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AN EVENING HYMN. 
BY BISHOP HEBER. 
Creator of the starry frame, 
Light of the souls that trust in thee, 
Jesus ! Redeemer of mankind, 
To thee we call, on bended knee. 
Thou, when the tempter's arts prevail, 
Did hasten down with tears of love, 
To shield and save a ruined world, 
With wealth and peace from heaven above. 
Exalted now, thy glorious power 
Extends through all immensity ; 
And saints in heaven, and fiends in hell, 
Bow at thy name with trembling knee. 
To thee, 0 Judge of all, we look ; 
Grant us thy heavenly help, we pray ; 
Guide us in lite, and guard in death, 
And shield us in the judgment day. 
For thine the glory is and power, 
Eternal Sire, eternal Son ; 
Eternal Spirit, thine the praise, 
The One in Three, the Three in One. 
"Glory be unto God, 
In the highest," 
Amen, hallelujah. 
From the World's Crisis. 
The Hope. 
"Because that for the hope of Israel I am 
bound with this chain."—Acts 28 : 20. 
What is the hope of Israel ? The promises of 
God made to the Fathers that they should inher-
it the earth, and the Son of David, the Lord Je-
sus, would reign king over the house of Israel 
forever. And they "all died in faith," believ-
ing the promises of God. Their only hope was 
is a resurrection from among the dead. When 
living they preached this glorious gospel of the 
kingdom. Paul tells his brethren that the gos-
pel was preached to them as well as to us. The 
gospel is a chain of promises ; and our glorious 
hope is fastened to this great chain, which is like 
an anchor to the soul, "sure and steadfast." 
Paul calls this hope a "blessed hope." It is a 
blessed hope ; for the pure in heart will see God. 
Paul says, "Christ in you the hope of glory." 
Surely this is our best bower or anchor. In con-
nection with this hope is the glorious appearing 
of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Paul standing before Agrippa says, "Now I 
stand and am judged for the hope of the promise 
made of God unto our Fathers ;" then goes on to 
say, "Why should it be thought a thing incredi- 
ble with you that God should raise the dead ?" 
Ezekiel said that the only hope for Israel was, 
that God would raise them from their graves 
and bring them into their own land. The proph-
et Joel says, "The Lord will be the hope of his 
people" when "the heavens and the earth shall 
shake." David says, "My flesh shall rest in 
hope." Paul says, "Unto Abraham and his 
seed were the promises made." After God had 
promised the whole land of Canaan to Abraham 
and his seed, he gives them the covenant of cir-
cumcision in his flesh. Paul calls it "a seal of 
the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet 
being uncircumcised ; that he might be the fath-
er of all that believe." Paul says that "Jesus 
Christ was a minister of the circumcision, . . 
to confirm the promises made unto the fathers." 
Christ says he was "the truth and the life," and 
the "only way" whereby men could be saved ; 
and they that climb up some other way, are 
thieves and robbers. 
The apostle says that Christ has "redeemed 
us from the curse of the law . . . that the bless-
ing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles 
through Jesus Christ." He commissioned his 
disciples to go and preach the gospel to all the 
world ; "he that believeth and is baptized shall 
be saved ; and he that believeth not shall be 
damned." And they went everywhere preach-
ing the word. And "so mightily grew the word 
of God and prevailed." When Paul and Silas 
came to the city of Thessalonica, and reasoned 
with them out of the Scripture that Christ must 
needs have suffered and risen again from the dead, 
the unbelieving "Jews, moved with envy, . . . . 
set all the city on an uproar." And the rulers 
cried out that they had "turned the world up-
side down." Iron chains, boiling oil, scourges, 
whips and rods, starvation, and all other tor-
tures, could not stop them from preaching the 
gospel. The closer they were chained up, the 
louder they would sing ; and their sound, like 
the prophets, went into all the earth. They 
were happy while bound with their chains. Paul 
and Silas when cast into prison, and their feet 
put in another prison, were so happy they sung 
praises to God when everybody else was asleep. 
Brethren, it is far better to be bound with Paul's 
iron chain for Christ's sake, than to be led cap-
tive by the devil with a gold one. 
JORDAN. 
From the Millennial News. 
The Coming of Christ. 
"Evidences of our approaching the Saturday 
evening of the world's long week multiply on ev-
ery side : the shadows of twilight begin to gath-
er from every point of the horizon, and hence the 
cry should become more imminent, urgent, and 
emphatic than ever : 'The Bridegroom cometh ; 
go ye out to meet him.' "—Dr. Gumming. 
"Beloved brethren, the bridegroom cometh ! 
Awake ! Awake ! The earth must soon be dis-
solved, and the heavens must melt ! Awake ! 
Awake ! 0 Holy Spirit, arouse us all, and keep 
us awake."—Spurgeon. 
The question is being urged with growing ear- 
nestness, "Watchman,what of the night ? Watch-
man, what of the night ?" And the reply may 
be given without hesitancy, "The morning corn-
eth, and also the night if ye enquire, enquire 
ye : return, come." The indications of coming 
blessedness and woe are too pally and too sure 
to leave ground for a rational doubt. We be-1 
lieve that the present dispensation is fast, very 
fast, nearing its close, and the Son of man isl 
about to appear the second time, and therefore 
we thus speak, hoping that others will be arous-
ed to these solemn matters, and faithfully warn 
their fellow-men of the things which are coming 
on the earth. 
We may remark that we have the same gen-
eral evidences which have for several years cre-
ated in our minds this conviction,—such, for in-
stance, as the long absence of Christ,—the ad-
vanced ageof the world,—the fulfi llment of proph-
ecy, and the apparent termination of the proph-
etic periods about the present time. These things 
when fully examined present a strong array of 
proof that the great consummation is nigh at 
hand. 
But evidence is constantly augmenting. We 
refer especially to the signs of the times. Many 
are running to and fro, and knowledge is in-
creasing, the gospel is being preached as a wit-
ness unto all nations,—iniquity abounds, and 
the love of many waxes cold, evil men and se-
ducers are waxing worse and worse, deceiving 
and being deceived,--the days are evil,—they 
are mote and more like the days of Noah and 
Lot ; and such they are to be in connection with 
the Second Advent. The signs of the times, too, 
are very striking in the state of the nations. 
The governments of earth are perplexed, and 
most of them are in a very sad and distressed 
condition ; yea, the whole world is a troubled 
and stormy sea. All things admonish us that 
we are in a whirl of closing events. 
May we and our readers be ready for the great 
and solemn future. 
The Cave of Machpelah. 
VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. 
The Mosque of Hebron is said to be built over 
"the cave in the field of Machpelah, which Abra-
ham bought for a possession of a burying-place of 
Ephron the Hitttite." This is one of the best au-
thenticated sacred places in the Holy Land,but no 
European has been allowed to enter the Mosque 
within the last 600 years. Two persons are 
said to have entered it by stealth. The follow-
ing account of the recent visit of the Prince of 
Wales and his suite, by permission of the Turk-
ish Government, will be read with deep interest 
by all Biblical scholars. It is taken from the 
London Times : 
Jerusalem, April 9. 
"You, and many others, will doubtless take 
a deep interest in hearing that the entrance of 
the Prince into the Mosque of Hebron has been 
effected. I will not trouble you with the long 
negotiations which preceded the event. Mr. 
Finn, the English Consul at Jerusalem, had 
prepared the way by requesting an order from 
the Porte for this purpose. The Vizierial let-
ter, which was sent instead of a Firman, left the 
matter to the discretion of the Governor of Je-
rusalem. The Governor, as long as he could, 
refused to take upon himself the responsibility 
of a step which had hitherto no precedent, even 
in the visits of royal personages. By the min-
gled firmness and moderation of General Bruce 
in representing the Prince's wishes, and, I must 
add, through the adroitness of our interpreter, 
Mr. Noel Moore, the Governor's reluctance was 
at last overcome ; and, on condition that the 
Prince should be accompanied only by a very 
small number, he consented to guarantee the safe 
inspection of all that was accesible to Mussul-
mans themselves. On this understanding the 
Prince and his suite proceeded to Hebron. We 
were joined by Dr. Rosen, well known to trav-
ellers in Palestine from his profound knowledge 
of sacred geography, and in this instance doubly 
valuable as a companion from the special atten-
tion which he has paid to the topography of 
Hebron and its neighborhood. On our arrival 
we found that the Governor had made every pre-
paration for the safety of the experiment. The 
approach to the town was lined with troops ; 
guards were stationed on the housetops. The 
royal party, which, by the final arrangement of 
the Governor, comprised the members of the 
Prince's immediate suite, was conducted by a 
body of soldiers up to the entrance of the sacred 
enclosure. It is possible that these preparations 
were caused by excess of caution. In point of 
fact, there was no appearance of disaffection on 
the part of the population, beyond their absence 
from the streets as we passed ; nor was there 
the slightest overt act of hostility or insult. 
"You, who know the spot so well, will have 
followed us to the pbint where inquiring travel-
ers have, from generation to generation, been 
checked in their approach to this, the most an-
cient and the most authentic of all the Holy 
Places of the Holy Land. Let me for a mo-
ment recapitulate its history. On the slope of 
that hill was, beyond all question, situated the 
rock with its double cave which Abraham bought. 
from Ephron the Hittite, as his earliest posses-
sion in Palestine. 'There they buried Abraham 
and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and 
Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah' 
(Gen. 49: 31) ; and thither, when he himself 
died on the banks of the Nile, his body,embalin-
ed with all the art of Egypt, was conveyed,with 
a vast Egyptian escort, to the frontiers of the 
Holy Land, and deposited, according to his dy-
ing wish, 'with his fathers in the cave that is in 
the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that 
is in the field of Malchpelah, which is before 
Mamre, in the land of Canaan.' (Gen. 49: 29, 
30.) Of all the great patriarchal family Ra-
chel alone is absent, in the tomb selected for 
her by Jacob on the spot where she died on the 
way to Bethlehem. We are not left to conjec-
ture the reverence that was paid to this spot 
when the descendants of Abraham dwelt in that 
country and occupied it as their own. Josephus 
expressly informs us that it was surrounded by 
them by vast walls, existing even to this day. 
That these walls are the massive enclosures on 
the exterior of which so many eager eyes have 
been fixed in our own times can hardly be doubt- 
ed. Their size, their bevelled frames, their 
agreement with the description of Josephus, 
which became still more conspicuous as we ap-
proached them close at hand, and saw more dis, 
tinctly than could have been otherwise possible, 
their polished, well-wrought surface,accords with 
an early Jewish origin, and with no other. But 
beyond this has hitherto been a matter, if not in-
deed of total ignorance, yet of uncertainty even 
more provoking than ignorance in itself. From 
the accounts of' the pilgrims of the seventh and 
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eighth centuries we learn that already by that 
time a Christian church had been erected within 
the Jewish enclosure. This church, after the 
expulsion of the Christians by the Mussulmans, 
was known to have been converted into a mos-
que. Whether the cave was visible within the 
building is a matter on which the medireval vis-
itants to the spot vary so widely as to leave us 
in complete doubt. But that it lay within was 
never questioned by any, whether Jew or Mus-
sulman ; and the tremendous sanctity with which 
these last occupants have invested the spot is, in 
fact, a living witness of the unbroken local ven-
eration with which all three religions have hon-
ored the great Patriarch, whose title has, in the 
mouths of the native population, long superseded 
the ancient appllation of 'Hebron,' now called by 
no other name than 'El-Khalil'---'The Friend nf 
God.' Within this sacred precinct, accordingly, 
for 600 years, no European, except by stealth, 
has ever set his foot. Three accounts alone in 
modern times have given anything like a de-
scription of the interior—one, extremely brief 
and confused,by an Italian servant of Mr. Bankes 
who entered in disguise ; another by an English 
clergyman (the Rev. Vere Monro), who does 
not, however, appear to speak from his own tes-
timony ; and a third, more distinct, by Ali Bey, 
a Spanish renegade. While the other sacred 
places in Palestine, the mosques at Jerusalem 
and the mosque at Damascus, have been throw 
open at least to distinguished travelers, this still 
remains, even to royal personages, hermeti-
cally sealed. To break through this mystery, 
to clear up this uncertainty, even irrespec-
tively of the extraordinary interest attaching to 
the spot, will, I have no doubt, appear to many 
an object not unworthy of the first visit of a 
Prince of Wales to the Holy Land, and as such 
it has been felt by his Royal Highness and by 
those who have accompanied him on the present 
occasion. 
"To resume my narrative, which I will con-
fine as much as possible to such points as need 
not involve a discussion of mere antiquarian de-
tails. At the head of the staircase, which by its 
long ascent showed that the platform of the mos-
que was on the uppermost slope of the hill, and, 
therefore, above the level where, if anywhere,the 
cave would be found, we entered the precints of 
the mosque itself, and were received by one of 
its guardians, a -decendant of one of the compan-
panions of Mohammed, with the utmost courtesy 
on his part, though not without deep groans from 
some of his attendants, redoubled as we moved 
from one sacred spot to another. We passed 
(without our shoes) through an open court into 
the mosque. With regard to the building it-
self, two points at once became apparent : first, 
that it had been originally a Byzantine church. 
To any one acquainted with the Cathedral of S. 
Sophia at Constantinople, and with the monastic 
churches of Mount Athos, this is evident from 
the double narthex or portico, and from the four 
pillars of the nave. Secondly, that it had been 
converted at a much later period into a mosque. 
This is indicated by the pointed arches, and by 
the truncation of the apse. This building occu- 
pies (to speak roughly) about one third of the 
platform. I proceed to describe its relation to 
the sepulchres of the Patriarchs. It is the in- 
nermost a the outer porticoes which contains the 
two first. In the recess on the right is the al-
leged tomb of Abraham, on the left that of Sa- 
rah, each guarded by silver gates. The shrine 
containing the tomb of Sarah we were requested 
not to enter, as being that of a woman. The 
shrine of Abraham, after a momentary hesista- 
tion, and with a prayer offered to the Patriarch 
for permission to enter, was thrown open. , The 
chamber is cased in marble. The tomb consists 
of a coffin-like structure,like most Moslem tombs, 
built up of plastered stone or marble, and hung 
with carpets—green, embroidered with gold. The 
three which cover this tomb are said to have 
been presented by Mohammed II., Selim I., and 
the late Sultan, Abdul Medjid. I need hardly 
say that this tomb (and the same remark applies 
to all the others) does not profess to be more 
than a cenotaph, raised above the actual grave, 
which lies beneath. But it was impossible not 
to feel a thrill of unusual emotion at standing in 
a relation so near to such a spot—an emotion, I 
may add, enhanced by the rare occasion which 
had opened the gates of that consecrated place 
(as the guardian of the mosque expressed it) 'to 
no one less than the eldest son of the Queen of 
England.' Within the area of the church or 
mosque were shown,in like manner, the tombs of 
Isaac and Rebekah. They differed from the two 
others in being placed under separate chapels, 
and closed not with silver, but iron gates. To 
Rebekah's tomb the same decorous rule of the 
exclusion of male visitors naturally applied as in 
the case of Sarah's. But on requesting to see 
the tomb of Isaac, we were entreated not to en-
ter ; and on asking, with some surprise, why an 
objection which had been conceded for Abraham 
should be raised in the case of his far less emi-
nent son, were answered that the difference lay 
in the character of the two Patriarchs :— 
" 'Abraham was full of loving kindness ; he 
had withstood even the resolution of God against 
Sodom and Gomorrah ; he was goodness itself, 
and would overlook any affront. But Isaac was 
proverbially jealous, and it was exceedingly dan-
gerous to exasperate him. When Ibrahim Pasha 
(as conqueror of Palestine) had endeavored to 
enter, he had been driven out by Isaac, and 
fell back as if thunderstruck.' 
"The chapel, in fact, contains nothing of in-
terest ; but I mention this story both for the sake 
of the singular sentiments which it expresses,and 
also because it well illustrates the peculiar feel-
ing which (as we are told) had tended to pre-
serve the sanctity of the place—an awe amount-
ing to terror of the great personages who lay be-
neath, and who would, it was supposed, be sensi-
tive to any disrespect shown to their graves, 
and revenge it accordingly. 
(To be continued.) 
Report of the Conference of Mes-
siah's Church. ' 
(Continued from our last.) 
Friday, A. M., May 30th. 
Conference met according to adjournment. 
After the minutes of the last meeting were, read, 
the discussion of the propositions on ordination, 
&c., introduced by the business committee, was 
resumed, and continued to some length ; and find-
ing that there was some opposition to their imme-
diate passage the conference voted, on a motion 
of Bro. H. Rupp, to lay them over till the next 
annual conference, and that a copy of the propo-
sitions be forwarded to the Herald,with the min-
utes of the conference,for publication,and consid-
eration during the year. 
COPY OF THE PROPOSITIONS. 
Each church shall have authority to licence 
such persons among them as they deem suitable 
to preach the gospel among them. But all cases 
of ordination to the gospel ministry shall be re-
ferred to the annual conference for final deci-
sion. 
Persons making application for ordination 
shall obtain a recommendation either from the 
quarterly conference of the charge or from the 
church of which they are members, to the annu-
al conference, before they shall be elected to or-
dination to the gospel ministry, by the confer-
ence. 
Each church connected with the annual 
conference may employ such temporary ministe-
rial labor as in their judgment they deem pro-
per not members of an annual conference. But 
no such minister shall be considered a member of 
said conference until received by a vote of the 
conference. 
If an ordained minister ameanable to the 
annual conference shall,during the year, be guil-
ty of any immoral and unministerial act for 
which he would he liable to discipline, he may 
be brought to trial before the church of which 
he is a member or to whom he statedly preaches 
the word ; and if found guilty he may be suspen-
ded from his ministerial functions until the next 
session of the annual conference, when he shall 
have a final hearing and decision of the case. 
The conference then adjourned,to attend to the 
ordination of Bro. Heagy. 
The exercises were commenced by the singing 
of the hymn 110 of the Liturgy,774 of the harp: 
"0 God, thy children gathered here, 
Thy blessings now we wait, 
Thy servant, girded for his work, 
Stands at the temple's gate." 
Eld. J. T. Laning read appropriate selections 
from the Scriptures, and addressed the throne of 
grace in a fervent and appropriate prayer. 
The conference sang : 
"Go preach the gospel saith the Lord, 
Bid the whole world my grace receive ; 
He shall be saved who trusts my word, 
And he condemned who won't believe." 
Elder Josiah Litch preached a soul searching 
sermon, from Mal. 2: 7. " For the priest's lips 
should keep knowledge,and they should seek the 
law at his mouth ; for he is the messenger of the 
Lord of hosts." 
Bro. H. was then formally and most solemnly 
consecrated to the sacred work of the ministry 
by the customary exercises and services of the 
Ocasion. And the services closed by singing 
another appropriate hymn. 
0 that the reflections of that solemn hour 
were ever vigorously and indellibly impressed 
on each member then present. 
Friday, P. M. 
Rev'nd. D. Elwell led the opening services. 
The business Committee introduced the follow-
ing 
Resolved, That a committee of three be appoint-
ed by the chair, including himself; to be called 
a committee on ordinations, to continue during 
the interval of the present and next conference ; 
whose duty it shall be to take cognizance of any 
who may be presented by the churches as licen-
tiates, to direct their study during the year, and 
to examine their claims as candidates for ordi-
nation." 
The Resolution called forth some remarks, 
by different members of the conference, touch-
ing the propriety and importance of prepar-
ing a course of study for ordained ministers, 
especially the young. To which the president, 
J. Litch, replied that he would recommend young 
ministers "to read all that was readable,and know 
all that was knowable." The resolution was 
then adopted, and Brn. J. T. Laning and M. L. 
Jackson added to the committee. 
The report of the Sabbath school committee, 
to whom was assigned the duty of drafting reso-
lutions on that subject, was presented and read. 
A COPY OF THE REPORT. 
Whereas, the Sabbath school is one of the most 
important and efficient instrumentalities under 
God for the establishment of the cause of Christ, 
the dissemination of the great truths connected 
with the speedy coming of Christ,and the salva-
tion of sinners. 
Therefore Resolved, That we earnestly recom-
mend to our churches the necessity of establish-
ing such schools within their bounds wherever a 
few children can be collected together. 
Resolved, That we recommend our ministering 
brethren to bring this subject before the various 
churches of their respective charges and urge 
upon them its importance ; and that intelligent 
views on the subject of the Saviour's coming and 
reign, as entertained among us as a people, 
should form a conspicuous part of our Sabbath 
school teachings. 
It was voted to dispense with the regular ser-
vices of the afternoon, and improve the time in 
in discussing the benefit of Sabbath schools to us, 
and the propriety of building churches, in view 
of the Lord's speedy coming. The subject of 
Sabbath schools was lengthily discussed by the 
members gyerally, when the following resolution 
was offered. 
Resolved, That in view of the fact that Sabbath 
schools are of such special benefit to us as a peo-
ple, as so clearly shown this P. M., we do most 
earnestly urge our brethren and all connected 
with the church here to take active and speedy 
measures to establish a Sabbath school in this 
place. 
The hour of adjournment being near, the fol-
lowing resolutions were presented and adopted: 
Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this con-
ference be presented to the members of Messiah's 
ohurch and community of Shiremanstown, for 
their very generous and affectionate hospitality 
during its session. 
Resolved, That the next annual meeting of this 
conference be held on Tuesday preceeding the 
last Wednesday in May, 1863. 
Resolved, That the place for the next Meeting 
be left to the decision of the president. Ad-
journed sine die. 
D. ELWELL, 
W. H. SWARTZ, Secretaries.. 
From the Northern Christian Advocate. 
The coming Heir, Conqueror, and 
King. 
BY REV. JOSEPH CHAPMAN. 
(Continued from our last.) 
The lameness of the various efforts to prove 
the world's conversion from the Sacred Ora- 
cles, proves the fallacy of that theory. Mere 
assumption and inference can, in no case, be 
admitted as evidence. Take the following spec- 
imens, which are, in substance, what lately 
appeared in print, to prove the world's future 
conversion in the present dispensation. First 
to prove the world's conversion the following 
language is quoted : " Where sin abounded, 
grace did much more abound." Rom. 5: 20. 
The most that this Scripture proves, is, that Di-. 
vine grace so abounds that whosoever will may 
be saved, and nothing more. Grace provides 
and reveals the means of salvation, but is not 
salvation itself, nor does its freeness prove that 
one sinner will accept of it, much less the whole 
world. Again : "All things are put under his 
feet." Very true ; and therefore must submit 
to be saved by his grace, or fall and perish by 
his righteous judgments. How does this prove 
the conversion of this world ? Once more : "Ask 
of me,and I shall give thee the heathen for thine 
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth 
for thy possession." Ps. 2: 8. Why omit the 
ninth verse, which explains the meaning of the 
eighth, and is a part of the same paragraph, and 
which tells what Christ will do with the unbeliev-
ing part of that world given unto him ?—Cer-
tainly not save them, for they will not believe, 
more than would the Antediluvians or Sodomites. 
The ninth verse, so carefully avoided, clearly 
states what shall be the final doom of such heath-
ens, thus : "Thou shalt break them with a rod of 
iron, thou ihalt dash them in pieces like a pot-
ter's vessel." Does this prove, or look like the 
the world's conversion, when the two verses are 
read together,as common honesty would dictate ? 
This garbling and perverting the sacred Scrip-
tures, to sustain a favorite but false theory, is 
one of the most alarming signs of our times, for 
which there can be no excuse or apology. 
This is not the age or dispensation of the king-
dom and reign of Christ, but a preparatory dis-
pensation of the Holy Ghost to illuminate, purify, 
strengthen,and comfort those who receive him by 
faith in Christ. Thus is the Lord preparing a 
people for himself, "meet to be partakers of the 
inheritance of the saints in light." Col. 1: 12. 
The fact that God is now raising up witnesses in 
all parts of the world to this precious truth, is 
certainly worthy of the consideration of all. Our 
limits will admit of the testimony of but one of 
these witnesses, which is here subjoined. 
In a letter from Mrs Phebe Palmer, dated 
Barnard's Castle, Eng., Aug. 9, 1861, published 
in the November number of tne "Guide to Holi-
ness," we have the following extract on the pe-
riod of the world in which we live : 
"You know something of what have been my 
views for many years past, in regard to the 
period of the world in which we live. My con- 
victions deepen that the drama of this world's 
history is fast winding up. Is not the great tribu- 
lation spoken of by Danlel coming upon us ? I 
have no sympathy with those who would fix the 
day or hour of the coming of our Lord. But I 
am free to acknowledge, that during the past 
twenty years, I have prayerfully been compar-
ing Scripture with Scripture on the subject of 
our Lord's second coming. All Scripture is giv- 
en by inspriation. The Scriptures on this topic 
are for our instruction in righteousness. And be- 
cause some misguided people have erred in opin- 
ion and spirit on the time, the prince of this 
world would fain turn aside the attention of sin- 
cere Christains from prayerful, Scriptural inves-
tigation. Though it is written, 'Of that day and 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
hour knoweth no man,' yet our incarnate Lord, 
in answer to the inquiries of his disciples, gave 
certain signs which should precede his coming, 
and said, 'When ye shall see all these things 
come to pass, know that it is near, even at the 
door.' And why did he give these signs, if it 
were not important that we should observe them ? 
He reproved the Scribes and Pharisees who 
did not take pains to observe the signs of his 
first Coming. Had they done so, they might have 
been prepared for its solemn issues. Perhaps you 
wonder when I say that, though I have been so 
long interested,I have not studied human authors 
largely on the subject. But to my mind, there 
is that which is so emphatic in the Scriptures of 
truth, on this solemn yet glorious theme, that I 
am amazed Christians of the present day do not 
feel more like early Christians, who would fain 
have hastened the day by their eager longings 
for.it. They were told that a falling away must 
first come, and the man of sin who exalteth him-
self above all that is called God must be reveal-
ed. See 2 Thess. 2: 10. Surely, 
"The plague, the noise, the din of war, 
Our Saviour's swift approach declare, 
And speak his kingdom near ; 
His chariot will not long delay, 
We hear its rumbling wheels, and say, 
Triumphant Lord, appear." 
"In my searching on this subject, I judge also 
from analogy scripturally. Seven is a perfect 
number, Seventh day is first spoken of as hal-
lowed to the Lord. Seven weeks, seven years, 
etc. Each dispensation has lasted about two 
thousand years. Eirst, the Antediluvian 'era, 
then the Mosaic, and now we are hastening to-
ward the completion of the two thousand years 
since the morning of the Spirit's dispensation 
dawning upon us, of which Peter, while speak-
ing as the Spirit gave utterance, said : "This is 
that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, 
'And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith 
God,I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,and 
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,' etc. 
"Peter, in referring to the solemnity of the 
age in which he lived, says : 'We upon whom 
the ends of the world are come.' If flip apostle, 
while writing through the direct inspiration of 
the Holy Ghost, could refer thus to the point of 
time in which he was living, what may we think 
of that in which we are now living ? Are we not 
living in the Saturday evening'time ? 'One day 
is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a 
thousand years as one day.' May we not antici-
nate some wonderous changes, as the seven thou-
sandth year opens upon us ? And what shall that 
change be ? As far as the light of Scriptures 
beam upon my own mind, I seem to see, in 
the dim haze, the dawning of millennial glory, 
the coming of Him whose right it is to reign, the 
new heavens and new earth, the ushering in of 
the grand Sabbatic year, the saints' jubilee, 
when those who have attained a part in the first 
resurrection, shall live and reign with Christ a 
thousand years."' 
Here we have the result of honest, prayerful 
searching and comparing of the Scriptures for at 
least twenty years. It is the testimony of one 
standing high in the literary and religious world, 
and occupying a most favorable stand-point. Let 
others go and do likewise, and, doubtless, they 
will come to the same truthful and blessed con-
clusion. 
Correspondence of the Herald. 
Men and Things in the West. 
liforniny Landscape—Birds—Fresh Air — 
Native Trees—Ancient Mounds—Rebel Ban-
ners—Rebels Prisoners—The bribed Sentinel—
Personal Sketches. 
It was one of those pleasant mornings that we 
sometimes see in the Badger State that I walked, 
sachel in hand, catching the little silver rays 
from the morning dew, which formed distinct 
images on the retina, each seeming to reflect a 
lustre of rivalry, in defiance of its neighbor,—
while the last glimering of the stars were yet 
visible, but fast fading, as the beams of the orbs 
of day sent emblazoned arrows into the zenith ; 
yet onward they rolled. 
Blue birds and robins were singing their morn- 
hymns ; while the prairie hens were making the 
air resound with their peculiar chants. No clouds 
were to be seen, and the pure atmosphere was 
truly wholesome for the lungs. Besides, I could 
not help but inhale large draughts,which were in-
vigorating and inspiring. 
Native oaks stood on the side hills and plains, 
wrapped in their green shrouds, with their long 
arms uplifted, as if welcoming the pedestrian to 
their own lawn. There is a charm in the Wis-
consin burr and white oaks, as they resemble an-
cient orchards, having not been pruned for some 
time. 
Yes, there is in nature something that intoxi-
cates me (if the expression is not too wild), far 
beyond anything else. A tree with it majestic 
trunk, even a burr oak with 0/s stately branches, 
weeping fluent drops of morning dew,standing in 
the same spot where nature planted it, puts to 
shame many a tree in a horticulturalist's garden. 
Yet I would not be understood that 'we should 
not cultivate ornamental trees. 
In due season a postilion overtakes me, and 
I soon become "part and parcel" of his vehicle. 
So onward we go, crossing ancient mounds and 
walls, which were probably built by the ab-
orignes of the wild West. These are quite plenty 
in many parts of Wisconsin, and especially 
around the small lakes in the vicinity of our 
States Capital, of which I am now speaking. 
President Lincoln was in the Black Hawk 
war, and was around the same four lakes, cap-
tain of a company: 
In an interview with the President,at his resi-
dence in Springfield, just prior to his election,he 
was very anxious and much pleased to hear of 
the growth and agricultural resources of that part 
of Derne Co., as it bad been his camping ground. 
Certainly, what a change in thirty years ! Prob-
ably Mr. Lincoln little thought when he was giv-
ing orders to "Forwardmarch" to his company 
that he would be commander of seven hundred 
thousand men. But I will sugges tthat he renew 
the order in "double quick." Our capital is 
reached. 
Since the breaking out of the war Madison 
had sent some noble-hearted and brave men ; or, 
rather,they have volunteeed from their own good 
will, and have faced the Southern hail. I called 
upon Lieut. Col. Fairchild,of the Wisconsin 16th 
Regiment. He was in the great battle of Shi-
loah,and was severely wounded in the thigh, the 
ball still remaining. He fell while rallying his 
men. Sunday, at ten A. M., in speaking of the 
battle, he said : "Talk of runaway horses ; if any 
one wishes to see horses run,let them witness the 
flight of a few regiments of cavalry, as the un-
drilled horses become furious,and more and more 
frightened at the roar of artillery, and finally, 
becoming unmanageable, run into the woods,rak-
ing their riders off with the limbs of the trees, 
while onward the horses plunge, leaving the 
troops to be run over by those behind. In this 
way hundreds are undoubted killed, without the 
aid of bullets." 
Governor Salmon invited me into the Execu-
tive sanctum,to see three rebels flags captured at 
Shiloah. There are gotten up in good shape, 
and exhibit taste, considering from whence they 
came. On one is inscribed, in gilt letters, "Vic-
tory or Death." So we must readily 'conclude 
the latter part of the motto to have been their 
portion. Another is a fine regimental banner, 
with "Mississippi Devils" in beautiful gilt letters, 
and in a group it reads, "Presented by the La-
dies." Quite a satanic gift for the feminines of 
the South. In the Capital Park is another trophy 
from the same battle. It is a bell-muzzled six 
pounder, of brass, manufactured in New Orleans 
in 1861, and shows nothing extra in its finish ; 
but was made to kill. The piece was captured 
by our Fourteenth regiment. 
Camp Randall has been occupied until recent-
ly by rebel prisoners taken at Island No. Ten. 
Thirteen hundred were quartered there,but have 
been sent to camp Douglass, Chicago. One was 
shot by a sentinel, for a misdemeanor—making 
one hundred and twenty-two buried at five dol-
lars a piece by a contractor. While there a sen-
tinel was bribed by the rebels and two escaped,but 
were recaptured. This was the commencement 
of a plot whereby some sixty more were to be 
liberated when the "signs" were favorable ; but 
the tide turned against them. 
We were recently greeted by the arrival of 
our friend Lieutenant T. C. Merrill, of the first 
Wisconsin cavalry (Col. Daniels, who recently 
saved himself by a bullet proof vest). Mr. Mer-
rill has four wounds, received in a heavy skir-
mish at Chalk Bluff, Ark. He had' but twenty 
men through the most of it, and with that num-
ber routed and drove one hundred and fifty of 
the brigands. He was a target for them, and it 
may be considered almost a miraculous escape 
from death. Two balls in his leg, one in the 
thigh, his men desired him to retire, but he en-
couraged them with coolness, and commanded his 
little band without faltering. Soon a ball graz-
ed obliquely down beside his head,causing a diz-
ziness, cutting the hair and drawing blood. The 
contents of a carbine brought a vile wretch down 
from a tree, not.to tell the tale of war, 0 no ! 
but to return to his mother dust. 
Mr. M. broughti, a breech loading piece from 
the field, marked "A. H. Hall, Harpers Ferry, 
1834, U. S.," thus showing that Floyd and his 
sattellites had carried the business into Ark. 
This engagement verifies what the rebel boasted 
of : and that was "they would show the Yankees 
how they would fight after the leaves were out." 
I have mentioned these cases to show the char-
acter of' our Western men, though without dis-
paragement to other liberty-loving men in the 
north. 
It has been our privilege recently to have two 
speeches from S. M. Booth, Esq., of Milwaukie, 
editor of the "Daily Life" of that city. Proba-
bly no man has been more abused, misrepresent. 
ed, and suffered by wicked falsehoods than Mr. 
Booth. Not but that every man may have some 
onemies ; but,thank God, he has legions of warm 
friends in the West. Because he was connected 
with the rescue of the fugitive slave Glover, in 
Milwaukie, a few years ago, he has been hunted, 
lawed,and imprisoned ; verdicts rendered against 
him for the so called "outrage" of setting free a 
human being. Southern gold at that time, no 
doubt, had something to do in following up the 
persecution. And still Southern hounds and se-
condaries pressed him, crippled him, and stopped 
his powerful pen for a time,and wilfully wronged 
him out of probably fifty thousand dollars. He 
was then publishing thel"Milwaukie Free Dem-
ocrat." His reputation as an editor stands high, 
and yet he has not reached the climax. While 
in the Custom House and City Jail he was de-
prived of books and papers, and every communi-
cation with the outer world and even his Bible 
he asked for,but they were afraid he would write 
on the blank leaves, and it would be published. 
After much soliciting telling them to examine it 
as often asthey wished, he was permitted to use 
it. 
All this happened in the free north, where 
every man should have the right to breath pure 
air and enjoy God's sunshine. Nevertheless,these 
are facts which I tell you. If such treatment is 
just in this Christian land, then I am mistaken 
as to the sacred rights of man. Mr. Booth 
preaches the doctrine of freedom to all men, 
writes plain, not desiring to hear the clank of 
fetters, regardless of northern secessionsists. He 
says the groans of the wounded and dying caused 
by this terrible rebellion is enough to pierce the 
sepulchres of the dead ; and that freedom is from 
heaven and angels, while slavery comes from the 
dominions of the devil. He has published a pa-
per for nearly fifteen years,and he "hews as close 
to the line" or more so than before. On the na-
tional anniversary he is to address the citizens 
of Milwaukie on the great subject of the day. 
It is the intention of Mr. B. to publish a book 
of the whole affair, which must meet with a rap-
id sale. 
Yours, for the rights of man, 
J. S. BLIss. 
Door Creek, Wisconsin, 1862. 
Canada East and North Vermont 
Conference, 
This conference met, pursuant to appointment, 
in Messiah's church, Waterloo, C. E. Elder J. 
N. Orrock preached the opening discourse, Tues- 
day evening, June 10th, 1862, from the word 
"Watch" (Mark 13: 37), which was considered 
as implying danger to be shunned, duty to be 
performed, and diligence to be observed in the 
work of the Lord. 
Wednesday. 
At half past 10 A. M. the services were com-
menced by singing the 819th Hymn. 
"Thou great Redeemer, dying Lamb, 
We love to hear of thee ;" 
after which Elder R. Hutchinson read Rom. 5: 
1-11; 8: 17-25; 13: 11-14, with a few ap-
propriate, exegetical remarks. Elders J. V. 
Rimes and D. Bosworth led in prayer, and after 
some time profitably spent in voluntary speaking 
of the brethren, interspersed with the songs of 
zion,the conference was partially organized by the 
election of Dr. Hutchinson as president ; Elder 
D. Bosworth, vice-president; and Elder J. M. 
Orrock, secretary. Meeting closed with the dox-
ology and benediction. 
At 3 o'clock P. M., after singing, and prayer 
by Elder C. P. Dow, Elder D. Bosworth preach-
ed from Ephes. 2: 20-23. After the sermon it 
was voted to invite Eler J. V. Hirnes to take a 
seat in the conference and participate in our de-
liberations. A buisiness committee was then 
chosen,consisting of Bro. D.Boswortla,C. P.Dow, 
S. S. Garvin, Dr. Parmelee, Joel Spears, J. M. 
Orrock and W. 0. Lawrence, when the services 
closed with the benediction by Elder Garvin. 
In the evening, at 6 o'clock, Elder Rimes 
preached from Isa. 26: 1-5. Subject—Perfect 
peace : what it is, and how it may be obtained. 
Thursday. 
Met as half past 10 A. M. After some time 
spent in social religious exercises, the minutes 
of the last annual conference were called for and 
read. The chairman of the business committee 
then introduced the following resolutions, which 
were discussed and adopted : 
Whereas, by a resolution of the last confer-
ence, the publishing committee were authorized 
to issue one or more numbers of a paper entitled 
the "Millennial News" during the year then en-
suing, if the sale of the first number, and the in-
terest of the cause should in their judgment de-
mand it ; and 
Whereas, a sufficient amount was received to 
liquidate the debt incurred by its publication, 
and another number has been issued, Therefore 
Resolved, 1. That the conference take active 
measures to circulate the present issue ; and the 
committee be authorized to publish one or more 
number of the above paper during the present 
ecclessiastical year,if the sales and donations for 
the present issue, together with the interests of 
the cause, should in their judgment seem to de-
mand it. 
Resolved, 2. That the publishing committee 
have the approbation and thanks of this confer-
ence for what they have already done without 
pecuniary reward, and also an assurance of con-
fidence and sympathy for the future. 
After a motion for adjournment till after the 
sermon in the afternoon, the congregation was 
dismissed with the benediction by Elder J. Por-
ter. 
At 2 P. M. Elder S. S. Garvin preached from 
Matt. 13: 44 ;—the 989th Hymn was sung ; and 
the following resolution introduced : 
Whereas, Our beloved Bro. Hutchinson is 
measurable restored to health, and purposes to 
visit his native land during the present ecclessi-
astical year, Therefore 
Resolved, 1. That he have our approbation and 
prayers, and we also recommend him to the 
friends of the cause there as worthy of their sup-
port. 
Resolved, 2. That in consideration of the trials 
our brother has been called to pass through, and 
the sacrifices he has had to make in connection 
with the cause of our soon coming King,—our 
brethren of this conference be recommended to 
aid him pecuniarily, and thus help him on his 
way after a godly sort. 
After remarks from Brn. Bosworth, Hutchin-
son, Chapman, and Himes,these resolutions were 
adopted, and the following introduced : 
Whereas, Ten years have passed since the or- 
Editor, foreman and compositors, $478.25 
W. A. Hall for printing, 
91.68 
Papers for Office, $4.50 ; discount, 1.50, 6.06 
Folding papers by steam power, 11 weeks, 9.24 
Cartage of forms and Express, 15.63 
Flour, soap, potash, nails, he., 1.89 
Ink-roller and Ink, 
2 75 
Two baskets for sending papers to office, 1.50 
Repairs in office, 
4.17 
Postage, including that on papers to Eng-
lish and Canadian subscribers.and stamps 
stamps on books sent by mail, 17.97 
Paper, of Grant, Warren & Co., 385.70 
For books, he., for sale, 
34.60 
Total, 
1049.73 
Add, in hand of agents July 1st, 185.97 
Cash on hand at date, 
7.50 
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$1243.20 
The only out standing claim against the A.M. A. 
is a bill of $60 from Mr. T. C. Moore, for five hun-
dred copies of the Harp in sheets. 
The order given him,early in the year,was for the 
printing of 800 copies,and the binding of 300 copies, 
with a few copies in gilt, all of which order would 
have amounted to $139.56. But Mr. Moore exceed-
ed the order,by printing 202 copies and binding 190 
more than were ordered,Which made his bill amonnt 
to $187.60, or $47.04 more than the sum intended. 
He has therefore been paid in all, only $126. 60, or 
$60 less than his bill, for the books only that have 
been bound and delivered—the 500 unbound sheets 
being still in his hands. 
Aside from that, we have been able at date, to 
meet all the current bills of the, Association ; which 
leaves on hand only the sums in hand of agents and 
the small amount of $7.50 in cash, with incoming 
receipts, to meet the current expenses of coming 
months. Nor should we have been able to show an 
account so favorable as this, had not a brother, "a 
friend indeed," been providentially moved to add 
during the last week the sum of forty dollars to a 
donation of ten a few week previous;and of fifty dol-
lars on a former occasion. It came so providential-
ly and opportunely that we wish to recognize in it 
the hand of an over-ruling Providence, which thus 
preserved the A. M. A. free from indebtedness dur-
ing the year. 
The rent of the office is paid for to the end of the 
present year of our A. D., and the sum paid for pa-
per includes about 100 reams still unused. 
The donations in cash, during the year, have 
amounted to $614.93 ; which is $28.40 more than 
was contributed during the year previous, although 
that included a legacy of $273.86. 
The expenses of the office are being studiously re-
stricted to the smallest possible amount—it being 
the desire of the A. M.A to continue free from debt. 
To accanylish this, however, it will be necessary 
for the friends of the Herald, who have so generous-
ly shown their interest in it during the past year,to 
continue their kind assistance in its behalf. Its con-
tinued support depends on such favors extended to 
it ; and it is only under God that we can hope for 
the aid of the generous hearted, or a blessing on the 
truth promulgated through this instrumentality. 
We have fallen short $138.55 of meeting our ex-
penditures with our receipts during the past year ; 
which it would be desirable to have made up at as 
early a day as practicable ; and, as we commence the 
new year with a very limited amount of available 
funds,it is hoped the friends will not suffer the Her-
ald to lack its needed support, nor the hands of 
those who direct it to be made heavy, or their heart 
sad, by the embarrassments which always attend 
deficiency of receipts. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
THE 2300 DAYS. 
Continued from our last. 
A. D. 1735,6. 
REV. W. A. Hossms,—Chancellor of Cashel, and 
author of "The Time of the End," London,1833,—
"conceives that we are to reckon the 2300 years" 
from the first transgression under the second tem-
ple ; which he holds to be the strange marriages,that 
had taken place just before the decree of Artaxerxes 
had been issued and directed to Ezra. But as we 
are entirely in the dark as to the exact period of 
this transgression, there here opens upon the expos-
itor a convenient latitude in which to exercise con-
jecture. Our author, however,does not make a very 
immoderate era of it when he satisfies himself with 
only nine years ; which he supposes to be the period 
prior to the first decree of Artaxerxes when these 
marriages commenced. Dating, therefore, 2300 
years from 465 B. C. we, are brought again* to 
* Reference is here made to other chronological 
228 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
ganization of this conference, and as in adition full ; and we would like information in respect to 
any prefix or affix, proper in any instance, that is 
now omitted. Money for the Herald might be sent 
at the same time ? In transfering to blocks we may 
also have omitted or misplaced some name, and 
therefore we would like prompt notice of any irregu-
larity in the receipt of the Herald. 
to its constitution there have been by-laws and 
resolutions passed—arising from various circum-
stances—which may have affected the constitu-
tion itself, Therefore 
Resolved, That a committee of four be appoint-
ed to revise the constitution and by-laws,and pre-
sent them in a consolidate form to the next con-
ference. 
On motion the resolution was laid on the table, 
and the meeting adjourned its business session 
till next day. 
At 6 o'clock in the evening Elder D. Bosworth 
gave an impressive discourse from Joel 3 : 14, 
"Multitudes,multitudes in the valley of decision : 
for the day of the Lord is near, in-the valley of 
decision." 
Friday. 
Met at 10 A. M. Dr. Hutchinson read 1 Peter 
5th chapter, with appropriate remarks. Prayer 
was offered by Elder M. Dudley. The resolution 
respecting the constitution and by-laws was ta-
ken from the table and adopted ; with the amend-
ment that the committee of revision shall consist 
of five members, instead of four. The following 
brethren were chosen said committee : Dr. R. 
Hutchinson, C. P. Dow, Dr. R. Parmelee, J. 
M. Orrock, and D. Bosworth. 
Some time was then spent in hearing from the 
churches. Though a written report of the state 
of each church of Adventists within the limits 
of our conference had been requested, but few 
such were received, whereby the interest of the 
meeting was diminished ; and the churches neith-
er did justice to themselves, nor to the pastors 
and evangelists who labored among them. The 
reports made verbally I omit and those given in 
writing are subjoined. 
CANADA EAST. 
Magog Church. 
To the Canada East and Northern Vt. Con-
ference, assembled at Waterloo, C. E. 
Dear Brethren :—In the providence of God 
we are spared yet another year, and again per-
mitted to meet and mingle our prayers,tears, and 
joys, at another of our annual gatherings. 
The brethren at Magog wishing to be repre 
sented at our conference take this means of mak-
ing our report. We could wish to present a re-
report that would cause your hearts to rejoice, 
but are compelled to cry with the Prophet, "0 
my leanness, my leanness." 
Our church was organized December 18,1851 
with ten members. Our greatest number has 
been thirty. We have lost by death,five ; by re-
movals, eight, and by expulsion two ; leaving fif-
teen as our present number, and these somewhat 
scattered. 
We have had no regular advent preaching for 
the past year, only an occasional service from 
Bro. Orrock, as he passed through our place on 
his way from Standstead to Waterloo. Although 
we cannot boast of our strength—of our numbers, 
—of what we have done or are doing,---nor of 
our zeal, yet we can boast of a great Saviour---
one who has borne our sins and carried our sor-
rows,---one who suffered for us, despising the 
shame, that we might live ; yes, live for ever. 0 
praise the Lord for such a Saviour, for such a 
hope, for such a home. 
We ask the prayers of the brethren that we 
may be kept faithful to the end, and be permit-
ted to join the general assembly and church tri-
umhant in the Kingdom of God. 
Yours in the blessed hope, for the brethren, 
W. M. ATWOOD, Clerk. 
Magog, June 701,1862. 
(To be continued.) 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JULY 19, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
The readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to 
give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may 
be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and 
discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into 
error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
THE TERMS OF THE HERALD. The terms of the 
Herald are two dollars a year, in advance ;—with 
as large an addition, as the generosity of donors 
shall open their hearts to give, towards making the 
A. M. Association an efficient instrumentality for 
good. 
Correspondents, on matters pertainig solely to 
the office, should write " Office," on the envelope, 
to have their letters promptly attended to, if the 
editor be temporarily absent. 
To Correspondents. 
Short and appropriate articles, of one column or less, 
are solicited from those who have well digested thoughts 
to communicate. Any writer whose article or enquiry is 
not promptly noticed, will please to call the editor's atten-
tion to the omission. 
Correspondents who give only their town and not 
their State, or who fail to put on the actual P. 0. 
address to which their paper is directed, sometimes 
put us to a great inconvenience,and a search of 
hours to find the name. 
Our subscribers will remember that we can find 
their names on our books only by their giving us 
the Post Office direction to which their paper is 
sent. 
POCKET EDITION OF THE HARP. 
A new edition of this compilation of hymns has 
been issued, and we can now fill orders. Price 60 
cents, postage 11 cents. In gilt, $1.25, postage 11 
cents. 
INFORMATION WANTED. 
Henry Colton. Please give us the address to 
which your Herald and that of George Schoolcrafc 
is directed, that we may credit $2.00 each, received 
July 15. 
Quarterly Meeting of the Standing Committee 
of the A. M. A. 
The last Quarterly meeting of this Committee,for 
the financial year ending July 1, 1862, was regular-
ly notified to meet at the Herald office, on the first 
of July, the present month. 
A quorum failing to be present, no business was 
performed except the submission of the Treasurer's 
report, as below, which was ordered to be printed : 
Report of the Treasurer of theA.M. Association, 
for the quarter ending July 1st, 1862,and ending the 
fiscal year. 
The Receipts of the A. M. Association, for the 
quarter ending July 1st, 1862,have been as follows : 
1. From payment of subscribers to the Advent 
Herald. 
$490.50 
'2. From sale of Books, 
62.81 
" Advertising, 
5.00 
" Donations, 
155.53 
Making, 
$713.84 
Add the balance of cash on hand April 
1st, 
402.60 
Also then in hands of agents, 126.76 
• 
1835 ; so that at the expiration of the year 1835 
we may look forward to the end, 'when the sanctu-
ary shall be cleansed, the Jews restored, and all 
those astonishing events which shall usher in the 
kingdom of Christ for the thousand years shall take 
place." Investigator, London, 1834-5, vol. 4, p. 
112. 
A. D. 1839. 
REV. HENRY DANA WARD, author of "Glad Tid-
ings," New York, 1838,took the following vieltv : 
"I tage it for granted that the prophets mean 
years by the word days, and Daniel's term of 2300 
is near its close. For the seventy weeks, (or seven-
ty times seven days, equal to four hundred ninety,) 
to the death of Messiah, added to eighteen hundred 
ten, since that,memorable event, make twenty three 
hundred exactly. And, according to Bible chronol-
ogy, Jesus was born four years before the common 
date, and so was crucified in the year 29, but at the 
age of thirty nine ; and eighteen hundred and thirty 
nine will be precisely eighteen hundred and ten 
years since his crucifixion." Glad Tidings, pp. 
97,8. 
Mr. Ward thus regarded the 2300 days as ending 
within one year of the time when he wrote. He 
added, "The end of the period of 1260 years in the 
Apocalypse, cannot be above two hundred removed 
from us, while it may be much nearer," (p. 980—
thus not ending them synchronously. 
A. D. 1843. 
This date, like the one last refered to, is arrived 
at by regarding the seventy weeks and 2300 days as 
having a common commencement. 
Has WOOD,EsQ.,of Rossmead, Ireland, author of 
"Commentary on Saint John," London, 1787, is 
supposed to be the earliest writer who adopted this 
date, or this adjustment of the period. Says Rev. 
William Hales, D. D., LL. D. : 
"This simple and ingenious adjustment of the 
chronology of the seventy weeks, considered as form-
ing a part of the 2300 days, was originally due to 
the sagacity of Hans Wood, Esq., of Rosemead, in 
the county of Westmeath, Ireland, and published 
by him in an anonymous commentary on the Revel-
ation of St. John, London, 1787, Payne, 8 vo. 
Whence I republished it in the Inspector, 8 vo. 
1799 ; and afterwards in the Orthodox Church-
man's Magazine, 1803 ; and now more correctly, 
1809." New Analysis of Chronology, vol. 2, p. 
564. 
Dr. Hales elsewhere call this "the most ingenious 
of its class." 
REV. R. MASON, of Wiahasvton, author of "Two 
Essays on Daniel's Prophetic number of 2300 days," 
he.,Glasgow, 18201, also dated their commencement 
with the 70 weeks, in B. C. 457, and made their 
termination in 1843. These Essays are recom-
mended to notice by W. Cunninghame, Esq., in his 
"Scheme of Irving," p. 81.—See "Dictionary 
of writers," p. 105, in vol. 5 of Investigator. 
WM. CUNNINGHAM, Esq., of Lainshaw, Scotland, 
author of "A Critical Examination of the Prophetic 
Arrangements of Mr. Irving and Air. Frere," Lon-
don, 1826, according to Mr. Ilabershon, entertained 
at one time the same view. Says Mr. Habershon, 
refering to p. 80 of the above volume : 
"In this conclusion I am happy in argreeing with 
Mr. Cunninghame, who says : am not aware of 
any more probable era which can be selected for the 
commencement of the 2300 years than that which 
has been chosen by some recent writers, who sup-
pose this period to have begun at the same time with 
the seventy weeks of Daniel, or in the year B. C. 
457, and consequently that it will terminate in the 
year 1843." Hist. Dis. p. 307. 
For the original of the above extract, Mr. Haber-
shon refers to p. 80 of Mr. C.'s Examination of I. 
and F. ; a work not in our possession, and referred 
to by Mr. Cunninghame as out of print. But 
from previous quotations from Mr. Cunninghame,it 
will be seen that in 1836 and in 1841 he terminated 
these days in 1791, 2. It appears also from his 
"Fulfilling of the Times," London, 1847, that in 
addition to those dates he found a connection between 
this period and that year. 
WILLIAM MILLER, of Low Hampton, N. Y.,—au-
thor of "Evidences from Scripture and History of 
the Second Coming of Christ about the year 1843," 
he., Brandon, Vt., 1833 (enlarged and published in 
Troy, N.Y., in 1836,and in Bostonallass., in 1839), 
without having, probably, any intimation that the 
opinion was previously entertained, took the same 
view as the above, of the adjustment of this period. 
periods—viz. the seven times of Nebuchadnezzar's 
insanity, the 1260 days, a period of 67 jubilees from 
the division of the land, and what he calls the 
"Times of Babylon," all of which he brings to an 
end in 1835,6. 
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come to them by a printed, instead of a written di-
rection as before. It is not improbable that many 
names have been misspelled, in being transferred to 
blocks, or something omitted. We will therefore be 
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information that we may torrect the same. We 
would like always, where there is room to put it on 
the block, to give the first name in full, and also to 
have " Mrs." or " Miss," as the case may be, pre-
cede the name of all our female subscribers. We 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD 
Referring to the 9th chapter of Daniel, Mr. Miller 
says 
"We learn that the angel Gabriel was sent to in-
struct Daniel, and make him 'understand the vis-
ion.' You may enquire what vision ? I answer, 
The one Daniel had in the beginning, for he has no 
other We also learn that seventy weeks, which is 
490 days, (or years, as we shall show,) from the 
going forth of a certain decree to build the streets 
and walls of Jerusalem in troubulous times to the 
crucifixion of the Messiah should be accomplished." 
"The decree to Ezra was given in Ezra 7: 7. Let 
any one examine the chronology, as given by Rollin 
or Josephus, from the seventh year of Artaxerxes 
to the twenty-second year of Tiberius Cmsar, which 
was the year our Lord was crucified, and he will 
find it was four huwIred and ninety years. The Bi-
ble chronology says that Ezra started to go up to 
Jerusalem on the 12th day of the first month, (see 
Ezra 8: 31,) 457 years before the birth of Christ ; he 
being 33 when he died, will make 490 years. 
Three of the Evangelists tell us he was betrayed 
two days before the feast of the passover, and of 
course was the same day crucified. The passover 
was always kept on the 14th day of the first month, 
and Christ being crucified two days before, would 
make it on the 12th day, 409 years from the time 
Ezra left the river Ahava to go unto Jerusalem. 
If this calculation is correct,—and I think no one can 
doubt,—then the seventy weeks was fulfilled to a 
day when our Saviour suffered on the cross." 
"But one thing still remains to be proved. When 
did the 2300 days begin ? Did it begin with Nebu-
chadnezzar's dream? No. For if it had,it must have 
been fulfilled in the year A. D. 1697. Well, then, 
did it begin when the angel Gabriel came to instruct 
Daniel into the 70 weeks? No. For it then,it would 
have been finished in the year A. D. 1762. Let us 
begin it where the angel told us,from the going forth 
of the decree to "build the walls of Jerusalem in 
troubulous times, 457 years before Christ. Take 457 
from 2300, and it will leave A. D. 1843." Evidence, 
&c., Boston Ed., p. 54. 
With the exception of some slight inaccuracies as 
to the day of the crucifixion, the age of Christ in A. 
D. 33, and the lapse of time between B. C. 457 and 
the same time in A. D. 33, which would be only 
489 years, the above argument is, beyond all con-
sideration, the most weighty and conclusive for the 
adjustment of this period that we have seen advanc-
ed. 
To recapitulate : Daniel has a vision, as re corded 
in the 8th chapter,which was to extend to the cleans-
ing of the sanctuary, and to continue 2300 days. 
Daniel sought for its meaning, and a celestial voice 
said : "Gabriel, make this man to understand the 
vision." Gabriel, in obedience tg the command, said 
to Daniel, "I will make thee know what shall be in 
the last end of the indignation ; for at the time ap-
pointed the end shall be ;" and then he proceeds to 
explain the symbols of the vision, but says nothing 
of the time given in connection. At the close of 
that explanation Daniel fainted and was sick certain 
days ; and he "was astonished at the vision, but 
none understood it." Shortly after this Babylon 
falls, Darius the Median takes the kingdom, the 
captive prophet understands by Jeremiah's prophe-
cy that the seventy years' servitude of the nations to 
Babylon had ended, he sets his face to seek the Lord, 
prays for the sanctuary that still lay desolate, and 
while he is engaged in prayer Daniel says : "The 
man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the 
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me 
about the time of the evening oblation ; and he in-
formed me, and talked with me, and said : 0 Dan-
iel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and un-
derstanding. At the beginning of thy supplications 
the commandment came forth, and I am come to 
show thee ; for thou art greatly beloved : therefore 
understand the matter and consider the vision. Sev-
enty weeks are determined," &c., "from the going 
forth of the decree to restore and to build Jerusalem 
unto Messiah the Prince ; " after which Jerusalem 
was to be desolate "until the consummation."—
Dan. 9: 20-27. 
In view of the above, what could be more natural 
than the conclusion that Gabriel was sent,as record-
ed in the 9th chapter, to make plain to Daniel what 
was obscure to him in the vision of the 8th, as he 
was there commanded ? and what more natural than 
to consider the commencing epoch of the time reveal-
ed in the explanation as the commencing epoch, al-
so, of that in the vision ? To thousands of minds 
this conclusion was of little less force than a direct 
affirmation ; to which it seemingly amounted. And 
this conclusion was greatly strengthened by the 
word rendered "determined ;" which Dr. Gill, 
Hengstenberg, Gesenius,and others define as mean-
ing "cut off:" From what could the seventy weeks 
be severed, but from the 2300 days? and if "cut 
off" from that period, how could it be dated other-
wise than from the same commencement ? 
The above argumentwas so conclusive that the pass- 
ing of the time was the only mode of its disproval. 
But the time has passed, and the sanctuary is not 
cleansed,so that this period is manifestly not ended. 
Hence we conclude that the seventy weeks were 
"cut off" only in the sense of being determine l,that 
they explain the vision of the 8th chapter only by 
showing the manner of time, that days are signifi-
! cant of years, and that the two periods have not the 
same commencement. But before any other termi-
nating epoch can be relied upon with equal confi-
dence, it must be sustained by evidence and argu-
ment equally conclusive. 
(To be continued.) 
The Church in Salem. 
We are very glad to hear from a sister in Salem, 
that the little church there has "meetings regularly 
three times a week. In the Forenoon of each sab-
bath," she writes, "we have a Bible Class, which is 
quite profitable, as we meet for no other purpose 
but to worship God. On Wednesday evening we 
have public prayer meetings, and on Friday evening 
a female prayer meeting." 
This church needs the sympathies and prayers of 
the church at large ; and we trust the candlestick 
may there continue till the end,to give light as need-
ed. 
Growing Old. 
That a large number of our subscribers are get-
ting old in years, is evident from the frequent 
reference to that fact in their private communica-
tions. Thus in two letters this moment received, 
one writes : 
" I herewith send $1.00 for the continuation of 
the Advent Herald. I should be glad to send ten if I 
were able, but I am not. I will however try to keep 
up my subscription while I live, which will not be 
very, long as I was seventy-one years old last month, 
and find my strength failing. Yet I hope the paper 
will be sustained while it is needed." 
The other letter says : 
"I am one of the poor of the flock, and have hard 
work to get along, in these hard and trying times. 
I find old age is creeping upon me. I cannot do as I 
could in my younger days. How to get along with-
out the Herald I know not, as long as I am able to 
earn the money to pay for it. I remain yours, in 
the hope of soon meeting in the new earth." 
A Bro. who had written respecting some money 
sent this office, supposing it lost, write as follows : 
BRO. BLISS,—DEAR SIR : It did not occur to me 
to look at the list of donations. I notice the acknowl-
edgement in the list in the Herald 21st. I thought 
the letter had not reached you. It is all right. In 
consequence I am made acquainted with your many 
duties, and only wonder how you succeed so well. 
Shall feel constrained to send another donation of 
some amount in a little while. 
"Whoso bath this worlds goods, and seeth his 
brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of com-
pasion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in 
him ?" 
Yours truly, &c. 
Checkered Provi aces. 
God doth checker his providences white and black, 
as the pillar of cloud has its light side and dark. 
Look on the light side of thy estate. Suppose thou 
art cast in a lawsuit—there is the dark side ; yet 
thou hast some land left—there is the light side. 
Thou has sickness in thy body—there is the dark 
side ; but grace is in thy soul—there is the light 
side. Thou hast a child taken away—there is the 
dark side ; thy husband lives—there is the light 
side. God's providences in this life are various, 
represents ,those speckled horses among the myr- 
tle trees wh h were red and white. (Zech. 1: 8.) 
Mercies and afflictions are interwoven ; God cloth 
speckle his work. "0," says one, "I want such a 
comfort ;" but weigh well thy mercies in the bal-
ance, and that will make thee content. If a man 
did want a finger, would he be so disconted for the 
loss of that as not to be thankful for all the other 
parts of the body ? Look on the light side of your 
condition, and then all your discontent will be eas-
ily dispersed. Do not pore upon your losses, but 
ponder upon your mercies. What! should one man 
have all good things, when he himself is good but in 
part ? Wouldst thou have no evil about thee, who 
hast so much evil in thee ? Thou art not fully sanc-
tified in this life, how then thinkest thou to be fully 
satisfied— Thomas Watson. 
A SECOND MOSES.—A Harrisburg paper states that 
during the terrible freshet of week before last a 
cradle was seen coming down the rushing waters 
near Mandaville, and being suspected of containing 
something, it was watched by several persons for 
three or four miles, expecting that at some parts of 
its journey, coming near enough to the shore, it 
would be safe in venturing after in a boat. At last, 
in a bend in the swollen stream, the cradle came suf-
ficiently near to be secured, when, lo and behold, up-
oh lifting up a light covering, a beautifial babe look-
ed up and milled ! 
PAYING DEAR FOR A NEWSPAPER.—Mr. J. Seabu-
ry sued Bradford 0. Wait for seven years' subscrip-
tion to his newspaper. The case was recently tried 
before the Supreme Court in Albany. The publish-
er recovered, and the delinquent subscriber had to 
pay, in judgment and costs, a sum amounting to be-
tween two and three hundred dollars. The N. Y. 
Observer speaks as follows of this case : 
It is surprising that so few subscribers fully un-
derstand their responsibilities to publishers. The 
law which goverened in this decision is a law of 
Congress, and therefore applicable to every State in 
the Union. Many subscribers seem to regard the 
bill for a newspaper the last to be settled, especially 
the last which the law will enforce. Responsible 
men, even under trifling whims, refuse to take their 
papers from the office, regardless of the payment of 
the arrears, and when half a dozen more years have 
been added to the arrears at the time of stopping, 
think it hard to pay the increased bill, with interest 
and cost of collection. 
Ohio papers say the scarcity of laborers, on ac-
count of the large number serving in the army, will 
be severely felt in gathering the harvest. 
A numerous party of emigrants from Norway ar-
rived at Winona, Minnesota, on the 1st inst., and 
intend settling in the State. 
Trash for Children. 
Under this head the New York Observer remarks : 
"A friend sends us the last Annual Report of the 
American Sunday School Union,in which the trashy 
books for, children are condemned with as much se-
verity as they were by our Boston correspondent, 
Cato, a few weeks ago. And the report very justly 
observes that parents and teachers are quite as much 
to be blamed as the publishers of such books ; the 
fault is in the taste of the age, and even the editors 
of religious papers come in for their share of the 
censure, who have a stereotype phrase of praise for 
every S. S. book : "a pretty little volume for the 
young folks, and worthy of a place in every Sunday 
School library in the land." 
"True, very true ;;we are all to be blamed in this 
matter.. Now let us be more faithful and watchful. 
If the Sunday School Union, or H. Hoyt, or Ran-
dolph, or the Presbyterian Board, or the Tract So-
ciety, publishes a book for children that is merely 
whip-syllabub stuff, we will say so clearly and de-
cidedly, and do our part towards working a much 
needed change in the character of these publica-
tions." 
The Late Battles. 
New York, July 9. An army letter states that a 
rebel captain, who was taken prisoner, confessed 
that the rebel loss on Friday at Gaine's Hill was 
24,000, and that their total losses in the week's 
fighting were from 60,000 to 70,000. 
Another letter says a number of our wounded 
have come in, having been ordered by the rebels to 
seek their own camps. Our loss now, says this let-
ter, is reduced to less than 10,000 men. 
The Richmond Examiner of the 4th calls Tues-
day's battle the fiercest and most sanguinary of the 
series of bloody conflicts. When Magruder's com-
mand was ordered to charge the strongest of the 
Federal batteries, the officers and men went down 
by hundreds,while the horrors of the battle increased 
by the continued broadsides from the enemy's gun-
boats. The carnage from the withering fire of the 
Federal artillery and gunboats was dreadful. The 
rebel line waved and fell back to the cover of the 
woods. Twice again the effort was made to carry the 
position, with the same result. 
The Examiner says the battle field, surveyed 
through the cold rain of Wednesday morning, pre-
sented scenes too shocking to be dwelt upon without 
anguish. The woods and fields were, on the western 
side, covered with our dead,in all degrees of violent 
mutilation, while in the woods on the east lay in 
about equal numbers the blue uniformed bodies of 
the enemies. Many of the latter were still alive, 
having been left by their friends in their indeceit 
haste to escape. The great number of horses killed 
on both sides, and the sight of their disfigured car-
casses, and the stench proceeding from them, added 
much to the loathsome horrors of the bloody field. 
Thousands of round shot and unexploded shells 
lay upon the surface of the earth. Among the latter 
were many of the enormous shells thrown from the 
gunboats, eight inches in width by twenty-three in 
length. The ravages of the monsters were every-
where discernible through the forests. Long avenues 
were cut through the tree tops, and great trees 
three and four feet thick were burst open and split 
to shreds. 
Nothing of great importance has traspired since 
our last issue, in connection with the army or navy. 
Vicksburg is now the only obstruction on the Mis-
sissippi to the free navigation of its entire length. 
And an effort is being made to make that an inland 
town! by cutting a channel for the river through the 
necksof a bend only half a mile across, and yet some 
six miles from Vicksburg. 
The more full accounts that come from Richmond 
make the picture less and less dark than those first 
received. Of the accounts of the recent battles, as 
published in the Richmond papers and telegraphed 
all over the South, the Boston Journal says : 
"It is manifest that the rebel leaders were 
counting upon nothing less than the capture of our 
entire army, and they had everywhere held out that 
as an inducement to the extraordinary levies which 
came pouring in upon Richmond. This was natural. 
From the moment the success of Stuart's experiment-
al raid became known, it was felt that 50,000 men 
under Jackson could take the sante route, surround 
our forces, cut off their base of supplies, and that 
then a powerful attack, made simultaneously on our 
centre and left, would crush McClellan and compel 
his capitulation. The opening events of Thursday 
and Friday,though not so signal as they had expect-
ed, still confirmed their calculations in the main. 
"They did not seem to apprehend the true scope 
of McClellan's movement till Sunday,and then came 
three successive attacks,all more desperate than con-
fident in their nature. The Richmond papers com-
plain that they have no official reports, even of the 
briefest character, of these last three days' battles. 
They more than intimate that the result was the 
source of chagrin to the rebel government,and plain-
ly confess that it has caused bitter disappointment 
to the people. It does not appear to have entered 
into their heads that McClellan could possibly get 
his army out of the situation that was to be sprung 
upon him by vastly superior numbers. While ac-
knowledging their mortification, therefore, they 
cannot refrain from praising the brilliant general-
ship he displayed. It will also be observed that 
they both admit heavy losses in all the battles, with-
out going into particulars, and also betray disap-
pointment at the limited number of prisoners which 
they succeded in taking." 
The Popedom. 
0' 
By the Popedom we mean the temporal power of 
the Papacy. This now exists only in the merest 
shadow— having been reduced down to the nominal 
control of Rome and a very limited outside territo- 
ry. And even this is now held by a most tenuous 
grasp. Arch-bishop Hughes of N. Y. city, now in 
Rome, has written a document in defence of the Pa-
pal temporal dominion, which has been signed by 
some three hundred cardinals and bishops, and has 
made quite a sensation in Italy. The following 
item, cliped from some source to us unknown, by 
the Boston Journal, thus speaks of the effect of 
this address on the parliament of Victor Emanuel : 
"The remarkable address written by Archbishop 
Ilughes,of New York,in behalf of the Catholic world, 
and signed by the three hundred cardinals and bish-
ops now congregated at Rome, and more particular-
ly in Italy, affected more than any other country 
upon earth by the question of the temporal power 
of the Pope. In this address Archbishop Hughes 
asserts that the temporal power of His Holiness, be-
ing granted to him by a peculiar desire of Divine 
Providence, all the nations of the earth combined 
are powerless against it ; that Rome and the papal 
domain do not belong to Italy, but to the Catholic 
world, and that they can never cease to be its prop-
erty. 
These arguments seem to have wounded to the 
quick the patriotism of the Italians, for on the 18th 
of June last the parliament of Turin presented an 
address to Victor Emmanuel stating that, "assem-
bled for the purpose-of making the rights of thins 
country respected, they hoped his majesty would 
take the necessary measures to stop such pretentious 
as those announced in the cardinals' address, and to 
prevent the Roman question to be any longer a cause 
of trouble for consciences and of danger for the peace 
of the world." 
Every indication betokens the near end of the 
Popedom, so tar as any temporal power is in ques-
tion. 
A POPE WELL ANSWERED.—The story is famous 
of the discourse betwixt Pope Innocent IV. and 
Thomas Aquinias. When that great clerk came to 
Rome, he looked somewhat amazedly upon the mass 
of plate and treasure which he there saw. "So," 
said the Pope, "you see, Thomas, we [cannot say as 
S. Peter did of old, 'Silver and gold have I none.' " 
"No," said Aquinas, "neither can you command,as 
he did, the lame man to rise and walk." 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
230 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Answer of Elder Joshua V. Iiimes to Dr. 
Thomas Wardle. 
DEAR BRO. WARDLE — Your inquiry in the 
Herald of June 7th is now before me, dated Phila-
delphia, May 25, 1862. You say " It is repre-
sented in high circles in this region that you have 
changed your faith on the state of the dead, etc. I 
cannot give you the exact words of the report, but 
it is calculated as it now goes to mislead others and 
injure you. What are the facts ? You have many 
friends who would like to know. We do not ques-
tion your right to change your views, and would 
not esteem you the less for an honest difference of 
opinion. We have come out from Rome, and will 
not persecute for an honest difference of opinion 
while we live Christian lives." 
In reply, I would first remark that this report 
has been extensively circulated elsewhere than in 
Philadelphia. It was especially used as a report to 
hedge up my way in my late tour in Canada West. 
1 will give one case. One of the Elders of Messiah's 
Church said, in a sermon he gave in Belmont, Can-
ada West, that I (" Elder H.") had, no doubt, 
gone over to the sleep of the dead. At any rate, 1 
associated with that class of Adventists who held to 
that view ; and a man was known by the company 
he kept. The Adventists had had many sorts of 
error and evil practices among them ; that he and 
others had come out and formed a new church, that 
was pure, and free from all those errors and evil 
practices. And this was said in the town and in 
the very house where I was expected to preach the 
next week. 'she object was evident. But a friend 
of mine present vindicated my cause and character. 
But such things very greatly injure the cause of 
Christ. They certainly savor more of the corrupt 
spirit of sectarian pride than the purity and benev-
olence of Christianity. 
I am an Adventist ; and with all their faults I 
love them still. And I very well know that many 
evil things laid to their charge are untrue, and that 
evil things that have been committed among us have 
not been done always by Adventists, but have been 
deplored by them, and the parties committing them 
condemned. This is the old spirit of the world and 
a worldly church that classes us with the degraded 
elements of society. 
•But the sleep of the dead and the destruction 
of the wicked seemed to be the great sin just at this 
time to hedge up my way, although my faith in the 
definite time of the Advent had much to do with the 
matter, though not made as prominent. I have 
felt it a duty that I owed to myself and the Advent 
cause to make this brief statement, that you may 
see and that all may see the true state of things. I 
wish tto stand in the light, and know with whom I 
associate. And if no difference of opinion is to be 
tolerated among us on the state of the dead or on 
the time of Christ's coming then this should be dis-
tinctly understood.; and all should act accordingly. 
The world is wide, and there is plenty of room, and 
enough to do, and it can he done in peace, even if 
we separate like Lot and Abraham. We be breth- 
ren in the midst of a wicked world. We should 
seek to honor our Master by walking uprightly with 
each other, nothwithstanding a'clifference of opinion. 
My views of the state of the dead are well 
known to those who have read what little I have 
said on the subject, or have heard me speak on the 
question in my public discourses. But to your 
question. 
On the intermediate state I have held with 
the Christian Fathers, who, according to the best 
Authorities, uniformly speak of the intermediate 
state under the scriptural terms of " paradise," 
" those who have gone before us," " in the keeping 
of the Lord," " somewhere in a better place, await-
ing the day of judgment," " cherished in peaceful 
abodes," " place where the souls of the righteousl 
and ungodly are carried, feeling the anticipations 
of the judgment to come." They say mostly 
" that the very apostles and patriarchs are not yet 
crowned ; " they teach that they " wait for us ; " 
that the " reward is not before the resurrection " 
that " they now behold their way to immortality 
little on the intermediate state. The burden of 
their preaching was on the resurrection and the in-
heritance of the saints in the world to come. On 
these points they spoke with great freedom and 
plainness of speech. None can mistake their teach-
ings. And here I am positive ; while on the other 
I cannot feel the same positiveness, for the want of 
the same amount of light. If others can I do not 
object to it. They are more blessed in this respect 
than I am. 
6. The " destruction of the wicked " is another 
point on which much stress has been laid. And on 
this I will simply say that I have ever considered the 
plain and positive declarations in the word of God, 
on this awful subject, as proofs of " everlasting pun-
ishment." Still, on long reflection and a re-exami-
nation of the question of late years, I cannot say 
that it would not be a relief to my mind to have a 
harmonious exposittn of the scriptures in relation 
to the subject, that would give us a reasonable hope 
that human suffeling would cease after the final 
judgment of the wicked. But as yet I do not see 
the proof of this, and so for the present I refer this 
solemn subject to Him who will do all things well. 
Accept my thanks, dear Bro. Wardle, for this 
mark of your confidence and esteem in calling my 
attention to this matter. I intend to review this 
whole question, and shall at a proper time, if I have 
anything new, speak out, whatever may be the re-
sult. Till then believe me to be, as always, an out 
and out Adventist ; and now, with our present light, 
looking for Jesus and the first resurrection about 
1867 —8. 
Very truly yours, 
JOSHUA V. HIMES. 
Waterloo, C. E. June 12, 1862. 
NOTE. — Since the above was written I have seen 
several querries in the " Herald," with replies by 
our much loved and respected Bro. Litch and others, 
in relation to the questions involved in the first and 
second paragraphs. I shall not be able to say what 
1 think I ought to say on them in this number of 
the " Herald," as the article is in type and must be 
made up to-day. And having just returned from a 
tour I am not prepared to do it. But 1 will attend 
to the matter soon. 
J. V. H. 
Boston, July 12, 1862. 
Rom our Sister Mrs. S. N. Nichols. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS :—The Herald of Feb. 8th has 
just come to hand, and on looking over its columns 
I find an appeal from Bro. Burnham to the friends 
at large for one mighty effort to come to its rescue. 
Now I will be one of the ten dollar friends or of the 
two hundred ninty-nine, if they are not made up be-
fore this reaches you. If they are I will stand the 
next figure. The Herald must not die. Let the 
friends act in view of the judgment, to which we are 
so fast hastening. We shall soon have to give an 
account of our stewardship. I love the Herald. I 
am not willing to have it cease. 
Yours in hope, 
S. N. NICHOLS. 
Coloma, Cal., March 27th, 1862. 
P. S. I hope to see Boston this year. I am trying 
to close up here, so as to return East. 
The Spring is very late for California ; trees are 
just in bloom. The rains have exceeded anything 
ever before known. 
S. N. N. 
[It was not too late, sister, and we are much 
obliged for the $5 enclosed.—ED.] 
From I. C. Buckholder. 
BRO. BLISS :—I believe my Bible teaches the doc-
trine of the advent near, and I would like to live up 
to the light which I have received in this respect. 
The Herald I like above all other pa s, religious 
or political, that I take. I think and 1 the people 
that it is tne best religious paper that is printed on 
this side of the big water. Pray for me, that my 
faith in God and love to him may increase, and that 
I may be counted worthy of a place among His peo-
ple in that day. 
Yours, in the hope, 
ISAAC C. BURKHOLDER. 
Lowville, C. W., June 12, 1862. 
From Bro. L. M. Jackson. 
Bele. BLISS :—We are happy to be able to send 
you a new subscriber in a new place. Please to send 
the "Herald," &c. 
This I trust will pave the way to interest others 
in that place, and that ere long numbers may be-
come patrons of your valuable journal. 
With much esteem, yours, 
M. L. JACKSON. 
June 18, 1862. 
[May such be the result of the reception of the 
Herald in that place, where we believe it has never 
before circulated. Whilst the editors of other papers 
can he around among the brethren, looking after 
their several interests, we are confined to the office, 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
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 ba 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlenianly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
more clearly, as being near it, — praise God and ex-
ult with divine joy, not now fearing that they 
should turn aside to evil, but well knowing that 
they shall have safely and forever the good things 
laid up for them." Again, they say " the heavens 
are not open till the earth pass away ; " " see not 
the unchangeable good, as angels do ; " only " see 
the good things through faith and hope." The 
Fathers confine themselves mostly, however, to the 
scriptural phrases. " Being with Christ," they 
agree that they are at rest " with the Lord." " In 
his keeping ; seeing him (though we know not the 
place which the scriptures designate as paradise, 
Abraham's bosom, or the altar) ; yet not Being God 
as they shall see him after the resurrection, not hav-
ing as yet their full reward." * 
Thus it will be seen that the Fathers had no 
idea of the saints going to heaven at death, and give 
no countenance to the modern doctrine, so preva-
lent, of " death being the gate to endless joy " and 
the kingdom. I suppose the foregoing views of the 
Christian Fathers were founded on such passages as 
the following, in the New Testament : Phil. i. 23. 
" Having a desire to depart and be with Christ, 
which is far better." II. Cor. v. 8. " Absent from 
the body and present with the Lord." Luke xxiii. 
43. " This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." 
And of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, 
Luke xvi. 19 — 31. These passages have always 
been clear in my mind. And when the plausible 
and strong arguments have been brought to prove 
the unconscious state their force has always been 
broken by the clear and positive character of these 
scriptures. Yet I have not been able to harmonize 
these texts with the ideas of many passages in the 
Old Testament, which seems to militate against 
them. I think I have no prejudice to blind my 
moral sense, or any lack of a love of light or truth 
hinder me from a full and free reception of all the 
ruth on this subject. 
I frankly confess to you that I have my difficulties 
with the view I hold in relation to the nature of 
man and the mode of hie existence in the interme-
diate state, as well as the true place of his residefice 
n that state. I do not clearly comprehend, in the 
ight of reason and fact, how a being, as such, can 
xist without substance or organization. I have no 
knowledge of such being. And human philosophy 
does not help me. It must rest on revelation alone. 
knd then the place of the abode of spirits is another 
hing I do not understand. Once I thought I did. 
followed Josephus and the Pharisees among the 
Jews, and Dr. Campbell and others among the 
Christian doctors, locating them in " Hades." But 
n a conversation with Professor N. N. Whiting,' of 
Williamsburg, N. Y., I was effectually convinced of 
he incorrectness of this idea. I have great confi-
dence in his knowledge of the language. He showed 
me that " Halts " had no such meaning in the 
Bible as given by Josephus and others. His view is 
hat the soul goes to heaven at death, but is not re-
warded or perfected in its existence till the resurrec-
ion. And then the Christian Fathers taught that 
he soul did not go to heaven at death. And Justin 
Martyr went so far as to say that those who believed 
he soul went to heaven at death were not Christians. 
Wesley and others taught that the soul did not go 
heaven at death. So we have a confusion of 
ongues on this subject. Some send the soul to 
heaven at death ; some to paradise, meaning a dif-
erent place from heaven; some to the New Jerusa-
em ; others to Hades, a very different place from 
either ; and some have the saints rewarded in heav-
en at death ; others that they are not rewarded till 
the resurrection ; some that they sleep in a con-
scious dream of rest, expecting the coming of Christ 
n the resurrection of the just ; while others give to 
them wakefulness and blessedness in a higher sense ; 
and yet others hold that they sleep in Jesus in the 
iteral sense of sleep, and are absolutely dead, and 
will have no life till " He who is our life shall ap- 
pear," and then to " appear with Him in glory," 
in the " resurrection of the dead." Amid these 
conflicting opinions I rest on the plain word of God. 
At death the body " goes to the dust," and 
the " spirit to God.,who gave it." Feel. xii. 7. 
There is no judgment or reward until the 
resurrection. Col. iii. 3, 4. I see no way for the 
saints to be " crowned," " robed," or " clothed 
upon " till the resurrection morn. II. Cor. v. 4, 
Isl. Tim. iv. ,8. And 
If there is no judgment or reward between 
death and the resurrection, then the intermediate' 
 
state is not one of blessedness. It is an imperfect, a 
negative state, in which they wait for the consumma-
tion of their hope at the resurrection, to be.enjoyed 
in immortal bodies, in the new heavens and new 
earth. This is the blessed hope. We know that 
" when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then 
shall we appear with him in glory." 
It will he seen by a careful perusal of the New 
Testament that Christ and the Apostles said but 
* See Library of the Fathers, vol. x. pp. 117, 118. 
and therefore the more need the kind aid and ef-
forts of those interested in the welfare of the Ad-
vent Herald. — ED.] 
[Since writing the above we are pleased to receive 
another new subscriber from Bro. J., showing that 
his hopes are being realized. — ED.] 
From Bro. M. Winslow. 
BROTHER BLISS : — I see that Brother Chapman 
was surprised to see my letter which I wrote in Feb-
ruary, in which I sent the $2 for the Herald, and 
was lost for a while, come out in the Herald of May 
24th ; which he supposed was republished through 
mistake, and as I supposed. But, like Bro. C., on 
looking at the date of each, I wondered that you 
should publish it after the one in April, which I 
wrote you on being informed *at the one of Febru-
ary was lost, — and which must have excited the 
curiosity of many of the readers of the Herald as to 
why I should write two letters so nearly the same. 
This will explain the reason of their appearing, so 
far as the writer is concerned. 
I think Bro. C. has forgotten that he ordained 
Bro. D. B. Winslow as pastor of the church, instead 
of leaving it in my care ; which church dwindled 
and became extinct under his care, by removals, 
apostacy, etc. ; at which Bro. C. exclaims of gloomy 
thoughts to me. I might ask, where are the Coop. 
erstown, the Walker's Neck, Bear Creek, and the 
Roscoe churches ? They have all become extinct or 
embraced soul-destroying errors. 
And now, Bro., is not the cause of all this the 
want of sound conversions? In my letter I did not 
cast a single reflection on Bro. C.'s preaching, —I 
did not think of it, — but made those remarks as 
applicable to the general preaching of Adventists 
out West, with two exceptions, Bros. H. and L. 
No church can be prosperous for any considerable 
time springing up as the Advent churches have all 
over the land : made up of different materials, Pedo-
baptists, Babtists, from the ranks of Universalists 
and sceptics, from those who hold water to be the 
most essential point for salvation, and those who 
hold it to be the least. For a while, when tinder 
the excitement of a new doctrine, whether true or 
false, such bodies may be held together ; but when 
the truth of the Bible, on all the doctrines which 
Christ and the Apostles taught, are preached, there 
will be dissensions and apostacy. I am just as firm 
a believer in the soon coming of Jesus as I was in 
1843. Yes, and much stronger. But that is not 
the only truth taught by Jesus Christ. Look at his 
sermon on the mount, etc. It is no less true that 
we are saved by grace, if saved at all ; that man is 
wholly depraved, and needs the special guidance of 
the Holy Spirit to lead him to Christ ; that to be-
lieve and be baptized is necessary for salvation ; and 
a holy life, a following after Jesus, who said, " My 
sheep hear my voice, and they follow after me ; I 
will give unto them eternal life, and they shall never 
perish." All these, and many other truths are 
equally as important as that of the soon coming of 
Jesus. All the great truths of the Bible must be 
tanght, but no one to the exclusion of the others. 
M. WINSLOW. 
Perry, Pike Co., Ill. June 30, 1862. 
From Bro. D. Campbell. 
I would say to my friends and brethren in Canada 
West who are expecting me to visit them that, by 
Divine permission, I shall send then definite infor-
mation soon. I am confident in the faith of the soon 
coming of our Messiah. Let the beloved friends live 
in continual preparation, by fully abstaining from all 
known evil, and discharging every duty, small and 
great, according to the ability which God giveth. 
I am pleased with your answer to my request, in 
• 
the Herald of May 24th ; which will obviate the 
necessity of my saying any more at present ; only I 
would call on all concerned to read your answer. 
D. CAMPBELL. 
July 5th, 1862. 
Remember the Little Ones. 
"There is no flock, however watched and tended, 
But one dead lamb is there ; 
There is no household, howsoe'er defended, 
But hath a vacant chair." 
"How beautiful !" we exclaimed, when first our 
attention was called to the above gem many years 
since. Yes, beautiful indeed, in its simplicity ; but 
painful when that prophetic verse is proven by 
Death's removal of a cherished one from our midst, 
and the little vacant °flair with the untouched play-
things, mementoes of kind friends, are scattered 
about, or permitted to remain as last placed by the 
withered flower—the rare exotic transplanted to a 
more congenial clime. The pearly lustre of the 
little blue eyes grows dim ; the rosy hue, 'rreathed 
upon the fair round cheek, melts into a deadly pal-
lor, and the fairy-form sinks gently into Death's 
embrace ; the casket laid tenderly away, and the 
tear of friendship doth freely water its resting place 
"Loved and lost !" IIow many mothers deeply 
231 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
OBITUARY. 
BRO. Bmss : - The unwelcome messenger has 
again crossed our threshold, and nipped a bud of 
promise. A little more than four months ago a 
sister of seventeen summers was hid from our sight 
in the cold grave ; and on the eve of the 12th day of 
June, HERBERT FASSETT,a darling son of four months, 
closed his eyes in death. That little voice is no 
longer heard, to cheer our lonely hearth, -his little 
form is no longer seen in our family circle ; and as I 
gazed upon his lifeless. form, cold and stiff in death, 
I could but say, how cruel is death and the grave ! 
And as we trace this evil back to the garden, we are 
led to see more than ever the enormity of sin, and to 
enquire with the poet - 
How long shall Death, the tyrant, reign ? 
But we sorrow not as those that have no hope : for 
the Saviour has said " Suffer the little ones to come 
unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the 
kingdom of heaven." These little ones will come 
'again from the land of the enemy, more beautiful 
than when under the curse of sin, for they will be 
made immortal. How beautiful to contemplate the 
resurrection morn, when the trumpet shall awake 
the sleeping ones, and we behold them starting into 
life again, and the opening graves reveal their im-
mortal forms. " Blessed and holy is he that loath 
part in the first resurrection : on such the second 
death hath no power." 
A sister in Christ has handed me some verses, 
composed by A. Streeter, on the death of our little 
Herbert. I would like to see them in the Herald. 
A little bud of promise lies 
Silent and cold in Death's embrace, 
While mourners pass, with weeping eyes, 
To look upon its lovely face. 
Sweet little cherub, bud of earth, 
Only four months had passed away 
Since we hailed the day of its birth 
Ere it had withered to decay. 
The tyrant Death has laid it low ; 
When, 0 when will his power cease? 
'When will our Saviour crush the foe, 
And usher in his reign of peace ? 
Scattered all over the earth they lay, 
Helpless victims beneath the sod, • 
Waiting for that auspicious day 
When shall be heard the trump of God. 
Thus saith Jehovah, Cease your fears, 
For there is hope of these dear lambs ; 
Refrain from weeping, dry up your tears, 
For they will join the blood-washed band. 
So saith the Lord's unerring word, 
These children will return again, - 
Their infant voices will be heard 
When Jesus comes on earth to reign. 
The monster Death will be no more, 
His tyrant sway will not be known ; 
From sea to sea and shore to shore 
Our Saviour will be King alone. 
E. S. BRIGHAM. 
Sister RACHEL MILLER, wife of Bro. Aaron Mil- 
of Roxham, C. E., departed this life June 26th, 
1862, being as I suppose about 50 years of age. In 
early
„_e life she embraced the Saviour, and joined the 
,Wcsleyan Methodists, with whom she rema
ined sev- 
esteeme 
Year! 
and1 , and was much d as an intelligent 
consistent Christian. Nearly twenty years ago 
, 
 
heard and embraced the doctrines of our Lord's 
Superior mental power, and careful investigation, 
Christaspeculiarly well informed in the faith of 
and was well able to give a reason of the 
nine which was in her, which she ever did in meek-
n_re7u,and with a quiet spirit. Her health has been 
6 any declinig for 
ears • 
 and though she often 
eapred greatly, yet she
ye
endured all with singular 
patience, and as "seeing Him who is invisible." I 
visited her early in June, and found her in a most 
peaceful and trustful state of mind. The last time 
I conversed and prayed with her the divine pleas-
ure was very sensibly felt, and the whole soil cried 
out, "This is none other but the house of God, and 
this is the gate of heaven," for our joy seemed to be 
full. Bro. Miller writes me that "her faith and 
hope was strong to the last,firmly fixed in the prom-
ises of God." She leaves a husband, a son, and 
many relatives and friends to mourn ; but they have 
the consolation to know that their loss is her gain ; 
and that the blessed moment is at hand when those 
who sleep in Jesus will rise in the likeness of the 
coming one, and with the living saints changed, 
will reach the promised and desired rest, 
"Where death-divided friends at last 
Shall meet, to part no more." 
I feel that our departed sister deserves a more ex-
tended notice ; but as I do not possess the requisite 
facts, the above must suffice. 1 may add that she 
was a sincere friend of the Advent Herald ; and the 
cause of God has in her death lost one of its bright-
est ornaments, and one of its best supporters. May 
her happy death, as well as her holy life, be made a 
blessing to many precious souls. 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Waterloo, C. E., July 4th, 1862. 
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they were exposed, of relapsing into unbelief, or 
losing their interest in the great doctrine of Christ's 
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" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a shorttime, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
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. HINES. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
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- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13-pd to jan 1 '62 
For sale at this office. 
DANIEL CAMPBELL, 
GENERAL AGENT. 
P. 0. address, Carlisle, C. W. 
DR. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : a great cure for colds and 
coughs. This medicine is highly prized by all who use it, 
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relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
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Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
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feel the power of that simple sentence. The grief 
that rends their hearts, when a jewel has been pluck-
ed from their tender embrace, no words of mine can 
describe, my pen cannot delineate. The tears that 
spring from their crystal fountain bespeak the 
gushings of sorrow ; and the mind, that ever dwell-
eth upon the wandering bird now warbling chorus 
sweet in Paradise, displays the hidden anguish of a 
mother's loss. 
Nellie is dead ; There was grief in that cottage 
home ; for the sweet singer, the pet of that devoted 
household band, had left the scenes of earth, to 
tune her golden lyre in Paradise. They knew her 
goodness, and felt no fear ; but the mother's heart 
was nigh to breaking ; the child she loved so well-
the daughter who had clung to parents dear, was 
now a faded sunbeam. Tenderly they laid her 'neat') 
the sod ! Flowers of early spring begem her grave, 
and loving friends oft visit the little mound, where 
friendship's hand cloth plant some sweet memento to 
departed worth. 
"She was a cherished treasure, too good, too pure 
for earth ; 
And she left us in her beauty, her innocence and 
mirth ; 
So we laid her in the grave-yard where the willow 
branches wave, 
With the cold earth fur her pillow, in the dark and 
silent grave." 
Y. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
Sermons for Children, on the Book 
of Genesis, 
BY W. WILSON, B. D., 
Vicar of Walthamstow. 
SERMON I. 
THE CREATION. 
" In the beginning God created the heaven and 
the earth," etc. - Gen. i. and ii. 1- 3. 
IF you have read the text with care, 
children, you know what the sermon is 
about. Look around you. It is about the 
world in which you live - the light of the 
day, and the darkness of the night, the air 
you breathe, and the water of the great 
sea ; the grass of the field; the trees, with 
their leaves and their fruit; the bright stars 
which you see in the heavens, and the sun 
and the moon. It is about the fishes which 
swim, and the birds which fly; the insect 
which creeps upon the earth, and the cat-
tle of the field. And it is about yourself, 
too - your body ; your eyes to see, and 
your ears to hear, and your mouth to taste, 
and your hands to feel ; - and your soul, 
too, which thinks, and desires, and loves 
and hopes; -your body, which will die, 
and your soul. 
God made all these things. When you 
try to make anything you think, and you 
work, and then how little can you do ! 
But God spake the word only, and all 
things were made. Think about God ! 
I. GOD CAN DO ALL THINGS. 
Nothing is too hard for him. If God 
made the world, then he can do all he 
pleases in the world. God gave me my 
life. If I am well, it is he who makes me 
well. If 1 am ill, it is because it is the 
will of God. He makes poor, and he 
makes rich, and he tells no man why he 
does so. I shall live as long as God gives 
me life, and I shall die when he takes 
away my breath. 1 must pray to God, for 
he can do all I pray for, if he pleases to do 
so. And God lives in heaven, and rules 
over all. When I die, and my body is laid 
in the grave, then God can give me life 
again. He can take me to heaven, if 1 
please him. He can send me down to 
hell, if I am wicked. Heaven is• God's 
throne. The earth is God's footstool, 
where they who love him pray, and praise, 
and serve him ; and hell is God's prison-
house, where all the wicked spirits and bad 
men will be, who will not do his will. 
0, how great God is ! I must fear him, 
and love him, that I may be kept by him 
from all evil, and then dwell with him for-
ever. 
See Job xlii. 1, 2 ; 1 Chron. xxix. 11 - 13 ; Luke 
xviii. 27 ; Rev. iv. 11; Acts xvii. 24 - 28 ; 2 Tim. 
iv. 18 ; Matt, x. 28 ; Pea. ix. 27. 
But think about God ! 
II. GOD IS GOOD. 
How kind was God, to make the world 
for us to live in ! He gives us pleasant 
fields to look on, and all that we love to 
see around and above us ; and the cheer-
ful voice of birds to delight us. He makes 
the earth to be fruitful, and then the corn 
appears, and there is- food to eat, and rai-
ment to put on. He gives kind friends and 
a peaceful hOrne ; and our heart is full of 
joy when we think of him. 
But there is sin in the world ; and men, 
and, children too, are wicked, and do not 
love God ; and when they die, they die 
f,'rever. But God is good. He sent his 
Son into the world to die for us. He gives 
his ,Spirit too, that we may wish to love 
BOSTON. JULY , 1862. 
"FEED MY LAMBS."-Jan 21:15. 
him. And there are the Bible and the 
church, and a father and .mother to watch 
over and to teach us ; and we may read 
and hear, and think, and pray and praise, 
and try to do the will of God, and then, 
at last, be where the blessed Jesus is for-
ever. 
How good is God ! If I am poor or 
sick, I must think that it is the great God 
who makes me so, that I may turn and pray 
to him, and love him more. If I am well 
and have all I want, 1 must think what 
shall I render to the Lord for all lie gives 
me ! I will be happy in God. I will not 
have my all in this world. I hope to be 
with God at last, that I may praise him 
forever and ever in paradise. 
See Pea. cxlv. 9 ; Pea. xxxiii. 5 ; Psa. lxv. 9 -13 ; 
John iii. 16 ; Rom. v. 8 ; Luke xi. 13 ; Psa. ii. 10 ; 
Psa. lxviii. 19. 
Think of God ! 
III. How HOLY IS GOD. 
When God made man he made him like 
himself. Then man thought what was 
right, and loved what was right, and spake 
what was right, and did what was right. 
There were no wicked desires then, no bad 
feelings, no anger, or envy, or hatred, or 
bad will: all was love; all was kindness; 
all was like God ; all was holy. When 
Adam saw the fields, and the trees, and 
and the sky, and the earth, lie thought of 
God. When God said, Do this, he did it; 
and when God said, You shall not do that, 
he did it not. And then the earth was full 
of the glory of the Lord. How happy Adam 
was, so long as he was holy ! 
And then, when God made Adam holy, 
he made the Sabbath too. The Sabbath 
is a holy day. Adam had a holy heart, 
and he lived a holy life, and the Sabbath 
was like heaven to him ; it was all holy, 
and all happy. 
Why are we not happy now ! Why are 
little children vexed and cross ? Because 
we are not holy, as Adam was. We sin in 
our heart and in our life, every day and 
every hour ; and then we are sad. We 
breathe the soft air, and we look on the 
pleasant fields, and we feel our warm 
clothes, and we eat and we drink ; the 
bright sun shines upon us by day, and the 
quiet moon looks down on our pillow by 
night; but if we love sin, we are not hap- 
py. " The wicked are like the troubled 
sea, which cannot rest." 
And heaven is happy, because there all 
is holy. 'And God is there ; and sinners 
are not there. And God loves those who 
are there, and they see him, and they love 
him forever. Do you wish to go to para-
dise? You must pray God to make you 
holy, for Jesus' sake. 
See Psa. exlv. 17 ; Isa. vi. 3 ; Eccles. vii. 29 ; Isa. 
lviii. 13 ; Tit. ii. 11 - 14 ; Psa. xxiv. 3 - 6 ; Rev. 
xxi. 27. 
But think of God ! 
(To be continued.) 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
NOTICES OF ELEDER J. V. HIMES. 
Sabbath, July 20. Boston,-Re-opening of the 
chapel. 
Sabbath, July 27. Lowell Stvet, Boston. 
Wednesday,July 30. Conference and Lectures in 
Palmer, on Three Rivers, Mass., and continue over 
the Sabbath, P. M. and evening each day, as Eld. 
Powell may appoint, 
Friday, August 15. Commences a camp meeting" in 
Perry's Mills, N. Y., to continue from the 15th to 
24 th . 
Tuesday, Aug. 26. Will be at the Wilbraham 
camp meeting, to continue through the week. 
Friends who wrote me from Conn. will please 
write me without delay as to their plans for my la-
bors after the camp meeting. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
Advent Camp meeting. 
A general camp meeting for Northern N. Y., Ver-
mont, and Canada East, will be holden in Perry's 
Mills, N. Y., near the depot of the Ogdensburg Rail 
Road in that place, six miles from Rouse's Point, N. 
Y. The Adventists in the entire region, with all 
persuasions of Christians are most cordially invited 
to attend ,and take an earnest and active part in the 
objects of the meeting. 
All who have tents will bring them. And friends 
in the vicinity are invited to put up cheap lumber 
tents, or others for themselves and strangers. Board 
and, lodging will be provided on reasonable terms. 
Also pasture for horses. And everything will be 
done by the brethren and friends in the vicinity to 
make the people comfortable ; and tried and faithful 
brethren, Dr. E. M.Loomis, of Perry's Mills, N.Y., 
and Alvah Loomis,of Champlain, N. Y.,may by ad-
dressed by any who wish accommodation or any 
further information about the meeting. The exact 
location of the grounds will be given in season. 
The meeting will commence on Friday, August 15, 
at 4 P. M., and be continued every day, over two 
sabbaths, to the 24th. 
Ministers of God, brethren, sisters, and friends, 
one and all, come up to the feast. There never 
was a time when the door was opened so wide 
and effectual as now for the Adventist to speak 
and work for God and a doomed world. Many, 
too, among us have left their first love, and have 
need of help. Many in our families are out of the 
Ark of safety,and shall we not do something to res-
cue them before the storm of vengeance falls FCan we 
endure to see the destruction of our kindred ? The 
community, too, are looking to us for light on the 
coming kingdom. Shall we not give it? Can we 
withhold and be innocent in the day of the Lord ? 
We have light on the time, and the signs of the 
Advent of the King of kings : shall we not give it ? 
Why hesitate to give the trump a certain sound ? 
Rome is falling. The false prophet is tottering, and 
Armageddon, with its strife and slaughter, is just 
upon us ! 
Come then, ye veterans of the Advent faith, come 
ye young with the old soldiers, let us shake off the 
the dust of sloth and indolence, and gird on the ar-
mor of God. Let us seek and possess full redemp-
tion, and do what we can to multiply the number 
who shall stand on Mount Zion in the day of the 
Lord. 
Boston, July 14, 1862. JOSHUA V. HIMES. 
The Post Office address of Elder J. M. ORROCK is 
changed from Durham, to Waterloo, Shefford, C. E. 
THE EVANGELICAL ADVENT CON• 
FE HENCE will hold its 22d Annual Session in Water-
bury, Vt., commencing Tuesday, Oct. 9th, and continue 
three days, or longer if the Conference deem it expedient. 
The opening services will be on Tuesday, at 2 o'clock P. 
.M., after which the unfinished business will be attended to. 
In the evening the Annual Sermon, by Elder D. Bos-
worth. 
Wednesday, A. M. A session of the American Millen-
nial Association. 
Wednesday, P. 11I. A session of the Evangelical Ad-
vent Conference. Business and Essays. 
Evening. Anniversary of A. M. Association. Opening 
Address by Elder J. Pearson, to be followed by other 
brethren, on the Importance of Publications as a means of 
spreading the light. 
Thursday. Sessions of Conference. Business and Es-
says. 
In the evening, - the Anniversary of our Missionary 
work, - an Opening Address by EldelIC. Cunningham, on 
the Christian Ministry, and the Gospel Method of its In-
crease and Support ; to be followed by addresses from 
other brethren. 
JOHN PEARSON, jr., 
LEMUEL OSLER, 
ANTHOSIK PEARCE, 
Committee. 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
M. L. Jackson. We received the name of Perry Aikens 
and $1.00 on the 21st of June, and credited him to No. 
1127 in the Herald of June 25th ; though we spelled the 
name with an "i," which we see you do not. Which is 
correct? 
Dr. D. H. Willey. Have sent you June 14th, and 
since, except June 21 (of which we have none), and credit 
you to lie. 1106. 
J. Litch. Have now sent Herald to Mrs. M. B., to No. 
" 1034 Lemon," commencing with July 1st. It must be 
that she will now receive it, having her actual No. Have 
seen Mr. G., and put $1.50 to your credit. 
H. Purdy. Will give next week. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1862. 
M. L. Jackson, (yearly subscription), Milisburg, Pa., $2. 
Sarah Swartz, Kylertown, Pa.,.... ........ 
" Snow Shoe," Centre Co. Pa. ..... ........ 1. 
Mrs. Joanna C. M. Greeley, Hudson, N. 
Harvey Gibbs, Gerry, Sinclairville, N. Y., .... ..1. 
Special Proposition. 
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made up by other contributors. This is not designed 
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Burlington, Iowa .
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Cincinnati, 0 
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Dunham, C. E '', • ". D. W. Sornberger 
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R. W. Beck 
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Kincardine, C. W ........ ..... ... ....Joseph Barker 
Loudon Mills, N. H. ... . .........George Locke 
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UP TO TUESDAY, JULY 15. 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD to 
which the money credited pays. .No. 1075 was the closing 
number of 1861; No. 1101 is the Middle of the present 
volume, extending to July 1, 1862; and No 1127 is to the 
close of 1862. Notice of any failure to give due credit 
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is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
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address - the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is directed. 
An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives us 
much perplexity. Some forget to give their State, and if 
out of New England their County, while sonic fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
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therginnay be others at the same post-office, with the same 
initiNis. Sometimes, when the paper goes to a given ad-
dress, another person of the same family will write res-
pecting it,without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
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and that a third person is often subjected to postage, merely 
to accommodate the one who sends. 
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Wm. H. Swartz, sent books the 10th ; S. Norcross, 1127 ; 
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Hastings, 1124 ; H. Orcut, 1127 ; Reuben Greeley, 1210 ; 
Ambrose Stone, 1127 ; George H. Swasey, 1127 ; Asa C. 
Webster, 1127 ; E. A. Davis, 1127 ; Dr. D. Barber, 
1127 ; A. C. Brown, 1127 ; Mrs. M. A. Robinson, 1127 ; 
Wm. (Mrs. A., we suppose) Oliver, 1153; S. Wilson, 1101; 
R. Jackman, 1130; Mrs. S. Mixter, 1240 - each 11.00. 
Mrs. H. Story, 1153 ; N. Clark, 1153, and $1.00 for 
books, etc., by Niles's Ex. the 10th inst ; M. H. Mayer, 
1113 ; Lawrence Miller, 1075 ; Peter Swartz, 1070 •, ld 
L. Jackson, 1179 ; Harvey Gibbs. 1127 ; Moses Foskett, 
1127 ; I. G. Moore, 1153 ; R. Wltipple, 1127 ; Mrs. John 
Teneson, 1127 ; Joseph Southwick, 11.53 - each 462.00. 
Z. Reynolds, 1134:- $5.00. 
Johnson Geer, 1114, 50 cts. ; H. Lamkin, 1127, $2.25. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
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and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
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5 00 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, 
1.00 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa. 
2 00 
Mill. Aid Society in Providence, .... ......16.30 
Millennial Aid Society in Shiremanstown, Pa 9.00 
tg " " New Kingstown, Pa.... 4.50 
S. Blanchard, Barre, Vt. 
1 00 
Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W ....... .. 1.00 
Church in Newburyport.......... 
9.00 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landing N. J. 
 2.00 
Josiah Vose, Westford, Mass. (" or more") 2 00 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass .... ... • ... • • • 2.00 
Church in Stanstead, C. E ................ 1.00 
Joel Cowee, Gardner, Mass.... ........ .. ......1.00 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W 
 5 00 
H. B. Eaton, M.D., Rockport, Me ........ ..... 5.60 
Edward Matthews, Middlebury, 0............ . • • • • .1 00 
Mrs. F. Beckwith, " 
1 00 
Mrs. Mary Jane Yoder, Harrisburg, Pa.... 5.00 
Miss 0. W. Allen, Johnson, Vt 
.1.25 
Mrs. Mary Ann Dowd, New Haven; Vt .5.00 
Alexander Wattles, Troy, Mich., 
• 1.00 
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Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer.