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worshipped in !" That was the object of their 
admiration. But what did Jesus take notice of ? 
He said, " These stones are but chiselled dust ; 
not one stone shall be left upon another. They 
seem so great to you, because you are so little. 
I see a more sublime spectacle by far — a poor 
widow woman coming in, casting in a mite into 
the treasury." Jesus was so charmed with the 
glory of that moral spectacle, that he was blind 
to the splendors of the architectural one. The 
disciples admired the dead stones piled by the 
hand of the architect ; the disciples' Lord ad-
mired only the widow casting a mite into the 
treasury. The former were dead stones—the 
latter was a living stone. The former were 
beautiful apparently—the latter was beautiful 
indeed ; and the contrast teaches us, that it is 
the moral that lights up the physical, not the 
physical that can add any lustre to the moral. 
I now pass to the substance of the Epistle 
addressed to the Church of Ephesus. You will 
notice that Christ introduced himself in each of 
the Epistles to the seven Churches with some 
of those attributes in which he was disclosed in 
the opening chapter. We have one of these at-
tributes in the preface to each Epistle—that one 
of the Lord's sublime attributes being selected 
which is most appropriate to the peculiar moral 
and spiritual state of the community which is 
addressed. 
In order that we may know something of the 
origin and history of the Church of Ephesus, 
let us turn to those passages of Scripture which 
give us an account of it. We have, first, the 
historical account of the Church of Ephesus in 
the Acts of the Apostles ; secondly, an Apostle's 
Epistle to the Church of Ephesus, called the 
Epistle to the Ephesians ; and thirdly, the au-
tograph letter of Christ himself to that Church 
—this epistle in the first person sent by our 
Lord himself. 
I turn, first of all, to Acts 19, where we find 
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A wrisaer woke the air— 
A soft light tone and low, 
Yet barbed with pain and woe ; 
Now !night it only perish there, 
Not further go ! 
Ah me ! a quick and eager ear 
Caught up the little meaning sound ; 
Another voice has breathed it clear, 
And so it wanders round, 
Front ear to lip,—from lip to ear, 
Until it reached a gentle heart, 
And that—it broke. 
It was the only heart it found, 
The only heart 'twas meant to find, 
When first its accents woke • 
it reached that tender heart at last, 
And that—it broke, 
Low as it seemed in others' ears, 
It came a thunder-crash to hers,—
That fragile girl, so fair and gay,—
That guileless girl,—so pure and true ! 
She heard—aad lifeless lay ! 
'Tis said a little humming-bird, 
Tint in a fragrant lily lay, 
Aid (ketone(' the summer morn away, 
Was killed but by the gun's report, 
Some idle boy had fired in snort ! 
The very SOUND a death-blow came. 
So, when that word 
Her light heart heard, 
It fluttered like the frightened bird, 
Then shut its wings and sighed, 
And with a silent shunder—died. 
Apocalyptic Sketches, 
OR 
Lectures on the Set-en Churches of Asia Minor. 
BY JOHN CUMMING, D.D. 
LECTURE V.—THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS—HER EXCELLENCY. 
" Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write ; 
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in 
his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven 
golden candlesticks ; I know thy works, and thy labor, 
and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them 
which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say 
they are apostles, and are not, and !last found them 
liars ; and hast borne, and bast patience, and for my 
name's sake hast labored, and Lust not fainted."—
Rev. 2:1-3. 
It must he apparent to the most casual reader 
of the whole beautiful address to the Church of 
Ephesus, that it naturally divides itself into three 
sections ; the first section containing an eulo-
gium or panegyric upon the excellence that 
was seen by Christ in the Ephesian Church ; 
the second section containing his rebuke, in 
which he points out the sins and deficiencies 
by which that church was stained ; arid the 
third recording the beautiful promise, " To him 
that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of 
life." 
In this lecture, in reliance on the grace and 
Spirit of God, who has promised to teach speaker 
and hearer " all the truth," I will direct your 
attention to the first division ; viz. the excellence 
which the great Chief Bishop of the Church 
saw, and approved, and applauded in the Ephe-
Sian Church. Last Lord's-day evening I showed 
you why ministers are called stars. They are 
placed in the firmament—. a place conspicuous 
and eminent; they are simply and solely for 
the purpose of illuminating the darkness of the 
night in the absence of the sun. The minister 
who does not shine, and whose sermons do not 
reflect light, is a minister whom men may have 
made, but whom God has not consecrated. I 
showed you, in the next place, that churches are 
likened to candlesticks, because they are consti-
tuted for the purpose of holding up the light ; 
and I put it to the common sense of every man 
to determine what is the best Church. One 
would prefer a candlestick of gold exquisitely 
chased, of great weight, and great value ; but 
if a letter comes from a dear and distant relative, 
and it reaches us in the darkness of the night, 
and our hearts beat with anxiety to peruse it, we 
shall prefer a bright light upon a wooden candle- 
stick, to no light at all upon a gold or silver one. 
a sketch in brief of the introduction of the Gos-
pel at Ephesus. We there read that Paul, 
having passed through the upper coast, came to 
Ephesus, and he found there certain disciples 
who had escaped from their own country and 
fled to Ephesus. We read in verse 6, that they 
" spake with tongues, and prophesied, after that 
the Holy Ghost came upon them by the laying 
on of the hands of Paul ; and all the men were 
about twelve." We next find (verse 8) the 
apostles going into the synagogue of the Jews—
preaching always first to the Jews, and next to 
the Gentiles—thus setting us an example of 
missionary order and action ; the Jew first, and 
then the Gentile ; and I believe that God will 
bless that order. Let the one be done, and let 
not the other he left undone. 
We find next (verse 9), that the only chapel 
which the apostle first officiated in at Ephesus, 
was a schoolmaster's school ; " He went daily 
and disputed in the school of one Tyrannus "—
a 'Anion of apostolic conduct which I am sur-
prised that those who are the uncompromising 
advocates of what is called apostolic succession 
do not imitate. The apostles preached anywhere 
and everywhere ; the great question with them 
was, " Are there ears to hear, and hearts to be 
converted ?" And if they saw that there were 
both, there they preached the unsearchable riches 
of Christ. Sure I am, that we shall not reach 
the full perfection of true apostolic succession, 
till we witness bishops and archbishops lending 
new lustre to their lawn, and new dignity to 
their position, by standing in Smithfield, or 
Paul's Cross, Farringdon Market, and Covent 
Garden, and preaching as good Bishop Latimer 
and Bishop Ridley did, and a greater than all—
the Lord of glory did—the everlasting Gospel 
of the grace of Christ to all that will wait and 
listen. The apostle, it is said, " disputed." I 
wish you to notice the language here, " He dis-
puted and persuaded." Many persons are ex-
tremely opposed to controversy. If by controversy 
you understand calling nicknames, losing one's 
temper, attributing to an opponent what he re-
pudiates and disclaims, such controversy is alike 
unchristian and worthless, if not mischievous ; 
but I understand by controversy, speaking the 
ciating doctrine, certainly they are not infallible 
in quoting texts to prove it. " When the word 
of God mightily grew and prevailed," and after- 
wards one Demetrius, a silversmith, who made 
silver shrines for Diana, saw that his occupation 
was in danger, he called together the workmen, 
and said, " Sirs, ye know that by this craft we 
have made our wealth, &c." addressing them in 
the most plausible and artful manner. Wher- 
ever God has a work, Satan always gets up a 
counter-work ; wherever, in a congregation, 
God's truth is prevailing, there is sure to spring 
up in it something that will damage or dilute 
it. You never hear of there being genuine coin 
circulating in the realm, without forged coin in- 
stantly following it ; and forged coin is the 
evidence of the prior existence of the genuine. 
This Demetrius was an avaricious, shrewd, 
and worldly silversmith. He gilded over his 
avarice with religion, and pretended to be zeal- 
ous for the faith, while he was enthusiastic for 
the filling of his pocket ; he was one of those 
men who make godliness to be gain, and with 
words the most plausible, (for no man wants 
eloquence when he is thoroughly sincere in 
seeking the object which he pleads for;) I would 
say, the most eloquent language ; for it was ad-
mirably adapted to the craftsmen's love of money 
and their liking for superstition ; he told them, 
" You see we get our living by making these 
shrines "— that was the avaricious appeal—
"and in the next place, who knows not that the 
great goddess Diana is admired all over the 
world ? and if this Paul is suffered to go on 
preaching this new doctrine, her worship will be 
neglected, her shrines will not be wanted, and 
our trade will be ruined. This will never do ; 
we must put it down at all hazards." This 
touched their superstition. 
This explains much of the persecution that 
has existed in the world. A man who loves the 
truth, and desires only its spread, will never 
persecute, either to maintain or promote it; -
but one who has some selfish and sinister end 
to advance—who uses religion merely as the 
plausible cover under which he hopes to promote 
it with greater success— is always ready, if 
needs be, to persecute, in order to help himself. 
And yet, what a blunder persecution is ! It 
failed signally at Ephesus, as it has failed 
everywhere ; for we read that the result of the 
conflict was the establishment of a Church, the 
largest of the seven, and the utter discomfiture 
of Demetrius and his craftsmen, his goddess, 
and all her shrines. Persecution never built up 
the truth it never pulled down a lie ; and 
wherever the secular arm is called in, in order 
to put down truth or to build up a lie, it fails 
in its attempts, and parts with its strength. All 
the legislation in the world cannot permanently 
build up a lie ; all the inquisitors in the world 
are riot able to burn out God's truth. God is 
the guardian of the truth ; and it will rise from 
its sorest struggles, radiant with more terrible 
beauty, and give augury of surer triumph. 
After these scenes had passed away, the apos-
tle called together (chap. 20) the elders of the 
Ephesian Church ; for at verse 17 we read, 
" And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and 
called the elders of the Church." It is right to 
mention that the word elders is the translation 
of the word 3-pEcreevrEpoy5, the presbyters of the 
Church ; and in verse 28, the apostle says to 
these presbyters, " Take heed to yourselves, and 
to the flock over which the Holy Ghost bath 
made you overseers," (Efstrixo7rots); that is the 
only word that I know in the whole of our ad-
mirable translation of the Bible, in which a 
royal hand and party influence is understood to 
be traced. James VI. of Scotland was on the 
Scottish throne the most zealous of all zealous 
Presbyterians ; but when he crossed the Tweed, 
like many of his countrymen in the present day, 
he became the most zealous of all zealous Epis-
copalians ; so still, ultra-Tractarians are gener-
ally converts from Presbytery or Independency, 
or the sons of those who remain so. So afraid 
was James lest there should be anything against 
the favorite policy of his adoption, that he in-
duced the translators, it is said, to render the 
word nYr&5xv7rot, usually translated bishops, into 
By all means prefer the golden candlestick, but in-
sist that there shall be light in it. Some of you 
may think the Church of England the golden 
candlestick, and the Church of Scotland the 
wooden one, if you like ; others may think, as 
some do think, that it is no candlestick at all : 
but you are to judge of it, not by what men say, 
but by the light that it distributes; arid, depend 
upon it, that the Church that gives the most 
light is the Church that does its mission best; 
and whether it be gold, or silver, or lead, or 
wood, or stone, this is the material thing—this 
the essential thing—that it shall hold forth a 
light to our feet, and a lamp to our path. 
I noticed next this beautiful fact, that the 
Lord walks in the midst of the candlesticks ; 
in other words, that " wheresoever two or three 
are gathered together in my name, there am I 
in the midst of them." I have often referred 
you to that passage ; it contains the essence of 
a Church; it is the root and pith of a Church; 
all else, in my judgment,—be it Independency, 
Presbytery, or Episcopacy,—is more or less hu-
man and convenient developments of the one 
great essential element of a Church ; viz. Christ 
in the midst of two or three met in his name, it 
matters not where. Man makes much of place, 
and attaches great veneration to places; God 
attaches none. That man is destitute of taste 
who does not admire the noble cathedral, that 
seems to be the very stone of the earth bursting 
upward into blossom, and sending its new and 
sacred fragrance, like holy aspirations, to the 
skies ; but that man is destitute of Christianity, 
who says there is no Church outside it. I showed 
you, too, a very striking instance in illustration 
of this, namely, in the Gospel of St. Luke, 
where we read that when our Lord and his 
disciples met in the beautiful temple, and the 
disciples saw one thing, the Lord of glory saw 
another thing. Both the Master and his disci-
ples, both Christ and the apostles, admired and 
applauded something, and each the thing that 
each thought most beautiful. What did the 
disciples think most beautiful ? They said, 
" Behold what manner of stones these are ! what 
exquisite architecture ! what a triumph of genius! 
what a glorious edifice ! Look, Master, and see 
what a beautiful temple we and our fathers have truth, but speaking it in love ; strong arguments 
couched in persuasive and affectionate terms. 
Tender, in our address to the man, bold and 
unsparing in our denunciation of his errors; 
denouncing the deeds of the Nicolaitanes and 
yet loving, and trying to save the souls of the 
Nicolaitanes—this is controversy, and such is 
the controversy that is scriptural. Certain of 
the vagabond Jews, exorcists, who took upon 
themselves to call the name of Jesus over evil 
spirits—having been convinced of their error, 
and, " having brought their books, burned them 
before all men ; and they counted the price of 
the books, and found it thirty thousand pieces 
of silver." I refer to this text because the use 
made of it proves that popes are not infallible 
in their interpretation of Scripture. The pre-
decessor of the present pope was Gregory XVI. 
This Gregory wrote a Latin letter to all the 
Roman Catholic bishops of Christendom : in 
this letter he says that when the apostle Paul 
preached at Ephesus, the magicians brought 
their books, and the Apostle took their books 
and burned them ; and thus he proves the pro-
priety of an Index Expurgatorius, i. e. a list 
drawn up by the popes of Rome, in which they 
blackball every book that does not please them, 
or pick out certain sentences which they de-
nounce as heretical in books which, on the 
whole, they approve. It has occasionally hap-
pened, through the blessing of God, that the 
very extracts which they have marked as here-
tical, and put into the Index, have caught the 
eyes of priests, and been blessed to the enlight-
ening of their minds, and the saving of their 
souls. Gregory XVI. then brings this text to 
prove that bishops may burn books they disap-
prove, or put them in the Index ; but, in fact, 
the apostles did not take the books and burn 
them ; and to quote the apostles as doing so, is 
to misquote Scripture ; for it is plainly said that 
the magicians themselves brought the books and 
burned them. If popes be infallible in enun- 
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that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing and 
honour, and glory and power, be unto Him that 
sitteth on the the throne, and to the Lamb for 
ever and ever." 
It appears again, almost with equal distinct-
ness, in the sixth seal. The heaven is seen to 
depart, as a scroll when it is rolled together, and 
every mountain, the main feature of the land, 
and every island, the only habitable portion of 
the sea, are moved out of their places. In 
other words, the convulsion, whether in letter 
or figure, affects alike all these three divisions 
of the lower universe. 
In the series of the trumpets, the same cha-
racter appears, with only the addition of the 
rivers of water, as a fourth element. For these 
are like a golden thread, binding together these 
three parts of universe. They are linked with 
the heavens in their rise, with the dry land in 
their progress, and with the sea, as their final 
home. One trumpet accordingly affects the 
earth, another the sea, and another the lights of 
the starry firmament. 
The same allusion is found, still more plainly, 
in the solemn oath of the mighty angel, which 
announces the long-delayed close of the mystery 
of God : " And the angel lifted up his hand to 
heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for ever 
and ever, who created heaven, and the things 
that are therein, and the earth, and the things 
that are therein, and sea, and the things that are 
therein, that there should be time no longer; 
but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, 
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of 
God shall be finished, as He hath declared to 
His servants the prophets." 
In the vision of the twelfth, and following 
chapters, the same distinction is the basis of the 
prophecy. First, the woman is seen in heaven, 
then the Dragon is cast down to earth, and 
lastly, the Beast is seen rising from the sea.—
And it is found more plainly in the voice of the 
angel, who proclaims the everlasting Gospel: 
" Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour 
of his judgment is come ; and worship him that 
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the 
fountains of waters." 
Finally, in the vision of the last judgment, 
the same allusion appears in a distinct and 
manifest form : "I saw a new heaven and a 
new earth, for the first heaven and the first 
earth were passed away, and there was no more 
sea." There is here a plain reference to the 
early history of creation, and the threefold divi-
sion then constituted, by the Word of God,—
the firmament, the dry land, and the gathering 
of the waters : " God called the firmament, 
Heaven. And God called the dry land, Earth ; 
and the gathering together of the waters he 
called Seas." The commencement of the sacred 
history, and the close of the sacred prophecy, 
like the loops of the tabernacle, correspond per-
fectly with each other. 
IV. The history records the appointment of 
the heavenly luminaries, and their double office. 
They were to be for signs and seasons, and days 
and years ; and also to give light upon the earth, 
and to rule over the day and over the night, 
and to divide the light from the darkness. The 
Apocalypse presents them to our view under 
precisely the same features. They are there 
used as signs or emblems of spiritual truths, the 
measures of sacred chronology, and marks of 
contrast between light and darkness ; and it 
closes with a description of that state where their 
office is superseded by the perpetual daylight of 
heaven. 
First, they are used as signs or emblems of 
spiritual things. The seven stars in the hand 
of the Great High Priest denote the angels of 
the seven Churches. The darkened sun, the 
blood-red moon, and the falling stars, are the 
emblems under the sixth seal, and omens of 
Divine judgment. In the fourth trumpet, the 
sun, the moon, and the stars, all the lights of 
heaven, are darkened in the firmament, and 
one third of their light withdrawn, as a sign of 
the coming woes. The woman seen in heaven, 
an emblem of the Church of Christ, is clothed 
with the sun, has the moon under her feet, and 
on her head a crown of twelve stars. The 
fourth vial is poured upon the sun, and scorch-
ing heat is given it to plague the sinful nations. 
In all these cases the heavenly lights of the 
fourth day are used for most expressive emblems 
in the symbolical universe of the prophecy.—
Again, these lights were for seasons, for days, 
and years. To this fact there is a very striking 
allusion in the various mention of the prophetic 
intervals. The first woe, the treading down 
of the Holy City by the Gentiles, and the do-
minion of the beast, all works of darkness, are 
defined by the periods of the moon, which was 
appointed to rule over the night. But the pro-
phesying of the witnesses, the sojourn of the 
woman in the wilderness, all that relates to the 
children of light, is measured by days or years, 
the periods of the sun, which was appointed to 
rule over the day. And last of all, when the 
redemption is complete, the divided rule of these 
luminaries is replaced by the unchanging glory 
of the Creator and Redeemer. " The city had 
no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine 
purpose to do himself? " I will stand on the 
top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand." 
And so it was done. Joshua led forth his men 
to the field, and Moses mounted the hill accom-
panied by Aaron his brother, and by Hur, who 
is supposed to have been his brother-in-law. 
Here Moses stood and held up his hand on high, 
with the wonder-working rod therein. It was, 
no doubt, held up in the first instance, as a kind 
of banner, or signal, to be seen by the warring 
host below, and designed to operate as a con-
tinual incentive to their valor and prowess while 
engaged in the contest ; and the sight of this 
symbol and instrument of the power which had 
worked so wondrously on their behalf, could not 
fail to nerve their arms with new vigor every 
time their eyes were turned towards it. Yet it 
needs but little reflection to assure them, as it 
assures us, that there was no intuitive virtue in 
the rod to produce this effect ; and that it de-
rived all its efficacy from the Divine appointment, 
as a visible symbol of that unseen succor and 
strength which God was pleased to minister to 
his militant servants fighting His battle, and 
maintaining the high glory of His name. 
Moses was eminently an intercessor with God 
for the people committed to his charge ; and 
there can be no question that, in connection 
with these external appliances, fervent prayer 
for the Divine aid was offered, and we have 
every reason to believe that the uplifting of the 
rod was merely an accompaniment of the earnest 
intercessions which breathed from the lips and 
heart of the venerable men upon the mountain. 
And even if this were not the case, the circum-
stances and the result are strikingly suggestive 
of the circumstances and analogies of interces- 
sory prayer. It was soon seen that while the 
hand of Moses was uplifted, Israel prevailed 
over Arnelek ; but when the prophet's hand was 
no longer raised, Amelek was stronger than 
Israel. Perceiving that Moses could not longer 
maintain a standing posture, his friends took a 
stone and put it under him for a seat; and that 
his hands might no longer fail, they placed 
themselves on each side of him and sustained 
his hands until the victory of Israel was achieved. 
In performing this office, we are not to suppose 
that both his hands were held up on either side 
at the same time ; for in that case the hands of 
Aaron and Hur would soon have become as 
weary as those of Moses had been. The main 
object of sustaining his arms was, that the rod 
might be held up. This he doubtless shifted at 
times from one hand to the other, and then 
Aaron and Hur upheld the hand which was 
next to him, and thus successively relieved both 
him and each other. The view of the prayer-
ful tenor of this action is not new ; it is more 
or less hinted at by every commentator on Scrip-
ture, though less made the subject of pulpit 
illustration than might have been supposed. It 
is taken by the Jews themselves, in whose 
Targamus we read, that " when Moses held up 
his hands in prayer, the house of Israel pre-
vailed, and when he let down his hands from 
prayer, the house of Amelek prevailed." 
Let us then observe, that we notice here 
grouped together, that hallowed combination of 
agencies which ought never to be separated—
the dependence upon Heaven, with the use of 
appointed means ; the rod in the hand of Moses, 
arid the sword in that of Joshua ; the embattled 
host in the valley below, and the praying hand 
in the Mount above—all were necessary in the 
Divine economy to the victory of Israel over 
His foes. So it must be in our own conflict 
with the Amelek which lies ambushed within, 
to hinder our progress to the Mount of God. 
We may expect no manifestation of the Lord's 
power, no interference of His goodness, but as 
the result of a blessing upon our own zealous 
conflict with temptation. " Prayer without ac-
tive duty is mockery of God. He who entreats 
deliverance from the onset and power of evil, 
yet never makes an effort in his own behalf, nor 
strives against the sin that wars within him, 
draws nigh to God with his lips, but is wholly 
estranged from the fervor of that supplication 
that issues from the depths of the heart." Yet 
it was intended to be taught, and was most 
effectually taught, by this example, that the up-
lifted hand of Moses contributed more to their 
safety than their own hands; his rod, more than 
their weapons of war ; and accordingly their 
success fluctuates as he raises up or lets down 
his hands. In like manner will the Christian 
warfare be attended with little success, unless it 
be waged in the practice of unceasing earnest 
prayer. It will never be known on this side the 
Lord's second coming, how much His cause, and 
the work of individual salvation, have been ad-
vanced by the effectual prayer of righteous men. 
The Uplifted Hands.---Ex. 17:8-16. 
And it is surely a cheering reflection, in the 
heat and burden of the day of battle, that while 
we are contending below, faithful servants of 
God have ascended the hill of spiritual prayer, 
and are imploring blessings upon our efforts. 
And if we are tempted at any time to faint 
in the discharge of this duty, or to find too little 
enjoyment in the exercise of this privilege, let 
us take to ourselves all the encouragement de-
rivable from the assured knowledge, that he 
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" overseers ;" because he felt that those who are the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all 
plainly called presbyters in one verse, are as 
plainly called bishops in another verse ; and if 
the words were exactly and literally translated, 
people might say, " Bishops and presbyters are 
the same thing ; and Bishops should preach, 
should have flocks under their charge, and do 
the work of ministers," and thus his favorite 
policy might suffer. The word was therefore 
rendered " overseer " in this place, while it is 
bishop in every other part of the New Testa-
ment. I only wish the word " bishop " had not 
been retained at all, and that the word " over-
seer," or " superintendent," had been used in-
stead ; it would more directly have expressed 
what is the office of a bishop,—not a man to 
" overlook" his work, but a man to " oversee " 
it ; not to neglect it, but to superintend it. 
Perhaps this shows that whoever be the angel 
of the Church at Ephesus, he was riot a bishop 
in the modern sense of the word, because there 
were many bishops, with many flocks. The 
apostle says so—" Whom the Holy Ghost hath 
made bishops," or overseers ; and therefore it 
appears to me that the angel may be either the 
representative of the whole, or may have been 
what we call the Moderator, or presiding minis-
ter ; but at all events the address is plainly not 
to the minister, as such, but to the whole Chris-
tian Church, properly and strictly so called. It 
has been said by ancient writers that Timothy 
was the first bishop of Ephesus, and they have 
argued from these words, "I besought thee to 
abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Mace-
donia, that thou mightest charge some that they 
teach no other doctrine." I, for one, entertain 
no objection to that form of Church government. 
I believe that the earliest form of ecclesiastical 
policy after the apostles' days, was a very modi-
fied episcopacy ; but such an episcopacy as we 
have no probable specimen of now among the 
churches. To give you an instance of an ancient 
bishop, I would name Cyprian, bishop of Car-
thage. When you hear of a bishop you think 
of one who has ten or twenty thousand a year, 
living in great splendor, with two or three hun-
dred presbyters under him, and a seat in the 
Legislature. Cyprian had very few presbyters 
under him ; his whole diocese was within four 
walls of a chapel or meeting-house ; and these 
few presbyters he sent abroad to preach the 
Gospel of Christ. Such an episcopacy is extreme-
ly beautiful ; and would, if it were preserved, 
be eminently effective. I do not quarrel with 
existing developments, or the munificent support 
of modern episcopacy ; I only wish to show 
that the earliest form of ecclesiastical polity was 
something like what Archbishop Leighton wished 
to see—a very reduced episcopacy, and so like 
presbytery as to be scarcely distinguishable from 
it. The angel of the Church of Ephesus is 
thus addressed as the representative of the 
whole Church, as may be seen from the body 
of the epistle ; it is the Church that Christ 
rebukes, and exhorts, through him—" I know 
thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, &c. ; 
to him that overcometh," (whosoever he be,) 
" will I give to eat of the tree of life ;" plainly 
implying that the address is meant for the laity, 
not for the clergy only.—( To be continued.) 
From the London " Quarterly Journal of Prophecy." 
The Harmonies of Genesis and Reve- 
lation, 
(Continued from our last.) 
III. The next main feature in the history is 
the threefold separation of this lower universe. 
" And God said, Let there be a firmament in the 
midst of the waters. . . . And God called the 
firmament Heaven. . . . And God said, Let the 
waters under the heaven be gathered together 
unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and 
it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, 
and the gathering together of the waters called 
he Seas: and God saw that it was good." 
Here we may digress for one moment, to ex-
plain that obscure phrase which has given rise 
to many speculations in earlier times,—" the 
waters that are above the firmament." Its 
clear and simple meaning, in my opinion, is 
that portion of water which our atmosphere sus-
tains in the state of vapour, and which is there-
fore invisible. The firmament, in this descrip-
tion, is nothing else than thelboundary to our 
sense of vision. All below the firmament is 
visible, as the earth and seas, and the clouds 
at float in our lower atmosphere. All that is 
invisible, by contrast, is represented as above 
the firmament. In other words, it is removed 
beyond the sphere of our natural vision. And 
thus the natural heaven, the treasury of the un-
seen powers of nature, is a fitting emblem of 
higher heaven, the object of faith which is the 
treasure-house of all the things unseen and 
eternal. 
Now if we turn to the Apocalypse, this three-
fold division is one prominent feature of its 
emblems, which meets us again and again with 
a peculiar frequency, hardly to he found else-
where in the Word of God. It appears first in 
that celestial anthem, where all creatures join 
in the praise of Christ : " And every creature 
which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under 
in it, for the glory of God did lighten it, and 
the Lamb is the light thereof." 
V. The history, in the two last days of 
Creation., exhibits three main events, the crea-
tion of the moving things of the sea, of the 
beasts of the earth, and, lastly, of man himself, 
as their common lord and governor, to whom 
dominion is given over all these lower creatures. 
Now, when we turn to the Apocalypse, it 
exhibits an exact and complete analogy to this 
primitive succession. In the thirteenth chapter 
a monster is presented to our view, which has 
the sea for his birthplace, and exercises, for a 
time, a mighty and cruel dominion. We have 
next a second beast, rising from the earth or dry 
land, which shares in this bestial dominion, and 
exercises all the power of the first beast in his 
presence. Then succeeds a vision of one like 
unto the Son of man, sitting on a cloud, who 
appears to execute judgment. A later vision 
(chap. 19) presents the relation between them 
in a clearer light. The Son of man, who is also 
the Word of God, appears clothed with the ves-
ture of Divine authority, and claims to himself 
the supreme dominion, for " on his vesture and 
thigh a name is written, King of kings and 
Lord of lords." The beast from the sea, and 
the beast from the earth, or the false prophet, 
are taken captive by the armies of the celestial 
Horseman, and are cast alive into the place of 
punishment. The usurped and bestial dominion 
is finished, and Man, in the person of the great 
Redeemer,assumes his original and long-forfeited 
supremacy : "For as the Father bath life in him-
self, so bath he given to the Son to have life in 
himself; and hath given him authority to exe-
cute judgment also, because he is THE SON OF 
MAN." The empire, first of brutal force, the 
Leviathan of the deep,—and then of fraud and 
deception, the wily and lamb-like pretences of 
false religion and subtle priestcraft, shall perish 
for ever, and be succeeded by the everlasting 
supremacy of reason, love, and holiness, in the 
person of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
VI. According to the history, after the six 
days of creation were finished, there ensued a 
sabbath of rest. " On the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had made : and He 
rested on the seventh day from all his work 
which He had made. And God blessed the 
seventh day and sanctified it, because that in 
it He had rested from all his work which God 
created and made." 
The prophecy in the close of the Apocalypse 
exhibits an evident antitype of this primitive 
history. At a time which is evidently future, 
and probably near at hand, and when six thou-
sand, or nearly six thousand, years of the world's 
history are finished, a glorious vision of hope 
and peace is presented to our view. " I saw 
thrones, and they sat on them, arid judgment 
was given unto them : and I saw the souls of 
them that were beheaded for the witness of 
Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had 
not worshipped the beast, neither his image, 
neither had received his mark upon their fore-
heads or their hands ; and they lived and reigned 
with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of 
the dead lived not again until the thousand 
years were finished. This is the first resurrec- 
tion. Blessed and holy is he that bath part in 
the first resurrection : on such the second death 
bath no power, but they shall be priests of God 
and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thou-
sand years." 
Here only a few remarks appear needful, to 
illustrate and confirm the intimate relation be-
tween the type in the history and the antitype 
in the prophecy. And first, St. Peter tells us 
that, in the sight of the Lord, a thousand years 
are as one day. Six thousand years, the past 
duration of the world from the time of Adam, 
will thus answer to a period of six days, the 
time of creation. The space of a thousand 
years, here predicted, and evidently future, will 
answer to the seventh day, which followed the 
work of creation, the first sabbath of rest. And 
this resemblance is confirmed by the immediate 
antecedent in either case. In the history it is 
the dominion of man, constituted lord over all 
the lower creatures, whether in earth or sea.—
In the prophecy it is the victory of the Son of 
man over all his enemies, and especially over 
the beasts from the earth and from the sea, with 
the first commencement of His visible reign of 
peace and righteousness. Those also who 
share this dominion are called blessed and holy, 
terms which apply most fitly to the first great 
Sabbath of a ransomed universe, and to the char-
acter of all those who partake of its holy blessed-
ness.—( To he continued.) 
When the Amelekites appeared in force, and 
manifested their intention to engage the Israel-
ites, Moses, reserving to himself a more im-
portant post, directed Joshua—a young man 
personally attached to him, and who had already 
probably evinced the courage and conduct proper 
to a commander — to choose out a number of 
men from the general body and give the enemy 
battle on the morrow. And what did Moses 
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to battle, and fights in their behalf, sustains an- understanding, mortifies their vanity, humbles 
their pride, corrects their bad tempers, reproves 
their sloth, exalts their Saviour, and makes them 
forget their preacher, in their love and admira-
tion of His master. But a minister is sure to 
be very popular with them, respecting whom 
they can say, " what a fine speaker," " what a 
fine voice," " what beautiful figures," " what 
eloquent sentences," " what striking illustra-
tions," " what correct taste," " what powerful 
reasoning;" in short " what a charming man 
other office equally important. He has ascended 
to the summit of the everlasting hill, and is 
there employed in prevalent intercession for 
their success; and we may well be consoled 
with the assurance, that a greater than Moses 
is mediating for us in the Mount above ; and 
His hand is never weary, His love never faint, 
Kitto's Bibie Illustrations. 
Churches—Preachers—Smart Men. 
" About tea years since," said the editor of 
an old periodical, " we had pointed out to us, 
in some paper of the day, the following com-
mon-sense views. They struck us with much 
force ; and as there are sad evidences that 
neither the times nor the churches are greatly 
changed, perhaps their careful perusal may do 
good." So we thought when the article was 
inserted in the Christian lntelligencer, about 
three years ago ; and now we are happy to find 
that the same words, so very fitly spoken, are 
again called for. " A republication is desirable, 
and would be productive of much good in the 
present depraved state of public taste, which 
substitutes the secondary results of preaching 
in place of the primary." 
lutelligencer. 
MR. EDITOR :—I hear much said in the 
churches about smart men—men of talents—
great men—powerful preachers, &c. &c., and 
this more particularly in reference to candidates 
for settlement. The questions asked by churches 
in want of pastors, are not, Is the candidate a 
good man ?—sound in the faith ?—eminently 
pious, devoted and active ? But, is he a smart 
man ?—a man of talents ?—a popular preacher? 
This has become universal, from the aristocratic 
city congregation, with its salary of two or three 
thousand a year, down to the feeble society, with 
its stipend of two or three hundred. Indeed, 
the feebler the church, the more unwillingness 
is often manifested to take up with a pious, 
sound: faithful minister of ordinary talents.—
This feeling is doing immense mischief, both 
among the wealthy and feebler congregations, 
but more especially the latter. I have a few 
things to say to small churches and feeble con- 
gregations on this subject. I am about to de- 
tract an iota from the smart men. Would to 
God all the Lord's prophets were ten times more 
gifted, provided they were a little more pious 
bthan smart. But then there are evils in having 
one of our present race of smart men, of which 
feeble churches little dream. Wealthy congre- 
gations can afford to bear these evils, perhaps, 
because they must have great men at all events ; 
though some of them are dying under their 
popular preachers. But feebler churches should 
look well to this matter. For, 
Many who pass for smart men, are more 
showy than sound—more brilliant than deep.—
They can let off a few sermons and speeches 
wonderfully well, and their pond is out. 
Smart men, are often more learned than 
pious, and by their levity and worldly con-
formity and want of spirituality, spoil all their 
`Sabbath ministrations. 
If your preacher is a smart man, very 
possibly you will be proud of him, and worship 
your preacher more than God, and then God 
will blast both him and you. 
If you obtain a smart man, most probably 
he will be ambitious, and soon think that such 
talents as he possesses ought not to be confined 
to so humble a sphere. 
If your minister is a smart man, and has 
the reputation of it abroad, then the large 
churches and colleges will most probably entice 
him away. He will have call upon call, till at 
last he become satisfied that the providence of 
God calls him to leave. And then, 
You find that having once had a smart 
man, you will not be willing to take up with 
anything less than just such a smart man again. 
These smart, strong men, make churches fastidi-
ous. I know a small church that is now dying 
from this cause ; it has had one or two smart 
men, and they broke away suddenly, and now 
the church is not willing to take up with any 
much less than some great D. D. 
Many of our smart. men (1 grieve to say 
it) do not preach the gospel plainly, pungently, 
fully. They sacrifice sound doctrine and faith- 
ful dealing to popularity. They wreath the 
sword of the Spirit with so many rhetorical 
flowers, that it does not " pierce even to the 
dividing asunder of soul and spirit." This 
sacrificing at the shrine of popular applause is 
killing the orthodox spirit of many congregations. 
The poor leave the church because they are not 
fed, and when God's poor leave a church for 
such or any other cause, orthodoxy and piety 
will soon follow. 
Smart men make churches fastidious.—
Like children fed on condiments, they have no 
relish for sound, wholesome instruction. The 
gospel must come to them through a richer tube. 
They spurn at the "sincere milk of the Word" 
unless it is dealt out with the silver spoon highly 
ornamented, and from a silver bowl set round 
with gems and brilliants. No preacher is popu- 
and preacher he is" !!! Thus the man is loved, 
praised, and followed, instead of his divine 
Master. Oh how some of those smart men, 
swollen by the breath of human flattery, will 
shrivel up before the judgment-seat ! Feeble 
churches, can you afford to have a smart man ? 
PAUL. 
A Psalm and Comment for the Times. 
In its general style, allusions and sentiments, 
the Ninety-first Psalm is allowed to be one of 
the finest of the Hebrew Odes. It has no title 
in the original; nor can we determine on what 
occasion, or by whom it was composed. But 
there is a probability that it was penned under 
the direction of the Spirit, when David felt him-
self the subject of Divine protection, during the 
severe pestilence which came upon Israel after 
he had numbered the people, (2 Sam. 24:10.) 
The full intent and purpose of the writer, is to 
remind us where man is to place his safety and 
confidence in a season of imminent peril and 
pressing trouble. At such a time, neither on 
the mountain's brow, nor in the valley at its 
foot, is there a stronghold or castle visible for 
his aid and defence. The secure spot is an in-
visible fortress, known only to a faithful soul. 
To "dwell in the secret place of the Most. High," 
is, in other words, to place ourselves by an act 
of faith under the Divine protection. The 
allusion may be to the mystic symbols of the 
ark. He who entered legitimately there, would 
be covered with the cloud of Jehovah's glory—
the protection of the all-sufficient God. Under 
the ancient economy, this, once a year, was the 
privilege of the high priest alone ; but under the 
present bright and merciful dispensation, every 
believer has access with boldness into the holiest 
of all; and he who now dwelleth in the secret 
place of prayer and communion with the God of 
his salvation, shall find the shadow of the Al-
mighty—the Divine mercy and care—spread 
over him for his daily protection and solace.—
Enviable privilege of unhesitating faith ! It 
calls forth the liveliest expressions of our obliga-
tions to God for the past and of our everlasting 
dependence on him for the future. Others 
speculate ; the Christian believes and confesses 
from a full heart all that God has been to him, 
and all that he anticipates from his faithfulness. 
" I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and 
my fortress ; my God, in him will I trust.—
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of 
the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.—
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under 
his wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be 
thy shield and buckler." Yes, it is a source of 
unspeakable comfort to those who are confiding 
with unhesitating steadfastness in such a God, 
that the means, both of the protection and deli-
verence, are hourly and daily under his im-
mediate control, and at his sovereign and gra-
cious disposal. Does He, as it were, take hold 
of shield and buckler, and stand up for our help ? 
Then the most subtle stratagems of the 
cruelest foe cannot prevail, nor can the most 
contagious disease enter our doors. The com-
binations of tender and warlike figures employed 
by the Psalmist are very beautiful and expres-
sive. The fluttering of the parent bird over her 
helpless brood, and the instinctive trust with 
which they nestle beneath the warm shelter of 
her outspread wings, is the very image of God'S 
vigilant care of his people, and the abiding satis-
faction and delight with which they cast them-
selves on his paternal government. His innu-
merable and unfailing promises of support and 
protection in the hour of danger, and their com-
plete fulfilment, may most fitly be called the 
armor that covers the believer's head in the 
season of severe conflict. This confidence in 
God will always be recognized by its sure re-
sults. What else will divest the mind of that 
dread and anxiety which threatening events are 
calculated to inspire ? He who feels that God 
is near to him, for his protection and defence, 
knows not how to yield to undue fear in the 
prescribed path of duty. He retires to rest un-
moved by the thickening shadows of darkness, 
and he rises to go forth to his labor, even when 
disease may be on the wing, calming every per-
turbed feeling by the remembrance, that no 
weapon of death can reach him without receiving 
its command and its aim from God. " Thou 
shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor 
for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the 
pestilence that walk-eth in darkness ; nor for 
the destruction that wasteth at noon day. A 
thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand 
at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh 
thee." In scenes like these, of desolation and 
his soul in undisturbed tranquility, and wait 
with unshaken confidence the event, whether of 
life or death. How often in such seasons have 
the faithful been delivered ?—and when it has 
pleased God to suffer them to fall, how firm has 
been their reliance on his omnipotent arm, and 
how rich their consolation in the moment of 
of their last conflict? Had we more of the fear 
of God upon our minds, all other fears would 
be thereby subdued. A dying saint once beau-
tifully remarked, " There is no danger to the 
Christian." His daughter whispered trembling-
ly, " You do not think there is any danger to 
the Christian ?" " My child," he answered, 
" do not use such a word ; THERE IS NO DANGER 
TO THE CHRISTIAN." 
Prot. Churchman. 
The Plymouth Brethern. 
A correspondent of the N. Y. Independent, 
in writing from Bristol, Eng., gives the follow-
ing account of a new sect, or association, of 
Christian people, into whose company he had 
fallen in his travels, known as the " Plymouth 
Brethren": 
" Among my letters of Introduction, I had" 
one to a gentlemen of Ludlow, a town just on 
the borders of Herefordshire. In the course of 
our conversation he informed me that he be-
longed to a collection—he would not call it a 
sect—of brethern, whose religious services he 
should be very glad to have me attend. After 
some inquiries, I found that they were men who 
had separated themselves from various sects 
and churches, and who met with the idea of re-
storing the worship of God to Apostolic sim-
plicity. They had no settled form of worship—
no minister—no creed—no church officers—arid 
no distinct organization as a church. They 
simply met, a company of believers in Christ, 
in a plain room, and there, as the spirit moved 
each one, he rose to pray, or preach, or read a 
hymn. They wished, he said, to include in their 
company every one who loved Jesus, whatever 
might be their opinions on theoretic matters—
whether he were a Baptist, or Calvanist, or 
Churchman. They wished to free themselves 
from the false forms which had been thrown 
around pure religion, and to give themselves up 
to simple worship and a pure life. They had 
no name, he said, as a sect—they were merely 
" Brethern"—others called them " Plymouth 
Brethren," as the movement first began-in Ply-
mouth. I was much interested in his account 
and resolved to attend their meeting on the next 
day. This attempt to recover " apostolic sim-
plicity" commenced, it seems, about ten years 
ago, and now through Hereforshire, and in 
Bristol and Bath, there are numerous Christians, 
some men of rank and wealth, known as 
"Plymouth Brethren." The Independent min-
ister at Ludlow told me it had almost broken up 
his church, taking from it many of the most 
spiritual, active Christians. I suspect, however, 
generally, " the reform" has reached the Church 
of England much more than the Independents. 
On Sabbath evening, I accompanied my friend 
to their place of worship, a little, plain room, in 
which some 40 or 50 persons were assembled. 
As each one came to his seat, he kneeled on the 
floor in short prayer, before joining in the exer-
cises. The audience seemed composed of vari-
ous classes. Some were women of refinement 
and education apparently, while there were men 
of wild, rough faces, and others who looked like 
intelligent men of the middle classes. Yet, one 
could not but notice, on the faces of nearly all, 
a peculiar expression of enthusiasm or earnest-
ness, as of men on some great enterprise. The 
services opened with a song,sung in sweet, heart-
felt tones, and the simple, earnest prayer which 
followed seemed joined in from the heart by all. 
I could not but be reminded of what the primi-
tive Christians must have been, in the worship 
and in the appearance of those met together.—
One man appeared to lead the exercises,—and 
when the time came for the sermon, he went be-
hind a little desk and delivered his address, 
afterwards calling on one of the members for a 
prayer. Except in the deep attention of the 
worshippers, there was no improvement at all 
on one of our Congregational prayer meetings. 
The sermon was rambling and common-place, 
and, as far as 1 could learn, the only difference 
between the appointment of their preacher and 
ours is, that ours is chosen with reference to 
his qualifications, and theirs to some imagined 
"call of the Spirit." The Independent minister 
called my attention to some pecularities of this 
work of the Spirit. When a stranger was 
there, who could speak well, no one of the 
brethren was " moved " to rise and offer himself 
as their preacher, and it was curious to see, that 
after a while, if a man proved skilled in exhort-
ing, lie was moved constantly to preach. 
The next day, after attending this meeting, I 
arrived in Hereford, and at once was met by 
one of the Brethren, who had heard of me as a 
stranger and one interested in their society.—
There were three of us together, yet he insisted 
on our going to his house and staying with 
him while we were in the city. I was told that 
in hospitality to strangers, as well as in many 
other things, our host often thus imitated apos-
tolic times. And if simple earnestness and the 
most self-sacrificing kindness are evidences of 
" primitive Christianity," these men had cer-
tainly come very near it. 
The next morning at breakfast we met a com-
pany of his friends, and I shall not soon forget 
the impression which those earnest, simple-
hearted men made upon me. In many circles, 
one would be repelled by such constant use of 
religious phrases, but in them it did not seem 
like " cant " at all—rather the usual expression 
with them of true feeling. It was a company, 
too, well worth considering. Opposite me sat a 
middle-aged gentleman, who had been a Major-
General in the East India service, and who be-
longed to one of the first families in the kingdom! 
Yet he had given up his commission and his 
position in society for the sake of doing good 
as art humble Christian. His pay, too, he had 
refused, believing it inconsistent for a religious 
man to receive money for services of such a 
nature. He had been a scholar also, and had 
written a dictionary of the Mapratta tongue.—
Besides him, there was a lieutenant in the 
Navy, who had thrown up his commission from 
similar religious scruples, and a prominent 
surgeon of the city, devoted, like the rest, to 
Christian efforts almost entirely. They had 
been to a prayer meeting, and the conversation, 
with the Bible open on the table, commenced at 
once on a passage in John. It was beautiful, 
the simple, natural way they all conversed of 
religious topics—no straining for sanctity, but 
easily and earnestly, as men usually would 
speak of weighty political matters. But, free 
as is the plan of these Brethren, I am sorry to 
say that in real liberality they do riot go beyond 
most other sects. The conversation that morn-
ing, and indeed all I had with them, showed 
they were quite as exclusive in some respects as 
any sectarians. "They have no creed," yet in 
effect they do have a strict one, as every new 
member is carefully examined on his opinions." 
Prayer Forbidden. . 
" Let it suffice thee ; speak no more unto me 
of this matter."—DEUT. 3 ; 26. 
We are sometimes very anxious for what God 
is not willing to bestow. He will supply all our 
wants, but he will not grant all our wishes.—
He will give us that which is good, though he 
deny us that which is gratifying. Moses was 
very desirous of entering into the promised land ; 
but the Lord had determined to correct his sin ; 
he had prayed, and had been denied ; he is in-
clined to presevere ; but the Lord says : " Speak 
no more unto me of this matter." Even Moses 
cannot prevail. Yea, he is forbidden to pray on 
the subject. So may we on some points. Elijah 
prayed that he might die ; David prayed for the 
life of his child ; yet both were denied. So if 
we pray for health, wealth, ease, or shining 
gifts, the Lord may deny and yet be faithful to' 
his word. He never promised to answer car-
nal prayers, or to give what would do us harm, 
Therefore, when we ask for anything not posi-
tively promised, it should always be in submis-
sion to the will of God. He always wills our 
good, and His love rules over our destiny. 
But though the Lord may refuse us some 
things, and even forbid us to pray for them, yet 
he has promised us enough to satisfy us if rightly 
employed. Let it, therefore, suffice thee, be-
liever, to live upon the promises of thy God; 
for in them there is enough. Are you sick ?—
He saith, " I will make all thy bed in thy sick-
ness." He will perform the part of a kind and 
attentive nurse ; soothing thy soul while thy 
body suffers, and supporting thee under thy 
burden of affliction. Are you poor ? 
He says, 
" I am thy portion." The wealth of Deity is 
thine. God is the portion of thine inheritance, 
and of thy cup he maintaineth thy lot. Are 
you weak? He says, " I am thy strength." " I 
will strengthen thee." And he will be as good 
as his word. He will give strength equal to the 
day. Are you tempted? He will with the 
temptation make a way for your escape. Look 
to Him and your refuge is certain. Trust in 
Him and deliverance is sure. Are you friend-
less? He says, " I have called you friends."—
And he will perform that part of a friend.—
He will counsel, relieve, and comfort you in 
every trouble and distress ; and will never fail 
you nor forsake you. Are you bereaved? He 
asks, " Am I not better to thee than ten children, 
or husbands, or wives, or whatever you have 
lost ?" He can fill every relation, and more 
than make up for every loss. Are you aged ? 
He says, " Even to your old age I am he ; and 
even to your hoar hairs will I carry you : I have 
made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and 
will deliver you. Let it suffice thee, I have 
promised, and I will perform. If I deny what 
you ask, I will give you something better. I 
will make all things work for thy good ; there-
fore he not anxious, complaining, desponding, 
or foreboding." 
Thus you see there is enough promised,—
enough to support us, comfort us, and carry us 
safe home : and if we have all we want, ought 
we not to be satisfied, though we do not have 
His voice never silent. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD, 
was the seventieth current year ; and after which, 
he reigned but seven years. A parallel case in the 
Canon occurs in the accession of ALEXANDER, which 
is dated from his decisive victory at Arbela, Oct. 1, 
B. c. 331, and not from the death of DABrus his rival, 
the year after, about midsummer, B. c. 330. " The 
Greeks themselves considered the Persian empire as 
subverted from that moment ; and accordingly after 
the battle, saluted ALEXANDER as king of Asia, who 
sacrified magnificently to the gods on the occasion." 
—Plutarch's Life of Alexander. 
Thus the Canon dating from one event is accurate in 
its date, while the Scripture, dating from another event 
is accurate in its date. And thus Dr. HALES deducts 
two years from the nine of CYRUS, and adds them to the 
previous period, as an easy mode of reconcil ing the Can-
on with Holy Writ,—not because there is any inaccura-
cy in either, but to adjust the two, the same as we add 
or subtract from the accurate periods of one era, to 
adjust its dates to the like accurate years of another 
era, reckoned from a different epoch. 
Thus the Canon being uniformly constructed, in 
accordance with certain clearly ascertained principles, 
with no departure in any known instance from the 
uniform application of these principles, a perplexity 
which was inexplicable before the discovery of these 
principles, cannot be admitted by any well informed 
chronologist to have any weight since the discovery 
of its conformity to those principles. Dr. JAR-ins 
and others follow the Canon as it stands respecting 
these reigns—keeping in remembrance the two events 
from which the reign of CYRUS is dated. Says Dr. 
J., " I prefer to follow more simply the testimony of 
the Scriptures, and that ,of the Canon of PTOLEMY, 
WHICH WE HAVE FOUND TO BE SO ACCURATE."—
Sermons p. 151. 
As the Canon, in respect to those reigns, is found 
in conformity with its principles of construction, and 
therefore perfectly accurate, when understood ; it 
does not follow that a supposed discrepancy, " found-
ed in ignorance of the principles on which it was 
originally constructed "—Marsham—should give " rea-
son to suspect " errors in other places; for Dr. HALES, 
in illustrating these principles, speaking of this very 
point, says : " In the important period of the captivi-
ty, it is thus easily and naturally reconciled to Holy 
Writ and Sacred Chronology. For though the Chal-
deans might date the sovereignty of CYRUS from that 
decisive victory, which put an end to the independence 
of the Babylonians, yet the several historians would 
naturally date that sovereignty from the capture of 
Babylon, the era of their own deliverance from the 
Babylonish captivity."—vol. 1, p. 284. 
Thus, neither JARVIS or HALES sanctions the sup-
position of an error in the Canon—as this reference 
to their names would lead us to suppose, did we de-
pend on second-hand testimony. 
Having shown the fallacy of " Point 21," a few 
words only will be necessary on his 
" Point 22 : That the adjustment of the Canon to 
the Christian and other eras for the time of the com-
mencement of the reigns of the kings named therein, 
where the time of the commencement of the reigns 
is not marked by eclipses, being a work of compara-
tively modern date, is liable to error, owing to the 
different views entertained by as many able chronolo-
gers as to the precise time of defining the commence-
ment of the several eras." 
This is specious ; but is not sound reasoning. It 
is true that the adjustment of the Canon to the sev-
eral eras, is a work of " modern date" ; but this 
cannot affect the accuracy of the result ; for an eclipse 
whenever accurately calculated, will ever be found 
to have occurred at a given time. And if the eclipses 
recorded to have occurred in certain years of given 
kings, are found by astronomical calculation to have 
transpired in given years of the several eras, all in-
termediate reigns must be of the length assigned to 
them in the Canon, —although they are not marked 
by eclipses. Because if any one of them, by mis-
take, was given one or more years too many or too 
few, the subsequent reigns would all follow a corres-
ponding time earlier or later, which would prevent 
the next recorded eclipse from being found in the 
year indicated. Thus an eclipse mentioned by PTOLE-
MY as occurring in the seventh of CAMBYSES, is found 
by calculation to have been B. c. 523. This is a 
demonstration that he began his reign B. c. 529. The 
Canon gives eight years to him, including the seven 
mouths of his predecessor. His successor, DARIUS 
HYSTASPES, must then have begun to reign B. c. 521. 
Its accuracy is shown by an eclipse in his twentieth 
year, found to have been B. c. 602 ; and one in his 
thirty-first, found to have been B. c. 491. The Can-
on says he reigned thirty-six years. He was then 
succeeded by XERXES, B. c. 485. Several events, 
and the given years in certain wars, are settled by 
subsequent eclipses. The Canon gives the length of 
each reign till we come to the defeat of DARIUS 
ConomANus by ALEXANDER, at the celebrated battle 
of Arbela. The several reigns added, amount to 
one hundred and fifty-four years from the accession of 
XERXES in B. c. 485. Subtract one hundred fifty-four 
from B. c. 485 it brings us to B. c. 331. The date 
of this battle is marked with absolute certainty; for 
all we wish ? The Bible is the directory for 
prayer: it tells us what to pray for, how to 
pray, and what to expect from the Lord. No 
one ever had all he desired in this world, and 
yet every Christian has confessed, " There hath 
not failed one word of all that our God hath 
promised." Let us therefore pray for what our 
God bath promised ; be satisfied with what He 
is pleased to bestow ; remembering that " this 
is the will of God, even our sanctification." If, 
therefore, our will runs in the channel of God's 
will, if we seek our sanctification principally, 
we shall never be disappointed, nor hear Him 
say, " Speak no more unto me of this matter." 
" Help my infirmities, I pray, 
My ignorance remove ; 
0 smile my darkness into day, 
And fill me with thy love." 
Smith's Word for Every One. 
2bucut Cyra. 
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mence in the year B. c. that agrees with 483-33+1 
which is the year of the Julian Period 4263—which 
is four hundred and eighty-three years previous— 
which is B. c. 451. Therefore to have gained his 
point for the year of their termination, he should 
have deducted five yeaas, instead of four, from the 
reign of XERscEs, and added them to that of ARTA-
XERXES—making the latter commence B. c. 470. 
Neglecting to notice this necessary element in the 
adjustment of the dates, he fails to harmonize their 
termination with his assumed epoch for the crucifixion. 
We will, however, show that lie has no authority for 
making the deduction of four years that he has from 
the Canon. 
The great accuracy of the Canon of PTOLEMY, on 
all points where there is any possibility of testing it, 
shows that its author was in possession of correct 
information, and that he was disposed to make a 
legitimate use of the means within his reach. If he 
has given the relative lengths of XERXES' reign and 
ARTAXERXES' incorrectly, it must have been done 
designedly ; for any addition to the one must be the 
precise number of years deducted from the other ! 
If any one did designedly thus corrupt the Canon, 
what could be his motive ? and why was there no 
corruption in other places? for be it remembered the 
author of the Canon was not aware that its accuracy 
would be subsequently astronomically tested. But, 
says the dissenter from the Canon : 
" There being unquestionably errors in the Canon 
as to the length of the reigns of Evil-merodach, Bel- 
shazzar, Cyrus, Esar-haddon, &c., which Dr. Hales in 
his system of Chronology, in his observations on the 
Canon, vol. 1, pp. 173, 166, 167, &c., and Dr. Jarvis 
in the appendix to his discourses on prophecy (at large) 
endeavor to adjust by compensation and otherwise, 
there is reason to suspect, there may be errors therein 
as to the length and time of ending of the reign of 
Xerxes," &c. 
There is here a great misapprehension of the Can-
on on those points. The Canon gives but sixty-seven 
years, or the sixty-eighth current, from the commence-
ment of the Babylonish Captivity, to the first year of 
CYRUS ; and nine years for the length of CYRUS' 
reign. The Scriptural account makes the former 
period two years more ; and other evidence makes it 
absolutely certain that but seven years should be al-
lowed to CYRUS from the conquest of Babylon. To 
harmonize the Canon with the Scripture on this 
point, chronologers were in the habit of deducting 
two years from the time given in the Canon to CYRUS, 
and adding them to the years of EVIL-MERODACH 
and NERRIGLISAR. SCALIGER, PETAVIUS, USHER, 
PRIDEAUX, JACKSON, and others adopted this subtrac-
tion from CYRUS, and addition to the others, " as in-
dispensably necessary to reconcile the Canon to Holy 
Writ," and make it harmonize with JOSEPHUS, who 
says, " In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, which 
was the seventieth from the day of the removal of 
our people from their native land to Babylon," &c.—
Ant. 11. 1. 1. 
But this addition and subtraction was not necessary 
on account of any error in the Canon, but resulted 
from a want of knowledge of the principles on which 
the Canon is constructed, which are now admitted by 
all chronologers to be the following : 
The reigns of kings consist of full or complete 
years of three hundred sixty-five days each. 
Each king's reign begins at the Thoth or New 
Year's day before his accession, and all the odd 
months of his last year are included in the first year 
of his successor. 
Names of kings who reigned less than a year 
are omitted in the Canon, and their time is included 
in the first year of their successor. 
In a change of dynasty, the new king dates not 
from the death, or entire overthrow of the former ; 
but from the first decisive victory gained over the old 
dynasty, which gives him the ascendancy. 
In illustration of the second rule, the death of 
ALEXANDER was on the 22d of May H. c. 323 ; but 
the era of his successor, PHILIP ARIDEUS, began in 
the Canon the preceding New Year's day, Nov. 12, 
B. c. 224—as confirmed by CENSORIUS. TIBERIUS 
died March 16, A. D. 37 ; but the Canon begins the 
reign of his successor at the preceding new year, 
Aug. 14, A. D. 36.* 
In illustration of the 3d rule, LABOROSARCHAD 
reigned only nine months, which are included in the 
first year of NABoNADrus. The seven months of 
SMERDIS MAGUS are included in the reign of CAM-
BYSES, which was actually no more than seven years 
and five months, and made eight in the Canon. 
The 4th rule applies to the case in question. The 
Canon dates the accession of CYRUS, not from the 
capture of Babylon, B. c. 536, but from the decisive 
victory over the king of Babylon two years previous, 
B. c. 538, when he defeated him in a pitched battle 
and drove the Babylonians into the city, which, two 
years subsequently, he took by stratagem, during a 
drunken festival. The Scripture reckons the first 
year of CYRUS from the conquest of the city, to 
which time from the commencement of the captivity 
* There being but 365 days to a year, it was a movable year, which 
retrograded one day every four years,—but is easily reducible to 
the Julian year. 
Ptu'rmicit records an eclipse of the moon eleven days 
before that battle, which astronomy shows was Sept. 
20, B. C. 331 and . 
Al. P. 4383. Now had there been 
an error in the assigned length in the Canon of any 
of these intermediate reigns, there would have been 
a deficiency, or superabundance in the sum total of 
the years between the two named points. And the 
only possible room for an error to exist, would be in 
the wilful subtraction of a number of years from 
those of one reign, and their addition to those of 
another, — between some two points indicated by 
eclipses, 
It is true that if the Canon had been thus corrupt-
ed in the proportionate lengths of the reigns of 
XERXES and ARTAXERXES,—what being taken from 
one being added to the other—it would not effect the 
sum of the reigns, or the subsequent years indicated 
by eclipses. But as we have shown that such a cor-
ruption must have been a wilful corruption, before 
we can suppose such an improbability respecting a 
Canon so accurate, in the absence of all motive for 
such a corruption, and when the party making it must 
have been ignorant of the test which the Canon would 
subsequently be subjected to, by the comparison of 
eclipses, it will require evidence amounting to a 
demonstration that such corruption exists. Does 
such evidence exist? We shall see that it does not. 
HENGSTENBERG, in his Christology, to make out his 
hypothesis respecting the seventy weeks, placing their 
" terminus a quo " in the twentieth of ARTAXERXES, 
and the crucifixion in A. D. 33, near the middle of the 
last week, and its " terminus ad quern " in A. D. 36—
found it necessary to date the first of ARTAXERXES as 
much earlier than it could be, consistently with the 
record of the Canon, as the twentieth year was later 
than the seventh, minus the three years extending sub-
sequent to his date for the crucifixion. Deducting these, 
the difference between the seventh and twentieth of 
ARTAXERXES would be reduced to ten years. Then by 
dating the twentieth of ARTAXERXES in B. F. 455, 
instead of B. c. 445 as required by the conditions of 
the Canon, and reckoning the seventy weeks from 
that point he was enabled to bring the middle of the 
last week where he wished. But as he was forced 
to acknowledge that : " all chronologists agree, that 
the commencement of the reign of XERXES lidls in 
the year 485 before CHRIST, and the death of ARTA-
XERXES in the year 423," (p. 394, v. 2.) he could not 
bring the twentieth of the latter to harmonize with 
the required year unless he deducted ten years from 
the length of the former, and added them to the latter, 
so as to make the last commence that length of time 
earlier. He did not dare to charge a toilful corrup-
tion in the Canon, or its compiler, but argued that in 
an early copy, for which he presents no evidence by 
any comparison of MSS., an is (11) was confounded 
with xci.. (21) in the length of the reign of XERXES ; 
and that " the shortening of the reign of ARTAXERXES 
to forty-one years, necessarily followed." 
To this we reply, that had there been a mistake of 
an I for a :s in an early copy, it would not have fol-
lowed that the next reign would have been purposely 
shortened to correspond, unless it was done at a time 
when the modern test of chronological accuracy 
showed the necessity of such a rectification. And if 
done at such a time, the evidence of the rectification 
would exist, and the means be at hand to demonstrate 
the alteration of the Canon. HENGSTENBERG'S sup-
position of such a mistake is therefore unfounded, 
and only existed in his own imagination. 
Our present author, however, has a different hy-
pothesis to sustain. He wishing to terminate the 
sixty-ninth week at the crucifixion, and in A. D. 33,—
which we will show was two years subsequent to the 
crucifixion,—thinks it necessary to commence them 
B. c. 450,—one year too late for his purpose. In 
looking around for an event from which to date them, 
he concludes that if ARTAXERXES can be assumed to 
have reigned four years longer than the Canon re-
cords, and consequently to have begun four years 
earlier, that he may then date from the twentieth of 
that king's reign. He then takes HENGSTENBERG and 
quotes such portions of his argument for a variation 
of ten years, as he can make applicable to a variation 
of four—not noticing that five were necessary for his 
hypothesis—and copies from that author the quota 
tions from the several writers referred to by him 
which could be made to subserve the same purpose 
and give the conclusion arrived at a show of authori- 
ty. But to reduce the twenty one years of XERXES 
to seventeen, as there would be no danger of c (17) 
ever having been mistaken for x.ss (21), he loses the 
most plausible argument of HENGSTENBERG, and has 
no resource hut to adopt the very flimsy conclusion of 
WEssEnnao, the only writer recorded who assigns 
forty-five years to ARTAXERXES, and who without 
hesitation rejects " the authority of the Canon." 
Now the same reasoning which actuated him in 
deducting four years from the reign of XERXES, and 
Using HENGSTENBERG'S argument for a deduction of 
ten, to substantiate it, would have caused him instead 
thereof, to have made the deduction of two, three, 
five, six, or any number of years, had either of 
those numbers better subserved the desired object. j
4 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1850. 
CHRONOLOGY OF ARTAXERXES. 
"BRO. BLISS :—What do you think of Reed's argument 
on the commencement of the reign of Artaxerxes'? Please 
let me know your views. 
LITCH. 
Philadelphia, July 28th, 1850. 
As otherk, have made a similar inquiry, instead of 
sending a private answer to this, we make a reply to 
all. 
Our opinion, that it is fallacious, might be easily 
stated ; but it might not be so readily appreciated 
unless accompanied by the reasons which bring us to 
this conclusion. 
If any real light could be given on the prophetic 
periods, we should be most happy to receive it ; but 
wisdom forbids our deceiving ourselves or others, by 
receiving as evidence that which will not bear the 
test of a critical examination. 
The Canon of PTOLEMY gives twenty-one years to 
the reign of XERXES, and forty-one to that of ARTA-
XERXES his successor. It is entirely too late in the 
day to question the accuracy of the Canon, or to ad-
vance an argument based on its supposed inaccuracy. 
Its accuracy is demonstrated by the concurrent agree-
ment of eclipses, which mark given years in the 
reigns of kings noted in the Canon, and which calcu-
lated by modern astronomers are found to fall in the 
very years of the several eras corresponding with the 
years of the Canon. An entire agreement, in every 
point where it is possible to test its accuracy, being 
found, and no point being discoverable where a dis-
crepancy exists, all chronologers will, at this day, 
pause long before they presume that an error exists 
in points not covered by evidence. 
The one to whose argument reference is here made, 
has deducted four years for the length of the reign 
of XERXES, as given in the Canon—reducing it to 
seventeen years and has added the same to the forty-
one years of ARTAXERXES, making his reign forty-
five years. This does not vary the beginning of the 
reign of XERXES from 485 B. c. ; or the end of AR-
TAXERXES, from 423 B. c. But by terminating the 
former four years earlier, it enables him to commence 
the latter B. C. 469 : and so he finds the twentieth of 
ARTAXERXES in B. c. 450. Then dating the seventy 
weeks from this date, he terminates the sixty-ninth 
in A. D. 33—USHER'S date for the crucifixion. 
By the same process he might have added, or taken, 
any number of years from either, and thus have 
brought the twentieth of ARTAXERXES in any given 
year B. c. — the fallacy of which will be made ap-
parent. But before showing this, it may be proper 
to remark, that to terminate the sixty-ninth week in 
A. D. 33, it would be necessary for them to com-
mence B. c. 451 — one year previous to the time 
assigned ! For in any period commencing prior to 
our A. D. and extending since that epoch, the sum of 
the years current B. c. and those of A. D. must be 
one more than the full years in the period subtend-
ing them. This will be apparent to all who are 
familiar with the fact that any current year B. c. or 
D. is not that number of full years anterior, or 
subsequent, to that epoch, but is in the year of the 
given numeral. Thus, from April 3d B. c. 1, to April 
3d A. D. 1, would be just one year ; from April 3d 
c. 2, to April 3d A. D. 2, on the same principle, 
would be just three years—i. e. just one year less 
than the sum of the years B. c. and A. D. See Har-
mony of the Vulgar Era and Julian Period on p. 36 
of the Sacred Chronology. 
Consequently to terminate the sixty-nine weeks, 
or four hundred and eighty-three years in A. D. 33—
the year of the Julian Period 4746, they must corn- 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
The reasons adduced in support of a deduction of 
four years, copied from HENGSTENBERG'S argument 
for a deduction of ten, will be shortly considered. 
But it should be first distinctly seen that he has also 
misapprehended the adjustment of the Olympiads to 
our common era. He assumes " that the first year 
of the reign of ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS [Point 3] 
began in the second year of the 77th Olympiad," and 
that this year of the Olympiad, [Point 5] " is the 
year 469 before our A. D." His argument is thus : 
" Point 4. That the first Olympiad fell, according 
to the most accurate computations, in the 776th year 
before the computation of time now in use, and ex-
actly 775 full years before our Anno Domini.—Jar-
vis' Intro., ch. h., p. 40: Lon. Ency., vol 16. &c. 
76th Oly.X4=304 years. 
2 2d year of 77th Olymp. 
775 years-306 years=169 years. 
It is true that Dr. JARVIS, in his Introduction to 
Church History, and all chronologists, according to 
the most accurate computations, have forever settled 
the question, that the year 1 of the first Olympiad be-
gan B. c. 776.—See also our " Sacred Chronology," 
pp. 19-22. But it is a gross mistake therefore to 
conclude that 01. 77-2 corresponds with B. c. 469. 
The second year of 01. 77 would be the three hun-
dred and sixth year from the commencement of the 
1st Olympiad ; and would not complete three hun-
dred and six years till the beginning of the 3d year 
of this Olympiad. But counting this, to adjust it to 
our era, three hundred and six must be deducted from 
the year preceding, and not from the year following 
the one in which the first Olympiad commenced.—
Thus 777-306=171. If not counted, there would 
be one year less, or three hundred and five years to 
deduct; and this should be taken, not from the year 
following, but from the year of their commencement, 
viz., B. c. 776. Thus, 776-305=171. Here was 
our author's second fatal mistake. For if 01. 1. 1 be-
gan in B. c. 776, they would harmonize as follows :— 
a. c. 777. 
B C. 772. 
B. C. 774. 
01. 1. I. 
B. C. 771. 
B. c. 77.5. 
01 I. 2. 
B. C. 774. 
Oh 3. 
B. C. 773. 
01. 1 4. 
01. 2. 1. 01. 2. 2. &c. 
Consequently, as B. c. 777 is the year of our era 
which precedes the first year of the 1st Olympiad, any 
given year in the era of the Olympiads must be de-
ducted from this number to get its corresponding year 
in our era. This is fully sustained by Drs. HALES 
and PRIDEAUX, HENGSTENBERG, Dr. JARVIS, DIODO-
RUS SICULUS, and every author to which Esquire 
REED has made reference. His omission to notice 
this is the more surprising, because in Dr. JAR-
VIS' Introduction to Church History, to which he re-
fers for proof of the commencement of the era of the 
Olympiads, and which we conclude he has of course 
consulted, there is expressly shown " the method by 
which these ancient dates are adjusted to the modern 
computation of time ; " which " is done partly by 
historic testimony, and partly by astronomical com-
putation."—p. 32. Even on p. 40, the very page to 
which he makes reference, Dr. J., in harmonizing the 
4th year of the 91st Olympiad,—in which DIODORUS 
SICULUS dates an eclipse that occurred in the 19th 
year of the Peloponnesian war,—which was the 
three hundred and sixty-fourth year from the com-
mencement of the Olympic Era, makes but three 
hundred and sixty-three solid years,—one year less 
than the year current,—which he deducts from 4301, 
the year of the Julian Period in which the eclipse is 
found by astronomical calculation to have occurred. 
This gives the year 3938 as the year of the Julian 
Period which synchronizes with B. c. 776, the year 
of the commencement of the era of the Olympiads. 
With this illustration before him, Esquire REED has 
departed two years from the standard to which he re-
fers as authority,—has deducted the year current, in-
stead of the full years, from the year following, in-
stead of from the year of their commencement,—a 
difference of a year by each variation,—or two in all. 
By so doing he darkens what PETAVIUS calls, " the 
torch-light of ancient history." 
To harmonize any year of our LORD with the Olym-
pic era, the current year of our LORD must be sub-
tracted from the current year of this era. Thus Dr. 
HALES harmonized A. D. 238 with the 1014th year of 
that era, by deducting the one from the other—ma-
king B. c. 776. But when he wishes to harmonize 
the year of an eclipse which occurred in the third 
year of the 140th Olympiad, and which is found to 
have been in B. c. 218, he adds to this the full years 
of the Olympiad, being 139X4-j--2=558, which, 
added to B. C. 218=B. c. 776.—See Sacred Chronolo-
gy, p. 21. 
In subtracting 306, the year current, from B. c. 
775, the one whose argument we are forced to dissent 
from, actually places the commencement of the 1st 
Olympiad at the end of the second year, according to 
his own confession ! This entirely defeats his whole 
theory ; for if he has placed the first year of ARTA-
XERXES two years too late according to his own con-
ditions, the twentieth from which he reckons would 
be also two years earlier than B. C. 450,—i. e., in B. 
c. 452, which would bring the end of the sixty-nine 
weeks only to A. D. 31—thet rue year of the cruci- 
fixion. 
All of whom say that Xerxes reigned twenty-one years, and Ar-
taxerxes forty-one. 
therefore the less liable to err.—Heng. Chris., vol. 2, 
p. 401. 
Also, Plutarch, (Lffe of Themistocles,) who inti-
mates the weight of testimony is on the side of Thu-
cydides, and that the testimony of Thucydides on this 
point seems most agreeable to chronology. Also, 
Cur. Nepos who says he believes that Thucydides 
knew best as to this matter, being the nearest to those 
times, of those who have written on this subject : also 
Suidas and the Scholiast on Aristoph Equites—Heng. 
Chris., ssol. 2d, p. 401. 
Giving all possible weight to the opinions of these 
writers,, that THEMISTOCLES actually fled to Persia 
after the accession of ARTAXERXES, it does not by 
any means follow that we are therefore to contract 
the reign of XERXES, and to enlarge that of AR-
TAXERXES ; for, 
That would be " contrary," says Dr. PRIDEAUX, 
" to all that have wrote of those times, whether ancients 
or moderns; and especially to Ptolemy, who, in his 
Canon, assigns twenty-one years to Xerxes, and no 
more than forty-one to Artaxerxes, including the 
short reigns of Xerxes and Sogdianus his sons, in 
the last of them. And although the authority of 
Thucydides be great, and Plutarch tells us that he 
bath Charon of Lampsacus also on his side, yet the 
same Plutarch, from a great number of other ancient 
writers, and of as good authority, concludes the con-
trary; but, 2dly, although the authority of Thucy-
dides and Charon of Lampsacus should be allowed 
to be incontestable, and all other authorities must be 
set aside to make place for theirs; yet this will not 
infer, that the beginning of the reign of Artaxerxes 
Longimanus must therefore be put nine years higher 
than all others have put it, since the matter may be 
as well adjusted by bringing theflight of Themistocles 
nine years lower; and this way Mr. Dodwell hath 
thllowed, and it is much the better of the two. Fur 
this only lays aside the authority of Diodorus Siculus, 
who fixeth the flight of Themistocles to the year above 
mentioned ; whereas the other runs counter to that of 
all others that have wrote of the matter which it relates 
to. But that which looks hardest in this opinion is, 
for the sake of any historical writer, to lay aside the 
authority of Ptolemy's Canon, which is built upon 
astronomical demonstrations. Although Thucydides 
be a grave author, and of incontestable anthority in 
those matters of the Peloponnesian war which he 
writes of (for they were done in his time, and he 
was near at hand to be well informed of them, and 
he himself was an accurate observer,) yet it is possi- 
ble lie might be mistaken in what he tells us of the 
Persian affairs, which were done at a distance (as 
this was,) and before his time ; for he was just born 
when this flight of Themistocles happened. But 
Ptolemy's Canon being fixed by the eclipses, the 
truth of it may at any time be demonstrated by astrono- 
mical calculations, and no one bath ever calculated 
those eclipses but hath found them fall right in the 
times where placed; and therefore, this being the 
surest guide which we have in the chronology, and 
it being also verified by its agreement every where 
with the holy scriptures, it is not, for the authority 
of any other human writing whatsoever, to be receded 
from.—Hist. Jews, vol. 1, p. 242. 
According to PRIDEAUX, therefore, it seems that 
PLUTARCH does not, as our author affirms he does, re-
gard the testimony of THUCYDIDES as the most agree-
able to chronology, and having the weight of testi-
mony on its side; for he says expressly that "PLU-
TARCH, from a great number of other ancient writers, 
and of as good authority, concludes to the contrary." 
These mistakes, misapprehensions, and misunder-
standings, when thrown out with such positiveness 
and show of authority, are very likely to be received 
with confidence by the credulous to whom 
" trifles light as air, 
Are confirmation strong as Holy Writ," 
and who regard " with interest," and unqualifiedly en-
dorse whatever they cannot comprehend, or refute 
—a fine illustration of the truth of MONTAIGNE'S re-
mark, that " nothing is so firmly believed as that 
which we least know." The last " fact" presented 
in defence of this point is: 
" Themistocles on his passage from Greece into 
Asia, fell in with the Athenian fleet besieging Naxos. 
—Thuvy. 1. b. The siege of Naxos, according to 
Thucydides, chap. 100, happened before the great 
battle of the Eurymedon—as this was the first con-
siderable undertaking of the Athenians against the 
Persians, the war with whom formed the only ground 
for the important requisitions which they mad upon 
their allies.—Thucy. 1. 94. It cannot, on the most 
weighty testimonies, be placed later than the year 
469 before our A. D." 
A wonderful conclusion this ! Because THEMIS-
TOCLES on his passage from Greece fell in with the 
Athenian fleet, which was previous to the battle of 
Eurymedon, therefore it could not be later than B. c. 
469 ! Of course it could not, nor so late by two 
full years ! The battle of Enrymedon, according to 
the authority from which our author quotes was in 
the year 470 ; and Hengstenberg argues that the 
flight must been three years previous, or in B. c. 
473, and not certainly later than'471 ! That the 
above is taken from Hengstenberg will he seen by 
by the following, from his Christology 
According to Thucyd. 1, 136, Themistocles, on 
his passage to Asia, fell in with the Athenian fleet, 
which was besieging Naxos. This siege of Naxos, 
however, according to the testimony of Thucydides, 
chap. 100, which makes all other arguments super-
fluous, happened before the great victory of the 
Athenians on the Eurymedon, which, according to 
Diodorus, belongs to the year 470, and cannot be 
placed later, because this was the first considerable 
undertaking of the Athenians against the Persians, 
the war with whom formed the only ground for the 
important requisitions which they made upon their 
allies ; comp. Thucyd. 1, 94. Hitherto, since the 
supremacy had passed over to the Athenians, scarcely 
any thing had been done against the Persians, except 
the taking of the unimportant sEgon. Thucydides 
also leads us to about the same as that given by 
Diodorus, who connects the defection of Thasos (467) 
with 'spy& so-s-gpow, which cannot stand where events 
immediately succeed each other. Even for these 
reasons the siege of Naxos and the flight of Themisto-
cles do not fall after 471. If, however, we consider, 
that Naxos was the first confederate city with which 
the Athenians were involved in discord, comp. 
Thucyd. P. 1, 98, (which, from the nature of the 
case, as is rendered especially clear by the remarks 
of Thucydides and a comparison of the later historians, 
could scarcely have first happened after seven years,) 
and if we farther consider the way in which Thu-
cydides, chap. 98, connects the events, from the 
transfer of the supremacy until the capture of Naxos, 
with one another we shall, without hesitation, place 
the latter some years earlier, in the year 474, 473.—
Hcng. Chris., vol. 2, p. 406. 
When Hengstenberg shows that this flight could 
not be later than B. C. 471—which was the true year 
of its occurrence—why does our author copy the 
same argument, and substitute 469 l'Or 471, without 
intimating any inaccuracy in his authority? A simi-
lar law quotation would call forth a slight reprimand 
from his honor the Judge. The fact is that Hengsten-
berg was very anxious to date this flight in 773, two 
years before its actual chronology; but our author 
wishing to date it two years later than he has war-
rant to do, has to resort to the very arguments, ad-
duced thr the earlier date, without giving any evi-
dence of their insufficiency for the purpose first quoted. 
His next Point that bears on the length of the reign 
of Xerxes is the 12th : 
" That Xerxes, father of Artaxerxes, did not reign 
twenty-one years, the length of time assigned to his 
reign in the Canon, is clear from a comparison of 
the statements of Justin the historian, 1 c. with those 
of Ctesias, the historian, ch. 22, respecting the age 
of Darius, the eldest son of Xerxes at his father's 
death (Hengs. Chris., vol. 2, p. 398) ; and from 
the circumstance that after the close of the war 
between Xerxes and the Grecians, no later events are 
intro& ced in the reign of Xerxes, except one incon-
siderable transaction recorded by Ctesias. And that 
if Xerxes reigned twenty-one years, the last years of 
his reign are a complete tabula rasa.' "—Hengs. 
Chris., vol. 2, p. 398. 
Hengstenberg says : " the whole period from the 
11th year is a complete tabula rasa." 
Why is this 
changed to the " last years ?" Because if from " the 
11th year," being a tabula rasa, invalidates the argu-
ment of a longer duration to the reign of XERXES, it 
would overthrow the theory which our author is 
endeavoring to establish—and hence the change.—
But the argument is neither true or valid. After 
the 11th, the flight of THEMISTOCLES occurred in his 
15th year ; the sailing of CIMON from Athens (Diod. 
et Plutarchus, ibid Thucydides, lib. 1) over to the 
coast of Asia, the 16th, and to the Hellespont in the 
17th, and the death of XERXES in his 21st. But if 
true it would not be valid, because it would be by 
no means wonderful that a few years should be passed 
over in history, without being connected with the 
record of important events. 
As we have seen that to terminate the 69th week 
in A. D. 33, they must commence B. c. 451, and 
XERXES must have died in his 16th year, one year 
earlier than was discovered by our author, we may 
enquire in what respect the testimony of JUSTIN 
respecting the age of his son DARIUS, affects the 
question ? He says that DARIUS was an adolescens, 
i. e. he was still growing, was immature, had not 
reached manhood. Bet CTESIAS, according to 
HENGSTENBERG, makes DARIUS born about tent years 
before XERXES began to reign, and ARTAXERXES six 
years. And hence HENGSTENBERG concludes that 
XERXES could not have reigned more than eleven 
years, making Da WS then twenty-one and ARTAXER-
XES seventeen. Now if XERXES reigned seventeen 
years as our author contends, DARIUS must have been 
twenty-seven, and could have been no adolescens; so 
that a comparison of the statements of JUSTIN and 
CTESIAS are no more in favor of his own theory, 
than of the true chronology for that period. We are 
amazed at this copying of HENGSTENBERG'S argu-
ments, and then concluding that some result, diverse 
from HENGSTENBERG'S is correct, without claiming 
that HENGSTENBERG'S argument is at all misapplied. 
On the same principle might we give the demonstra-
tion of one mathematical proposition, and then con-
clude that some other one was solved 1 Or we 
might argue because the sun rises in the east, and 
dog days occur in August, that therefore Gen. Taylor 
could not have been at the battle of Buena Vista !—
There is the same relevancy in the one argument 
that there would be in the other. 
According to JUSTIN, ARTAXERXES "was a mere 
lad when his father died."—Prid. His. Jews, vol. 1, 
p. 241. But this could not be ; for in that case he 
would not lie of proper age to receive the address 
that THEMISTOCLES is reported to have made to the 
King of Persia, or to have made his skilfully executed 
plans for the defeat of Artabanus. Hence we see the 
insufficiency of JusTIN's statement. 
Reference is made to ROLLIN and others, as to men 
of the greatest learning, who have paid no attention 
to the Canon as to the length of ARTAXERXES reign. 
Why refer to ROLLIN ? He does not claim to be 
learned in chronology. Let him speak for himself : 
" Archbishop USHER is my usual guide in chrono-
logy."—Vol. 1, 8 vo., p. 20. Again, speaking of the 
flight of THEMISTOCLES and the history of ESTHER, 
he says : " I have already declared more than once, 
that I would not engage in controversies of this kind : 
and therefore with respect to this flight of THEMIS-
TOCLES into Persia, and the history of ESTHER, I shall 
follow the opinion of the learned USHER, any usual 
guide on these occasions."—lb. p..240. 
The others referred to, had a theory to sustain, 
and only departed from the Canon on this point, for 
the reason that our author does to sustain his. 
As the whole hypothesis of our author rests on 
the accuracy of his addition of four years to the reign 
of ARTAXERXES, when we have seen that five were 
needed for his argument, and the harmony of 01. 
772 with B. C. 469, when we have seen that it 
synchronizes with B. c. 471 as shown by his own 
authorities, his whole theory fails—although many 
of his points, like the 9th, Nth, 11th, and other points 
which do not affect the argument, in the absence of the 
material ones. It will therefore not be necessary 
to examine the other points seriatim. We will how-
ever devote an article to the date of the crucifixion, 
showing that USHER'S argument, which fixes it in A.D. 
33, is unsound, and two years subsequent to its true 
chronology. 
We now come to the " facts," copied from HNEG-
STENBERG, on which he bases his conclusions. He 
says : — 
" Diodorus Siculus, the historian, informs us in his 
11th book, that Themistocles, the Athenian, having 
been suspected- of treason by the Grecians, fled from 
Greece into Asia, in the 2d year of the 77th Olytn-
piad.—Diod. Sic. ,b. XI., Dean Prid. con. vol. 2,p.44. 
This is true. His words are : " DIODORUS Stets--
nes tells us that THEMISTOCLES fled into Persia in the 
second year of the 77th Olympiad, several years be-
.fore the death of Xerxes."—vol. 1, p. 241. But Dr. 
PRIDEAUX expressly places this in B. c. 471.—p. 218. 
Also HENGSTENBERG says : " DIODORUS SICULUS, 
who (11, 55) places the flight of THEMISTOCLES in 
01. 77. 2 (B. c. 471), in any event favors our determi-
nation, which ascends only two years higher,"—i.e., 
to B. C. 473 ; for he says : " THUCYDIDES compels us, 
without reserve, to place the flight of THEMISTOCLES 
not below the year 473." He also adds: "Our de-
termination differs only a single year from that of 
EUSEBIUS, who relates the flight of THEMISTOCLES in 
01. 77. 1,"—i. e., in 472.—Hengst., vol. 2, p. 402. 
As DIODORUS SICULUS dates the flight of THEMISTO-
CLES two years too early for the purpose of our au-
thor, instead of being for, it is expressly against his 
deductions. He next affirms that 
Thucydides, the Greek historian, cotemporane-
ous with Artaxerxes Longimanus, in his 1st book 
says that Themistocles fled from the Grecians into 
Asia, to Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, for protec-
tion, yEsosri ies.sareona., newly reigning." 
This he finds in Hengstenberg (vol. 2, p. 400), 
who candidly confesses,—which confession our au-
thor withholds,—that " this connection has not, in-
deed, the unanimous testimony of ancient writers in 
its favor." While Hengstenberg finds only Thucy-
dides, and Charon of Lampsacus, as vouchers for the 
flight of Themistocles to Artaxerxes, he frankly 
adds : " On the contrary, others, Ephorus, Dinon, 
Klitarch, and Heraclides (comp, Plitt. 1 c.) represent 
him as going to Xerxes." But whether he fled to 
Xerxes, or to Artaxerxes, is not material to the pres-
ent argument ; for as has been already shown, the as-
sumed year of his flight is two years too early ! and 
could it be shown that he fled to Artaxerxes, instead 
of its proving that this monarch began to reign in 01. 
97-2, it would only prove that the flight of Themis-
tocles was not thus early—the two not being recon-
cilable. We next find the following reference to Dr. 
Prideaux : — 
" Dean Prideaux remarks (con. vol. 2, p. 44), 
from the passage in Thucydides, that it is plain that 
Thucydides speaks of Artaxerxes as then newly 
reigning after his father's death." 
From this reference, we should naturally conclude 
that Dr. Prideaux sanctioned the opinion of Thucy-
dides ; but he only refers to it to show its insufficien-
cy ; for he adds : " The Canon of Ptolemy, Diodo-
rus Sieulus, Plutarch, Africanus, Eusebius,* and all 
others that write of these times, being against him 
herein, it is much more probable, that Thucydides 
was out in this particular ; for although he be a very 
exact historian, in the affairs of Greece, of which he 
professedly writes, yet is possible he might be mista-
ken in those of Persia, which he treats of by the by." 
—Prid. Con. v. 1, p. 219. 
We proceed with the consideration of the " facts:" 
" From the letter of Themistocles to Artaxerxes, 
given at length in Thucydides, wherein he expressly 
mentions the father of Artaxerxes, it is perfectly 
clear that it was to Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes, 
that Themistocles fled for protection from the Gre-
cians."—Thucyd., b. 1. 
Thucydides represents that Themistocles wrote a 
letter to the Persian king previous to his introduction 
to his presence, but is not sustained in this by standard 
historians, who minutely represent how he fell on 
his face before the king, and when raised up, said by 
an interpreter, " I am Themistocles, the Athenian," 
&c.—Rollin, vol. 1, p. 240. Prideaux narrates how, 
on his first arrival in Persia, he was " introduced into 
Xerxes' presence," and how lie related to Xerxes 
his agency " in hindering the Greeks from pursuing 
after the battle of Salamis, and obstructing his re-
treat over the Hellespont."—v. 1, p. 218. The 
words attributed to him in his letter are similar to 
those represented in his speech to the king. Rollin, 
who, though not a chronologist, was a reputable his-
torian, represents that he was unknown to the king 
till he thus announced himself. And this is very 
probable ; for the king had offered a reward of two 
hundred talents (£45,000) to any one who should 
deliver him ; and for delivering himself he gave the 
reward to him. Had it been known that he was on 
the way to the court (lie went thither disguised), oth-
ers would have sought the reward. Thucydides' idea 
that he sent a letter to the king, is thus seen to be 
less probable than that he appeared and spoke by an 
interpreter. As the battle of Salamis was fought B. 
c. 480, which is settled by an eclipse soon after (Sac. 
Chron., p. 39) ; and as Artaxerxes was not present 
at that battle, Xerxes could have been the only one 
into whose presence Themistocles was introduced on 
his arrival in Persia, and must have been reigning at 
that time. We proceed : — 
" With Thucydides, on this point, agrees Charon 
of Lampsacus, a writer of history before Herodotus, 
and who at the very time of this event lived in Asia, 
UOSMMTOPIEMWOM. 
LETTER FROM THE S. A. CHURCH IN 
BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
To the faithful scattered abroad: — 
DEARLY BELOVED : — The painful trials through 
which we are called to pass, seem to allow of a word 
of mutual exhortation. 
We have been a tried and an afflicted people. But 
though cast down, we are not destroyed ; though 
persecuted, we are not forsaken ; though often torn, 
and wounded, by internal division, yet many of our 
hearts are still knit together in indisseverable love. 
In proportion as it is " pleasant for brethren to 
dwell together in unity," is it painful for them to be 
divided. Our Saviour informed us, that we should 
be " hated of all nations "—that " all manner of evil 
should be said against us falsely for his sake." Why 
is it so Was Abel a thief, a robber, a liar, that 
Cain rose up and slew him? Why did a professedly 
religious nation crucify the immaculate Saviour ? —
They said that he was a deceitful man — a wine-bib-
ber, a gluttonous man, and a friend of publicans and 
sinners. But 300,000,000 of the present generation 
believe that they said those things through malice and 
hatred. Why did that nation persecute to death most 
of his followers ? Why did Pagan Rome put to death 
3,000,000, and Papal Route 50,000,000 of the saints? 
Why were the early Methodists everywhere mobbed, 
or silenced by the magistrate ? Why were the early 
Baptists imprisoned in England, and whipped out of 
town, at the tail of a cart, throughout New England 
Why were Luther and his colleagues said to be licen-
tious men, to have held conventions with devils, to 
have been devils-incarnate ? And why was Bro. 
Miller said to have absconded to England with $50,000 
to have built stone walls, and new houses, and barns 
to have hoarded away barrels of jewelry, &c. &c.? 
And why has Bro. Himes been reported to have 
charged the Society in Chardon-street Chapel ten 
dollars for the labors of Bro. Edwin Burnham a Sab-
bath, without paying it to him — to have assisted a 
rum-seller in his business — to have obtained $1500 
of Sister Riley, and then to have obtained Bro. Ri-
ley's testimony that he never gave anything — to have 
cheated a certain Quaker, &c. &c.? This is all 
clearly the work — not of one man, but of one great 
Intelligence, through many men. — now popularly 
called " Rumor and Common Fame." The late pro-
ceedings appear to us but one link in a long chain of 
attempts to ruin, unjustly, important instrumentalities 
employed for the enlightenment arid salvation of men. 
It has ever been thus ; it must ever be thus, till Satan 
shall be cast into the bottomless pit. 
David's worst trials arose from those " with whom 
he had walked to the house of God in company ;" 
Paul's, from " a false apostle," and " false breth-
ren." Christ was betrayed by one of his disciples, 
and more than 50,000,000 of martyrs fell by Chris-
tian hands, and for the glory of God ! The Saviour 
has oftener been " wounded in the house of his 
I friends," than by open enemies. In every age of the 
church, more evil has resulted to her by those who 
" went out from us, because they were not of us," 
than from all other sources. 
Those trials have ever been so severe, that only 
those who are illustrated by the good seed sown in 
good ground, could endure them. Many endured but 
fur a while, and then fell away, and have walked no 
more with us. Verily, " it is through much tribula-
tion that we must enter into the kingdom." 
Standing at this point of view, our surprise ex-
ceeds expression, that brethren who had been enlight-
ened to know these things, could have taken reports 
(since proved untrue) against a brother long-tried and 
well-known among us, and circulated them exten-
sively, both written and orally, without ever hinting 
it to him ; and even walking, riding, sitting, meeting 
in the house of God, and partaking of the holy com-
munion with him, in the time ! Our surprise rises 
higher still, that those brethren, after thus violating 
the plainest gospel rules in this case, (Matt. 18:15-
17,) should raise an objection to stating those " ru-
mors " in Conference before their brethren. Was it 
not more in accordance with the gospel to have stated 
them before Bro. Himes, in presence of a body of 
disinterested brethren, than to have previously stated 
them privately to brethren, even to the most distant 
parts of our land ? Our surprise rises higher still, 
that those brethren should have claimed the right to 
try Bro. Himes by the church of which his principal 
accusers were members, while his character and use-
fulness as much belong to us, and to every other Ad-
vent church in the land, as to them. But our sur-
prise at last finds a climax when, instead of accept-
ing Bro. Himes' proposition, " to lay the whole case 
before a MUTUAL COUNCIL, and abide their decision," 
his accusers decline this fair offer, and attempt—not 
to settle it, but to expose Bro. Hines, first, through 
a daily paper ; and second, by a pamphlet scattered 
through the land ! And all this, while the " Her-
ald ".was open to them ! 
Must we be made responsible for such a course of 
conduct? We cannot, we dare not be. We ear-
nestly protest against it, as a violation of the Gospel 
of Christ. That gospel requires, that if any one has 
aught against his brother, he shall first tell it to him 
alone ; and, if unsuccessful, he shall take two or 
three with him ; and if still unsuccessful, shall tell it 
to the church.—Matt. 18:15-17. 
If those brethren really desired to benefit the cause 
of God, why did they so widely depart from Christ'siment of new ones, equally false—by whom? Why, 
direction? Paul enjoins us not to receive even, much I we see them in the hands of Elder Needham. You 
less circulate in private, an accusation against an el- ask, Where did he get them? Let Eld. N. answer. 
der, but before two or three witnesses.-1 Tim. 5:19. He tells you, from " Common-fame ! " who is a com- 
But in this case they were received, and reported 
hundreds of miles distant, without ever questioning 
the only proper witnesses in the case, who lived not a 
mile distant from them ! He farther enjoins, that when 
one is proved to have sinned, he shall be rebuked be-
fore all.-1 Tim. 5:20. But in this case, it was sur- 
mised that Bro. Himes had sinned, but, without say-
ing a word about it to him, it is reported by a writ-
ten correspondence to brethren hundreds of miles 
distant, as well as orally to hundreds nearer home. 
How could brethren, with their Bibles in their hands, 
have done thus? And after their conduct was brought 
to light, how could they refuse to submit this whole 
matter to a mutual council, chosen by themselves and 
by Bro. Himes, and go and publish their version of it 
in a daily paper to the world ? Would not the world 
have got it quite soon enough without this ? And 
how can those brethren accuse Bro. Himes of clear-
ing himself from those " rumors " by submitting it 
to a council of his friends, when he had to do it as a 
last resort, after waiting nearly two months in vain to 
induce them to meet him before a jury, mutually se-
lected by them? We could not have believed such 
things possible. 
We deeply sympathize with our injured brother ; 
and we greatly rejoice that so many of the old and 
tried friends in Boston, stand by the precious Advent 
interest, with him in this peculiar trial. And we 
heartily extend to the Advent Church in Chardon-st. 
the right hand of fellowship. The enemy has plant-
ed his heaviest batteries where there is the most im-
portant instrumentality against him ; which, from the 
first, has subjected our brethren in Boston to great 
trials. 
But notwithstanding all this, the truth of the Bi-
ble remains the same. Christ will as certainly and 
as speedily come ; the dead will as actually be raised, 
the earth be as gloriously renewed, and the kingdom 
of God will be as glorious as if all who have pro- 
claimed these things had been purified, tried, and 
made white. And as Satan increases his efforts to 
ruin the influence of these truths on the minds of this 
generation, let us redouble our efforts to spread them 
abroad, and exemplify them by a holy life. 
EVANS BACKUS, Secretary. 
BRO. HIMES : — I wish to converse a little through 
the " Herald " with my common-sense brethren scat-
tered abroad touching your recent trials ; but before I 
come directly to that subject, let me inquire, breth-
ren, into the merits of the origin of the " Herald," 
which brings before us weekly information and in-
struc tion of vital importance, from all parts, press-
ing upon us the necessity of being " found of him in 
peace, at his coming and kingdom ? " By whom was 
it started, and under what circumstances ? Was it 
not after Father Miller had tried for some years to 
start such a paper, and could find no one willing to 
risk his reputation and fortune in an undertaking so 
hazardous, that Eld. H. volunteered in the cause, and 
issued a paper, without a single subscriber ? Yes, 
you all know that. And did he not promise the sub-
scribers that it should be mainly devoted to the sub-
ject matter of the speedy coming of our Lord and his 
kingdom? And has he not done it, with the excep-
tion of his attention being for a while unwillingly di-
verted by questions and disputations on the uncon-
scious state of the dead and destruction of the wick-
ed, which marred its reading, even for those who fa-
vored the sentiments ? And has it not had the entire 
approbation of all the conferences up to the last, held 
in Boston? And has not Eld. H. repeatedly oflered 
to give up the whole concern to others, if thereby 
the cause of God might be better served 1 And yet 
none have dared to come forward, in open daylight, 
as lucrative as some may think it to be. I think Eld. 
H., ere this time, might have made himself a rich 
worldling ; but instead of that, I think he can say, 
with the apostle, " Though poor, yet making many 
rich." Has he not always been more or less scatter-
ing his publications broadcast? How many hundreds 
of poor brethren and sisters have had the reading of 
the " Herald," when they were not able to pay for 
it? Even Eld. W. commended his liberality, say-
ing, " if things in Boston had been in the hands of 
one close-fisted, the Advent cause would not have 
moved there as it has." (I have sometimes feared, 
that through this kind of profuseness, and our re-
missnesss to pay the office, he might become exceed-
ingly embarrassed.) Why, the reports of all the 
committees on his finances have been satisfactory.—
Even the last committee on the receipts and disburse-
ments of the Tract Fund, were satisfied as to their 
correctness beyond their most sanguine expectations. 
Who has sacrificed his time, his strength, his name, 
his all, with persecution, in the cause of God, if J. 
V. H. has not ? Not one ! Who in the Advent 
ranks is to be preferred to J. V. H., to fill the res-
ponsible station he has occupied for the last ten years? 
None ! has been the response from all sides. It is 
not long since I heard him eulogized above any ; ta-
ken into that classification, as possessing all the 
qualities necessary for a " perfect commander,"—an 
unwelcome encomium to him, no doubt ; at least, I 
hope it was. But where is he now? Why, he is 
maligned by some of his professed friends! We see 
a conspiracy raised against him the second time in the 
house of his friends, to destroy his character and 
wrest from him his property !—(I mean, the office !) 
—which, brethren, is as much his property as my 
farm is mine, or your shop is yours ! 
And what about the conspiracy? Why, in the 
first place, we seem to see a scheme in concoction ; a 
committee to form a plan of church organization, out 
of which was to arise a Conference, invested with ec-
clesiastical power over our common cause, the tract, 
and benevolent funds, and to change the present man-
agers of the " Herald " office ; all to be kept secret 
till the snare was completed ; and all purely for the 
good of the cause !—No, not so ! but—their cause !—
though the character of one in the ministry be foully 
assailed ! Well, how was the office to be changed ? 
Why, Eld. H.'s influence was to be destroyed, by 
vamping over old, false reports, and adding a supple- 
memoir liar, the world over. Well, he, in his zeal to 
have everything made right between " Common-
fame " and his Bro. H., forgets three things : 1st, 
that he ought not to bring an accusation against an 
elder without witnesses, &c. (but in this case he 
could not get any) ; 2d, he goes with them to a com- 
LETTER FROM R. HARLEY. 
mittee raised for that purpose, whose chairman is a 
party concerned, contrary to all ecclesiastical rule, or 
even parliamentary usages ; and then we see Eld. H. 
before the Church cut off from a hearing and dis-
allowed the privilege of a protest against this unjust 
course—a right granted by a Roman court to the 
apostle, when allowed to speak for himself, having 
his accusers face to face. But God's ways are not 
as man's ways ; for we see these charges seasonably 
met, and ably adjusted by a competent committee of 
disinterested brethren from abroad, which was the 
only alternative left now. 
As we have seen Bro. H. for the last ten years, in 
the midst of persecution both from without and within 
the church ; and as God has hitherto delivered him 
out of them all, in a manner that has tested his integ-
rity and ability as being a man of God, have we not 
good reason to confide in him as an old and tried 
friend 1—and one old friend is worth forty new ones. 
I write not to flatter, nor to please myself, but 1 wish 
to let our scribes and teachers know, that unless their 
acts, as well as their precepts, are according to the 
word and the testimony, we cannot receive them.—
We know of but one rule of faith and practice, which 
knows no respect of persons. We must all walk by 
the same rule, and mind the same things. 'Why, 
brethren, it does seem as though there were more con-
fusion, and heart-rending troubles, among the Advent 
brethren, than in all the professed world besides.—
This is not keeping our eye on the great subject of the 
Lord's speedy coming, which would tend to make us 
better, walking as children of the day and of the 
light. 
These things shake the superstructure to its centre, 
but blessed be God, they cannot jar the foundation of 
our hope ! No, says the Christian, my foundation is 
the word of God, " the prophets, and apostles, Jesus 
Christ being the chief corner stone." Such will 
stand alone, on the word of the Lord, if called to it, 
and they will stand on these truths, until Jesus shall 
come. I feel bound in conscience to sustain the 
" Herald," so long as it continues to be an Advent 
paper, not for Elder Himes' sake, but for the cause ; 
though, while he worthily sustains the character of 
an elder, I am bound to think highly of him for his 
work's sake. And however mortifying and heart-
rending these things may be for the present, yet they 
will work for his and our good ultimately. And let 
us be " looking for, and hosting unto, the coming of 
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire 
shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with 
fervent heat." 0 brethren ! the day of the Lord is 
nearer than it was in '42 or '3,—there is no time for 
vain jangling. Yours, sincerely. 
Newcastle (Me.), July 9th, 1850. 
DEAR BRO. RIMES : — I feel that I have too long 
delayed to tell you that I have been profoundly affect-
ed in view of the unchristian and unjust treatment 
you have received, and the deep injury that has been 
so recklessly inflicted upon the Advent cause by those 
who profess to be " looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jesus Christ ;" nay, who assume to be called 
to the great work symbolized by the Advent angel, 
whom John saw " flying through the midst of heav-
en, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them 
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kin-
dred, and tongue, saying with a loud voice, Fear 
God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his 
judgment is come !" How it was possible for breth-
ren, with these high pretensions, and, professedly, 
under the influence of that love which works no ill 
to its neighbor, which thinketh no evil, which be-
lieveth all things, and hopeth all things—to bring 
charges of the character we have seen, on grounds so 
frivolous, against a brother whose generosity and 
self-sacrificing devotion to the cause of God had well-
nigh become proverbial, is as astounding as it is hu-
miliating. And, yet, all things considered, there is 
less cause for astonishment, than would, at first view, 
appear. The great Adversary of God and man has 
lost none of his sagacity and subtlety in his diaboli-
cal practice upon the human family for six thousand 
years. He sees, as well as the people of God, that 
ize, most signally, in the sympathies of candid breth-
ren, and the approving smiles of heaven, that " all 
things work together for good to them that lore God." 
Baltimore (Md.), July 27th, 1850. 
BRO. J. LITCH ON THE 24th OF MATTHEW. 
DEAR BRO. HIM ES : — I have been delivering a 
course of lectures to my congregation, on the 24th of 
Matthew. The course will embrace eight or ten 
lectures, and take quite a wide range in the field of 
history, prophecy, and theology. Some of the points 
advanced are novel, at least they differ from former 
views, entertained and advocated by many. That 
they present a perfect solution of all the difficulties 
in that wonderful chapter, is not pretended ; but that 
they contain a more full and harmonious view of 
those important predictions than we have previously 
entertained, the writer is inclined to believe. I have 
no wish to impose my views on this or any other 
subject, as the ultimatum, from which there is no ap-
peal ; but present the result of my research and re-
flection for the consideration of my brethren, to re-
ceive or reject, after mature consideration and study, 
according to the preponderance of evidence. 
The congregation, last Sabbath, after listening to 
most of the lectures, (for the course is not yet com-
pleted,) requested that I would write them out for 
publication, if agreeable to the conductors, in the 
" Advent Herald." 
They made the request, not because all were satis-
fied of the correctness of the expositions and princi-
ples, but that they may be put into a more tangible 
form for careful examination and criticism ; and es-
pecially to elicit investigation by brethren abroad, 
that we may have the result of their examination.—
The congregation desire this, 1st, because if correct, 
the views, they think, should be know by all men ; 
and 2d, if unsound, they wish the error pointed out 
and corrected. And with that view of the subject, I 
fully coincide. If you think it will be profitable to 
admit the subject into the " Herald," I will proceed 
with the preparation of the lectures as early as possi-
ble. It may be premature to discuss the subject at 
present. But I think we may approach it, and direct 
attention to the observance of movements tending to 
the accomplishment of these views. 
There were things which our Saviour, while on 
earth, thought it not expedient to teach his disciples, 
long before he left them, because, he said, they were 
not then able to bear them.—John 16:13. It is possi-
ble this subject may be of that character ; yet, if 
true, it would seem to be very important for the chil-
dren of God to be admonished of the dangers and 
temptations to which they are exposed. 
You must, however, exercise your judgment on the 
point, and decide as you think best. J. LITCII. 
Philadelphia (Pa.), July 29th, 1850. 
We know not the view you take, but have no ob-
jections to the presentation of the question. If any 
new light is given, we can receive it ; if not, hold 
fast to what we have.—En. 
LETTER FROM W. M. INGH.AM. 
BRO. 'TIMES : — I wish to say to all the dear chil-
dren of God that I am still striving for the kingdom ; 
hoping, by the grace of God, to obtain it soon, and 
see Jesus, the king, who died to redeem us, and to 
redeem the kingdom, and see all Father's family safe-
ly gathered home to the rest that remains for the peo-
ple of God. It cheers my heart amidst all my trials 
and conflicts, to think about getting home to the king-
dom of God, where I can see Father Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob, and all that have washed their 
robes, and made them white in the blood of the 
Lamb ; have kept themselves unspotted from the 
world. All that happy company will be there, and 
will be before the throne, enjoying all the blessings 
promised to the faithful, which are many. I hope to 
be a sharer with that company which the Revelator 
saw, which had come up out of great tribulation, and 
washed their robes and made theni white in the blood 
of the Lamb. For they are to be before the throne 
of God ; they will hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more, neither will they die any more, or be sick. 
All that are accounted worthy to obtain that world, 
and the resurrection from the dead, are equal unto the 
angels ; and are the children of God, being the chil- 
dren of the resurrection. Dear brethren and sisters, 
let us all strive to obtain the better country, by heark-
ening to the sayings of Jesus, and complying with 
the precepts of the Bible ; for it is by obeying the 
truth that we are to be sanctified, and Jesus said, 
" Thy word is truth." May we all treasure it up in 
our hearts, and practice it in our lives, that the world 
may take knowledge of us, that we have been with 
and learnt of Jesus. Truly, my brethren, we ought 
to be Bible Christians, living as we are now in the 
last moments of probationary time, when the fulfil-
ment of the prophetic Word shows us plainly that 
the Master will soon conic again, to give his saints 
the kingdom. If we would gain admittance there, 
we must obey the word of the Lord to us, which we 
may learn, if we will take heed to the sure word of 
prophecy, as the apostle Peter tells us to. May we 
all do it, that we may be ready to meet the Lord 
when he comes. I often think of the language of 
John (1 John 3:1-3) : " Behold what manner of love 
the Father bestowed upon us, that we should be 
called the sons of God," &c. Then he tells us that 
when Christ appears we shall be like him, for we 
shall see him as lie is ; and then tells us the blessed 
effect of such a hope : " Every man that bath this 
hope in him purifieth himself even as He is pure." 
May we all examine ourselves, and see if we have 
this hope, and that kind of faith that works by love, 
and purifies the heart, and overcomes the world. 
I have visited, or called to see, the brethren in 
eighteen towns, since I came from Nova Scotia ; 
found some strong in the faith of the Lord's speedy 
coming, and showing their faith by their works.—
Others are under trials ; some are very destitute of 
preaching, being but few, and rather poor. I expect 
to visit a few more towns, and then return to Nova 
Scotia some time in August, if the Lord will. 
Yours, in hope of speedy redemption. 
Wilton (Me.), July 13th, 1850. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
LETTER FROM WM. WATKINS. 
" Signs there's no mistaking 
Proclaim Messiah near ; " 
and that this thrillingly momentous truth, efficiently 
proclaimed, opposes the most formidable obstacle to 
his soul-destroying opiates for lulling the church and 
the world into a false security and peace, while sud-
den destruction is near. He knows that infidel scoff-
ing, and bitter persecution, from avowed enemies, for 
the Son of man's sake, but gives a renewed impetus 
to that truth which he aims to destroy. He strikes a 
deadlier, more successful blow. He directs his skill 
and energy to the head-quarters of the great moral 
enginery with which he is in conflict. He singles 
out the highest order of talent, confessedly renowned 
piety, and, of course, the most commanding influ-
ence. He watches with sleepless vigilance his shin-
ing mark. The evil hour arrives. His victim is off 
his guard, and, under an evil influence, loses that 
charity which " envieth not," which " seeketh not 
her own," which " rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re-
joiceth in the truth." The stratagem of the wily 
Adversary has succeeded ; — the first step in the de-
plorable drama is accomplished : the agents are se-
cured. But the character of the means to be em-
ployed.—These means, or charges, if you please, —
to say nothing of the irresponsible and contemptible 
authority upon which they are based, " Common 
Fame" ! ! — must be of such a nature as, in the 
event of a failure to criminate and ruin their intend-
ed victim, must, nevertheless, injure some, and se-
riously affect the cause of God ; which all had, at 
one time, harmoniously combined to advance. In 
this masterly stroke of Satanic policy, we see the su-
perior skill of the " Accuser of our brethren." You 
have, however, passed through the fiery ordeal un-
scathed, as was confidently anticipatad you would do, 
—by those who knew you best,—could you succeed 
in your strenuous endeavors to bring the matter to a 
legitimate issue. Conscious innocence has been your 
shield and support against the remorseless thrusts 
that have been so repeatedly made at your reputa-
tion ; and I cannot but think that you will yet real- 
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223 
Extracts from Letters. 
" Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, 
And bring the welcome day !" 
My soul is exceedingly grieved at your trials in 
Boston. Indeed, our difficulties in other places are 
but little known ; but those in Boston are known, 
and somewhat felt, all over the country. 0 that they 
had never been ! or if they must have been, that they 
had been kept in Boston, and out of the " Herald." 
[See Note.] I eardestly pray God, that your Boston 
breach may be healed, and that all you brethren whom 
we have esteemed and loved for your work's sake, 
may soon be one in the Lord. May the Lord support 
you, my brother, and direct you in all things to his 
glory and the good of the cause in which you are en-
gaged, and bring us all soon to his heavenly king-
dom. Amen. 
NOTE. — So we would have had it ; but this was 
out of our power. Our brother may be assured that 
these things do not come from the real friends of the 
Advent cause. The Adventists here have no power 
to prevent the distractions made by those who are dis- 
affected here, together with disaffected parties in the 
country who join them in this work of strife. We 
shall keep at our work, and defend ourselves when 
necessary to the integrity of the cause. The Loco 
hasten the day, when he himself shall settle " the 
controversy of Zion."—ED. 
Bro. WM. TROWBRIDGE writes from Sheboygan 
Falls (Wis.), July 18th, 1850 : — 
DEAR Bao. HIMES :—I am a member of a Baptist 
church. I am at the same time an Adventist, and 
without a doubt believe that the Son of Man will 
come to take vengeance on them that know not God 
and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to be admired in all them that believe. 1 have 
been in Sheboygan Falls for thirteen years. In the 
winter of '37 we formed a Baptist church, consisting 
of six members, four of them of my own household. 
Two of them sleep in Jesus, and two remain, wait-
ing for the coming of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. At the time of the formation of the 
church I was appointed a deacon. In that office I re-
main to the present time. I have also, by the permis-
sion of the church, held forth to them the words of 
eternal life, with none to help, except for a few 
months, for seven years. Some few papers were sent 
to the Postmaster which met my eye, called the 
" Midnight Cry." I examined them, and found truth 
in them—truth which I had not before seen, and 
which I embraced with all my heart. I immediately 
sent for your paper, which has been a welcome week-
ly visitor to the present time. I continue going from 
place to place, preaching the glad tidings of our com-
ing King, together with the glorious promises in store 
for them that love his appearing. We have an ex-
cellent Baptist minister settled over us, and who be-
lieves in the soon coming of our Lord to dash these 
wicked kingdoms to pieces like a potter's vessel, and 
give the possession to his saints. 
From what I have written you need not think that 
I have not met with opposition. Far from it. The 
first minister we had used all his skill to put me 
down ; but he failed, and left. I keep the field, and 
intend to so, God helping me, till I am dismissed.-
1 would urge again our need of some Adventist of 
your belief to make us a visit and spread out the 
whole Advent doctrine before this community. 
I feel for you in your trials, arid believe that 
God will deliver you out of them all. They that live 
godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution ; but he 
that endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved. 
Bro. M. L. BENTLEY writes from Barnston, July 
24th, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — Our meeting closed Sab-
bath evening, and I am happy to say to you that it 
was one of the best we have enjoyed for a long 
time. The Lord was there by his Spirit, and there 
to bless. Some found pardon of their sins for the 
first time ; others were met on their return by their 
heavenly Father, which caused rejoicing in their 
hearts, as well as in the children of God. Eight fol-
lowed the Lord in the ordinance of baptism. The 
brethren from abroadiwere cheered and strengthened 
to still look for their Lord and Saviour to come and 
deliver them from this world, and bring them into the 
rest which remains for the people of God. The 
meeting increased in interest and numbers from its 
commencement to its close. Sabbath-day the people 
came, until the Canada tent was filled, and still they 
came. We enlarged our borders by pitching our tent 
by its side, and could accommodate five or six hun-
dred more; and they came until it was thought by 
some to be the largest assembly ever met together in 
this vicinity. We are indebted to God for all the bless-
ings of this meeting; and may we render praise to 
his name from this time until the end, and then be 
ready to praise him forever. Amen. 
Bro. J. WESTON writes from Auburn (N. Y.), 
July 16th, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : I most deeply sympathize 
with you in this time of trial. I know some-
thing how to appreciate your feelings at this time, 
because I have been sometimes similarly used by pro-
fessed Adventists. 
That I have several times spoken unguardedly and 
unadvisedly of, you and the " Herald," I am free to 
confess. I ask your forgiveness. If any remark 
made by me at any time may have produced against 
you any prejudice, I exceedingly regret it. 
Perhaps the " Herald " is not free from faults.—
Still, I much prefer it to any other paper, and I shall 
use my influence in its favor. And I would not, for 
any consideration, have it removed from your control. 
In this time of peculiar trial for you, I think there 
should be an extra effort made to sustain you in your 
arduous work. I pledge all the influence I have here 
at the West ; and I am sure that all who truly love 
the cause of our soon coming Lord will do the same. 
Bro. MOSES TEWKSBURY writes from Hartland 
(Vt.), July 14th, 1850 : — 
BRO. HIMES : — I have been thinking that you 
have abundant reason to rejoice and be glad ; for Je-
sus has told us that when all manner of evil shall be 
spoken against us falsely for his sake, to " rejoice 
and be exceeding glad ; for," he says, " great is 
your reward in heaven ; for so persecuted they the 
prophets which were before you." I rejoice that you 
are counted worthy to suffer reproach for Jesus, and 
for preaching, publishing, and proclaiming to a slum-
bering church and wicked world that the kingdom of 
God is at hand, and that the judge standeth at the 
door, and that then every one will be rewarded ac-
cording to his works. I rejoice that the foundation 
of God standeth sure, having this seal : the Lord 
knoweth them that are his. May we remember that 
all who will live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer 
persecution, and you are exhorted " to think it not 
strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, 
as though some strange thing had happened unto 
you : but rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of 
Christ's sufferings, that when his glory shall be re-
vealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."—
Let us therefore not be weary in well-doing ; for in 
due time we shall reap if we faint not. Remember 
that he has said, " My grace shall be sufficient for 
you." That you may be preserved unto his heavenly 
kingdom, is the prayer of your brother looking for the 
mercy of God unto eternal life. 
Bro. J. E. HAZEN writes from Sutton (N. H.), 
July 16th, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — The little band of brethren 
in this place are strong in the faith of soon seeing the 
King in his beauty. 'The Lord has added several to 
our number within a fow months. The Tent-meeting 
held in the eastern part of this town by Bro. Cum-
mings and others, was wonderfully blessed of the 
Lord. Several have been converted, quite a number 
of backsliders reclaimed, and a goodly number em-
braced the Advent faith, from the different churches. 
To God be all the glory. I labor with them half the 
time. The interest continues, and our meetings on 
the Sabbath are increasing in numbers, and the spirit 
of inquiry for the truth is increasing. Also there 
have been quite a number of backsliders reclaimed, 
in the northern part of Warner, and we have meet-
ings with them once in two weeks. 
Bro. JESSE HUTCHINSON writes from Milford (N. 
H.), July 20th, 1850 : — 
MY DEAR FRIEND HIMES : — I still remain unac-
quainted with you, except by the " Advent Herald." 
That has come regularly for the last six months. I 
have been pleased' with the paper, because the doc-
trine appears to be in agreement with that taught or 
sung by the heavenly hosts, " Peace on earth, and 
good will to men." I trust that your motives were 
of a benevolent character, when you started the " Ad-
vent Herald," ten years since. I trust that the Lord 
has shown you the lost state of mankind ; that with-
out repentance all is lost — forever lost ; that when 
this discovery was made, another appeared, a Sa-
viour hanging on the cross, able and willing to save 
to the utmost all that come unto God through him. 
To call the attention of dying men to their lost con-
dition, and point them to the only Saviour, and to his 
advent nigh at hand, seems to be the standard to 
which the " Herald" is elevated. I am glad that 
there is such a paper, causing so many to rejoice in this 
country and in England. I rejoice that there are 
some in these last goings down of the sun, who are 
willing to spend and be spent for the glory of God 
and the salvation of undying souls. I have to mourn 
my own backslidings and short-comings ; yet I re-
joice when I read in the experience of others almost 
the same things that I have experienced. I trust that 
this paper will continue in the hands of its founder, 
and be published in his name, in spite of all the ob-
stacles thrown in the way. When Elisha's servant 
saw the hosts of men coming to take his master, he 
exclaimed, " Alas, master, what shall we do ? " The 
answer was, " More are they that are for us, than 
they that are against us." If you are on the Lord's 
side, nothing can harm you. All things work for 
good to those who love God, who are the called accord-
ing to His purpose. 
One word respecting the resurrection. It is evi-
dent from Scripture and reason that the spirits of 
men, on the day of their death, return to God, who 
gave them, to continue with him (if they die in 
Christ) until the resurrection. At the resurrection 
they will be re-united to the same body which the 
left, never more to be separated by death. I think 
will be an instantaneous work,—" in a moment, i 
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump." I thin 
none but those who die in Christ will have part in th 
first resurrection. How awful and dreadful must th 
situation of that soul be that does not hear the trum 
 
pet when it first sounds ! Who can think of the sit 
 
nation of the damned without trembling for the liv 
 
ing, lest they go to that place of torment ! May th 
Good Shepherd, who gave His life fin- the sheep 
 
prosper all His servants employed in His service fo 
the salvation of dying sinners. May you have Hi 
presence, which is life, and his loving-kindness 
 
which is better than life. When it is well thee, the 
remember me. Yours, with respect. 
Bro. A. KEYES writes from West Windsor (Vt.) 
July 21st, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — I receive the " Herald " a 
a herald of good tidings. It is the only Adven 
preacher that I have, except my Bible. It comes la 
den with rich treasures from the heights of Zion ; 
brings ancient and modern minds together ; it cheer 
and strengthens me, to see the harmony in which th 
ancient Adventists wrote, in distant climes and i 
different tongues, on this momentous subject,—th 
second personal appearing of Jesus Christ, and th 
glory that shall be revealed at his appearing. 
I approve of the manner in which the " Herald' 
has been conducted. I see no necessity of changin 
the officers of the " Herald." I feel to pray for thos 
that make a move for that ptirpose. They made 
misstep to their own hurt, as well as others. I hop 
that they will repent, and do so no more. I hope 
brethren, that we shall not try to tear down each oth 
er, and to build ourselves up on the ruins. This i 
too much like the subjects of the devil's kingdom. 
Let us try to build each other up on our most hot 
faith. We live in perilous times. We must hay 
union,—in spirit, and action, and effort, and object, 
with God, in order to prosper. We must have ou 
loins girt about with truth, our lamps trimmed an 
burning, and we ourselves like unto men that wait fo 
their Lord. If we are slack in these qualities w 
shall be numbered with the foolish virgins. I re 
joice, Bro. Rimes, in your triumph over those wh 
tried to destroy your moral character, and I approv 
of the course which you pursued to bring darkness t 
light. I hold to daylight Christians, having thei 
colors hoisted at mast-head, so that the world ma 
know what port they are bound for. Blessed be God 
our port is the new heavens and new earth, wherei 
dwelleth righteousness. " We are almost there." 
Sister E. L. CHAPMAN writes from Wheelin 
(Va.), July 21st, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. 'TIMES : — I embrace the present mo 
merit to write you a few lines. I feel much interes 
for the Advent cause, and I feel confident that th 
tried and faithful friends will see that the " Adven 
Herald " is sustained. It is now about seven year 
since I embraced the Advent views. Since tha 
time I have been a constant reader of the " Herald,' 
and I have ever deemed it worthy of my entire confi 
deuce. I never prized the " Herald " more than a 
the present time, and, had I the means, I would giv 
five dollars per volume, rather than do without it 
Also many of your other valuable publications 
should have taken long since, had I possessed th 
means to have done so. You have my sympathy i 
all your trials and afflictions, and may the God of al 
grace bless and sustain you, is the prayer of your sis• 
ter in tribulation. 
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ieveth in me, will NEVER die."—John 11 : 25, 26. 
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s SIR : — Permit me to inform you, that my wife, 
HANNAH C. CLARK, departed this life on the 16th 01 
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3 May, 1850 ; and that, a few minutes before she ex-
pired, she expressed herself fully and firmly in the 
Advent faith. She was buried on the 19th. Her 
/ funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Killi- 
man, of Canterbury, pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church in that place, to a large assembly of people 
s of various denominations. Respectfully yours, 
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JOSHUA CLARK. 
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Bro. T. SMITH writes from Penobscot (Me.), July 
23d, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — The last Sabbath I spent in 
Amherst, Me. There are in that place some half-
dozen very poor brethren. I have been there twice, 
have given away some fifty cents worth of tracts, and 
received the last time one dollar, arid nothing the 
time previous. This is like much I obtain for ser-
vices to the poor, which is the case with the most in 
the wilderness of Maine. It is exceedingly hard to 
leave the poor destitute, for God has ordained that 
the pour should have the gospel preached to them, and 
has also said, that they who preach the gospel shall 
live of the gospel. I believe there are enough means 
in the world to supply the destitute with the means 
of grace. Yet such as have the ability either do not 
know of the wants of others, or they have not a dis-
position to sympathize with them in their destitute 
situation. For myself, my wish is to do and suffer 
all the will of my heavenly Father. But nature 
sometimes recoils when called to labor for weeks with 
little or no compensation, yet my hope is, the end is 
near. " And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, 
we shall receive a crown of glory which fadeth not 
away." 
There are two of the " Advent Herald" sent to 
Amherst. The brethren are very poor. I was at the 
place where one of them lives last week. His dwell-
ing is a log-house, quite open. He has some seven 
or eight children, and hardly anything in the house. 
It is a hard case. I wept as I viewed the situation. 
And indeed, many others are no better off. In view 
of all the privations and sufferings of this present 
world, — the treachery of professed friends,—the 
wickedness of the wicked,—the trials of the saints of 
God,—like their Master, " despised and rejected of 
men,"—I fervently cry to God, in the language of 
the poet,— 
Bro. C. S. Cowers writes from Bethany (N. Y.), 
July 20th, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — I am glad to see our dear 
 
brother stand out through all the trials incident to the 
true child of God ; and that he has moral courage 
enough to proclaim to a lost world the final judgment 
near, as well as to the church of Christ the great ne-
cessity of being ready. And also of contending with 
the spirit that has ever sought to overthrow the faith 
of some. This being a part of your work, we hope 
you will still earnestly and lawfully contend for the 
prize, which Paul says must be contended for with 
all meekness and love, to which rule we are happy to 
see you adhere so closely. May the Lord still give 
you health and strength (if it is his will) to go with 
us through the war. Some have fallen—others may. 
The Lord help us all to be true to our King, and not 
fall out by the way, nor spend too much precious 
time in questioning the honesty of our brother, but 
be sure that we all are actuated by a pure motive to 
do good to the cause and to each other. Brethren, 
we had better not act at all, than to act wrongly.—
May the Lord give us wisdom to discern betweeen 
those who are good, and those who are the agents of 
the enemy in stirring up strife among the true disci-
ciples of Christ. This has ever been the device of 
the enemy. May the Lord fill all his true children 
with love. Yours, patiently waiting. 
Bro. D. FOGG writes from Meredith Centre (N. 
H.), July 19th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : — I do rejoice — yea, and 
I will rejoice—in the Lord for his great goodness 
and tender mercy to all them that fear him ; and 
while men are reviling you, and saying all manner of 
evil against you falsely, I have been thinking what 
reason you have to rejoice and be exceeding glad, for 
great is your reward in heaven. It appears to me 
that you are blest abundantly in the midst of all you 
trials. 0 bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is 
within me, bless and praise his holy name, who giv-
eth his faithful children the victory over all their ene-
mies. Therefore take courage — be strong in the 
Lord — and you will overcome all your enemies ; for 
his promise is sure, and will stand firm, — though 
heaven and earth should pass away, not one jot or tit-
tle of his word will ever fail. Blessed be his holy 
name for the hope of immortality and eternal life, 
when all enemies shall be subdued, and every crea-
ture in the earth and under the earth, and such as are 
in the sea, and all that in them is, shall be heard, 
saying, Blessing, and glory, and thanksgiving, and 
praise, to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, AUGUST 10, 1 S 50. 
To Agents and Correspondents. 
In writing to this office, let everything of a business nature be 
put on a part of the sheet by itself, or on a separate sheet, not to be 
mixed up with other matters. 
Orders for publications should be headed " Order," and the 
names and number of each work wanted should be specified on a 
line devoted to it. This will avoid confusion and mistakes. 
Communications for the Herald should be written with care, in 
a legible hand, carefully punctuated, and headed, "For the Herald." 
The writing should not be crowded, nor the lines be too near to-
gether. When they are thus, they are laid aside unread. Before 
being sent, they should be carefully re-read, and all superfluous 
words, tautological remarks and disconnected and illogical sen-
tences omitted. 
Everything of a private nature should be headed "Private." 
In sending names of new subscribers, or money for subscrip-
tions, let the name and Post-office address (i. e., the town, county, 
and state,) be distinctly given. Between the name and the address, 
a comma (,) should always be inserted, that it may be seen what per-
tains to the name, and what to the address. Where more than one 
subscriber is referred to, let the business of each one constitute a 
paragraph by itself. 
Let everything be stated explicitly, and in as few words as will 
give a clear expression of the writer's meaning. 
By complying with these directions, we shall be saved much per-
plexity, and not be obliged to read a mass of irrelevant matter to 
learn the wishes of our correspondents. 
A Little Learning. 
"A little learning is a dangerous thing," 
was the remark of POPE, but not a correct remark. 
The more learning the better ; but " a little learn-
ing " is far preferable to none. The danger of the 
" little " consists in permitting the " shallow 
draughts" to " intoxicate the brain." When the 
brain gets thus intoxicated, the only way to sober it 
is by " drinking largely " of " the Pierian spring." 
In Chronology, as in some other things, a tho-
rough investigation is the only cure of a proneness 
to jump at conclusions on slight causes. The most 
confident are not always the best informed ; it is sur-
prising that any, after taking a few steps only in this 
department of knowledge, should conclude that they 
have fathomed all its mysteries, and are competent to 
pronounce dogmatically on all its results. Let such 
go into the depths of the question, and they will bet-
ter appreciate what no other discipline can teach 
them, the need they had of more thorough investiga-
tion ; and they will realize how little is necessary to 
be known, to impress one with a profound sense of his 
own attainments. 
HOLDEN'S DOLLAR MAGAZINE.—This is the cheap-
est monthly Magazine that is published. It contains 
a great mass of valuable information, and makes a 
yearly volume of seven hundred and twenty pages, 
closely printed, on good paper, with fair type, and is 
tastefully embellished with well executed wood en-
gravings. By a circulation of 100,000 copies, the 
publishers expect to continue it at the low price of 
one dollar,—or 20 copies to one address for fifteen 
dollars. Address Holden's Magazine, No. 109 Nas-
sau-st, N. Y. post paid. 
By the contrardictory request on the cover of 
" Please exchange," and another to send only those 
copies containing notices of the work, we suppose 
that only the latter is wished, and send accordingly. 
" Points and Arguments on the Great Prophetic Periods, 
&c. &c.,maintaining their Termination in 1850. By Stephen 
Reed, sq., A. M., &c., Counsellor at Law." 
This is a pamphlet of 26 pages, of which the long 
article under the head of " Chronoloy of ARTA-
XERXES," is in review of. The author claims that 
the Advent will be on the 10th day of the 7th month 
from the new moon nearest the vernal equinox. 
Discovering that its author had entirely misappre-
hended, or misapplied certain well settled chronologi-
cal principles, and that he was in error in arguing 
from his own premises, we could not innocently com-
mend the pamphlet, or aid in circulating what we 
know to be fallacious reasoning. The attention of 
our readers is called to the article referred to, where 
hey will see the insufficiency on the points on which 
the pamphlet relies for anything like argument in 
support of its hypothesis. Our readers will bear us 
witness, that we, notwithstanding we would like to 
see evidence for such a result, are not instrumental 
in deceiving them by false hopes, and do not hesitate 
to point out the fallacy of arguments which are pre-
sented for their reception. 
ANY of our subscribers having a copy of the Advent 
Herald of August 4th, 1849, will do us a favor by 
sending it to this office. 
THE Spiritual Philosopher is the title of a new 
paper just commenced in this city by LA Roy SUN-
DERLAND, the first number of which we have received. 
The theological teachings advocated in this periodical 
are of the Swedenborgian kind, and of course the 
opposite of ours in many particulars. We believe 
that it will yet be fully demonstrated that the only 
certain transcript of the Divine will respecting our 
being and destiny, is contained in the clearly enun-
ciated record of the Holy Scriptures, by which alone 
we can be made wise unto life eternal. All other 
source§ of spiritual knowledge are deceptive and 
illusory. 
THE No. of the last paper should hare been Vol. 
6, No. 1. By mistake it was printed No. 27 of the 
previous volume. 
Bro. SHIPMAN will attend the. camp-meeting at 
Brazier's Falls. Brn. H. and B. cannot go. 
M. C. CLARK, R. CHAMBERLAIN.-13TO. SHIPMAN, 
being in the city, has authorized us to say that he will 
aid as soon as practicable, and give notice through 
the Herald. 
THE NEW EFFORT. 
The new list of charges against Elder J. V. Metes,—
which we gave to our readers last week,—shows two things 
on the part of our adversaries :-1, That they are deter-
mined to carry out the main object of the late plot—the de-
struction of his character in the estimation of our brethren, 
if possible. 2. That they have become satisfied that their 
first attempt, so far as the first list of charges was concerned, 
was not well managed. 
" Certain rumor " says, that the new " list " was acted on 
and sustained on Thursday evening of last week, Aug. 1st, 
the day after we were cited to " appear and answer to them." 
What the facts to be proved were, who the witnesses were, 
who, cemposed the jury, who the judge was, we have not 
been informed, and we have not taken the trouble to inquire. 
Our friends abroad, we are happy to know, are persons of 
too much intelligence, in the order of the gospel, and too much 
integrity, to be affected by such assumptions of authority and 
such malignant persecutions, unless it is to excite their grief 
and indignation. 
Men who must act as judge, jury, witnesses, and advocate 
in their own case, silence the accused party, or get up a secret 
tribunal, in order to succeed, have but very little to hope for 
from candid men. Our friends know that every proposition 
for an impartial investigation of these matters has been rejected 
by our accusers. Whether they have any new " facts " (I) 
that they have " hunted up," against us, we know not ; but 
we know that the old score was pronounced "all smoke " by 
two of the new " committee ;" and that " their pastor " has 
pronounced them to be no farther actionable, since they were 
decided to be " unworthy of any farther consideration." But 
the mischief is working its own cure. What was made to 
appear so very fair to some who were misled, for a time, al-
ready appears in its true light. 
Our friends abroad should know, that for years there have 
been persons known as professed Adventists in this city, who 
" went out from among us " at different times—some of whom 
were very sincere persons, and some of a very different stamp. 
This latter class, claiming the sanction of the better ones, 
have made it no small part of their Advent labors to invent 
and circulate the vilest slanders about their " brethren" 
whom they had left, that they could find ears to hear. Judg-
ing candidly, we should think, that it would afford those per-
sons more gratification to destroy the Herald, its publisher, 
and his friends, than to convert all the sinners in Boston to 
CHRIST. It never will be known, till the day of the LORD, 
how much mischief they have done. And those who have 
recently left us, pastor and all, now meet with them. It is 
perfectly proper that it should be so ; and that our brethren 
at large should know it. It gives a character to the move-
ment that cannot be misunderstood. But as the secret work-
ers in the late movement have endeavored to give the sanc-
tion of " the Adventists in Boston " to their attempts to ruin 
us, they will undoubtedly make the most that is possible of 
the allies they have sought so successfully. However, we 
only wish the facts in the case to be understood, and we have 
nothing to fear. 
At the same time the Chardon-street Church are at their 
post, and the new effort has called them forth again. On 
Tuesday evening last, their attention being called to what was 
going on among those who have left us, Bro. WEST took the 
chair, and the following preamble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted. 
Whereas, the former pastor of this Church, and other 
members, who have given public notice that they " have re-
moved from Chardon-street," still claim to exercise authority 
over those who have not " removed ;" and whereas the said 
" pastor " and others—styling themselves " the Chardon-
street Church "—have appointed a " committee," instructed 
them to " search out complaints " in reference to our present 
pastor, Elder J. V. Mimes,—which they say " have been re-
duced to " seven general heads,"—and cited him to appear 
to answer to the same : all of which, it is claimed, is done 
by the action and authority of " the Church of which " Elder 
H. is " a member," therefore 
Resolved, 1. That this Church regard it as a violation of 
the order of the gospel, and of all the usages and views of 
Protestantism to exercise such assumptions, and to proceed 
in such disregard of the plain directions of the gospel, in the 
case of a member of the Church alledged to be in fault, as 
have our former brethren in their late doings. 
Resolved, 2. That we fully endorse the following sentiment 
of the New York (Hester-street) Church, on the proper tri-
bunal for the trial of ministers : " We enter our most strong 
and solemn protest against the principle of sending a recog-
nized preacher of the gospel down to be tried by the private 
members of a single body of the Church. And especially do 
we object, when the persons that must there try the case are 
the very accusers, and that, too, upon the principle that we 
have so strongly deprecated. . . . We object to the principle 
in full, and hold to the principle of the English Magna Charts, 
that every person shall be tried by his peers,' (equals)." 
Resolved, 3. That the " charges " of a disaffected party 
who lately left this Church, against our pastor, having origi-
nated in a spirit of persecution, are cruel and wicked ; and 
we trust that all our friends, and the friends of the cause 
abroad, will tender to our injured pastor their sympathies and 
prayers, until fairly proved to be unworthy of their confidence. 
Resolved, 4. That the recent efforts to destroy the Chris-
tian character of our tried and faithful pastor, (though no 
means have been left untried to do this,) have only served to 
increase our confidence in his integrity, and in his claims to 
the confidence of the true friends of the Advent cause in the 
responsible position he occupies. . 
(Signed) J. LANG, J. EMERSON, Elders. 
J. W. WES1 , P. HOBART, J. KELSEY, Deacons. 
Self Complacent..Yery. 
The editor of the Boston Pilot (Romanist) says that: " In 
human learning there are degrees among Protestants. There 
are the learned, the half learned, and the ignorant. But in 
-religious knowledge they are all upon a level. There are no 
learned. There is no difference in this respect between Mr. 
DEWEY and Eld. KNAPP. All are in utter ignorance, all 
must begin at the very first page of the catechism, and submit 
to be taught by little Catholic boys." 
These little urchins, in the eye of the Pilot, seem to stand 
in the attainment of religious knowledge infinitely higher than 
the most experimental and devoted Protestant that ever lived. 
One of them just able to count his beads, and mutter a pater 
noster, yet ignorant perhaps of the existence of a Bible, is 
able to teach men of prayer, who are conversant with every 
page of the inspired volume. We rather think that father 
O'Byrnes was a little nearer right, when we heard him a few 
months since descant on the importance of instructing these 
"little Catholic boys "; "for," said he, " if ye dont educate 
the children, the next generation ill forgit the faith 'ats in 
em." 
We should like to see a class of sage divines arranged in a 
semicircle and one of these juvenile Catholics attempt to com-
municate the first idea of religious knowledge. Dont, Mr. 
Pilot, be too self complacent. 
SUMMARY. 
— In Perry, Me., Fanny, aged 5 years, daughter of Amos A. Gar-
ner, was burned to death by her clothes taking fire. She ran to her 
father, who was making hay ni the field, alai, setting it on fire, he 
barely escaped death by the flames. Fanny still fled, and her mother, 
who had risen from a sick bed, pursued her until the poor child sunk 
down dead. 
Frederick Douglass was mobbed in Columbus, 0., recently, 
and barely escaped with his life. 
About thirty U. S. soldiers, belonging to a detachment of two 
hundred and fifty or three hundred which passed through Albany 
few days since, ter Santa Fe, New e.exico, deserted front the main 
body before they reached Detroit. 
— A short time since, Dr. H. D. Spencer, of Triangle, Broome 
county, N. Y., cut hoe, the side of a young lady of that place a large 
sewing needle about two inches in length. 
Au aged man named McFarland, of Chambersburg, was burnt 
to death in his own fire-place while in a state of intoxication. The 
upper part of his abdomen was so horribly burned, that his bowels 
protruded. 
A letter from an officer in the army, dated Fort Laramie, June 
20th, says c.—" To form any correct conception of the emigration to 
California, across the prairies, it is necessary to be on the ground. 
History presents no parallel. Thirty-five thousand persons have al-
ready passed this point, and there are sothe tee thousand still be-
hind. The number of wagons is somewhere near eight thousand. 
The cholera has made its appearance, and two hundred have been 
buried. This is no great mortality, taking into consideration the Id-
ter destitution of many, the want of prairie knowledge, &c. The 
aniouet of rascality on the road is almost beyond belief; there is 
hardly a crime that has not been perpetrated, from murder down." 
— Miss Cecilia Leonard, an accomplished young lady of Caddo, 
was killed by a rocket, which struck her in the eye and passes 
through her head. She was one of the spectators at an exhibition 
of fireworke on the Itith of July, and the rockets were accidentally 
exploded by the lolly of an assistant, who became frightened, ann 
let his tire full upon them. 
Mr. Israel Chapman, 2d, of Damariscotta, while standing in 
athiiedddoi,e,dr.of his house on Friday morning, the ea, fell down suddenly 
Three men were sun struck in New York on the 1st, one of 
whom died. 
— At Lonsdale, a man named Williams fell into a cistern of hot 
water, used fur boiling cloth ill a bleach house. The Water was nut 
boiling hot, yet suiticieetly so to blister him over nearly the whole 
surface of the body. The unfortuiette nian's life is despaired of: 
— A dreadful accident happened on the Erie Railroad about halls 
past twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, the 31st ult. An iron briuge 
near Mast Hope, a mew miles from Narrowseurg, gave way, precipi-
tating the cars that were passing over it into theraviLe below. The 
express train had passed but a short thee berme. As the locomotive 
of tile freight train came on the bridge, it began to settle ; the erg'. 
beer put on all possible steam, mid by tile increased power succeeded 
in reaching the opposite stone butieents, but tile effort Strew the 
engine limn tile trace, which alone saved it from being drawn back 
into the general runt. The bridge tell immediately, precipitating the 
next Car into the abyss. 'elle bridge. was about us Meet lm twig tie awl 
the ravine some 2, feet deep. A stream rim water run in a noon' un-
der tile briuge, and a saw-mill just below. Fifteen freight cams were 
dashed into the river, broken and piled up in that LurroW plant Or uU 
feet by 2a, in a most frightful warmer. 'Pile, e were in the trains thus 
destroyed 113 head of cattle, 4o5 sheep, slid 300 swine. Only za cat-
tle anteluti sheep were saved, the rest being destroyed in the general 
crash. It is supposed that half a dozen or more lives were lost. 
— Nantucket was visited on Friday, the 2d, by the severest tem-
pest ever known ou the inland. One to the hail-ettniee that tell was 
three and a half inches in diameter. 
— Two men, tanned McGowan and Mitchell, of Maine, were 
drowned in Mount liOpe hay on Sunday, by tile upsetting ut a boat. 
Three of their companions were saved. 
— A young man from New York named Godwin, on his way to 
the insaiie retreat at Hartford, jumped front the boat into the river, 
and was drowned. 
On Sunday morning last, a young woman about 18 years of age 
daughter of Michael Barry, zn teanuverestr eel, ibis cite, unuertouk 
to hasten the Kindling of a Me in tile stove by pouring camphene on 
the lighted chips, and befOre she could turn away, tale names burnt 
inland Caine In contact with net dress, burning her su badly that she 
died in the course 01 three hours. 
In Baltimore, Robert Scott amid his wife have been arrested for 
the murder of a policeman, who niteriereu while they were quar-
relling. 
— At Boonton, N. J., Mrs. Estee died on Wednesday last week 
from poison received in a cut on her finger, while henunng the bod-
ies 01 MO young lathes drowncu le that place On the kntli, anti which 
were recovered utter lying three days in cue water. 
— Several houses at Orleans, France, were nearly destroyed by a 
waterspout on the loth of July. 
— Ou Friday of last week, at St. Catharine's convent, Bishop 
Hughes, of New York, gave tile black veil to miss Franc. Willett, 
daughter of Robert Willem the American consul at saris. 
— Mr. Joseph Beck, of New Durham, N. H., about 80 years of 
age, had tits collar-bone, one rib, and shoulder broken by a cow 
Jumping over Ole bars upon him, wsile Inc was samplag utiwn to 
shut them. 
— The "seven years locusts" are said to have appeared in great 
numbers in mouniouth county, N. J. 
— Li consequence of the late piratical expedition against Cuba, a 
Spanish coinneseion has projected a echeine mot the aetence of that 
island the total cost 01 Willett is estimated at ti82,41111,11U0. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
J. G. White—We have made the change. 
J. Evans—Sent. 
Anthony Morey—Sent bundle ou the Id by Thompson's express. 
A. Merrill-6.s bundle on we 2ti by Leonard's express. 
J. B. islitcheil—Have balanced acc't. They were for forty sets of 
tracts, Julie eS tit, 1548. 
H. L. lease tigs—Letter received—all right. 
Yates Higgins—Sent you a bundle on the 5th by Hodgmau's ex-
press. 
D. Campbell, $3—C. 0. owes front No. 4.56—$1. The E;nglish 
postage to be pre-paid, is two cents a paper. The price of Mt per's 
, 
Lae, or those numbers, will be eu cents per copy anu postage, ; sent 
singly by .lad; or Se per doe. copies if sent by express to one 'eine. 
11 there is any change from a single address to a bundle, give the 
names or such that we may change them. We don't And the name 
of J. Bright—did he send anything for it ? We have eels the Herald 
to R.1. teansula subscribers will remember, that we have to pay 76 
cents a year on each paper we seed to the provinces, which requires 
prompt paymeet in return. 
J. league, $0-1-isskt to take the cover from the book. Have seat 
Nos. a anti e of the pant ptilet—ehall have Nos. 1 and 4 to send in a 
few days. The balance pops to No. e34. 
75 09 
1 et) 
11 50 
3 JO 
DELINQUENTS. 
If we have by mistake published any who have paid, or who tire 
Poor, we shall be happy to correct the error, on being itypriettl et 
the feet. 
THORNDIKE LEE, of Manchester, Mass., the Postmas-
ter writes, does not take his paper from the office. He owes 8 00 
S. BARNUM, of Salmon Falls,N. H., do .. .... • • • 3 W 
MOSES HANDLING, of West Cornwall, Ct., stops his 
 
Paper, Owing 
 1 00 
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Total deliuquences since Jan. 1st, 1850 . . . . 76 08 
To sEND HERALD TO Poole 
[NoTE.—We have the happiness to know, that we never refused 
the " Herald" to the poor. None have ever asked in vain, though 
of late the number has greatly increased. We thank our friends for 
their aid in this departmenel 
M. A. D
1001 Advent Church in North- 
L. D. Allen ........ 1 001 boro' (to aid the office)" 2 00 
'TENT MEETINGS, &c. 
The Lord willing, there will be a tent meeting in Lynn, Mass., 
commencing Saturday, Aug. 10th, at 10 A et, and continue through 
the following week. The location is about an eighth of is mile from 
the West Lynn depot. Those coming in the cars will stop there. 
The Large Tent will be erected on Friday, the 9111, and it is desired, 
that those coaling with tents will have them put up the same day, 
so that a good, uninterrupted commencement may be made on Sat-
urday morning. Arrangements have been made to furnish board on 
the ground on very reasonable terms. Friends that can will bring 
their tents; those that cannot, will be furnished with tent accom-
modations. We expect to be favored with the labors of Brie Dimes, 
Hale, Plummer, E. and W. Benham. We hope that there will be 
a general attendance from all the surrounding region. 
L. OSLER, J. DANIELS, B. P. RAVEL, J. PEARSON, JR., E. 
CROWELL. Committ ee. 
A camp-meeting will be held at Wilbraham, to commence Mon-
day, Aug. 19th, and probably continue over the Sabbath. As this is 
designed as a central and general meeting, it is hoped that all that 
can will come with their tents, and labor for the salvation of others. 
There is a disposition in some to relax their efforts to save souls. 
As faithful men, we must labor, or God will put those in our places 
who will. Come, brethren, let us ntake a united effort and sacrifice 
to gain the blessing, and the return of God's free Spirit, as hi former 
days, when all were willing to work together. This nieeting is de-
signed to benefit those that feel the need of a deeper work of grace 
in themselves. We want exercise, that there may be a flee cii cute-
tion of blood, which has become stagino•t, through the body. You 
all know this, bietin en. Come, thee, to the Meeting, which will be 
held on the old spot. Stop at tile North NV ilbraharn eeeot. Loped 
autl all other necessary accommodations will be provided. 
The lellowing brethren to rve been appointed to act as a commit-
tee :—W utter eras, D. L. Moulton, T. M. amle. 
HIRAM MUNGER. 
There will be a camp-meeting on the land of Bro. Luther L. Tut- 
tle, in the Lowe ot imam, two miles math 01 bau)! depot, 
coidniescing Aug. and cimiliate through tile week. 'teem will 
be it boisruieg tent oe tile eremite at winch inose who come lima a 
aistanee cue be warded: it ha Loped that those who come Irons 
Catalan. In the v.(311114 Will La ii.g tenis Nv all them.. W e hope, es 
this Is to be it general meeting, the McLaren in tile atijoitelig Lewes 
will nil come up 10 this least of tabernacles. Those wee come With 
Uteri' usvii elinVeyunees can have their horses head On the ground. 
manage, img Mt:linen arc inVitent to attend. nittAM m.L.NGER, 
buTintit L. ItALeti Vs ii.L.Ams.Comanittee. 
limo. Buttes will atterel the Ne ilbrahaut and brags! nieeteigs• 
A camp-meetieg will lie held at Brazier's Falls, St. Lawielice co., 
N. 1( to couseitece 'reeeeas, Sept. tem, anti cOntillue Otier the MI-
nig buldlulan Drs. busts, 1. Lb bitipittan, and L. konilano, ale 
most dt4cutly solicited Si ateLU, 111,1trt tit Il yon a taataoce can be 
accouneetetieu Win! Litnitu 011 1110 RI uLliti. beliall 01 the 
 
Ariciunson, Strip ,sti, 
Vv lvl. ii. bitOsLiA, IRA NA OMAN. 
There will be a curdy-Meeting in die town of Bergen, on the old 
Cainp gtOtinu, eta bro. L. b. atilterS' ham, live tones loam Jersey 
,ItY,to cwoutenee .414.,g• limn, and COntiniac eve' the 101itith Mg ',al,-
barn. An ul Onr setitieteu Wetllreu auU 11101111,,, tar anti LLttf, are 
1110ai eminent, Railed to cOnte and Maine ii milieu Una special CUOrf 
Lo save sums Lunt twain, aim ttvA unto aim nmcinat tile aosselloid tait 
mr the v, oik or Ulan aim he prepared our rue sp.:ay comeig of 
ins Aing In all nit LfauLi. 1.1C1C Vvtil be a bOatulLg Lela tin 
ground luf the accoilimuumwe el Liaise who COme Vt11.11UUL 
pl u vISIOli Rh* tnemsel V es. U Lou Mai eincient lnlnla tellaal lielp 1a C.-
O.:it:Li 10 be ill attendance. It.osvey nixes to the Camp, 1.4 'iv ater or 
sia,e, at a utoosruts price. all than Can please to lama tuns. 
annitiatee— 55 in. AutvOrLit, Juse.nt tmicry, 
; Jall.eS 
tours usher, Isaac iauses, Innualyit ; A. 1510thinner, 1 all:ines ; Lmviti 
11. Sanas, aser4en ; Li. rim. Va asswuttli, It. H. laoillster, 1. Rosner, 
Z. liaise, it. isue,,,beil, Mewed! %suttee.. 
A camp-ieeetieg will be held in West Stafford, Ct., to commence 
Sept. Leh, tutu conunue about one week*. "She eApenses 01 the 
 
will be very 
e hope that all wee heel interested 
%vitt COme With tents. board alai Abe seeping 00 
11,10a. 
on. thufbe, b. k UL101, L. 11,..1.1.), Al. 1 /WA, 0. Y. mokeoc.,, Vv 
Slater, I. 11. beats, tteentiitee. 
Bro. R. V. Lyon M41111101(1 a teat meeting- in Union Village, Wash- 
teg tem county, comtneLestg Aug. 'Atli, at '4 5. Inv atm ce0t1Lue 
sonic kit attys. 
Thew will be a camp-ineetfeg hu Lincohiville, Me , commencing 
Sept. licit, aim comm.,. over toe 6tWOLLUL. a mucunda net nitaLet. 
G. L. ladrustssi, (man. 
Bro. R. V. Lyon will hold a tent niee.thie iii the vielsee of North 
Atom., muse , conimeecieg Aug. lean, al '4 1' La, aim emit:six Lai 
tong as await be UtellieU WAY. 
'there will be a cainp-theetnig in Batley, C. E., Collinienalig Sept. 
ast, and 10 1..111111110 nine llityb. I In Liana.. nCieihiei. 
an committee. 
ArviAsa mu A.1.7/4,111/1.. 
APPOiNTIVILNTS, &e. 
As our Paper is made ready for the press ou Wednesday, appoint- 
meets meet receives, at WC mica, by llitatlity ev ; 
w oLe; they velem. be inserted Until the tualowing week. 
There will be a coniereece at Tyler, VS imiebago county, Ill., coin-
meecing Aug. ,du, and ellittliftle as CirCUtualtft.etti *Jill) lei,srr IL 
geLtial allentraixt; 01 litLUislets and Incline. residing lit 
mime nv est is emit:lieu. totem eie ni this '5, e,icr, Onld, 
will you come to 1111S prolaiseu lieetiile, that we way CW,WL lOge-
er concerning the state than Wall10 01 tile AllVct.L cause, sin se-
solve oil s0...e plan 111 CO-llpefaL11,11 by wuich LO hilVal,Ce it f Those 
wliu cannot attend, coil express Weir V1rohs by letter, sisatleu so us 
to reach here al the Uwe 01 Lite coefeeceicee etiureeeeu to tale suit-
sCriber, at Tyler, vv Inueltago county. Ill. Is boian ol the tAituell 
host him 'Tyler. 
N. A. riercercuck. 
Bro. S. W. Bishop will preach in Vernon, Vt., Aug. eth, at 5 Y M ; 
1N, orlatielti Farma, diet, uu ; Asulmelu, seetiel, alb ; vl titieee, 18111, 
a e ei. ; nayuenviiie, loci., tVulilloL 601.1‘11 IfilfYlty, rfolli; a .e M ; 
W est Hawley,Niinlity,101.11. 
Bro. R. V. Lyon will preach fn Abington, Ct., the first Sabbath in 
August ; Cabot, plus6.; (lie second. 
Bro. P. Ilawees will preach in Westmineter Tuesday evening, 
Aug. 13111 ; Abituureheue lite ; empletim, Lea ; LeOLillf,tel, loth; 
Iteill/Orgf 6illluify, lode As die breuireii drone to make some at-
raegeuieet tor We tertherteice Oh tee canoe lm Isitelibuir, /tell viciinty, 
IL is very tiesuatne that thole lie a general gatileimg• 
Bro. D. T. Taylor, jr., will preach iu Burlington, Vt., Friday even-
ing, Aug. hale s Y M ; brwtul, sweaty, este ; vetgeeets, emit ; 
:dot ; Audisom a;:ai ; uirweih, suit 0,10. ‘, 11,02L impuiete ; Low 
Hampton, buituay, 
Bro. N. billings will preach at Marlboro' the third Sabbath in Au-
gust ; Laiwreece, the tourut ; Abington, the lust mu Sept. ; Lassa, 
the ; Salisbury, the !wan. 
Bro. John Morse will preach in North Abington the 17th, at 5 
and IC11111111 (nei the essumaile 
Bro. Chase Taylor will preach at Londonderry the 17;11, at 5 r .ML 
(where btu. AUsbu linty lippOlitt), slid inancite,,, the 
Receipts for the Week ending Aug. 7. 
The No. appended to each name below, is the No. of the Herald to 
winch me money crectitett pays. by comparing. it ',Liza the 
present No. of the Herald, the sender watt see how jar he is in 
advance, or how far in arrears. 
T. & 5. W. Passed, 508; Mrs. H. Brockway, 508 ; R. Pines, 508 ; 
E. Vs. Harden, 105 ; s. happel, ; Y. Swim, 45.1; airs. it. Tyler, 
508 ; Mrs. it1. Ve sling, tees ; s• Clasen, iris ; A. Bawler, ails ; 
Hardy, 006 ; W. Bryant, ate ; A. Smith, eati—S1 due ; A. Aimee; ads ; 
T. D. Veasey, ails; 1V1. i11. Swain, ate A. tarnialee, son ; ivl. client', 
508 ; J. B. Payne, 48e ; ll. Atwood, 443—$1 aU due ; A. Morey, inn ; 
D. Morehouse, eue ; A. eV tech, 49u ; L. Taylor, ate ; J. P. Smith, alma; 
Ll.iiipieWt,eab
bster, 506: N. Brown teol for tracts), ace ; J. Wilson tend 
ofeviefief LL.EK.eJli.e)y, ,041186itc;cm't.;1,J..wfil.erh,ii job
tch;e1LI—upeyuaivelroiry,C3:o;.—C.seti,Amtie 
508 ; Mete Uelek, :/05 3 J J ackeon,i‘aiunre 3;Osu;.11Vitiut. 
; B. Chamberlain 474 ; 
son, silo ; H. Hopkins, 452 ; D, 'Suttee, tills A. I. Duriee, Joe ; 8.111. 
Case, 50s ; P. Marshall, 5118 ; E. H. Trask, a17 ; C. Woodward; tee, ; 
,ee 
 
W. Sing, .608; A. Clam, aeti ; N. Smith, atm S. A. Cole, 4az ; J. 
lldmke, 505; 
 
C. 
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l);.;51'.W
.oitr.du'Lstua,2t5hU8;eri,;* 
5 4J2. ;S.W. Moulton
fi ke,(ubaokio k(saia, tin dut.oft) 4482, JaiD;.41,,S2..iSvvntularwi jt 
a' 
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ciehr.ocelp-si., 
56c3411;erlituleArhoprnye, rate' 13;4 W. .1" ,41'illa.sehkawli e, 11, e60—to Feb. 16e2 ; Dr. C. G. 
Anji.esp,a46:15;retili. l(Sw000littigne,iepr—(_ je.ach 
B.), 0211 acc't ; E. Rice, 198 ; H. A. 
Chittenden, 482—each $3—IS. '1'. Baker, 476-75 cts. 
HERALD OFFICE DONATION FUND. 
From May 25th, 1850. 
Previous donations.. ........ ...... 
Tracts to Capt. J. Howland........ 
Tracts to A. Merrill, for tine Wst . 
Tracts to Yates Higgins and D. R. Mansfield 
Previous receipts 
 44 00 
S. 01 
.. .. 
 5Ul) — 
Excess of donations over receipts 
 42 89