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MORE LIKE TO THEE. 
More like, my Lord, to Thee, 
More like to Thee, 
Ev'n though it be a cross 
Conformeth me ; 
Still all my prayer shall he, 
More like, my Lord, to Thee, 
More like to Thee. 
In love to God like Thee 
I long to be, 
Devoted and resigned, 
With loving mind, 
In joy or sorrow still 
Delighting in his will,— 
More like to Thee. 
In love to man like Thee 
I fain would be ; 
Patient, forgiving, mild, 
And undefiled ; 
Thy footsteps I would trace, 
Serving our fallen race,— 
More like to Thee. 
In everything make me, 
Jesus, like Thee ; 
Until this body even 
Like thine shall he ; 
Then I thy face shall see, 
More like my Lord to Thee,— 
More like to Thee. 
 
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Trampling on Atoning Blood. 
An earnest preacher made a solemn appeal to 
the unconverted at a crowded meeting, where 
the Spirit of God was moving many hearts. 
David's Bible and Ours. These words, "All who go away unbelieving, go 
trampling on the blood of Jesus," were as a 
sharp arrow to the consciences of some. One man, 
who had been a reputable professor,but not born 
again, went away greatly troubled. The follow-
ing Sabbath the words of his minister drove the 
arrows further in. After walking several miles 
homewards with his wife, who was also anxious, 
he spoke of his distress,and she proposed to have 
prayer as soon as they got home. "No," he said, 
arm, and volume of the written law ; Leviticus, that won't do. Isn't it an awful thing that eve-
through whose flickering vistas David's eye dis- ry step we are taking we are trampling on the 
covered the shadows of better things to come ; blood of God ?" He would go no farther. There 
Numbers, with its natural history of the heart of ,on the roadside they knelt down to cry to God. 
man ; and Deuteronomy, with its vindication of Soon he arose rejoicing in Jesus, and ever since 
the ways of God ; Joshua and Judges,with their he has made a manly,consistent,and useful proles-
chaipters of providence, their stirring incidents sion of being a follower of the Lamb. His wife's 
and peaceful episodes ; the memoirs of Job, so distress was increased ; and the next day she, as, 
fraught with spiritual experience ; and the do- a sin-sick soul, unable to see or trust the Good 
niestic annals of Ruth, which told to her grand- Physician, called for an elder of the church, and 
Son such a tale of Divine forekisowledge, and after explaining the way of peace, he left her, at 
love, and care, all converging on himself,or rath- her request, alone with Jesus. Returning soon, 
er on David's son and David's Lord. These he found her contenance radiant with a new joy, 
were David's Bible, and, brethren, whatever and she too ever since has been apparently keep-
wealth you have, remember that David desired ing her face Zionward. 
Reader ! the blood of the cross has come near , My God is liberty. My salvation good eating 
thee in the Gospel Word : so near that you have and drinking ; my consolation is that which futu-
either plunged into it as an open fountain for rity promises. When the drum rolls for the tu-
thy sin-polluted soul, or trampled on it with un- j mult of battle, you will not see me shuffling on 
hallowed contempt—so near that at this moment my knees and praying behind a rotten stump. I 
it has either left proof of its efficacy in a cleans- have brought me a gun, and will then assist at 
ed conscions,or the stain of your crowning crime shooting. Comrades, if any of you have sorrow 
in its rejection. The blood of the cross will be , of heart, if any wait consolation, let him come 
the subject of grateful songs in glory ; and the to me. I will impart to him consolation and re-
lif but nothing from the so-called word of God, 
but from the history of former times. I am a 
man on whom you can rely. My spirit is per-
fectly developed. I have light and enlightenment. 
An Infidel Chaplain. 
A friend has sent us the following extract from 
one of the daily papers. We can scarcely be-
lieve it possible that a man holding such grossly 
infidel sentiments has been allowed to assume 
the position of chaplin, and to insult any regi-
ment in the land by giving expression to them 
in such revolting language. We are sure there 
must be some mistake about it, and we ask our 
Cincinnati friends for an explanation : 
INAUGURATION OF THE CHAPLAIN OF THE OHIO 
NINTH.---When the chaplain of the Ninth regi-
ment of Ohio was first introduced to the soldiers, 
he addressed them as follows : 
Comrades—I have the honor of being proposed round part of the frontal bone, making, however, 
to you by,Colonel McCook, but more especially a deep incision on the skull. The second was 
by Major Willich, to take care of your souls in mortal, and the general fell. Two soldiers, hear-
the future. I presume that I 'have to do with ing the report, rushed into the room, and found 
him lying on the floor in great agony. They 
placed him on a bed, when he soon recovered his 
senses. He refused all medical assistance, but 
THE ADVENT HERALD his Bible beyond all his riches. So thankful 
Is published every Saturday, at 46 1-2 Kneeland st. (up was he for such a priceless possession, that he 
stairs), Boston, Mass., by 
praised G-od for its righteous judgments seven 
"The American Millennial Association.” 
times a day. Bnt you have got an ampler Bi-
ble—a Bible with Psalms and prophets in it—a 
Bible with gospels and epistles. How do you 
love that law ? How often have you found your-
self clasping it to your bosom as the man of your 
counsels ? How often have your eyes glistened 
over a brightening page as one who has found 
great spoil ? How often have you dwelt on its 
An Atheist's Testimony. 
One who signs himself "Your Fellow Atheist," 
writing to the Boston Investigator from Camp 
Stone, bears the following testimony to the con-
sistency and bravery of the Christians in his 
regiment : 
"I find a few infidels here in the regiment. 
We have spirited discussions with some of our 
Christian brethren. In my mess there are ser,-
eral Christian boys, good noble fellows, who, I 
make no doubt, sincerely pity me in my dark-
ness ; at least they say they do, and they are 
truthful. Among the Christian lads of the re-
giment they have established a prayer meeting, 
which they hold twice a week in our quarters. 
One in particular, a lad I very much esteem, 
prays with an earnestness that tells me he is just 
as sincere in his devotions to his God, as is the 
youth in the love of his fair Dulcinea. When a 
man once fixes an image in his heart,—whether 
it be real or imaginary one,—he deems it sacri-
lege and extreme barbarity for any one to ridi-
cule it." 
In the days of king David, the Bible was a 
scanty book ; yet he loved it well, and found 
daily wonders in it. Genesis, with its sublime 
narration of how God made the worlds, with its 
glimpses of patriarchal piety, and dark disclos-
ures of gigantic sin ; Exodus, with its glorious 
marchings through the great wilderness, its 
thrilling memorials of Jehovah's out-stretched 
remembrance of that blood despised will awaken 
many a bitter wail in the world of woe. That 
blood is sure in some way to be connected with 
the eternal future of every one of us. 
The Sick in Bed. 
With a proper supply of' windows, and a pro-
per supply of fuel in open fire-places,fresh air is 
comparatively easy to secure when your patient 
or patients are in bed. Never be afraid of open 
windows, then. People don't catch cold in bed. 
With proper bed-clothes, and hot bottles, if ne-
cessary, you can always keep a patient warm in 
bed, and well ventilate him in bed. Never to 
allow a patient to be waked intentionally or ac-
cidently, is a sine qua non to all good nursing. 
If he is roused out of his first sleep, he is almost 
certain to have no more sleep., It is a curious 
but quite intelligible fact that, if a patient is 
waked after a few hours' instead of a few min-
utes' sleep,he is much more likely to sleep again; 
because pain, like irritability, of brain, perpeta-
ates and intensifies itself. If you have gained a 
respite of either in sleep, you have gained more 
than the mere respite. Both the probability of 
recurrence and of the same intensity will be di-
minished, whereas both will be terribly increased 
by want of sleep. This is the reason why a pa-
tient waked in the early part of his sleep loses 
not only his sleep, but his power to sleep. A 
good nurse will always make sure that no door 
or window in her patient's room shall rattle or 
creak; that no blind or curtain shall by any 
change of wind through the open window, be 
made to flap ; especially will she be careful of 
all this before she leaves her patient for the 
night. If you wait till your patient tells you or 
reminds you of these things, where is the use of 
his having a nurse ?—Florence Nightingale. 
A Fiendish Story. 
A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Progres 
of Lyons,gives the following details of the death 
of General Gerstensweig, military commandant 
of Warsaw, which, it may be remembered, took 
place some months since : " Three of the aides-
de-camp of General Count Lambert,the Emperor's 
Lieutenant in Poland, hearing a loud altercation 
in the cabinet of the latter, between him and Ger-
stensweig,entered for the purpose of respectfully 
interposing, but the Count, without giving them 
time to speak, said—'Gentlemen, I have just 
been grossly insulted,' and then turning to the 
general, added, 'after the words you have just 
uttered, one of us must die to-morrow.'—'That 
should be so,' replied General Gerstensweig,with 
the greatest coolness, and the three officers, who 
had entered on a friendly mission, witnessed the 
most singular conditions. The laws in Russia in-
terdicted and severely punished duelling, and 
moreover, in the present state of affairs in Po-
land, the effect would have been most disastrous, 
i£ any dispute was known to have arisen between 
the two highest persons in the Government of 
the kingdom. It was, therefore, decided that 
lots should he drawn by the two adversaries as 
to which of them should put an end to his own 
existence. That sad formality took place with 
the greatest coolness, for both generals were 
modals of bravery, and the lot fell on General 
Genstensweig, s%ho, turning to Count Lambert, 
said in a firm voice, 'Count, there are several 
matters connected with the service to be arrang-
ed, and I have also private papers to put in or-
der ; will it suit you if I do not execute the sen-
tence till to-morrow ?'—'It is what I should have 
requested,' replied Count Lambert. The two 
bowed courteously to each other, and General 
Genstensweig withdrew. The three aides-de-camps 
pale and motionless, remained silent, and the 
Count, with much emotion, said to them, can 
readily conceive, gentlemen, the feelings which 
oppress you, but the fault of this deplorable 
event does not lie with me ; ' and then, striking 
his hand, he added, 'What a fatality ! This will 
greatly affect the Emperor ! I should have pre-
ferred that the tomb were opened for myself !' 
On the following day, General Gerstensweig, 
standing before a looking-glass, discharged two 
pistols at his head. The ball of the first went 
men who have long aao dismissed that humbug 
religion. With Bible in hand, with hymn book 
and fabulous prayer, I shall never come to you. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
or as indifferent about the prosperity of the 
cause as you appear to be?—United Methodist 
Magazine. 
For the Herald. 
"What is in the Moon?—Science 
and Religion. 
So shalt thou stand 
Question to Those Who Neglect 
Prayer-Meetings. 
A dear friend, in the depths of distress, has 
found comfort in these lines : 
" Cast thy burden upon the Lord." — Psalm 
55 : 22. 
" Is this the way, my Father ?" 
" 'Tis, my child ; 
Thou must pass through this tangled, dreary 
wild, 
If thou wouldst reach the city undefiled, 
Thy peaceful home above." 
" But enemies are round." 
" Yes, child, I know 
That where thou least expect'st, thou'lt find a 
foe. 
But victor thou shalt prove o'er all below ; 
Only seek strength above." 
" My Father, it is dark." 
" Child, take my hand ; 
I'll lead thee through the 
Cling close to me. 
land ; 
Trust my all-seeing care. 
'Midst glory bright above." 
" My footsteps seem to slide." 
" Child, only raise 
Thine eye to me ; then, in these slippery ways, 
I will hold up thy goings. Thou shalt praise 
Me for each step above." 
" 0, Father ! I am weary." 
" Child, lean thy head 
Upon my breast. It was my love that spread 
Thy rugged path. Hope on, till I have said, 
" Rest, for aye, above." 
Four words more. " The time is short." Let 
this be a comfort to those whose faith is feeble 
and whose afflictions are sore. They cannot 
last forever, for the grave is not far off, and then 
the weary are at rest.—N. Y. Observer. 
Are you not always better employed ? If 
not, can it be right in you to absent yourself ? 
Do you get more good to your own soul, 
and do more good to others, by staying away ? 
If not, can yon be acting wisely ? 
Does your own conscience justify you, or 
have you not sometimes a difficulty in keeping it 
quiet on the subject ? 
Will a death-bed commend your present 
course, or will you then look upon your neglect 
of prayer-meetings with pleasure, think you ? 
5, Does not your pastor suffer by your ne-
glect ? Does it not hurt his feelings,cool his zeal, 
and hinder his usefulness. 
Are not your fellow-members in the Church 
discouraged by you,and may you not thus offend 
Christ's little ones ? 
Is not your own family injured by your ne-
glect ? What will your children think of prayer-
meetings, seeing you habitually neglect them ? 
Is it surprising if they despise them ? 
Is there no reason to fear that unconverted 
sinners may be both hindered and led to think 
lightly of prayer, by your conduct? 
Can you have a proper concern for the 
prosperity of the Church, the spread of Christ's 
cause, and the conversion of sinners,if you never 
meet to pray for them ? 
Are you sure that you fulfill your duty as 
a church-member,whilc you neglect prayer-meet-
ings ? Is neglect of duty no sin, and is there no 
probability of your being called to account for 
it ? 
Did any one ever really gain anything, 
either in temporal or spiritual things, by neglect-
sng prayer-meetings ? If you think so, can you 
prove it ? 
Is there no selfishness, or pride, or world-
ly-mindedness, at the root of your neglect ? If 
so, ought such things to be encouraged ? 
Would it be right to give up the prayer-
meetings ? Do you think this would please God, 
or improve the cause ? But if all the members 
did as you do,rnust they not be given up ? Could 
not the rest find excuses for staying away, think 
you, as well as you ? Do you not think they 
would, if they hearts were as worldly,or as cold, 
EDITOR OF THE HERALD :—I noticed in a num-
ber of your most excellent paper the above, from 
the English Quarterly, and by your permission 
send you a few words in relation to the subject; 
not that I am able to properly discuss it, but, as 
said by another, to "provoke thought," by the 
aid of some adopted views, as such may come to 
mind. 
It is well known that the moon affords the as-
tronomer the best chance to examine into the 
science of the heavenly bodies. This body is near 
at hand, yes very near, compared with other ce-
lestial orbs with which we have to encounter. 
A speculation as to its composition has occu-
pied the mind and time of the scientific world, 
and especially the European star-gazers. In con-
junction with her proximity to our abode and 
the most powerful instruments, great advantage 
has been gained, and some astronomers have de-
clared it was not looking "at" the moon, but was 
looking "into it." 
Since this cherished study has been making 
such progress in the scientific ranks, new fields 
are explored with renewed zeal, and it can be 
calculated to a certainty that the lunar orb pre-
sents a surface of ragged dimensions. As an. 
amateur,I can say it has been a source of extreme 
pleasure to me, with a small achromatic tele-
scope, bearing a power similar to the first one 
of Galileo, to gaze on the snow-lit peaks of her 
mountain tops, as the straight beams from the lu-
minary strike their pinacles. Dark spaces inter-
vene, when all at once small silver headed points 
present themselves,which are the top-most peaks 
of cones standing in the centre of some vast and 
yawning gulf. 
This can be seem with a small power. Many 
changes within two hours will take place. These 
points are quite numerous, and the best time for 
observing them is when the moon is from two 
to five days old, as you will then get the first 
ray of light—after which it seems to soften, and 
blend itself into the general mass of her enlight-
ened surface. 
The jagged appearance,and those terrible cav-
erns of enormous depth, betray an inward action 
at some period in the moons age. Eminent as-
tronomers have attributed it to volcanic action, 
which may be considered a reasonable conclu-
sion. 
The great Sir Wm. Herschel claimed to have 
seen volcanoes in action, and one whose diameter 
crater was full three miles. 
He described its appearance to that of' "burn-
ing charcoal, with white ashes' sprinkled over 
them, and seen by daylight." Therefore, no 
doubt can exist but that our satellite has been 
the scene of many an eruption of magnificent 
proportions. 
As to the abode of any intelligences that, too, 
has been a fruit of contention,and is now ; for if 
the moon has no atmosphere, as some claim, of 
course that would soon decide the matter. 
If she has no seas, lakes, or rivers, the vari-
ety of scenery must be somewhat limited. 
Yet why not the moon be enveloped in an at-
mosphere,though it be very rare ? We have an 
atmosphere forty-five miles high, with a pressure 
of fifteen pounds on the square inch. In order 
to have the moon pick up an article projected 
from the earth, it must be sent within seventy 
miles from the former. I will make this as a 
suggestion, that the moon does possess an atmos-
phere, of a proportion in density and height to 
that of the the density and height of the earth's 
atmosphere. 
While on this subject, if my memory serves 
me well, I think it was on the great plains of 
Siberia that it was purposed once to erect arti-
ficial works of a triangular form, that might sug-
gest to the lumar inhabitants (if any) a similar 
experiment, to verify and prove to us their exis-
tence. 
But such a random-shot will not be underta- 
sent for his aide-de-camp. The report of his 
suicide soon became current, although every en-
deavor was used to made it believe that he had 
been struck by apoplexy. Count Lambert went 
to him, and shaking him by the hand, expressed 
his regret for what had happened. and retired 
bathed in tears. The general lived for forty-two 
hours,in the greatest suffering, and then expired. 
He was sensible to the last, begging the officers 
who were near to him to conceal the cause of his 
death as long as possible from his wife. 'As to 
my son'—(a young man of seventeen, now at St. 
Petersburg)—'let him know that I have not died 
like a coward, who failed in his duty, or feared 
the responsibility of his acts, but to obey the 
prescriptions of military honor. Let him know 
all that may honor the memory of his father.'" 
The Refiner of Silver. 
Our trials are not necessarily punishments : 
they are the means of purification. The illus-
tration in the book of Malachi is familiar to ev-
ery reader,but the comment upon it that was giv-
en in Dublin has, perhaps, not been read by many 
who will see these lines. In that city, a few 
years ago, a company of ladies met to read the 
Scriptures and converse on them. They were 
reading the passage above referred to. One of 
the ladies gave it as her opinion that the fuller's 
earth and the "refiner of silver" were only the 
same image, intending to convey the idea of the 
sanctifying grace of Christ. 
"No," said another, "they are not just the 
same image." There is something remarkable 
in the expression : "He shall sit as a refiner." 
This lady promised to call on a silversmith and 
see what he said on the subject. She accord-
ingly went, without telling him the object of her 
errand, and begged to know the process of refin-
ing silver, which he fully described to her. 
"But do you sit, sir," said she, "while you are 
refining ?" "Yes, madam, I must sit, with my 
eye steadily fixed on the furnace ; since, if the 
silver remain too long, it is sure to be injured." 
She saw at once the beauty, and comfort too, of 
the expression : "He shall sit as a refiner." 
Christ sees it needful to put his children into a 
furnace, but he is seated by the side of it ; his 
eye is steadily intent on the work of purifying, 
and his wisdom and his love are engaged to do 
it in the best manner. Just as she turned from 
the shop door, the silversmith called her back to 
mention one circumstance which he had forgot-
ten. It was,that he only knew that the process 
of purifying was complete by seeing his own im-
age, in the silver. The point of the comment is 
in the last remark of the refiner. When the rm. 
age of Christ appears in the believer the work 
of refining is done. 
An Episcopal clergyman in Dublin sent me 
the fact some fifteen years ago, and it has been 
often published since, to the comfort of those 
who are tried in the furnace of sorrow. My fa-
vorite poet, Montgomery, has given measure to 
the same thOughts : 
CHRIST THE PURIFIER. 
"He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of sil-
ver."—Mal. 3: 3. 
He that from dross would win the precious ore, 
Bends o'er the crucible an earnest eye, 
The subtle, searching process to explore, 
Lest the one brilliant moment should pass by 
When, in the molten silver's virgin mass, 
He meets his pictured face as in a glass. 
Thus, in God's furnace, are his people tried ; 
Thrice happy they who to the end endure ; 
But who the fiery trial may abide ? 
Who, from the crucible, come forth so pure 
That He, whose eyes of flame look through the 
whole, 
May see his image perfect in the soul ? 
Nor with an evacescent glimpse alone, 
As, in that mirror, the refiner's face ; 
But, stamped with heaven's broad signet, there 
be shown 
Immanuel's features, full of truth and grace 
And round that seal .of love this motto be, 
"Not for a moment, but eternity I" 
en very soon. Changes are constantly taking 
place in all the domain of the Creator, so we 
must conclude that changes are in keeping with 
lunar orbs. 
All things must have an end ; yet, without an-
nihilation, our satellite may have met with a 
change in her physical constitution, thereby ren-
dering it habitable, or the abode of beings unre-
generated hereafter. 
This fabric on which we dwell must be renova-
ted, cleansed, and purified of the terrible condi-
tion of the present race and generation before 
happiness will encircle us. 
A blade of grass may wither,droop and die,be 
carried away by the winds,consurned by fire, yet 
the component parts are in existence, though 
scattered and decomposed. 
Other intelligences should not pay the penalty 
for our transgressions ; since we are not to sup-
pose it to be the plan of the Originator, at the 
millennium, to sweep away His great empire. 
This corupt world must be changed, but not at 
the expense of other dominions. Certainly,as long 
as the great centre remains, it will retain the 
matter of our own system,whatever its overturn, 
providing they are true epitomes. 
Just so with the Christian church, tumults 
and religious quarrels (if you can conceive such 
a thing as a religious quarrel), may constantly 
take place ; preachers and members expelled, di-
visions arise among professors, one party boast. 
ing of their own righteousness, and high state 
of religion, which they claim to have ; and if I 
may be allowed the expression, they seem to 
look down on Christ,seeming to forget that their 
righteouness is as "filthy rags." 
Such as are made in the true "die," and 
stamped by the true "moulding and fashioning 
hand," and are genuine, without counterfeit, be. 
ing the right abstracts, such will be retained in 
the orbit of peace and happiness. 
But I hope to see the time when unity shall 
prevail among nations, between the north and 
south, also in the church and domestic circles. 
Ever faithfully yours, 
J, S. BLIss. 
Door Creek, Wis. 1862. 
We expect to see that same degree of unity, 
but not this side of the resurrection and renova- 
ted earth. 
ED. 
Dialogue Between the Bible and the 
Sinner, 
Bible. "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Con-
sider your ways." Hag. 1: 5. 
Sinner. I am not so bad as some others. 
B. "They that compare themselves among 
themselves are not wise." 2 Cor. 10: 12. 
S. I hope I am not so bad as to go to hell. 
B. "The wicked shall be turned into hell." 
Psa. 9: 17. 
 
S. But God is merciful. 
B. "Let every man take heed how he build-
eth ; for other foundation can no man lay than 
that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." .1 Cor. 3: 
10, 11. 
S. Is there no mercy out of Christ ? 
B. "There is none other nanae,,Aander heaven 
given among men, whereby we must be saved." 
Acts 4: 12. "Jesus saith I am the way : no 
man cometh unto the Father, but by_me." John 
14 : 6. 
S. I hope I do some good. 
B. "There is none that doeth good, no not 
one." Psa. 14 : 3. 
S. Is everything that I do wicked ? 
B. "The thoughts of the wicked are an abom-
ination to the Lord." Prov. 15: 26. "The plough-
ing of the wicked is sin." Prov. 21: 4. 
S. I am sure I have some good thoughts. 
B. "God saw that the wickedness of man was 
great in the earth, and that every imagination 
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil contin-
ually." Gen. 6 : 5. "Out of the heart of men 
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, 
murders." Mark 7 : 21. 
S. If my heart be so wicked, what shall I 
do ? 
B. "Repent,and turn from all your transgres-
sions, and make you a new heart and a new 
spirit ; for why will ye die 7" Ezek. 18: 30,31. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
d. 
"Give me thy heart." Prov. 23: 26. "They 
first gave their ownselves to the Lord." 2 
Con 8: 5- 
S. I try to be honest, and pay my debts. 
B. "Christ is become of no effect unto you, 
whosoever of you are justified by the law." Gal. 
5: 4. 
S. What is the law ? 
B. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself." Matt. 
22: 37, 39. 
S. Surely I have kept the law in some meas- 
ure. 
B. "Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and 
yet offend in one point,he is guilty of all." James 
2: 10. 
S. But did not Christ do away the moral law ? 
B. "Think not that I am come to destroy the 
law-I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." 
Matt. 5 : 17. "Cursed is every one that con-
tinueth not in all things which are written in the 
book of the law to do them." Galatians 3 : 
10. 
S. How then shall I be delivered from the 
curse of the law ? 
B. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse 
of the law." Gal. 3: 13. 
S. Will all, then, be saved ? 
B. "He that believeth, shall be saved ; but he 
that believeth not, shall be damned." Mark 16: 
16. 
S. I do believe. 
B. "The devils also believe and tremble,"Jas. 
2: 19. 
S. How then shall I go to work ? 
B. "This is the work of God, that ye believe 
On him whom he bath sent." John 6: 29. 
S. What is to believe ? 
B. "With the heart man believeth unto righ-
teousness." Rom. 10:1.0. 
S. I have been trying to do my best. 
B. "Without faith it is impossible to please 
him." Heb. 11: 6. 
S. I have been praying and reading my Bi-
ble, etc. 
B. "He that turneth away his ear from hear-
ing the law, even his prayer shall be abomina-
tion." Prey. 28: 9. 
S. Ought I not to pray ? 
B. "Men ought always to pray." Luke 18: 
1. "I will therefore that men pray everywhere, 
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubt-
ing." 1 Tim. 2: 8. 
S. But will not God hear if' I pray the best I 
can, though I have not a new heart, and do not 
believe ? 
B• "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin." Rom. 
16 : 23. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the 
Lord will not hear me." Psa. 66: 18. 
S. What must I do to be saved ? 
B. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
thou shalt be saved." Acts 16 : 31. 
S. Is Christ able to save me ? 
B. "He is able to save them to the uttermost 
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liv- 
eth to make intercession for them." Heb. 8: 
25. 
S. But I am so unworthy I am afraid he will 
not accept of me. 
B. "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise 
cast out." John 6: 37. 
S. Why then am I not saved ? 
B. "Ye will not come to me, that ye might 
have life." John 5: 40. 
S. I think I am willing, I cannot believe that 
I am unwilling to come to Christ. 
B. "He that believeth not God bath made 
him a liar, because he believeth not the record 
that God gave of his Son. And this is the re-
cord that God hath given to us eternal life, and 
this life is in his Son." 1 John, 5: 10, 11. 
S. I will believe, but cannot now. 
B. "God now commandeth all men every-
where to repent." Acts 17: 30. 
S. I must wait God's time. 
B. "The Holy Ghost saith, To-day, if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts." Heb. 
3: 7, 8. "Behold, now is the accepted time ; 
behold now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6: 
11- "Come, for all things are now ready." Luke 
14: 17. 
S. How can I come now ? 
B. "Whosoever will,let him take the water of 
life freely." Rev. 22: 17. 
S. If I am spared, I will try soon ; perhaps 
to-morrow. 
B. "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re-
quired of thee." Luke 12 : 20. "Ye know not 
what shall be on the morrow ; for what is your 
life ? it is even a vapor." Jas. 4: 14. 
S. What would you have me do ? 
B. "Be reconciled to God." 2 Cor. 5: 20. 
S. But do I hate him ? 
B. "The carnal mind is enmity against God." 
Rom. 8: 7. "Now have they both seen and hat-
ed both me and my Father." John 15: 24. 
S. I never thought I hated God. 
B. "The heart is deceitful above all things." 
Jer. 17 : 9. "He that trusteth in his own heart 
is a fool." Prov. 28: 26. 
S. Well, what must I do ? 
B. "Repent, and believe the gospel." Mark 
1: 15. "Except ye repent, ye shall perish." 
Luke 13: 3. "He that believeth, shall be sav-
ed ; but he that believeth not, shall be damned." 
Mark 16 : 16. 
S. What can I do more ? I have done all I 
can. 
B. "Ye shall find me, when ye shall search 
for me with all your heart." ,Jer. 39 : 13. "Let 
him take hold of my strength, that be may make 
pere with me, and he shall make peace with 
me." Isa. 27 : 5. 
S. But may I be saved now ? 
B. "If thou thalt confess with thy mouth the 
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart, thou 
shalt be saved." Rom. 10: 9. 
S. Is this promise for me ? 
B. "The Spirit and the bride say, Come ; and 
let him that heareth say, Come ; and let him that 
is athirst come ; and whosoever will, let him 
take of the water of life freely." Rev. 22: 17. 
S. I do believe with all my heart. 
B. "Go thy way ; and as thou hast believed, 
so be it done unto thee." Mat. 8 : 13. "Re-
turn to thine own house, and show how great 
things God bath done unto thee." Luke 8 : 39. 
"Not unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but unto 
thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy 
truth's sake." Psa. 115 : 1. 
(From Spencer's "Things New and Old," 1600.) 
Quaint Similes. 
INCONSISTENT MINISTERS. 
Intemperate ministers,whose doctrine and lives 
are as distant as the two polar lines, cosmogra-
phically described on the globe terrestrial, are 
like those statum Mercuriales on the road, that 
point out unto a man which is the way to Lon-
don,but move not a foot thitherward themselves ; 
like those carpenters that built the Ark to save 
others, and were drowned themselves ; or like 
porters of great men's gates, that let in others, 
and lodge without themselves. And whereas an-
other, by his good life, sets seal to his doctrine, 
he by his bad life, puts a lie upon the truth ; his 
words prove unprofitable, because his life is 
abominable. 
TRUTH NOT LOVED AT HOME. 
As the friar wittily told the people, that the 
truth he then preached to them seemed to be like 
holy water, which every one called for apace,yet 
when it came to be cast upon them, they turned 
aside their faces, as though they did not like it; 
just so it is that almost every man calls fast for 
Truth, commends Truth, nothing will down but 
Truth, yet they cannot endure to have it cast in 
their faces ; they love Truth in universali, when 
it only pleads itself,. and shows itself; but they 
cannot abide it in particulari, when it presses 
upon them, and shows them themselves. They 
love it lucentem, but hate it redarguentem. They 
would have it shine out unto all the world in its 
glory, but by no means so much as peep out to 
reprove their own errors, 
THE SINCERE PREACHER'S COMFORT. 
In a great festival, when the expectation was 
not less than the concourse-both very great-
St. Bernard having preached a very eloquent 
sermon, while the people admire and applaud, dream would have been complete. But as this 
the Abbot walks about sadly, with a mind not poor man, with tears in his eyes,heard this word, 
ordinarily dejected. The next day he preaches he said, "Thank God, I can go with you, for I'm 
a sermon, full of profitable truth-plain, with- a sinner like you,I will trust in the merit of Him 
out any rhetorical dress, whereupon his meaner- that died on Calvary." So he joined their ranks, 
capacitated auditors went away very well con- and was about to enter, but he said in his heart, 
tented ; but curious,itching ears were unsatisfied ; "When we come there shall be no songs ; they 
but he walked away cheerfully, with a mind will admit us, but it will be in silence, for we 
more than usually pleasant. The people won- bring no honor to God ; we have done nothing 
dered he should be sad when applauded, and for him, --there will be no voices of music when 
when not, merry,but he returns this answer,Heri we come in." But to his surprise the acclaim 
13ernardum, hodie Jesum Christum-Yesterday :was louder, the music was more melodious, and 
I preached Bernard, but to-day Jesus Christ. It the shouts of' acclamation were louder far, while 
is the same with all preachers of God's word. they said, "Here they come to complete the num-
There can be no feast within when a man is con- ber of the hosts whoni Jesus bought with blood." 
scious to himself of dallying with God. Integrity Now, sinner, let thine ear be attent, and let 
is that which furnishes out the sweet banquet thy heart bow down to listen while I admonish 
and heavenly repast of joy. The preacher shall thee. What though thou art a poor sinner ! If 
have most comfort that preacheth most of Christ, thou believest in Christ, thou canst come in a 
and so shall he, too, that lives most to Christ. poor sinner. Indeed, this is the way we all must 
When a rotten-hearted Wolsey,whose conscience come, for there are not, after all-though our 
tells him that he served the king, his master,bet- imagination, like the dream, may suggest it-
ter than God, his Maker, shall languish away in there are not two ways of entrance. We all 
discontent and vexation of spirit. 
come to him, as empty to be filled, as naked to 
be clothed, as lost to be saved. The Lord ena-
ble you to be rid of self and self-confidence, and 
to trust Christ. Then let hell roar, let earth 
rage, let the law thunder,let the precept threat-
en, let conscience accuse. But 0, let the Son 
of God arise. Bound by his word, he will dis-
play a strength proportioned to thy day. He 
will never suffer thee to perish, neither shall any 
pluck thee out of his hand. Amen. 
Parson Bronlow• 
The great hall was full, and we were all look-
ing to the stage, through the side-door of which 
we expected to see the man who had "fought 
with beasts at Ephesus ;" small boys slid up and 
down the aisles with "photographs of Brown-
low---only a quarter, sir, " but very few deigned 
them a look. The lion himself was there. The 
slow dial-hand crept up to the mark of the hour 
and the organist was just commencing another 
The Fullness of Christ. fantasia, when a roar like an earthquake swelled 
up from the floor, through all the galleries, and 
There was once a poor man who had been a to the salutation of two thousand five hundred 
long while burdened in spirit : one night he had feet, hands, and voices, the Knoxville patriot 
a dream. To dreams we attach no importance; walked in with the Governor. The usual brief 
but this dream happened to be an allegory. He 
dreamed that he stood at the gates of heaven, and elegapt introductory speech-another long 
cheer, and Parson Brownlow stood before us. 
longing to enter, but he dare not, and could not, Had we never been informed that he was origi-
for sin had shut him out. He was longing to nally a circuit-preacher of the primitive forests, 
come, but he dare not. At length he saw ap- we should all have said so at the first sight of 
proaching the gates a company of men who came him. He looked a veritable Elder Tribulation 
on singing. They were goodly to look upon, Troublesome ; the thin, lathy figure, the long 
dressed in white robes. So he stepped :up to straight ear-locks, the eyes piously half-closed, 
them, and he said to one of them,"Who are you?" and tight-shut lips, falling penitentially at the 
And they replied, "We are the goodly fellow. corners--surely the next thing will be "My dear 
ship of' the prophets." He said "Alas ! I can- brethren and sisters," with the full nasal twang; 
not enter with you." And he watched them un- but no. 
til they had passed the gates, and he heard out- The Parson drank a glass or two of water 
side the voice of song as they were received with from the stand, rinsed his mouth, sprited the li-
welcome. Cast down and troubled, he watched quid on the floor, and waited, rather impatient-
until he saw another company approach, and ly, for the cheering to stop. "Ladies and gen-
they came with music and rejoicing. He said tleman," and the voice was clear, sensible and 
to them, "Who are you ?" They were great familiar as mine and yours. "We can hear that 
hosts who had washed their robes, and they re- man talk as long as he wants to speak," and we 
plied, "We are the noble army of martyrs." settled ourselves comfortably in our seats to lis-
He said, "I cannot go with you ;" and when he ten while the hero of a hundred fights told his 
heard the shouts a second time ascending from story. His choice of terms was not always ele-
within the gates, his heart was heavy within gant,but he Dever waited for a word. Everett's 
him at the thought that it was not possible for magnificent martial description of the periods of 
him to enter there. Then came a third compa- Choate would not fit him. His language came 
ny, and he detected in the van the apostles, and forth more like the guerilla of a backwood's war, 
after them there came mighty preachers and con- and it was just what we came to hear--a man of 
fessors of the word. He said in his heart, "Alas! the times speaking the speech of the times. He 
I cannot go with you, for I am no preacher, and was not long in introducing to us the arch-demon 
I have done nothing for my Master." His heart of his hatred, the Southern rebellion. After re-
was ready to break, for they entered and were counting the circumstances of the loss, and par-
lost to his sight ; and he heard the triumphant tial recovery by medical treatment, of his voice, 
acclamations as the Master said, "Well done, he stated, in substance, "I was advised to con-
enter into the joy of your Lord." But as he tinue, by all means, the practice of public speak-
waited, lie saw a greater company approaching. ing, and accordingly took up temperance-lectur-
He marked in the forefront Saul of Tarsus, Ma- ing. You all know that that is a good cause. 
ry Magdalene,the thief that died upon the cross ; Besides, I engaged to some extent as a Metho-
and they came streaming on. So he said to one dist minister on the circuits, preaching the Gos-
of them, "Who are ye ?" And they replied, pel-and you all know that is a good cause, but 
"We are a company of sinners whom no man neither temperance nor the Gospel restored my 
can number, saved by blood, through the rich, voice, till finally I was driven out of my native 
free, sovereign grace of God." Indeed all the State, and on arriving at Cincinnati, ventured to 
companies might have said the same, and the fill an appointment made for me to speak to three 
TO BE CAREFUL IN TIIE CENSURE OF OTHERS. 
It is reported of vultures that they will fly 
over a garden of sweet flowers, and not so much 
as eye them, but they will seize upon a stinking 
carrion at the first sight. In like manner scarabs 
and flies will pass by sound flesh, but if there be 
any galled part of' the horse's back, there they 
will settle. Thus many there are that will take 
no notice at all of the commendable parts and 
good qualities of others ; but if the least imper-
fections shall appear,there they will fasten,which 
they will be sure to single out of the crowd of 
virtues, and censure. But let such know that 
Aquila non capit muscas, the eagle scorns to 
catch at flies ; sothat they discover what dunghill 
breed they are come of, by failing and feeding 
upon the raw parts of their brothers' imperfec-
tions, without any moderation at all. 
thousand people, when, no sooner had I opened 
my mouth to speak against this infinitely infer-
nal rebellion, than my voice came back to me, 
and has continued good ever since !" 
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blood boil and our flesh creep. We saw him 
stand on the steps of his beleagured dwelling and 
defy the mob to hang him, till his wife and friends, 
lowers, like David in the gorges of Adullam. 
Not long here, however, for phis anxiety and in-
dignant impatience hurried him back to the jaws 
of danger. Then the loathsome Knoxville jail, 
where the prisoners had not room enough to lie 
down ; where, day after day, the tumbril came 
with coffins to take one or two poor wretches to 
the gibbit ; where the victim was cursed when 
he asked for the last services of his minister, and 
denied the consolations of religion ; where the 
mother, with a babe at her breast, was refused 
access to her husband, sick, or doomed, in a few 
hours, to hang. "My God !" said Brownlow, 
"may I never see the the sight again !" 
But his turn did not come. The ways of 
Providence are wise, but mysterious. "We were 
none of us informed of our fate till the summons 
came," said he, "and I, how do you think I felt? 
Certainly, under the laws of that reign of terror, 
if any one more richly deserved hanging than all 
the rest, I was the man ! They called us all—
Union shriekers. Had n't I shrieked louder, 
jumped higher, and fell flatter than any of them? 
I expected to be hung, and had prepared my 
speech to deliver at the gallows. I knew they 
would hear me, for they always have an uncon-
querable curiosity to hear what old Brownlow 
would say ! " 
May he live many years to say it, was the 
thought of us all, as we remembered that he had 
lost his all for loving his country. The thou-
sands he is gathering among us will enable him 
soon to start his suppressed paper again. Long, 
live the Knoxville Whig and its editor.— Watch-
man and Reflector. 
Fruit After Many Days. 
When the Rev. B. Knill was a young man,he 
distributed tracts among the Devon militia. As 
the regiment was about to be disembodied,he re-
solved that every man in it, if possible, should 
be supplied with a religious tract. Having vis-
ited other companies, he says :—"I proceeded to 
the Grenadiers, who were, all pleased, until I 
came to one merry-andrew kind of fellow ; he 
took the tract and held it up, swore at it, and 
asked : 'Are you going to convert me ?' I said : 
'Don't swear at the tract ; you cannot hurt the 
tract, but swearing will injure your soul.' Who 
are you ?' he exclaimed. 'Form a circle round 
him,' said he to his comrades, 'and I will swear 
at him.' They did so ; he swore fearfully, and I 
wept. The tears moved the feelings of the other 
men, and they said : 'Let him go ; he means to 
do us good.' So I distributed my tracts, and left 
them in the care of Him who said : 'My word 
shall not return unto me void.' Many years af-
ter I had taken my leave of those soldiers, I re-
turned from India to my native country,and vis-
ited Ilfracombe ; there I was invited to preach 
in the op en air, a few miles distant. During the 
time that I was preaching, I saw a tall gray-
headed man in the crowd weeping, and a tall 
young man, who looked liked his son, stand-
in b his sole an weeping a so. e con- 
clusion of the service, they both came up to me, 
and the father said : 'Do you recollect giving 
tracts to the local militia at Barnstaple some 
years ago ?' 'Yes.' Do you recollect anything 
particular of that. distribution ?"Yes, I recollect 
one of the Grenadiers swore at me till he made 
me weep.' Stop,' said he ; '0 sir ! I am that 
man ! I never forgave myself for that wicked act. 
Bat I hope it has led me to repentance,and that 
God has forgiven me ; and now let me ask, will 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
the face of the whole earth, and touched not the 
Our subscribers will remember that we can find ground ;9 in this very year, he, 'ran unto the ram 
in the Fury of his power,' and smote him upon the 
banks of the river Granicus : hence I cannot refrain 
from thinking it most probable, that the year A. C. 
334, in which the he-goat began the attack the ram 
as he was standing in the hitherto undisputed pos- 
$2.00,$2.00, 
session of his authority, is the real date of the vis- 
ion ; and consequently that the 2200 is the true 
reading." 
Dissert. on Proph. See Am. Ed. 1808, from the 
Lon. Ed. of 1806, vol. 1. pp. 175-6. 
As Mr. Faber subsequently abandoned this view, 
it may be considered that he became convinced of 
the inconclusiveness of such reasoning. 
" 2400," 
Eor what Mr. Wolff says of various MSS. having 
this reading, the reader is referred to a previous ar-
ticle. The earliest writer we find adopting 2400 as 
the reading is 
REV. E. W. WHITHAKEN, Rector of Mildred, and 
All-saints, Canterbury, Eng., author of "A General 
view of the Prophecies relating to the times of the 
Gentiles," London, 1795. 
Church Sittings in New York. by Cyrus, A. C. 538," and ends it in "the year of 
He dates this period "from the taking of Babylon 
The population of N. Y. City, according to the our Lord 1866 ;" where he also ends the 1260 years, 
census of 1861, was 843,741, and the number of dating them from "the taking of Jerusalem by the 
places of worship of all names and denominations, Persians,in the year A. D. 614." 
274, the number of sittings in which are only 205,- 
580. This leaves a population in New York of 638,- REV. GEORGE STANLEY FABER, in the 5th. edition 
161. or more than three fourths of its inhabitants of his "Dissertations," London, 1814, still contend- 
who are entirely without church accommodation. ing that the 1200 years terminate in 1866, with the 
• restoration of the Jews ;—which he says" will not 
be completely effected until a period of 30 addition-
al years shall have expired," 45 years more bring-
ing the millennium—endorses the genuineness of Mr. 
Whitaker's reading, "2400," as the length of this 
period ; but he objects to Mr. W.'s calculation as 
"faulty," because from A. C. 538 to A. D. 1866 
"produces 2403 years, instead of 2400, which it 
ought to have produced, had it been founded upon 
just principles." "Nor," adds Mr. Faber, "is it, to 
me at least, at all satisfactory to be told, that the 
nearest round number which will include the whole 
time intervening from the year 614 to the year 
1866, will be 1230."—"General View," pp. 172-
277.—Mr. Faber rightly concluded, that "A failure 
of three years, or of eight years, as in the two cases 
which have been last discussed, destroys a synchron-
ism no less completely than a failure of as many 
centuries." Dis on Proph. 5th Ed. vol. 1. pp. 15-
'8. 
Mr. Faber's variation from Mr. W. is hardly ap-
preciable ; for in stating his own view he says : 
"I cannot but think it sufficiently evident, both 
that the 1260 days are a certain part of the 2300 
days, and that these two periods exactly terminate 
together in the self same year," 1866. Dis.v. 1. p. 
262. 
Then reckoning backward from that date, as be-
fore ; by which he estimates which of the three is 
the true, reading he says : 
"Both the year A. C. 335 and the year A. C. 
435, to which we are led by adopting the -readings 
of Jerome and the Hebrew, are far too late for the 
proper date of the vision. They are each subse-
quent to the only period of Medo-Persian victories 
which can be made to correspond with the pushings 
of the ram." "On the other hand, the spring of 
the year A. C. 535,to which we are led by adopting 
the reading of the LXX., or 2400 days, will, if I 
mistake not,be found an unobjectional date in every 
point of view. It synchronizes with the latter end 
of the first year of Cyrus, or with the beginning of 
his second year, according to the precise time of his 
accession to undivided empire," 
"Thus, unless I be entirely mistaken, 2400 years, 
the length of the whole vision of the lma' and the 
he-goat, is also the space which will intervene be-
tween the two restorations of the Jews. About the 
commencement of this period, they began to return 
from Babylon ; and exactly at the commencement 
they laid the foundations of the temple : at the end 
of it, they will begin to be restored from all the dif-
ferent countries of their present dispersion. On these 
grounds, 1 much incline to think that the memor-
534, to which we are led by adopting the reading of able event of the laying of the foundations of the se-
the LXX., or 2400 days,is the third year of Cyrus ; a cond temple, at the close of the first, or at the be-
year in which nothing very remarkable happened,and ginning of the second year of Cyrus, affords the date 
from which, therefore, we can scarcely suppose the of the vision ; and consequently that the number 
vision to be dated. The year A. C. 434, to which 2400 is the genuine reading." lb. pp. 290, 1. 
we are led by adopting the reading of the Hebrew, "It has been proved by the event, 2300 is not the 
or 2300 days, is equally devoid of any striking in- ! true reading." Ib. p. 293. 
cident that peculiarly affected the empire of the ram :1 As Mr. Faber subsequently adopted "2300" as 
from this year,therefore,iye can with as little reason the correct reading, and terminated them at a dif-
suppose the vision to be dated as from the former 
year. But the year A. C. 334, to which we are led 
by adopting the reading mentioned by Jerome, or 
2200 days, is big with events most materially impor-
tant to the Persian monarchy : for in this very year, 
the Macedonian he-goat 'came from the West on 
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ginning and ending, we should be much obliged. 
The P. M. of Colchester, Vt., sends back the 
Herald addressed to " George Bates." That is not 
in accordance with the law ; which requires that 
publishers of newspapers shall be notified, whenev- 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JUNE 14, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
"Millennial News," No. 2. 
Our brethren in Canada East have issued a sec-
ond number of a sheet with this title, well filled 
with choice articles, mainly original, from the pens 
of Bros. Hutchinson and Orrock. By addressing eith-
er of those, or Bro. Stephol Foster at Derby Line, 
there will be forwarded 10 copies,to any one address, 
for 25 cts. ; 22 for 50 cts. ; or 50 for $1. 
We shall enrich our own columns from time to 
time, with selections of these articles. 
THE 2300 DAYS. 
Continued from our last. 
Various Readings. 
In addition to what we gave last week of the 
"day-day-theory" of prophetic time, we have been 
favored by Bro. J. M. Orrock with some additional 
extracts one of which we wish to preserve in this 
connection. 
REV. THOMAS BRIIIITMAN, who died in Eng. 1607, 
author of "Analysis et Scholia in Apocalypsin," etc. 
France, 1709, and printed in English in London, 
1644, reckons this period as only days. He says, in 
commenting on Dan. 12 : 11, 12. 
"The prophet useth, when natural days are un-
derstood, to add, and put to their terms, whereby 
to knowthem,as unto evening-morning,2300 days," 
chap. 8: 14 ; which is the view taken shortly after 
by Mr. Mede, as already given. 
" 2200." 
Of the different readings 2200, 2300 and 2400, 
for this period, the more prominent writer advoca-
ting the former No. is, 
REV. GEORGE STANLEY FABER, Rector of Long-
Newton, Durham, Eng., author of "A Dissertation 
on the Prophecies," London, 1805. 
Taking the view that this period ends sinehron-
ously with the 1260 days in 1866,—dating from the 
rise of Mohammedanism in A. D. 606,—Mr. Faber 
says: 
"This being the case, we have only to compute 
backward 2200, 2300, and 2400 years from the year 
of our Lord 1866, and according to the epochs to 
which they respectively lead us, we shall be able to 
decide with some degree of probability which of 
these numbers is the true reading, and consequently 
from what era we are to date the vision of the ram 
and the he-goat. If then we compute backward 
2200 years from the year of our Lord 1866, we shall 
arrive at the year A.C. 334 ; if 2300 years from the 
same period, at the year A. C. 434 ; and if 2400 
years, at the year A. C. 534. All these dates, 
namely the years A. C. 334, 434, 534, fall within 
the period during which the ram continued stand-
ing upon the bank of the river ; for he stood there, 
as we have seen, from the first year of.Cyrus, or the 
year A. C. 586,to the murder of Darius in the year 
A.C.330,when the Persian monarchy was dissolved ; 
we must be guided, therefore, by circumstances in 
making our choice among them. The year A. C. 
Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
ferent epoch, he must have become satisfied of the 
insufficiency of the above reasoning. 
JAMES BATLEY FRERE ESQ. author of "A Coil-
bined View of the Prophecies," London, 1815 ; of 
"Eight Letters on the Prophecies,'' London, 1831., 
mand. Other information received goes to corrob-
borate the fact. 
These deserters state that the rebel loss is estimat-
mated at 10,000 in killed and wounded and missing. 
No material change has taken place in the position 
of the enemy. 
A contraband has arrived who left Richmond 
yesterday. He represents things there as in a terri-
ble state. No troops are in the city,excepting those 
doing guard duty, and attending to the sick and 
wounded, all being compelled to remain outside. 
There were no signs of evacuation, but on the con-
trary, everything goes to show a determined resist-
on the part of the rebels. 
The contraband also states that during the fight of 
Sunday the housetops and all the elevated positions 
were covered with people to witness the battle. Ev-
ery one was expecting to see our troops driven into 
the Chickahominy ; but when they saw the rebels 
running toward the city, the greatest consternation 
prevailed. Many of the inhabitants have crossed 
the James river, in expectation that the city would 
be occupied by our troops soon. 
It is reported that Gen. Magruder is going to re-
sign, having become disgusted with the rebel mili-
tary administration. 
Washington, June 4. The following dispatch 
was received this afternoon at the War Department: 
Gen. Halleck's Headquarters, June 4. 
Hon. E. M. Stanton Secretary of War 
Gen. Pope, with 40,000 men,is thirty miles south 
of Corinth, pushing the enemy hard. He already 
reports 10,000 prisoners and deserters from the en-
emy, and 15,000 stand of arms captured. Thous-
sands of the enemy are throwing away their arms. 
A farmer says that when Beauregard learned that 
Col. Elliott bad cut the railroad on his line of re-
treat, he became frantic, and told his men to save 
themselves the best way they could. We have cap-
tured nine locomotives and .a number of cars. One 
of the former is all ready and is running to-day. Sev-
eral more will be in running order in two or three 
days. The result is all I could possibly desire. 
(Signed) H. W. HALLECK, 
Major General Commanding. 
Chicago, June 4. A special dispatch from Ca-
iro : "Immediately on the occupation of Corinth, a 
force from Gen. Pope's division was sent in pursuit 
of such rebels as fled westward. 
Gen. Granger, in command of two regiments of 
cavalry, soon came on the rear of the enemy, six 
miles southwest of Corinth, and engaged in a fight. 
He lost 50 men, but was afterwards largely rein-
forced, when the rebels were surrounded. 
It isaid that from 5000 to 10,000 have been cap-
tured. A por tion of them have reached Pittsburg 
Landing, en route for Northern military prisons. 
At last accounts Gen. Pope was nine miles south-
west of Corinth, which point his whole corps had 
reached. 
The Mississippi Opened. 
Washington, June 8. 'Advices have been received 
from Com. Davis, at Memphis, announcing a battle 
between his fleet, aided by Ellet's ram flotilla, and 
the rebel fleet of eight gunboats and rams. The en-
gagement commenced at 5:30 on the morning of the 
6th inst., and ended at 7 A. M. in a running fight, 
the result of which was the capture or sinking of 
seven of the rebel fleet. One escaped by superior 
speed. Ellet, who is seriously but not dangerously 
wounded, is highly complimented for his gallantry 
and skill. 
Memphis surrendered immediately after the en-
gagement,and was placed under military authority. 
Washington, June 8. The following dispatch has 
been received at the Navy Department : 
"IT. S. Steamer Benton , 
Off Memphis, June 6, 1862. 
To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. 
Sir, I arrived here last evening at 9 o'clock, ac-
companied by the mortar fleet under Capt. Mayne-
. dier, the ordinance steamers, storeships, &c., and 
anchored a mile and a half above the city. This 
morning I discovered the rebel fleet, which had been 
reinforced ,and now consisted of eight rams and gun-
boats, lying at the levee. The engagement, which 
commenced at 5.30 A. M. and ended at 7 o'clock, 
terminated in a running fight. I was ably suppor-
ted by the ram fleet, under command of Col. Ellet, 
who was conspicuous for his gallantry, and is seri-
ously but not dangerously wounded. The result of 
the action was the capture or destruction of seven 
vessels of the rebel fleet, as follows : The General 
Beauregard, blown up and burned ; the General 
Sterling Price, one wheel carried away ; the Jeff. 
Thompson, set on fire by a shell and burned, and 
magazine blown up; the Sumter, badly cut up by 
shot, but will be repaired ; the Little Rebel, the 
boiler exploded by shot, and otherwise injured, but 
will be repaired. Besides this, one of the rebel boats 
was sunk in the beginning of the action ; her name 
is not known. 
A boat, supposed to be the Van Dorn, escaped 
from the fiotillia by her superior speed. Two rams 
are in pursuit of her. 
The officers and crews of the rebel boats endeav-
ored to take to the shore. Many of the wounded 
and prisoners are now in our hands. 
The Mayor surrendered the city to me after the 
engagemeut. Col. Fitch came down at 11 o'clock, 
and has taken military possession. 
(Signed) C. H. DAVIS, Flag Officer, 
Commanding pro tern. 
We have strong expectations of being able to an-
nounce in our next issue the occupation of Rich-
mond by the Union forces. 
Foreign News. 
Cape Race, June 6. Steamship City of Wash-
ington, from Liverpool May 28,and Queenstown 29, 
arrived off this point at 7 o'clock this evening. 
Steamers Southwick and Gladiator, from Nassau, 
with cotton, turpentine, &e., had arrived at Liver-
pool. 
The Sumter continued at Gibraltar and the Tus-
carora at Algeria. 
The Morning Post understands that the demand 
for the restitution of the Emily St. Pierre cannot be 
complied with, as no municipal law has taken cog-
nizance as yet of the three men who recaptured her 
as having committed an offense. Had an American 
crusier fallen in with the ship, it might have seized 
her, but there is no municipal law which can war-
rant the English Governments in giving her up, and 
it is, therefore, bound to refuse compliance with the 
request. 
The Times—in an editorial on the surrender of 
Norfolk, the destruction of the Merrimac, &c.—says 
the conquest of the South, so far as its waters are 
concerned, seems almost as complete as on the land. 
It says, however, that it is premature to speak of 
the Confederate power as altogether broken, and 
sees no signs of the end,no indication what that end 
will be. The Southerners may be beaten in battle, 
but they have immense territories into which to re-
treat. The surprise is not that the Confederates re-
treat, but that they make front at all. 
The Times thinks Gen. Butler's rule at New Or-
Icons exceedingly severe and harsh, and calculated 
to make the raising of the blockade there valueless. 
The Morning post is very bitter on Gen. Butler's 
proclamation, and says that not even the Austrians 
or Russians ever issued more sever decrees. 
The Post says if Davis and Beauregard can inflict 
defeat on the Federals,the independence of the South 
will be achieved. If they are overcome, the South 
may be considered vanquished. 
The Daily News regards the abandonment of Nor-
folk and the destruction of the Merrimac of great 
importance, as it proves the resignation of the Con-
federates of the contest on the sea.* 
Two ships are up for New Orleans at Liverpool. 
In the House of Lords Lord Brougham had called 
attention to the omission of Porto Rico in the new 
slave trade treaty. 
Lord Russell was unable to give explanations then, 
but said the American Government was most anx-
ious to co-operate for the suppression of the traffic, 
and Porto Rico might afterwards be included. 
Sir J. Parkinston had given notice in the House 
of Commons that he should call attention to the de-
struction of cotton at New Orleans, and the effect it 
would have on the English Manufacturers. He 
would at the same time ask if the government in-
tended to tale any steps toward mediation. 
Mr. Berkeley brought forward his annual motion 
in favor of the ballot, which was carried by 83 to 
50, amid loud cheers. Leave was given to bring in 
a bill on the subject. 
The Paris Petrie denies the rumors that France 
intends to withdraw from the Mexican expedition. 
It defends the course of France, condemns that of 
Spain, and in more moderate terms that of Eng-
land. 
General Goyon was created Senator on his return 
from Rome. 
It is rumored that Marshal Neil will go to Rome 
with full powers, political and military. 
The Journal De Rouen announces the discovery 
of a common wild plant which will enable manufac-
turers to dispense with American cotton. 
The Ministers of the Electoral of Ilesse have re-
solved to resign. 
Infant Believers. 
"Suffer little children and forbid them not to 
come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heav-
en." Matt. 19: 14. 
It was related, by a clergyman from Brooklyn N. 
Y., at one of the anniversary meetings in Boston,in 
May, 1852, of a little boy five years old, who had 
attended a mission Sunday School there for only a 
single sabbath, and had there learned only this one 
Scripture, that, being taken sick a few days subse-
quently, he asked for a testament to be brought to 
him and then,with his finger resting on this text, he 
fell asleep. His idea seemed to be that if Jesus 
should forget having made such a promise to little 
children, he might be able to find the passage and 
remind him of it. 
 
 
 
 
 
2. The broad basis of its platform is in entire har-
mony with that of the Albany Conference. And its 
position in respect to the departed and time of the 
advent is identical with that supposed in the above. 
It may be added farther, that this Conference is 
in entire harmony and fellowship with the Ameri-
can Evangelical Advent Conference" since formed. 
They mutually interchange by delegates to each 
others meetings, and extend to each other a mutual 
interchange of kindly sentiment. These two bodies 
jointly sustain the "American Millennial Assocai-
tion," by their gifts, votes, communications and 
prayers. And the Advent Herald is jointly support-
ed by,and the recognized organ of each body,—all the 
official doings of each being published in its columns, 
and both being equally instrumental in efforts to ex-
tend its circulation, and to sustain it by public 
countenance and private contribution. The Messi-
anic Conference is the reverse of intolerant. It 
holds its own opinions, on all questions of truth and 
duty, but wages no warfare, and indulges in no cen-
sure on others. Bro. Litch, its presiding officer, 
needs no cotnmendation of ours as a Christian gentle-
man,of enlarged and intelligent study, who is chari-
able and courteous towards all holding honest dif-
ferences of opinion. In hours of darkness and trial 
he has proved himself faithful among those found 
faithless, a wise counsellor, and a reliable friend. 
Our readers so well know him, that any eulogy of 
ours would be only the utterance of their own honest 
outgushings of confidence, esteem and approval. 
The position as to our present means of knowing 
the actual year in which the Lord will come, is the 
same as that introduced in our meeting at Newbury-
port and advocated by every speaker but two, two 
years since ; and it is that which the body of Adven-
tist have maintained for the last sixteen year. We 
have no fears that these brethren of ours will be per-
manently misapprehended, in respect either to their 
Millennial faith, or their kindly charity towards all 
who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, 
These remarks are not designed to forestall any 
reply from Bro. Litch, from whom our readers 
would like to hear. 
 
of "Three Letters on the Prophecies," London, 
1833, &c., writes as follows : 
"The action of the 'vision of the great Image, 
which embraces these times of the Gentiles, and de-
scribes its events, begins, similarly to all the other 
historical visions,frona the year when was seen,aud 
that year being D. C. 603, (as per marginal date, 
Dan. 2 : 1.) its first period of 2401 years terminated 
A. D. 1798 ; when the important epoch was marked 
by the overthrow of the civil Papal goverment in 
Rome, the capital of the last of the four Gentile 
monarchies, by the French arms, and the establish- 
ment of a republican government within it under 
their influence ; an event predicted by the third 
Apocalyptic vial of wrath. And the Jubilee period, 
thus beginning with the first fall of Rome in the 
year 1798,will terminate at the distance of 49 years 
from that time, viz. in the year 1847, with the rise 
Of Jerusalem, upon the first overthrow of the power 
of Rome at the battle of Armageddon." 
"The year 1847 is farther pointed out by the vis-
ion of the Ram and the He-goat as the epoch when 
Jerusalem will be cleansed from the pollution of the 
Mahometan superstition, as well as restored to po-
litical power. For a period of 2400 years, reckon- 
ing from B. C. 553, when the vision was seen (vide 
marginal date, Dan. 8: 1,) ends in that year ; and 
this I am fully assured was the correct and orignal 
reading of the period ; for as the action of the peri- 
od begins, like all other historical prophecies, from 
the time when it was seen, had it been only 2300 
years it would alreardy have terminated, and the 
sanctuary would have been cleansed A. D. 1747." 
Eight Letters on Proph. 27 1831. 
"In the expression 'that the end may be at the 
time appointed," we may well believe that referenee 
is also made to the sacred period of 7 times 7 times, 
7 times 7, or 2401 years, commencing B. C. 603, 
when on the first captivity of Judah, the vision re- 
lating to the times of the Gentiles, or to the four 
Gentile monarchies, was shown to King Nebuchaz-
zar, and ending at this very date, A. D. 1798. . . . 
And still further period of 7 times 7 years is ap- 
pointed for the final termination of the Gentile dis-
pensation, A. D. 1847 ; when Jerusalem will again 
become, as previously to her first captivity, the me-
tropolis of the whole world."—Three Letters, p. 52, 
1833. 
As it was not cleansed in 1847, Mr. Frere must 
change his position in respect either to this reading, 
of 2400 or to the date of its commencement. It 
would seem from the above that the 2401 years 
reckoned from B. C. 603, and the 2400 reckoned 
from B. C. 553, are considered by him as distinct 
periods—the former resulting simply from a com-
bination of numbers, and the latter from his read-
ing of the period in the 8th of Daniel. In refering 
to the former of these as the result of 49 times 49, 
Mr. Cunninghame says : 
"This period of 2401 years was first seen by Mr. 
Frere ; but I cannot discern any good reason for his 
computing it from B. C. 603, the supposed date of 
Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the Great Image, and 
making it terminate in the year 1798, when the 
French entered Rome.''—Fullness of Times (1836) 
p. 116. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The War. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Fort Wright," otherwise called "Fort Pillow," 
the stronghold of the remaining rebel fortifications 
on the Mississippi, is abandoned. 
Cairo, June 6. Fort Wright has been evacuated. 
We are now in possession. The flotilla has passed 
down to Fort Randolph, en route for Memphis. 
Washington, June 6. The following dispatch 
has been received at the War Department : 
"Cairo, June 6. The De Soto has arrived, di-
rect from Fort Pillow. Our forces occupy the fort. 
The enemy burnt everything. A number of guns 
were found. The large mortar had been destroyed. 
The gunboats have passed Fort Randolph." 
The following was received to-day at the Navy 
Department : 
Cairo, June 6. 
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy : 
The dispatch boat of last night reports the evacu-
ation of Fort Pillow, and its occupation by our 
troops. Most of the flotilla have passed below Ran-
dolph. 
(Signed) A. M. PENNOCK, Commander, &c. 
Cairo, June 6. There is yet some doubt whether 
our flotilla has passed Fort Randolph ,where the rebels 
are said to have taken the guns which they remov-
ed from the Fort above. They left only five or six 
guns. 
Before leaving Fort Wright they destroyed the 
barracks, camp equipage, gun coverings, and such 
stores as could not be transported. They also burn-
ed the cotton of which the breastworks were con-
structed. 
The flotilla cast off at 5 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing,and were followed by the transports carrying the 
4th Indiana regiment, Col. Fitch, who now occupy 
the works, which are said to be. of great strength, 
and if properly manned could have successfully resist-
ed a large force. 
The rebels, after leaving the fort, destroyed the 
pontoon bridge which they had constructed some 
weeks since over the Hatchie river. 
When the De Soto, which last arrived from the 
fleet, left, the gunboats had passed the fort and gone 
down the river. 
It is reported that the rebels have evacuated Fort 
Randolph. If this is the case, nothing can prevent 
the fleet from arriving at Memphis to-day. 
Paducah, June 6. Col. Noble, commanding at 
this post, with nearly his entire command, are un-
der marching orders for down the river, and will 
leave to-morrow. 
McClellan's Headquarters, June 6. Two desert-
ers, who came in this morning, state that General 
Joseph Johnson was seriously, if not mortally, 
wounded in the groin, by a minie ball, during the 
late battle, and that Gen. Smith is now in corn- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inquiries. 
Will brother Litch, please answer the following 
questions, which were suggested by the reading of 
the Advent Herald of May 31st. 
Is the Messianian Conference, which recently 
convened at Brandford, C. W., a new sect ; or are 
they adventists, the same as they were before, un-
der a new name ? 
Do they repudiate or hold to the platform 
established by the Albany Conference? 
Do they believe as brother Miller did in rela-
tion to the state of the dead and destiny of the wick-
ed ? 
Do they believe as brother Miller believed, in 
relation to definite time for the Lord's coming, say 
from the year 1844 to the day of his death, or as 
brother Himes has preached from the year 1844 to 
1859 or '60? 
I understand that the Messianians answer these 
questions in the affirmative. If I am incorrect,—
will brother Litch please to correct, and so oblige 
me and a multitude of Adventists. 
ANTHONY PEARCE. 
Providence, June 2. • 
We believe Bro. Litch fully competent to answer 
the forgoing inquiries ; but as we learn that there 
have been some wrong impressions in respect to the 
above, it may not be amiss to say in this connection. 
1. The Messianic Conference was organized in 
May or June, 1857—earlier than was the "Ameri-
can Millennial Association," or the "American 
Evangical Advent Conference ;" which did not com-
mence until November, 1858 ; and it was organized 
especially for missionary work, in what was empha-
tically a missionary field. And its members contin-
ue to be Adventist in every sense of the word. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
mincee.traan, 
THE ADVEN r HERALD. 
active service in the Lord's cause. 
In Fingal I enjoyed the hospitality of Bros. Cran-
dall, Lawrence, Lewis, Peerdel, and others, whom I 
shall not forget. 
Monday, April 7th. I took leave of Bro. Law- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
 
rence and family, and with Bro. Peerdel rode to St. 
Thomas, six miles, where I took the car for London, of counsel and good cheer to them. Preached in 
and stopped again at Bro. Morrill's. Here I re- the evening. Good attention, but no special result 
joined Bro. Simpson, who was to accompany me to in the awakening or conversion of souls. Yet I 
Townsend, the place of my next meeting. hope and earnestly pray that God will bless these 
This evening I attended the Wesleyan prayer efforts. Some will yet be brought to Christ by 
meeting in London. It was rather mechanical and 
stiff, though many who spoke enjoyed something of Sabbath, April 13. We have a pleasant day, 
In this departneent, articles are solicited, on the general the Sprit of God. But 0, how different from the good congregation, and the best attention to the 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over life and spirit of Mr. Wesley's time ! But we word. Gave three sermons. On inquiry I find that 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views should be glad of anything in this time of peril that some have been much blessed, and some deeply con-
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially savors of an effort to give or sustain spiritual life. victed of sin, and others convicted of the truth of 
 
Tuesday, April 8. In company with Bro. Situp- the Lord's speedy coming. So we do not " spend 
son, at an early hour, took leave of Bro. Morrill, our strength for nought." 
and started for Brantford, where we were to meet Monday, April 14. In company with Bro. 
Bro. Crooken, of Townsend. We called upon Bro. Crooken visited Simcoe, a town six miles distant. 
Charles Powley, and found Bro. C. waiting for us. Here I bad an invitation to give lectures ; but I 
Bro. Powley and family received me very cordially. could not comply at this time, as here I received 
He brought out a volume of the " Midnight Cry," letters from home making it important that I re-
published by me in 1843, which had been kept turn as speedily as practicable. My beloved flock, 
safely, and is still prized highly. I told him we for whom I had sought to make the best provision, 
had more light now ; that, in the twenty years since were now without a supply, — and Bro. hale, 
that publication was given to the world, we had whose health will not allow him to perform much 
*itnessed the fulfillment of prophecy and seen de- labor, is giving them one sermon on the Sabbath 
velopments which had given us greater light than day, as the best he can do for them till my return. 
we then ever expected to enjoy, both on the signs So I must fulfill the remaining engagements in Can-
and the prophetic periods. I handed him the two ada, and return. 
bound volumes of the " Voice of the Prophets," as 
containing the evidence of this fact. But, as at the 
late meeting of the " Messiah's " churches in that 
place the knowledge of the definite time was repudi-
ated,* I saw that his mind was closed against fur-
ther light, and the books were handed back, though 
he would have been welcome to them. But our call 
will have its uses for good. All God's people will 
yet see and enjoy the light on the time of Jesus' 
coming. " But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, 
that that day should overtake you as a thief." 
Taking leave of Bro. Powley and family, Bro. 
Crooken took us in his carriage over a rough and 
muddy road, in a cold, bleak, east wind, a distance 
of twenty miles, to his home in Townsend. The te-
diousness of the way was beguiled by good company 
and edifying discourse. At evening we found our-
selves seated by a good farm house fire, in the midst 
of Bro. Crooken's happy family. We felt entirely 
at home, in the best sense of the word. The cordial 
and happy greetings of this family I shall not soon 
forget. They had been acquainted with me for long 
years, by the press, and now their special desire was 
gratified to see my face in the flesh. I do not think 
I was ever more heartily welcomed in any family in 
all my travels. They are out and out Adventists. 
They stick by the old ship. They really and truly 
enjoy " this blessed hope," and receive with joy all 
the light that God has given on the time of His 
coming. 
Wednesday, April 9. Rose refreshed, and pre-
pared for my work. Commenced our meetings in a 
new and commodious school-house. Had good at-
tendance, and the people seem to receive the truth 
without opposition, and even with much interest 
and approbation. 
Thursday, April 10. Full house and best atten-
tion. But, while many were endeavoring by close 
attention to get every word, I perceived that a num-
ber of these persons were slaves to the " filthy 
weed," and were (by a free expectoration) in a fair 
way, if they did not spit away their own lives, to 
endanger the life and happiness of others, by a flood 
of the juice of tobacco. The noise of incessant 
squirting, and the filthiness of the floors in conse-
quence, I must say were not very agreeable to my 
sense of purity, health, or comfort. But my hear-
ers, and that portion of them who were engaged in 
grinding " the weed," were not aware of the excess 
of their habits and of their improprieties in the 
house of God, until I came to that part of my sub-
ject which related to abstinence from all that intox-
icates, or gives to the body or mind an unnatural 
excitement ; that it was not for the glory of God, 
nor the health or happiness of any human being to 
use either in eating, drinking, or smoking narcotics 
or stimulants of any kind. This interference with 
the habits of my hearers produced some excitement, 
as I intended it should, the results of which proved 
in the end to be good. The school-mistress was es- 
pecially grateful, as the floor'of the house from this 
time was less filthy than before. 
Friday, April 11. Had a call to-day from Bro. 
Gates, who introduced me to Eld. Flanders, of 
Brantford. He is one of the Elders of Messiah's 
Church, and was brought into the Advent faith un-
der the labors of Father Chapman. He invited me 
to call on him and preach among his people at any 
convenience. He appeared kind and liberal, and 
our interview was a pleasant one. 
Saturday, April 12. Visited some of the families 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
and friends to-day at their homes, and spoke words state of things they wrote, entreating me to visit 
JOSHUA V. IIIMES. 
* Has any fresh evidence been given to the church 
and world with regard to the exact period of our 
Lord's second advent ? After a full discussion of 
the subject a resolution was passed, that " no fresh 
light has been given for a reliable period."—Report 
of Conference in Herald of May 31st. 
 41116mannft 
From Bro. Samuel Chapman. 
HOMER, N. Y., Sunday, June 1st, 1862. 
BRO. BLISS : — When I wrote last, dating Spring-
water, March 15th, it afforded me pleasure to speak 
of the refreshing season we had enjoyed there during 
the past winter : the prosperity of the little church 
in that place, its increase in numbers (namely from 
thirty to sixty members), and the removing of much 
prejudice from the minds of the people. Well, I 
remained there a few days longer, and on the fol-
lowing Sabbath, after preaching and many warm 
exhortations, we took an affectionate leave of each 
other. With the converts it was rather hard part-
ing ; yet we were mutually cheered with the pros-
pect of soon meeting again where parting and sor-
rowing will be known and felt no more. 
On Wednesday, the 19th of March, I left for 
Woodhull, Steuben Co., some fifty miles south, to 
meet a respectful call from Wm. W. Colvin, a 
young minister of much promise, who was provi-
dentially in Springwater and heard Advent preach-
ing several times during the past winter, became 
interested in the doctrine we taught, and was anxious 
to hear more on the subject. His wife was also 
present, and she received the doctrine understand-
ingly. When I arrived at Woodhull I found them 
both at home and manifestly glad to see me, and 
desired me to preach in their house of worship. 
But learning that a protracted meeting, conducted 
by the Methodists and Presbyterians, was then in 
progress near by, it did not seem courteous nor ju-
dicious for us to commence another just then. So, 
greatly to my own disappointment as well as theirs, 
I tarried but two or three days with them. During 
that time, however, we had much preaching by the 
fireside, which was by no means in vain, fur sister 
C. was greatly comforted, and, as I was about to 
leave, her husband took me by the hand and said : 
" Bro. Chapman, I shall hereafter preach the Advent 
doctrine." He then, faithful to his promise, fur-
nished horse and cutter and kindly conveyed me to 
Spring Mills, Allegheny Co., twenty-five miles fur-
ther south. 
There I met a cordial reception, by Bro. and sis-
ter Evans, with whom I had been intimately ac-
quainted since '48. After spending a day or two 
with them, arranging matters for a meeting at the 
Academy on the Sabbath, notifying the people, etc., 
Bro. E. kindly conveyed me six, eight, and ten 
miles, in various directions, to visit the isolated 
brethren and sisters (most of whom were my own chil-
dren in the gospel). This was mutually pleasant 
and manifestly profitable, for by the word and Spirit 
of God we were enabled greatly to " strengthen the 
things which remained." Rev. 3 : 2. The prom-
ising church that we established in Wileyville, six 
miles from Spring Mills, on my return from the 
" far west " in Feb. '56, then numbering thirty-six 
members (twenty-two of whom had received bap-
tism at my hands), had been visited by a Judaizing 
teacher, was distracted, divided, and finally de-
stroyed ; and a new church, of his own sect, estab-
lished upon its ruins. For two years after its or-
ganization that church adhered strictly to their 
rules and regulations, and its members were at per-
fect peace and harmony with each other. During 
that time they maintained a aegular correspondence 
with me by letter, which greatly cheered my heart, 
and reminded me of the Apostle's words addressed 
to the church at Thessalonica, " Now we live, if ye 
stand fast in the Lord." let Thee. 3 : 8. Then 
some differences of opinion on certain doctrines be-
gan to prevail among them, and disturb that union 
and fellowship which had hitherto existed. In this 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
MY JOURNAL. 
TOUR IN CANADA WEST, CONTINUED. 
Monday, March 24. Bro. Simpson took me to 
Fingal. We stopped on the way at Bro. J. Ben- 
dan's and dined, and also called upon his brother, 
who has been confined to his room for twenty years, 
and for many years to his bed. He has no use now 
of his limbs at all ; but his sight, hearing, and rea- 
son are perfectly good. He is a Bible student, and 
well booked up on the signs of Jesus' coming, and 
the prophetic periods ; and lie expects to live to see 
the Saviour come. We sung and prayed with him, 
and enjoyed a heavenly season ; and then pursued 
our journey, and arrived at Fingal in the evening. 
We put up with Elder Crondall, with whom I had 
met before, at Wellington Square. We were very 
kindly welcomed by Elder C. and fitmily ; but soon 
learned that all the places of public worship were 
closed against us, and that a carpenter's shop had 
been opened, by a widow lady, for the meeting. I 
found it rudely fitted up, and filled to repletion with 
an anxious and intelligent audience. 1 had a blessed 
season in proclaiming the gospel of the carpen- 
ter's son," and felt it was a fitting place to preach 
his gospel. Being formerly a mechanic, and having 
plenty of work, I felt quite at home. 
I continued the service for two weeks, preaching 
and expounding the scriptures concerning the king-
dom of God, every afternoon and evening, and three 
times on the Sabbath, to crowded audiences. God 
poured His Spirit upon us, and revived His people, 
" restored the joys of His salvation " to many back-
sliders, and converted others from among the world. 
We had a glorious and refreshing time. A church 
was gathered, the carpenter's shop was purchased 
to be fitted into a chapel, and this truly interesting 
people resolved to sustain public meetings regularly, 
as Adventists, and to hold forth the truth on the 
coming kingdom to the best of their ability, with or 
without preaching. They are united, and have 
ability to sustain themselves, and, with a good 
preacher, would prosper and increase. They have 
no sympathy from the churches, as such, who closed 
their doors against the Advent doctrine ; and, of 
course, I had none from the teachers, although 1 did 
from many of their best members, who took hold 
with us and were greatly blessed. Bros. Simpson, 
Crondall, and Fairchild rendered me every assist-
ance. Our meeting was a triumphant one from the 
beginning to the end. The Lord was with us in-
deed. 
The last Sabbath in Fingal was one that we shall 
long remember. The house was thronged all day, 
with happy and interested audiences ; besides, we 
had a glorious time at the baptismal waters, and in 
the breaking of bread in the evening. Sonic who 
partook of the supper were among the oldest saints, 
and yet they said they had never attended or enjoyed 
so glorious a season before at the communion. 
The state of public feeling in this place, and also 
generally in Canada, is very kind and favorable to 
the people of the United States, now engaged in 
putting down rebellion. I gave a lecture on the 
origin and cause of the rebellion, and the determina-
tion of the North to maintain the government and 
territory, which was well received. Only the aris-
tocrats, who wish our government to be broken up, 
give any sympathy to the rebels. But the people 
of Canada, yes, and of all Britain and the British 
Provinces, are with us in sympathy and good-will. 
While at Fingal, I spent a day with the brethren 
in the Berdan neighborhood, six miles out, and 
preached twice at the house of Bro. Samuel Bendan, 
the invalid brother whom I visited on the way. I 
spoke, at his request, on the time of the advent, of 
which he is a full believer. God has been gracious 
to him, and given him much light, and rich commu-
nications of his love. There are a few Adventists in 
this place, but they are not much awake to the 
great cause. They need a meeting like that at 
Fingal, to cheer them and bring them out into an 
them ; and, feeling a deep interest in their welfare, 
I heeded the call, though at considerable expense 
and inconvenience to myself. They all, to appear-
ance, received me gladly ; and, being anxious to 
hear preachipg, we entered directly upon a protracts 
" the word," and " out of season " was faithful to 
" reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all longsuffer-
ing and doctrine." 2d Tim. 4 ; 2. And the result 
was they began to confess their wrongs, harmony 
was again restored, the church was revived, and sev-
eral precious souls converted five of whom received 
baptism at my hands and united with the church. 
Then we attended to the Lord's Supper, and it was 
a heavenly season. Before I left them, allusion was 
made to what they had suffered by departing from 
their written rules. It was proposed, therefore, 
that they renew their covenant obligations with each 
other, abandon those distracting theories, and there-
after strive for peace among themselves. A vote 
was taken, and the whole church readily responded 
thereto. Then I left them, being much encouraged 
and truly thankful that in the providence of God I 
had again visited Wileyville. 
After this everything went on in harmony until 
some two years since, when this J udaizer came 
among them, with what he denominated " the third 
angel's message," admonishing them to abandon 
what they had esteemed as the Christian Sabbath, 
and thereafter, instead thereof, observe the seventh 
day ; was very ultra in propogating, by books and 
otherwise, his " death theory," and other distract-
ing notions ; classing all the religious sects, of what-
ever name, that rejected his special message, as 
having upon them " the mark of the beast," and 
must of course be lost. Thus he continued the effort 
until he completed his work of destruction. And 
now I had almost said, in the language of the Apos-
tles respecting Alexander the coppersmith, " The 
Lord reward him according to his works ; " but on 
reflection 1 perceive that I am not inspired, as he 
was. How much this looks like Judaism in the 
Apostles' days. False teachers then claimed salva-
tion by keeping the law, and not through the atone-
ment of Christ, saying, " Except ye be circumcised, 
after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved ; " 
" to whom the Apostles gave no such command-
ments." See Acts 15 : 1, 24. Just so iu the case 
before us : " Except ye keep the seventh day, after 
the manner of the Jews, ye cannot be saved." 
Learning these particulars while at Spring Mills, 
I settled the question in my own mind that I would 
not visit Wileyville at all ; for I had already spent 
time enough there in vain. During my stay at 
Bro. Evans, however, more than a dozen of that 
people called there and spent hours with me, and 
on leaving they urged me to visit Wileyville, but I 
gave them no encouragement. On the Sabbath the 
presiding officer and others of that once Advent 
church were with us at the Academy, and seemed 
edified with the preaching, and insisted on my visit-
ing them and preaching there. In reply 1 said : 
" When you seee your error in abandoning the sol-
emn covenant to which you so cheerfully subscribed 
when I was with you, and manifest a disposition to 
renew your covenant with God and with each other, 
then I will visit you and try to do you good ; but 
until then you cannot reasonably expect any more 
help from me." They left me feeling sad. And 
God only knows what were my feelings on parting 
thus, even with some of my own children in the 
gospel. The Lord overrule it to their spiritual 
good, is my most earnest prayer. Bro. and sister 
E. seemed to think this might produce more lasting 
good than another visit there would have accom-
plished. 
We had a good gathering at the Academy on 
Sunday, and many hearts were comforted. After 
spending two weeks in that section I left Allegheny, 
and came east some two hundred miles, to Chenango 
Co. Spent about three weeks preaching some and 
visiting much among the isolated brethren and sisters 
in Oxford, Norwich, and Preston ; and found it 
profitable — but have no time or room for particu-
lars. 
From Norwich, Friday, April 15, I came to Mc-
Donough, fifteen miles west. Being anxious to see 
the little church there all together on the Sabbath, 
I took pains on Saturday to visit them from house 
to house ; and on the Sabbath we had a fine gather-
ing, and all seemed to feast on the word. Expect-
ing to make but short tarry there, we appointed 
the next Sunday fur preaching and the Lord's sup-
per, designing it as a farewell season. In the early 
part of the week Bro. Beckwith took me to Limit-
lean, twenty miles north, to visit "father Judson" 
and some others in that section. Father Judson's 
health is much improved. Had a good time with 
the friends there, and returned to McDonough in 
time fur their weekly Thursday evening meeting. 
On the Sabbath we bad a full house. Two brethren 
were in from Preston, and father J. from L., ten or 
them. Our labor shall not be in vain in the Lord. ed effort. " In season for preaching " I gave them 
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twenty miles off. It was a memorable day. I then 
appointed Thursday evening for my farewell dis 
course. The house was full. After preaching many 
spoke with lively interest, protracting the service to 
a late hour. I then took my leave of the friends, 
expecting to start from their place in the morning 
After breakfast the horse and baggy were at the 
door, waiting for me, and my baggage all in. I bade 
the family farewell, and was in the act of stepping 
into the buggy, when Bro. Beckwith discovered tha 
some repairs on it were indispensable before leav-
ing. Having taken my leave of his family,I said to 
him, then I will call at the next house, and tarry 
till you come along. As I was nearing the house a 
lady, who for some time had been quite serious and 
the subject of many prayers, met me at the gate, 
saying : "1 believe, Eld. C., the Lord has forgiven 
my sins, and if you were not obliged to leave imme-
diately, I should like to be baptized before you go." 
About this time Bro. B. drove up, saying : "Come, 
Bro. C., step in.',' Yes, Bro. B., I replied ; but 
turn around first, for I have decided not to leave 
McDonough to-day. So we agreed on the next 
Sabbath for baptizing. 
0 ur evening meetings through the week were in-
teresting, and on the Sabbath a full house again. 
Our two brethren from P. were present again, and 
others from a distance. Besides our ordinary ser-
vices, I had the pleasure of baptizing two happy 
souls ; after which we celebrated the Lord's Sup-
per the second time. It was a day of particular joy 
to some, especially to the companion of one and the 
friends of each candidate. The evening service was 
also interesting ; at the close of which we appointed 
Tuesday evening for another farewell meeting. Be-
fore we separated one of the brethren from Preston 
(a Baptist Bro.) expressed an ardent wish that I 
go to his place and preach the Advent doctrine, be-
ing confident that his minister would receive me 
cordially. I said in reply, I very much doubted it, 
Bro. Child, but go home and enquire of your min-
ister, and if you obtain consent for me to occupy 
his desk, meet us here on Tuesday evening, in-
form me to that effect, and I will return with 
you to P. the next morning. The evening ar-
rived and we had a full house ; at the close of the 
service, which was at a late hour again, Miss C., a 
school teacher, not only educated, but Well inform-
ed on the Scriptures, who had been considerably 
prejudiced against the views we hold, very truthful-
ly said, " well, bro. C., I must confess that the best 
of the wine has been kept till the last of the feast." 
Our Preston Bro. was present, and took part in the 
service. As we were about to retire he came to me 
with a sad countenance, and remarked, " we can't 
get the Baptist church, Bro. Chapman, but the 
Universalists say you may occupy theirs, if you 
come to Preston." To relieve the anxious mind of 
our Bro. I said directly, "you have succeeded Bro. 
C. better than I expected, and I will return with 
you in the morning." 
The next day we were there, ten miles east of 
McDonough, in time to circulate the notice through 
the school and otherwise,and on Thursday evening we 
had a rush to hear the stranger and his strange doe-
trine,and respectful attention was given to the word. 
The next evening not so many in ; but on the Sabbath 
we had our full share of the people, notwithstanding 
an effort was made by some to keep them away. Bro. 
Child proved to have some influence with his breth-
ren and Bro. Barr (the other young convert to the 
faith) with his. The latter is the leader of a Metho-
dist class there, and he had them all in. Our sub- 
ject in the P. M. was Matt. 24th. Text : Tell us 
when shall these things be, and what shall be the 
sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world ? 
and Jesus answered," (all the 3d and part of the 
4th verse). I had great liberty in speaking, and 
for better attention I could not ask. At the close 
of the service, our two brethren were faithful to en 
quire of their respective classes, "How do you like 
the preaching?" "What do you think of this ?" etc. 
And they were much gratified to hear many say, 
"We have been interested," and others, "It is all 
Bible, and who can complain of that ?" Several 
came to me as I was about to leave the house, and 
though strangers,gave me the parting hand, saying, 
"We have been instructed on the Scriptures to-day. 
You have made it clear to our understanding," etc. 
Bros. C. and B. were comforted by the word, and 
greatly encouraged by seeing so much prejudice re- 
moved from the mind of others. The next day Bro. 
Barr took me back to McDonough, where I spent a 
day or two with the friends very pleasantly. On 
'Wednesday evening all came together for another 
(the third) farewell meeting, and we had an interest 
Jog time. After preaching, the brethren and sisters 
spoke as usual. Had the church covenant read, and 
her number enlarged, increasing it to between 30 and 
40Pmembers - a united and devoted people, look- 
ing with joyful hope, expecting deliverance soon. 
Eld. II., the Baptist minister there, is still in the 
faith. He met and mingled with us in worship. 
To be continued. 
Married, in North Attleboro', Mass., June 4, by 
Eld. C. Cunningham, Mr. CHARLES H. WOOD and 
Miss MARY E. FRENCH, both of Attleboro'. 
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them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
THE GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have usedyour 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom- 
mend it to be. 
J. V. DIMES. ' 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
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country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
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For sale at this office. 
Dn. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : a great cure for colds and 
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DR. DITCH'S ANTI-Bnacirs Prn-sic. As a gentle purga-
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CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT could go and play in those beautiful pud- 
dles, it would amuse me a hundred times 
" FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. more than all my elegant presents." 
So, you see, real enjoyments are not al-
ways the most costly, and that the chil- 
BOSTON. JUNE 14, 1862. 
dren of the rich are debarred from. — Am. 
Mess. 
The Power of Ideas. 
The following touching and felicitous 
illustration of the power of ideas was given 
by Wendell Philips, in a public speech in 
New York : — 
I was told to-day a story so touching in 
reference to this that you must let me tell 
it. It is a temperance case, but it will il- 
lustrate this just as well. A mother, on the 
green hills of Vermont, was holding by the 
right hand a son, sixteen years old, mad 
with love of the sea. And as she stood by 
the garden gate, one morning, she said :—
" Edward, they tell me --- for I never saw 
the ocean — that the great temptation of a 
seaman's life is drink. Promise me, before 
you quit your mother's hand, that you will 
not drink." " And," said he — for he told 
me the story — " I gave her the promise; 
and I went the broad globe over, Calcutta, 
and the Mediterranean, San Francisco, the 
Cape of Good Hope, the North Pole and 
the South. I saw them all in forty years, 
and. I never saw a glass filled with spark-
ling liquor, that my mother's form by the 
garden gate, on the green hillside of Ver-
mont, did riot rise before me ; and to-day, 
at sixty, my lips are innocent of the taste 
of liquor." Was not that sweet evidence 
of the power of a single word 7 
Yet that 
was not half. " For," said he, " yester-
day, there came into my counting-room a 
man of forty years, and asked me, ` Do 
you know me ?' No. I Well,' said he, 
I was once brought drunk into your pres-
ence, on shipboard; you were a passenger; 
the captain kicked me aside; you took me 
to your berth, and kept me there until I 
had slept off the intoxication. You then 
asked me if I had a mother. I said 1 had 
never known a word from her lips. You 
told me of yours at the garden gate, and 
to-day I am master of one of the finest 
packets in New York ; and I came to ask 
you to call and see me." How far that 
little candle throws its beams ! That moth- 
er's word, on the green hillside of Vermont ! 
0, God be thanked for the mighty power 
of a single -word ! 
"It was my Brother's." 
While passing rapidly up King street, 
we saw a little boy seated on a curbstone. 
Playing in the Puddles. He was apparently five or six years old, 
On the birth-day of Napoleon Charles, and his well-combed hair, clean hands and 
son of Louis Napoleon and Hortense, a face, bright though well-patched apron, 
child whom the Emperor Napoleon meant and whole appearance, indicated that he 
to make his heir, he and his mother were was the child of a loving though indulgent 
seated at a window in the palace which mother. As we looked at him closely, we 
opened upon the garden avenue. A heavy were struck with the heart-broken expres-
shower had fallen, and the avenue was sion of his countenance, and the marks of 
full of pools of water. A group of bare- recent tears pn his cheeks. So, yielding to 
Rioted children were out there wading in an impulse which always leads us to sym-
the water, and playing with little chip pathize with the joys or sorrows of the 
boats. The young prince was richly dress- little ones, we stopped, and putting a hand 
ed, a in splendid hall, and surrounded by upon his head, asked what was the mat-
his elegant and costly birth-day presents, ter. He replied by holding up his open 
turned carelessly away from his toys, and hand, in which we beheld the fragments 
watched .the children with eager interest. of a broken tiny toy — a figure of a cow. 
"So then, my son," said his mother, "0, is that all? Well, never mind it. Step 
" you are not grateful to your parents." into the toy-shop and buy another," and 
" 0, yes," replied the young prince, we dropped a fourpence into his hand. 
" but I am so used to toys. Look at those " That will buy one, will it not?" " 0, 
little boys, mamma." 
yes," replied he, bursting into a paroxysm 
" Do you wish for money to give them?" of grief, " but that was little brother Torn-
" Papa gave me enough this morning." my's, and he is dead." 
" Well, what ails you, my child? what The wealth of the world could not have 
do you want ?" 
supplied the vacancy that the breaking of 
" 0," said the young prince, hesitating- that toy had left in his little heart. It was 
, "I know you won't let me, but if I Tommy's, and he was dead. 
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that Association, to its charitable uses and purposes." 
MESSIAH'S CHURCH, in New York, worship in the Chap-
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A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The "American Millennial Association,"located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
From the Lade Pilgrim. 
Christ and the Little Ones. 
" The master has come over Jordan," 
Said Hannah, the mother, one day ; 
" He is healing the people who throng him, 
With a touch of his finger, they say." 
" And now I shall carry the children, 
Little Rachel, and Samuel, and John; 
I shall carry the baby, Esther, 
For the Lord to look upon." 
The fattier looked at her kindly, 
But he shook his head and smiled; 
" Now who but a doting mother 
Would think of a thing so wild'!" 
"If the children were tortured by demons, 
Or dying of fever, 'twere well ; 
Or had they the taint of the leper, 
Like many in Israel." 
" Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan, 
I feel such a burden of care, —
If 1 carry it to the Master 
Perhaps I shall leave it there. 
" If he Jay His hand on the children, 
My heart will be lighter I know, 
For a blessing' forever and ever 
Will follow them as they go." 
So over the hills of Judah, 
Along by the vine-rows green, 
With Esther asleep on her bosom, 
And Rachel her brothers between ; 
'Mong the people who hung on His teach- 
Or waited His touch and His word, 
Through the row of proud Pharisees lis-
tening, 
She pressed to the feet of the Lord. 
" Now why should'st thou hinder the Mas-
ter," 
Said Peter, "with children like these? 
Seest not how from morning till evening 
He teacheth, and healeth disease " 
Then Christ said : " Forbid not the chil-
dren, 
Permit them to come unto me !" 
And He took in his arms little Esther, 
And Rachel He set on His knee ; 
And the heavy heart of the mother 
Was lifted all earth-care above, 
As He laid His hands on the brothers, 
And blest them with tenderest love ; 
As He said of the babes in His bosom, 
" Of such are the kingdom of heaven," — 
And strength for all duty and trial 
That hour to her spirit were given. 
JULIA GILL. 
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A. M. ASSOCIATION,—The Standing Committee of the 
American Millennial Association will Inild their regular 
quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 1, 1862, 10 A. M. at 
46 1-2 Kneeland street, Boston, Mass. 
J. LITCH, Pres't. 
F. GUNNER, Rec. Say. 
Lord willing, I will preach in Champlain, N. Y., June 
15th ; and 22d where the brethren may appoint. 
D. T. TAYLOR. 
I shall commence a series of meetings in Melbourne, C. 
E., Wednesday, June 18, and continue over the Sabbath, 
or longer ; and shall visit Danville, and other places in 
the vicinity, as the door may open. My P. 0. address will 
be Boston, Mass., till the 15th of June, and after that 
Melbourne, C. E., till the 25th. Those wishing lectures 
on the signs and time of the nearness of the personal ad-
vent of Christ will address me without delay. J. V. H. 
NOTICE. 
Elder HAWES, who for six years has been preaching for 
the Bethel Church in this city, has resigned his charge, 
and is now free to visit any field of labor that may need 
his services. He preaches the first and-second Sabbaths 
in June at Newburyport, Mass. ; June 10th and 11th at 
Salem, Mass. ; 12th and 13th at South Reading. Elder 
Hawks may be addressed Providence. L. OSLER. 
Providence, May 28, 1862. 
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