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"JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED." 
Judge nut, judge not, 0 pass not by with scorning 
Yon fallen one ; 
One smile, one tear, one little word of warning 
Have wonders done— 
Their influence-0 ! who has ever told it ? 
Eternity alone can e'er unfold it. 
Judge not, judge not •, but passe and look within thee, 
Search thine own heart: 
He who has died, from sin's dread power to win thee, 
And Satan's art ; 
For her has groaned in anguish in the garden, 
And sweat great drops of blood to purchase pardon. 
Judge not, judge not, before that curse is muttered, 
Of witit'ring scorn, 
Thou cant not know the agony unuttered, 
That she has borne 
When each wrung fibre of tier boosts shaken, 
She viewed aghast the fearful step she'd taken. 
Judge not, but thank thy God that thou wast shielded, 
Nor boast in pride ; 
To less temptations thou perchance hadst yielded, 
Hadst thou; been tried ; 
And He who sees the end front the beginning, 
Has mercifully kept thee back from sinning. 
Judge not, the eye of the Omniscient scanneth 
Each secret thought ; 
And sees thy heart, whateer thy self-love planneth, 
With vileness fraught ; 
Calls That not virtue, which as such thou prizest, 
And sewperchance in thee what thou clespisest. 
Judge not, that God to whom ail hearts are open, 
Alone can know ; 
Alone can measure, in the heart that 's broken, 
Its guitt or wo 
Let him he judge, who made it, and who'll bind it, 
And show thou mercy, as thou hop'st to find it. 
Advocate and Guardian. 
Apocalyptic Sketches, 
OR, 
Lectures on the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. 
BY JOHN CUMMING, D.D. 
LECTURE I.—THE SEER. 
" I John, who also am your brother, and compan-
ion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of 
Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, 
for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus 
Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and 
heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, say-
ing, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: 
and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it 
unto the seven churches which are in Asia ; unto 
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and 
unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadel-
phia, and unto Laodicea."—REv. 1:9-11. 
IT is my intention to lay before you plain and 
interesting sketches of sacred duties and respon-
sibilities, as far as these can be gathered from 
the addresses of our Lord to the seven churches 
of Asia. These addresses have little to do with 
what may gratify the taste of the cultivated, or 
please the imagination and excite the fancy of 
the intellectual ; but if defective in these claims 
to popular sympathy, they are calculated to do 
much good to those who seek to know their du-
ties, and to understand how they shall best fulfil 
them, and to be made acquainted with their res-
ponsibilities as members of the visible church, and 
living amid the means and ordinances of grace. 
Profit is not always set in pleasure. If, there-
fore, you expect in my expositions of these epis-
tles to the seven churches of Asia any flights or 
excursions calculated to gratify the curious, you 
will be disappointed; but if you expect and 
pray that I may be able to submit to you new 
and fresher views of great obligations, lofty res-
ponsibilities, and to imprint upon your hearts a 
deeper sense of gratitude, then, I trust, you will 
not be disappointed---I believe that the Snirit of 
God will bless what I say, to your good and to 
His glory. 
The epistles to these churches are really ad-
dressed to the Catholic, or Universal Church —
they are not prescriptions for a century, but for 
all succeeding ages—duties, not for a province, 
but duties for the world ; encouragements, prom-
ises, and precious truths, which, like the Author 
of all, are the same in the first and in the last 
century, and operative in all latitudes, in all lon- 
gitudes, in all climes ; fitted to man for yester-
day, to-day, and forever. In this, my prelimi-
nary lecture, I intend to submit, what, I trust, 
will not be altogether unprofitable, some facts in 
the biography and character of him who is here 
named as the author of the Apocalypse. I have 
not done so before : I wish that every stage of 
our progress, in examining God's holy word, 
may be from light to light : that all that is to be 
learned of God, his ways, and people, may be 
learned by us. 
I will endeavor, therefore, as God may enable 
me, to throw some light upon the interesting bi-
ography of John, as far as that biography is un-
folded to us, first in inspired, and next in eccle-
siastical history. I need scarcely state, that all 
we read of John in the Bible is extremely mea-
gre. It is the unique and beautiful characteris-
tic of the Bible, that the human fades away be-
fore the divine ; the apostle is lost in the splen-
dor of the apostle's Lord; John is made to de-
crease, that the Saviour of John may increase 
more and more. It must surely strike every 
reader of the Bible, how completely and con-
sistently throughout, the human is made subor-
dinate to the divine ; so that the apostle, and 
the angel, and the evangelist, and the prophet, 
shine in a glory not their own, but borrowed 
from him whose glories they were commissioned 
to reflect, and from whose Spirit they derived 
all their inspiration and their guidance. Far be 
it from me this evening to preach John as if he 
were the Saviour. We are told that we are to 
follow the apostles, but with limitation—" as tar 
as they followed Christ." The great example 
is Jesus : subordinate ones, in their place useful 
and beautiful ones, are the apostles and evan-
gelists who preached him. Let us, therefore, 
try if we can gather anything that will instruct, 
and cheer, and help us, in studying, as far as 
the Bible discovers it to us, the biography of 
John. 
It seems probable that he was born in Beth-
saida, a small fishing village, and the same vil-
lage of which Peter, and Andrew, and Philip, 
were natives. There is something not acci-
dental in this. Not a great metropolis was the 
birthplace of Christ the Lord ; and little ham-
lets, and obscure villages and fishing-towns, 
were the birthplaces of those who were likest 
him, who were chosen by him, and whose names 
shall be heard whilst Christianity endures, and 
Christ is loved and known. This seems to be, 
in this respect, in keeping with all God's proce-
dure : " He bath chosen the weak things of this 
world to confound the mighty; and things that 
are not to bring to nought the things that are." 
It seems that the father of John was a fisher-
man ; his brother was James, his mother Sa-
lome. There is reason to believe that those were 
pious persons, and that in consistency with this 
they brought up John in the nurture and admo-
nition of the Lord God of Israel. The name 
they gave him, John,—which he himself here 
claims, "1 John, who am your brother,"—is, 
literally translated, " the favor of God," or, " fa-
vored of God :" and when they gave that name, 
I doubt not they did so not without attaching 
any meaning to it ; they gave it as the expres-
sion of the higher good they desired, or of the 
conviction they felt that John was a blessing 
given them from God; and probably from the 
first they anticipated that his life would show 
that his name was the symbol of reality and 
substance, and that he would indeed be favored 
of God. In this world, names 'are mere empty 
sounds ; in the Bible, they are realities. We 
live very much in the realm of fiction ; the Bi-
ble speaks, and its heroes act, in the realms of 
reality and truth. It appears that the employ-
ment of John, in common with his brothers, was 
that of a fisherman, on the banks of the lake 
Gennesaret ; one can well conceive that such an 
employment is calculated, from the dangers to 
which it is always exposed, to remind perpetu-
ally of Providence. 
All was obscure, and humble, and lowly, in 
the origin of John; his parents fishermen, his 
birthplace a lowly village, and his own employ-
ment that of his parents. Nor is all this with-
out instructive lessons to us and the church at 
large. It teaches us what we learn on every 
page of the Bible, that " not many great, not 
many mighty, not many noble are called ;"—a 
passage, however, I may here observe, some-
times misconstrued : for it is quoted as if it 
taught that God does not call many great and 
noble to the knowledge and enjoyment of the 
Gospel of Jesus; but this is not its direct les-
son : the apostle is speaking, not of converts to 
Christianity, but of ministers of the Gospel, 
when he says that " God hath chosen the foolish 
things of the world to confound the wise, and 
God hath chosen the weak things of the world 
to confound things which are mighty, and base 
things of the world, and things which are des-
pised, bath God chosen, yea, and things which 
are not, to bring to nought things that are ; that 
no flesh should glory in his presence." When 
he says that not many of such great ones are 
" called," he means, not called to be ministers 
of the Gospel, or preachers of the truth. Who 
knows but, in the obscure lanes and alleys of 
this great metropolis, where the only visitor of 
love is the pioneer of the ragged schools, and 
the only other is a visitor of law, the police-
man, there may be concealed, in subterranean 
depths into which few except those I have re-
ferred to find their way,—or would follow in 
damp lanes and wretched dwellings,—some yet 
undeveloped John, or Peter, or Paul ; and we of 
this congregation may be the instruments, by 
the agency of our schools, of bringing forth 
from its concealment at least some bright and 
precious gem, that shall have engraven on it the 
name, and reflect on earth and throughout eter-
nity the lustre, of Him who loved us, and re-
deemed us by His blood ! 
One day, John the fisherman, the son of 
Zebedee, heard a voice by the banks of the Jor-
dan, which roused, interested, and enlisted him 
—it was the voice of John the Baptist, who is 
thus described by the evangelist himself : —
" There was a man sent from God whose name 
was John. The same came for a witness, to 
bear witness of the light, that all men through 
him might believe. He was not that light, but 
he was sent to bear witness of that light." The 
seer saw this John baptizing, and heard him 
confessing that " he was not the Christ, but that 
His shoe's latchet he was unworthy to loose." 
But he heard from him a still more touching 
and beautiful cry, " Behold the Lamb of God, 
that taketh away the sins of the world !" Two 
disciples heard the Baptist on this occasion, as 
we are informed in John's Gospel, (chap. 1:370 
and followed Jesus : one of these two was, no 
doubt, the evangelist himself ; and in so doing 
they give us a beautiful and instructive exam-
ple. John and Andrew heard the Baptist 
preach, but they did not follow the Baptist—
they " followed Jesus." It should be so with us; 
we ought to hear the minister preach, but we 
must rise above the minister, and rest only on 
the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sins of 
the world. It is a very interesting fact, too, 
that as John was converted by hearing Christ 
preached as the Lamb, so John is the evangelist 
who, whether in his Gospel or in the Apoca-
lypse, brings forward Christ most frequently as 
the Lamb—" Behold the Lamb of God !"—and 
again in the Apocalypse he represents him as a 
" Lamb seated on his throne ;" as if the first 
view of Christ presented to his mind were the 
view that was permanently before him in all its 
touching beauty and glory, and evermore most 
interesting to his heart. John was not made an 
apostle as soon as he was converted ; he was 
left to show his consistency as a private Chris-
tian first : and having illustrated and adorned 
the humbler office by his life, he was chosen to 
be a disciple, and subsequently to be an apostle ; 
he acted the Christian well, and then was ad-
mitted to the ministry; he showed the consis-
tency of the humble believer, and then he was 
consecrated to the dignity of the disciple of the 
Lord. 
John and James were in their boat, on the 
shores of their native lake, or sea, as it is called, 
mending their nets, when Jesus passed by and 
said, " Follow me ;" and the record is, " straight-
way they left their nets, and followed Jesus." 
There was power in those words ; they awa-
kened echoes in the heart of the apostle ; and 
he bore witness to Christ's truth, as not in word 
only, but also in power. He became from that 
moment, we read, a disciple of Jesus, but he 
was not yet raised to be an apostle of Jesus. 
The distinction is simply this : the disciples 
were simply listeners to the teaching, and imi-
tators of the example of Jesus; and it was only 
after they had served the apprenticeship of dis-
ciples, (if I may use the word,) that they were 
raised to the dignity of the apostleship. 
We next find the appointment, or designation, 
or ordination of John, recorded in the Gospel of 
Mark, where we have these words : " And he 
goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him 
whom he would, and they came unto him. And 
he ordained twelve, that they should he with 
him, and that he might send them forth to 
preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses 
and to cast out devils. And Simon he sur-
named Peter ; and James the son of Zebedee, 
arid John the brother of James, he surnamed 
them Boanerges, which is I sons of thunder.' " 
It seems a rather remarkable fact, that the most 
momentous scenes in the history of God's in-
tercourse with man have taken place upon the 
mountain-tops. The ark rested upon the lofti-
est pinnacle of Ararat ; the trial of Abraham's 
faith took place upon the heights of Moriah ; 
the law was given from Sinai ; the blessing was 
attached to Gerizzim, and the curse to Mount 
Ebal ; the temple was raised on Mount Zion ; 
Jesus preached from a mountain as his favor-
ite pulpit ; he consecrated the apostles upon*. 
mountain-top; he himself was crucified on a-
mountain ; he rose to the skies from Mount 
Olivet : and thus, the most remarkable events 
in the history of the past all took place on 
mountain-tops. Whether it is that those who 
were more immediately concerned were raised 
above the din and stir of the world below, and 
brought, as it were, into more silent and com-
plete communion with God---or whether it was 
a symbolical act, we know riot. Certainly there 
is something elevating and ennobling when one 
stands upon a mountain-top, and,-lifted above 
all the hustle and stir of the world below, sees 
God's great earth beneath, and God's over-arch-
ing sky above ; and forms, as it were, some con-
ception of the grandeur and magnificence of 
Him who is enthroned upon the riches of the 
universe. We read in this account of the con-
secration of the apostles, that John and James 
were called Boanerges, the translation of which 
is given, viz., " the sons of thunder." We have 
been accustomed to view John as characterized 
by mildness and love exclusively ; and we can-
not well conceive, at first sight, why he was 
called by a name—" the son of thunder "—that 
seems the very antithesis of his character; and 
yet it may be that it was not nature that made 
the spirit of John so beautiful and calm, but the 
grace of God that so subdued and softened it. 
We read that on one occasion John showed a 
spirit incompatible with the spirit of the Chris-
tian : he himself states—" Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade 
him, because he followeth not with us." Here 
was developed the spirit of the most exclusive 
sectarianism ; " He does not take our form, he 
does not wear our name, or pronounce our Shib-
boleth, or conform to our ecclesiastical regime ; 
we cannot excuse his doing the greatest good, 
because he does not do it in our way." This is 
the spirit of a bigot, and the very air and odor 
oft he inquisitor. Yet such a spirit was in John : 
grace extirpated it, but originally it was there. 
But this last was not the only occasion on which 
John exhibited a spirit equally unchristian. It 
was he who said, " Wilt thou that we command 
fire from heaven to consume them as Elias did ?" 
Here was a budding Hildebrand in the college 
of the apostles. Popery is not a thing peculiar 
to Trent, or to the Tiber ; it is no exotic, it is 
indigenous to human nature. The corrupt heart 
is its congenial soil. It is not a stock that needs 
to be nurtured with care, and that will perish if 
left alone ; it is a weed, that grows and flour-
ishes spontaneously in human nature ; and hu-
man nature, on which we sometimes hear so 
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eloquent panegyrics, if left to itself, would de-
velop all the sectarianism of the first incident I 
have shown, and break out into the proscription 
and the angry persecution indicated in the sec-
ond. We conclude, therefore, that while there 
may be much that was excellent and beautiful 
in the constitutional character of John, he was 
indebted rather to grace than to nature for all 
by which he is characterized and most remem-
bered in the Christian Church. Nor did John 
himself ever fail to recollect the passion he had 
shown, and the rashness with which he had 
spoken ; for it is he who thus writes, and writes 
from the depth of his own experience—" If we 
say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
the truth is not in us ; but if we confess our 
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous-
ness."—( To be continued.) 
Everlasting Consolation. 
" Our Lord Jesus Christ died for us, that whether 
we wake or sleep, we should live together with 
him. Wherefore comfort ourselves together and 
edify one another, even as also ye do."-1 Thess. 
v. 10, 11. 
Life and death are the subjects in the text, 
and these are solemn and awful themes, full of 
mystery, and fraught with infinite consequences. 
All persons admit that death is solemn, but few 
think so concerning life. The godless consider 
it as a time for enjoyment, " let us eat and 
drink " (say they) ; the worldly consider it as 
a period for business, for amassing property, and 
establishing their families in comfort and re-
spectability. Why is this ? They all consider 
life apart from God and eternity, but they can-
not help associating them with death. The god-
ly man connects life with responsibility and 
eternity. He knows that this life is but the 
seed time for the world to come, and he en-
deavors to act accordingly. This is wisdom, 
and all beside is folly. 
But of all the aspects under which life and 
death can be presented to us, none are so won-
derful as the two following :—The death of a 
sinless Saviour, and the life of a guilty sinner ; 
and the latter growing out of the former. We 
could as soon conceive of a creation without a 
Creator, as of salvation without an infinite 
Saviour, and a dying Saviour too. These are 
the subjects which the passage presents to us. 
We have here an exhibition of Christian doc-
trine and an exhortation to Christian duty. 
Yes : both the doctrine and the duty are es-
sentially Christian. The communications could 
only come from a God of all grace, and the con-
duct required can only be the result of Chris-
tian principles. 
The former, to which we shall chiefly refer, 
may be thus stated :—Christ hath died for his 
people. Some of the saints shall not die at all. 
Those who die shall only sleep, and have a 
glorious awakening. All, as well those who 
sleep, as those who wake, shall live together 
with Christ. What a sublime revelation is this ! 
What a glorious sacrifice ! What a great salva-
tion ! What complete satisfaction flows from 
believing all ! 
" Our Lord Jesus Christ died for us." This 
fact calls for close examination. When the 
sounds of death break upon our ear, or the signs 
of death meet our eye, we naturally inquire, 
Who is dead ? and the report of the death of 
any celebrated personage generally makes a 
deep impression on the mind. How wonderful 
is the answer which the text gives to such a 
question ! " Our Lord Jesus Christ died."—
Yes ; " they killed the Prince of Life," and 
" crucified the Lord of Glory." His greatness 
cannot be searched out. His acts of goodness 
cannot be recounted. But his greatest act was 
dying : the most profound display of his good-
ness was pouring out his soul unto death. 
Whex did he die ? " In due time." In " the 
fullness of time," when " the hour was come," 
fixed upon from eternity. He was a faithful 
surety—punctual to the moment. Ages have de-
parted since then, and millions of the human 
family have bowed down before death's destroy-
ing touch, but never since has there been such 
a death as this. It has left its impress upon all 
time, and been a fountain of life to millions 
of dead sinners. The monument to commemo-
rate this death stands in the highest heavens, 
the earthquake which accompanied it has been 
felt in the lowest hell, and shall continue its 
vibrations till Satan's kingdom is crumbled 
down, and death is swallowed up in victory.—
The memory of it lives on earth, and millions 
of witnesses can now, attest its truth and its 
power. That is no cunningly devised fable, 
healed sinners around the Lord's cross, and de-
voted communicants around the Lord's table can 
testify. 
Where did Jesus die ? On this world, into 
which he came to save sinners. In Jerusalem, 
where he wrought such miracles of mercy, de-
livered such divine discourses, and uttered such 
words of heavenly wisdom. On Calvary, that 
ever memorable place ordained from eternity, 
contemplated by Jesus, when he said, " Lo, I 
come." Towards it his desires tended, clothed, 
though it was, with horrors. Thither, at the 
appointed moment, his faltering footsteps trav-
elled ; but though he was weak and weary in 
body, his heart was steadfast, though " led like 
a lamb to the slaughter," " he was strong to re-
deem," " mighty to save." Though Golgotha 
was a place most dishonorable, he there brought 
the highest glory to God, and made it a centre 
of attraction to wondering angels. Oh ! Saviour, 
this earth on which thy blood was shed, shall 
yet shine with thy glory ; and Jerusalem, where 
thy cross was reared, shall be " the throne of 
the Lord, to which the nations shall be gathered." 
Jer. 3 : 17. 
How did the Saviour die ? A painful and ac-
cursed death. His cup of sorrow was one of 
unmixed bitterness. His path to the tomb was 
thick set with briers and thorns. Men com-
pared to lions and savage beasts tortured him—
hell from beneath was moved to assault him, 
and over him hung the dark thunder cloud of 
Divine indignation. His eye, lifted toward 
heaven in faith and prayerful resignation, saw 
" trouble near and none to help." His listening 
ear could only catch the terrible words uttered 
by Divine justice, " Awake, 0 sword, and smite 
the shepherd." Yet was his death most holy 
and triumphant. His dying moments were filled 
up in exercising every grace toward God and 
toward man, whether friend or foe. Zeal for 
God, love to man, revenge against sin and Satan, 
burned in his breaking, bleeding heart, and thus 
he triumphed. His death was an atonement for 
sin—a pattern of all holiness; a satisfaction to 
God ; a victory over hell ; and therefore is, and 
ever will be, a fountain of eternal life. 
Do any, then, wonderingly ask why did he 
die ? The answer is before them—justice re-
quired it—mercy desired it—sinners needed it; 
and, therefore, Satan was permitted to plan it, 
and man to execute it ; and thus, Divine wisdom 
overruled the rage of hell, and the madness of 
earth, drawing out the admiration of heaven, 
and casting up a highway for sinners to return 
to God and glory. 
One other question may be asked, and it is 
an anxious one with many, For whom did Jesus 
die ? 
For those " whom God bath not appoint-
ed to wrath, but to obtain salvation by him."—
His death is the only means of escape from de-
served wrath, and the only title of admission to 
glory. None who trust simply the sacrifice of 
Christ shall feel that wrath, or fail of obtain-
ing that great salvation. Does the trembling 
heart ask, how am I to know that I am among 
the "appointed ones ?" the reply is, you certain-
ly are among the invited ones ; and, accepting 
the invitation, you shall be found among the 
saved. Is the cross of Jesus glorious to your 
soul ? is his death the great attractive subject to 
your mind ? then fear not, for you it was reared, 
you are interested in it. 
Those for whom Jesus died are brought to 
have a peculiar connexion with his death. God 
intends that the cross shall unfold his brightest 
wisdom, communicate his richest grace, and dis-
play his noblest might. There he intends the 
weary sinner shall find rest, the sick soul, heal-
ing, the poor and the bankrupt, eternal riches—
the perishing, food, the slaves, freedom, and the 
alien, the adoption of sons. All who trace these 
wonders, and receive these blessings at the cross, 
are by it reconciled, and shall be brought to 
stand before God in robes of spotless glory. 
" OUR Lord Jesus Christ died for us." If 
you thus confide in him, confess him, and claim 
him, it is because he first acknowledged you.—
If he is your Lord, he has been and still is, 
your Saviour. If you call him Lord, and crown 
him as such, be you sure, that for you he wore 
the thorny wreath, and endured the painful cross. 
But even failing to make out all this, if you see 
nothing in yourself but guilt and wretchedness, 
you are invited ; go to him, and ask him to be 
your Saviour, and you have his word, that " you 
shall not be cast out." 
A second point of Christian doctrine in the 
text is, that some of the saints shall not die at 
all. "Whether we wake." In another place 
the Apostle says, " we shall not all sleep, but 
we shall all be changed," in a moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.-1 Cor. 
15:52. And again, " We who are alive and 
remain, shall be caught up together with them 
(the risen saints) to meet the Lord in the air." 
1 Thess. 4:7. These passages which burn so 
bright with glory, teach us the oneness of the 
Church in all ages—the glories which shall at-
tend the Lord's coming—and the constant state 
of expectation in which the saints should be 
found. One generation of the saints shall not 
die at all, but, like Enoch and Elijah, under 
former dispensations, shall be transformed and 
translated. This will be done " in a moment," 
at the appearing of Christ, and " according to 
that mighty working, whereby he is able even 
to subdue all things to himself."—Phil. 3:21. 
Let not, then, the saints " sleep as do others, 
but watch and be sober." The Lord may come 
any moment, they may be changed in a mo-
ment. Some who may read this paper may 
never die, may never have to " say to corrup-
tion, thou art my brother ;" let us, then, ever 
be " looking for that blessed hope, and the 
glorious appearing of our God and Saviour." 
But does not this clearly revealed fact, that 
some of the saints shall never die, testify very 
fully to the perfection of the work and death of 
Christ, and the completeness of his victory over 
death and the grave. Are we not here taught 
that there is no moral reason why the saints, 
the redeemed by Christ, should die at all ? If 
some, as Enoch and Elijah, have been exempted 
from death—if ninny more shall be—why might 
not all if the Lord so willed it ? Death is not, 
as some say, " a debt of nature," but the effect 
of sin. Death is not, as regards the believer, 
a debt due to justice ; this idea would invali-
date the atonement of Christ. The believer has 
nothing to pay either living or dying, justice re-
quires nothing of him. There
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 are wise reasons, 
doubtless, why nearly all God's redeemed ones 
should pass through death's portals, and why 
their bodies should moulder in the dust ; but 
these reasons are not of a penal nature. They 
are conformed to Christ, they sleep in Jesus—
they glorify God in dying, by faith, resignation, 
and hope—and the grave furnishes the dark 
ground of the bright picture of the resurrection. 
These, with other reasons, show why the saints 
die, but nothing in law requires it. Death does 
not stand out against them as a penal sentence, 
still unrepealed, for Christ their lord has " abol-
ished death." 
But is it not said, " that it is appointed unto 
men once to die, and after death the judgment ?" 
Heb. 9:27, 28. It is so said ; but does not 
this Scripture simply sef forth man's desert as 
a sinner, irrespective of, and apart from redemp-
tion? Death and judgment are all he, as a 
sinner, can expect. But go on with the passage, 
and you will find that instead of the sinner's 
death, there is Christ's death ; and instead of 
judgment, the Lord, coming without sin unto 
salvation. Blessed transfer ! glorious exchange ! 
The third point to be noticed is, that those 
saints who die previous to the Lord's coming, 
only sleep, and shall have a joyous awakening.—
Those who die in the Lord, sleep—sleep in 
Jesus. To them the Lord makes good his 
promise : " He that liveth and believeth in me 
shall never die."—John 11 : 26. " He that 
keepeth my saying shall not see death," (John 
8:51); death shall not be the same thing to 
them as it would otherwise have been. " To 
die is gain ;" yea, as dying Hervey said, " Death 
is put among the inventory of the Christian's 
treasures." " Death is yours."—Cor. 3 : 22. 
Well might it be said of Jesus, " that he has 
abolished death !" 
How much of tenderness and tranquillity is 
there in that word " sleep." It refers both to 
the act of dying and the state of the departed. 
Thus it is said of Stephen, that " he fell asleep." 
To the eye of sense all was terrific and stormy. 
The raging multitude gnashing with their teeth, 
the mangled bleeding body of the saint give no 
idea of tranquillity ; but look into the martyr's 
bosom, all is calm there as a summer evening ; 
he is laying his head on his Saviour's breast. 
Thus often has it been with the death-beds of 
God's people ; the accompaniments of death 
have been terrible, but still they have fallen 
asleep. 
Applying the term to the state of the depart-
ed, we must not push the figure of sleep to far. 
We take all the good it contains, and no more. 
We do not take its insensibility, its troubled and 
fearful dreams ; only its tranquillity. The body 
of the believer sleeps in the grave, safe in the 
keeping of omnipotent love. While a mother's 
eye is upon those of her children who are about 
or around the house, the sleeping infant is not 
forgotten, but is safely guarded, and at last it 
may be awaked by the mother's voice or the 
mother's kiss. So still more tenderly and care-
fully God the Omnipotent Father guards the 
redeemed dust of his family. The soul, too, 
" rests from its labors," not in unconsciousness, 
or else to die would not be gain, else the words 
of Jesus would not be true : " He that liveth 
and believeth in me shall never die," else death 
would separate from God's love.—Rom, 8:39. 
Surely Jesus did not receive Stephen's soul into 
a state of unconsciousness, else we must infer 
that his own spotless spirit passed from the 
cross into a similar condition instead of into 
the hands of the living Father to whom he com-
mitted it. No, the soul cannot sleep when it 
passes into eternity. It is wide awake then.—
If it has passed through life in a dream, the 
dream will be over then. The unsheltered soul 
will feel the storm of wrath ; the unwashed 
soul will feel the curse of sin ; and the soul 
made meet for God and glory will enter into 
rest and be truly blessed, yet waiting for the 
full glory at the " resurrection of the just." 
How glorious will that morning dawn ! Christ 
will descend full of love clothed with glory.—
His own voice, his own glad shout of triumph 
shall burst the barriers of the tomb and quicken 
into immortal beauty the dust of his saints. 
What was " sown in weakness shall be raised 
in power." " The mortal shall put on immor-
tality, and death shall be swallowed up in vic-
tory." 
Then cameth the glorious consummation, the 
crowning blessing. We shall live together with 
him. We shall live." This will be life in- 
deed. Life out of Christ's death,—life beyond 
the power of death,—life without fear of death. 
An active, sublime, glorious, spiritual life.—
Every faculty and feeling wide awake ; every 
member of the body employed. The entire 
man instinct with life, and all laid out for God's 
glory. This life will be a disposition and abili-
ty to live to God. This we sigh for now.—
Herein we fail and come short. On account of 
this failure we groan and are distressed. But 
then there will be no reluctance, no weakness, 
no weariness. We shall aim high and reach 
our aim ; and from this glorious height go on 
to still nobler attainments ; while, as each suc-
cessive height is attained, humility will be deep-
ened and gratitude heightened. " We shall 
live together." There will be recognition, fel-
lowship, co-operation. There will be no jarring 
views, no foolish partialities, no trifling disputes, 
no unholy rivalry. All will be humble, all holy, 
all happy, all dependent. From all places, all 
'periods, all people, they shall come to the glori-
ous gathering, an innumerable company. Life 
their element, love then their bond, glory their 
inheritance, and service their happiness. As 
kings they shall reign ; as priests they shall 
minister ; as servants they shall " serve God day 
and night in his temple, and he that sitteth upon 
the throne shall dwell among them." The Lamb 
shall lead them, and " so shall they ever be 
with the Lord." 
Yes, we shall live together with Him, see his 
glory, share his joy, sit on his throne, survey his 
triumphs, and sing his praises. Yea, more ; be 
his mirrors to reflect his glory, his instruments, 
to perform his will, his witnesses to attest and 
proclaim his faithful love, his costly and un-
dying friendship to listening worlds for ever and 
for ever. 
Surely, then, this exhibition of Christian 
doctrine in the text is most glorious. Here see 
love, life, glory, in all their grandeur. Love de-
stroying sin and saving sinners ; life, first defy-
ing, and then annihilating death ; and glory 
lasting as eternity, 
To those who, clinging to the cross in simple 
trust, look for this glory, ,the exhortation to 
Christian duty is sent : " Wherefore comfort 
one another and edify one another, even as also 
ye do," Who can resist such an argument ! 
Religion, when consummated in glory, will be 
relative and social ; let it be so now. God has 
done much to make us blessed, both now and 
eternally. Let us enter into his design, and 
seek grace to be imitators of him as dear chil-
dren. Let each saint seek first to realize the 
power and the joy of godliness in his own heart, 
and then, in a spirit of tenderness and love, to 
wipe his brother's tear and wash his brother's 
feet. This we shall only do as- faith surveys 
the cross of Jesus, love embraces his glorious 
person, and hope anticipates the bright appear-
ing. Then shall we be ready to speak to each 
other of his love, and stir one another up to 
abound in the work of the Lord. Even here 
we may advance much further than we have 
hitherto done, in knowledge, holiness, and joy ; 
we are called into Christian fellowship for this 
very end. Filled with the love of Christ, fired 
by hopes of eternal glory, let us seek, as mem-
bers of the body of Christ, so to receive out 
of his fulness, and so to minister to the general 
good, that the body may increase into the edify-
ing of itself in love, " Blessed is that servant 
whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so 
doing," 
London " Journal ot' Prophecy." 
Joseph Mede. 
(Concluded 
(3) The third method noticed, is " his serious 
diligence in the use of such means as were most 
proper and instrumental to the attaining of that 
knowledge he prayed for. Where the most 
seemingly—earnest prayer is not attended with 
as earnest endeavors, it is but a lazy, insignifi-
cant wish, and in some a piece of vain enthu-
siasm. But our Saviour's advice is not barely 
to ask, but to seek ; and such was that of Solo-
mon, not only to lift up the voice for wisdom 
and understanding, but to seek her as silver, 
and search for her as for hid treasures. And 
of these counsels Mr. Mede was a careful ob-
server, who failed not to accompany his prayers 
with his best endeavors. And as he was not 
slight and sudden in anything, but proceeded 
with the greatest care and caution imaginable 
in any important argument his thoughts were 
fixed upon, so was he more especially serious 
and thoughtful in his endeavors to interpret the 
Apocalypse and any other prophetical scriptures ; 
a work to which he was peculiarly designed and 
fitted by God, and moved to it by some interior 
invitation and gracious instinct of his Spirit, as 
Mr. Mede himself does somewhere acknowledge 
in his epistles, where he also looks upon any 
abilities he had for interpreting such scriptures, 
as that particular talent God had intrusted to 
him to improve to the best advantage in his 
service ; and therefore whatever his hand did 
find to do herein, he did it with all his might. 
And that he might wholly give himself to these 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
studies, and attend upon them without distrac-
tion, he prudently made choice of his most still 
and vacant hours wherein he might be most 
free from the noise and tumult of other cares 
and distractive, but less pertinent, business ; for 
he would tell his friends that he could do nothing 
in these things but in silence and security of 
not being distracted by company and business. 
" One instance (and a very remarkable one) 
of his great diligence and faithfulness in this 
work, he mentions in a letter of his to D. T., 
where acquainting him with the leisurely and 
deliberate progress he made in his exposition of 
Rev. chap. 14, he adds, t I am by nature CUM-
tabundus [slow] in all things, but in this let no 
man blame me if I take more pause than ordi- 
nary ;' and he gives this reason for it It great- 
ly rests on my own mind, that rashly to be the 
author of a false interpretation of scripture, is 
to take God's name in vain in an high degree ;' 
words worthy to be written with a pen of iron, 
or with the point of a diamond,' upon the table 
of the heart, in the most legible and lasting 
characters ; words arguing the author's most 
serious and pious spirit, full of the reverence for 
the word of God, and most sadly to be consid-
ered by the over-confident and superficial exposi-
tors of the Divine Oracles and Mysteries. 
" Thus much in general. The particular 
means whereby he attained so great an insight 
and skill in the Apocalypse and other abstruse 
prophecies were such as these. 
" His accurate and judicious comparing of 
scripture with scripture, and observing the proper 
and genuine use of the like words and phrases 
in several passages of scripture, as they are 
either in the original languages, or in the ancient 
versions thereof, especially the Chaldee, Greek, 
and Syriac. 
" His exact skill in history and the customs 
both of the Jews and other nations was a 
singular aid and advantage to him for explain-
ing the obscurer passages in the Apocalypse and 
prophets. 'Tis true, those things that are ab-
solutely necessary to be known and practised in 
order to salvation., are plain and evident in the 
scripture; more especially to the good and 
honest heart, to the sincerely obedient soul they 
are as clear as if they were written with a sun-
beam, (it is Tertullian's expression) yea they are 
(as Chrysostom says) ,ix,x4wi, ayirtywy Qco)Epat-E-
pu, [brighter than the rays of the sun], yet that 
the man God [minister] may be perfect and 
thoroughly furnished to every good work, and 
particularly that good work which most proper-
ly becomes the man of God, the understanding 
and explaining of many other considerable parts 
of Holy Scripture, it is requisite that he should 
be well read in histories and antiquities, both 
Jewish, Christian, and Ethnic, and withal be 
endued with an happy colxpota [perception] and 
sagacity for the better discovering what events 
recorded in history do particularly answer the 
scripture-prophecies. Some scriptures are not 
to be explained without skill in the learned 
languages, history, and antiquity, which is not 
to be had but by a studious converse with the 
best authors ; except it be said that such skill 
and knowledge is infused, and that the particu-
lar events and res gestae, at large treated of in 
books, are made known to them by extraordinary 
revelations ; which they [who " ignorantly de-
spise all human learning and means of know-
ledge,"] are yet so wary as riot to pretend to. 
" His diligent inquiry into the Oriental 
figurative expressions and prophetical schemes 
throughout the scriptures, • (a..) By comparing 
those several places of scriptures where they 
occur. 
(b.) By observing those Oriental sym-
bols were interpreted by the Chaldee Para-
ph rasts. (c.) By consulting such authors as had 
collected any fragments and remains of the 
Onisocsities. By which Onisocsities, it may 
appear what the eastern nations did commonly 
suppose to be signified by such symbols. 
" His observing things in distant places of 
the Apocalypse to synchronize and belong to the 
same time. The glory of the first discovering 
these synchronisms is peculiarly due to Mr. 
.Mede. I shall not need to show how necessary 
it Is for those that go down to this prophetic sea 
to steer by the guidance of these synchronisms, 
(that lightsoine Pharos, and indeed the only 
Cynosura to direct those that are upon this great 
deep)." 
(4) " A fourth means whereby he arrived at 
-so great a measure of knowledge was, his free-
dom from partiality, prejudice, and pre-posses-
sion, pride, passion, and self love, self seeking, 
flattery, and covetous ambition. a. How free 
he was from all partiality, there are many preg-
nant proofsin his writings. It is a common, 
yet a most true, observation, that with many 
new maxima pars studiosum est studiuni parti- 
um ;' [the greatest part of studies is thet d 
S u y 
of parts] ; but with him it was otherwise. In 
some of his epistles he complains that it is par-
tiality that undoes all, and that studiumpartium 
together with prejudice is an invincible mischief, 
while it leaves no place for admission of truth 
that brings any disadvantage to the side or party ; 
that being the rule which they examine all by. 
And therefore being sensible and aware of this 
evil he professeth (in Ep. 96) that he endeav-
ored as much as possibly he could to subdue 
himself to such a free temper of mind as not to 
desire to find for this side rather than that. I 
thank God' (saith he) I never made anything 
hitherto the caster of my resolution but reason 
and evidence, on what side soever the advan-
tage or disadvantge fell. If I have hit upon 
any truth, it is wholly to be attributed to my in-
difference to such searches, to embrace whatso-
ever I should find, without any regard whether 
it were for the advantage of one side or other.' 
These are excellent words, the genuine language 
of a son of Wisdom. 
Nor was he less free from all prejudice 
and prepossession, with the attendants thereof, 
pride, passion, and self-love. 
Men come to be prejudiced against truth, 
either [1st,] by their disgust and disaffection to 
the person that represent it : an argument this 
is of their little judgment, but great passion :—
Or else [2d,] they are prejudiced by their scorn-
ful disesteem of others : an effect this is of 
their high self-conceit and surly pride. Mr. 
Mede did not take himself to be infallible, and 
therefore was not unalterable —but he was 
always ready to hear another's reason, and to 
yield himself a willing captive to the evidence 
of truth. For to be overcome by truth and 
reason, makes the conquered a gainer, and puts 
him into a better state than he was in before : 
nor will he fail (if he know his own happiness) 
to make one in that joyous acclamation Great 
is truth, and mighty above all things : she is 
the strength, power, and majesty of all ages. 
Blessed be the God of truth.'—(1 Esdr. 4.) Or 
else [idly,] men come to be prejudiced by an 
undue affection to their idola specus, (as the L. 
Verulam calls them) their peculiar conceits, some 
notions and speculations of their own, by which 
they either are or would be known ; being 
fondly persuaded that things are so as they 
imagine them, or vehemently desirious that they 
should be so. And if they that are thus affected 
do sometimes for a pretence consult the Holy 
Scriptures, they come so fully possessed that 
this or that opinion and practice of theirs is true 
and right, or so strongly resolved to find it so, 
that even the Divine Oracles seem to them to 
return such an answer as they promised them-
selves they should receive and most impetuously 
lusted after. And so it fares with them herein 
as in another case it did with the Romans, who 
having taken Veii, (a famous city in Hetruria) 
went into Inno's temple, and there with great 
ceremony and affectionateness asking whether 
she was willing to go with them to Rome ? To 
some the image seemed annuese [to nod,] to 
others etiam id ipsurn afirmare, [even to affirm 
the thing itself.] 
" A good and honest heart is more necessary to 
the right discerning of divine truth than the 
subtile head. We should be more willing' 
(says Mr. Mede) to take a sense from scrip-
ture than to bring one to it.' 
" There are others that are prejudiced through 
a servile regard to the opinions of the many, or 
of such a party among the many whose persons 
first, and consequently their persuasion, they 
have in admiration. And herein they do show 
themselves a kind of servile sheep receiving for 
doctrines the traditions or customary actions of 
such men without any serious consideration. 
Mr. Mede was also free " from all self-
seeking, flattery and covetous ambition : each of 
which has a very inauspicious influence upon 
any growth in knowledge and understanding. 
Accordingly he does more than once observe in 
his epistles that the world loves to be deceived 
rather than to be taught ; and that by constant 
observation he had found, that no man loved 
any speculations but such as he thought would 
advance his profitable ends, or advantage his 
side and faction. 
(5) The fifth and last means whereby the 
author arrived at such an eminence of knowledge 
was, his faithful endeavor after such a purity of 
soul as is requisite to fit for the fuller and 
clearer discerning of Divine mysteries. Into 
a malicious soul (says the Book of Wisdom,) 
Wisdom shall not enter, nor dwell in the body 
that is subject unto sin.' It is a known maxim 
of Plato that t impure souls are not admitted to 
any inward converse with God most pure and 
holy.' That wickedness is destructive of prin-
ciples ' is also the observation of Aristotle. 
" And now I have acquainted the reader by 
what methods and helps Mr. Mede arrived at 
so great a measure of skill in the scripture, par-
ticularlyin the more abtruse parts thereof.—
And may others also attain to a considerable 
knowledge, and purchase this goodly pearl, this 
treasure hid in the field of prophetical scriptures, 
if they are willing to be at the same cost and 
bid to the worth of it, and not ignorantly nor 
sordidly undervalue it, for wisdom, and particu-
larly this kind of wisdom and knowledge, is not 
to be had at a cheaper rate. They that look as 
little into the Apocalypse as some do into the 
Apocrypha, and mind the book of Daniel no 
more than they do the Apocryhal story of Bel 
and the dragon, and therefore exercise not their 
good parts nor bestow that serious diligenee 
about the avavonra in scripture as they are ac- 
customed to do about other kind of difficulties, 
whether in philosophy or other parts of learning, 
it is no wonder they complain the jewel is too 
dear, when they have no mind to give the ful-
price for it ; and that all labor after such knowl 
ledge is either'excessively hard or useless, where-
as yet through their delicateness and love 
of their own ease, or for some other reason they 
never made any due trial. But in other things 
difficulty is no argument, it rather animates 
men of brave spirits : and that all excellent 
things are hard, is so confessed a truth, that it 
has passed into a proverb."—(To be continued.) 
Lyrical Poetry of the Bible. 
The two great odes composed by Moses near 
the close of his life, elevate us amid the dread 
sublimities of Sinai; and more than any historic 
description, or even the highest efforts of the 
pencil, compel our hearts to bow, as did the He-
brews themselves, before the burning mount.—
The first of these odes unites the didactic with 
the lyric ; and its wonderful influence in giving 
boldness and richness to the whole body of He-
brew poetry, demands for it a careful study in con-
nection with our subject. We may not, how-
ever, quote it in full, but simply point to its pe-
culiarities as a model to the later poets; the 
prophets especially. The introduction is very 
impressive :— 
" Give ear, 0 heavens ! and I will speak ; 
Hear, 0 earth ! the words of my mouth !" 
Familiarity has made such language tame to 
us ; or rather, the grandeur of the conception 
eludes us in our listless reading of the Bible. 
Living as the prophets generally did, aloof 
from the passions of the people, it was natural 
for them to feel near to Moses, and to meditate 
much upon his words. Hence, their style is emi-
nently Mosaic. 
Isaiah opens his prophecy with this same apos-
trophe ;— 
" Hear, 0 heavens ! 
Give ear, 0 earth !" 
and then proceeds in much the same manner as 
Moses to rebuke the sins of the people, and to 
proclaim the goodness and severity of God in 
connexion. Let any one take the ode in ques-
tion, and call out its ornaments, and he will 
quickly verify what we have stated above ; that 
the odes of Moses were the great storehouse of 
imagery for the later poets. Every reader of the 
prophets is familiar with— 
" The words that distil as dew, 
And as the rain upon mown grass ;" 
and with the presentation of God as a rock, a 
judge, a father ; as a God burning with jealousy 
because of the love of his people for idols ; a 
God terrible in his judgments, then repenting 
him of his severity, and redoubling the appeals 
of mercy ; as emphatically the avenger of Is-
rael, and who also eats the fat of their sacri-
fices, and drinks the wine of their offerings. 
The appeals to filial reverence in this and the 
triumphal song at the Red Sea, sound like the 
familiar exordium of a litany ; and the remon-
strance with Israel, as with a " people void of 
understanding," comes to the established repri-
mand for apostacy. All recognized as the stan-
dard metaphors of the Psalms—the arrows of the 
Almighty, and his glittering sword ; his wrath 
burning to the abyss, and his face turned away ; 
the inheritance of God in his people, their rela-
tion to him as his wayward child ; their beauty 
before him as his vine. All these conceptions, 
and many other shades of thought which give 
beauty to the Psalms, occur in the ode before 
us. There is one passage, however, of exquisite 
beauty, which is nowhere reproduced. There 
are frequent allusions to the eagle in the proph-
ets and the Psalms, but Moses alone saw in her 
treatment of her young, when teaching them to 
fly, an image of God's dealing with Israel in 
childhood :— 
" He found him in a desert land ; 
In a waste, howling wilderness. 
He encompassed him about, and watched him : 
He guarded him as the apple of his eye. 
As the eagle stirreth up her nest, 
Hovereth over her young, 
Spreadeth her wings and taketh them, 
And beareth them upon her pinions ; 
So did Jehovah lead him alone ; 
There was no strange god with him." 
That a whole race of poets so eminently 
imitative as the Hebrew, should have suffered 
such a comparison to lie untouched upon the 
page of Moses, is certainly a marvel ; the more 
so, that is the only one which they have not ap-
propriated. 
The last ode of Moses, his song of blessing, 
commences with that magnificent description of 
Jehovah upon Sinai ; apparently more impress-
ive to the Hebrew poets than any other passage 
in his writings 
Jehovah came from Sinai, 
He arose unto them from Seir, 
And shone forth from Mount Paran. 
He came with ten thousands of saints, 
In his right hand fire ; as a law unto them ! 
He greatly loveth the tribes, 
All his saints are in thy hands. 
They lie down at thy feet, 
They receive thy commandments." 
The song of Deborah commences in the same 
style :— 
" Jehovah, when thou wentest out from Seir, 
When thou marchedst from the land of Edom, 
Then did the earth tremble, and the heavens drop ; 
The clouds also dropped water ; 
Mountains melted before the face of Jehovah, 
Even Sinai, before the face of Jehovah, God of 
Israel." 
The passage is repeated in the beginning of 
Psa, 68th :— 
" Lord, when thou wentest out before thy people, 
When thou marchedst through the wilderness, 
Then did the earth tremble, 
And the heavens drop, before the face of God—
Even Sinai before the face of God, the God of Israel. 
Thou didst shower down plentiful blessings, 0 Lord ; 
Thine heritage that fainted, thou didst revive it. 
Thy host established itself therein ; 
In thy goodness, 0 Lord, thou preparedst it for the 
wretched." 
Finally, see all the rays of this splendid in-
troduction reflected with undiminished glory in 
the ode of Habakkuk : 
" God came from Teman, 
The Holy One from Mount Paran. 
His glory covered the heavens, 
The earth was full of his praise. 
His brightness was as the sun ; 
Rays darted from his hands, 
And these were the veil of his majesty !" 
But the moral grandeur of Moses is not 
reached in any of these passages. That single 
line— 
"In his right hand fire ; a law unto them !" 
lights up the whole Mosaic economy. In the 
turn which Habakkuk gives to the thought, we 
have a more brilliant image indeed, and one 
whose splendor is not surpassed by any in the 
Bible :— 
" Rays darted from his hands, 
And these were the veil of his majesty !" 
Yet, after all, this is but outward glory and 
brightness, corresponding to Milton's expression, 
" dark through excess of light." We admire the 
vision, but it does riot impress like the thought 
of Moses, that the fire of God's right hand 
blazed into the consciences of men. 
The blessings upon the tribes, which form the 
body of this ode, must have given it peculiar at-
traction to the people. The prediction of Jacob 
hung over some of them like portentous clouds. 
These blessings of Moses, without gainsaying 
the words of Jacob, greatly encouraged the de-
scendants of the unworthy sons of the patriarch. 
The blessing upon Joseph, so ample arid beauti-
ful in the prophecy of his father, is here reite-
rated in much the same language, and dwelt 
upon as though the soul of Moses lingered with 
Jacob in his love for this best of sons. As this 
is the only instance in which the poetry of an 
earlier age is reflected in the odes of Moses, it 
may be well to quote the blessings as given by 
each. It will be perceived that the style of Ja-
cob is preserved in Moses throughout ; that some 
of the lines are given verbatim, and that the 
prophecy is repeated in exactly the same num-
ber of distichs. 
JACOB'S BLESSING UPON JOSEPH. 
Out of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, 
From thence, from the shepherd, the rock of Israel. 
From the God of thy fathers who helped thee, 
From the Almighty, who blessed thee, 
Shall come the blessing of heaven above, 
The blessings of the deep, which lieth beneath, 
The blessings of the breast, and of the womb. 
The blessings of thy father exceed the blessing of the 
ancient mountains, 
The delight and ornament of the ancient hills ! 
Let it come upon the head of Joseph, 
And upon the crown of the consecrated one of his 
brethren." 
MOSES' BLESSING UPON JOSEPH. 
Blessed of Jehovah be his land, 
With the most precious things of heaven ; 
With dew, and with the deep which Refit beneath, 
And with the most precious products of the sun ; 
And with the choicest things quickened by the moon. 
And with the grandest things of the ancient moun- 
tains. 
And with the most excellent things of the eternal hills, 
And with the richest things of the earth and her ful-
ness. 
And let the blessing of him that dwelleth in the thicket, 
Come upon the head of Joseph, 
Upon the crown of the chosen one of his brethren." 
The closing passage of this ode has peculiar 
interest, as being substantially the last words of 
Moses to his people. 
BURY ME IN THE GARDEN.—There was sorrow 
there, and tears in every eye ; and there were 
low half suppressed sobbings heard from every 
corner of the room—but the little sufferer was 
still ; its young spirit was just on the verge of 
departure. The mother was bending over it in 
all the speechless yearnings of parental love, 
with one arm under its pillow, and with the 
other unconsciously drawing the little dying girl 
closer and closer to her bosom. Poor thing ! 
in the bright and dew morning it had followed 
out behind its father into the field; and, while 
he was there engaged in his labor, it had patted 
around among the meadow flowers and, had 
stuck its bosom full, and in all its burnished 
tresses, with carmine and lily tinted things, and 
returning tired to its father's side, he had lifted 
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it upon the loaded cart; but a stone in the road 
had shaken it from its seat, and the ponderous, 
iron trimmed wheels had ground it down into 
the very cart-path—and the little crushed crea-
ture was dying. 
We had all gathered up closely to its bed-
side, and were hanging over the young, bruised 
one ; to see if it yet breathed, when a slight 
movement came over its lips, and its eyes part-
ly opened. There was no voice, hut there was 
something beneath its eyelids, which a Mother 
could alone interpret. Its lips trembled again, 
and we all held our breath—its eyes opened a 
little farther, and then we heard the departing 
spirit whisper in that ear which touched those 
ashy lips. " Mother ! mother ! don't let them 
carry me away down to the dark, cold grave-
yard, but bury me in the garden—in the garden, 
mother." 
A little sister, whose eyes were raining down 
with the meltings of her heart, had crept up to 
the bedside, and taking up the hand of the dy-
ing girl, sobbed aloud in its ears : Julia! Julia! 
can't you speak to Antolnette? 
The last fluttering pulsation of expiring na-
ture struggled hard to enable that little spirit to 
utter one more wish and word of affection ; its 
soul was on its lips as it whispered again : 
" Bury me in the garden, mother—bury me in 
the "— and a quivering came over its limbs— 
one feeble struggle, and all was still. E. Burriti. 
MY FATHER'S PaAvERs.—Such was the an-
swer given by a young lady, a recent convert, 
when asked what in particular had led her to 
think seriously upon the subject of religion.—
The remark left a deep impression upon the 
mind, and seemed truly to be an overwhelming 
argument in favor of family prayer. The father 
of the person referred to, is a ruling elder in 
one of our churches, and a man of true piety 
and zeal. He is known to be an ardent lover of 
family prayer, and not merely for the name, 
but for the solid enjoyment he finds in keeping 
the commandments of God. His family and 
surrounding friends have a large share in his 
supplications, and he has lived to see an answer 
to his prayers in the conversion of an affection-
ate daughter. This is but one instance among 
many, perhaps, that may have come to the 
knowledge of the reader : yet it is one that goes 
strongly to recommend family religion. 0 how 
little do many of us who are parents do fox 
the salvation of those children whose eternal 
welfare has, to a certain extent, been placed in 
our hands. They have souls that will be lost, 
if not saved. What parent does not desire the 
salvation of his child ? What would we not 
do for the good of their bodies? Yet their 
souls are of more value ten thousand times.—
Christian parent, would it detract from your 
happiness to know that you had been the instru-
ment in their salvation ? that your prayers had 
been answered in their conversion ? and to hear 
them say, when interrogated as above, " It was 
my father's prayers," or " My father's kind ad- 
monitions ?" 
Presbyterian. 
CHINESE TRADITION OF THE DELUGE.—Ill an 
address lately delivered in Dublin by Dr. Gutz-
laff, that distinguished man, among other things, 
made the following statement : 
Let them now look to the east of Asia, and 
there on its shores, washed by the Pacific, they 
would find China, an ancient nation, which has 
retained its customs for over two thousand years, 
with a strictness and attachment that would do 
honor to better things. In fact, the Chinese 
had a continual history even from the deluge 
up to the present time ; they had writers in all 
times and in all circumstances, and they had a 
language which, in its essential parts, had un-
dergone very little change for the past two 
thousand years. Was it not a wonder that this 
nation could exist so long, and could not be sub-
dued by the storms that had swept over the 
plains of Asia ? The fearful inroads of bar-
barianism which wasted and overthrew the Ro-
man Empire in the West and in the East, all 
that the wisdom of the Hindoos had established, 
did not annihilate or disperse his nation, (for he 
called the Chinese his own nation.) The in-
vaders of China, instead of giving their triumph 
a national character, were obliged in time to 
amalgamate with the Chinese, and thus this 
nation has preserved its purity. The Chinese 
history stated that there was at one time a great 
deluge, when the waters rose to the heavens, 
and that the empire was then converted into a 
swamp, which a king called Shun got it drained 
by means of canals whose mouths opened into 
the seas and rivers. The date of this event 
only differed a few years from that generally 
assigned to the deluge. It was a confirmation 
of the truth of Holy Scripture, that so distant 
a nation as the Chinese, who did not know from 
the Bible of the occurrence of the great fall, 
should record the same event as that spoken of 
in Holy Writ. There are other coincidences 
also, such for example, as the record of a great 
starvation, which took place about the time 
when Joseph was prime minister of Egypt. 
1)c 2hcitt tjeralo-. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1850. 
LOVE A TEST OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 
Love, we are told, is the fulfilling of the law. If 
we love GoD, we shall endeavor to do his will in all 
things. Our love for him is, consequently, an evi-
dence of obedience. And obedience is an evidence 
of love. If we love GOD, our hearts will flow forth 
with tender affection towards all the objects of GoD's 
love. We shall love the house of GOD, the word of 
GOD, and the people of GOD. If we love his law, it 
will be our meditation all the day. If we love his 
ordinances, we shall prefer the humble office of a 
door-keeper in the house of our GOD, to the most dis-
tinguished post in the tents of wickedness. If we 
love the people of GOD, we shall love them for their 
likeness to GOD,—for their reflection of his image. 
With love to the SAVIOUR overflowing within us, we 
shall feel a kindling glow of affection extending to-
wards all who give evidence of loving the Lord JESUS 
CHRIST in sincerity. We may know that we have 
passed from death unto life because we love the 
brethren. If any man love not his brother whom he 
hath seen, how can he love GOD, whom he hath not 
seen. 
The whole sum of Christian duty is briefly con-
tained in the commandment to love the LORD our 
GOD with all our heart, and our neighbor as ourself. 
If we thus love the LORD our GoD, we shall observe 
all the obligations which our relation to him have 
made binding on us. If we have disinterested love 
to our neighbor, we shall perform towards him all the 
duties, and extend to him all the courtesies, which 
our respective circumstances may require ; or which 
we should expect under reversed conditions. If all 
men would be thus actuated, how serene and peace-
ful would be our condition here. But — 
" If love to God, and love to men, 
Be wanting, all our hopes are vain." 
We may deceive our own hearts, and flatter our soul 
that the love of GoD abideth in us, when we have no 
love for others ; but we cannot deceive the Searcher 
of hearts, and the Reader of our inmost thoughts. 
The Christian will not only love his friend ; but 
his enemies will also be subjects of his love. It is 
an easy thing to love those who love us : the heathen 
can do this. But the Christian prays for blessings 
on those who despitefully use him and persecute him. 
If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give 
him drink, said the SAVIOUR. Let no malice for a 
moment find a lodgment in your heart. The Chris-
tian is a gentle being ; he suffereth long and is kind. 
He is easy to be entreated, is full' of mercy and good 
works. The atmosphere in which he moves is fanned 
with the breezes from the spirit-land. He is not his 
own avenger, and finds no place in his heart for wrath. 
He desires the conversion, and not the destruction of 
those who seek to crush him. He regards all the 
buffetings he may receive, as chastisements wisely 
ordered of the LORD. For his faults he endures re-
proof with all patience ; and counts it joy when all 
manner of evil is spoken falsely of him for CHRIST'S 
sake. He will seek to clear himself from false im-
putations ; but will feel no desire to retaliate on the 
authors of his calamity. He remembers the rock 
from whence he was hewn, and the hole of the pit 
from whence he was dug,—remembers that by the 
loving-kindness of his GOD, when he was a sinner 
against him, and that by grace his feet have been ta-
ken from the horrible pit and the miry clay ; and how, 
then, can he do otherwise than yearn for the salvation 
of those who are in the predicament from which he 
has been rescued ? He will not, therefore, feel angry 
towards them for their misdeeds. He will compas-
sionate them, for the sake of Him who died that he 
might live. 
Shall creatures of a day, who are of yesterday and 
know comparatively nothing, who are only saved by 
the grace and mercy of GOD, withhold from each 
other for slight causes, the love which is demanded 
of them I May not those who have been forgiven so 
much also forgive in return? May not those who are 
so full of imperfections, forgive the imperfections of 
others? May not those with whom GOD has borne 
in their waywardness and sin, bear with the weakness 
of others? Should it not rather be said of them, 
" See how these Christians love one another?"—
Among true Christians disaffection will not long ex-
ist. Right hearts will always be known by corres-
ponding fruits. 
How pleasant it is to see, 
Brethren in unity agree. 
THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 
"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, hav-
ing the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on 
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and 
people, saying with a loud voice, 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,—Rev, 14:6,7, 
Some obscurity has been thrown over this text by 
some who have rendered it " an everlasting gospel," 
and have consequently referred to it as if it was a new 
gospel, or a gospel different from that which had been 
before proclaimed. This error has been made be-
cause of the absence of the article in the Greek, in 
which case the noun is generally indefinite. There 
is, however, another rule of the Greek which re-
quires the definite article to be understood, when with 
out the article expressed, the noun is so distinctly 
understood that no other thing of the kind can be ad-
mitted. 
We then have the question, Is the gospel brought 
to view in the text a gospel well understood, and 
hence the gospel ? or may it be understood of some 
other gospel ? Hear the testimony of PAUL : " But 
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other 
gospel unto you than that which we have preached 
unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, 
so say I now again, If any man preach any other gos-
pel unto you than that ye have received, let him be 
accursed."—Gal. 1 : 7, 8. This forever decides the 
question. W5 learn from this clearly enunciated 
declaration of the apostle, that the curse of GOD will 
rest on the promulgator of any new gospel ,—whether 
lie be a mere man, or an angel, even, flying through 
the midst of heaven. Now as the angel in the midst 
of heaven can be no fallen angel, the gospel which 
he proclaims can be no new gospel. Consequently 
it is the gospel which PAUL preached—the good news 
of the kingdom—the salvation-which is to be revealed 
at the appearing of JESUS CHRIST. 
A usage similar to the above prevails in the Eng-
lish language. When we read that Israel passed 
over Jordan, it can be none other than the Jordan 
which they passed over. Strangers coming to Bos-
ton, are not coming to a Boston, but to the Boston.— 
And so numberless instances might be multiplied. — 
Apply the same rule to the Greek, and we have the 
everlasting gospel proclaimed " to them that dwell 
on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and 
tongue, and people." It is a proclamation in which 
all are required to unite, and with so much the more 
energy as we see the day approaching. The great 
purpose of those who aid in extending this proclama-
tion will be, to induce men to fear GOD and give 
glory to him. It will not be a mere desire to prose- 
lyte, and fashion men after their own modes of think-
ing ; but to convert men from dumb idols to serve the 
living and true GoD, and to wait for his Son from 
heaven. And the proximity to the judgment will he 
the all powerful motive by which the hearts of men 
will be sought to be affected, to remember their 
obligation to fear, honor, and glorify the GOD of 
heaven. 
What, then, is the Everlasting Gospel? The 
Gospel is good news—the good news of the kingdom. 
It is everlasting in its consequences,—eternal in its 
duration. It begins with the fall of man, the loss of 
GOD'S favor, points out a way of escape, shows the 
price which has been paid for our purchased redemp- 
tion, the means which are placed within our reach 
for escape from the wrath to come, and the glorious 
hope set before us in the Gospel. It was first enun- 
ciated in the blessed promise : The Seed of the wo-
man shall bruse the serpent's head. 
ENOCH the 
seventh from ADAM anticipated the consummation, 
when he testified that the LORD cometh with ten 
thousand of his saints. ABRAHAM desired to see this 
day ; he be heldit in the distant future, and rejoiced in 
view of the promised inheritance. He looked for a 
city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker 
is Gon. He sojourned a stranger in the land of 
promise, expecting after to receive it for an inherit-
ance. Jos was not ignorant of the future presence 
of his Redeemer in the flesh, in kingly glory. 
DA- 
VID fell asleep expecting to awake satisfied in his Sa-
viour's likeness. The prophets anticipated the com- 
ing kingdom, and sung of its enchanting excellencies. 
The apostles made continual reference to the restitu-
tion—to the coming of the day of the LORD. It was 
the great motive presented by them for every Chris- 
tian grace and duty. Can it then be said that the 
gospel is preached when its clowning glory is 
omitted, or passed over?—when that which formed 
the warp and woof of the church's anticipation in all 
ages is lost sight of? By no means. The everlast- 
ing gospel is as defective without that, as is Chris- 
tianity when preached without a crucified CHRIST. 
The gospel, embracing the establishment of the ever- 
lasting kingdom, the preaching of it described in the 
text declares the imminent establishment of that 
kingdom. Knowing the terrors of the LORD, it warns 
and entreats the sinner to flee from the wrath to come. 
Knowing the glory that awaits, it calls on the chosen 
ones of the LORD, to lift up their heads and rejoice 
because their redemption draweth nigh. 
- PERSONAL MATTERS. 
My friends abroad are doubtless desirous to know 
how these matters are progressing. We have only 
time to say, as our paper is going to press, although 
several evenings have been occupied in considering 
what course to take in reference to charges preferred 
against me, that I have not only been unable thus 
far to place the thing in a tangible shape, but those 
who have been partially brought to light as the ac-
cusing party, have thus far refused to come out from 
beneath the cover under which the circumstances of 
the case have thus far been veiled. The last evasion 
in the history of the case, by those personally inter-
ested in its issue, adds a still darker feature to what 
was previously so dark. I shall insist on having 
these charges fully retracted, or else know their ori-
gin, and the grounds on which they are sustained. 
What I have in my hands in the form of property, 
which has been of late so greatly magnified, is of 
very little consequence. My character is of some 
consequence. I niust have a clean breast before hea-
ven and earth, or I must know wherein I am at fault, 
by a clear and Christian process. Anything else is 
of little consequence ; and, as the tried friends of the 
cause have authorized me, I hereby tender to any 
man, who has any claim on property in my hands, 
the full amount of the same, on its presentation and 
proof, to the last farthing. 
The British steamship America arrived at this port 
on Wednesday last, bringing English papers to the 
25th ult. 
ENGLAND.—The effect of the withdrawal of the 
French Ambassador produced a sensible effect on the 
funds, but they soon rallied, and the belief was gene-
ral that the movement on the part of France was a 
mere ruse of the Ministers to enable them to carry 
the new electoral law. 
Circulation has been given to an insulting note 
from Russia, addressed to Lord PALMERSTON, con-
demning in strong terms the policy of the English 
Government in regard to the Greek question. The 
concluding sentence of the note is as follows :—" As 
the manner in which Lord PALMERSTON understands 
the protection due to English subjects in foreign coun-
tries, carries with it such serious inconvenience, Rus-
sia and Austria will not henceforth grant the liberty 
of residence to English subjects, except on condition 
of their renouncing the protection of their govern-
ment." 
Under date of Paris, Thursday evening, the Lon-
don Times, in allusion to the difficulty with Eng-
land, says that Lord PALMERSTON'S offer of compro-
mise has been rejected by the French Government, 
and at a Cabinet council the President of the Repub-
lic declared that the acceptance of any other condi-
tions than the pure and simple execution of the con-
vention of London was not consistent with the digni-
ty of France, and to none other would he consent. 
The Ministers unanimously approved of the condi-
tions, and expressed their intention to adhere to and 
adopt them. 
An attempted assassination of the king of Prussia 
has created a great sensation throughout Europe.—
The attempt was made at Potsdam by a sergeant of 
artillery, who fired a pistol at his Majesty, and in-
flicted a wound in the arm. 
FRANCE.—The debate on the Electoral bill com-
menced on Tuesday. The hall was densely crowded, 
and there was great excitement. After the presenta-
tion of an enormous number of petitions from all parts 
of France against the bill, and after a preliminary 
contention on the question of urgency, it was carried 
aginst the Mountain by 461 votes to 239. Gen. CA-
VAIGNAC, whose name was first on the list of speak 
ers, ascended the tribune. He rested his opposition 
to the measure on the letter and spirit of the Consti-
tution, which required, as its principle, the right of 
universal suffrage, and this bill was not to regulate, 
but to destroy that right. Besides, it was ill-timed 
and dangerous—ill-timed, because it would have the 
effect to raise, for the next two years, insurmountable 
difficulties in the way of Government ; and danger-
ous, because it would serve to make and consolidate 
a hostile party, composed of all those who should 
feel that they had been unjustly deprived of privi-
leges that had been conferred upon them by the Con-
stitution. He was listened to with absorbed atten-
tion, and met with no interruption in the course of a 
long speech, and on sitting down was loudly cheered 
by the whole left. The next important orator was 
VICTOR HUGO, who delivered a glowing panegyric on 
universal suffrage. On Wednesday, the first speaker 
of importance was M. DE MONTALEMBERT, who gave 
the Legitimist argument in favor of the bill. EMAN-
UEL ARAGO replied to him. M. THIERS was to speak 
 
 
 
 
 
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on Thursday. On Wednesday there were 700 mem-
bers present, and immense crowds around the Hall of 
Assembly. A sensation was created by the presenta-
tion of a petition demanding an appeal to the nation. 
A correspondent of a leading London paper says : 
" There can be no doubt whatever that the Cabinet 
is only watching an opportunity for suspending law, 
and placing the country under the yoke of the army. 
The obstinate forbearance of the people has so far 
deprived the Government of the long sought pretext 
for declaring martial law. 
" While all this is going on, the more important ne-
gotiations concerning the map of Europe, are visibly 
working at Claremont, at Forhsdoff, at Paris, and at 
St. Petersburg. The two branches are reconciled. 
Henry V. is to mount the throne of France, extended 
to the Rhine. Austria will be induced to give up as 
much of Lombardy as she cannot conveniently guard, 
to form a kingdom for one of the Orleans family. —
Prussia is to be tempted much with as many stray 
fragments of fatherland, which Russo-Gallic armies 
can wrench from a new country, which must be the 
ally of England." 
Several secret manufactories of gunpowder have 
been discovered. The prosecution of the opposition 
press goes on unabated. 
A correspondent of the London Globe of Thursday 
states, that " a conciliatory despatch has been sent to 
the French Charge in London, and the assertion had 
a favorable effect on the Bourse." 
ROME AND THE ITALIAN STATES.—The Pope iS ac-
cused of endeavoring to escape from Rome again, and 
of a wish to place himself under the protection of 
Austria, but is too closely watched by the French.—
Unless the Pope yields to liberal institutions, there 
is reason to apprehend that the Papal government is 
near its end. 
Her Majesty's steamer Spiteful has been sent to 
Naples, by Sir WILLIAM PARKER, with a view, it is 
said, of demanding reparation for the losses sustained 
by the English in 1848. 
GREECE.—The Greeks, unaware of what had 
passed between England and France, had honorably 
received Mr. WYSE., and mildly resumed their rela-
tions with him. Admiral PARKER had sailed for 
Malta. 
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.—Advices from Ham-
burg state that the work of the pacification of Den-
mark is now carried on in London, and that England 
and France have assented to the proposal of Prussia, 
to urge matters to a summary decision on the Danish 
question- 
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.—The Jesuits had been 
admitted into Vienna again, despite the opposition of 
the ecclesiastical authorities. 
Dalmatia has been definitely placed under JELLA-
elixir, who is now chief of Croatia, Sclavonia, and 
Dalmatia. 
KOSSUTH'S children have been allowed to go to him. 
BEM'S name has been nailed to the gallows by the 
public executioner, and his property declared forfeit-
ed to the state. 
A despatch announces a degree of amnesty in fa-
vor of Hungary, and the suppression of the customs' 
`)arriers between Austria and Hungary. In the gar-
rison of the newly recruited Honveds, recently, a 
large Hungarian nobleman, having disobeyed orders, 
wts sentenced to be flogged. All the corporals of 
the regiment having refused to execute the sentence, 
a corporal of the HAYNAU regiment of infantry was 
summoned from another barrack, and commenced 
puttiig the sentence into execution, but he had in-
flictel only a few blows when the young nobleman 
sank (own in a fit of apoplexy. In one moment all 
the ILriveds rushed upon the captain and put him to 
death. On the same evening the entire troop was 
d isban d 
GERMAiY.—The Berlin Congress of Princes closed 
definitely 'm the 16th. The most important decision, 
the prelimmaries agreed to at Erfurt being ratified, 
is that a provisional government of a new union is to 
be appointee—the nomination of persons to be left to 
Prussia. The supreme direction is to be left to 
Prussia, and so soon as the princely college and min-
istry are nomina`ed, Prussia will enter into her full 
presidential rights, and forthwith commence negotia-
tions with Germanic states, hot of the union, and 
especially with foreign governments, for the acknow-
ledgment of the un.on, and the regulation of exter-
nal affairs. The final reply of the king of Prussia 
to the Austrian circular, inviting him to the Frank-
fort conference, is, that he does not recognize Austrian 
right to re-erect her Presidency ; that consequently 
he will not attend ; ant that no resolutions passed at 
Frankfort will be consilered as binding upon others 
than those who may be present. This reply had the 
assent of all the princes in congress at Berlin. On 
the other hand, Austria, having utterly failed in her 
counter-move, has begun to bluster, and would do 
more but for the discover: impressed by the finance 
minister upon his colleagues in the cabinet, that the 
treasury is exhausted—so much so, that it was with 
difficulty the Emperor could get funds to pay the ex-
penses of his visit to Trieste, and that there is some 
fear of a national bankruptcy. The deficit in the 
revenue for the year ending 31st October, 1849, is 
94,850,000 florins, £9,485,000. 
From China the chief news is, that one emperor is 
dead, and that another emperor has succeeded him. 
The foreign consuls at Shanghai received from the 
authorities there, on the 20th of March, an official 
notice, that his majesty the Emperor had departed 
upon the great journey, and had, mounted upward on 
a dragon, to be a guest on high. 
The crew of her Majesty's sloop Reynard has suc-
ceeded in capturing arid destroying about thirty more 
pirates. 
NEW MEXICO. 
Trouble is already brewing in New Mexico, caused 
by the efforts of Texas to extend her laws over that 
portion acquired by the United States from Mexico. 
It is well known that Texas claims that New Mexico 
is embraced within her limits. This claim is founded 
on a treaty signed by Gen. SANTA ANNA when he 
was a prisoner to the Texans, in their war of inde-
pendence. This treaty was unauthorized by Mexico, 
and never received the sanction of its government, 
and therefore possessed no binding force, no more 
than that of a treaty signed by our President, but not 
ratified by the Senate. New Mexico always repu-
diated this claim, and looked on the attempt to coerce 
her to acknowledge laws and institutions which she 
abhorred, with disgust. Besides this, Texas never 
exercised jurisdiction over the territory, and it has 
never been represented in the Texas Legislature. 
Recently, movements have been made to extend 
the laws of Texas over the territory in dispute, either 
because fears are entertained that slavery will be ex-
cluded, or for the purpose of being in a position that 
will induce the friends of freedom to be willing to 
pay Texas a large sum to surrender her right to New 
Mexico. A Texas Commissioner has been for some 
time engaged in travelling through the territory, ex-
tending the laws over first one town and then another, 
by appointing officers receiving power from Texas, 
and as a matter of course, recognizing slavery wher-
ever such authority is recognized. On the announce-
ment, that a commissioner from Texas was engaged 
in such a work, the commander of the U. S. army in 
New Mexico received orders from the 'War Depart-
ment not to interfere in the matter, but to remain 
passive. This was either a blunder, or a surrender 
to Texas of that which was, to say the least, yet a 
matter in dispute, and as such a wrong to those who 
prefer an opposing claim. 
Thus matters have gradually progressed, until they 
have assumed great importance. The Washington 
correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, under date of 
the 4th, says, that recent news from Santa Fe has 
been received at Washington. He says :— 
" I learn that not long before he left, a public 
meeting was held to consider the boundary question 
and the claim of Texas, when a hot dispute arose be-
tween a number of citizens and Texans. The meet-
ing resulted in a fearful riot, which was about to end 
in a general fight, when the officers commanding the 
garrison ordered the troops to interfere, and prevent 
bloodshed, which was done, though not without dif-
ficulty. A great excitement prevails in the city, the 
people of which declare that they will oppose to the 
utmost, the attempt to force upon them the authority 
and law of Texas. This is evidently only the be-
ginning of the disturbance which will take place 
there, unless prompt measures are taken to check the 
pretensions of Texas. The recent letter of Hugh 
M. Smith, delegate from the territory, which will 
soon reach his constituents is not calculated to allay 
the hostility they feel in view of the attempts to de-
spoil them of their rights and plant slavery on their 
free soil. Nor is it calculated to make them in love 
with the Southern intriguers." 
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF ADVENTISTS 
IN BOSTON. 
Address of Advent Believers, 
RE-AFFIRMING THEIR FAITH, AND WARNING AGAINST DEFECTIONS, 
Adopted at the Boston Conference, May, 1850. 
(Continued from our last.) 
JEWISH BLOOD. 
The root of the Jewish race, as distinct from other 
nations, in the patriarch ABRAHAM. Goo called him 
out from among the other Gentiles, to become the 
father of a distinct people and the founder of a visi-
ble church, because he retained the early forms of truth 
in their purity, while the great mass of men changed 
the truth of GoD into a lie. GOD gave them over to 
a reprobate mind. He called ABRAHAM his friend 
and blessed him. The two covenants which begun 
with him, though intimately connected in some re-
spects, had different objects in view. One secured to 
ABRAHAM personally, and to all who like him believed 
GOD, an everlasting possession, to consist of the land 
of their sojourning—the world ; the true GOD to be 
their GOD, and the establishment of this covenant 
with them, in their generations, after ABRAHAM.—
The other covenant secured to ABRAHAM, in his pos-
terity, the birth of CHRIST, who is the root and off-
spring Of ABRAHAM, as he is also of DAVID. The 
first covenant is eternal, the second was temporal. 
One is personal, the other was political. The bless-
ings of one covenant are secured on one principle—
grace, faith, and the reception of the Spirit ; the 
blessings of the other, were secured on another prin- 
ciple—the flesh, or natural posterity of ABRAHAM, and 
the merit of works as defined by the law. The 
human parties to one covenant were allegorized by 
one line of ABRAHAM'S seed—IsAAc—and are called 
the children of promise, the children of Gon, and 
the children of the free woman, Jerusalem above ; 
those of the other covenant were allegorized by 
another line—ISHMAEL—and are called the children 
of the flesh, of their father the devil, and of the 
bondwoman, old Jerusalem. 
The institutions of the political and temporal cove-
nant were specially designed as a middle wall of 
partition between ABRAHAM'S natural posterity and 
other nations till CHRIST should come, that the faith-
fulness of Goy in fulfilling the promise might be 
manifested. For how could it be known that CHRIST 
was ABRAHAM'S seed unless his posterity were thus 
preserved ? And hence the first verse in the New 
Testament gives prominence to this fact : " The book 
of the generations of JESUS CnRrsT, the son of DAvid, 
the son of ABRAHAM." " Of these, as concerning 
the flesh, CHRIST came," is the great fact on which 
the apostles stand, when they invite their kinsmen 
and all the world to GOD through him ; and at the 
same time dash to the earth, with loathing and con-
tempt, the hope of the Jews, who trusted in anything 
but CHRIST, as dung and dross. The distinct pre-
servation of the honored progenitors of the MESSIAH, 
to illustrate the faithfulness of GOD, was the special 
and grand purpose of the temporal and political cove-
nant begun with ABRAHAM ; was fully developed 
during the period from MOSES to SOLOMON, and con-
tinued till CHRIST came. But there were other su-
bordinate purposes connected with this. 1. The 
Mosaic covenant was typical—a shadow of things be-
yond itself. It required a long catalogue of person-
ages, institutions, and events to exhibit the various 
offices and works of CHRIST. The prophets, priests, 
kings, conquerors, all have their significance. The 
land possessed under the temporal covenant, although 
comprehended in the eternal inheritance, was a type 
of it ; the people of the body politic, though as many 
of them as were comprehended with him in the ever-
lasting covenant, were typical of the Israel of GOD—
the church of the first born. The sign of circum-
cision, which ABRAHAM received as the seal of the 
faith which he had while uncircumcised, became the 
significant badge of the Mosaic covenant. 
The temporal and political covenant was made 
the medium of conveying great moral lessons. The 
facts which are always referred to, in the divine 
administration towards our race, were presented in a 
definite and terrible or glorious form in the law of 
MOSES. The exceeding sinfulness of sin ; the wrath 
and justice of GoD against it, and the only atone-
ment which could avail for the guilty—the precious 
blood of CHRIST—were the great moral lessons of the 
law. And thus while its observances sanctified out-
wardly to the purifying of the flesh, and gave a 
title to all the privileges of the Jewish common-
wealth, they continually referred the worshippers to a 
higher sanctification, which was needed to prepare 
them to serve the living GOD in the eternal inherit-
ance, and the true tabernacle. 
The history of Goo's dealings with his people, 
under the law, was to be a standing illustration of his 
faithfulness in reference to his eternal arrangements. 
He who was to sit 011 DAVID'S throne, and to whose 
kingdom there is to be no end, must first be born of 
the house and lineage of DAVID. He in whom all 
the families of the earth were to be blest must first be 
born of the seed of ABRAHAM. He who is to bruise 
the head of the serpent must first appear as the seed 
of the woman. He who is to stand at the head of 
the restored creation as the second ADAM, must first 
manifest himself in a form like unto his brethren ; 
then die for us under the curse of the law, yet not 
condemned by the law ; and prove by his victory 
over death, that he is the SON of GOD, the appointed 
heir of all things ! 
In all these respects the temporal and political cove-
nant between God and the seed of ABRAHAM who 
should produce the MESSIAH, according to the flesh, 
was made subordinate to the higher and eternal cove-
nant with the seed that CHRIST himself should pro-
duce. 
It was in this complexity of the divine arrangements 
that Jewish conceit or carelessness got lost. It was 
as difficult to submit to the scriptures, as it was la-
borious to search the scriptures. The assumptions 
and blunders of ancient Judaism, which pleased not 
Gon and were contrary to all men, are fully exposed 
by the apostles. 
What do these apostles, who had as much to boast 
of as any Jew could have, say of any and all the 
distinctions on which the hope of a Jew could rest? 
They tell us that GOD has no respect to these things 
as a ground of acceptance ; and that righteousness 
and the fear of Gon are as acceptable in other nations 
as among the Jews. That while the Jew hath much 
advantage every way, and chiefly in the bestowment 
of the oracles of Goo, that these same oracles declare 
that there is no difference ; for all have sinned and 
come short of the glory of GOD ; and that as the GOD 
of the Jews is the GOD of the Gentiles also, he 
justifies all alike through faith, without the deeds of 
the law. 
PAUL goes directly back to the case of ABRAHAM, 
which all parties in the controversy must admit to be 
decisive. The Jews said, " We have ABRAHAM to 
our father." Yes, says PAUL, our father, as per-
taining to the flesh : what has he found ? On what 
ground did he stand ? What advantage did he secure ? 
All who stand on the same ground must be safe ! 
Very well. What saith the scripture 1 " ABRAHAM 
believed GOD, and it was counted to him for righteous-
ness." And the difference between the position of 
the Jew and that of ABRAHAM is this : one worketh 
and presents his demand as a debt ; the other looks 
to the grace of him that justifieth the ungodly, and 
believes or trusts in his promise. ABRAHAM did so. 
DAVID did the same ; and describes the blessedness 
of the man who stands on this ground. Blessed is 
the man to whom the LORD will not impute sin. 
But these men were both circumcised. True. But 
does this blessedness belong to the circumcision only, 
or to the uncircumcision also? Let ABRAHAM'S case 
decide it ; for we say that faith was reckoned to him 
for righteousness. How was it then reckoned ?—
When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision ? 
Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. Arid 
that we!1 known fact in his history has a most im-
portant meaning. His faith, and his justification, 
and his blessedness preceded the reception of its 
sign and seal, that he might be the fatherf all them 
that believe, though they be not circumcised. There-
fore all who believe are blessed with faithful ABRA-
HAM. They sustain the same relation to GoD : are par-
doned, have peace with Gon, have access to the grace 
which enables them to stand, and with him are heirs 
of the world. By losing sight of the faith of ABRA-
HAM in the sign of that faith, and then misinterpret-
ing the sign itself, circumcision and the law were 
used for a purpose for which they were never design-
ed ; the law was set against the promise of God, so 
as to annul the promise, faith was made void, and 
the promise of no effect. In this way the whole 
plan of salvation was turned upside down. Placed on 
such a footing, the two things became eternally irre-
concilable. One must destroy the other. 
PAUL sums up the case by showing that the law 
could not give life ; that as the ministrations of mercy 
and grace to the believing, and the promise of the 
inheritance, were older than the law, therefore that 
covenant from which the grace and the promise came 
cannot be annulled by the law ; and as the inheritance, 
was originally secured by promise, it is sure to all 
the believing seed, whether Jew or Gentile. If any 
question is or can be settled by the full, clear, and 
harmonious testimony of the word of GOD, it is settled, 
that all who found acceptance with GOD before a Jew 
existed, all who found acceptance with him during 
the existence of Jewish institutions, and all who have 
found, or may find acceptance under the Gospel, stand 
on the broad foundation of grace, as common ground ; 
they all exhibit the same faith in the promise of GOD ; 
they are one body ; fellow heirs ; heirs of GOD, and 
joint heirs with CHRIST. The middle wall of partition 
is broken down by Jewish hands, commissioned by 
Him who ordained it. All was left that was Jewish 
for the broad ground of the Gospel. And all who 
prefered their Jewish distinctions to CHRIST and the 
common Gospel, were rejected like ESAU ; cast out 
like the child of the bond-woman ; like PHARAOH 
and the Egyptians, who opposed the promise and pur-
pose of GoD in the days of MOSES, they are vessels 
of wrath fitted for destruction ; they are as Sodom 
and Gomorrah ; they have stumbled, and are blinded, 
like Israel against whom ELIJAH made intercession. 
The institutions in which they trust, have become a 
snare, and a trap and a stumbling block, and a recom-
pense unto them ; their eyes are darkened that they 
may not see, and that they may bow down their back 
alway. There is no hope for them but by faith in 
CHRIST ; and that brings them on to the common 
Gospel ground ; and if they come it is as life from the 
dead. For the law in which they trust is dead, abol-
ished, done away, by CHRIST ; and all Jewish believers 
become dead to the law by the body of CHRIST. The 
hope of the Jew and that of the believer in CHRIST, 
are as opposite to each other, as life and death. 
So the apostles regarded the pretensions of ancient 
Judaism. So, as Adventists, we have regarded them 
from the first : " The Jews are not the rightful heirs 
of the promised land. Believers — Christians— are 
the true Jews, the real Israel of God, the true seed, 
and the rightful heirs of the promised land."—Synop. 
Now, that there are serious indications of defection 
on this point, will appear from the following articles 
in a professed Advent paper. After quoting passages 
from the most discursive portions of prophecy, gar-
bling and interpolating them in the most unauthorized 
manner, remarks like the following are advanced as 
" proved ;" " literal truth ;" " glorious ;" &c. &c. 
With the portions quoted, as they stand in the word 
of God, we have no difficulty. The " theory " built 
on these texts is another thing. We first quote from 
an article in the Bar. of Feb. 23. In this article, the 
Her. quotes from Luke, Daniel, Zechariah, and 
Matthew ; and then says : " Christ gives us to under-
stand that Jerusalem will be rescued from the Gen-
tiles, and fitted for the place of the throne of his glo-
ry." That literal or old Jerusalem is intended is 
evident from the whole article. But the following 
from the Har. of March 30, will show more clearly 
what was intended : — " Numerous prophecies as 
clearly and positively predict the building up again 
of Jerusalem as they do of its fall. And as they make 
Jerusalem re-built, the glorious city of the Lord 
during his millennial reign, it is evident that the new 
Jerusalem, which is not to be re-built, cannot be that 
city.... But by a careful examination of the chapter, 
(Isa. 60th,) we think all will see that it does not speak 
of the new Jerusalem which is to be located on the 
new earth, but of literal Jerusalem in its redeemed, 
cleansed, beautified, and glorified state, in the age to 
come, under the millennial reign of Christ. . . . No 
wonder that Paul, in speaking of Jerusalem thus re-
deemed and glorified, in contrast with it fallen, trod- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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den down in the dust, could say, Jerusalem which 
Is above is free.' See Isa. 2:2 ; 52:1, 2 ; Micah 3 : 
12 ; 4 : 1, and other corresponding passages ; and it 
will be clear that Jerusalem now in heaps' and in 
the dust,' is to shake herself from the dust ; arise, 
and he ' exalted above the hills ;' in this state of ex- 
altation it will he Jerusalem that is above' its former 
low condition. . . It should be remembered that the 
new Jerusalem is not named in Paul's discourse; but 
the Jerusalem which is above ' is, and we think we 
have already proved that it is not the new Jerusa-
lem.* . . . Indeed, all the holy prophets have clearly 
foretold the rebuilding of Jerusalem, which is now 
trodden down of the Gentiles. To this truth James 
bears testimony, in which the church in Jerusalem 
and the apostles agree. The case to which we refer 
is recorded in the 15th of the Acts of the Apostles. 
. . . . Observe, the understanding of this Apostolical 
conference was, that the prophets taught that the 
tabernacle of David that had been thrown down, and 
was in ruins, would be builded again, when the Lord 
should return. t . . . 
" Finally, such is the nature of the overwhelming 
amount of plain, inspired testimony on this subject, 
that we are forced to the conclusion that there are 
three Jerusalems named in the Bible. 1. Jerusalem 
that is trodden down, and now in bondage. 2. Jeru-
salem redeemed, rebuilt, which is above, or will be 
exalted above the hills,' and according to Ezekiel, 
and all the holy prophets, will be the glorious city of 
the Lord of glory, the beloved city, during his mil-
lennial reign on the earth. And 3. The new Jeru-
salem, which will come down from God out of hea-
ven, after the close of the thousand years reign of 
Christ and the creation of the new earth." t Other 
articles 'tight be quoted. These are sufficient. 
It will be seen that in order to make three Jerusa-
lems, the article has to make two of one. Jerusalem 
to be rebuilt, we are told, is " the literal Jerusalem," 
and is counted for the second. Paul spoke of this in 
contrast with the literal Jerusalem, as " above," be-
cause when it is rebuilt, it will be " exalted above the 
hills." The " glorious prospect " of Paul and all 
the free children is, then, to get back to Jerusalem 
rebuilt. That is to continue forever " a thousand 
years ;" § and then comes the everlasting New Jeru-
salem. It is surprising that Paul did not say, " here 
we have no continuing city, but we seek two to 
come." 
JEWISH PROPHECIES. 
We need to say but a few words on the prophecies 
which are applied so confidently to the Jews and lite-
ral or old Jerusalem. If it be true, that he is not a 
Jew who is one outwardly ; that Jerusalem is placed 
exactly on a level with her sisters Sodom and Sama-
ria, as to a restoration, and is left desolate, after hav-
ing rejected the last possible visitation of mercy, so 
that the things which belong to her peace are hid from 
her eyes, it must follow, that any construction of 
prophecies which holds out the hope of restoration 
And how is it " proved ? " If it should be 
granted that this 60th chapter of Isaiah is not a con-
ditional portion, which might have been fulfilled du-
ring the political probation of old Jerusalem, the 
whole argument for the restoration of old Jerusalem 
is built on ignorance of the use of language. No 
person of intelligence, unless biased by a " theory," 
would contend that Mount Zion, or Jerusalem, which 
consisted only of inanimate matter, were the subject 
of the prophets words, which speak of "eyes, heart, 
sons, daughters, calling, mourning," &c. &c. What 
is said metonymically of the place, is true of those 
who belong to it. The city is personified, and the 
figure embraces both the place and people. Still fur-
ther, what is thus personified represents something 
beyond itself, just as David and the prophets repre-
sented Christ. As Christ is said to be in the condi-
tion of his representatives, so the heavenly Jerusalem 
is said to be in the condition of her children—"for-
saken, tossed to and fro," &c. Such literalism may 
" wrest the Scriptures" as much as spiritualism. 
t Here again we must point out the ignorance of 
the use of language. There was no tabernacle of 
David, in the sense of a tent or temple. The: taber-
nacle erected by Moses was before David ; the tem- 
ple of Solomon was built after him. But there was 
" the house of David," not only in the literal sense, 
but also in the metonymical sense, of the household, 
—the thing inhabited is put for its inhabitants. See 
Luke 1:27, 69. So the " tabernacle of David " is put 
for the worshippers. See Amos 9 : 8-12. These 
worshippers were " the house of Israel,"—who, al-
though they were " sifted among all nations," " not 
the least grain should fall upon the earth," or he lost, 
—as distinguished from " the sinful kingdom," and 
" the sinners," who should " die by the sword." — 
This tabernacle of David was fallen down—scattered 
—broken. But the house or tabernacle of David—
another Israel—was to be raised up, to consist of all 
the Gentiles or heathen who are called by the name 
of the Lord. That this is the sense, is evident from 
the use of the word " they " as synonomous with the 
word " it," by the prophet ; and from the argument 
of the apostles. 
When we assume that " three Jerusalems " are 
brought to view in the plan of God, the eternal bal-
ance between type and antitype is destroyed. There 
must be two typical dispensations, or two antitypical, 
corresponding with those in which these Jerusalems 
are supposed to be found. This confusion does not 
exist in the divine plan. Old Jerusalem and her 
children—them that serve the tabernacle—are " cast 
out." The true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, 
and not man, will stand forever : to this all the chil-
dren of promise look, and to this they will be gath-
ered. If there is a third arrangement, it must be-
long to a third class! 
* The mention of the coming of the Lord to judg-
ment, before the mention of this gathering of all na-
tions and tongues to see his glory, is no proof that 
the gathering is after the coming of the Lord and af-
ter the judgment. For the same circumstance would 
prove that the calling of the Gentiles must have pre-
ceded the rejection of the Jews (65 : 1, 2) ; but we 
know the Jews as a people were rejected before the 
Gentiles were called. See Luke 24:47 ; Acts 11:19; 
13:46, 47 ; Rom. 11:11-15 ; 1 Thess. 2:14-16. 
To show still further the " folly " of, and the 
fatal consequences that must result from, these at-
tempts to overturn the direct testimony of the word of 
God on a question, we quote a similar portion of dis-
cursive prophecy, that is familiar to all : " For thus 
saith the Lord of hosts ; Yet once, it is a little while, 
and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the 
sea, and the dry land ; and I will shake all nations, 
and the desire of all nations shall come : and I will 
fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. 
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the 
Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall 
be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts : 
and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of 
hosts."—Hag. 2 6-9. Hem the order of events is 
not only unnoticed in the prophecy, but actually re-
versed, as well known facts and apostolic testimony 
demonstrate. And yet there is as good reason to put 
all after the coming of the Lord that is mentioned af-
ter the one more shaking, as there is for putting this 
missionary work of Isaiah after Christ's coming in 
glory. But what would an apparent " thus saith the 
Lord " amount to, which made an historical portion 
of it ? Why, it would place the one who thus turned 
things upside down, just where the Jew is, and in 
direct opposition to Christ and the apostles. He 
would " prove " that the " Desire of all nations " 
had not come. 
t If the wicked are to be on the earth during the 
seventh day of a thousand years, and that is a suffi-
cient reason why the new creation cannot take place 
at or near the coming of Christ ; it certainly is a suf-
ficient reason why the conflagration cannot take place 
till after the thousand years. If the wicked are on 
the earth " during " the thousand years, the confla-
gration must he after that period ends, and not " in " 
the day of the Lord. 
Now, if it is not a settled question, that the period 
which is limited by the coming of Christ to judgment 
is the only period in which mercy," pardon, and 
salvation can be " offered " to sinners, or obtained by 
them ; if it is riot settled that the whole period after 
the coming of Christ is a state of retribution, pray 
what points of doctrine can be settled by the word of 
God ? Christ says that he will then " reward every 
man according to his works ;" that " when the Son 
of man shall come in his glory, before him shall be 
gathered all nations, and he shall divide them one 
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from 
the goats." And these he explains to mean " the 
righteous " and " the wicked " of all nations. The 
decision is final and universal. The apostles assure 
us, that in the day when God shall judge the secrets 
of men by Jesus Christ, he will render to every soul 
of man, Jew or Gentile, according to his deeds ; eter-
nal life, or indignation and wrath. The portions in 
which this great and most important practical truth 
is clearly slated by all the prophets since the world 
began, by Christ and the apostles, are so familiar and 
so numerous, we need not refer to them in detail. —
There is no one point in which, as a body, we have 
been more fully settled, and by which we have been 
more distinguished, even from some worthy believers 
in the Advent at hand, than in this. The true doc-
trine is stated in the address of the Rochester con-
ference of 1846, which was written by the editor of 
the Har. " Matt. 13.—The parable of the tares and 
wheat, and the Saviour's exposition, are familiar to 
the Bible student. Read it again, that your mind 
may be refreshed, and your faith strengthened, that 
the righteous and wicked represented by the wheat 
and tares were to continue together from the time the 
parable was uttered until the coming of the Son of 
man, at the end of the world. Then the wicked are 
to be gathered out of the kingdom, or world, and the 
righteous shine therein as the stars forever and ever." 
—pp. 12, 13. 
Yes. We have thought it was settled, that at the 
coming of the Son of man the righteous would all be 
changed to immortality, and that in connection with 
his coming, the marriage of the Lamb would be cele- 
brated, the promised inheritance be received, and 
" the eternal and most glorious age begin." But 
now we are given to understand, that this most glo- 
rious age does not begin till " the thousand years' 
reign of Christ terminates ; " that " some of the 
wicked will be on the earth during" that period ; 
that " some who will not then be changed to immor- 
tality, will be sent to declare the fame and glory of 
the Lord unto the Gentiles." To be sure we are 
plainly told that it is not to be " a probationary age ;" 
yet in tile same article we are told that " so long as 
God has positively promised to forgive sins in that 
age, we should believe his promise ;" that " in case 
of noncompliance with his offer of mercy, instead of 
expostulation and entreaty being made with the of-
fenders, as in this probationary age, judgments will be 
speedily executed ;" and " if in his wise and benevo-
lent purposes, God has promised to open a door for 
the residue of men, either Jew or Gentile, to seek 
him, he will do it. Take heed, 0 vain man, how, 
with your puny arm, you attempt to close that door !" 
What shall we say now to this I Are not the in-
dications of defection sufficiently serious to call for a 
warning? If the foundations be removed, what shall 
the righteous do ? Which of the fundamental prin-
ciples of our faith has not been assailed, and made a 
subject of doubtful disputation, under some pretext or 
other, by professed Adventists? What may come be-
fore our deliverance who can tell ? But when every-
thing is thus thrown to the winds, it becomes all who 
value the truth, and the good of man, to hold fast the 
profession of his faith without wavering. Be not 
carried about with divers and strange doctrines : for 
it is a good thing that the heart be established with 
grace ; not with meats which have not profited them 
that have been exercised therein. This is not giving 
meat in due season. We dare not take the liberty to 
be so doing ! 
THE MILLENNIUM PAST. 
Again. We regard it as a capital deficiency in the 
interpretations, so called, of other familiar periods, 
which Prof. Stuart and others apply to the past, 
that they can find no history to show the facts. The 
alleged fulfilment does not correspond with their own 
construction of the prophecy. So in this case. No 
period of a thousand years is known, or has ever 
been pointed out, as distinct from what preceded or 
followed it since the prophecy was written, 
Finally. The climax of absurdity is found in the 
new " translation " of the prophecy itself, published 
by the most noted advocate of this interpretation, in 
the " Bible Advocate extra." By comparing this 
" translation " with the common one, it will be seen 
that the prophecy itself was sadly out of shape, or it 
has been sadly wrested. 
Bib. Ad. Ex. 
Rev. 20:4-6. 
" And I saw thrones, " And I saw thrones, 
and they sat upon them, and they that sat upca 
and judgment was given them, and judgment was 
unto them a thousand given unto them : and I 
years. And I saw the saw the souls of them 
persons that shall be that were beheaded for 
priests of God and of the witness of Jesus,and 
Christ, and shall reign for the word of God and 
with him : martyred for which had not woiship-
the witness of Jesus, and ped the beast, neitier his 
for the word of God, a image, neither hid re-
thousand years. And I ceived his mark upon 
saw the persons which their foreheads, orin their 
worshipped not the beast, hands ; and they lived 
neither his image, neither and reigned wita Christ 
had received his mark a thousand years. But 
upon their foreheads, or the rest of the _lead lived 
in their hands. This is not again unti' the thou-
the first resurrection. But sand years were finished. 
the rest of the martyrs This is the fist resurrec-
lived not until the thou- Lion. Blessed and holy 
sand years were finished. • is lie that hah part in the 
Blessed and holy is he first resurrection : on such 
that hath part in the first the second death bath no 
resurrection : on such the power, but they shall be 
second death bath no priests of God and of 
power." 
Christ. and shall reign 
with him a thousand 
years " 
These, brethren, are the serials indications of de- 
fection from. the Advent faith, which we feel called up-
on to point out to you and to warn you against them. 
The theories we have noticed pre no part of our faith. 
They have never been countenanced by the great body 
of our brethren, but have been regarded as subversive 
of the gospel hope, however sincere their advocates 
may be. The apostles spoka with boldness and with 
certainty, but they never stoke such things as these. 
And if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who 
shall prepare himself to the battle? 
In view of these defections, and from a sense of 
duty to ourselves, our brethren, and our fellow men, 
we feel called on to re-affrm the Advent faith. We 
decidedly protest against the course of those who are 
giving currency to these theories, as unjust, and in-
jurious to the cause of truth. It is unjust to present 
them in a form that mill associate, or involve, the 
Advent body in the responsibility of their promulga-
tion. It is injurious tc prejudice against the truth, by 
such speculations, those who turn from the popular 
t " Relative to . . . the terms, eternity, forever, 
everlasting, &c., we would say, that all may be har-
monized with our views. They may be limited, in 
the perpetuity of their signification, to the age or dis-
pensation to which they relate. This will not be 
questioned by any Bible student. There is to be a 
reign of Christ and his saints of a thousand years, 
and every term or phrase on time or duration which 
relates to that thousand years must be limited in its 
perpetuity to that period of time."—Har., Apr. 20. 
to Jerusalem and her children, as yet future, could 
construe any portion of the word of God into a ground 
of hope to the most ungodly. If the Jews are to be 
saved at the advent, who are waiting for the Messiah 
to come in triumph and glory, let their weeping be 
ever so great, if they have all their lifetime rejected 
him as Christ crucified, who can be in danger I 
The prophecies which are supposed to hold out to 
the Jew and to Jerusalem a future hope, belong to 
one of the following classes. 1. Those prophecies 
which speak of the gathering of the righteous to 
Christ at his appearing, and the part they are to take 
with him against the wicked, in executing the judg-
ments written, especially in the great battle, the 
principal theatre of which will undoubtedly be in 
Palestine. 
The prophecies which referred to the restora-
tion of the Jews from the captivity in Babylon. The 
first class named, and these, are frequently blended 
together in the discursive prophecies of Isaiah and 
Zechariah. 
Those prophecies which held out to the nation, 
conditionally, during their political probation, a state 
of great prosperity and exaltation. 
Those who do not understand, or do not regard, 
this Scriptural distinction in these prophecies, will 
be as likely to put light for darkness, as those who 
were " under the veil " when the prophecies were 
written. 
PROBATION AFTER THE ADVENT. 
Serious indications of defection from the Advent 
faith have appeared from different sources, in refer-
ence to a future age of probation, at least to some of 
mankind. This is a somewhat favorite opinion with 
several English writers. It has been adopted by a 
number in our country. And one of the most awk-
ward and bewildering attempts to sustain something 
of this kind has been made of late in the professedly 
Advent paper before quoted. The following will 
show what is referred to. We quote from an article 
in the Har. of March 16. On Isa. 66 : 15-19, these 
remarks are made : " Here the coming of the Lord 
is clearly taught, and a great destruction of the un-
holy that will then be witnessed. This is clear. Is 
it not equally clear that all will not then be destroyed, 
but some will escape, and go to the nations afar off 
to declare, riot the cross or humiliation, but the glory 
of the Lord I" * On Rev. 11:15, this remark, after 
referring to the destruction of the beast, false proph-
et, &c., is made : " Extensive, however, and fearful 
as that destruction will be, the plain word of the 
Lord gives us unequivocally to understand that some 
will escape,' (Isa. 66 : 190 or be left,' (Zech. 14 : 
16,) who shall go to different nations, and the isles 
afar off, that have not heard the fame nor seen the 
glory of Christ, to declare unto them his glory and 
fame ; and they shall go up from year to year to wor-
ship the King, the Lord of hosts."—Har. Apr. 20. 
And again in the same paper a correspondent says : 
" To me the Scriptures evidently teach, that during 
the seventh day reign there will be on the earth, not 
only the righteous, but some of the wicked." t 
In the Har. of May 11, these sentiment are stated 
more fully : " Isa. 66 : 15-24.--This prophecy first 
clearly predicts the coining of the Lord ; then informs 
us that the slain of the Lord shall be many ' in that 
day, but gives us to understand that some will es-
cape' that destruction, who, we think, will not then 
he changed to immortality, but will be sent to declare 
the fame and glory of the Lord unto the Gentiles, and 
the isles which have not heard his fame nor seen his 
glory ; and it is said, I will gather all nations and 
tongues; and they shall come and see my glory." . 
Jer. 31:31-34 ; Ezek. 34 : 23-31 ; 37 : 21-28 ; Rom. 
11:25-27 ; Heb. 8 : 8-12 ; 10 : 16, 17, shed light on 
this subject, which we request the reader carefully to 
examine. The new Covenant is a prominent theme 
of these scriptures. That covenant is not perfected 
until the Lord shall come ; consequently it will be 
the rule of action of the future age. In that cove-
nant nothing is said about probation, or obtaining sal- 
vation, on the principles or conditions of any of the 
systems of probation with which the world has yet 
been blessed. But that covenant does promise to 
those with whom it will be consummated, to write 
in their hearts' the law of the Lord, to forgive their 
iniquities,' to turn away ungodliness' from them, 
take away their sins,' be merciful to their unright-
eousness,' and remember their iniquities no more.' 
All these gracious assurances are to have their fulfil-
ment after the fulness of the Gentiles shall be come 
in,' and there shall come out of Zion the Deliverer.' 
—Rom. 11:25, 26. Consequently, they must be ful-
filled in the age to come. And whether the idea of 
probation (as now understood) can justly be attributed 
to that merciful work, we leave others to judge, free-
ly expressing our opinion, however, that it cannot ; 
and as freely say, we most fully believe that God will 
then take away sins,' turn away ungodliness,' &c., 
just as he has promised to do. Though he may not 
have revealed the specific conditions, (if there will 
be conditions,) or we may not yet understand them, 
on which he will forgive sins in that age, so long as 
he has positively promised to do so, we should believe 
his promise. We do believe and rejoice in it ; and 
thank the Lord that not a few have this same precious 
faith and heavenly joy." 
On Zech. 14:16-21, the following occurs : " It ap-
pears evident from this prophecy that the remnants of 
the nations that will escape the great destruction, at 
or near the time of the coming of the Lord, will be 
favored with the gracious privilege of submitting to 
his universal law ; but in case of non-compliance with 
his offer of mercy, instead of expostulation and en-
treaty being made to the offenders, as in this proba-
tionary age, judgments will be speedily executed." 
This remark is made near the close of the article : 
" This view of this important subject, we feel the full-
est assurance, in its general outlines, is substantially 
correct ; and will not only stand the strictest criticism 
of man, but will abide the day of the Lord : for it is 
not according to the opinions of men, but is based 
upon the plain, immutable word of Inspiration." 
Of this defection from the Advent faith we hardly 
need to speak. Its absurdity is its antidote. It be-
comes serious chiefly from its connection with the de-
fections before named ; and calls fora passing notice 
and warning against it. Though different forms of 
error are sometimes opposed to each other, they are 
often united against the truth. On this principle it 
may be that extremes meet in this case. The defec-
tion just noticed supposes that the seventh thousand 
years of the world's history—the millennium—is to 
he a sort of nondescript age ; some of the wicked on 
the.earth during the whole period ; immortal saints ; 
mortal missionaries; literal Jerusalem rebuilt; sins 
forgiven, and offers of mercy to offenders. 
The defection now under consideration supposes the 
millennium to have been enjoyed during, or makes 
it cover, the darkest period in the history of the past. 
It is certainly remarkable that a prophecy which 
was invariably regarded by the early church as hold-
ing out a period and state of immortal triumph to the 
saints and martyrs ; which has since been made con-
temptible by fanatical, literal dreamers; then marked 
as unworthy of a place in the sacred canon by Papal 
usurpers, and afterwards sublimated into an indefi-
nite, airy nothing by spiritualizers, should finally be 
tortured into a nondescript, or be made to turn a sum-
merset and find its fulfilment in an age that was dis-
tinguished chiefly by the slaughter of the saints and 
martyrs. Thus it is that one mode of corrupting the 
truth often opens the way for a swarm of other cor-
ruptions to follow. As Adventists, we have taken 
the straight road back through the martyr line of in-
terpreters, to the first faith on the portion ; and let us 
stand erect on that till something better is given : —
" No millennium previous to the second coming of 
Christ. There will be two resurrections, one thou-
sand years apart. The first, that of the righteous, 
to take place at the coming of Christ, with whom 
they live and reign a thousand years. The rest of 
the dead live not again till the thousand years are 
finished." Such is our faith. This was the faith of 
the church at the beginning. 
One of the absurdities of the interpretation before 
us is this : It supposes the prophecy to have been 
fulfilled, and that the prominent subjects of its pecu-
liar blessings knew nothing of it when its fulfilment 
took place. We regard it as a great absurdity to 
suppose that the prophecy of Christ's second coming, 
as contained in three of the gospel histories, was 
fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem, and that no-
body dreamed of its fulfilment for more than a thou-
sand years afterwards. But this millenninin in the 
past is an incomparably greater absurdity. The mar-
tyrs during the period of its supposed fulfilment were 
sustained chiefly by the glorious hope which that 
prophecy held out. And these martyrs did not act 
in the dark. They knew where they were. They 
were well acquainted with the chart of the voyage. 
And it was for bearing witness against the antichris-
tian forms of power marked by the prophecies, which 
were then actually fulfilling then, that many of these 
martyrs were slain. But they never dreamed that 
they were living and reigning with Christ. No, no. 
They felt that they were called to bear about in the 
body the dying of the Lord Jesus. 
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" Lee on the Soul" 
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Two hundred Stories for Chil- 
dren ..... 
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One hundred and fifty do .... 37? 
 
Jewels in Heaven .... 25 
Advent Harp ....... ........ 60 
80 
Pocket " (without music) 371 
" " (gilt) 60 
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The Vocalist 
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Whiting's Testament 75 
Litch's "Pneurnatologist " — 
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122 
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Jones " Biblical Inquirer "-do 6 
Litch's " Restitution " 371 
Weethee's " Armageddon " 371 
lossom of Rocky Nook 371 
Sacred Chronology 
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enly Vision, with music .... 6 
Albany, N. Y.—F. Cladding. Ill 
Jefferson-street. 
Auburn, N. Y.—H. I.. Smith. 
Bufalo, " W. M. Palmer. 
Cincinnati, 0.—Joseph Wilson. 
Derby Line, Vt.—S. Foster, jr. 
Detroit, Mich.—L. Armstrong. 
Fddington, Me.—Thos. 
Glanville Annap., N. 5.—Elias 
Woodworth. 
Har(lbrd, Ct.—Aaron Clapp. 
Homer, N. Y.—J. L. Clapp. 
Lockport, N. Y.—H. Robbins. 
Lowell, Mass.—E. II. Adams. 
Low Hampton, N. Y.—D. Bos- 
worth. 
Malone, N. Y.—H. Buckley. 
Massena, " 
J. Danforth. 
iluaukee,Wis.—Sam]. Brown. 
New Bedford, Mass.—H.V. Davis. 
Newburwort, " J. Pearson, 
jr., Water-street. 
New York City.—Wm. Tracy, 75 
Delancey-street. 
N. Springfield, Vt.—I,. Kimball. 
Philadelphia, Pa. — J. Litch, 16 
Chester-street. 
Portland, Me.—Peter Johnson, 37 
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Toronto, C. W.—D. Campbell. 
Waterloo, Shefford, C. E. — R. 
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errors of the age to the sure word of prophecy. —
And we complain of it as a grievous and unjust bur-
den, that we are laid under the necessity, either of 
silently enduring evils in which we have no agency, 
or of performing so much of this kind of labor to 
vindicate ourselves and the cause of truth from the 
mischief perpetrated by its professed friends and our 
brethren. 
It is painful in the extreme, at a time when all our 
energies are needed in the great vineyard of the Lord, 
that the greatest embarrassments should conle from 
professed fellow laborers. We do not wish to 
" crush " any one. But we cannot remain silent, 
while so much is done to crush us and the cause of 
God. We wish to deprive none of their liberty, but 
if they make such use of their liberty, we must use 
ours. Our position from the first is well known. If 
this is not the position of others, or if they do not 
know what their position is, they will see reasons 
enough for making ours a subject of complaint. if 
we have mistaken our position and calling, most cer-
tainly God has enough for us to do that is worthy of 
Christian men. Our resources are not so abundant 
that we may waste them in worse than idle specula-
tions. If we understand our position, the Judge 
standeth at the door. Blessed is he that watcheth 
and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and 
they see his shame ! 
On the reading of the above report, the section re-
lating to Judaism was discussed by Brn. Hines, 
Bliss, Weethee, Hale, Beers, Hervey, Jones, Robin-
son, Needham, Dr. N. Smith, Pearson, White, and 
Griggs. 
Bro. Needham moved that the extracts from the 
" Harbinger" be omitted.—Not seconded. 
The report was laid on the table. 
Voted, that Brn. Pearson and Weethee be ap-
pointed auditors of the accounts of the treasurer of 
the Tract and Mission Fund. 
Adjourned. 
AFTERNOON SESSION—WEDNESDAY. 
Opened with prayer by Bro. Osier. 
Voted, to resume the order of the day—the con-
sideration of the previous report. 
It was farther commented on by Brn. Billings, 
Hale, Crowell, and Elam Burnham. 
That section was adopted unanimously. 
The section respecting the millennium in the past 
was then read, commented on by Brn. J. Turner, 
Hale, Needham, Bliss, and Robinson, and passed 
without any votes in the negative. 
The whole report was then adopted unanimously, 
and placed in the hands of Brn. Hale, Bliss, and 
Needham, to append notes and prepare for publi-
cation. 
Conference adjourned.—(To be continued.) 
LETTER FROM C. H. FULLER. 
DEAR BRO. RIMES :—A few of us here are strug-
gling against opposition, and contending for the faith 
once delivered to the saints. We have many trials 
to overcome, which is no more than we are to expect, 
for " he that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall 
suffer persecution." But blessed be God, the time is 
just at hand, when, if faithful, we shall land safely 
on the shores of deliverance. We shall then real-
ize the meaning of redemption in its fullest sense. 
We know that our redemption is nigh. Evidences 
are thickening around us continually, that Israel's 
King will soon appear, to gather his waiting ones 
home. 0 what a moment that will be! As Jesus 
descends, the righteous, with joy imprinted on their 
countenances, behold him, and in the language of 
their hearts exclaim, " Lo ! this is our God ! we 
have waited for him, and he will save us ; this is the 
Lord ! we have waited for him ! we will be glad and 
rejoice in his salvation." Look ! Up, up, triumph-
ant they rise ! Soon they are safe in their chambers 
of eternal rest ! Then comes the indignation. The 
seventh angel pours out his vial. Hear the voices ! 
—the wicked crying to rocks and mountains, saying, 
" Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb ; for the great day of his wrath is come, and 
who shall be able to stand ?" Yes, after the great 
voice says, " It is done !" then all the tribes of the 
earth shall mourn because of him. My dear breth-
ren and sisters, while probation lingers, let us faith-
fully warn this guilty world of its swift-approaching 
doom ! 0, what joy would it give us to meet in that 
beauteous kingdom one whom we have been the 
means of converting from the error of his ways ! Let 
us have our work done, and well done, when the Mas-
ter appears. " Are we almost there?" Yes, glory 
be to God, we shall be there in a little while. " Signs 
there's no mistaking proclaim Messiah near." 
Yours, expecting speedy deliverance. 
Cheshire (Mass.), May 27th, 1850. 
LETTER FROM J. G. SMITH. 
DEAR BRO. RIMES :—It may not be uninteresting 
to your readers to hear of the prosperity of the good 
cause in this region. I have been permitted within 
a few months past to see about one hundred souls 
start for the kingdom in various places. The last 
December Bro. Gates attended a conference with us 
in this place, which closed with much conviction on 
the minds of the people. We met the next Sabbath, 
when great solemnity was felt : an awful sense of 
the lost condition of sinners was felt while the hymn 
was sung commencing thus, " See th' eternal Judge 
descending!" the brethren began to humble them-
selves before the Lord, and the Lord blessed, and 
two gave their hearts to the Lord before we sepa-
rated. In the evening five more rose for prayers, 
and from that time the work went on, until our num-
ber doubled. I have baptized eight. 
In February, I, with Brn. Shaw and Knowles, at-
tended a conference in Moultonboro'. We had a good 
meeting. The last evening eight rose for prayers ; 
among the number was the sheriff, who lives in the 
place. He has come out and become a humble fol-
lower of Christ, and has given up his sheriff busi-
ness, remarking to me that he could not feel justified 
in taking property from the poor and giving it to the 
rich, &c., which his business led him to do. Our 
prayer is, that the Lord may keep him, and all the 
rest that have started ready for the coming of the 
Son of man. Monday evening following the confer-
ence twenty rose for prayers, and manifested their de-
termination to forsake sin and serve the Lord. The 
next evening about thirty rose, intimating the same 
desires. Thus the work went on, until the last of 
March, when it seemed to subside. On the 23d of 
April a meeting was appointed for baptism, when the 
work seemed to take a new start. One young man 
came to the meeting, who had said just before that 
there was not power enough in a Miller meeting to 
move him ; but before the meeting closed he felt that 
he was a sinner, and gave his heart to the Lord, and 
was made happy in his love.—The same hour, also, 
almost like the ancient jailor, with eight other happy 
souls, he was buried with Christ in baptism. In the 
evening we met, and had a precious season. About 
twenty rose for prayers. 
Sabbath (April 28th) I attended meeting at Mere-
dith Centre, and three followed the Lord in baptism. 
In the evening we had a blessed time.—Two back-
sliders returned to their Father's house, and ten rose 
for prayers. 
On April 30th we met again at Moultonboro'.—
Four were baptized in the evening. A number who 
had not manifested their desires before, requested an 
interest in the prayers of God's people. On the fol-
lowing day, I had a meeting at Tuftonboro'. A crowd 
assembled. The Lord manifested himself by his 
power, and souls were blessed. At the close of the 
meeting. eleven were immersed. There is a strong 
company in that place. The Lord has blessed them 
with a glorious ingathering of a number of precious 
souls of late. The good cause has been prospering 
at Lake Village the past winter. Last Sabbath I at-
tended meeting at Loudon Village, and baptized five 
happy soldiers in the cause of our soon-coming King. 
Yours, waiting for the Lord from heaven. 
Meredith (N. H.), May 24th, 1850. 
LINES 
ON THE DEATH OE THE CHILD OF BRO. AND SISTER 
WELLCOME. 
" He is not dead, but sleepeth." 
It cannot be ! surely I must be dreaming ! 
Death hath not set his seal on that bright brow ! 
He is not dead ! that eye so brightly beaming — 
That voice so sweet—I hear, I see him now ! 
So late in life and health I saw him glowing, 
With active sport and childish playfulness, 
I deemed that God the treasure was bestowing 
For many years his parents' hearts to bless. 
Yet whence these tears ? Behold, his mother weep- 
eth ! 
But can it be ? " He is not dead, but sleepeth." 
" Yes, he is dead ! my heart with grief is swelling, 
Low in the silent tomb my treasure is laid low! 
Lonely and sad my now forsaken dwelling, 
I miss his little step where'er I go ; 
I miss his voice now, at his hour of waking ; 
I miss his place beside me in his chair ; 
I miss him when my lonely walks I'm taking — 
His playthings, and the clothes he used to wear, 
All speak of him. To hear his voice I languish ; 
0 pity me, my sister, in my anguish !" 
My heart doth mourn, dear sister, with deep feeling, 
Although thy loss I ne'er can comprehend ; 
'Tis not in grief its deepest depths revealing, 
E'er to be fathomed by an earthly friend ; 
Yet there is One who all thy sorrow feeleth, 
For He bath borne the weight of human woe : 
The mourner cheers—the broken heart he healeth— 
To Him in grief thou trustingly canst go. 
Ah ! see him at the grave ! behold, a Saviour weep- 
eth ! 
He holds thy little one : " He is not dead, but 
sleepeth ! " 
He sleeps ; but he again shall wake on that blest 
morning, 
When all the ransomed from their beds arise ; 
Then with what joy with all the saints returning, 
Thou'lt meet thy loved one in the skies ! 
Then dry thy tears, and let the promise cheer thee, 
That all who sleep in Jesus he will bring. 
The time is short ! thy God is ever near thee ! 
His presence oft shall cause thy heart to sing! 
Yea, dry thy tears ! thy God thy treasure keepeth 
He is not dead—sweetly in Christ he sleepeth ! 
He was a lovely child—so full of life and beauty 
That gladness spread wherever he might move ; 
So well did he perform his every infant duty, 
That none could see him but to love ! 
Well, let him sleep, no more by little griefs attended, 
No pain or sorrow shall he ever know ; 
Be connfored ! thy God thy treasure keepeth : 
He is not dead—" He is not dead, but sleepeth." P. 
Obituary. 
"I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who believeth in ME, 
111011211 he should die, yet he will LIVE : and whoever liveth and be-
lieveth in me, will NEVER die."—John 11:25, 56. 
DIED, at New Britain, Ct., on the 2d ult., of dropsy on 
the brain, CHARLES BURT, son of Charles and Emeline 
Burt, aged two years and seven months. When taken sick, 
(April 20th,) he told his mother he should die, and be buried 
in the grave, and they should see Charley no more. 
Har. cop. 
s. s. B. 
FELL sweetly asleep in Jesus, in Philadelphia, on the 
evening of the 23d of Aprill, my dear father, aged 74 years. 
My brother, who was with him during his sickness, writes 
that God's presence was powerfully manifest on several oc-
casions during his illness. 0, what rapturous joy glowed 
upon the altar of nis heart, mantling his brow with an un-
earthly sweetness. As brother Thomas read the 15th chap. 
of 1 Cor. to him, on the last Lord's-day he was permitted to 
spend on earth, he remarked, " 0, what an overwhelming 
and powerful manifestation of the influence of God's Holy 
Spirit I have enjoyed this day !" After the loss of his 
speech for several hours, while singing the words, " Jesus 
lives again, the conqueror of the grave," he opened his eyes 
for the last time, exclaiming, " Yes, yes." Without a strug- 
gle or a groan, he sank to rest, to awake not until the heav-
ens be no more. 0 thank God, Jesus the mighty deliverer 
will soon unlock the charnel-house, and send immortality 
among the tombs. (Har. cop.) S. S. BREWER. 
DIED, of lung fever, in St. Johnsburg, Vt., May 16th, 
JEANETTE B. MARSHALL, daughter of Caleb Marshall, of 
Northumberland, N. H., aged 18 years. By this dispensa-
tion of providence, we are called to mourn, but not as others 
who have no hope. Although she was suddenly prostrated 
upon a bed of sickness from the vigor of youth, and the 
bloom of health, yet no murmur escaped her lips. While in 
health, she had learned to look upon the journey of life as a 
pilgrimage to a better country ; and when conscious that the 
king of terrors had marked her for his victim, she could 
adopt the language of the Psalmist, " Though I walk 
through the valley of the shadow of death, i shall fear no 
evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they com-
fort me." She expressed the thought, that it would be more 
glorious to wait (if it were the Lord's will) until the Saviour 
should be revealed from heaven, which she looked for as an 
event not far distant. It would have been a solace to its in 
our affliction, to have enjoyed the presence and sympathy of 
those of like precious faith, who could have pointed forward 
to the time when the dead in Christ shall come forth, and 
we again be permitted to look upon that loved form, clothed 
with immortality. But while denied this privilege, we have 
the word of God in our hands, and with the hope which that 
inspires, we cannot be comfortless ; we hope and pray that 
this affliction may be sanctified to the good of the living.— 
Your sister in the hope of the gospel. F. MARSHALL. 
DIED, in Brimfield, Mass., May 20th, of inflammation of 
the bowels and stomach, our beloved Sistd BRAGG, wife of 
our Bro. Samuel Bragg, in the 42d year of her age. She 
gave her heart to God in her youthful days, which was the 
means of keeping her front the many temptations to which 
youth are exposed. She had the consolation of grace to 
bear her drooping spirits up, amid the cares and afflictions of 
this busy life. She had buried one companion, in hope of 
meeting him at the resurrection of the just. In 1844 she 
embraced the doctrine of the speedy coming of the Lord, to 
reward the saints and establish his kingdom. Since that time 
she has rejoiced in hope of the glory of God, and the grace 
which is to be brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 
Her numerous friends and acquaintances testify to her exem-
plary and devoted Christian life. She sympathized with, 
was ready to accommodate, cared for, and was loved by all. 
Her house was a home for all the weary pilgrims, and no 
pains was spared to make them comfortable. She died very 
suddenly, yet peacefully, calmly, and resigned to the will of 
God. She retained her reason to the last, conversing freely 
on those things that pertain to the blessed hope. When satis-
fied that she must fall asleep in Jesus, she remarked that the 
sleep would be short,—that the trump of God would soon 
awaken her. She has left a husband and child, with other 
kindred, to mourn her loss. They, with the church of which 
she was a member, believe that the grave will not long en-
close God's people. 
" And when that bright morning 
In splendor shall dawn, 
Our tears will be ended,— 
Our sorrows all gone." 
O that we all may be ready to hail that glad day. The 
writer preached the funeral sermon from Rev. 14 : 13—
" Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord," &c. May 
this deep affliction be sanctified to the good of us all, and 
work for us a far in re exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 
Har. cop. 
w. P. 
DIED, May 4th, in Townsend, Mass., of scarlet fever, 
ALBERT GILCHRIST, son of James and Sally Gilchrist, 
aged 14 years and eight months. The second night after he 
was taken sick, he expressed fears that he should not get 
well, and felt that he was unprepared to die. He desired his 
mother, who was watching over him, to pray for him. She 
told him that he must pray for himself, and put his trust in 
Jesus. He then united his prayer with hers, after which he 
became quite calm, and soon after fell asleep. When he 
awoke, he again called her to him, and told her that he was 
happy, for he felt that God had blessed him, and he was not 
afraid to die. A few nights after, when told thathe might 
not recover, and should be prepared for his change, he said 
lie felt he was already prepared, and was not afraid tclmeet 
God. On the Thursday before he died, he expressed a wish 
to have a young friend sent for, and to see all of his young 
companions, that he might tell them all to love the Saviour, 
and be prepared to meet hint in heaven. He then called his 
brothers, and warned them all to give their hearts to the Sa-
viour, told them not to forget Albert, and bade them good 
bye. On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, he sent to 
have me come and pray with him. Words are inadequate to 
express the happiness he felt ; his face was lighted with a 
heavenly joy, which cannot be described, and he exclaimed, 
" I am dying ! I am going to heaven ! The Lord has called 
me, and I must go ! 0 ! look ! look ! don't you see Jesus 
there ! right up there ! (pointing upwards,) he has come for 
me, and I am going to heaven. 0 ! how beautiful it is up 
there !—it is too beautiful to describe ! There I shall be 
with all the little saints and angels, and be so very happy !" 
He then began, for the first time in his life, to sing the hymn— 
" 0 hail, happy clay," &c. 
He then clasped his arms around his mother's neck, and kiss-
ing us all again and again, and told us that we must not weep 
for him, for the Lord would soon come, and then you will see 
me again ; we shall be so happy when we meet again in 
heaven, to part no more. He soon after became cahn and 
composed, and continued so until eight o'clock in the evening, 
when lie sank to sleep in the arms of the Saviour. With 
him there is no more death, neither sorrow nor crying ; nei-
ther shall there be any more pain ; for the former things are 
passed away. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death 
of his saints. We do not sorrow as those without hope.—
No, indeed ! praise his name ; we will patiently wait until 
the grave yields up its precious trust. The following lines 
are by a young cousin :— JAMES GiLCHRisT. 
He is now sleeping—a dreamless rest—
In the mantling folds of the green earth's breast, 
With a glory seal on his sinless brow, 
That comes to our souls but in memory now. 
With the gentle hands clasped all meekly o'er, 
The heart may thrill to earth's sounds no more ; 
With the loving eyes closed that life hath bless'd, 
And the hush of the grave o'er fond lips press'd, 
He has laid him down to a quiet sleep, 
Where bright blessed angels their vigils keep. 
He has gone from among us in life's young morn, 
Ere the flowers of hope had disclosed a thorn ; 
Ere a shadow lay o'er his sunny sky, 
Ere he learned how earth's fair things fade and die. 
He has gone from a world, where change and strife, 
And hope's flickering ray e'er chequer life, 
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States would be evoked to protect, against any and every na-
tion who should insist on regarding the Gulf of Mexico as a 
national highway, and treat all detected in conveying slaves 
over it as pirates. Who is it that cannot see the conse-
quences that would certainly follow such a course 1 And yet this 
danger is imminent ; already the affair has assumed such a 
form, as to threaten a rupture between this Government and 
Spain. Should a war thus unhappily arise, the disseverance 
of Cuba from Spain would be inevitable ; and its subsequent 
disposal would he a source of confusion and strife between 
the North and South. But this would not be the only diffi-
culty that would arise : It is not to be supposed that the Eu-
ropean powers,—especially England,—will allow Spain to be 
despoiled of so valuable a possession, and for such an infa-
mous purpose. Spain has long been deeply in debt to Eng-
land, without any prospect that she will ever be able to pay. 
Members of Parliament have from time to time called on the 
English Government to seize Cuba, and liquidate the claims 
of its citizens against Spain. This advice would long since 
have been acted on but for the fact, that the United States 
Government has given out, emphatically and repeatedly, that 
it would regard such a course on the part of England as an 
aggressive movement against this country. Standing in such 
an attitude, it cannot be supposed that England and the 
United States could be on terms of amity, when such an 
event as the separation of Cuba from Spain, and its probable 
annexation to tlais Union, should take place. 
That our readers may judge of the critical condition of 
affairs, we subjoin a few items from the N. Y. Tribune. It 
will be seen, that should the Spanish authorities, irritated 
and maddened by the outrageous invasion of a lawless horde 
from this country, pay no heed to the peremptory demand and 
earnest expostulations of the American Cabinet, the pros-
pect will then be dark and forbidding. 
The Tribune publishes the following, under date of Wash- 
ington, June 3d :— 
" Information has been received of the execution of four 
Americans at Cuba, and of the imprisonment of between one 
hundred and two hundred others. 
" The Spanish authorities refused the commander of our 
squadron permission to see the prisoners, or to permit them 
to be brought home for trial. 
" The frigate Congress salied from Cuba to intercept the 
Spanish vessel containing a number of Americans taken pris-
oners from an island near Yucatan by a Spanish man-of-war. 
Capt. Randolph, in command of the Congress, will rescue 
the Americans, if he can find the vessel before she reaches 
Cuba. 
" Despatches have been sent by this Government to the 
Spanish authorities of Cuba, informing them that the arrest 
of Americans on any other Island will not be recognized nor 
permitted. These despatches were sent from Washington 
on the 4th." 
The N. Y. Herald contains the following :— 
" Our Government has sent telegraphic and other des-
patches to naval officers at Charleston, Norfolk, and Mobile, 
who go to the coast of Cuba, to demand the release and sur-
render of 105 men captured near Yucatan. The demand is 
to be peremptory—a compliance, or the consequences are to 
be held straight out to the Cuban authorities. War looks 
probable. Our Consul at Havana has sent here for immediate 
aid." 
SUMMARY. 
Affairs in Congress. 
Were it not too serious a matter, we should not be a little 
amused at the ludicrous, though contemptible, efforts of Sena-
tors and Representatives to accomplish an impossible thing, 
viz., to convince the North, whose wishes they are bound to 
carry out, that slavery has no greater enemies than their own 
precious selves ; and on the other hand, to show the South 
that it need have no very harassing fears, that its " peculiar 
institutions" will suffer much from an attack from them.—
TA, far, the latter portion of the Union cannot be otherwise 
than convinced, that these Januses are true to it, however it 
may be with the North. The Capitol at Washington is filled 
with men, sent there to give utterance to the voice of their 
constituents, who, under the shallow plea of preserving the 
Union, are willing not only to misrepresent those who sent 
them there, but to sacrifice every principle of honor and self-
respect, to say nothing of the rights of humanity. While 
political harlequins and pantaloons are indulging in grimaces 
and " ground and lofty tumblings," in order to stave off a 
final settlement till such time as the enemies of freedom may 
be placed in a position to secure all they want, slavery is 
gradually extending itself into free territory. And yet North-
ern Members of Congress, who have the power to prevent it, 
suffer it to go on, in defiance of the known wishes of their 
constituencies. Few are the men in Congress who remain 
true to principle, and firm in their opposition to the great sin 
of this nation, amid the sneers, and taunts, and slanders of 
those who are strangers to virtuous principles, or incapable 
of manifesting them. The wonder to us is, how such despi-
cable men can sit in their seats, while the few tried ones are 
unflinchingly maintaining their principles, and the principles 
of the free men of the North, in the face of demagogues and 
unprincipled politicians, and not hang down their heads for 
very shame. Every time that a Northern man rises in his 
seat and speaks out against slavery, is a rebuke and reproach 
to these Northern traitors, so pointed and keen, that we won-
der at the assurance which enables them to hold up their 
heads in the presence of honest men. What are talents and 
abilities worth, in those who are are either incapable or un-
willing to use them to accomplish any good end ? 
In New Orleans, on the 24th ult., a fire broke out in a clothing 
store in Triangle buildings. Three houses were consumed, and a 
woman and two children perished in the flames. 
— A man in New York seized the dean body of one of his lodgers 
for a debt of $5, and refused to surrender it until the relatives of the 
deceased paid the money. 
One of the largest distilleries in St. Louis which is said to turn 
out more whisky than any distillery in the Vilest, suspended opera-
tions recently, on account of the high price of corn. 
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, at its present session, chart-
ered a college for the medical education of females, to be located in 
Philadelphia. The act of incorporation confers all the privileges en-
joyed by any other medical school in that State. 
The Montreal Herald says, that during a heavy gale on Monday 
night, 27th ult., on Lake St. Peter, a number of rafts were broken 
up, and some twelve or fifteen persons lost their lives. The steamer 
America went to the assistance of the raftsmen, and succeeded in 
rescuing thirty of them. Lake St. Peter is between Montreal and 
Quebec. 
— 'flue Jersey City Sentinel gives the following thrilling incident 
A little before 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, as the train was going 
out for Newark, when rounding Bergen Cut, was closely upon a 
gentleman and lady who were walking upon the track. The loco-
motive squealed, and they jumped across on the other track—but 
horror ! just ahead was another train from Ramapo, on this track, 
and the next moment they would be hurled into eternity. They had 
no room on the outside of either track, from the embankment, and, 
not knowing which train would pass first, were almost paralyzed ! 
But the next moment the gentleman seized the lady, who had nearly 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JUNE 8, 1850. 
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THE CUBAN INVASION. 
Our readers have been made acquainted, before this, with the 
result of the late attempt, by an organized horde of freeboot-
ers in the United States, to wrest the Island of Cuba from 
Spain, with the avowed design of establishing that Island as 
an independent government, but with the ulterior purpose of 
forcing it, at last (as in the case of Texas) into the American 
Confederacy, with its loathsome, degrading, and inhuman 
system of Slavery,—" the vilest that ever saw the sun." 
However much we may deplore the unhappy fate of those 
who have fallen into the hands of the Cuban authorities, we 
are unable to regard them, and those who have escaped,—
from the commander-in-chief, down through the officers 
of every grade to the most besotted and ignorant private, 
—in any other light, than as a lawless band of pirates, 
under the bann of every civilized nation, intent on no no-
bler design, than rapine and murder, and the perpetration 
and perpetuation of a crime at which humanity shud-
ders. Though we deplore the rashness of those who 
have already suffered, or may yet suffer, for their crimes,—
and yet more the spirit which prompted that rashness,—yet 
we must confess that our sympathies for them are very slight. 
They were prepared to meet any resistance with devastation 
and slaughter, and to perpetuate the most abhorrent crime 
against humanity that can be conceived. Therefore we con-
ceive all sympathy on their behalf to be thrown away ; in-
deed, the friends of the enslaved in this country may rejoice, 
that, though a single link in the chain of human bondage 
may not have been taken away, an additional one has not yet 
been added. 
We know not which to condemn the most, the impunity 
and lawlessness of the actors in this enterprize, or the total 
disregard of every righteous principle exhibited by a portion 
of the public press. To see newspapers, which claim to be, 
and are, to a greater or less extent, the fashioners of public 
sentiment, openly approve and support such a palpably fla-
gitious proceeding, is a sight at which disgust and indigna-
tion struggle for preponderance. It is but little relief to this 
unpleasant view of the matter, that the largest and most res-
pectable portion of the press condemns and characterizes the 
whole movement, and the actors engaged, as they deserve ; for 
those who do lend their support, circulate chiefly or wholly 
among the low and debased,—whose perception of the rights 
of others is regulated altogether by their ability to dispossess 
them of those rights,—or among those whose interests are 
based on the wrongs and sufferings of humanity ; it is from 
these classes that the actors in this expedition have sprung, 
cheered on and encouraged by papers in various parts of the 
Union, who either have been hired to do so by the propa-
gandists of slavery, or led by their natural vicious instincts. 
When we think, that the design of the Cuban invasion 
was, and is,—(for we have no idea that that design is relin-
quished, and that it will not be again in operation the first 
opportunity,)--cto open a market in that Island for slaves from 
the more northern slave states, we have no tears to shed over 
the fate of those who but reap the fruit of their own mis-
deeds; and it does not become us, nor any who profess to be 
advocates of righteousness, to refrain from exercising what 
influence we may have, in holding tip to the gaze of the pub-
lic this movement, together with its originators and actors, 
in all their repulsiveness. The plantations of Cuba are sup-
plied with slaves from Africa, in defiance of the law of all 
nations, declaring such trade piracy,—and in-defiance of the 
vigilance of the national cruisers, which are on the look-out 
at both ends of the voyage. Thus, the risk run to meet the 
demand for slaves in Cuba, is very great, and a strong desire 
is felt to obviate that risk. The slave population in Cuba, we 
believe, from various causes, steadily declines, and is only kept 
up to the number required by importation. In the United 
States, the slave population increases in an extraordinary 
degree, beyond the actual wants of those who employ slave 
labor, thus reducing the value of slaves. Hence the desire 
to open a new market where the demand shall be equal to the 
ability to supply, thus enhancing the value of slave property, 
or, at least, guarding against depreciation. Now, if Cuba 
can be revolutionized, wrested from Spain, and finally an-
nexed to the American Union as a slave State, what can pre-
vent the sending of slaves from one State to another 1 The 
domestic slave trade is now acknowledged by Government, 
and in the event of the annexation of Cuba, to transport 
slaves thither would be notbing.more than the prosecution of 
the domestic slave trade,which the entire power of the United 
swooned, placed her on the narrow walk:between the two tracks, 
embraced her dress in his circling arms, to keep the cowcatcher 
from hooking it, and thus awaited their fate. The two trains passed 
them at the same moment, roaring and thundering on, but neither 
the gentleman nor lady were injured—more than an awful fright. 
— John N. Maffitt, the celebrated Methodist revivalist, is reported 
to have died in Mobile, Ala., last week. 
— A negro man and woman were hung by lynch law in Clay Co. 
Mo., for the murder of a white woman named Allen. 
21st
— uTith.ere was snow two inches in depth at Delhi, N. Y., on the 
— The Newport (Ky.) News says that five soldiers were flogged 
on Monday, at Newport Barracks, for desertion. The sentence 
passed by the court martial, duly assembled, was-1st. No pay, in 
consequence of putting the Government to great expense, and ren-
dering no benefit. 2d. Branded on the hip with the letter D, signify-
ing desertion, and unworthy of being any more a soldier of the 
American army. 3. Whipped, giving fifty lashes on the bare back, 
as a punishment for their transgression. 4. Drummed out, being the 
disgrace of a soldier. 5. Received a dishonorable discharge. They 
went off waiving their hats over their heads, as though they had re-
ceived a prize. 
— Two young lads, aged 8 and 10 years, sons of Mr. Goodlock, o 
Norwich, Ct., were drowned on the 29th ult. in the Shetucket. 
— Judge Daly, of New York, has recently promulgated the deci-
sion, that a woman may not legally be held to answer for a breach 
of promise to marry, and that it is only the masculine gender who 
can be so held for refusing to consummate such a contract. 
— The affair between Senators Foote and Benton is still under 
going investigation by the Senate committee. It is said, that Mr. 
Benton had no intention of assaulting Mr. Foote, but wished to get 
seas to hear him. 
— Jansen, the Swedish Prophet, was shot in the Court-house. at 
Cambridge, Ill., on the 13th ult., by a man named Root, whose wife 
had been abducted and secreted, as is supposed, by the followers of 
Jansen, acting under his direction. The pistol ball entered Jansen's 
chest, just above the heart, severing the main artery. Jansen ut-
tered a single groan, and expired. Root avowed the act, and was 
immediately indicted by the grand jury for murder. 
An old gentleman named Hugh Montgomery was lately robbed 
near Savannah of $10,000. The perpetrator of the robbery was a 
man named Berry. As Berry was throwing a bag of the ill-gotten 
pelf over his horse, the animal became frightened and bounded off 
with great violence, striking his knee against a stump and knocking 
off apiece of skin, which was found next morning, and exactly 
fitted the part of the wounded knee of Berry's horse. 
— The Concord Statesman says, that at Bartlett, N. H., the Rev. 
Mr. Tenny, a Universalist clergyman, formerly of Fryeburg, Me., 
was endeavoring to ford the Saco river,—the bridge having been car-
ried off,—when the water, being high, lifted• the wagon off the fore 
wheels, there being no pin in the bolt, which precipitated the whole 
family into the river. His wife and three little children, one of them 
a boy three years old, were drowned. 
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last, became frightened, and in jumping out of the vehicle fell to the 
ground, injuring herself so badly, that she is not expected to survive. 
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APPOINTMENTS, &c. 
As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednesday, appoint-
ments must be received, at the latest, by Tuesday evening ; other-
wise, they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
There will be a conference in Old Town, Me., to commence J une 
21st, at 10 A M, and continue over the Sabbath. Bro. D. Churchill, 
of Lowell, is requested to attend. D. R. MANSFIELD. 
There will be a conference at Penton, Vt., commencing Thursday, 
June 13th, at 2 P iv, and continue over the Sabbath. Bro. Sherwin 
is expected to attend. Brethren in vicinity and abroad are requested 
to attend. 
D. T. TAYLOR, Jut. 
A conference will be held in Montgomery, Vt., commencing on 
Thursday, June 20th, at 5 P m, and continue over the Sabbath. Breth- 
ren, arouse and attend. 
D. T. TAYLOR, JR. 
I will preach in Salem June 11th, and in Newburyport the 19th. 
I would say to the brethren in Maine, who have been solicitous 
fOr me to visit them and preach to them the word of life, that I shall 
not be able to comply with their request at present, as I gave them 
encouragement. 
0. R. FASSETT. 
Bro. R. V. Lyon will preach in Windham, Ct., (in the house of 
Bro. Robinson,) Sunday, June 9th, at 10 A Si, and at Chicopee (or 
Cabotville,) Mass., Sunday, 16th, at 10 A M. 
• 
Bro. Daniels will preach at Loudon Mills, N. H., Sunday, June 16. 
TENT MEETINGS IN CANADA EAST.—If the Lord will, they will 
be held as follows—Waterloo, Wednesday, June 13th; Dunham, 
Wednesday, June 19th ; Clarenceville, Wednesday, J une 26th ; and 
Derby Line, Wednesday, July 3d. These meetings are designed to 
continue over the Sabbath. Bra. Burnham and Berick are to be 
present The brethren in these places are requested to make suita- 
ble arrangements. 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at Berlin, Mass, the fourth Sabbath in 
June (at the house of Bro. John Barns) ; Portland, Me., the fifth ; 
Poland (Megquier Hill), July 3d, and remain over the Sabbath. 
Bro. Ira Morgan will preach in Albany, N. Y., the first Sabbath in 
June ; Addison, Vt., the second ; Albany, the third ; Kent, the 
fourth ; Plymouth, Ct., the fifth. 
Bro. B. Morley may be expected to preach in Providence Sabbath, 
June 2d, and at Nortliboro', Sunday, June 9th. 
Bro. L. Kimball will preach in Woodstock, Vt., Sunday, June 9th. 
Bro. N. Hervey will preach at Hopeville Sabbath, June 16th. 
Wholesale Prices Current. 
CORRECTED WEEKLY. 
Corn, South. yel 69 0 0 70 
12 Corn, do, white 67 0 0 68 
40 Rae........ 66 0 0 68 
Wheat, Western 1 00 0 2 25 
41 Oats, Northern 47 00 0 50 
Do. Southern 37 0 0 .42 
00 Do. Eastern 43 0 0 44 
0() 
5 (a) 1 75 
(01 White Beans ...1 2 
25 Havana Hall— ton. 
00 Eastern 
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12 00 14 00 
00 
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55 0 0 58 
00 First sort, 1849 ....14 0 0 16 
Second sort .......e.ast. 0 00 
104 ThomastLonime—r 65 60 
0 50 
00 
8- Provisions-4 mos. if bbl. 
00 Reef, W. mess.10 00 (iv 11 00 
8-1 Do. E mess (a) 0 00 
8-, Do. No. 1 0 000 
00 Do. prime 6i) 0 00 
00 Pork, ex. clear ..13 00 0 13 25 
Pork, clear ....12 50 0 12 '75 
00ii Pork,
Lard r
meiebs ....11 00 0 11 50 
25 Pork, prime ....9 0(1 0 9 50 
00 Hogs, dressed 0 0 00 
 7 0 0 8 
00 Hams, North .....81 0 0 9 
00 Hams, West .....81 6 0 9 
3500 cBhuettee.re,,ftimmily ....15 0 0 18 
50 
6 0 0 8 
00 Turks Island..S.al 8672 S 21 00
75 
00 Cadiz 
(x) Liverpool, coarse ... 0 1 62 
00 Liverpool, bag 1 00 0 1 30 
Salceratus—f lb. 
75 Salaratus soap_rililb.0 0 5 
75 
75 Castile..... .......94 0 0 10 
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75 American, o. 1 .... 0 0 '7 
75 " No. 2 —51 0 0 6 
87 " No. 3 ...41 0 0 5 
(10 Nutmegs 
00 Ginger Root 
..90 0 1 00 
5 0 0 54 
0 19 
25 
Spices. 
75 Cloves 
00 Pepper 
00 Sugar—v' lb. 0 71- 
00 Havana, white 8 0 0 
87 Havana, brown A (a) ll 
00 New OrleasnelL 1 
 
Orleans 
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25 
37 Clover, Northern 12 0 0 134 
25 Clover, W. and 5 5 0 0 
6 
Herds Grass, ini..2 50 0 3 00 
50 Red 'fop 45 0 0 55 
00 Canary 
4 60 
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Young Hyson 28 
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50 Hyson 
27 Hyson Skin........23 (a) 0 35 
15 Tp ecienckoay . . . .25 0 0 35 
22 Souchong .........28 dl) 0 35 
 40 0 0 50 
00 Congou ....28 0 0 30 
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Orrel . 0 00 
Cannel 6 50 0 10 
Newcastle . 0 
Sydney 5 87 0 6 
Pictou 5 87 0 6 
Anthracite, ton 5 00 0 5 
Ditto retail, 49' 
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Coffee— 
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Mocha, 0 00 
Java . .......9i 0 0 
St. Domingo .7a1 0 00 
Manilla . 0 00 
Porto Cabello 84 0 00 
Rio ... 0 00 
Sumatra ...... 0 00 
Maracaibo 0 00 
Fish— 
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Bay .........2
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Mackerel—No.1.10 00 0 11 
Do No. 2 ; 0 9 
Do No. 3 0 5 
Herring, 1, 2, '3 
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Herring, scaled ...40 dl) 00 
Salmon, 1, tce..20 00 0 21 
Salmon, 2, tce..18 00 0 19 
Shad, mess, 1 00 
Alewives, No. 1 O 0 
Flour and Meal—f bbl. 
Philadelphia ....5 62 0 5 
Baltimore, H. st 0 5 
Do. City Mills 0 5 
Fredericksburg 0 5 
Alexandria 6 5 
Georgetown ....5 75 0 5 
Richmond 5 75 00 
Petersburg 0 5 
Genesee, Sin. br. 6 12 0 7 
Do. com. br..5 87 0 
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Ohio, via N. 0 0 0 
St. Louis, corn 0 0 
St. Louis, ex..... 0 
Ohio, via canal 0 5 
Michigan, com.. 5 87 0 6 
Do. fan ...6 12 0 6 
Rye, Philadel....3 25 0 3 
Meal, kiln dried. 3 12 0 3 
Fruit—f box. 
Raisins, Mal. bl..9 00 0 9 
Raisins, black ...8 50 0 9 
Do. bqx bunch —2 50 0 2 
Currants .74 0 0 
Citron 18 0 0 
Figs, cargo 6 0 
Lemons, Sic. bx .2 50 0 3 
Oranges, Sicily..3 00 0 4 
Almonds, Jor. lb 26 001 0 
Do. soft shell 12 0 
Do. shelled 20 0 0 
Grain—f bushel. 
Corn, Northern 0 0