"C".e,c-uiroy till I come." "Behold, I come crutilicly-." CEATZ I) EILIIIIDTEAL ASS LESEIEB 13T TWI'M A PIT Sabbath day, and the interest very good: All felt and said it was a good time. D. I. ROBINSON, Sec. THE MESSIANIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, CANADA WEST, met at Fingall, July 27th, 11 A. M. Eld. J. Reynolds, Vice President, in the chair. On motion appointed Bro. Joseph Secretary pro tern. Bro. Reynolds reported the doings of the past year. Opportutity was given for per- sons to become members, and several joined by payment of fifty cents. On motion voted the re-election of the of- ficers of the last year. J. Litch, President, J. Reynolds, Vice President, S. R. Lake, Secretary and Z. W. Canfield, Treasurer. On motion voted Elds. Pearce, J. Lamp- kin, P. Ryersee, N. Withers and N. Glover, be Directors, and D. I. Robinson, S. R. Lake be the Executive Committee. On motion adjourned, to meet at the call of the Chair at the session of the Messiah's annual Con- ference in Feb, 1866. J. REYNOLDS, Vice Pres. J. CROOKER, Sec. To the Conference Treasurer of the Mes- sianian Conference of Canada West. FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE PORT DOVER CIRCUIT. BLACK CREEK : Paid on Subscription.... . $224.00 Collection for Pastor 4.34 KELVIN : Paid on Subscription .......... .. “ ............ .... .. 4( for Ell. Reynolds....... NANTICOKE : On Subscription by Mr. Wood.... Collection.... .... 228.34 5.25 53 95 5.00 11.73 33.00 1.47 34.47 Total .... ................ ...... 274.54 Respectfully submitted, D. ELWELL. - • COME. Lord, tarry not, but come ; We listen for thy word, Let thy sweet voice be heard, Call the tired wanderer home. Our feet are ready shod For the delightful road That leads the traveller home. Lord, tarry not, but Como ; Earth has a poisonous breath More chilling far than deaths ; We would be taken home. Eagerly we cry For the sweet fields that lie, In Jesus' happy home. Lord, tarry not, but come ; Now the clouds intervene ; The River rolls between The soul and its fair home. We listen for thy feet, We fain would run to meet Him who would take us home. Lord, tarry not, but come ; Heaven is so near at hand, White robe and saintly band, Si ed swift the passage home, Thy sweet face we would see, In thy dear I resence be ; Take the tired wanderer home.—Zion's Herald. [0 riginal.1 THE THIRD JOURNEY. SOME THINGS ABOUT CANADA WEST—SOME GOOD—SOME BAD. I started Tuesday 25th ult. to go to con- ference to Fingal. It was a journey of eighty miles. It was by carriage. I was with Bro. Peter Ryersee of Black creek, a dele- gate. We had a good carriage and horse, and went seventy-two miles the first day. The road was part good, and part not—part a pike, and seven tolls, some five cents and some eight, and some ten, and we never could tell beforehand which. We had fifteen or twenty miles of sand, which was hard and slow, but the pike was very good. Simcoe is a smart place of business, with buildings of brick, mills and a foundry, and 1000 or 1200 people, and a half dozen churches, 2 Wesley- ans and Church of England the principal. We passed several small villages, and water and steam saw-mills in abundance. It is a great lumber country, third, second and first clear lumber is $12, $17, and $23 per 1000 ft. I saw them getting pine spars for masts three feet square at the butt, and from seventy-five feet to one hundred and fifty feet long. These they take to Dover, and ship to Quebec for England, arid some to the States. Shingles 15s. and $2 ; how differ- ent in the States the two past years. I passed the little Otter, great Otter and Catfish creeks. The last the largest. They run in deep gullies, slow currents, and crooked channels. There are a few dams and water works upon them. Fredericks- burg, Alyrner and St. Thomas, are all con- siderable places, the two latter especially. The Railroad from Port Stanley, the first port I landed at on my former visit, passes through St. Thomas to London. The houses on our journey were of all sorts and sizes, from the slab shanty of one room and no chimney, to the noble brick and stone man- sions of three stories, six chimneys and a dozen rooms. Log houses and block houses, frame houses and cement houses abound ; then they are located all ways to suit the taste or the wants of the builder, for water or a good spot. Water is an item here, where they have often to drive stock from LAU T GLUVLI., a VOL. XXVI. NO. 34. WHOLE NO. 1264. BOSTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1865. glory. 0 Jesus, dwell thou more sensibly in my heart, and let me dwell more sensibly in thee ! I want to be in communion with Christ. Communion flows from union, and proves its vitality. No union to Christ, no communion with Christ ; and if there be no communion with Christ, there is no evidence of union to him. The branch being one with the vine, receives its life, sap, and nourishment from the vine ; so we, being one with Christ, receive our spiritual life, holiness, and hap- piness from Christ. The member lives, grows, and is strong, because lie is in union with Christ. In proportion as we realize our union with Christ, will be the sweetness and constancy of our communion with Christ ; and in proportion to the sweetness and con- stancy of our communion with Christ will be our assurance of our union to him. 0, for more sweet, sanctifying, and soul-ennobling communion with Jesus ! I want more assimilation to Christ. What I see in Christ I admire, and I admire all that I see in him. But admiration is not enough ; I want to be like him, altogether like him, just like him. I think one may live at such a distance from Christ, and have so little to do with him, that we may not be very anxious or desirous to be like him ; but I am sure that we cannot be much in his company, or be led by the Holy Spirit to see much of his moral and spiritual beauty, but we shall desire to be like him. At times, this seems to be the "one thing needful" with me, the "one thing" that I desire of the Lord—that I may be like Jesus. But it is not always so, it is not sufficiently so ; there- fore I cannot but wish for more assimilation to Christ. I want to be fully possessed of Christ. Not only to be like him, but to be with him ; not only with him in grace, but with him in glory. I am sure I shall never be perfectly satisfied until I have Christ always with me, until I am always with him in his Father's kingdom. This is promised me ; I must be- lieve the promise, and wait for its fulfilment. Soon_ it will be true in my experience, "Ab- sent from the body, present with the Lord." I shall depart and be with Christ, which is far better theta being here distant from him, and so often sighing for the enjoyment • of him. Then I shall possess Christ ; then .I shall be fully satisfied with the presence of Christ. 0 Lord, let me have a deeper sense of my interest in Christ now ; let me enjoy more of trim while on earth, and then I know I shall be satisfied when I awake up in his glorious likeness. Now it seems to me that these things go together, or nearly follow each other. In proportion as I feel my need of Christ, shall I desire to know Christ, to know him fully, to know him experimentally ; in proportion as I know Christ shall I desire to set my af- fections on Christ, and to love him with an unquenchable love ; just in proportion to my love to him, will be my desire to realize close and vital union to him ; in proportion as I realize my union, I shall want to have and enjoy communion with Christ ; in pro- portion as I enjoy communion, shall I long for assimilation to Christ, shall I desire fully to possess him, and be forever with him. Reader, do you know anything about these things ? I have written these lines out of my OW11 heart, and they express the feelings and desires of my soul. If I know anything, I do know in a degree my need of Christ ; it I desire anything, I do desire to know Christ ; if I wish to love at all, I wish to love Christ ; if I prize anything, I prize unions to Christ ; if I desire anything, I desire communion with Christ ; if I aspire to anything, I aspire to be like Christ ; and if I am persuaded that I shall be satisfied with anything, I am per- suaded that I shall be satisfied with the pres- ence and possession of Christ. All my re- ligions finds its centre in Christ, all my Chris- tian experience is connected with Christ ; my whole creed begins, goes on, and ends with Christ. I value doctrines, but I think more of Christ ; I prize ordinances, but I set more value on Christ. With me it is Christ first, Christ middle, Christ lost. Is it so with you ? —.The Revival. "REVIVE US AGAIN." "Wilt thou revive us again, that thy people may re juice in Thee ?"—Ps. txxxv. 6. Many of God's dear people are at present asking this question. Sometimes in themr closets, on their knees, or even as they walk by the way, or are busy with their work, they are lifting up their hearts, and saying "Wilt Thou,not revive us again ?" I know that this word, Revival, has been, brought in- to some discredit, and that not a few art chary of using it. But I think that, rightly understood, it is a sweet, happy word, which brings to mind some of our pleasantest mem- ories. It speaks of LIFE, life returning, lift restored, life more abundant. Life is inter esting in all its forms. Death is sad. You walk through the fields in winter, but all in barren and lifeless. There is no springing no budding, no promise of f'ruit. You wall through the churchyard, but it is silent, and your heart sinks within you, as you remem- ber how truly it is said of those who lit around— "Their hatred and their love is lost, Their envy buried in the dust ; They have no share in all that's done Beneath the circuit of the sun." THE ADVENT HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. At 46 Kneeland Street, UpStairs. BOSTON, MASS. J. LITCH, EDITOR. To whom remittances for the Association, and com- munications for the Herald, should be addressed. Letters on business, simply, marked on envelope "For Office," will receive prompt attention. BOARD OF CONTRIBUTORS. REV. .Ton' PnlasoN, Rnv. L. Osr.rm, REV. S. S. GAR VIN, REV. F. GUNNER, REV. D. Bosworvra, Rev. It. H. CoNKLIN, Such is a dead church, a dead world. Be- lievers and unbelievers slumber side by side ; there is little to distinguish them from one another ; formality, ungodliness, worldliness, prevail. But spring will visit the fields, its gales will breathe, its' showers descend, and winter's waste will bud and blossom. The voice of the archangel and the trump of God will be heard in the grave- yard, and its narrow dwellings will open, and their tenants, who sleep in Jesus, will come forth in new beauty, glory, and everlasting life. Such is the Revival. Sometimes it begins among believers ; they become more earnest, more conscientious, more prayerful, more lowly, more urgent in their dealings with sinners ; and the world is startled ; men see that religion is a reality, that it is more than a name. Sometimes it begins among the careless ; they are awakened ; the pow- ers of the world to come take hold of them ; they are convinced of sin ; they seek and find the Saviour. Then the quickening spreads to God's people ; they are made to remem- ber whence they have fallen, and so they arise and trim their lamps. God is saying, "Awake, 0 north wind, and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." God is saying, "Come from the four winds, 0 Breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." The effect is very blessed. Men spring up, as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. One says, "I am the Lord's" and another calls himself by the name of Ja- cob. Instead of the brier there comes up the fir tree, and instead of the thorn there comes up the myrtle-tree. The change is often so sudden and decided, so evidently supernatu- ral, that evens the careless are constrained to acknowledge, "This is the doing of the Lord, and it is marvellous in our eyes." It is a time of joy and gladness, like the treading of the wine-press or the bringing home of the harvest. This is indeed the idea which is chiefly suggested by the words we are con- sidering—"That thy people may rejoice in Thee." Revival causes joy in God. The life that comes from Him turns back to Him, and finds in Him, its end, object, and all in all. The reason why we are so much en- grossed with earthly things, so busy in seek- ing them, so elated when we find them, so de- pressed when we lose them, is because we have so little life. "My soul cleaveth to the dust, quicken thou me 4i-wording to thy word." A dead soul can do nothing else- ,T is a stone ; it cannot rise and dwell on high. But quickened together with Christ, we seek the things that are above. Then I thirst for God, my heart and flesh cry out for the liv- ing God. Then as new-born babes, we again desire the sincere milk of the Word, that we may grow thereby. Then we love God's house ; how amiable are thy tabernacles, how pleasant the dwelling-place of thy grace ! Then we rejoice in ordinances, and draw water with joy out of the wells of salvation. Then there is a spirit of expectancy ; we feel that the Lord is very near, that it is a time of favor; there is a spirit of buoyancy and exhilaration, awl, we go to every service say- ing, We shall surely be satisfied with the goodness of his house, and with the abun- dance of his holy place. This right, God- honoring, hope is not disappointed or put to shame. He satisfies the hungry with good things, He puts new songs into our mouth, He makes us to cry in the joy of our heart, "The Lord bath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." Then also we take pleasure in his people, we see the beauty of holiness upon them, we count them the excel- lent of the earth. Then also we delight in his ways, and abound in his work, for we mount up with wings as eagles, we run and are not weary, we walk and do not faint. At such a time it is easy to be patient in tribulation, meek under wrong, to do all things without murmurings or disputings. The Lord is appearing in Isis glory, He is building up Zion, and every new conversion swells the general joy. I remember the re- mark of an aged minister, who, like Simeon, was permitted, ere he departed, to witness such a season, He said, "A week of this work is worth a lifetime of dull ordinary rou- tine." People of God, don't you need such a sea- son of restoration and refreshing? It is not with you as it once was. Your light is dim, your fire is cold, your life is low, your pulse is feeble, your appetite is weak ; you have little zeal, little enterprise, little faith, little hope. You look around, but you see few that are able to help you. It is a time of mediocrity in the divine life ; there is nothing striking, nothing outstanding; there is a gen- eral decay. The work of aggression, conver- sion, and edification are almost at a stand. There is little amity, love, and mutual for bearance among the saints. It seems as if God had said, "I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rotten- ness ;" as if He had said, "I will go and re- turn to my place, till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face." Is it not time for us to be saying one to another, "Come and let us return to the Lord, for He hath smit- ten, and He will heal us ; He hath torn, and He will bind us up ?" Yes, there is hope concerning this matter. Revival is no new and strange thing to us. We need not go back to old records to Icarus what it is. We need not to ask what our DR. It. HUTCHINSON. I REV. 0. It. FAsSETT, Rev. J. M. ORROCK, Ii REV. D. I. Itonmsorr, REV. I. II.- SHIPMAN, I REV. H. MAIBEN. livelihood in one day, as a testimony to the great truth that God alone is Lord of the conscience. Nearly a million of people, about a third of the entire population, ac- companied them in their secession, and the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed. The movement extended to every class, from the peasantry to the peerage, and the result was the erection of about eight hundred new churches, with a nearly equal number of schools, in every one or which the Bible is taught, and also almost an equal number of parsonages—manses, as they are called in Scotland—while the amount of money raised for religious purposes since the disruption, amounted to about four millions of pounds sterling. Now here was a relig- ious movement of a very extraordinary, and I believe, almost unprecedented character, affording a proof of the power of Christian principle of the most decisive character, Great results were expected from it, so much so indeed, that paper of a cm min size and pattern was prepared, and distributed to the four hundred and seventy, that each of them should record the Lord's doings in the way of converting souls by means of the disrup- tion, the intention being to send all the man- uscripts together, to be kept as a memorial of the great event, and to publish so much as was deemed suitable. The records never saw the light, and never will, and "why ? Be- cause they were never written. There was no spiritual result. The Free Church for- got that the Lord had said, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit." I was a member of the General Assembly of 1845, and remember well that while at a private session the report of the state of religion was called for, one old elder stood up and made mention of one conversion ! ! Not another elder or minister had a word to say ! And now, if my friend's testimony is to be re- lied on, and I, for one, have no doubt of its accuracy, how do matters stand after these eight hundred additional pulpits have for twenty years, been proclaiming the gospel, over and above all the others ? Why that many of the young ministers are wholly or partially ignoring the cardinal truths of the Word of God, and that "dreary Moderatism," a phrase which to the ear of a religious Scotland conveys the idea of utter ungodli- ness, is about once more to settle down upon the land. Verily if waning faith be one of the signs that the Lord's coming is nigh at hand, that sign is not wanting. And is it not written, "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. L. OSUMI, J. PEARSON, It. R. KNowLES.. one to five miles to Is ater. Some set their houses in the center of the farm, like the Dutch, some back by the woods, some on the road like the Yankees, so we can call with- out trouble. But generally in visiting we have to go in and out as far from the road, as it is from farm to farm on the road. I don't like it, and usually cut across lots. There is not so much gadding of the ladies abroad, however, whi;11 is a great good. We came to the village of Fingal, but 0, how changed! There was nothing by which I could tell it, Back St. and Front St., as they call the two roads for thirty miles. The stumps, and logs, and woods, and roots, and mire of the cross-roads were all gone, and good roads, farms and houses, were flourish- ing and happy. On return we carne to an Oil well boring, but there was more clay and water than oil yet, though there is an awful stench of Kerosene in the region, to keep their spirits up. They are boring seven wells in this region, and will many more, no doubt, soon, and "Oil creek" will likely soon be sub- stituted for "Black creek," and then for the bustle of business, the rise of prices as well as oil and the smell and smoke of coal oil, through all the province. We have a great cave near here, not nearly so grand as the one in Kentucky, but far less explored, and worthy of further investigations. I also passed a fine pine forest, of five miles in di- ameter, all dead ; standing leafless, many limbless, barkless and dead. All died about fifteen years ago. Nobody knows why. It resembles very much a dead church, soon to be burned. It was one of the saddest sights of life. But I had a good journey, a good conference, and a good time since I returned. So enough for once. Good bye. Yours truly, D. I. RoBINSON. MORE OF CHRIST. BY THE LATE REV. JAMES SMITH, CHELTENHAM. What is it, my soul, that causes this un- easiness, this deep inward yearning after something which thou hast not, or dost not at present enjoy ? I am not at rest. Yet I have no slavish fears ; no gloomy doubts of my interest in Christ. I have no actual dread of death or of judgment ; but I feel a desire to climb higher, to know more, and to enjoy the power of religion within, as I have not of late. It seems to me that all my wants lead me to Christ, and all my desires go out toward Christ. I want ; well, what do I want ? I want to feel more of my need of Christ. I have fancied at times that I could not have a deeper sense of my need of Christ, and all that Christ is and has, than I have already experienced. But I am persuaded now that I may ; and that only in proportion as I daily feel my need of Christ, shall I desire to know him, trust its him, and enjoy him. I know theoretically that I need Christ in every office that he sustains, in every rela- tionship he fills, and in every character he has assumed. I need him, not only to rescue me from death, but to feed me, clothe me, teach me, keep •me, guide me, and comfort me. I need him to do all far me, and all within me, which either God or my circum- stances require. 0, to feel more of my need of Jesus, that I may not be happy one mo- ment but as I look to him, learn from him, and lean on him ! I want to know more of Christ. 0, how little do I really know of Christ I have thought of him, spoken of him, and written about him ; but how little I really know him. I want to know more of the persons of Christ, more of the grace of Christ, and more of the work of Christ. I want to know more of Christ for me, and more of Christ within me ; more of the words of Christ, more of the thoughts of Christ, and more of the heart of Christ. I want so to know Christ as never to doubt his love, ques- tion his veracity, or fear his conning. Yea, so to know him as to devote myself wholly to him, and be ready at any time to depart and be with him. want more affection for Christ. Yes ; I want to love Jesus, and to feel that I love him; to prove, by my conversation, conduct, and spirit, that I do so love him. There ought to be no doubt on my own mind on this point, but I should be ready to say, "I love him because he first loved me." There ought to be no doubt, no cause or occasions for any who know me to question whether I love him. 0, no ! His love should so in- .fluence my conduct, and his love should so season my conversation, that all about me may feel sure that, if I love any one, I love Jesus. 0, that the Holy Spirit would shed abroad the love of Christ in my heart more and more, that my love to him may be as strong as death. I want to realize more sensibly my union with Christ. Christ is the Head of the Church, and all the true members of that Church are in union with him. I cannot but believe that I am one with Christ. I often feel as if I could not live without Christ ; but I want daily and hourly to live under the impression that Christ and my soul are one. What privilege can exceed this to be united to Christ ? Then, because he lives, wo shall live also. Then he will use his in- fluence for us, spend his wealth upon us, and desire to have us with him to behold his [For Terms, (Ire., see Fourth Page.] Gammunicationo. [Original.] "THE WANE OF FAITH." BY A PEDESTRIAN MISSIONARY. -d - REPORT OF THE MESSIANIAN CON- FERENCE OF CANADA WEST. and discussed, and advocated at length in an interesting manner, and unanimously adopt- ed, and voted to be sent for publication. Took up examination of minister's char- acters one by one, and all were passed. Adjourned, to hold the Missionary Society, till afternoon. Met P. M., as per adjournment. Opened with singing, Scriptures and prayer ; took up reports of churches. Dover circuit pre- sented a written report. Report of Messiah's Church at Black Creek, to the Annual Conference of Messiah's Church, C. W. Dear Brethren :—We hereby send in our annual Report. The Lord has been with us the past year, and we have been prospered. The cause has been built up in this commu nity, and we believe more firmly established than ever. We have endeavored to hold up the truth to the world, and warn them of the coming day of the Lord, and our labors are not in vain, in the Lord. Our number at the commencement of the year was forty-seven, we now number fifty-eight ; increase eleven. There have been eighteen added during the year, and seven expelled or moved away. Seventeen have been baptized. We have had the pastoral labors of Bro. D. Elwell, who has preached every Sabbath morning. Our congregations are very good, averaging about one hundred and twenty-five. The attendance this year has been much better than last year.. Our weekly prayer meeting and monthly covenant meeting have been sustained, though not so well as we could wish, or as they should have been. Our Sabbath school is wall sustained sum-. suer and winter. It numbers about fifty scholars and six teachers. As to our financial matters, we have paid this year for the support of our pastor $224. A debt of twenty-five dollars on the chapel, has also been removed, while our collections have paid our current expenses. There have been ten copies of the Herald and twenty of the Youth's Visitor taken, which number we feel is small, and should be increased. We pray that God may be with you in your assembling together, and ask an interest in your prayers. In behalf of the church, J. MATTHEWS, Clerk. P. S. Itro. Elwell left us in January, and we were without preaching until the last Sabbaths in February, when Bro. Gates vis- ited us and remained about six weeks. We now enjoy the labors of Bro. D. I. Robinson, who came to us the last Sabbath in June. During the intervals we sustained a weekly prayer and conference meeting. They were well attended. Since Bro. R. commenced his labors, our congregations are rather on the increase, and our Sabbath school has risen from about fifty to over eighty. There is some prospect of good being done at Nan- ticoke. Preaching has been commenced at Victoria once in two weeks. J. MATTHEWS, Clerk. SOUTI-IALD BACK STREET reported •the church small, united, and encouraging. Nine- teen baptized, seven united, large attendance, and souse more think of joining. CAINSVILLE.—Bro. Reynolds reported preaches to them one-fourth of the time, good attendance ; seventeen joined. KELvIN.—UnitOd and prospering. OAK GROVE.-A smell church organized. Bro. Croaker preaches to • them every two weeks and Bro. Reynolds occasionally. Pros- pect good. Twelve members, one baptized, two want to be. FINGAL.—At first prosperous, but two leaving in bad conduct had tried them. Live scattered, and most are aged, so it is difficult to sustain social meetings, but united,, and have preaching one-fourth of the time. BELLVILLE.—The cause is prospering. A few members ; they think to build a house this year. ACTON.—Meeting house and preacher do- ing well and want co-operation. The other churches were not represented, it being in the very midst of harvest, the most pressing season of the year. Bro. Jo- seph Crooker was redeived as a member of Conference, and elected to Elder's orders, and a committee appointed to ordain him. D. I. Robinson, J. Reynolds and Jesse Crandall, committee. Jesse Crandall was received as a member of Conference. On motion, voted that Dr. Litch be. Presi- dent, Bro. Lake Vice President, Bro. Can- field Secretary and Treasurer. On motion, voted that the next Confer- ence be held the second Wednesday in Feb- ruary, 1866. Voted that Brns. Reynolds, Pearce and Crooker be a committee to fix the place of Conference. On motion, a vote of thanks was passed to friends so hospitably entertaining the Con- ference. Agreed also to hold the meeting Sabbath day at the Episcopal Methodist Church. Adjourned and closed with singing, doxolo- gy and benediction. Preaching Wednesday and Thursday even- ings by D. I. Robinson. Friday by J. Crook- er. Saturday and three times Sabbath by D. I. Robinson. On Friday evening D. I. Rob- inson preached at the Back Street school- house. The house was full evenings and I was much struck with the article on the "Wane of Faith," quoted from the "Pro- phetic Times," and as a somewhat singular corroboration of the views there expressed, came under my notice lately, I thought I would make it known to the readers of the Herald. About a year ago, I wrote to a Christian friend in Scotland, giving him my views upon the state of religion in Canada, and asking him how.he thought matters stood at home ? "There is not, in my opinion," I said, "five per cent. of Christianity in Canada; do you think there is more in Scotland ? is there ten per cent ? is there twenty ?" My friend's answer struck me forcibly. His statement was this : "The condition of Christ's cause in Scotland at this moment is very sad ; and look at what quarter of the world we may, we are compelled to say that it is very sad. For my part, I look for persecution, or a re- turn of dreary Moderatism." A Scotticism for lukewarmuess in religion. In a recent letter, my friend, without farther solicitation, again returns to the subject, and writes as follows: "The Established Assembly created fully as much interest as ours (the Free Church) -this year, in consequence of the 'Innovation discus- sion.' The bulk of serious people whom I have met with, seem gratified that Dr. Lee, McLeod & Co. have got a church. I believe that McLeod, Blaiker & Co. are doing great injury to the cause of Christ in Scotland. They are all very popular with young men, specially young ministers, who are getting more and more impregnated with their views. McLeod tries to have a kind of sough (An- glice, The sighing of the wind through the trees, a colloquial expression) of the gospel, but not at all hearty—awfully 'Broad Church.' Lee and Blaiker are both, I hold, unchristian men. They are both professors (i. e., of theology) and so all our young Es- stablished ministers can through them meet. Thus I fear the evangelical element is grad- ually becoming less and less in the Estab- lished-Church. Would I could say that it is holding its place amongst ourselves. I can- not but fear it is not. The grand sappy (my friend being a Scotchman, and writing to a Scotchman, makes frequent use of Scottish colloqualistus) truth of the gospel, such as the substitution of Christ, his righteousness, atonement, &c., have not that foremost place in the discourses of many of our young min- isters, which formerly characterized the preaching of our evangelical ministers. The prevailing cry is that our preaching must keep up with the requirements of the age, by which they seem to mean that it must be 'with cheering words of man's wisdom.' Of course, there are many exceptions to this— many are faithful ministers. of . Cheist—and perhaps none are the grand fundamental truths • ignored, but what I lament is, that with many they do not get that prominence which is, I hold, essential. Often after list- ening to an able, pretty, carefully prepared discourse, when we come home and try to reach it, how amazingly little there is to hold by ! And then you meet with a friend, and the remark is, 'Was not that a beautiful dis- course we have had ?' Perhaps I take too gloomy a view of things. I cannot help dreading there is a time of dreary Moderatism before us. Certainly, there is little appear- ance of vitality amongst us. The bones are very dry. Come from the four winds, 0 breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." The above remarks speak for themselves, and prove my friend to be what I well know he is, a thoroughly earliest and intelligent Christian man, and one who seeks and cares for the abominations of the land. What ren- ders the opinion all the more remarkable, is the fact that he is not a pre-millenialist, and that he almost, but I think not quite, believes in the conversion of the world. Two and twenty years ago, the disruption of the Church of Scotland took place, an event which created almost as great a stir in that country as the secession of the Southern States did in America. Four hundred and seventy ministers abandoned their means of The Conference of Messiah's Church, C. W., convened at Fingal, July 26th, at 3 o'clock, P. M., in pursuance of a call by the President and Secretary. President and Secretary being absent, the meeting was called to order by Bro. J. Reynolds, and D. I. Robinson requested to conduct the opening services, which was done by reading the Scriptures, singing and prayer. Several joined in it. On motion voted that J. Rey- nolds be President pro tem, and D. I. Rob- inson, Secretary pro tem. Also that Brns. Reynolds and Lawrence be a Committee for the public services. Minutes of last year re- ceived. On motion, voted to adjourn till Thursday, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Closed with prayer. Met pursuant to adjournment. Bro. Rey- nolds, President pro tens in the chair. Read- ing Scriptures and singing by Bro. Reynolds, and prayer by Bro. Croaker. The following resolutions were then presented. Resolved, That we urge upon all our members to be very careful to maintain closet prayer and reading of the Scriptures twice a day, mid heads of families, fitmily prayer, as being important to the life of religion in the soul. Resolved, That we urge upon all our ministers and brethren, to enlist in the Sab- bath school work, and wherever a half-dozen children can be gathered, to teach them scriptural truth and religion, giving them suitable papers and books for their reading. Resolved, That we also urge on all our members end friends, to be strictly temperate in all things, and to favor and help on the temperance cause in every way they can, by precept and example. Resolved, That we urge upon all to rally to the support of our Herald and Youth's Visitor by subscribing for it, and extending its circulation in their several places, by obtaining subscribers and pay- ments. Resolved, That we urge upon each of our churches and members, to make a special subscription to our missionary cause, to aid in extending our cause into new ground, and aid destitute and suffering ministers, and for- ward it to Conference by delegate or preacher. Resolved, That we urge upon all our members to subscribe for tracts to circulate to every family in their neighborhood, to spread the blessed truth to all, if by any means we may save some. Resolved, We also urge that where two or three, in any place, can meet, they unite to hold a meeting once a week, for prayer and exhortation ; and also to study the. Scrip- tures, and to obtain preaching as often as they can, and the ordinances of the gospel. These Resolutions were each explained HERALD. Al) VENT THE 134 • fathers have told us. We have' seen it with our own eyes, we have heard it with our own ears, we have felt it in our own souls. Yea, some favoured spots are still enjoying the genial drcppings—some favoured mini- tries are still accompanied by the power demonstration of the Holy Ghost. Let the memory of the past six years be an incentive to greater earnestness. Let it be our great argument in pleading with God. 'Wilt thou not revive us again?" Thou host done it before—do it again. We did not value, im- prove, and hold fast the grace as we ought; but Thou wilt not upbraid us when we cry, "Restore unto us the joy of thy salvation, and uphold us with thy free spirit; and then we shall teach transgressors thy way, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Let us, with humble, contrite hearts, take hold of the Lord, and say, "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion, build thou the walls of Jerusalem." No prayer is more pleasing to the Lord than this. He who said to the leper, "I will, be thou clean," will say to us, "Have life, and have it more abundantly."— Revival. its feet and toes were part of IRON and part of CLAY. A STONE was cut out without hands, which smote the image on his feet, that were IRON and CLAY, and brake them in pieces, and ground them to powder. Then was the IRON, the CLAY, the BRASS, the SIL- VER and the GOLD, broken to pieces together and became as the chaff of the summer Areshing floor, and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the STONE which smote the IMAGE, became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." This impressive dream, the particulars of which, the king on awaking, had forgotten, the prophet Daniel was taught in a dream in answer to prayer, and related to the king, and then interpreted it to him, as follows: "The God of heaven bath given thee a kingdom, power and strength and glory; and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, or the fowls oh heaven, he hath given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art— THIS HEAD OF GOLD. After thee there shall arise another KINGDOM INFERIOR TO THEE. And another, THIRD KINGDOM OF BRASS, MISSION JOURNAL. And the FOURTH KINGDOM shall be strong themselves, but wish, as they express it, that "everybody's else children may go to school." The interest in the school on every band is much greater than when we began last Feb- ruary. Parents who then seemed indiffer- ent are now anxious to have their children attend school and learn. The people gener- ally begin to appreciate an education. Many see the need of it who while in slavery did not feel the lack of it. Now that they are free, and are to hew their own way through the world, they want all the advantages of the whites, by whose side they are to run the race for life. The older ones feel that it is now too late for them to learn much, but their children, they say, must have an edu- cation to some extent. And then, too, the children who at first did not comprehend the valife of learning to read, &c., now begin to see the importance of an education, and are very anxious to learn still more. There is no lack of interest here in regard to the school, and we lament deeply this breaking up, right in the midst of our most successful labors. My time here, being short, seems almost lost, and yet this interruption in our legitimate work has thrown upon us all the greatest amount of labor. But as you write in your letter to brother Canfield, that "great good will come from this seeming evil," so I believe. God will be glorified, for the "wrath of men shall be made to praise him." The work of grace still goes on among the people, although since we were deprived of a house of worship, and the excitement conse- quent upon its being destroyed has existed, the religious interest has not been as great as before. It is, however, increasing, and every week we are made to rejoice by the turning of soine souls to the Lord. The fruit of our labor here is truly apparent, and in the day of Christ we hope it will be seen that many will be saved through the estab- lishment of this Mission. God grant that its friends who have given so freely to sustain it may rejoice through all eternity with us in the salvation of many who will go from here into the kingdom of Christ. May we all meet there. Yours truly, in hope of eternal life. I. I. LESLIE. In speaking of the "numerous incentives to vice" which men meet in cities, Rev. J. Angell James says, "At the head of all these must be placed the Theatre." "Nothing too strong, or two bad, can be said of the injuri- ous tendency of the stage," "It is emphat- ically, and by way of eminence, the broad road and wide gate that leadeth to destruc- tion." "It is bad sentiments, borrowing every possible aid to render it still worse, it is the school for intrigue, amours and licen- tiousness." He says, "It generates a fever- ish imagination and destroys a right balance of character, kindles low and base appetites, leads to drunkenness and debauchery, hard- ens the heart against religion, and a cloud of witnesses can and do depose that of all the avenues to destruction, not one is more se- ductive or more direct than the theatre." Rev. Henry Ward Beecher observes: "It is notorious that the theatre is the door to all the sins of iniquity." "Half the victims of the gallows and of the penitentiary will tell you that these schools _Pi morals! were to them the gate of debauchery, the porch of pollution. There one learns how pleasant a thing vice is, amours are consecrated; licen- tiousness is prospered; and the young come away alive to the glorious liberty of conquest and lust." "He may sit down among thieves, blood-loving scoundrels, swindlers, broken- down men of pleasure,—the coarse, the vul- gar, the debauched, the inhuman, the infernal." "Let the virtuous young scholar go to the gallery, and learn there decency, modesty and refinement, among the quarrelling, minc- ing, brutal woman of the brothel," &c. Siniilar quotations might be multiplied to almost any extent, from such men as Chal- mers, Newton, Dymond, Barnes, Finney, Nahan, &e. These show that "a Rochester clergyman" has made himself in no way con- spicuous by this sort of denunciation, that he has only falllen far behind these representa- tive men in the degree of severity with which he has condemned the theatre. And that such men and such sentiments represents a "narrow-minded and bigoted" faction of "Christians and Christian ministers," is an in- sinuation over which we hope the author will have grace to blush.— Christian Messen- ger. It is requisite, then, that the moral and religious man stands firmly on a principle— on a determination to do right, even though be might seem to gain a present temporal ad- vantage through the wrong; for be assured, that no permanent prosperity will ever come from misdeeds. To resist temptation is the duty of every Christian ; without doing so, he will be a failure and a stain on the cause of Christ- The difficulties in resisting the inclination to sin are great if a man depends on his own strength—and just at this point so many fall; but if be puts his trust in Christ, and tries the infallible power of watchfulness and prayer, he will be able to stand firm and true to himself and the cause he has espoused, though earth and hell oppose him. Every man has temptations however good he may be, for the devil does not show any one spe- cial favors in this direction. And if we could see and know the hearts of men as God sees and knows them, and as every man knows himself, then would we learn in sad re- ality the deep meaning of the prayer, 'Lead us not into temptation." Young converts are prone to talk of their trials and temptations, and they ought to have the kindest and largest sympathy of older Christians; but let them hope for a respite from the enemy of souls as they grow in years. Let them try to find out and thwart the devil's machinations, for in a long life of Christian warfare they will only learn the great inventive capacity of Satan, his un- tiring perseverance in attempting to mislead, the multiform plans he adopts to destroy souls. For the experience of every Christian has been, that as he grew in years, and in Christian strength, so also were the assaults of temptation more determined and the trials of faith more sharp. And if there is a weak point, a proneness to do wrongly in a special .direction, a former besetting sin that may have been conquered for years, and is almost forgotten, there is where the devil will make his attack at some unguarded moment. And many Christians, old and young, have fallen from grace in this way. 0, for more watchfulness and prayerfulness, and deeper work of grace in our hearts.—Church Advo- cate. TRUE COMMUNION. ear Akdurnt TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1865. JOSIAH LITCH, EDITOR, AS IRON. The succession of empires from Nebuchad- nezzar till now, is so obvious to all who have the least smattering of historical knowledge, that they scarcely need be named. Medo- Persia followed Babylon, Greeia, under Al- exander the Great, came next, and Rome under the Cmsors, followed the Grecians. The iron and clay mixed in the feet and foes, symbolize a division of the empire; and finally a mingling of the Romans among the seed of men ; but they' should rio more blend, than will iron and clay, so as to be- come one with the people among whom they dwell. Is ' not this the present condition of the world? Are not the Romans mixed with all nations, blending with none ? Is not this the last feature of the great image prior to its overthrow or destruction by the stone. These successive empires God has chart- ered to rule the world during the interegnum of David's house; and they have well nigh fulfilled their destiny and run their course. WHAT SHALL SUCCEED THEM? The prophet answers: "And in the days of these kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be de- stroyed. The kingdom shall not be left to other people: but it shall break in pieces and Consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." To endless ages, then, the God of heaven has ordained the succession of dominion. • A favorite opinion of the present day is, that the church established at the first ad- vent of Christ, is the kingdom here predict- ed. But to this we object. 1st, that the kingdom of the God of heaven is on its ad- vent to smite and brake in pieces the image. It is first to smite the image on his feet that were of iron and clay. But the feet and toes are the last extremity of the image, and did not exist at all, till hundreds of years af- ter the organization of the Christian Church. The feet then, still being in existence,' and no rival to them being in the field, it follows that the kingdom of God is still in the fu- ture, but not far distant. The claim of some that the American gov- ernment is -the kingdom which the God of heaven set up, is thus answered. It is not a kingdom, but a republic. It proclaims: We, the people, do ordain and establish this constitution ; and it does not even recognize God. it must pass away at the day of judg- ment; but the kingdom of the God of heaven shall never be destroyed. At the day of' judgment, Rev: 11: 15, the kingdorns of this world shall become, and be proclaimed the kingdoms of out' Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. Communion with Christ consists not in ex- alted feelings and raptures only, not in un- usual experiences of transport and delight, but in simpler and, so to speak, more ordinary exercises; ,and the evidences of communion are as palpable and convincing, when present- ed in these simple and regular methods, as in the extraordinary and more exciting inter- views. We have communion with Christ when we live in obedience to his will; when the heart is subordinated to him; when our chief desire and prayer is, "Lord, what wouldst Thou have me to do ?" when every act bears the stamp of duty to him; and when all our thoughts and desires are in accordance with his. It is a sure proof of fellowship with Christ, if we love what he loves; if we are deeply-interested in what interests him ; if our affections take hold upon Objects which occupy his heart, and we turn with distaste from all that is offensive to him ; if we go to him freely with our trials and sor- rows, with all our hopes and joys; if we find in serving him an employment that engages all our powers, and a reward that is beyond any temporary or temporal compeosation. We may know that we have communion with Christ, if we love his people,. and hail every member of the body of Christ as a friend, because of his relationship to the Say- jour; if we yearn for the salvation of our fellow-men, and imitate the Redeemer's acts of unselfish devotion to the temporal and eternal interests of mankind. We may know ,that we have this fellowship when prayer is a pleasure often sought, long continued, in- spiring hope, ministering strength, and really bringing us near to our Lord.. We may know that we have communion with Christ, when the words of his gospel meet our ne- cessities, and soothe our sorrows, and direct our courses. in life; when his precepts are agreeable to our desires and harmonize with our wishes, and suggest our acts, and coin- cide with our experience. We may know that we have fellowship with Christ when he appears to us .as preeminently lovely; when his fellowship is coveted; when we mourn any cause of estrangement from him ; and when it pains us to see his cause dishonored, his church enfeebled, or his love despised. Such evidences of love and ,fellowship . are better than .all the excitements of an extraor- dinary experience, for they, prove that Christ is with us at all times; that he lives and reigns in us.; that be is not an occasional visitor whose unexpected presence causes much stir and interest while ,he is with us, yet leaves . no abiding impression in our hearts, but a guest ever welcome, always at home with us, and whose constant blessing is as pleasant and beneficial as sunlight or pure Such communion all true Christians ought to have with their Saviour. Such communion would make life one continued act of devotion, and give on earth sweet fore- tastes of heaven.—Aw York Observer. - - - THE TIMES OF OUR SAVIOUR. JEWISH FAITH. TEMPTATION. into it anything that defileth, neither whatso- ever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie." It is only "the holy" who shall have A part in the first resurrection. "The fearful, and un- believing, and the abominable, and murder- ers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and, all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brim- stone, which is the...second death." -It is only. "unto them that look for him" that "he shall appear the second time unto salvation." My dear friends, let me then ask each of you individually whether you are a Christian. Have you joined yourself to the company of those who are seeking for a part in the first resurrection? Are you looking for the com- ing of Jesus, and dilligently engaged "that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless ?" Do you- hunger and thirst after righteousness, mooring over your sins, and meekly yielding to the word and will of the blessed Saviour? Are you seek- ing to lay up treasures in heaven, where moths corrupt not, and thieves come not to steal? Are you looking at these great things, not seen it yet, but which are soon to be re- vealed to the everlasting joy of the faithful? Oh, think it not a bitter thing to be a Christ- ian, or that I am interfering with your com- fort when I urge you to be pious and good. It is your sublimest pleasure that you may escape ruin and be a partaker of joy, and .peace, and glory everlasting. You cannot be at peace whilst unreconciled to God. It is only by becoming holy that you shall cease from being miserable. Come, then, to Jesus, who invites and entreates you to come, and find rest for your stalls. Come, come; and lie who laid down his life for you, will not deny you a hearty, welcome. Come, and share in that blessed inheritance which is the joy of angels amid of Christ. Put it not off for a single day longer. Let ,your peniten- tial prayer at once go up, "God .be merciful to me a sinner!" And may the Lord help you, and guide you, and bring us all to be of that happy number who attain unto the res- urrection of the just! PROPRIETOR AND SOVEREIGN. The promise of God on the suspension of the royal prerogatives of David's house as in the. former chapter, was that lie would "abase him that is high," the King of Judah, the ruler of his people, "and exalt him that is low," the gentile ruler. Accordingly, Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon„ was raised up to the headship of the nations, and the King of Judah required to put his neck under the yoke of the King of Babylon. CHARTER OF GENTILE EMPIRE. In the 27th chapter of Jeremiah, we have a system of divine diplomacy, carried on through the regular channels of diplomacy, the ambassadors of the nations who were sent by the various kings to the court of Zedekiali. The prophet was directed to make bonds and yokes, and put them on his neck, and go to court with them, and to send them to the kings there represented, by the hand of the several ambassadors. "And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah. And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God_ of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; I have made the earth, the man and the beast that. are upon the ground, by my great power and by my out-stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto Me. And now have I given all these lands into time hand of Nebuchadnezzlar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts Of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all na- tions shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come; and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnez- zar the king of Babylon,.itild that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have con- sumed them by his hand. I spoke also to Zedek,iah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your - necks under the yoke of the king of. Babylon, and serve -him and his people, and live." Jer. 27: 3-8, 12. No . act of legislation or act of incorpora- tion was ever more distinct in its utterances of corporate powers than this. And these powers Nebuchadnezzar exercised. All the nations who when summoned to surrender to his authority refused, fell by his hand. Zedekiali refused to submit and fell. His children were slain before his eyes; and then his eyes were put out, ,and he was bound in chains and carried to Babylon. Thus termi- nated the reign of David's family, till, ac- cording to Gabriel's announcement, Luke 1 : 32, Jesus Shall appear, and the "Lord. God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." We should never forget that Da- vid's royalty is only suspended, not abrogated. THE SUCCESSION OF EMPIRES. The, period given for Nebuchadnezziir's dynasty, was seventy years, or three genera- tions ; "Nebuchadnezzar, his son and his son's son." Jer. 25th and 27th chapters. But what should come-after their times expired, this chapter did not say. But the God of heaven who revealeth secrets, IN A DREAM, showed that monarch the succession to end- less ages. In the second chapter of Daniel, we have the history of that dream with its interpretation by Daniel. In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar as lie lay down to rest, his thoughts ran on thus very subject, the future succession of dominion. "Thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed," said Daniel, "What should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets, inaketh known to thee what shall come to pass." There is one point of Scripture teaching on which there seems, among all classes of theologians to be perfect unanimity of opin- ion ; -amid that is, as to the understanding of' the Jews of the days of Christ of the phrase, "Kingdom, of God " and "Kingdom of heaven." They all believed that it meant the personal coming of the Messiah of the seed of David, as their King,- to reign forever on David's throne. "Where is he that is born King of the Jews ?" asked the wise men. "Where shall Christ be born ?" inquired Herod. "In Bethlehem of Jud-ea," answered the .chief priests and elders of the people. "What think ye of Christ? whose son is he ?" our Saviour asked the Pharisees. "He is the son of Da- vid," they replied. So also, when Jesus said, John 12th chapter, "And I, if I be lified up, will draw all men unto me." The Jews re- plied, "We have heard out of the law that Christ abides forever. And how sayest them the Son of man must be lifted up ?" "I-lath not the Scripture said that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was ?" • These and many more passages establish the Jewish be- lief of the Messiah at that period. THE FAITH OF THE DISCIPLES. That the disciples of Christ held the same views, is as generally conceded, as that ,the Jews in gtineral held it. "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel," said Nathaniel, when introduced to Jesus. So the mother of Zebedee's children and also her sons, James and John, held the same faith, when they came and asked to sit one on Christ's "Right hand, and one on his left, in his kingdom." And the other disciples evidently shared their faith, or they would not have been "filled with indignation against the two brethren." But our Saviour, instead of telling them you are all wrong; no such kingdom is to be established, said, "It is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is pre- pared of my Father." So also, after his resurreelion, the same THE IMAGE. The dream presented a great image; its head of GOLD, its breast -and arms of SILVER, its belly and thighs of BRASS, its legs of IRON, pense of' the reward" be vindicated forever' Then shall God glorify his Son by trans- forming -millions into his glorious image. And "then shall be brought to pass the say- ing that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory." . Earth, my brethren, has been the theatre of some glorious victories, the fame of which has filled, the world amid echoed along the corridors of ages. But never has earth be- held such a triumph as that which shall be realized at the resurrection of the just. Then shall be enacted •-another genesis, more glo- rious than the first. Then Shall be performed another exodus, more illustrious than that which Moses led.- Then shall truth triumph over ez ror, and faith over unbelief; humility over pride, life over death, and immortality over the grave. Then shall the cross give way to the crown, and corruption to glory; and from the mould and ashes of every Christian's tomb shall conic forth an undying form, radiant with the transforming touch of Deity,a dear-bought but sublime and imperishable monument to the resurrec- tion and the life. The graves of the patri- archs shall open. The scattered dust and ashes of prophets apostles and martyrs shall be gathered. Unknown saints of' God that have died in garrets, and cellars, and barns, and dungeons,—and lowly and despised poor in Christ who sleep in potters'-fields,—shall spring forth from their unnoticed graves in sublimer glory than ever adorned the illus- trious Solomon. Precious innocents, whose names were never heard, and lamented child- ren, that moulder in their little tombs, and pious afflicted ones, who spent their days in pain excluded , from the gay world,—all, all shall then forsake their resting-places and shine as the stars forever and ever. Then shall all the people of God of all lands and ages, mysteriously united in one gracious brotherhood of faith, join in one great congre- gation, celebrating with untold joy the sub- lime epiphany of their redeeming Lord, and with their million tongues in heavenly con- cord singing the triumphs of that salvation for Wlich they lived, and hoped, and died. "Oh, scenes surpassing fable, and yet true! Scenes of accomplished bliss! which, who can see, Though but in distant prospect, and not feel His soul refreshed with foretastes of the joy?" Nor are the saints that have died to be the only participants in the happy victory. All the holy who live- in the flesh when the blessed Saviour comes shall be copartners in the glory. And what will add to the rejoic- ing of this particular class is, that they will never die at all. They shall not even sleep with their fathers. "Behold I shew you a mystery," says Paul. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." "The dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them." And what a thought is this, that thgre per- haps are some listening to me now who shall never know by experience • what death is! Those of Christ's people who are living when he comes shall of a sudden feel the thrill of immortality careering through them, and find themselves transported to join the child- ren of the resurrection. Not one of them that truly believe in Jesus shall be left be- hind. The humblest and obscurest, the low- est with the highest, all shall be taken to- gether. For "he shall send forth his angels, with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of' heaven to the other." And they shall live and reign with Christ the thousand years. "And so shall we ever be with the Lord. And thenceforward for- ever shall this song be sung :— "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, And ho will dwell With them, And they shall be his people, And God himself shall be with them, Aud be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; And there shall be no more death, Neither sorrow, nor crying, Neither shall there be any more pain: For the former things are passed away." - Verily, "blessed and holy is he that .hath part in the first resurrection?" Was there ever conceived such a system of grace and glory as that which constitutes the gospel of Jesus? How precious are its promises1 How transporting are its hopes! How it meets the vast desires of humanity, and pours consolation into the hearts of the children of sorrow! What is there to compare with it? Atheism, with its eternal sleep, may stupefy the soul, arid render it soMewhat callous to the woes of life. But how sad and cheerless 19 the epitaph which it writes, on the tomb! Heathen philosophy, with its transmigrations and feeble guesses, may excite some dull and low concern for futurity; but how gloomy is the destiny which it sets before man ! It is only Christianity, with its resurrection and another life, that can at all rouse man into a proper consciousness of his dignity, or satisfy the lofty and- mighty aspirations that well up from his. heart. This is our glorious hope, the price of which cannot be equalled with gold.• And how devoutly thankful should we then be for what God has done for us and purposed concerning ! How should our hearts .soften at the contemplations before us, and swell with emotions of love towards -so great a Benefactor! -How should we be concerned to find out the will of such a friend, and seek to approve ourselves unto him! How cheerfully should we hail him as the chief among ten .thousand, and the one alto- gether lovely! How gladly should we set ourselves to do his gracious commands, and to keep his loving counsels ! In him is our strength, our hope, and our joy. He is not ashamed to be our God, and surely we should not be ashamed to be his people, "looking for that blessed hope, even. the glorious appear- ing of the Great -God, our Saviour Jesus Christ." Let us, then, give ourselves to him, body and soul, as a living sacrifice, which is our reasonable service. Let us fully identify ourselves with Jesus, knowing that "when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." And, especially, let us not forget that "every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as the Saviour is pure." He hath prepared for us a city; but "there shall in no wise enter THE MILLENNIUM—LITERAL VIEW. Continued. There is nothing so repulsive to our natu- ural instincts as death. There are few peo- ple who do not feel a cold shudder creeping through and through them whenever they realize the thought that they must die, and have the coffin-lid screwed down upon their foreheads, and be covered up with clods in the damp dark ground. But the hope of the resurrection of the just throws a radiance round the death-bed and the grave„ and helps to reconcile us to the mysterious change. To a good man, the sepulchre is but the gateway to a better world—the resting-place for the -Wasted and wearied body previous to -going forth into the bliss and honors of a di- vine and eternal kingdom. Its shades are but a quiet night anterior to an everlasting day. .Death is but a sleep, which presuppos- es a future awakening. "An eternal sleep" is a contradiction in terms,—a miserable solecism,— a mode of speech the very phra- seology of which brands the atheistic inven- tion with absurdity. Sleep is but the tem- porary suspension of animation for the pur- pose of refreshment and invigoration. It is always succeeded by a waking. And such is death to the Christian. • Jesus has trans- muted it into a refreshing sleep, from which we shall early arise, in renewed strength and glory, for the scenes and employments of a day which shall have no night. The New Testament nearly always speaks of the de- parture of the believing ..as a sleep. Jesus said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep." "The saints which slept," is familiar phraseology to the reader of the Scriptures. "David, after he had served his' own generation, fell on sleep." As the first martyr died, Luke said he "fell asleep." Paul comforted the mourn- ing Thesalonians, by assuring them that their pious dead "are asleep,":----only "asleep,"—to be waked to life again when Jesus comes. And so all the saints that have departed this life are said. to "sleep in Jesus." Yes, Christian parent, that child which so -suddenly sickened, withered and faded in your arms, and which with so much sadness you yielded to the cold dark grave, is not lost and gone eternally. It only sleeps— sweetly sleeps—in the arms of its Maker. You buried it; but you buried it looking for the resurrection of the last day, when it shall awake to be yours forever. Weep not, 0 daughter, as if that sainted Mother whom you last saw dressed for thetomb. shall never look upon you again with her wonted love and tenderness. She is thy mother still. She 18 not dead but sleepeth. She will awake again and take you to her .heart as fondly c.s ever. Sorrow not as they that have no hope, 0 stricken one, mourning over a husband's grave. He has only laid him down to rest in soft • slumber.' God's eye is on that prostrate buried form. And when thy loved one's Saviour comes he will shake off his sepulchral covering, And be thy constant friend as in the days gone by. "Soon shall you meet again, Meet ne'er to sever ; Soon will peace wreath her chain Round you forever." • And what a reunion of hearts and ex- change of happy gratulations shall crown and crowd that day! What glorious meet- ings and triumphs will then be celebrated! What devout and anxious. hopes shall then be consummated! Then shall Jesus say, "Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust ;" and they shall obey his call, and rise to praise him forever. Then will the once-afflicted' saints of every age and clime "stand drest in robes of everlasting wear." Then shall those who denied themselves and took up the cross receive their crowns. Then shall the wisdom of their "respect unto the recom- Dear Bro. Litch :—The last month's la- bor with us has been the most arduous and wearing of any since we entered this field. Since the day our house was destroyed we have been constantly at work to obtain another. The steps we have taken, the measures and means we have conceived, planned and tried, would surprise you, I think, if they were told. Day after day, through all these weeks of heat and dust we have travelled up and down, over and be- yond, here and there, through town and city, seeking for sympathy, means and help with which to enable us to commence again and go on with our work. In our search for help we have visited everybody, high and low, rich and poor, whom we have thought might in the least aid us. We have called upon nearly every military officer in this de- partment, from Major-General Thomas down to the last quarter-master. We have traced "red tape" through its labyrinthine windings, until we consider ourselves quite expert in threading its mazy avenues. We have left no stone unturned under which we thought there might be found the least grain to add to the means necessary to enable us to go on in our work. The amount of effort we have here put forth to obtain a house for these poor people to come to and be instructed, would, if made at the North by each friend of the Mission, secure all that the Mission here requires, including a dwelling house for the missionaries, and land upon which to place it. I say this not boastingly, nor to censure our dear friends who have sent us here, but to show how hard we have worked to maintain our position and the continuance of this great and good work of the Mission. It has been a labor of both mind and body, constant and wearying. The moment we saw our house in ashes, we reflected that no other could be obtained, in which to teach these poor children or preach the words of life. What were we to do? Then came the labor of mind; the deciding upon the course to be pursued; the forming of plans, devis- ing means and measures; suggesting this thing, that and the other; weighing possibil- ities; calculating our resources and the re- sources of the people; the cost of building; how to obtain land whereon to rest the tabernacle of education and the worship of God. All these things and many more to be taken into consideration before we could take one step forward in proof of the correct- ness of our calculations. This, too, in the midst of a few poor friends and many rich enemies. We did not forget that God was on our side, but the question was, what did he want us to do? Certainly it was not to sit down, fold our bands, and wait for him to send us the MMUS to go on. It was certain- ly our duty to seek if we Would find. SO we went here, then there; did this, then that; failed here, failed there; prayed on, planned on, sought on, toiled on, hoped On, and still went on. Sometimes the heavy clouds would lift, and let us see a bright horizon, then all would close down again. Day after day, in the shadow of uncertainty, we walked. The night was as the morning—no sky fo be seen—no stars on either band or above. Then again we seemed to behold an opening through to the blue sky beyond, but as we rejoiced and looked to see it increase and the sunshine appear, lo! it grew less, and closed, making our pathway darker than before. Many a night have we returned home af- ter a long day's travels through the heat and dust, with all our bright hopes and anticipa- tions of the morning crushed and clouded by disappointment. The castles reared in the early dawn faded away in the light of the midday, and ere the twilight of the evening came, not a vestige of them remained. We came home to plan again, and wait for -another day. Thus for two weeks, day after day, did we go without gaining a single fact in relation to our future work here—without obtaining any assurance that we were to have another house—always hoping, praying, yet not knowing if our hopes and prayers would be realized. At length the way began to open up, the barriers to be removed one after another, until now our assurance of a house and the continuance of our work here is without a reasonable doubt. Truly the Lord has tried our faith. We have not walked by sight here. Never did I see so short a distance before me; never did I walk so softly in the presence of God. What shall I do? Which way shall I go? were the oft-repeated inquiries. And then the prayer: "Guide me, 0 thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand," would rise to my lips, and I would repeat or sing it as I went on. The interest and anxiety of this poor peo- ple in regard to the reestablishment of the school has been great and almost universal among them. When will the school begin ? is the general question. Many have con- tributed toward a house who have no children Such is the nature of temptation, that un- less it is instantly and constantly resisted, in- jury will result to us in our moral or physi- cal nature. To tamper with sin is to fall. It will not do to say, only this one time will I step aside from the right way; if we do, the inclination to repeat the same wrong is two-fold greater than before. Hence we must resist the first solicitations to sin with our best endeavors, and say with resolute de- cision, "Get thee behind me Satan." For the first yielding to sin is generally the lead- er to other sins. The first oath to the swear- er, the first drink to the drunkard, the first theft to the thief are precisely as the first giving way to a temptation to do any other wrong. Sin grows, and it is of wonderfully quick growth; the poisonous inhalation from it soon contaminating and destroying others. Sin, like misery, loves company, and such as have been lured into sin, soon lead others I away from the path of virtue. FACTS AND OPINIONS RELATIVE TO THE THEATRE. "He probably is not aware of the fact that a large majority of all the Christians and Christian ministers in the world dissent from him in his condemnation of the theatre, and that those who bold it to be a sin to patron- ize the drama, constitute but a small portion of Christendom."—Springfield Republican. The historian Rollin places the following title over one section of his history: "Fondness for Theatrical Representation one of the principal causes of the Decline, Degeneracy, and Corruption of the Athenian State." What follows under this head will sustain the propriety of this _caption. The primative church refused the right of baptism to all persons who allowed-them- selves to have any connection with the thea- tre, and a historian by no means partial to Christianity remarks, that in the early church "The Christian with pious horror, avoided the abomination of the circus or theater." Doubtless the reason of this "pious horror" may be found in what he states after- ward. "Their serious, sequestered life, averse to the gay luxury of the age, inured them to chastity, temperance, economy, and all the sober and domestic virtues." John Wesley termed the "'Theater the sink of all profaneness and debauchery," and when an effort was being made in Bristol to erect a "play-house," be addressed a letter to the Mayor of the city, urging him to oppose the plan, and offering as his reasons that "Most stage entertainments naturally tend to efface all traces of piety and seriousness out of the minds of men ;" that they give a "wrong turn to youth especially, gay, trifling, and djrectly opposite to the spirit of industry and close application to business ;" and that "drinking and debauchery of every kind are constant attendants on these entertainments." Sir Walter Scott remarks: "Unless in the case of strong attraction upon the stage de- praved women and their admirers usually form the principal part of the audience." Sir John Hawkins calls a "play-house and the regions about it, the very hot-bed of vice." Bishop Collier declared that "nothing had done more to corrupt the age (in which he lived) than stage-poets and the play-house." The colony of Massachusetts enacted a statute prohibiting theatrical entertainments within its limits, and when the colony be- came a state the law was re-enacted. Dur- ing that time John Hancock was Governor, a small theatre was built at Boston disguised as an "Exhibition Room." The Governor thought the matter deserved his attention, and he addressed the Legislature upon the subject in these words: "A number of aliens and foreigners have lately entered the state, and in the metropo- lis of the government, under advertisements insulting to the habits and education of the citizens, have been pleased to invite them, to, and exhibit before such as attend, stage- plays, interludes and theatrical entertain- ments, under the style and application of 'moral lectures,' " and he discriminates the affair as "a most open breach of the law, and a most contemptuons insult to the power of the government:" The Congress of the United States, which assembled soon after the Declaration of In- dependenceacassed the following preamble and resolution: WHEREAS, True religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liber- ty and happiness, therefore, Resolved, That it be and hereby is earnest- ly recommended to the several states, to take the most effectual measure for the encourage- ment thereof; and for the suppression of the- atrical entertainments, horse-racing, and such other diversions as are productive of idleness, dissipation and a general depravity of princi- ples and manners. Several of the states did take measures to suppress all theatrical entertainments, and South Carolina (let the editor of the Spring- field Republican revere her transcendent vir- tues) was the first to repeal her law upon the subject. Obtaining an ass and a colt the foal of an ass, his disciples made a platform seat on the two beasts, by putting on them their clothes, and sat him thereon, and went before and followed after, shouting, "Hosannah to the Son of David ;" "blessed be the King of Is- rael which cometh in the name of the Lord." Thus was Lultilled the prediction, Zech. 9 : 9. This was Christ's first royal advent. The Pharisees said to him, "Master, rebuke thy disciples." This was a favorable time for him to correct the belief which he knew they entertained, if it was wrong. But in- stead of doing so he justified the proceeding, and said, "I tell you if these should hold their peace the stones would immediately cry out. The whole transaction shows that he did come personally and visibly as a king, -the King of Israel, and fulfilled what John himself, his twelve and seventy preached, saying, "The kingdom cf heaven is at hand." How strange that the people of this gen- eration should be so much wiser in respect to the meaning of "the kingdom of heaven" than all those who heard Christ preach through his whole ministry, and even all those who took part in that ministry under his immediate instructions? Is it not most incredible that the twelve and seventy preached for years, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand," and did not know what they were preaching ? It cannot be. If they preached what they understood to be the truth, and their hearers all understood them as they did on this subject, were they not the "blind leading the blind" if it was all an er- ror ? It cannot be that Christ preached foi so many years on this subject, and that even his disciples did not understand at all what he meant. And if they did understand and preached accordingly, then the "kingdom of heaven" signifies the, personal and visible ap- pearing and reign of the Messiah on earth. And when the prophet Daniel says, "In the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom," he meant that the God of heaven will give dominion to the Messiah, and he shall reign forever, even forever and ever. The whole theory that "the kingdom of heaven" means the Church, the gospel dis- pensation, the grace of God in the heart, and the kingdom of glory iu heaven, grows out of this misconception of what those who pro- claimed "The kingdom of heaven at hand," in the days of Christ, meant. If the fact of TWO ROYAL ADVENTS of the Messiah, one to the Jews as their King, rid- ing on an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass ; and the other to the whole world, as foretold by Dan. 7 : 13, 14, were observed ; and that one was fulfilled six days before the Pass- over at which he was crucified, and that the other will be fulfilled when he comes in the clouds of heaven, there would not be so much blundering on this subject. But rejecting this fact, it is impossible to understand the gospel, and harmonize its teachings on this subject. But with it all that is said of the kingdom of heaven is plain. The first was conditional to the Jews if they would receive it ; the second is unconditional to the whole world, and the saints shall take and possess the kingdom. - - • - -.lb 4.4111.-01.- THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME. The record of crime during the past few months is fearful indeed. No one can read carefully the weekly chronicle of crime of every grade, without feeling sick at heart, if therssremains any regard for virtue and mo- rality. Murders, of the most brutal and re- volting character ; licentiousness and profli- gacy, the most dissolute and shameless ; rob- beries, forgeries and defalcations the most daring and alarming ; together with profani- ty, drunkenness and debauchery, mark the age in which we live, considering the in- creased facilities for improvement and knowl- edge, as among the darkest of modern histo- ry, and reminds one of the significant words of the Apostle-"Wicked men and seducers shall wax worse and worse"-having refer- cence to the last days. There is a striking resemblance to the days before the flood, when "God saw that the wickedness of man was great iu time earth, and that every imag- ination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. This state of things might have been ex- pected. It is but the legitimate result, so far as our own nation is concerned, of causes brought to bear upon us the past four years. War is now what history shows it to have been in the past, demoralizing in its effect ; a thing to be dreaded by all lovers of truth and morality, not more for the physical suf- ferings, the social and domcstic eicavements, the financial and business derangements con- sequent upon a state of active hostility, than for the moral apostacy and corruption, time subserviency of reason and conscience to the dominion of passion and appetite, which is the inevitable result. We might refer to another cause, much to be deplored, which has gone far toward bringing about the present state of things. In the excitement and bustle of war, the Church-so fitly denominated "The light of the world," "The salt of the earth," and so eminently calculated to exercise a restrain- ing and purifying influence upon the passions of men and morals of society-has allowed its attention to be diverted from its distinc- tive and high calling. Ambition and selfishness have to a great extent taken the place of reliance upon God and Christian philanthropy. The result is before us. And it becomes our duty, as Christians, to ascertain and apply the remedy as far as lies in our power. It is useless to sit idly down and mourn over the evils of these times ; let us rather make an effort to counteract them, by a judicious application of the means God has placed in our hands. United, earnest and persistent effort will ac- complish very much in this directions while to stand in the background and murmur at the want of activity in others, will only help to make the matter worse. Let us for- get "The things which are behind, and press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God which is in Christ Jesus." H. C. to of Mt 'Ord. -440 ••• 44. TRIAL OF THE ANDERSOMVILLE PRISON- KEEPER.-New York, Aug. I5.-The Washington dispatch says Wirtz, time Ander- sonville prison-keeper, is to be put on trial to-day. The charges against him are for wilful maltreatment of prisoners, injuring their health, destroying their lives, refusing proper shelter and necessary food, stealing, their blankets and camp equipments, order- ing rebel soldiers to kill them without cause, and causing them to be hunted and killed by blood hounds. Much surprise is entertained at the fact that Hon. Alfred Ely, of New York, who was a prisoner in Richmond a long time, will appdaar as a witness for Wirtz. 1 CHOLERA IN EGYPT.-The Trieste papers publish advices from Alexandria, stating that there were two hundred and fourteen cases of cholera in one day, and at Cairo seventy cases. The epidemic was considered to be assuming a less alarming character. Above seven hundred carcasses of cattle are said to be lying in the Nile Canal alone, and the water from this source supplies the inhabitants. A letter from Alexandria on the 19th instant says : "The measures taken by the government have proved entirely use- less to meet the extent of evil, the first case of which was observed here on the 10th or 11th ult. The disease prevailed first in the north-west suburbs, near the railway station, which are inhabited by some twenty thou- sand Arabs and Greeks. THE MERRIMAC.-The herculean task of raising the rebel iron clad Merrimac, blown up at the time of the evacuation of Norfolk by the rebel troops, will be made in a few days. The gentlemen having charge of the enterprise are confident of success. -.4•4•44.-- THE KETCHUM FORGERIES-New York, Aug. 18. The World says the total loss by the Ketchum forgeries will amount to four millions seven hundred and fifty thousand, dollars. 4 -44.40-41.- WORK ON THE HoosAc TUNNEL.-A cor- respondent of the New York Tribune who has recently visited the Hoosac Tunnel, gives time following statement as to how far the work has progressed, and how it is done : The work is done by hand. One man holds the drill while another strikes with a sledge. Holes are made from three to four feet deep, and from one and a half to two inches in circumference. This is filled with powder and blasted, and by this process large pieces of the mountain are broken off. - Air for the miners is supplied by the sta- tionary engine at the top of the mountain, which I think is amply sufficient, and of far better quality than is enjoyed by the denizens of the metropolis. There are three gangs of men, working eight hours each. Work ceases, however, at 12 o'clock Saturday night, and is not resumed until 12 o'clock Sunday night. Time distance tunnelled per week is about 10 feet-7 feet bight by 15 wide. The moun- tain is now being tunnelled so as to be 10 feet high and 15 feet wide ; but there is a gang of men who take up or rather blast the remaining three feet. The thermometer in, the mountain marked 53 degrees, and does not vary more than two or three degrees. After passing about half an hour in the moutain we started for the top, or rather, NOTICE. Lord willing, I will preach at North Hyde Park, Aug. 26, at 1 o'clock, P, M., and stop over the Sabbath, as Bro. Williams may ap- point. Also I will preach at Montgomery, as Dea. L. Robbins may appoint, Sept. 2d, at 1 o'clock, P. M. and stop over the Sabbath. Also at Sutton Flat, Canada East, Sept. 8, 1 o'clock, P. M. and stop over time Sab- bath if the brethren wish it, where the breth- ren may appoint. JAMES M. JENNINGS. LETTERS RECEIVED. Davis Guild ; H. Bittleston ; John Phil- lips ; Z. L. Hervey, P. M. ; E. Emery, P. M.: Mrs. C. M. Hazen ; J. H. Ayer ; C. S. Scott ; Geo. H. Keniston ; M. B. Lansing ; J. S. Bliss ; I. I. Leslie ; Samuel eirepman ; E. A. Dodge ; G. P. Haines, P. MI J. L. Stone ; H. N. James ; Whitacer ; Wm. H. Trenwith ; F. N, Manley, P. M. ; Peter Burns, Jr. ; Clarissa Hodges ; J. Litch ; Jas. M. Weaver ; E. R. Allen, P. M. ; T. K. Proctor. I T E ADVENT HERALD. 135 • with the intention of getting out of the cav- ern ; and on our way pp. sonic 50 feet, we halted to look at the pumps. While here a blast took place, which was almost deafening and fairly made the mountain quake. Soon after, we again commenced the ascent, and arrived at time top feeling well paid by our visit. The East side of the mountain is tunnelled about three-fourths of a mile. The tempera- ture at the mouth of the tunnel at the time I visited it was about 86 degrees ; 200 feet in the mountain it varies from 55 to 60 degrees. At a distance of one-half mile from the mouth of the tunnel the temperature is about 50 degrees the year round. The length of the tunnel will be four and three-fourths miles of solid rock beside the cut. About one mile is now completed. It is thought the work will be accomplished in seven years from this time-it may be sooner, if the work progresses uninterruptedly. etc., see if it is •clear, and looks as if colored with a brush.. Time fi'ie parallel lines -in the genuine are of equal- size, and smooth and even ; counterfeits looks as if done with a file. Observe the round handwriting en- graved on'the bill, which should be ' black, equal in size and distance, a uniform slope and smooth. Timis is, in genuine notes, inva- riably well done, and looks very perfect. In counterfeits it is seldom so, but often looks stiff, as if done with a pen. Notice the imprint of the engraver's name, which is always near the border or end of the note, and is always alike ; letters small, upright and engraved very perfectly. Countfeiters seldom do it well.-Phil. Bul. The Love of iffOney is another such sin, growing by what it feeds on ; and ever claim- ing to exercise a wider, a fiercer, mm more re- lentless tyranny and dominion in the soul where it rules as lord ; ever resenting more and more any freedom of action, any gener- osity in dealing, any open-handedness in giv- ing, any bowels of compassion shown on the part of him who meant indeed to allow this sin but did not intend at the first that it should. bear sway in his heart or life, as sole and absolute and tyrannous lord. The Lust of the Flesh, indulged and al- lowed, proves oftentimes another such a sin ; it has a fearful . tendency to become such ; what a weds-shop of unholy, impure fancies will the heart of man be, who has given him- self over to the spirit of uncleanness. "Keep thy servant from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me."- Trench. 4 --444 Aim- Toreropoudrute. "THAT JOURNEY." port and Use. ELD. DA. ROBINSON. The Similarity and Dissimilarity of Afillennariammism and American Adventism. ELD. F. GUNNER. The Abrahamic Covenant. ELI). I. R.. GATES. The Relation and True Interpretation of the Two Covenants, the Old and the,New. ELD. L. OSLER. The Relation of the Jews to the New Covenant, and their Prophetic Future. IIEuroR MAIBEN. Our Position on the Prophetic Cal- endar. ELD. J. PEARSON. The Practical Bearings which these important truths should have upon our Lives and Characters. ELD. I. H. SHIPMAN. The following questions, among others, will be presented for consideration during Conference : Should the doctrine of Christ's coming, and kindred truths, be considered of vital im- portance ? What steps should be immediately taken by us to bring the faith we cherish more directly to time attention of the Church and world ? Are our churches and brethren, meet- ing time requirements of the New Testament, on the subject of systematic benevolence ? Are the ministers among us justified in seculariiing the ministry, to the extent many are doing ? What can be done to render our Sab- bath schools more efficient ? Are we fully comprehending, and per- forming our duty as a people, to the Freed- men of the South ? TOO SENSITIVE. HOW TO FINISH ROOMS. faith possessed their minds. "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Is- rael ?" Jesus did not attempt to correct the impression, but said, "It is not for you to know the times or the season which the Father hath put in his own power." Thus he left the question in their minds when he departed into heaven. Had all these been in error, how is it that he did not in some way, or at some period of his ministry, take occasion to correct them ? CHRIST'S OWN ACTION AND TEACHINGS. When asked by the Pharisees, Luke 17th, "When the kingdom of God should come ?" he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation, neither shall they say, lo, here, or lo, there, for be- hold the kingdom of God is WPrHIN REACH OF you." This rendering is one of the uses of the proposition as given in Pickering's Greek Lexicon, and is the nearest to the cir- cumstances then existing. The Pharisees, as we have already seen, believed that the king- dom of God meant the visible and personal appearance of the Messiah to restore and reign on the throne of David. And when they asked this question, that was the idea they had in their minds. This is conceded on all hands. Did Christ answer them in- telligibly ? If he did, he did not mean, "You have the kingdom of God in your hearts, for they had no such thought. But in answering "The kingdom of God is within reach of you," they understood the Messiah is close to us, and his kingdom ready to be revealed, as it was in fact. For it was only a few days after, that he made his public and ROYAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. Sauty set to work to ascertain by resistance tests whether the fault was'in the ship Or in the eighty miles that had been paid out. Trials of so delicate a nature.. and of such vital importance to the success Of theaunder- taking were, of course, conducted with the most vigilant caution, and the calculations based upon their data made and re-made to insure certainty. The result of all was a unanimous decision that the fault was not on board, but it; the eighty miles of submerged wire. When this decision had been arrived at, the cable was at once cut on board the Great Eastern, and the length under water tested by Mr. Saunders. With wonderful skill his tests at once "localized" the spot where the fault existed-eleven miles from the stern of the ship, and within aquarter of a mile from where it actually was. WINDING IN THE CABLE. Instantly preparations were made for get- ting the Great Eastern round and employing the winding-in apparatus fixed forward spec- ially to be used in case of such mishaps. It was hoped, of course, that its use would never be required, and very mammy believed that, whether reduired or not, it would never accomplish what it was intended to achieve. The result proved the fallacy of both hopes and fears. Time severed portion of the cable was passed into this machine, and, the Great Eastern steaming back over the rope's course the work of reeling in at once began. The cable came up . with singular ease. The strain on the dynamometer of the machine never exceeded eighteen hundred, which was nothing. to a cable guaranteed not to break under seven tuns, and equal, from its specific gravity, to support eleven miles of its weight in water, or through a deeper sea than sound- ings have ever yet been found in the world. As we have said, within a quarter of a mile of the spot indicated by Mr. Saunders the fault was found ; and nothing can more strongly indicate the endless perils with which suc- cessful submarine telegraphy is beset than the trivial and almost unavoidable accident which had caused it. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE DEFECT. ORDER OF EXERCISES OF THE A. E. CONFERENCE. VOICES FROM THE SOUTII.-Gov. Brown of Georgia, who has certainly been violent enough in his day against time Union, has recently issued a farewell address to the peo- ple of his state, in which, after saying that it is the part of true statesmanship to take a practical view of things, he adds : "Applying this rule to our present condi- tion, and remembering that revolution and war often sweep away long-established usag- es, demolish theories and change institutions, it is, in my judgment, the best that we ac- cept the fate imposed upon us by the fortunes of war, and that we give up slavery at once, by the action of the conventioie which it is supposed will assemble under the call of the Provisional Governor, appointed to re-or- ganize the State Government ; that we or- ganize a system of labor as speedily as pos- sible, which will be alike just to the late master and slave ; that we return to the Union in good faith and do all in our power, as good citizens, to relieve time distressed repair the damages which have resulted from the contest, and restore permanent peace and prosperity to the whole country under thei old flag, to which all must again look for protection, from time Atlantic to the Pacific. As I will give no advice to others which I will not practice myself, I shall immedi- ately do all which the Constitution and laws of my State will permit to emancipate my tanks on board time Great Eastern. Each as own slaves, and shall treat them as free, and it arrived was, of course, spliced up to that give them part of the other which had preceded it, and this was often clone in the tanks themselves. The opera- tion of splicing not only means joining the conch-10er, but also joining the outside wires, the junction of the latter being made at dif- ferent lengths-the bits of wire cut out be- ing thrown away. It seems, however, that one of these atoms of wire, about two inches long, and as thick as a stout darning needle, fell on the coil unnoticed, as, indeed, who would notice it, or for a moment think of the consequences which this disregarded pres- ence in such a spot might surely occasion ? The weight of the layers of cable laid above this fragment-as insignificant as a shaving in a carpenter's shop-pressed it firmly into the tarred hemp which forms the outside coverings of the cable. To this it adhered. While in the tank it did no harm, but when this portion came to be paid. out the small diameter of the eight leading wheels which give access to the paying-out machine, and the weight of the jockey pulleys. over those which keep time rope in its place, bent the stout iron wire so sharply that it passed be- tween the hemp, pierced the gutta-percha through at least two or three of its four folds, and there remained. In this state it was found, and instantly recognized as a piece of wire from a splice joint. HOW IT WAS REPAIRED. A short length of cable was at once cut out, a new splice made, vigilantly tested, and gradually sunk. When on time bot- tom it was again retested for some hours, and the signals were shown to be absolute- ly perfect. HOW THE "GREAT EASTERN" BEHAVED DUR- ING THE TIME. During all this time the Great Eestern remained quietly hove to. The sea was calm, and even the throbbing swell of the Atlantic had died away into the mere undulations of a wave. The motion in her, therefore, was barely perceptible to the feeling, and could certainly not be detected by the sight, save by watching the little arc of a circle which her top-masts new and then described. The whole accident caused a delay of nearly twenty-four hours, during which the drift of time vessel was almost nothing. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE HOUSATONIC RAILROAD. Bayard Taylor's opinion on this subject is thus expressed in the _Independent : For the finishing of time rooms there is nothing equal to the native wood, simply oiled to develope the beauty of the grain. Even the commonest pine treated in this way has a warmth and lustre, beside which the dreary white paint, so common even on time best houses, looks dull and dead. Nothing gives a house such a cold, uncomforta- ble air as white paint and white plaster. This color is fit only for the tropics. Our cheap common woods-spruce, pine, ash, chestnut, oak, maple, beech, walnut, butter- nut-offer us a variety of exquisite tints and fibrous patterns, which until recently have been wholly disregarded its building. Even in furniture, we are just beginning to discov- er how much more chaste and elegant are oak and walnut than mahogany. The beauty of a room is as dependent ou the harmony of its coloring as that of a picture. Some of time ugliest and most disagreeable apartments I have ever seen, were just those which con- tained time most expensive furniture and dec- orations. My experience shows that a room finished with the best seasoned oak or walnut costs actually less than one finished with pine, painted and grained in imitation of those woods. Two verandahs of yellow pine, treated to two coats of boiled oil, have a richness and beauty of color beyond the reach of pigments ; and my only regret connected with the house is, that I was persuaded by the representations of mechanics to use any paimit at all. As the lengths of wire of one hundred or one hundred and fifty miles were manufac- tured at Messrs. Glass & Elliott's, they were taken down in barges and coiled away in the Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 14. An extra freight train was sent up to the Housatonic Railroad this morning. By an accident to the cylinder of the engine, the freight train was stopped on the track near the paper mill at Trumbull, about three miles from this city. A flag was sent back on the track by the conductor of the freight train to warn the passenger train of the danger. When the latter train came up, it hitched on to the freight train and was slowly drawing it back to Bridgeport at the rate of about eight miles an hour. When near the Peynonnock Mills, the train was met by a new locomo- tive coming up the track on a trial trip. At a curve in the road time new engine came suddenly in collision with time train backing down. Several of the cars were entirely de- molished, the engine going literally through the rear passenger car. Six persons, three of them ladies, were instantly killed, and twenty were severely wounded. Very many were scalded by the steam issuing nom the locomotive boiler. crop, or such wages as may be agreed upon for their fu- ture labor." Bro. Litch :-Justice to both parties, I suppose, still continues. I said not a sen- tence or word in any way in disparagement of the meeting of sister Smith and others, nor did I intend to. I liked it, what I saw of it, and that was "mot much. I only stated a few facts, and she does not deny one of them, nor name any sentence or word I said against it, nor could she, for there was none. She says they had a full attendance after- ward, and it was a perfect success. Very likely. I told Bro. Bosworth that it likely would be so, but that I did not know before- hand, nor did she. She says that I should have known "that the delegates had not ate rived." How could I? I did not know there were any to come. I stated what I saw and knew, and she too, and if it was against the meeting, it was the facts, and not representation. If she had taken up the meeting, and given the facts and success af- terward, instead of turning aside to attack me, it would have been a very proper sup- plement to my introduction. But I think she was quite "too sensitive," and probably the expression of my opinion of women's preaching had more to do with it than the facts, yet she freely allows me that right, but says she has hers also, which site thinks is stronger. Well,. mine was based on the statements of Paul, and so I stated. If hers is stronger than that, it must be strong in- deed. Or did she mean she held it stronger than I did mine ? That I admit. The case presented, I think, proves nothing to the point, as I said "generally," and one case does not prove that men preachers generally run down, and yet very likely when one or many do so, it is by doing, what Paul bid them not to. As I liked the meeting, and the sisters that spoke, I do not want to be held up as disparaging them, and so wish, in justice to both, this correction. D. I. ROBINSON. Many who are afraid to walk the road .to hell, are yet ashamed to take the road to heaven. Tuesday, P. M. Opening services. Even- ing, Annual Sermon by C. Cunningham. Wednesday, A. M. Business, and the con- sideration of one of the questions in the pro- gramme. P. M, Discourse. Evening, Dis- course. Thursday, A. M. Session of the A. M. A., and the anniversary of our Publishing Soci- ty, when a number of addresses will be given. P. M. Discourse. Evening, Discourse. Friday, A. M. Anniversary of our Sab- bath school cause, when will be considered the 5th question in the programme. P. M. Discourse. Evening, Discourse. Saturday, A. M. The quarter century anniversary of American Adventism, when an account will be given of the original Con- ference held in Boston ; and the question considered, Are we holding fast and main- taining in its integrity, the faith originally announced, and since understood as Advent- ism, and which has made us a distinct peo- ple ? P. M. Discourse. Evening, Discourse. Sabbath. Discourses through the day. There will be social services each morning previous to the sessions of the Conference, as will be arranged at the Conference. I. H. SHIPMAN. } for L. OSLER. Cons. REQUESTS FOR PRAYER. PENNSYLVANIA. Children desire prayer for an aged parent whose companion lies Sick, nigh unto death, that the sick may be strong in faith and fear no evil, and her Companion be brought to the Saviour by this Providence. Also for a young lady who is on a bed of sickness, that she may be prepared for life or death, and the affliction of sickness be sanctified. "Time prayer of the righteous availeth much." ELDER OSLER will spend the month of August in this State, as follows, viz. : Camp Meeting at Cooper, Clearfield Co., 18th to 24th. It will be held in the grove adjoining the meeting-house, on the land of Bro. Abraham Brown. Arrangements will be made for the accommodation of those who may attend from a distance. Clearfield Branch Railroad intersects P. H. R. at Ty- rone. Caledonia, Elk Co., 25th to 30th. We trust there will be a general gather- ing of the brethren and friends in all the sur rounding regions. They are designed to stir up to a more full consecration of all we are and all we have to Him who loved us, and to win souls to Christ. Let us come to these meetings full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and with a mind to work, then we shall have reason to rejoice because of the presence and blessing of Him for whom we wait. In behalf of the brethren, M. L. JACKSON. Milesburg, July 19. TUE FIERY STREAM.-For several days last week tens of thousands of dying and dead fish, of all sizes and kinds, floated down the waters of the Miami river and canal. Much attention was attracted, and curiosity awakened as to the cause of rite destruction. Fish berries and a variety of other probable I causes were suggested. In a day or two, however, it was understood that a large dis- tillery had been consumed by fire some twen- ty or thirty miles up the river, and that some 1 hundreds of barrels of whisky had found their way into the water. The alcoholic fire which proves so destructive to men, proved no less so to the fish, though in a very dilut- \ ed condition. The poisonous influence ex- 1 tended mammy miles. We saw many fine, large fish coming up to the surface of the water, reeling about like drunken men, and finally yielding themselves up to the destrOy- er. It made us feel sad to look upon so great a destruction of happy animal life, but we had no regrets to waste over the loss of property involved, for it was intended that this same whisky should destroy men. In a thousand channels this wasting fire is flow- ing every day, and the young men, the mid- dle aged and the old, the strong and the noble, the generous and brave, are carried down beneath the deadly tide.-Dayton Pa- per. • SUN BATHING. An open window, with the direct rays of the sun conning in, will be good for the little one. On a hot summer day, to lay it down near the window, quite nude, and let it lie for some minutes where the rays of the sun may fall upon its skin, will give it new lite, and a vigorous human being. Seclusion from sunshine is one of time greatest misfor- tunes of civil life. Time same cause which makes potato vines white and sickly in dark cellars, operates to produce the pale, sickly girls that are reared in parlors. Expose either to the direct rays of the sun, and they begin to show color, health and strength. When in London, some years ago, I visit- ed an establishment which had acquired a wide reputation for the cure of those diseases in which prostration and nervous derange- ment were prominent symptoms. I soon found the secret of success- in the use made of sunshine. The slate roof had been re- moved, and a glass one substituted. The upper story was divided into sixteen small rooms, each provided with lounges, washing. apparatus, etc. The patient on entering each his little apartment, removed all his clothing, and ex- posed himself to the rays of the sun. Lying on the lounge, and turning over from time to time, each and every part of - the body was time exposed to the life-giving rays of the sun. Several London physicions candidly confessed to me that many cases which seemed only waiting for the shroud were galvaniZed• into -life and health by this pro- cess.-Dr. Dio Lewis. QUARTER-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN E. A. CON- FERENCE. ThiS Conference will be held at WATER- BURY, VT., commencing TI;ESDAY, OCT. 10th, 1865, at 2 o'clock P. M. J. PEARSON, JR., Pres. H. CANFIELD, Sec'y. HALF-FARE TO CONFERENCE. A reduction of one-half the usual fare has been obtained over the Vt. Central Railroad, and also from Boston via Fitchburg to Waterbury. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.-21km- phis, Tenn., Aug. 17.-The shock of an earthquake was felt this morning, shaking buildings, tumbling down cbimnies and up- setting loose articles. An iron safe building was thrown over. The shock was even more plainly felt at Holly Springs, Mississippi and Lagrange, Tennessee. • It lasted ten seconds. No particulars of the_ amount of damage done have thus far been received. New Orleans, Aug. 17.-The Times has a dispatch from Jackson, Miss., dated to-day, Which says an earthquake shock was seri- ously felt in Oxford and Grenada that morn- ing. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. The undersigned, having been appointed by the Advent Church of Waterbury, to provide accommodations for those attendine the Conference, request that the number front each place be forwarded to them as soon as may be. Forward your names, and you shall be provided for. Let all come who eau. Dr. L. H. THOMAS, DEA. A. DILLINGHAM Con. E. W. CASE. INFORMATION WANTED. The P. 0. Address of Abner Nelson, that we may credit hint $2. THE FIRST DEFECT IN THE CABLE, NOTICE. GENERAL JACKSON AND THE CLERGY- MAN.-A preacher in the western country, says a writer in the Illinois Gazette, .applied to General Jackson for an office of some character. At time time he applied, the Gen-: oral did not know the applicant was a preach- er, and he very politely observed to him that he would think of his claims and weigh them. The preacher saw the General a few days after, and renewed his application. The Gens eras in the meantime got information that ha was a preacher of the gospel. The General asked him if he was not a preacher of the gospel ; he answered he was. "Well," said the General, "if you discharge time duties of that office, which is better than any I can confer, you will have no time to discharge the duties of any that I can give ; you will, therefore, excuse me for 'advising you to re- turn home, and attend to-that, without being burdened with any other, that you may be enabled to account hereafter for your stew- ardship in this world." - TENT-MEETING IN SUTTON. There will be (D V) a tent-meeting held in Sweet's Grove, North Sutton, C. E., be- ginning Wednesday, 13th September. The meeting will be addressed by Brns. Orrock, Garvin, Hutchinson, West, Maiben and others. The first meeting will be held in the Horace Sweet school-room at 6 o'clock P.M. "Forsake not the assembling of ymirselves together as the manner of some is, but ex- hort one another, AND SO MUCH THE MORE, AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING." -••••••••••••••- JUDAH'S LION-SHEET MUSIC. We have just issued a sheet of music un- der the above name, designed for prayer and conference, camp and grove meetings. It is an excellent piece of music and words. We have also printed on the same sheet the words published a few weeks ago in the _Her- ald under the head of "The Covenant of Re- demption," to be sung to the air, "The Sword of Bunker Hill." Price of single sheets, 5 cents. 42 cents a dozen. $3 00 per hundred. AND HOW IT WAS REPAIRED. The following interesting account of time first accident to the Atlantic cable is given by a correspondent of the London Times, writing from Valentia, July 27, 1865 :- At last the mystery of the breakdown of time cable is known in all its details. The master of the Hawk, which returned here this evening, having left the great ship last night, brings full particulars, both of the ex- traordinary nature of the accident and the still more curious manner in which it was discovered, its place ascertained, the cable hauled in and the piece cut out. When about eighty miles Off land, with dead calm weather, the ship going six knots, and the caple, we are told, running out as softly as a "silk rope," the usual test signals were being sent through, when-suddenly both those to and front the shore . gave most serious in- dications of faulty insulation. The utmost alarm was felt on this discovery. The con- nections of the instruments were carefully re- examined and the most rigid exactness ob- served in the final tests. All gave the same result, and what was still more certain and ominous proof, the return currents from Va- lentia showed an equal loss. Notice was in- stantly given to Mr. Canning and Captain Anderson, and the speed of the Great East- ern, which was then in 300 fathoms, was re- duced almost to a standstill. ft must be re- membered that all those signals were sent and received through the whole length of 2,300 nautical miles, or about 2,700 statute miles of wire. • LOCALIZING THE DEFECTIVE POINT. ° Valentia was instantly communicated with, and the whole electrical staff under Mr. De -44,41.44.--111- COUNTERFEIT NOTES AND HOW THEY MAY BE DETECTED. Never at any previous time was the mark- et flooded with so much bogus paper money. This is of course owing to the immense num- ber of notes in circulation, and storekeepers and others should be careful, and examine well all suspicious paper. The counterfeit greenbacks in circulation, although some are excellently executed, can all be detected if properly inspected. Those who observe the following rules will seldom be imposed upon by the acceptance of a bogus note : Examine the appearance of a bill-the genuine have a general dark and neat ap- pearance. Examine the vignette or picture in the middle of the top ; see if the sky or back- ground looks clear and transparent, or soft and even, and not scratchy. Examine well the face ; see if the ex- pressions arc distinct and easy, natural and life-like, particularly the eyes. See it the drapery or dress fits well, looks natural and easy, and shows the folds distinctly. Examine the medallion, ruling, and heads, and circular ornaments around the figure, etc. See if they are regular, smooth and unifortn, not scratchy. This work, in the genuine, looks as if raised on the paper, and cannot be perfectly imitated. Examine the principal line of letters of the name of the bank. See if they are all upright, perfectly true and even, ar, if slop- ing, of a uniform slope. Carefully examine the shade or parallel ruling on the face or outside of the letters, I will preach at Magog, Aug. 22d and 23d. At Waterloo, from Aug. 24th over the Sabbath. Beebe Plain, Aug. 29th, over the following Sabbath. J. LITCH. SERIES OF DISCOURSES AT THE 25TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. This Conference being the Quarter-Cen- tury Anniversary, the Committee of Arrange- ments have deemed it appropriate to have the original faith of the body represented by this Conference re-affirmed in a series of dis- courses during time meeting. Time following will be the order of the series : The Importance of Prophetic Investi- gation, and how it should be conducted. ELD. J. M. ORROCK. The Second Coming of Christ Personal, Visible, Glorious, Pre-tnillennial. ELD. J. II. VAN DER,ZEE. The Resurrections,-their Nature, Or- der, Period, Peculiarities and Results. Dr. J. LITCII. Time Restitution,-its Nature and Ex- tent. ELD. 0. R. FASSETT. The Kingdom of God,-its Nature, Location, Period of Establishment and Du- ration. ELD. W. H. EASTMAN. The Millennium,-its Chronology and Peculiarities. ELD. D. Bosworrns. The Periods of Rewards and Punish- ments. ELD. S. S. GARVIN. The Prophetic Numbers,-their Im-• A RULING SIN.-There are many sins which have this absorbing character ; whose property is ever to encroach more and more on the regions of the moral and spiritual life, not as yet possessed by them, never content until they it've reared their trophies on the wreck and ruin of every nobler faculty and power. All sins, perhaps, have more or less this character. Yet we may signalize two or three concerning which it is eminently true- Vanity is such a sin. This may seem to us often little worse than a harmless foible ; yet physicians will tell you that there is al- most no sin which gives more inmates to the madhouse than does this ; and how many through it shall have missed the crown of life, ouly the last day shall declare. it of g otuttiono. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS WEEKLY FOR HERALD. "And that you remember the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."-Acts 20: 35. Amount from persons who have paid in full for one year from Nov. 1, 1864, $205 00 8 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 Peter Parady, Geo. Dickey, Maria Scott, Joseph Clough, W. W. Hawkins, Maria West, Sarah B. Doyle, M. A. Frank, D. E. Wetherbee, Geo. Fisher, Mrs. Mary Scott, 8 00 FOR EXTRA EXPENSES OF HERALD. Amount previously received. $588 91 FREEDMEN AND ITALIAN MISSIONS. "Give and it shall be given you good measure pressed down, shaken together,and running over; shall men give into your bosom. -Luke b: 38. $1,182 67 1 00 1 CO 1 00 Amount previously received, John Kent, Seth Cogswell, T. F. of 0., DO SOCIETY FOR FREEDMEN'S MISSION. $9 85 25 25 Amount previously received. Inez, Hattie, Something has faded, something died, Without us and within: We more than ever need a guide, Blinded and weak with sin. The weight is heavy that we bear, Our strength more feeble grows: Weary with toil, and pain, and care, We long for sweet repose. Stay with us, gracious Saviour, stay, While friends and hopes depart: Fainting, on thee we wish to lay The burden of our heart. Abide with us, dear Lord. remain, Our Life, our truth, our way; So shall our loss be turned to gain, Night dawn to endless day. -N. Y. Evening Post. THE OLD MAID or THE FAMILY. FOR MISSION HOUSE. Amount previously received, Columbus Greene, C. & H. Daniels, $69 20 3 00 2 00 FOR BOOKS AND TRACTS. "To do good and communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."-Heb. 13: 16. Amount previously received. $21 00 Zitt antilg Tirrit. "ABIDE WITH US, FOR IT IS TOWARD EVENING. BY REV. H. N. POWERS. The tender light is fading where We pause and linger still; And through the dim and saddened air We feel the evening chill. Long hast thou journeyed with us, Lord, Ere we thy face did know; Oh, still thy fellowship afford, While dark the shadows grow. For passed is many a beauteous field Beside our morning road; And many a fount to us is sealed That once so freshly flowed. The splendor of the noontide lies On other paths than ours; The dews that lave yon fragrant skies Will not revive our flowers. It is not now as in the glow Of life's impassioned heat, When to the heart there seemed to flow All that of earth was sweet. AMALGAM BELLS, AMALGAM BELLS, AMALGAM BELLS, AMALGAM BELLS, A tprices within the reach of every Church, School, Cemetery, Factory, or Farm In the land. Their use throughout the United States and Canadas for the past six years have proven them to combine most valuable qualities among which are Tone, Strength, Sonorous- ness, and durability of vibration, unequalled by any other manufacture. Size from 15 to 5000 lbs., costing two-thirds less than other metal, or 20 cents per pound, at which price I warrant them twelve months. Old bell-metal taken in exchange, or bought for cash. Send for a circular to the manufacturer, JOHN B. ROBINSON. No. 36 Dey Street, New York. LIST OF PRICES, WEIGHTS AND SIZES OF FARM, HOTEL, STEAMBOAT, SCHOOL-IIOUSE, SHOP. AND FACTORY BELLS. These bells are fitted with Yoke, Standard's Crank and Bolt, complete for use : Weight of bell and Cost of bell and Hang. Hangings. Diameter. ings complete. 7 inches. 8 1-2 " 10 " 12 " 16 18 20 22 24 it at ti $3.00 4.00 7.00 10.00 15 00 20.00 30.00 40,00 50.00 15 lbs. 20 " 35 '' 50 " 75 " 100 " 150 " 200 " 250 " LIST OF ACADEMY, STEAMBOAT, FIRE-ALARM, AND CHURCH BELLS, WITH PARTICULARS AS TO WEIGHT, SIZES, PRICE OF BELLS, HANGINGS, &C. Wetmgimt o Pr. of Bell Pr. of Pa- Pr. of Bell Bells. Diameter, without tent & Hangings Hangings. Hangings. complete. 225 lbs. 26 inches. $ 45.00 $ 12.00 $ 57.00 275 " 29 " 55.00 15.00 70.00 375 " 32 " 75.00 17.00 9200 450 34 " 90.00 19.00 "109.00 GOO " 36 " 120.00 25.00 145 00 750 " 40 " 150.00 28.00 178.00 1000 " 46 200.00 35.00 235.00 1200 " 48 " 240.00 38.00 278.00 1400 " 50 " 280.00 40.00 320.00 1600 " 52 " 320.00 44.00 364.00 1800 " 55 " 360.00 48.00 408.00 2000 " 58 " 400.00 50.00 450.00 2500 " 60 " 500.00 00.00 560.00 3009 " 63 . 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It has cured CANKER in its worst forms, in hun- dreds of cases. It has always cured SALT RHEUM when a trial has been given it, a disease that every one knows is ex- ceedingly troublesome, and difficult to cure. ERYSIPELAS always yields to its power, as many who have experienced its benefits do testify. It has cured SCROFULA in hundreds of cases, many of them ef the most aggravated character. It cures KING'S EVIL. It has cured many cases of SCALD HEAD. TUMORS have been removed by it in repeated in- stances in which their removal has been pronounced impossible except by a surgical operation. ULCERS of the most malignant type have been healed by its use. It has cured -many cases of NURSING SORE MOUTH when all other remedies have failed to benefit. FEVER SORES of the worst kind have been cured by it. SCURVY has been cured by it in every case in which it has been used, and they are many. It removes WHITE SWELLING with a certainty no other medicine has. It speedily removes from the face all BLOTCHES, PIMPLES, &c., which though not very painful, per- haps' are extremely unpleasant to have. it has been used in EVERY KIND OF HUMOR, and never fails to benefit the patient. ' NEURALGIA, in its most distressing forms, has been cured by it when no other remedy could be found to meet the case. It has cured JAUNDICE in many severe cases. It has proved very efficacious in the treatment of PILES, an extremely painful disease. DYSPEPSIA, which is often caused by humor, has been cured by it in numerous instances. In FEMALE WEAKNESSES, IRREGULARITIES and diseases peculiar to that sex, it has been found a most potent remedy. In cases of GENERAL DEBILITY, from whatever cause, the Syrup can be relied upon as a most effectual aid. It is a most certain cure for RICKETS, a diseese common to children. Its efficacy in all diseases originating in a depraved state of the blood or other fluids of the body is unsur- passed. Its effects upon the system are truly astonhhing and almost beyond belief to one who has not witnessed them. This Syrup will as certainly cure the diseases for which it is recommended as a trial is given it, and the cure will be permanent, as it, by its wonderfully searching power, entirely eradicates the disease from the system. The afflicted have only to try it to become convinced of what we say in regard to it, and to find relief from their sufferings. PRICE. $1 per Bottle-or $5 for Six Bottles. James 0. Boyle, & Co., (Successors to Redding & Co.,) 8 STATE STREET, BOSTON, Proprietors, to whom all orders should be addressed- and by all Dealers in Patent Medicines. 11 ly 0 R HARRISONS PERISTALTIC LOZENGES ' CUPEFOF COSTIVENESSTILES DYSPEPS/A HEADACHE soti A VEhYWH E kE Ayer's Pills A RE you sick, feeble and _a_ complaining? Are you out of order with your sys- tem deranged and your feel- ings uncomfortable? These - symptoms are often the pre- lude to serious illness. Some fit of sickness is creeping upon you, and should be averted by a timely use of the rig'It remedy. Take Ayer's Pills, and cleanse out the disordered humors- purify the blood, and let the fluids move on unob- structed in health again They stimulate the func- tions of the body into vigorous activi' y, purify the system from the obstructions which make disease. A cold settles somewhere in the body, and deranges its functions. These, if not relieved, act upon themselves and the surrounding organs, producing general agra,- vation, suffering and derangement. While in this con- dition, take Ayer's Pills, and see how directly they restore the natural action of the system, and with it the buoyant feeling of health egain. What is true and so apparent in this trivial and common complaint is also true in many of the deep seated and dangerous distempers. The same purgative effect expels then. Caused by similar obstructions and derangements of the natural functions of the body, they are rapidly and many of them surely cured by the same means None who know the virtue of these Pills will neglect to em- ploy them when suffering from the disorders they cure, such as Headache, Foul Stomach, Dysentery, Bilious Complaints, Indigestion, Derangement of the Liver, Costiveness, Constipation, Heartburn, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Worms and Suppression, when taken in large doses. They are Sugar-coated, so that the most sensitive can take them easily, and they are surely the best purgative medicine yet discovered. Ayer's Cure. For the speedy and certain Cure of intermittent Fe- ver, or Chills and Fever, Remittent Fever, Chill Fe- ver, Dumb Ague, Periodical Headache or Bilious Headache, and Bilious Fevers; indeed, for the whole class of diseases originating in biliary de- rangement, caused by the malaria of miasmic coun- tries. This remedy has rarely failed to cure the severest cases of Chills and Fever, and it has this great advant- age over other Ague medicines, that it subdues the complaint without iujury to the patient. It contains no quinine or other deleterious substance, nor does it produce quintsm or any injurious effect whatever. Shaking brothers of the army and the west, try it and you will endorse these assertions. Prepared by J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., and sold by all Druggists. PLEASANT to the palate, cause no pain, act promptly, never require increase of dose, do not exhaust, and for elderly persons, females and children, are just the thing. Taken at night move the bowels once the next morning. Warranted in all cases of Piles and falling of the Rectum. We promise a cure for all symptoms of DYSPEPSIA, such as Oppression after eating, Sour Stomach, Spitting of Food, Palpita- tions; also, Headache, Dizziness, Pain in the Back and Loins, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Sick Headache, Coated Tongue Biliousness, Liver Com- plaint, Loss of Appetite, Debility, Monthly Pains and Irregularities, Neuralgia, Faintness, &c. Travellers find the lozenges just what they need, as they are so com- pact and inodorous that they may be carried in the vest pocket. Price 60 cents. For sale by J. S. HARRISON & CO.. Proprietors, No. 1 Tremont Temple, Boston. Will be mailed to any address on enclosing 60 cents. 28-ly her saliva. There happened to be a slight abrasion on the index finger of the left hand, and, confident in his own curative system, the doctor merely washed the part with water. However, he was fully aware of the imprudence he had committed, and give the follow- ing account of the matter afterwards: "Believing that the malady would not declare itself until the fortieth day, and having numerous patients to visit, I put off from day to day the applica- tion of my remedy,-that is to say, va- por baths. The ninth day, being in my cabinet, I felt all at once a pain in the throat and a still greater one in the eyes. My body seemed so light, that I felt as if I could jump to a prodigious height, or that, if I threw myself out of a window, I could sustain myself in the air. My hair was so sensitive that I ap- peared able to count each separately without looking at it. Saliva kept con- tinually forming in the mouth. Any movement of air inflicted great pain en me, and I was obliged to avoid the sight of brilliant objects; I had a continual desire to run and bite, not human be- ings, but animals, and all that was near me. I drank with difficulty, and I re- marked that the sight of water dis- tressed me more than the pain in the throat. I believe that by shutting the eyes any one suffering under hydropho- bia can always drink. The fits came on every five minutes, and I then felt the pain start from the index finger and run up the nerves to the shoulder. "In this state, thinking that my course was preservative and not curative, I took a vapor bath, not with the inten- tion of cure but of suffocating myself. When the bath was at heat of 93 deg. 3 min. 5 sec. Fahrenheit, all the symp- toms disappeared, as if by magic, and since then I have never felt anything more of them. I have attended more than eighty persons bitten by mad ani- mals, and I have not lost a single case. When a person has been bitten by a mad dog, he must fer seven successive days take a vapor bath a la Russe, as it is called, of 57 deg. to 68 deg. This is the preventive remedy. When the disease is declared, it only requires one vapor ba.th, rapidly increased to 37 deg. Centigrade, then slowly to 63 deg.; the patient must strictly confine himself to his chamber until the cure is complete." Dr. Buisson mentions several other curious facts. An American had been bitten by a rattlesnake about eight leagues from home; wishing to die in the bosom of his family, he ran the greater part of the way home, and, go- ing to bed, perspired profusely, and the wound healed as any simple cut. The bite of the tarantula is cured by the ex- ercise of dancing, the free perspiration dissipating the virus. If a young child be vaccinated and then be made to take a vapor bath, the vaccine does not take. EXPERIMENTS WITH SALT. thority :-"There is no greater mistake than to suppose that youth is necessari- ly the choice period, the green spot of life. . . . The young heart is hot and restless; it will not take time to appre- ciate its treasures ; it is full of uncertain desires, wayward inclinations, and pas- sionate impulses ; it is grasping and straining and striving after a vague, un- comprehended good ; it is troubled with ignorance of its own destiny, its unre- solved will, its undeveloped circumstan- ces. Youth is not often the cycle of peace. Do not fear, then, young girls, to leave behind you the gaily-jested- over, or mincingly-mentioned epoch of your teens. Do not dread growing grav- er, or even stouter. With ripe woman- hood, and the still mellow decline of life, are won, and only then won, rest, power, wisdom, content." Now, that girls do dread growing graver and older is a certain fact. Many who read this column know the dislike to returning birth-days after they have passed the epoch of twenty-five. And why? With good health, and God's blessing, why should not thirty or thir- ty-five be dates as acceptable as any previous? I believe that nothing has so much promoted this state of things as the senseless, itrational prejudice against "old maids." To escape the opprobrious title what unhappy mar- riages have been concluded ! what ef- forts made by girls verging on the dread- ed period, to avoid passing irrecoverably within its boundaries! Sad and de- grading have been such endeavors; matters rather for sorrow than for a jesting smile. "A woman's age" has passed into a sneering proverb. Yet there must be an increasing num- ber of women in this country who may calculate on having to stand alone, and walk alone through life, without any exclusive arm on which to lean. It ought to be calmly looked forward to as a probability by many who have neither good-looks nor money. Shall we say that it is matter for resignation of spir- it? I fear that a sketch of possible evils and very certain troubles which they escape by what is satirically called "sin- gle blessedness," would scarcely be rec- ognized as legitimate consolation. It is the nature of human beings to fancy that the state in which they are not is much preferable to the state in which they are. But what numbers of mar- ried women, amid the turmoil of many children and the incessant hard work thereby entailed, look with something like envy on thespinster sister who toils not, and think she has had the best of it, after all! It is only another eccen- tric development of human nature. If we get a hearty grasp of that com- fortable truth, the minute providence of our God, which arranges all the details of life for those who trust in him, we shall cease to murmur at any of his dis- pensations. The graLd want of Chris- tians is faith enough to perceive this. They are ready enough to admit his in- terference with the great affairs of life, forgetting that, "A thing is great or little only to a mortal's thinking." It is in effect such unbelief as that of the Syrians when they fought Israel, saying: "The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys." We believe in a God of large providences, but not in the minute management of him who formed the invisible monad in a drop of water. What a blessedly happy state of mind was that of the believer placed in very adverse circumstances, who could say after years of fault-finding with the di- vine ordainings, "The contest between God and me is over; my will is his!" Here were the peaceable fruits of right- eousness after the long fight of affliction, and where outward things look fair, is there not often the hidden worm at the root of all, in personal discontent? We would be other than our God has seen fit to make us. The single woman too often envies her married sister the joy and busy life of marriage; the harassed wife and mother, with perhaps, more reason, fancies she would exchange her trials for the quiet, unanxious existence of the Old Maid of the Family. "On every platrorm of the Christian life there will be contest of some kind. It will require fresh victories over unbe- lief, until God's words come as true and plain to our ears, as do the words of our best-loved friend- in all he promises. But there are multitudes of believers whose contest, unsuspected by them, is at some point with the God of love. And while the cry of their lips does rise to heaven earnestly, they are systemat- ically (though without knowing it) forg- ing bolts to draw against his entrance to entire possession of the will." The Old Maid of the Family may be one of its mightiest agencies for good. Let her not fancy that the tide of active life has swept by, and left her stranded in the shallows. God has appointed her lot, as well as that of the busiest wife, and he thinks more of maturing the individual soul by his discipline than of its mere fancied temporal felici- ty or consideration.-Ex. Paper. CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. Dr. Buisson, says the Saint Public, of Lyons, claims to have discovered a rem- edy for this terrible disease, and to have applied it with complete success in many cases. In attending a female pa- tient in the last stage of canine rabies, the doctor imprudently wiped his hands with a handkerchief impregnated with SALT IS GOOD. He selected ten sheep and struck off their salt for the period of one year, during which five out. of the ten died of rot and Worms, while the rest of the flock, five hundred in number, which were supplied with salt as usual, lost only five. The second year he selected ten more and put them on an anti-salt diet, and seven of them died, while the remainder of his flock, about four hun- dred in number, lost but five. The third year sixteen sheep were selected, and it being a wet year all of them died of rot and pneumonia, the rest of the flock re- maining as healthy as in the former years. His experiments with horses and neat cattle, though they did not show that salt was with them so much a matter of life and ,death as with sheep, at least for the short period of his experiments, yet he proved conclusively that it was essential to their best condition and greatest profit. The cattle that had salt were entirely exempt from hoove, which prevailed at that time extensively on the continent, and a much smaller per cent. were subject to the pneumonia. Their coats were in better order; they kept themselves in better flesh, and their meat was of better quality; they fattened upon food which other animals refused .to eat; and what is perhaps of. the most importance, their milk was greater in quantity, and much richer both in butter and cheese. In the epidemics among cattle, salt has more than once proved a specific. Farmers do not forget to give their cattle salt, but a family which keeps a single cow is very apt to do so, to their detriment. A SPONGE, AND WHAT IT IS. "What is sponge made of?" said Georgie, gasping, snuffling, and wink- ing under his Croton bath. No one near could tell him; and the maid sug- gested that he "needn't be askin' such foolish questions, but just be still and get washt ;" and so the matter ended. Now listen, little Georgie, and I will tell you what a sponge is. The very sponge which washes your face was brought up from the bottom of the ocean, and was part of a living.ani- mal. For a long time sponges were supposed to be plants. Messrs. Angus and Gould, in 1848, called them so; but later observations have decided them to be animals; and they are placed in the class Protozoa, the class most re- sembling plants. JERUSALEM IN GLOOM AND GLORY: With a Review of the Rev. G. B. Bucher's Objections to Error : by J. M. Orrock. This is a pamphlet for the times, well calculated to remove objections to our views on the Pre-Millennial Advent of Christ, and is adapted to circulate among all denominations of Christians. 12mo. 50 pp. in covers. Price 15 cts. single; $1 50 per doz., $10 per hundred. VINDICATION : The Speedy Advent of Christ to Judg- ment an Incentive to Missionary Effort. Price 30 cts. per hundred. THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST WM be Pre-Millen- nial. 16 pp. Price $2 per hundred. WILL CHRIST COME AGAIN TO REIGN ON EARTH. Price 30 cts. per hundred. DOES THE SOUL LIVE IN DEATH. Price 30 cts. per hundred. Adurrtiorturuto. THOUGHTS ON HEALTH. W e devote a portion of our space this morning to a few suggestions upon health and its attendant blessings. Whilst the country is sending forth her sturdy sons to the defense of our liberties, is becomes us to admon- ish our readers, both old and young, that they should be extremely cautious about their health and strength, that they may be able to till the soil, gather in the harvests, and provide for the necessities of those left at home who are helpless and without adequate means of support. Probably no one class of disease has pro- duced more suffering, sorrow and death, than that which is,commonly called dyspepsia. It seeks its vic- tims not only among the feeble and delicate, but in the work-shops, upon the farm, in the counting-room' and in fact in every vocation of life. It grapples the hardy mechanic, and after a few days entirely de- prives him of his strength and ambition, and makes him depressed in spirit, indisposed to labor, and final. ly reduces him to a helpless invalid. The sturdy farmer who has grown strong and mus- cular as he labors in the parched fields, burnt by the scorching heat of the summer's sun, dreams not that disease can penetrate the shield of health that now protect, him, ard would laugh is derision at him who should intimate that he were in danger of the ravages of the Dyspepsia King. But alas, the messenger that announced his coming and his presence, calleth not at the subject's bidding, nor as a welcome guest in his household. Almost like a thief does he steal unawares upon his victim. First the appetite is gone ; no disposition or anxiety to partake of nourishing food, and what is taken is fol- lowed by the most distressing pains, and sours and rises upon the stomach. The bowels become debilitated, constipation holds them in an abnormal condition. Sick-headache, heart-burn, cramps, colic pains, weari- ness, complete depression, and finally every vestige of energy and st,rength are gone, and our sturdy, impreg- nable yeoman yields in despair to his fate. This is no fancy-picture which we have painted. It is an every-day occurrence, and the more lamentable on account of its frequency. Hundreds and thousands of all ages and all classes yearly die victims to infirmi- ties which have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and bowels, most of which come under the general head of Dyspepsia. It has often appeared to us that a preparation which would meet the wants and be a certain and positive 136 THE ADVENT HERALD. LOgaT7Og VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. arrester of this dypeptic monarch, would be of the I most invaluable benefit to the world and receive the grateful thanks of many thousands of suffering invalids. It is true that there are a hundred different kinds of bitters and alcoholic beverages, all recommended as splendid tonics, of great medicinal value, and com- pounded a a hundred different barks and roots, pre- served in fine old whiskey and New England rum. But their chief virtue is to make merry, giddy, and to ex- hilarate while their effects last, to be followed, like the drunkard's cup, by extreme exhaustion and com- plete prostration. It gives us great pleasure, however, to say that within a few short months an article has been presented to the public which thus far has proved itself entirely adequate to the control and cure of the most aggravated cases of Dyspepsia. We refer to "Coe's Dyspeptic Cure," an article prepared by C. G. Clark, & Co, Druggists and Chemists. at No. 149 State St., this city, (New Haven, Conn.,) gentlemen who have been long and favorably known to the public as proprietors of that world-renowned remedy, known as Coe's Cough Balsam, (said to be the cheapest and best cough preparation extant.) A gentleman called at a drug store in a neighboring city, where we chanced to be present, and from whom we heard the following conversation. Said he to the clerk in charge, "I want two bottles of Coe's Dyspeptic Cure. I have had the Dyspepsia for several years, and have tried everything, without help, until some three weeks ago, I bought from you a single bottle of this Coe's Dyspeptic Cure. It helped me immediately. I have gained eight pounds within the time, and have had no signs of any Dyspepsia. I consider myself cured. But I am going away into a distant State upon a visit, and I dare not go without it, and I will take two bottles, as some of my relatives may need it. I have told several of my neighbors of its wonderful ef- fects upon myself, and in three instances where they have procured it, (and they are the only ones I have heard from) their experience has b en the same as mine." We did not learn the gentleman's name, but these are the facts in the main, as stated. We do not wish puff up one article above another, nor present it to our readers as superior to all others ; undoubtedly all have their merits. But in view of the almost miraculous cures it has performed, we deem it but a duty we owe ourselves and our readers, that we should inform them of its great value, and give them the evidence of our own eyes and ears, and recommend it to their careful consideration. If you are in affluent cir- cumstances you cannot value the cost, which compared with professional visits of physicians, is but as a drop in the bucket, while if you are poor and needy, we d ,ubt notthe Messrs. Clark & Co , will gladly contribute to your relief. We have used a good portion of our space in discours- ing upon this one class of disease, but must be indulged, as we believe we have met the needs and requirements of the largest class of sufferers. But we would not fail in this connection to refer to the great danger all are subject to at this season of the year ft om the sudden changes of the weather, a snapping, biting cold day, and then a mild and pleasant sunshine, to be followed perhaps by a driving storm and chilling winds. A slight cough, an irritated sore throat, a sudden attack of croup upon some of the children, a hacking cough, lay the foundation of pulmonary affections which often ter- minate in consumption and an early grave. Exposure should be avoided; going from the heated counting- room or warm workshop into the open air, there should be great care exercised that the body is protected by ad- ditional clothing, and also be extremely careful ahem, sitting in a draft of air, especially when in a perspira- tion. Should you, however, by carelessness or misfor- tune get "elected" with a cough or cold, or pulmonary attack, we know of no article in the world which we could recommend as conscientiously over "Coe's Cough Balsam," and this calls to mind an "item;" as we were passing the warehouse a day or two since where this article is prepared, we noticed an immense number of boxes bearing the stencil mark, "COE'S COUGH BALSAM," we remarked to one of the firm, it would really seem that the whole world ought to be cured "from the looks of this stock of medicine." We learned upon inquiry tnat about 5700 bottles of this article were daily packed and shipped to nearly every part of the globe, a large number of workmen are employed, and the alacrity with which the crude materials are converted into Balsam and then bottled and packed, is perfectly astonishing. Their preparations are sold by nearly every druggist in the world. Trusting that the views we have expressed upon a sub- ject near and dear to all of us, (our health,) which in- volves our greatest happiness, may be found profitable and useful to our many readers, and assuring you that if any one of you who chance to be afflicted with this mal- ady, and by the means to which we have directed you, find relief, we shall feel most amply repaid for our labor. We conclude our essay by the old proverb, "Health is wealth." Be ye therefore careful that ye preserve it.- New Haven Journal and Courier. 27-6m APPLIED EXTERNALLY, CM:ES Scalds, Burns, FROST BITES, CHILBLAINS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, WHITLOW'S FELLONS. BOILS, OLD SORES RINGWORMS, RHEUM ATI() AFFECTIONS, Neuralgia in the Face, Toothache, PA IN IN THE SIDE, PAIN IN THE BACK AND LOINS, Neuralgic or Rheumatic Pains in the Joints or Limbs, STINGS OF INSECTS. Scorpions, Centipedes, -AND IRE- Bite of Poisonous Insects, VENOMOUS REPTILES. 33-6w TAKEN EXTERNALLY, CUBES Sudden Colds, COUGHS, FEVER AND AGUE, DYSPEPSIA, ASTHMA AND PHTHSIC, Liver Complaint, ASCID STOMACH, HEADACHE, INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, CANKER IN THE MOUTH AND STOMACH, CANKER RASH, KIDNEY CCMPLAINTS, PILES, Seasickness,, SICK HEADACHE Cramp and pain in the Stomach, PAINTER'S COLIC, DIARRIICEA, DYSENTERY, Summer Complaint, CHOLERA MORBUS, Cholera infantum, -AND- CHOLERA. When first found in the water, their appearance is very different from this which you now see. This is the skele- ton only, the part corresponding to our bones. When this was a complete liv- ing thing, deep down under the ocean, it was covered all over the outside, and filled in every one of these little holes, with a soft substance something like the white of an egg, and this was like our flesh. It was fastened tightly to a rock; and its color was a dull bluish black on the upper side, and a dirty white below. It was formerly supposed to be a plant, because it was always fast in one place; but, for other reasons, it is decidedly an animal. All through this mass is a reg- ular circulation, like our blood and food. It has been seen to absorb nutritious matter-that is, to eat, or rather to drink. You see all over its surface or- ifices or holes ; these communicate with each other all throughout. Into the largest of these, called pores, the sea- water is constantly entering, and out of the small ones, called vents, it is regu- larly spouted out; and it doubtless finds in this sea-water minute animals which serve it for food, and increase its bulk. And this strange animal produces others like itself. I will tell you how. From the soft part a little globule is seen to float off; and after moving about a while very briskly here and there, as if looking for a place, it fastens itself to some rock. Next, gradually, begins to be seen the more solid skeleton (what we have here) ; the soft part increases, and so it grows; not very slowly either, for the divers find it at the end of three years, large enough to bring away. To get these sponges from the bottom of the ocean furnishes occupation for a great number of people. One .thousand men are busy in the Ottoman Archipel- ago alone; and thousands besides, with many hundred boats, are engaged in the gulf of Machri, on the Parbary coast and elsewhere ; so that in many villa- ges there, from May to September, the best diving-time, only old men, women, and children can be found. The first kind is breught from the Egean sea. At daylight there, in the summer-time, when the weather is pleasant,-for it requires smooth water, -the boats, each with six or eight men and one pair of oars, will leave the shore, and proceed to where the water is eight or ten, or even thirty fathoms deep; for those found in shallow water are very inferior. Here they stop, and the divers pre- pare to descend. Each one puts a hoop round his neck, and to this fastens a bag, in which the sponges are put as they are gathered. Mason 4" Hamlin's CABINET ORGANS. ONE TO TWELVE STOPS! IN CASES OF Black Walnut.... , ....$110 to $600 each Carved and Pannelcd Walnut 200 to 500 each IDappled Walnut.... .... . 200 each .... 110 to 600 each Oak with walnut cars ing 200 to 500 each Rosewood . .... 135 to 800 each Ebony, engraved and gilt.... .... .. .250 to 700 each Black Walnut and Ebony, richly carved and panneled... ........ 1200 each These instruments are conceded by musical connois- seurs to be unrivalled by any other of their general class, whether European or American. A recent num- ber of the Leipsic Signale, the leading musical journal of Germany, admits their superiority. 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Even with the sterner sex the advent of gray hairs creates no pleasure; but doubly unwelcome are they to a woman, especially when that woman is unmar- ried. Look at one of the cleverest and greatest of her sex,-Queen Elizabeth. Never could she reconcile herself to the inroads of years upon the charms that were once confessedly great; for Eliza- beth was fair beyond ordinary fairness when she was a persecuted princess. The elderly queen took every means to conceal her growing old; wore false hair, and false bloom on her cheeks, and altogether revealed an astonishing amount of weakness for a mind of her large calibre. It is not therefore to be wondered at if ordinary women are weak in the same way. "Stoop down," said an aged mother, one bright evening, to her attendant daughter,-"stoop down, and let me stroke the dust from your hair !" For the old lady's mind was wandering, and" the childhood of her elderly children came once more before her; death was opening up once more the land of youth. "Oh, mother! that dust is the dust of time-gray hairs, not to be swept off by the gentle touch of any hand again !" But did not a pang dart through the daughter's heart as she answered? If not she must have been more than a woman. The same lady who has related for us the above affecting incident, has, from the stores of her experience, writ- ten other things which bear on the same subject. Speaking of the delusion that childhood and youth must needs be the brightest portion of life, she says: "To many it has been a March, wind-bitten season, garnished with the palest, scan- tiest flowers; which they would not live over again for all the world. . . 1\lo, it is not true that everybody leaves youth behind reluctantly. 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