his Father, and 
come down into this world of death in 
search of righteous people. Had he 
been in search of the holy, the good, or 
the pure, he would not have left heaven. 
He came to find sinners, to call sinners, 
to seek and save the lost ; arid" therefore 
he came into this earth, where there are 
none but ruined, lost sinners-where 
there are none good, none righteous, no; 
not one (Rom. 3 : 10). Dear reader, the 
poor harlot, Rahab, had no righteousness 
to boast of, no goodness to depend upon. 
What had her life been ? One of noto-
rious profligacy ; yet Jericho perished, 
and she was saved. What could she do ? 
If. people are to be saved because they 
are good, there could be no hope for her. 
She trusted in one that is "merciful and 
gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in 
goodness and truth, keeping mercy for 
thousands, forgiving iniquity and trans-
gression and sin" (Exod. 34 : 6, 7). Yet 
she felt she had no time to lose ; she did 
not delay, but immediately she bound 
the scarlet line in the window. Neither 
have you time to spare. "Note is the 
accepted time, now is the day of salva-
tion " (2 Cor. 11 : 7). Now let the blood 
be the token of your' safety. Flee to it 
for your life. Judgment is nigh, even 
at your doors. THERE IS SAFETY 
ONLY IN THE BLOOD. 
But time rolled on ; the two spies had 
returned to Joshua, and the people of 
Jericho went on again undisturbed with 
their business, their cares, or their pleas-
ures, till, behold the army of the Israelites 
came and encamped against Jericho. And 
when Rahab, from her window in the wall, 
looked out and saw the hosts of Israel 
marshalling on the plain, what must have 
been her thoughts ? She • must have 
shuddered, for judgment was near ; but 
no, the scarlet line, bound firmly in the 
window, told her that she was safe. • But 
her parents, her brethren, her sisters ! 
what would become of them ? She goes 
and intreats them to take refuge with 
her, where the scarlet line is the true to-
ken of safety. What ! they enter the 
house of a tainted harlot ? they go under 
the roof of one who had been the cause 
to them of such shame-who had dis-
graced their family ? Ancl could she 
dare to talk of safety with her ? 
Was it 
likely that God would select the house 
of a harlot as the only place of deliver-
ance in the city, when there were so 
good and respectable people in it-peo-
ple who had never thus disgraced them-
selves-people whose lives had been 
moral, and decent, and upright ? Oh, 
how earnestly must Rahab, the poor out-
cast one, have pleaded, and yet with 
what confidence must she have pointed 
to her house as the only one to be spared, 
the only one that had the scarlet line ! 
True, she had been an abandoned profli-
gate ; true, she had no goodness to rely 
on therefore she relied on God. In his 
mercy, not on her merits (for she had 
BOSTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873. 
$10a2.98 
Books and Tracts 32.97 
Cash on hand July1, '73,111.94.....144.91 
THE Rev. ALEXANDER DUFF, D. D., 
Professor of Evangelistic Theology in 
the Free Church. College, Edinburgh, 
*as elected Moderator at the late meet-
ing of the General Assembly of the Free 
Church of Scotland, and delivered a re-
markable address. The Montreal Wit-
ness says of it : 
" It formed about twenty-one columns 
of an ordinary newspaper. A third part 
of it, which alone he was able to read, 
occupied two hours in the delivery. In 
spirit as well as in length it reminds one 
of the abler orations of the celebrated 
Edward Irving. Indeed it is open to 
criticism chiefly on the score of giv-
ing too gloomy a view of England, In 
dia and the church and world at large. 
Still the words of warning coming from 
such a man sound almost like the burden 
of a prophet. As might have been ex-
pected he counsels peace and unity with-
in the church to which he belongs, on the 
ground "-that the Divine h:nd Divinely-
ordained Scriptural way of dealing with 
all differences of judgment on all dis-
puted points whatsoever, except the 
grand fundamental doctrines essential 
to salvation, or such as necessarily in-
clude or involve these doctrines, is to be 
found in the exercise of mutual, friendly, 
brotherly forbearance.' He seeems tc 
exhaust the capabilities of the English 
language in denouncing infidelity, ava-
rice, licentiousness, and especially the 
national vice of drunkenness." 
Dr. Duff is " one of the greatest living 
authorities on Foreign Missions, havinu 
spent nearly forty years 'in the work of 
the Lord in Calcutta." The publishers 
of the London Christian deemed the 
Address of " so weighty and impor-
tant a character " that they printed it en-
tire in an " extra number." We intend 
to lay part of it before our readers-
commencing with the present issue. The 
picture he draws is indeed very dark, 
yet not more so than the prophetic out-
lines of 2 Tim. 3 : 1-5. For a " purged 
and purified" world however he looks, 
but the " ways of mercy and judgment " 
by which it will be introduced, are to him 
" inscrutable " at present. In our view 
the brightness of our Lord's last advent 
will be needed to dissipate the darkness 
which rests on "this sin-laden and sin-dis-
tracted world." 
1177.89 
Bal. cr. on ac. July 1, '73 1551.59 $373.70 
R. R. KNOWLES, Treas. 
PECUNIARY PROFIT OF RELIGIOUS 
PAPERS. 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
To the A. 111: Association assembled at 
Camp Hebron Aug. 1, 1873, the Treas- 
. urer most respectfully submits the fol- 
lowing report for the year ending July 
1, 1873:- 
- 
RECEIPTS. 
Some of our readers may think it 
strange that every year there should be 
a deficiency in our publication depart- 
ment-that the Herald does not pay for 
itself. Such should endeavor to realize, 
that we have no income from advertise-
ments as almost every paper in the land 
has,-that we furnish the paper to, min-
isters almost invariably at half price-
one dollar a year,-that a number, sup-
posed to be worthy poor, receive' it free, 
-that many through carelessness, indif-
ference, or dishonesty do not pay prompt-
ly and some not at all,-that while the 
paper is continued at the old price, and 
that a very low rate, it costs us several 
hundred dollars a year more for help, 
&c., than it did a few years ago,-that 
our weekly is not made up (as many 
weeklies are) from matter that, has al-
ready been used in a daily or semi-week-
ly,-and that very few religious papers, 
with all their advertising, charges for in-
serting marriage and obituary notices, 
&c., are published with profit, as the 
publishers testify. 
The Christian Advocate, for example, 
says that " only two out of the nine of 
ten official Advocates exhibit a pecuniary 
profit ; the others are published at a loss, 
and some of them at a heavy loss." 
" The truth is," says the Cincinnati 
Christian Standard, "that 
religious 
newspapers are published at too low a 
price. The cheapness of secular week-
'des made up from dailies has led to a re-
duction of price in religious weeklies 
made up at far greater cost-to such an 
extent that most of them, even with 
large subscription lists, are losing con-
cerns. The capital invested in them and 
the labor employed on them bring no 
profit. The subscription price should be 
increased." 
We do not however propose to increase 
the subscr:ption price of the Herald, nor 
to materially change our mode of action 
-except it be with reference to delin-
quents. We rely, under. God, on the 
friends of the cause everywhere to do 
what they can to increase the subscrip-
tion list, and to make up by donations 
whatever deficiency may exist. The gen-
erous donations made at Hebron this 
year (as the reports given in this issue 
Show), as well as what has been done in 
years past, are sufficient evidence that 
there are those who feel in their pocket 
as well as in their heart for the welfare 
of our publication department. The 
Lord will take care of the work so long 
as it is carried on in a way to glorify 
him. We aim to do more than we have 
yet done, and that friends will be raised 
up to help us we have no doubt. 
Prior, T. C. Lowe, 
Sub. to Herald as pr. qr. Rep. 4135.14 
" " Youth's Visitor " " .26.60 
Books and Tracts sold " " ' 342.13 
Donations in cash 
 1709.54 
" B. A. Association 
Stock, as per qr. Rep. 50.00 
 4--44446444--• 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERI-
CAN MILLENNIAL ASSOCIATION. 
Knowing the deep interest that is felt 
in our Association we give here the Sec-
retary and Treasurer's Reports. They 
call for devout gratitude, renewed labor, 
prompt action and the exercise of every 
Christian grace. 
Thursday, Aug. 7, 1873.-The Asso-
ciation was called to order at 4 o'clock 
P. M., by the President, Rev. J. Pear-
son, and prayer was offered by Elder D. 
Bosworth, of Bristol, Vt. 
STOCK TN- THE BOSTON ADVENT ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
The President alluded to the effort to 
dispose of the property of the Associa-
tion, situated in Boston, and stated that 
the committee had not succeeded in a 
transfer of the same. A vote was passed 
ordering the Directors not to sell the 
property. 
MEETING OF THE BOARD. 
Saturday, Aug. 9. Meeting of the 
'A. M. A. at 9 o'clock A. M., the Presi-
dent in the chair. Prayer by Eld. Ship-
man. The following Committees were 
appointed :- 
On _Finance :-S. 
Anthony Pearce. 
On Publication :-L. Osier, J. Litch, 
H. Canfield, W. H. Swartz; C. Cunning-
ham. 
On Colportage :-J. Litch, M. L. Jack-
son, G. W. Burnham. 
J. M. Orrock was elected Editor of 
the Herald fqr, th_ttfasrt g year. 
Voted. to publish an edition of "Bliss' 
Chronology," provided -the stereotype 
plates can be found, and the call for 
it will warrant. 
The manuscript prepared by Dr. J. 
Litch, entitled "Last Things," was re-
ferred to, and the committee having the 
same in charge, were ordered to attend 
to the disposal of it as soon as practica-
ble. 
On motion, it was voted to pay one-
half the travelling expenses of our min-
isters in coming to the annual meeting. 
Elders J. Pearson and H. Canfield 
were appointed a committee to arrange 
for the time of the next annual meeting 
-in conjunction with the Conference. 
Eld. G. W. Burnham was recognized 
by the Board as missionary, at a salary 
of $14 per week, and travelling expenses. 
The Committee on Missions were au-
thorized to supply other missionaries, if 
deemed advisable. 
On motion it was ordered that all sub-
scribers to the Herald owing two years 
or more be notified of their indebtedness, 
and unless an immediate and favorable 
response is received, the paper sent to 
their address be discontinued, and an ef-
fort be made to collect the arrearages. 
A motion was made to admit adver-
tisements to the columns of the _Herald, 
which was emphatically negatived. 
On motion, it was voted that a Busi-
ness Agent be employed in the office, 
anti that Elders Pearson and Orrock be 
a committee to provide such an agent. 
It was unanimously voted to allow the 
editor of the _Herald a vacation of six 
weeks, the matter of supplying a substi-
tute being left with the President of the 
Association and Editor. 
Moved that the paper on which the 
Herald is printed be increased in weight 
two pounds to
.. the ream. 
Adjourned. 
6266 41 
By bal. cr. on ac. July 1, '72 1681.62 
4584.79 
EXPENDITURES. 
For Sundry Exp. pr. qr. Rep.....5838.00 
" Books and Tracts " " 136.44 
" Stock in B. A. Association 50.00 
6024:44 
Cash on hand' July 1, '73.. 111.94 
6136.38 
Bal. cr. on ac. July 1, '73 .1551.59 
4584.79 
 
R. R. KNOWLES, Treas. 
Providence, July 1, 1873. 
DONATIONS FOR HERALD OFFICE MA-DE AT HE-
BROp" CAMP, AUGUST, 1873:- 
$1000 
500 
100 
50 
50 • 
25 
35 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
20 
25 
5 
5 
5 
25 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
11 
50 
1 
1 
25 
25 
14 80 
12 20 
S. Prior 
A. W . Brown, ch'd, 
J. Pearson, Jr. 
W. Burnham, ch'd, 
H. A. Brown, ch'd, 
Rev. L. Osier 
Dr. F. Gunner - 
J. L. Litch, paid, 
G. W. Burnham, paid, 
Jas. Kelsey 46 
St 
J. M. Orrock 
C. Benns 
L. G. Ford 
S. N. Nichols 
D. M. Babcock 
C. Daniels 
Rev. H. Canfield 
P. L. Hopkins 
W. H. Swartz 
H. Brown 
Thos. Howe 
J. Thatcher 
J. L. Bliss 
E. H. Blackman 
M. A. Doud 
U. A. Town 
S. B. Doyle 
0. Putnam 
S. Prior 
Willard Ide 
A friend 
H. Cornell 
Thos. Howe 
Mrs. J. Emerson, Life Member, paid, 
Cash Donations, paid, 
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THE KINGDOM 
KINGDOM OF GOD. 
H. CANFIELD, Sec'y. 
A session of the Board of the A. M. 
A. was held on Hebron camp-ground, 
Monday, Aug. 11. .The Secretary being 
absent, A. Pearce was appointed Secre-
tary pro tem. 
It was voted that Elders Pearson and 
Orrock be a committee to attend to the 
execution of a new heading for the Her-
ald, and furnish a motto for the same, 
such as in their judgment will be appro-
priate. 
Adjourned. 
Attest : 
arose and continued,-" Two vessels were 
sailing side by side. One was short of 
water, and those on board hailing the 
other said, 'Have you any water ?" Yes.' 
Will you give. us some ? "No.' Why ? ' 
'Dip it up,'-they were in the mouth of 
the Amazon, with fresh water flowing 
all around them, but they did not know 
it ! So God's grace surrounds you ; dip 
it up.' " When he sat down the meet- 
ing seemed to have received a new im-
petus, and the leader realized his wish, 
for one more than the, sixty participated 
in the exercises. One who had just ar-
rived spoke of the effect of coming from 
the busy scenes of the world into such 
a gathering. " It was like coming -slid-
denly from a dark room : one's eyes were 
dazzled so that he could not see clearly 
at first." One who had found Christ 
during camp-meeting a year ago, and an-
other who was baptized at •that time, 
spoke very feelingly. Singing, " The 
gates -ajar," "I'm at the fountain drink- 
ing," " Sweeping through . the gates of 
the New Jerusalem," " Jesus paid it all," 
and pieces of a similar nature, appropri-
ately introduced, added greatly to the 
interest of the meeting. The testimony 
of a little girl was very sweetly given :- 
"Jesus loves me, this I know, 
For the Bible tells me so ; 
Little ones to Him belong, 
They are weak, but HE is strong." 
A desire was expressed for prayer for one 
who had lost faith in the atoning sacri-
fice of Christ. Elder Orrock spoke of 
the verse, "He that hath this hope in 
Him purifieth himself " (1 John 3 : 3), 
showing very clearly that the word 
" Him" refers to Christ, and not to the 
one possessing the hope. This meeting 
The-above donors, who have not already
paid, will please send their _subscription to our 
Editor, J. M. Orrock, Boston, Mass. 
R. R. KNOWLES, Trees. 
DONATIONS FOR HEBRON CAMP GROUND MADE 
AUGUST, 1873. 
R R Knowles, paid, 
R S Case " 
A H Knowles " 
Bid D Bosworth 
$1035565
50 
Miss Lena Bosworth 
25 
D E Atwood 
10 
I Pearce 
25 
Rev W B Kinney 
26 
" M L Jackson 
10 
Dr Thos Wardell 
50 
Wm Marks 
15 
Rev W B Heath 
5 
" I R Gates 
5 
" Mrs I R Gates 
5 
Geo Phelps, paid, 
5 
S A Coburn 
3 
L D Wheeler 
5 
 
A friend, paid, 
2 50 
250 
Mrs J Pearson, Jr.. 
5 
" A Kelsey, paid, 
2 
" L A Draper 
2 
A Banning, ch'd, 
5 
C Gabriel 
5 
 
Ds C 0 Town 
50 
A W Brown, ch'd, 
50 
50 
50 
jCpBeeanrnsos n Jr 
Willard Ide 
50 
A W Brown, ch'd, 
25 
 
Mrs S Prior 
25 
'rhos Prior 
25 
J L Bliss ($5 paid) 
25 
Mrs Kil ton 
10 
 
" .Putnam 
10 
D Hotchkiss, paid, 
1 
A W Brown, ch'd, 
25 
S Prior 
25 
 
5 
BS 
 
Remington 
50 
W
Heat 
A W Brown 
11 
S Coggswell, paid, 
3 
A W Brown " 
1 
Bro Babcock " 
1 
 
Bro Hersey .c 
1 
 
Sis. L Ford " 
1 
 
Wm Cobbett " 
2 
 
Sis. Thayer " 
.35 
 
In the Herald of July 16th is an arti-' 
cle from the Prophetic Times entitled, 
" In the days of these kings." . It is very 
good as meeting an objection sometimes 
urged respecting the time of the estab-
lishment of the kingdom. of God, but I 
would call attention to a reading 'which 
I think more fully meets that objection. 
It is given by Rollin, in his "Ancient 
History," Cincinnati edition of 1844, 
Vol. I., p. 142, " After these kingdoms 
shall the God of heaven set up a king-
dom." Rollin, I presume, followed the 
Vulgate, which is regarded by many as 
a good translation. If this is a correct 
rendering it has an important bearing by 
way of disproving the idea of the king-
dom being set up at any time before 
earth's kingdoms are removed.. The 
kingdoms of this world will be destroyed 
and " the sanctuary" (whether the 
church or earth is meant-though I be-
lieve both are intended) will be cleansed 
before Christ sets up his kingdom. 
C. R. WHITE. 
Louisiana, Jfo. 
We know of no authority for the 
A GENEROUS DONATION. 
A statement being made in relation to 
the indebtedness of the Association, and 
that $4,000 was greatly needed, S. Prior, 
of Trenton, N. J., proposed to pay $1,000 
of that indebtedness, provided the re-
maining $3,000 should be raised. R. R. 
Knowles, of Providence, R. I., made a 
like proposition. 
[The day following the remaining 
$2,000 was promptly raised-the names 
of the generous donors will appear in the 
Treasurer's Report.] 
A COMMITTEE OF SISTERS was appoint-
ed to superintend the furnishing of the 
Minister's Cottage-consisting of Sisters 
Brown and Case of Providence, Ern-
erson and Nichols of Boston, Prior and 
Elwell of Trenton, Pearson, Ballou and 
Wheeler of Newburyport, Gates of 
Philadelphia, and Swartz and Yoder of 
Harrisburg. 
Adjourned. 
Friday, Aug. 8.-The Association con-
vened in the chapel, the President in the 
chair. The following brethren were add-
ed to the camp-meeting committee :-S. 
Prior, D. Bosworth, Dr. Wardle and T. 
C. Lowe. 
The following committee on nomina-
tion of officers of the Association were 
appointed :-D. Bosworth and H. Can-
field. 
MISSIONARY WORK. 
Voted to employ Dr. J. Litdh and Geo, 
W. Burnham as missionaries. [Dr. 
Litch subsequently declined to serve, 
feeling unable to engage in the arduous 
duties of such a position.] 
A Missionary Committee was appoint-
ed, consisting of Revs. J. Pearson, L. 
Osier and C. Cunningham. 
The question of changing the name of 
the Herald came up for discussion, and 
S. Prior proposed.to assume all the defi-
ciency in the support of the paper, if 
they would change the name to Messi-
ah's Herald. 
After remarks from sever-
al persons, the meeting adjourned. 
[We were not at the above meeting 
but learned from some who were pres-
ent, that Elder D. Bosworth offered, on 
condition the name was not changed for 
another year, to meet whatever deficien-
cy might accrue from its publication 
during that time. At a subsequent meet-
ing both these brethren withdrew their 
propositions, that all might be free to 
vote unbiased by any monied considera-
tion.-Ers] 
4 o'clock P. X. After the reading of 
the previous' records the following com-
munication was received from the A. E. 
A. Conference :- 
"Friday P. M., Aug. 8, 1873.-At a 
meeting of the A. E. A. Conference, Eld. 
A. PEARCE, 
Sec'y pro tem. 
The above Report embraces, in as few 
words as practicable, the results of the 
deliberations of the Association at its 
annual convocation 'at Camp Hebron. 
,The meeting was one- of the most satis-
factory and encouraging ever held by the 
Association,-whether viewed from its 
executive or financial standpoint. We 
have reason for devout gratitude to Al-
mighty God 'for the success which has 
been achieved. 
It would be interesting to refer more 
at length to the generous donations 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, AUGUST 27, 1873. 
end of resistance to the Papal rule and 
religion !—opposers there exist no more ! 
The whole body of Christianity is now 
seen to be subject to its rightful head, 
the Pope." 
(To be continued.) 
faith is terribly shaken in regard to the 
accuracy of the information. 
It is said that Gerald Massey proposes 
as the theme of his lectures for the next 
season, the question, " Why doesn't God 
kill the devil ?" We suggest another 
query as worthy of our prior attention : 
Why doesn't God at once kill off even y 
artful, scoffing, tempting, incorrigibly 
wicked man Y 
There is scarcely more 
difficulty in the one " conundrum'! than 
in the other.— Christian Secretary. 
be presented first and foremost to the 
people of these islands are : the necessi-
ty of Christian marriage, sanctification 
of the Lord's Day, and the knowledge 
of the Scriptures, of which even nominal 
Christians of the island seem. very igno-
rant. 
piorellantouo. 
fflusintos gtputinat. 
ion last winter, and united with the Meth-
odist church just before being taken sick. 
She was given up to the will of the Lord 
to live or to die, though her choice was to 
go home to glory. She used to exclaim in 
her suffering, " Blessed Jesus ! Blessed 
Jesus !" She had bright views of the 
heavenly world and longed to be there. 
She leaves a father and mother, two 
brothers and a sister to mourn her loss. 
B. S. REYNOLDS. 
Stand Outtiligtact. 
LETTERS RECEIVED. 
regards true religion and true morals. 
Hence, from man's ever-increasing degen-
eracy, the first great crisis, in which the 
Almighty interposed for the deliverance 
of righteous Noah, and the destruction 
of a hopelessly wicked world, by the 
avenging waters of the Deluge. Hence, 
acmin5 under the renewed action of 
THE DOWNWARD LAW OF DEGENERACY, 
the next great crisis, when true • religion 
becoming well-nigh extinct amid "the 
falsities and lies " wherewith the blinded 
nations were 
THE POLARIS AND THE POLE. 
M'All communications, orders and 
remittances for the ADVENT HERALD 
should be addressed to J. M. ORROCK, 46 
Kneeland Street, Boston, Mass. 
L4r—The following list contains the 
names of those who write to us and the 
amount sent. Subscribers who do not 
find the proper credit given on their pa-
per or wrapper the week following this 
acknowledgment should inform us imme-
diately. 
tr-_
—The figures printed opposite the 
name of the subscriber on the paper or 
wrapper indicate the time to which he 
has paid : thus "Jul. 73 " means that 
the subscription is paid to the first of 
July, 1873, and at the rate of $2.00 a 
year a subscriber can thus tell at any 
time how his account stands. The letter 
" f " indicates that tine paper is sent free. 
John Campbell 10.00 ; Rev. Wm. D. 
Henry 3.10—will be pleased to hear from 
you again ; J A Dudley 2.00 ; Ella 
Reidy ; Maria S. Bliss (it was received) ; 
Laura R. Gilman 2.00 ; Alvah Bean 1.00 ; 
H. P. Cutter .50 ; Rev. John Cox ; Li-
nus Buell 2.00,—he owes from May 1, 
1873 ; T. M. Preble ; R. R. Knowles 
6225 ; Geo. Birkett ; Isaiah Hildabrant 
1.00 ; Benj. E. Smith 1.00 • James B. 
Truscott 4.50 ; Emily J. Sax (will 
write you) ; I. R. Gates ; Edwin Tew-
ple 1.00 ; D. T. Taylor ; Duncan Wil-
liams ; Sarah J. Adamson 2.00 • I. C. 
Wellcome ; David Barber, M. D. 1.00 ; 
Wm. Mock 2.00. 
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY. 
On July 25th the Pope appointed 
twenty-two new bishops, and delivered 
the allocution, which has been looked for-
ward to with so much anxiety and inter-
est. The new bishops are for sees in 
France, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, Aus-
tralia, the Antilles, the Argentine Repub-
lic, and " infidel countries." The allocu-
tion contains the usual tangled mass of 
verbiage in denunciation of the action of 
the Italian Government in despoiling the 
religious orders. 
The collection " for the Holy Father," 
in the Catholic churches of New York, on 
Sunday, June 8th, amounted to $27,-
534.38. 
It is said that the entire Persian mis-
sion, with forty missionaries and sixty 
teachers now under the care of the Pres-
byterian Board, costs less annually than 
the current expenses of some city church-
es. 
" Corrupted to forsake 
God, their Creator— 
And devils to adore for deities," 
the Almighty interposed in calling out 
and segregating Abraham from the seeth-
ing mass of idolatrous corruptions by 
which he was surrounded, and constitu-
ting him and his descendants the favored 
depositories and custodians of God's suc-
cessive revelations through all coming 
ages. Bht finding it impossible to re-
count even leading events, I can only re-
mind_ you how, even among the chosen 
race of Abraham, under the fatal influ-
ence of the downward law of degener-
acy, crisis continued to succeed crisis, 
after longer or shorter intervals, for the 
prolonged period of two thousand years 
each increasing in extent of area and in-
tensity of virulence, until it reached a 
point which, in order to avert irrecovera-
ble decay, demanded the special interposi-
tion of the Almighty. As to the Gentile 
nations at large, they were freely allowed 
to pursue their own several ways, and 
develop all the power and faculties of 
their natures, according to their own 
good pleasure. With what result ? 
Only with the result of proving that un-
der the sorcery spell of the downward 
law of degeneracy their condition, mor-
ally and religiously, was, despite the ap-
parent exception of Greece at one stage 
of its remarkable career, constantly be-
coming worse and worse. So that about 
the end of four thousand years, or the 
period emphatically designated. in Scrip-
ture, " the fullness of time," the state 
both of Judaism and Gentilism had be-
come, so far as depended on any inter-
nal resources or recuperative energies of 
their own, absolutely hopeless and incu-
rable. 
GOD MAN IFESTED IN THE FLESH.— 
PENTECOST. 
witnesses had become so reduced that 
the chief actors in these terrible scenes 
firmly believed that their avowed object 
had been successfully accomplished. 
In their hour of exultation they actually 
struck a memorial of their fancied tri-
umph, which still remains, bearing the 
ominous inscription—" Tine name of 
Christians being extinguished." 
C ONSTANTINII. —MOH AMM ED. 
Thus was brought on throughout the 
whore bounds of the Roman Empire a. 
 
crisis of a nature so desperate that noth-
ing—nothing short of tine interposition 
of the Almighty could avail to prevent 
it from being turned into a fatal and fi-
nal catastrophe. But enough ! As has 
ever happened, the hour of man's extrem-
ity is ever that of God's opportunity. 
Suddenly, and in a way most unexpected, 
deliverance came. He who can turn the 
hearts of men like the rivers of water 
disposed the heart of Constantine, the 
master of the world, to .embrace the 
Christian faith. After such a long dark 
night of storms, a great and blessed 
calm, with the sunshine of a cloudless 
day, immediately ensued. No wonder 
that, in commemoration of an event so 
marvellous, medals of Constantine should 
have been struck, with the head of the 
Emperor on one side and this inscription 
on the other, " Beata tranquillitas "—
Blessed tranquillity. 
But, alas ! alas ! this blessed season 
of tranquillity and repose had not long 
been enjoyed when the downward law of 
degeneracy inherent in the very nature 
of sinful man, under all imaginable con-
ditions and circumstances, came into ac-
tive operation. In the eastern division 
of the Roman Empire, errors in doctrine 
and corruptions in practice began to in-
crease and multiply so rapidly that with-
in a few centuries little remained of 
Christianity but the name ; and that 
name remained in close association with 
so much of downright paganism as only, 
in more aggravated forms, to profane and 
vilify the sacred name of its Divine Au-
thor. Thus in the eastern world arose a 
crisis in the seventh century of a nature 
so desperate as to demand, either imme-
diate and total reform under some mighty 
providential visitation, or, as in the 
days before the Flood, immediate and 
total, or all but total extermination. The 
latter was what in righteousness the Sov-
ereign Judge bad decreed, only instead 
of a deluge of water it was now, under 
the trenchant sword of Mohammed, to be 
a deluge of blood ! 
THE PRESENT CRISIS OF THE CHRIS-
TIAN CHURCH. 
BY REV. DR. DUFF OF SCOTLAND. 
_Fathers and Brethren,—Let us not for-
get that our own Church, large as it may 
look in the eyes of its fond adherents, 
is but a comparatively small section of 
the Church Universal ; lest, by forgetful-
ness of this, we should have our minds 
so exclusively absorbed by the generating 
causes and possible consequents of our 
own crisis, as unduly to magnify or exag-
gerate alike its relative and substantive 
importance, and thereby unduly to over-
look the transcendently greater and more 
momentous crisis with which all of us 
have or ought to have, to do—a crisis of 
such yastness of magnitude, as regards 
both its extent and intrinsic importance, 
that our own is no more worthy of being 
compared to it than one of the many 
smaller gyrating- eddies on the outer 
edge or rim of the once-renowned and 
terror-striking whirlpool of old Charyb-
dis, or the still huger Maelstrom of the 
Norwegian main, to the mighty inner vor-
tex which, in a moment, could suck down 
the stateliest vessel, or even whole na-
vies, to the depths below. This, this is 
the gigantic crisis to which I fain would, 
if I could, direct for a little the minds of 
all present here this day; and that too, I 
frankly own it, with a specific object 
and design. For surely in gravely con-
templating the world-wide crisis in 
which not only our own Church and its 
peculiar questions, but all Churches, yea, 
and all nations, together with all ques-
tions concerning the works of creation, 
providence, and grace—aye, and concern-
ing the very existence of a Creator, 
Moral Governor, and Redeemer of the 
world—are all of them involved surely,' 
methinks, after such a' survey, however 
cursory, all ought to be prepared to re-
turn to a consideration of our own di-
minutive crisis—on whose merits or de-
merits I now pronounce no judgment, but 
simply allude to it as a fact—with a 
calmness of mind, a candor of spirit, 
and a dispassionateness and command of 
temper which would soon bring it to a 
settlement on some mutually satisfactory 
basis. Then might all of us be enabled to 
direct our whole undistracted and undi-
vided energies to the grander and nobler 
task of surveying the graver elements, 
with a view to direct or control the more 
complex and tumultuary movements of 
that mightier crisis which now threatens 
to issue in a more terrible catastrophe 
than any that has ever been recorded in 
the annals of time since the day that 
Adam fell ! 
The London Nature (the organ of Eng-
lish scientists) reviews, through some 
five columns, the voyage of the Polaris, 
and estimates its results considerable 
higher than American opinion has seem-
ed to place them. 
It not only sees in the yet imperfect 
record " one of those thrilling narratives 
which will be the delight of the boy-
hood of all generations," but " invinci-
ble " arguments for the advocates of 
Arctic exploration by way of Smith's 
Sound, and one of the most "wonderful 
and successful Arctic cruises on record," 
giving "the strongest ground for hope 
of the completion of the eight degrees 
that yet remain before the North Pole 
shall be brought within the sphere of 
the known." 
The Polaris went beyond the eighty-
second degree. It approached the Pole 
nearer than any former attempt. Na-
ture says it has done " enough to show 
that the way to the North Pole is clear 
and practicable," and it recommends the 
example, and the finishing of the remain-
ing exploration, to the joint committee 
of the Royal and Geographical Societies 
now considering the subject of an Arc-
tic expedition from England. 
The Polaris has settled what had be-
come the most interesting question—pop-
ular one at least—respecting those re-
gions of wonder., It has dispelled all 
our marvelous fancies about the " open 
polar sea." How many poetical dreams 
thus perish ? Who has not constructed 
a new world of wonders from the inti-
mations of Kane and Hayes about that 
mysterious hidden sea ! What islands 
might there not be in it, what creatures, 
what men upon them ! But alas for our 
romance, the Polaris not only reached, 
but passed through it, and went miles 
beyond it, through Robeson Channel, to-
ward the Pole, and still was more than 
five hundred miles short of the Pole 
when she turned backward. The bay 
named by Captain Hall after our friend, 
Dr. Newman, is north of the much-
dreamed-of " open sea." The highest 
point attained on land by the brave ad-
venturers is some miles north of it. The 
supposed sea is, in fact, but a sound, an 
enlargement of Kennedy Channel, trend-
ing westward in Lady Franklin's Bay, 
and southeastward in Southern Fjord. 
Passing over this enlargement, the Po-
laris continued her route in Robeson 
Channel, which is, in fact, but the con-
tinuance of Kennedy Channel, after the 
widening that Kane and Hayes supposed 
to be the open polar sea. 
Further explorations are of course de-
sirable, for we should compass the Pole, 
and there are some scientific data still to 
be gathered, but there is hardly any re-
maining Arctic mystery to prompt adven-
ture. There can be little doubt that the 
regions more immediately about the Pole 
are about the same in all important re-
spects as those observed by the Polaris 
after passing through the supposed open 
sea. Arctic voyaging will, we predict, 
soon cease to interest the world.—The 
Methodist. 
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SAD STATE OF HAYTI. 
Thus was brought on a general crisis 
throughout the then known world, which 
more loudly than ever demanded the 
special intervention of the Almighty to 
save mankind from final and irretrieva-
ble ruin. But, praised. be God, won-
derful though the crisis was in magni-
tude and desperate in character, still 
more wonderful was the divine interpo-
sition for deliverance. For then appeared 
on the stage of time our adored Imman-
uel—God manifest in the flesh—that by 
his life of spotless obedience and atoning 
sacrifice on the cross of Calvary—to the 
eye of sense, the darkest, but to the eye 
of faith the most luminous point in the 
universe of God—he might make ,an end 
of sin, make a reconciliation for iniquity, 
and bring in everlasting righteousness. 
Who can tell what seas of iniquity were 
then dried up, what mountains of appar-
ent impossibility were levelled in that 
dark hour of suffering and of horror ? 
Away, then, away forever, with the whole 
rubbish of human devices, and works of 
merit, and ritualistic formalisms, and as-
cetic severities, and rags of righteous-
ness ! and let the giant deed stand 
forth alone, in its transcendent great-
ness, its resplendent lustre !—and let the 
song. of the redeemed on earth respond 
to the song of the glorified in heaven, 
saying, " Blessing, and honor, and glory, 
and power, be unto Him that sitteth up-
on the throne, and unto the Lamb for 
ever and ever ! " Soon followed , in 
quick succession the resurrection from 
the dead—the glorious ascension into 
heaven, and the first act of mediatorial 
sovereignty, in sending forth the Holy 
Spirit, the Comforter, who came down 
in a shower—or rather from its ampli-
tude and overflowing fullness, a cataract 
—of grace, that looked as if the very 
heavens had been rent asunder, and the 
sluices and floodgates of the -river that 
maketh glad the city of our God had 
been thrown wide open over the favored 
dwellers within the towers and bul-
warks, the temple and the palaces, of 
the earthly city of the great King ! 
Under such an extraordinary outpour-
ing of the Spirit as that of the Pente-
costal effusion one would naturally an-
ticipate that there could be nought but 
an onward, continuous, and outspreading 
flow of spiritual growth and prosperity. 
But, alas ! scarcely had the men begun 
to recover from the mighty, overpower-
ing effects of that miraculous effusion, 
when the innate depravity of the heart 
also began to manifest itself in new and 
hateful forms. Under the general law 
of degeneracy, the progress of error in 
doctrine and corruption in practice soon 
became fearfully accelerated. From the 
early rise and spread of the Gnostic 
speculative dreamings, with their blend-
ed Rabbinisms and fragments of Orien-
tal philosophy ; from the sucessive 
heresies about the person of the Son 
and the divinity of the Holy Spirit ; 
from the amphibological, philosophizing, 
allegorizing, and other strange modes of 
Scripture interpretation pursued by 
This . meeting will commence Thurs-
day, August 28th and continue one week 
or more Ample arrangements for board-._ 
ing and lodging on the ground are made. 
Sterling Run, Pa., is on the Penn. and 
Erie railroad, 89 miles west from Wil-
liamsport, and 159 miles east from Erie. 
Reduction of fare will be noticed in the 
handbills. 
Elders H. Canfield, W. H. Swartz, "L. 
Osier,. and others are expected to be 
present to minister in• word and doctrine. 
Campmeetings have been held in this 
section for the past fifteen years, and on • 
the present spot five or six years. Pre-
cious seasons have been enjoyed in the 
tented grove as tine waiting ones have as-
sembled for worship ; but the coming 
meeting is looked forward- to with unusu-
al interest, and an especial blessing is 
not only prayed for but expected. Vir-
gins of the coming Bridegroom, lay 
aside your worldly cares and business 
and meet us in tine feast Of tabernacles 
in a week's service for the Lord. • 
Brethren in the ministry, arouse your 
flocks to the importance of this meeting. 
PHILIP SMITH, for the Committee. 
WHITE. 
Died July 23, 1873, in Pike County, 
of consumption, after a lingering 
illness of nearly two years, Charles H. 
White. 
He was born in Louisville, Ky., January 
23, 1848. He united with the Baptist 
Church in 1867, and embraced the Sec-
ond Advent doctrine soon after. To this 
he was fully committed, and was ever 
ready to bear testimony to the " blessed. 
hope." Previon$ to his•illneSs he was a 
young man of great promise, esteemed 
by all who knew him of every denomi-
nation for his Christian deportment, in- 
telligence and active zeal in the cause of 
religion. The Bible was his main study, 
and he was regular in his attendance at 
the Sunday. school and prayer-meetings, 
where he took an an active part. " The 
blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin, 
and that blood availed for me," were near- 
ly the last words he uttered with regard 
to his hope. Just as the family were go- 
ing to supper he remarked to those at his 
bedside, " I am going home "—and hold 
ing (rift his hand, shook hands with them. 
He theri,called for all the family, each 
member by name, and shaking hands bade 
them farewell. With a smile on his 
death-like countenance he 'exhorted all to 
prepare to meet him in glory. From that 
time till he died (some four hours after-
wards) he retained his consciousness and 
was perfectly calm and composed until 
he breathed his last. All present re-
marked, it was the calmest, easiest death 
they ever witnessed. 
Thus my son, my earthly hope and 
pride, who had just bloomed into man-
hood, has been cut down like the flower 
of the morning ! But; thanks be to God, 
I sorrow not as thoSe who have no 
hope. 
Louisiana, Mo. 
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WORKS OF 
OF DR. SEISE. 
ual onslaughts of the educated heathen, 
together with the reiterated physical 
force assaults of the. civil authorities, 
was sent for 
C. R. WHIM. 
Bishop Coxe, in the account of his re-
cent Episcopal visit to Hayti, writes that 
for the past six years Mr. Holly, the chief 
agent of the American Episcopal mission 
in that island, has devoted his energies 
principally to work, not for the English-
speaking people, but for .the evangeliza-
tion of the poor natives of the island, 
500,000 of whom are virtually heathen, 
though the, religion of the country is 
nominally Romish. The condition of 
most of the blacks is very like that of 
natives in the heart of Africa. Their re-
ligious condition is that of barbarism. 
They worship the spirit of evil, although 
they take their children to the Romish 
priests for baptism as a charm against the 
incantations which they use one against 
the other. The cannibalism of religious 
superstition is still very prevalent in 
many parts of Hayti. Children are pre-
pared for the rite by first giving them a 
root or bark which stupefies them. 
Then they are fattened for the sacrifice, 
after which the worshippers feed upon 
their bodies. This sacrifice their super-
stition demands once a year, and both 
Episcopal and Wesleyan missionaries 
bear testimony 'to its existence, asserting 
that the practice is systematic, and not 
occasional. The government has not suf-
ficient strength to suppress the practice, 
although it has made the attempt. Bish-
op Coxe recalls a conversation held with 
the exiled President Gefrard, whom he 
visited in the island of Jamaica. "I did 
my best, " said_ the President, " to put 
down this cursed Vaudou worship." 
The Bishop asked if it were possible that, 
they thus sacrificed children to their hea-
then god. " Alas ! " was his' answer, " I 
was obliged to shoot eight men for can-
nibalism to strike terror into those whom 
I could not reach. Cannibalism is strong 
there, and it was for that reason I am 
here an exile, because I made war upon 
it. " In this land marriage is an excep-
tional institution ; so_ much so that one 
of the missionaries, laboring in the 
mountains, reported with beaming °eyes 
as an improvement on the former state 
of things that during six years he had 
celebrated six marriages. The three 
points which the Bishop thinks ought to 
We have for sale a few copies of the 
following pamphlets by the Rev. J. A. 
SEISS, D. D., of the Lutheran church, 
Philadelphia, Pa. Without accepting 
every idea advanced in them the reader 
will find much that is Scriptural, earnest 
and timely on the coming and kingdom 
of Christ. 
Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost, 10 " 
The Burning Bush, 24 pn., 
10 " 
The Threatening Ruin, 39 pp., " 15 
Our Dead, 24 pp., 
12 " 
GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE. 
For the sake of dramatic unity (if I 
may be allowed to use the expression), and 
in order to understand aright the real na-
ture of the mighty crisis in which the 
world is now involved—its preparatory 
antecedents, its position and relative 
bearings on the grand chart of provi-
dence and of grace—it must be clear to 
any.reflective mind that we ought to be-
gin with God's eternal purpose in relation 
to the economy of redemption, note its 
real purpose and design, trace its grad-
ual developement, and mark the princi-
pal stages in its eventful history for 
nearly six thousand years. Plainly, how-
ever to attempt on the present occasion 
to furnish the meagre sketch or outline 
of even the leading incidents of so stu-
pendous a theme, is altogether out of the 
question. I can only, therefore, in the 
briefest and most cursory way, advert, 
by way of memento, to a few of the-
chief points in the past, and then come 
at once to a consideration of the present. 
Let me, then, simply remind you how, 
according to the grand old theology of 
the Bible, this universe was created for 
the manifestations of God's glory ; how, 
for this very end, man, originally created 
in a state of holiness, was permitted, in 
the exercise of his own free will, to fall 
into a state of sin and misery, in order 
that, by the wonder's of electing love 
and redeeming grace, in rescuing a 
" great multitude which no man could 
number " from the wreck and ruin of so 
grievous a fall, through the incarnation, 
obedience, and atoning death of his:own 
eternal Son, a vastly greater revenue of 
glory might, in spite of its many and in-
expressibly lamentable results, redound, 
in the eyes of an admiring and adoring 
universe, through eternal ages, to the. 
 
great Creator, than from no fall at all. 
In order to the clear manifestation and 
appreciation of all this, it was necessary 
that sin, the disease, should be allowed 
to exhibit itself in its true character of 
inherent malignancy, as well as its invet-
erate tendency to grow from bad to worse, 
and from worse to worst, together with 
its absolute incurableness by any expe-
dients of mere human wisdom and skill. 
In order, again, to render this clear be-
yond all debate, ample time, with free 
and full scope for its developing itself 
in all its possible forms, and under ev-
ery conceivable variety of condition and many of the fathers, all within the 
circumstance, must be afforded. And Church ; from the envenomed intellect- 
hence the chief and most characteristic 
phenomena in the prolonged history of 
four thousand years ! Man's nature, once 
infected with the disease of sin, or 'nor- from the Roman Emperor downwards—
al evil, immediately came under the fell in a word, from pestilent corruptions in 
influence of its ever-downward tendency doctrine and practice within the Chris- 
-a tendency so strongly marked, and so tian fold, vital apostolic Christianity, by 
invariable, that it may well be designated the beginning of the fourth century, had 
the law, the inflexible, downward law, been well nigh obliterated ; while, by in-
of degeneracy, ending if not arrested, in cessant savage persecutions from with-
' hopeless decay, corruption, and death, as out, the number of the true 'Christian 
THE PAPAL ANTICHRIST. 
Turning now to the western division 
of tine Roman Empire, there, scarcely 
had the Pagan Antichrist been slain 
when the Papal Antichrist began rapid- - 
ly to develop itself, and corruptions of 
every conceivable kind, with idolatrous 
and superstitious rites and ceremonies, 
profac,-f.-ly baptized with Christian names, 
began to multiply and superabound. 
The rise and growth of ail these multit 
dinous evils was greatly facilitated by 
tine profound ignorance that succeeded the 
devastating inundations of the northern 
barbarians. The tornado of tine Cru-
sades about the beginning of . the twelfth. 
century, having at length somewhat 
aroused men from mental torpor and 
lethargy, fragments of the Saracen ic, 
Arabic, or Mohammedan learning and 
philosophy were introduced, and origina-
ted that strange compound of inquiry, 
doubt, rationalism, scepticism, and unbe-
lief known under the name of Scholas-
ticism. That again, mixing itself up 
with the prevailing theology, tended ad-
ditionally to disturb its scriptural fea-
tures and: corrupt its scriptural purity. 
Then followed, about the beginning of 
tine fifteenth century, what is commonly 
known as the revival of ancient classical 
literature, more especially in Italy ; the 
earnest and enthusiastic study of which, 
while leading to artistic and other mate-
rial improvements, had the effect of still 
further corrupting the Christian faith by 
the large influx and admixture with it of 
ideas' and tastes and usages borrowed 
from the heathen mythology. Accor-
dingly, numbers, more particularly 
among the educated and literary classes, 
and even of the clergy, were smitten 
with religious indifference or secret 
. Hence the melancholy fact that 
while the erroneous dogmatic teaching 
and Pagan or semi-Paganized ritual of 
the _Church were.enjoined and maintained 
more Vigorously than ever, nearly all 
real faith and sincerity of profession, on 
the part of even many of the prelates 
and other dignataries, were well-nigh. 
extinguished. 
But amid* all these evil tendencies and 
frightful corruptions of every kind and 
degree, which went on increasing in 
number and aggravated iniquity for a 
thousand years, there was throughout 
the whole of that period a faithful rem- 
nant in almost every land who alone had 
the true apostolic succession of grace 
and truth ; and who continued amid ob-
loquy, reproach, and suffering unto death, 
to bear noble, though latterly, from the 
external pressure laid upon them, mostly 
passive testimony to all the offices of the 
Divine Redeemer as Prophet, Priest, and 
King, with- all the cardinal truths of sal-
vation once delivered to tine saints. But 
by degrees the persecution of these-
faithful witnesses waxed hotter and hot-
ter ; their blood was shed in such torrents 
that in the infallible judgment_ of inspi-
ration. Rome had . become " drunk with 
the blood of the saints and of the mar-
tyrs of Jesus." So that at last this Pa-
pal mistress of ChriStendom felt herself 
warranted in proclaiming aloud to the 
whole world that her work of silencing 
the witnesses of the truth was .comple-
ted by their destruction. In the year 
1513, at the Council of Lateran, the ora-
tor of the session, under the inspiration 
of Papal authority, ascended the pulpit, 
and exultingly exclaimed—" There is an 
The editorial correspondent of the Bal-
timore American attended the American 
chapel at Vienna one Sunday in July, and 
noted the fact that while there must have 
been over a thousand Americans in the 
city, there were but eleven persons pres-
ent when the minister came to the pulpit, 
which number was increased by five more 
at the time the sermon commenced. As 
a contrast to this, he found at least a hun-
dred of his countrymen present at a band 
concert in the afternoon, sipping their cof-
fee and ice. 
Since MacMahon's elevation to the 
Presidency of France, a decree has been 
issued prohibiting the interment, after six 
o'clock in the morning, of any person not 
holding either the Catholic, Lutheran, 
Calvinistic or Jewish faiths. 
The Society of Biblical Archaeology 
announce their intention to publish a 
series of translations of all the impor-
tant Assyrian and Egyptian texts which 
exist in the various collections of Eng-
land and the Continent, and thus place 
before the English student the remains 
of undoubtedly the oldest and most au-
thentic literature in the world, the foun-
dation of all history, archaeology, and 
Biblical exposition, the contemporaneous 
records of the nations and writers of 
the Bible. 
As to education in. China, only about 
one in eight are able to read the writings 
of Confucius. None of the women can 
read. All Christian converts, however, 
are taught to read. 
A delegation, representing forty thou-
sand Mennonites living near the Black 
Sea, has been in this country some time 
searching for suitable homes through va-
rious Western States. A colony of five 
thousand will come out in May, though 
the 'place for settling has not yet fully been 
decided upon. 
Dr. Leonard Woods' valuable historic 
manuscripts, said to have been burned re-
cently, are still " extant." They are 
stereotyped, and besides they were not in . 
the fire at all, though some others of less 
value were. 
REV. GARDINER SPRING, D. D., died 
at his residence in New York, Aug 18th, 
in the 89th year of his age, after a mem- 
orable pastorate of 63 years in the Brick 
(Presbyterian) Church. Dr. Spring was 
a native of Massachusetts, having been 
born at Newburyport, in February, 1785. 
He was the son of Rev. Dr. Samuel Spring, 
who was a chaplain in the continental ar-
my, and went with Arnold's memorable 
expedition to Canada. He graduated at 
Yale in 1805, and after teaching for a 
time studied law, and practiced for more 
than a year. He was strongly inclined 
to the ministry however, and soon forsook 
the law for the pursuit of theological 
studies. After a few months at Andover, 
he received and accepted a call to the 
Brick Church; New York. This was in 
1810, and his pastorate his continued 
without interruption to the present time. 
Such an instance of mutual attachment 
between pastor and people, extending over 
the long period of sixty-three years, is al= 
most without a parallel. Dr. Spring pos-
sessed eminent abilities as a preacher and 
theologian, and was the author of a num-
ber of religious books. He was at differ-
ent times elected President of the Dart-
mouth and Hamilton Colleges, but noth-
ing could tempt him to leave his chosen 
work in the pulpit, or to abandon his much-
loved pursuits. 
The Norwich Advertiser says : "A 
$150,000 church in this city, a $60,000 
church at Willimantic, a $20,000 church 
at Dayville, a $40,000 nunnery at Put-
nam, and a $25,000 convent of Baltic, 
are the Catholic enterprises in this 
neighborhood." 
A Baptist paper in Ohio 
nine years to a subscriber who never 
paid a cent for it. The other day the 
newspaper was returned to the patient 
and long-suffering publisher with the af-
fecting pencil note on its margin : "Gone 
to a better world." The editor is a very 
pious man, but it is reported that his 
JANE S. 
Died, of consumption, in Montgomery, 
Vt., July 19th, Ellen Janes, daughter of 
Ira and Priscilla Janes, aged 22 years 
and 7 months. 
She made a public profession of relig 
NOTES TO 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
A. BRIDGE. —Elder F. Gunner's address 
at present is Newburyport, Kass. 
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In accordance with a resolution passed 
at the annual Conference' in Itichford, 
Vt., arrangements have been made to 
hold a campmeetiM at Chapel Corner, 
St. Armand, P. Q., commencing Tues-
day, September 9th, and holding, at least, 
over the following Lord's day. It will 
be conducted strictly on campmeeting 
principles, and those who come must gov-
ern themselves accordingly. The conven-
iences for the meeting are as follows : I 
have 4 dwelling-houses (the most distant 
within eighty rods of the chapel), with 
cellars, butteries, wells, wood, &c. which 
Carl be used. In this way we can accom-
modate a hundred people on the camp-
meeting plan. Pasture for horses or 
stabling for them, is very handy, and 
will be furnished free. If hay is needed 
it can be obtained at a reasonable rate. 
Those coming to the meeting by rail-
road from the east, south, or west, will 
at St. Albans, Vt., take a ticket for 
Moor's Station, St. Armand, P. Q., 
which place is only three miles from 
Chapel Corner. There will be teams 
there a part of the time (at the first of 
the meeting) to convey passengers to the 
meeting. Elders Osier and, _.itch will 
attend, if the Lord will, to preach the 
word ; and we cordially invite all other 
brethren, in the ministry and out of it, 
to meet with us. In behalf ,of the 
church, JONAS SORNBERGER. 
N. B. Elder Osier is expected to be 
at Moor's Station, St. Armand, P. ' Q., 
Friday, Sept. 5th, where I will meet him. 
J. S. 
QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING. 
A quarterly Board Meeting of the 
Millennial Missionary Society of Canada, 
and Vermont will be held at Chapel Cor-
ner in connection with the above camp- 
meeting. J. LITCH Pres. 
W. B. KINNEY, ASec'y. 
STEDIaING .RIIN CAMP-MEETING. 
was of especial interest, for there new 
victories were won for Christ. 
Sabbath morn,iny, Aug. 10th, the first 
service was held at nine, with Elder Os-
ier in the chair. Quietly and steadily 
the meeting went .on,—about fifty hav-
ing an opportunity to speak ;—none 
trespassing on the time alloted, many 
who would gladly have spoken giving 
way to others. In this meeting we were 
particularly impressed with the power of 
the songs of Zion, when well chosen and 
well sung by those whose hearts respond 
to the words. A sister, whose voice 
grew tremulous with emotion, as she 
spoke of loved ones out of Christ, did 
not lack sympathy, as we followed the 
leader of the meeting in those sweet 
words, " Did Christ o'er sinners weep." 
"My hope is built on nothing less 
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness," 
was a confession of faith from many a 
heart whose voice was silent except as 
it spoke in song. Many words were 
spoken which we would like to record, 
but space fails. One of our blind sisters 
spoke of the time when she by faith saw 
Christ agonizing on the cross, and joy-
fully of the time when she should see 
him in his glory. Surely, " the Lord 
openeth the eyes of the blind." A lov-
ing testimony, to the love of a praying 
mother, stirred all hearts. Many re- 
quests for prayers were presented, the 
answers to which we may know in the 
coming kingdom ; for we do not believe 
that such prayers will be in vain. In 
closing the meeting Elder Osier, in a 
few well chosen words, urged the neces- 
sity of a quiet; earnest devotion, that 
the services of the day might not lead 
to mere excitement ; of guarding against 
fruitless discussions and criticisms, and 
of keeping the mind steadily to one idea 
—" the glory of God in the salvation of 
souls." That the words were • not • lost 
was shown in the quiet which prevailed 
through the day. 
At half past one the seats in the grove 
were filled and Mr. William Marks of 
Toronto, P. Q., Canada, started the meet-
ing by making a few remarks, which 
were followed by Elder Gates "lining 
out " a hymn in the old style of the Pu-
ritan fathers, when hymn books were 
not plenty. 
Leaving that, an attempt to get into 
the chapel was found to be useless, but 
the scene presented a picture which will 
not soon be forgotten. Around the 
chapel people were moving quietly, 
talking in subdued tones, while within 
a group filled the space near the door, 
behind the seats, listeniing eagerly to 
catch the words of the speakers. Stand-
ing by the desk was Elder Canfield lead-
ing the meeting, while on either side of 
him were two of the brethren, ready, 
like Aaron and Hur, to hold up his 
hands should they fall down. 
" Precious name, 0 how sweet," 
sang the leader, and a 'few clear, sweet 
voices took up the accompanying chord's ; 
and perhaps some felt then for the first 
time, the sweetness of that name at 
which " every knee shall bow." 
The services of the evening were fol-
lowed by precious seasons in some of 
the cottages, where hearts bowed for the 
first time in submission to God, and were 
led by words of Christian sympathy 
nearer to Him. 
And so the meetings ended. May we 
all meet again, where prayer shall end in 
praise. 
ebituavg. 
" The Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and 
with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall 
rise first ; then we which are alive and remain shal 
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to 
meet the Lord in the air ; and so shall we ever be 
with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another 
with these words." 
ST. ARMAND CAMPMEETING. 
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PARAGRAPHS. 
THE peculiar wealth of thought in 
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closest study of it, has been frequently 
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" The Bible is a book full of pictures 
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slowly but surely- to the spiritual eye. 
How often we read a passage, verse or 
chapter, in which beauties appear we 
never before perceived ! How often, 
while meditating upon the word of God, 
beauties are discerned which illumine 
and refresh the soul as never before ! 
These are facts which are often specially 
developed in a well conducted teacher's 
meeting." 
" THY" AND " US." 
The two divisions of the Lord's- 
Prayer-the former .relating to the glory 
of God, the latter to the wants of man 
-appear very evident on a slight trans-
position of the personal pronouns : 
Thy name be hallowed. 
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, etc. 
Us give this day our daily bread. 
Us forgive our debts, etc. 
Us lead not into temptation. 
Us deliver from evil. 
A YOUNG minister preached what he 
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One of the hearers asked another what 
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till he got the mainspring out ; and that 
did not improve it much." The preacher 
had left the atonement and intercession 
of Christ out of his discourse. He 
taught that Tenitence was all that was 
necessary to the forgiveness of sin. 
Thus he took the mainspring out of 
Ch ristianity. 
HERALD, AUGUST 27. 1873. 
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unduly alarm us, nor let us shrink from 
entering them, for we may find there 
what will prove occasion for future 
praise.- 
" Behind a frowning Providence 
God hides his smiling face." 
gallons of: water ; strain and boil down to 
one gall( n ; when blood warm, add .3 
pounds of honey and 3 pints of best bran-
dy ; bottle, and keep in a cool place. 
Dose ; drink freely of it three times a day, 
before meals, at least a gill, or more, ac-
cording to the strength and age of the 
patient. This has raised many a person 
from an almost certain death bed and sent 
them rejoicing through many years of 
life and health, to bless their friends and 
enjoy their pleasant company.-Paine. 
To SOFTEN OLD PUTTY.-in removing 
old broken panes from a window, it is gen-
erally very difficult to get off the hard, 
dry putty that sticks round the glass and 
its frame. Dip a small brush in a little 
nitric or muriatic acid-to be obtained at 
the druggist's-and go over the putty 
with it. Let it rest awhile, and it will 
soon become so soft that you can remove 
it with ease. 
WARTS AND CORNS.-An old lady re-
siding on Choptank street desires every-
body to know, who may be suffering with 
warts or corns, that the bark of a willow 
tree, burnt to ashes, mixed with strong 
vinegar and applied to the parts, will re-
move all excresences on any part of the 
body.-Ex. 
FOR BURNS OR SCALDS.-Kerosene is 
one of the best antidotes for a severe burn 
or scald. Immerse the injured part in cold 
water for a moment ; dry it with a soft 
cloth, taking care not to rub at all. Then 
bathe in kerosene, and the terrible pain 
ceases. We know of a little child who 
put his foot and leg into a pail of nearly 
boiling water. The above remedy was 
applied, and in a few minutes the child's 
screams ceased. We know not of the 
philosophy of the matter, but we do know 
that it is the most efficacious remedy for 
severe burns or scalds in materia medica. 
-.M.., 4E. • 
 
LITTLE TEMPTATIONS. 
John Newton says, Satan seldom comes 
to a Christian with great temptations, or 
with a temptation to commit a great sin. 
You bring a green log and a candle to-
gether, and they are very safe neighbors ; 
but bring a few shavings and set them a-
light, and then bring a few small sticks 
and let teem take fire, with the log in 
the midst of them, and you will soon get 
rid of your log. And sip it is with little 
sins. You will be startled with the idea 
of committing a great sin, and so the 
devil brings you a little temptation, and 
leaves you to indulge yourself. " There 
is no great harm in this," " no great peril 
in that ; "and so by these little chips we 
first easily light up, and at last the green 
log is burned. " Watch and pray that ye 
enter not into temptation." 
 
 
"AS LITTLE CHILDREN." 
word, madam ?" 
When the late Dr. Guthrie lay on his 
death-bed, he said to those about him, in 
his own touching language, " Give me a 
bairn's hymn." And they sang for him 
that little hymn which few hearts have 
ever yet heard unmoved : 
" There is a happy land." 
Christ knew when he set a little child in 
the midst of the people as a type of Chris-
tian life, that though so simple that a man 
might at first scorn it, yet was this very 
simplicity of childhood the most difficult 
thing for man to attain to. After years 
of effort to be deep even to unfathomable-
ness in our theology, we must all at last 
come to acknowledge and long for such 
easy, unaffected trust as a child can give. 
That which is simple enough for babes 
and fools is also deep enough for the wise. 
-S. S. Times. 
be dying, and the sight of your face 
might add to his anguish !" 
"Had it come to this, I said to myself, 
that the man whose labors had, through 
Christ, brought me into his fold, whose 
hands had buried me in baptism, who had 
consoled my spirit in a terrible bereave-
ment, and who had, till designing men 
had alienated us, been to me as a brother 
-that this man could not die in peace 
with my face before him ? 'God pity 
me !' I cried, 'what have I done ?' I 
confessed my sin to that meek woman, 
and implored her for Christ's sake to let 
me kneel before his dying servant and re-
ceive his forgiveness. What did I care 
then, whether the pews by the door were 
rented or not ? I would gladly have 
taken his whole family to my home forever 
as my own flesh and blood, but no such 
happiness was before me. 
"As I entered the room of the blessed 
warrior, whose armor was falling from his 
limbs, he opened his languid eyes, and 
said, 'Brother Lee ! Brother Lee !' I 
bent over him, and sobbed out, 'My pas-
tor ! my pastor !' Then, raising his white 
hand, he said in a deep, impressive voice, 
'Touch not mine anointed, and do my 
prophets no harm !' I spoke tenderly to 
him, told him I had come to confess my 
sin, and bring some of his fruit to him, 
calling my son to tell him how he found 
Christ. But he was unconscious of all 
around ; the sight of my face had brought 
the last pang of earth to his spirit. 
"I kissed his brow, and told how dear 
he had been to me ; I craved his pardon 
for my unfaithfulness, and promised to 
care for his widow and fatherless little 
ones ; but his only reply, murmured as if 
in a troubled dream, was, 'Touch not 
mine anointed, and do my prophets no 
harm !' 
"I staid by him all night, and at day-
break I closed his eyes. I 
offered his 
widow a house to live in the remainder of 
her days ; but like a heroine she said, 
freely forgive you. But my children who 
entered deeply into their father's anguish, 
shall never see me so regardless of his 
mem-ry as to take anything from those 
who caused it. He has left us all with 
his covenant God, and he will care for us.' 
"Well, sir, those dying words sounded 
in my ears from that coffin and from that 
grave. When I slept, Christ stood before 
me in my dream, saying : 'Touch not mine 
anointed, and do my prophets no harm.' 
These words followed me till I fully real-
ized the esteem in which Christ holds 
those anointed ones who have given up all 
for his sake, and I vowed to love them ev-
ermore for his sake, even if they are not 
perfect. And since that day, sir, I have 
talked less than before, and have support-
ed my pastor, even if he is not a 'very 
extraordinary man.' My tongue shall 
cleave to the roof of my mouth and my 
right hand forget her cunning, before I 
dare to put asunder what God has joined 
together. When a minister's work is 
done in a place, I believe God will show 
it to him. I will not join you, sir, in the 
scheme that brought you here ; and more-
over, if I hear another word of this from 
your lips, I shall ask my brethren to deal 
with you as with them who cause divis-
ions. I would give all I own to recall 
what I did thirty years ago. Stop where 
you are, and pray God, if perchance the 
thought of your heart may be forgiven 
you." 
This decided reply put an end to the 
new comer's efforts to get a minister who 
could make more stir, and left him free to 
lay out roads and build hotels. 
There is often great power in the little 
word "no," but sometimes it requires not 
a little courage to speak it as resolutely as 
did the silent deacon.-Examiner and 
Chronicle. 
Zitt family Cult. 
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" THE GARMENTS OF PRAISE." 
‘• Sing unto the Lord, 0 ye saints of His." 
I HEARD a little bird, 
Upon a leafy spray, 
Pour such a gush of song, as if 
'Twould sing its life away. 
No fear of prowling hawk, 
No dread of coming wrong, 
No prudent, anxious, manlike cares 
Could spoil that joyous song. 
Learn from this happy bird 
A lesson, downcast soul ; 
For ceaseless mercies let the stream 
Of ceaseless praises roll. 
Sing when thy strength is firm, 
And sing when it decays : 
When comforts come, or comforts go ; 
For both give equal praise. 
From God's unchanging love 
They both alike proceed; 
His perfect wisdom fits them all 
Exactly to thy need. 
No creature of His hand 
He loveth more than thee : 
Let no one sing its tribute song 
With heart more glad and free. 
Then sing His countless gifts, 
And sing for sins forgiven; 
Sing that the HIGHEST calls thee son 
And sealeth thee for heaven. 
And even at the Cross, 
Where Jesus bought thee dear, 
Oh ! let the tend'rest n3tes of praise 
Pour forth thy heart's deep cheer. 
He traineth thee for song, 
For the " new song" above, 
To lead heaven's burning seraph choirs 
In ecstacies of love. 
Then learn thy lesson well, 
And practise now to praise ; 
In joy and sorrow, storm and calm, 
Thy thankful raptures raise. 
-British Evangelist. 
THE SILENT DEACON'S OPINION. 
would come then, and as we went along j blessings to us. Let them not therefore 
I told him of my mother's fear of death, 
and I begged him if he could do any-
thing to comfort her, to do it. My moth-
er knew where I-had gone to, and as we 
entered, I said, " Mother, here is the gen-
tleman I have been to hear, come to see 
you." 
"Glad to see you, sir," said mother, 
"pray sit down." 
" My good woman," said he, after a 
few casual remarks, "your son- has told 
me how much you suffer from the fear 
of death." 
"0 pray, sir, don't mention it, it was 
gone from my mind, and I dread the 
thought of its revival." 
"It is good and wholesome if unbe-
lievers have a dread of death," said our 
visitor, " but I trust you are a true be-
liever." 
"Through God's grace, I rejoice in 
hope of eternal life." 
Our visitor sat thinking a moment or 
two, and I was wondering what he 
would- say next, for I had often heard 
others go over the ground of God's faith-
fulness, and his promise to be with his 
people in every trial. 
He broke silence and said, " Well, my 
good sister, I know you cannot always 
control your own feelings, but does it 
not strike you as unwise, to grieve over 
what may never happen." 
"Never happen, man !" said my moth-
er, "what do you mean ? In this life we 
are certain of nothing but death, and 
the judgment. It must come ! It must 
come! 
" You believe God's 
enquired the stranger. 
" Most truly," said my mother. 
"Then listen to me," and he turned to 
1 Thess. 4 : 16-18, and read, " The Lord 
himself shall descend from heaven with 
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
and with. the trump of God : and the 
dead in Christ shall rise first : then we 
which are alive and remain shall be 
caught up together with them in the 
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and 
so shall we ever be with the Lord. Where-
fore comfort one another with these 
words." And then turning to my moth-
er, he said, "Are you sure you will not be 
one of those who are alive and remain' 
when Jesus comes ? If not,- you are not 
sure you will ever die at all." 
My mother was struck dumb ! The 
passage was quite familiar to her, but it 
never occurred to her that she might 
possibly be one of those who will be 
alive at that day. Our visitor saw the 
arrow of truth had struck home, and bid-
ding us farewell he left, promising to 
call again the next time he came our 
way. 
As soon as he had gone, my mother 
bid me get her large bible and find the 
passage, and she sat and read it as one 
spell-bound. At last she said, as if talk-
ing to herself, "how strange it should 
follow with the words 'Comfort one an-
other with these words.' " And then she 
repeated the passage, "Watch therefore, 
for ye know not at what hour your Lord 
doth come." " Grieving over what may 
never happen ! and all these years ! " 
" Comfort one another with these words." 
Our visitor called again, but found his 
work was done ; the simple truth had, 
under God's blessing, brought forth 
fruit, and my mother dreads • no more 
the fearful death, but keeps her eyes on 
the life, and earnestly joins in the pray-
er, " Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!"-
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LETTING GO. 
To KEEP QUINCES.-Put them in a 
stone jar, cover with cold water, changing 
it every week, and they will keep a year. 
BOILS.-A good way to hasten suppu-
ration, or to bring these troublesome " ris-
ings " to a head, is to keep them covered 
with a piece of plaster, sprea, I with molas-
ses and flour. Honey is one of the ingre-
dients preferred by those who think that 
" honey is very healing." But the object 
is to make a simple protective covering 
that will keep the inflamed parts soft and 
moist. Apart from this, there is no spe-
cial virtue in either the honey or the mo-
lasses. Here then, we have another use-
ful principle, which will prevent a great 
deal of useless bother and trouble in con-
sulting a whole neighborhood as to the best' 
remedy for " biles." The only objection 
to the application recommended is that, 
like almost everything else, it i rather 
painful to these very sensitive tumors. 
In that case, a bread-and-milk poultice, or 
a very soft pad of cloth or linen wet in 
warm water and covered with oil-cloth, is 
the beet application, until the inflammation 
is somewhat reduced. Then the plaster 
of flour and molasses or honey, can be re-
sumed. When the boil is very irritable, 
laudanum is a good addition to the poul-
tice or plaster. 
FOOD MEDICINE.-Dr. Hall relates the 
case of a man who was cured of his bil-
iousness by going without his supper and 
drinking freely of lemonade : " Every 
morning," says the doctor, " this patient 
arose with a wonderful sense of rest and 
refreshment, and a feeling as though the 
blood had been washed, cleansed and 
cooled by the lemonade and the fast." 
His theory is that food will be used as a 
remedy for many diseases successfully. 
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E0,,K SALE AT THIS OFFICE. 
Yonder, in the square pew, sits Deacon 
Lee ; you would know he was a deacon 
if we had not told you. Some men are 
born deacons-what a pity that some 
should enter that holy office who are not ! 
Deacon Lee was not a native of W 
but went there to fill a farm left him by 
an aged relative some twenty years ago 
-about the time Deacon Bell died, leav-
ing a sad void in the church and the par-
sonage-for he was a pillar in Zion, and a 
strong arm to his pastor. After seeking 
long to fill his place, the minds of the 
church settled on the new-corner, who, by 
his solemnity, piety and zeal, seemed cre-
ated for the place. He was a man of few 
words, rarely ever talking, so that the boys 
called him at first " a glum old man." 
But they soon changed their opinion ; for 
he set apart a tree of summer-sweetings 
and one of bell-pears for their express bene-
fiteas they went to and from school, and sur-
prised them by a fine swing, which he hung 
for them in his walnut-grove. So the ver-
, diet of that and of each succeeding gen-
eration of 4,,V,1 'NUS, that although the 
deacon never talked, he was a kind and 
genial man, and a lover of children. Eve-
ry boy for twenty years back, has been his 
shepherd, his watchman,. or his assistant 
farmer ; feeling it a high honor to hitch 
his horse on Sunday, or to drive his ma-
nure-crop on Monday ; and all because 
they saw, through the thick veil of re-
serve, that love burned and glowed in his 
heart. 
Deacon Lee's minister trusted in him, 
and -the church felt her temporal affairs 
safe in his hands, and the world honored 
his stern consistency. 
There was a serpent in Eden, and a Ju-
das in that thrice-blessed band who walked 
and talked with our Redeemer on earth, 
and who saw His glory mingled with His 
humanity ; why, then, need we wonder 
that one man, subtle and treacherous, hid 
himself in the calm verdure of W 
crawling out oily to deceive God's people 
with a- kiss, till ready to spring upon them 
with his poisoned fangs ? Upright, faith-
ful and earnest as were. the people, they 
were not proof against flattery and de-
ception. There came among them one 
quite unused to their unostentatious way 
of serving God and ambitious, as, he said, 
" of seeing them make some stir in the 
world." We know from God's Word that 
" one sinner destroyeth much good," and 
yet we are often annoyed at the wide re-
sult of one man's evil work in the church. 
One may sow tares which a hundred can-
not pluck out ; and therefore it becomes 
God's children to stay the enemy in his 
first efforts. 
He who aimed at the life of the gospel 
church in W was " dead, while he 
had a name to live." He scorned many 
of the humble ones whose crown is waiting 
them on high. He hated the humbling 
doctrines of the Cross, and desired to see 
man glorified and exalted ; he rebelled 
against the ", iron bars," which he chose 
to call the bonds of love which separate 
God's chosen and obedient ones from the 
world that lieth in wickedness. He de-
clared that the Millennium could never 
dawn till all Christians were as one-by 
which he meant that, for the sake of union, 
ri.ht must yield to wrong-as if he were 
of the number who loved and longed for 
the appearing of Christ ! He began 
stealthily to sow his seeds among the 
younger and weaker of the flock, and 
when he saw the first token of their tak-
ing root he grew bold, and began to cast 
them in on the - strong, high hills. But 
here he found resistance ; the soil which 
had borne such rich harvests of grace re- 
pelled his seed from its bosom ; and he 
came to the mad resolve to assail.the dea-
con, and try how he would receive it. If 
he, with his piety, zeal and influence, 
opened his heart to it, the end was easily 
attained. The minister was not worthy 
of consideration in the matter-ministers 
A gentleman and his wife were taking 
a sea-bath, when a receding wave drew 
them from the shore and suddenly plunged 
them into deep water. The gentleman 
could swim, but his wife, could not, and 
she instinctively threw her arms about her 
husband's neck, her struggles meanwhile 
rendering it impossible for him to assist 
her or save himself. 
"My dear," said he, "this will never 
do. In this way we must both go down. 
Unclasp your hold, and allow me to save 
you in my own way. Trust me, and I 
will assuredly do so." In a moment she 
was in his arms, helpless as an infant, and 
he bore her to the shore, where they knelt 
to thank 'God for such a signal deliver-
ance from sudden death. 
Fearful soul, struggling amid the waves 
of doubt and temptation, cease all trust 
in your own doings. Jesus is with you. 
Trust in him, and his strong arms shall 
bear you through the deep waters which 
threaten to overwhelm you. 
are so readily put out of the way if they 
do not yield to ungodliness. If he proved 
a dead sentinel, he would not molest him ; 
if alive and jealous of his Master's honor 
one bullet would settle him forever. 
In pursuance of his deep-laid plan, our 
valiant reformer rode up and fastened his 
horse before the unpretending dwelling 
of Deacon Lee. Ushered into the neat 
" keeping-room " to await his coming from 
the harvest field, his restless spirit was al-
most awed by the silence which reigned 
there. The tall clock in the corner, with 
its ever-sailing ship, ticked painfully loud ; 
and even the buzzing of the few flies on 
the panes annoyed him. He suffered much 
the same oppression as do those who wait 
long, in a silent, darkened room, the com-
ing of a minister to a funeral. He wished 
for, and then dreaded the good man, be-
ing not quite sure of a warm reception. 
He had just decided on a clandestine flight, 
when the door opened and the deacon en-
tered, as calm and neat as if toil had 
never ruffled his spirits nor soiled his gar-
ments. After the usual greetings, and a 
dead, awful pause, the visitor began-
! think of the wiles of Satan-by lament-
ing the low state of religion, asking the 
good man why this church had enjoyed no 
revival for three or four years ! What 
cared he for God's set time to visit Zion ? 
He was far more deeply interested in the 
opening of a new stage-road to the sum-
mit, and in getting up stock in the pro-
jected hotel there. 
" Now, what do you think is the cause 
of things being dull here ? Do you know ?" 
he persisted in asking. 
The deacon was not ready to give his 
opinion, and after a little thought frankly 
answered, " No, I don't." 
" Do you think the church are alive to 
the work before them ?" 
" No, I don't." 
" Do you think the minister fully real-
izes the solemnity of his work ?" 
" No, I don't." 
A twinkle was seen in the eye of this 
troubler in Zion, and taking courage, he 
asked : 
" Do you think Mr. B. a very extraor-
dinary man ?" 
" No, I don't." 
" Do you think his sermon on Their 
eyes were holden' anything wonderfully 
great ?" 
" No, I don't." 
• 
Making bold after all this encourage-
ment in monosyllables, he asked, " Then 
don't you think we had better dismiss this 
man and hire ' another ?" 
The old deacon started as if shot with 
an arrow, and in a tone far louder than 
his wont, shouted, " No, I don't." 
" Why," cried the amazed visitor, 
" you agree with me in all I have said, 
don't you ?" 
" No, I don't." 
" You talk so little sir," replied the 
guest, not a little abashed, " that no one 
can find out what you do mean." 
" I talked enough once," replied the 
old man, rising to his feet, " for six pray-
ing Christians. Thirty years ago I got 
my heart humbled and my tongue bri-
dled, and ever since that I've walked 
softly before God. I then made vows 
solemn as eternity ; and don't you tempt 
me to break them ! " 
The troubler was startled at the ear-
nestness of the hitherto silent, immovable 
man, and asked, " What happened to you 
thirty years ago ?" 
"Well, sir, I'll tell you. I was drawn 
into a scheme just like this of yours, to 
uproot one of God's servants from the 
field in which he had planted him. In 
my blindness I fancied it a little thing to 
remove one of the 'stars' which Jesus 
holds in his right hand, if thereby my ear 
could be tickled by more flowery words, 
and the pews filled with those who turned 
away from the simplicity of the gospel. 
I and the men that led me-I admit that 
I was a dupe and a tool-flattered our-
selves that we were conscientious. We 
thought we were doing God service when 
we drove that holy man from his pulpit 
and his work, and said we considered his 
labors ended in B--, where I then 
lived. We greaned because there was no 
revival, while we were gossiping about 
and criticising, and crushing instead of 
upholding by our efforts and prayers the 
instrument at whose hand we harshly de- 
manded the blessings. Well, sir, he 
could not drag: on the chariot of salva-
tion, with half a dozen of us taunting him 
for his weakness, while we hung on as a 
dead weight to the wheels ; he had not 
the power of the Spirit, and could not 
convert men ; so we hunted him like a 
deer till, worn and bleeding, he fled into 
a covert to die. Scarcely had he gone, 
when God came among us by his Spirit to 
show that he had blessed the labors of 
his dear, rejected servant. Our own 
hearts were broken and our wayward chil- 
dren converted, and I resolved at a con- 
venient season to visit my former pastor 
and confess my sin, and thank him for his 
faithfulness to my wayward SOBS, which, 
like long buried seed, had now sprung up. 
But God denied me that relief, that he 
might teach me a lesson every child of 
his ought to learn, that he who toucheth 
one of his servants toucheth the apple of 
his eye. I heard my old pastor was ill, 
and taking my oldest son with me, set out 
on a twenty-five miles' ride to see him. 
It was evening when I arrived, and his 
wife, with the spirit which any woman 
ought to exhibit toward one who had so 
wronged her husband, denied me admit-
tance to his chamber. She said, and her 
words were arrows to my soul, "tie may 
" AT TH
- E LAST IT BITETH LIKE 
A SERPENT." 
There was a wonderful truth taught in 
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cup. Coiling for the spring, a pair of 
gleaming eyes in its head, and in its open 
mouth fangs raised to strike, it lay be-
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cup to his lips to quench his thirst and 
quaff the wine, could not see what lay be-
neath, till, as he reached the dregs, that 
dreadful head rose up and glistened before 
his eyes. So when life's cup is nearly 
emptied, and sin's last pleasure quaffed, 
and the bitter dregs are beiRo• drained, 
shall rise the ghastly terrors of remorse, 
and death, and judgment upon the de- 
spairing soul. Be assured, a serpent 
lurks at the bottom of guilt's sweetest 
pleasure. 
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MY MOTHER'S FEAR. 
My mother is a Scotch woman, but we 
have resided many years at the village 
of in England. She is a true Chris- 
tian without doubt ; but she had till late-
ly one peculiarity in her character, which 
kept her from being a happy Christian ; 
-it was the fear of death ; not the fear 
of being cast away at the last, but the 
dread of having to lie on a sick-bed, and 
to feel that death must soon lay his hand 
upon her. Her nature recoiled at the 
very thought of it, and kept her for 
many years from that happiness and 
peace which should be the attendant of 
a forgiven sinner. 
She was in communion at the Lord's ta-
ble, and her Christian friends often tried 
to convince my dear mother, that, as 
sure as God was true, so would her 
strength be equal to that day of death, 
as much as ever it was to any trial of 
her life. But it was all of no use ; she 
knew God could be nothing else but 
faithful ; but still her dread was the 
same, and kept her constantly unhappy. 
Others also tried to console her, and to 
draw her. mind off the dreaded moment 
but at length they all gave it- up ; it was 
useless; She used to stop them short 
with "I tell you it will be dreadful, I 
know it will." 
Well, there came to our village one 
week-day, a gentleman who had been 
preaching in the neighborhoOd around, 
and he gave out, that there would be 
preaching under the old oak by the way 
side, -at the corner of the road to . I 
went, and was much struck by the sim- 
plicity with which he told the gospel sto- 
ry to his hearers, and while listened, 
the thought struck me that the good 
man might be'made useful to my mother. 
As soon as he had done, I went and 
asked him if he would come and see my 
mother, who was then an invalid, and 
could not leave her he-use ; he said he 
TO PRESERVE GREEN CORN. -J. P. 
Stelle, the Agricultural Editor of the • 
Mobile Register, gives the following in re-
ply to the question, " Can you tell us of 
any good way of preparing green corn 
for winter use ? He says : " Shave the 
corn from the cob and pack it away in a 
common stone jar, with salt in alternate 
layers. A layer of corn one inch thick, 
then a layer of salt sufficient to cover it, 
then another layer of corn, and so on un-
til the jar is filled. Then cut pieces of 
boards to fit into the jar, lay them upon 
the corn, and put on a weight to hold it 
down ; for a pickle will soon rise, and all 
the corn must be held beneath the surface 
of the pickle. A cloth or paper must 
next be tied over the mouth of the jar to 
keep out dust and flies, and that is all 
there is of it. When you desire to use 
your corn, commence operations by taking 
it from your jar and dropping it directly 
into a kettle of boiling water-don't fail 
to have the water boiling when the corn 
strikes it. This cooks the milk in the 
grain at once, rendering it insoluble, after 
which you may soak through as many 
waters as you desire without impairing 
the flavor or virtue of the corn iii the least. 
There are clouds of sickness, disap-
pointment, bereavement, and various 
sorrows, and when they overshadow us 
we are filled with tremulous apprehen-
sions. Like the disciples Peter, James, 
and John at the Transfiguration, we 
" fear as we enter into the cloud." But 
as these fears proved groundless, as out 
of the cloud came a comfort to them, an 
inspiring assurance, so out of these 
gloomy elends there may come spiritual 
Syrup for Consumption.-s-Take a peck 
of tamarack bark which has been taken 
from the tree without rossing, spikenard 
root 1-2 pound ;-dandelion root, 1-4 
pound, hops 2 ounces. Boil these suffi-
ciently_to get the strength in two or three