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ACROSTIC. 
BY MRS. C. M. II. GOODENOUGH. 
May thy kind and gentle spirit 
In the dear Redeemer rest; 
Sweetly trusting, safe reposing, 
Soft reclining on His breast. 
Joy to do His will and pleasure,--
Onward let thy footsteps move ; 
Strictly watching, humbly praying, 
E'er abiding in His love. 
Persevere in holy living, 
Hourly ask for strength and grace ; 
In thy Saviour trust forever, 
Never from him turn thy face. 
Ever onward—never tardy,— 
Joyful may'st thou speed thy way, 
Only heeding Jesus' bidding ; 
Humble, self-denying be. 
Never let the world beguile thee ; 
Subtile snares are in thy way, 
On--thy pathway leads to glory, 
Never fear, thoult win the day. 
Waterloo, C. E. 
The Samaritans. 
This ancient race will probably ere long have 
ceased to eiist, as it has long been gradually but 
surely diminishing. At the present time the 
whole tribe consists of not more than one hun-
dred and fifty persons, and as their laws forbid 
them to marry except among their people, there 
are now twelve young men who cannot find 
Wives. They dwell at Sheehan, and every Eas-
ter go up with their tents to Mount Gerizim, 
where they keep the Passover, with precisely 
the same ceremonies which accompanied its cele-
bration two thousand years ago. Like the Jews, 
they slay the paschal lamb,and with loins girded 
and staff in hand they eat it with bitter herbs. 
Unlike the modern Jews (with whom they have 
no dealings whatever) they have their high priest, 
and this office has ever descended in the same 
family. The present venerable old man will 
be succeeded by his nephew, who is now a rab- 
bi ; besides these two officiating priests there are TIME is the seed of eternity. At the judg- 
Six slayers, whose duty it is to kill the sacrifi- ment thelquestion that will decide our destiny will 
cial lambs. Not only is the Passover celebrated be no other than this—How have you used your 
as 'prow, but every rite mentioned in the Bible time ? And the less there remains of this pre- 
is adhered to with the ireatest exactitude and cious article the more valuable it should appear. 
minuteness. 
"signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the 
stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, 
with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, 
men's hearts failing them for fear, and for look-
ing after those things which are coming on the 
earth ?" Or are we to suppose that this is noth-
ing more than ordinary civil war, which all newItime these torches blazed brightly, but as the 
if , night wore away it became difficult to keep them 
countries have to pass through, especially 
burning. Inquiring the cause the answer was 
returned. "It is near morning and the dews are 
falling." Just so in the Christian's journey as 
we draw near the morning the "death-damps" 
threathen to extinguish our light. 
It is well to know, that in our mountain re 
glop, at this season of the year, just before the 
morning dawns, a heavy fog enshrouds the moun-
tains and settles down into the valleys, where it 
remains until dispersed by the rays of the rising 
sun. Are not these mists settling upon the world 
now. Have we not every day, more and more 
need of watchfulness? 0 how difficult to keep 
our lights burning brightly ! How many who 
once shone as lights in' the world are now Mtn-
med ! Let us watch and pray. • 
Friday Aug. 22d. Showery all day. ,In the 
morning, Elder M. B. Laning preached. Text 
Lu. 21: 36, "Watch ye therefore, and pray l al-
ways, that ye may be accounted worthy to ex-
cape all these things that shall come to pass,and 
to stand before the Son of man." 
Never from our Saviour came the cry of 
"Peace, peace." 
Bro Litch addressed us in the afternoon
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1st Jno. 2: 28 "And now little children, abide 
in him ; that, when he shall appear, we may 
have confidence, and not be ashamed before him, 
at his coming." The rain drove us into the tent, 
but the word was with power. Did Noah have 
need to abide in the ark ? So have we need to 
abide in Jesus.' Sinner, should this meet your 
eye, hasten to Jesus for refuge. Hear ye not 
Bno. BLISS :—Although the war seemed to oc- the coming tempest ? How shall you escape, if 
eupy the minds of most of the people, yet we you neglect the great salvation ? Christian, re-
thought that we must make an attempt to hold member that except ye "abide in the ship ye can-
our annual Camp Meeting this season. These not be saved." 
meetings have heretofore been seasons of refresh- Elder Osler again addressed us in the even- 
ing. Friends, whose homes are far separated by ng. Text. 2 Cor. 4: 3 "But if our gospel be hid, 
mountain and valley have from year to year t is hidden to them that are lost." 
assembled in the name of the Lord, and realized Saturday 23d. Cool and pleasant. Three ser- 
that in the "camp" they have been strengthened, vices as usual. Elder Litch, Ruth 1: 16. Elder 
and encouraged to go forth upon the battle-field. Laning, Cor. 3: 1. In the evening Elder Osier, 
Here new recruits have been added to our va- 1 Thess. 5: 3. 
rious companies,and deserters have been reclaim- How the sword of the spirit cuts when it is. 
ed to duty. Rebels have here taken the oath inot wrapped in the rags of error ! 
of allegiance to God. At our July Quarterly Sunday was a beautiful day the showers hays 
Meeting it was unanimously agreed that the ing cooled the atmosphere and "laid" the dest. 
meeting should be held. 
The people assembled from far and near, to hear 
It was, also determined to send for Brn. Litch, the word of truth. At 9 o'clock we had a con-
Osler and our mountain preachers to come and ference meeting, "exhorting one another." 
help us. 
Preaching at 10 o'clock by Bro. Os.ler from 
Thursday Aug. 21st, started for the ground Matt. 13: 11 "He answered and said unto 
all prepared to "camp out." Brn. Osier, Jack- I them, Because it is given into yea to know th 
Prayer. 
Eliot the missionary to the Indians, used to 
set apart whole days for prayer, especially when 
he had any remarkable difficulty before him, 
adopting Dr. Preston's mind, that "when we 
would have any great thing to be accomplished, 
the best policy is to work by an engine which 
the world sees nothing of." 
Sir Matthew Hale, as upright a judge as Eng-
land ever had, in his letters to his children said, 
'If I omit praying and reading a portion of 
God's blessed word in the morning, nothing 
goes well with me all the day." 
Dr. Doddridge said "he never advanced well 
in human learning without prayer,and that he al-
ways made most proficiency in his studies when 
he prayed with the greatest fervency." 
Our Saviour gave us an example : "In the 
morning, rising up a great while before day, he 
went out into a solitary place,and there prayed." 
"No time, or place, or form,or posture, is dis-
pleasing to God, if the heart is right. If the 
heart is wrong, all is wrong." 
"He who prays at stated times only,will make 
but poor progress heavenwards. He who prays 
not at stated times, will soon omit all prayer." 
"If there was more prayer there would be 
more converts and fewer critics, more penitents 
and fewer sleepers in our churches." 
There never has been a time in the history of 
the church when more was to be obtained by 
prayer than at present : never a time when there 
were so many to pray. What power would the 
church have with God now, if every Christian 
would awake and cry mightily to God for the 
overturning of Satan's kingdom, and the build-
ing up and enlarging of the kingdom of God's 
dear Son ! 
When God's anger' was burning against the 
rebellious Israelites, Moses prayed, and the fire 
ceased. So when they murmured and rebelled, 
and God promised to make Moses a great peo-
ple, he prayed, and God pardoned them. Isaiah 
and Hezekiah cried to God against Sennacherib, 
and God slew by an angel 185,000 that very 
night. 
None of us can be too poor to pray, nor too 
weak. God never grows weary in hearing our 
prayers. We can never ask him for more' than 
he is able to do. We may open our mouths 
wide. Think of all the persons we would pray 
for, all the subjects of prayer. He is able to help 
them all. 
What a privilege it is, that we can come and 
put God in mind of his promise to his Son in re-
gard to the kingdoms of the earth, knowing that 
he will not be offended, but that he will regard 
our request with special favor. As we draw 
nign to the time when voices in heaven shall pro-
claim, "The kingdoms of this world have become 
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ," the 
inhabitants of heaven are filled with joy. Why 
then should we not pray more earnestly and more 
fervently, Thy kingdom come ? 
R. Hall. 
A Voice from Abroad. son and Moyer arrived in the morning. The day 
was mostly occupied in arranging the tents and 
Extract from a private letter of Rev. E. N. otherwise preparing fbr the ,meeting. In the 
Sawtelle, Seamen's Chaplain, Havre, France, evening Elder Osler addressed us from Rom. 13: 
dated August 20, 1862 :— 
11. "Now it is high time to awake out of sleep." 
"0, our poor, bleeding, riven country ! What How full of meaning those words seem, to the 
is to become of us ? When and where is this child of God in these days. Bro. Osier related an 
war to end ? It is but the beginning of the incident, that strikingly illustrates our present 
end ? Is it to be confined to our nation, or ev- position in the long "night," which is now "far 
en to our continent ? Are we now to look for spent." 
Called once to attend a meeting, he left a 
daughter, at home very sick. Anxious to rejoin 
his family, he started, as soon as the meeting 
closed accompanied by Elder Gates. Having.,to 
travel all night they were provided with pine 
torches to light them on the road. For a long 
they have any kind of disease or cancer that 
needs to be removed ? What are the opinions 
of the most humble praying, God-fearing men 
and women of our country on this point ? (for 
"the secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him.") 0, how I should like to hear them talk 
and pray on this subject. Do Christians seem 
to lay it to heart, and to get very low and hum-
ble before God in prayer ? Or is there a self-
confident spirit, looking to man, trusting in an 
arm of flesh rather than in God ? Thus far I 
must confess that I have looked in vain for evi-
dence of any deep searching of heart, or any in-
dications of a Christian nation lying low and 
prostrate in the dust before God, clothed' as it 
were in sackcloth and ashes, and with strong 
crying and tears beseeching God to show them 
why it is that he is thus chastising them. In-
dividuals no doubt there are, but that all-per-
vading spirit of humility and broken heartedness 
which the recent revivals naturally led us to ex-
pect, I have seen but slight indications of. * * 
How do pastors preach and pray on this sub-
ject ? Surely God has a controversy with our 
nation. Do the people feel it ? Do they ac-
knowledge it ? Do they habitually wrestle 
with God in this day of our nation's peril ? The 
Lord pour upon his people the spirit of importu-
nate prevailing prayer. 
For the Herald. 
Letter from Bro. Elwell. 
 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Say whence thine eye and vision came ! 
Whose power defined thy bones within ?' 
What artist's skill contrived thy frame, 
And covered it with beauteous skin? 
Who placed thy veins so neatly laid, 
So orderly to each conveyed, 
Thy limbs arrayed in comely grace, 
Who gave to every part its place ? 
Where was thine heart, thy will, thy mind 
When heaven's curtain opened wide ? 
Who form'd the land ? the sea defined? 
And the remotest bound beside ? 
Who brought the sun and moon to view, 
The herbage, tree, and creature too? 
Bid them thy pleasure to fulfil, 
Obey thy heart's desire and will ! 
Lift up thine head and look around, 
Gaze well beneath, behold above! 
See how God's hand is ever found, 
And ever manifest His love ! 
Before thy being God did care 
Both food and clothing to prepare, 
To meet thy need the milk should be, 
Ere that thou cam'st, all there for thee. 
Thy garments which should swathe thy form, 
Thy cradle, chamber, and thy rest, 
The roof to shelter thee from storm, 
Ere folded on thy mother's breast, 
Before thine eyes had seen the light, 
Or gazed around with vision bright, 
Or knew what in the world might be, 
Were'all things fore-prepared for thee. 
And yet thou wilt be led by sight, 
Guided by that which thou dost see, 
And trust alone in the vain light, 
Which manifests itself to thee. 
What thou beginnest thou wilt own, 
As clear and right, and that alone, 
What fathomless to sense appears, 
Occasions in thee endless fears. 
Now mark it well, how all thy schemes, 
And cherish'd longings came to naught, 
Thy fondest wish and brightest dreams, 
Were oft with disappointment fraught. 
And then again events took place 
Which human skill could never trace, 
Or sense or reason ere devise, 
To fill thy heart with such surprise. 
How oft wast thou in deepest need, 
Through thine own will and wish ensnared, 
The way of death, thy mind, indeed, 
Instead of life for thee prepared ; 
It would have cost thee sad remorse, 
Had but thy God allowed the course 
In which thy will and work would go, 
And brought thee very, very low. 
But he whose love no thought can bound, 
Our sorrows into gladness turns, 
Maketh that right which we confound, 
Though all our folly he discerns. 
His inward love constrains him so 
To us poor sinners here below, 
That with a tender Father's care, 
His children his compassion share. 
And oh ! how oft he holds his peace, 
Yet doing all for our true gain, 
Though the poor heart will never cease 
To sit in grief and anxious pain. 
Looks here and there, and nothing finds, 
Will see, and yet the darkness blinds, 
Would fain escape into the day, 
Attempts, but cannot find the way. 
But God pursues his counsels deep, 
In his wise way his end performs, 
Flushes the boisterous winds to sleep, 
Guides to the port, away from storms. 
And bye and bye, when all is done, 
The battle over, victory won, 
Then man beholds Who rules throughout, 
His purposes to bring about. 
Therefore, dear heart, fresh courage take, 
Nor fret thyself with anxious care, 
God has a heart ever awake, 
And will what's best for thee prepare. 
He wont forget—believe, and learn, 
His inward bowels to thee yearn, 
He calls thee by endearing names, 
Thy very need his love inflames. 
He burns and glows with truth and grace, 
And thou can'st therefore well suppose, 
How strength with strength he can replace ; 
Though oft we mar our own repose, 
Taking such weight of carking care 
As well might drive us to despair, 
As if it was beyond debate, 
He followed us with scorn and hate. 
Put far from thee at once the thought, 
Nor yield to grief, which robs thy peace, 
Whate'er he does is what he ought, 
Though it no present joys increase. 
That, which thy Father, God doth see 
For thee most good, alone shall be, 
What does his mind and will content, 
No human power may prevent. 
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them 26: 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments have coming. Is it credible that they will continue 
it is not given." 
we waited for thee. Thus we see those judgments to adhere to it, when they find, as they will the 
At 3 o'clock P. M. "this gospel of the king- are not the coming of the Lord, but the precur- moment they impartially and thoroughly investi-
dorn" was again proclaimed by Bro. Litch, tex t sors of his approaching chariot wheels. The Ian. gate it, that it has no authority from the Scrip-
Matt. 24 : 24 "For there shall arise false Christs, guage of the text then, is the voice of Prophecy, tures, but is against their clearest teachings ; 
and false prophets, and shall shew great signs anticipating the reception the church shall give that it is in utter violation of the laws of langu-
and wonders ; insomuch that if it were possible, "the Bridegroom promised long," when he comes age and symbols ; that it has no ground,whatever, 
they shall deceive the very elect." 
to receive the waiting bride to himself. but a presumptuous and arbitrary fancy, the 
In the evening Elder Osler,taking for his text Therefore we deduce from it the following very aim of which is to set 'aside the truth ; and 
Ex. 8 : 19 "This is the finger of God," showed 
PROPOSITION. 
that if legitimate, it strikes from the sacred page 
that the "signs of these times" proclaim the near The Personal Coming and Reign of Christ is all the great revelations God has made respect- 
approach of the deliverance of God's people. to be tho faith of his saved people. 
ing the future? For if the prediction of Christ's 
Monday 25th the writer spoke in the morning Taking up a theological quarterly not long coming in the clouds of heaven is not a predic- 
from Ps. 56 : 3 "What time I am afraid, I will since—published in 1859—we saw an article tion of that event, but only of some wholly dif- 
trust in thee," followed in the P. M. by Elder with the following heading : 
ferent occurrence of which men perhaps, or ma- 
Jackson, text Ca. 4 : 7 "Thou art all fair, my "The Doctrine of Christ's Coming and reign terial nature is to be the subject, then we have 
love ; there is no spot in thee." 
soon to be held by the evangelic church general- no revelation that he is ever again to come to 
2 Chron. 15: 12 formed the foundation of re- ly." We cannot quote the writer in full, but one our world, even to raise the dead or judge the 
marks by Bro. Litch in the evening.
or two of the reasons given for this expectation living : and if his coming to raise the dead is no 
Tuesday morning Bro. Moyer considered "the are as follows : "And that this is the clear and prediction of his coming for that purpose, then 
Apostle and High Priest of our profession,Christ emphatic teaching of the Scriptures, will un- for the same reason, his prediction that he is to 
Jesus ;" Heb. 3: 1. 
doubtedly be seen ere long and admitted by the raise the dead can be no prediction of that event ; 
In the P. M. Elder Litch addressed us from true people of God. That they should now so his announcement that those who believe in him 
Dan. 10: 14 "Now I am come to make thee un generally overlook it; that great numbers among are to exist for ever in holiness and happiness, 
derstand what shall befall thy people in the lat- them should passionately deny it, and resort to can be no announcement of their endless exis-
ter days : for yet the vision is for many days :" the most unwarrantable artifices to erase it from tence ; and so of every other prophecy and prom-
giving an exposition of chs. 11 and 12, consid. these prophecies, is one of the most astonishing ise he has uttered in respect to our future being. 
ering the "time of the advent," and showing the facts in the history of Christianity : as the re- On the same principles also,his first coming may 
"sandy foundation" upon which rests the argu- formed church has in this joined in one of the be denied, his ministry, his crucifixion, his res. 
ment for 1868. After preaching, the Sacrament
urrection, and his ascension to heaven. Every 
most palpable and cherished errors of the apes- 
of the Lord's Supper was administered to many tate church and the persecuting governments that reality in the work of redemption is struck, at a 
who are looking for Jesus. May the Lord keep sustain her. But the day of such sad and pre. blow, from our grasp, and nothing is left but the 
them faithful till that day ! 
sumptuous misconstructions of the word of God dreams of a lawless and besotted fancy. This is 
The last sermon of the meeting was deliveredby his own people,is we trust nearly over. They not conjecture ; for these results have actually 
by Bro. M. B. Laning. Subject, "The two mas-need only to be made aware of the error of the been reached by a vast body of allegorists and 
ters, and the choice of service."
principles on which they proceed in the raisin- spiritualizers who adopt that method of interpre- 
There was no special revival. Some were in-tation, and in consistency apply it to the whole 
terpretation of' these prophecies, and roused to a 
duced to seek the "salvation which is in Christcandid and thorough investigation of them, to body of the Scriptures, historical and didactic, 
Jesus." The people of God were instructed andlead them, as a body, to abandon their theories as well as prophetic. Is it to be believed that 
encouraged ; and we feel that our meeting to and embrace truth. 
the true people of God, and the most gifted, 
gether was not in vain. "How your preachers 'Again. The grounds on which it is rejected learned, and conscientious among them, will ad- 
hang together" was the quaint remark I hear
here to this monstrous system, when led thus 
 
are so false, absurd, and subversive of the whole 
to 
 
from more than one. "They seem like scholarssystem of revealed truth, that whenever thou discern the ground on which it rests, and see the 
that have been studying the same lessons."
false and destructive faiths in which it ternain- 
who sincerely receive the Scriptures as of author- 
If we study the word and receive it as it pro- ity, can be brought to an unprejudiced restudy ates ? We cannot believe it. It is against their 
ceeded from the Lord, our teaching will agree. of the subject, they will relinquish the mis- character as renovated persons. It is against 
Alas ! how many there are that have turnedtaken views into which they have been betrayed 
God's dealings with his renewed people. It is a 
, 
away their ears from the truth, and have turned and embrace the doctrine that Christ is to come great law of his providence that the truth which 
to fables. 
and reign on the earth, as among the most cer- he communicates to them distinctly, becomes the 
"0, Christian, wake from sleeping tain and most precious that are presented to us means, at length, of setting them free from the 
And let your works abound ; 
in the divine word. 
errors in which they are held ; and leading them 
Be watching, praying, weeping, 
to know, and love, and trust him as he reveals 
For soon the trump will sound ! 
"The ground on which it is rejected is not that 
0, sinner, hear the warning : 
it is not
o clearly taught, if the language in which himself to them ; and that feature of his faithful- 
To Jesus quickly fly ; 
it is expressed is to be interpreted according to ness and love will appear in his dealings with 
Then you on that blest morning
its proper meaning, and the symbols through them, in regard to this great doctrine of his 
May meet him in the sky !" 
which it is represented are to be construed on word." 
 
With Bro. Hollen, I felt "encouraged by this the principles on which those of them that are 
(To be continued.) 
meeting.'" 
interpreted by the 'Spirit are used. But it is Bro. Bliss:—A Christian gentleman enclosed 
asserted that their natural is not their the following in a letter. I found it to be a word 
prophetic sense, but is the mere vehicle of a re- in season to me; and it may be so to many of 
moter and more spiritual meaning. Thus, it is your readers. 
R. H. 
 
The Personal Coming and Reign of admitted that the coming of Christ in the clouds 
Leeds, Eng. 
 
Christ to be the faith of his people of heaven, in a prophetic vision, as in Dan. vi FROM THE GERMAN OF "PAUL GERHARDT." 
at the time of his appearing. 
 
 13, 14, and the direct prediction in language "DU Bist Ein Blensch." 
that he is so to come, Matt. xxiv. 30, actually Thou art a man !this known to thee, 
denote, interprepreted by the proper laws of Why strivest thou beyond thy strength ? 
The following discourse was delivered by the symbols and language, his literal coming in the What God designs alone shall be, 
pastor of the Waterbury church, Rev. D. Bos- 
worth at the opening of the Conference there, clouds ; yet it is held that that meaning is mere- His work and word fulfilled at length. 
 
Tuesday Oct. 7, 1862. 
ly representative of a wholly different event; Wisdom and wit thou dost combine 
A thousand cares to claim as thine, 
Isa. 25: 9 And it shall be said in that day : the act of a different nature, though it is Christ Thinking of what may happen thee, 
Lo this is our God ; we have waited for him, who is to exert it :—one class holding that the Before thy course completed be. 
That the language of the text has allusion to act is no personal coming, and is to involve no It is in vain, thou can'st indeed, 
the consummation, will be clear if we carefully peculiar manifestation of Christ's presence, but Not by thy over-anxious thought, 
consider the context : 24 : 1 3 Behold the Lord is to be a mere exertion of his power in provi- Divert the purposes derceed ; 
maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, dence ; 'another, that it is a coining or influence Not one hair's-breadth can'st vary aught. 
Thy sorrow serves, when once distressed, 
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad of the Spirit, in place of the eternal Word ; oth- Only to rob of proper rest, 
the inhabitants thereof 
 ers that it denotes the mere presence and actions Plunges thy soul, in woe and pain, 
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly of men, as of the Romans in the siege and des- Short'ning the clays which might remain. 
spoiled, for the Lord bath spoken this word, .'. . truction of Jerusalem ; and others, other con- Wilt thou perform, what God delights, 
17 to 20 vs. Fear, and the pit,and the snare are structions equally groundless and subversive of And thus thy soul's true good increase ? 
upon thee 0 inhabitant of the earth. And it the true sense of the prediction. But this sys- Roll all thy cares, as He invites, 
shall come to pass that he who fleeth from the tematic rejection of the true meaning of the pro- On Him who only can give peace. 
Place all thy need inGod's own hands, 
noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit : and he PhecY and substitution of a false sense in its 'Tis only He who understands 
who cometh up out of the midst of the pit, shall place, will, ere long, be relinquished, there is A happy issue how to send : 
be taken in the snare ; for the windows from on reason to believe, by all intelligent and conscien- To him thy life and ways commend. 
high are open,andithe foundations of' the earth do tious men. They need only to be roused to such Who looked on thee when close concealed 
shake. The earth is utterly broken down,the earth a measure of interest on the subject as to con- Thou wast within thy mother's womb? 
is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceeding. eider it carefully, and look with candor, at a E're that thy soul, to life revealed, 
.1y. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunk- just exposition of the principle on which they Reposed as dormant in the tomb. 
 
Who watched thee then with constant care 
ard, and shall be removed like a cottage.and the proceed, to see that it is false and subversive of What could thy might accomplish there, 
transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and all other truths God has spoken, as well as the 'Twas strength Divine, with blessing rife, 
it shall fall and not rise again, 
purpose he has revealed respecting Christ's future That fashioned thee and gave thee life. 
Shippen, Pa. /862. 
D. ELWEI.L. 
 
mresammeei 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
most excite-
ment was a short time since when our Governor 
was telegraphed to send arms and ammunition 
to the citizens in Washington Co. as the Chip-
pewas bad revoltedand burned a little town,called 
Cedarburgh. The arms and ammunition were 
sent. It was afterwards ascertained to be a com-
plete "cell." Perhaps the frights may amount 
to something yet, It may mean something, we 
all recollect the rebels in Virginia would not 
"stand fire" for a while before Bull Run, and we 
know too what became of that day ! 
General Pope recently passed over one of our 
lines of travel en route for his new field of labor, 
and it is hoped he may be successful in bringing 
the different tribes under good subjection, that 
is, to blot them out. 
Continually Hoping J. S. Bess. 
Door Creek, Wisconsin. 1862. 
unbelief, we do not understand. The admission, 
however, is an important one, that the words of 
the London prophets at least have failed, i. e., 
proved false. 
But the time drew on 
Yet the London prophets affirmed that he was 
not to die. He died, however, and the proph-
ets "lied," proving that their pretension to in-
spiration was "the deceit of their own heart." 
We find the following entry in the private 
journal of one now with the Lord :— 
"Dec. 9.—This morning received accounts of 
the death of Mr. Irving. The chief of my 
idols is struck to the ground. My heart bleeds 
at the thought. I shall never again see him ; 
never more hear his warning voice. Although 
he erred in his latter years, yet how could we 
hear him, or read his writings, or listen to his 
most solemn voice,without admiring and esteem-
ing him ? His life was devoted to his Mas-
ter's work. He lived and walked with God. 
Now he path left us. God bath taken him, and 
now he is before the throne, washed from all sin 
in his Saviour's blood, clothed in his Redeemer's 
righteousness. He has now escaped from the 
trials and sorrows of this sad earth, and is sing-
ing to him who washed him from his sins in his 
own blood. . . . One of the mighty bath 
been taken from the earth. It is a most solemn 
event. Who that is able to appreciate his worth 
would not weep over his grave ! That glorious 
doctrine of our Lord's Second Advent he sought 
to press upon the Church's notice, and to turn 
her eye toward it. 06, why are men—Chris-
tian men—so unwilling to receive this glorious 
truth ! Did he not, according as was foretold, 
once come down to earth, in humility and igno-
miny, as servant of all ? And why not believe 
the written word which tells us also of his se-
cond appearance and descent in glory to reign 
as Lord of all? Then shall all things be renewed. 
Then shall all his saints be gathered together,and 
shall reign a thousand years. Surely it is be-
cause they fear rather than love their Saviour, 
that they are so unwilling to anticipate, or even 
to desire this much-desired period. May the 
the Lord open the eyes of both priests and peo-
ple to study and understand more and more of 
his sacred oracles,that they may be found watch-
ing and longing for his appearance !" 
Hole-In-The-Day, the Chippewa Chief has 
exhibited his treacherous skill recently by ap-
pearing in a Council of War with three hundred 
armed warriors iustead of half a dozen or a doz-
of his best men according to contract (though 
some of the Chippewas are disposed to be friend-
ly) and drew up in line, one third of them and 
the balance took possession of the road intend-
ing no doubt to capture the little band, but 
failed. 
Other tribes it is thought will join the Sioux. 
The precaution has been taken some time since 
to forward arms and ammunition to citizens of 
our state, where it may be likely to have an 
outbreak. The settlers in many sections have 
left their houses, and retired to places farther 
from the scenes of trouble, and such places as 
Prescott Osceole la-Crosse and Hudson are 
full of fugitives. As an example, I will say 
that one of my neighbors, Mr. Theodore Masse 
received a letter from his father in law Mr. R. 
H. Bryant who lives in the latter place, stating 
that there were, when he wrote sixteen of these 
fugitives in his house. I mention this and per-
sonify, because I ,have been acquainted with the 
parties, and believed it to be plain unvarnished 
facts, written in a private letter. 
Extermination is uttered by individuals in 
conversation, by the press,and by legislators and 
Governors, though sometimes it has been men-
tioned to have them driven beyond the borders. 
But such horrid butchery such cold blooded 
murders ! such terrible mangling of poor innocent 
woman and helpless little chilren,never should be 
passed in that easy way,no ; they should become 
the victims of our bayonets,and though they re-
treat to Vancouver's Island they should he fol-
lowed and slain. I mean it and I have nothing to 
take back. 
Amid all facts, in regard to Indian wars, we 
have our share of false alarms. I will give you 
one or two examples, one was, that there wer 
three hundred Indians at Kaskonony Lake (per- 
haps twenty miles from here) and if the people 
would give them four miles all around the lake ; 
they would not fight, otherwise they would make 
war upon the whites. It was ascertained that 
there was one family of Indians. 
But the one which created the 
From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. 
Edward Irving. 
Continued. 
Mr. M'Lean was an able and candid man, full 
of brotherly love towards Irving and his adher-
ents. He hadgone as far as his Bible and a 
good conscience would allow him on the same 
path. He was no "discontented divine;" rw little-
minded member of a Scotch presbytery ; no ig-
norant peasant trying to grapple with a question 
beyond his reach. He knew the subject tho-
roughly : he was in constant communication with 
the parties who claimed the new inspiration and 
revelation : he and they had fought some sore 
battles side by side, and had borne each other's 
burdens largely for some years. He now with a 
sorrowful heart, writes to remonstrate with his 
friends, and to make that stand which perhaps 
he ought to have made earlier. He has no sin-
ister object ; no jealous motive. He loves his 
friends dearly ; but he loves the truth of his 
Lord and Master yet more dearly, and he states 
frankly and kindly his reasons for thinking the 
London gifts and miracles a delusion. In such 
a case, we should have looked for a calm and 
Do as a child, and quiet be, 
Within thy loving Father's arms, 
Beseech His fostering care for thee, 
His mercy with thy bosom warms. 
So wilt he by His Spirit lead 
In ways unknown to thee indeed, 
But thy well-ordered conflicts o'er 
Bring thee where sorrows are no more. 
For the Herald. 
Note from the West. 
The Monk of Orval— Wars and rumors of 
wars—White men of the Forest—The treacher-
ous Indian chief—Vague rumors—Gen. Pope. 
Over three hundred years ago, Olivatius, a 
monk of Orval, predicted many things, and 
among the most prominent,and remarkable ev-
ents,were,that "I would not be a king in eighteen 
hundred and forty eight, I would not be a sol-
dier in eighteen hundred and forty nine, I would 
not be whatever you please in eighteen hundred 
and fifty one." 
Without discussion, I leave those events to be 
decided by the records of history, simply saying 
that perhaps they were not very far from the 
truth, the latter broadcast statement, however, 
seems to have been about half a score of years 
behind the times, for had it been ten years, or 
thereabouts, later it would have been enveloped 
in the smoke in Charleston harbor, while the re- 
bels were battering down the walls of our own 
Fort Sumpter. Yet amid the din of wars those 
booming guns are not forgotten, no, not by the 
loyal men of the North, notwithstanding the tar- 
diness of our rulers, and the anxiety to have this 
Giant rebellion tore up root and branch by the 
people. Yes, that first shot at the small squad 
of Anderson's, shook the very foundation of this 
great republic, and that was enough to suggest 
that it would be no object to be "whatever you 
please." 
Yes ; this nation at peace with all men, was 
doomed to share her fortunes with wicked slave-
holders in a cruel and unjust war, a war that 
will be remembered as long as there are sands to 
to run,as long as as cycles shall roll their rounds, 
and this sinful race inhabit this globe. 
And for what ? simply to gratify the desires, 
and selfishness of a people wholly unworthy to 
be called the noblest work of God. And to such 
an extent has Jefferson Davis carried out his vi-
cious plan, that not only rumors of wars, but 
war in reality has almost overtaken us in our 
western homes. 
The papers have informed you long since in 
relation to the Indian Massacres in the North 
West ; but there are some things of which I will 
speak, and will consider myself responsible for 
whatever may be considered a prediction if any. 
It is of no use discussing the fact, for such I be- 
lieve it is, that it was the commencement of a 
stupendeous scheme on the part of the rebels to 
strike at that particular time, notwithstanding 
there may have been some delay in the payment 
of their annuity. If this was not the case, what 
could have been the object, or what can be the 
object even now, of the Allies of the Southern 
rebellion to mingle with the redskins, for such 
has been proven. But recently one of our Wes- 
tern Journals conveyed to us the tidings, that 
the Sheriff near Red Wing, Minnisota captured 
three Indians and being suspicious,took the lib- 
erty to remove with water the "upper crust" 
of their prisoners, when lo ! and behold, one of 
them was a white man, painted after the Sioux 
manner. And did they swear him and give him 
rations, bidding him do so no more ! 
Not a bit of' it, but left him for a little while 
to dangle from the limb of a tree. Certainly,they 
served him right, he should die the death of a 
vile traitor and sink into forgetfulness. And so 
it is ; we have many such in every departmept 
of the service. Some undoubtedly wearing epau- 
lets, and holding the lives of thousands of brave 
men in their hands ready to be crushed by the 
irons heel of the south at their bidding, and for 
all we know, they hold the life of our nation in 
their hands too. How long will it be, before 
Justice will wash the face of our leaders, and 
enable us to separate the sheep from the goats. 
This is not too severe; for it is what the people 
demand and must have. 
generous reply, solving honest difficulties, and 
removing the brotherly objections of a beloved 
friend. For M'Lean's sake—for the truth 
sake—for the Church's sake—for his own sake, 
Mr. Irving ought to have answered fully and 
kindly ; and if he could not unravel the perplex-
ity, to have simply, as became a noble nature 
and a lover of truth, acknowledged his inability 
to do so. But the Irving of 1834 is not the Irv-
ing of 1824 ; and it is vain for his biographer to 
ask our assent to her affirmation that his moral 
and intellectual nature was still unimpaired. If' 
ever a friend's brave expostulation was trifled 
with, or a brother's open-hearted statement of 
perplexity evaded by a lordly assumption of su-
periority, it is here.., We give the letter of re-
ply in full, as it is brief, and has not hitherto 
seen the light. It is dated "London,lst. Feb. 
7834 ;" but "London" is struck out in pencil, 
apparently with the writer's own hand,and "Ed-
in." substituted. It is not addressed " Rev." 
but simpiy "Mr. Hugh B. M'Lean, 21 Warris-
ton Crescent, Edinburgh," and it has the Edin-
burgh post-mark. Thus it runs :— 
"Brother,—Thou wilt be convinced as Thom-
as was convinced ; and, till then, it booteth not 
to speak with thee. Thou knowest not the spir- 
it thou art of. Thou courtest argument, but thy 
Father remembereth the former days, and spar- 
eth thee. But go thou not too far, my brother, 
in blaspheming the name and the work of your 
God. Go softly, and speak not with a stubborn 
neck. Be assured, that into thy house, nor in- 
to thy congregation, will I not come while thou 
settest up thy banner against the Lord. Nor 
can I say, fare-thee-well ; nor can I pray for thy 
peace ; yet love I thee dearly as a very brother. 
EDWARD IRVING. 
"Mr. H. B. M'Lean. 
"My heart does so yearn upon thee, I cannot 
send this away without a word of help. Look, 
hen, upon the Jewish people, and tell me if the 
words of the prophets have been fulfilled ; look, 
then, upon the Christian Church, and tell me if 
the words of the Lord and the apostles have been 
fulfilled. And yet they believed in the faithful-
ness, and we believe in the faithfulness of that 
God, whose word bath failed in their hands, and 
in our hands by our unbelief of it. And why do 
we believe it ? Because our conscience beareth 
witness to the Spirit of truth that is in his word, 
and to the unbelief that is in us, preventing the 
fulfillment of his word. So, my brother, do we 
believe and confess that we have caused his word 
to fail, and we lie at his feet for mercy, and we 
bear the punishment of our sins, of which I feel 
this your letter to be a part unto me, until he 
himself arise and vindicate his own cause. Mean-
while, he teaches us that we are no better than 
our fathers, to the end we may not be puffed up 
by the abundance of his revelations ; and he 
sheweth us our sins to be the same with you who 
are in Babylon, to the end we may intercede 
for you, and cry to heaven day and night, that 
you may be delivered through the manifestation 
of himself with the Church. Amen." 
Any reader will see that this letter is an eva-
sion. But it is worse. It is an attack upon the 
Scriptures of God, and an attempt to pull them 
down to the level of the London revelations. 
The writer admits that the modern prophets had 
failed. But in this, says he, they are in no 
worse plight than the Old and New Testament 
prophets ; nay, than the Lord himself ! The 
words of the London prophets have not been ful-
filled, says Mr. M'Lean. Be it so, says Irving. 
But the, words of the Old Testament prophets 
were not fulfilled. The words of our Lord were 
not fulfilled. The words of his apostles were 
not fulfilled. Thus the fallibility of prophets, 
nay, of the Lord himself, is asserted, in order to 
shew that Mr. Drummond, Mr. Taplin, Miss 
Hall, and Miss Cardale were quite as trustwor-
thy as they ; that the inspiration of the London 
prophets is no more chargeable with failure than 
that of Isaiah, or Paul, or the Son of God ! In 
vain we ask, When did the words of the old 
prophets fail ? When did the apostles fail ? 
When did the words of the Son of God fail ? 
Mr. Irving says they did. Nay, that they fail-
ed through unbelief ! How the words of the 
Lord could fail, and how this could be through 
Terrific Typhoon in China. 
Loss of 40,000 Lives. The Cape Race tel-
egram briefly referred to a terrific typhoon which 
visited some of the principle cities in China. The 
Hong Kong Trade Report of Aug. 10 gives full 
particulars, as follows : 
A typhoon of unprecedented violence swept 
over Hong Kong, Macao,Canton and Whampoa 
on Sunday, 27th July, 1862, committing dread-
ful ravages on property, and being the cause of 
he loss of no less than 40,000 lives. The cen-
tre passed over Canton and Whampoa. Macao 
did not have it quite so strong, and Hong Kong 
escaped with a stiff gale, which simply caused a 
few ships in the harbor to foul one another. 
The most peculiar feature in this terrific 
scourge is the short time it lasted and the extra-
ordinary high tide, eight feet higher than usu-
al. 
Several houses belonging to Chinese fell down, 
causing the death of many of their inmates. 
Hong Kong may be considered as having come 
off well. 
Whole fleets of West Coast boats are lost. 
In the inner harbor of Macao alone, one hun-
dred oil, sugar and. other boats have been lost. 
The fast boats, on their passage from Hong 
Kong to Macao, were lost—one of them with 
sixty souls on board. The Praya Grande is 
completely destroyed, and the damage done to 
houses, gardens,verandahs, &c., is considerable. 
The loss of life in the inner harbor alone was 
seven hundred. New Town and Bamboo Town, 
two villages forming part and parcel of Wham-
poa,are one mass of ruins—hardly a native house 
is standing. 
The Custom house chop was capsized with 
nine tide-waiters (Europeans) in her, four of 
whom were drowned ; the Bethel was smashed 
to pieces. Nearly all the chops went on shore. 
After the gale was over, no sampans could be 
MID 
when he should die. 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
seen, and laborers were not to be had. The loss 
of life in Whampoa is estimated at six thou-
sand. 
Canton. With few exceptions the river was 
clean swept of all its flower boats, and every 
other kind of boat-houses fell and killed peo-
ple by the hundred, large junks broke adrift and 
came thundering up the river, doing much dam-
age to the Sham eau Site, and the houses along 
shore. It is estimated that forty thousand lives 
have been lost in Canton and its vicinity. The 
Mandarins are giving $1 for every body found. 
$8000 have already been spent. 
The Rev. Mr. Golliard was killed by a wall 
of his house falling on him. The ruin caused by 
this typhoon is wide spread. 
The Imperial fleet of war vessels,numbering six-
ty, with an immense flotilla of covered soldiers' 
boats are all dispersed, and their wrecks line the 
shore. The gale was very severely felt in the 
new suburbs, where the town has not yet been 
entirely rebuilt ; detached houses of great depth 
went down as if they were built of cards. In 
one of these near the Five Genii gate, one hun-
dred and sixty refugees from the river, &c., had 
effected a lodging when they were overwhelmed 
in its ruins. 
The old Chinese boat people say that within 
their recollection there has not been so heavy a 
typhoon,nor so high a tide. It is ruin for a pop-
ulous place like Canton, to be in the centre. 
Maaco was in the centre in the typhoon of July 
1841. 
OUGHT, WISH AND HOPE-John Newton, in 
his old age, when his sight had become so dim 
that he was unable to read, hearing this scrip-
ture repeated, "By the grace of God I am what 
I am," paused for some moments, and then ut-
tered the affecting soliloquy : "I am not what I 
ought to be-ah ! how imperfect and deficient ; 
I am not what I wish to be, though I abhor that 
which is evil, and would cleave to that which is 
good ; I am not what I hope to be soon-soon 
shall I put off mortality, and with mortality all 
sin and imperfection. Though I am not what I 
ought to be, and what I hope to be, yet I can 
truly say, I am not what I once was-a slave to 
sin and Satan ; I can heartily join with the apos-
tle, and acknowledge, 'By the grace of God I 
am what I " 
THE HOURS OF DAY AND NIGHT.-The day be-
gan to be divided into hours from the year 292 
B. C., when L. Papirius Cursor erected a sun-
dial in the temple of Quirinus, at Rome. Pre-
viously to the invention of water clocks, 158 B. 
C. the time was called by public criers. The Chi-
nese divide the day into twelve parts of two 
hours each. The Italians reckon twenty-four 
hours each, as we do. In England the meas-
urement of time was alike uncertain and difficult. 
One expedient was by wax candles, three inches 
burning twenty-four hours. These candles were 
invented by Alfred, clocks and hour-glasses not 
being known in England A. D. 886. 
THE ITALIAN QUESTION. The policy of Napoleon 
respecting Italy may perhaps be gathered from the 
opinions of La France, a journal edited by a Senator 
of the Empire and recognized as the mouthpiece of 
the Emperor. It proposes division of Italy into 
three States, which are to be united by a federative 
tie;a European guaranty of the Pontifical territory 
formed of the city of Rome and of the Patrimony of 
St. Peter ; thirdly, the reservation in favor of the 
Pope of his sovereignty over the Marches and Um-
bria, and of a tribute which shonld be paid him out 
of the revenues of these provinces, the administra-
tion of which should he entrusted to one of the two 
sovereigns of the other States ; and, fourthly, that a 
military, diplomatic, judicial revenue and modetary 
union should subsist among all the States constitu-
ting the confederacy. The opinion of the leading 
European journals regarding this scheme is substan-
tially that it is neither practical nor desirable. 
Berms OF LIFE.-If life be a battle, how sad 
must be he who fails to arm himself for the contest. 
If life be a storm, how infatuated is he who sleeps 
while his bark is driven amid unknown waters. f 
life be a pilgrimage, how unwise is he who strays 
from the right road, nor seeks to return until the 
twilight shadows gather round his pathway. 
That joy which makes us slight prayer ,will in the 
end fill us with sadness. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, OCTOBER 21, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
The readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to 
give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may 
be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may 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, unbrotherly disputation. 
Four more Wanting, 
A subscription was commenced at Waterbury by 
persons pledging themselves to be each one of ten or 
more persons, paying ten dollars each, to send the 
Herald to ministers of various denominations at the 
cost of the paper. The list was opened by Bro. 
Howden and five others-four of whom paid the 
money down. What is now needed ie four more 
names to complete the arrangement. 
Will the one who has possession of that paper 
please forward it to this office, as we do not know 
which paid the four tens given us. 
THE TERMS OF THE HERALD. The terms of the 
Herald are two dollars a year, in advance ;-with 
as large an addition, as the generosity of donors 
shall open their hearts to give, towards making the 
A. M. Association an efficient instrumentality for 
good. 
Will generous donors please look at our receipts, 
and send suck available assistance as shall show 
their appreciation of this instrumentality as a Her-
ald of the glad tidings of the kingdom. God loves 
a cheerful giver. Those whofgive as God prospers,are 
often God prospered according as they give. 
Is Ir YOUR PAPER?-WO are anxious to hear a 
word from those of our subscribers who are reading 
our paper, and not theiv own ! For our receipts, 
they will notice, are so light as to inconvenience us. 
Correspondents, on matters pertaimng solely to 
the office, should write " Office," on the envelope, 
to have their letters promptly attended to, if the 
editor be temporarily absent. 
Correspondents who give only their town and not 
their State, or who fail to put on the actual P. 0. 
address to which their paper is directed, sometimes 
ut us to a great inconvenience,and a search of 
hours to find the name. 
Annual Meeting of the A. M. A. 
The fourth annual meeting of the American Mil-
lennial Association convened at Waterbury,Vt., on 
Wednesday Oct. 8, 1862 at 10 O'clock A. M. 
In the abseence of the President, D. I. Robinson 
took the chair ; and in the absence of the Secretary, 
Horace Bundy was chosen Sec. pro tem. 
After prayer by Eld. L. Osier, the records of the 
last annual meeting were read and approved. The 
Prescient then having arrived and taken his seat, 
the following report was presented by the Treasur-
er, and was unanimously approved : 
"FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE 
AMERICAN MILLENNIAL ASSOCIATION, FOR THE FISCAL 
YEAR ENDING JULY I, 1862. 
"The receipts and expeuditnres of the A. M. A. 
for the year commencing July 1, 1861, and ending 
July 1, 1862, have been as follows : 
Receipts. 
1. From subscribers to Advent Herald $2938.62 
247.44 
30.00 
614.93 
13.51 
" Total, 
$3844.50 
Add funds on hand, or in hands 
of agents, July I, 1861. 184.56 
Making 
$4029,06. 
Expenditures. 
The expenditures of the A. M. A. for the year 
were 
Expenses of the Herald office,the details 
of which have been given in the quarterly ' 
reports. 
$3638.23 
For the publication and purchase 
of books and tracts 
197.36 
Add funds on hand, or in hands 
of agents, July 1, 1862. 
193.47 
Total 
$4029.06 
2768.47 
To this may be added sums due from 
estimated at subscribers, 
231. 53 
$3000.00 
I V. Liabilities. 
The only liabilities of the A. M. A. at the close of 
its fiscal year, were 
1. Small amounts due to subscribers who had 
paid for their Herald in advance, estimated at 
40.00 
60.00 
900.00 
This leaves the net valuation of receipts about 
$2100, the same as last year. 
Thus, by rigid economy in the management of 
the offiee and the timely aid of generous donors, the 
A. M. A. has just held its own during the past year 
of unprecedented financial pressure. The necessi-
ties of this Association have been remembered by 
about two hundred of the Herald's subscribers, 
'who, in forwarding their subscriptions for the pa-
per, have also contributed to its support such sums 
as they found the heart and ability to give-as God 
had prospered them. May they all be abundantly 
rewarded with a supply of all things in this world, 
and in the world to come with life everlasting. 
The names and sums given by all donors, accord. 
ing to a requirement of our constitution, were pub-
lished in the Herald of Aug. 2, 1862-"a friend of 
the cause" giving forty dollars ; and "a friend in- 
deed," one hundred. Another friend gave fifty dol- 
lars during the year. Five brethren have given ten 
dollars each, and a larger number five dollars each ; 
and small sums have been contributed by a goodly 
number, as there reported 
"Millennial Aid Societies" have been organized 
in 
East Templeton Mass. 
Harrisburg Pa. 
Mount Holly Vt. 
Newburyport Mass. 
New Kingston Pa. 
Providence R. I. 
Shiremanstown Pa. 
Stanstead, C. E. 
Waterbury Vt. 
and perhaps in other places not reported. 
The sum of six hundred dollars, which was an-
nounced at our last annual meeting as the sum that 
would be needed to meet expected deficiencies dur-
ing the years,was fully raised ; and as a like amount 
will be needed the coming year,it is hoped the friend 
of this cause, by the help and favor of God, will be 
enabled to respond generously as in the year past. 
The income of the chapel building being now all 
appropriated to pay its debt, which has been reduc-
ed from $3400 to about $1000. we receive ,no in-
come from that source the present year. 
The following persons are proposed as life mem-
bers of this Association, to which they are respec-
tively entitled. 
Mr. Henry Lye, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mr. Levi Hooper, New Boston, N. H. 
Mrs. Stephen N. Nichols, Coloma, Cal. 
Mrs. Mary A. Hardy, Groveland Mass. 
Mrs. Sarah A. Coburn, Haverhill Mass. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
"I have examined the above account, which meets 
my approval. R. R KNOWLES, 
Auditor. 
After submitting the above, the Treasurer added 
as follows : 
Since the above report was written I have provi-
dentially received a legacy from Mr. William Plum- 
Thursday morning, A. M.-called to order by the 
President. 
After prayer the subject of publications was dis. 
cused,-several members taking cart in the discus-
sion,-when the association adjourned to the call of 
the President. 
Friday morning, 8, A. M. Meetsng called to or-
der by the President. Prayer by L. Osler. The 
previous records were read and approved. 
The Report of the nominating committee was then 
made, accepted, and the following officers of the A. 
M. A. were elected by ballot fur the year ensu-
ing. 
For President. 
Josiah Litch, of Pennsylvainia. 
For Vice Presidents. 
D. I. Robinson, of Vermont. 
J. B. Huse, of New York. 
Carlos Dutton, of New York. 
James Colder, of Pennsylvania. 
I. H. Shipman, of New liam'pshire. 
Stephem Foster, of Vermont. 
John Pearce, of Canada West. 
For Treasurer. 
Sylvester Bliss, of Massachusetts. 
For Recording Secretary. 
Gunner, of Massachussetts. 
For Corresponding Secretary. 
0. R. Fassett, of Massachusetts. 
For Auditor. 
R. R. Knowles, of Rhode Island. 
For Directors. 
R. Hutchinson, of Canada East. 
J ..Pearson Jr. of Massachusetts. 
W. Burnham, of " 
* Mr. William Plummer was not living ; he 
died at 4 O'clock in the morning of Oct. 8, 1862: 
on the day on which this report was read. He was 
never married, and had he survived another day, his 
age would have been eighty years. He had been a 
hard working prudent man, and ascribed his success 
in accumulating property to Divine Providence. He 
often said to his pastor, "God always prospered me 
when I endeavored to do his will." His various 
bequests, to objects and individuals, amounted to 
about eight thousand dollars. 
" Books 
" Advertisements 
" Donations in cash 
" Interest 
$3835.59 
In addition to the cash receipts, one share of 
stock in the Boston Advent (chapel) Association has 
been donated by Bro. Ammo, Coburn of Haverhill 
Mass. a member of this Association, to constitute 
Mrs. Sarah H. Coburn and Mrs Mary A, Hardy of 
Groveland, Mass., Life members of this body. 
HI. Assets. 
The Assets of the A. M. A. at the end of its 4th 
fiscal year comprised, 
Type and other printing materials, furniture 
of office, Library, stereotypeplates &c., estimating 
them $50 lees than in last report, $850.00 
Twenty-four shares of stock in chapel 1200.00 
Books, as merchandise 
100.00 
Paper, 100 reams on hand, 350,00 
Rent paid to January I, 1863. 75.00 
Sums in Mends of agents 193,47 
2. A bill of Mr. T. C. Moore for 500 
copies of Harp now in sheets, as 
explained in the quarterly report for 
July 1. 1862. 
mer of Londonderry N.H. of the sum of four hun-
dred dollars. The words of his will were as follows: 
"I give and bequeath to the editor of the Advent 
Herald, published in Boston, four hundred dollars, 
for the use and benefit of said paper." 
"Mr. Plummer is supposed to be still living, but 
at the point of death ; * and wishing to have the 
provisions of his will executed under his own eye, 
he directed that his several bequests be paid at 
once, and that designed for the Herald was received 
a few days before leaving Boston for this confer-
ence. 
Its receipt was entirely unexpected, not having 
had previous knowledge of the design of the donor ; 
and we desire to recognize it as evidence of God's fa-
vor towards this instrumentality. 
It is also proper to state in this connection that 
on the 20th of Dec. last I incidentally learned of a 
provision in the will of our late Brother Dea John 
Smith, the father of the present United States Sec-
retary of the interior, of Cincinnati Ohio, who died 
the 5th of Dec. 1859. As communicated the clause 
in his will reads as follows : 
"I give and bequeath to Joshua V. Rimes of 
Boston in the state of Mass. for the support of the 
Advent Herald of which he is editor and publisher, 
and for the support of those who are preaching the 
gospel of the kingdom ; and if he should be deceased 
it is to be given to the advent church of which he 
is a member fur the same object as ;stated above." 
The sum, which is not named in the above is un-
derstood to be one thousand dollars, to be derived 
from proceeds of certain real estate, which was to 
be devoted to objects of benevolence, but which is 
understood to be still unsold, though I have been 
unable to obtain full particulars. We shall be en-
titled to something from that source when the real 
estate referred to, becomes available. S, B. 
The report of the Treasurer was unanimously ap-
proved, when the names of those proposed in it as 
life members of the A. M. A. were unanimously 
elected. 
The question of the election of officers being next 
in order, it was 
Voted that the President appoint a committee of 
three on nominations. 
Messrs. Robinson, Bosworth, and Osier were ap-
pointed. 
The President stated that he had received a com-
munication from Edwin Burnham,resigning his po-
sition as a member of this body ; and by a vote of 
the Association it was accepted. 
A motion to elect Bro Swartz a member in the 
place of E. B. was made, but the power of the As-
sociation to do this being questioned, it was laid on 
the table. 
Voted to adjourn to the call of the Pres. 
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333i 
THE ADV ErN 7rla IERALD 
 
L. Osler, 
A. W. Brown, 
A. Pearce, 
A. Coburn, 
N. Brown, 
Bosworth, 
0. Dond , 
W. Case, 
J. M. Orrock, 
of Rhode Island. 
of 
4. 
16 IC 
" Massachusetts. 
" New Hamphsire. 
" Vermont. 
if 
Canada East. 
The motion to make Elder Swartz a life member 
in the place of E. Burnham, was taken from the ta-
ble, and negatived,-the Asscciation not having such 
power. It was then 
Voted to hold our next annual meeting in connec-
tion with that of the A. E. A. Conference. 
Adjourned to the call of the chair, 
JOSIAH LITCH, Pres. 
HORACE BUNDY, Sec. Pro. tern. 
MEETING OF THE STANDJNG COMMITTEE OF THE 
A. M. A. 
The Standing Committee of the A. DI. A. met at 
the house of Dr. Thomas, Oct.10, 1862 at 1 o'clock 
P:111.-the President in the chair. In the absence 
of the Sec., S.rBliss was chosen Sec. Pro. Tern. The 
report of the previous meeting being read and ap-
proved, the following committees were them duly 
elected for the ensuing year : 
On Finance. 
A. Pearce. 
J. F. Guild.° 
D. Bosworth. 
On Publications. 
J. Litch. 
J. M. Orrock. 
R. R. Knowles. 
On Cobporterage. 
D. I Robinson. 
0. R. Fassett. 
Gunner. 
It was then 
Voted that the present Editor and Business Agent 
be continued for the year commencing Jan. 1, 1863. 
The following Report of the Treasurer for the 
quarter ending Oct, 1 1862 was then presented and 
approved: 
I. RECEIPTS. 
The Receipts for the A. M. A. fur the qua errt 
ending Oct 1, 1862, have been as follows : 
From payment by subscribers to the Advent 
Herald, 
$555.59 
From sale of Books, 
47,63 
" Advertising 
1.00 
" Interest 
7.75 
" Donations 
121.00 
A legacy from Mr. Wm. Plummer of 
Londonderry N. H. 
400.00 
Total of Receipts, 
Add B it. of Gish July 1, 
Bal. then in hands of agents, 
 
$113297 
7.50 
185.97 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$132644 
II. Ex. EXPEND.TURS. 
The Expenditures of the A. M. A. for the same 
period have been, 
1. For Editor and compositors in 
For Press wrok 
" Cartake of forms 
" folding papers 
" 6 tuns coal, and getting in, 48. 
" postage on foreign papers,stamps,&c. 21.75 
" for exchanges, ink-roller, ink, envel- 
opes, twine, washing floors, paste, 
and discount on uncurrent money, 10.67 
Total of office, 
Add cash on hand, 
In hands of agents 
Paid for books 
650.42 
582.42 
81.20 
12.40 
 
1326,44 
Respectfully submitted P. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treas. 
Voted to adjourn. 
J. LITCH, Pres. 
S. Buss, Sec Pro. Tem. 
A.,n iris la E r.I na.3 tic al Advent Conference. 
The annual session of the A. E.A. Conference was 
held in the Advent Chapel at Waterbury Vt., on 
Thuesday, Oct. 7, 1862, the President, Rev. John 
Pearson, Jr. in the chair. The Conference was call-
ed to order at 2 o'clock, P. M. and the Secretary 
being absent, H. Canfield was elected Secretary pro. 
tern. 
After the opening services, the President deliver-
ed an introductory address, some of the leading 
points of which are given below. 
The
wf 
 speaker commenced by show,ing in a clear, 
and lucid manner,the re lation which this Conferenc 
sustained to the cause, as the representative body of 
the advent faith.-The following extract was read 
from the "Memoirs of Wm. Miller," fo show that 
this Confer-ence was organised for the especial pur-
pose of uniting on the great truths of the advent.-
(Memoirs pp. 229.) * 
The object was then to keep this great truth dis-
tinctly before the public and before the minds of 
adventists ; to preserve it from corruption, hence to 
protect it from all attacks from with out andthe in-
fluence of error within ; to repel every encroach-
ment upon our special work by extraneous or subor-
dinate questions. Among the many harrassing doc-
trines which the cause has had to contend with, 
there has been thrust upon it two questions which 
have especially tended to divide, and to distract the 
attention from the true issue-namely definite time 
and materiatism. 
On the question of time the cause had been ob-
liged to contend with two extremes ; first that we 
can know nothing of this matter ; and secondly,that 
we can know the precise period. The original po-
sition was shown to be the medium of these two ex-
tremes-or about, at the door, as held by those en-
dorsing the:time.of about.1843. For a brief season this 
position was abandoned, and a positive definiteness 
advocated. But justice to the cause required him to 
say, that even when that speefici calculation was 
pending in 1843, it was repeatedly declared that a 
mere point of time was not an essential part of our 
faith (See Her. vol. 5 p.75 100-107.) Of the num-
ber,of times fixed uponfor the advent of our Redeem-
er let those number them who can. 
In Jan. 1845, the true position on the terming_ 
tion of the Prophetic Periods was thus emphatically 
 
stated. " We have followed those chronologers 
which are admitted to be the most authentic, and 
have adopted those dates which , are considered to 
be the best sustained. It is now proved that those 
which we have followed are not perfectly ac-
curate, and while there is a variation from perfect 
accuracy, it cannot be shown whether that varia-
tion is one day, one year more or less, nor can it 
be shown which of the several chronologers within 
the disputed circle, who in any way vary from the 
ones we have followed, are the most accurate. The 
authority on which such are predicated, is far more 
questionable than that on which we have relied." 
With such testimonies before us it would not be 
difficult to understand 1st, article 3 of the Declara-
tion of Principles at Albany (Me. p. 302) and god. 
who, or if we are still occupying the true, original 
and long sanctioned position on this subject. These 
two extremes are not only plainly condemned in the 
Scriptures, but are permicious to the spirituality of 
the church and to practical religion,and specific time 
has proved schismatic in its tendency. 
Quite early in the history of our cause the subject 
of materialism began to be agitated ; and the 
grand effort has been to keep it in its proper place-
to be treated as a subordinate, or more correctly 
speaking, as an extraneous question. (See Signs of 
Times Vol. 5 pp: 74, 76.) 
The speaker alluded to the efforts which had been 
made to preserve peace and harmony in the church, 
on these questions, and the results could only be 
seen in the history of the deep and cruel wrongs 
which thisnoble and blessed faith of ours has suf-
fered. He spoke of it as being made a bone of con_ 
tention_and an instrument of division rather than 
as to its merits ; and of the necessity forced upoh us 
to meet this as an extreme, kindly, yet boldly. It 
had attacked the divinity of our Redeemer, and was 
injuring the faith of many, 
In regard to our future policy, he urged the origi-
nal, long sanctioned one. To preserve our faith be-
fore the world in all its purity. Tu repel extremes 
and every hurtful error, and to keep all subordinate 
questions in their proper place. 
The mauifestation of the special favor of God at 
our last Conference had been continued during the 
year, and the cause had never looked more prosper-
ous than at present. Reference was also made to 
economy and good management of the Herald and 
to the present good standing of the same. 
* NOTE. On reading the proof sheet of this ar-
ticle, we perceive it was the expectation that the 
several documents referred 6) in this article would 
be copied in their proper connection ; but as we can-
not recall the precise portions read, and the copy 
does not indicate the words commencing and closing 
the severoi extracts, we are obliged to give it as 
above. 
ED. 
The Second Psalm. 
No pirtion of Scripture is oftener quoted than 
the 8th verse of this Psalm, in support of the the° 
ry that all nations are to be converted to Christ be 
fore his advent. To our mind, however, it does not 
teach this. This Psalm commences with 
"Why do the heathen rage,and the people imag-
ine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set them-
selves. and the rulers take counsel together, against 
the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us 
break their bands asunder, arid cast away their cords 
from us." vs. 1-3. 
This is evidently applied to our Saviour's cruci; 
fixion, by the disciples, when, having been threat-
ened and forbidden to speak in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. "They lifted up their voice 
to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou 
art God, which bast made heaven, and earth, and 
the sea, and all that in them is ; who, by the 
mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the 
heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were 
gathered together against the Lord, and against his 
Christ. Fur of a truth against thy holy child Je-
sns, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and 
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people 
of Israel, were gathered together, for to do what-
soever thy hand and thy counsel determined before-
hand." Acts 4: 24-28. 
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the 
Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He 
speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his 
sore displeasure." vs. 4, 5. 
Human malice will never defeat God's purposes. 
On the contrary, God will vindicate all his prom-
ises and threatenings, visiting with his displeasure 
all those who attempt to frustrate any of his ar-
rangements. And one of the Divine plans is to in-
vest the Son with royal dignity upon Mount Zion, 
as expressed in the following : 
"Yet have 1 set my King upon my holy hill sai 
Zion. I will declare the decree : the Lord bath old 
unto me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begot-
ten thee." vs. 6, 7. 
The marginal reading of v. 6, is, "1 have anoint-
ed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness." 
Christ is undoubtedly the subject of this prediction; 
for "the Redeemer shall come to Zion." Isaiah 59: 
20; "And the Lord shall reign over them in Mount 
Zion from henceforth, even forever." Micah 4: 7. 
Christ's recognition as the Son of God, was am-
ple proof of his future investment with this world's 
sovereignty ; and this predicted recogbition was ful-
filled in his resurrection from the dead. For 
Paul said to the men of Israel at Antioch, 
"We declare unto you glad tidings, how that 
the promise, which was made unto the fathers, 
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, 
in that he raised up Jesus again ; as it is also writ_ 
ten in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day 
have I begotten thee." Acts 13: 32, 33. 
As Christ is thus recognized as Zion's future 
King, it is necessary that he should be invested with 
the predicted sovereignty ; and hence we have the 
promise, 
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen 
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the 
earth for thy possession." v. 8. 
This promise is parallel with various predictions 
like the following : "All the ends of the world 
shall remember and turn unto the Lord ; and all the 
kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 
For the kingdom is the Lord's ; and he is the 
governor among the nations." Psalm. 22: 27, 28. 
"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and 
from the river unto the ends of the earth." Psa. 72: 
Then will "the kingdoms of this world" have 
become our Lord's and his Christ's; "and he shall 
reign forever and ever." Rev, 11: 15. 
How, then, is this dominion to be established? 
Will it be by the conversion of every individual 
ing at some given epoch, in all nations? This scrip-
ture is usually quoted as if it implied this ; but that 
such cannot be its meaning, is evident from what 
follows : 
"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou 
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." 
v. 9. 
Those thus broken and dashed in pieces are not 
converted and this is in harmony with other scrip-
tures, which affirm that •'tlie nation and kingdom 
that will not serve Thee shall perish ; yea those 
nations shall be utterly wasted," Isa. 60: 12. And 
then follows the reign of peace and right-
eousness. 
And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord 
will smite all the people that have fought against 
Jerusalem. Their flesh shall consume away while 
they stand upon their feet. and their eyes shall con 
eume away in their holes, and and their tongue shal-
consume away in their mouth," Zech. 14: 12; 
which is introductory to the era when "the Lord 
shall be King over all the earth," v. 9. Our Sa-
viour has shown that in the end of this world, ere 
the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the 
kingdom of their Father," Matt. 13: 43 ; that 
"the Son of man will send forth his angels, and 
they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that 
offend, and them which do iniquity. and shall cast 
them into a furnace of fi;e," vs. 41, 42. And when 
the justified are summoned to the marriage-feast, 
Rev. 19: 9 "the remnant" are to be slain. v. 21. 
It is not, therefore, by the conversion of all indi- 
viduals in all nations that the kingdom of God is to 
be established ; but by the infliction of judgments 
on, and the destruction of the unconverted. "This 
gospel of the kingdom shall he preached in all the 
world for a witness to all nations, and then shall the 
end come," Matt. 14: 14. As the result of this 
proclamation of pardon and justification through 
Christ, there will have been redeemed a chosen seed 
"out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation',' who are to "reign on the earth," 
Rev. 5: 9, 10. These "children of the kingdom," 
and "the children of the wicked one," like the 
wheat and tares in a field, are to "grow together till 
the harvest," which "is the end of: the world ;" and 
then the adjudication is to be made, the unconvert- 
ed are to perish, and the blessed of the Father will 
inherit the kingdom forever. 
And it is because the Son will thus break and 
dash in pieces the unconverted kings and rulers of 
the earth, with all who set themselves against the 
Lord and his Anointed, whether king or subject, 
when the dominion and the redeemed from the na-
tions become Christ's inheritance and everlasting 
possession, that they are thus admonished : 
"Be wise now, therefore,0 ye kings ; he instruct-
ed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, 
and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he 
be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his 
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they 
that put their trust in him." vs. 10-12. 
Salvation is as freely offered to monarch as to 
peasant, to crowned beads as to the most ignoble of 
the earth. Those of each class who are wise will 
heed the instruction given ; " they will serve God 
acceptably with reverence and godly fear," know-
ing that to the impenitent He "is a consuming 
fire," Heb. 12; 28, 29,.. And hence they are ad-
monished to "Kiss the Son," that is, to recognize 
the Son as the Lord's Anointed. For when Samuel 
had anointed Saul, he "kissed him, and said, Is it 
not because the Lord' hath anointed thee to be 
captain over his inheritance," I Sam. 10: 1. And 
this allegiance to the Son is demanded because the 
Father requires "that all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father," John 5: 23. 
The period when kings and subjects are alike in-
vited to recognize the rightful sovereignty of the 
Son, is during the entire gospel dispensation ; for 
during all this time the gospel is freely offered to 
all. And though God is ever displeased with the 
wicked, his anger is now said to be "kindled but a 
little," because he is not now implacable, but is 
ready to pardon the vilest offender who will come to 
him through the mediatorial sacrifice of the Son, 
whilst all who will not thus come will be broken 
and dashed in pieces; they will "perish by the way," 
or will be dashed in pieces at Christ's coming; for 
John said, "And the, kings of the earth, and the 
great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, 
and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every 
free man, hid themselves in the dens, and in the 
mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocks, 
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb ; for the great day of His wrath is come,and 
who shall he able to stand?" Rev. 5; 15-17. 
This last interrogation is answered by the closing 
clause of the Psalm. "Blessed are all they that 
Put their trust in Him," that is, in the Son. For 
"the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear Him, and delivereth them." Psalm 34: 7. 
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 
and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a 
tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out 
her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat 
cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not 
be careful in the year of drought, neither shall 
cease from yielding fruit." Jer. 17: 7, 8. "For the 
scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall 
not be ashamed." Ram. 10: 11. 
A.T THE Caoss.-Calvary is a little hill to the eye, 
but it is the only spot on earth that touches heav-
en. The Cross is foolishness to human reason, and 
a stumbling-block to human Righteousness ; but 
there only do Mercy and Truth meet together, and 
Righteousness and Peace kiss each other. Jesus 
Christ was a man of low condition,and died a death 
of shame on an accursed tree ; but there is salvation 
with no other. There is no mercy-seat in the uni-
verse but at his feet. But lying there, we shall 
not only be accepted, but shall not lack some gra-
cious word from his lips. There the broken heart 
shall hear its best music-a still small voice, it may 
he, but God will be in the voice, and the contrite 
spirit shall lie revived.-Hoge. 
CHRIST. was the Truth of all shadows, the sub-
stance of all the promises, the Object of all the 
prophecies, the Center of all the doctrines, the 
Source and Standard of truth, and the medium of 
communication of all the grace and blessings that 
ever was made to or conferred on fallen man. 
Total 
the office, 
$455.00 
91. 
13. 
11. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disektitling the writes to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in erder ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
MYJOURNAL. 
Monday August 25. The labors of the camp-
meeting being closed, and a parting at an early hour 
with dear brethren and sisters from Massena, Ma-
lone, and Chatauguay N. Y. I was left to repose a 
few hours, which I needed before taking the cars 
for Boston. Taking leave of Dr Loonis and family, I 
left at 5 P. M. I took a berth iri the sleeping car, 
and had a good refreshing sleep ; woke with the sun, 
and found myself at the Manchester N. H. Depot, 
and at 8 o'clock having my plain and delicious food 
with me, I took breakfast in the ear, and on my ar-
rival in Boston at half past 8 was ready for work. I 
was confined to my coreespondence, and other duties 
till late in the evening, when I retired ; and rose 
again at 3 A. M. and took the car for Wilbraham 
camp meeting ; arrived at 8 A. M. and received 
hearty greetings from large numbers of old and new 
friends. The attendance is larger than usual, and 
the unity and love of brethern abounds. Seventy-
one Vita are on the ground ; and between fifty and 
sixty ministers. To day. the Christian Publication 
Society, held their anual meeting. Within the last 
year they have published about 60,000 books and 
tracts of all kinds, many of which are scattered. 
They also publish the "World Crisis," now having 
a subscription list of 3700, and $950, in the treas-
ury. Elder Miles Grant, was re-chosen Editor, and 
Agent. 
The preaching3to-day has been done by Elder M. 
Bachelder, A. M. and Elder A. Ross in the P. M. 
and Bro. McIntosh in the evening. The prayer 
meetings that followed in the evening were good,but 
no special interest. 
Thursday August 28. tWe have a damp day ; but 
we had a general prayer meeting at the stand, at 
which some 600 persons were present. It was a bles-
sed penticostical time. Some said in order to enjoy 
the peace and blessedness of Christ they had given 
up the evil habit of using tobacco, and other nar-
cotics. 
At 10 A. M. Elder Carpenter of Poultney, Vt., 
gave a very able discourse on the rest of the Gospel, 
from Matt. 11: 28, Many were comforted and re-
sponded. In the P. M. I expounded, the fifteenth 
and sixteenth chapters of Revelation, on the "seven 
last plagues." The last of which is just upon us I 
had good attention to the word, with apparent good 
impression. 
Friday August 29. Elder S. T. Brewer spoke 
this A. M. on the signs of the times, and the near 
coming of Christ. In the P. M. Elder Wm. Shel-
don of Wis. spoke on Thess. 4 : 16, 18. It was a 
good discourse and listened to with much attention. 
At 1-2 past one o'clock, brethren, A. W. Shelby, of 
Wakefield N. H. John McCandis, of Boston, Euse. 
bins MeCullock, Savoy Mass. were set apart to the 
work of the ministery. Prayer by Elder J. V. Ilimes 
charge by Eld. Carpenter, and right hand of follow-
ship by I. C. Welcome. 
At the close of the afternoon service, Elder Grant 
went to the river for the baptism of a number of 
souls. In the meantime, the children were address-
ed by Robert Baxter Esq. of London ; after which I 
introduced him to a large audience as a distinguish-
ed Barrister of London, having just arrived on our 
shores for a short visit—and that he was the father 
of Rev. P. M. Baxter, author of the tracts on the 
"coming Battle" &c. and himself a distinguished 
Millennarin, having written a work on the subject, 
recently published in London ; that he would now 
address them on the theme of the speedy coming of 
Christ in his kingdom. 
Mr. Baxtor, is whole hearted in the matter. His 
address was able, and thrilling. All hearts were 
electrified, and cheered. Though a layman, but few 
clergymen have more knowledge, gifts, or the spirit 
of this great mission. His son, Rev. M. P. Baxter, 
was present, and closed the service by prayer. The 
whole scenes both with the children, and the adults, 
was a rare treat for us all. 
In the evening, Eld. Timothy Cole, preached an 
effective discourse, after which twenty or more come 
out for prayer, and' some were convented. And with 
this, the happy and intensely interesting scenes of 
the day closed and 1-2 past 10 the camp was quite in 
sweet slumber. All praise to God. 
Saturday August 30. Prayer meetings are more 
interesting and powerful. Sinners are being ton-
verted, and many of the saints are being greatly 
blessed. Eld. tl. C. Welcome spoke from Heb. 
10, which gave great satisfaction to the audience. 
In the P. M. Elder H. L. Hastings spoke on the 
seventh chapter of Revelation. It was listened to 
with much interest, by a very large audience. Ile 
brought out the subject of "the great tribulation," 
in some new aspects of the case,showing that we are 
on the eve of "the tribulation, the great," and that 
it was the duty of the people of God to prepare for 
it. A prayer meeting was held at the close, while 
others went to the water,where eight were baptised, 
among whom was two interesting children of Bro. 
Luther Cunningham, who were converted on the 
ground.-The season at the water was one of the most 
precious ever enjoyed. 
In the evening Elder H. Morgan, spoke on con-
fession and Chrisiian experience from Rom. 10 : 9. 
A good impression was made, and Lid. P. Cole and 
others followed, and some 20 or more came out fo 
prayer, and some were saved. And so the week 
closed in triumph and peace. We all retired to 
rest in quietness and good order. We have had no 
disorder from persors without the camp, unusual 
quiet has been enjoyed through the week. 
JOSHUA V. HIMES. 
A LEAF FROM 
MY JOURNAL. 
By invitation I go to Hull's Harbor, distance 5 
miles. Meeting in a hall ; as I enter it was literal-
ly packed full ; I truly felt like a lamb being led to 
slaughter, but I had vowed to God and I must pay 
my vows, I leaned upon an arm that was strong and 
I could not sink with such a prop as my eternal 
God. I preached to them Jesus, and they listened 
with great attention ; all was quiet and still ; one 
Baptist Minister witnessed for the Lord, and by in-
vitation closed by prayer. After meeting a man 
put a half Allar into my hand and retired ; that 
afternoon two vessels were to sail out of the Harbor 
but one deferred going on account of the meeting ; 
curiosity no doubt prompted him to stop ; 
I inquired who:the stranger was that gave me the 
money, and learned it was the captain of that ves-
sel; and at midnight hour he with his ship's compa-
ny sailed out on the boisterous ocean perhaps to 
find a watery grave. My prayer is they may think 
of Jesus, as preached to them while sailing o'er the 
mighty deep. 
An invitation to tarry longer ; meeting Friday 
afternoon, a great turn out ; some who came out of 
curiosity witnessed for the Lord. Sunday forenoon, 
paradise lost and restored, free time in speaking ; 
one good Baptist Bro. said he never saw anything 
look so plain as that ; some witnessed, so tears told 
me, there were some tender hearts there as well as 
my own. Afternoon, meeting appointed at a pri-
vate house where a prayer meeting was appointed, 
two or three stood without, we passed on to our 
meeting and a multitude had gathered there, the 
house was filled with as many out doors as within. 
It was judged there were nearly four hundred peo-
ple. I had freedom .in speaking, and the fear of 
rnatf,was entirely taken from me. I'inquired if they 
had a prayer meeting at the house ? Answer, no ; 
if there was a meeting they prayed to the walls, for 
the deacon came and all the rest but the Minister ; 
he was away, but his children came. If God has 
sent me out to preach Jesus and his coming to the 
people, he will move the people to come and hear, 
and ministers cannot hinder or hedge up the way. 
Monday afternoon, to a Mr. Hales, people came out 
to hear, mercy drops were falling. Mr. Hale and 
his wife, who never knew what the love of Christ in 
the soul, both cried for mercy and found pardon ; 
had three meetings with them ; they both spoke and 
prayed in the nieeting,erected a Family Altar and the 
spirit of revival seemed to settle down upon the peo-
ple in the neighborhood—praising God for what he 
had done. 
Left the friends on the mountain and went down 
in the valley, feeling that Jesus was saying she 
hath done what she could. 
Monday, go to Canaan meeting, in the evening, 
at Mr. Bishop's, a Baptist Family. Have an invita-
tion to stop and hold a meeting in the meeting house. 
Tuesday evening, thus I labour and sow seed, just 
as the doors open for me, expecting to receive a re-
ward according to my works, believing if I sow in 
tears,I shall reap in joy. Sunday, go to Port Wil-
liams, thought while on my way there would be but 
few to hear us there were other meetings near, but 
as I enter the Hall it was filled with respectable 
people ; so I did not have to speak to the walls. 
My subject here was the coming of Christ and the 
times and seasons. The people were very attentive 
to hear, and soma tears were shed, even from the 
youths• I had great freedom in speaking. There 
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was only one person among the crowd that I had 
ever seen before, my Bro. Fitch that took me there. 
0 how good is my heavenly Father to me when 1 
am called to go out among strangers ; to take from 
me the fear of man and give me his holy Spirit, so 
that I am received as a Christian, without any oth-
er recommendation. The scenery is beautiful in 
this valley. I had often heard it said that Corn 
wallis was the garden of Nova Scotia; and now I see 
it with my own eyes. Were I capable of portray-
ing the scenery of this country to my Friends upon 
paper, I would willingly do it ; but my arm is too 
short, and my pen is too weak, and my eye is too 
dim to even give a faint idea ; but I think it may 
look a little like Paradise restored, only the curse 
is not removed ; for people do die, and will, until 
Jesus cpmes and removes the curse ; then will the 
desert rejoice and blossom as the rose ; then shall 
the whole earth be filled with his glory. 
Meeting at Sheffield mills Friday evening, my last 
meeting in Cornwallis. I have held about 30 
meetings, and trust some seed has fallen in good 
and honest hearts and that fruit will be seen. I 
have been treated very kindly by the people ; collec-
tions have been taken for me at several places, so 
that I have lacked for nothing. God says go work 
in my vineyard, and whatsoever is right that shall 
ye have. The promise has been verified to me. 1 
bid farewell to the friends on the mountain and in 
valley in Corn wallis, and start on my way back 
again. A beautiful ride of 20 miles brought us to 
Mylesford, tarried for the night, had meeting Sun-
day in an unfinished two story house. This seemed 
like sowing seed by the way side. I hops the an-
gels will watch the seed sown, so that the birds may 
not destroy it. 
A. MUZZEY. 
For the Herald. 
Report of 
The ninth Annual Advent Conference 
of Maine. 
According to appointment the brethren assembled 
in the "Second Advent Hall," Portland, Sept. 17th 
at 7 o'clock Eve. and enjoyed a heavenly season in 
prayer and converse. The Lord blessed the people 
in the beginning of their effort. Two young ladies 
asked the prayers of the Lord's people, and gave ev-
idence that they intended to find the Saviour of sin-
ners. 
Thursday A.M. 10 1-2 o'clock, met. The meeting 
was opened by prayer, offered by Eld. D. Burn-
ham. The Secretary stated that the President—Eld. 
0. R. Fassett—would not be present, and another 
should be chosen, . 
Eld. S. N. Partridge was chosen President, 
Eld. 1. C. Wellcome asked to be discharged from, 
serving longer as Secretary, but was re-elected. 
Eld. Wm. Ingham then preached from Col. 3- 
13, and was followed by remarks from several oth- 
ers. 
Adjourned to meet at 2 O'clock P. M. 2 O'clock 
P. M. met and discoursed upon the various items of 
business to come before the Conference. The chair 
appointed three brethren,—Elds. T. Smith, R. R. 
York, Isaac Wright,—to arrange the business of 
Abe meetings. 
Decided to devote Friday A. M. to business, 3 
O'clock. Preaching by Eld. J. V. Ilimes,from Isa. 
26, 1-3'. It was a peace sermon. and "one of the 
best we ever heard. Peace in Christ, to all who ful 
ly believe and obey him. Truly, the flock was fed 
with good things. It was "the sincere milk of the 
word," and God made it a blessing to many hearts. 
How cheering, in these times of rebellion, war,blood 
and anger, to meet with a company of faithful Chris-
tians whose countenances bespeak the peace of God 
ruling their hearts, and that the Prince of peace is 
their guide. This was good company, Eve. 7 
O'clock, met for prayer and enjoyed a precious sea-
son in Christ. 
71-2 O'clock, Preaching by Eld. F. 11. Berrick, 
from Rev• 2, 25, 27. 
Friday A. M. 71-2 O'clock. Met, Prayer offered 
by Eld. J. V. Himes. A call was made for the 
reading of the record of the doings of last year's 
conference, Read by the Secretary. The committee 
then called the case of Eld. Jesse Partridge, and 
asked the reading of the Report of the council 
which sat on his case ltst year. The Secretary read 
the "report" in which it was shown that four of 
the charges against him, had been sustained by the 
council. 
Moved to adopt the council's report. Adopted. It 
was voted to enquire whether Eld. Partridge bad 
made the required confessions, to the satisfaction of 
the parties,and the council. The evidence shows 
decidedly, that his efforts were not what the case de-
manded, or the parties required. The merits and 
demerits of this afflicting case were then thoroughly 
discussed, and also much embarrassed by "Foreign 
intervention" not called for, which forcibly illus-
trated the truth of 1 Cor. 15, 33, It being noon,the 
case was adjourned to 4 O'clock P. M. 2 P. M. Met 
to hear the reports from the churches, and various 
fields of labor, in Maine. These reports were for 
the most part encouraging, showing an increase of 
faith and love, in the truth, a more general looking 
for the return of Chriet,and of desire to hear preach-
ing on the subject. The quarterly Conferences had 
been especially blessed of the Lord to the spread of 
the truth, and the conversion of sinners. Preach-
ers had multiplied, six ordained within the year, 
One—Bro. N. Smith—had fallen in death, much 
lamented, but fell with all the armour on, and in 
the work 3 O'clock P. M. Preaching by Eld. J. Y. 
Himes, from Dan. 12-12, 13. On the gentile 
times, 4 O'clock P. NI. Entered upon business. 
The case of Eld. Partridge was still before us, Bro. 
Himes had rendered special service in aiding the 
conference in seeking the proper basis of settlement 
of this difficulty. his example ought to stimulate 
some others, to purity and peace in the work of 
Christian discipline. At this point Eld. Partridge 
made the following 
CONFESSION. 
"Dear Brethren. As I have been required to 
make a confession to the brethren of the Poland 
Church, and also to the Maine conference, permit 
me to say. 
First. That I did not take gospel steps to effect 
a reconciliation with the church. 
Second. That I did do wrong in making the re-
mark that the Poland affair was a family affair. 
Third. That I did not do as I agreed with Bro. 
Fassett, all of which I sincerely regret, and ask 
your forgiveness. I would say that I accept of the 
report of the council, as to their decision on the 
charges preferred against me, I doubt not that in 
times of excitement I have said things which I ought 
not to have said, things which I was provoked to 
utter bedauseof false reports. All that I have ut-
tered that is wrong, I sincerely regret, and if in 
anything I fail to see as my brethren do, I would 
say, that if at any future time I see otherwise, I 
trust I shall be ready and willing to make it all 
right, 
And finally, I desire to be restored to Christian 
fellowship, so that I may co-operate again with my 
brethren, 
(Signed) 
JESSE PARTRIDGE. 
Voted to accept this confession. 
Eld. J. C. Wellcome then offered the following: 
Resolved. That in view of this confession the con-
ference feel satisfied that Bro. P. wishes to return, 
and engage anew to labor in union with us. We 
receive his confession, and give him our sympathies 
again, and will help him by every means in our 
power, to carry out his purpose, Adopted. 
Resolved. That it shall be an offence for any one 
to bring up this matter again either in public or 
private, to revive the difficulty, Adopted, 
_Voted. to adjourn business to 8 O'clock tomor-
row evening, 7 O'clock, Met for prayer and confer-
ence, and enjoyed Gods blessing npon us. There 
are many marked manifestations of deep seriousness, 
and interest in the work of God. A strong desire 
seemed to pervade the meeting, for more freedom of 
Spirit, and personal union with Christ, and devo-
tion to his cause, 
73-4 O'clock, Preaching by Eld. F. II. Bernie 
rom Rev. 7, 1, 4. A part of the sermon was ve4 
nexplicable. 
From Bro. S. Palmer. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS ;—I cannot do without the Her-
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respond liberally to the oft repeated calls for it sup-
port aside from merely 'paying for my paper,were it 
not that I have been sick for more that three years 
and a half past with that fell destroyer consump-
tion, having been pronounced at three different times 
during that time, by a council of the best physici-
ans that could be obtained, beyond all hope of re-
covering sufficiently again, to be about. But con-
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ent time though unable to labor any of consequence, 
and my means being quite limited it seems to re-
quire all to sustain my family. 
It may be that God designs I should still live to 
realize the consnmation of my hopes in the advent 
of His Son fromjleaven to receive his weary bride to 
himself. His will be done ! 
It is astonishing that so many of our ministers, of 
the present day,—professed students of the Bible—
can find there so many promises, as they claim, for 
the conversion of the world and the spiritual reign 
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tihle decrees of Almighty God ; and that every in-
dividual of the posterity of Adam shall die he said 
is one of those decrees. He then went on to treat 
of the subject of death, as contained in his text, us-
ing that term and the "coining of the Son of man" 
alternately, as if perfectly synonimous, and never 
hinting through his whole discourie that we were 
to look for any otner "coming of the Son of man" 
than at death. How an intelligent minister of the 
Gospel could treat the subject thus, with all the 
present light beaming upon it,I can hardly conceive. 
Yours in hope 
SHELDEN PALMER. 
Orangeville Trumbull Co., Ohio Oct. 13th 1862. 
REDEEM THE TIME.-Time is a precious talent com-
mitted to Christians, for the use of which they must 
give a strict account. This is a truism. Yet how 
many Christians act as if their time was their own ! 
They idle it away at will in trivial amusement, or 
lazy dreamings. Awake, thou idler in the Lord's 
vineyard ! While thou are iding away thy proba-
tion, eternity is hastening to meet thee. The oppor-
tunities for service will soon be gone forever. The 
work thou mayst do now will soon be beyond thy 
reach. "Redeem the time"-every moment is preci 
ORS. 
Cure for Cauceri 
Bro. Bliss ;-Will you please to insert in the Her-
ald a cure for a cancer. It is simple, and within the 
reach of any that have occasion to use it. Take figs 
and soak them in new milk and apply them to the 
cancer until it is drawn out. 1 know of one that has 
been entirely cured with this same simple remedy ; 
and if it will one, why not others. 
E. TRITTON. 
Burns Wis. 
From Bro. H. Durkee. 
BTO. BLISS :-I was reading a few remarks on 
Malaehi 3: 18, in which I or the writer are labor-
ing under a mistaken view of that 18 verse. I am 
thinking that returning and discerning time has not 
yet come. Please remark. 
Yours &c. 
HEMAN DURKEE. 
Piogallon, Vt. Sept. 29, 1862. 
That time h'as not yet come, but will synchronize 
with the judgment, as we view its meaning. ED. 
During the course of his long,laborious, and em i 
nantly useful life, the Rev. John Wesley gave ut-
terance to many great thoughts. But we question 
whether there ever fell from either his lips or his 
pen a better petition than is expressed in the follow-
ing six lines :- 
"Come in thy pleading Spirit down 
To us who for thy coming stay ; 
Of all thy gifts we ask but one, 
We ask the constant power to pray : 
Indulge us Lord, in this request, 
Thou canst not then deny the rest. 
ANOTHER MASSACRE IM TURKEY. Thu Constantino. 
pie papers report that the town of Alahash, in the 
district of Zeytun, has been razed to the ground,and 
its inhabitants, who are Armenians, put to the 
sword. The Armenians had participation in quell-
ing an insurrection in a Turkish village, killing 
many Turks, and this was seized upon by the Turk-
ish Governor of the province as a pretext for grati-
fying his hatred towards the Armenians. 
Learn in childhood, if you can, that happiness is 
not outside but inside. A good heart and a clear 
conscience bring happiness ; no riches,and no circum-
stances alone ever do. 
Ambition is frequnntly the only refuge which life 
has left to the denied or mortified affections. We 
chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the soul 
that seems to thirst for sovereignty only, and knows 
not that the flight of this ambitious bird has been 
from a bosom or a home that is filled with ashes. 
WEAK FAITH. A venerable clergyman whom 
We',know is accustomed to pray very sfacifically. 
Lately asking for the total overthrow of the rebels 
he said "We acknowledge the weakness of our faith 
when we ask for their repentance."-Providence 
Journal. 
This notice was lately posted on the estate of an 
English nobleman in Kent : 
"Notice is hereby given that the Marquis of-
(on account of the backwardness of the season), will 
not shoot himself nor any of his tenants till after the 
16th of September ! 
I will answer for it, the longer you read the Bi-
ble, the more you will like it ; it will grow sweeter 
and sweeter : and the more you get into the spirit of 
it, the more you get into the spirit of Christ- Ro-
maine, 
in Lowell, was relieved of pile which had afflicted hi 
r many years, and remarked to a friend that it was wont 
it hundred dollars a box for piles. 
Miss Harriet Morrill, of East Kingston, N. H., says : "I 
have been afflicted with piles for over twenty years. The 
last seven years I have been a great sufferer. And though 
1 never expect to be well, yet to be relieved as I am from 
day to day by the use of your Golden Salve, fills my heart 
with gratitude." 
From Mr. J. 0. Merriam, Tewksbury, Mass.: "I have 
a large milk farm. I have used a great deal of your Gol-
den Salve for sore teats on my cows. I have used many 
other kinds of salve. Yours is the best I ever saw. I 
have also used it for sprains and scratches on my horses. 
It cures them in a short time. I recommend it to all who 
keep cows or horses." 
From Dr. Geo. Pierce, Lowell : " Your Golden Salvo is 
good. It will have a great sale." 
From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn.: " Yout 
Golden Salve is a great thing for chilblains. I have also 
used it in afflicting cases of salt rheum, erysipelas, and 
sore nipples. Its effect was, a speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., says : "I have several 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a shorttime, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, " Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING HEMP:BT.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have usedyour 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom. 
mend it to be. • 
J. V. IlimEs. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East M er 
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and a 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13-pd to jan 1 '62 
For sale at this office. 
DANIEL CAMPBELL, 
GENERAL AGENT. 
P. 0. address, Carlisle, C. W. 
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ills of a family, this medicine is not surpassed. I confi-
dently recommend it to every family who prize a speedy 
relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland st., 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
127 N. 11th st., Philadelphia. No 1010-tf 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
" FEED MY LAMBS."-John 21:15. 
BOSTON, OCTOBER 21, 1862. 
The Robin's Song. 
One summer morning early, 
When the dew was bright to see, 
Our dark-eyed little Charlie 
Stood by his mother's knee. 
And he heard a robin singing 
In a tree so tall arid high, 
On the topmost bough t' was swinging, 
Away up in the sky. 
"Mamma, the robin's praying, 
On the very tree top there ; 
Glory, glory, it is saying, 
And that is all its prayer. 
But God will surely hear him, 
And the angels standing by, 
For God is very near him, 
Away up in the sky." 
"My child, God is no nearer 
To the robin on the tree, 
And does not hear him clearer 
Than He does you and me. 
"For he hears the angels harping 
In sun-bright glory drest, 
And the little birdlings chirping 
Down in their leafy nest." 
"Mamma, if you should hide me 
Away down in the dark, 
And leave ,no lamp beside me, 
Would God then have to hark ?" 
"And if I whisper lowly, 
All covered in my bed, 
Do you think that Jesus holy 
Would know what 't was I said ?" 
'My darling little lisper, 
God's light is never dim ; 
The very lowest whisper 
Is always close to Him." 
Now the robin's song was filling 
The child's soul full of bliss :. 
The very air was trilling 
When his mamma told him this. 
And he wished in childish craving, 
For the robin's wings to fly ; 
To sing on tree tops waving, 
So very near the sky. 
Kitty and "Please." 
Kitty had of late got a had tone to her 
voice. It was a tone of command, very 
unbecoming a little girl. instead of say- 
ing, you be kind enough to do this 
or that ?" or "Please do this or "Will 
you ?" in a gentle tone, she said, "Do 
this," or "Do that," like a little, ill-natured 
tyrant. 
Her mother, as you may well think, 
was very sorry, and often talked with her 
little girl, and tried to break her of her 
grievous habit. 
One day her shoe came off while she 
was exercising herself at play, When it 
was near dinner-time she called Bridget to 
put it on. 
"Bridget," she said, "I want my shoe 
on. Put it on quick, for my pa will come 
soon." 
Bridget was doing something very par-
ticular in the closet, and could not come 
out. 
• 
"Bridget," she said, sharply, "don't 
you hear me ! Come now and put my 
shoe on." 
Her mother, who happened to be in the 
next room, overheard her daughter, and 
said, 
"Say t please,' Kitty, and Bridget shall 
put your shoe on." 
Kitty pouted but did not speak. She 
took her shoe, sat down on the floor, 
and tried to put it on herself, which was 
all very well, hail she not done it angri-
ly, for children ought always to help 
themselves. 
At her mother's request, Bridget then 
undertook to assist Kitty in getting on her 
shoe. But Kitty showed so much ill-tem-
per, that Kitty's mother called Bridget 
away and left Kitty to herself, who at-
tempted to get her shoe on, but her efforts 
were vain. 
Soon she heard her papa's step in the 
entry, and, at the same instant, her mother 
came softly up to her side, and encourag-
ingly said, 
"Bridget will help-you, Kitty. Ask her 
my child." 
But Kitty looked "No I don't," though 
she did not say so in so many words, The 
dinner-bell rang. 
"You can stay here, Kitty, until you 
can ask Bridget properly to put on 
your shoe," and her mother went out of 
the room. 
Kitty turned very red, and burst out in-
to a hard angry fit of crying. Then she 
got up , run into a little dressing-room, 
and shut the door. 0 naughty, foolish 
Kitty ! How much trouble she was mak-
ing herself, and how grieved her parents 
were to see no dear little Kitty in her own 
chair at the table, and for such a reason 
too; that was the worst of it. 
By and by her papa came up stairs, 
and not finding her in her mother's room, 
went to the little room. 
"Where is my Kitty 7') lie said in a sad 
tone. 
The little girl, jumped tip from the 
corner, and going towards him, said ea-
gerly, 
"Oh pap ! t please' would not come 
out of my throat. It staid there all the 
time till now. I think 1 can say please' 
now, papa." 
She took her father's hand, and picking 
up the shoe, she went to find Bridget ; 
and when at length she found Bridget, she 
said, 
"Please, Brtdget, put this shoe on my 
foot." 
Bridget did it willingly. Then Kitty 
ran down stairs, and said to her mother : 
"Mamma, t please' did stay in my 
throat so long that it felt big; but it's out 
now. Please kiss me, mamma. I am so 
sorry." Kitty did not get so choked again. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE CONFERENCE 
According to the following resolution, passed at 
the last session, it will be seen that the time for 
holding the next session is just at hand. 
"Resolved, That the time of holding our State 
Conference be changed from the third Thursday in 
June to Friday nearest the 20th of October, and 
commence at 10 o'clock, A. M." 
As Clerk of the Conference, it becomes my duty 
to givenotice, that the next session of our State 
Conference will commence on Friday next, Oct. 17, 
at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continue over the Sab-
bath. 
It belongs to our brethren to say where it shall 
be. Those desiring it to be holden with them, will 
writs me as soon as practicable, that I may have 
time to give reasonable notice of the place. 
The next session of our State Conference will be 
holden at Loudon Ridge, to commence Friday, Oct. 
17th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continue over, the 
Sabbath. T. M. PREBLE, Clerk of Conference. 
Concord Sept. 27, 1862. 
MESSIAII'S CHURCH in New York worship tempo-
rarily in Room No. 20 Cooper's Institute, entrance 
on Eighth St., between Third and Fourth Avenues. 
Preaching on the Sabbath, at 10 1-2 A. M. and 3 
P. M. The prayerful support and co-operation of 
all Christians is solicited. 
The P. C. Address of Eld. Geo. W Burnham is 
Newburyport, Mass. 
NOTICE. 
Rev. 0. R. Fassett has commenced his pastoral 
labors with the Hudson street church in this city, 
corner of Hudson and Kneeland streets. Brethren 
and sisters, and friends coming into the city are invi-
ted to attend service at the Chapel, and make them-
selves at home. His Post Office address for the pres-
ent is care of S. BLISS, 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Bos. 
ton Mass. 
The P. 0. Address of Eld. S, W. Thurber is 
Hatley, Canada East. 
The Post Office address of " Rev. R. Hutchinson 
M. D.," for the present will be " Care of Mrs. M 
Holme, 34 Devon street, Liverpool, England." 
WESTERN TOUR. 
On my way West I shall visit Philadelphia, Pa., 
and preach Sabbath, Oct. 26; Harrisburg, Pa., 
Tuesday evening, Oct. 28; Milesburg, Pa., Oct. 30 
to Nov. 9th; Pike, Muscatine County, Iowa, Nov. 
14 to 30. This meeting will be in a school-house 15 
miles west of Muscatine city,10 miles south of West 
Liberty, 10 miles north of Columbus. Enquire for 
Samuel Overturf. 
Advent Conference in Sumpter, Wis., Dec. 3, and 
over the Sabbath. 
The calls f0or labor in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and 
Michigan are so numerous that I can comply with 
only a part of them in this tour. I will survey 
the field and select such as I can visit and give due 
notice. 
Brethren had better do as brother Spenser sug-
gests, select a central place, and let the people. gath-
er as in conference ; when I will give theta a course 
of lectures. This will enable inc to speak to a gaeat 
er number, and save the time and labor of visiting 
many places which I would be glad to do, if my 
time would allow. 
J. V. HildEs. 
Oct. 17. 1862. 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
that purpose. 
Si'e agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, Pa 
5 00 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, 
b . . .... 1.00 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa 
2 00 
Mill. Aid Society in Providence, 
..16.30 
Millennial Aid Society in Shiremanstown, Pa..... ..9.00 
" " " New Kingstown, Pa.... -4.50 
S. Blanchard, Barre, Vt. 
1 00 
Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W ................ 1.00 
Church in Newburyport 
.9.00 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landing N. J. 
2 00 
Josiah Vose, Westford, Mass. (" or more"). 2 00 
 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass.... ..2.00 
Church in Slanstead. C. E ........ .... 4.00 
Joel Cowee, Gardner, Mass . 
.1.00 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W .5 00 
 
H. B. Eaton, M.D , Rockport, Me . ....... 5.00 
Edward Matthews, Middlebury, 0..................1 
Jos. F. Beckwith, Cleveland, Ohio ............:1.00 
Mrs. Mary Jane Yoder, Harrisburg, Pa ........5.00 
Miss 0. W. Allen, Johnson, Vt 
 1.25 
Mrs. Mary Ann Doud, New Haven, Vt 5.00 
 
Alexander Wattles, Troy, Mich., 
 ....1.00 
.James Penniman, Milford, 
$1.00 
Philadelphia, no name 
. $5.00 
Mieajah C. Butman, Lynn, Mass 
1.00 
Mrs. Boardman, Seneca Falls, New York........ 1.00 
M. B. Woolson, Milford, N. H ........ .... 2.00 
William B. Schermerhorn, Schenectady, N. Y $1.00 
Mrs. Sarah A. Coburn, Haverhill, Mass ...... ....$2.00 
Edwin Howard, St. Johnsbury, Vt . ........... 1.00 
Mrs. Mary Hopkins, E. Brookfield, Vt.... .... .... 1.00 
Helon Nichols, E. Warren, Vt.... 
............ 
.... 1.00 
We leave a blank space here, which it is desirable to see 
filled with names and amounts, of pledges of annual pay-
tnents. 
Wanted, 
By a small congregation of Adventists, a gospel 
preacher, who, alive to his calling, offers to the peo-
ple a present full and free salvation through repent-
ance and faith in Christ, who expects thus to 
acomplish much for the cause of God in the salva-
tion of men, who believes (and acts upon the prin-
cipal) that we have a cause worth sustaining with-
out definite time, who has no distracting questions 
he conceives to be of more importance than the 
great salvation and the speedy coming'of its Author 
to judgment. A single man is rather preferable. 
Will any one at liberty address Herald office &c. 
STAND FOR THE RIGHT-Learn from the earliest 
days to inure your principles against the peril Of 
ridicule ; you can no more exercise your reason if 
you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you 
can enjoy your life if you are in constant dread of 
death. If you think it right to differ from the 
imes, and to ratio a pint of nurals, do it, howev-
er antiquated, however pedantic it may appear ; do 
it not for insolence, but seriously-as a man who 
wore a soul in his bosom, and did not wait till it 
was breathed into him by the breath of fashion. 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
J. Jewell. Sent book the 15th. J. R. J. has paid to 
Jan. 1, 1863. 
G. Locke. There was no paper of the 11th. 
R. Sturtevant. There is $1.62 due from Thomas Bold. 
erness, and 62 as due from J. Watson. 
J. Fairbanks. Sent Tracts the 17th. Price 30 cents. 
Will give exposition soon. 
J. K. Lmbard. Have sent the 2d chapter. Tho other 
chapters have not been given in one No. 
A. N. ASSOCIATION. 
The "American Millennial Association,"located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of iVlassacdiusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer, 
. 1.00 
3.00 
2.00 
.• 1.00 
Agents of the Advent Herald. 
Albany, N. Y ..... .... Wm. Nichols 85 Lydius-street 
Burlington, Iowa . James S. Brandeburg 
Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y 
C P. Dow 
Cabot, (Lower Branch),) Vt.. ..Dr. M. P. Wallace 
Cincinnati, 0 
. . Joseph 'Wilson 
Do Kalb Centre, Ill. . R. Sturvesant 
Dunham, C. E 
D. W. Sornberger 
Derby Line, Vt. 
. S. Foster 
Eddington, Me 
Thomas Smith 
Fairhaven, Vt . .... .... .... ...... Robbins Miller 
Freeland, De Kalb Co., Ill Wells A. Fay 
Homer, N. Y ..... .... ..... ... ........ ...J. L. Clapp 
Haverhill, Mass . 
 Lendal Brown 
Lockport, N. Y , . .... .... .... .... R. W. Beck 
Johnson's Creek, N Y ..... .... .... ...Hiram Russell 
Kincardine, C. W .... ..... ... .... .... Joseph Barker 
Loudon Mills, N. H. . ... ........ .. George Locke 
Morrisville, Pa .... .... .... .... ....Wm. Kitson 
Newburyport, Mass John L. Pearson 
New York City ... . .J. B. Huse, No. 6 _Horatio st 
Philadelphia, Pa J. Litch, No. 27 North 11th st 
Portland, Me ..... .... .... ....Alexander Edmund 
Providence, R. I 
Anthony Pearce 
Princess Anne, 
 
Md ...............John V. Pinto 
Rochester, N. Y 
 D. Ifoody 
Salem, Mass . . .... Chas. H. Berry 
Springwater, N. Y. . ........ .... S. H. Withington 
Shabbonas Grove, De Kalb county, Ill... N. W. Spencer 
Stanbridge, C.E 
 .John Gilbreth 
Sheboygan Falls, Wis . William Trowbridge 
Toronto, C. W ..... .... .... .... .... . Daniel Campbell 
Waterloo, Shefford, C. E.. .... R. Hutchinson, M .D 
.... .... .... .... j. M. Orock 
Waterbury, Vt... .... ........ .... .... .. D. Bosworth 
 
Worcester, Mass. 
 Benjamin Emerson 
Yarmouth, Me ..... .... ........ .... .. I. C. Wellcome 
FORM OF A BEQUEST.-"I bequeath to my executor (or 
executors) the sum of dollars in trust, to pay the 
same in sixty days after my decease to the person who, 
when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 
American Millennial Association, Boston, Mass., to be ap-
plied under the direction of the Standing Committee of 
that Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.' 
POSTAGE.-The postage on the Herald, if pre-paid quar-
terly or yearly, at the office where it is received, will be 13 
cents a-year to any part of Massachusetts, and 26 cents to 
any other part of the United States. If not pre-paid, it , 
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of it. 
RECEIPTS, 
UP TO THE DATE OF THIS PAPER. 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD 10 
which the money credited pays. No. 1075 was the closing 
number of 1861 ; 'No. 1101 is the Middle of the present 
volume, extending to July 1, 1862; and No 1127 is to the 
close of 1862. 
Notice of any failure to give due credit 
should be at once communicated to the Business Agent. 
N. Shepherd 1140; E. Tritton 1127; E. Fdgarton 1140
, 
-there was none of the 11th-B. Trefethen 1110; be-
zia Coffin 1142; Wm. Plimley 1101, each $1. 
Mrs. Esther H. Pease 1075; Sheldon Palmer 1114; MrS• 
E. H. Leland 1153; M. L. Brush 1231; R. Bnrtenshaw 
1153; Thos. Harley 1158; Ephraim Perkins of Lynn,' 
Wis, 1081; T. Newell 1153; P. Burns Jr. 1179; Mali 
M. Huchins 1127; B. McClary 1162, each $2. 
Wm. S. Farris 1116; C. Breasted 1170, eac_a $3. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22D, 
Mrs. A. Streeter, Westboro', Mass. 
Mary L. Brush, Springfield, Vt. 
Peter Burns, jr., Milford, N. H, 
J. Learned, Waterbury, Vt. . 
Those sending money should remember that we have 
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the same name in different States, and in some States there 
is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
necessary to give his own name in full, and his Post-office 
address - the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is directed. 
An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives uS 
much perplexity. Some forget to give their State, and if 
out of New England their County, while some fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
different. Some, in writing, give only their initials, when 
there may be others at the same post-office, with the same 
initials. etimes, when the paper goes to a given ad- 
dress, ano r person of the same family will write res-
pecting it,without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
name. And sometimes those who write, forget even to shin 
their names ! Let all such remember that what we want, is 
the full name and post-office address of the one to whom the 
paper is sent. 
As a general thing, it is better for each person to write 
respecting, and to send money himself, for his own paper 
than to send by an agent, or any third person, unless such 
one is morelikely to get his own name and post-office right, 
than another person would be ; that money sent in small 
sums, is less likely to be lost than when sent in larger ones, 
and that a third person is often subjected to postage, merely 
to accommodate the one who sends.