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pitched, of which that of Moses was the type ? to ridicule, was immeasurably captivated by 
And if it is the heavenly temple, is not the ac- the true burlesque of those disputes, the child-
tion described symbolic of correspondingevents ish virulence, the extravagant pretensions, and 
And is there care in heaven, and is there love, 
which affect the church militant ? 
the still more extravagant impostures fabricated 
In heavenly spirits, to these creatures base, 
That may compassion of their evils move ? 
The first plague inflicts "a grievous sore on in support of the rival pre-eminence in ab- 
Of man than beast. But 0 ! the exceeding grace the men which 
 the mark of the beast, and surdity; the visions of half-mad nuns' and 
There is—else much more wretched were the case 
Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, 
them which worshipped his image."-16:2. A friars; the ConVulsionnaires ; the miracles at 
And all his works with mercy doth embrace, 
That blessed angels he sends to and fro 
sore is the outward manifestation of a dis- the tomb of the Abbe Paris; trespasses on the 
'To serve wicked men, to serve his wicked foe. 
eased, carrupt state of the physical system.— common sense of man, scarcely conceivable by 
How oft do they their silver bowers leave, 
To come to succor us that succor want ! 
The poison that had rankled in the veins be- us if they had not been renewed under our 
How oft do they with golden pinions cleave 
The flitting skies, like eying pnrsuivant, 
comes a painful and loathsome blotch upon the, eyes by Popery. All France was in a burst 
Against foul fiends to aid ns militant ! 
They for its fight, they watch, they ttuly ward, 
surface. In Isaiah (1:5, 6,) the loathsome of laughter. 
And their bright squadrons round us plant, 
And all for love, and nothing for reward ; 
corruption of Israel is described by the same "In the midst of this tempest of scorn an 
o ! why should heavenly God to man have such regard ? 
Edmund Spencer. 
itnage
ry.—It made Israel like " Sodom and extraordinary man arose, to guide and deepen 
Gomorrah."—Isa. 1:8-10. Does not the sore it into public ruin—VOLTAIRE ; a personal 
of this plague mark its location to be, especial- profligate ; possessing a vast variety of that 
The Last Days of Rome. ly, in that " street of the great city which spi- superficial knowledge which gives importance 
BY A. II ALE. 
ritually is called Sodom ?"—Rev. 11:8. This to folly : frantic for popularity, which he so- 
SECOND EPISODE. (REv.chaps.I5,16.) is usually applied to France. The unblushing licited at all hazards; and sufficiently opulent 
SOME of the events predicted in this portion and unparalleled corruption of society in to relieve him from the necessity 'of ,play la- 
of prophecy are, on several accounts, the most France, which preceded and gate birth to the hors but those of national undoing. Holding 
difficult to determine of any in this mysterious revolution and its atrocities, was the direct re- but an inferior and struggling rank in all the 
book. It is not easy to fix on the general pe- suit of the extermination of the Bible and its manlier provinces of the mind, in science, po-
riod in which the fulfilment of the portion falls. disciples. We give, in proof, the following etry, and philosophy ; he was the prince of 
Is this prophecy of the vials a " parallelism" from Croly 
scorners. The splenetic pleasantry which 
with the seals and trumpets, which goes back " The first steps of Louis had been turned stimulates the wearied tastes of high life ; the 
to an early period of the Christian age, and to the extinction of the Church. He pub- grossness which, half concealed, captivates the 
runs down to the end of it? does it apply ex- lisped regulations, calculated to discourage the loose, without offence to their feeble decorum ; 
elusively to a period immediately preceding Protestants, and sent missionaries into those and )':e easy brilliancy which throws what col-
and succeeding the advent? or does it belong districts where they most abounded, to instruct ors it will on the darker features of its pur-
exclusively to the transition period, which in- and convert them.'—*-Ranken. But those in- pose; made Voltaire the very genius of France. 
tervenes between the advent and the renovation structors were soon followed by missionaries of But under this smooth and sparkling surface, 
of the earth by fire ? Interpretations have a less equivocal character, Regiments of cav- reflecting like ice all the lights thrown upon it, 
been attempted on each of these suppositions ; airy were sent to scour the country, and Dau- there was a dark and fathomless depth of ma-
but have the difficulties been mastered by liar- phine and the surrounding provinces were the lignity. He hated government ; he hated mor-
monizing all the parts of the portion with any scene of ferocious license. The final subver- als ; he hated man ; lie hated religion. He 
one of them ? 
sion of the Church followed ; and Louis exult- sometimes bursts out into exclamations of rage 
It does not seem to be possible that these ed in the policy which had purified his lrieg- and insane fury against all that we honor as 
plagues, distinguished so emphatically as" the dom of every man who read the Bible. best and holiest, that sound less the voice of 
last," can have so early an application as the " In the midst of this extirpation of the human lips than the echoes of the final place 
seals and trumpets. Nothing is said of the ad- heretics, Louis sprang from a couch, • which of agony and despair. 
• 
mitted symbols of Rome in the seals, or in any even the morals of France looked with shame, " A tribe worthy of his succession, showy, 
of the trumpets, except the sixth.—Rev. 11:7, 8. to send desolation through Germany. ambitious, and malignant, followed ; each with 
These symbols of Rome occupy a.conspicuous " The primary cause.of the French Revolu- some vivid literary contribution, some powerful 
place in the vials, as we shall see. 
1 was the exile of Protestantism. 
and popular work, a new deposit of combus- 
If the vials may not be referred to so early a " Its decency of manners had largely res- tion in that mighty mine on which stood, in 
period, can they apply exclusively to the tran- trained the licentious tendencies of the higher thin and fatal security, the throne of France. 
sition period, after the advent? There are, orders; its learning had compelled the Rornish —Rousseau, the most impassioned of all ro-
plausible reasons for referring them to that pe- ecclesiastics to similar labors ; and while Chris- mancers, the great corrupter of the female 
riod. But this view of the prophecy, since it, tianity could appeal to such a Church in mind.—Buffon, a lofty and splendid specula-
could have no reference to Rome till after the France, the progress of the infidel writers was tor, who dazzled the whole multitude of the 
day of man's probation is ended, might very checked by the living evidence of the purity, minor philosophers, and fixed the creed of Ma-
properly relieve the writer from its detailed peacefulness, and wisdom of the Gospel. It terialism.—Montesquieu, eminent for know-
consideration. However, as it is certainly very is not even without sanction of Scripture and ledge and sagacity ; in his Spirit of Laws' 
possible that the portion may have an applica- history to conceive that, the presence of such a striking all the establishments of his country 
tion to events which precede the advent, let us body of the servants of God was a divine pro- into contempt ; and in his Persian Letters,' 
see what the bearing of these vials may be on tection to their country. 
levelling the same blow at her morals.—D'Al- 
the last days of Rome. 
" But the fall of the Church was followed ernbert, the first mathematician of his day, an 
If the series of events begins prior to the by the most palpable, immediate, and ominous eloquent writer; the declared pupil of Voltaire, 
advent, they cannot be supposed to have an change. The gteat names of the Romish and, by his secretaryship of the French acade-
earlier commencement than the time when the priesthood, the vigorous literature of Bossuet, my, furnished with all the facilities for propa-
providential judgments 5n the beast begin—i. the majestic oratory of Massillon, the pathetic gating his master's opinions.—And Diderot, 
e., near the end of his period of triumphant and classic elegance of Fenelon; the mildest of the projector and chief conductor of the En-
war with the saints. And it issworthy of spe- all enthusiasts ; a race of men who towered cyclopedie,' a work justly exciting the admire-
eial attention that these plagues are not final. above the genius of their country and of their tion of Europe, by the novelty and magnifi-
The end of the beast, the false prophet, &c., is religion ; passed away without a successor. In cence of its design, and by the comprehensive 
a distinct scene.—Chap. 19:20. These plagues the beginning of the eighteenth century, the and solid extent of its knowledge ; but in its 
are preliminary and preparatory ; may they most profligate man in France was an ecclesi- principles utterly evil, a condensation of all 
not also be premonitory of the final scene ?— astic, the Cardinal Dubois, prime minister to the treasons of the school of anarchy, the lex 
To what extent the portion is symbolical is al- the most profligate prince in Europe, the Re- scripta of the Revolution. 
so somewhat difficult to determine. 
gent Orleans. The country was convulted "All those men were open infidels ; and 
 
The sign " is seen " in heaven ;" the tern- with bitter personal disputes between Jesuit their attacks on religion, snch as they saw it 
pie of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven is and Jansenist, fighting even to mutual perse- before them, roused the Gallican Church. But 
opened ; the seven angels come out of the cution on points either beyond or beneath the the warfare was totally unequal. The priest. 
temple; one of the four living creatures, a human intellect. A third party stood by, un- hood came armed with the antiquated and un-
symbol of the redeemed, (5:8, 9,) gives the an- seen, occasionally stimulating each, but equally wieldly weapons of old controversy, forgotten 
The Ministry of Angels, 
traditions and exhausted legends. They could 
have conquered them only with the Bible ; 
they fought them only with the Breviary. The 
histories of the saints, and the wonders of im-
ages, were but fresh food for the most over-
whelming scorn. The Bible itself, which Pope-
ry has always labored to close, was brought 
into the contest, and used resistlessly against 
the priesthood. They were contemptuously 
asked, in what part of the sacred Volume had 
they found the worship of the Virgin, of the 
saints, or of the Host? where was the privi-
lege that conferred saintship at the hands of 
the Pope ? where was the prohibition of the 
general use of Scripture by every man who 
had a soul to be saved ? where was the revela-
tion of that purgatory, from which a monk and 
a mass could extract a sinner ? where was the 
command to imprison, torture, and slay men 
for their difference of opinion with an Italian 
priest and the college of cardinals ? To those 
formidable questions the clerics answered by 
fragments from the fathers, angry harangues, 
and more legends of more miracles. They 
tried to enlist the nobles and the court in a 
crusade. But the nobles were already among 
the most zealous, though secret, converts to the 
Encyclopedie ;' and the gentle spirit of the 
monarch was not to be urged into a civil war. 
The threat of force only inflamed contempt 
into vengeance. The populace of Paris, like 
all mobs, licentious, restless, and fickle ; but 
beyond all taking an interest in public matters, 
had not been neglected by the deep designers 
wiro saw in the quarrel of the pen the growing 
quarrel of the sword. The perpetual ridicule 
of the national belief was kept alive among 
them. The populace of the provinces, whose 
religion was in their rosary, were prepared for 
rebellion by similar means ; and the terrible 
and fated visitation of France began."—Apoe., 
pp. 280-6. 
Thus it was that " a great voice out of the 
temple " said to this first angel, " Go your 
way !" No man could speak for God's slaugh-
tered children in Papal France as a Christian, 
and while the court and altar were exulting 
over their extirpation, the horrors these mar-
tyrs for the truth had suffered seemed to haunt 
the mind of Voltaire so that he could find no 
rest until he spread out the living and madden-
ing images before the world.—(See Michelet on 
" The Jesuits.") The sore fell on the adhe-
rents of the old Papal state—them that had 
the mark of the beast ; it was the continued 
infection of the " Godless Empire "—the im-
age of the beast. The self-styled representa-
tives of heaven had butchered the flock they 
should have protected, and imposed silence on 
all who might witness against them. Hu-
manity could refrain no longer. Hell itself 
seemed glad of the opportunity to. turn the 
abominations itself had prompted in malignant 
triumph on their perpetrators. Corrupt, loath-
some, infidel France ! she first forsook her 
polluted throne and desecrated altars, aiid then 
overturned them, that they might be cleansed 
by a baptism of human blood ! 
The second angel poured out his vial on the 
sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead 
man : and every living soul died in the sea. 
A sea of blood is by no means an extravagant 
symbol of the general carnage which spread 
over the Papal world on the outbreak of the 
French Revolution. And if " the sea " refers 
to a particulat'class, or locality, there is not so 
much difficulty in finding a scene to corres- 
pond, as in determining, where all is blood, 
which part in particular is meant. Dr. Gill, 
who wrote forty years before the revolution 
(1752); and believed the fulfilment to be then 
future, supposed " the sea " might denote the 
maritime sections of the Papal church, " par- 
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titularly Spain and Portugal : and as the sec-I It seems hardly possible. Still, the testimony come the obstinate adherence of mankind to 
mid trumpet brought the Vandals into these of those who have filled that " seat" would in- that which is established ; but, in reference to 
places, so this vial will affect the same, andidicate as sad a state of things as this. But the which, probably some future age might be dis-
bring wars and desolations into them." Letlfacts must be reserved till we come to the sev- posed very much to question our enlightenment 
any one read the account of " the wars of the enteenth chapter. 
• for ever having resisted or doubted them. Pos- 
peninsula," by Alison and others, and they The sixth angel poured out his vial on the terity, however, only very slowly comes up 
will find scenes of blood that no symbol could great river Euphrates ; and its waters were with the thinker or discoverer ; and generally, 
fully represent. 
dried up, that the way of the kings of the east it is not till he is dead, that full justice is done 
As the sore of the first vial may represent a might be prepared. By a somewhat general to the purity of his motives, or the philanthro-
corrupt state of the political and social sys- consent, the great river Euphrates is referred py•of his designs, 
tern ; so " the blood of a dead man " may have to the Ottoman Empire. The reason, doubt- • Galileo's discovery of the motion of the 
a corresponding import, and refer to the dead- less, is, that this, or what is equivalent, seems earth was felt to be an awful innovation on the 
ly political stagnation that fell upon Papal Eu- to be its necessary reference in another place. old convictions of men. He had the daring 
rope when they saw such providential judg- —Chap. 9:14. By a common metonorny, that audacity, this man of science, in opposition to 
ments breaking forth from every quarter. And nobody misunderstands, and that is supposed the long-received dogma that the earth stood 
if life denotes political independence and pow- to exist in the other geographical terms of the still, to allege that the earth moved and re-
er, the dying of " every living soul in the sea " portion, the name of the place it put for the volved on its axis. The then-existing notion 
may denote the loss of that independence, not power which occupies it. A pure symbolic was, that the world was limited to this " dim 
only by every government of Papal Europe, sense would require us to refer it to some pow- spot which men call earth," with its twinkling, 
but by the revolutionists themselves, as tevolu- er which sustains a similar relation to the i stars set about it only as so many little orna- 
. tion succeeded revolution, and "they success- mystic Babylon that the Euphrates, on which ments to please the eves of the antlike hu-
old Babylon was built, sustained to that city. manities moving on its surface. Galileo dared 
On either view, facts too familiar to need repe- to conceive and to prove, that this orb was but 
Eldon, show that the period has arrived. If it, a mere speck in the creation of God, and that 
were more distinctly intimated that these kings the utmost verge of man's imagination was but 
of the east were to be gathered to destroy the threshold of His works. He was thrown 
the class, or locality, that may be intended.lBabylon, as Cyrus was raised up from the into a dungeon for his heterodoxy ; but the 
east (Isa. 46:11) to destroy her prototype, the truth could not be stifled. " Still it moves !" 
sense would be less difficult. It is more natu- was Galileo's inmost conviction. And, thanks 
ral to suppose they are gathered, like the kings to the progress of thought, the sublime hetero-
of the earth ,and of the whole world, to the doxy of Galileo, is now one of the accepted 
great battle. That battle is to come after the triumphs of human intellect, one of the most 
advent; the destruction of Babylon is to pre- glorious victories of science and truth. Still 
cede the battle ; the hosts are mustering ; but nearer to our own day, the truths of geology, 
who heeds the alarm? 
now acknowledged as such by all enlightened 
But one of these vials of wrath remain.— men, were tabooed as dangerously heterodox, 
Great Babylon—Papal Rome—Comes into re- because they were not supposed to tally with 
membrance, to give unto her the cup of the the, views which were accustomed to be held 
wine of the wrath of God, under that vial. As and taught. " Supposed," we say—for the 
we interpret the portion, the events of the sixth most learned and religious men, of all sections 
vial have begun. The Judge himself pro- of the church, are now at one on this point; 
claims, " Behold, I come as a thief!" and we have such teachers as. Dr. Buckland 
and Dr. Pye Smith, now occupied in eloquent-
ly enforcing the new truths of geology. 
" All the rivers run into the sea," and of course 
must have their fountains, or head-waters, in 
the higher parts of the earth. But do the sub-
jects of this plague sustain a symbolic relation 
to the symbolic earth and sea, or does the 
prophecy point to some literal, geographical lo-
cality that is distinguished by rivers and foun-
tains ? A doubt is suggested as to the sym-
bolic sense of the geographical terms used in 
this portion, from the fact that all the angels 
are commanded to " pour out their vials on the 
earth," while the first only does this. It seems, 
therrefore, that in the command, " the earth" 
must be understood in the comprehensive sense 
of all that pertains to it—sea, rivers, fountains, 
and atmosphere, as well as the dry land, and 
not as denoting the Roman earth as distinct 
from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people 
(14:6) ; or else these angels did not obey the 
command. If we understand these terms as 
designating literal geographical localities the 
difficulty is lessened, if not removed. So Dr. 
Gill understood them. He says : " The third 
vial will be poured out on those rivers and 
..fguntains which may point to those places ad-
j&cent to Rome, as Italy and Savoy : and as 
the third trumpet brought the Huns into those 
parts, so this vial will bring in large armies 
hither, which will cause much bloodshed, and 
a great revolution in church and state." Let 
any one look at the facts of history within the 
last half century, and then judge if Dr. Gill 
was not an extraordinary interpreter, to speak 
thus nearly fifty years prior to the fulfilment? 
" The angel of the •waters " vindicates the 
justice of the plague : " They have shed the 
blood of saints and prophets ; and thou hast 
given them blood to drink, for they are wor-
thy !" And another angel, or voice, out from 
the altar, (from whence had been heard this 
cry,. " How long, 0 Lord . . dost thou not 
judge and avenge our blood ?"-6:9) responds 
to the angel of the waters, " Even so, Lord 
God Almighty, true and righteous are thy 
judgments !" The work of vengeance has 
begun. 
The fourth angel pours out his vial on the 
sun. On any construction, this is an exception 
to the command—v. 1. If it is to be under-
stood literally, it can apply only to the judg-
ment scene after the advent. If it is to be un-
derstood figuratively, it must denote the central 
political body, to which other political bodies 
sustain the relation of secondary bodies. And 
in the order of history it must apply to the 
French empire. Its power is augmented to 
make it a more terrible, scorching plague to 
ungodly Men. All the facts of the case, as 
we have before shown, agree with this suppo-
sition. Napoleon regarded France as the sun 
to which other nations should be satellites.—
The ungodly acknowledge these plagues to be 
of God, but they only call forth new blasphe-
mies. Where all were blasphemers, the diffi-
culty would be to find those who were not of 
that character. 
ively destroyed each other." 
The third angel poured out his vial on the 
rivers and fountains of waters ; and they be-
came blood." Here, again, the difficulty is not 
so much the finding of a scene of blood, but 
of the event, " to pass daily to and from the 
building-yard while my boat was in progress, I 
have often loitered, unknown, near the idle 
groups of strangers gathering in little circles, 
and heard various inquiries as to the objoct of 
this new vehicle. The language was uni- 
formly that of scorn, sneer, or ridicule. The 
loud laugh rose at my expense, the dry jest, 
the wise calculation of losses and expenditure, 
the 4u11, but endless repetition of 
the Fulton 
folly.' 
Never did a single encouraging re- 
mark, a bright hope, or a warm wish, cross my 
path." At length the boat was built, launched, 
and the first experiment of its steaming powers 
was to be made. There were abundant pre- 
dictions of failure, of course. The boat, how-
ever, moved away from the shore, then the 
machinery came to a stand, for it was yet far 
from perfect. " To the silence of the preced-
ing moment," continues Mr. Fulton, " now 
succeeded moments of discontent and agita- 
tion, and whispers, and shrugs. I could hear 
distinctly repeated, I told you so—it is a fool-
ish scheme—I wish we were well out of it.' I 
elevated myself on a platform, and stated that 
I knew not what was the matter; but if they 
would be quiet, and indulge me for half an 
hour, I would either go on or abandon the voy- 
age. I went below, and discovered that a 
slight maladjustment was the cause. It was 
obviated. The boat went on ; we left New 
York; we passed through the Highlands; we 
reached Albany ! Yet, even then, imagination 
superseded the force of fact. It was doubted if 
it could be done, or if it could be made, in any 
case, of any great value." 
Discouraging though these facts be, they are 
not to be wondered at. The oppcsition to new 
views must be regarded as altogether human, 
natural, and inevitable. The conservative feel-
ing is useful, unless carried, as it often is, to 
the extent of inveterate prejudice and bigoted 
adherence to what is. It is proper that we 
should hold by the old until the new has been 
proved to be the better. Only, let all new views 
have a fair hearing, and be tested, not so much
by existing notions of things, as by their own 
intrinsic truth and worth. There always will 
be a strong conservative party to prevent their 
too sudden adoption. Among such are always 
to be found the more aged members of socie- 
ty. Goethe has said, " that no man receives a 
new idea, at variance with his preconceived no-
tions, after forty." This is, probably, putting 
the' case rather too strong ; but, generally 
speaking, it will be found correct. You will 
very rarely find a medical man, for instance, 
beyond forty, ready to take up with new modes 
of treating disease, no matter how sufficient 
are the facts produced in its favor; nor 'old 
lawyers ready to advocate ameliorations in the 
criminal code—the most stubborn opponents of 
such measures having invariably been the old 
lawyers in the House of Lords. Then, the 
general mass of men will be found on the side 
of the old established notions—the power of 
testing and sifting new views being as yet a 
comparatively rare endowment. The number 
of those who will undergo the toil and labor of 
patiently thinking out a subject, is, in every 
country, comparatively small. Hence, every 
new truth, no matter under howsoever favora-
ble circumstances given to the world, must, for 
a long time, remain greatly in a minority 
among the mass of the people. It has to main-
tain a struggle, step by step, against obstinate 
opposition, and fights its way up to a majority, 
through contumely and ridicule,—this very op-
position and ridicule being probably necessary 
to stimulate the infant truth in its growth to 
an ultimate unassailable vigoi.—Eliza Cook's 
Journal. 
Christopher Columbus's discovery of the 
New World was one of the issues of Galileo's 
thought. He promulgated his theory of the 
existence of a western continent, and how was 
it received ? It was " rejected as the dream of 
a chimerical projector." Columbus was, how-
ever, fully possessed by his idea, and wandered 
for many years, for help to carry it out. At 
last he succeeded, by the aid of a monk and a 
doctor ; his expedition sailed, and the new 
truth was established. Everybody then cried, 
" How easy ! surely, no one could have doubt-
ed it !" So did the courtiers also observe, 
when Columbus showed them how an egg 
could be made to stand on its end ! 
Dr. Harvey's promulgation of the true cir-
culation of the blood was received with shouts 
of derision by his contemporaries. They had 
been taught that the arteries carried air, not 
blood ; and the new truth was an overthrow of 
all their preconceived notions, which was not 
to be borne. He was lampooned and satirized ; 
lost Iris practice ; and was disowned by his 
medical brethren. It .was a dangerous and 
subversive doctrine, which must be put down ! 
And yetethe new truth was fully established in 
its own good time. 
Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccination, by 
means of which the fearful scourge of small 
pox has almost been banished from civilized 
countries, was received with equal scorn. The 
proposal was' scouted, without hesitation or 
thought, and .Zenner was made a marls for all 
wits to shoot at. He was about to bestialize 
the human race, by introducing into their sys-
tem the matter taken from the pustules on the 
Such persons are generally satisfied to be led cow's udder ! He could scarcely live through 
all the fury and indignation that were heaped 
upon him. After promulgating his views in a 
modest and argumentative style, he set off to 
London to exhibit his process of vaccination to It occurred about eighteen hundred 
the faculty ; but, after remaining there for two ago, and lasted for more than thirty years. 
months, he could not get a single medical man The number of " rounds " which were given 
to test its efficacy. Yet he had the courage to has not been recorded—but it was evidently 
ao onward ; and he finally su'cceeded in estab- very large. 
lishing the new truth. HoW•we smile at all Many spectators were present. The com- 
batants were " compassed about with a great 
cloud of witnesses." Apostles, martyrs, saints 
and angels, were looking on with evident in-
terest, and deeply anxious for the result. Never 
was there such a goodly collection seen at any 
steamship. As early as the year 1793, he modern combat. 
communicated his invention to Lord Stanhope, The parties appeared to be very unequally 
in the hope that the English government matched. The game of one was Paul—a man 
would enable him to carry his discovery into who " gloried in infirmities," and who was 
effect. But it was not until the year 1807 that said to be in " bodily " presence weak. The 
he finally succeeded, by the aid of an American other's name was Legion, better known as the 
minister, Mr. Livingstone. 'While his boat was World, the Flesh and Devil.' The quarrel 
building at New York, it was the object of commenced while they were going to Damascus. 
sneers, contempt, and ridicule. As I had oc- They were the best possible friends when they 
started, and yet before the end of their journey, 
Reception of New Truths, 
The naturally strong conservative feeling of 
man is never more strikingly displayed than 
on the occasion of the promulgation of a new 
truth i,n the world. It comes before the public 
quite friendless ; often for a long time it stands 
in a miserable minority of one. It struggles 
hard to gain a footing ; is jostled about rudely, 
jeered, despised, and ridiculed ; and its pro-
mulgator is, perhaps, characterized as a quack, 
an impostor, or a maniac. If the new truth is 
calculated to interfere rudely with the gains of 
any established class, then woe to the man who 
has ushered it into life; let him then be fully 
prepared to encounter the hardest possible 
measure of calumny, abuse, and persecution. 
The majority, however, do not feel quite so 
strongly as this. They are passive compared 
with the others. Walter Savage Landor's des-
cription of the " Critics' Reception of a New 
Book," not inaptly applies to them :— 
They rise slowly up to it, like carp in a 
pond, when food is thrown among them : some 
of which carp snatch suddenly at a morsel, and 
swallow it; others touch it gently with their 
barb, pass.deliberatively by, and leave it; oth-
ers wriggle and rub against it more disdainful-
ly ; others, in sober truth, know not what to 
make of it, swim round and round it, eye it on 
the sunny side, eye it on the shady ; approach 
it, question it, shoulder it, flap it with the tail, 
turn it over, look askance at it, take a pea-shell 
or a worm instead of it, and plunge again their 
contented heads into the comfortable mud. Af-
ter some seasons the same food will suit their 
stomachs better." 
and influenced by those whom they are accus-
tomed to follow in such matters; and the ques-
tion they ask is similar to that which was once 
put on the distinguished occasion of the pro-
mulgation of a great new truth in the world : 
" Have any of tire rulers or Pharisees believed 
it ?" If the answer is " No," then they have 
generally no more to say to it, and go on con-
tentedly in their old way till greater light 
reaches them. 
It is somewhat humiliating to look back to 
the period at which some of the great truths, 
The fifth vial is poured on the seat of the now universally recognized to be true, were 
beast; and his kingdom is filled with darkness ; ushered into the world, and to note the recep-
and they gnaw their tongues for pain, and tion which they met with ; nor is the retro- 
. blaspheme bthe God of heaven, because of their spect altogether without its instruction to even 
pains and their sores. If the drigon fell from a comparatively enlightened age. The truths 
heaven when he gave his seat, power, and au- to which we refer are now so clear and demon-
thority to the beast, this plague must bring his strable, that we are disposed to look upon him 
worthy successor near to the gates of .hell.— a a fanatic or ignoramus who could venture 
Writhing in pain ; full of sores ; shut up in to doubt them. And yet there are, from time 
darkness, without any source of alleviation but to time, other new truths coming up, meeting 
to gnaw the tongue and utter blasphemies with the same obstructions and denunciations; 
against God! Can this have been fulfilled ? truths which have.not yet been able to over- casion," says Mr. Fulton, in his own narrative 
this now ! And yet it is just as possible that 
we may be treating new views of the present 
day in an equally irrational manner. 
But perhaps the most interesting case of all 
is that of Robert Fulton the inventor of the 
An Old Prize Fight. 
years 
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203 
they almost came to blows, and then the chal- but hate to fight for it, nor do they like the 
lenge was given which resulted in this famous preparations necessary for a vigorous contest, 
fight. 
the laying aside of every weight, the renuncia- 
Paul commenced a course of active prepara- tion of the world, and the denial of self. • Few 
tion, for it. He was " temperate in all things." seem to be in earnest to overcome the world 
" He kept his body under and brought it into and " to fight the good fight,isand yet only by 
subjection." And he learned the use• of some so doing can we be crowned with unfading 
curious weapons. One was called the " Shield glory. " He that overcometh, shall inherit all 
of Faith "— another " all Prayer," and a third, things. 
the " Sword of the Spirit." 
The "stake " was very large. It was the 
soul, and an " incorruptible and glorious crown 
which the Lord the righteous Judge should 
give him." Paul was not in the habit of boast-
ing, and yet when once speaking of the proba- 
ble issue of the fight, he declared, " I can do 
all things through Christ which strengtheneth 
me." Nor did he ever seem to doubt the re- 
sult. Long. before the contest was ended, he 
exultingly cried, " Thanks•be to God who giv-
eth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 
Christ." 
Each of the parties had their 'seconds and 
friends, and Paul had good reason to know 
that some who ought to have been with him, 
were his most bitter enemies. Once he de-
clared, " I find a law in my merttbers warring 
against the law of my mi*d." 
When he was once fairly engaged in the 
contest, he proved himself a most skilful com- 
batant. He did not deal out his blows at ran- 
dom. Every one "told." " He fought not as 
one that beateth the air." Yet with all his 
skill he was dreadfully bruised, and was forced 
to admit that he " wrestled not with flesh and 
blood, but against principalities and powers, 
and spiritual wickedness in high places." 
Once his friends thought he was fairly beaten, 
for he lay as one dead. But while they stood 
sorro.wing over him, he rose up in " good time," 
exclaiming as he renewed the fight, " cast 
down, but not destroyed." 
His Friend that stuck " closer than a brother" 
always stood by him, and when he leaned 
back upon his breast faint and breathless, 
would whisper in his ear, " Fear not, for I am 
with thee," " my grace is sufficient for thee." 
When from pain and weariness he was 
ready to exclaim, " 0 wretched man that I 
am," he would refresh himself with a thought 
of the prize, and his eye would brighten and 
his arm be nerved anew when " he reckoned 
that the sufferings of this present time, were 
not worthy to be compared with the glory that 
should be revealed in him." 
His adversary dealt many foul blows.—Yet 
Paul was always ready to parry or to bear 
them, and " rejoiced that he was counted wor-
thy to suffer." 
At length this dreadful conflict drew to a 
close. To one of his young companions whom 
he had taught ..how to fight, and to endure 
hardness, he declared, " I- have fought a good 
fight, I have finished my course, I have 
kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid 
up for me a crown of righteohsness." Paul 
died in the very hour of triumph, and 
shouted as he fell, " 0 death, where is 
thy sting ? 0 grave, where is thy vic-
tory ?" Then the last blow was struck, and 
the enemy forever vanquished. Yet he took 
to himself no credit. When the crown was 
placed on his brow, lie took it off and cast it at 
the feet of Iris dearest and best Friend, who had 
first instigated him to undertake the contest, 
saying, " Not unto us, but unto thy name be 
all the glory." 
The particulars of this old fight are found in 
a book first published at Rome and Ephesus, 
in which are also recorded some accounts of 
battles still more ancient. Many are men-
tioned who endured a " great fight of afflic• 
tions," of " whom the world was not worthy." 
And what is singular, some of the brave old 
prize fighters were dealt far more hardly and 
unjustly with, than any of modern times. The 
world had very little sympathy for them, and 
often they were " stoned and sawn in sunder, 
and made to wander in dens and caves of the 
earth. Yet they rejoiced therein, and when 
they obtain the crown, every tear will be wiped 
away, and every trial abundantly recompensed. 
and clothing the new-made world with Edenic First : That you have saved too little and 
beauty, you may recognize in the great Res- i spent too much. I never taught you to be a 
corer and Almighty Creator your Saviour !— miser, but I have seen you giving your dollars 
JEsus, " King of kings. and Lord of lords !" for a notion, or to go to the opera, when you 
Hallelujah ! 
Amen.—Memorials of Bertie's might have laid one-half aside for charity, and 
Brother and Infant Sister. 
one-hall aside for a rainy day. 
Secondly : That you have gone too much 
No Remedy." 
upon credit. I always told you credit was a 
shadow.; it shows there is a substance behind, 
I once saw a man who had the hydrophobia. which casts the shadow, and but a small body 
He had s eeeived a slight wound in the hand as may cast a great shadow, and no wise man 
he was sporting with a favorite dog. For months will follow the shadow any further than lie can 
he carried the virus in his system, and was un- see the substance. You may now learn that 
conscious of the dreadful fact. 
you have followed the opinion of others until 
you have been decoyed into a bog. . 
Thirdly : That you have been in too much 
haste to become rich. Slow and easy wins 
the race. 
Fourthly : That no course of life can be de-
pbnded upon as always prosperous. I ant 
afraid that the younger race of working men in 
America have a notion that nobody would go 
to ruin on this side of the water. Providence 
has greatly blessed us, and we have become 
presumptuous. 
Fifthly : That you have riot been thankful 
enough to God for his benefits in past times. 
Sixthly : That you may be thankful our lot 
is no worse. 'We might have famine, o'r pes-
tilence, or war, or tyranny, or all together. 
And last, to end my sermon, you may learn 
to offer, with more understanding, the prayer 
of your infancy, Give us this day our daily 
bread." 
The old man ceased, and Sammy put on his 
apron, and told Dick to blow away at the bel-
lows.--Lstth. Observer. 
They Say—. 
Well, what if they do? It may not be true. 
A great many false reports are circulated, and 
the reputation of a good man may be sadly 
sullied by a baseless rumor. Have you any 
reason to believe that what they say concern-
ing your brother is true? If not, why should 
you permit your name to be included among 
the " they " who circulate a scandal ? 
 
They say . Who says? Is any person 
responsible for the assertion ? Such phrases 
are frequently used to conceal the point of an 
enemy's poignard, who thus meanly strikes 
one whom he dare not openly assail. Are you 
 
helping the cowardly attack ? If " they " 
means nobody, then regard the rumor as noth-
ing. 
 
They say . Why do they say so ? Is any 
good purposesecured by the circulation of the 
report ? Will it benefit the person to have it 
known ? or will any interests of society be pro-
moted by whispering it about? If not, you had 
better employ time and speech to some more 
worthy purpose. 
 
They say . To whom do they say it ? 
To those who have no business with the af-
fair ? To those who cannot help it or mend it, 
or prevent any unpleasant results ? That cer-
tainly shows a tattling, scandal-loving spirit 
that ought to be rebuked. 
They say—. Well, do they say it to 
him ? Or are they very careful to whisper it 
in places where he cannot hear, and to persons 
who are known not to be his friends ? 'Would 
they dare to say it to him, as •well as about 
him ? No one has a right to say that concern-
ing another which he is not ready to speak in 
his own ear. 
 
They say . Well, suppose it is true, Are 
you sorry for it? or do you rejoice that a bro-
ther has been dis.cOvered erring ? 0, pity him 
if he has fallen into sin, and pray .for him that 
he may be forgiven and restored. 
If it should be true, do not bruit it abroad to 
 
his injury. It will not benefit you, nor him, 
nor society, to publish his faults. You are as 
liable to be slandered, or err, as your brother, 
and as ye would that he should defend, or ex-
cuse, or forgive ypu, do ye even so to him. 
Remember thy follies, thy sins, and thy crimes ; 
How vast is that infinite
: debt! 
Yet mercy hash seven by seventy times 
Been swift to forgive and forget ! 
SELF-ESTEEM. — Opinion of ourselves is 
like the casting of a shadow, which is always 
longest when the sun is at the greatest dis-
tance. By degrees the sun approaches, the 
'shadow shortens, and under the direct meridian 
light it becomes none at all. It is so with our 
opinions of ourselves ; while the good influen-
ces of God are at the greatest distance from us, 
it is then ,hat we conceive the best opinion of 
ourselves. As God approaches, the- conceit 
Sure I must fight if I would reign : 
Increase my courage Lord, 
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
Supported by thy word. 
Christian Observer. 
The Grave. 
No stone marks the spot where Bertie, and 
Clara, and Ernie, sleep. The earth is raised 
over it in a green mound, the silver daisies 
spangle the long grass, and, opening their eyes 
of beauty, gaze from thence at the distant stars. 
The sun shines on that lowly grave; the moon 
sheds her silvery light there ; and the eloquent 
stars send thither their bright answering glances 
from the glories of their brilliant firmament. 
Sunshine, and shower, and dew, fall freely 
there. Perhaps, too, the angels, on their min-
istering missions, as they pass the spot, may 
not disdain a glance at the place where the 
three children sleep. However, one thing is 
certain, that imperishable memorials are erect-
ed in the minds of the village children, any 
one of whom can point the stranger to Bertie's, 
and his sister's, and brother's grave. " (They) 
were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in 
their death they were not divided ;" and there 
they lie, side by side, sleeping in Jesus, until 
" the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall 
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed." Yes, we may never sleep as they 
do ;—perhaps, before another' day shall dawn, 
the heaven may be rolled away as a.scroll, and 
the Judge descend upon his gNat white throne 
to judgment.—See Rev. 22:20. Should it be 
even so this very night, how would it find you, 
my dear reader ? With your lamp trimmed, 
and your light burning, waiting for the Lord ? 
loving and " looking for his appearing?" with 
the words trembling on your lips, and ready to 
burst forth into the joyous exclamation, " Lo ! 
this is our God ! we have waited for him ! He 
bath come to save us ?" Or, as the deep thun-
der of the last trumpet (whose shrill blast 
wakes the dead) roll over your distracted and 
then awakened soul, shall you be found ap-
pealing to the relentless rocks for shelter, and 
to the mocking mountains for an everlasting 
interment beneath their mighty masses ? Ah, 
unsaved soul, the unutterable anguish of those 
moments will be constituted by the too late ac-
quired knowledge that God was love to you! 
that heaven was open to you ! that the Lord 
Jesus, now your judge, once poured out his 
heart's blood as the propitiation for your sins ! 
That God the Father so loved you that He 
gave up for your ransom the son of his bosom 
—his well-beloved and only son ; that God the 
Son forsook the glories of his exalted position 
as the Creator of the world, and stooped to 
poverty, ignominy, and death, for you! That 
the Holy Spirit bath daily, hourly plead with 
you, following you along every lane of life, 
crying, " Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye 
die ?" " Hear, and your soul shall live r' • God 
Their history has been given to us for an 
example, and to encourage us it is added, " Be 
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life." It is to be feared that many 
who profess to have entered the lists, strike but 
feeble and infrequent blows. Sometimes they 
are seen walking arm in arm with their sworn 
enemy, and looking very little like prize fight-
ers. Indeed, it is often difficult to decide 
whether they are not actually the friends of Le-
gion. At least, they do pretty much as he 
bids them, and thus leave little to quarrel 
about. They would be glad to wear the crown, 
ing him moulding again the mighty fabric .into 
hill and dale, mountain and valley, with his 
plastic hands (nay—by His word, commanding, 
and it stands fast), spreading out once more 
the lately dissolved heavens as a blue curtain, 
in his Son.-1 John 5:10, 11. Jesus died for 
you! God is beseeching you! Christ is be-
seeching you ! the Holy Spirit is beseeching 
you Be ye reconciled to God !" " Through 
this man (Christ Jesus) is preached unto you 
forgiveness of sins !" The record is true—be-
lieve, and live ! 
It is not too late yet—hallelujah ! "Now is 
the accepted time, now is the day of salvation !" 
" The Spirit and the bride say, Come ; and let 
him that hearereth say, Come ; and let him 
that is athirst come ; and WHOSOEVER WILL, let 
him take of the water of life freely." 0, come 
and join the ranks of pardoned sinners.—
Come!—that when the trumpet shall sound. 
you may be caught up to meet the Lord in the 
air.—See 2 Thess. 4:14, 18. That when the 
elements are melting like a furnace, you may 
stand as on a sea of glass, out of the reach of 
the devouring flame, which shall burn up the 
earth and the works that are therein.—See 2 
Pet. 2:9, 10. That ye may accompany the led shoulders without some burdens. I could 
great Creator with the sons of God, who sang tell you stories of the days of continental 
over the creation of the first earth, and behold- money, when my grand-father used to stuff the 
sulky-box with bills to pay for a yearling or a 
wheat fan, and when the Pennsylvania women 
used thorns for pins, and laid their tea-pots, in 
the garret. You wish to.know 'what you can 
learn — you can learn these seven things. 
Not many years ago we heard Uncle Benja-
min discussing this matter to his son who was 
complaining of having no leisure : 
" Rely upon it, Sammy," said the old man, 
as he leaned upon his kstaff, with his gray 
locks flowing in the breeze of a May. morning, 
"murmuring pays no bills. I have been an 
observer any time these fifty years, and I never 
saw a man helped out of a hole by cursing his 
horses. Be as quiet as you can, for nothing 
will grow under a rnOing harrow, and discon-
hath given to you eternal life, and this life is tent harrows the mind. Matters are bad, I ac- 
He was preparing to :set out on a visit to a 
beloved sister. She had recently commenced 
keeping house, and the young man anticipated 
a great deal of pleasure in seeing her under 
her own roof. The carriage which was to 
convey him was at the door. 
He sat down to the breakfast table. His 
mother handed him a cup of coffee. He shud-
dered as he took it. With some difficulty he 
brought it to his lips. The attempt to swallow 
a small portion of its contents occasioned 
spasms which nearly suffocated him. He rose 
from the table convinced that he had within 
him the elements of a disease for which there 
was no remedy. 
The disease soon developed itself. At his 
own earnest request, he was confined in a man-
ner which rendered it impossible for him to in-
jure others. I saw him in one of his most 
dreadful paroxysms. 0! it was fearful to see 
a fellow creature in that condition, and to feel 
that there was no remedy. 
But there is a still a more dreadful evil for 
which there is no remedy. In 2 Chron. 36 we 
read : " But they mocked the messengers of 
God, and despised his words, and misused his 
prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose 
against his people, till there was no remedy." 
There is no remedy for the wrath of a long-
suffering God. Terrible as may be the parox-
ysms of agony which may seize the soul in the 
hour of dissolution, there is no remedy. Un-
speakable as will be the misery of the soul as 
it endures its everlasting punishment, still there 
will be no remedy. 
What torturing anxiety would seize the 
reader were there the slightest probability that 
he has within ,him the seeds of amoral dis-
ease, Which is adapted to cause the wrath of 
God to rise until there is no remedy ? 
There is now a remedy within your reach. 
Apply it while it is in your power. Do not let 
your, friends, as they gaze on your despairing 
death-struggles, feel that there is no remedy. 
Do not enter eternity to behold, in characters 
of fire. on the walls of your eternal prison,—
"The wrath of the Lord arose till there was no 
remedy."—N. Y. Obs. 
knowledge, but no ulcer is any better for 
fingering. The more yotsgroan, the poorer you 
grow. 
" Repining at losses. is only putting pepper 
into a sore eye. Crops will fail on all soil, 
and we may be thankful that we have not a 
famine. Besides, I always took notice, that 
whenever I felt the rod pretty smartly, it was 
as much as to say, here is something which 
you have to learn. Sammy, don't forget that 
— your schooling is not over yet, though you 
have a wife and two children." 
A. Aye," cried Sammy, "you may say that, 
and a mother-in-law am! two apprentices into 
the bargain ; and I should like to know what a 
poor man can learn here, when the greatest 
scholars and lawyers are at loggerheads, and 
can't for their lives tell what has become of the 
hard money." 
" Softly, Sammy, I am older than you ; I 
have not got these gray hairs and these stoop- 
Uncle Ben's sermon, 
Watchman and Reflector. 
0 4 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
lessens, till we receive the fuller measure of 
his grace, and then we become nothing in our 
own conceit, and God appears to be all in all. 
• 
2thuent fiert0 
INTERS RETiTION OF SYMBOLS, FIOURES, &C. 
" And he said to me, These words are faithful and 
true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the 
prophets sent his angel to show his servants the 
things, which must shortly take place. And behold, 
I come quickly : happy is he, who keepeth the words 
of the prophecy of this hooke And I John saw and 
heard these things. And when I had heard awl seen, 
I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel 
who showed me these things. And he saith to me, 
see thou do it one : I am thy fellow-servant, and one 
of thy brethren the prophets, And one of those, who 
keep the words of this hook : worship God. And 
he saith to me, Seal not up the words of the prophe-
cy of this hook : for the season is near. He, who is 
unjust, let him be unjust still : and he, who is filthy, 
let him he filthy still : and he, who is righteous, let 
him perform righteousness still : and he, who is holy, 
let him be holy still. Behold, I come quickly ; and 
my reward is with me, to give each one as his work 
shall he. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first 
and the last, the beginning, and the end. Happy are 
those, who do his commandments, that they may 
have the privilege of the tree of life, and may enter 
through the gates into the city. For without are the 
Sodomites, arid the sorcerers, and the fornicators, arid 
tine murderers, and the idolaters, and whoever loveth 
and practiseth falsehood. I Jesus have sent mine 
angel to testify to you these things in the congrega-
tions. I am the root and offspring of David, the 
bright morning-star. And the Spirit and the bride 
say, Come! And let him, who heareth, say, Come! 
And let him, who thirsteth, come. And whoever 
will, let him take the water of life freely. 
" I testify to every one, who heareth the words of 
the prophecy of this book, If any one shall add to 
these things, God will add to him the plagues written 
in this hook : and if any one shall take' away from 
the words of the book of this prophecy, God will 
take away his part from the tree of life, and out of 
the holy city, and from the things written in this 
book. He, who testifieth these things, saith, Surely 
I come quickly. So be it, come, 0 Lord Jesus ! 
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all 
the saints."—Rev. 22:6-21. 
The revelator having been conducted down through 
ish motive to subserve? When such opposing inter- elerstood them, i. e., that the question at issue is, of the mammon worshipper the crumbs which fell 
pretations have been given of it, some—many, it is whether it is an idea in accordance with truth, and of from his table, and dependent on them for sympathy 
to be feared—have come within the spirit of this heavenly origin ? To answer this question it is very in his diseased condition. That there were just such 
threatening. We may have made many errors in the important, in absence of other testimony, to inquire rich men, highly esteemed among men, no one will 
expositions we have given, but we are conscious of whether it accords with, or opposes the general hea- deny. That there were such poor ones, despised by 
but one desire, and that has been, to unfold its divine then sentiment. Priding it opposed to the prevalent their fellow worms, none will question. As far, 
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 have not been in vain. Where brethren have lion arises whether the Scriptures favor the prevailing in abomination what men highly esteem, the impossi- 
wwwww -- - ----- --- w w e- --- not been able to admit the conclusions we have ar- Jewish belief of a conscious existence after death, or bility of worshipping mammon and retaining the favor 
rived at, we trust that they have seen nothing in the 
spirit of our investigations from which to dissent. the prevailing heathen view of unconsciousness dur- of GoD, and that this was spoken to correct the sen- 
ing that state. This brings us to the 5th point. timents of the deriding Pharisees, who justified their 
Letter from G. Needham, Note 2.—The question here is, would the Saviour covetousness before men. Having as far as the • 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETHI!" 
 
 
DEAR BROTHER :—When I penned my letter on express himself in language which expresses false iilustration is confined to this life, illustrated realities 
that part of your article relating to the " spirits in doctrine, to illustrate an idea, and make no dissent by realities, are we to conclude that as soon as the 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1850. 
 
 prison," I supposed the matter would end there : your from its incorrectness ? We have not room here to narration passess the portals of the fowl), realities 
notes on the same, seem to demand a few words more. enlarge respecting the various kinds or uses of para- ate to be dropped, and a prevalent fabulous view 
Final Command and Warning. 1. The question, with me, is not, How general, or 
how limited, was the Pagan idea of hales ? bles—to show how the parables of the New Testa- substituted to illustrate the future ? How does the 
Nor was it, How general, or limited, among meat differ from those referred to in the Old,—how Saviour show that GOD abominates covetousness, and 
the Jews? 
parables illustrated by inanimate objects, are of a the worship of mammon ? He does it by showing 1 
Nor was it, Did the Pagans, or the Jews, origi- class different, and are interpreted by laws differing that when this covetous, man-honored worshipper of i 
nate i
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? 
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was and is, Is it a God-originated idea? This from those where animated ones are the actors, &c. mammon, and the man-despised, Con-fearing beggar 
is the thing to be proved. This has not been proved. The narration of JOTHAM comes under the common die, they are platted in conditions corresponding to the 
When it is, I give up the question. 
head of fable. It is one of the oldest and most beau- abomination with whielV GOD holds the one, and the 
Suppose the Jews originated the idea and the Gen-tiful allegories extant. Does the Saviour use pare - favor with which he regards the other. If the Sa- 
tiles borrowed it from them? What then? Why, 
just as much, as if, the Sadducee Jews, originated bles like JoTeem's when inanimate objects are the viour is not showing how GoD regards these two 
the doctrine of no-resurrection, or arty other whim, actors ? Never. The parable of JOTHAM cannot, classes, what is he teaching ? and if he is not show- 
and the Pagans borrowed it from them. All this then, illustrate the parables of the Saviour. In the ing this by the condition in which GOD places them. 
proves nothing. We must coma hack to the blessedparables spoken by NATHAN to DAVID, real things between death and the resurrection, then how, pray 
Word, after all, and let that settle the question. This are taken to illustrate other real things. There were tell us, is he doing it ? We plant ourselves on the 
is the point at issue. Front this I shall not be di- 
vested. But while I say this, I will add, there is such rich men, and such poor men—those who had immoveable ground-work of these premises. 
more and better testimony that it originated among large flocks, and those whose possessions were lim- 
Having seen the truth CHRIST is inculcating res- 
the Pagans, than the Jews. [Note 1.]. 
 petting covetousness, arid how he is showing Goo's 
iced to a single lamb. And the rich did thus oppress P 
To your question whether the Saviour would 
take an ideality to illustrate a reality I I answer, Yes. the poor. The fact that it was a parable, does not abhorrence of it, let us follow him, as he leads us 
He Would do it, just as much as Jotham, or Nathan, take front its force as an illustration of eastern life, in- through the gate of death, and view their subsequent 
or Joash king of Israel. The fact that Jesus took a dependent of its application to DAVID. The fable state. The poor man dies and is borne by angels to 
prevailing idea, among the Jews, to illustrate some- spoken by JEHOASII, (2 
is like that of the bosom of ABRAHAM. The rich man dies : is he 
thing else, no more proves that he sanctioned it, as 
Kings, 14:7), 
welcomed hy angel voices, as he was greeted in the 
true, than that Jotham's parable (Judg. 9:7-15) was Joweem's, and unlike those of the Saviour. 
true, or Nathan's parable to David, or Joash's to The parables of the New Testament were all ut- present state by the obsequious homage of those who 
Amaziah. Who ever heard a man assert that " the tered by " One who spake as never man spake," and fawned for the rich man's favor, which was the opin-
trees went forth on a certain time to anoint a king are always
ion of the Pharisees I He is buried. The eye of 
taken from realities—unless this (suppos- 
over them ;" and then if an objection was made, tell 
yon, "it is so," " I must believe what Jotham said?" ing it to be a parable, for the sake of the argu- man can follow hint no farther ; but, in Hades he . 
'Or that " a certain rich man robbed a poor man of meat,) is an exception. As we can only understand lifts up his eyes, being in torments, and beholds A BRA-
his only lamb," and then tell you, "Nathan says so all parables by leaning their principles of construe- HAM and ',Amuse. far off, in the enjoyment of COM- 
and I believe Nathan'?" But these fictitious relations 
fort ! Now prove to us that the subsequent portion 
would be. used, just as soon as that of the Saviour, lion and interpretation, to understand the parables of 
if there was any point to be sustained thereby. And the Saviour, we must learn the office which he has of the illustration is false, that after death the favored 
 
they might with the same propriety, so far as I can assigned them. Take any of his parables :—did he of God are not comforted, and those abominated tor-
see. It is, therefore, just as absurd, in my mind, to ever illustrate truth by things which had no existence? 'Dented ; or in other words,prove to us that the Saviour 
affirm the consciousness of the wicked, in torment, 
or the righteous in happiness, "comforted," before 'rake the laborers in the vineyard :—there were vine- catered to the whims of the populace, took their fabu- 
lous opinions to illustrate truths, and gave them the 
the resurtection, and then say, " my Saviour has said yards in which laborers were employed. Those un- 
- 
so," &c. &c., as in the cases just alluded to. Since employed might be found loitering about the market sanction of his word, and you produce a most painful 
 
I have come to a better understanding of parables, Iplaces,—market-places existed—those employed were impression on our-mind. We could not receive such 
would just as soon write a certain Latin quotation, 
a view without feeling that we did dishonor to the 
and then give it the translation a school-boy is said paid wages the was a coin in common use. 
, penny 
once to have done, viz., " I have eaten a mountain The hours of the day referred to were their common Saviour. How easy it would have been for the Sa• 
 
harder than brass," as to affirm the above, and then divisions of time, &c. This peculiarity 
will he viour to have represented them as unconscious, if in-
all the symbolic representations of the future, his in- say, " my Saviour says so, and I am constrained to
deed they were so ! but no ; he expressly affirms 
found existing in all the Saviour's illustrations. 
structor affirms the truthfulness of all that has been believe what my Saviour says." The argument that 
that the worship of mammon placed DIVES in misery, 
must he sustained in this way looks weak, and I only Does the Saviour illustrate by the parable of the 
presented to him. The communications made are of 
and the worship of Gon placed LAZARUS in the socie 
feel confirmed in the opposite. [Note 2.] sower? He takes for an illustration just such sow_ 
so great importance, that the Gon of the spirits of 6. If Paradise is not a place, what is it? Is it a ers as did actually exist, they sowed in the manner ety of the blessed. 
the prophets sent his angel to show to the church the state? If so, why may we not be in it now—why described. The different kinds of soil on which the If the state subsequent to death as presented by the 
things which were shortly to take place, i. e., begin not the Saviour in it before, while, and after he hung 
Saviour is fabulous, how then does the illustration 
Bet seed fell, were kinds of soil on which the seeds of 
on the cross? Was his state of heart altered? Dut 
to he fulfilled. If the events revealed are of such if it is not a state, it must be a place. If a place, sowers might fall. The products of the seeds falling show GOD'S hatred of covetousness ? Can you show 
significance, how can the church justify her indiffer- then the name is a proper name. • I learned, near on those various soils accorded with the results pro- that GoD hates sin by rendering miserable the sinner, 
ence to the teachings tiles divinely revealed ? The forty years ago, that " proper names are the names 
le hen it is not true that he renders him miserable ? 
of persons, places, countries, etc. etc." Now be- doted by such experiments in husbandry. Every 
words of this prophecy were not to be hidden or 
 
 
Would the Saviour show how GOD abominated cov- 
cause the LXX. could find no other word in the thing is all plain, simple, natural, truthful. Taking 
sealed ; they were to be open to the perusal of all. 
Greek, befitting the idea conveyed bra certain He- these familiar objects, twillustrate, they were instruct- etousness, by representing him as bestrewing on the 
The angel also shows that when this period COM- brew phrase, except Paradeisos, and therefore used ed respecting the things of the kingdom. Nothing covetous what he will not bestow on them'? No, 
mences, there will be no more any change of charac- it, proves nothing. The question is, Do Jesus, Paul, unnatural is presented. Sight is not attributed to never: it could be no illustration ; it would be giv-
e 
ter. 'Whether unjust or holy, clean or filthy, they and John, all use it in the same sense, and do they 
mean one and the same place by it ? This is the blind men, or hearing to the deaf, or unconsciousness ing an erroneous view of things. If the servant of 
are thenceforth to continue with the same moral char- question. I therefore reply to your remarks on this to the living. Finding that the Saviour always GOD is not comforted in the disembodied state,. and 
acter that they are then possessed of. The wicked point. 
takes realities to illustrate realities, unless the case the worshippers of mammon distressed, then how, 
The affirmation so often made, that Jesus told the : 
are not spoken of then as extinct. The various 
 
 
in question is an exception, what right have we to pray tell us, is GOD'S pleasure respecting them shown 
thief he should be with him, that day, in Paradise, 
classes of the ungodly are expressly affirmed to be amounts to just as much as ninny texts usually quoted say that in this case he has departed from his aeons by the illustration? The Saviour never caters to the 
without. If they are extinct, they cannot be without.
opinions of men ; and never sanctions as truth an 
to prove the conversion of the world. You and I tamed usage ? 
In this condition,—still corrupt and still existing,—is know that the mere punctuation of the words, will Let us inquire for what purpose the illustration of erroneous opinion. Therefore when the Saviour pro- 
the last reference made to them by inspiration. If give an entirely different signification. While this is le 
so, why urge it as a proof text—because you have DIVES and LAZARUS is used ? He begins the chap- nounees respecting the state of the departed, how- 
Goo thins leaves them, can we be guiltless of adding no better? [Note 3.] 
ter with the parable of an unjust steward, who made ever much it may look to others like being hard 
to or taking from his words, if we affirm the cessation Again, Is it good argument, because Paul was to himself friends of the mammon of unrighteous- pushed for argument, we must re-affirm that without 
of their existence. This is an important considers- caught away to Paradise that Paradise then existed? !less; and announced to his hearers that no man can some evidence to the contrary, we must believe his 
lion, and should be duly pondered ere we venture to If so, then the new heavens and new earth existed serve two masters—Goo and mammon ; but that he declarations. 
seventeen hundred and fifty-four years ago, for John 
pronounce respecting their destiny. 
saw them as long ago, and heard the unutterable an- will inevitably love one of them to the neglect of the Note 3.—Because paradise, garden, &c., are not 
The blessing pronounced on all who are found thems of the redeemed. But you ,do not reason thus other. This was an "nwelumue truth to the Phari- names of places, it. does not follow that they are not 
worthy of eternal life, synchronizes with that pro- about the visions of John,—why do you about those sees, and excited their derision. Why did they de- places. Man is a common name, common to all men, 
nounced on the subjects of the first resurrection.— of Paul? He tells you 
ride him I—They " were covetous," v. 14. The JOHN is a proper name, belonging to a particular per- 
That then is the introduction to this state. 
Saviour 
 visions and revelations." that he was speaking of 
This sewles the question. 
 his 
, , 
I say as above, an argument thus sueported must be 
 then di
rects w
or
ds expressly to these de- son. As paradise is a certain kind of a place, it fol- 
The invitation to all to conic and partake of the weak. 
riding, covetous Pharisees, and told them, that al- lows, hat it is a place where the righteous are, whether 
promised blessings, is worthy of our heavenly Father, I had designed to says omething about Peter and his though they justified themselves before men, GOD in Eden before the fall, in the intermediate state, or 
who has made every needful provision for the salva- Master, but have only room for a word. Are we to knew their hearts, and held in abomination what men in the new earth. With regard to the punctuation, 
lion of the race ; so that those who are finally lost understand that Peter only means to affirm that God
, 
knows how todeliver the godly out of temptation, hut highly estimated. To enforce this great troth, he we deny emphatically, in which we are sustained by 
will he inexcusably so. 
not that he will do it—and so of the wicked, that he gives them a case to the point. He takes a very rich all scholars whose opinions we have seen, that the 
The curse pronounced on those who shall add to knowg how to reserve them, but not that he will ?— man, and a very poor man—the one, highly esteemed context will permit ally such change. 
Thia a mild he comfort and terror, truly, eh ? 0, let 
or take from the meaning of the words of the book is seek after the truth ! [Note 4.] 
among men, and in the enjoyment of every luxury Note 4.—We do not understand this objection. We 
of this prophecy, should make all who venture on its 
which wealth could purchase -and the heart of man have never thought of arguing that GOD knew how, 
yours in the blessed hope, G. NEEDHAM. 
exposition pause and candidly inquire of their hearts Worcester, Jan. 14, 1850. 
covet: the other, despised among men, destitute of and would not. The point with us was, that as Con 
if truth is their only object, and if they have no self- I 
Note 1.—The above points are exressed as we en- every earthly enjoyment, and sharing with the doge knew how to do it he would du it, and that in a way 
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serve and previous suffering. See our argument on from among the living, to be made kings and priests 
I 
unto, and who are they to reign over, conjointly 
with Christ ? Can it be said that they reign ()vet 
one another, or over angels, or evil spirits? Or, 
rather, may we not suppose that they will be made 
priests to administer unto, and kings to reign with 
Christ over, the remnants of the nations that are left, 
who believe in that day, embrace him as their Saviour, 
and are restored to a sinless and paradisaical state? 
And would not the 2d Psalm then be fulfilled, where 
it is said,:' the heathen shall he given him for his in-
heritance, and the 'uttermost parts of the earth for 
his possession ?" 
Please answer these inquiries, and oblige a friend 
that earnestly desires the truth. And if we cannot 
all see alike on these points, if we agree on the all-
important point of our Saviour's coming and reign 
on the earth, I think we ought to be united, and live, 
act, and love as friends and brethren, and not maifest 
a disposition to injure and devour one another, as 
some have seemed to do. 1 remain your sincere 
friend and well wisher. 
ISAAC BELL. 
TVeedsport (N. Y.), Jan. 9th, 1840. 
-- — 
without causing any contradiction between such re- have been raised from among the dead, and changed Branch from his roots. In the 4th verse the eye of! To the Patrons of the " Herald." 
the prophet has extended down to the second advent, 
BELOVED FRIENDS :—This number of the Herald 
when he shall smite the earth with the rod of his 
mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the 
wicked—not a part of the wicked—but all of them, 
whether Jew or Gentile. His vision extends onward 
to the future rest of the redeemed—vs. 5-9. In v. 
10 he recurs again to the first advent, when there 
shall be a Root of JESSE, which shall stand for an 
ensign of the people, and to which the Gentiles shall 
seek. CHRIST stands as an Ensign for the Gentiles 
during the whole period of the Gospel.dispensation. 
Before the 10th verse closes, the eye of the prophet 
again takes in the future blessedness of the redeemed, 
and he exclaims, in view thereof " And his rest 
shall be glorious!" In the 11th verse lie again re-
curs to the first advent, when the Root of Jesse be-
comes an Ensign of the people, and shows that in 
that day the LORD sets his hand, or begins the work 
of gathering his people from all nations, by various 
instrumentalities,—a work which shall be consum-
mated by the second advent, and the song of the re-
deemed, as in the 12th chapter. 
You inquire if there is evidence that any of the 
ten tribes were restored under EZRA. 
these points. 
(The editor being suddenly called out of town, did 
not comment on these last two points, as he in- 
tended.) - 
Letter from I. Bell. 
Ban. 1IIsIEs :—Although I take several other pa-
pers, both religious and secular, yet I niust say that 
I derive more pleasure, instruction, and perhaps I 
may say solid benefit, from perusing the " Advent 
Herald," than any other paper. There are some 
points, however, that I have never been able to view 
as you do. I do not refer to them for argument or 
controversy, but for information. The points I allude 
to, are not the time, or commencement of the millen-
nial reign of Christ, for in this we agree that it is 
near, "even at the door ;" 'as also that his reign will 
be personal and literal upon the earth. But they are 
some items in the character and state of the milieu. 
Mum, or of his reign on the earth. 
You have, I believe, invariably taken the position 
that the close of the present dispensation is the end 
of time, or end of the present world, and the com-
mencement of the eternal, unchangeable, and unend-
inls state ; and that beyond that point there can be no 
longer men, or nations, existing in the flesh. I must 
acknowledge that your arguments have been strong 
on that point, that they have appeared plausible, and 
sometimes almost conclusive. But yet there are dif-
ficulties in the way, which I cannot reconcile with 
some portions of God's word. You take the ground 
that all the promises given to God's ancient people, of 
their restoration to the land of Palestine, have been 
positively and literally fulfilled, and hence that we are 
not warranted in expecting any further development 
of his providence in their restoration. There are, 
however, some passages of Scripture I wish to bring 
to your notice for further explanation. Olie is Ise. 
11.11, with its connection, including the whole chap-
ter. The passage reads, " And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the 
second time to recover the remnant of his people," &c. 
The question would naturally arise, In what day did 
the Spirit through the prophet declare that this res- 
toration should take place It would seem as though 
the connection in the chapter necessarily furnishes 
and fixes the answer, viz., that it is to be in the mil-
lennial (lay, at the time when " the wolf shall dwell 
with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the 
kid, the calf and young lion and the failing together ; 
and a little child shall lead them," &c. "'They shall 
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ; for the 
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as 
the waters cover the sea." And at the time, or day, 
when " there shall he a root of Jesse which shall 
stand for an ensign of the people ; and to it shall the 
Gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious." And 
also at the time when "the Lord shall utterly destroy 
the tongue of the Egyptian sea ; and with his mighty 
wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall 
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over 
dry shod. And there shall be a high way for the 
remnant of his people, which shall be left, from As-
syria ; like as it was to Israel in the day that they 
came up out of the land of Egypt." Now the query 
with me is, whether this prophecy has ever had its 
fulfilment if not, it must certainly yet be literally 
fulfilled. Can it be shown, either from sacred or 
profane history, that all the remnants of this people 
have ever been gathered the second time"! or that 
they have ever been gathered and restored, in so 
general a manner from among all nations, and as 
stated in the 12th verse, when both the "outcasts of 
Israel, and the dispersed of Judah, from the four 
corners of the earth ?" Have we any Scriptural or 
historical account that any of the ten tribes that were 
lost were ever restored under Ezra,-Nehemiah, and 
the Persian kings? or that they have ever been res- 
tored since they went into captivity? Isa. 66 : 20 
says, " They shall bring all your brethren for an of-
fering unto the Lord out of all nations, upon horses, 
in chariots, in litters, . . . to my holy mountain Jeru-
salem. . . And I will send those of them that es-
cape unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that 
draw the how, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles of 
the sea, that have not heard of my fame, neither have 
seen my glory ; and they shal declare my glory 
among the Gentiles." He also in the same connec-
tion promises them, that as the new heavens and the 
new earth (may not this mean the aerial or atmos-
pheric heavens, and the earth, restored to their origi-
nal or paradisaical state, or the sanctuary cleansed 
and justified !) shall remain before me, so shall their 
seed mid their name remain ; and that from one new 
moon and one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come 
and worship before me." Do not these prophecies 
point to one and the same period of time and state of 
things •! and if so, are they not yet future, and yet 
to be literally and nearly simultaneously fulfilled ? 
and if so, how can we avoid the conclusion, that a 
remnant in the flesh will be restored in that day? and 
if so, will it not appear consistent that the millennial 
state and reign of Christ. with his saints a thousand 
years will he prior to the end of time and the final 
conflagration ? • 
One question more I wish you to solve is this : If 
a remnant of the Jews, and of other nations, in the 
flesh,--who may survive the. judgments of God, the 
battle of Armageddon, and the great catastrophe of 
nations, which is to take place at the close of this 
dispensation or age ; who may " look upon him 
whom they have pierced and mourn ; and who play 
be permitted to " believe in that day," and to accept 
the Saviour at his coming,—are not left to live and 
remain in the flesh, through the thousand years, (they 
seine. restored to their original sinless or paradisaical 
REMARRS. 
All works of science use terms which have a pe-
culiar meaning in connection with their particular 
science. All kinds of writing have peculiarities of 
structure, differing from those of other kinds. Every 
treatise on science, perfect in itself, contains within 
itself a clue to all its technicalities ; and all writing 
furnishes internal evidence of the nature of the pe-
culiarities which erter into its structure. To under-
stand terms in one science to denote what they signi-
fy in another, would confuse the learner. Arid so 
with different kinds of writing. There is no study 
in which this should be more continually borne in 
mind, than in that of the Scriptures. And yet there 
is no book which is so variously interpreted, owing 
to the almost entire disregard which is paid, by so 
many writers, to the peculiarities of its language. 
It was the opinion of Taylor, Rennell, and Cal-
met, distinguished antiquarians, that, before the sev-
enty years' captivity " the main body of the Jews 
were never deported from their own country ; they 
that were carried away being only a small portion 
of them ; and that when the Jews returned from 
Babylon, after the fall of the Chaldean, or Assyrian 
empire, those of the ten tribes, who were pleased to, 
returned with the tribes of Judah and Benjamin ; so 
that the ten tribes, as a distinct people, do not now 
exist Among the reasons offered for this opinion is 
the fact, that nearly a hundred years after the cap-
tivity of -the ten tribes by Shaltnaneser, Josiah, king 
of Judah, not only purged Judah and Jerusalem from 
idolatry, but went in person to the cities of Manas-
seh, west of Jordan, Ephraim, Simeon, and even to 
Naphtali, throughout all Israel,' and did the sante 
great work ; which he could not have done had not 
these tribes, or at least a part of them, been there. 
And it may be seen, also, that when Zerubbabel re-
turned, there are mentioned as going with him other 
tribes than those of Benjamin arid Judah. Also, 
under the Maccabees, and in the time of our Saviour, 
Palestine was peopled by the Israelites of all the 
tribes indifferently. 
" When Cyrus issued this decree, his kingdom 
was large, and embraced Assyria; He testifies that 
Subsequent to that return, the first advent occurred, 
the gospel was carried by Jewish commits to all na-
tions. The 66th chapter, to which you refer, has 
the same peculiarities already noticed, so that instead 
of being all simultaneously fulfilled, some portions 
anticipating others by a long space of time. 
The kings and priests of the new creation are 
made such by virtue of their relation to CHRIST. ID 
the present dispensation CHRIST has his ministers, 
but iio priests to offer sacrifice, he being our great 
High Priest, who has passed into the heavens, and 
made atonement for us. With the second advent 
his priestly office will cease, as his prophetic office 
brings us to the close of what would have been, in 
regular order, the eighteenth volume—fourteen of the 
old series, and four of the new. The ten years past 
of its publication have been years of peculiar toils 
and sufferings—of joys and sorrows—of hopes and 
disappointments. In the midst of these scenes we 
have had faith and patience to endure unto this day. 
Nothing but the grace of Gon, however, with strong 
faith in his covenant promises, has saved us. 
The passing of times has not affected the integrity 
of our hope. 'rile manner of the advent, and all the 
attendant blessings connected with the personal re-
turn of the Lone, are just as true, and will as really 
come to pass, as though we had never heard of a 
prophetic number. CHRIST will come; and that He 
will come speedily is the one opinion in the church. 
The difference now is, about the manner. We have 
settled that for ourselves—it will be personal. And 
as to time, if' GOD has more light to shed on the 
" times and seasons," He will give it, and the faith-
ful will receive it. Let us watch, and be ready. 
In addressing our patrons, we are happy to know 
that we address many who have read every number 
of this paper from the beginning, and have sympa-
thized with us in all our joys and sorrows.—And but 
for your kindness, and efficient support, under Gon, 
we, with our fellow-laborers, would have faltered, 
and sunk under our accumulated afflictions. To you, 
beloved brethren and sisters, we arc deeply indebted. 
We have endeavored to make such returns as would 
give you consolation and support. And it gives us 
much pleasure to say, that numerous letters which we 
have received from you bear united testimony to the 
fact, that our labors have not been in vain, and are, 
and have been, highly appreciated. 
After the paper was first started, we conducted it 
for a time, with such aid as we could obtain from 
Bro. LITCH and others. But our duties in preach-
ing, and holding public meetings in all parts of the 
land, made it impossible for us to do it justice. We 
then secured the services of Bro. SYLVESTER Bless, 
of Hartford, Ct., to take the care of the paper in our 
absence. We have found him a trim yoke-fellow. 
He has coeducted the Herald with singular ability. 
proved himself a devoted Christian, and a faithful la-
borer in the Advent cause. He will still remain with 
us, to aid and comfort the waiting flock to the end. 
We wish to add, that Bro. HALE has also been with 
us, as a faithful brother, laboring in unison, and giv-
ing us much aid, by his pen, and his wise counsels. 
He also will remain by our side, to render any sup-
port in his power. 
We enter upon another volume next week. Un-
daunted, undismayed, with fresh courage and zeal, 
we enter upon the new volume. We do not ask the 
support of our old patrons. 14:e know we shall have 
it. We shall not distrust those who have given us 
so many proofs of their constancy and faithfulness. 
As to new ones, we only want diem to get acquaint-
ed with our principles, objects, and hopes, and their 
prejudices will melt away, and we shall have in a 
new class of patrons faithful and devoted fellow-la-
borers. 
We intend to improve the Herald in every depart- 
All promises to Israel must have a fulfilment.—
Conditional promises, when the conditions on which 
they are based ate broken, cease to he promises, un-
less they are renewed. A large class of the prom-
ises to the Jews were made on conditions which have 
been disregarded, and therefore cannot be claimed by 
them. Another class was fulfilled in their restora-
tion from Babylon, and in their subsequent history. 
And another class are quoted by divine interpreters, 
and endorsed by the writers of the New Testament 
as the portion of all who are of the faith of ABRA-
HAM. If any promises have been made them which 
do riot legitimately belong to one of these classes, 
they are still entitled to plead their fulfilment. 
There is an important peculiarity in the structure 
of-the language in which the discursive prophecies 
are enunciated, which, overlooked, leads persons to 
place in juxtaposition things widely separated. This 
is a peculiarity which needs to he closely studied. It 
consists in speaking of events in connection, between 
the fulfilment of which a long interval of time may 
elapse ; and of descriptions, when it is evident that 
the eye of the prophet is directed back and forth 
along the whole pathway of the future—repeatedly 
going over the same ground, sometimes dwelling on 
the closing scenes, and again recut ring to those pre-
viously touched on. Omitting to perceive these pe-
culiarities of language, much confusion will arise in 
the mind of the student of prophecy. 
Thus in BALAAM'S prophecy, he speaks of Star, 
that " shall come out of Jacob," that shall " destroy 
all the children of Shith." Though spoken of in 
connection, the coming of the Star anticipates the 
predicted destruction by nearly twenty centuries. 
IsAIAH predicted that the Spirit of the LORD should 
be on CHRIST " to proclaim the acceptable year of 
the LORD. and the day of vengeance of our GOD."—
Chap. 61:2. The two acts are spoken of in connec-
tion, are separated only by a comma, and might very 
naturally be supposed to be predictions relative to 
the same point of time. But the SAVIOUR, in quot-
ing this text, (Luke 4:19,) when he had read the 
words," To preach the acceptable year of the Loeu," 
closed the book, and sat down, saying, . This 
day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears "—the re-
maining portion of the same sentence referring to a 
time more than eighteen hundred years distant. 
Thus tire first and second advents of our LORD are 
continually blended in the Old Testament prophecies, 
so that the Jews, failing to see how those respecting 
the SAVIOUR'S humiliation could anticipate, in their 
fulfilment, those predicting his exaltation, entirely 
overlooked his first advent, and despised the accepta-
ble year of the LORD. An abundance of examples 
might be quoted ; but it is needless to multiply in-
stances to illustrate the principle. 
These peculiarities are found in the scripture to 
whieh you make reference. The chapter commences 
with a prediction of CHRIST'S first advent—the corn-
state,) who, I inquire, are the immortal saints, that ing forth of a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a 
God had given him all the kingdoms of the earth.... He has been faithful, in season and out, and in all 
The dominions of Artaxerxes Longimanus, who is- our trials has stood by us and the cause. He has 
sued the decree of liberty for the Jews, B. C. 457, 
were not less than the dominions of Cyrus. Thus 
" the Jews, universally, had liberty to return, if they 
wished, wherever they may have been scattered. 
And they did actually return, vast numbers of them 
at least, built their temple again, and enjoyed more 
or less prosperity till Christ came, who was its glory 
and end."—See Adv. Lib., No. 17, pp. 37-8. 
did at his crucifixion. Nevertheless, he will he for- meet, to the extent of our means. We shall spare 
ever both prophet and priest, by virtue of his past of-
fices. The saints beccme joint-heirs with CHRIST. 
The dominion of the first creation was given to AD- 
AM. Who arid what did he reign over ? In the new 
creation man is to be restored to the dominion which 
ADAM lost. '['hey will be priests to GoD and to 
CHRIST, not by virtue of the relation they sustain to 
others, but by virtue of that they sustain to CHRIST 
and Goo. That probation ceases with the second 
advent is demonstrated by scriptures which are inde-
pendent of the peculiarities of the language of those 
before noticed. biotite parables the net is drawn to 
the shore ; the good is put in baskets, the bad thrown 
away ; the wheat is harvested, the tares are burned. 
In Daniel and the Apocalypse the beast is hurried—
no trace left of it—while the redeemed fill the whole 
earth. At CHRIST'S advent the living saints are 
changed, the pious dead are raised, vengeance is ta-
ken on those who know not GoD and obey not the 
gospel, and the rest of the dead live not for a thou- 
no labor or expense to make it what will profit our 
patrons in all social and religious blessings. 
We have secured the aid of Bro. WEETHEE'S pen, 
and that of a number of other able writers in this 
country and in England. We also request our own 
good patrons who love the cause, to give us essays, 
and cheering epistles, written with care, from a full 
heart, with a view to enlighten and edify the body of 
CHRIST. 
In conclusion, permit us to present our grateful 
acknowledgments to all who have hitherto aided us 
in the cause, and to give assurance of our future 
fidelity. With impaired health, and the probability 
that, with Father MILLER, we may be soon called 
from the field of labor, yet we have placed the Her-
ald in a position that, whatever be our destiny, it 
may live, while time shall last, to comfort and guide 
those who may be left to labor and toil during the last 
hours. We would, therefore, most affectionately 
And earnestly call upon all our friends to re-double their 
sand years. If there are any remaining classes, we diligence in their efforts to support and extend the 
know not where they are described. 
, circulation of the Advent Herald. 
J. W. BONHAM.—Thank you. We have not yet THE Adventists, and others, of Massena and vi- 
received the tracts and papers. Shall be happy to einity, N. Y., who desire to obtain the Harp, and 
receive contributions from the lady you name. We 'other Advent publications, can procure them from 
shall write to you soon. 
Bic). JAMES DANFORTH, of Massena. 
206 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Correspondence. 
ther trAd Infant Sister." [The extract, headed "The 
Grave," will be found on another page.] 
I have been requested to visit Scotland. It is pos-
sible that I may comply, after the close of the meet-
ings at Neston. As the work appears to be going 
on in the vicinity, I think that duty requires tee not 
to visit my friends, or brethren, in other parts, at 
present. Should I go to Scotland, I purpose to visit 
Leeds, Wakefield, and other places in Yorkshire, af- 
ter my return. • 
Some inquiries have been made respecting Bro. 
Lewis Hersey, whose writings were extensively cir-
culated in England in 1843-4, with beneficial results. 
When I tell them that he is alive, and visits the of-
fice weekly, they are at a loss to know why he has 
so long remained silent. Cannot some of those who, 
a few years since, labored in the cause with such 
unity of purpose and efficiency, feel it their duty to 
take hold anew, and once more concentrate their en-
ergies tp sound the proclamation, —" Behold the 
Bridegroom corned' : go ye out to meet him,"—that 
the church and the world may hear the solemn sound, 
and not have the excuse, at the day of judgment, that 
no man had warned them—that none had tared for 
their souls? 
Since I have been here, I have heard Dr. Raffles, 
author of the "Jubilee Hymn," and Dr. McNeile. 
The former preaches at the Great George street 
Chapel, which will hold about four thousand persons. 
The present chapel was erected on the site of the 
old one, which was destroyed by fire about nine 
years since. Dr. Raffles has a very portly frame, 
and is about five feet eight inches in height. He 
has a round, full, ruddy face, and gray hair. When 
in the pulpit, he presents a very commanding ap-
pearance. His voice is full, sonorous, and of con-
siderable compass. His style of preaching is digni-
fied, and he is generally heard with profound atten-
tion by very large audiences. He is a Congrega-
tionalist, is considered a practical preacher, and is 
much respected for his piety, talents, and liberality. 
To a stranger, he would present a good specimen of 
an old English gentleman. Dr. McNeile, whom you 
heard when in England, now preaches at St. Paul's 
church, which was not completed when you were in 
Liverpool. When I heard him, he preached tiom 
the latter clause of Matt. 16:13. He proved that the 
kingdom for which we pray has not yet come, hut 
that the kingdom referred to in the prayer is the king-
dom of Christ on earth, which is a subject of hope. 
'He remarked that the Lord's prayer referred, 1st, 
to the glory of the Father; 2d, to the kingdom of 
Christ ; and 3d, to the church's necessities. 
'fire friends inquire after you very kindly. With 
hese wishes and Christian love to all the friends, and 
desiring an interest in their prayers, 1 remain; &c. 
Liverpool, Dec. 20th, 1849. 
narne of the writer, supposing him to be the author 
of the book. noticed. Just going out of town, we 
can add but a word. The first point strikes us as 
ambiguously expressed. The language used should 
be more definitt. With regard to the last point, the 
author is still at fault ; for he heads the section with, 
" The special intimation that the apostle John would 
not die before his conning." But Juhn " specially" 
denies it. It was before John corrected it that the idea 
was prevalent. Since the correction, we see no 
ground for affirming it.—En. 
for it was their good and God's glory which occupied 
his thoughts, and not his own justification only.— 
" Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the 
burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the 
dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench:" 
At his mandate the people slew all the prophets of 
Bash Ahab, confounded and surprised, hasseaed to 
inform Jezebel. 
Again Elijah's faith has triumphed, and he hastens 
the enraged, the God-contemning Ahab. For this, hesto receive the confession of his proud enemy. His 
is obliged to flee and hide himself by the brook Che-
rith, and trust in God to be supplied by the ravens: 
As what is regular and uniform, like the rising and 
setting of the sun, soon becomes rather a matter of 
knowledge than of faith, we may suppose that, after 
being regularly supplied a few days by the ravens, 
his faith for future supplies became easy. Secure 
from the hatred of Ahab; andretired from the wicked-
ness of Israel, the ravens supplying his hunger, and 
the brook his thirst, with no vexations, cares, nor 
fears, to divert his mind from meditation and devotion, 
he passed a twelve-nnonth almost without trials. 
But the calm is often less prosperous to the mariner 
than the storm. The water or air which does not 
circulate soon becomes stagnant. Health is better 
promoted by wearisome toil, than by effeminate ease. 
Machinery suffers much more by a few months' rest, 
than from running many years. So with faith ; it 
can only be kept vigorous by frequent trials. Hence, 
whom the Lord loveth he chastenreth, and scourgeth 
every son whom he receiveth." Elijah must there-
fore prepare himself to leave his quiet, rural retreat, 
and launch out again upon the scenes of strife. 1 
Kings 17 : 8, —" And the word of the Lord came 
unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, 
which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there : behold, 
I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain 
thee." He must now dwell under the government 
of Ahab's father-in-law, through whose daughter's 
corruptions Ahab had been made a heathen. His 
faith must plume itself for a vigorous flight. A dan-
gerous journey is before him, a strange city, and a 
hostile government. Poor Elijah ! where now is thy 
help, unless the arm of Him whose name thou hast 
so boldly announced is underneath `thee ? His faith, 
like the eagle which spreads her wings and towers 
above the storm, rests serenely in the promise of God. 
.13ut if he escapes the dangers of the journey, and the 
hatred of Jezebel's father, how shall he find, in a 
city of strangers, the appointed hostess? Vs. 10-14 
—" So lie arose and went to Zarephath. And when 
he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow 
woman was there gathering of sticks : and he called 
to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water 
in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going 
to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I 
pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And 
she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a 
cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little 
oil in a cruise : and behold, I am gathering two 
sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my 
son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said 
unto her, Fear not ; go and do as thou hast said : but 
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto 
me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For 
thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal 
shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fail, 
until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the 
earth." Again there is a calm, and he finds himself 
secluded from the wickedness and bustle of the world, 
and permdted to spend all his happy time in medita- 
tion, prayer, arid praise, strengthened by the holy 
conversation and mutual faith of his excellent hostess. 
But now the man of God must prepare himself for 
a new trial. He is both accustomed and reconciled 
to the hatred of the world, and is not, therefore, dis-
appointed when he encounters it; but, to have his 
" familiar friend," one " with whom he had taken 
sweet counsel, and worshipped God in " her com-
pany, rise up against him, was, probably, new in his 
experience. Yet his faith must pass under this ordeal. 
He is accused of being the means of the death of her 
beloved child ! Is this the way he has rewarded her 
kindness and affection? Even the enlightened " only 
see and know in part." Had Abraham known when 
he left to offer up his son at Moriah that he should 
return with him alive, his faith would not have been 
tried. The virtue of faith is, that it is not sight. It 
starts off from the final depot of human reason into 
the unexplored darkness beyond, guided only by the 
torch-light of Jehovah's promise. It leans upon the 
first, instead of secondary, causes. It asks not how, 
but says it must be dune. His prayer prevailed :— 
" the child's soul came into him again ;" and this 
trial was ended, like the calm which succeeds the 
storm. 
But after a respite of " many days,'' he is sent to 
Ahab, who has diligently sought his life ; by whom 
he is charged with the guilt of all Israel's troubles. 
Poor man, despised and worthy of Ahab's notice only 
to be slain, he all at once assumes great importance 
in the estimation of his proud enemy, and is the cause 
of all the troubles which afflict Israel. " This man 
is worthy of death :" he " turns the world upside 
down." 
But he throws his burden on the Lord, and pro-
poses a test which he doubtless thinks will convince 
even the most sceptical.. Ahab consents : and the 
prophets of Baal try the strength of their God and 
their faith " till the going down of the sun," cutting 
themselves with stones, and being cut, still more se-
verely, by Elijah's sarcasm. 
But Elijah's time came, and his faith and his God 
were equal to the occasion. To make the test beyond 
all dispute, he had taken the precaution to have twelve 
barrels of water brought from the Mediterranean sea 
at the western base of Carmel, and this was poured 
upon the altar, till it saturated it, and filled a trench 
dug about it. Spreading his hands, he called upon 
the Lord God of Israel to make a manifestation which 
should " turn their heart back again " to his service; 
ELIIAII—HIS TRIAL OF FAITH. 
BY I. R. JONES. 
The first we hear of this singular man, as if he 
started instantly into existence, or dropped down from 
the skies, is, the hold enunciation, " As the Lord God 
of Israel lived'," falls from his lips upon the ear of 
faith in God never disappoints him ; but his confi-
dence in man as often dues. That very night sees 
the man whose word all Israel obeyed, and to whom 
their king was obedient, fleeing for his life from a 
contemptible %yoman! and the next day he begs death 
of the Lord, who had so wonderfully stood by and 
exalted him. Forsaken of men, he forsakes the 
abodes of men, and journeys forty days, fasting, to 
Horeb, and enters a cave, resolved to die where God 
gave the law which had been so wickedly violated. 
He deemed it a crisis in which any who feared God 
would show themselves ; and, as none did, he there-
fore supposed that he was left alone ; while they 
sought his life. Without inquiring of the Lord, he 
decided that his work was done, and that he was at 
liberty to die at Horeb. Many who look uphn his 
mistake as quite pardonable, are unsparing of their 
censures upon those of a modern date, many of whom 
with the utmost sincerity made a similar mistake.—
Jehovah interrogates him, " What doest thou here, 
Elijah ? " He did riot mean to do anything there, 
nor elsewhere. He supposed that his work Was 
done. But the Lord showed him by the hurricane, 
rendreg the rocks, the earthquake, and the fire, 
that, whatever outward demonstrations may be made, 
nothing permanent is effected in the hearts of men 
without " the still small voice " of the Holy Spirit. 
He is sent forth with another message. There is 
no rest for him on this side of Jordan ; and his trials 
end only with his translation. As we judge of things 
mainly by comparison, how sweet, to such a worn, 
tried spirit, must be the repose of the kingdom of 
God. Though none can receive their reward till the 
resurrection, because none till then can inherit the 
new earth, the reward promised to the meek ; and 
through no man had ascended up to heaven when Je-
sus conversed with Nicodemus, that is, to " the third 
heaven," " the heaven of heavens ;" yet Elijah's 
exchange must have been a very desirable one. Paul 
thought it even preferable to remaining in the flesh 
to be absent from the body, to depart and be with 
Christ. And if it is, desirable to depart—to be absent 
from the body and be with Christ, how much more 
desirable is it to rise and be in the body—p-the body 
resurrected and made like Christ's glorious body ? 
and not only be with him, but be with him in the 
new earth forever, even forever and ever? 
" Many are the afflictions of the righteous ; but 
the Lord delivereth Them out of them all.'' 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :-1 am still in the vicinity of 
Liverpool, where I expect to remain a few weeks 
longer. I have delivered a course of lectures in the 
chapel occupied by the brethren, in Prince William 
street, and in 'Foxteth Hall, Mile street. The at-
tendance was tolerably good, and the subjects pre-: 
sented listened to with attention. Had circumstances 
permitted, we should have hired Music Hall, in Bold 
street, which would have accommodated a large num-
ber. On Monday evening last, we held a social tea 
meeting, after which addresses were delivered by 
Brn. Curry, Car nront, Askey, and the writer. 
The Lord has introduced me into a new field of 
labor. About two weeks since, I received an invita-
tion to preach at the residence of an authoress of ex-
tensive usefulness, well known by the signature,—
" Bertie's Mother." On Monday, the 10th inst., ac-
companied by Bro. and Sister Carinont, I proceeded 
to the place designated, Brornboro', in Cheshiie. The 
coach house adjoining her residence had been con-
verted into a place of worship, in which meetings 
were regularly held. On entering the place, we found 
a goodly number assembled, who paid great attention, 
and appeared deeply interested. A few of the breth-
ren came from Liverpool in the evening, and assisted 
us in singing. The people appeared delighted with 
the hymns and tunes in the new "Harp,'; particu-
larly with " Hark ! hark ! hear the blest tidings !" 
" I'm a Pilgrim," and " Worthy the Lamb." My 
appearance was a disappointment to some. Many 
persons in England, w ho have read but little, imagine 
that the Americans are black. Such was the case with 
one of the servants, who, after seeing me, refused to 
attend the meeting, being disappointed at my not being 
black, as she supposed I was when it was announced 
to her that the expected preacher was from America. 
On the 12th inst. " Bertie's Mother " and myself 
drove to Little Neston, where she obtained fur me 
the use of the Protestant Methoalise chapel, in which 
to deliver a course of lectures on the subject of our 
Saviour's personal and speedy return. The meetings 
commenced on Tuesday evening, the 18th inst, when 
the chapel was filled. Tlfd following evening the 
place was crowded, some having taken their seats on 
the pulpit stairs, before my arrival. Those unable to 
gain admission listened outside. We held a prayer 
meeting each evening, after the sermon, and on each 
occasion some arose desiring to be prayed for, and re-
solving to serve the Lord. I arty to preach at the 
same place again this evening. The people appeared 
to be stirred up on the subject of our blessed hope. 
The lady of whom I have been speaking is a sub-
scriber for the " Herald," and has resolved to use her 
influence for the spread. of the truth. She has ob-
tained a number of tracts, which she is sending, with 
letters, in various directions, to editors of religious 
papers, and others. Enclosed I send you an extract 
from one of her works, " Memorials of Bertie's Bro- 
LETTER FROM I. W. BONHAM.—NO. II. 
English Correspondence. 
MR. EDITOR :—I observe, upon the last page of 
the " Herald " of the 12th inst., the following ex-
pression of right sentiment and feeling : " We should 
never he unwilling to acknowledge mistakes. We 
frequently make blunders, bunt are always happy to 
correct." I cannot doubt, therefore, that you will be 
willing to correct some inadvertences which occur 
immediately below, ia your notice of " The Second 
Advent : or, What do the Scriptures teach," &c. 
You say, " The book does not add much to our 
stock of Biblical knowledge. The author, in com-
menting on _Asrossassks, revelation, says, that it oc-
curs 'five times' iii the New Testament. It occurs 
eighteen. The word 3-apovola, coming, he says oc-
curs sixteen times.' It occurs twenty-four " By 
looking again at p. 19 of the book, you will see that 
the author's statement is this : " Of these terms thus 
specially applied, [i. e., to the Second Advent,] 
AsrorsuX4rs occurs five times; and irctpovola occurs 
sixteen times." Of course, the author dues trot mean 
that they occur only so many times in all, an error 
from which any concordance or full lexicon of the 
New Testament would have secured him, but that 
they occur so many times with this specific applica-
tion. 
Yon proceed to say : " The author asserts that 
Christ gave a' special intimation that the apostle John 
would not die before his corning.' But John, in re-
ferring to the saying, which had gone abroad, that he 
should live till the. Lord came, denies that Christ said 
so. He says, 'Yet Jesus said not unto him, He. 
shall not die ; but if I will that he tarry till I come, 
what is that to thee!' The author thins makes the 
same mistake respecting die Saviour's words that the 
Jews did ; and is more culpable ; for then the mis-
take had not been corrected by the apostle, but now 
it has." By looking at p. 35, you will find that the 
author himself, after quoting John '21: 20-24, adds : 
" It is true that we have here, as the apostle himself 
modestly points out, not an express declaration. but 
only an indirect intimation. But it was an intima-
tion in which the brethren ' placed confidence; it 
was one which the apostle thought sufficiently im-
portant to be worth recording, while he omitted," 
&c. Do you mean, by " the Jews " who made the 
mistake, the same whom the apostle styles " the 
brethren ?" 
The above are the only criticisms which you make 
upon particular passages in the work. You add : 
" The book takes the common Universalist view of 
the questions discussed, and adopts the common Uni-
versalist arguments for its conclusions." But, on 
the other hand, the editor of the " Trumpet and Uni 
versalist Magazine," in the last number, speaks thus 
of' the author and the book : " We are free to con-
fess, that we do not agree with him in some of his 
principal positions in the work referred to. We think 
there are essential errors in it ; but in many points 
we are happy to see that he joins with us in the in- 
terpretation of the Scriptures." 
x. v. 
Boston, Jan.. 16th, 1850. 
We depart from our usual custom of requiring the 
MR. CROSBY'S NEW WORK. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—While I look at the state of 
the world, and consider its moral condition, and its 
final end, in the great day that is hastening upon us, 
see more clearly the importance of our mission, 
and the need there is of otir being active in the cause 
of our soon coming Lord. 0, how can men sleep 
on, and be unconcerned, after having been enlight-
ened on the great truths of the hour of God's judg-
ment being come, while the world and church around 
them are standing on the threshold of the judgment, 
entirely heedless and regardless of the fact. It is 
true that God has a few faithful servants who feel 
the importance of the last message of the gospel to 
a world in sin. But how few there are even of those 
who see the day approaching that are faithful stew-
ards of God's treasures. 
I have been led to these thoughts, by seeing that 
the way is open all over the country for the preach-
hug of the advent of Christ at hand, while there are 
but few to proclaim it, and most of that few are very 
much limited in their work for want of means to sus-
tain them and their families, while hundreds of o%r 
brethren have their thousands of dollars out at inter-
est, or in lands, houses, and other property about them, 
which is of no service whatever to the cause of God, • 
but constaptly requires their time to take care of it, 
and perhaps worship it, which keeps them in con-
demnation, and often causes them to become stum-
bling-blocks in the way. Let me ask such ones if 
they expect tolrear the applaudit in the day of reck-
oning, " Well done, good and faithful servant, thou 
hast been faithful over a few things?" 0, do not he 
deceived, for " God is not mocked : for what a man 
soweth that shall he also reap." You who have 
much goods laid up for many years, and yet talk 
about the Lord's coining soon to disturb it all, re-
member, your works do not agree with your pro-
fession. And while you profess to love the cause of 
Christ, and appear glad to see it prosper, there are 
many of the Lord's servants, whom he has called to 
preach the everlasting gospel, that are kept from the 
work, and many 'more suffering want, while you are 
at ease, and some of you have your houses and per-
sons adorned with the costly and useless fixtures of 
worldly fashion. I am glad to say, there are some 
worthy examples of the benefits of the religion of 
Jesus Christ among us, for it has led many to bring 
all their substance into use for the advancement of 
the cause of Christ. 
Before closing, I will say for the encouragement 
of some, that 1 have just returned from a tour to 
Bristol, in company ..vith Bro. H. Perkins, where we 
found a few hungry souls, who gladly received the 
word. We held six meetings with them, and vis- 
ited from house to ,house. Our congregations were 
good, and the hest of attention was paid while we 
set before them the personal advent, the signs of the 
times, the restitution, the nature and time of the es- 
tablishment of the kingdom of God. Quite an in-
terest was awakened in the community to hear more, 
and we had invitations to preach in several of the ad-
jacent places, and some earnest requests to return 
and preach to them more, which we intend to do soon. 
Hallowell, Jan. 8th, 1850. 
DEAR BRO. IIrr1Es :—Were it not for your most 
estimable paper, 1 should be entirely winliout Advent 
preaching, for not a man in all this community has 
any suitable,respect for the pre-millennial doctrine as 
we have it in tine word of God. '['here are th, se who 
respect us for our honesty of opinion, yet pity us for 
our fanaticism. With most of them, their opposition 
arises from their ignorance of the true word of God, 
having been educated in the belief that the world is 
to be converted, and that a falling away will after-
wards take place, before the second coming of Christ. 
They seldom look at the subject at all, arid when 
they do, it is with all their former prejudices. There-
fore they suppose we are turning the world upside 
down ; when, in truth, God has said of them, " Ye 
put light for darkness, and darkness for light." 
I believe that there has never been a faithful expo-
sition of our views given to this people ; probably not 
more than one sermon has ever been preached here 
on that subject. It has been told me that some three 
years ago a man bearing the name of an Adventist, 
gave one sermon on the extinction of the wicked. This 
was his favorite doctrine. 1 most h•eartily wish that 
some able brother bornA come here and spend sumo 
time with us. Such a home as I have he should he 
welcome to. It would no doubt be productive of good 
to have the personal advent and reign of Christ truly 
set forth ; but to have other views, foreign to this, 
held forth here, would de great injury, and I could 
not maintenance it. 
1 make it my duty, in a private capacity, to con-
verse as often as I can get hearers to listen to me on 
the subject of the Advent. Some at once feel dis-
posedbto dispute with me, while others appear more 
than half inclined to believe. Some months ago I 
went to the First Presbyterian church, and took my 
old seat, as in years past, in the choir. I could see 
an expression of pleasure manifest at my return, in- 
LETTER FROM I. C. WELLCOME. 
LETTER FROM A. INGALLS. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
207 
dicating, no doubt, a hope that it would be perma-
nent ; but as I did not like so much old school-ism, I 
thought it best to attend mostly with the second 
church folks, where there is more liberty of thought 
and speech. Some weeks passed by, and . my old 
seat being vacant, when an aged brother came to me, 
his heart filled with the deepest anxiety on my behalf, 
and said, that he had prayed.for my return to the good 
old paths, but hitherto had suffered disappointment; 
that he was filled with grief at my error, which he 
thought was a fatal one, though not to me, having a 
tendency to make men Infidels, &c. Another bro-
ther. in the same church, when he learned that I was 
an Adventist, asked me if I had given up my hope, 
(i. e., my religion,) as though my belief in one of 
God's eternal truths would destroy my soul, and 
cause ma to give up my hope in the mercy of a risen 
Saviour. And all this comes from the numberless 
stories about the ascension lobes, spiritual wives, feet 
washing, annihilation of the wicked, &c. I do not 
condemn a brother for his views regarding the des-
trnction of the wicked, but I think he should confine 
hie preaching on that subject to individ'ials, and not 
preach it to congregations, where he knows a portion 
of his brethren dissents. 
The near coming of Christ is being preached in 
the north and east pelt of this county, and many are 
adhering to it. In our shire town (Canton), not 
long since, a Congregtional minister left his church, 
and removed to another town, because his church 
were all becoming " Millerites," and he could not 
stay with them. Would that all the clergy might 
suffer in the same way, or come to the light them-
selves. 
I hope you will pardon me for troubling you with 
so long a letter ; but as I and my wife are all alone 
here, we feel unwilling to drop the subject, when any 
are interested enough to hear us. There are a thou-
sand things I would like to, say, and as many ques-
tions to ask you, but distance and the limits of a let-
ter forbid: I have not heard an Advent sermon for 
more than two years, nor seen but two Advent breth-
ren in all that time ; and were it not for the " Her-
ald," I cannot tell what I should do, for its weekly 
visits are like the coming of an old friend, and its 
blessed truths are like oil to my bones,—they are 
marrow, nerve, and sinew, to my very being. 1 
could not live without it, or, at last, I should mourn 
for it as one mourneth for a friend. But why all this 
parade over a paper that I have never paid a dollar 
for? Could tears pay the debt, they should he given. 
They do flow from my eyes when I think of your 
wants, and of my incompetency to relieve those 
wants. Could I pay anything but the money, the 
debt should be cancelled forthwith ; but as it is, the 
Lord only knows whether I can or cannot ever pay. 
I have no heart to ask it of you another year gratui-
tously, but would say, if you cannot bestow it any 
longer on me without embarrassment to yourself, do 
so no longer, and when I get able to pay for it I will 
subscribe anew. Now, dear brother, act according 
to your circumstances. If I have it longer, it will 
be with thankfulness. If not, I shall submit without 
a murmur. 
Gouverneur (N. Y.)., Dec. 31st, 1849. 
[The " Herald " will be continued.—Fe] 
Extracts from Letters. 
Bro. C. L. PERCIVAL writes from Halley, under 
date of Dec. 30th, 1849 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES:—Will you permit me to say a 
few words in favor of the glorious truths which you 
are engaged in promulgating. I first heard them from 
Father Miller in 1840, soon after I experienced reli-
gion ; and as I loved my Saviour, I loved to hear that 
there was a prospect of soon seeing him ; and I do 
believe that no one who truly loves the Lord will feel 
displeased to hear that his corning is near. From 
that time to the present, the coming of the Lord, 
with its kindred truths, has been the food and comfort 
of my soul. The Bible has been a new book, com-
pared with what it was before. I have obtained all 
the information upon the subject that I could, both 
pro and con, ant& the consequence is, and what it al-
ways will be with those who seek for truth with hon-
est hearts, my faith has continued to grow stronger 
and stronger, the evidences in its favor have thick-
ened and shone with increasing brightness, both from 
the Bible and from everything in the world around 
us, and language cannot describe the beauty, strength, 
and harmony, that in my mind clothe these glorious 
truths. Though several times disappointed, my faith 
has never for a moment been shaken, that his corning 
is near, even at the door ; arid I am waiting in joyful 
hope, (yet with many fears on account of my un-
faithfulness,) and with considerable faith, that the 
year just now coming in will witness the consumma-
tion of those things for which we look, and wait, and 
pray. 0, my soul longs to see the poor groaning 
earth delivered, and God's children gathered into 
their fired and blessed home, forever free from the 
trials and temptations which now beset us at every 
step. 
'rhe " Herald " is food to my soul indeed. I do 
not know how I could do-without it. It is about all 
the Advent preaching that I have besides the Bible. 
I have had the privilege of its perusal, mostly, from 
its commencement, and I can most gladly say, that 
the course you have followed meets the fullest ap-
proval of my conscience and my heart. 1 do bless 
the name of God that he has enabled you to buffet 
the opposition that has beset your whole course. I 
believe the Lord has been with you, and will be until 
the end. Bro. Bliss's articles on the symbols, &c., 
are extremely interesting to me, and so also are Bro. 
Weethee's lectures. I hope he will be able soon to 
continue them. Yours'in the blessed hope. 
Bro. Wet. E. GRAHAM writes from North Cam-
bridge (N.Y.), under date of Dec. 30th, 1849 :—
Thee Biro. RIMES :—I have been a believer in the 
speedy coming of Christ for about seven years. Six 
years of the time I lived in Castleton, Vt., where I 
had the privilege of meeting with the brethren of 
like precious faith in Low Hampton, a-privilege 1 did 
not realize until I came to this place, where I now 
reside. There was not a believer in the speedy corn-
ing of die Lord in this place when I came here, but 
we have had the truth presented by Brn. Lyon, 
Brown, and Bosworth, and there are now some six 
or seven that see the truth, and are looking for the 
consummation of all things. We are about to hire 
a place at East Cambridge where we can attend to 
the ordinances of the Lord's house, to show forth the 
Lord's death until he come. My prayer to God for 
you, dear brother, is, that you may be sustained in 
all of your arduous labors, and enabled, by the grace 
of God, to endure all the severe trials which you may 
Ire called to pass through, for we are amidst the per-
ils of the last days. Bro. Lyon is laboring in this 
place and vicinity to good acceptance. The harvest 
truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray ye 
therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may 
send laborers into his vineyard. 
Bro. WM. WATKINS writes from Baltimore (Md.), 
under date of Jan. 11th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—Through the goodness and 
mercy of God, his patience, forbearance, and long-
suffering, we live to see the commencement of 1850. 
The past year was an exceedingly eventful one. The 
year upon which we have entered, it is probable, is 
fraught with events that will tell loudly upon the des-
tiny of the church and the world. While we know 
not, however, what a day may bring forth, we know 
most assuredly, that we live in times morally perilous 
to the interests of vital piety—times in which the peo-
ple of God are in great danger of being lulled into a 
criminal and fatal lethargy, by him who transforms 
himself into all angel of light, and who is never at a 
loss as to the most plausible and effectual agencies 
to accomplish his fell designs. The vast increase of 
knowledge, which was to mark the time of the end, 
is hailed, by the wise men of the age, as the harbin-
ger of an era of unprecedented perfection and glory 
to the human race this side of the immortal state.—
Such a condition of things is felt to be a desideratum 
to suffering and down-trodden humanity. And in 
harmony with this impression is the presentiment 
which seems to have fastened upon many minds, that 
we are upon the verge of such a consummation.—
Now, wiry all this just at this time? What is the 
ground of such an expectation? Ilave the inculca-
tions of Inspiration nothing to do with the matter I 
Yea, verily ; and if men were not wise above that 
which is written ; if they would not turn away their 
ears from the truth to listen to the gilded fables of 
these last days, they might learn that the extraordi-
nary changes now specially at hand, will involve 
nothing less than the closing tip of this dispensation, 
and the introducing of another so transcendently glo-
rious, that, in comparison with it, " the former shall 
not be remembered, nor come into mind." 
Bro. J. L. CLAPP writes from Homer (N.Y.), un-
der date of Jan. 10th, 1849 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES.:—In the " Herald " of Jan. 
5th, 1850, Bro. A. Brown, in his letter on definite 
time, says, that in many places where he has travelled 
within a few months past, in New York, Vermont, 
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, there has been 
much said about the year 1850 being the true time 
for the cleansing of the sanctuary. This idea has 
been, and still is being, quite extensively and confi-
dently promulgated by preaching, papers, circulars, 
&c. Hence the remark of Mr. Harvey to Prof. 
Whiting. Now I wish to say to Bro. Brown, as 
well as to the readers of the " Heiald " generally, 
that the remarks of Mr. Harvey alluded to by Bro. 
Brown were entirely without foundation. No defi-
nite time has been preached here—no papers or cir-
culars advocating definite time have been promul-
gated in this community ; and I know of no Advent-
ist among us that believes in definite time : but there 
are those among us that are looking with considerable 
interest to the year 1850 ; and if the Lord does not 
come during this year, I hope there will be those 
among us that will look with considerable interest to 
the year 1851, and so on until the Master does appear. 
As to the remark of Mr. Harvey alluding to its ori-
gin, it is from the same source from whence issue all 
the slanders that have been so profusely heaped upon 
those that have embraced the Advent faith for a few 
years pb.st. I make these few remarks to correct 
the impression that might be entertained by the re-
marks of Bro. Brown, so far as Homer is concerned. 
Bra. SAMUEL EVERETT writes from North Lever- 
ett (Mass.), under date of Jan. 1st, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I sympathize with you, and 
many more through the land, in the loss of Bro. Mil-
ler. But let us thank God that he has fallen nobly 
in a good cause. He enlisted at the beginning as a 
man called of God ; he persevered, feeling his res-
ponsibility ; he suffered patiently to the end ; and I 
trust he will reign with Christ in the kingdom of God. 
" It is a light thing to be judged of man's judgment." 
The Lord is his judge. He " will bring forth his 
judgment as the light, and his righteousness as the 
noonday." And 1 think the world will yet know, 
and that soon, that Wm. Miller was called of God 
to proclaim to this generation the evidences of the 
speedy coming of the Lord: 
I trust that Bro. Weethee will still wield his pen, 
without yielding to discouragement. Yes, and Hale, 
Bliss,. and Litch, too. Though they may present 
different views of the same subject, they all give us 
useful information. I have been instructed by them 
all. The subject of the symbolic beasts of Daniel 
and John, representing the governments of the world 
down to the end, is very interesting, yet it is a great 
subject. It requires wisdom to count the number of 
the beast. I hope the good brethren East, as well 
as West, will patiently investigate this subject. Let 
us have light and truth. These corrupt governments 
are destined soon to give place to " the kingdom of 
heaven." So be it. 
1 wish to call the attention of our lay brethren and 
sisters to Whiting's translation of the New Testa-
ment. It is, so far as I can judge, and excellent 
translation. The style is superior, I think, to any 
other I have seen in the English language. It does 
not differ from the common tratislation, except where 
there is, I think, good reason for it. This is, in my 
view, its peculiar superiority over other versions of 
individuals, such as Campbell's, MacKnight's, Stew-
art's, &c. I think all our families should have it.—
Brethren, let us interest our children in the good 
news of the Anointed of God, by giving them a copy 
of this New Testament. 
Bro. E. H. SHERMAN writes from Fairfield (Vt.), 
under date of Jan. 1st, 1850 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—The year past has been one 
of interest to us. Last spring we were turned out 
of the meeting-house, and were deprived of all privi-
leges with our Baptist and Methodist brethren. We 
then resorted to the school-house near by, where we 
established our meetings every Sabbath. We have 
been favored with the preached word about three 
fourths of the time since, being assisted by our friends 
in the vicinity, many of them being prompted to do 
so by the course of. our opposers. We had a good 
congregation during the summer. Many listened 
with interest to the truth, and prejudice and error, to 
some extent, seemed to give way to the truth as it is 
in Jesus. About the first of October, Bro. J. Cum-
mings held a conference, and continued his labors 
with us eleven days, during which time the Lord 
commenced a glorious work of grace, which not only 
greatly comforted and strengthened God's people, 
but quite a number of backsliders have been re-
claimed, and some sinners converted. To God be all 
the praise. We have also organized ourselves into 
a little apostolic church, taking our Bible for our only 
and all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. We num-
ber fifteen at present. We expect others will unite 
with us soon. May the Lord carry on his work.—
The little flock here are firmly established in the 
present truth, looking for the blessed hope. 
Bro. H. L. HASTINGS writes from Chicopee Falls 
(Mass.), tinder date of Jan. 14th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I am still stping to fight the 
fight of faith, and to lay hold on eterTal life. I believe 
the conflict will be over, and the song of victory sung, 
ere long. I, am looking for speedy redemption, and 
am rejoicing in the truth. Still, although I regard 
the kingdom of God as nigh at hand, I cannot see 
sufficient evidence from the prophetic periods to war-
rant me in proclaiming my faith in definite time. I 
was glad to see Bro. Brown's article on " definite 
time," that appeared a few weeks ago in the " Her-
ald." I hope some of the brethren that are preach-
ing definite time will inform us whether there is any 
account in history of the going forth of the decree to 
restore and build Jerusalem in the year 450 B. C.—
There- is the starting point, and nowhere else. Amen. 
Watch, therefore, for in such an hour as ye think not, 
the Son of man cometh. If ever there was a time 
when watchfulness was needed, it is now. messed 
is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he 
walk naked, and they see his shame. 
A brother writes from Williamsburgh, under date 
of Dec. 31st, 1849 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—As you invite those from 
England who can corroborate the testimony of Bro. 
Forsythe to do so, it may be proper for me to say, 
that the " Dark Day " was a very familiar subject to 
me in my childhood,—it was often referred to in my 
family, and spoken of as being so dark, that the 
birds fluttered to their nests, the fowls went to roost, 
and the cattle appeared alarmed. I believe it was 
considered a fulfilment of Scripture. Of the date I 
have no recollection, but will relate an incident in 
point of fact. 
A maternal uncle of mine, whom I well remem-
ber, was then a babe ; his parents lived in the county 
of Norfolk, within a few miles of the city of Nor-
wich, Eng. When the unusual darkness spread over 
the sky, my uncle was asleep in his cradle. While 
all the family were out doors, wondering at the phe-
nomena which they beheld, a loud scream front the 
little one drew them into the house. On examina-
tion, his mother found a hot stone (which must have 
flown from the fire) lodged in his neck, which had 
made a deep wound. He grew up, and was married, 
but carried the scar to his grave. I was about nine 
or ten years of age when he died, frequently saw 
him, and have a clear recollection of his person, and 
of a mark on the right side of his neck, which I used 
to be told was where he was burnt on the " Dark 
Day." 
During the last seven- years I have related the 
above several times, and should have eommunicated 
it to you on seeing the request in the " Herald," but 
expected you would, before this, have had more 
weighty testimony ; but not seeing any, I ventured 
to send you this. Within the last few weeks I have 
made inquity of some elderly persons who came from 
England, respecting the " Dark Day," and was sur-
prised to find, that they had merely a faint recollec-
tion of hearing something of the kind. 
Yours, in the cheering hope that a brighter day 
will soon dawn, 
A. H. 
Could the writer of the above append his name? 
as without it he will see it has no weight ; and also 
the year of his uncle's birth 1—En. 
A brother writes from Madison University (N. 
y.), Dec. 16th, 1849 :— 
DEAR Bare HIMES:—Although a press of busi-
ness has hindered my corresponding with you as often 
as formerly, you may rest assured that I feel as much 
interested in the great truths you are endeavoring to 
bring befiire a slumbering world, as at any former 
period. Not for one moment since I gave the subject 
of the Second Advent a thorough investigation have 
I doubted the truthfulness of the basis of the doc-
trines so faithfully and scripturally sustained in the 
"Herald." When we look back upon the history 
pf the Adventists in this country, arid see from 
whence they came, with their diversity of creeds, 
and the hurried manner in which many embraced the 
viewsewith all their disappointments and trials, it is 
not surprising that dissensions, fanaticism, scepti-
cism, and even infidelity, should aflect some. But 
none of these things alter the truth, or the soul who 
is steadfast, and built upon the sure Word of prophecy. 
I have maav things I would communicate to you 
could I see you, respecting affairs in this place. The 
subject has never been fairly brought before the peo-
ple here, and much, prejudice exists against what 
they are pleased to call "Millerism." Although I 
find many who will not dissent from our fixed views, 
and are substantially in sentiment Adventists, un-
known to themselves, yet they feel not that lively in-
terest that would lead to an inquiry ; and so great is 
their prejudice against the doctrine, which, it is said, 
has filled our insane asylums with patients, that you 
could not persuade many of ehrm'to read, or listen to 
an article published in the " Advent Herald." One 
poor man, unable to labor, with a dependent family, 
would consider the " Herald " a prize. He says he 
thinks he can, if you will send him the paper, make 
out one dollar. I have given him some Advent works, 
with which he is highly pleased. 
Bro. J. P. FARRAR writes from Lancaster (Pa.), 
Jan. 7th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. Himes :—I am preaching, on Lord's-
day, alternately in Shiremanstown and this city, and 
in intermediate places during the week. The breth-
ren in thisplace commenced tlieir meetings under dis-
couraging circumstances, so far as outward appear-
ances were concerned, and would have fainted had 
they not believed they would see the goodness of God 
in the land of the living. But looking to God as 
their helper, they have realized thus far the fruit of 
their labors. A revival is in progress:* some have 
found peace, others are seeking the Lord, and pro-
fessors are being revived. Meetings are interesting 
in other places. You will be informed of the state 
Of the cause in this region shortly. 
Bro. I. F. HARDEN writes from Phillips (Me.), 
Dec. 31st, 1849:— 
DEAR BRO. Hums :—The " Herald " still comes 
to hand a welcome visitor, and we could not well do 
without it. My wife and myself are the only ones, 
within fifteen miles of this place, that believe in the 
soon coming of our King. There has been no Ad-
vent preaching here for more than a year. The peo-
ple believe the world is to be converted first, and of 
course think our faith is groundless. Myself and 
wife are striving to live in readiness for the coming 
King, which we believe will not be long delayed. 
Obituary. 
DIED, on the 30th ult., after a protracted illness, 
CHARLES BENJAMIN.GREENE, aged 22 years, son of 
Charles and Ann D. Greene, of Philadelphia. A 
most amiable youth, beloved and respected by all who 
knew him, and truly beloved and respected by the 
Lord, for whom hive and respect had for years been 
evident from obedience to the truth—faipful to God 
in life through Divine influence ; he was triumphant 
before God in death ; fully believing in the speedy 
appearing of the Saviour, when the bodies of those 
saints who have gone before shall be raised to be 
clothed with immortality. A full belief in the atone-
ment by the Lord Jesus Christ, led to confidence in 
the Great Spirit, which was abundantly reciprocated 
by the communication of the Divine nature ; and he 
loved nothing better than to follow the kind directions, 
and cherish the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit. 
Thus was he fitted for life here, thus was he fitted 
for leaving it ; thus he reflected the graces of the 
Beautiful One, and much loved those holy principles 
of truth without an adherence to which we cannot 
he truly happy in any position. Filial regard was 
ever present. In a word, he was all a parent could 
wish ; while the rays of kindness shone out on all 
around—indeed to know him was to love him. His 
suffering time—but little of which, however, was se-
vere—was a year and a half, during which the most 
perfect composure and patience were displayed. He 
knew in whom he had trusted, and death was not 
feared. Inn years, the blossoms had but fallen, but in 
piety, the fruit had even matured. Truth, Hope, and 
Live were his—but we forbear ; the Lord has told 
the rest by choosing him for his own. He exhorted 
each one of the family, shortly before leaving, ad-
dressing them in the most appropriate manner. Not 
long before departing, with his mind clear and com-
posed, as it always had been, he was encouraged, and 
had a foresight of the rest to which he was going, 
through the sight of what was invisible to those 
present. Fixing his eyes as if upon an object a lit-
tle upward, he joyously exclaimed : " The angels, 
the angels, they've come for me ! 0! father, don't 
you see them? don't yon see them? the chariot?—
and I am going !" With Charles there is " no more 
death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there 
he any more pain ; for the former things are passed 
away." " Precious in the sight of the Lord is the 
death of his saints." We do not sorrow as those 
who are without hope. No, indeed, praise his name; 
sod truly we would say— 
" Lord, he was thine, and not our own, 
Thou hast not done us wrong ; 
We thank thee for the precious loan 
Afforded us so long." 
C. G. 
 
208 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Agency, The . 
. 5 
Addenda . 
. 21 
American Board, Meeting of the . . . 60 
Advent of Christ . . . 81, 89, 97 
Angel of the Everlasting Gospel 
. 14Q 
Avow your Principles . . 
14'.. 
Angel, The Second 
. 148 
Adams, The two . 
158 
Advent Season . 
. 165 
Armageddon, &c. . . 
166 
. Abraham—Trial of his Faith 
. 191 
Attributes of God . 
194 
An old Prize Fight . 
. 202 
Bethleh6m, The Star of 
17 
Batavia Letter . 
. 36 
Bargains . . 
90 
Balaam's Prophecy 
106 
Bermondsey Murder 
127 
Bluntness . 
. 155 
Canada 
3 
Cholera, The • 
12 
Correction . . 
. . . 20 
Chardon Street Lectures 33, 41, 49, 57, 65, 105, 
113, 121, 129. 
Christian's Rest, The ' . . . . 44 
1 Conference Committee—Explanation . 45 
Catholic Outrage . . . 
. 59 
Centre County Meeting . 
• 62 
Chelmsford Camp-meeting . 
. 62 
Characteristics of the Bridge 
70 
Cross and the Crown . . 
. 92 
Commandment with Promise . . 141 
Christmas Sermon . . . . 174, 182 
Dissertation on the Second Advent . . 34, 41 
Discussion at Massena . . . 46, 54, 62, 70 
Dr. Cox's Sermon 66, 124, 130, 138, 154, 162, 
170, 178, 186. 
Door, The . • • 
98 
Death of Mr. Miller . . 
. 172 
Editorial Correspondence . 
6 
Efficiency of Fasting and Prayer 
11 
Events of Europe . 
11 
Encouraging Letter 
21 
End of the Drama . 
59 
Extract from a Sermon . . 
. 142 
Effect of the Commotion . 
179 
Elijah—His Trial of Faith . 
. 206 
Flight of the Woman . . 
84 
Feed the Flock of God . . 
. 86 
Floating Lights . . . 
. 154 
Fall and Destruction of Babylon 
. 172 
Final Command and Warning . . 204 
God in the Pestilence . 
10, 43 
Geneva Meeting 
. 55 
Great Drought . 
. 66 
Gog and Magog . . . . . 171 
History of Christ 23, 30, 38, 46, 70, 94, 110, 118 
Hungary . 
. . 34, 51 
Homer Meeting . 
. . 69 
Heavenly Citizen 
. 91 
Holy Joy . . . 
. 98 
Harvest of the Earth . . . . 156 
Heirship . . 
. 166, 174, 182 
Is it Well with Thee . . . . . 19 
Interpretation of Symbols and Figures 28, 36, 
52, 60, 68. 
Image of the Beast . . . . 108 
I am the Lord that Healeth Thee . . 115 
Interesting Incident—Rev. Mr. Noel . 131 
Judgment, Dissertation on the . . 50, 58 
Judgment p the Harlot . 
. . 164 
Lord, Rev. J. K. . . . . . 34 
Letter and the Spirit 50, 58, 66, 74, 81, 89, 97, 
106, 116, 123, 131, 139, 146, 155, 163. 
Literal vs. the Spiritual . . 
. 52 
Long Suffering of God . 
I 
 
 Life Insurance . . 
Love of God passeth Knowledge 
Lectures on Prophecy . 
More Impiety . . 
Mazzini's Letter . . 
Missionaries, A Want of 
Miseries of Heathenism . 
Mount Zion-144,000 on 
Millerisrn in Lynn . . . . 
Mormons, Rise and Progress of the 
Man of Sin, The . . . . 
North Wilbraham Camp-meeting 
Niagara Falls, Wear of the . . 
New Year . . : 
New Creation . 
Our Specific Work . 
Opinion of the Church . 
Prospects before the Church . 
 
Prayer Meeting, The Dreadful . 
Popular Errors—Signs of the Times . 43, 51, 59 
Prof. Whiting's Translation . 
. 46 
Pope's Epistle to the Romans 
. 91 
Portuguese Exiles . . 
. 101 
Promise of God . , . 
. 102 
Providence Tent Meeting 
. 109 
Papal Rome, &c. . 
. 134 
Prophecy, Lectures on . 
146', 162 
Prayer • • • . • 
195 
Public Labors of Mr. Miller . 
. 197 
Rome, Bombardment of . 
3 
Rome, The Siege of . 
. 11 
Rome and her Conquerors . 
18 
Rome, The Affairs of . 
. 19 
Reformation of Luther • 
25 
Russia and Hungary . • . 43 
Rome, The Last Days of 14, 53, 61, 92, 100, 
108, 116, 125, 133, 137, 145, 153, 161, 169, 
185, 193, 201. 
Resource in Trouble . 
51 
Requisitions for Confidence . 
. 108 
Roman Empire . 
. 123 
INDEX TO VOL. IV. 
(NEW SERIES.) 
115 
122 
134 
177 
67 
82 
101 
122 
124 
. 150 
179, 187 
190, 198 
. 54 
90 
. 189 
196 
. 4 
20 
. 12 
. . . 18 
Resurrection, The . . • 
Resurrection and Judgment, The . 
Review of Floating Light . . 
Reception of New Truths 
Six Crocodiles, The 
Sketch of a Discourse . 
Southern Mission . 
Saviour's Many Crowns, The 
Strait Gate, The 
Spiritual Vision 
Syracuse Tent Meeting . 
Spiritual Body, The . 
Saints after Death 
Singular Revelation . 
Seven Heads of the Beast 
Second Advent . . 
Triumph of Tyranny . 
The Three Positions 
'Fen-horned Wild Beast 
The Two-horned Beast . . . 
Thoughts on Reading Revelation . . 
The True Light . . • • 
The Grave . . . . . 
Unsearchable Riches, The 
Universalism vs the Bible . 
Uncle Ben's Sermon . 
Visit to Father Miller . 
Visit to Low Hampton . . 
What is Rome without the Pope . 
Woman of Rev. 17:7, The 
Westboro' Tent Meeting . 
What is Preaching? 
Whiting, Prof.—His Position 
Word of the Lord and His Armies . 
Year 1850 . . . . . 
Letters from 
G. Needham, 6, 103, 180, 204. Mrs. C. A. Lud- Christ and its advancement. 
low, 7. S. C. Clisbe, 7. Lucy Carvan, 7. John 3. Because I am profited by the discussion of the 
Murray, 7. J. Pearson, jr., 14. W. M. Ingham, great principles and doctrines of the Gospel. 
15, 31. R. King, 15, J. C. Bywater, 15. J. G. 4. Because I should not know without a religious 
White, 15, 103. The Church in Homer, 22. M. paper what the times require Of me, how I should la-
Chandler, 23. Hallowell, 30. H. H. Gross, 30, bor, give, or pray. 
87. H. Buckley, 31. E. J. Cook, 31. E. Noyes, 5. Because I want my children to he intelligent, 
31. W. Johnson, 38. P. Marsh, 38. H. N. Kin- and have enlarged, or liberal views. 
ney,.39. W. S. Campbell, 39. J. P. Lambert, 39. 6. Because by means of illy paper, I can bring the 
Eliza Cooley, 39. I. C. Wellcome, 47, 206, A. truth to bear upon my neighbors and friends, and 
Sherwin 47. E. Gillett 47 A. Clapp 55. J. often bring them to embrace it. I cannot stop my 
Whitmore 55. J. Litch 62, 95. M. D. Wellcome paper. 
63, 94, 102, 110, 142. T. M. Preble 63. H. Mun- The above is cut from an exchange paper. Its 
ger 63. J. Merriam 71, 103. J. T. Vanderbeck 71. publication is requested by a subscriber. 
The Church in I. Weymonth 71. N. Field 86. Mi-
chael Wellcome 7. J. L. Whiting 94. J. W. 
Bonham 94, 175, 206. B. Morley 94,142 151. S. 
I. Roney 91, 167. 0. D. Eastman 95.1 J. Upham 
110. S. Chapman 110, 159. J, Wolstenholme 110. 
I. E. Jones 118, 126. J. St. John 119. I. H. Ship- 
man 119. D. L. Stanford 126. W. H. Fernald 
134. F. E. Bigelow 142, 191. A. D. Gove 151. 
Thos. Smith 137, 151. W. Watkins 159. L. Dud-
ley 159. H. Tanner 167. T. Huntington 175. A. 
Brown 183. J. D. Wheeler 191. A. Vaughan, 
198. R. R. York 198. F. Beckwith 199. E. Ma-
comber 199. A. Ingalls 206. I. Bell 205. 
Poetry. 
Obituary, 
Lydia Perkins, 7. Mrs. J. Wilson, 7. Mary Field 
15. C. Tittmore, 23. H. Pitts, 23. H. Temple, 31. 
P. Tilden, 31. H. W. Jackman, 31. G. H. Stacy, 
55. Mrs. Backus, 55. H. M. Sleeper, 55. E. Reed, 
55. Mrs. Prior, 55. J. Bartlett, 56. E. Shelly, 
63. N. Austin, 63. Sarah E. Smith, 87. S. New- 
hold, 87. L. A. Harlow, 87. A. 0. Hitchcock, 87. 
H. Stacy, 87. R. Gladding, 87. I. C. Spear, Ill. 
A. F. Chadburne, 111. H. A. Pearson, 111. W. 
Bartlett, 111. A. Clement, 119. J. Holcomb, 119. 
C. F. Niles, 119. M. Tanner, 127. S. H. Crary, 
143 ; Z. V. Potter, 143. J. Church, 151. N. H. 
Jones, 159. J. B. and D. V. Miller, 159. H. Kel-
logg, 159. S. S. Guild, 167. II. Cutler, 167. S. 
Wood, 167. E. E. Wallace, 167. A. D. Hem-
ingway, 175. L. L. Cavis, 175. A. P. Mears, 191. 
S. A. Blodgett, 191. M. Atwater, 191. J. Van 
Winkle, 199. M. A. Battlett, 199. Charles B. 
Greene, 207. 
OUR FINANCES.—Our subscribers a.nd agents have 
generally heeded our call for the settling of their ac-
counts on or about the 1st of January. They will 
accept our hearty thanks. By this means we have 
been enabled to meet some of our heaviest bills. But 
still, we have others to meet, of over $600, in the 
course of the two corning months ; and there is more 
than twice that amount still due from delinquents. 
We have no doubt that they will yet heed our very 
reasonable requirements. 
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BRO. R. HUTCHINSON has sent us his statement of 
facts, just published in a pamphlet. We give the ti- 
tle page and preface :— 
" A Brief Statement of Facts, for the Considera-
tion of the Methodist People, and the Public in 
General—particularly in Eastern Canada. By Rich-
ard Hutchinson, M. D., late Wesleyan Missionary. 
Honesty is the best policy.' Montreal : printed for 
the publishers by Lovell & Gibson. 1850. 
" Preface.—lt is not without reluctance that I per-
mit these pages to pass before the public eye, not be- 
cause I have the least misgiving as to their correct-
ness, for I know whereof I affirm ; but because I 
wish to live peaceably with all men, and especially 
those with whom I have been so intimately associated. 
However, as a false peace is little, if any better, than 
TIO peace; and as many Methodists and others have 
desired the facts in the matters treated, I have been 
induced thus to present them. R. HUTCHINSON. 
" Waterloo (Silefford, C. E.), Jan. 4th, 1850." 
We can only say now that it is an important docu-
ment. Our ministers and others, feeling an interest 
in the general welfare of the Advent cause, should 
read it. Bro. R. has been charged with unchristian 
conduct by, his former brethren. He has placed the 
matter in his statement in a light that all may judge. 
We shall have the work for sale soon. Price, 12 1-2 
cents. We shall give notice on the receipt of it. 
I WILL NOT STOP MY PAPER.-1. Because it is my 
duty, as a Christian, to support the paper of my own 
people. 
2. Because I rejoice to hear about the kingdom of 
Bro. YATES HIGGINS' Post Office address is Camden. Me. 
Bro. HtmES' health is somewhat improved. 
Advent, The, 137. " Anna'' and an " Adventist," The course we have intuited out for the future, is to give in the 
158. Be Steadfast, 13. Blessing, 113. Believer's Por- 
columns of the Herald-1. The best thoughts from the pens of origi- 
tion, 169. Child's Sleep, 49. Christian's Walk, 
nal writers, illustrative of the prophecies. 2. Judicious selections 
from the best authors extant, of an instructive and practical nature. 
81. Christian's Life,- 89. Church ( rhe), 105. 
3. A well selected summary of foreign and domestic intelligence, 
Christ by the Well of Sychar, 129. Coming Wrath, 
and 5. A department for correspondents, where, front the familiar 
193. Dove in the Cleft of the Rock, 86. Flight of 
letters of those who have the good of the cause at heart, we may 
Time, 177. Good, Sermon, 121. How Softly on 
the Bruised Heart, 9. Inquiry, 25. It is not always 
Night, 57. Joy Corneth in the Morning, 150. Love,. 
46. Love, 65. Lines to Ministers, 109. Lord will 
come (The), 145. Love your Enemies, 161. My 
Home is in Heaven, 166. Mercy, 185. Old Paths, 
21. Pilgrim's Song, 30. Press Onward, 94. Pil- 
grim's Song, 118. Prayer, 153. Shall Man con-
tend with God l 1. Stand as an anvil when it is 
beaten down, 17. Saviour's Second Corning, 33. 
Sleeping Ones, 134. Samaritan (The Good), 135. 
Thoughts on the death of the daughter of Dr. Shaw, 
of Bath, Me., 62. The Saint's Soliloquy, 70. The 
Three Mountains, 97. To an Adventist, 143. The 
Two Advents, 143. World as it is (The), 38. Work 
while it is day, 41. 
PROSPECTUS 
OF THE NEXT VOLUME. 
Tlie next volume (Vol. V.-new series; of the Advent Herald 
will commence on Saturday, Feb. 2d, 1850. This paper having now 
been published since March, 1840, thesien years of its past existence 
area sufficient guaranty of its future course, while it may he needed 
as a chronicler of the signs of the times, and an exponent of 
prophecy. 
The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
age in which we live-The near approach 01 the Fifth Universal 
Monarchy ; in which the kingdom under the whole heaven shall he 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark the present time ; 
and to hold up before all men a faithful and affectionate warning to 
flee from the wrath to come. 
learn the state of its prosperity in different sections of the country. 
The principles prominently presented, wilt be those unanimously 
adopted by the "Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held 
at Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845. And which are in brief- 
The Regeneration of this Earth by Fire, and its Restoration 
to its Eden beauty. 
The Personal All vent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
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1V. His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints, at the Advent. 
The Destruction of the Living Wicked from the Earth at 
that event, and their Confinement under chains of darkness% till the 
Second Resurrection. 
Their Resurrection and Judgment, at the End of the Millen-
nium, and consignment to Everlasting Punishment. 
The Bestowinent of Immortality, (in the Scriptural, and 
not the Secular use of this word,) through CHRIST, at the Ream-
rection. 
The Nelv Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
These views we propose to sustain by the harmony mind letter of 
the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment 
of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the fitters. We shall en-
deavor, by the Divine help, to present evidence, and answer objec-
tions, and meet the difficulties of candid inquiry, in a manner be-
coming the questions we discuss ; and so as to approve ourselves to 
every man's conscience in the sight of Gon. 
These are great practical questions. If indeed the Kingdom oh 
GOD is at hand, it becometh all Christians to make efforts for re-
newed exertions, during the little time allotted them for labor inn the 
Master's service. It becometh them alao toexamine the Scriptures 
of truth, to see if these things are so. What saitlt the Scriptures I 
Let them speak ; and let us reverently listen to their enunciations. 
TERMS-The Advent Herald is published every Saturday, at No. 
8 Chardon-street, Bosforts by the subscriber, at $1 per vol. of six 
months. 
Exchanges, on whom we have conferred similar favors, and oth- 
ers, will receive our thanks for noticing the above. .1. V. HUMES. 
Bro. D. I. ROBINSON is spending a couple of weeks with the so-
ciety at Chardon street. Bro. I E. Joses had an attack of cold, 
which prevented his coming to Boston, as nunounced last week.-
There is some interest among the brethren here, and one sonl hits 
been converted of late 
Bro. Buss is absent, having been called away on Saturday last 
on account of the sudden death of Mrs. Bliss's mother. May the 
Lono comfort them in their deep affliction. 
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A friend sends us $5, to aid in the erection of gravestones over the 
remains of Bro Fitch. 
Bro. J. W. BONIIAM'S address is, for the present, Liverpool, 
care of Mr. J. Curry, 48 Upper Hill Street, Toxteth Park. 
Toe next meeting of the Class for Mutual Improvement will be 
on the first Monday and Tuesday in Feb. Lectures on various sub-
jects by different brethren. Ministering and lay brethren, and any 
interested &m any denomination, are invited to attend. 
WE have so repeatedly informed those who are unable to pay for 
the Herald, that they need not discontinue for that reason, that 
when any order it stopped, and give that reason, we are forced to 
think there is some other reason, and stop accordingly. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
NV id. Ranney-You were credited $1 about a month since. Your 
paper will be continued. 
C. E. l'olburn-The paper will be sent. 
Brown, D.Bosworth, N. M. Clark, L. Wiswall-Sent 19th 
instant. 
W. W. Wheeler-The paper is sent regularly to Canterbury, Ct. 
S. C. Hill-All right. 
J. L. Clapp-The $5 were received ; $3 were credited to J. S.. 
and the remainder to It. S. By reference to the receipts, it will be 
seen to what No. each has paid. 
C. W. Beckwith-We semi all the back Nos. we have. 
U. A. Stouch-The $1 you sent for Mrs. R. A. was received, and 
credited to 482. 
F.-You are paid to 430, and R. to 482. 
C. Hawkes--Bro. N. paid $1 to 456. 
E. M. Smith-The $1 was received. Your papers tfltve been sent 
to West Campton. w e now send all the Nos. we have to Campton. 
J. 0. Orr-We are out of themuumber containing the article you 
speak of. 
It. H. Gross-The draft was received. 
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Mrs. N. Pierson . . . • . . . . 5(10 
DELINQUENTS. 
If we have by mistake published any who may have paid, or who 
are poor, we shall be happy to correct the error, on being apprised 
M the fact. 
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Total delinquencies during the year 1849. - - - 100 30 
The Postmaster of Patterson, N.J., stops the paper of J. 
 
VAN BLANCOM, its not called ffir. He owes . . . 5 00 
E. B. PATTERSON, of North Scituate, It• 1., stops his 
paper, owing. . ..... 
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Jeffersonville, Ind., the Postmaster in- 
forms us, stops his paper. He owes . . . . . . 5 50 
U.S. BENEDICT, Paltnyra,W is. , stops his paper, owing 2 00 ' 
Total delinquencies since Jan. 1, 1650. • • • . • 13 50 
APPOINTMENTS. 
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Bro. J. Cummings will preach in Hillsborough, N. ft., evening of 
Feb. 2d, and Sunday, the 3d ; Sutton, Slim, titb, and 7th ; Grantham, 
9th and loth, and tram the 11th to the 15th where the brethren there 
and in Claremont may think best, as they have speken of Lebanon, 
and other places ; Claremont, evettitos of Lith, and Sunday, 17th ; 
Woodstock, Vt., evening of 18th ; East Bethel. 19th ; Waterbury, 
Oen' ; Johnson, 21st ; Troy, Sad ; Barmiston, C. E., Sunday, .24th, 
where the brethren think best. 
Bro. F. H. Berick will preach in Marlboro' Sunday, 27th ; Cun-
ningham (where 1 will meet Bro. Boutell), the first three days in 
Feb., as Bro. Crosby may appoint ; Portland, Me., Sabbath, Feb. 
loth ; Fort Hill Gorham, 12th, where tiro. Files may appoint ; 
Windham, 13th ; Poland, Sabbath, 17th ; Paris, Sath, where ro. 
Knight may appoint ; Watetford, Sabbath, 24th, where Bro. Whit-
man may appoint ; Richmond (in the Reeml nieeting-house), first 
Sabbath in March. 
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Bro. ILL.Hasting will preach at Warehouse Point, 28th ; Thorny-
sonville, 29th ; Jawbnek, 3oth ; Chickopee Falls, 31st ; Ludlow 
City, Feb. Ist-lt is hoped the brethren from Granby will attend the 
latter. 
Bro. A. Brown will preach at Mount Holly, Vt., Sabbath, 27th •, 
Shrewsbury, 29th ; Springfield, Slat ; Woodstock, Sabbath, Feb. Oil 
-each at 61-2 r m, except :Sundays. Will inquire fur letters at the 
Sabbath appointment's. 
Bro. N. Pease will preach in Whately, Sunday, Jan. 27th ; Con-
way, 28th ; Ashfleld, 29th ; Plainfield, 311th ; Hawley, SW ; Savoy, 
Feb. 2,1-each at 6 P 5, except Holidays. 
Bro. D. T. Taylor, jr., will preach in Clinton Jan. 29th ; Burke, 
30th ; Chatauguy, 31st ; Malone, Feb. 1st ; Dickies Swains., 3d ; . 
Bangor, 4th ; Messina, 5th ; Morley, 6th, eveiming. 
Bro. II. H. Gross will preach in Albany Sunday, Feb. 20th ; Sara-
toga Satins, evening of 24th ; West Troy, Sunday, 27th ; Cran- 
berry Creek, 31st, evening,. — 
Bro. W. Burnham will preach in Portland, Me., the first Sabbath 
in Feb., and in North Scituate. It. 1., the third and fourth. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at Marlboro', Sabbath, Feb. 10th ; 
Holden, Friday eveniog, Feb. 15th, and remain over the Sabbath. 
Bro. I.. D. Thompsbn will preach at Barnsteati, N. It (in the red 
school-house), Sabbath, 'sin'. 
Bro. Hale may be expected to preach in Lynn, Sunday, the 27th ; 
South Reading, Sunday, Feb. 3d. 
Bro. Daniels tnay be expected to preach at Lynn the flat Sunday 
in Fels 
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tBridge, (seven miles from 
A conference will be held at 
ke 
Little Falls-stages run daily,) in the brick church, Sabbath, Fels 3, 
Broc 
 
and continue over the following Sabbath. aleetina.m4, on the ;Sabbath, 
at III A m, and 2 and 6 1-3 P M ; week days, 2 and 4 1-2 P M. The bow 
is positively secured. Bro. Ingin ire, or Robinson, is expected to lie 
with me. The friends in aiteutiante will be expected to defray the 
expenses of the conference. 
A oonference will be held in the Court House at Balaton Spa Sab-
bath, Feb. 17th, and continue over the following Sabbath. The 
meetings will be held at lo A an and 2 nod 6 1-2 P al, each day. Effi-
cient ministering brethren will be with me. As this conference will 
be of great worneta to the cause, it is hoped the friends in that re-
gion will feel a personal interest anti intend. The subject of a more 
thorough and efficient Lillian nod co-operatiorn in this great work 
throughout that vicinity, will be taken into conTideration. The cars 
arrive twice a day (Sabbaths, once a day,) from NN hiteholl, Troy, 
Albany, and Schenectod v. Friends can proceed front the depot to 
the Court-house, or can call at my residence, north part of the yin 
Itsge, near the Blue Mills, fourth house east of the railroad cremating. 
Places will be provided for all who need. 'aro. D. I. Robinson will 
be present. The expenses of the conference must IibendeGfeRaoyestisby 
the Inca& 
A conference will he held in Messina, N. Y., Friday eveuipg, Feb. 
6th, and continue over the Sabbath. 
A conference will be held in Bangor Friday.eiv.eniiAngy,Ltg, 
eb.5.tn, 
and Maine over the Sabbath. 
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There will be a conference in West Troy, N. CY...,TA,.%c'eAdTnic.a.d.a.y. 
Feb. 6th, and continue over the Sabbath. Brn. M. Batchelor and 
N. M. CHUM are expected to be Present. 
requested to attend, 
uested 
A conference will be held in Shiplitnotne,,U.. ,d G 
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Elders II. Plummer and I. R. Gates will hold a conference at 
North Abington, or where the church may uppoint, to tommeuce 
Feb. 1st, at lo S. M., and continue over the Sabbath. 
Receipts for the Week ending Jan. 23. 
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which the money credited Pays. By comparing it with the 
present No. of the Herald, the sender will see how far lie is in 
advance, or how Jar in arrears. 
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tracts ; .1. r. Smith, 482 ; M. Very, 456 ; El:Newhall, 497 ; W. 
Shaw,466 ; al. Tewkesbury, 456s F Polly, 508 ' • E. Brisbin, 443; J. 
Schut, 469 ; Robinson, 469 ; E. Sprague, 456 ; J. Maraton, 462 ; 
H. It. Tucker, 482 ; F. Gale, 482; II. B. Wyman (two copies'., 469 ; 
Mrs. C. B. flume, 495 ; H. B. Pennock (if new sub ), 482 ; C. Ber-
gen, 482 ; J. Stroud, 482 11. H. Sedtwick, 449 ; R. M. Nevins, 4a6 ; 
Al. Griffith, 482 ; Mrs. L. Triplet, 452; J. Spear, 482 • 11. R. Cray, 
482: G. W. Stevens, 456 ; S. Blanchard, 456 ; E. A. Maynard, 456 ; 
Dewitt, 464 ; G. Segur, 402-each $1--S. Hoyt, 436-$1 25 
G. J. Turner (of Carroll s 450-$l 75-11. E. Knapp, 482 ; ll• Sate, 
456,* Mrs. N . Johnson, 456 ; L. A. Green, 456 ; J. Burleigh, 450 ; C. 
B. Knight, 482 • G. Loomis 456s, H. Shute, 456 ; G. C. Cochran, 
4s2 S. Cook, ;56 ;_J. F. Chamberl
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456 ; J. Shockley, 436 ; A. P. Lynde, 456 ; B. Bradley, 456 ; M. A. 
Quimby, 486 ; G. A. Avery, 4,6 G. W. Smith, 456 ; J. WitichiP, 
tan ; G. De Rochernont, 456 ; A. J. Hodgclon, 462 ; J. 0. Orr, 463; 
M. Fall, 534 ; P. Weston, 482-each $2—S. Pearson, 456 ; A. L. 
Ilaskell, 456 ; N. W. Wait, 456 ; Deacon J. Tripp, 482; II. V. Lyon, 
on acc't ; C. W. Beckwith, 530-each $3—E. Crowell, on acc't; 
P. Johnson, on acc't-each S3 50.---E. Gaylord, 464-$4--A. 
Clark ($1 for tracts), 586 ; L. Tickner, 48:1--each $5---L. E. Bates, 
on acct-$10.