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"We were walking along in silence, when I 
heard a cry, and presently saw before me a fe-
male gorilla, with a tiny baby-gorilla hanging to 
her breast and sucking. The mother was strok-
ing the little one, and looking fondly down at it ; 
and the scene was so pretty and touching that I 
held my fire, and considered—like a soft-heart-
ed fellow—whether I had not better leave them 
in peace. Before I could m'ke up my mind how-
ever, my hunter fired and killed the mother, who 
fell without a struggle. The mother fell, but the 
baby clung to her, and with pitiful cries endeav-
ored to attract her attention. I came up, and 
when it saw me it hid its poor little head in its 
mother's breast. It could neither walk nor bite, 
so we could easily manage it ; and I carried it, 
while the men bore the mother on a pole. When 
we got to the village another scene ensued. The 
men put the body down, and I set the little fel-
low near. As soon as he saw his another, he 
crawled to her and threw himself on her breast. 
He did not find his accustomed nourishment, and 
I saw that he perceived something was the mat-
tel. with the• old one. He crawled over the body, 
smelt at it, and gave utterance, from time to 
time, to a plantive'ery, 'Ho°, boo, hoo,' which 
touched my heart. I could get no milk for this 
poor little fellow, who could not eat, and conse-
quently he died on the third day after he was 
caught. He seemed more docile than the other 
I had, for he already recognized my voice, and 
would try to hurry toward me when he saw me." 
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"SEEKING REST." 
"In the world," 'Severely tried, 
Cherished wishes oft denied, 
Prone to fear and fretful care, 
I betake myself to prayer: 
"Sa,viour`take me to. thy breast, 
Let me on thy mercy rest:" 
Not from earth is comfort found ; 
Sorrows spring my path around : 
Oft above my drooping head, 
Clouds of dark foreboding spread. 
Take, 0 ! take me to thy breast ; 
Only there can I find rest. 
Let thy grace forgive my sin : 
Let thy truth illume within ; 
Let thy promises control 
All the longings of my soul ; 
Let me lean upon thy breast ; 
There securely can I rest ! 
When like earthly streamlets dry,' 
Trusted friends deceive and fly ; 
When like thorns obstruct the way, 
Foes appear in stern array, 
Lay my head upon thy breast ; 
There like sleeping babe I'll rest. 
If disease shall rack with pain, 
Human help shall be in vain ; 
If to death I needs must yield, 
Be my life, my health, my shield ; 
Clasp rue, Saviour to thy breast, 
There to find unbroken rest. 
Bonner. 
this attack. The black men run for their lives. 
Every animal that lives in their line of march is 
chased. They seem to understand and act upon' 
the tactics of Napoleon, and concentrate with 
great speed their heaviest forces upon the point 
of attack. In an incredibly short space of time 
the mouse, or dog, or leopard, or deer is over-
whelmed, killed, eaten, and the bare skeleton 
only remains. 
They seem to travel night and day. Many a 
time have I been awakened out of a sleep, and 
obliged to rush from the hut and into the water 
to save my life, and after all suffered intolerable 
agony from the bites of the advance guard, who' 
had got into my clothes. When they enter a 
house they clear it of' all living things. Roaches 
are devoured in an instant. Rats and mice spring 
round the room in vain. An overwhelming force 
of ants kill s a strong rat in less than a min-
ute, in spite of the most frantic struggles, and in 
less than another minute its bones are stripped. 
Every living thing in the house is devoured. 
They will not touch vegetable matter. Thus 
they are very useful (as well as dangerous) to 
the negroes, who have their huts cleaned of all 
the abounding vermin, such as immense roaches 
and centipedes, at least several times a year. 
When on their march, the insect world flies 
before them, and I have often had the approach 
of a bashikouay army heralded to me by this 
Wherever they go they make a clean 
sweep, even ascending to the tops of the highest 
trees in pursuit of their prey. , Their manner of 
attack is an impetuous leap. Instantly the 
strong pincers are fastened, and they only let go 
when the piece gives way. At such times this 
little animal seems animated by a kind of fury, 
which causes it to disregard entirely its own 
safety, and to seek only the conquest of its prey. 
The bite is very painful. 
The negroes relate that criminals were in for-
mer times exposed in the path of the bashikouay 
ants, as the most cruel manner of putting to 
death. 
Two very remarkable practices of theirs re-
main to be related. When, on their line of march, 
they must cross a stream, they throw themselves 
across and form a tunnel—a living tunnel—con-
necting two trees or high bushes on opposite 
sides of the little stream. This is done with 
great speed, and is effected by a great number 
of ants, each of which clings with its fore claws, 
to its next neighbor's body or hind claws. Thus 
they form a high safe tubular bridge through 
which the whole vast regiment marches in regu. 
lar order. If disturbed, or if the arch is broken 
by the violence of some animal, they instantly 
attack the offender with great animosity. 
The bashikouay have the sense of smell finely 
developed, as indeed have all the ants I know of, 
and they are guided very much by it. They are 
larger than any ant we have in America, being 
at least half an inch long, and are armed with 
very powerful fore legs and sharp jaws, with 
which they bite. They are red or dark brown 
in color. Their numbers are so great that one 
does not like to enter into calculations ; but I 
have seen one continual line passing at good 
speed a particular place for twelve hours. The 
reader may imagine for himself how many mil-
lions on millions there may have been contained 
here. 
a bad character ; a guilty conscience ; a trouble-
some temper ; sundry evil habits, and a set of 
wicked companions. The inventory of blessings 
gained by religion, includes all that is worth 
having in time and eternity. 
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Books of the New Testament. 
Some time ago, there was sold at an auction 
a rare copy of a book, the works of an Italian 
story-teller or novelist. The person who bought 
it willingly paid £2260 to make sure of getting 
it. See what men of tbe world will aive for mere 
rarities and idle tales ! Contrast with this that 
"the Book of Books" is sold by Bible societies 
for a less sum than a loaf of bread would cost. 
Is this a proof of its not being precious ? No ; 
it is a proof of the immense value at which it is 
prized by Christ's people ; for it shows that they 
who have found in it the pearl of great price 
would not keep it to themselves selfishly, but 
would spend their money to multiply copies of it 
in order, that millions may be blessed. 
The Epistle to the Galatians.—"No money, 
no price," is the burden of this letter to the 
churches of Galatia. It teaches us to mix noth-
ing with Christ's work in the matter of our ac-
ceptance with God—neither ceremonies, not 
anything of man's. Find out what memorable 
words Paul speaks in it about Christ's cross. 
And learn, young reader, the verses in ch. vi 7, 
8, for this is your sowing-time. Where does this 
epistle speak of sending the gospel to the heath-
en ? 
The Epistle to the Ephesians.—"Not from 
man's will, but from God's grace," is the burden 
of this letter to the Church in Ephesus. It dwells 
on the rich source of salvation in God the Fath-
er, who elects, and shows the copious streams 
that flow from such a source, the privileges and 
the duties of believers. Find out the many texts 
about the Spirit, and about grace, and about the 
devil. Find out, also, what is said of the duties 
of young people ; and where is the armor of God 
described ? 
The Epistle to the Philippians.—"Not self-
indulged, but God enjoyed" is the burden of this 
letter to "the overseers" (i. 1), i. e, minister and 
session, and to "the deacons" of the Church of 
Philippi, of which the jailor and Lydia were 
members. A great deal is said in' it about joy, 
for believers should be very happy, the mos' 
cheerful of all people. What is said about dy-
ing ? Where did Paul wish to be found ? and 
what did he wish to win ? Young readers, in 
perusing this epistle, say to yourself, "How this 
man yearned over souls, and how he delighted 
all in Christ ! Well, what must be God's yearn-
ings over souls,and God's delight in Christ. 
Is not ch. 2 : 17, 21, 22, a good description 
of a good missionary ? and is not Epaphrodit.us 
and his flock (2 : 25.30) a fine picture of a pas-
tor and people ? 
The Epistle to the Colossians.—Not philoso-
phy, but Christ, is the burden of this epistle to 
the Church at Colosse. It shows the perfection 
of our Fountain-head of blessings, viz., Christ ; 
and then walks with us, as it were, by the side 
of the great waters that flow, from that source. 
What verses speak specially to children? How 
often is the duty of thanks spoken of ? and wha 
Losses by Religion. 
Near London there dwelt an old couple. In 
early life they had been poor ; but the husband 
became a christian, and God blessed their indus-
try, and they were living in a comfortable retire-
ment, when one day a stranger called on them to 
ask their subscription to a charity. The old lady 
had less religion than her husband, and still han-
kered after some of the Sabbath earnings and 
easy shillings which Thomas had forfeited from 
regard to the law of God. So when the visitor 
asked their contributions she interposed, and 
said, "Why, sir, we have lost a deal by religion 
since we first began ; my husband knows that 
very well. Have we not, Thomas?" 
After a solemn pause,Thomas answered, "Yes, 
Mary we have. Before I got religion, Mary, I 
had an old slouched hat, a tattered coat, and 
mended shoes and stockings ; but I have lost 
them long ago. And, Mary, you know that, poor 
as I was, I had a habit of getting drunk and 
quarreling with you, and that you know I have 
lost. And then I had a burdened conscience and 
a wicked heart, and ten thousand guilty fears ; 
but all are lost, completely lost, and like a mill-
stone, cast into the sea. And, Mary, you have 
been a loser, too, though not so great a loser as 
myself. Before we got religion, Mary, you had 
a washing tray, in which you washed for hire ; 
but, since then, you have lost your washing tray. 
And you had a gown and bonnet much the 
worse for wear ; but you have lost them long 
ago. And you had many an aching heart concern-
ing me at times ; but these you happily have lost. 
And I could even wish that you had lost as 
much as I have lost; for what we lose for relig-
ion will be an everlasting gain." 
The inventory of lo'sses by religion runs thus : 
A Ten-Mile Army of Ants, 
AND THEIR EXPLOITS. 
[We take the following description of the 
"Bashikonay"—or reddish-brown African ant—
from Du Chaillu's account of his African trav-
els :] 
It is their habit to march through the forests 
in a long and regular line, about two inches 
broad and often ten miles in length. All along 
this line are larger ants, who act as officers, 
stand outside the ranks, and keep this singular 
army in order. If they come to a place where 
there are no trees to shelter them from the sun, 
whose heat they cannot bear, they immediately 
build underground tunnels through which the 
whole army passes in columns to the forest be-
yond. These tunnels are four or five feet under 
ground, and are used only in the heat of the day 
or during a storm. 
When they get hungry the long file spreads 
itself through the forest in a front line, and de-
vours all it conies to with a fury which is quite 
irresistible. The elephant and gorilla fly before 
means. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Simeon and Levi, "Are brethren ;" Gemini, 
Twins. 
Judah, "A.lion's whelp ;" Leo, A lion. 
Zebulon, "At the haven of the sea ;" Can-
cer, A crab, from the sea. 
Issachar, "A strong ass," or beast of bur-
den ; Taurus, An ox. 
Dan, "An adder ;" Scorpio, A scorpion. 
do., "biteth the horses' heels;" Libra, Claws 
of serpent, changed into balances. 
Gad, "A troop ;" Pisces, Fish, Dag, re-
verse of Gad. 
Ashur, "His bread shall be fatr Virgo, 
Woman with stalk of wheat in her hand. 
Napthali, "A hind let loose ;" Aries, A 
ram. 
Joseph, "His bow abode in strength ;" 
Sagittarius, An archer. 
Benjamin, "Raven as a wolf ;" Capri-
cornus, Formerly Pan with a wolf's head. 
A Sin of the Time. 
How to Die Happy. 
It is the passionate man's sin. How easy for 
a man made angry, from any cause whatever, to 
break forth into a string of horrid oaths ! And 
how hard is it for a moderately good man, for a 
moral man, when overcome with passion, not to 
give vent to his feelings in a volume of curses ! 
It is the drunken man's sin. Did you ever 
see a man drunk and full of talk, who did not 
at the same time pour out profane words ? Per-
haps he did not use all the abominable oaths of 
a professional swearer, but he did use number-
less little terms and words that convey an allu-
sion to the name of the great and Holy One ? 
It is the soldier's sin. Not that this is the 
only sin of which a passionate, or a drunken 
man, or a soldier, is guilty, or is liable to be 
guilty of. But it is the besetting sin of the 
army, to whatever nation it may belong, or in 
whatever time it. may be gathered. 
And yet profanity is the fool's sin. Can any 
thing be more fiendishly foolish and absurdly ri-
diculous, than that a mortal man, dependent on 
his Maker for his daily sustenance:nay, depen-
dent on Him momentarily for his breath, should 
at every sentence call upon that Maker to con-
firm his idle words, or to curse him who is speak-
ing ? The folly and absurdity of profanity would 
be absolutely sublime, were it not for its enor-
mous and daring impiety. For a man to break 
his Maker's solemn commandment with every 
sentence he speaks, and break it, too, under cir-
cumstances that make it amount to almost blas-
phemy against the Holy Ghost, is the most dar-
ing and astounding wickedness. 
Now, in these times of excitement and war, 
when brothers are learning to hate, we call upon 
all preachers and Christians to see to it that 
this sin, especially among others, is sternly and 
fearlessly rebuked. Sailors and soldiers are pe- 
culiarly addicted to it,and all who visit the army 
should be prepared to check it. We call upon 
ministers to preach against it, and to speak 
against it at their fireside and wayside conversa-
tions. We beseech Sunday school teachers to 
teach and exhort against it, in their schools and 
everyw here. We beseech all parents and good 
citizens to set their faces, and their voices, and 
their examples, against it. Do it tor the sake 
of the land itself, and the nation, for no profane 
nation can prosper. Do it for the sake of the 
young, for no swearer can be a gentleman or a 
truthful man. Do it for the sake of God and hu-
manity, for it will assuredly bring down the 
curses of our Judge, and will corrupt the hearts 
and eat away the moral stamina of all our people. 
Brethren, look after this great crime of to-
day, and strive to banish it from our communi- 
ties, and especially from our armies and our fam-
ilies.— Western Christian Advocate. 
Glorious words these, to which I heard a dy-
ing woman respond, not long ago, with a solemn 
burst of praise : "Is he not a precious. Saviour 
so great and good and willing to save all us poor 
sinners ?" 
She was lying on a hard bed, in a dreary in-
firmary yard of a workhouse; and the power of 
is said about the blood of Christ? In ch. 1 : 20, 
you see the way of peace for a sinful soul. 
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians.—
"Kindly encouragement to duty" is the subject 
of this letter to the Church of Thessalonica. It 
was the very first epistle that was written al-
though our Bibles have put it in another order ; 
and it was written from Corinth. It is an exhor-
tation to a church exposed to trials, and it is 
good to notice how many times Christ's second 
coming is mentioned, both in this first epistle 
ever written by Paul, and in the next, though 
both are so short. Count the times. See also, 
in ch. 5 : 22, how he hated sin ; and in ch. 2 : 
8, his love to souls. 0 that we all felt this ! 0 
that all our missionaries and ministers so felt ! 
The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians.—
"Caution against wrong application of true doc-
trines" is the theme of this letter, which was the 
second of Paul's epistles, and was written from 
Corinth, like the first.* It is meant to keep 
them right about the time of Christ's coming and 
other matters. It tells us that the Church was 
not to expect Christ to return until there should 
be such a falling away among professing Chris-
tians, as has occurred in the various forms of 
Popery. What does he say to the idle ? When 
did he expect full rest? In ch. 2 : 15, he bids 
them hold fast "traditions" as they had got from 
the apostle, but no others. This is what we are 
doing when we refuse to admit any doctrine or 
rule that is not found in the Bible, for we know 
of no other trustworthy records of what the apos-
tles said and taught. But let us spread this re-
cord abroad. Oh ! seek to carry the gospel there-
in revealed, to the blinded followers of "the Man 
of Sin," as well as the benighted heathen ! A 
leaf of your Bible might save a soul.—Child-
ren's Missionary Record of the Free Church of 
Scotland. 
* The postscripts to the Epistles in our Bibles 
are not genuine, and often make mistakes, as 
when, here, the postscript says "Written from 
Athens." 
Northern Palestine. 
Spring is the most delightful season of the 
year in which to visit the Promised Land, both 
to enjoy the pleasures of the climate, and behold 
the magnificence of the scenery. Then, the skies 
are bright, the air balmy, and the vernal sun 
lights up the landscape with a thousand forms 
and colors, and paints the flowers with the most 
gorgeous and delicate hues. Sparkling fountains 
are unsealed ; silver brooks go murmuring by ; 
winter torrents, dashing down from their moun-
tain-beds swell the streams below ; and wild cas-
cades leap from their rocky heights, scattering 
wreaths of rainbow spray on rugged hills and 
over venerable forests. The valleys and the hills 
are clothed with richest verdure, the fields are 
green with grains and pasturage ; the fig and al-
mond and pomegranate and apricot and olive and 
palm trees are in blossom, and the cypress and 
tamarisk and oak and walnut and poplar trees 
are decked with the clear fresh foliage of a new 
year. Herds of camels and buffaloes and cattle 
are browsing on the plains below, and flocks of 
sheep and goats go gamboling up the mountain. 
side. In all the glens and deepest gorges, on all 
the vast prairie plains, and over all the hills and 
highest mountains are flowers blooming, exquis-
ite in form, of every tint, and of most delightful 
odor. Palestine is a garden of flowers. Anemones, 
oleanders, amaranths, orbutuses, poppies, holly-
hocks, daisies, pinks, lillies and roses grow in 
unbounded profusion, ever greeting the eye and 
delighting the senses. Could Gibbon have seen 
Palestine in the beauty and wealth of spring, 
from "Dan to Beersheba," as we have seen it,he 
would not have written against it as being un-
worthy the gift of God, and the inheritance of a 
chosen poeple.—Rev. J. P. Newman. 
On Prayer. 
So far as we know, prayer forms a part of 
every system of religion on earth. 
In proportion as a form of religion is un-
scriptural, it corrtipts and perverts this duty. 
Hypocrites never really love prayer, and 
therefore never, for a long time together,practice 
secret prayer. 
"Pardon and Grace." 
"When I first entered the Christian life, said 
Mr. Wilberforce, shortly before his death, "my 
prayer was for pardon and grace. And now that 
I am near the end of my course, I find that all 
my petitions, all the wants of my soul, may still 
be comprehended in those two requests—pardon 
and grace." 
Here are the universal and perpetual desires 
of the renewed soul. When David said "I have 
gone astray like a lost sheep, seek thy servant," 
he prayed for pardon and grace. 
When the penitent and returning church prays, 
" Take away all iniquity, and receive us graci-
ously," Hosea xiv., what is it but a prayer for 
pardon and grace ? 
When Paul sent us to the throne of grace, 
Heb. iv., to obtain mercy and find grace to help 
us in time of need, pardon and grace form the 
whole burden of the supplications he enjoins up-
on us. 
When God promises, in his last covenant, "I 
will be merciful unto their unrighteousness, and 
their sins and their iniquities will I remember 
no more ;" and "I will put my laws in their 
minds, and write it in their hearts," pardon and 
grace comprehend the whole boundless grant of 
divine compassion and goodness. 
Pardon and grace ! the very intensity with 
which the new-born soul longs for them, is a 
sure proof of the gracious life within. 
Pardon and grace ! The soul that has them 
has all things else, either in possession or sure 
reversion. "Oh ! the mountain of light," and 
"the sea of light," those priceless diamonds 
which glow on the wrists of the King of Persia, 
are worthless in comparison of those inestimable 
gems, "pardon and grace !" 
A Religious Curiosity. 
Looking over some papers of an old pastor,late-
ly, in a manuscript letter, I found the enclosed. 
It may be commonly known among theologians, 
but I have never seen it in print before. 
"In Joseph's dream of the eleven stars mak-
ing obeisance to him, it is said there is an allu-
sion to the signs of the zodiac,—the eleven breth-
ren answering to the eleven signs and Joseph to 
the twelfth. These signs were known in Chaldea 
and afterwards in Egypt. They are, as every 
body knows, called by the names of animals, ex-
cepting one. The curiosity consists in the re-
semblance between the blessings of Jacob, or his 
prophecies respecting his sons, as they are in the 
40th chapter of Genesis, and the animals after 
whose names the constellations are called. The 
following table will illustrate the meaning. Any 
body who will keep in mind the picture of a hu 
man fignre usually found in one of the first page 
of our almanacs, and the constellations around 
s 
will understand the whole matter. 
1. Reuben, "Unstable as water;" Aquariu 
A waterman 
faith and love to create a happiness independent 
of circumstances, came out with almost startling 
force in her answer to the inquiry, "You know 
Him, then, and love Him ?" 
"Yes, I do know Him, and love Him. His 
presence makes a heaven of this room." 
"If you heaped my bed with gold and silver," 
she added ; "if you could give me the Queen's 
carriage and horses, and her palace and her gar-
den, and all her beautiful flowers,and health and 
strength to enjoy it all, I would not take them, 
if they would hinder me from going home to my 
Saviour. They talk of the pains of dying ; what 
will they be to me ? They will but hurry me to 
heaven and to Jesus.—Author of "English 
Hearts and English Hands." 
Historical Prophecy. 
Peter, after speaking of "the power and com-
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ," says that we 
have a sure word of prophecy, "whereunto ye do 
well that ye take heed, as unto a, light that shin- 1 
eth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the 
day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, 
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any pri-
vate interpretation." 
The sure word of prophecy presents, among 
other things, a change of worldly kingdoms be-
ginning back in remote ages, and extending to 
the close of time. and the corning of Christ in 
his kingdom. Take for instance the 2nd and 7th 
chapters of Daniel. In the 2nd chap. the "king-
doms of this world" are brought to view under 
the symbol of "a great image" which stood be-
fore Nebuchadnezzar in a night vision.—The 
"head of gold" symbolizing, according to the in. 
spired explanation, the kingdom of Babylon, 
which was supreme when the vision was seen, 
and which fell about 538 years before Christ—
The "breast and arms of silver," symbolizing the 
kingdom succeeding to the supreme power after 
Babylon, which was the Medo-Persian, and 
which fell about 331 B. C.—The "belly and 
thighs of brass," symbolizing the kingdom which 
should follow Media and Persia, which was the 
Grecian empire under Alexander, and his sue• 
cessors, and which began to lose its power about 
164 B. C., and its last division became a Roman 
province 30 B. C.—The "legs of iron," symbo-
lizing the kingdom which was to become supreme 
after the downfall of Greece, which was the Ro-
man empire, and which existed in all its gran-
deur and strength at the time of our Saviour's 
birth and death, and for centuries subsequent.--- 
The "feet and toes," symbolizing, according to 
Daniel's interpretation, the "divided" state of 
"the fourth" or Roman kingdom, in which state 
it has been for many centuries.---The toes of the 
feet being "part of iron and part of clay," sym-
bolizing the kingdom in its divided state, as be-
ing "partly strong and partly broken," margin, 
"brittle" or weak,---which has been the condition 
of decem-regal Rome for a long time, elements 
of strength and weakness co-existing.---The "iron 
mixed with miry clay" without becoming one, 
symbolizing the elements of the kingdom in its 
dissevered condition, as "not cleaving one to 
another" so as to form a homogeneous and unit-
ed whole. 
The above contains the substance of Daniel's 
explanation of the image whose brightness was 
excellent, as beheld by the monarch of Babylon. 
And have not the kingdoms thus symbolized all 
arisen, and in turn been supreme ? And are 
we not in the age of the world corresponding to 
the extreme ends of the "toes" of the colossal 
image ? Have not the kingdoms of this world 
about fulfilled the programme assigned them in 
this prophecy ? If so, what remains, according 
to the same chapter, but for "the stone cut out of 
the mountain without hands," to smite "the im-
age upon his feet," utterly demolishing the en-
tire, and "the stone" assume its "mountain" pro-
portions, and "fill the whole earth ?"---in other 
words,what remains but for the kingdom of God to 
be so manifested as to "break in pieces and con-
sume all these kingdoms, and stand forever ?" 
The parallel prophecy in the 7th chapter of 
Daniel we defer, for want of space, till a future 
issue. �
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Millennial NODS. 
He who declines prayer in the day of pros-
perity, will not find it easy in the day of adver-
sity. 
Prayer not offered in the name of Christ is 
unavailing. The reason is that he alone is wor-
thy. 
No time, nor place, nor form, is displeas-
ing to God, if the heart is right. If the heart is 
wrong all is wrong. 
He who prays at stated times only, will 
make but poor progress heavenward. He who 
prays not at all at stated times, will soon omit 
all prayer. 
The greatest benefit of public prayer is se-
cured when it makes us love secret prayer more 
and more. 
A family that never prays, covets misery 
and courts wrath. Better no bread than no pray-
er. 
Those who would pray aright, must come 
to Christ and say, "Lord, teach us to pray." 
A prayer that has no faith in it, is like a 
human body without a soul in it. It is dead and 
loathsome. 
Elijah's prayer brought down fire from 
heaven, because being fervent, it carried fire up 
to heaven.—Thomas Watson. 
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ness, the Rhode Islanders took off their battery, 
and 71st departed with its guns. All, thus far, 
had gone well with the departing movement, and 
our batallions from every portion of the field were 
retiring with decorum, when of a sudden some of 
the persistent regulars who were charged with 
the protection of the retreat, getting out of am-
munition, sent back their caissons for a fresh sup-
ply. I have described how that branch of the 
service made its charges in the morning, and 
how recklessly it always sought its way to the 
front, through the formed columns of the volun-
teers. In the same manner did it now go back 
upon its errand, riding down everything in its 
road, and scattering the ranks of the regiments 
in every direction. The volunteers who had nev-
er before seen such a sight, and who were al-
ready penetrated with the fearful pageant of the 
descending enemy, could only understand the 
movement in one way. Those flyiKg carriages 
and those madly excited men were rushing to 
the, rear, and their action was therefore constru-
ed into a wild retreat. The thought which ap-
pealed to their agitated minds was that the reg-
ulars were in such haste to escape, it was neces-
sary they should huiry for themselves, and one 
fearful panic toqk possession of them all. The 
ranks of most of the regiments were broken, the 
streams of flying men commingled ; even officers 
who had behaved with courage throughout the 
day felt justified, by the precipitation of the 
regulars, to urge their men, with a sympathiz-
ing sense of pity, to hurry for their lives. Thus, 
mistake piled upon mistake, aggravated the mis-
fortune, and culminated in a calamity which will 
rankle in the pride of the republic throughout all 
her history. It seems marvelous that men who 
had borne the brunt of battle so bravely during 
the entire fight, and who left the field against a 
courageous foe with more than equal honors, 
could have so soon sunk into such puerile be-
wilderment ; but so it was, and they fled head-
long from an enemy more deeply hurt than they, 
and who hardly dared pursue. The panic com-
municated itself to the teamsters of the Federal 
army, who improperly had pressed too near, and 
scampering civilians spread the terror with an 
electric speed fast back to our reserves." 
The Flight from Bull Run. 
The editorial correspondence of Wilkes' Spir-
it of the Times 'furnishes the most connected and 
intelligible account of the battle of Bull Run 
that we have seen. The writer differs from the 
most of the witnesses in not attributing the be-
ginning of the disorder to the teamsters or the 
civilians, but to the soldiers themselves, dispirit-
ed by seeing the immense reserves brought on 
by the enemy, and startled out of their self-poss-
ession by the rapid movement to the rear of the 
caissons of the regulars for a supply of ammuni-
tion. His description of the scene is graphic: 
"The Burnside brigade was still upon the field, 
where they had received from Gen. McDowell 
the news of victory,and consequently had heard, 
with the surprise that was equal among all of 
our brigades, the angry reopening of the fight. 
They had seen, too, the other brigades file off 
toward the rear, but having no order for such 
movement, and not being in the fire, the stanch 
Rhode Islanders, Wisconsinians and 71st dog-
gedly held their feet. But the musketry on our 
side was getting faint, and the great guns of the 
enemy, unprovoked from our almost exhausted 
batteries, were now but sparsely fired. Every-
thing, therefore, indicated another lull, and it 
could not be made certain to our minds but that 
we had really won the victory after all, and that 
the last cannonade was but the angry finish of 
the enemy. Suddenly a cry broke from the 
ranks of 'Look there ! look there !' and turning 
their eyes towards Manassas, the whole of our 
drooping regiments, as well those who were mov- 
ing to the rear as those who stood, saw a sight 
which none who ever gazed upon it will forget. 
At a long way up the rise, and issuing from the 
enemy's extreme left, appeared, slowly debouch- 
ing into sight, a dense column of infantry march- 
ing with slow and solid step, and looking at this 
noiseless distance, like a mirage of ourselves, or 
the illusions,of a panorama. Rod by rod the 
massive column lengthened, not breaking off at 
the completion of a regiment, as we• had hoped, 
but still pouring on, and on, till one regiment 
had lengthened into ten. Even then the stern 
tide did not pause ; for one of its arms turned 
downward along the far side of the triangle, and 
the source of the flood thus relieved,poured forth 
again, and commenced lining the other in like 
manner. Still the solemn picture swelled its 
volume, till the ten regiments had doubled into 
twenty, and had taken the formation of three 
sides of a hollow square. Our awe-struck le-
gions,though beginning to feel the approaches of 
despair, could not take their eyes from the ma-
jestic pageant, and, though experiencing a new 
necessity, were frozen to the sight. The martial 
' tide flowed on, the lengthening regiments grow-
ing into thirty thousand men, with a mass of 
black cava ry in its centre, the whole moving 
toward us, as the sun danced upon its pomp of 
bayonets, with the solemn step of fate. This 
was war ; compact, well-made and reasoning 
war. It was war, too, in all its pomp and glory, 
as well as in its strength, and we at once com-
prehended we were beaten. In vain did our 
startled faculties dart alertly hither and thither 
for some hope ; in vain did our thoughts turn 
quickly upon Patterson. It would not do. John- 
ston was there before us, with his cool, fresh 
thousands—and our Waterloo was lost. That 
steady and untired host outnumbered the whole 
of our worn and staggering columns, and it pen- 
etrated us with the conviction of resistless pow- 
er. �
Decently, however, did we gather np our 
face, not by general order, but by one sensi-
ble accord, and sad, and pained, and wearied, 
yet conscious of victory as far as we had fought, 
we folded up our columns for retreat. The on-
ly ones whose hardihood clung spitefully to the 
strife were a few regulars at the batteries, who 
with the infatuation of experts, and begrimmed 
with the mire of battle from all ordinary recog-
nition, kept peppering at such batteries'as would 
,still provoke their fire. 
Among the last to turn their faces from the 
fight they had so gaily sought were the Burnside 
brigade, which, accompanied by Sprague and 
its gallant Brigadier, and headed by all of its 
Colonels, retired in line of battle, with orders to 
cover the retreat. Thus honored for its steadi- 
visit his kingdom, and sent a vessel to bear him �
(Original.) 
across the straits. Not in London only, but in �
The New Administration, 
various parts of the kingdom; as well as in Scot-
land and Ireland, he gathered wondering throngs 
to listen to his words. The closing labors of his 
life had northern France, the regions of Norman-
dy and Brittany, for their field of successful ef-
fort. At the time of his death there was not a 
voice in Christendom that had been listened to 
by so many thousands—we may safely say mil-
lions—as his own. His career has no parallel 
in these latter ages, unless in the course of Pe-
ter the Hermit, or our own Whitefield. His 
language shows how deeply he felt for the erring, 
and how readily he traced the evil to its true 
cause in the prevalent corruption and neglect of the nation anxiously waited to have established 
in more than pristine glory. In the days of Je- 
sus, expectation had been greatly excited by 
many strange circumstances. The seventy weeks 
of Daniel were about to expire—Zacharias the 
priest had been told by an Angel, i. e. messen- 
ger in the temple, of the birth of Messiah's fore-
runner, and was struck dumb for his unbelief. 
Angelic messengers had visited the shepherd of 
Bethlehem and told them the glad tidings of the 
Saviour's birth. Simeon and Anna had spoken 
in the temple of the Lord's Christ. The 
Magi had appeared from the distant East say-
ing that they had seen his star. Herod had 
roused the nation by slaying the children of Beth-
lehem in order to put to death the new-born 
king. All these facts were of a nature calcula-
ted to awaken the deepest solicitude in the pub-
lic mind ; nor did it fail to accomplish its end. 
The public mind thus aroused must naturally 
have looked around to find some developement 
of this wonderful and long-expected being, when 
suddenly John appeared in the wilderness of Ju-
dea and proclaimed, saying, "Repent ye, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand." "Who art 
thou ?" said the messenger of the chief priests. 
"Art thou the Christ ?" He answered "No. 
But I am sent before him to prepare his way. 
There stands one before you whom ye know not." 
Soon a stranger appeared on the banks of Jor-
dan and demanded baptism at the hands of John. 
And being baptized, he came up straightway out 
of the water, and praying,the heavens were open- 
ed and the Holy spirit in a bodily shape like a 
dove descended from heaven and rested on him. 
This was followed by an audible sound from heav- 
en saying, "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom 
I am well pleased." So singular an event must 
have awakened a new interest in the great ques- 
tion of the age, and prepared the public mind to 
receive the preaching which soon followed it,that 
the kingdom of God is at hand ; "repent ye,and 
believe the gospel ;" as also to appreciate the 
wonderful miracles performed by his hand. "Go 
show John what things ye see and hear. The 
blind see ; the deaf hear ; the lame walk ; the 
lepers are cleansed ; the dead are raised up ; and 
the poor have the gospel preache i to them." 
Nor were these works alone performed by the 
Nazarene himself. His disciples went forth and 
in his name did the same great works. These 
were his credentials, for they were the works of 
God ; not merely miracles, but works which no 
man ever did. 
Time rolled on, and the land resounded with 
his fame ; the Jews thought that the kingdom of 
God should immediately appear. When Lo, at 
the gathering to the great feast, in the 
form prescribed by Zachariah, (Chap. 9:9.) for 
the coming of Zion's glorious king, Jesus rode 
into the city Jerusalem on an ass, and a colt the 
foal of an ass, and shouts and Hosannahs, saying, 
"Blessed be the kingdom of our father David 
which cometh in the name of the Lord." The 
rulers demanded of him that he should rebuke 
his disciples for such a proclamation. Did he 
do it ? So far from it, he justified their action 
and said, "I tell you that if these should hold 
their peace, the stones would immediately cry 
out." 
But his persistence in the claim to be the son 
of David, led to his arrest and indictment before 
the high court of Judea ; and led to a trial more 
full of interest to the human race than any other 
on record in the annals of the world. 
It is often asserted, that the trial of Jesus 
was a mock trial. But a careful analysis of its 
Whitefield in the Dark Ages. 
In the periods of thickest darkness under the 
despotism of the Church of Rome, there were 
always gleams of light in some parts of Europe. 
Devout men in the cloister, or in busy life,ob-
tained insight into the Word of 'hod, and from 
their own experience of its power, imparted to 
others. In every generation some earnest preach-
ers were found, laboring to save souls, and their 
zeal was conspicuous, in contrast with the gen-
eral apathy. The Presbyterian Quarterly has 
an interesting sketch of Vincent Ferrara who, 
in earnestness of spirit and success in awaken. 
ing multitudes, bore no little resemblance to 
Whitefield. We make a brief extract. 
It was near the close of the year 1398, and 
at the age of forty-two years, that Vincent gave 
himself up fully to the work in which all the 
feelings of his heart were so strongly enlisted. 
Spurning as unworthy bribes all the dignities and 
honors that invited his ambition and were within 
his reach, he set forth upon his mission with a 
zeal that permitted no intermission of his labors, 
and scarcely the rest of a single day, until the 
close of his wondrous life. Almost every portion 
of the Christian world was the scene of his la-
bors, and the most surprising accounts are given 
of the effects of his eloquence. His fame spread 
from land to land, and princes and people were 
alike anxious to hear a man who conjoined to 
all his other qualities the reputation of a saint. 
Wherever he went, invitations met him from 
abroad to visit distant cities and villages ; nor 
was the desire to hear him gratified by a single 
visit. His longest abode in any place was usu-
ally but a few weeks, and when his work seem-
ed completed in one city or neighborhood, he 
hastened to another. From Arragon, his native 
country, he went to Barcelona, thence to South-
ern France, in the regions of Savoy and Dauphi-
ny, thence to Switzerland,Geneva,and Lorraine; 
the Duke of Burgundy invited him to his terri-
tories ; the King of England besought him to 
the clergy. "The principal source of these er-
rors, so far as I can discover, is in the profound 
ignorance and lack of religious instruction which 
prevail. Many of the people of this country," 
he writes from Geneva, "have assured me for 
more than thirty years they have neither seen 
nor heard any other preachers than such of Vau-
dois as have visited them twice a year. I blush 
and tremble to think of the fearful account which 
these ecclesiastical superiors will have to render 
to the Chief Shepherd, when they neglect their 
sacred duty of seeking out and instructing the 
poor. Some of them are at careless ease in their 
splendid palaces or well-furnished houses ; oth-
ers will only labor in large cities, leaving the 
poor of the flock, for whom the Saviour's blood 
was shed, to perish uncared for. For the want 
of a faithful ministry that will break to the peo-
ple the bread of life, they are forgotten and ne-
glected ; they live in error and die in sin. Nev-
er was it more true than now that the harvest is 
great and the laborers are few. My constant 
prayer is, that the Lord of the harvest will send 
forth Himself laborers into His harvest." 
Sometimes he was summoned to visit places 
which had been abandoned, or where the vices 
of the priesthood had been such that the people 
had rejected them as tyrants and impostors. 
Such invitations were never refused, and the 
men who saw the wolf only in their former pas-
tors, recognized in Vincent a shepherd who car-
ed for their souls. Some of his explorations re-
vealed a degree of heathenism and ignorance 
prevalent which seems strange even in that age 
of culminating corruption of the Roman church. 
In the Diocese of Lausanne, he finds still preva-
lent what he does not hesitate to call by the 
name of paganism. In the region to the north 
of this,lying between France and Germany,were 
those who publicly professed to worship the sun, 
and addressed their prayers to this luminary. 
But the zeal of this apostle of the truth as he 
held it, shrunk from contact with no supersti- 
tion or error, and never turned back from fear 
of the people, however rude or fierce, whom it 
was in his power to benefit. "The Lord," said 
he, "is my strength, and in His help I put my 
trust." 
From Flanders his labors were extended through 
the north of France. The King of England met 
him at Own, and urged him to visit Normandy. 
Here he toiled till his strength failed. He felt 
the grasp of disease upon him in the city of Van-
nes, and determined to seek his native air in the 
hope of a restoration to health. He set out for 
Valencia, but his sickness increased. He was 
worn out by his long and exhausting labors, and 
was compelled to turn back to the city he had 
left. As he again approached the walls, he was 
met by a glad welcome. Great and small, rich 
and poor, the youthful and the aged, hastened 
forth, enthusiastic with joy at his retern, and 
from many lips burst forth the shout, "Blessed is 
he that cometh in the name of the Lord." But 
the chime of bells and the loud echo of popular 
joy fell upon a dying ear. As he entered the 
dwelling where he had formerly abode, he said 
to those who gathered around him, congratulat-
ing themselves upon his return, that he had come 
back to their city, not to continue his ministry, 
but to find a grave. They soon found that it 
was but too true, and tears took the place of 
smiles. 
And thus, at the age of fifty-six years, on the 
fifth day of April, 1419, his spirit passed from 
earth. 
The Patterson Bonaparte family of Baltimore 
have set up a claim to royalty ; and in order to 
test the validity of the claim have appealed to 
the tribunals of France for an adjudication. Not 
because any one doubts that Jerome Patterson 
Buonaparte of Baltimore is the son of King Je-
rome Buonaparte, but because he cannot be ad-
mitted to so great and distinguished rights until 
the tribunal have pronounced upon it. 
Thus it was with Jesus of Nazareth. He was 
of royal descent, and heir apparent to the throne 
of David, a throne then long vacant, but which 
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"Then I would know the truth of the fourth 
beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceed-
ing dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails 
of brass ; which devoured, broke in pieces, and 
stamped the residue with his feet ; and of the ten 
horns that were in his head, and of the other which 
came up, and before whom three fell ; even of that 
horn that had eyes. and a mouth that spake great 
things, whose look was more stout than his fel-
lows," vs. 19, 20. 
The general intimation that the four beasts were 
four kingdoms, was to the prophet a sufficient expla-
nation in respect to the first three ; but,—its aspect 
being so formidable, its peculiarities so striking, its 
acts so ferocious, it sustained such a relation to the 
saints, and the judgment upon it being so terrible,— 
"Thus he said,The fourth beast shall be the fourth 
kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from 
all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and 
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And 
the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that 
shall arise: and another shall arise after them ; and 
proceedings will show that it was no such thing. 
It was conducted in due form and led to a just 
judgment ; a judgment of' infinite importance to 
all generations of men anal to endless ages. Let 
the reader bear in mind- 
The cause of his arrest was the assumption 
of royalty. 
The Jewish counsel, acting as a grand in-
quest, found a true bill against him on his own 
oath. They sought two witnesses who would 
agree to the fact that he had claimed to be a 
king. At length two came who did agree, but 
not to the fact at issue. They agreed that he 
said, "Destroy this temple and in three days I 
will raise it up." But this was not to the point. 
Despairing of finding two witnesses, as required 
by the taw, the high priest arose and put Jesus 
himself under oath to testify on the subject. "I 
adjure you by the Living God, that thou tell us 
whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God." 
A more distinct and solemn oath was never ad-
ministered ; and under it Jesus answered: "Thou 
halt said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereaf-
ter shall ye see the Son of' man sitting on the 
right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of 
heaven." Matt. 26:63, 64. 
On this testimony they found their indict- 
ment. "What think ye ?" said the high priest. 
"They (the council) answered and said, He is 
guilty of death." Their bill of indictment ran 
thus: "We found this fellow perverting the na-
tion and forbidding to give tribute to Ctsar,say-
ing that himself is Christ, a king." Luke 23:2. 
With this presentiment before him, the court 
called on Jesus to plead it, which he did. "And 
Pilate asked him saying, 'Art thou the king of 
the Jews ?' And he answered him and said, 
'Thou sayest it !" Luke 23:3. 
Pilate fully tried 
the case, questioning his accusers, calling for ev-
idence ; questioning Jesus, who refered him to 
his hearers, the judge declared that he found no 
fault in him. He then sent him to Herod, of 
Galilee, for examination ; but Herod found no 
fault in Him, and returned him to Pilate. Pi-
late declared Him a just man and washed His 
hands of his blood. But at the demand of the 
multitude delivered him to crucifixion. And in 
doing so he wrote his judgment, in Hebrew,Greek 
and Latin. �
" This is Jesus of Nazareth, the 
King of the Jews." This judgment, given after 
a full and patient hearing of the case, must 
stand to endless ages. It is too late a day 
now to go behind that record and dispute it. But 
"In his humiliation His judgment was taken 
away." Yet at a day not distant his adminis-
tration will be established, and He shall show 
who is the "blessed and only potentate." 
J. 'RICH. 
Scripture Illustrations. 
NO. 151. FAITH BANISHING FEAR. 
"So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my 
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do 
unto me." Heb. 13 : 6. 
When Gordius, an ancient martyr, professed 
his faith in Christ before the magistrate and oth-
er heathens, and the officer called for scourges, 
and all manner of torture, he replied, "It would 
be a damage and loss to me, if I should not suf. 
fer divers torments and punishments for Christ, 
and his cause." And in the midst of his suffer-
ings he sang, "The Lord is my helper, and I 
will not fear ; what can man do unto me ?" 
NO. 152. ENVY REBUKED. 
Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain, 
Tne Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy ?" 
James 4 : 5. 
The late Dr. Waugh of London, being once 
present in a company consisting of nearly forty 
gentlemen, when a young man, who was then a 
student for the ministry, was entertaining those 
around him with ungenerous strictures upon a 
popular preacher in the city, looked at him for 
a time with a strong mixture of pity and grief 
in his countenance. When he had by his man-
ner arrested the attention of the speaker, he 
mildly, but pointedly remarked—"My friend, 
there is a saying in a good old book, which I 
would recommend to your reflection : 'The Spir-
it that dwelleth within us lusteth to envy.' " 
he longed to learn more particularly the significance 
of the fourth. 
"His nails of brass," are a peculiarity not men-
tioned in the first description of the symbol ; but, 
like the teeth of iron, they are representative of the 
invincible instrumentalities by which Rome obtain-
ed supremacy. The "residue" it stamped with its 
feet, must have been the previous beasts ; 
but as "their lives were prolonged for a season and 
time" (v. 12), it symbolized only the conquest and 
subjection to Rome of the previous empires and not 
their destruction. In like manner, the conquest of 
Medo-Persia by Grecia is symbolized, in the 8th 
chapter, by the he-goat smiting the ram and stamp-
ing upon him. The entire destruction of a nation 
or nations, is symbolized by more significant em-
blems,—by the consignment of the body of the beast 
to the burning flame ; or, the breaking to pieces 
like chaff of the constituents of the symbol,and their 
dissipation by the winds of heaven, Dan. 2:35,and 
7:11. 
The ten horns in the head of this beast, and the 
little one that came up after and among them, hav-
ing a mouth and eyes, were commented upon with 
sufficient minuteness in the exposition of verses 7 
and 8. 
he shall be diverse from the first and he shall sub-
due three kings" vs. 23, 4. 
As "the fourth beast" is symbolic of "the fourth 
kingdom" so must the four beasts be all represen-
tative of kingdoms ; and therefore when they are 
said to be symbolic of "kings," the word kings, by 
a metonymy, is plainly used for kingdoms ; so that 
not individual rulers, but reigning dynasties are the 
objects symbolized. And this determines the ten 
kings, represented by the ten horns in the head of 
the beast, and the other king represented by the 
little horn, to be contemporary governments; which 
share the powers previously wielded by the undivid-
ed fourth empire. Coming out of that kingdom, 
they can represent only the decem-regal sovereign-
ties into which western Rome was divided, and the 
hierarchy that came up among them. 
The diversity of Rome to the previous empires, 
the significance of its horns, the extent of its do-
minions, and its triumph over other nations, have 
already been considered. 
"And he shall speak great words against the 
Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the 
Most High, and think to change times and laws," 
v. 25. 
The identity of the agent here symbolized by the 
Little Horn, and that by the mouth of the beast in 
Rev. 13:6, is shown by the identity of their acts. 
Thus the latter also "opened his mouth in blasphe-
my against God, to blaspheme his name, and his 
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven." Paul 
also descrilps the same agent as one,"who oppuseth 
and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or 
that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the 
temple of God, chewing himself that he is God." 
2 These. 2:4. 
Why was Simon called Cephas, a Rock ? 
So asks a correspondent ; to which we reply that 
as a rock signifies a foundation stone, it may not in-
appropriately imply that,—in the foundation of the 
church, built upon the prophets and apostles, Christ 
himself being the chief corner stone,—Peter was to 
perform the important work of first promulgating 
the Gospel. In support of this view, Tertullian in-
stances Peter's preaching the first sermon ; by which 
three thousand persons were converted in one day. 
This is Dr. Whitby's view, who adds : "He •was, 
saith St. Ambrose, styled the rock, because he laid 
the first foundation of faith among the nations.' " 
In the performance of such a work, he may pro-
perly be denominated a rock,and as such could have 
no successor ; for only one could be the first to preach 
to Jew and Gentile the Gospel of the kingdom of 
God. 
The Crisis and Victory. 
The highly educated daughter of an English no-
bleman, whose family were all irreligious, by a se-
ries of singular circumstances had been led within 
the walls of a Methodist church in London and con-
verted to the Lord Jesus. 
This was a great grief to her father and friends. 
He placed at her disposal large sums of money, and 
took her on frequent and long journeys, hoping to 
divert her mind. At length it was arranged, on a 
festive occasion, that she should be invited to ac-
company a performance on the piano with a song. 
Should she decline, it would be regarded as an in-
sult, and she be disgraced ; but should she comply, 
it was anticipated that the triumph over her princi-
ples would be complete. When the crisis came, 
and she was called on for a song, she took her seat 
at the instrument with entire self-possession ,fingered 
the keys, and as she played she sang in a sweet air 
the words of Charles Wesley,— 
"No room for mirth or trifling here, 
For worldly hope or worldly fear, 
If life so soon is gone,— 
If now the judge is at the door, 
And all mankind must stand before 
The inexorable throne. 
No matter which my thoughts employ, 
A moment's misery or joy ; 
But, oh ! when both shall end, 
Where shall I find my destined place ! 
Shall I my everlasting days 
With fiends or angels spend?" 
As she rose from her seat, not a visitor spoke,and 
her father wept aloud. One by one the company 
retired, and her father found no more rest till he 
became a Christian. 
Kitty's Song. 
A clergyman, one day, was busy in his study, 
when a half drunken man came with a note from 
the teacher of an infant class in his Sabbath School, 
informing him that the bearer was the father of one 
of her scholars, who had met with an accident ; and 
as she could not visit his family, she wished him to 
do so. 
The clergyman accornpsnied the man to his home, 
which was in an old canal boat. The man's little 
girl had fallen and broken a limb. The clergyman 
"I beheld,—and the same horn made war with 
the saints, and prevailed against them ;—until the 
Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to 
the saints of the most High ; and the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom," vs. 21, 2. 
What Daniel here specifies of the little horn,is ad-
ditional to that mentioned in v. 8. ; so that if the 
words, "and the same horn made war with the saints 
and prevailed against them," should follow that 
verse, it would add to the completeness of that de-
scription. 
In this symbol, it is this horn of the beast that 
has mouth and eyes ; but in the revelation to John, 
there was given to the beast "a mouth speaking 
great things, and blasphemies ; and power was giv-
en unto him to continue forty and two months. 
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against 
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, 
and them that dwell in heaven. 'And it was given 
him to make war with the saints, and to overcome 
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, 
and tongues, and nations," Rev. 13:5-7. This 
identity of agency, shows an identity in the agent 
represented by the two symbols—the mouth of the 
beast, and the little horn with mouth and eyes, be-
ing alike representative of the Papacy. 
A war with the saints, would be any invasion of 
of their rights and privileges, but would more natu-
rally refer to acts of persecution. As the horn pre-
vailed against, it must have had the supremacy ov-
er, or was superior in respect to them. As this is 
preceded by the phrase "I beheld," it implies that 
the persecution of the saints did not commence im-
mediately upon the appearance of the horn ; but a& 
ter it had appeared, while the prophet continued 
looking, it began its acts of aggression upon God's 
people. 
"Until the Ancient of days came." This is often 
quoted as if the prophet saw the little horn prevail 
against the saints until the Ancient of days came ; 
but it is not certain that this adverbial phrase was 
designed so much to modify the verb "prevailed," 
as it does the phrase "I beheld." That is, as in v. 
9, the prophet "beheld till the thrones were cast 
down, and the Ancient of days did sit." He con- 
tinued looking till he saw the emergence from the 
sea of each successive beast, the fourth of which 
was so terrible and dreadful ; till he saw the little 
horn come up among the others in the head of the 
fourth, pluck up three Of the first ten, and make 
war upon the saints ; and he continued to look un-
til the Ancient of days came, overturned all beastly 
rule and gave to the saints the kingdom. It would 
not, therefore, follow that the power symbolized by 
the little horn would be successfully aggressive until 
the session of the Ancient of days: there might in-
tervene a period of rest,from the intensity of its per-
secution, like that given us since the German refor-
mation ; but as the possession of the kingdom by 
the saints is subsequent on that session, and subse-
quent to the burning of the body of the beast, there 
is symbolized no triumph of their's over their oppres-
sors previous to that judgment ; so that the predict-
ed reign of the saints, here symbolized, is only in 
connection with Christ's coming and t:.e termina-
tion of all existing forms of government. 
The blasphemous career, and the high pretentions 
of the agent thus symbolized, came under considera-
tion in the connection with v. 8. Its chronology, 
therefore, is the only remaining subject of particu-
lar interest in this connection. 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD. 
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"The St. Lawrence lay directly off one of the 
small shoal islands on the Carolina coast, on the af-
ternoon of the 1st of August, when a trim-built, 
rakish vessel of war was seen coming out of Char- 
leston harbor, making direct for the supposed mer-
chantman. The St. Lawrence affected to crowd all 
sail and get out to sea, but in reality was edging 
close to the stranger, and making preparations to 
open the ports and deluge her with shot. The pi- 
rate's deck was seen crowded with men, and the 
gunners distinctly seen ramming and pointing the 
guns. She flew the rebel flag, and shouted twice 
for the merchantman to heave to and send a boat 
aboard. No response being made the pirate fired 
three shots in quick succession—the first two ahead 
and the third directly over the deck of the St. Law-
rence, the grape and canister whistling through the 
rigging and falling in dangerous proximity to some 
of the officers. 
"Then the St. Lawrence threw up her port lids 
and showed in a moment the tiers of cannon with 
the gunners at the breech holding lighted matches. 
Scarcely a second intervened when a shock that 
shook the sea and made the ship tremble in all her 
timbers broke from the guns, and when the smoke 
cleared away the waves where the pirate stood were 
seen full of drift wood and swimming men. 
"She had been literally cut in pieces, and one 
ball that knocked a hole in the bow at the water 
line caused her to fill in a moment and go down. All 
the boats of the St. Lawrence were put out and the 
seamen picked up. Five of them, either wounded 
or unable to swim, went down with the hulk. It 
was found that the audacious craft was the Petrel, 
formerly the General Aiken, a United States reven-
ue cutter. She had been seized in Charleston prior 
to the taking of Sumpter, and some accounts say 
that she has been duly entered as a Confederate ves-
sel of war. 
"Some of the men, when fished out of the water, 
were at a loss to know what had happened to them. 
The suddenness of the St. Lawrence's reply, the 
deafening roar of the guns and the splinters and sub-
merged vessel, were all incidents that happened in 
less time than we can relate them. 
"The pirate crew, heavily ironed, were lodged in 
Moyamensing prison." 
procured a surgeon, and had the little child attend-
ed to, when he asked her if she could read, "Not a 
word," she said, "but I can sing." "What can 
you sing ?" he asked. "Something I learned at 
Sabbath school ;" and in a moment her sweet little 
voice broke out,— 
"There is a happy land, 
Far, far away, 
Where saints in glory stand, 
Bright, bright as day." 
Sad Masic for a Dying Christian. 
Within the area covered by the contest of the late 
battle at "Bull-Run," are five dwelling houses, all 
of which show marks of the deadly storm that rag-
ed around. From some of these the inhabitants 
had escaped ; but of one, a letter writer says: 
"A house here, late the abode of a widow lady, 
Mrs. Judith Henry, was riddled with cannon and 
musket shot. Hissing projectiles from the cannon 
of our enemies had passed through walls and roof, 
until the dwelling was a wreck. It is a sad story 
that we tell. This estimable lady, who had spent 
here a long life, illustrated by the graces that adorn 
the meek Christian, was now bed-ridden. There 
she lay amid the horrid din, and no less than three 
of the missiles of death that scoured through her 
chamber inflicted their wounds upon her. It seems 
a strange dispensation of Providence that one whose 
life had been so gentle and secluded should have 
found her end amid such a storm of human passions, 
and that the humble abode which had witnessed her 
quiet pilgrimage, should have been shattered over 
her dying bad ! 
"Yet, even amid such terrors Heaven vindicated 
its laws. When the combatants had retired, the 
aged sufferer was still alive, and she lived long 
enough to say that her mind was tranquil, and that 
she died in peace—a peace that the roar of battle 
and the presence of death, panoplied in all its ter-
rors, had not disturbed." 
Dying Grace given to a Child. 
Elizabeth Brokaw, a little girl aged twelve years, 
was taken with diptheria on the 27th of January, 
and died on the 25th of February, 1861. 
Some weeks before, when in health, she was re-
citing the catechism to her pastor and was advised 
to turn the answer, to the question, "What is ef-
fectual calling," into a prayer thus: "0 Lord, send 
thy Spirit to convince me of my sin and misery, to 
enlighten my mind in the knowledge of Christ, to 
renew my will, and to persuade me and to enable 
me to embrace Jesus Christ as he is offered to me 
in the Gospel." She took the advice, and spoke of 
it to a dear friend while in health. 
On being taken sick, she watched the progress of 
her disease, and was the first to announce its proba-
ble termination. Turning to her grand father she 
said: "I must soon leave you, Grandpa. If it was 
God's will, I would like to stay here while you live ; 
but, if not, I think I am willing to die. I think I 
am going to Jesus. He has said, 'of such is the 
kingdom of heaven.' " She bade him farewell ,and 
called for her parents, brothers and sisters ; to each 
of whom she gave a parting kiss, saying, "I am go-
ing to die," and speaking words of kindness to each. 
She refered to herself as a great sinner,and to Christ 
as her only hope. And as she went down the "val-
ley of the shadow of death," she expressed her hope 
of going to Jesus ; and passed away, repeating fa-
vorite hymns, and whispering when she could no 
longer speak aloud: 
"Jesus, my all, to heaven has-gone, 
He whom I fix my hopes upon," &c., 
And, 
"Am I a soldier of the cross," &c. 
Sinking of the Privateer "Petrel.,, 
The Philadelphia correspondent of the New York 
Herald gives the following account of the sinking of 
the privateer "Petrel" by the frigate St. Lawrence : 
"The leading naval event of the war came to light 
in this city yesterday, (6th) by the arrival of the 
gunboat Flag, at Fort Mifflin, simultaneous with a 
Fortress Monroe dispatch, relating the capture of 
tie crew of the privateer Petrel, and the sinking of 
the vessel off Charleston harbor. The Flag sailed 
from this Navy Yard on the latter part of May, 
some time before the departure of the frigate St. 
Lawrence. She cruised off Hampton Roads and va-
rious parts of the coast between Cape Henry and 
Savannah, holding in check the pirates that swarm-
ed out from the Inlet and Sounds and overhauling 
merchant vessels of whatever kind. 
"The St. Lawrence likewise sailed down the Car-
olina coast, in the day time closing her ports and 
maintaining the semblance of a very respectable 
merchant vessel. The crew was kept below; she 
showed the stars and stripes at the peak, but main-
tained a guise so cautious that none but experienced 
mariners could detect in her a government vessel of 
the first class, armed to the teeth, and ready at all 
hours for an engagement. 
pasha, so that he is as thoroughly acquainted as is 
possible with the political biases of each one. 
To the various religious sects he has thus far 
shown himself friendly, and promises to respect all 
their rights. 
The Panic. 
The recent panic in our army, so similar in char-
acter to the panic which seized the French and Sar-
dinians at Solferino, reminds us of that still more 
renowned panic which took possession of both the 
Russian troops and their enemies the Tartar hordes, 
four hundred years ago, on the banks of the Oka. 
This extraordinary event is well authenticated, and 
is probably unparalleled in the history of war. 
A vast army of Tartars,some three hundred thou-
sand in number, under their chieftain Akhmet, 
marched for the invasion of Russia. They passed 
from the Volga to the Don, and ascended the valley 
of this river,spreading ruin along a path many miles 
in width. About the middle of October they reach-
ed the banks of the Oka, where they found a 
Russian army, two hundred thousand strong, under 
the Emperor Ivan III., prepared to resist them. 
These two immense armies thus met, face to face, 
with only the waters of that narrow stream to sep-
arate them. 
The formidable weapons of modern warfare were 
then unknown. Swords, arrows, javelins,clubs,axes, 
battering-rams and catapults were then the most po-
tent instruments which men used for the destruction 
of.their fellow-men. For a fortnight the two armies 
fought on the opposite banks of the stream, hurl-
ing at each other all their missiles of war, and each 
fearing greatly lest the antagonistic army should ef-
fect a passage. 
A cold night in November came and the stream 
was covered with ice. Some movements which were 
made by the Tartar ranks led the Russians to think 
that the foe, at midnight, were about to cross the 
stream. The panic spread from rank to rank. The 
night was dark. The tumult in the camp indicated 
that the enemy was already upon them, and the 
whole Russian army, in a state of indescribable con-
fusion, commenced its flight. 
The Tartar heard the commotion, and supposed 
that the Russians were coming upon them in a mid-
night assault. Terror spread also through their ranks. 
The wildest uproar arose, and forsaking tents and 
baggage, they commenced their flight. Two hun-
dred thousand men fled in one direction,and three hun-
dred thousand in the other. Such vast arimes covered 
leagues of country—and those in the van supposed 
the terror-stricken fugitives in the rear to be pursu-
ing foes. Thus was presented the unprecedented 
aspect of two armies, horsemen and footmen, num-
bering in the aggregate five hundred thousand men, 
flying in indescribable dismay from each other. 
It was a semi-barbaric age, and there were no fa-
cilities for the transmission of intelligence. The 
Russians did not venture to stop to breathe until 
they had retreated two hundred miles, and had tak-
en refuge behind the walls of Moscow. The flight 
of the Tartars was not arrested until they reached 
their strongholds, three hundred miles distant on 
the banks of the Volga. 
The Russians, instead of being ashamed of their 
panic, have ever attributed this, their singular es-
cape from Tartar invasion,to the direct interposition 
of God in answer to the prayers of the clergy. Kar-
umsin, the most illustrious of the historians of the 
empire, writes in reference to it : 
"Shall men, vain and feeble, celebrate the ter-
ror of their arms ? No ! it is not to the might of 
earth's warriors—it is not to human wisdom that 
Russia owes her safety, but only to the goodness of 
God."—New York Ledger. 
"THE 47TH REGIMENT IN CANADA. The 47th Regi-
ment, now in camp at Montreal, formed part of the 
army under Gen. Wolfe which took Quebec in 1759. 
When Wolfe was mortally wounded, he was carried 
from the field by some grenadiers of the 47th, and 
the regiment for many years. bore the name of 
'Wolf's Own.' To this day the officers wear a 
black worm in their lace, as mourning for him."—
Exchange. 
And yet not a man remains in all that regiment, 
who ever saw one connected with it in 1759 ; and no 
one of them ,probably,eyer saw any one who had seen 
one of them. 
WATERLOO. On the surface of two square miles, 
it was ascertained that fifty thousand men and hors-
es were lying ! The luxurious crop of ripe grain 
which had covered the field of battle, were reduced 
to litter, and beaten into the earth, and the surface 
trodden down by the cavalry and furrowed deeply by 
the cannon wheels, strewed with many a relic of the 
fight. Helmets and cuirasses, shattered firearms 
and broken swords ; all the variety of military or-
naments, lancer caps and Highland bonnets ; uni-
forms of every color, plumes and pennons ; musical 
instruments, the apparatus of artillery, drums, bu-
gles ; but good God ! why dwell on the harrowing 
picture of a foughten field ?—each and every ruin-
ous display bore mute testimony to the misery of 
such a battle. 
A letter from Baden, dated July the 14th, ap-
pears in the Journal des Debats. The writer says : 
"This morning between 9 and 10 o'clock, at the 
moment when the King of Prussia after his custom-
ary walk in the Lichenthal Avenue, was seated near 
the stone fountain, a student of Leipsic approached 
him, and leveling a pistol ot his breast, pulled the 
trigger. The force of the charge happily caused 
the bullet to rise, and the ball only tore the dress, 
and slightly grazed the King's shoulder. Arrested 
on the spot by the promenaders who heard the re-
port, the assassin was taken before the chief magis-
trates of the city, and was examined in the presence 
ot his August Highness the Grand Duke of Baden. 
It is stated that the student confined himself to the 
reply, while avowing his crime, that his only object 
was to free Germany from a Prince who was not suf-
ficiently active in the cause of German unity. The 
population of Baden, where His Majesty is regarded 
with respect and veneration, heard of the event with 
a horror which will be shared by all the world. The 
report runs that the Leipsic student is the son of a 
Russian Consul in a city of the Black Sea. Others 
say that he is of Lithuanian origin." 
CRIME IN ENGLAND. England seems to be a "Cham-
ber of Horrors." The London Times well remarks, 
"Crimes of the worst dye lie in profusion before 
us." Within a few days the papers have recounted 
the details of a father inflicting murderous blows on 
his only son, two gentlemen shooting, hacking and 
smashing one another to death in a back drawing-
room in a by-street in the Strand ; a surgeon charg-
ed with a professional.murder upon an unhappy pa-
tient ; several husbands murdering their wives ; a 
lady attacking her aged mother with a bludgeon ; a 
boy stabbing his school fellow ; a poor girl impaled 
by a runaway horse on the railroad of Eaton square ; 
a miller murdering his wife because of a wrangle 
about a trifle of money as they drove home from mar-
ket ; one man killing another with a pitcher because 
he aroused him from bed to ask a business question ; 
and various minor crimes. 
A pastor once questioning an infant Class, asked, 
'Who was the first man ?' After some hesitation,"Ad-
am"was the answer. He then asked,"Who was the 
first woman?" which caused a longer hesitation. At 
length a boy exclaimed, "Miss—," giving the name 
of his teacher ! 
1 
From the Correspondence of the New York Observe 
The New Sultan. 
His majesty is a vigorous-looking young man of 
thirty-two years, somewhat portly, and with the 
proud bearing of his father. He has already shown 
something of the energy of Mahmoud in the sweep-
ing work he has made in his brother's palace. 35,-
000 pounds of silver were at once sent to the mint 
to be coined into money ; 400 horses of the royal 
stables were attached to the cavalry service,and my-
riads of useless servants forced into the army. The 
sultanas and other women of the palice, to the 
number of 1,000, have been shut up in the seraglio. 
They have been obliged to surrender all their jewels, 
and have been prohibited from visiting Pera or the 
other suburbs of the city without special royal per-
mits. The sons-in-law of the late monarch have 
been told that they must admit the sultanas who are 
mothers of their wives into their own harems, so 
that the royal expenses will he greatly curtailed in 
this respect. The Valide Sultana, the mother of 
the two sons of Abdul Medjid, has alone a palace 
assigned to her, and a pension of 50,000 piastres a 
month. 
The Sultan himself has but one wife, and has 
signified his intention to have but one. His only 
son, a child of four years, who was saved by the 
fidelity of his own nurse from the usual fate of royal 
infants, he has, since his accession to the throne, 
brought from his retreat,and acknowledged publicly 
before his nobles. To the sons of his brother he has, 
given the same apartments in the palace which 
they occupied during their father's lifetime. Ile 
has also made them some costly presents, and bes-
towed on them a great deal of good advice. The 
Grand Vizier and the other ministers have been con-
firmed in their offices, but Riza Pasha, the Seraskier, 
or Commander-in Chief, has justly been degraded 
from his rank, and is a prisoner in his own palace. 
The wealthy Armenian bankers, who have been re-
velling in ill-gotten riches since the commencement 
of the last reign, have been ordered to present their 
accounts without delay, and are trembling at their 
impending fate. 
His majesty has already made repeated impromptu 
visits to the Admiralty,the arsenal, and the prisons, 
where the inmates of the latter were all marched 
before him for his personal inspection, and the 
workmen engaged in the royal dockyards had 140,-
000 piastres distributed among them. The Sultan 
seems determined to look into everything for him-
self. It is said that he was always accustomed to 
keep his own accounts, and that, whenever he visit-
ed the Porte, he took notes of the speech of each 
THE LONDON STANDARD ON REBELLION.—If the 
Standard, of London, represents fairly the views of 
the religious portion of the people—as we suppose 
it does—the rebels who are in arms need expect but 
little aid or sympathy from that quarter. It re-
marks: 
"Great light has been thrown on the subject of 
Southern character by the last letter of Dr Russell 
to the Times. The portrait he draws of Southern 
society is absolutely horrible ! There is in it pu-
trescence enough to diffuse plague and pestilence 
throughout the New World. 
"For our part, we do think the less the civilized 
world has to do with the secession States the better. 
We can scarcely conceive of any class of mankind, 
no matter by what means collected, in whom we 
Mould place less confidence. It puts us strongly in 
mind of the fraternity of robbers and their leader, 
Signor Roland, who villainously boasted, in rehears-
ing his terrible career,that God had given him grace 
to grow old in his profession, in spite of the dangers 
to which it was exposed ! The God of the ruffians 
is the Devil ! It makes the blood run cold to think 
of a kingdom founded in slavery and ruled by such 
sons of perdition." 
JEFFERSON DAVIS IN 1858. In the summer of 
1858 Jefferson Davis in a speech at Faneuil Hall, 
Boston, uttered the following language:—"Among 
culprits, there is none more odious to my mind 
than a public officer who takes an oath to support 
the Constitution—the compact between the States 
binding each other for the common defense and gen-
eral welfare of the other—yet retains to himself a 
mental reservation that he will war upon the prin-
ciples he has sworn to maintain, and upon the pro-
perty rights, the protection of which are part of the 
compact of the Union. [Applause.] It is a crime too 
low to be named before this assembly. It is one 
which no man with self-respect would ever commit. 
To swear that he will support the Constitution—to 
take an office which belongs in many of its relations 
to all the States, and to use it as a means of injur- 
ing a portion of the States of which he is thus the 
representative, is treason to everything honorable in 
man. It is the base and cowardly attack of him 
who gains the confidence of another, in order that 
he may wound him." 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
requested the prayers of God's people. Three young 
(married) men were happily converted on the spot, 
and testified what great things the Lord had done 
for them. Others retired, at 11 o'clock, with heavy 
hearts. Eld. H. was present, as he had often been, 
and took an active part in the services. As he was 
about to leave he said to me, " I perceive, bro. C., 
that the Lord is here of a truth, and I would not 
knowingly suggest a thought that might tend to 
check this good work, but should you deem it expe-
dient we should esteem it a favor if you would 
preach in my desk again next Sunday." I am to 
give him an answer at our meeting this evening.—
To give our people a little rest, I consented to meet 
a call full three miles off last evening ; but rather 
than rest at home, more than a dozen of the con-
verts and others accompanied me there, and after 
preaching they acted their part well. We met at a 
private house. Two large rooms were well filled. 
All listened attentively to the word, and to those 
warm exhortations. One backslider was present. 
He wept much, made hearty confession. of his wan-
derings from God, and besought us to pray for him. 
All said, "This is a hopeful case." We hope for a 
good time this evening. Shall preach here (the Lord 
permitting) next Sunday A.M., then attend to bap-
tism again, and in the evening meet Elder Ifolroyd'8 
request. When through here, shall make my next 
stop in Homer, 20 miles west, where I hope to find 
a lot of letters in Bro. Clapp's care, waiting for me. 
And now I will say to the friends who have address-
ed me at Hartford, Ct., since I left, Wm. R. C. has 
been faithful to forward, and they will be answered 
in due time. When in Homer I intend to visit the 
friends in Syracuse, Manlius, &c., then proceed N. 
into Jefferson county, &c. &c. Till I write again, 
friends will address me at Homer, N. Y., care of 
Dea. J. L. Clapp. He will faithfully forward to 
me. �
Pray for me, dear brethren and sisters, who 
love the appearing of Christ, and continue to write. 
Yours, Bro. B., as ever, �
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SA3I'L CHAPMAN. 
McDonough, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1861. 
Canada East and Northern Vt. Conference 
(Concluded.) 
North Danville Vt. Church. 
This church was reported by the following letter 
from St. Johnsbury, Vt. dated Monday, June 10, 
1861. 
To the C. E. and Northern Vt. Conference: Greet-
ing:—Dear Brethren and fellow-laborers in the vine-
yard of the Lord, I have the agreeable duty at this 
late day, of representing by letter, the church in 
No. Danville, Vt. It was my intention to be pres-
ent at the Conference ; but the presure of business 
at home prevented. It was a great disappointment 
I assure you, as I had anticipated a profitable and 
interesting season in meeting the brethren from dif-
ferent parts of the country, and consulting with 
them upon the best method of carrying forward this 
glorious cause of proclaiming the Everlasting Gos-
pel to a perishing world. 
This is a day of thick darkness in many respects. 
The nations are becoming angry, and men's hearts 
are "failing them for fear." Our own nation is 
standing upon the brink of a civil war, if, indeed, 
they are not already in the midst of, and actually 
engaged in one ; and I sometimes fear that as a na-
tion, we are becoming blood-thirsty and impatient 
for a struggle. But, thank God, in the midst of 
this darkness and strife, the child of God may re-
joice in the hope of brighter days to come, and see 
in the falling and dissolution of earthly kingdoms, 
a true indication of the approach of "a kingdom 
which bath foundations." 0, glorious day, when 
all strife shall cease, all the wickedness of the earth 
which so fearfully and terribly abounds, shall be 
done away, and righteousness and peace shall sway 
the sceptre over all the earth. 
There are "a few names" in No. Danville 'which 
have not defiled their garments," and they are ex-
pecting to walk with Christ in white. I look up-
on this church as one of the dearest objects upon 
this old earth, and I have no doubt but that "the 
Captain of our salvation ' walks before it with tender 
regard and affectionate solicitude. Connected with 
it are sturdy and well-tried soldiers,who have fought 
too long and endured to much to desert now, when 
the victory is so nearly achieved. Occasionally we 
are permitted to rejoice at the almost miraculous 
sight of a volunteer in the service of our Heavenly 
King. Our faithful and beloved pastor,brother W. 
II. Eastman, of Whitefield, N. H. still continues 
to preach the Word to us one fourth of the time ; 
and although there has been no especial demonstra-
tion of the favor of God among the people, yet the 
church as a whole are manifesting a good degree of 
interest in spiritual things, and we are hoping and 
laboring for a still greater increase in this direction. 
May God inspire us all with more zeal, is my pray- 
er. �
The men of the world are bestirring themselves, 
and surely the Christian ought not to slumber. Ev- 
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ED. 
30th, and went into Otsego county, some 20 miles 
east, to visit several Advent families, with some of 
whom I was intimately acquainted in '45 ; found 
them so widely separated from each other we made 
no attempt at collecting them together for worship, 
even on the sabbath, but visiting the different fami-
lies, and talking much on the fulfilment of prophe-
cy, and the present signs of the times, was enabled 
to strengthen the things which remained, for which 
they manifested true gratitude to God, and we were 
mutually comforted. Returned and met our ap-
pointment in Norwich the next sabbath. Notice of 
the meeting being thoroughly circulated, the friends 
in various directions came together for miles, and 
filled the sanctuary. Our subject was the three wo 
trumpets, Rev. 8:13. I occupied full two hours, 
after which the brethren spoke freely, and the best 
attention was paid to the word. Several persons 
for the first time confessed faith in the doctrines we 
hold. The brethren were truly comforted, and 
some wept sore, because we could remain with them 
no longer. Being anxious to proceed on my jour-
ney, I left N. and came to this place on Thursday 
the 4th of July-15 miles west. Found the church 
we organized here just four years before rather faint, 
yet pursuing, they having faithfully maintained 
their meetings of worship on the sabbath, and every 
Thursday evening to that time, even without preach-
ing. Coming here as I did on Thursday, and that 
being the birth-day of the church, we had a good 
congregation that evening. Commenced worship at 
an early hour, and continued the services, " com-
forting one another with these words," 1 Thess. 4 : 
13-17, till past 10 o'clock. We appointed the next 
evening for preaching, when the house was full,and 
the best of order and attention was manifested.—
Our subject for that evening was quite historical, 
and the word was readily received. Eld. H. the 
Baptist minister from the village, 2 miles south, 
was present, and so much interested that he gave me 
a cordial invitation to occupy his desk the next sab-
bath. We complied with the request, and all went 
down together. At my suggestion Eld. Holroyd 
preached in the morning, and I occupied the desk 
in the P.M. and evening. Had large congregations 
and the best of .order was observed. Spoke from 
Matt. 24:3, and 1 Tim. 4:1, comparing the latter 
with Rev. 16:14 and other scriptures. At the close 
of evening service the Elder said, " There, I have 
now heard Eld. C. three times, and frankly confess 
I have gained more light and instruction from the 
Scriptures than I ever learned from three discourses 
in my life. The doctrines he has advanced appear 
reasonable, and I shall hereafter take pains to inves-
tigate the subject," &c. We returned, and entered 
upon our work here on Tuesday evening. An inte-
resting revival immediately commenced. The church 
was quickened, two backsliders were reclaimed, and 
sinners began to enquire, What shall we do?"—
During that week I had the pleasure of baptizing 
two happy souls. The next Sunday our sanctuary 
was crowded. After preaching, and several warm 
exhortations, the articles of faith and church cove-
nant were read and two members added to the ch. 
after which was celebrated the Lord's supper. This 
was a day of peculiar interest to the church. So 
we continued our meetings with increasing interest. 
through the week. By this time bar refreshing sea-
son was known abroad, and the brethren came in 
the next sabbath from Preston and other parts, 5 to 
10 miles off, to meet and mingle with us in worship. 
Our sanctuary was crowded, and the word was glad-
ly received. Under these circumstances it was deem-
ed expedient to celebrate the supper the second time. 
This was very gratifying to our brethren from 
abroad, and refreshing to all. By particular request 
I preached again that evening for Eld. Holroyd.—
Had a crowded house. Our brethren from P. tar-
ried, and went down with us, notwithstanding they 
had to return to P. that night, more than 12 miles. 
Spoke that evening from Heb. 9:27,8, and had good 
liberty of utterance for near two hours. All were 
still, and solemn as the house of death. When I 
was through, Eld. II. rose, and heartily responded 
to the word spoken, and exhorted his brethren to 
examine their hearts and see whether they were or 
were not prepared to meet the Lord at his coming, 
and then enquired (enforcing the last clause of our 
text) do you truly love his appearing? — assuring 
them that this will be the test of salvation when he 
appeareth, &c. We then returned to our work here, 
and have continued our meetings most every evening 
until now, and the good work has continued to in-
crease. Sinners have been and are being converted. 
Last Sunday, after preaching, four of them received 
baptism at my hands,after which they and two oth-
ers united with the church. On Tuesday evening 
of this week, the Spirit of God attended the word 
in a peculiar manner. After preaching many spoke 
with life and animation, among whom were Baptists 
and Methodists, each responding to the sentiment, 
the Lord is soon coming, and manifestly rejoiced in 
the prospect. Quite a number rose and earnestly 
erything seems to conspire to draw the minds of 
men from the great work of seeking after the eter-
nal welfare of their souls, and nothing but contin-
ual prayerfulness and watchfulness will prevent the 
people of God being led into the same error of un-
belief. While the men of the world are girding on 
the armor and fitting themselves for the battle, 0 
let us who have enlisted under the banner of the 
Prince of Peace put on the whole armor of God,and 
fight manfully the battles of the Lord. Can we 
join with the world in an endeavor to sustain the 
kingdomS of this world that are destined to hall ? 
No ! Dear brethren, let me beseech you to keep 
aloof from this war-spirit. Do not allow it to gain 
place in your hearts : but let us hold ourselves amen-
able to him who said, "My Kingdom is not of 
this world.'' 
The chief Shepherd will soon appear to gather 
the scattered flock, and give them the promised in-
heritance. Let us be at our post—not overcharged 
with surfeiting or drunkenness—not engrossed with 
the things of this world, but waiting for our Lord. 
Patriotism sounds very well, but let us beware lest 
we give to the Stars. and Stripes the place where 
Christ should reign supreme. Let us beware lest 
we substitute the ensign for the cross. 
1 had anticipated uniting myself with this Con-
ference at its present session, as a preacher of the 
Gospel, in accordance with an expression of the 
church with which I united about a year since,hav-
ing felt it my duty to assume that responsible posi-
tion,—for which I have often felt myself incapable 
and unworthy ; but circumstances have rendered it 
next to impossible for me to be in attendance at this 
time. I would therefore ask the prayers of the 
members of the Conference in my behalf, that I may 
be guided by heavenly wisdom, and sustained by di-
vine strength and grace. My heart is fixed trust-
ing in the Lord. I feel that, having received par-
don at the hand of God, there are none so far gone 
hut that I can offer them salvation through Christ. 
None are BO diseased and polluted but they may 
come to the Father, through Christ, and be made 
every whit whole—made meet for the Master's use. 
Hoping for a full and speedy redemption, I re-
main your affectionate brother in Christ. 
H. CANFIELD. 
CANADA EAST. 
To the Canada East and Northern Vermont Con-
ference of Adventists, in conference assembled at 
Rich ford, Vt. 
The church of Adventists in Shefford, Canada 
East, for the furtherance of Christian fellowship 
and sympathy with those of like precious faith, re-
ports : That since their first organization May 12, 
1851, there have been 77 names subscribed to their 
church covenant as approved members. Of this 
number, 7 have withdrawn, 2 have been dismissed 
by letter to other churches, 5 have deceased, 5 have 
been excommunicated, and 15 have removed to dis-
tant parts—leaving but 43 who unite with us occa-
sionally for worship and Christian communion ; but 
from remoteness of residence and other causes,there 
are not above 20 members of the church who are 
regular and constant attendants at our meetings for 
public worship. 
Elder J. M. Orrock has still the pastoral care of 
the church, but during the past year we have had 
only occasional preaching. Public worship has 
however been regularly maintained on the Sabbath, 
and when there is not preaching, a sermon is read 
by Dr. Parmelee or some other brother. 
Two weekly prayer meetings, one on Sabbath af-
ternoon, and one on Wednesday evening, have thus 
far been sustained with great regularity. The ave-
rage attendance is less than a dozen—generally 8 or 
9—and sometimes only 2 or 3—enough to ensure 
the promised blessing. 
On the first Sabbath of each month, we have a 
covenant meeting, with about the same attendance 
as at the prayer meetings, where each one present is 
expected to tell of his experiences, hie hopes and his 
prospects. 
There is also a Sabbath school regularly sustain-
ed, though the attendance is small, averaging about 
a dozen. 
The veterans of our number, pioneers in the cause 
of Adventism in our locality, have many of them, 
fallen asleep—one of them (father Hyatt) since the 
last meeting of conference ; but still a "few the 
watch are keeping," and are, in the judgment of 
Christian charity, endeavoring to fight the good fight 
of faith, and to lay hold of eternal life, and are 
anxiously looking for the return of the great Cap-
tain of their salvation. 
There has been no special revival interest in our 
midst, since last conference ; but the church has dee 
termined to rise up and build, in expectation that 
the Lord whom we serve will dispose the hearts of 
many to attend to the reasonable service of public 
worship. 
On the 15th day of April last, a subscription pa 
per was drawn up and circulated with such success, 
From Bro. S. Chapman. 
Bro. S. Bliss :—The postscript to my last pub-
lished letter, May 15th, should not have been pub-
lished. It was taken from a private letter I wrote 
you one week after the date of the one I designed 
for the press. I truthfully said in the letter for 
publication, " I spent the last Sabbath in Hart-
ford." But the P.S. makes me to say wrongfully, 
I preached to the Plymouth Hollow last Sunday," 
&c. �
It is probable that I omitted to add to my sec- 
ond letter, Private communication.* If so, the 
fault was mine altogether, and I wili now commence 
where my former letter closed, without further no-
ticing the P.S. 
Immediately after the date of my last, I went to 
P. Hollow, and for several days mingled with the 
Advent church we organized there a few months be-
fore. Found them in a peaceful and prosperous 
state, several members having been added to their 
number during my absence. The people being tho-
roughly notified, we had a noble gathering there on 
the sabbath. Besides preaching A. M., P. M. and 
evening, we had the Lord's supper, and many warm 
exhortations, and the brethren were manifestly com-
forted. At the close of evening service, which was 
protracted to a late hour, I went home with a bro-
ther from Northfield, some 6 or 7 miles. Enjoyed 
the ride and conversation on the way much. Did 
not retire, of course, till past midnight. Spent 
several days there and in Litchfield, visiting the iso-
lated brethren from house to house, and found it 
very profitable. Left an appointment for preaching 
in Northfield the next sabbath. Then went to Ply-
mouth, 10 miles, to learn what arrangements bro. 
Tuttle had made for me at Waterville, and found 
him hard sick and confined to his bed with inflam-
matory rheumatism. This entirely defeated our 
plans for labor at W., and greatly to the disap-
pointment of Bro. T. and a few others. Returned 
and met my appointment in Northfield on the sab-
bath, May 26th. The brethren came in from P. 
Hollow, Litchfield, and other quarters, and filled our 
humble sanctuary to overflowing. Had preaching 
A.M. and P. M. and in the evening the whole time 
was spent in exhortation, prayer and singing. Cne 
intelligent young man was thoroughly reclaimed 
from a backslidden state, which occasioned much 
rejoicing among the friends. The brethren were re-
vived, and greatly strengthened in their faith. Re-
turned to Hartford on or about the 1st of June, 
where I spent some ten days visiting and taking a 
friendly leave of the brethren and my family con-
nections. Listened to an excellent discourse on the 
sabbath, at the Advent Hall, from Eld. White, on 
the subject of Secession, commencing with the sece- 
ding of our first parents, and bringing us down in 
chronological order to the present time,—having 
special reference to the present state of things in 
our country—Southern secession, or rebellion. But 
I forbear. On the 12th of June I left Hartford and 
entered upon another western tour. Stopt and spent 
a week with family connections, and our brethren 
in Brooklyn and New York. Had several seasons 
of social worship, and in connection with Bro.H.B. 
Hyde preached to the Advent church in New York 
on the Sabbath. Was happy to find Bro. Hyde 
there, laboring for the comfort and edification of the 
brethren. Hope and trust that my visit there, es-
pecially in B., was not altogether unprofitable. At 
New York I took the cars and came on the southern 
route to Binghampton, and thence by cars and stage 
(a northerly direction) to Oxford, some three hun-
dred miles in a few hours. Oh the facilities for 
running to and fro, to blow the trumpet in Zion, 
make the inhabitants of the land to tremble, because 
the day of the Lord cometh, and is nigh at hand— 
Joel 2:1. Spent two nights and one day in Oxford 
in company with my intimate friend and benefactor 
bro. Benjamin Dudley. Went with him and visited 
all the Advent families in that section, which re- 
sulted in our mutual good. Then came to Norwich, 
eight miles further north. When I had visited the 
isolated brethren in that community, I left an ap-
pointment for preaching there on the sabbath, June 
who have been called to commit treasures of householdsaf-
fections to the cold confines of the grave, will feel a deep 
interest in this invention, for how dear a privilege to gaze 
upon the lineaments of the sleeper beneath, at your peri-
odical visits to their grave. Not only would such a like-
ness be of inestimable value to the relatives of the de-
ceased, in their visits to the graves of loved ones, but of 
mournful interest to friends and acquaintances of the be-
reaved. 
This Case is so constructed that the exact picture of a 
departed friend can be so copied into it by any Daguerrean 
Artist as to endure for years, unsoiled by wind or storm, 
and how agreeable on visiting the church yard to see a 
bright, life-like picture of departed friends conspicuous 
over their graves. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD 
263 
that, on the 14th day of May, a contract was duly 
made and signed for the erection of a chapel 50 feet 
long by 38 feet wide, to consist of a frame and an 
eight-inch brick wall, the sittings to be free, and 
the whole is to be completely finished by the first 
day of January next. The work is already com-
menced, and is progressing favorably. The fUnds 
for the above building and site are not yet fully sub-
scribed, but we confidently expect that the Lord 
whom we serve, will put it into the hearts of some 
others, who are blest with the means, to help those 
who have so liberally helped themselves in forward-
ing this good work we have undertaken. 
Praying for the prosperity of Zion, and invoking 
the kind sympathy and prayers of all the churches 
represented in this conference, and especially look-
ing to the great Head of the church for his bless-
ing, without which nothing can prosper, we sincere-
ly pray, that all our works, begun, continued and 
ended in him, may redound to his glory and the 
salvation of souls. With Christian salutation we 
would say, " Grace be with all them that love our 
Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity." 
In behalf of the church, 
R. PARMELEE, Scribe. 
Waterloo, June 10, 1861. 
The church in Barnston to the brethren in Confer-
ence assembled, Beloved Brethren :-Another year 
has rolled its rounds and we, through the goodness 
of God, are permitted to address you. Since your 
last gathering, we have had the faithful labors of 
Bro. Sornberger part of the time,and have had some 
revival. Seven have been baptized. Only 13 names 
are attached to our church-agreement,but we expect 
several others will unite with us soon. We have 
some counteracting influences to meet, and expect 
to have till redemption comes to Isrrel. Already 
the nations are "angry," and we may look for the 
"wrath" of God on the world. But let us be found 
discerning the signs of the times that are thicken-
ing all around and among us ; and let us have our 
fruit unto holiness that the end may be everlasting 
life. 
Bro. Hurd and myself were appointed to meet 
with you in Conference, but it is difficult for either 
of us to attend. We hope the Lord will be with 
you and bless you in all your deliberations. The 
"Herald" is highly approved among us, and the 
spirit and manner in which it is conducted. We 
hope Bro. Bliss will have the prayers and co-opera-
tion of all the churches in his arduous work. 
In the behalf of the church, 
J. W. HEATH, clerk. 
ing, which encourages the hope that they will yet 
see better days ; and that quite a number will final-
ly be gathered from Sutton to walk with Christ in 
white, when God makes the place of his feet glori-
ous. 
Elder A. Cleaveland resides in Marshfield, Vt., 
where he has preached a quarter of the time the 
past year ; and has labored some in N. Troy, Vt. 
Though some churches were not represented by let-
ter nor delegates, yet the reports received were on 
the whole encouraging. 
In the P. M. Elder Thurber preached from Colos. 
3 : 3, 4, after which a collection was made to aid 
the publication department of this Conference 
amounting to $8.15. 
The next Conference was appointed to be holden 
in Waterloo, C. E. beginning the second Wednes-
day in June 1862 (D. V.) 
After a vote of thanks to the brethren and citizens 
of the place for their hospitality to the friends from 
abroad, the President made some appropriate re 
marks, and the Conference session terminated by the 
singing of the 853d Hymn and the benediction. 
Elder Cleaveland preached in the evening from 
ileb. 11: ; and there was preaching on Saturday, 
in connection with the administration of baptism 
and the Lord's supper-and thrice on Sunday, by 
Brn. Thurber, Hutchinson, and Orrock. The weath-
er during the meeting was not the most favorable, 
yet the attendance throughout was good. The 
friends from abroad were well provided for. Har-
mony prevailed, the services terminated, as they be-
gan, with the benediction of Heaven upon us. 
J. M. °BROCK, SEC'Y. 
From Bro. L. Ingalls. 
Mr. Editor :-I used to be a figuring a great deal 
about time, definite time and fixed dates, &c., but 
now I see it all an uncertainty in the future and 
treasured up in the mind of God and wisely kept 
from the speculations of the " wise men." We 
know just about as much about definite time for the 
advent as we did 19 years ago. I began to take an 
advent paper with the Midnight Cry-have contin-
ued since. My motto is to watch. " What I say 
unto you, I say unto all, Watch." I believe in a 
salvation that saves all the time, and I have found 
it. I have been trying to watch ever since my con-
version, which was in 1843, and the Lord filled my 
soul so full of glory then that I knew it, and I now 
know it positively, and through faith expect to 
commune with him in a special manner unto death 
or the judgment. I hold no connection with any 
nominal church, nor never have ; but I worship 
chiefly with the Methodists. All God's children are 
my relatives, and are joint-heirs with Christ, if so 
be that we suffer with him, we shall be also glorified 
togther. And that's just good enough, and it 
should be the highest aim of our lives for ourselves 
and others. There is a great gift for those who 
wait on the Lord. �
LEWIS INGALLS. 
Albion, N. Y., July 29, 1861. 
The salvation of one single soul implies a greater 
good than deliverance from all the evils that have 
happened from the time that Adam sinned.-
Benson. 
OBITUARY. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-It becomes my painful duty 
to announce to you the death of my dear father, 
JONATHAN WINCHESTER, who died in Langdon, N. 
II., July 14, 1861, aged 74 years, 5 months. He 
bore his sufferings, which were extremely severe (of 
about 5 months duration,) with Christian patience 
and fortitude. He had been a professed follower of 
Christ, for almost 50 years, and for the last 20, a 
believer in the speedy advent of our Saviour. Ile 
was a constant reader of the "Advent Herald" and 
a great lover of the great and glorious truths it in-
culcated. I believe beyond a doubt, our great loss 
is his incalculable gain, and my prayer is, that this 
bereavement may be sanctified to the good of his 
surviving friends. 
Yours in hope, 
J. A. WINCHESTER. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Daguerreotype Pictures for Headstones. 
Every person who has lost a beloved Child, Father or 
Mother, should send f. r one to adorn the Head Stone with 
the image of the departed one, for there is nothing more 
appropriate or tasty than this. I am the only manufac-
turer of Daguerreotype Cases for attaching the Likeness 
of the deceased to Head Stones and Monuments, in this 
country. These Cases are made of Parian Marble, an in-
destructible material of a texture corresponding well with 
Marble generally used for Monuments. The Picture is 
secured from air or dampness by a metal screw box, which 
is nicely fixed in the back side of the Case-the whole ar-
rangement being securely fastened to the surface of the 
Monument, the Case being a very beautiful Ornament. 
A beautiful Tomb Stone is not completed until it con-
tains the likeness of the one whose name it bears. Those 
To the C. E. and Northern Vt. Conference. 
Dear Brethren :-As my affairs will not permit 
me as in former years to meet you in the Conference, 
I much regret it ; but while I cannot be with you 
personally, I am with you in spirit, joying and be-
holding your order, and the steadfastness of your 
faith in the gospel of the near advent of Christ and 
the Restitution. I occupy the same position I 
have occupied the last 16 years, and can heartily co-
operate with the members of this conference-hold-
ing with them the creed,and occupying the platform 
of, the Albany Conference. 
I still remain pastor of the church in North Brome 
and East Farnham. We number about the same as 
we did the last conference : two have withdrawn and 
three have united. I labor one fourth of the time in 
Brome, and some in Stanstead, Magog, and Bolton. 
I have baptized 24 during the year in different lo-
calities, and trust that the most of them into the 
Lord. I am with you in all your deliberations in 
promotion of the gospel, and remain very truly 
yours in the hope of Christ's coming, 
JOHN CHAPMAN. 
Magog, June 7th, '61. 
North Stanbridge Church. 
We are supplied with preaching one half the 
time by the Pastor Elder C. P. Dow, and the meet-
ings are very well attended. We have prayer meet-
ings when destitute of preaching, but they are not 
well attended. During the past Conference year 
there have been four added,three baptized, one taken 
by death, and the present number is fifty-nine. The 
members of this Church are scattered over an extent 
of 35 or 40 miles east and west; consequently there 
are some that seldom meet with us, and 1 know but 
little about their progress in the way of life and sal-
vation. 
Dear Brethren, may we stand complete in Christ, 
have on the whole armour and our robes washed 
and made white in the blood of the Lamb, and when 
our King comes be gathered with all the blood-wash-
ed throng to be crowned kings and priests unto God 
and reign on earth. 
In behalf of the Church, 
JOHN GILBRETH, Clerk. 
Elder S. S. Garvin reported that he preaches in 
four different places in Sutton, C. E. and though 
there are some things to be lamented, yet there is 
usually a good attendance at the public ministra-
tion of the word, and the interest to hear is increas- 
1k 
264 �
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
must be dead now. But you said one day, 
that such worms would be changed.'—
What did you mean'? I don't see any 
change !" 
I will show you in a few days," says 
the father. 
He`then carefully cuts off the small limb 
on which the worm hangs, and carries it 
home. It looks like a little brown ball, or 
cone, about as large as a robin's egg. The 
father hangs it up in the warm window of 
the south room, where the sun may shine 
on it. The child wonders what it all 
means ! Sure enough, in a few days, 
hanging in the warm sun, the little tomb 
begins to swell, and then it burst open,and 
out it came, not the poor, unsightly worm 
that was buried in it, but a beautiful but-
terfly ! How it sgreads out its gorgeous 
wings ! The little child comes into the 
room, and claps his hands, and cries, 
"Oh ! it is changed ! it is changed !—
The worm is changed into a beautiful but- 
terfly ! �
Oh ! father, how could it be 
done ?" 
" I don't know, my child. I only know 
that the power of God did it. And here 
you see how and why we believe his pro-
mise that we all shall be raised from the 
dead ! The Bible says, It does not yet 
appear what we shall be ; but we shall he 
changed. And we know that God, who 
can. change that poor little worm into that 
beautiful creature—no more to creep on 
the ground—can change us, our 'vile bod- 
ies,' and make them �
Christ's own 
glorious body.' Does my little boy under-
stand me ?" 
" Yes, father." 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT will say unto him, Father, I have sinned 
" FEED MY LAMBS."--John 21:15. �
against heaven and before thee, and am no 
turned away from the land where he had 
more worthy to be called thy son ;" so he 
known so much sin and sorrow, and went 
towards the dear old home where he had 
known so much happiness and peace ; and 
he thought that if he might be let in again 
The ship had just been paid down, as there, only as a servant, he would be only 
you might guess from the shouting and too thanktul.. And on he went, weary, 
cheering of the sailors, who, crowding both and hungry, and broken-hearted ; hoping 
the train and steamer, were setting off on that from the only one he had to look to, 
long leave. �
he might not be turned away. 
I wonder who likes a holiday better than �
Long before he got near his home, his 
a sailor does �
Off dashed the train in- father saw him—perhaps he may have 
land, and away paddled the steamer on the been in the habit of looking along that 
journey up the river, and you may be sure road in case the wanderer might be corn-
there was a cheer and waving of caps, as ing ; and so it was his father saw him,and 
she passed the ship. " Joy to the home- in a moment knew him, and running to 
ward bound." �
meet him, kissed him, saying, " My son." 
There were several of their shipmates There was no word of reproach ; and he 
watching the departure, and among them took back his child with a glad and lov-
a boy named Warren : a ,boy who never ing welcome. 
went on leave, never received a letter, and �
And so does your Father, my boys ; 
never wrote one. So another boy who your Father and mine. Bitterly we grieve 
was standing beside him while the steam- him, and far away do we wander from him, 
er passed, asked, " How is it you never go, in thought, and word, and act; but if ever 
home r I do not know what was the an- you or I turn away from what is wrong, 
swer, but the other boy asked again,— and make one step towards him, saying, 
" Where is your father'?"• �
like the wandering son, " I have sinned," 
" Dead, long ago," replied Warren,"and be sure he will be watching for us, and 
I've got no home." It was rather a hard will meet us before we get half way. 
thing, poor fellow, to have no father, no �
Remember always--remember when you 
home, perhaps no friend in the wide world go wrong,. that you cannot stray so far 
to care for him ; and so he thought at the Irom him that he will not meet you if you 
moment, and he felt a little sad ; but when turn to him. The Bible says, "Draw nigh 
the evening came, and the boys were to God, and he will draw nigh to you."—
amusing themselves, he was playing about When Jesus spoke the parable, or story, 
the tops as merrily as the rest, and seemed you have just heard, he was, as you know, 
merry and light-hearted enough, for all he on earth, looking for God's wandering chil-
had no home and no friend. But after gun- dren, and inviting them to go to their Fa-
fire, when lights were out and Warren was ther ; and for God's poor wandering chil-
dreaming in his hammock, he fancied him- dren he laid down his life, and shed his 
self where he had not been for a very long precious blood, to take away sin, and for 
time—in a room he had not seen since he his sake God forgives sinners, and opens 
was a tiny child; and he dreamed he was his home to those who have gone astray. 
kneeling beside his mother's knee, learning �
Now will you think of this? You know 
to say, " Our Father." He remembered God is not to be thought of only on Sun-
the very pattern of the gown upon which day, and then forgotten for six days until 
his hands were resting ; and those same Sunday comes again : it is not so that he 
hands were so small and sott and white— serves you and me. 
could they ever have belonged to him? for �
When you have.a pleasure, thank him, 
his were quite brown and hard now.— for he sends it; when you have a trouble, 
While he was dreaming, he started and tell him, for he can help you ; and when 
awake suddenly at the sound of the day- thus you pray, say, " Our Father," and 
break gun. �
remember that as your Father is in heaven 
Day came, and with it came plenty to so heaven is your home. 
do; and in his work the sailor-boy forgot 
his dream of home. 
When next the church flag was flying, �
Story of the Worm. 
and many voices together were joined in �
On one of our autumn days, during 
the prayers, the boy Warren's voice with what we call our Indian summer, when 
the rest said, " Our Father which art in the beaver and the musk rat do their last 
heaven." But I thought he said he had work on their winter homes, when the 
no father—no home. Ah, but he made a birds seem to be getting ready to wing 
great mistake; as long as there is a 'God, themselves away to milder climates, when 
no one need be fatherless : as long as there the sun spreads a warm hue over all the 
is a heaven, no one need be without a fields, a little child went out into his fath- 
home. The storm is ruled, and the sea- er's home-lot. Thre he saw a little worm 
bird that flies about our ship is guided by creeping towards a small bush. It was a 
the God who " sitteth King upon the wa- rough, red, and ugly-looking thing. But 
ter-flood ;" and the sailor-lad may be a he crept slowly and patiently along, as if 
King's son. �
he felt that he was a poor, unsightly crea- 
Who was it that said to the sailors of tore.' 
Galilee, " When ye pray, say, Our Father �
" Little worm," said the child, " where 
which art in heaven " 7 Who was it that, are you going?" 
keeping the night-watch upon those hills, �
" I am going to that little bush, yonder; 
saw those sailors toiling in rowing in the and there I am going to weave my shroud 
storm, and went and helped them? In and die. Nobody will be sorry, and that 
your temptations—and they are very ma- will be the end of me." 
ny ; in your hardships—and they are not �
"No, no, little worm ! My father says 
few; that same good eye is upon you,that that you won't always die. He says you 
same kind voice is bidding you look home- will be changed,' though I don't know 
wards and say, "Our Father." �
what that means." 
Think of this when you are going to do �
" Neither do I," says the worm. "But I 
some unworthy thing ; remember that in know, for I feel, that I am dying, and I 
the home of the King your Father is nev- must hasten ai.d get ready; so good-by, 
er heard an oath or a lie, and that God ex- little child ! We shall never meet again!" 
pects better things of his sailor-boy. �The worm moves on, climbs up the bush, 
There is in the Bible a beautiful story and there weaves a sort of shroud all a-
spoken by Jesus Christ, of a son who ask- round himself. There it hangs on the bush, 
his father for a share of his possessions, and the little creature dies. The child goes 
and, directly going away, wasted all until home, and forgets all about it. The cold 
he became a beggar; and when food grew winter comes, and there hangs the worm 
scarce, he, the rich man's son, was starv- —frozen through and through—all dead 
ing and glad to do the humblest work that and buried. Will it ever "live again ?"—
he'rnight earn a morsel of food. Then, Will it ever be changed I Who would 
in the midst of the misery he had brought think it 
upon himself, he thought of the good fath- �
The storms, the snows, and the cal of 
er whc,m he had used so ill ; and he made winter go past. The warm, bright spring 
up his mind to try and see if he would returns. The buds swell, the bee begins 
have anything to say to him again. He to hum, and the grass to grow green and 
said that he would confess he had behav- beautiful. 
ed badly, and that he did not deserve to �
The little child walks out again, with 
be counted any more a son. �
his father, and says: 
You often,,perhaps, repeat his words : �
" Father, on that little bush hangs the 
" I will arise and go to my father ; and nest or house of a poor little worm. It 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
J. Penniman. We judge from your letter that the dol-
lar enclosed was from Bro. Luther J ackson, to be credited 
on his Herald ; which we have done. Sent tract. 
J. Watson. Sent paper and tract the 10th. 
J. Barker. It was received on the 18th of July, and 
paid for tracts sent May 30th. The acknowledgment was 
an omission which we rectify in this No. 
W. P. Stratton. It was not received, but we or. you to 
1075. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The " American Millennial Association," located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the kith Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of Massachusetts of A: D. 1857, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the, year, will be embodied in a 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, AUG. 13, 18E1. 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W �... • ...... .50 
Enoch Bullock (cr. by mistake to Herald last week,) 
East Liverpool, 0 �
.1.00 
Martha Salt, �
" " ............................ -4.00 
Special Proposition. 
" A friend to the cause" proposes to give one hundred 
dollars towards the six hundred needed to publish the 
Herald weekly the coming year, provided the,amount be 
made up by other contributors. This is not designed to 
interfere with the pledges o'f annual payment, below.—
Paid on, the above, by 
A Friend of the cause "............ ........ ..$10.00 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
APPOINTMENTS. �
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
that purpose. 
We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against ear respective names. 
Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, Pa..... .... �..5.00 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, Vt 
 .1.00 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, �
.... 2.00 
Also, a grove or campmeeting at Cooper's Settlement, 
C'earfield Co., Pa., to begin Aug. 22nd and continue one 
week. The above-named brethren and others expected to 
be present. �
M. L. JACKSON. 
Milesburg, July 16th, 1861. 
THE MAINE ANNUAL ADVENT CONFERENCE. The next 
session of this conference will be held in Yarmouth (in 
the Institute occupied by the Advent church) Sept. 11th, 
Wednesday, at 2 o'clock P.M., and continue over the fol-
lowing Sunday. The brethren there intend to make ample 
provision for all the friends who attend. Those who come 
by cars, if on the Kennebec and Portland R.R. will leave 
the cars at Yarmouth Junction, about one-half mile from 
the meeting. 'Those coming on the Waterville, Farming-
ton, or Grand Trunk Railroads, will leave the cars at Yar-
mouth Station, a few rods from the meeting. Those com-
ing from the Penobscott can take the boat to Portland, 
then the Grand Trunk R. R., eleven miles, to Yarmouth 
Station. Call on Brn. Geo. W. Harvey, Geo. Humphrey, 
R. It. York. This will be a good place for another friend-
ly greeting of the pilgrims, in this time of trouble. It 
may be the last. We hope to see all, the Advent ministers 
of Maine, who can work and worship in harmony aid un-
ion, and as many other such brethren and sisters as can 
well attend. �
H. B. SEVEY, Pres. 
I. C. WELLCOME, Sec'y. 
Richmond, Me., Aug. 1, 1861. 
G. IV. Burnham proposes to preach at Loudon Ridge, 
N. IL, Sabbaths, Aug. 11th and 18th and several inter- �
NOTE FROM ELDE R HIMES—AT HOME. I acknowledge 
vening evenings at 5 P. M., if brethren think best ; Tuf- with gratitude the mercy of God, in his kind ears over me 
tonbono', as Eld. T. Piper with others may arrange, from in my absence, and in brining me in safety to my,bome 
Tuesday, 20th, to Sabbath 25th. Will bro. P. assist me and society again, it; this city, with improved health. By 
as to appointments in Wolfboro', from Tuesday, 27th, to strict obedience to the laws of life, I hope to Inive eon-
Sabbath, Sept. 1st Y Merideth Neck, from Sept. 3d to firmed health, in due time. 
�
G. W. B. �
Yesterday, I met with my beloved flock, and had re- 
Sabbath, 8th, inclusive. 
freshing seasons in speaking to fell and attentive audien-
ces. I shall remain with them for the present, and label' 
Bro. Bliss : — I wish to say to the brethren of C. E. what I am able. I shall attend the Wilbraham campmeet-
there will be a grove meeting in St. Armands, C. E., near ing this month, where I hope to greet many old friends,as 
the Guthrie school house, to commence the 11th of Sept.' well as give my testimony to the truth of the Lord's spee- 
and hold over the Sabbath. �B. S. REYNOLDS. �
dy coming and reign. We ivay now lift up our heads as 
PS. J. M. Orrock and D. Bosworth are expected. �
never before; for redemption is nigh. 
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B.S.R. �
Long and tedious sickness of myself, and some of my 
household, has quite embarrassed me ; and I take this 
method to say to my old friends, with whom I have labor-
Eld. L. Oster will preach at Loudon Mills, N. II., Aug. ed during the last fifteen or twenty years, that any remem- 
18th and 25th. �
GEO. LOCKE. �
brance of me, in this dark hour of adversity, will be 
greatly appreciated and thankfully received. 
There will be a campmeeting held at Pine Street, Cam- �
I shall resume my Journal soon. Shall be happy to-hear 
eron Co., Pa. commencing Aug. 14th and continuing over from old friends. �
Jostatie V. Its es. 
the following Sabbath. Brn. J. Litch, J. T. Laning and �
Boston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1861. 
others are expected to be present. By order of Quarterly 
Conference. �
THOS. 1IOLLEN, Pres. 
D. ELWELL, Sec. 
Edwin Burnham will resume his labors in the National 
Hall, Philadelphia, on the first Sunday in September. 
REMOVAL. The Messiah's church in New York city 
will hereafter worship in the meeting-house of the Seventh 
day Baptist church on 11th street, between 3d and 4th 
avenues. Preaching three times each Sabbath, and week-
ly lecture on Wednesday evening. The prayerful support 
and co-operation of all Christians is solicited. 
BOSTON, AUGUST 17, 1861. 
The home of the Sailor-Boy. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
A Campmeeting will be held (D. V.) at Marsh Creek, 
Center Co., Pa., on the ground occupied the last season, 
to commence Aug. 29 and continue one week. Brn. Litch, 
Oster Pearson and others are expected to be present. Let 
there be a general gathering of our brethren and friends 
in this vicinity, at this meeting. Come up in the name of 
the Lord ; bring your families and tents with you, and 
spend the week especially devoted to the service of God ; 
and we doubt not, as in time past, it will tell for your 
spiritual advancement, the salvation of precious souls and 
the prosperity of the cause of our soon-coming Redeemer. 
As soldiers of the cross, let us be awake—at our posts, 
waiting, watching, praying, valiantly fighting for God, 
holiness and truth. The conflict will soon end, and victo-
ry be given to the faithful ones. 
Committee of Arrangements — Wm. T. Irwin, Jacob 
Hoover, Samuel Shank, D. P. Watson, Joseph Eckley, 
Andrew Heaton, Wm. Reside. 
M. L. JACKSON. 
Agents of the Advent Herald. 
Albany, N. Y �
Wm. Nichols, 185 Lydius-street. 
Burlington, Iowe
' . Jhmes S. 'Brandeburg. 
Bascoe, Hancock County, Illinois.... ...Wm. S. Moore. 
Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y �
; �
C P. Dow. 
Cabot, (Lower Branch),) Vt. ... Dr.. M. P. Wallace. 
Cordova, Rock Island Co., Ill. �
 . ....O. N. Whitford. 
Cincinnati, 0 �
. Joseph Wilson. 
De Kalb Centre, Ill...... .... .... Charles E. Needham. 
Dunham, C. E �
. D. W. Sornberger. 
Durham, C. E �
 
Derby Line, 'Vt. 
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S. Fo-t er. 
Eddington, Me 
 Thomas Sleit h. 
Fairhaven, Vt . 
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Robbins M ilier. 
Homer, N. Y �
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Haverhill, Mass 
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Lends! Brown. 
Lockport, N. Y �
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.1' W. leek. 
Johnson's Creek, N �
 Y �Hiram Rs ell. 
Kincardine, C. W ............ .... ....Joseph Barker. 
Morrisville, Pa �
Wm. Kitson. 
Newburyport, Mass 
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John L. Pearson. 
New York City �
J B. Huse. 
Philadel hia, Pa. �
 . J. Liteh, No. 127 North 11th st. 
Portlan , Me.... .... .... ........ Alexander Edmund. 
Providence, R. I �
. Anthony Pearce. 
Princess Anne, Md �'.......John V. Pinto. 
Rochester, N. Y. �
D. Boody. 
Richmond, Me �
.I. C. Wellcome. 
Salem, Mass �
. Chas. H. Berry. 
Springwater, N. Y 
 • . $. H. IViqiington.i 
Shabbonas Grove, De Kalb county, Ill...N. "\S . Spencer. 
Somonauk, De Kalb Co., DI �
. Wells A. Fey. 
Stt Albans, Hanceek Co., Ill �
Elder Larkin Scott. 
Stanbridge, C. E �
Jahn Gilbreth. 
Sheboygan Falls, Wis �
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William Ti'hwbridge. 
Toronto, C. W �
Daniel Campbell. 
Waterloo, Shefford, C. E �R. Hutchinson, di .D. 
Waterbury, Vt.. �
D. Bosworth. 
Worcester, Mass.... ........ �
—Benjamin Emerson. 
RECEIPTS, 
VP TO TUESDAY, AUG. 13. 
C E Needham 1075, L Jackson 1049, B D Hill 1075, 
Bro. Haskell 107.), Mrs N Chandler 1049, A V ceder 1077, 
—each $1. 
J J Teetzell 1083, A Colby 1085 and 1 doz. tractq to T 
M C, V Newcomb 1088, Jabez N Breed 1107, John Howe 
1127—each $2. 
P Hawkes 1075—$1.