" WE HIVE NOT FOLLOWED CUNNINGLY DEVISED FABLES, WHEN WE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU THE POWER AND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT WERE EYE-WITNESSES OF ills MAJESTY ....WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNT." 
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us so in Acts 3:20 and 21, when he declares 
that the heavens are to retain Jesus only until, 
or up to, the date of the Restitution ; but that 
then he shall be sent as was fore-designed.—
Paul, too, fixes the date and source of the New 
Creation in Rom. 8:19 ; for by 1 John 2:2, we 
know that when " the sons of God are mani-
fested," it shall be around their " Manifested 
King ;" but it is at " the manifestation of the 
sons of God " that all things are to reach the 
state for which creation yearns. In Psalm 
96:10-13,—a Psalm which may be sung as Je-
sus is descending,—David represents the Earth 
as on the eve of restoration, and exulting in the 
glory about to be revealed ; but the joy which 
swells and sweeps over all creation as a flood, 
flows from the Seen Presence of its Lord.—
Most emphatically, however, are we taught 
what this Earth shall owe to Christ at his sec-
ond coming from the eighth Psalm, verses 5-9: 
" Thou madest him," sang the sweet singer of 
Israel, " to have dominion over the works of 
thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his 
feet : all sheep arid oxen, yea, and the beasts of 
the field ; the fowl of the air, and the fish of 
the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the 
paths of the sea." And referring to this ancient 
oracle, Paul, in Heb. 2:8, 9, says, " We see 
not," we behold not with the eyes, " all things 
made subject to Jesus," because the Curse is 
still upon the Earth. Yet at the same time 
he assures us that the prediction of the Eighth 
Psalm shall come to pass in literal detail, and 
this " inhabited world, as he terms our Earth 
at verse 5, in all its extent and furniture, in all 
its beings and elements, be given into the hands, 
not of Angels even, far less of Man, but of 
Christ Jesus as its Heir and Ruler. 
We have maintained that the signal of the 
Regeneration which awaits the Earth will be 
the Second Coming of Christ. And we also 
have acknowledged° that the Great Conflagra-
tion shall take place at the date of our Lord's 
return. But it may be asked,—If the Second 
Advent and the Last Fire are contemporaneous, 
how is it possible that the Earth should still 
retain the same geographical features that it 
now presents. so as to be not only the habita-
tion of men, but exhibit the very divisions and 
designations which have been recognized up to 
this day? Admitting, however, that the Great 
Conflagration shall be as devastating and revo-
lutionary as is for the most part assumed, we 
remark, in the first place, that no reason can 
be given why it should be universal. A recent 
controversialist, in a tone painfully removed 
from both the courtesy and calmness which the 
nature of' the inquiry and the character of his 
opponents alike demanded,* has strongly said, 
The analogy here so emphatically traced be-
tween the world that then was, and the heav-
ens and the earth that are now ;' the one over-
flowed with watef,' the other doomed to the 
flames, precludes all reasonable doubt that the 
whole world, physically considered, is the victim 
of the conflagration." " The deluge was typi-
cal of the conflagration," and seeing the deluge 
was universal, so likewise must be the confla-
gration. The truth is, however, that both ge-
ologists and divines are by this time nearly 
agreed that the flood was " universal only in 
respect to Man," and local as it regarded the 
Earth. So that the very fact appealed to, in 
proof of a universal, should warn us to expect a 
lioration piercing the cloud at times ; but they rooted out, He to whom the creating of Earth 
are no more than a struggling moonlight amid was entrusted is surely the Power to whom 
the pauses of a storm. They irradiate the will be committed its regeneration ; for who is 
waves, but they cannot still them. Hence, at best fitted to clean and repair a piece of mech-
this very period, when the appliances of civiliza- anism,—a piece of mechanism wholly unique 
tion in government and education and travel- as well as intricate,—save He who contrived 
ing and commercial intercourse have been so its every wheel, and gave it motion until now ? 
successfully developed, Isaac Taylor is bold Besides, if the Son of God, as Architect of the 
enough to declare, in his " Life of Ignatius fabric, is the fittest to restore it, let it be also 
Loyola :" " At this time man is compelled to borne in mind that his honor (to speak as men) 
confess his impotence. But may not the inter- is involved in his doing so, for he has revenge 
vention of Omnipotence be so much the more to execute as well as regeneration to accom-
confidently l000ked for ? It is now the cessa- plish. Even Hopkins admits, that " it is rea-
tion of'hurnan agency, apparently, as related to sonable and desirable that Jesus Christ, who 
the movements of our moral system." The suffered reproach in the world, and was con-
Gospel is no doubt in the world, and the Gos- demned and put to death as a malefactor, should 
pet, if embraced universally, would change the have this shame wiped off in the sight of all 
aspect of all things. But the question is, what, men." And unless this be the case, it is diffi-
in the range of tried means and known causes, cult to see how Satan is defeated and trampled 
can we point to as sufficient to render Chris- under foot. The Curse was the visible act of 
tianity commensurate with the human family the First Adam, and one feels as if it would be 
and paramount over every fallen soul ? And more than congruous that regeneration should 
this is all we can affirm, that preaching has not be as visibly the act of the Second Adam. Sa-
done it, and miracles have not done it, and war tan's triumph in the Curse was likewise far less 
has not done it, and famine has not done it.— a triumph over man than over God, and there 
Nay, it is asserted, even of pestilence itself, the needs to be a reckoning for this .with the old 
sharpest arrow of the quiver, that it has ever serpent. The Son of God must vindicate his 
been only a " scourge," and at no time a school- own rights of sovereignty when he gives back 
master, and that in no single instance can it be his dominion to man. And it will be a little 
shown to have produced a moral reform. The thing for this world to roll without a curse, un-
speculation, therefore, of the earth regenerating less every intelligenca in the universe shall feel 
itself, carries its own refutation on its front, and, that the conquest has been achieved by him 
like a detached iceberg, melts away in the very who claims the inheritance. 
waters on which it floats. It is condemned by There is a sense, indeed, in which the result 
the very facts to which it appeals. 
we now speak of is agreed to by many who 
Views such as these, however, run as counter consent not to our general system of prophetic 
to the tide of human expectation as to the stream interpretation. For not 4 few hold, that the 
of human experience. For it is apparent, that First Advent of the Son of God secured all that 
from the earliest ages until now, the hopes of we insist upon as imperative. And we admit 
mankind have always been connected with a that the First Advent did herald at least that 
Personal Deliverer, and descried their realiza- removal of the Curse which, in our opinion, will 
tion only in One who would be as much a •be consummated by the second. Every miracle 
centre of rest to our world as the overwhelming of Jesus was a relaxation of the Curse. Every 
conqueror of its foes. The first promise given step of Jesus left the impress of benediction.—
in Eden held out the assurance of an embodied, Every breath that Jesus drew, as it mingled 
human, man-like Avenger, who would do battle with our elements, was a pledge of a brighter 
for us against the serpent. In Lamech's days •day. And through all his pilgrimage he showed 
all anticipation regarding the Curse was asso- that he was come not only to redeem mankind, 
ciated with an individual, for the prediction but to retrieve the world. He endured sorrow 
was, " HE will comfort us." Never did the in the ‘vilderness because he meant to let our 
ancients represent the age of iron, as transmuted adversary know that he would chase him from 
into gold by calm processes of scientific alchemy. the soil lie had blighted, and turn it into a gar-
But all classic myths relative to the expected den once more. It is said that " He was with 
era of bliss announced a Mighty One to coma. the wild beasts ;" and it may be as Trench re- 
Sibylline verses, deriving their name from a marks, that this indicated the homage yet to be 
Chaldee word which signifies " to prophesy," paid to him as Ruler of Earth. When he 
are traditional predictions, and as we have them cursed the fig-tree, did he not proclaim that 
preserved by Virgil, they point us to " an age barrenness and fruit-bearing were alone in his 
to come," and " a new birth of Nature," and at hands. His reference, also, to the lily and the 
the same time link the glorious kingdom they fowls of heaven, showed what he expected crea-
depict with an exalted Personage, who would tion yet to be. Bread and wine at his table 
" reduce all mankind into a single empire."— were not more the emblem of his cross than the 
Recapitulating the conquests of Alexander the pledges of his reign over a world now blossom-
Great, Humboldt (in his " Kosmos ") tells us, ing as the rose. And his crown of thorns, we 
that the aim of the Macedonian was " to estab- may not doubt, was designed to tell us that he 
lish a unity throughout the world, and all his nailed the Curse of Earth, as well as the curse 
plans tended to one great and organic whole." of his chosen, to his redeeming cross. 
In our own days, too, speculative hope runs in Nor should we forget the names he selected 
a similar channel ; and though fewer changes to designate his character. For if from his re-
are now effected by single persons than was lation to Men, Jesus claimed the name brother, 
once the case, we have an authoritative writer friend, and advocate,—and from these names 
(Carlyle, in his " Latter-day Pamphlets ") ven- we can argue where his affections lie, did he 
turing to let men know,." that the whole Earth not also name himself the Rose of Sharon, the 
is filled with anarchy ;" " that its Curse is, that Apple-tree, the Vine, the Rock, the River of 
it is ungoverned ;" " that the want of the age is Life, as if •to identify himself with Earth, and 
a king." " The universe," he further holds, assure us by the very titles he assumed, that 
" is properly one vast monarchy, and the only lie never will renounce his connexion with it ? 
indefeasible right of the multitude is the privi- Yet, while by his Names and by his Mira- 
lege of being governed by a real king, the cies, whilst completeing his first advent, Jesus 
noblest of the race." 
avowed in a way not to be mistaken, that the 
From the days of Adam even until now, we Curse would one day flee before him, he did 
thus see the philosophical sentiment arid the no more than sound the trumpet of Jubilee.—
popular belief have alike referred the ameliora- Mankind were the better for his sojourn—Earth 
non of Earth, on a large scale, and for perrna- was not ! To this hotu4 the very Earth on 
nent duration, not to processes within itself which the Son of God walked of old is as deeply 
gradually elaborated, but to sonic glorious Bene- enthralled under every mischief of the Curse as 
factor, who shall wear the crown, as well as when first it scorched its verdure. The ,Earth 
wield the* sceptre, and to whom the dominion is, at this moment, not the Lord's, but Satan's— 
shall all pertain. 
an outskirt of hell, not a suburb of heaven. 
But if a great Benefactor is yet to arise, by Nevertheless, when the Sot? of Man returns, 
whom the Curse of Earth shall be assuaged and -it shall be otherwise. F.or does not Peter tell 
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ANCIENT AND MODERN ROME. 
 
 
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Rome Imperial ! RoMe majestic. 
Shade of greatness vanisit'd all—
Looking down th' abyss of ages 
Totbehold thy rise and fall, 
We can trace upon thy forehead, 
Qmeu and wonder of thy day, 
Broadly marked the nwful sentence, 
"Pass away ^' 
Modern Rome! than mitred phrenix 
Risen from those embers cold, 
Looking dimly through the Mitre. 
The same shadow we behold—
'Shadow of a power departing, 
Spectre of a great decay, 
Bearing on its front the motto— 
" Pass away I" 
Whither went the ancient (hews, 
With the pomp of peace or war, 
Thither go the modern Puittiths, 
With dominion grander tar. 
Papal stole and regal purple 
Fall in ripeness of the day, 
'Cesar's crown and Pope's tiara 
Pass away!" 
Great, but wicked, fair, but cruel, 
Scepter'd mischief, worshipp'd long, 
Never yet did men or nations 
Prosper finally in wrong. 
Justice did her work upon thee, 
Mightier than thine own her sway, 
'Twas her voice pronounced thy judgment — 
" Pass away'" 
Priestly Rome ! thy cup is filling 
In our era, dauntless Truth 
Feels her life, and siruggles upwards 
\A, ith the energy of youth. 
Thou shalt bind her wings no longer, 
Never more her progress stay 
Thou hast lived thy generation— 
" Pass away !" 
If hereafter from thy ashes 
A new pheenix shall ascend, 
May she learn to dwell with Virtue, 
And take Freedom Sir her friend. 
If as thou she clogs the spirit, 
And deities the truth of day, 
On thy head her doom be spoken— 
" Pass away !" 
 
 
 
The Earth, 
Its Curse and Regeneration. 
 
 
 
(Continued trout our last.) 
The means, however, are not competent to 
the end—for if we only consider what, during 
six thousand years, he has been able to do, we 
must see that no creature is more impotent for 
good, than man, whether it be material, or moral 
good he aims at. In Egypt, and Assyria, and 
Greece, and Italy, not to speak of Etruria and 
Palestine, man brought all the energies of in-
tellect, developing all the resources of science, 
to bear upon the ruggedness and sterility of 
Earth, but what Babylon gained Egypt lost, 
and if Italy awakes to life, Greece sinks into 
the arms of Death—until we can safely aver, 
that this world of ours, in spite of all the mind 
which has been lavished on its amelioration, is 
not more advanced in culture and increase, at 
this present moment, than in the days of Cain. 
It is true that we have arts of transport, and 
printing, and destruction, steam, types, and 
gunpowder, unknown two thousand years ago. 
Hut in their hierogliphics amassing a page into 
a word, in their literature still giving law to the 
nations, in their science which built the pyra-
mids and watered Egypt with the Nile, and in 
their military exploits which to this day leave 
Alexander and Casar without a rival, the an-
cients showed that they were in possession of 
arts unknown to us. So that, if in some re-
spects our agencies be more compact and ele-
gant than theirs were, it is by no means certain 
that we can command a single result which they 
had not obtained. And if this be true of ma-
terial, what shall we say of moral improvement? 
Have N've any experience which may guide us 
to tilts hope that the world is gradually throw-
ing off its burdens, and beginning torecover its 
original holiness and beauty ? On t he contrary, 
if the earth be not more subdued and profitable, 
neither is the world more sanctified and pure 
than of old. There are bright gleams of ame- 
 
 
* " The theory will never survive the reception of 
these passages in there obvious sense." " Utterly 
inconceivable." " Sheer impossibility." " Misera-
ble explanation." " Palpable violence to Scripture." 
" Inconceivable." " Nothing loth to debase the 
prediction." " Capricious and inconsistent." " In-
adequate and unnatural." " Difficult to extract any 
meaning." " How long in their conceptions they 
can descend." " Miserable view." " Who can 
possibly take this ?" " Hopelessly opposed to Scrip-
ture." " Incompatible with inspired descriptions." 
A chain of evidence against these views of such 
strength, that if rejected, it will be hard to refute 
any error, or establish any truth ?" All these epi-
thets may be found in a single brief chapter of 
" Christ's Second Coming : Will it be Pre-millen-
nial?" And unhappily, the style of one chapter is 
the style of the volume, But dogmatism is;;not ar-
gument—scornful airs help no advocate. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, 
For if you begin to persecute, depend upon it, 
men's sympathy with the suffering victim will 
make them forget the deadliness and darkness 
of the error which he teaches ; and instead of 
advancing the grand design you have in view, 
you will materially impede and arrest it, 
I do not, in the next place, I confess, sympa-
thize very much with those who wish to treat 
the Cardinal on what are called mere ecclesias-
tical grounds. You are aware that there is a 
class alluded to by the Prime Minister who sav 
We, the Protestant Church, will not send a 
bishop to Rome to teach Protestantism there.; 
and we ask you, in all courtesy and in all fair-
ness, not to send a Popish Bishop to London 
to teach Popery there." It is not a question of 
orders. I confess, if Protestantism be what the 
Pope designates it—a deadly heresy, and if 
Popery be what Cardinal Wiseman contends it 
is—a great truth, the Pope has done or intended 
an act of great kindness in sending a cardinal 
missionary to instruct us. But, on the other 
hand, if it be the reverse, I cannot sympathize 
with that compact which says to the Pope : 
You keep your bishop in Austria, in Italy, 
and in Spain ; and we will keep our bishops in 
England, and Ireland, and in the realms of her 
Majesty." Wherever you have free-trade, let 
Cardinal Wiseman : there be no free-trade with Popery—no com- 
promise, no compact with the representatives of 
A Lecture Delivered at the Hanover Square 
the Pope, or with the Pope himself ; we must 
Room, London, Nov. 7th. 
protest against him and his principles, as our 
BY REV. J. CUMMING, D. D. 
fathers did, conceding, indeed, the largest husk 
* of prejudice, but not compromising the least 
As you may suppose, I have no personal hos- living seed of vital Christianity. 
tility to his Eminence, if you will allow me to Again, the Pope having, it is truly said, ig- 
call him so, or to the Archbishop, as he assumes nored the Protestant Church, and stated that it 
to be, of Westminster. Cardinal Wiseman is is no church at all, that its ministers are not 
a distinguished scholar, a most scientific writer ; ministers at all, and that it cannot show the 
and any one acquainted with his work upon people the way to heaven, I am astonished that 
science and religion will be ready to own that any should have expressed surprise at this phe-
he is a scholar of the very highest order in that nomenon ; it only shows how important were 
particular department; but this must not lead the remarks of Admiral Harcourt when he stated 
you to suppose that being a perfect scholar, he that we should have learned this controversy 
has therefore a presumption that he must be a before. Instead of being surprised at what has 
perfect theologian and a true Christian. It is occurred we should have expected it. The pre-
possible to know every star in the firmament, decessors of Pio Nino thought the same. 
and yet be ignorant of the " Bright and Morn-
ing Star ;" it is possible to know all the stores 
that are in the golden mines of the earth, and 
yet to be as destitute as ignorant of " the un-
searchable riches of Christ ;" it is possible to 
know every flower that beautifies the garden, 
arid yet not to know " the Rose of Sharon ;" to 
have all the knowledge of all the encyclopaedias 
of the world, and yet to be ignorant of that 
which even a Sunday-school child knows—the 
answer to the question, which the Protestant 
Church alone can give, " What must I do to be 
saved?"—" Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
thou shalt be saved." I have no desire, on the 
other hand, to interfere with the rights and the 
privileges, whatever they may be, of my Roman 
Catholic fellow-countrymen. Cardinal Wise- 
man has as great liberty to tread the soil, and 
breathe the air of Old England, provided he 
conform to its laws, as the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, the Bishop of London, or any layman 
in the arch-diocese of the one or the diocese of 
the other. We do not wish to take from his 
civil rights and privileges, but we meet here 
to protest—while we acknowledge he is entitled 
to all the rights of a citizen—that he has no 
right, at the dictation of a foreign potentate, 
and that potentate an Italian priest, and that 
priest notoriously a mischief-maker, to parcel 
out Old England into Popish dioceses, and 
claim all baptized men as subjects amenable to 
his power and jurisdiction. But I do not desire, 
at least in this lecture, to regard our visitor in 
red as a cardinal at all. He assumes, on the 
one hand, to be a cardinal—that is, a temporal 
prince ; and if as a temporal prince he meddle 
with the rights and the privileges and the juris-
diction of our most gracious Sovereign, judging 
from the letter of Lord John Russell, and no less 
from the mettle and temper of our country, I 
am satisfied he will meet with that resistance 
which will tell him how great a blunder his 
master has perpetrated in sending him here.—
As a Minister of the Gospel myself, I treat him 
on this occasion as an archbishop, professing 
to teach certain doctrines, and to inculcate cer-
tain lessons ; and I wish to ascertain by sober 
analysis—not by presenting to you the sunshine 
of rhetoric or of flowers, but the daylight of 
plain truth, argument, and fact—whether West-
minster will be very much benefitted by getting 
rid of or superseding the ministers that now in-
struct it, and opening its ears to the instructions 
of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of 
Westminster. Whatever, let me add, he his 
teaching—however obnoxious his presence, we 
must be careful not to tread in the least degree 
upon the verge of what might be considered or 
construed as persecution. I believe that perse-
cution never yet recovered a pervert, and it 
never yet made a convert. If the sword is to 
be unsheathed, let it be unsheated by the friends 
of the Cardinal, not by the friends of the Pro-
testant Church. If the faggots are to be kin-
dled, let them be kindled by Pius IX., not by 
those who have learned a more excellent lesson. 
of our population rose, as I saw myself, and his foot to the crown of his head may he enjoy 
lined every street ; put down, by presenting no health. May there light upon him the curse 
themselves, the pretensions and the crotches of which the Lord sent in the law, by Moses, on 
the troublesome, and rallied round their hearths I the sons of iniquity. May his name he erased 
and their homes, ready to live for their Queen, from the book of the living, and not be recorded 
and to die for their religion ;—shewing that with the righteous. May his portion and his 
Old England's shores are not more proof against heritage be with Cain the fratricide, with Da-
the influx of the sea, than her head and heart than and Abiram, with Ananias and Sapphira, 
against the tides of revolution. If, then, Pro- with Simon Magus and with Judas the traitor, 
testantism makes us so loyal, it is worth keep- and with those who said to God, Depart from 
ing ; and if the Pope's religion has utterly us, we will not follow thy ways.' May eternal 
failed to make his own dear people loyal, it is fire devour him with the devil and his angels, 
scarcely worth having. 
unless he make restitution, and come to amend- 
, I am most anxious we should stand on firm ment. So be it. So be it." 
ground. I therefore hope there may be nothing Such is the cursing subscribed to by Cardi- 
personal in our present movement ; is a con- nal Wiseman, as pronounced in his own docu- 
flict with principles not with persons. While ment, and which, when he has the pro posse, ac-
we have a deep sorrow that the Cardinal is so cording to his oath, he will pronounce with all 
falsely deceived, deep indignation that he should the proper accompaniments.—(To be continued.) 
so intrude with alien jurisdiction, within the 
jurisdiction of Her Majesty ; there must at the 
same time be a deeper commiseration for the Why be Punctual. 
victims of those deadly errors of which he is 
the exponent. Pity the people—detest rebel- 
lion—confute error, Our controversy must not 
be person against person ; nor must it he 
Church against Church ; it is not the Church 
of England against the Church of Rome ; but 
it is light against darkness, freedom against 
slavery ; it is the rights and privileges of Old 
England against the crafts and assaults of Old 
Rome ; it is the glory of our Blessed Lord 
against him who sits in the temple of God, 
sheaving himself as if he were God. And view-
ing the controversy in that light, I proceed to 
notice what has been designated in the announce-
ment of the lecture, the teaching of the Cardi-
nal Archbishop of Westminster. 
First of all, let me presume, that when the 
Cardinal was made an Archbishop, he received 
the pallium, a robe woven from the fleece of 
certain sheep, tended, I believe, by certain nuns ;' 
ceremoniously spun, ceremoniously woven, and 
ceremoniously put upon the Archbishop.—
When he received the pallium, he repeated a 
solemn oath, which which will be found in the 
Pontificate Romanum. I have the book, and 
have carefully examined all that he must say : 
it is the edition of Clement VIII,, Antwerp edi-
tion, 162'7. One clause of the oath is as fol- 
limited conflagration. But we ask in the second 
place, what, although the conflagration were 
universal, would it follow as an inevitable in-
ference, that the surface of the Earth must be 
remodelled until not a single aspect remains to 
put us in mind of the past ? This, at all events, 
was not the issue of the deluge. The clouds 
poured down their torrents—the deep unsealed 
its fountains—and for a year the earth was un-
der water. Yet where are the traces of convul• 
sion now to be discovered ? " The old world 
perished." It was not merely " unloosed," it 
was " destroyed," Yet we have the same land-
scape still, and Dr. Chalmers declares, " that 
geologists are now converging to the opinion, 
that there are no sensible vestiges of the deluge 
upon the Earth." But if not only the granite, 
but the soil of Earth survived the catastrophe 
in which it was said to " perish," and the rivers 
of Paradise glided along their former channels, 
and the olive trees threw out their branches as 
before, who shall call it either a wanton or an 
impossible idea, to hold, that even after a change 
which " dissolves " it, this Earth shall emerge 
-with all the features which can identify it as 
the ancient abode of men ?—(To be continued.) 
But I may mention one thing that I have no-
ticed, and frequently thought of before—that if 
there be something so excellent in Roman Catho-
lic teaching that it is worth the Pope's while 
to send a cardinal to London to supersede or 
ignore the Protestant Church and teaching, it 
may be worth while inquiring what has been 
the practical fruits of the teaching of the Pope 
himself, the very chief of all, as well as of the 
cardinals of Rome, to whose number Cardinal 
Wiseman has recently been added in the city 
itself. In 1848 a great convulsion shook al-
most the globe—certainly Europe— to its very 
centre. It has been found, in looking back to 
1848, that there was then in Rome an ecclesias-
tic of some sort for every thirty people, and that 
there was a priest for every seventy or eighty 
people. Now what I argue is, that if the doc-
trine of the Church of Rome be so precious, it 
has had a most splendid opportunity of devel-
oping its effects and bearing fruits in what is 
called the capital of the Christian world ; so 
that if Popery has failed in Rome, it has failed, 
not from want of hands to work it, or of, priests 
to represent it, but from some inherent vice or 
defect in the system itself. On looking to 
London, it is found that there is not a minister 
of any denomination for every ten thousand 
people ; and it might be justly argued, that if 
Protestantism has failed in London, it has failed 
from the simple fact that it is riot adequately 
represented, and efficiently carried out, and so 
brought home to the hearts, habits, and con-
sciences of the people. But what are the facts? 
When that revolution shook Europe in 1848, 
the subjects of the Pope—of that city which was 
to be the model city of the world—whose peo-
ple, being at head-quarters, might be presumed 
to be the holiest in the world—whose contiguity 
to the Vicar of Christ should insure something 
par excellence spiritual, holy, loyal, devoted and 
perfect—on feeling the first vibration of that 
earthquake, rose en masse—his " beloved sub-
jects," his own dear metropolitan people, his own 
pet representatives of what Popery makes a peo-
ple, and what a people ought to be—rose en masse, 
and murdered his prime minister before his face, 
dismissed him in a footman's livery upon a 
coachman's box; and, judging by. facts that 
since transpired, they are the last people to wish 
him back again. But what took place in Lon-
don ? The same wave that washed away the 
Pope, swept the metropolis of Old England.—
A few of the Cardinal's friends, as pioneers and 
preparatives, began to disturb our capital with 
their crotchets, and to shout for some points 
which they professed or tried to believe to be 
right, but which were known by all sensible 
men to be inconsistent with the rights of the 
Sovereign and the liberties of the subject.—
They threatened a rising, and began to agitate, 
and what actually dccured ? Here, where Pro-
testantism is inadequately brought home to the 
people, from thee want of a sufficient supply of 
teachers and ministers—and this should make 
us cease our internal quarrels—the whole mass 
1st. Man should be punctual, because that is 
imitating God. Man was made in the image 
of his Creator; many, if not all the cornmuni-
cable attributes of God, have been bestowed upon 
man. And the revealed word says, " Be ye, 
therefore, followers of God, as dear children." 
According to the Greek, it is, " Be ye, therefore, 
imitators of God." Man then is to act like 
God, so far as such action is within his power. 
—And as far as we understand the works of 
nature, we behold the most perfect system ; 
there is a time, arid there is a place, for every 
thing. And in carrying out these systematic 
plans, the Divine action is characterized with 
the most perfect regularity, or, if I may be al-
lowed the expression, by the most perfect punc-
tuality. The sun has its time to rise, and its 
time to set ; the moon, its time to wax and its 
time to wane ; there is a time for heat, and a 
time for cold, a time to vegetate, and a time to 
decay.—And in the moral world, also, God has 
a time for every event, and every event occurs 
in its appointed time. A time was specified for 
the corning of the Son of God, and for his cru-
cifixion ; and he came in the time fixed upon. 
Now, this system in plain, and punctuality in 
carrying out plans, is one thing in which man 
lows :— 
has to imitate his Maker ; he has powers to do 
" Hereticos, schismaticos, et rebelles, Domino it, he has opportunity to do it, he has motives 
to do it ; and he can find excuse for not doing 
Nostro, vel succe.s.soribus prmdietis, PRO POSSE, so, neither in his constitution, nor in his cir-
PERSEQTJAR, ET IMPUGNABO." 
curnstances, nor in the light of nature, nor in 
That is, he solemnly swore, on his most the Bible. Every thing within man, and every 
solemn oath (I wish thus to prepare you for his thing without him, teach him to cultivate hab- 
reception) :— 
its of punctuality. 
" All HERETICS [that is, Protestants,] sell's- 2d. Punctuality tends to make men cautious 
MATICS [that is, members of the Greek Church in laying their plans. A man, who does every 
that separated, as they say, from Rome], and item of his business in the appointed time, 
rebels against our Lord, or foresaid successors. whose punctuality is not a mere theory, must 
I will PERSECUTE and',ATTAcic to the utmost of my form all his plans for action with the greatest 
power,"—the correct translation, I believe, of carefulness, or some will interfere with others ; 
pro posse. 
a little carelessness often produces great de- 
Cardinal Wiseman believes, no doubt, what rangement.—The nature of the case, therefore, 
Cardinal Bellarmine teaches : e If the heretics makes it necessary for man to be cautious, cal-
are stronger than we, and if there is danger culating in all his arrangements, or to fail in 
that if we ATTACK them (the words of the oath) being punctual. He who will be a punctual 
in war, more of us may fall than of them, we man, must be a cautious man. And that which 
are to keep quiet." 1 wish to impress upon makes man cautious in forming his plans, makes 
you that you have here a man who will not him cautious during a large share of his life, 
come into collision with principles merely, but for much human life is spent. in laying plans 
with persons : he does not say, o I will attack for the future.—Punctuality, by making men 
schism and persecute heresy," which he might cautious in their plans, tends to save them from 
lawfully do ; but " I will attack schismatics and wild notions, and visionary theories : the man 
persecute heretics." 
But in looking over the who is resolutely punctnal, is not the man to 
Pontificale Romanum, in order to Lind out if build air castles ; to all his theories he applies 
there were any canonical weapons in that ar- the test of practicability ; he asks himself the 
senal which the Cardinal might probably use question, can theory be carried out? can the 
in case he should get the upper hand in West- plan be completed in the specified time ? 
minster (and if he gets the upper hand there, 3rd. Punctuality tends to make an energetic 
he will soon get it elsewhere), I noticed one re- character 
All men lay plans, most men make 
markable weapon which he will no doubt forth- contracts: and the man who executes all his 
with employ ; 1 know there are others, but the plans, and fulfils all his arrangements, must be 
following caught my eye. It seems that while an active man ; and his action must be such as 
the true Church is distinguished for blessing, to make him stronger and stronger; it most be 
the Cardinal's Church has an amazing taste for, resolute, persevering action. And this action 
and sympathy with, cursing. 1 find that if the will give his business an appearance of enter-
daughter of any parent in this assembly should prise ; it will give him a love for his business, 
fancy that she has what is called e a religious and it will give him a well weighed, and rightly 
inclination," a " mission," and were to go into placed confidence in his own abilities. And all 
a nunnery, and were her parent to try to rescue these things tend to make him strong. On the 
her, the following curse would be pronounced other hand, those who are always planning, but 
upon him, and also upon any one who should never executing, always promising, but never 
take the property of the monasteries or of the performing, frequently commencing, but seldom 
nunneries—and many in our country actually finishing, and never completing their work in 
hold such property m their possession just the appointed time, such never fail to become 
now :— 
irresolute, fickle, weak.—He that would be 
" By the authority of the omnipotent God, strong, as strong as he is capable of being made 
and of St. Peter and St. Paul, his apostles, we —and he that would have the right kind of 
firmly, and under the threat of anathema, en- strength, must be punctual. This position is 
join that no one carry off these virgins or re- clearly illustrated in the lives of students, and 
ligious persons here present from divine service, professional men, and farmers, and mechanics ; 
to which, under the standard of chastity, they and also in the history of churches. 
have been dedicated, that no one plunder their 4th. Punctuality is necessary to make a reli- 
property, but that they enjoy it in quiet. If able character. 
How are we to determine 
any one shall have presumed to attempt this, whether or not, a man is to be depended upon ? 
may he be cprsed in his home and out of his Is the question answered by saying, the man is 
home ; may he be cursed in the state (or city), able to do what you wish done ? Not at all ; 
and in the field, cursed in watching and cursed we are not inquiring whether he has ability, but 
in sleeping, cursed in eating and drinking, whether that ability may be relied on ? is the 
cursed in walking and sitting; may his flesh question answered by saying, the man has 
and his bones be cursed, and from the sole of promised, he has given his word ! By no 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
415 
means ; we are not asking whether the man has 
given his word, but whether he will keep his 
word. Is he a punetual man ?—This must be 
answered before we can tell whether the man 
may, or may not be depended on. No matter 
how great a man's powers may be, no matter 
how good his opportunities may he, nor how fair 
his promises may be, he is a reliable man only 
so far as he is a punctual man. 
5th. A man must be punctual to be honest. 
Society is a kind of machine, and when one of 
the bands becomes loose, the movements of the 
machine become deranged ; and when one of 
thands slips off; some of e b the wheels stop ; 
and when one of the cogs is broken out, the 
movements become irregular. So do all who 
want habits of punctuality derange the move-
ments of society. A. fails to fulfil his promise 
to B., and therefore B., who was depending on 
A., must fail to fulfil his promise to C., and so 
on. Now, the man who fosters such habits, 
producing such derangement, is not in the 
highest sense of the word honest.—The man 
who lacks punctuality will often waste the time 
of others and his own time, he will often break 
his word ; and the man who does these things, 
does that which the conscience, and the law of 
God, must pronounce wrong. 
6th. Punctuality is necessary to success in 
life. The man having this habit, will have no 
more irons in. the fire than he can attend to, 
and thereby he will' prevent waste. His sys-
tematic plans, and his carrying out his plans, 
will save time, will increase the amount done 
in a given period. He will gain the reputation 
of an enterprising, punctual man ; one that may 
be depended on. And in these things we find 
some of the chief elements of success. It is the 
punctual doctor, the punctual lawyer, the punc-
tual mechanic, other things being equal, that 
have the most calls. 
This subject, if I mistake not, is too much 
neglected, How often do men promise when 
they know, or might know, that they cannot ful-
fil that promise ?—Even churches will promise 
to pay their minister four hundred dollars a year, 
and then feel no regret, no sense of guilt, when 
they pay him only three hundred ; they can 
break their word ; yes, even the word with the 
servant of God, and yet, not realize that they 
have done wrong. Let the ministers of God 
preach punctuality from the pulpit, let our reli-
gious newspapers enforce it wherever they go; 
and something at least may be done to make 
them more careful to fulfil their promises, and 
to carry out their laudable plans. 0. Obverver. 
Dancing Parties. 
How often do we hear the remark, that there 
is no more harm in dancing than in vain and 
trifling conversation, in which the company at 
parties frequently engage. No more harm ! 
this is admiring there is harm in both. Would 
it not be well, then, for Christians to abstain as 
much as possible from attending parties. But, 
there is more harm in dancing than in vain con-
versation. Conversation may become trifling 
and flippant from the disposition of the person 
with whom you converse to make it so; or one 
may fall into it imperceptibly, for want of pro-
per watchfulness or from the excitement of the 
occasion. Whereas, a person cannot dance 
without a direct, and in many cases, deliberate 
exercise of his volition. Both are contrary to 
the word of God, but sin is greater or less in 
proporition to the exercise of the will of an in-
dividual. 
I have said dancing is contrary to the in-
junctions of the Scripture, and here is the ex-
tract referred to which proves it so. 
" To revel is to feast 'with clamorous 
mirth ; this is done at parties when there are 
refreshments, music, and dancing. The mean-
ing of revelry is festival mirth. Reveling is a 
jovial festivity with music and dancing, and as 
balls and dancing parties are jovial festivities, 
with music and dancing, it follows that they 
are a species of reveling condemned by the 
word of God as a sinful fruit of the flesh. Thus 
we have a positive law of God against dancing. 
" Reveling or dancing is condemned by 
the general laws of God's word. There are 
general and there are special laws in the word 
of truth. Special laws declare plainly what 
shall and what shall not be done. General laws 
condemn or approve things by the whole class. 
Anything not of good report is contrary to the 
general law laid down by Paul, Phil, 4:8. Is 
dancing of good report ? Paul classes it with 
glaring sins, (Gal. 5:19, 21 ; Rom. 13:13); arid 
Peter, with lusts, excess of wine, &c. It can-
not, therefore, be of good report. Nay, it is of 
very bad report. Even sinners expect to see 
professors stand aloof from it. We will now 
notice some of the common expressions used in 
favor of it. 
1. It is said to be an innocent amusement. 
. Now, whether it be innocent or not, depends 
upon whether it be according to God's word.—
Having shown that it is contrary to the word 
of God, it follows, that it is not innocent, hut 
si nful. Reveling is demoralizing in its tendency. 
It corrupts the mind and heart, and drives away 
all religious feelings and desires. 
It is said to be good exercise for ladies. 
Persons who advocate dancing for exercise, 
should inquire whether it is necessary. We 
can easily see how it might be necessary some-
times on board a ship, &c., but how it comes to 
pass that ladies cannot get exercise enough with-
out dancing, is strange. All this arises from 
another sin, idleness. That exercise is neces-
sary to health, is true ; but that the laws of God 
or nature, require that dancing should be the 
exercise, is absurd. Let them attend to such 
duties as God has required, and we will never 
hear of the necessity of dancing for exercise.—
Besides, the exercise performed in a ball room 
is not healthy. Persons over-exert themselves, 
and bring on consumption, and many other dis-
eases. 
It makes a young lady more graceful, 
and improves her manners. 
This is one of the strongest arguments we 
have ever heard, in favor of learning young la-
dies to dance. That is, it is supposed to be by 
its advocates. Graceful, says Webster, means 
" with a pleasing dignity or elevation of mind 
and manners." Come, now, ye grave mothers, 
who recommend to your daughters to join the 
" jovial festivity with music and dancing," and 
ye fathers, too, behold the peculiar dignity !—
The young gentleman and ladies stand upon the 
floor, the dignified tune commences, now one 
foot advances—it recedes and the other is in 
view—the right is thrown across the left—back 
again and the left crosses it—now they wheel 
round, or perhaps lock arm-in-arm in the pro-
menade—or with still more dignity, waltz.—
What dignity ! What elevation of mind and 
manners ! Let the candid and sober-minded 
think, and if they do not conclude that there is 
something more disgraceful in dancing than 
graceful, they must have a strange idea of pleas-
ing dignity. 
Christians who occupy an elevated station in 
society, should be careful to carry along with 
them the cross daily, they have not the trials 
which the poor have, but there are trials pecu-
liar to them, and if they will follow Christ, they 
will be at no loss to find many occasions to deny 
themselves ; let them do this and thus honor 
that worthy name by which they are called. 
May all seek to honor Him in the presence 
of his foes, be they of whatever class of men, 
remembering that they are " a city set on a hill." 
Religious Herald. 
The Half Century—A Retrospect. 
Fifty year ago, George Washington had 
just gone to his grave amid the tears and bless-
ings of the people he had been foremost in res-
cuing first from tyranny, then from anarchy ; 
and our country, having just escaped the immi-
nent peril of a war with France, after securing 
by the Federal Constitution the power of pro-
tecting and promoting her own industry, was 
beginning to realize the blessings of Indepen-
dence and Freedom. Thomas Jefferson had 
just been designated for the next President. by a 
majority of the American people, but had not 
yet been actually elected, there being an equal 
number of votes for him and his associate (Burr) 
on the "Republican" ticket, as it was then 
called, requiring an election by the House, 
which took place in February following. The 
population of our country was over 5,300,000, 
or considerably less than one fourth the present 
number. The Union then consisted of sixteen 
States—Vermont, Tennessee, and Kentucky 
having been added to the original thirteen.—
Ohio had begun to be settled at Marietta, Cin-
cinnati, Warren, and perhaps one or two other 
points, but had not yet population enough for a 
State. There were small settlements at De-
troit, and perhaps at one or two other points 
west of Ohio; but Louisiana was a Spanish 
province, including St. Louis as well as New-
Orleans, and the Mississippi a Spanish river, 
through which our people then settling in the 
valley of the Ohio were denied egress for their 
products. Florida was of course all Spanish, 
and what are now Alabama and Mississippi 
partly Spanish and wholly a wilderness. Our 
own State had scarcely a white inhabitant west 
of the sources of the Mohawk and Susquehan-
na; Buffalo and Rochester were forests trav-
ersed only by savages. The Erie Canal had 
hardly been dreamed of by the wildest castle-
builder, and the western limits of this State 
(which a few months more will bring within 
twenty-four hours of us) was practically farther 
off than Paris or Gelena now is. This city 
had a population of 60,000 (less than one eight 
its present number) mainly living below Cham-
bers st., while Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey 
City, and its other suburbs, did not contain a 
fiftieth part as many inhabitants as now. Phil-
adelphia was a sixth larger than New-York ; 
now one fifth smaller, with a far greater dis-
parity of suburban population. Boston had 
25,000 inhabitants ; Baltimore 26,500 ; Wash-
ington City (whither the Federal Government 
had just been removed) had 3,200. A few dar-
ing spirits were just beginning to imigrate from 
the older portions of New-England to Western 
New-York (" Holland Purchase "} and North-
eastern Ohio—an enterprise quite as arduous 
and perilous as emigration hence to California 
and Oregon now is. 
In Europe, Napoleon had just reached the 
topmost round of the ladder by overthrowing 
the Directory, and causing himself to be pro-
claimed First Consul, though he was not 
crowned Emperor till 1804. He had returned 
from his abortive invasion of Egypt in 1799, 
but the battle of Marengo, which made Italy a 
French province for twelve years thereafter, was 
not fought till June, 1800. The Austrian mon-
arch was still known as " Emperor of Germany." 
Poland, after a melancholy, fitful struggle of 
twenty-five years against internal anarchy and 
the conspiracy of kings for her destruction, had 
just ceased to exist. Alexander had not yet 
ascended the throne of Russia, his father Paul 
I. not being assassinated till March, 1801.—
Prussia had preserved peace since the defeat 
of the Allied invasion of France in 1792, her 
councils inclining for or against Revolutionary 
France as fortune smiled or frowned, and so re 
mained until 1806, when she engaged Napoleon 
single-handed, and was utterly subdued in a 
single brief campaign, commencing with the 
double rout of Jena and Auersberg, and closing 
with the French armies victorious on her east-
ern frontier. This completed the virtual con-
quest of all Germany by Napoleon, Austria 
having been fully crushed by him in the battle 
of Austerlitz, Dec. 2, 1805. 
Fifty years ago, George III, was in the mid-
dle of his reign over the British Empire, with 
Pitt and Fox, the leaders of' the Tory and Whig 
parties, at the height of their life-long struggle. 
They both died suddenly six years afterward. 
Trafalgar was yet unfought, but Nelson was 
already idolized for his victories of Cape St. 
Vincent, Aboukir, &c. His attack upon Co-
penhagen was not made till April 1801. 
All this Continent, south and west as well 
as north of the one million square miles be-
longing to the United States, (since increased 
to 3,250,000,) was claimed by various European 
powers as their respective colonial possessions 
—all north of us (as now) except a vaguely de-
fined and inhospitable portion of the Northwest 
Coast, belonging to Great Britain, while all 
south and west of us was ruled by Spain and 
Portugal, except a small portion of the east-
ern coast of South America, lying between the 
mouths of the Oronoco and the Amazon, which 
was shared by England, France, and Holland, 
and known as British, French, and Dutch Gui-
ana. This small portion is still European, with 
most of the islands known as West•Indies, but 
no Spanish or Portuguese flag now waves over 
any portion of the Continent. Portuguese 
America, peaceably separated from the mother 
country, now constitutes the Empire of Brazil, 
and is governed by a branch of the Portuguese 
royal house of Braganza ; while the vast region 
formerly constituting Spanish America is now 
divided as follows : Louisiana, Florida, Texas, 
New Mexico, and Upper California, have been 
acquired by the United Ssates ; while the resi 
due of Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, 
New-Grenada, Quito, Peru, Chili, Buenos 
Ayres and their appendages, have become inde-
pendent, and are striving, generally with indif-
ferent success, to maintain Republican institu-
tions, though with a constant tendency, created 
by ignorance, indolence, and superstition, to de-
generate into military despotisms. Such Buenos 
Ayres appears now to be, while Venezuela and 
Mexico have been frequently distracted by the 
arts and arms of military chieftains. Central 
America has been torn to pieces by the general 
causes above recited, and now lies prostrate and 
powerless. Mexico exhibits unequivocal symp-
toms of decrepitude and approaching dissolution. 
Upper Peru has become a separate Republic, 
now known as Bolivia. The Spanish Presi-
dency of Quito is now the Republic of Equador. 
Paraguay and Uruguay .have separated from 
Buenos Ayres, and each is now independent, 
the latter known as " the Oriental Republic," 
though its people are more commonly known 
as " Monte Videans," from their capital. The 
extreme Southern portion of the Continent, 
known to Europeans as " Patagonia," with a 
great portion of the interior of South America, 
and the north part of North America, remain 
as they were in 1800, in the undisturbed, un-
questioned possession of the savage tribes who 
have thinly peopled them from time immemorial, 
and whose barbarous occupations of war and 
the chase forbid the hope of their self-improve-
ment. The improperly termed West Indian 
Isles remain in good part as in 1800, save that 
Hayti, pen in revolt against France, has 
achieved her independence of both France and 
Spain, while slavery has been abolished through- 
out the islands ruled by Great Britain. The 
continental possessions of Great Britain have 
improved considerably in population and wealth ; 
Upper Canada of late quite rapidly. North-
ward of lat. 50 deg. the severity of the climate 
on this side and the remoteness from civilized 
and peopled countries on the other, have pre-
vented any considerable settlement. Succes- 
sive attempts to discover a Northwest passage 
around this Continent from Europe to the North 
Pacific have led to no practical result. 
Great Britain, already bereft of her most 
valuable colonies by the American Revolution, 
has built up two new Empires within the pres-
ent century—the first by successive conquests 
and annexations in Hindostan, where her pos-
sessions now cover a territory as large as Eu-
rope south of the Rhine and Danube, and peo-
pled by hardly less than one hundred millions 
of human beings. From the Indus on the west to 
the Irrawadi on the east, from the Ocean on the 
south to the Himalayas on the north, almost the 
entire continent is now under British rule. In 
Australia, a still vaster and more prosperous, 
though far less populous, British Empire, is 
now rapidly forming, from what were in 1800 
immense wildernesses, scantily inhabited by the 
lowest grade of savage beings, and infected 
along the coasts by a few cargoes of expatriated 
rascality. The growth of British Australia is 
now proceeding with a rapidity scarcely paral-
leled, and apparently with entire solidity and 
health.' 
The culmination, decline, and overthrow of 
Napoleon's colossal power belongs to the first 
quarter of the present century. In 1800 First 
Consul, in 1804 " Emperor of the French," in 
1811 master of nearly all Continental Europe, 
except Russia, with Italy, Germany, Austria, 
Spain, at his feet, and even Russia, Turkey and 
the United States virtually his allies, and only 
England stubbornly resisting his strides to uni-
versal dominion, 1814 saw him defeated and 
exiled, 1815 a discrowned prisoner for life, and 
1821 witnessed his death " on a lone, barren 
Isle," almost equi-distant from the Eastern and 
Western hemispheres. On his complete dis-
comfiture, Europe reverted very nearly into the 
condition which it exhibited prior to the out-
break of the French Revolution, France being 
restored to monarchy and reduced to her modern 
limits ; Germany reconstituted a despotic monar-
chy ; Italy surrendered to Austria and absolut-
ism; Poland left a wreck and a divided ruin; 
Turkey still further crippled and hastening to 
decay; while only Russia manifested external 
growth combined with internal vigor. Since 
Napoleon's death, Spain, Poland, Italy and Ger-
many have by turns been the theatre of revolu-
tionary commotions, looking to republican free-
dom, but these ebullitions have all been 
quenched in blood, and monarchy, more or less 
absolute in form, but generally despotic in suL-
stance, is now tha common law of the most en-
lightened quarter of the earth, save in France 
and Switzerland. France is now nominally a 
Republic, but, practically ruled by the twin 
aristocracies of musketry and money, to-day en-
joys far less real freedom than the smaller king-
doms, Sardinia, Sweden, and Denmark. Switz-
erland still retains her ancient liberties, though 
convulsed by faction within, and menaced by 
banded despotisms without. So all on the Con-
tinent seems fixed as Royalty would have it, 
but it is only seeming. France is a volcano 
ready for eruption ; her millions will never ac-
quiesce in the arbitrary and unlawful robbery 
from nearly half their number of the right of 
suffrage ; her aristocratic predominance is un-
dermined by intestine feuds, which will yet di-
vorce the sword, the money-chest, and the mitre 
from their present alliance, and restore the rule 
of the masses; and the day which sees a demo-
cratic ascendancy restored in Paris will arouse 
the republicans of Germany; Italy, Hungary, 
and perhaps of Poland, to another vehement 
struggle for the liberties of mankind. Despot-
ism has now the bayonets and the arsenals on 
its side as of yore ; but in popular intelligence, 
in comprehension of the rights of man and the 
necessary iniquities of kingcraft, the world has 
made vast progress since 1800. Catholic Em-
ancipation in -Ireland, and Parliamentary Re-
form in Great Britain, are two of its peaceful 
trophies. Such are the political aspects on 
which opens the latter half of the Nineteenth 
Century. 
New York Tribune. 
Trust God and Do Right. 
One evening a poor man and his son, a little 
boy, sat by the way-side, near the gate of an 
old town in Germany The father took a loaf 
of bread, which he had bought in the town, and 
broke it, and gave the half to his boy. " Not 
so, father," said the boy; " I, shall not eat till 
after you. You have been working hard all 
day for small wages to support me, and you 
must be very hungry; I shall wait till you are 
done." You speak kindly, my son," replied the 
pleased father ; " your love to me does me more, 
good than my food, and those eyes of yours re-
mind me of your dear mother who left us, and 
told you to love me as she used to do ; and in-
deed, my boy, you have been a great strength 
and comfort to me; but now that I have eat the 
first morsel to please you, it's your turn to eat." 
" Thank you, father, but break this piece in 
two, and take you a little more ; for you see 
the loaf is not large, and you require much 
more than I do." " I shall divide the loaf for. 
416 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
THE FUTURE CONDITION OF MAN. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 25, 1851. 
lhciat Art4. 
you, my boy, but eat it I shall not ; I have 
abundance, and let us thank God for his great 
goodness in giving us food, and giving what is 
better still, cheerful and contented hearts.. He 
who gave us the living bread from heaven, to 
nourish our hungry souls, how shall he not 
give us all other food that is necessary to sup-
port our mortal bodies !" The father and son 
thanked God, and then began to cut the loaf in 
pieces, to begin together their frugal meal. 
But as they cut one portion of the loaf, there 
fell out several large pieces of gold of great 
value. The little boy gave a shout of joy, and 
was springing to grasp the unexpected treasure, 
when he was pulled back by his father. " My 
son, my son," he cried, " do not touch that 
money ; it is not ours ! I know not, as yet, to 
whom it belongs; but probably it was put there 
by the baker through some mistake. We must 
inquire. Run." " But, father," interrupted the 
boy, " you are poor and needy, and you have 
bought the loaf, and then the baker may tell a 
lie, and "—" I will not listen to you, my boy, 1 
bought the loaf, but did not buy the gold in it. 
If the baker sold it to me in ignorance, 1 shall 
not be so dishonest as to take advantage of him. 
Remember him who told us to do to others as 
we would have others do to us. The baker 
may possibly cheat us, but that is no reason 
why we should cheat him. I am poor, indeed, 
but that is no sin. If we share the poverty of 
Jesus, God's own son, Oh ! let us share his 
goodness and his trust in God. We may never 
be rich, but we may always be honest. We 
may die of starvation, but God's will be done 
should we die in doing it ! Yes, my boy, trust 
God and walk in his ways, and you shall never 
be put to shame. Now run for the baker; and 
. I will stay and watch the gold till he comes." 
So the boy ran for the old man. " Brother 
workman," said the old man, " you have made 
some mistake, and almost lost your money ;" 
and he showed the baker the gold, and told him 
how it had been found. " Is it thine ?" asked 
the father. " If it is, take it away." " My, 
father, baker, is very poor, and "—. " Silence, 
my child, put me not to shame by thy com-
plaints. I am glad we have saved this man 
from losing his money." The baker had been 
looking alternately upon the honest farmer and 
his eager boy, and upon the gold that lay glit-
tering upon the green turf. " Thou art, indeed, 
an honest fellow," said the baker, " and our 
neighbor David spoke but the truth when he 
said thou wert the honestest man in our town. 
Now I shall tell thee about the gold : A stranger 
came to my shop the other day and gave me 
that loaf, and he told me to sell it cheaply, or to 
give it away to the honestest poor man I knew 
in the city. I told David to send thee to me, 
as a customer, this morning ; and as thou 
would'st not take the loaf for nothing, I sold it 
to thee for the last pence in thy purse; and the 
loaf, with all its treasure—and certain it is not 
small—is thine ; and God grant thee a blessing 
with it." The poor father bent his head to the 
ground, while the tears fell from his eyes. His 
boy ran and put his hand round his neck, and 
said, " I shall always, like you, my father, trus 
God, and do what is right ; for I am sure it wil 
never put us to shame." Ed. Christian Magazine. 
1 
" The Peculiarity of Christ's Reign and Man's Condition during 
the Millennium, and the Ages that are to follow." Al article in 
the June number of the " Literary & Theological Journal." By 
DAVID N. LORD. 
This article is written in reply to the inquiry of a 
correspondent, who wished the editor to give the rea-
sons of his belief that " the race is to inhabit the 
earth and multiply, and CHRIST'S mediatorial work 
continue without end." 
" In the first place," says the editor, " there is no 
direct or indirect intimation in the Scriptures that its 
multiplication is ever to cease On the other 
hand, there is no dearth -of indications that mankind 
are to occupy the earth in an endless series of genera-
tions, and the work of redemption continue forever." 
If this is so, the weight of evidence is in favor of 
the proposition. The intimations are, however, to 
us, the reverse of these. Before adducing the inti-
mations which seem to limit the multiplication of the 
race, and point to the consequent cessation of the 
work of redemption, we will notice those which are 
advanced in support of their continuance. Says the 
Editor :— 
" Had the first pair not fallen, the race would 
or two hundred successive generations. The pres-
ent population of the earth is less than 1000,000,000. 
When we consider that these vast numbers sprang 
from a single pair, we cart conceive that countless 
myriads would result from these many millions. As 
the earth could have been only thinly peopled during 
the first centuries from creation, and after the floodohe 
average number of inhabitants for each of the two 
hundred generations could not be over 500,000,000. 
Assuming this number, the whole number of all who 
have lived on the earth would he about 100,000,000,-
000. If these immense numbers were all on the 
earth at the present time, there would be only eighty 
square rods of land for each person. It would seem 
therefore that this number must vastly exceed that 
included in the command to multiply and replenish 
the earth. Considering that the whole number who 
have lived, would be so many more than this earth 
could well accommodate, is it presuinputous to suppose 
that those who at the Advent shall have been re-
deemed from among men, out of every nation, and 
tongue, and people, including all who have died in 
infancy, would constitute a number the best adapted 
to the size and capacity of earth, and to GoD's origi-
nal design respecting it ? 
If we might be allowed to theorize, we should con-
sider that when GOD spoke of the multiplication of 
the race and the replenishing of 'the earth, that his 
design was that the number of the one should be 
adapted to the capacity of the other ; and that when 
that number should be arrived at, and that end accom-
plished, i. e., the earth replenished—for the mean-
ing of replenish is to stock, to fill, to supply—then 
there would be no farther necessity for subsequent 
multiplication; and that faculty would cease. As 
we know that ADAM was placed on probation in 
Eden, as from the fall of angels who kept not their 
first estate, we conclude that those ministers of Gon 
who do his pleasure were once the subjects of a like 
trial, we may conclude, that not the first pair alone, 
but the entire race would have been subjected to a 
probationary trial. As this probationary period 
could not have terminated during the multiplication 
of the race, and the consequent accession of new 
subjects for trial, we conclude that its termination 
would have synchronized with the completion of the 
replenishment of the earth ; and that thenceforth the 
condition of the race would have been one of reward, 
and precisely analagous to that to which the re-
deemed will be raised in the restitution. 
Man, however, did not persevere in allegiance—
did not endure the trial. As a consequence the race 
lost its right to the inheritance. But provision was 
immediately made for the restoration, and subse-
quent replenishment of the earth. " For as by one 
man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by 
the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." 
In accordance with this provision, each individual of 
the race has been successively subjected to a period 
of probation—those who comply with the terms of 
salvation, being freely forgiven and justified for 
CHRIST'S sake, and those who refuse being cut off 
from the proffered mercy. As a vast multitude of 
the race have failed to secure a portion in the resti-
tution, it follows that to replenish or stock the earth 
with the redeemed from atnong men, in number the 
same as were originally included in the command, it 
was necessary that the whole increase of the race 
should as much exceed the number needful to replen-
ish the earth, as it will be diminished by the lost.—
Had man therefore persevered in allegiance, the 
multiplication of the race would have been so much 
less rapid than it has been, or have been accom-
plished in a corresponding shorter space of time. 
The idea of the endless multiplication of the race, 
is an entire new one to us. We do not reccollect 
of having seen it in the English writings, or before 
meeting with it here ; and we did not know, or had 
failed to notice before, that Mr. LORD entertained it. 
How it can possibly be true, without degrading this 
earth to a mere nursery for souls, similar to its pres-
ent imperfect state, we cannot conceive. For a lim-
ited capacity can only be adapted to a limited supply. 
With an unlimited multiplication, the individuals of 
the race would after a while exceed in compact bulk 
the mass of the globe itself ; and still increasing, they 
would in time become a million times larger,—and 
so on ad finitum. " It is known," says Mr. BROWN, 
Ordo Seclorum (p. 297), " that a given population 
may go on doubling its numbers in periods of fifteen 
years ; nay, under favorable circumstances, in periods 
of about twelve and four-fifths years ; and this even on 
the present scale of human life." During the two hun-
dred and fifteen years of Israel's sojourn in Egypt, 
they increased in number from seventy-five souls, 
to " about 600,000 men on foot, besides children," 
and of course besides women. Dr. CLARK estimates 
their numbers at 3,263,000, which would require 
them to have doubled once in fourteen years. If the 
race could thus multiply when death was continually 
busy in its ranks—decimating it once in three years, 
its multiplication, when death shall cease its ravages, 
would be proportionably more rapid. 
This is an objection, not only to the interminable 
doubtless have continued in an interminable succes-
sion." 
This is relevant to the argument, if it is claimed 
that the condition of man, in the regeneration, is to 
be analagous to that in which ADAM was placed at 
his creation, anterior to the fall. And this we sup-
pose to be the view taken ; for in another place he 
says :— 
" Exempted from the penalty of sin in every form, 
and made immortal, their condition and life will un-
doubtedly be essentially the same as Aiwa's, Eve's, 
and their offspring's would have been, had they not 
transgressed." 
Our views here coincide—i. e., we believe that in 
the regeneration, the original purpose of GOD respect-
ing the race will be accomplished, and that there 
will be no essential difference from that to which 
mankind would have arrived, had not the fall inter-
vened. In the result, however, we differ; for we 
conclude that the number of GoD's elect who shall 
he made partakers of the world to come, will be a 
number corresponding to that which would have been 
reached by the race at the close of their probation, 
had it been passed in perfect compliance with the re-
quirements of GOD. Arguing in favor of " an inter-
minable succession," Mr. LORD says : 
" It is inferable from their nature. No reason 
can be conceived why Goo should debar any genera-
tion which he would then have called into existence, 
from the parental office, for which their constitutions 
would be fitted. It would be to give them that part 
of their nature in vain. No adequate reason can be 
imagined why he should then arrest them in their 
multiplication, and put a limit to their number. No 
want of power to uphold, supply, and govern them 
through a perpetual round of ages, could render such 
a measure necessary. Nothing can be seen or con-
ceived indicating that the possibility subserving the 
ends for which they were created, would have dimin-
ished by the progress of their numbers, and he any 
the less at the thousandth, the ten thousandth, or the 
millionth, than at the tenth or hundredth. Why 
would it not have been as benevolent, as wise, and 
glorious to God, to continue to create them, in any 
one age of the universe, as in any other? Had it 
been his purpose to strike his works from existence, 
at some future epoch, or to pause in the display of 
his perfection, and the administration of his kingdom, 
it would then be seen that the race of man, though 
holy, was to reach a limit. What reason is 
there to suppose' that he has made a total change in 
his purpose I The object of Christ's interposition is 
to counteract and defeat the plot of Satan, and re-
serve the race from the consequences of the apostacy. 
And we are assured that he is to achieve that end ; 
and that the curse brought by Adam on his posterity 
is at length to be repealed. There is to be a time 
when men shall no more die, nor be mortal, nor suf-
fer sickness, pain, sorrow, or any other of the evils 
that result from the fall. They will be replaced, 
therefore, in that respect, in such a condition as they 
would have occupied had they not sinned ; and the 
same scheme of government resumed, doubtless, as 
to their continuance and multiplication, that was in-
stituted at first, and would have been pursued had 
they persevered in allegiance."—p. 463. 
The question at issue rests on a single considera-
tion—viz., what was GOD'S original purpose ? There 
is no want of power for the accomplishment of any 
purpose. There will be no want of wisdom in what-
ever plan lie may accomplish. There will be no 
want of success in the achievement of the purpose 
for which CHRIST died. And man will be placed in 
the ultimate condition which the race would have 
reached, had there been no departure from allegiance. 
We do not, however, conceive that man was eter-
nally to progress in an uninterrupted accession of 
numbers. For a time this must necessarily have 
continued, in accordance with the word of Gun, 
when " GOD blessed them, and GOD said unto them, 
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish, [i. e. stock, 
fill, or supply,] the earth, and subdue it : and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl 
of the air, and over every living thing that mov-
eth upon the earth." The thing created is always 
adapted to its designed end. That, while the heav-
ens are the LORD'S, " the earth hath he given to the 
children of men," (Psa. 115:16) ; that he who 
" made the earth, and formed man upon it, created 
it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited," (Isa. 
45:12, 18) ; and that " the righteous shall inherit 
the land, and dwell therein forever," (Psa. 37:29), 
we suppose will not here be disputed. We may 
reason, a priori, that a given number of inhabitants 
would be better adapted to the earth's capacity, all 
things considered, than a greater or less number.—
We suppose we are agreed that this earth is to be 
the final abode of the saints ; for we do not recollect 
Mr. LORD has ever intimated that it was, after the 
rengeneration, to be merely initiatory to a subsequent 
residence in some distant part of the universe. If 
then it is to be the final abode of the saints, being 
limited in its dimensions, it will not be adapted to 
an unlimited and endless multiplication of the race ; 
for if the race should multiply in an interminable 
series, however gradual that multiplication might be, 
in an endless duration, there would be no room on 
the earth for their numbers. 
It is estimated that a generation of the human race 
disappears in about thirty years. During the 6000 
years' duration of the earth's existence, there have 
been about two hundred periods of thirty years each, 
multiplication of the race, but also to its multiplica-
tion during the millenary period intervening the 
two resurrections. It is likewise equally an objec-
tion to a millennium, before the Advent. For sup-
posing the race should double once in twenty years,—
and this with a converted world, the cessation of all 
war, the increased longevity of the race, increasing 
vigor, and absence of physical evils, would not be 
an unreasonable time,-500,000,000, only a little 
more than half the present population, would amount 
in six hundred years to more than 500,000,000,000,-
000,000, which number could not stand on the earth ; 
still doubling during each of the remaining periods 
of the millennium, it would add to the impossibility 
of the earth's accommodating its inhabitants. Even a 
single pair in a thousand years at that increase would 
equal the above, cutting off 000 from the right.—
This is on the supposition of a temporal millennium. 
Supposing a millennium where there is no death, 
the difficulty would be still greater ; and with dura-
tion unlimited, what would be the comparison of the 
earth in size, to the bulk of its inhabitants ! ! ! ! 
Thus far, theory. We now come to inferences. 1. 
When GOD said unto NOAH, " Multiply and replenish 
the earth," we infer that that accomplished, the end 
of the multiplication of the race would be answered, 
and that office would cease,—there being no intima-
tion of its continuance subsequent to that. 
ADAM being in a state of trial, it would be 
necessary for that period to be marked by some limit ; 
for the result has shown that the fall of man must 
necessarily have been attended by a curse on the 
earth. As the final condition of the race was to wit-
ness an exemption from the curse, when there should 
he nothing to harm or destroy, and is secured from 
all subsequent curse, the earth must ultimately have 
attained to a like exemption from all danger of the 
curse. As the earth could not thus be exempted, till 
the expiration of the time during which it would be 
possible to apostatize ; as this time could not elapse 
while a single member of the race was to be added 
to its numbers and subjected to a like trial, it follows 
that there must have been a time when the multipli-
cation of the race would cease : if not, the new 
comers would not be subjected to a probationary 
process. 
If after man had apostatized, it was necessary, 
on account of one man's sin; for death to pass on all 
his posterity, it would be impossible for the penalty 
of death to be remitted, or for the curse that rests on 
us to cease while the lace should continue to multi-
ply. If it should be consistent with GOD'S plan of 
salvation, to continue the increase of ADAM'S posterity 
after the penalty for ADAM'S sin shall have been re-
mitted, why was it needful to extend the penalty to 
any of his seed ? for those whose existence would 
commence subsequent to the removal of the curse, 
would have a great advantage over those who are 
subjected to its perils. 
The work of redemption was necessary to re-
store man from the consequences of ADAM'S sin.—
The apostle predicts " the times of the restitution of 
all things, which Got) bath spoken by the mouth of 
all his holy prophets since the world began."—Acts 
3:21. And they have foretold the removal of the 
curse, the restitution of the wilderness to a condition 
like that of Eden, and of the desert, to the garden of 
the LORD, the abolishment of death, and the recovery 
of all that is lost by the fall. Now, as the work of 
redemption accomplishes this restoration, it follows 
that when the restitution takes place, the work of 
redemption will have been completed. Had not man 
apostatized, the work of redemption to recover from 
the fall would not have been necessary. When man 
is placed back again where he would have been had 
he not fallen, the work of redemption will be no more 
needed, than it would have been, had ADAM contin-
ued steadfast. To argue that a work which would 
not have been necessary, had man not fallen, will be 
necessary after he is restored, is to admit that he is 
not fully restored to the position from which he fell. 
II. We are not however dependent either on theory 
or mere inferences. We have positive evidence. 
The epoch of the advent is called in Scripture the 
end of the world, or of the age, which is to be marked 
by certain great events. Thus the SAVIOUR says, 
that " in the end of this world, the Son of man shall 
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and them which 
do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a furnace of 
fire. . . . then shall the righteous shine forth as the 
suit, in the kingdom of their Father."—Matt 13:40, 
43. By the 25th chapter we learn that this kingdom 
is that which was prepared for them from the foun-
dation of the world ; for " then shall the King say 
unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of 
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the world."--v. 34. There-
fore it is the kingdom which the original design of 
GOD arranged for the ultimate condition of the race. 
Now the Saviour teaches (Luke 20:34-36), that mar-
rying and being given in marriage, are peculiar to 
the age in which we now live, as contrasted with the 
future age ; and that " they which shall be accounted 
THE ADVENT T HERALD. 
417 
" OF FOLLOWING CHRIST.9, 
worthy to obtain that world [or age], and the resur-
rection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in 
marriage." Nor by this did lie design to teach that 
the mere marriage ceremony was to be abolished, but 
the matrimonial institution ; for he was showing the 
Sadducees how they erred in supposing that if there 
were a resurrection, one of seven brethren must take 
the woman to wife, who sustained that relation to 
each of them successively in this age. The people 
of that age cannot " die any more ; for they are 
equal unto the angels ; and are the children of GOD, 
being the children of the resurrection." 
Now as the angels have endured the season of 
their probation, and are perfected ; if man is to be 
equal to them, he must have attained to the end of 
his probationary state ; consequently he will have 
attained to a position similar to what ADAM would 
have reached at the close of his probationary period, 
had he maintained his integrity. And as we are told 
that those who attain that world neither marry, nor 
are given in marriage, it follows that the angels who 
kept their first estate, and have passed tlie period of 
their trial, do not enter into the marriage relation ; 
and that ADAM, and the human race,—had they con-
tinued in innocence to the end of their probation, 
when their number should have replenished, or filled 
the earth, with a population wisely proportioned to 
its capacity,—would in like manner have fulfilled the 
purpose of GOD in the multiplication of the race, 
and have ceased to possess that function,—as surely 
as age now supercedes its exercise. This is to us a 
conclusive argument. And we see not how it can be 
successfully met.—(To be continued.) 
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. 
The Duty of Disobedience to Wicked Laws : a Sermon on 
the Fugitive Slave Law. By CHARLES BEECHER, New-
ark, N. J: Published at New York : by John A. Gray, 
Printer, 79 Fulton-street, corner of Gold-street. 1851. 
We acknowledge the reception of a copy of this 
very able and lucid discourse, foUnded on the follow-
ing texts. 
" Then said these men, We shall not find any oc-
casion against this Daniel, except we find it against 
him concerning the law of his God. Then these 
presidents and princes assembled together to the king, 
and said thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. 
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and 
the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have 
consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to 
make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a peti-
tion of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, 
0 king; he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, 
0 king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, 
that it he not changed, according to the law of the 
Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore 
king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Now 
when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he 
went into his house ; and his windows being open in 
his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his 
knees three times a-day, and prayed, and gave thanks 
before his God, as he did aforetime."—Daniel 6:5-10. 
" Did not we straitly command you, that ye should 
not teach in his name? and, behold, ye have filled Je-
rusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this 
man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other 
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God 
rather than men."—Acts 5:28, 29. 
Hence, to disobey such a law does not disorganize 
society. It does not unsettle law. 
" The principle involved in this discussion is not 
new. The question now is about obeying the law 
which repeals the golden rule, and attaches a fine of 
one thousand dollars for doing as we would be done 
by. Formerly the same question, in principle, was 
tried and fought out, on worshipping the Virgin, or 
burning incense to idols, or some other act of idolatry. 
The form only is changed. The principle remains 
the same. The parties contending, are called by other 
names, but their spirit, maxims, and arguments, are 
the same. The one party has in all ages been the 
party of office-holders, both in Church and State—the 
crown and mitre. The other party has been the indi-
viduals of the common people who feared God. 
" PHARAOH and his court framed a law command-
ing the Hebrew midwives to cast the Jewish infants 
to the alligators of the Nile. In this they were al-
most as cruel as our Congress in commanding us to 
throw the fugitive mother and her child to the blood-
hounds of the hunters of human game. PHARAOH 
and his court used the same arguments that the party 
they typify are now using. The midwives feared 
GOD, disobeyed the law, and the Scripture says, GOD 
blessed them fur it. So do we disobey this worse 
law of our American Pharaohs, and expect Goo to 
bless us for it. 
NEBUCHADNEZZ A R and his lords, and council of state, 
represented the same party and principles, when he 
made a law that whoever would not worship the gol- 
den image should be cast into a furnace. What 
right had a citizen of Babylon to break that law, be- 
cause he happened to think it was wrong ? Much 
less, what right had three contemptible slaves,—three 
despicable Jews,—lawful captives of the State,—to 
set up their notions against the Majesty of the Gol- 
den City? Yet the three captives, SHADRACH, ME-
SHACH, and AREDNEGO, told the king to his face that 
they would not obey his law. Be it known unto 
thee, 0 king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor 
worship the golden image which thou hast set up.' 
So the same principles were tried in the case of the 
edict on prayer. A law of the Medes and Persians. 
which changes not, was framed, that no man for 
thirty days should pray, save to the king. What 
right had the Secretary of State to set up his notions 
of propriety against the law 1 'Was it not his duty 
to submit, and wait till the thirty days were out and 
the law repealed, just as they want us to wait till the 
next session of Congress ? Had some of our Daniels 
been there, doubtless they would have taken the 
crown view of the subject. But there was a Daniel 
there of a different spirit and different principles. He 
took exactly our view of the matter. He went hope 
and broke the law three times a day ; and when he 
was thrown into the den of lions, Goo wrought a 
miracle to show his approbation of his course. 
" The same principles precisely were tried over 
again in the life of CHRIST. The Senate had made 
certain laws which this Galilean carpenter's son 
thought conflicted with the higher law of GOD. 
Those laws were not half so bad as this law of an 
American Congress, yet CHRIST broke them without 
scruple. Moreover, the Jewish State was a form of 
government directly instituted by Goo, even more 
than our own, so that if ever there was a case where 
the private citizen had no right to disobey for con-
science sake, it was there. What right had this car- 
penter's son, this Galilean, to come up to the metrop- 
olis, and begin to talk to the Congress about a higher 
law ? What right had he to tell those hoary rulers 
that they made void the law of GOD by their tradition, 
and taught for commandments the ordinances of men ? 
Yet JESUS did this—he persisted in doing this ; and 
when it came to the test whether he would obey them 
or GOD, lie let them crucify him rather than yield. 
And GOD justified him in so doing by raising him 
from the dead. 
" The patty that crucified CHRIST, and the party 
that are now ready to put to the bayonet all who dis- 
obey this wicked law, are one and the same ; their 
maxims, spirit, arguments, and policy, are the same. 
And their fate will be the same. 
" The same principle was tested again by the apos-
tles after Christ's ascension. The Jewish Congress 
thought that there was too much agitation. They 
thought that those fanatic fishermen were incen-
diaries, stirring up tumult, and tending to dissolve 
the Union of the State. They seek to bring this 
man's blood upon us.' So they arrested them, and 
alter hearing the opinion of a certain very wise man, 
a lawyer, and a great expounder of the Jewish 
Constitution, named Gamaliel, finally concluded to 
scourge them, and to pass a law that there should be 
no more agitation, and that they should not preach 
Christ. 
" So great expounders of our Constitution now say 
that we must obey the law, and not ask whether it is 
right or wrong. 
" The principle is the same. Corrupt men, 
banded together to enforce ungodly laws, are one 
and the same in Jerusalem or in Washington, in the 
year 50, or 1850. Peter's answer then, is our an- 
swer now : Whether it be right in the sight of God, 
to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.' 
And they went out and broke the law as fast as they 
could ; and God showed his approbation by pouring 
out his Spirit, and the number of believers was mul-
tiplied. 
" The same principle was at stake between the same 
contending parties, when Christians came in collison 
with the laws of the Roman Empire. On the one side 
were laws commanding incense to idols ; on the 
other were single citizens rude and illiterate, who 
thought the law of the empire wrong. They dis-
obeyed. What right had they to disobey? The 
great expounders of Roman law looked down on them 
with infinite contempt. Here are a parcel of tinkers, 
and cobblers, and weavers, who pretend to believe in 
a certain dead man, Jesus, who they say is alive, and 
dare set up their notions against the law of the whole 
world. And they cast them to the lions. Even so 
they would do now if they dared, these ungodly men 
in high places—they would cast to the lions all who 
dare to balk their schemes of ambition and despotism. 
" The same principles were fought over again in 
Germany by Luther and his compeers. On the one 
side was the Roman Church and State, with laws 
which Luther thought commanded him to sin. What 
right had he to think ? Had not the Mother Church 
done all the thinking for all her children 1 What 
business had he to set his private judgment against 
the law of the Holy Roman Empire ? Against this 
principle Luther protested, and appealed to God, and 
a law higher than the law of Popes, cardinals, and 
kings. And from that solemn protest, all of like 
spirit have borrowed the name of Protestant. And 
although scornful prelates affect not to know exactly 
what Protestantism is, we can tell them. It is not 
any particular theological dogma, or creed, but it is, 
first and foremost, the protest against the obligation 
of bad laws. It is the assertion of the duty to dis-
obey all laws that nullify the law of God, and affix a 
penalty to the golden rule. That is Protestantism. 
And this law which is now being debated, is like an 
unexpected talisman, or charm, working unforeseen 
disclosures, and showing us where we are, and how 
far the men of our generation have drifted from Pro-
testantism. Archbishop Hughes tells us that Protest-
antism is declining. I can respond to the sentiment : 
Nay, more ; if the views of the advocates of this law, 
in Congress and out, are to prevail, Protestantism is 
dead and buried, and past resurrection, but by the 
mighty power of God, and a new reformation strug-
gle. 
" But the last illustration of this principle I shall 
mention was in England. Our Puritan fathers, the 
Pilgrims, were on one side, and the King, the aris- 
tocracy, and the Established Church on the other. 
The popular party always maintained that wicked 
laws must be disobeyed, while the party in power 
claimed that they had no business to set up their 
opinion against the authority of the realm. It was 
because our ancestors held this ground, just as we 
now hold it, that New England was founded. It was 
because these principles were dearer than life, that 
they broke the laws of Britain, threw the tea into 
Boston Harbor, and lit the fires of revolutionary war 
on the plains of Lexington and Concord. But, little 
as we may seem to suspect it, it is the same parties 
that are contending for the same principles, at the 
present hour." * 
* * * " I counsel no violence. I suggest no 
warlike measures of resistance. I incite no man to 
deeds of blood. I speak as the minister of the Prince 
of Peace. As much as lieth in you, live peaceable 
with all men. To the fugitive, touching the question 
of self-defense, I offer no advice, as none can be 
necessary. The right of self-defense is unquestiona-
ble here, if ever. Of the expediency of its exercise, 
every man must judge for himself. I leave the ques-
tion of self-defense undiscussed, to the settlement 
of every man's own judgment, according to circum-
stances. 
" But if a fugitive claim your help on his journey, 
break the law and give it to him. The law is broken 
as thoroughly by INDIRECTLY aiding his escape as 
DIRECTLY, for both are penal. Therefore break the 
law, and help him on his way, directly if you can, 
indirectly if you must. Feed him, clothe him, har-
bor hint, by day and by night, and conceal him from 
his pursuers, and from the officers of the law. If 
you are commanded by the officer to lay hands on the 
fugitive, refuse to comply ; rather, if possible, detain 
the officer, if you conveniently can, without injury 
to his person, until the victim is clean gone. If for 
these things you are accused and brought to trial, 
appear and defend yourself. If asked how you dared 
disobey the laws of this realm, answer with Bunyan's 
Pilgrim in Vanity Fair : tell the court that you obey 
Christ, not Belial. If they fine you, and imprison 
you, take joyfully the spoiling of your goods, wear 
gladly your chain, and in the last day you shall be 
rewarded for your fidelity to God. Do not think any 
true disgrace can attach to such penalties. It is the 
devil, and the devil's people only, who enact, enforce, 
and respect such penalties. If you are disgraced, it 
is the disgrace that Washington bore when he was 
called a rebel, and it is inflicted on you for the sup-
port of a cause and of principles as holy as his. 
" You will suffer with Wickliffe and Huss, with 
the Albigenses and Huguenots, with the early Chris- 
tian martyrs, with the apostles, and Jesus their head ; 
and with that mighty army of still more ancient wor-
thies, who were stoned, sawn asunder, and of whom 
the world was not worthy. With them to suffer is 
honor; with them to be defamed, reviled, and spit 
upon, is glory. With them to rise and reign eter-
nally, will be ample reward." 
Dreadful Mistake. 
It would be nothing strange, should it be found ill 
the great day of trial, that this age was distinguished 
as an age of self-deception ; and if we take not great 
heed to ourselves, we shall glide on with the same 
general current. And it is the saddest, most dread-
ful mistake, that ever man fell into, to dream of 
heaven, only to awake and find himself in hell. We 
had better do anything most hard, be pressed with 
the greatest evils, encompassed with the most pain-
ful difficulties, endure all labors, undergo all suffering, 
practise every self-denial of the good soldier of CHRIST, 
than remain in such danger. What id it not worth 
to be unalterably safe in CHRIST, to have constant 
experience of his preciousness, to be making constant 
additions to our knowledge of him, to be nourished 
daily by his grace, and animated constantly by his 
love ? Oh, if we had anything in this world of a 
value in the least to be compared with the blessed-
ness of a well-grounded hope in CHRIST, we would 
not leave it for a single day in such risk as we do our 
hope of heaven, by living at such a distance from our 
SAVIOUR. 
What shadows we are, and what shadows we pur-
sue ; absorbed with vanities ; a vision made for Eter-
nity ; blinded by the shadows of Time ! A soul. 
made for GOD, and the boundless realities of everlast-
ing ages, absorbed with earth, and the poor worth-
less trifles of transitory years ! Is this the manner 
in which CHRIST would have his pupils live! Or is 
the prize of Heaven's eternal inheritance of so little 
value, that we can run the hazard of losing it with 
so little concern ? Ah, no. The crown of righteous- 
ness is not of so little worth. Rev. Dr. Cheever• 
THERE is a kind of reparation and restitution that 
is a child of repentance ; a fruit that repentance can-
not choose but bear ; which is, repairing a man's re-
putation, restoring his good name, which he hath 
taken or endeavored to take from him by calumnies 
and slanders ; which is a greater robbery than plunder-
ing a man's house, or robbing him of his goods. If the 
tongue be sharp enough to give wounds, it must be 
at the charge of balsam to put into them ; not only 
such as will heal the wound, but such as will wipe 
out the scar, and leave no mark behind it. 
Clarendon. 
TRIAL OF MR. TONGUE.—Mr. Tongue was charged 
with being " an unruly evil, fall of deadly poison," 
and in proof of the charge the law book was produced, 
and a passage cited from James 3:8. The defendant 
replied, that if it were not for Mr. HEART, who lived 
a little way below him, he should be as innocent as 
his neighbors, Mr. NosE, or the Messrs. EYES, and 
in support of his position, he cited a passage from 
the same law-book.—Matt. 15:18. 
The court decided that the defence was a sound 
one, and that nothing really good could be expected 
from fit,. TOIGIJE, until a radicil chtage should take 
place in his neighbor HEART. 
Mr. BEECHER begins with the following proposi-
tion : 
" There is to be a day of judgment, a day when GOD 
will reveal his righteous judgment concerning all 
deeds done in the body. In that review no part of 
human conduct will be exempt from scrutiny. The 
public as well as the private acts of every man will 
undergo impartial examination. Nor will the acts of 
individuals, only, be considered. The acts of organic 
bodies of men constitute a very large part of all his-
tory, and must be judged. The acts of nations, gov-
ernments, and all authorities will be diligently exam-
ined ; and especially the laws which were by differ-
ent nations passed, accepted, obeyed." 
He then takes up the merits or demerits of the Fu-
gitive Slave Law, goes into the question of mans own-
ership of property in man ; and shows the absurdity 
of the claim that we must obey a law, because it is a 
law, when it conflicts with the higher law. He 
demonstrates conclusively that this is the very ques-
tion at issue when men have gone to the stake ra-
ther than violate their conscience and the laws of GOD, 
by denying the law of man. Says Mr. BEECHER : 
" I may disapprove a law, I may think it unwise, 
injudicious, and even unjust in its bearings on me, 
and on my interests, and yet it may not require me to 
do anything positively wrong. 1 may submit to such 
a law, innocently, because I wrong nobody. But 
here is a law which commands me to sin positively 
and without apology. It commands me, when fully 
obeyed, to deny Christ, to renounce and abjure 
Christ's law, to trample under foot Christ's Spirit, 
and to remand Christ's flesh and blood into cruel 
bondage. 
" A law which does me some injury is one thing. 
A law which makes me do wrong is another The 
first I may submit to while seeking its repeal. Tip the 
latter I must not give place by subjection, no, not for 
an hour. I must resist unto blood, striving against 
sin, i. e., to the patient shedding of my own blood. 
He that followeth me, walketh not in dark-
ness, saith our LORD.—John 8:12. These are the 
words of CHRIST, by which we are admonished that 
we must imitate his life and manners, if we would 
be truly enlightened and delivered from all blindness 
of heart. Let it be then our chief study to meditate 
on the life of JEsus CHRIST. 
The doctrine of CHRIST surpasseth all the 
doctrines of the saints ; and whosoever hath the 
Spirit, will find therein a hidden manna. But it 
happens that many, by frequent hearing the gospel, 
are very little affected, because they have not the 
Spirit of Cimino: But he who would fully and 
feelingly understand the words of CHRIST, lutist 
study to make his whole life conformable to that of 
CHRIST. 
" In truth, sublime words make not a man 
holy and just, but a virtuous life maketh him dear to 
Goo. I had rather feel compunction, than know its 
definition. If thou didst know the whole Bible by 
heart, and the sayings of all the/philosophers, what 
would it all profit thee without the love of GOD and 
his grace ? Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity, 
besides loving GOD, and serving him alone. 
" 5. It is vanity therefore to seek after riches 
which must perish, and to trust in them. It is vanity 
also to be ambitious of honors, and to raise one's 
self to a high station. It is vanity to follow the lusts 
of the flesh, and to desire that for which thou must 
afterwards be grievously punished. It is vanity to 
wish for a long life, and to take little care of leading 
a good life. It vanity to mind only this present 
life, and not to look forward into those things which 
are to come. It is vanity to love that which passeth 
with all speed, and not to hasten thither when ever-
lasting joy remains. 
" 5 Often remember that proverb, The eye is not 
satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear filled with hear-
ing.—Eccl. 1:8. Study therefore to withdraw thy 
heart from the love of visible things, and to turn thy-
self to things invisible. For they that follow their 
sensuality, defile their conscience, and lose the grace 
of GOD." 
Thomas a KemPis. 
418 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
COLPMEMPONIDMICM. 
LETTER FROM J. PEARSON, Jr. 
Having returned from a visit to Wilmot Flat, Lake 
Village, Meredith Centre, Holderness, and Sugar 
Hill, perhaps it will not be uninteresting to the read- 
DESTINY OF THE EARTH. ers of the " Advent Herald " for me to furnish a 
brief statement of the cause in those places. 
Our appeal for evidence, on this subject, is directly At the request and arrangement of Bro. Smith, 
and solely to the Holy Scriptures. 
Bro. Plummer and myself attended a Conference at 
David says, "Of old hast thou laid the foundation Wilmot Flat. This is a pleasant little village, sit-
of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy uated at the foot of the Kearsage mountain, and sur-
hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : rounded by high hills, forcibly bringing to our re-
yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a membrance that beautiful comparative expression by 
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall he David of God's protective carea4" As the mountains 
changed : hut thou art the same, and thy years shall are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round 
have no end."—Psa. 102:25-27. 
about his people, from henceforth even for ever." 
Paul quotes this prophecy in his epistle to the Only a few months since, Adventism was hardly 
Hebrews 1:10-12. The original word a.XXcia.0-6), known in this viliage ; but a tent-meeting, and after-
from ,rcXXos-, another, means " to change, alter, trans- wards a conference, held here by Brn. Cummings, 
form," and is used in 1 Cor. 15:51, to denote the Shaw, Bentley, and Smith, were greatly blessed of 
transformation of the mortal bodies of the living God, and productive of great good. Quite a church 
saints "at the last trump." 
of believers in the speedy advent of the Saviour was 
This earth, then, is to be changed into another. the result of their labors. It was with this compara-
And it is the other, or changed world, of which Paul tively new company of brethren and sisters that we 
says, " For unto the angels bath he not put in sub- met with in conference. The meeting was one of 
jection the world to come whereof we speak."— interest both to ourselves and the brethren, and we 
Heb. 2:5. 
humbly hope of profit to the cause of truth. Before 
That world will be not only a habitable world, as w 
oar.otithEya signifies, but it will he an inhabited world, the purpose of building fur themselves a place of 
according to 2 Pet. 3:13 : " Nevertheless we, ac- worship. 
cording 
.they commenced raising a subscription for 
cording to his promise, look for new heavens and a My next appointment was at Lake Village, which 
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness ;" Matt. is 
 a part of the town of Meredith, and takes its name 
5:5 : " Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit from the Winnepisiogee Lake, the waters of which 
the earth ;" and Prov. 2:21, 22 : " For the upright tvash the boundaries of a great portion of the town, 
shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain and on whose shores this village is situated. This 
in it. But the wicked shall he cut off from the earth, is an uncommonly pleasant and flourishing village, 
and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it." and in the summer season it must be a delightful lo- 
" The second Adam, the Lord from heaven," will cation for a residence. It possesses a powerful wa-
have the dominion of that world—it will be " put in ter-fall, and the Winnepisiogee is the largest lake in 
subjection " to him. " And he shall reign over the the State, dotted with many beautiful islands, agreea-
house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there bly attracting the notice of the eye, and pleasantly 
shall be no end."—Luke 1:23. " All Israel," a breaking the monotony of its placid waters, thus a1 
guileless, sinless multitude, will " replenish "the n 
e A; 
a.,ng a most charming and picturesque prospect. I 
Dec. 1850. 
C. W. Cook. When a fellow-mortal stands before us as an am- "new earth." 
spent the Sabbath here with much satisfaction. The 
bassador for Christ; having " a good report of them This change will be effected by fire (see 2 Pet. brethren have built them a neat, convenient, and 
which are without," exhibiting credentials of un- 3:7, 10, 12), and the word of him who " spake and comfortable place of worship. A very good congre- 
ON TAKING HEED IN HEARING. questionable piety, and ability to teach the things that it was done, who commanded and it stood fast. gation was present through the day, and in the even- 
make for our peace, we should hear the message which Thus planted on a firm foundation, we can look ing the house was filled with candid and attentive lis- 
" Take heed what ye hear."—MARK 4:24 he has to deliver with a sincere disposition to aster- abroad upon the wide ocean of truth and behold its tellers, who were solemnly impressed with the blessed 
"Take heed, therefore, how ye hear."—LUKE 8:18. taiu " what is truth," and not with the purpose of waveless beauty. 
and glorious truths we advocate. This church ap- 
These words fell from the lips of Him who spake eliciting controversy, or encouraging the considera- The dominion of the earth has passed successively peared to he devoted to the truth, united itrinterest, 
as never man spake, who alone has the words of lion of " foolish questions and genealogies," or in- from the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexan- and waiting ter the return of their Lord. I was 
eternal life, and concerning whom the Father has said, dulging in " contentions, and strivings about the der, and Augustus Caesar, and is now reserved for grieved to 'learn, that an individual who preached 
"This is my beloved Son, in whom I ant well law; for they are unprofitable and vain," says the Him " whose right it is," even the first dominion," here not long since, told Bro. Davis a wicked false- 
pleased : hear ye him." None, then, can disregard apostle. 
(Ezek. 21:27 ; Micah 4:8). 
hood respecting Bro. Rimes, calculated to injure his 
the two-fold caution given with impurity. We may We should hear with candor, with an unprejudiced Daniel says, " I saw in the night visions, and be- moral integrity. 
neglect it, but we do it at the peril of our souls. mind, with a holy determination to receive the truth hold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds Bro. Davis kindly conveyed me, " after a godly 
Our Lord does not say, " Take heed that ye hear ;" in the love of it,—when proved to be such,—let the of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and sort," to my next appointment, Meredith Centre. I 
for he assumes that men will hear. Nor does he' consequences be what they may to our temporal in- they brought him near before him. And there was preached here one evening, at the house of Bro. Vea-
say, " Take heed whom ye hear." He has left this, terests, our reputation ; nay, even our lives. Our given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that zey, which was comfortably filled. The brethren 
in some degree, discretionary with us. He compre- temporal interests : " Good Master, what shall I do all people, nations, and languages, should serve him : appeared to enjoy the matter presented, and mani-
hends all when he cautions us as to the matter and that I may inherit eternal life? One thing thou his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall felted a warm love for the word of God, and the 
the manlier, or spirit, of our hearing : " Take heed lackest : go thy way,tsell whatsoever thou hast, arid not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall Second Advent of Christ. There are many more 
what ye hear," and " Take heed how ye hear." give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in not be destroyed."-7:13, 14. 
believers in this section of the country than I antici- 
Whenever and wherever there are to be found those heaven ; and come take up the cross, and follow me. Then Daniel receives " the interpretation of the paled, judging from the congregation assembled un- 
who assume to speak in the name of the Lord, arid And he was sad at that saying, and went away things" he had seen in vision : "These great beasts, der unfavorable circumstances, and by what I learned 
others who are hearers of the word, this caution is grieved ; for he had great possessions." He pre- which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out by inquiries, quite a company of brethren could be 
most seasonable and appropriate. It imposes obliga- ferred,—as thousands are still doing,—the evanescent, of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall called together on the Sabbath. I found Bro. Yea-
tions on the speaker as well as on the hearer. The perishing treasures of time, to an unfading crown, take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, zey's house like that of Bro. Davis at Lake Village, 
speaker occupies a fearfully responsible position : " an eternal weight of glory." Tremendous infatua- even for ever and ever."-7:13, 14, 
and that of Bro. Cheney's at Wilmot Flat, a home 
eternal interests are suspended on his inculcations. tion ! How much better would it have been for him The language implies that the saints could not fur pilgrims. The next morning Bro. Veazey took 
He should therefore see that he spares no pains to had he pursued the course of the " merchantman " take the kingdom " until the four beasts were done me in his sleigh to Holderness, where 1 met with 
obtain the truth ; that he " studies to show himself seeking for goodly pearls, who when he had found- with it, or their times had expired. The 22d verse Bro. John Shaw for the first time, and at his house 
approved, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he expressly teaches that the time for the saints to pos- received a hearty and cordial welcome, which made 
rightly dividing the word of truth." He must labor had, and bought it." 
secs the kingdom will be when " judgment is given me at once feel perfectly at home. I found John 
to give his hearers meat in due season, that he may Our reputation. " Whosoever therefore shall be to the saints or the Most High." 
Shaw a blunt, frank, open-hearted, generous Chris- 
both save himself and those that hear him, and beashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous Again the heavenly interpreter flashes the light of tian,—caution small, benevolence large. Here, also, 
able to say in the day of the Lord Jesus, " I am pure and sinful generation ; of him also shall the Son of truth upon the objects of prophetic vision. " And the our people have a snug little tabernacle, in which 1 
from the blood of all men ; for I have not shunned toman be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the king- spoke two evenings with seine acceptance. At the 
declare unto all, the counsel of God." To the Father with the holy angels." 
dom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the request of the brethren, 1 left an appointment for two 
hearer, the caution in the text is necessary, that he
Our lives. " Fear not them that kill the body, people of the saints of the Most High, whose king- two more lectures on my return from Sugar Hill. 
may become wise unto salvation, and realize that but are not able to kill the soul ; but rather fear him dom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions Saturday noon 1 took the stage at Plymouth for 
 
" faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. He shall serve and obey him."—Dau. 7:27. 
Sugar Hill, and had a long, cold ride of thirty-five 
of God." 
that findeth his life shall lose it : and he that loseth his This kingdom and dominion is not to he in the miles, but not, however, void of interest, this being 
There never was a time, perhaps, when the caution life for my sake shall find it." 
heavens, nor above the heavens, but "under the the road through the Franciscan Notch, presenting a 
under consideration was more seasonable and moreWe must hear, then, unawed by the frowns of whole heaven "—it must, then, be upon the earth.— great variety of bold and romantic scenery. It was 
needed than at the present. We live in truly peril- sectarian bigotry, or the ecclesiastical fulminations Then the will of God will " be done in earth as it is stormy and dark when we passed through the Notch, 
ous times : the love of many has waxed cold, iniquity of human authority. " Cease ye from man." Our done in heaven." 
but the storm and the darkness only served to deepen 
and error are fearfully abounding, the principles of well-being in time and eternity may be suspended 
" 0, let that glorious day, 
the solemn impression upon my mind as I gazed up- 
infidelity are being sown broadcast throughout Chris- upon the reception or rejection of the truth sent to 
With rapid progress come." ward towards those towering, overhanging, craggy 
tendom. We live in times when " evil men and us. The question should never be, " Have any ofThen the glory of God will cover the (new) beau- cliff's, exhibiting such a wonderful display of the 
ens, and the (new) earth will be full of his praise." 
seducers are waxing worse and worse, deceiving the rulers believed ?" but rather, " Lord, what wilt
majesty and power of God. We arrived at the 
and being deceived ;"—when many are " departing thou have me to do ?" " Speak, Lord, for thy servant—Hub. 3:3. "'Then they (i. e. the wolf, the leop- Franconia Iron-works about 9 o'clock, and after a 
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and heareth." 
somewhat tiresome walk up the side of a large hill, 
ard, &c.,) shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having He should hear in a spirit of prayer. " If any 
I found another comfortable resting-place for Advent 
mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowl- brethren, at the house of Bro. Oaks. The next 
their conscience seared as with a hot iron." Many man lack wisdom, let hint ask of God, who giveth to edge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.'—Isa. 
have imbibed the most pernicious errors who were 
 
 
morning I obtained a full view of the whole range 
all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be 11:9. Then the oath and promise of God to Moses 
once sound in the faith. In an unguarded hour they
of the Franconia and White mountains. Although 
given him." "Ask, and it shall be given you ; will be accomplished.—" And the Lord said, I have 
turned their ears away from the truth and embraced 
 
 
the latter are twenty miles from where I stood, their 
seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened pardoned according to thy word : but as truly as I 
fables ; and now, under the influence of a strange 
 
 
height is so great, that they seemed but a few miles 
unto you." " Show me thy ways, 0 Lord, and live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the 
infatuation, they are putting darkness for light, and 
 
 
distant. It is said that an ancient tradition prevailed 
teach me thy paths. Lead me into the truth, and 
light for darkness." Some are denying the resurrec- 
Lord."—Num. 14:20, 21. 
among the Indians, that a deluge once covered the 
lion, others the Lord that bought them, and are doing teach me." 
Now, the man who thus hears to obey, may eofi- 
Let the oath of God—by his own existence—be an land, and only one Indian and his squaw were saved, 
" end of strife." He who has said, " The heaven 
what they call to invalidate the claims of the Bible
by taking shelter on one of these high mountains, 
dently expect the blessing of God. The light of is my throne, and the earth is my fimtstool,"--" will 
to inspiration ; nay, in some instances, they are ap- heaven will shine upon his pathway. He will be amake the
thus preserving the race. Except the Rocky moun- 
pending to it, or substituting in its place a mere fit- doer, as well as a hearer of the word. He will 
 place of his feet glorious." When his 
tabernacle shall be with men, and when" there shall tains, the White mountains are the highest of any in 
tion, an ignis fatuus, which allures to bewilder, am! 
bewilders to destroy. " Let him that thinketh he " grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ." 
be no more curse"—then the visible glory of God 6,234 feet above the level of the sea, I could' see very 
the United States. Mount Washington, which is 
and the Lamb—with its grand radiating centre in the 
standeth, take heed lest he fall." To do this success- r 
plainly. This mountain can be seen, in clear wea- 
r...he text inculcates an important lesson upon the New Jerusalem, on the earth, will outshine the sun 
fully, we must heed the two-fold caution of our dignity of human nature. It pre-supposes that we and the moon, though their light be increased seven 
 titer, from Portland, Me., a distance of at least fifty 
Lord : 
are rational and accountable beings ; that it is our fold. 
miles. But I am forgetting that it is a Sabbath morn- 
1st. " Take heed what ye hear." 
duty, on all suitable occasions, to exercise this nobleIn view of earth's glorious destiny, David thus ing, and that 1 ant on my way to meeting. There is 
A multitude of teachers are abroad. The doctrines prerogative, maugre all the arrogant pretensions of sings :— 
a noble company of brethren, a fine church, a charm- 
they inculcate are various and conflicting. Some are those who assume to be the infallible exponents of ,, 
r sin and us g- 
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calculated to edify, or build up, and to prepare the the word of God, and to decide on all questions of Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 
recipients of them for usefulness here, and for the Imorals and religion for their fellow-beings who are Let the field be joyful and all that is therein : congregation, and thought of their situation, 1 trem- 
joys of heaven hereafter. The inevitable tendency on a level with themselves.
bled for them. I know of no church in the land 
Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the 
oc- 
of others is, to throw the mind off its guard, to cool Finally, let us thank God for as many among us
Lord : 
copying so tearful a position as this body of believ- 
For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : 
our zeal in the cause of God, and to induce a false as have not been unmindful of the two-fold caution 
ers. The doctrine ot the Advent is triumphant here. 
security and peace when sudden destruction is near. of our text; who, in reference to the preaching, inHe shall judge the world with righteousness, and Selectmen, Postmaster, merchants, professors, me-
When these teachers come before us and present these last days, of " Jesus and the resurrection," the
chanics, and wealthy farmers, are Adventists. They 
their claims to our consideration, we are under n 
After Pentecost, Peter takes up the inspiring 
o proximity of the Second Advent, and its unspeakably 
the people with his truth." 
know nothing, comparatively, of persecution, 
., 
con- 
moral obligation to take for granted that they are just glorious associations, have felt it our duty :o tread
tumely, and reproach for the truth's sake. They hold 
theme in the name of "all the holy prophets."—Acts 
what they represent themselves to be. As accounta- in the footsteps of the Bereans of old : " These," i
the weight of property and influence in their hands. 
3:19. Paul connects it with "the glory that shall 
ble beings, made but a little lower than the angels, it says the apostle, were more noble than those oft be revealed in us "—and John in Patinos, or, in I know that they are generous, that they love the ap- 
" Who are so greatly blessed? 
From whom hash sorrow fled ? 
Who find such deep, unbroken rest, 
While all things toil ?—The dead ! 
The holy dead !—why weep ye so 
Above their sable bier? 
Thrice blessed ! they have done with woe,— 
The living claim the tear." Mrs. Sitourney. 
1 will not weep! my heart may sink in sadness, 
To think the dust above thy form is laid ; 
But with this thought there comes a thrill of glad-
ness : 
Thou shalt arise, and like thy Lord be made. 
The thunder, or the earthquake's voice can never 
Arouse death's captive from his dreamless sleep ;— 
But Faith and Love, sweet sisters, whisper ever, 
Thy rest is blessed,—and I will not weep. 
I will not weep ! my thoughts for thee are dwelling 
On all the glory of that " better land," 
Where all the ransomed, songs of victory swelling, 
Upon the " sea of glass " triumphant stand. 
Thou shalt arise in that auspicious morning, 
When death no longer can his prisoners keep, 
A crown of glory bright, thy brow adorning :— 
Sweet is the promise—Oh ! I will not weep. 
I will not weep ! for, as I muse, the glory 
Of all that blessed land salutes my eyes ; 
Visions of earth restored rise sweet before me, 
And all the promised bliss of Paradise ; 
The tree of life brings forth its leaves of healing, 
Life's river flows, serene, and clear, and deep ; 
The jewelled city its fair gates revealing, 
Transcendent beauty shows,—I will not weep. 
Lines on the Death of Bro. H. Williams. 
is our prerogative and our duty to canvass their pre-
tensions : " Beloved, believe not every spirit, but 
try the spirits whether they are of God : because 
many false prophets are gone out into the world." 
Yes, and they usually lay claim to extraordinary 
powers; but behold their end : " Many will say to me 
in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in 
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils ? 
and in thy name done many wonderful works? And 
then will I declare unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me ye that work iniquity." 
As we are liable to be imposed upon by teachers of 
this class, we should constantly be orr our guard. 
We should " take heed what we hear." It matters 
not what may be the pretensions of these teachers to 
learning or piety. They may claim tq be endowed 
with extraordinary powers from heaven, and to speak 
under the immediate inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 
and therefore claim infallibility. These unwarranta-
ble assumptions, however, do not exempt us from the 
duty of bringing their inculcations to the test of 
eternal truth. Here is the standard : " To the law 
and the testimony ; if they speak not according to 
these we are bound to reject them. 
" Take heed what ye hear." See that the matter 
presented is in accordance with the word and will of 
God ; that it is calculated to work in you a genuine 
repentance for sin, a godly sorrow on account of it, a 
hatred of it, and. of course, an utter forsaking of it 
in all its modes of existence. See that it is calculated 
to excite in you a delight in that law which is holy, 
just, and good ; that it is calculated to beget in you 
supreme love to God, and love to your fellow-crea-
tures; an ardent desire for, and an unfaltering deter-
mination to obtain that " holiness without which 
none shall see the Laid." if you thus take heed to 
what ye hear, you will not be " children tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doc-
trine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, 
whereby they lie in wait to deceive ;" yes, " to de-
ceive, by good words and fair speeches, the hearts of 
the simple." 
You will be additionally fortified against the pre-
dominant and soul-destroying errors of the age, if 
you not only " take heed what ye hear," but also, 
in the 
2d place, " Take heed how ye hear." 
Thessalontea, in that they received the word with all 
readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, 
whether these things were so." Reader, " go, and 
do likewise," and let me entreat you by the untold 
value of the soul, " Take heed what you hear," and 
" Take heed how you hear," that you may receive 
with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to 
save your soul." 
Wm. WATKINS. 
heaven, hears the redeemed sing, " Thou hast made 
us unto our God priests and kings : and we shall 
reign on the earth."—Amen. 
B. M. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
419 
gearing of Christ, that they are looking for " a bet-
ter country, even an heavenly one," that they enjoy 
those portions of God's word that prove our Saviour 
near at hand, but 0 the power of worldly influences! 
0 the effect of having everything comfortable, every 
want supplied ! Happy for them if they resist all 
those temptations,—live above the world, and use all 
their influence and means for the cause of their Mas-
ter. On these points I particularly warned them, 
and it was well received and appropriated. I pray 
fervently that no controversial, schismatic question 
may be introduced in their midst, but I hope that 
they may continue to be like " a city that is set on a 
hill," that " cannot be hid," and that they may con-
tinue to let their light so shine befOre men, that they 
may see their good works, and glorify their Father 
who is in heaven. Their sweet singing I shall not 
very soon tOrget ; some of them sang indeed with 
the Spirit, and the understanding also. Bro. Henry 
Eastman lives here, arid preaches to this people one 
quhrter of the time. I was right glad to meet with 
this faithful brother once more. He is still contend-
ing earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints, 
and diligently striving to receive the final approba-
tion of his Lord. He has spoken generally on the 
Sabbath, but has labored at his trade through the 
week. He is now preparing to throw himself en-
tirely into the field, and thus devote his whole time 
as a preacher of the gospel. The Lord be with 
him. 
Owing to the last severe storm, I was detained a 
number of days, and therefore could not stop on my 
way home, as I designed. 
This tour has been one of encouragement to my-
self, and if Bro. Himes had been with me, he would 
have been niirch encouraged in regard to the pros-
perity of the " Herald," for it has many warm friends 
through this region. I met with some interesting 
incidents on toy way home, but pass them, fearing 
that they would occupy too much room in the " Her-
ald," and trespass upon the patience of its readers. 
If agreeable, will furnish a brief account of our two 
next conferences, at Meredith Neck and Loudon 
Ridge, as 1 see an appointment is made in the 
" Herald." 
" And I saw a new heaven and a new earth."—
Rev. 21:1. 
Six thousand years of sin and mourning, 
Have nearly run their tedious round, 
Since that bright and lovely morning, 
Which heard creation's joyful sound. 
Soon the glad millennial glory, 
Bursting forth upon the earth, 
Will tell the joyful, wondrous story, 
Of the new creation's birth. 
If shouts of joy the morning greeted, 
When the old creation rose; 
When the new earth shall be completed, 
And Zion triumphs o'er her foes— 
What notes from serapr harpstrings pealing, 
Swelling through all heaven's heights will sound, 
What gladsome hallelujahs, raising 
From the new earth's groves, resound. 
If loveliness and grandeur blending, 
Are found on earth while marred by sin ; 
When all to dissolution tending, 
'Contain the seeds of death within : 
When this old earth is renovated, 
And sin and death are known no more ; 
What glorious beauty new created, 
Shall crown the earth from shore to shore. 
What a blissful, glorious dwelling, 
For his saints will God prepare ; 
All its scenes with gladness filling, 
For sin shall never enter there : 
What scenes of lofty grandeur thrilling, 
And beautiful beyond compare : 
Sweet peace and joy divine instilling 
Through every heart their fragrance rare. 
Bright world, am I for thee preparing 
In patient self-denial here ? 
My every cross on earth now bearing, 
That I may dwell with Jesus there? 
Then may I lift my heart rejoicing, 
In hope my Lord will soon appear : 
His word proclaims, " He cometh quickly," 
We soon shall meet him in the air. 
Shall we then grow faint andmeary 
With these glories in our view? 
What, though earth be dark and dreary ! 
God will soon make all things new. 
Onward, onward, then we'll hasten, 
On our Saviour fix our eyes ; 
Never to the tempter listen ; 
Fight and win the heavenly prize. 
Extracts from Letters. 
THE NEW CREATION. 
L. P. M. 
Bro. JOHN SMITH writes from Connersville (Ind.), 
Dec. 16th, 1850 : 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I feel to truly sympathize 
with you in your late trials, hut I believe they are 
among the all things that work together for your 
good. I know how to feel for you, for I have had 
trials of a similar nature to pass through in my pil-
grimage, but I have learnt by experience that they 
were for my good, for it has led me to cease from 
man whose breath is in his nostrils, and enabled me 
to put my trust in the living God, and caused me to 
say with the Psalmist, " I will lift up mine eyes unto 
the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help 
cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that 
keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The 
Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is thy shade upon thy 
right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, 
nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve 
thee from all evil : he shall preserve thy soul. The 
Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in 
from this time forth, and even for evermore." If we 
have the assurance that God is for us, we need not 
fear what man can do. The devil is a chained enemy, 
and when lie gets to the end he must stop. God 
sometimes suffers him to try us, as he did Job, 
but it is all for our good ; for whomsoever the Lord 
loveth he chasteneth, arid scourgeth every son whom 
he receiveth. But if we are without chastisement, 
whereof all are partakers, then are we bastards, and 
riot sons. Although they may seem grievous for the 
present ; but they will work out for us the peaceful 
fruits of righteousness, if we have the spirit of Christ, 
and are governed by the rules he has laid down. 
It is an easy matter to judge of the spirit that actu-
ates those that rise up against us, whether they are 
actuated by a good or bad spirit. If they are actuated 
by a good spirit„and their hearts filled with the love 
of God, they will love his people ; and if they think 
their brother has failings, instead of publishing them 
to the world, and laboring to find some proof to con-
demn him, they will cover his failings with the 
mantle of charity, knowing that they are also in the 
flesh, and are riot without fault, and are liable to fall ; 
and if they have that love they profess to have, it 
will cover a multitude of faults. We are not only 
to forgive seven times in a day, but seventy times 
seven. It would be a good thing for those that feel 
that their righteousness exceeds their neighbor's so 
much, if they were to feel the force of what the 
Saviour told the Pharisees when they presented to 
him the woman they wished him to condemn, when 
he told them, that he that was " without sin let him 
cast the first stone." I think no stones would have 
been thrown by your accusers. 
I am glad that you are not discouraged under the 
difficulties you have to contend with, but the work 
still goes on, although you have the Sanballets and 
Tobiahs to contend with ; but you need not fear if 
you keep on the whole armor of God, for you will 
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For 
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, and against spiritual 
wickedness in high places; and above all, taking the 
shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench 
all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the hel-
met of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which 
is the word of God : praying always with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there-
unto with all perseverance and supplication for all 
saints. Having on the above armor, you need not 
fear all the Sanballets and Tobiahs, and a host of 
more of them, for they cannot hinder God's work, 
for it will go on in spite of all the enemies which 
may try to retard it. Having God on your side, 
there is more for you than there can be against you. 
From your friend and brother, looking for that 
blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the great 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Bro. E. CORY writes from Truxton, (N. Y), Jan- 
uary 2d, 1851 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I have been thinking for a 
long time I would write a few lines, but on account 
of my inability to do so, I have neglected it till the 
present time. I am, with the rest of my brothers 
and sisters in Christ, looking for the glorious appear-
ing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
One year ago last June, Bro. and Sister Chapman, 
came to this place, and labored among us a few 
weeks, and some fifteen of us received the faith of the 
Lord's soon corning. We feel to thank God that he, 
in his goodness, should send some of his messengers 
here to warn us to flee from the wrath to come. We 
expect, if faithful, to meet them with the whole Israel 
of ,God in the kingdom. We are still praying that 
our number may be increased, and that many in this 
place may be saved in his kingdom. I esteem the 
" Herald " very much, and the doctrine it advocates 
is food to my soul ; and ever since 1 have taken it, it 
has been a welcome visitor to my family, and as long 
as I have the means I shall do what I can to support 
it. 1 am confident it will not go down, as long as it 
is needed for a herald of glad tidings to the followers 
of Him who made his first advent in Bethlehem, but 
who is to come again as the Judge of quick and dead, 
and as the eternal King of glory, to rule and reign 
with a sceptre of righteousness over his subjects 
gloriously : when he will say to them on his right 
hand, " Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
world." Arid to those on his left hand, " Depart 
from'me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for 
the devil and his angels. Seeing, then, we Hook for 
these things, what mariner of persons ought we to be 
in all holy conversation and godliness? 0, I long to 
see the King in all his glory, with all the saints of 
God with him, and to be admitted to his kingdom. 
Bro. I. ADRIAN writes from Bridgeport (Ct.), 
Jan. 6th, 1851 : 
DEAR BROTHER HIMES :—The Lord is reviving 
his work in this city, sinners are being converted to 
God, and the church is greatly strengthened. Our 
number is gradually increasing, arid what is blessed, 
we are united to a man. The great work of herald-
ing the Saviour's coming, and the salvation of the 
lost, is to us paramount to every thing ; so that we 
have no time to spend about those things which gen-
der strife. God is with us, and we bless his name. 
We enter upon the opening events of this new year, 
with a fixed resolution to be more faithful. We look 
with great interest upon the combining of the nations, 
and feel to say with the poet, truly " We are living, 
we are dwelling, in a grand and awful time." We 
see large armies collected in a day, ready to meet in 
deadly conflict, and in a day disbanded. We see 
mighty and universal discontent, and the formation of 
secret, undermining societies in almost every town in 
Europe. All seem to be gathering to some fearful 
crisis ; yet we are calm, fur we know 
" Their marshal pomp and din of war, 
Our Saviour's swift approach declare, 
And bid our hearts arise." 
We were glad to see the call for a New England 
Conference ; we respond with all our hearts, and will 
try to be represented. It is time we understood each 
other, so that our efforts shall be united. 
Sister A. VAUGHAN writes from Swanton Falls, 
(N. H.,) Jan. 3d, 1851 : 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—We have lately experienced 
fresh memorials of God's grace. We have seen some 
of our children brought back to our Father's house, 
where now they have bread to eat. But a short time 
since, they were starving in a foreign land. Praised 
be his excellent name, not only has the wanderer 
been brought to Jesus' feet, but sonic who had not 
known our dear Saviour, have been brought to know 
their sins forgiven. May God still save sinners, is 
our united cry. 
The good seed has found lodgment in some few 
hearts here, where the soil is good, and bids fair to 
produce heavenly fruit, although in the midst of fiery 
trials, much opposition, and prejudice. Blessed be 
God, there is a hungering after righteousness, and 
God's word says, " Ye shall be filled." We have 
but little preaching here. Bro. Somborger, from 
Canada, preaches here part of the time, and has 
baptized two. May God raise up a people here to 
hail our soon coming King. For our great High 
Priest will soon come out to bless his waiting, pray-
ing people. 0, may we, with all the blessed blood-
bought throng, enter into God's kingdom. 
Sister L. M. RICHMOND writes from Lebanon (N. 
Y.), Dec. 14th, 1851 : 
DEAR BROTHER :—I cannot conceive how any can 
love their Creator supremely, and their neighbor as 
themselves, and disregard this one sacred rule of 
duty, to " provide things honest in the sight of all 
men." I do not think we should seek any gratifica-
tion at the price of the labor of others, while living 
in sloth, indolence, or extravagance, ourselves. Far 
be it from me to revile those who are really poor, or 
to take from them one privilege they may enjoy 
through the favor of those who are placed in better 
circumstances than themselves ; but I wish my 
Christian brethren and sisters to remember, that " it 
is more blessed to give than to receive." May we 
be enabled, by the grace of God, to live in strict con-
formity to the golden rule of our Saviour, " As ye 
would that others should do unto you, do ye even so 
to them." May we all " work out our salvation with 
fear and trembling, knowing that it is God who work-
eth in us both to will and to do of his own good plea-
sure." Your sister in tribulation, expecting the 
speedy return of Him " who will reward every man 
according to his works." 
Bro. E. M'LEon writes from St. John (N. B.) 
Jan. 7th, 1851 : 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I cannot let this opportunity 
pass without expressing my satisfaction with the 
" Herald." Its pages are certainly a weekly feast 
of good things. Its selections from English writers, 
and others, 1 esteem as being of the very best kind, 
and I think its readers are under obligations to you, 
in addition to the amount of their subscription, for 
furnishing them weekly with so much excellent re-
ligious reading matter. I have been a subscriber 
over seven years (1 believe), and it is still new. I 
have riot discovered that sameness which we often 
rind in religious periodicals, and yet its doctrine and 
temper remain unchanged. It has my sympathy and, 
as far as I can at present, my support ; and I sincerely 
pray that its publication may be continued. 
Brn. J. MORSE, It. R. HILL, and W. P. STRAT-
TON, write from Manchester (N. H.), Jan. 12, 1851 : 
BRO. HIMES :—We wish you to give notice in the 
" Herald," that the brethren worshipping at No. 6 
Union Building, Manchester, N. H., have removed 
to Harrington's Building, first block above the Mu-
seum, Elm-street, where meetings will be held every 
Sunday and on Wednesday evenings, or any other 
evening in the week. Bro. J. Harvey will preach 
here the first Sabbath in Feb. 
We sympathize with you, and those engaged with 
you, in your efforts to restore and maintain peace, 
and promote union of co-operation in the body, and 
we would subscribe our name in favor of the New 
England Conference. 
Bro. I. WYNtAm, writes from Jamaica (Vt.), Jan. 
6th, 1851 : 
DEAR BRO. HIMES.—I find a good many that are 
crying against the call of the New England Confer-
ence, and crying " sectarianism," &c. &c., and yet 
they have an iron bedstead of their own, and if A. B. 
C. don't come to that, he will be lost ; yet I find a 
good many that are in favor of having such a Confer-
ence,—they see the need of it. Notwithstanding the 
many that are bent on your ruin, and not only yours, 
but on those that are your friends, never fear. I do 
believe that such a Conference is needed. You may 
have my name with the rest. 
Obituary. 
" I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE: he who believeth in ME, 
though he should die, yet he will LIVE and whoever liveth and be. 
ieveth in nue, will NEVER die."—john 11: 25, 26. 
Bro. THOMAS CHULLACOMBE, of Honesdale, Pa., 
departed this life on the 30th of April last. He had 
been a believer in the doctrine of the speedy sec-
cond advent of the Lord for several years, and died 
firm in that faith. 
DIED, at Hartland, Vt., Dec. 23d, 1850, ELIZA A. 
SLAYTON, daughter of Bro. Reuben and Sister Bet-
sey Slayton, aged 24 years. She was converted in 
1843, and embraced the Advent doctrine with all her 
heart, believing that the kingdom of God was nigh 
at hand. Her sickness was a protracted consump-
tion, which she endured with Christian patience and 
DIED, in 'Wilmington, Mass., Dec. 19th, Mrs. 
HARRIET E., wife of JOSEPH L. WIGGrN, and eldest 
daughter of Mr. John Jenkins, of Stoneham. Sod-
denly and unexpectedly, in the middle of life, and 
surrounded by her family, she has been called into 
the presence of her God and Saviour. So swift were 
the summons, that we hardly realize that she has 
gone from among the living. In her death, the hus-
band has lost a faithful and devoted companion, the 
two little daughters a kind and ever-watchful mother, 
her parents a beloved daughter, and her sisters and 
brother a warm-hearted sister and friend, We im-
plore the benediction of heaven upon our friend, who 
is by this sorrowful event deprived of his partner in 
life. While he hears in this dispensation the voice 
of God, inviting his affections away from earth, to 
joys eternal, may he feel that she who was so much 
to him here, has exchanged the conflicting scenes 
and discords of earth for the smiles of her Redeemer, 
the boundless glory and sweet melody of heaven.—
While we mourn the absence of a sister and friend 
from among us, may we all be comforted in the 
blessed assurance, that our loss is her unspeakable 
gain ; that while we shall see her no more, we may 
by-and-bye meet her, with Christ, and prophets, and 
martyrs, in that kingdom of ineffable beauty, where 
mortality is clothed with immortality, and the occu-
pations of earth are lost in the sublime concerns of 
eternity ; when the kingdom and dominion, and the 
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, 
shall he given)to the saints of the Most High. 
THE AMERICAN VOCALIST. 
BY REV. D. H. MANSFIELD. 
T
HE popularity of this excellent Collection of Music is sufficiently 
attested by the fact, that although it has been published but 
about one year, 19,000 copies have been printed, and it is in greater 
demand than ever. 
It is divided into three parts, all of which are embraced in a single 
volume. 
Part I. consists of Church Music, old and new, and contains the 
most valuable productions of the most distinguished Composers, an-
cient and modern—in all 330 Church Tunes-besides a large number 
of Anthems, and Select Pieces for special occasions. 
Parts H. and III. contain all that is valuable of the Vestry Music 
now in existence, consisting of the most popular Revival Melodies, 
and the most admired English, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, and Italian 
Songs, embracing,in a single volume, more than five hundred 
Tunes, adapted to every occasion of public and social worship, in-
eluding all the GEMS Of Music that have been composed during the 
last five hundred years. 
A few of the many notices received of the book are here annexed : 
From Rev. G. P. Mathews, of Liberty. 
I do not hesitate to give the " American Vocalist" the preference 
to any other Collection of Church Music extant. It deserves a place 
in every choir, vestry, and family in the Union. 
From Rev. Samuel Souther, Belfast. 
On a single opening, in the Second Part of the book, I have found 
on the two pages before me more true, heart-subduing harmony 
than it has been my tOrttine to find in some whole Collections, that 
have made quite a noise in the world. 
From Henry Little, Editor of the Wesleyan Harmony. 
From my heart I thank you for the arrangement of those sweet 
Melodies, to many of which Sacred poetry is now, for the first time, 
adapted. It is the best collection of Church Music I have ever seen, 
anal it embraces the only complete collection of Vestry Music that 
has ever been published. 
From John S. Ayre, Esq., Chorister. 
Having given much attention to Sacred Music for the last thirty 
years, I do not hesitate to say, that it is the best Collection of Sa-
cred Music in use. 
From Rev. R. Woodhull, Thomaston. 
It is just what I have been wishing to see for several years. Those 
old tulles—they are so good, so fraught with rich harmony, so 
adapted to stir the deep feelings of the heart, they constitute a price-
less treasure of Sacred Song, unsurpassed by the best compositions 
of more modern times. 
From Rev. Moses Spencer, Barnard. 
I regard the " American Vocalist" as embodying the excellences 
of all the Music Books now known, without the pile of useless lum-
ber many of them contain. 
From N. Perrin, ;r., of Cambridge. 
This book calls up " pleasant memories." It contains a better 
Selection of Good Tunes, both for Public and Social Worship, than 
any other Collection I have ever met with. Though an entire stran-
ger to the author, I feel grateful to him ; and desire thus publicly to 
thank him for the important service Ile has rendered the cause of 
Sacred Music. 
From Zion's Herald. 
It is one of the best combinations of old and new Music we have 
seen. Its great characteristic is, that while it is sufficiently scientific, 
it is full of the soul of popular music. 
Published by Wm. J. REYNOLDS & Co., 24 Cornhill, Roston.—
Orders for the " Vocalist " may also he sent to the office of the " Ad- 
vent Herald," S Chardon-street. 
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resignation, although she had been looking for and 
desiring that glorious change, which will take place 
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when all 
the saints will rise to meet the Lord in the air, at the 
sounding, of the last trump. Truly it may be said, 
though she be dead she yet speaketh. Elder Moses 
Kidder preached the funeral discourse, from the last 
six verses of the fourth chapter of first Thessaloni- 
ans. Truly it was comforting. M. TEwEssuay. 
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To the Advent Ministers and Churches. 
DEAR BRETHREN :—At a meeting of the Essex Confer-
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Whereas in the opinion of this Conference the present 
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operation of all true and faithful Advent ministers and 
Churches in New England, who are united in the principles 
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Resolved, 1. That we will take immediate measures for the 
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country. 
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and to call a meeting for the Adventists of New England, and 
report their proceedings to the Conference. 
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JOSHUA V. HIRES, 
LEMUEL OSLER, 
BUTLER MORLEY, Committee. 
0. R. FASSE'TT, 
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Boston, Nov. 15, 1850 
A NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE has been requested by 
the following brethren. It is hoped that elders, or unor-
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lay brethren, in the New England States, who approve of 
this object, will send in their names, to be apeyded to this 
call. 
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Robert Morrill, George Stone, A. Sherwin, 
C. R. Griggs. 
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" I have already had occasion to mention the ser-
vice rendered to the ecclesiastical authorities by the 
American charge d'affaires, Mr. Cass, during the 
siege of Rome, and the gratitude professed to him by 
the inmates of the Propaganda College for having 
induced the triumviri to allow them to remain un- 
molested by the republican soldiery. It was, in fact, 
owing to the representations of Mr. Cass that the build- 
ing was not turned into barracks. The Pope, upon his 
restoration, expressed himself in the most flattering 
terms to Mr. Cass, thanking him repeatedly for what 
he had done, and professing the greatest affection for 
the American nation, an affection which had just been 
increased by tidings from China, announcing that 
four Roman Catholic missionaries, threatened with 
death by the enraged populace or fanatical mandarins, 
had been rescued from impending fate by the timely 
interference of the United States Consul. 
His Holiness, desirous of giving some proof of 
his gratitude, thought he could afford no stronger 
one than that of granting Mr. Cass permission to 
open a Protestant Chapel within the walls of Rome, 
for the use of American visitors, a plan which had 
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alization of which, a conscientious and zealous 
clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Hastings, came hither from 
the United States somewhat more than a year ago. 
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opened last winter, and Mr. Hastings convoked his 
countrymen in his own apartments every Sunday 
morning, and conducted divine service there accord-
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the present year, however, all objections appeared to 
be overcome ; a suitable place was hired in the Via 
de Pontefici, and fitted up as a chapel at an expense 
of about three hundred dollars, and Mr. Hastings, 
fully authorized by the Government, opened the 
chapel and commenced divine worship just one month 
ago. 
" From what has subsequently taken place, it 
seems that the same secret enemies who had labored 
to prevent Mr. Cass's plan from being carried out, 
resolved to put a stop to the whole concern as soon 
as possible. Accordingly, last week, Mr. Cass re-
ceived a communication from Cardinal Antonelli, to 
the effect that, in consequence of the official complaint 
of the cardinal vicar, the doctrinal decisions of the 
congregation of Propaganda Fide, and the earnest 
petition of many English and American Roman 
Catholic residents, his Holiness had been reluctantly 
obliged to withdraw the permission which he had 
granted with respect to the American Protestant 
chapel. It may be easily imagined that Mr. Cass 
was quite taken aback by this despatch, especially as 
it was accompanied by a mass of documents confirma-
tory of the cardinal's statements, and moreover a 
paper, signed by most of the diplomatic agents in 
Rome, setting forth their opinion that even in his 
own house, the charge d'affairs would not be entitled, 
according to the customary privileges of international 
representatives, to hold prayer mvtings or preactr 
ings for others than tine members of his own family. 
" Great stress was laid upon the ex cathedra fiats 
of the Propaganda theologians, against which his 
Holiness, mortified as he professed himself to be at 
the occurrence, could not in conscience act ; and the 
danger to the Church by the introduction of heretical 
doctrines, and the scandal produced by their propa- 
gation at the very head-quarters of Catholicism, were 
adduced as additional considerations of the utmost 
importance. To gild the pill as much as possible, 
his Eminence hinted that an American chapel out-
side the walls of the city would not be interfered 
with, or, if that plan was not palatable, he stated 
that full liberty would be granted to Mr. Cass to open 
his own rooms to as numerous a congregation of his 
countrymen as he thought proper, in spite of the 
opinions of his diplomatic colleagues on the subject. 
" Mr. Cass is to have an interview with Cardinal 
Antonelli this afternoon ; but it is not likely he will 
be able to change the determination of the partizans 
of intolerance, who work upon the Pope by alarming, 
his conscience, and thus bend him to sanction what-
ever they have decided upon in secret council. The 
scope of Mr. Hastings' mission to Rome is entirely 
defeated, as he came here, supported by -a large body 
of his fellow countrymen, to preach Protestant doc-
trines in a public chapel, and not to act merely as 
chaplain to the American charge, who may be changed 
every year, or oftener, if such be the will of his 
Government, and who may very easily be a Catholic 
next time, and therefore not adapted to have a Prot-
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observe that to remove extra mnros, after having 
been granted a chapel in the city, and after hav-
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establishment, in rent and fittings, would be consid-
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or nothing iS therefore their word—the principle of 
Protestantism, if objectionable within the walls, is 
equally so at the gates—the pretext is too flimsy to 
deceive men of sense. Mr. Hastings officiated yes-
terday, and it is to be feared that it will be the last 
time he will be allowed to do so publicly ill the eter-
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In consequence of the Conference at Meredith Neck being ap-
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The hope of ABSALOM WALLER, a Baptist clergy-
man, who labored extensively in Virginia, and whose 
labors were blest to the conversion of large numbers 
to the Christian faith ; who also baptized nearly 
two thousand persons during his ministry, and died 
in the year 1820. He says :—" Oh how near is the 
period when these active limbs will slumber in the 
grave, tine ]and of silence, forever to rest. Forever, 
did I say ! No, death, cruel death, thou mayest 
triumph for a season, and lock my bones in the prison 
of the grave, but JESUS will come and will be thy 
plague and thy destruction ; I shall hear his voice 
and come forth from their iron domains, and feeling 
in an instant the springs of au immortal body, I shall 
rise to meet him in the air." 
SUMMARY. 
— One day last week, some children being at play upon 
the hill-side near Fishbauch, half a mile from Pottsville, 
Pa., one of the number discovered a small string fastened to 
a bush, which awakened his curiosity. Upon an examina-
tion of the string, several gold rings were found upon it, be-
neath the snow, and a slight search enabled them to discover 
an old stocking, or drawer leg, with several hundred dollars' 
worth of unfinished gold rings, pencils, chains, &c. In the 
vicinity another string was found, fastened in the same man-
ner, but leading off in a different direction, to the end of 
which there was also a large amount of unfinished jewelry. 
The jewelry is supposed to have been the spoils of a rob-
bery of some large manufacturing jeweller, hidden beneath 
the snow, and their location designated by the strings."'' 
--Much anxiety is felt in New York and elsewhere in re-
gard to the fate of the United States mail steamship Atlantic, 
which left Liverpool on the 28th ult. She has now (Wednes-
day) been absent twenty-six days. Hopes are entertained, 
that she may have run short of coal, and put back to the 
Western Islands to replenish. 
— A young Doctor has been arrested and holden to bail 
for attempting to kill a young woman, a schoolmistress. She 
had received several letters, threatening her life unless she 
consented to give up her school. One evening a man, muf- 
fled up in a cloak, rang the door bell at the house where she 
resided, and upon her going to the door, and replying " No " 
to his question, whether she meant to give up the school, he 
struck her with a dirk, cutting her dress, and grazing the 
skin of her side. The circumstances implicating the doctor 
are very slight. The lady had recently been married to a 
clergyman, but soon after learning that he had another wife 
and children, she left him. 
— Mr. Addison Gilmore, President of the Western Rail-
road, accompanted his wife to a ball at Watertown two weeks 
since, and while dancing, complained to his partner of feel-
ing unwell, and she advised him to sit down, but he persel-
vered until the close of the dance, and then took a seat upon 
a settee by the side of his wife. He also complained to her 
of a strange sensation, and shortly afterwards was seen to 
fall forward insensible. He was immediately carried towards 
the door by several friends, and was found to be dead. 
— There are 22,000 miles of telegraph in operation in the 
United States ; 12,000 on the Morse principle, and about 
10,000 on the House and Bain principles. 
— The whole number of accidents to steamers on the 
Western waters during the year 1850, was 154, of which 49 
occurred from sinking, by striking snags and other obstruc-
tions in the rivers ; 13 from collapsing flues ; 9 from explo-
sions ; 8 from collisions ; 14 from fire, and 26 from other 
causes. The number of lives lost, as near as can be ascer-
tained, was 324. 
— A terrible accident happened on the 8th inst. in the 
fimndery of Phillips, Hise & Co., in New Albany, Ia. The 
workmen were engaged in casting a cylinder for a new steam-
boat. On pouring the molten iron into the sink in the sand, 
it blew out, and terribly burned a good many of the work-
men and other persons present. Two men were killed out-
right, and several others so severely burnt, that their recov-
ery was considered doubtful. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
This paper having now been published since March, 1840, the ten 
years of its past existence are a sufficient guaranty of its future 
course, while it may be needed as a chronicler of the signs of the 
times, and an exponent of prophecy 
The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
age in which we live—The near approach of the Fifth Universal 
Monarchy ; in which the kingdom wider the whole heaven shall be 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark the present time ; 
and to hold up before all men a faithful and affectionate warning to 
flee from the wrath to come. 
The course we have marked out for the future, is to give in the 
columns of the Herald-1. The best thoughts from the pens of origi- 
nal writers, illustrative of the prophecies. 2. Judicious selections 
from the best authors extant, of an instructive and practical nature. 
3. A well selected summary of foreign and domestic intelligence, 
and 4. A department for correspondents, where, from the familiar 
letters of those who have the good of the cause at heart, we may 
learn the state of its prosperity is different sections of the country. 
The principles prominently presented, will be those unanimously 
adopted by the " Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held at 
Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845 ; and which are in brief— 
The Regeneration of this earth by Fire, and its Restoration to 
its Eden beauty. 
The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
Millennium. 
His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints, at the Advent. 
The Destruction of the Living Wicked from the Earth at that 
event, and their confinement under chains of darkness till the Sec-
ond Resurrection. 
Their Resurrection and Judgment, at the end of the Millen-
nium, and consignment to everlasting punishment. 
The bestowment of Immortality, (in the Scriptural, and not 
the secular use of this word,) through CHRIST, at the Resurrection. 
The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
We are living in the space of time between the sixth and sev 
euth trumpets, denominated by the angel " QUICKLY :" " The sec-
ond woe is past ; and behold the third woe cometh quickly "—Rev 
11:14—the time in which we nosy look for the crowning consumma-
tion of the prophetic declarations. 
These views we propose to sustain by the harmony and letter of 
the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment 
of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the future. We shall en-
deavor, by the Divine help, to present evidence, and answer objec-
tions, and meet the difficulties of candid inquiry, in a manner becom- 
ing the questions we discuss ; and so as to approve ourselves to 
every man's conscience in the sight of Con. 
These are great practical questions. If indeed the Kingdom of 
GOD is at hand, it becometh all Christians to make efforts for re- 
newed exertions, during time little time allotted them for labor in the 
Master's service It becometh them also to examine the Scriptures 
of truth, to see if these timings are so. What saith the Scriptures ? 
Let them speak ; and let us reverently listen to their enanciations.