Ve, 11.1...11•1111•110111. "WE HAVE 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 HIS MAJESTY ....WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM IN THE HOLY MOUNT.'' NEW SERIES. VOL. X. 1110(00TOM Oalr VaiMaWgi awavarx 10,M NO. 6. WHOLE NO. 586 A T NO. 8 CHARDON-STREET, BOSTON, wish not to be blots, you must be blessings, for Do not enter into controversy with foreigners it is useless and indeed improper to attempt to ( Nearly opposite the Revere House.) blanks you never can be. There is no blank about their respective forms of government. If draw from the Scriptures any definite proposi- JOSHUA V. HEWES, in society ; each man in this city is either a you speak to a Mohammedan, do not tell him tions which, combined together, shall compose PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. blot or a blessing. Choose you between these about the bad government of the Sultan. If a system of doctrine. He will be told that al- two which you will be. How important it is you meet an American, although we are quite though the Bible is inspired, such a system is ALL co nmumeations, orders•or remittances for this Wilco, should that we should pray, " God be merciful unto us, satisfied that it is so, do not tell him how much not, and must thorefore be subject to fatal error, be directed (past paid) to J.T. IIIMES, Boston, Mass. Subscri- bers' names, with their Post-office address, should be distinctly and bless us !" Reality cannot long be coup- superior our monarchy is to his republic. We and therefore will be inexpedient and possibly given when money is 'forwarded . terfeited. I do not believe it is possible for a have a republic, crowned by a noble Queen ; fatal. Some, and those by no means of the un- ..*. For terms, ecc., see last page. man to play the hypocrite for any length of they have a republic, presided over by a tempo- intelligent among us, have scouted the very time. There is ever something in the diflerent rary President. Both have advantages. A idea of a creed of any kind as a merely human ‘ ,,," 1"-- ,e shadows that sweep across his face,—some man- monarchy may be compared to a ship with all device. They say they believe the Bible, but ;(46;'? -a, agement that appears, as he tries to be what he her sails set, as with her beautiful figure she decline to express by an exact formula, what it is not,—some decided look,—that tell you all is sweeps across the seas ; hut if she chance to is which, in the Bible, they believe. It is our not right within, as surely as, when the hands strike upon some hidden rock, down she goes, purpose to illustrate and establish the four fol- of a time-piece go unsteadily, you know that and at once disappears. A republic is like a lowing propositions, to wit :— there is something wrong in the machinery raft; your feet may be always in the water, but 1. That the truths of the Bible are the Bible. within. The hypocrisy will come out, and you it always keeps afloat. A large and liberal 2. That, therefore, the only possible belief of A wise man on a rock Had firmly built his house; and there lie slept will read it upon his face, and it is impossible mind will see, that if they have great faults, the Bible is the belief of those truths. I.. sftfelY, while the tempest o'er it swept: Still it withstood the shock ti to conceal it. But, on the other hand, be a and we great excelle n ces, there is much to be 3. That, by consequence, the only possible Of stormy winds; oft the imperious flood Christian, and it will tell ; b e e a child of God, said still on both sides. Let us at present agree intelligent statement of belief in the Bible is a Had rushed in vain against it—there it stood. So shall that man repose and it will be influential. You may hide the to differ. statement of those truths of belief. In safety, whose immortal hopes are built sun, the moon, and the stars, but Christian In the next place, show your Protestantism 4. That therefore, to assert a belief in the Os film whp has atoned for all his guilt, And vanquished all his foes ; character you cannot. And if we be Christians, in your family and in your domestic habits. 1 Bible, and yet deny the possibility of rightly ex- No storms alarin, no terrors fill his breast; Os that firm rock he can securely rest. than these dwellers from Mesopotamia, and -noticed on one Sabbath-day last year in Paris, pressing that belief in some analysis of its truths A fool upon the sand Crete, and from Judea, and from Phrygia, and much as that holy day is degraded, how much in language—that is, in some creed—is not only Had built a splendid mansion, broad and high ; And there the home of mirth and revelry all the ends of the earth, may learn what Chris- of the domestic element appeared, even in its irrational, but absurd. Securely seemed to stand ; There he enjoyed his pleasure and repose, tianity is, not from our Bibles, which they will desecration. I rarely saw a Frenchman taking I. The truths of the Bible are the Bible. And trembled only when a storm arose. not open, but from those " living epistles" which a promenade to the Champs Elysees, or to the Take them away and you have nothing left but A e stod ; And thes little thu wh railid it came o down, and the winds beat they must meet in the Crystal Palace, which gardens of the Tuilleries, or the Boulevards, the rubbish of leaves and covers, and empty And the strong, rushing flood, fley must see behind our counters, and in our without leading by the hand, or carrying on his words, and useless letters. Your Bible is no Vehemently upon that country-seat; With overwhelming and resistless swell. Parliament, and amongst our professional men ; shoulder, his child. They seemed in this re- longer a Bible : it is nothing but ink, and pa- tio out the .trail foundattos—and it fell. and they will be constrained to see what Prot- spect to be the most domestic of all people. So per, arid binding. What is a Bible ? Not so So falls the splendid tower Of human hope, when man presumes to place estantism is, by the living Bibles which are its far it was beautiful, and not unworty of imita- many pages of fair type substantially arranged Ills own defective works beneath its bass ; In that tremendous hour exponents. tion. * * * * for use ;—not the mere words on these pages, When the terrific storm of death shall frown And beat upon it, it must tumble down. I have spoken now of insensible influence. In the next place, avoid even the appearance else read backwards into nonsense, it would be Ohio Observer. I must add a few words, for it is very import- of excess in drinking. We have a very equivo- a Bible still—but the sense, the truth, the facts, ant, not upon active or designed influence, but cal character abroad in this respect. Perhaps the propositions which are embodied in these The Great Exhibition. upon removing obstructions to such true and our peculiar taxes help to make it so. At all syllables and sentences. All the letters and all — holy influence. I will assume that every one events, I never saw a foreigner intoxicated, dur- the words which are in the Bible, and which, BY T.IE REV. JOHN CUMMING. D. D. who reads. this is a true Christian ; yet there ing the many weeks 1 have spent in Paris or by their inspired collocation, express the great are many obstructions that will keep our char- Belgium. I know they have other sins ; but truths of God, might be in it still, arranged into 4‘ God he merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause acter from telling as it ought to do, and which this is no just reason why we should retain the other sentences to embody other ideas, and it his face to shine upon us; that thy way may he known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations."— we may remove. one we have. Be temperate, without being tee- would be a book, but no Bible. Ingenuity Psa. 67:1, 2. First, at the present crisis, be courteous. Go total. Let riot the Italian, the Frenchman, and might arrange them all into a treatise upon in- (Concluded.) into France, and the courtesy with which a the Spaniard, and the inhabitants of the East, fidelity itself. Transfer the simple negative The thunder-shower we think powerful, but Frenchman will answer you, when you ask him go home and say : These Anglo-Saxons are fu- from its place in the sixth commandment, to the silent dew that falls in the night softly and the way to a place, and the trouble he will put rious against a Roman Cardinal, but they are the second, and though retaining all the words inaudibly is far more powerful ; for it saturates, himself to in order to point it out, is such as at most indulgent toward French alcohol. Avoid and the same words, you have inverted the vet does not injure, the soil on which it lights. once makes you prepossessed in favor of the the very appearance of this evil. sense of both, and made them read—" Thou So, our personal character is far more influen- nationai character. Now, when a Frenchman, And lastly, show your deep reverence for the shalt kill "—and " Remember not the Sabbath tial and aggressive, though it be more silent and asks you in the streets, what is the way to such Sabbath-day. This is a special duty. Alas I day to keep it holy." unobtrusive, than what we attempt or design- a place, put yourselves to a little trouble to as- alas! the Continent has lost its Sabbaths, and Nothing can be plainer then, than that the edly do. The most eloquent discourse from a sist him. Be courteous ; it is a Christian max- gained the poor substitute of saints' days in sense, the inspiration, the value of the Book of person that we know to be a bad man will have inn. And how do you know that the courtesy their stead I It has surrendered the pearl of God lies wholly in its collocation of words into very little effect. What strikes in a sermon is you show to the stranger may not lead him to days, and has only the gewgaws called the day certain sentences, which embody and express the beating of the heart, audible in the words, inquire what is beneath that courtesy ; and that of the Immaculate Conception,—the day of the certain ideas, facts, and principles, which in as if there were the echoes of its beats. It is he may find that it is riot the sham of French Assumption,—and other days of the same ques- their various forms constitute its truths. the splendor of a true soul shining in the life, conventionalism, but the truth of Christian love tionable value. It has parted, in its folly, with II. It follows therefore, that the only possible that is the most effective preaching of all. which bids us, " Be courteous I" the Lord's holy day, and it has got, as its re- belief of the Bible is the belief of those truths. Christianity in the heart is far more effective In the next place, let our tradesmen and deal- ward, the saints' holidays, and their whole " In the beginning was the Word, and the than the most eloquent words that ever dropped ers be just. 1 know you will be so if you be character suffers by the exchange. I gather Word was with God, and the Word was God." front the lips. If we take our blessed Lord's Christians; but do not have the appearance of from their remarks, that they have an idea that In what sense now, is it possible to believe this own character, we shall find that the influence being otherwise. Do nut ask, as some do, they will never be able to get over an English first verse of the Gospel of St. John ? The let- of Jesus arose not only from what He said, but double what they mean to take. Do not say, Sabbath ; of course, much less a Scotch Sob- tern in themselves mean nothing, and the words far more from what He was. If it be true, We must try to make the most of this harvest bath, They think it ties triste, a most melan- in themselves, aside ;from their connections, " Never man spake like this man ;" therefore of foreigners ; but deal with them just as you choly day. * * * They think they will mean nothing intelligible. Here are three as- were the effects so great ; it was no less true, would deal with the rest of your fellows. The feel dull and dreary on the Sabbath ; so mel- sertions. " In the beginning was the Word." " Never man lived like this man ;" therefore grace of God teaches us to live justly, and so- ancholy is their conception of it, and so full of We need here the help of the history of Ian- was His influence so great. They that came berly, and righteously, and godly. depressing influence do they believe it to be. guage to show us that " the Word " had among fell at His feet. What manner of man, they And, in the next place, show them all hospi- Let us show that the Sabbath is a bright day. the Jews a technical significance, in like man- might have asked, is this, that the winds of pas- tality. You say, that is a very poor maxim to Put on your brightest looks and robes. Do not ner as " the Union'' or " the State," has among sion and the waves of prejudice obey ? It was give from the pulpit. It never can be wrong to regard the Sabbath as a day of funeral gloom, us, and meant the Messiah. This gives us— Christ, not Christianity, that made so deep an give from the pulpit what the Spirit has given but a festival day ; show that it is the most joy- - in the beginning of things "—(the creation of impression on Jerusalem. It was the Author, in the Gospel. Hospitality is a Christian vii- ful day in all the week ; that you feel a pleas- the world,) " was" (lived) " the Messiah." as much as His work, that had such weight in toe ; and if you invite them to your homes, you ure in listening to the minister's sermons, and The second adds to this "and the Word (the the transformation of character. And therefore, will not only be doing good in many respects, a joy in praying and praising, that make the Messiah) was with God." The third carries the if we wish to promote the greatest moral good but you may be entertaining angels unawares. rest of the days of tie week sad in comparison assertion further, " and the Word, (the Messiah) upon those dwellers in the distant parts of the What they see in your homes may be blessed with that day. was God." The whole sentence then, rendered earth who are here present, let us be good, and to them. ----- intelligible, so as to be comprehended by us, an- we shall do good. Be light, and you need not In the next place, do not turn into ridicule nounces these three facts for our belief. 1st, give yourselves any trouble about being lumi- whatever strange manners and customs you Creeds- that Christ the Messiah, was in existence so nous. If you are lights, you must be luminous. meet with. There is nothing in the turban of If a man receives the Bible as God's Word, it long ago as at the creation of the world. 2d, Be the salt of the earth, and you need not the Mohammedan that is not a tleast as graceful is natural for him to ask what are the tidings that Christ was existing in companionship trouble yourselves about preserving those who as the appendage that takes it place with us. which it brings of our momentous Present and with God ; and 3d, that He was God. Now are about you. If you are salt, your very na- It is just as philosophical to eat from a carpet as mysterious Future ? It is very reasonable for there may be a controversy as to whether these tore is to communicate savor. Be Christians, to eat off a table. And that man is very weak him to desire briefly to know what are its teach- are exactly the three truths asserted by the and your Christian character will influence who turns into ridicule all customs that are not ings in reference to the great necessities and verse, and, in that case it becomes necessary for those who are around you. Do not suppose it reflexions of his own. Reverence human na- facts of life. him who disputes it to prove another and a bet- is possible for you to be negatives. There is no tore under all its forms ; for it still bears evi- And here he will be met upon the threshold ter sense ; but there can be no controversy that THE ADVENT HERALD such thing as a personal negative upon earth. dences, in its broken and wasted ruins, that it of his investigation by a vague and indefinite IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Every man is operative or aggressive. If you bore the image of God, and may bear it again. notion, greatly current in the community, that THE TWO HOUSES. 250 THE ADVENT HERALD. the verse contains some such propositions— that, so far as it has any meaning, they are its meaning, and so far as it excites belief in the mind, they are and must be the objects of that belief, The same is true of every sentence in the Bible. It embodies, and asserts, on the vera- city of God, some truth. If the sentence is to be believed, that truth—that proposition—is to be believed. Every sentence unfolds to the mind the fact which is wrapped in its mantle of speech. That fact will seem probable or im- probable, and the mind must acknowledge or reject, must believe or disbelieve it, and in so doings—in the only possible way in which it can be done—it accepts or rejects, believes or disbelieves the Bible. III. It follows, in the third place, that the only possible intelligent and definite statement of be- lief in the Bible, must be a statement of the truths, the facts, and principles, in the Bible, which we believe. Suppose we hold discussion with a Musselman. He is intelligent and can argue. He asks us to state our belief. We tell him, " We believe the Bible." Very well, he replies, what is that ? What does your Bible teach ? What are its assertions respecting life, and death, and immortality, respecting God and man, respecting the relations of the present and the future ; —what are its promises, its rebukes, its requisitions, its rewards. 'Fell me what it is, and I will tell you whether it agrees with my Bible, the Koran. Unless we would provoke his smile and his contempt, it will not do for us to put him off with general assertions, that we take the Bible as our guide, and implicitly believe all its teach- ings, without coming down to particulars, and telling him at once and in so many words, whether to us it teaches one, or two Gods, a di- vine or human Saviour, annihilation, or a sen- tient eternity beyond the grave. We can nei- ther make ourselves intelligible to him, nor com- pare our faith with his, to see which is better, until we expound fully what, in its minutest particulars, our Bible teaches to us. We might as well tell him, we live on the earth, when he asks for the street and number of our house, as to tell him merely that we believe the Bible without some guiding hint as to the nature of its contents, in the eye of our faith and reason. The Bible, " the book "—is a mere phrase of convenience like an algebraic formula, meaning nothing in itself, but gathering all its import from the sense in which men use it. When the Universalist and the Calvinist say they be- lieve " the Bible," they use the same formula, it is true, but they do not say the same thing, because they do not say it in the same sense. One gathers from it and intends by it, a code fatally antagonistic to that which the other gathers from it, and intends by it. All men who are Christian in name, profess a belief in the Bible, yet by various methods of interpretation, and various explanations of the manner and degree of its inspiration, and vari- ous forms of philosophic exposition, they have fastened on it a multitude of diverse and hostile creeds, making it seem to speak opposites from its mouth. It is not enough then for a man who wishes to make a definite statement of his belief, to say that he believes the Bible, for (in the loose sense in which the phrase is used) that may make him anything from the disciple of the cur- rent form of Pantheism up to the Westminster creed. He must be honest and say whether he holds the word of God in craftiness or not, must define his idea of the extent to which it binds the soul by its inspiration, must say whether he makes it consistent with itself, humbly listen. ing to its manifold voices, and patiently search- ing for the harmony thereof, or whether he se- lects for it that alone which will accord with his foregone conclusions, saying nothing about the rest, " stealing the livery of heaven to serve the devil in." If a man says he believes the Bible, and then declines to say what it is in the Bible which he believes, there are but two conclusions : he has riot 'Studied it and does not know, and does not believe it all, or he finds its real scope and teaching, when plainly and fairly spoken out, so adverse to his desire that he chooses to hush it up under the seemingly pious, yet really, for him, profane formula, " he believes the Bible, but does not believe in creeds." IV. It follows therefore that to assert a belief in the Bible, and then to deny the possibility of expressing that belief in some analysis of its truths in language—that is in some creed—is not only irrational but absurd. Let us look a moment at the common plea in favor of this irrational idea. We are told that though the Bible is inspired, a creed cannot be ; that there is great liability of mistake, and though we should draw out a creed in language, the next generation might change it ; that there- fore we will not rest our faith upon human de- vices, but upon the sure word of God, for this canrot change nor fail. This sounds well, like many other empty things, but we undertake to say that human Our Prayers. Our prayers should be fervent. Were we about to ask a favor of the President—an office, for instance, worth fifteen hundred or three thousand a year—we would not do it in an in- different, drawling manner. Our souls are worth more than our bodies, and their interests are more enduring than all earthly things. Why should we not be in earnest, then, in ask- ing God to bless them ? They should be appropriate. On a funeral occasion it would be entirely out of place for a minister to ask the blessing of the Lord on the Governor of the State and hisCouncil, and for- get wholly to invoke the blessing of God upon the mourning relatives. They should be brief. There is no propriety, except in secret, to remain on the knees fifteen or twenty-five minutes. Going round the world once or twice, or an attempt, at every prayer offered, to pray for every possible thing in the world, that memory may mention, is certainly, saying the least, entirely uncalled for. They should be full of faith. How would we ask a friend for the loan of five dollars, when we knew that he was not possessed of five cents in the world ? We should do it with the ex- pectation of getting nothing. Many professed Christians ask God for large blessings, and yet, in their hearts, feel that he cannot or will not grant their petition. Such prayers are mock- ery. An infidel's petition is equal to them. " If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove ; and noth- ing shall be impossible unto you." 'They should be persevering. When a favor is to be done us by an earthly friend, we are willing to ask more than once. Why cannot we ask our heavenly Friend more than once ? He has commanded us to ask frequently and largely, and we should stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and set our- selves in our ward the whole night-time. They should be importunate. The case of the importunate widow will be recollected. Her request would never have been granted had she asked the judge but once ; but because of her often coming and her often asking, and riot be- cause he cared anything for God or man, he granted her desire. Now, the Lord frequently designs to try us by our spirit ; and if, in fre- quent coming to his throne, and by our impor- tunities, he sees that we wish and need his aid, how much more willingly will he grant us suc- cor ! They should be united, If one half of a church are praying for one thing, and the other half for another, or if the individual members are pray- ing for individual and separate things, there will not be the same probability that the Lord of hosts will descend in a general blessing. They should be consistent. if we ask for a blessing, and regard iniquity in our hearts, God will not listen to us. Let our hearts but be clean, and let our souls be full of holy, burning zeal, or even breaking with a longing to see the salvation of the Lord, and it shall come to pass that before we call will God answer, and while we are yet speaking will he hear. Western Christian Advocate. The Waldenses. You wish to be informed whether we be- lieve in the divinity of Jesus Christ. To this question we answer simply, Yes ; we believe Jesus Christ (at the same time that He is man, perfect man) to be God, perfect God. And we do not merely say that we believe this, because such is the faith of the Church to which we belong (see " Confession of the Waldensian Church "—Article I. 13), but we verily hold this doctrine from the bottom of our hearts, for the following reasons : 1. Because such is the teaching of the Holy Scriptures—of the Word of God, wherein Jesus is proclaimed to be " Emmanuel, God with us." (Matt. 1:23.) " Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever- more." (Rom. 9:5.) " The great God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ." (Titus 2:13.) " The Word was with God, and the Word was God " (John 1:1.) " The image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature, for by Him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by Him and for Him." (Col. 1:15,16.) " Wonderful, Coun- sellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6.) 2. Because, if Jesus Christ were not God, we should be without a Saviour and without an Advocate in the Divine presence. 3. Because Jesus Christ himself proclaims His divinity in these words : " Ye believe in God, believe also in me." " He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father; and how sagest thou then, show us the Father ?" (John 14:1 arid 9.) "1 and my Father are one." (John 10:30.) 4. Because, if Jesus Christ were not God, the adoration which we render unto Him from our hearts, would be real idola- try, according to His own words, " Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." (Matt. 4:10.) Are you satisfied ? Do you now understand what is that faith in Jesus Christ, upon which (according to the Scriptures) we persist, and ever will persist, in declaring our salvation rests, as on its only sure foundation ? If our replies do not seem to you to be sufficiently clear, repeat your inquiries ; we, who have nothing to hide, will always an- swer with candor ; not, indeed, with any pre- tensions to infallibility (that we ascribe exclu- sively to God and His Word), but with the sin- cere and upright desire never to offend against that truth, to the knowledge of which we have attained.—From La Cuona Novella, April 30, 1852, in reply to 11 Cattolico di Genova. Terms of Salvation. The late Dr. Emmons had the following par- agraph in one of his sermons :—" How often do sinners complain that the terms of the gospel are hard and unreasonable, and that they can- not comply with them ! Peter proposed as high terms as any preacher ever proposed to sinners. He proposed repentance and faith to the three thousand hard-heated sinners, and they did not complain of the terms, but gladly complied with them. When they asked what they should do, he said unto them, repent and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sin. Then they received the word, and were baptized. The terms of the gospel are no higher now than they were then ; and then sinners easily and gladly complied with them. And can they not as easily and gladly comply with them now as then ? It is always easier to comply with the terms of salvation, than to complain of them and reject therm The way of transgressors is hard.' Sinners act against the authority of God, the dictates of their own consciences, and against their own eternal interests, in rejecting and refusing to comply with the terms of the gospel ; and this must be hard. But there is a pleasure in be- coming reconciled to God, in repenting arid be- lieving the gospel. The three thousand found it so, and ten thousand since have found it so. Why stand ye halting between two opinions ? If you have sinned, repent ; if the gospel is true, receive it gladly ; if your souls are precious, se- cure your salvation ; if you are uncertain of to- morrow, to-day hear the voice of mercy, and harden not your hearts." Forms of Salutation. Most modern forms of salutation and civility are derived from chivalry, or at least from war, and they all betoken some deference, as from :a conquered persons to the conqueror ; just as in private life we still continue to sign ourselves the very " humble servants " of our correspon- dent. The head uncovered was simply the head unarmed ; the helmet being removed, the party was at mercy. So the hand ungloved was the hand ungauntleted ; and to this day it is an incivility to shake hands with gloves on. Shaking hands itself was a token of truce, in which the parties took hold each of the other's weapon hand, to make sure against treachery. So also a gentleman's bow is but an offer of the neck to the stroke of the adversary ; so the la- dy's courtesy is but the form of going on her knees for mercy. The general principle is marked as it ought naturally to be, still more strongly in the case of military salutes. Why is a discharge of guns a salute? Because it leaves the guns empty, and at the mercy of the opponent. And this is so true that the saluting with blank cartridge is a modern invention. Formerly salutes were fired by discharging the cannon balls, and there have been instances in which the compliment has been nearly fatal to the visitor whom it meant to honor. When the officer salutes he points the drawn sword to the ground ; and a salute of the troops is even to this day, called " presenting arms "—that is, presenting them to be taken. There are sev- eral other details both of social and military salutation of all countries which might be pro- duced ; but I have said enough to indicate the principle. Faith Triumphant, As faith is the great principle which bears up the soul in the midst of trials, so by the same power alone can we be brought safely through them. " This is the victory which overcometh the world, even our faith." It is under the in- fluence of a like persuasion of the importance of faith, that Paul, when describing the Chris- tian's armor, advises, " Above all take the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." No language could more expressively describe the triumph- ing character of faith. It is on this account that the apostle is led to affirm, that whatever other portions of the Christian armor we may in a degree possess, above all we must have this portion. Not that any part was unneces- sary, but that this was especially required. Many indeed, dear reader, are the descrip- tions of this Christian grace in the inspired vol- ume. To express its inestimable value, to show its marvelous working, and to exemplify its sub- lime results, illustrations are borrowed from al- most every department, both of nature and art. It is the very element in which spirituality ex- ists in this world, for " we live by faith." It is the eyes, the hands, the feet of the new crea- ture in Christ Jesus. We see, we handle, we walk by faith. In short, in vital religion all is of faith. In Christian husbandry, it is the plough with which we in Christian navi- gation, it is the helm with which we steer ; in Christian pilgrimage, it is the staff with which we walk; in Christian warfare, it is " the shield with which we quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." Pulpit Advertising and Puffery. The following piece of sarcasm is from the Presbyierian, and is worthy of due considera- tion : This is the age of advertising. Merchants, mechanics, lawyers, physicians, and all who have products or services to sell to the public, advertise their wares. Why should not the churches and the clergy do the same ? Have they not as good a right to be heard ? And is it not important to the community to know where good preaching can be had ? If a minis- ter publishes a book, the booksellers advertise it, with the commendatory notices of the press— puffs preliminary, and puffs contemporary. Why not announce the same minister's sermons in lips never syllabled forth a more intense absur- dity. " The Bible is inspired "—what part of it is inspired ? These very men will be the first to tell you that it is not its mere language, but its principles and facts. " Very well," we ask again, " what are those principles and facts— what is the Bible to you ?" " Oh ! there is great liability of mistake, and if you attempt to give an analysis of them in human language, the next generation may change it. We must not rest our faith upon human devices." This then is your position. You believe the Bible professedly, sacredly regarding it, as the inspired word of God, but you really do not know what that Bible is—there is so much liability of mistake that you do not dare to say certainly that it teaches any single definite truth, because the next generation may decide that it does not. So you believe that God has moved the very heavens and come down, and by amanuenses, certified by stupendous miracles, has written a book for the guidance of men's souls, which af- ter all is a sealed book, a mere outside, which cannot be surely understood, and which really teaches nothing and is worth nothing ! Is not this absurd ? Suppose a stranger should come into our city and inquire for the directory, to find the street and number of a friend's residence. You tell him—we never have named our streets. We thought it so uncertain what their names really ought to be, and so doubtful whether the next generation might not change them, that we have never named our streets, and we have no direc- tory. We consider a directory of human de- vice, and so liable to be incorrect as to be wholly wrong in principle. You can ramble about the city and will undoubtedly find your friend some- where. You go into the store of a merchant and ask him—" have you silk for sale ?" He replies, I really do riot like to say, sir, you can look about the store and see. There is so great liability of error that I conscientiously abstain from giving a synopsis of my goods. You take up a new book, a collection of a great mass of facts. You find them in hetero- geneous confusion, with no index or table of contents. You ask the author what he means by publishing such a book as that, and he re- plies I do not like to take the responsibility of a table of contents. I might be wrong as to the pages, or as to the items—look for yourself. Now in all honesty, would not the first thought which would flash on the mind of a stranger in hearing such answers as these so- berly given, be that the men were insane ? that such evident irrationality could not consist with a sound mind ? Arid yet we submit that these are parallel cases precisely, to those of the men who object to creeds. A creed is a mere table of contents to the Bible, a comprehensive index of its doc- trinal assertions. If that Bible asserts any- thing, intelligent men can tell what it is that it asserts, and that is a creed. If it does not teach anything intelligible, then it is absurd to believe that it is a Revelation from God. If it doos teach anything intelligible, then it is ab- surd to deny that we may know, and truly know, what it is—which it does teach, that we may state it in words. That statement is our CREED. Congregationalist. the same manner ? I do not speak now of the modest notices we read in the "religious col- umn " of a Saturday's paper. These but tell that the Rev. Mr. Boanerges, and the Rev. Mr. Stentor will hold forth on some popular theme —or none—at a certain time and place, and the public are informed for their edification, and some few folks of " itching ears," are invited to leave their own hum-drum places of worship to " assist " at the accouchement of the perform- ance. But this is too common-place to attract much attention, unless the performer is a lion, whom the world is waiting to hear " roaring gently as a sucking dove." We want something a little more stimulating, to fill the " sides and bench- es." Some of our " eloquent orators " under- stand this thing better. It is important to get a run of business. In addition, therefore, to the oral commendations of interested admirers, a neat little paragraph, concocted by an obliging editor, or patronizing penny-a-liner—possibly by some zealous deacon or trustee, with an eye to its commercial advantage—possibly by the Coryphseus himself--" keeps before the people " the fame and pulpit prowess of the idol, or the candidate for popular applauSe. And the thing succeeds well. I recommend it to general use. If I may set forth in my ad- vertisement that I sell the best and cheapest hats, coats, shoes, confectionary, jewelry, &c., why not set forth that my church is the most delightful to sit or doze in ?—or the most mag- nificent in point of architecture—or is the most pleasant location ? the people who attend it the best dressed, the music the most charming, and the sermons ne plus ultra ? Surely, I am as good a judge of mental wares as my neighbors, the hatter and the tailor, are of their goods. And why is it more immodest in me to offer the public such good bargains, than it is in them ? Let us look at a specimen ; I think it reads very well, and appears to be just the thing, ad captandum. " RELIGIOUS NOTICE.—The Trustees of May- flower Chapel give notice to the public, that they have engaged the Rev. Mellifluent Thun- derer as stated preacher. 'The striking origi- nality, bold style, novel themes, bang-up illustra- tions, and charming variety of doctrine, for which this celebrated preacher is distinguished, render him one of the most attractive pulpit orators in these parts. " [Ir' The seats will be let on Monday, at 12 o'clock. Don't all speak at once. " EDITORIAL COMMENT.—We perceive in our advertising columns a notice of the pew lettings in the chapel of the Rev. Mellifluent Thunderer, in Apollo Lane. It is hardly necessary to call attention to this distinguished preacher. In- deed, his popularity is so great, that the other Sunday, wh en we went with a crowd to hear him, and it so happened that Mr. Thunderer was absent, no sooner did that fact transpire, as a stranger rose in the pulpit, than three-fourths of the audience rose also, and retired from the house. A more convincing proof could not have been given of the hold which this gentleman has upon the popular taste. Verbum sat." " PUFF EXTRA. By our special penny-a-liner. —The Rev. M. Thunderer.—This gentleman is permanently engaged to preach in Mayflower Chapel. We have frequently had the felicity to hear him. H e is a preacher " as is a preacher." His fine form, melodious voice and elegant man- ner, are in themselves sufficiently attractive. But when to this is added the vigorous thought, the timely discussions, the fresh and even start- ling statements, the homely illustrations—so unlike the dull, stereotyped dogmas concerning grace " and " faith," and such like " slow " and "obsolete ideas," with which so many of the clergy will persist in putting their few hear- ers asleep, there is provided an entertainment for the church-going community which no per- sons of real taste, and of a progressive spirit, would be willing to lose. His last discourse, on the " Maine Law," was a caution to rumsellers. A previous discourse, on the " Innate Sensibili- ties of the Human Soul, and with Arguments and Directions for their Development, without Supernatural Assistance," which was shown to be an exploded theory of systematizing divines, was a splendid effort of philosophic investiga• tion, and placed the eloquent preacher in the first class of progressive thinkers. He is to preach next Sunday on Comets. Go and hear him, and you will not want to hear anybody else." The Parable of the Crocodile. Every member of the Church of Christ should learn to hunt crocodiles. There is a fault-find- ing crocodile, who never enjoys a good church meeting, except he has some brought forward and tried for either imaginary or real faults. His proper name is Ham : he is a cousin to Ham the son of Noah, who was transported to the river Nilus, where his posterity live to this day, under the curse of Noah, their great grandfather. His motto is : Let charity die, that sins may be exposed. He generally sits not far from the pulpit, and wears a long face, and hanging down lip ; he looks as serious as death, and solemn as the grave. The name of the other crocodile is Nozeal. He is for letting everybody alone ; he would rather suffer the sons of Eli to profane the sanctuary than re- buke them for their sins ; this is the crocodile that brought destruction on the seven Churches of Asia, this is an unclean spirit on the moun- tains. The third crocodile's name is the Spirit of Ruling. This Joab-like crocodile will not hesitate a moment to kill every Abner that may be in the way between him and the king. Ev- erything is right, if he is at the head of it, and everything is wrong, if he is not there. Judas- like he will carry the bag, and will sell his Mas- ter for thirty pieces of silver, if he will not con- sult him before he suffers Mary to pour the precious ointment on his head ; he is always next to the pulpit so long as he has his own way; but the moment he is contradicted, he not only acts the part of a crocodile, but also is either a bear in the hog or a snake in the grass. The name of the other is the spirit of Ahithlophel. In him there is a good deal of the wisdom and sagacity of the serpent, but he is entirely desti- tute of the harmlessness of the dove. He is al- ways dissatisfied, and is continually looking out for some young Absalom to sit on the throne, instead of his lather David ; he is never at a loss to form a plan or plot, a scheme to dethrone the man who is after God's own heart. But I see another crocodile, whose name is Cain, who offers a sacrifice without blood, without faith, and without love ; he has neither grace in his heart, nor decency in his conduct; he is some- times a roaring lion, and at other times a vora- cious wolf, who would if he could, swallow up with his open mouth all the pious Abels of the church of Christ. 'These crocodiles not only change their colors, but also their dispositions. Brethren, we want your aid to hunt out these crocodiles ! Try the spirits, whether they are of God or the devil. Let this sin-exposed Ham be transported to the burning sands of Africa. May this Joab-like spirit die at the horns of the altar. Let this bag-carrying traitor, like Judas, go to his own place. Let this under- mining and diabolical sagacity of Ahithlophel be disappointed ; saddle its ass and hang itself, and let this Cain-like beast of prey go to the land of Nod, and trouble the Church of Christ no more. Michigan UhriAian Herald. Questions of Life, BY J. 6. WHITTIER. " And the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer, and said : Thy heart hath gone too far in this world, and thinkest thou to comprehend the way of the Most High ?' Then said 1, ' Yea, my lord.' .Chen said he unto me, Go thy way, weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me tire blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is past.' "-2 Esdras, chap. 4th. A bending staff I would not break, A feeble faith I would not shake, Nor even rashly pluck away The error which some truth may stay, Whose loss might leave the soul without A shield against the shafts of doubt. And yet, at times, when over all A darker mystery seems to fall, May God forgive the child of dust, (Who seeks to know, where Faith should trust;) raise the questions, old and dark, Of Uzdom's tempted patriarch, And, speech coniounded, build again The baffled tower of Shinar's plain. I am : how little more I know ! Whence came 1 ? Whither du I go ? A centered self which feels and is— A cry between the silences ; A shadow-birth of clouds and strife, With sunshine on the hills of life; A shaft, from Nature's quiver, cast Into the Future from the Past; Between the cradle and the shroud, A meteor's flight from cloud to cloud. Through the vastness, arching all, I see the great stars rise and fall, The rounding seasons come and go, The tided oceans ebb and flow ; The tokens of a central Force, Whose circles in their widening course, O'erlap and move the universe ; The workings of the Law, whence springs The rhythmic harmony of things, Which shapes in earth the darkling spar, And orbs in heaven the morning star. Of all I see, in earth and sky— Star, flower, beast, bird—what part have 1 ? This conscious life—is it the same Which thrills the universal frame, Whereby the caverned crystal shoots, And mounts the sap from forest roots, Whereby the exiled wood-bird tells When spring makes green her native dells ? How feels the stone, the pang of birth, Which brings its sparkling prism forth ? The forest tree the throb which gives The life blood to its new-born leaves ? Do bird and blossom feel like me Life's many-folded mystery— The wonder which it is TO BE ? Or stand I severed and distinct, From Nature's chain of life unlinked ? Allied to all, yet not the less Prisoned in separate consciousness, Alone o'erburdened with a sense Of life, and cause, and consequence ? In vain to me the Sphinx propounds The riddle of her sights and sounds : Back still the vaulted mystery gives The echoed question it receives— What sings the brook ? What oracle Is in the pine-tree's organ swell ? What may the wind's low burden be ? The meaning of the moaning sea ? The hieroglyphics of the stars ? Or clouded sunset's crimson bars ? I vainly ask, for mocks my skill The trick of Nature's cipher still. I turn from Nature upon men, I ask the stylus and the pen; What sang the bards of old ? What meant The prophets of the Orient ? The rolls of buried Egypt hid In painted tomb and pyramid ? What mean Idumea's arrowy lines, Or dusk Elora's monstrous signs ? How speaks the primal thought of man From the grim carvings of Copan ? Where rests the secret ? Where the keys Of th' old death-bolted mysteries? Alas ! the dead retain their trust, Dust hath no answer from the dust. The great enigma still unguessed, Unanswered the eternal quest ; 1 gathered up the scattered rays Of wisdom in the early days. Faint gleams and broken, like the light Of meteors in a northern night, Betraying to the darkling earth The unseen sun which gave them birth ; I listen to the Sybil's chant, The voice of priest and hierophant ; I know what Indian Kreeshna saith, And what of life and what of death The demon taught to Socrates; And what beneath his garden trees, Slow, pacing, with a dream-like tread, The solemn-thoughted Plato said ; Nor lack I tokens, great or small, Of God's clear light in each and all, While holding with more dear regard The scroll of Hebrew, Seer, and Bard, The starry pages promise-lit With Christ's Evangel over-writ, Thy miracle of Life and Death, Oh Holy One of Nazareth ! On Aztec ruins, gray and lone, 'The circling serpent coils in stone, Type of the endless and unknown ; Whereof we seek the clue to find With groping fingers of the blind!! Forever sought and never found, We trace that serpent-symbol round Our resting-place, our starting bound ! Oh thriftlessness of dream and guess! Oh wisdom, which is foolishness ! Why idly seek from outward things The answer inward silence brings; Why stretch beyond our proper sphere And age for that which lies so near? Why climb the far-off hills with pain, A nearer view of heaven to gain ? In lowliest depths of bosky dells The hermit, Contemplation, dwells. A fountain's pine-hung slope his seat, And lotus-twined his silent feet, Whence, piercing heaven with screened sight, He sees at noon the stars, whose light Shall glorify the coming night. Here let me pause, my guess forego; Enough for me to feel and know That He in whom the cause and end, The Past and Future meet and blend, Who, girt with his immensities, Our vast and star-hung system sees, Small as the clustered Pleiades: Moves riot alone the heavenly choirs, But waves the spring-time's grassy spires; Guards not archangel feet alone, But deigns to guide and keep my own ; Speaks not alone the words of fate, Which worlds destroy and worlds create, But whispers in my spirit's ear, In tones of love or warning fear, A language none beside may hear. To Him, from wanderings lone and wild, I come an over-wearied child, In cool and shade His peace to find, Like dew-fall settling on my mind, Assured that all I know is best, And humbly trusting for the rest, 1 turn from the bewildered sense Of his diffused omnipotence, From Nature and her mockery, Art, And book and speech of men apart, To the still witness in my heart; With reverence waiting to behold His Avatar of love unfold, The eternal beauty new and old ! National Eia. Women's Rights. On the subject of rights. here is a very obvi- ous truth :—We have not of our selves any rights whatever. They are derived. We did not cre- ate ourselves ; we did riot create the powers of nature which surround us—the faculties of mind and body with which we are endowed ; we did not assign for ourselves our sphere in the world above the brutes. Nay, we were not first asked if we would be willing to take a part in the scenes of life, and then, upon our assent, as- signed our position. Nothing of the kind. God of his own sovereign will gave us life, assigned us our duties—to be useful to our fellow men, to serve him. Independent of this, we, be we man or woman, have no rights whatever. Rights are inseparably allied to duties. When we un- derstand our duties, then may we know our rights. The beast has not the rights of man ; for they belong not to the sphere for which God has created him. Man has not the rights of angels ; for their sphere, their capacities, their duties are different. And so man has rights which woman has not, and woman has rights which do not belong to man, for there is a dif- ference in their sphere, their capacities, and in the duties which God has asssigned them. As then we are placed here, not by ourselves, not of our own choice, not for ourselves as an end, but by our Creator, and for his wise pur- poses, so, our life and its labors being, a debt to God, all things must be considered in reference to this our position and duty. We are then en- titled to—because and only because God has given,—such rights as are consistent with the faithful and efficient discharge of duty. Would we then learn our rights, we have but to ascer- tain what our duties are. We know that woman has peculiarities of disposition—mental and physical endowments, a kind of influence, which do not belong to man. These render her especially adapted to a certain sphere, that of the wife and mother. Lower perhaps, in the eyes of some, but not less important, and not lower in the eyes of God. Whatever rights are needful to that high and holy employment of moulding the mind and heart, and forming the character, such rights are hers — given by Almighty God—rights which man cannot take away. The duties are by God assigned, and woman has not the right to desert them. Whatever rights are needful to calm the fierceness, mollify the harshness, check and restrain the impetuosity of man's disposi- tion—whether it be by her influence at home, in the family, or in the walks of learning and lit- erature—these rights are hers—for here herduty lies. Whenever for the benefit of the Church, or the welfare of society, good is to be done, that good which she better than man can ac- complish, the rights which are necessary to the discharge of such duties are hers. Accordingly we find her, not first and foremost in the heat of battle, but ministering comfort and consola tion to the wounded. We find her, not taking the lead in the affairs of State, the schemes cf commerce, but forward in rearing asylums and hospitals ; and when statesmen and tradesmen are worn out with toil, woman is there to cheer and comfort. We find her riot foremost in ac- quiring the wealth to build and enrich the sanc- tuary, but when man has acquired it, it is a milder influence at home that turns his steps to the temple of God. And oftentimes it would almost seem that the Church would be deserted, but that a wife, a mother, a sister, leads a too often unwilling husband and son and brother there. These are duties which must be discharged by some one. if woman is adapted by her tastes, her peculiar moral and mental constitu- tion, her disposition, for such—angelic—employ- ments, here is an indication that such is her sphere, her duties; and whatever rights they demand, these are hers. In perfect accordance with such sentiments is the teaching of the Book of Inspiration. She is styled a " help meet for man." She is not made to rule over her husband, for such is neither her disposition nor her desire. In short, that position, those duties and consequent rights, for which she is by natnre adapted, these are assigned her by the word of God. Gospel Messenger. I have yet to learn that the man who is ever prepared and able to assert his cause and take the side of justice and right in regard to his neighbors, is more liable to a fight than a sneak- ing, pusillanimous fellow. The heaviest fetter that ever weighed down the limbs of a captive, is as the web of the gos- samer, compared with the pledge of the man of honor. The wall of stone and the bar of iron may be broken, but his plighted word never. Take away the feeling that each man must depend upon himself, and he relaxes his dili- gence. Every man comes into the world to do something. THE ADVENT HERALD. It V 252 THE ADVENT HERALD. ... 1)e 20u nit ijeralb. "BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" BOSTON, SATURDAY, AUG. 7, 1852. All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to give i t room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it slay be conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, tiabrotherly the- potation. ID921.1190 PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. CEIAPTER XI. (Contrnued from our last.) V. 31-" By faith, the harlot Raliab having received the spies with peace, perished not with the unbelievers." " JOSHUA the son of NUN sent out of Shittirn two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view, the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named RAHAI1, and lodged there."—Josh. When the king of Jericho was told of this, he sent to RAHAB, to take them ; but she hid the men among the flax on the roof of her house. " And she said unto the men, I know that the LOISD bath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Loan, since I have sheaved you kindness, that ye will also spew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token : and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my breth- ren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and de- liver our lives from death. And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our busi- ness. And it shall be, when the Loan bath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide yourself there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way. And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come unto the !arid, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou. didst let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home unto thee."—Ib. 9, 12-18. So they departed, and she bound the scar- let line in the window ; and when the walls of Jeri- cho had fallen down, " the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Ranaa, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein : only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. And JOSHUA saved RAHAB the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had ; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day ; because she hid the messengers which JOSHUA sent to spy out Jericho."—Ib. 6:23-25. " Iris rendered exceedingly probable that the word run zonah, in Hebrew, and now,), in Greek, which we translate harlot, should be rendered [hostess] in- keeper or tavern-keeper."—Dr. Clarke. " Among the Egyptians the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, w bile the men continue at home and weave."— Beredotus Euterp., C. xxxv. "The men were the slaves of the women in Egypt, and it is stipulated in the marriage contract that the woman shall be the ruler of her husband, and that he shall obey in all things."—Diodorus Siculus, lib. i., s. 8, c. XXXV. Of the Greeks, SPULEINS says : " Having entered into the first inn I met with, and there seeing a cer- tain old woman the inn-keeper, I inquired of her," &c. Da. CLARKE, after giving the above concludes that public houses fir the entertainment of strangers, were kept by women in other countries. The spies would not have been likely to put their lives in the keeping of a disreputable woman but they would naturally have sought for rest at an inn. That she was a repu- table woman of good character, is probable, from the fact that she married SALMON (Matt. 1 : 5), whose grandfather NAHSHON was " prince of the children of Judah " 1 Chron. 2:10) being designated for that honor to MosEs by the LORD, when he chose one of every tribe—" the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of' thou- sands in Israel." (Num. 1:1-16.) By this mar- riage she became the mother of Boaz, who was the fattier of OBEs, the father cyfJEssE, the father of DA- VID the king. (Ruth 4:20-22.) And thus our blessed LORD came through the line of this woman. Vs. 32-3S-" And what more shall I say ? for I should not have time to tell concerning Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and .leph- thah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets. Who, through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from we kiiess were made strong, became valiant in war, put to flight the armies of the aliens. Women re- ceived their dead by a resurrection and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance ; that they might obtain a better resurrec- tion ; and others were tried with insults anti beatings, and also by bonds and implisonnieut they were stoned, they were sawn usun- der, were tried by sufferings, were slaughtered with the sword they wandered around in sheep-skins, and goat-skins : being desti- tute, afflicted, distress-it ; (of whom the world was not worthy !) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." Gideon, who by faith in God, with 300 men, des- troyed a countless multitude of Midianites and Amale- kites, and delivered Israel from oppression and slave- ry. (Judg. 6th, 7th, 8th.) Barak, who overthrew Jahin, king of Canaan, and delivered Israel from servitude. (Judg. 4th.) Samson, who was appointed by God to deliver Is- rael from the oppressive yoke of the Philistines; and, by extraordinary assistance, discomfited them on va- rious occasions. (Judg. 13th-16th.) Jephtlice, who, under the same guidance, defeated the Ammonites, and delivered Israel. (Judg. 11th, 12th.) David, king of Israel, whose life was a life of faith and dependence on God ; but whose character will be best seen in those hooks which contain an ac- count of his reign, and the book of Psalms, to which, and the notes there, the reader must be referred. It is probable that he is referred to here for that act of faith and courage which he showed in his combat with Goliah. (See I Sam. 17th.) Samuel, the last of the Israelitish judges, to whom succeeded a race of kings, of whom Saul and David were the two first, and were both anointed by this eminent man. See his history in the first book of Samuel. All these are said to have performed their various exploits through faith 1. The faith of Gideon con- sisted in his throwing down the altar of Baal, and cutting down his grove, in obedience to the command of God. 2. The faith of Barak consisted in his be- lieving the revelation made to Deborah, and the com- mand to go against Jabin's numerous army. 3. Sam- son's faith consisted in his obeying the various im- pulses produced by the Spirit of God in his own mind. 4. Jeplithee's faith consisted particularly in his believ- ing the promise made to Abraham and his posterity, that they should possess the land of Canaan : and in his resolutely fighting against the Ammonites, that they might not deprive the Israelites of the land be- tween Arnon and Jabbok. It may be observed, here, that the apostle does not produce these in chronologi- cal order; for Barak lived before Gideon, and Jeph- dire before Samson, and Samuel before David. He was not producing facts in their chronological order, but instances of the power of God exerted in the be- half of men who had strong confidence in him. Verse 33—'' Who through faith subdued king- doms," as Joshua, who subdued the seven Canaan- itish nations ; and David, who subdued the Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, and Edomites. (2 Sam. 8, &c ) " Wrought righteousness." Did a great variety of works indicative of that faith in God without which it is impossible to do anything that is good. " Obtained promises." This is supposed to refer to Joshua and Caleb,who, through their faith in God, obtained the promised land, while all the rest of the Israelites were excluded ; to Phineas also, who, for this act of zealous faith in slaying Zimri and Cosbi, got the promise of an everlasting priesthood ; and to David, who, tOr his faith and obedience, obtained the kingdom of Israel, and had the promise that from his seed the Messiah should spring. " Stopped the mouths of lions." Daniel, who, though cast into a den of lions for his fidelity to God, was preserved among them unhurt, and finally came to great honor. Verse 24—" Quenched the violence of fire," as in the case of the three faithful Hebrews, Shad- rach, Meshach, arid Abed-nego, who for their steady attachment to God's worship, were cast into a fiery furnace, in which they were preserved, and from which they escaped unhurt. (Dan. 3d.) " Escaped the edge of the sword." Moses, who escaped the sword of Pharaoh, Ex. 17:4 ; Elijah, that of Jezebel ; and David, that of Saul ; and many others. " Out of weakness were made strong." ,Were mi- raculously restored from sickness, which seemed to threaten their life ; as Hezekiah. (Isa. 38:21.) " Waxed valiant in fight," like Gideon, who over- threw the camp of the Midianites, and Jonathan, that of the Philistines, in such a way as roust have proved that God was with them. Verse 35—" Women received their dead," as did the widow of Zarephath, 1 Kings 17:21, and the Shunammite, 2 Kings 4:34. What other cases under all the above heads the apostle might have in view, we know not. " Others were tortured," ETvp7ravto-Oiray. This is a word concerning the meaning of which the crit- ics are not agreed. Tvt.oravoe signifies a stick, or baton, which was used in bastinadoing And Tvt,c7ravtw signifies to beat violently, and is thus explained by the best lexicographers. After consid- ering what others have written on this subject, I am inclined to think that the bastinado on the soles of the feet is here designed. That this was a most tortur- ing and dangerous punishment, we learn from the most authentic accounts ; and it is practiced among the Turks and other Mohammedans to the present day. ' Mr. Antes, of Fulnek, in Yorkshire, twenty years a resident in Egypt, furnishes the latest ac- count I have met with ; he himself was the unhappy subject of his description. " Not accepting deliverance." This looks very like a reference to the case of the mother and her seven sons mentioned 2 Mac. 7:1 &c. Verse 26—" Had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings." We do not know the cases to which the apostle refers. The mockings here can never mean such as those of Ishmael against Isaac, or the youths of Bethel against Elisha. It is more probable that it refers to public exhibitions of the people of God at idol feasts and the like ; and Samson's case before Dagon, when the Philistines had put out his eyes, is quite in point. As to scourgings, this was a common way of punishing minor culprits; and even those who were to be punished capitally were first scourged.— See the case of our Lord. " Bonds and imprisonment." Joseph was cast into prison ; Jeremiah was cast into a dungeon full of mire, chap. 37:16, and 38:6 ; and the prophet Mi- cah was imprisoned by Ahab, 1 Kings 22:27. Verse 37—" They were stoned," as Zechariah, the son of Barachiah or Jehoida, was, between the altar and the temple; see the account, 2 Chron. 24: 21 ; and see the notes on Matt. 23:35. And as Na- both the Jezreelite, who, on refusing to give up his father's inheritance to a covetous king, because it had respect to the promise of God, was falsely accused and stoned to death. (1 Kings 21:1-14.) " They were sawn asunder." There is a tradition that the prophet Isaiah was thus martyred. In I' era- moth, fol. 49, 2, it is thus written ; " Manasseh slew Isaiah ; for he commanded that he should be slain with a wooden saw. They then brought the saw, and cut•Iiim in two ; and when the saw reached his mouth, his soul fled forth." St. Jerome and others mention the same thing; among the Jews the tradi- tion is indubitable. " Were tempted," E7esuiractlecre.v. I believe this word has vexed the critics more than any other in the New Testament. How being tempted can be ranked among the heavy sufferings of the primitive martyrs and confessors is not easy to discern, because to be tempted is the common lot of every godly man. This difficulty has induced learned men to mend the text by conjecture : Beza proposes Ewvpwello-ay, they were branded. Junius, Piscator, and others, pro- pose vrvecco-Orrav, they were burnt alive. Gataker thinks an-evskeuv, a word of the same import, should be preferred. Tanaquil Faber gives the preference to ET vwelio. ay, they were mutilated—had different parts of their bodies lopped off. Sir Norton Knatchbull con- tends for Eerapho-av, they were transfixed, or pierced through. Alberti thinks the original reading was Ea7rEipachcav, they were strangled. About as many more differences have been proposed by learned men, all bearing a very near resemblance to the words now found in the Greek text. By three MSS. the word is entirely omitted; as also by the Syriac, Arabic of Erpen, the !Ethiopic, and by Eusebius and Theophy- tact. Of all the conjectures, that of Knatchbull ap- pears to me to be the most probable : they were trans- fixed or impaled ; and even the present reading might be construed in this sense. " Were slain with the sword," as in the case of the eighty-five priests slain by Doeg. See 1 Sain. 22:18; and the prophets, of whose slaughter by the sword Elijah complains, 1 Kings 19:10. Probably the word means beheaded, which was formerly done with a sword, and not with an axe; and in the east is done by the sword to the present day. " They wandered, about in sheepskins," 3119.coerats. Sheepskins dressed with the wool on. This was pro- bably the sort of mantle that Elijah wore, and which was afterwards used by Elisha ; for the Septuagint, in 2 Kings 2:8, 13, expressly say : Kat EXaf3Ey 'HXtarr Trey tkly\.O.7tp avr9v. And Elijah took his SHEEPSKIN (mantle.) Kat Vl Wo-f T 7)1, pr, ly\ oTns E7rfo-iv i7r'ayWOiv avTotr And he (Elisha) took the SHEEPSKIN of Elijah which had fallen from off him. It was most probably on this account, as Dr. Mackeight conjec- tures, that Elijah was called a hairy man, 2 Kings 1:8 ; and not on account of having a preposterously long beard, as those marrers of all the unities of time, place, circumstances, and common sense, the painters, represent him. And it is likely that the prophets themselves wore such garments, and that the false prophets imitated them in this, in order that they might gain the greater credit, " And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision . . .. neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive" (Zech. 13:4) ; Eptuiv Tiu>euvey, a hairy skin, SEPT., probably the goat- skins mentioned above. In general, this was an up- per garment; but, in the cases to which the apostle alludes, the sheepskin and goatskin seem to have been the only covering. " Being destitute," "rrprEpov&Evoi• in want of ail the comforts and conveniences of life, and often of its necessaries. " Afflicted," in consequence of enduring such pri- vations. " Tormented," Kaxotixovp,Eyot• Maltreated, har- assed, variously persecuted by those to whom they brought the message of salvation. Verse 38—" Of' whom the world was not worthy." Yet they were obliged to wander by day in the deserts and mountains, driven from the society of men, and often obliged to hide by night in dens and caves of the earth, to conceal themselves from the brutal rage of men. Perhaps he refers here principally to the case of Elijah, and the hundred prophets hidden in caves by Obadiah, and fed with bread and water. See 1 Kings 18:4. David was often obliged thus to hide himself from Saul ; 1 Sam. 24:3, &c.—Clarke' s Commentary, pp. 769-770. Vs. 39, 40- "Arid these all, having obtained a good testimony through faith, received not that which was promised ; God having provided something better for us, that they, without us, might not be made perfect." They had not received the heavenly kingdom and the blessed resurrection they expected ; but they await the resurrection of the just, when with. all the saints they will be perfected. Thus PAUL said : " Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Loan, the righteous Judge,. shall give me at that day : and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."-2 'I'im. 4:8. CiraysosTom saith of ABEL, and NOAH, " That they might not be crowned before us, GOD hath ap• pointed one time of coronation- for them all." Said THEODORET, " They have not yet obtained- their crowns, GOD expecting still. those that are to combat, that he may proclaim them victors altogether."— When under the fifth seal, the souls of them that had been slain " cried with a loud voice, saying, Sal- vation to our GOD which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood rotund about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and wor- shipped God."—Rev. 6:f0, 11. But at the sound- ing of the seventh trumpet, there are " great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lou), and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before Goo on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD, saying, We give thee thanks, 0 Lime God Almighty, which art, and avast, and art to come ; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, arid hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy ser- vants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great ; and shouldest des- troy them which destroy the earth."—/b. 11:15-18. (To be continued.) ARE YOU REGENERATE! By J. C. ItYLE, OF ENG. Reader, I wish to speak to you about Regeneration, or being born again. The subject is a most important one at any time. These words of our Lord JESUS CHRIST to NICODE- mus are very solemn, ‘• Except a man he born again, he cannot see the kingdom of Gon." (John 3:3.) The world has gone through many changes since those words were spoken. Eighteen hundred years have passed away. Empires and kingdoms have risen and fallen. Great men and wise men have lived, labored, written, arid died. But there stands the rule of the Lord JESUS unaltered and unchanged. And there it will stand, till heaven cod earth shall pass away,—" Except a man be born again, he can- not see the kingdom of Con." But the subject is one which is doubly important in the present day. Things have happened which have drawn special attention to it. Men's minds are full of it, and men's eyes are fixed on it. Regenet a- tion is discussed in newspapers. Regeneration is talked of in private society. Regeneration is ar- gued about in courts of law. Surely it is a time when every true Christian should examine himself upon the subject, and make sure that his views are sound. It is a time when we should not halt between two opinions. We should try to know what we hold. We should be ready to give a reason fur our belief. When truth is assailed, those who love truth should grasp it more firmly than ever. Oh! for a greater spirit of decision throughout the land ! Oh ! for a more hearty determination to be always on the LORD'S side ! Reader, I invite you to listen to me, while I try to bring this disputed question before you. I feel deeply that I can tell you nothing new. I know I can say nothing which has not been better said by better men than myself. But every additional witness may be of use in a disputed cause. And if I can only throw a little Scripture light on the subject of Regenera- tion, and make it plain to plain readers of the Bible, 1 shall thank GOD and• be abundantly satisfied. What are the opinions of men to you or me t He that judgeth us is the LORD ! One point has to be ascer- tained, annul only one,—" What saith the Scripture of truth I" Netw I propose to attempt three things :- 1. Firstly, to explain what Regeneration, or be- ing born again, means. Secondly, to show the necessity of Regeneration. Thirdly, to point out the marks and evidences of Regeneration. If the Lord Gon shall enable me to make these three 'Don'ts clear to you, 1 believe I shall have done your soul a great service. I. Let me then first of all explain, what Regenera- tion, or being born again, means. Regeneration means, that change of heart and na- ture which a man goes through when he becomes a true Christian. I think there can be no question that there is an immense difference among those who profess and call themselves Christians. Beyond all dispute there are always two classes in the outward Church—the class of those who are Christians in name and form only, and the class of those who are Christians in deed and in truth. All were not Israel who were called Israel, and all are not Christians who are called Christians. " In the visible Church," says an arti- cle of the Church of England, " the evil be ever mingled with the good," Some, as the thirty-nine articles say, are " wicked and void of a lively faith : others, as another article says, are made like the image of GOD'S only-begotten Son JESUS CHRIST, and walk religiously in good works." Some worship GOD as a mere form, and some in spirit and in truth. Some give their hearts to Gan, and some give them to the world. Some believe the Bible, and live as if they believed it : others do not. Some feel their sins and mourn over them : others do not. Some love CHRIST, trust in 'him, and serve him : others do not. In short, as Scripture says, some walk in the narrow way, some in the broad ; some are the good fish of the Gospel net, some are the bad ; some are the wheat in CHRIST'S field, and some are the tares. 1. THE ADVENT HERALD. 253 I think no man with his eyes open can fail to see all this, both in the Bible, and in the world around him. Whatever he may think about the subject I am writing of, he cannot possibly deny that this dif- ference exists. Now what is the explanation of the difference? I answer unhesitatingly, Regeneration, or being born 1 again. I answer, that true Christians are what they are, because they are regenerate, and formal Chris- tians are what they are, because they are not regen- erate. The heart of the Christian indeed has been changed. The heart of the Christian in name only, has not been changed. The change of heart makes the whole difference. This change of heart is spoken of continually in the Bible, under various emblems and figures. EzEKIEL calls it " a taking away the stony heart, and a giving an heart of flesh ;"—" a giving a new heart, and a putting within us a new spirit." (Ezek. 11:19; 36:26.) The apostle JOHN sometimes calls it being " born of Goo,"—sometimes being " born again,"—some- times being " born of the Spirit."—John 1:13 ; 3:3; 3:6. The apostle PETER in the Acts calls it, " repent- ing and being converted."—Acts 3:19. The Epistle to the Romans speaks of it as a" being alive from the dead."—Rom. 6:13. The second Epistle to the Corinthians calls it " being a new creature, old things have passed away, and all things become new."-2 Cur. 5:17. The Epistle to the Ephesians speaks of it as a res- urrection together with CHRIST, "You bath he quick- ened who were dead in trespasses and sins " (Ephes. 2:1), as " a putting off the old man which is corrupt, —being renewed in the spirit of our mind,—and put- ting on the new man which after GoD is created in rtghteousness and true holiness."—Ephes. 4:22, 24. The Epistle to the Colossians calls it " a putting off the old man with his deeds, and putting on the new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."—Col. 3:9, 10. The Epistle to Titus calls it, " the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost."— Titus 3:5. The first Epistle of PETER speaks of it as " a being called out of darkness into GoD's marvellous light." —1 Peter 2:9. And the second Epistle as " being made partakers of the divine nature."-2 Peter 1:4, The first Epistle of JOHN calls it " a passing from death to life."-1 John 3:14. All these expressions come to the same thing in the end. They are all the same truth, only viewed from different sides. And all have one and the same meaning. They describe a great radical change of heart and nature,—a thorough alteration and trans- formation of the whole inner man,—a participation in the resurrection life of CHRIST,—or, to borrow the words of the Church of England Catechism, " a death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness." This change of heart in a true Christian is so com- plete, that no wind cou'd be chosen more fitting to express it than that word “ Regeneration," or " new birth." Doubtless it is'no outward, bodily alteration, but undoubtedly it is an entire alteration of the inner man. It adds no new faculties to a man's mind, but it certainly gives an entirely new bent and bias to all his old ones. His will is so new, his taste so new, his opinions so new, his views of sin, the world, the Bible, and CHRIST so new, that he is to all intents and purposes a new man. The change seems to bring a new being into existence. It may well be called being born again. This change is not always given to believers at the same time in their lives. Some are born again when they are infants, and seem, like JEREMIAH and JOHN the Baptist, filled with the Holy Ghost even from their mother's womb. Some few are horn again in old age. The great majority of true Christians pro- bably are born again 'after they grow up. A vast multitude of persons, it is to be feared, go down to the grave without having been born again at all. This change of heart does not always begin in the same way in those who go through it after they have grown up. With some, like the apostle PAUL and the jailer at Philippi, it is a sudden and violent change, attended with much distress of mind. With others, like LYDIA of Thyatira, it is more gentle and gradual : their winter becomes spring almost with- out their knowing how. With some the change is brought about by the Spirit working through afflic- tions, or providential visitations. With others, and probably the greater number of true Christians, the word of GOD preached or written is the means of ef- fecting it. This change is one which can only be known. and discerned by its effects. Its beginnings are a hidden and secret thing. We cannot see them. Our Lord JESUS CHRIST tells us this most plainly : " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit." —John 3:8. Would you know if you are regenerate? You must try the question, by examining what you know of the effects of regeneration. Those effects are always the same. The ways by which true Chris- tians are led, in passing through their great change, are certainly various. But the state of heart and soul into which they are brought at last, is always the same. Ask them what they think of sin, CualsT, holiness, the world, the Bible, and prayer, and you will find them all of one mind. This change is one which no man can give to him- self, nor yet to another. It would be as reasonable to expect the dead to raise themselves, or to require an artist to give a marble statue life. The sons of GOD are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of GoD."—John 1:13. Sometimes the change is ascribed to GoD the Father, " the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus CHRIST bath begotten us again unto a lively hope." —1 Peter 1:3. Sometimes it is ascribed to GoD the Son, " the Son quickeneth whom he will."—John 3:21. " If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."-1 John 2:29. Sometimes it is ascribed to the Spirit,—and he in fact is the great agent by whom it is always effected ; " that which is horn of the Spirit is spirit."—John 3:6. But man has no power to work the change. It is something far, far beyond his reach. * * * * No minister on earth can con- vey grace to any one of his congregation at his dis- cretion. He may preach as truly and faithfully as PAUL or APOLLOS : but GOD must " give the in- crease."-1 Cor. 3:6. He may baptize with water in the name of the Trinity : but unless the Holy Ghost accompanies and blesses the ordinance, there is no death unto sin, and no new birth unto righteous- ness. JESUS alone, the great Head of the Church, can baptize with the Holy Ghost. Blessed and happy are they, who have the inward baptism as well as the outward.—(7o be continued.) BURNING OF THE STEAMER HENRY CLAY. We are called upon this morning to record another heart-rending catastrophe, which has filled our city with gloom, and made vacant places at many a house- hold hearth. Our noble Hudson River was yester: day the scene of a calamity which it is feared, when all its dread horrors are known, will he found to al- most equal in disaster the memorable catastrophe which befel the steamer Swallow some years since. About 4 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, intelligence was received that the steamer Henry Clay, Capt. TALLMAN, had been burned on the passage from Al- bany, and that a number of lives were lost. The sad news soon spread through the city, creating intense excitement, Hundreds of citizens flocked at once to the Hudson River Railroad Depot, and to the steam- boat wharves, to ascertain the particulars ; and among them were many who, with keen anxiety, sought to learn the fate of friends supposed to have been upon the river during the day. Our reporters proceeded to the point at which the disaster occurred, and made diligent inquiry in relation to the facts of the sad oc- currence. Of course, those who had narrowly escaped the death which betel many of their fellow-travelers, were generally too much excited by the scenes through which they had passed, to give as clear a statement of the circumstances as is desirable ; but from sev- eral of those who participated in the scenes of the ter- rible day, our reporters gather the following state- ment, believed to be as accurate as the present will permit. the steamers Henry Clay and Armenia left Albany at 7 o'clock yesterday morning for New York, the latter a little ahead, each crowded with passengers,— the former having between four and five hundred on board. It is stated that the boats comtnence.d racing from the start—the boats belonging, of course, to rival lines. All the landings were missed, in the eagerness of the race, until1 Hudson was reached. Here the Armenia made the landing first, and the Henry Clay was obliged to wait until her rival's de- parture bofore she could get to the dock. The Arme- nia of course again got the start, taking the west chan- nel of the river. Her competitor followed on the east side of the river—the channels being separated for some distance by a grassy flat. When the boats reached the lower end of this flat, they were about abreast of each other, each striving to make the next landing (Kingston, we should suppose it to be from the description) ahead of the other. The Armenia, it will be seen, was nearest the shore on which Kingston is situated. The Clay, however, crowded so hard that they came in collision, arid ran side by side for some distance, the wheel-house of the Armenia sustaining, meantime, considerable damage. The passengers, with the exception of a reckless few, had exhibited tnuch alarm during the entire pas- sage thus tar, apprehending some fatal result to the hazardous race. When the boats came in collision, their alarm increased so much that several ladies fainted, and many others gave expression to their fears in loud outcries and tears. It is proper to state here, that Capt. TALLMAN was confined to his room by sickness, and did not assume command at all. Also, that 'THOMAS COLLYER, one of the owners of the boat, was on board. We are told that, after the collision,i four gent emen went to the persons who were in command, stating the consternation of the ladies, and remonstrating against the fearful risk to which the passengers were being subjected, and beg- ging that the race should cease. At this time, the heat in the vicinity of the engine and boiler rooms was so great that it had become almost impossible to pass from one end of the vessel to the other. This tact was mentioned as an evidence of the hazardous efforts which were being made to secure a fruitless victory, at the expense of the comfort, if' not the lives, of all on board. The remonstrances, were unavail- ing The reply was, that the boat was getting along very well, and that there was no danger to be appre- hended. The race accordingly continued,—the Henry Clay succeeding, finally, in crowding her competitor so near the shore, that she was compelled to drop astern, in order to keep from running aground. The Clay made the landing, took on board the few pas- sengers in waiting, and secured the few dollars charged for their fare. At what price the paltry sum was obtained, the melancholy sequel will show. As may he supposed, the feelings of those on board —a large majority of them ladies, many of whom were without protectors—had by this time become so excited, that few were prepared to act with presence of mind in the dread emergency in which they were soon to be plunged. The Henry Clay maintained her vantage, and came through the Highlands a short dis- tance ahead of the Armenia. Emerging from that narrow passage, the latter fell rapidly astern of the Clay, which passed Sing Sing some four miles ahead. In the meantime dinner had been served, and the pas- sengers were grouped on the main and promenade decks, somewhat reassured, now that the boats were so far separated. At about a quarter before 3 o'clock, just after passing the village of Yonkers, the thrill Mg cry of " Fire !" resounded from the centre of the vessel. A glance towards the engine-room showed a column of smoke pouring up from one of the hatches. Almost simultaneously, the flames leaped from the hold near the boiler rooms ; and in less than one minute the entire vicinity of the ma- chinery was enveloped in flames, cutting off :II com- munication between forward and aft. A Western steamboat Captain, who was on board, expresses his conviction that tar, resin, or some other highly in- flammable matter, must have been, in use in the boiler room for fuel, as wood—even heated as was every part of the vessel, near the machinery, by the unu- sual fires of the day,—could not, by any possibility, have ignited and raised a dense wall of flame, in the few seconds which elapsed after the first alarm, and before communication fore and aft was cut off. This testimony is confirmed by other gentlemen with whom we conversed. Panic and confusion now assumed the reigns. The realization of the gloomy forebodings of the morning seemed to be at hand. Men, women, and children, were throWn into an alarming state of confusion. Ladies were calling upon their husbands for succor ; mothers clasped their children to their bosoms, with the energy of despair, as they retreated from the rap- idly-spreading destruction. Husbands who were on the forward deck strove in vain to reach their partners, left but a moment before in the after-saloon. Groans, cries, shrieks, imprecations, and prayers, were min- gled in mournful chorus. From the instant that the fire was discovered despair seemed to settle upon the hearts of a large portion of the passengers, and shut out from view altogether the hope calculated to in- duce self-possession and effectual efforts for safety. A cry for " the boats " was raised ; but no boats could be found. We cannot ascertain that a single yawl or life-boat was on board the steamer. If there was one such, we are assured that none was brought in use. Nor can we learn that there was any effec- tive apparatus on board with which to extinguish a fire. At all events, every effort to save the vessel became so utterly hopeless, within five minutes after the flames broke out, that it was abandoned, and the steamer's head was turned towards the east bank of the river in order to run her ashore. The necessity for this movement at the earliest moment was fully apparent. Already were the wheel-houses wrapped in flames, the engineers had been driven from their posts, and the devastating element, fanned by a stiff south wind, was sweeping raj i lly towards the after saloon, where the greater number of the passengers were located. The dense volume of smoke, too, was blown directly aft, laden with burning cinders, and subjecting them to imminent danger of stiffirca- tion. In the meantime, the despairing shrieks for help seemed to be redoubled. It was instinctively seen that, as the steamer would strike the shore bow on, there being no communication from aft to for- ward, even the approach to the river's hank gave but little hope to the helpless women and children who were astern. And there they stood—the young and the old—battling, inch by inch, with the flame, suf- fering a thousand deaths in the terrible struggle for life, until the vessel struck, leaving those who were aft some 250 or 300 feet from the shore. At this time it is estimated there were nearly 300 persons huddled together on the after guards, hesitating in agony or terror whether to meet death by the flame or the flood—these dread alternatives, apparently, being the only bitter choice. The place where the steamer struck is on the river bank, two and a half miles below Yonkers. No boats were to be had there, of any description. The Armenia bore rapidly down, and sent out her boats, as also did a number of sailing vessels which were near ; but at least a quarter of an hour elapsed after the Clay struck, ere any assistance came. In the meantime, the panic stricken unfortunates had nearly all been firmed over the stern into the water, where many of them sustained themselves by swimming, or by the aid of a few floating boards, until rescued from their perilous condition. Others clung to the guards of the vessel, with the energy of desperation. The rudder and steering gear furnished temporary safety to others. A number succeeded in getting hold of the braces on the under side of the guards. Several ladies threw the end of a stern line over- board, let themselves down lobo the water, and sus- tained themselves by it until aid reached them, for- tunately before the line, which was on fire, had become too weak to support them. But many others jumped frantically into the water, and sank to rise no more. A gentleman who was forward, and who got on shore soon after the vessel struck, says that not one of a number of ladies—some with children in their arms—whom tie saw jump from the larboard side, wore saved. He expresses the conviction that some fifty or sixty lives, at least, were lost. We wish we could add that but little reliance could be placed on his statements ; but of all those with whom we conversed, he seemed the calmest and most likely to he well-informed. We heard of but one person who is supposed to have been burned to death ; one child, we are told, was seen to.fall beneath the flames in the after saloon. A Mr. WAY, of Wellsvillefi Ohio, was among the passengers. When the Clay first struck he swam ashore, procured a raft of sev- eral loose hoards, and returned to save his wife. The drowning creatures about him, in their struggles for safety, broke up his raft, and compelled him to aban- don it. The loose hoards sustained quite a number of the sufferers above water until help carne. Mr. WAY got under the steamer's guard again, and sus- tained his wife and two other ladies until the small boats tame up. Before the engineer, (Mr. JACOB ZIMAIERMAN,) was compelled to leave his post, he arranged the valve properly, and left the machinery in full motion. The engine worked well until the vessel struck, when the machinery stopped with a crash, probably from the giving, way of the timbers supporting it. When the engineer and firemen reached the forward deck, they fell overpowered by the heat and suffoca- tion to which they had been subjected. New York Daily Times, July 23. Opium Smoking. The pipes used for smoking opium resemble in form the common narghili, or hubblebubble, of the Levant. They consist of an empty cocoa-nut shell, in an orifice on the top of which a hollow wooden tube is inserted, and the opening hermetically closed, so as to prevent the escape of either air or smoke. In another hole in the side of the cocoa-nut shell, a common little bamboo tube, about 18 inches long, is tightly fixed ; a little earthen bowl, perforated at the bottom like a sieve, is filled with opium, and one or two pieces of fire being placed thereon, this bowl is placed on the top of the wooden tube. The man who hands round this pipe holds with one hand the bottom of the cocoa-nut (which is half full of water), and with the other hand he presents the bamboo tube to the smoker, who, putting it to his mouth, irhales three or four whiffs of this must intoxicating and deletet ions narcotic. The effect is almost instanta- neous. He sinks gently against the cushion set at his hack, and becomes perfectly insensible to what is passing around. From this state of torpor, after the lapse of a few minutes, he as gradually begins to recover, and in about five minutes time he is ready and fit to resume the game again. The pipe is passed round from mouth to mouth, so that half an hour generally intervenes between the first whiff taken by the first smoker, and the last sigh heaved by the last man, as he indicates his revival from that Elysium of bliss, that short, pleasant dream, from which he is gradually awaking. One old, inveterate opium smoker told me, that if he knew his life would be forfeited by the act, lie could no more resist the temptation than he could curb a fiery steed with a thread bridle. It carried him into the seventh heaven ; he heard and saw things no tongue could utter, and felt as though his soul soared so high above things earthly, during those precious moments of oblivion, as to have flown beyond the reach of its heavy, bur- thensome cage. However true all this may have been, however ecstatic the enjoyment,—the tremu- lous voice and palsied frame, — the deep-sunken, glassy, unmeaning eyes, spoke volumes as to the direful effects of the system upon the frame. DAYS OF THE WEEK.—It might be supposed, per- haps, before reflecting upon the subject, that the de- termination of the number seven as the number of the days of the week was incidental, and that any other number, a Wile greater, or a little smaller, would have answered the purpose as well. On re- flection, however, we find that there is a very pro- found and permanent, though still a very simple, reason for preferring the number seven. The rea- son is, that the number six, which is the real length of the working week, leaving the day of rest out of the account, is a nutnber divisible both by three and by two. A thousand conveniences result from this which we daily experience and enjoy, though we seldom speculate upon them. A newspaper, for ex- ample, may be published, or a packet boat may sail, either every day, or every two days, or every three days, and in either case come out right at the end of the week. This now would not have been possible with any other small number. if the number of days in the week had been four, five, six, eight, nine, or ten, we should have been subjected to great incon- venience in many of the arrangements of business which now flow very smoothly. If the week had consisted of six days, for example, leaving five for the number of business days, everything which was required to be done once in two days, or once in three days, would fall on different days in every sue ceeding week, thus creating much confusion, all of which is avoided by the simple contrivance of having a week composed of such a number of days that it can be divided evenly by both two and three. Hunt's Merchant's Magazine. THE NEW TRACT on the Rapping Spirits, just is- sued, embodies our views of this Phenomena. We have been often called on and written to for an ex- pression of our opinion ; and in this we have com- plied with those wishes. We think we have been able to unfold the teachings of Scripture on this sub- ject. If the view taken is the correct one, the ap- pearance of the phenomena at this time may be re- garded as a striking sign of the times. The phe- nomena is an alarming one. It is wide spread, and rapidly progressing, and deceiving multitudes. We commend our argument to the consideration of those who wish for evidence of its origin, and nature, amid the place it occupies in prophecy. The admission of the premises we have defended, will be found an effectual cure of any tendency to be captivated by it. CORRESPONDENCE. THE ADVEN T HERALD. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. BY J. W. BONIIAM. " But can ye not discern the signs of the limes 1" —Matt. 16:3. (Concluded from our last.) 111. The moral signs. These include the aggregate of the conduct of the inhabitants of the earth, which constitutes the character of the mass of the popula- tion of the earth. When speaking on this point, how- ever, it would be more appropriate to use the term immoral than moral, and to say the immortal state of the world. That wickedness and depravity of the deepest dye now predonderates, facts clearly prove. Glance at the number of prostitutes, and swearers, and adulterers, and robbers, and Sabbath-breakers, and drunkards, who prowl the streets of London, and other large cities, like hungry tigers, seeking their prey ! Statistics of the increase of crime in America, England, Ireland, and other parts of the world, pre- sent a dark future. A correct picture of the immoral state of the world in this age, termed enlightened, cannot be drawn, and the enormity of manifested crime baffles description. The world resembles the days of Noah and Lot, and is " filled with violence :" and it is only because of the long-suffering of God that he continues to bear with things as they now exist. The world may be considered one vast Sodom for its wickedness,—a Babylon for its idolatry, and a wilderness to the Church. IV. The religious signs. These will include all the disturbances connected with the various depart.. ments of the professing Church, and the enormities committed by those who profess Christianity. I do not mean those nations denominated Christian na- tions, for the term is so frequently misapplied. What propriety is there, when speaking of France, to de- nominate it Christian France? Therefore, I refer to those in different nations who are members of certain departments of the professing Church. Facts prove that the Church is degenerating, and that instead of its converting the world, the world is converting it, and in some reapects, the Church may be looked upon as gliding into infidelity. The Church boasts of the progress she is making towards converting the whole of the human race ; while in the face of such state- ments, the number of births, and the multitude of professors who fall away, outnumber the sum total of conversions by an overwhelming majority ; while asylums and places of refuge for the unfortunate are increasing, and prisons being enlarged. Immorality acid vice outrun the progress of vital Christianity. Hear the testimony of Prof. Finney : " We have had the fact before our minds, that in general, the Protestant Churches of our country, as such, were either apathetic or hostile to nearly all the moral reforms of the age. There are partial ex- ceptions, yet not enough to render the fact otherwise than general. We have also another corrobrated fact : the almost universal absence of revival influ- ence in the Churches. The spiritual apathy is almost all pervading, and is tearfully deep ; so the religious press of the whole land testifies. It comes to our ears and to our eyes, also through the religious prints, that very extensively Church members are becoming devotees of fashion—join hands with the ungodly in parties of pleasure, in dancing, in festivities," &c. * * * * " But we need not expand this painful sub- ject. Suffice it that the evidence thickens and roll heavily upon us, to show that the churches generally are becoming sadly degenerate. They have gone very far from the Lord, and he has withdrawn him- self from them.''—Oberlin Evangelist, Feb. 4th, 1846. " In England we yet stand upon firm ground, but before us is a raging sea, with many a stately ship of sovereignty helmless and helpless, reeling in the storm." Hear another writer : " The world is fearfully agitated. It rocks upon its centre. Commotion is universal. There is no visible check. The wisdom of the ancients ' is gone ; it commands no attention ; it stills no tempest ; it ar- rests no ear ; it sheathes no sword. Experience has been recorded in vain. Her admonitions are like the curling smoke ; her folios are piled dust ; her phi- losophy is vain jangling ; her oracles are practical enigmas. Politics have ceased to be a science. The ancient landmarks are lost. The polar star is quenched. Precedent is forgotten in the passion for change, or, if named, it is but to awake the banter, and provoke the sneer of political scepticism. This passion for change is universal ; and it has its re- ward ! It unsettles everything, and composes nothing. It undermines the ancient structures, and rapidly raises others in their places, to be undermined with equal rapidity. Its work of yesterday, it destroys to-day. It builds beacons on the sand, which the next tide of its own passion engulfs. It proclaims con- stitutions, which, ere the ink be dry upon the parch- ment, it tears to shreds. It denounces tyranny, and acts the despot. It condemns war, and unsheathes the sword. It proclaims fraternity, and severs the most tender ties of brotherhood. It preaches kind- ness, and practices oppression. It proscribes super- stition, and cherishes apostacy. It pretends to re- construct society, but its work is that of the destroyer. It points to a new disposition of the materials of so- ciety, which shall be harmonious as the colors of the covenant bow, but judging from the specimens it has exhibited, the most indulgent spectator of its experi- ment is compelled to say, the old is better !' " What think you therefore of the state of the world? Surely— " We are living, we are dwelling, in a grand and aw- ful time ; In an age on ages telling to be living is sublime ! Hark ! the waking up of nations, Cog and Magog to the fray ! Hark ! what soundeth ? 'Tis creation groaning for its latter day." Depravity increases. Infidelity is abroad without a blush on its face, and attacking doctrines the most sacred, and pouring forth its errors in torrents ! Dis- cord spreads from family to family, from church to church, from [nation to nation ! Laws are becoming useless in restraining certain characters ; society is dividing into fragments, and her solid frame-work, that has stood the test of ages, is dissolving. Moral shocks convulse the nations and perplex her rulers ; while the heads of ecclesiastical bodies are put to their wits' end. " Men's hearts are failing them for fear, looking for the things that are coming on the earth ;" and events proclaim the proximity of, and the preparation for, the last great battle, when the nations will be ruled with a rod of iron, and dashed to pieces like a potter's vessel. (Psa. 2:8, 9.) The heavenly rider, with his armies upon white horses, will triumph over their foes, and scatter them to the winds. The night is dark, but the streaks of daylight ap- pear ; the clouds are thick and gloomy, but will soon be dispersed ; the storm beats, but will soon abate ; the wind howls, and the thunders roll, but they will soon be hushed ; the shadows flee, the illuminating rays of the Sun of righteousness burst forth in splen- dor ; the Saviour appears, refulgent with glory and brightness, seated upon his great white throne ; the seventh trumpet sounds its thrilling notes, and heav- enly hosts proclaim their Saviour King of kings and Lord of lords. It is done. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still ; and he that is holy, let him be holy still. " Not surer does each tender gem, Set in the fig-tree's polished stem, Foreshow the summer's season bland, Than these dread signs thy mighty hand !" THE WORLD. A world for sale, hang out the slut, Cal every traveller here to me."—R. Hoyt This glorious world, I will not buy, This vale of tears not sell ; But will confess me freely, 1 Have loved it long too well. And still the sky, and green robed earth, the change- less heaving sea, And the pebble pressed beneath my foot are living joys to tne. Yea, joys, from which ten thousand more, Like sweet freed incense rise ; I own, with miser grasp I've sought For richer wealth than gold, For love that never yet was bought, For friendship never sold. And these I've won from riot a few, and note it with a sigh— The grave a stronger wooer far has proved with them than I. 0 not in all God's broad, bright earth, Are gems that may compare With human love, yet all that's worth A counterfeit must hear. And I have seen eyes changed to stone, and bosoms turned to steel, And felt the change as none but they tire sensitive can feel. It is not what it seems to be, This gay old world of ours, With all the greenness on the lea, Its hedgerows hung with flowers ; A shade is on its picture still, a tale wrote on the past, And sorrow is the shadow but that joy itself has cast. It is not all it seems to be, Its worshippers well know : They own it in the smile we see Them shroud around with woe. With laughter, song, and jest, that seem with hope and joy to swell, There is a note they ever touch that soundeth like a knell. 'Tis bravely done, 'tis wisely so, For why to man reveal The grief he would not care to know, And God alone can heal? And grief if deep, will ever seek with sealed lips to dwell, In hidden courts, where all without of other guests would tell. It is not all it seems to be, Yet gratitude is meet ; It is so beautiful to see, Though perishably sweet. I love it for its beauty well, I love it more that He, My great Redeemer here sojourned, to purchase lite for me. I dare not pray to be secured From care and sorrow here ; Since He the buffet, scourge endured, We suffering should revere. I'll only ask when I am tried for strength to bear and stand, In patient trust that I may press the nail prints in iris hand. I love it, where the robe was wrought, That I must wear or die ; And here, 0 comfort giving thought, The difficulties lie. Which made of old the stepping stones, that serve the pilgrim still, And tell his progress up, when past, to Zion's holy hill. A SERMON. BY 0. Il• FASSETT. dependence ; but two days hence you may be borne along the same street in the hearse, with no power to move a single muscle, while the mourning and weeping multitude follow in the train ! To-day, your may be giddy, gay, thoughtless, while not a care or sorrow beclouds your mind ; and yet soon, very soon, you may hear the trump of God awaking the dead, and summoning you and a world to judgment ! And how will it strike terror to your heart, picture des- pair upon your countenance, and fill you with bitter lamentation and wailing because you are lost ! Man is but the being of a day,—an insect driven before the wind,—a worm crushed under the rolling wheel of time as it hastens on to eternity ! Such is man, and such are you—destined to be cut down in a mo- ment, as the grass of the field, by the scythe of the last enemy, or with " all flesh " in the final harvest, which is soon to take place, when the reapers shall go forth to fulfil their commission : " Thrust in thy sickle and reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'' In order to impress these solemn truths upon the mind, let me call attention to other scriptural declara- tions and illustiatious enforcing the same. 1. Says Job : " Is there not an appropriate time to man on earth I are not his days also like the days of an hireling ? My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 0 remember that my life is wind : mine eye shall no more see good."—Job. 7:1, 6, 7. " Now my days are swifter than a post : they flee away, they see no more good. They are passed away as the swift ships : as the eagle that hasteth to tine prey."—chap. 9:25, 26. " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. Ile cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow arid continueth not."—chap. 14:1, 2. Says David : " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that 1 may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is al- together vanity."—Psa. 39: 4, 5. " Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, Return, ye children of men. . . . . Thou earnest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleep ; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. . . . . For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we flee away."—Psa. 90:3-10. Says the prophet Isaiah : " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all tine goodlitness thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever."—lsa. 40:6-8. This,is quoted by the apostle in 1 Pet. 1:24, 25. Speaking of the rich man, says James : " As the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of tine fashion of it per- isheth : so shall the rich man fade away in his ways." —James 1:10, 11. Such are the scriptural illustration and declarations in reference to our life; and how striking and im- pressive they are. They never can be read without affecting the heart. They are so true, and so in ac- cordance with every day's experience, that we can- not well resist the impression they are designed to make upon the mind. 2. The proof of these declarations and illustra- tions, as given in the entire history of our race. Man has " an appointed time " on earth. " His days are determined ; the number of his months." That time has varied in different ages of our world. Before the flood the duration of man's existence upon earth was longer than any period since. Still it even then fell short of a thousand years. Methusaleh was the oldest man that has ever lived. His age was 969 years—lacking thirty-one years of a 1000. No man has reached the age of a thousand years in this mortal state, and this is proof to us that the thousand years' reign referred to in Rev. 20th, is in the immortal state ; and accordingly we find it to be after the " first resurrection,"—the resurrection of the just. But though Methusaleh lived to this ad- vanced age, yet how brief after all his life when com- pared with the duration of our world, which has num] bered 6000 years—how short lived when contrasted .with eternity ! He lived 969 years only, and when it had gone, he too was gone, but eternity stretches on and onward forever without termination or end ! Adam lived 930 years, thirty-nine less than Methu- saleh. Jehovah created him to live forever, and had he been obedient he would have still existed on earth with a holy progeny ; but, alas ! he fell, and in his The number of those who professed religion, but have returned to the world, in England and America, are immense ; and if all the facts in the case could be collected and presented, the color of the picture would be exceedingly deepened. Then, again, think of the dead branches and members still united to the professing Church, and mismanaging her affairs ; think of the black deeds done in connexion with cer- tain departments of Christendom ; glance at the great departure from the faith once delivered to the saints ; the rejection of the truth respecting our Saviour's personal reign ; tine evils resulting from the conceal- ment of God's truth ; the apathy caused in conse- quence of doctrines being preached unsuitable to the times in which we live ; the opposition manifested toward those who cry, " Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him ;" how those are looked upon and slighted, who receive the declara- tions of Jehovah in preference to the teachings and sayings of men, irrespective of consequences ! All may be considered as striking signs of the times in which we live. " Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ?" " In the last days perilous times shall come." " For One writer says, that the last half century comes forth from the page of history with marks of especial prominence, having no paralell in former ages. Dr. Croley writes : the time will come when they will not endure sound Yet had it added joys in store, doctrine." " In the latter times some shall depart My hand should shade my eyes. For I have caught the mandate voice, with echoes from the faith." " As it was in the days of Noah, loud and clear, so shall it be in the day in which the Son of man It says, 0 child, for whom I died, lay not up treas- shall be revealed." ores here. V. The political signs. Within a very few years the governments of the earth have been fearfully agitated. Evil has gone forth from nation to nation : the various nations of the earth have been much shaken ; thrones reeled ; rulers fell ; tyrants pre- vailed ; the popedom was shaken, and the Pope com- pelled to flee during the recent Continental revolu- tions, which I presume have not yet been forgotten. " For what is your life! It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." —James 4:14. How pertinent the question in the text, and how solemn the truth of the declaration given in answer ! And yet how little do we seriously consider the ques- tion, or realize the declaration ! We have continual proofs of the brevity of human life, and still we live as though we were to live always, and this world was our eternal home ! But alas ! Life, how brief, how transient, how uncertain ! Soon " the silver cord " ie " loosened," " the golden bowl " is " bro- ken," " the pitcher is broken at the fountain," and " the wheel " is " broken at the cistern ;" " then the dust returns to the earth as it was : and the spirit returns to God who gave it." Every day's expe- rience teaches us of our frailty, and that our foun- dation is in the dust." Let us therefore seriously consider the question : " What is your life ?" Not what it is philosophi cally, fur it is not our purpose to give a formal dis- quisition upon this subject : we have a more import- ant duty to perform than this. Besides, life is a prin- ciple in nature that is wholly incomprehensible, and all our labor to explain it would be unavailing. But what is it, as to its duration in this world of mortali- ty? and this is the design and import of the inquiry. The answer is given in the text : " It is even a va- por, that appeareth for a little time, and then van- isheth away." Such is its brevity, that it is likened to this. And did you ever see the thin cloud passing before the sun ? How rapidly it flies ! And such is our transient existence here ! nut of your race mere- ly, but of your life as an individual. You boast of an existence to-day ; but to-morrow you may be no more! Yon are in life and activity to-day, and you say you " will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow," and it may that when the morrow comes, you may be cold and lifeless ! You may walk along the streets to-day with great elasticity of step, and with a degree of in- ARO THE ADVEN T HERALD, 255 IIREMMIES.11..111e 01110•MWOI.1.11.ff• fall experienced the penalty of God's violated law, death, after the brief existence of 950 years. Noah, who survived the flood, lived 950 years, being nine- teen less than Methusaleh, and he passed away from the earth. The " appointed time " of man's life was greatly diminished after the flood. Thus Abraham lived only 175 years, and yet it is recorded of him : " Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years."—Gen. 25:7,8. He most probably survived most of his contemporaries, and yet what was even his age in comparision with that of Methusaleh, Adam, Noah, and others? He lived his brief period, and " was gathered with his peo- ple," and others filled his place. Isaac lived 180 years—Jacob 130. And he could say to Pharaoh when he asked him, " How old art thou ?" " The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."—Gen. 47:8, 9. The age of man has still gradually diminished as one generation has succeeded another, so that in the days of David he could say : " The days of our years are threescore years and ten : and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."—Psa. 90:10. Here we perceive that man scarcely reaches a hundred years; when he arrives at sixty years he is an old man, at seventy he has lived his appropriate time, ,and if lie still survives, he is trespassing upon borrowed time, and has to struggle, and labor, and toil, against age and infirmity. How " short our time is !" In our day the average age of man is about thirty years, the majority of mankind die under this age. If we should visit the graveyards where lie our kindred in dust, and read the several ages of the de- parted, as inscribed on their tombstones, we shall learn this sad and lamentable fact. How truly it is in our day, that our life is " even a vapor, that appear- eth for a little while and then vanisheth away."— Well may we inquire, " Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live forever ?" Where are the good of all the past ages of our world? the holy men that have lived, and the memory of whose names are blessed? They are gone, and the " godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men." Where are the mighty men of earth, those who in times have swayed the destinies of our world 1 who founded cities, and empires, and kingdoms ? who distinguished themselves as warriors, heroes, states- men, philosophers, and orators ? Where the thou- sands of generations of the past sixty centuries ? All, all, have gone ! time has obliterated them, and many of their proud structures and achievements, from the earth. The empires they founded, the cities they builded, the proud monuments and works of art they have raised to perpetuate their names and memory, have perished with them. Babylon, Tyre, Thebes, Corinth, are leveled with the dust, and commingled lies the dust of those who builded them ! Alexander the Great and his invincible army of Greeks are gone ! Demosthenes and Cicero, Socrates and Plato, the Caesars of Rome and their contemporaries, as well as men of power, and zeal, and influence, of modern date, the good and the great, have all passed away, after a brief and short-lived existence ! Only two of all our race have escaped this fearful ruin, and they only by the direct interposition of Jehovah ! Enoch and Elijah were translated, and did not see death ; and they were saved that the world might have an illustration of God's power to save man from death and the curse ! We see, therefore, what is our life—it is like the generations of the past, and unless Jehovah interposes to save his people while we are living, our inevitable fate will he to be consigned to the grave, to moul- der under the power of death to dust. And when we think of the work of death in the past and present, and our future destiny, 'if the Lord tarry we can heartily pray, " Come, Lord Jesus," and destroy death, and him that had its power, which is the devil. —(To be continued.) ACHILLI vs. NEWMAN. The following remarks from the British Banner, with regard to the late libel suit brought by Dr. Achilli, a convert from Romanism, against Dr. New- man, a pervert to Romanism, gives, perhaps, as truth- ful a statement as we can get, of the popular opinion among English Protestants with regard to this re- markable trial : " The city, if not the nation, has been excited during the last week with the trial ,which has just come off in the case of Achilli vs. Newman. This case has its peculiarities ; nothing of the sort has for many years disgraced a court of British law. It was in great degree an array of Popery against Protest antism, carried on by one convert against another, and rendered all the more fierce by the spirit which char- acterizes the Vatican towards all who escape from her thraldom, One of her paradisiacal delights is, to curse Protestant proselytes above all other malefac- tors, with bell, hook, and candle. Rome has special pleasure in cursing ; and now that she is not permit- ted to burn men, she consoles herself by hurling her anathemas on the hapless heads of those who have escaped from her cruel chains ; and especially if, as in the case of Dr. Achilli, they have cast at her a parthian dart, or, rather, thrown into her camp a deadly mortar. The recent trial was specially sig- nalized by the number and variety of the witnesses, and the vile unity of their testimony. Witness after witness was brought forward to depose to certain misdeeds on the part of the Protestant proselyte.— Nothing that skill, or craft, or energy, or money could effect, appears to have been left undone to crush him. We remember nothing, in our own times, ever approaching the trial in some of its baser fea- tures, except the memorable case of Queen Caroline. The object, in both cases, was substantially the same; the witnesses, too, were much the same, largely from the same country, and stamped with the same charac- ter. Nothing could have been more damaging, as nothing could have been more disgusting and revolt- ing than the chronicle of profligacy which was sworn against Achilli. Were any purpose to be served by it, we should analyze the evidence, and exhibit its re- ligious characteristics, which we think might be done with an effect far more striking to the eye of the mor alist than was done in the court, where, to a large extent, moral considerations are excluded, and still more those of a religious character. Dr. Achilli himself appeared as a witness in his own cause, and in that capacity he acquitted himself with singular ability, displaying a self-possession, a courage, a tact, and a frankness seldom witnessed under analo- gous circumstances. He must be either a virtuous man, strong in his integrity, or a consummate hypo- crite. For seven and a half hours he occupied the witness-box, where he was examined arid cross-ex- amined, with a searching severity seldom equalled by the first men at the bar. Some of the questions put by the opposing counsel were gratuitously insult- ing, and provoking to the highest degree. These were moments when the true character of Achilli was tested to the uttermost ; and we incline to believe that nothing but conscious integrity could have ena- bled him to act the part he did, under such circum- stances ; no confusion, no mantling blush on the cheek, no pallor, which speaks stronger than lan- guage, nor even the slightest ruffle of temper. Two of the witnesses, who regardless of their own infamy, had sworn to the crimes with which he was charged, were iNsuccession brought before him, when he de- clared with calm and dignified solemnity, that he' knew not the individuals ; that he had never seen them ; while one of them waxed pale, trembled, and was confounded before him. " The badgering and blustering of the defendant's counsel having come to a close, and the Attorney Gen- eral having replied, it then became the duty of the Lord Chief Justice to sum up, which he did with a clearness and comprehensiveness which his intelli- gence, experience, and deep sagacity enable him, in all complex cases to exercise, taking special pains to see that no point was neglected on which the jury might require to be instructed ; and having completely satisfied them, they retired, and after an absence of two hours, returned with a verdict that Dr. Newman was guilty of a malicious libel. There are points in the evidence which may seem to bear an unfavorable aspect as to Dr. Achilli, since they excite a fear that his notions of morality may still retain a taint of the popish system. " But on this it is no part of our business to speak. We have deemed it our duty, however, to make this statement, since we could do no more ; for we cannot pollute our pages with the atrocious recitals which we deeply regret to see so largely poured forth from the columns of the London press. The whole thing is an abomination ! Of the Romish Church, in this matter, we need say nothing : the object of the Ro- manists, from first to last, doubtless was to crush- and destroy Achilli ; but this they have not accomplished. There is, notwithstanding, reason to fear that, front the nature of the case and the nature of men, Dr. Achilli has been seriously damaged. No man can pass through such an ordeal, whatever his innocence, without injury—injury which will too probably cleave to him while life lasts, and which can hardly fail to impair his character, and, by consequence, the value of his labors in all coming time. But, whatever be the result as to Dr. Achilli, there can be no mistake as to the damage, boundless and irretrieveable, which this proceeding will inflict on the Church of Rome." Fire Wells. A writer in the Mobile Advertiser says that some two hundred years ago, P. Lemedo, a French missionary in China, made the following statement in a work upon China :—" Just as we have wells from which we draw water, thus the Chinese have wells front which they draw fire. In many parts of China they have hut to bore a hole into the ground, and they have a flame strong enough to cook anything by it." Although Aristotle speaks of a similar phenomenon in Persia, and the same is observable in certain coal mines, particularly in Italy, in the Apenines, this statement of P. Lemedo was regarded as one of the many apocryphal tales which are current about this little explored country. But modern observation con- firms it. Mr. Pauthier, in his excellent work upon China, says that this surprising geological phenome- non is very common in many parts of China, and is used there for the most different purposes—even for the melting of metals. In Canton, he says, there are many houses in which such fire is continually kept burning, and used for illumination in baking. The only trouble in procuring it is to bore a hole in the ground, when, by approaching a light to the opening, the gass ignites, and you have a fire varying in inten sity according to the size of the hole. The Chinese convey this gas into their rooms by means of bamboo canes, and use it for illumination. This light is en- tirely smokeless, and is similar to our gas lights. Mr. Tomperte, says that the poor in the winter often bore holes in the sand, about a foot deep, ignite them with a handful of straw, and then warm themselves at them. These holes from which gas issues the Chinese call Hongsing—literally Fire Wells. Ventilated Cars. The following is a more particular description of the new invention for keeping cars free from dust, than we have before seen. It is condensed from a description by the Hartford Times. If cars can be constructed so as to be free from dust, the greatest annoyances of railroad travelling will be obviated : The invention consists, first, in a row of three large circular ventilators placed in the top of the car, at equal distances apart, and flaring open so as catch a great deal of air from the rapid motion of the car. At the height of the ventlators there is not much dust, as it does not generally rise so high in any con- siderable quantity, but what little enters them is caught and deposited in a resorvoir partly filled with water, and ingeniously attached to the bottom of the ventilator. The air thus purified from dust and cin- der, rushes into the car through the ventilators, in consequence of the rapid motion. To make the ar- rangement still more effectual, the windows of the car have been altered, so that instead of opening per- pendicularly, they open sideways like a door. Each window consists of two parts, shutting together at an obtuse angle, which projects a few inches outward from the side of the car. One part of each window is closed, and deflects the passing dust from the car, while the other part is slightly opened inward, so as to permit a constant current of air received from the ventilators to pass out and repel the external dust. The invention is pronounced entirely successful by the Times. Mr. Paine, the water-gas man, is the in- ventor." Aerial Voyage. M. Petin, the aeronaut, published in the Bridgeport Standard, the following narrative of his recent bal- loon ascension at that place, and his landing on Long Island, from which we make the following extract : " I threw out more ballast, and we ascended, nearly as far as it is possible for human beings to exist : we had reached the height of 22,000 feet. The, earth appeared a chaos—thermometer at nine degrees be- low zero. The cold was intense; a heavy hail storm, held in the air by a power unknown to us, but pro- bably an electric power, enveloped us, in a thrilling and awful manner. Respiration was almost impos- sible, and we could not hear each other speak. One of my companions, being benumbed, fell into a pro- firund sleep. We felt so weak that my other com- panion and myself were hardly able to open the valve. At last we succeeded in opening it, arid we descended rapidly to an altitude of 13,000 feet. The imagina- tion of one exalted to such extreme height, grows vivid and warm, as the body becomes dull and chilled. For us no reality, no limits, were existing. The dreams of Bernardine and St. Pierre were realized ; universal peace seemed to he on earth, and the whole globe were united states. But a strong condensation of the gas brought us back to the reality of terres- trial objects, and we descended to the ground." 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 believeth in me, will never die."—John 11:25, 26. DIED, in the city of New York, July 22d, 1250, FREDERICK, son of FREDERICK and ELIZABETH STEL- ZER, aged three years seven months and thirteen days. Bru. and Sister Stelzer have consigned their little son to the grave in hope. They expect to meet their child again in the resurrection at the last day. May this affliction serve to bind their hearts more firmly to the Saviour, that they may not he disappointed when the Lord comes. J. J. PORTER. DIED, at Stanbridge, C. E., July 8th, of canker rash and croup, ELEANOR A. SPEAR, daughter of JOEL and MINERVA SPEAR, aged two years and four months. This is the second child they have seen de- posited in the land of the enemy, and wait the fulfil- meat of the promise, " they shall come again front the land of the enemy." She'll come when 'mid the flaming skies The mighty trumpet roars, She'll view the new creation rise, And range its blissful shore. D. W. S. DIED, at Clarenceville, C. E., July 21st, at four o'clock P. AI., NANCY JANE COVEY, aged fifteen years and seven months. She embraced the Saviour a few years past, but in the midst of the apostacy of these last days turned again to seek pleasure in this world, but through the blessing of God and the pray- ers and instruction of pious parents and brethren, she was brought to see her condition, repent for her sins, and embrace the Saviour. She spent the last three weeks of her life in doing what her remaining, strength would admit, (her disease being consump- tion) to warn and entreat young companions, and brother and sister, to prepare to meet her in glory. Site retained the faith of a speedy resurrection to life at the appearing of Christ. She was conveyed to the dark grave on the 25th, by a largecircle of friends, who sympathize with this afflicted family. The Methodist minister very kindly offered us the use of his chapel, and also attended himself, and with a large congregation listened to a discourse on the oc- casion from 1 Cor. 15:26—" The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." May the grace of God sustain the afflicted family, and prepare them all to meet where death shall never enter. D. w. s. THE ADVENT HERALD. This paper having now been published since March, 1840, the his- tory of its past existence is 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 Filth Universal Monarchy ; in which the kingdom under the whole heaven shall lie 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 our 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 fbreiy,n and dontestiC 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 hi 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— I. The Regeneration of this earth by Fire, and its Restoration to its E. The Eden beauty. I Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the d Millennium. III. His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and Kingdom. Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. IV. is H 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 bestowtnent 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 enth trumpets, denominated by the angel " QUICKLY :" .‘ The see- ond woe is past; and behold the third woe corneth quickly"—Rev 11:14—the time in which we may look for the crowning consumma- tion of the prophetic declamations. These views we propose to sustain by the harmony and letter 0, the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the ffiture. 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 Gon. These are great practical questions. If indeed the Kingdom of Got, is at hand, it becometh all Christians to make efforts for re- newed exertions, during the 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 things are so. What say the Scriptures ? Let them speak ; and let us reverently listen to their enunciations. Agents of the Advent Herald. Albany, N. Y.—W. Nicholls, 85, Lowell, Mass.—J. C. Downing. Lythus-street. L. Hampton, N.Y—D. Bosworth Auburn, N. Y.—H. L. Smite. Morrisville, Pa—Sand. G. Allen. Buffalo, " John Pow611. New Bedford, Mass—H.V. Davis. Cincinnati, 0.—J oseph vtiilson. Newburyport, " Dea. J. Pear- Clinton, Mass.—Deti. J. 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It begins with the 15:11 chapter, and gives an exposition of that and the three chapters next following-ending where the tract called the Approaching Crisis begins. It gives : The Victors on the Sea of Glass.-Rev. 15:1-4. The Angels with the Seven Vials.-15:5-8 ; 16:1. The First Vial.-16:2. The Second Vial.-16:3. The Third Vial.-16:4-7. The Fourth Vial.-16:8, 9. The Fifth Vial-16:10,11. S. The Sixth Vial.-16:12. The Unclean Spirits.-16:13,14. The Admonition.-16:15. 'rho Success of the Spirits.-16:16. The Seventh Vial.-16;17-21. The Judgment of the Harlot.-17:1,2. A Woman on a Scarlet Colored Beast.-17:3-18. The Fall of IlabylOn.-18 The Voice from Heaven.-18:4-8. The Destruction of Babylon.-18:9-24. The evidence is given that we are under the sixth vial- that at this time there were to be ahe manifestations symbol- ized by the Unclean Spirits-that it was to be a body of re- ligious teachers, who should present a belief common to Pa- ganism, Romanism and Mohammedanism, which religions are respectively the mouth-piece of Imperial Rome, decem- regal Rome, and the eastern Roman Empire,l-that demon- worship is common to those three religions-that the teach- ings of the rapping spirits, are in accordance Oith that de- mon-worship-that as the necromancy of the Canaanites (Deut. 18th) preceded their destruction, so these are to be instrumental in gathering the nations to the battle of Arma- geddon-that this battle will commence in a violent conflict between the opinions of men and the word of God-that these new lights have arrayed themselves in direct conflict with the Bible-and that It will terminate by the destruction of the wicked from the earth. • The Great Camp Meeting. A Camp-meeting will be held in the town of WESTFORD, Mass., commencing on Monday, August 23d, and continuing through the week. The churches in Worcester, Lynn, Low- ell, Salem, Westford, Westboro', Fitchburg, Newburyport, Haverhill, Lawrence, Nashua, Providence, R. I., Hope, and other places, are expected to participate in the meeting. We hope a committee from each church will unite with us in arranging the details of the meeting, so that all things shall be conducted in " decency and order." The prime object of this meeting will be to arouse the churches and ministry to the great work of bringing sinners to Christ. We need a revival among ourselves in this great work. Directions to the Ground.-The7p,round is located on the line of the Stony Brook Railroad, a short distance from the Westford depot, on the land of AbijahYletcher, eight miles from Groton Junction, and the same distance from Lowell. Fare from the junction and from Lowell, 25 cts. Those com- ing from Providence, Worcester, Northboro', and vicinity, will pass over the Worcester and Nashua Railroad to Groton Junction, and take the Stony Brook cars to the ground. . Those coming from Lawrence, Haverhill, Newburyport, Salem, Lynn, and Boston, will go to Lowell, and take the Stony Brook train. It is designed that each church shall bring a tent, or pro- vide for themselves in any other where room may be had. When not impracticable, it would be better for each church to provide a tent for themselves. There will be a boarding tent on the ground, where those who wish can provide for themselves. Horse-keeping near the ground. .1. V. MATES. Turkey. .At a dinner given by the British and Ionian merchants to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, on the occasion of his deparure, he made a speech, in which is a passage to which I cannot help calling your attention. The opinions of Lord Stafford on the administration of Government in the Turkish empire have great significance, and if he dared to express as much as he did on such a public occasion, at the very capital, and previous to his audience with the Sultan, the inference is very strong that he regards the corruption of the authorities as much greater than he expressed. It is not the least extraordinary thing that the speech has been pub- lished in a semi-official journal here, to be known and read of the 'Turks themselves. The guardians of Turkish mo- rality greatly desired that his exact opinions should be known.-Cor. N. Y. Times. " It is true, gentlemen, that the obstacles if have had to en- counter have been formidable. They are of such a nature that a man of my principles mist expect to see them present themselves with the same degree of certainty as in the other countries of the East ; they are, corruption, which saps the basis even of society, and the combination of power, cu- pidity, and intrigue, which obstructs the march of of pro- gress, and poisons the atmosphere in which they live. A good portion of the good intended by the reformed institu- tions has indeed been effected ; but more, much more, re- mains to be accomplished, and, I must add, with the saddest feelings, that there are tokens of error and feebleness in more than one direction, that the energy of the Government is complicated by financial difliculties, and that even the Grand Charter of Ottoman progress is rendered unmeaning, up to a certain point, by the inefficient manner of executing it, or ra- ther by the non-execution of its promises. 44 * * Gen- tlemen, whatever are the obstacles which at present hinder the progress of the Ottoman Empire, and whatever circum- stances may cast a shadow upon the future, as regards our- selves, the wheels of an irresistible force have been put in motion, and whether the influence comes from without or front within, it necessarily will constrain it to move more rapidly in the career assigned it, and to fulfil the intentions of an infallible Providence." The Scientific American. MECHANICS, MANUFACTURERS, AND INVENTORS.- The eighth volume of the " Scientific American" commences on the 18th of September. It is principally devoted to the diffusion of useful practical knowledge, and is eminently cal- culated to advance the great interests of industry-Mechani- cal, Manufacturing, and Agricultural-the genius and mas- ter-spirit of the nation. It is unrivalled as a Journal of the Arts and Sciences, and maintains a high character at home and abroad. The publishers pledge themselves that the future volumes shall at least equal, if not surpass their predecessors. Among the subjects chiefly brought forward and discussed in its col- umns are, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Railroads, Agri- cultural Implements, Bridges, Manufactures of Metals, Fi- brous and Textile substances, Machinery for the purpose, Chemical Processes, Distilling, Coloring, &c. 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(Always In advance.) Five copies for six months, $4 ; ten copies for six months, $8 ; ten copies for one year, $15; 15 copies for one year, $22 ; 20 copies for one year, $28. Southern and Western money and Post Office stamps taker, for subscriptions. Letters should be post-paid. ANNIVERSARY OF THE "AMERICAN BIBLE UNION." The Annual Meeting of the American Bible Union will be held in the meeting-house of the First Baptist Church, on the corner of Broome and Elizabeth streets, in the city of New York, on Thursday, the 7th of October next. The ex- ercises are expected to continue through several days. Among the speakers appointed for the occasion are, Pres. Lynd, of Covington Seminary ; Pres. Shannon, of Missouri University ; Prof. Adkins, of Shurtleff College, Ill. ; Prof. Duncan, of Louisiana University ; Elder Win. B. Maxson, New York ; Rev. John L. Waller, Editor of the " West- ern Recorder," Ky. ; Rev. James Pyper, Editor of the " Christian Observer," Canada ; Elder R. L. Coleman, Editor of the " Christian Intelligencer," Va., and Rev. Messrs. J. G. Stearns, C. P. Sheldon, William S. Clapp, Thomas Armitage, A. Wheelock, W. W. Everts, J. I. Ful- ton, and others. Discourses upon the Bible are expected to be delivered by Rev. Dr. Lynd, A. Wheelock, and J. Pyper. The morning hour of Thursday, from eight to nine o'clock, will be occupied as a prayer-meeting, in which brethren from all parts of the country will unite in seeking the blessing of God upon the plans and operations of the American Bible Union, especially in reference to the revision of the English Scriptures. The business meeting will commence at 9 A. M. in the lec- ture-room, and the anniversary exercises in the body of the house at 10 A. M. WM. H. WYCKOFF, Cor Sec. Sunday School Libraries. The Sunday School Union has recently published two new libraries. The first contains one hundred volumes, from 72 to 288 pages, substantially bound, with muslin backs ; each volume is regularly numbered and ready for use, and with each library a catalogue of the satne is furnished. Brice, $10. The second library contains one hundred books, bound in seventy-five volumes, from 52 to 172 pages, with muslin backs and marbled-paper sides ; each volume is regularly numbered, the whole accompanied by twelve catalogues. Price, $5. The books composing the above libraries have been se- lected with excellent taste stilt] judgment. Sunday Schools desiring libraries, will find in the above just what they want. If any of the Advent Sunday Schools wish to procure either or both of them, if they will transmit their orders to us, we will see to the forwarding of the books. Henry Clay's Advice to Young men.-Two years ago, dur- ing Mr. Clay's address to the students of the New York State and National Law School, in Ballston Spa, one object of which is to train young men in the art of extemporaneous speaking, he said, when counting on the advantages of the institution I owe my success in life to one single fact, viz., that at the age of twenty-seven I commenced, and con- tinued for years, the practice of daily reading and speaking upon the contents of some historical or scientific book. These off-hand efforts were made sometimes in a cornfield, at oth- ers in a forest, and not unfrequently in some distant barn, with the horse and the ox for my auditors. It is to this early practice of the great art of all arts that I am indebted for the primary and leading impulses that stimulated me forward, and have shaped and moulded my entire subsequent destiny. Lit- prove,then, young gentlemen, the superior advantages you here enjoy. Let not a day pass without exercising your pow. era of speech. There is no power like that of oratory. Cw- sar controlled men by exciting their fears ; Cicero, by capti- vating their affections and swaying their passions. The in- fluence of the one perished with its author-that of the other continues to this day." Editing a Paper.-Many people estimate 'the ability of a newspaper, and the industry and talent of its editor, by the editorial matter it contains. It is comparatively an easy task for a frothy editor to pour out daily columns of words-words upon any and all subjects. His ideas may flow in one wishy washy everlasting flood, and his command of language may enable him to string them together like bunches of onions ; and yet his paper may be a meagre and poor concern. But what is the toil of such a man who displays his leaded mat- ter largely, to that imposed on a judicious, well-informed edi- tor, who exercises his vocation with an hourly conscious- ness of his responsibilities and duties, and devotes himself to the conduct of his paper with the same care and assiduity that a sensible lawyer bestows upon a suit, a humane physi- cian upon a patient, without regard to show or display ! In- deed, the writing part of editilig a paper is but a small por- tion of the work. The care, the time employed in selecting, is far more important, and the tact of a good editor better known by his selection, than anything else, and that we all know is half the battle. But as we have said, an editor ought to be estimated, and his labors understood and appre- ciated, by the general conduct of his paper, its tone, its tem- per, its uniform consistent course, its principles and aims, its manliness, its dignity and propriety. To preserve these as they should be preserved, is enough to occupy fully the time and attention of any man. If to this be added the general supervision of the newspaper establishment, which most edi- tors have to encounter, the wonder is how they find time to write at all.-National Intelligencer. Table of Distances. The following table shows the distances (in geographical miles) of the principal sea-ports in the world from London, New York, and New Orleans. Distances in statute miles are obtained by adding 3 to every 20, or 15 to every 100 geo- graphical miles. The mean length of a degree of latitude is 69 statute miles. The first row of figures gives the distance from London, the second from New York, and the third from New Orleans. London is distant from New York 3,375 miles ; New York from New Orleans, 2,045 miles, and New Orleans from London, 5,115 miles. From From Front London. New York. New Orleans. Ajaccio 2,120 4,030 5,427 Alexandria 3,176 5,006 6,463 Amsterdam. ...... 290 3,510 4,720 Angry (Azores) .. 1,525 2,250 3,5.0 Archangel 2, 4,315 5,535 Auckland 14,270 14,524 13,859 Baltimore 3,700 465 1,610 Barbadoes 3,780 1,906 1,240 Barcelona 1,915 3,985 5,362 Batavia ...... 11,512 13,066 12,400, Benceolen 11,650 11,904 12,239 Bermudas 3,193 660 1,640 Beyrout 3,518 3,428 6,825 Bordeaux 758 3,310 4,6e5 Boston , ......... 2,125 308 2,323 Botany Bay 8,1140 13,294 12,360 Buenos Ayres 6,685 7,114 6,380 Bristol (England) 135 3,475 4,650 Cadiz .... 1,125 3,190 4,587 Calcutta 12,160 12,425 12,760 Canton ........ 13,650 13,904 13,239 Carthagena ' 4,150 1,983 1,375 Cape Horn 7,850 8,115 7,381 Cape of Good Hope 6,580 6,634 6,250 Charleston 4,315 748 1,297 Cherbourg 340 3,185 5,875 Colombo . . 11,070 11,324 10,770 Columbia River 16,130 15.965 15,300 Constantinople 3,264 5,140 6,437 Copenhagen ....... 710 3,640 5,825 Dublin 588 3,226 5,840 Fejee Isles ... ... 14,850 15,104 14,550 Funchal . .. 1,550 2,900 4,150 Galveston 5,250 2,200 450 Gibraltar ......... 1,300 3,290 4,700 Halifax 2,750 612 2,650 Hamburg 420 3,773 5,520 Havana 4,61(1 1,420 .610 Havre 275 3,210 5,975 Hobart . .. ....... 12,450 12,7(X) 12,150 Hole in the Wall 4,175 1,100 950 Hull 230 3,600 5,350 Key West 4,450 1,475 575 Kingston 4,569 1,640 1,025 Land's End... 375 3,010 4,740 Leghorn ... .. 2,260 3,170 4,567 Lima 10,730 11,310 10,675 Lisbon 1,100 3,175 4,575 Liverpool 650 3,210 4,950 Madras 11,585 11,850 11,273 Malacca .... . 11,250 12,500 11,950 Malts ..... 2,412 4,325 5,720 Manilla 12,450 13,675 13,120 Monrovia ...... 3,475 3,s25 4,900 Mobile . 5,025 1,950 260 Naples .......... 2,420 4,330 5,725 Nagaski . . ... 14,675 11,925 14,375 Nassau ..... ... 4,200 1,150 980 Pekin 13,100 15,325 14,775 Pernambuco ....... .... 4,450 4,760 3,925 Philadelphia 3,540 240 2,000 Para 4,430 4,120 3,425 Plymouth 315 3,060 4,800 Portsmouth 190 3,:.75 4,925 Polo Penang 12,00) 12;450 11,700 Quebec .. ...... 3,010 1,100 3,450 Rangoon ........ ...... 12,800 12,550 12,300 Rio de Janeiro .. . 5,400 5,54) 5,150 Sandwich Islands ...... 15,100 15,300 14,625 St. Helena 4,860 5,900 5,500 St. Jago (Cuba) 4,125 1,420 1,125 St. Jago (Cape Verd ls ) 2,675 3.101 4,110 St. Johns (N. F.) 1,230 1,250 3,300 St. Petersburg 1,375 4,420 6,500 Singapore ........ 12,473 12,710 11,850 Smyrna ........ 3,120 5,000 6,400 Spitzhergeu 1,50U 5,210 7,100 Stockholm. . 1,120 4,0F,0 6,225 Swan River (Australia) 11,650 11,9)10 11,450 Tahiti (Society Islands) 11,500 12,225 14,473 Teneriffe .... 1,500 2,940 - 3,75)) Trieste . . 3,220 5,130 6,525 Tripoli 2,4(0 4,330 5,725 . Valparaiso .... 9,475 9,750 9,000 Venice 3,200 5,125 6,250 Valencia 1,740 3,65() 5,050 Vera Cruz 5,173 2,240 820 Victoria (Australia) 12,575 12,825 12,875 Washington ....... 3,775 400 1,860 "Youth's Guide." The Aug. number (No. 4, Vol 6) of this interesting and beautifui little monthly paper is now out. CONTENTS. Richard Bakewell (Chap. 4.) The Little Ragged Boy. Interesting Anecdote. Teaching Children to tell False An Extraordinary Stomach Load hoods. Parental Duties. The Mother. The Seasons in Iceland. Profanity. The l'eewit Why You should be Thankful. The Will and the Way. Neatness. The Schoolmaster at Home. 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We hope that all who can will come with tents and provisions, prepared to stay on the ground. There will he a tent for the accommodatien of those who wish to provide for themselves. Arrangements have also been made with Mr. Burroughs for all who may desire board, horse-keep- ing, &c., on reasonable terms. Elders T• M Preld. A. SCOTT. c Edwin Burnham Burnham are earnestly invited to attend. (For the brethren.) l O. :Tw.in The Lord willing, a camp-meeting will he held in Winsted, com- mencing Aug. 311th, to continue one week or more, upon the same groimd occupied last year. The camp ground is about two miles from the depot at the terminus of the Naugatuck Railroad ; and those coming by cars or stages will be accommodated with cheap conveyance to and front the meeting. and all who are willing' to seek ewteW orrnitilTifteittieetheGr'Egyohrfilhheeiln'adtv,:ifo!nesteue'l with us in the tented grove, to Board and horse keeping on reasonable terms, with an invitation to the poor pilgrims to come and eat, without money and without price. S. G. MATHEWSON, HIRAM MUNGER, A. D. SMITH, MILES GRANT, Committee. A Camp-meeting will he held in Elk county, Pa., on the Sense- mahoning river' near the junetien of Driftwood and Betinets, on land owned by Mr. John Coleman, to continence Aug. 13th, and continue one week or more. Eldera J. Litch, I. R. Gates, J. 1'. Liming, J. D. Boyer, and others, will be present. The brethren and sisters within this and adjoining counties are requested to make the alerting a subject of prayer, that sinners may be converted, saints quickened, anti the truths of the everlasting • gosnel spread abroad more extensively. (By order of the committee.) M. NELSON, THEO. BOYER, WM. LANE, J. H. BOYER. A Camp-meeting will be held on the ground owned by Mr. Stee and others, five miles front Bellefonte, and three miles from Miles- burg, Pa., to commence Aug. 26th, and continue over the following Sabbath. They unite in soliciting all to draw near unto Hint who is the fountain of living waters, with devout and importunate play- ers, that a neutecostal shower of divine grace may descend warm the faithful servants of God, that they may be instrumental in guid- ing saint and simmer to the Lamb of God. Elders J. Litch, 1. R. Gates, J. T. ',ailing, and J. D. Boyer will he present. (By order of time committee.) J. T. LANING, JOSEPH EZKLEY, ROBT. MCMUL- LEN, JACOB SHEARER, J. D. BOYER. A Camp-meeting will be held in South China, Me., on land owned by William Pullen, to coin Menne Aug. 24th, and hold over the Sab- bath. it has been our aim in selecting a place, to accommodate the brethren in Maine, and hence we have chosen South China, as the most central and convenient place between the Keunebec and Pe- nobscot. We invite all who love the Lord to come. Let the breth- ren be on the ground at an early hour with their tents. Let there be a general rally. Bro. Couch and others will be there to aid in the services of the meeting. (For the brethren.) F. 11. BERICK. There will be a Camp-meeting in Haydenville the 17th of August, to continue over the Sabbath. Comae, brethren, one and all, anti bring your tents. Let there be a rally of the laithful.-CHESTER SHELDEN, P. TRUMBULL, HORATIO BARRETT, Committee.