1Or, " a threshold of shaking." 'Or, " friends." 
30r, " sit." 40r, " heathen." 
MOONLIGHT VOICES. 
What saith the moonlight to my soul, 
As through the ambient air, 
Its soft and silver volumes roll 
Like hues. of Eden titir ? 
A loving voice, of mystic tone, 
Breathed with the inciting light, 
Is wafted from the golden throne, 
Borne on the silent night. 
All cries of grief and woe it stills, 
It soothes the notes of sorrow, 
As light the heaven, with joy it fills, 
And cheers with hope the morrow. 
The Father thus, with voice divine, 
Each fainting pilgrim son, 
While moonlight waves their music chime, 
For heaven, his goal, speeds on. 
Protestant Churchman. 
Translation of Zechariah. 
BY PROF. N. N. WHITING. 
(Concluded.) 
[CHAPTER XII.] 
1 The burden of the word of Jehovah upon 
Israel, saith Jehovah, who spreadeth out the 
heavens, arid establisheth the earth, and 
2 formeth the spirit of man within him. Be-
hold, I will make Jerusalem a 'cup of reeling 
to all the people around, in the siege, and 
also in Judah shall it be against Jerusalem. 
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a 
burdensome stone for all the people : all 
that burden themselves with it shall be ut-
terly bruised, and all the nations of the 
earth shall be gathered together against her. 
4 In that clay, saith Jehovah, I will smite all 
the horses with terror, and their riders with 
madness : and I will open mine eyes on the 
house of Judah, and will smite all horses of 
5 the people with blindness. And the 'chiefs 
of Judah shall say in their heart, Strength 
to me are the inhabitants of Jerusalem in 
6 Jehovah of hosts their God. In that day 
will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pa-
of fire among the wood, and like a torch of 
fire in a sheaf ; and they shall devour all 
the people around, on the right hand and 
on the left : and Jerusalem 'shall be inhab- 
7 ited again in her place, in Jerusalem. And 
Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, 
that the splendor of the house of David and 
the splendor of the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
8 may not magnify itself against Judah. In 
that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabit-
ants of Jerusalem ; and he that stumbleth 
among thern at thatday shall be like David ; 
and the house of David shall be like God, like 
9 the messenger of Jehovah before them. And 
it will be in that day, that I will seek to de-
stroy all the "nations who come against Je- 
10 rusalem. And I will pour on the house of 
David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
the spirit of grace and of supplications: and 
they shall look on me whom they have 
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, like 
the mourning for the only son, and shall be 
iu bitterness for him, like the bitterness for 
11 the first-born. In that day shall there be 
a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the 
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of 
12 Megiddon. And the land shall mourn, 
every family apart; the family of the house 
of David apart, and their wives apart ; the 
family of the house of Nathan apart, and 
13 their wives apart ; the family of the house of 
Levi apart, and their wives apart ; the family 
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12 salem shall sit securely. And this shall Plancke, " The clergy in the several provinces 
be the plague with which Jehovah will under color of the Church, held in their pos. 
plague all the people who have warred session one tenth part of the entire property of 
against Jerusalem ; Their flesh shall con- the empire." 
some away while they stand on their feet, Those who are tied down in their action by 
and their eyes shall consume away in their the canons, decrees, and acts of ecclesiastical 
sockets, and their tongue shall consume legislatures, or by the arbitrary dictates of sec- 
13 away in their mouth. And it shall be in tarian usage, may investigate such a subject as 
that day, that there shall be a great conster- a matter of mere curious criticism, or historical 
nation from Jehovah among them ; and they research ; and having ascertained the import of 
shall seize each one the hand of his neigh- such a passage as that before us, or the prac-
bor, and his hand shall rise up against the tice of the first churches in accordance with 
14 hand of his neighbor. And Judah also shall such directions, they must leave it there as a 
fight in Jerusalem; and the wealth of all thing that does not practically concern them-
the 'heathen around shall be gathered to- selves. But if we are sincere in our professed 
gether, gold, and silver, and garments in submission to Christ as our head, and to his 
15 great abundance. And so shall be the revealed will as our rule, the ultimate object of 
plague of the horse, of the mule, of the earn- our inquiry is, not " what did the apostles di-
el, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that rect and the first Christians practice ?" but 
shall be in these camps, as this plague.— " what does the Lord require us to do ?" as in- 
16 And it shall come to pass, that all the rem- titnated in these directions or that practice.—
nant of all the 'nations who came against And in answer to this inquiry, I believe we 
Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to have it plainly and definitely laid down : 1st. 
year to bow down to the King, Jehovah of That the funds of the Church are to be derived 
hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. from the voluntary contributions of the lovers of 
17 And it shall be, that whoever of all the fami- Christ and his cause. There is not a hint in 
lies of the earth will riot go up to Jerusalem the Scriptures of obtaining money for the ser-
to bow down to the King, Jehovah of hosts, vice of Christ, from worldly men on any pre- 
18 even on them shall be no rain. And if the text. On the contrary, it is presented as one 
family of Egypt go not up, and come not, of the peculiar duties and privileges of disciple-
so will there not he rain on them, but there ship to contribute. And the motives by which 
will be the plague, wherewith Jehovah will giving is encouraged or enforced, are such as 
smite the 3nations who come not up to keep could be addressed only to Christians. Love 
19 the feast of tabernacles. This will be the to him who, though he was rich, for our sakes 
punishment of Egypt, and the punishment became poor—love to the brethren—and the re-
of all nations who come not up to keep the membrance that with such sacrifices God is 
20 feast of tabernacles. In that day shall there well pleased, are the arguments by which they 
be on the bells of the horses, Holiness to were admonished to give, " not grudgingly or 
Jehovah ; and the pots in Jehovah's house of necessity, but every man according as he 
12 shall be like the bowls before the altar. And purposed in his heart, for God loveth a cheerful 
every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall giver." The Christian of all ages must con-
be holiness to Jehovah of hosts : and those sider that he is not his own, but bought with a 
who sacrifice shall come and take from them, price—that all he has as well as all that he is 
and boil in them : and in that day,there:shall to have, is the Lord's—and that he is but a 
be no more a 4Canaanite in the house of steward, who must render an account. 
Jehovah of hosts. 
2. The time and manner of giving is pre- 
scribed. It is not left to any time or occasion, 
when our feelings may be moved by a special 
The Fellowship: appeal, or some incidental impulse. V It is made 
The Substance of no Address a regular duty, in the punctual observance of 
TO THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, DETROIT, which, we may rest assured, Christ's cause will 
On the Lord's Day Morning, January 12th, 1851, be best served, and our own welfare best pro- 
On the Scriptural Rule of Maintaining the Revenue of the Church. rooted. "On the first day of the week let 
BY REV. JAMES INGLIS. 
every one of you lay somewhat by itself, put- 
ting it into the treasury." False and formal 
religion delights in the observance of days and 
months, and times and years ; and separates 
its claims as much as possible from the ordinary 
and every day course of life. The gospel which 
pervades the heart with its influence, pervades 
the life with its claims. The regulation which 
brings this duty into the punctual observances 
of every week, is in harmony with this distinc-
tion. Habit, not impulse, is the mode in which 
it accomplishes its aims. The occasion selected 
for the discharge of the duty isan instance of the 
manner in which the gospel brings everything 
within the operation of holy principle. False 
and formal religion makes its service something 
altogether aside from our every day concerns. 
The gospel spreads its service over the whole 
of life, and says, " whatsoever ye do in word or 
deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."—
Thus our contribution to the temporalities of 
the Church, takes its place amongst our relig-
ious worship; and as an expression of love to 
Christ and his cause, it is associated with our 
praises, with our commemoration of his death, 
and our celebration of his resurrection. The 
arrangement suits well with the character and 
destiny of the Church as a body, composed not 
of the affluent and powerful, who might on any 
exigency command large resources for the exe-
cution of its purposes, but of those who could 
only accumulate a sufficient fund by a combi-
nation of many small contributions, and accom-
plish a great work by a persevering application 
of limited means, and a progress extending 
through a long period of time. Had the Church, 
20r, " nations." 30r, " heathen." 40r, " hea- Preserving its spirituality and simplicity, held 
 by this simple ordinance of Christ, extending 
' 14 of Shimei apart, and their wives apart ; all 
the remaining families, every family apart, 
[CHAPTER XIII.] 
1 and their wives apart. In that day there 
shall be a fountain opened to the house of 
David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
2 for sin and for uncleanness. And it shall 
be in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that 
I will cut off the names of the idols from the 
land, 'and they shall no more be remembered : 
and also I will cause the prophets and the 
unclean spirits to pass from the land.' And 
it shall be, that when any shall yet prophesy, 
then his father and his mother who begat 
him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live ; 
for thou speakest a lie in the name of Jeho-
vah : and his father and his mother who be-
gat him shall thrust him through in his 
4 prophesying. And it shall be in that day, 
that the prophets shall be ashamed each one 
of his vision, in his prophesying; neither 
5 shall they put on a hairy garment to lie : 
and he shall say, I am no prophet, I ant a 
tiller of the ground ; for a man bought me."- 
6 And one shall say to him, What are these 
wounds on thy breast ? Then he shall an-
swer, Those with which I was wounded in 
7 the house of my friends.' 0 sword ! awake 
against my Shepherd, and against the man 
my near relative, saith Jehovah of hosts ; 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be 
scattered ; and I will bring back my hand 
8 upon the little ones. Arid it shall come 
to pass, that in all the 51and, saith Jehovah, 
two parts in it shall be cut off and die ; and 
9 the third shall be left in it. And I will 
bring that third part into the fire, and will 
melt them as silver is melted,and will prove 
them as gold is proved : they shall call on 
my name, and I will hear them : I will say, 
it is my people ; and they shall say, Jehovah 
[CHAPTER XIV.] 
1 is my God. Behold, a day cometh to Jeho-
vah, and thy spoil shall be divided in the 
2 midst of thee. And I will gather all 6na-
lions unto Jerusalem to battle ; and the city 
shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and 
the women violated; and half of the city 
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue 
of the people shall not be cut off from the 
3 city. Then Jehovah shall go forth, and 
fight against those nations, like the day of 
4 his battle in the day of conflict. And his 
feet shall stand in that day on the mount of 
Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the 
east, and the mount of Olives shall split in 
its midst towards the east and towards the 
west, and there shall be a very great valley; 
and half of the mountain shall withdraw to-
wards the north, and half of it towards the 
5 south. And ye shall flee to a valley of my 
mountain ; for a valley of the mountains 
will reach to Azal : and ye shall flee like as 
ye fled from before the earthquake in the 
days of Uzziah king of Judah : and Jeho-
vah my God shall come, and all the saints 
6 with thee. And it shall be in that day, 
there shall not be the light of splendors and 
7 darkness : but it shall be one day which 
shall be known to Jehovah, not day, nor 
night : but it shall be, at evening time it 
8 shall be light. And it shall be in that day, 
waters of life shall go out from Jerusalem ; 
half of them towards the eastern sea, and 
half of them towards the western sea : in 
9 summer and in winter it shall be. And 
Jehovah shall be King over all the earth ; 
in that day shall there be one Jehovah, and 
10 his name one. All the land will change 
like as the plain from Geba to Rimmon, 
south of Jerusalem : and she shall he exalted, 
and sit in her place, from Benjamin's gate 
to the place of the first gate, to the corner-gate, 
and from the tower of Hananeel to the king's 
11 wine-presses. And they shall dwell in her, 
and there shall be no more curse ; but Jeru- 
(Concluded.) 
Neander, without entering formally into any 
inquiry as to the mode in which the treasury 
was replenished, makes several incidental allu-
sions to the practice of the churhes in the first 
ages, which show that they were strictly in ac-
cordance with the apostolic directions, as above 
interpreted in his " History of the Christian Re-
ligion and Chucrh during the three first centu-
ries," when describing the brotherly love of the 
early Christians, he says : " The care of pro-
viding for the support and maintenance of the 
stranger, the poor and the sick, of the old men, 
widows and orphans, and of those who were 
imprisoned for the faith's sake, devolved on the 
whole commnnity. This was one of the chief 
purposes for which voluntary contributions at the 
times of assembling for divine service, were estab-
lished." Again, in the same work, speaking of 
the relation of presbyters to the Church, he , 
says: "From the Church fund, which was formed 
by the voluntary contributions of every member 
of the Church, at every Sunday service, or as 
in the north African Church, on the first Sun-
day of every month, a part was used for the 
pay of the spiritual order." 
Such was the simple but yet efficient order 
of churches, until the usurpations of the clergy 
on the one hand, and the policy of the Roman 
emperors on the other, subverted the rights of 
the people, and changed the organization of the 
Church into a corrupt and pliant tool of the 
government. Then the wealth of the world 
was poured into its coffers, until, according to 
then." 50r, " merchant," or, " buyer and seller." 
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its labors and resources together, it would have 
built no splendid cathedrals—it would have had 
lid princely bishops—it would never have daz-
zled the world by its magnificence, nor controlled 
the world by its wealth—but without exaction 
or distress, it would never have left the poor 
saints to go to an alms-house, and it would not 
have needed to go a begging for the means of 
sending the glad tidingsto the utmost corner of 
the earth. How speedily did the churches in 
Macedonia arid Achaia become more than self-
sustaining ! and even in a great trial of afflic-
tion, the abundance of their joy and extreme 
poverty, superabounded to- the riches of their 
liberality. Were our churches throughout this 
land now under the influence of the same love, 
walking by the same rule, their revenue would 
in a year, leave all their past efforts far out of 
view. As the tendency of the gospel is to propa-
gate itself by changing every hearer into a her-
ald—so would its propagation be constantly 
furnishing the means of a wider extension, were 
these directions to become the law of every 
Church that was instituted. For a more de-
tailed and impressive view of the advantages 
of this systematic benevolence, let me refer 
you to the prize essays on that subject, pub-
lished by the American Tract Society—a little 
volume which I should rejoice to see in the 
hands of every member of the Church—though 
the views of the writers do not on all points 
coincide with our own. 
3. We have a rule also for the proportion in 
which each is to contribute—it is " as he may 
have prospered." Under the Jewish Hierarchy 
the compulsory payments of the people to the 
support of religion, formed a very large per cent-
age of their incomes—and over and above these 
we find one of them boasting that he gave half 
his goods to feed the poor. Under the gospel 
dispensation, as we have already remarked, 
there are no fixed and imperative demands in 
the form of tithes or taxes—not because obliga-
tions are diminished, but because believers now 
are placed under a new law—the law of love, 
which by its spontaneous action lays all that a 
man has—property, time, talents, life itself, a free 
will offering upon the altar of God. The only 
question regarding any of them is, " how will 
He, whose steward 1 am, have me apply them ?" 
Under such a dispensation exigencies may arise 
where those who have possessions may bring 
all into the common stock, just as exigencies 
may arise in which they must make life a sac-
rifice for truth. But in the ordinary circum-
stances of the Church the direction given is, 
that on the first day of the week, they should 
each make a contribution according as they have 
prospered. This implies that every one should 
make a weekly review of his circumstances and 
the claims of the cause, and then according to 
his circumstances for the time being, he should 
contribute, Such a review of his own circum-
stances is necessay in order that he may not 
give more than justice between man and man 
warrants him in bestowing. A review of the 
claims of the cause for the time being, is also 
necessary—not only that these claims may be 
met—but also that in meeting them, there may 
be an equality, and not that one may be eased 
while others are burdened. 
No exact proportion of income is stated, be-
cause that would interfere with the healthy ope-
ration and expansion of the law of love. It 
would also have been unequal in its effects.—
For had the law required, for example, a tithe 
of our incomes, the poor would have been op-
pressed by a payment which might diminish 
their supply of common necessaries, while the 
affluent would have been left to the unrestrained 
indulgence of avarice and extravagance. It is 
left to every man as the Lord's steward, to give 
as the Lord bath prospered him, and all, rich 
and poor, enjoy an equal privilege arid satis-
faction. The large contributor makes no os-
tentatious display—the small contributor, if he 
gives according to this rule, is not put to shame. 
" Knowing that if there be first a willing mind, 
it is accepted according to what a man hath, 
and not according to what lie bath not." 
We need not dwell upon the divine wisdom 
in the simplicity or this system. Its advanta-
ges to the individual and to the cause, are equal-
ly apparent. The influence of such a review 
of our affairs in the sight of God, will in itself 
be of great moment. Worldliness will be sum-
marily checked—rash expenditure and specula-
tion will be at once arrested. There can scarce-
ly be such a thing as a conscientious man per-
plexed by pecuniary obligations under such a 
regulation. Brief as our experience as a church 
is, we have already seen several instances in 
which, not to speak of embarrassments from 
other sources, the fulfilment of pledges given 
to the church has proved burdensome to those 
who have been visited with sickness or other 
unforseen reverses. Henceforth that cannot oc, 
cur amongst us. The cause will gain not only 
in the amount contributed, but also, by the spirit 
in which it is given. In the ordinary modes of 
raising money ior pious and benevolent purposes, 
there is a heavy tax for agency in one lora), or 
another—and a continual outcry is kept up 
which appeals to unworthy feelings, and chills 
all our best sympathies for a good cause. If 
there was a return to the primitive spirit and 
system, there would not only be a vast increase 
of means, but there would be a manifestation 
of zeal and alacrity which would give energy 
to all our movements. The ministry of this 
public service would not only supply the wants 
of the saints, but would abound in many thanks-
givings to God. 
If these views be in the main correct. as we 
have unanimously considered them to be, there 
remains no choice to us as a church as to the 
method in which our pecuniary aflhirs shall 
henceforth be conducted. We have a divine 
law which precludes all questions of policy or 
expediency. The voluntary contributions made 
at our stated meetings must be our only reli-
ance—su pe reeding subscription books, pew-rents, 
and all other human contrivances. Arrears of 
past obligations, and the want of correct habits 
in the matter, may somewhat impede its fair 
operation in the outset. But with a full confi-
dence in the wisdom of the ordinance, and in 
your Christian principle and love, 1 have no fears 
of the ultimate result. God's plan, worked out 
by God's people, must, through His blessing, 
succeed. Out of these contributions are to be 
provided for, the current expenses of our place 
of meeting, (which until we can provide a chap-
el of our own, must be large,) the support of 
the poor, and the support of the ministry. Over 
and above these, we may speedily be enabled to 
aid in the circulation of the word of God and 
the preaching of the gospel elsewhere. In the 
meantime we are indirectly contributing to these 
objects, when we sustain our own expenses in-
stead of drawing, as most churches in our cir-
cumstances do, upon the treasury of a Mission-
ary Society. As to the result, I repeat it, I 
have no doubts. With a large personal inter-
est at stake in it, I for one say, " it is a divine 
regulation, and we have no choice—it is a di-
vine regulation, and we have nothing to fear." 
Individually, let me remind you there is a 
positive law regulating your contributions to the 
cause of Christ, as plain and emphatic as any 
command in the decalogue—God did riot more 
plainly say to the Israelites, amid the thunders 
of Sinai, " Remember the Sabbath day and 
keep it holy," than the Lord says to you, amid 
the holy privileges of his grace, " On the first 
day of the week let every one of you lay by 
hirn in store, as God bath prospered him." This 
requirment you cannot fulfil without regularly, 
as the sun of the Lord's day shall dawn upon 
you with its blessed remembrances, making it 
a conscientious inquiry, " what does the Lord 
this week enable me to devote to his service ? " 
It will not fulfil the obligation that you settle it 
in your own winds, once for all, that you will 
make a certain contribution weekly. It is a 
question for every week, in the settlement of 
which your temporal affairs will be spread out 
for inspection before Him whose stewards you 
are—and an opportunity will be afforded for an 
ever fresh expression of your love and devotion 
to Him. There will be no display or liberality 
before any eye but God's—and to Him will you 
be answerable for the righteousness of your 
decision. 
In conclusion, I give thanks to God for your 
submisson to the divine will, and your confi-
dence in the divine arrangements, displayed in 
your return to this neglected law of Christ's 
house. I rejoice in the thought, that here there 
will be a free gospel sustained by the free will 
offering of those who love the truth—and a 
kind and bountiful provision for all temporal 
wants that may arise amongst us, so that actual 
suffering from poverty amongst the saints, shall 
never be endured or dreaded, unless God in his 
providence should strip us all of health or the 
opportunity of industry. I trust there may be 
also blessings and benefactions spread around 
us, and continually augmenting means of ex-
tending the proclamation of repentance arid the 
remission of sins, in the name of Jesus. The 
fruits of this arrangement will be found in your 
hearts also. Love grows by exercise and effort 
—your graces will be cherished, and God thus 
glorified. It will shed a hallowed influence 
over your ordinary callings—make your indus-
try not a mere drudgery, but a service of the 
Lord—and render your devotion to him an in-
fluence reaching through your every day rela-
tions. As amongst the Corinthians, so amongst 
you, they who love you for the exceeding grace 
of God in you, will through the experiment of 
this ministration, glorify God for your professed 
subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for 
your liberal contribution unto them and unto 
all. 
Prospects of Europe. 
FROM THE LONDON " UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE." 
The partisans of despotism, far more numer-
ous in the world than honest inexperience is 
disposed to believe, are now congratulating, 
themselves, all over Europe, on the great vic-
tory they have gained over reform. Three 
years ago, when the revolutionary tempest was 
at its height, these gentleman insinuated, which 
was all at that time they dared do, that the 
friends of the new order of things were exhibit-
ing a lamentable want of moderation. We 
could not adopt this view of the matter then, 
nor can we now ; but we are perfectly ready to 
admit, that the reformers of that period did un-
questionably display a lamentable want of pru-
dence. There is a pedantry in moderation, as 
in most other things, and the popular party in 
1848 were decidedly guilty of it. They did 
not or could not look forward, but amused them-
selves, like children, with imagining that the 
last battle between liberty and despotism had 
been fought, and that thenceforth they had 
nothing to do but sit down quietly under their 
vines and their fig-trees. 
We have not much faith in the disposition of 
mankind to profit by the experience of the past, 
because, in our opinion, it seldom happens that 
even statesmen are careful to survey the ante-
cedents of events before they engage in political 
struggles. It would, therefore, argue a too san-
guine temperament, to expect that the popular 
party on the continent, when it next makes a 
move, will be sure to do so in the right direc-
tion. It is, nevertheless, permitted to hope that 
the stern teachings of adversity may have made 
it wiser, and that should power ever pass into 
its hands again, it will not be withheld by a 
foolish show of moderation from taking a proper 
care of its inveterate enemies There are those 
whom a generous forbearance converts or disarms; 
but there are others, and unfortunately not a few, 
whom it is necessary to treat with severity, that 
they may be rendered for ever incapable of treach-
erously wounding those who have spared them. 
Had the popular party understood its own in-
terest and that of the world when the means of 
action were at its disposal, it would have fewer 
enemies to deal with now. But it was lavish 
of leniency. Hoping to make a favorable im-
pression on the advocates of arbitrary rule, it 
took innumerable serpents then congealed with 
terror, into its bosom, and warmed and nour-
ished them, that they might afterwards sting 
it to death. This, it is now discovered, was 
a short-sighted policy. It would have been 
better to have taken a leaf out of the history 
of the eighteenth century, or even go back 
to the Florentine secretary for counsel. This, 
we say, because truth is of all ages. Advice 
consequently, addressed to the fifteenth century, 
may deserve to be followed still, though we are 
perfectly aware that policy must shape its ex-
ternal forms to suit not only the exigencies hut 
the prejudices of the times. One assassination; 
perpetrated by a strong enthusiast, inaugurated 
the Roman republic ; thousands of assassina, 
 
tions, perpetrated by authority, have avenged 
upon the people the phenomenon of its brief 
existence. The Italians used to be apt scholars 
in political arithmetic. When they rise again, 
therefore, they may remember the past, and 
profit by it. The people, indeed, do not assas-
sinate, but they may take measures in self-
defence which may paralyze the arm of crime, 
and render it safe to be openly attached to 
liberty. 
It is now felt, even by the daily journals of 
this country, that the excesses of despotism must 
inevitably drive the population of Europe into 
another general insurrection, during which they 
will probably mimic the vengeance of which 
they are now made the victims. Predictions in 
the social or political affairs of the world are 
proverbially unsafe, unless we throw off the 
expectations of their fulfilment far beyond the 
term of our own lives, We may then obtain 
the honor of being prophets by giving utterance 
to mere rhapsodies. But we undertake a more 
hazardous task. We affirm that the re-action 
is already commencing, and that not only within 
our own time, but witin the next two or three 
years, large portions of Europe will again be 
convulsed by revolution. Nor can this surprise 
any one who looks abroad upon what is taking 
place, and observes the vindictive cruelty with 
which the successful governments of the conti-
nent are now aiming at the extirpation of free-
dom. 
No man in his senses can lend himself to 
the propagation of opinions or doctrines really 
anti-social, that is to say, destructive of human 
society, and of the rational order which ought 
to prevail throughout the civilized world. But 
we must not for a moment suppose that by the 
word order, wise statesmen intend to signify 
that death-like stillness in which arbitrary power 
loves to exist. Order is synonymous with 
moral harmony, which is only found in those 
countries in which all classes of the people find 
themselves in their proper places with suitable 
duties to perform, and with instruction neces-
sary to perform them, in their minds. Of all 
the populations of Europe, we ourselves approxi-
mate most nearly to this state of things; though 
we have still many improvements to make, 
many prejudices to deliver ourselves from, much 
knowledge to acquire, numerous distinctions 
to obliterate, arid a large amount of Christian 
charity to infuse into our virtues. Still, look-
ing across the sea toward the continent, we are 
driven by what we behold there, to acknowl- 
edge that revolution has not yet done its work, 
and that there must be an immense clearing 
away of rubbish from the soil; before useful po-
litical institutions can possibly be erected. The 
year 1848 was like what the Persians call the 
false dawn. It showed that the day is coming; 
 
but was not itself the commencement of the 
day. We shall have to witness other popular 
movements, carried on next time in a very dif-
ferent spirit; after which the political arena 
may possibly be left free for some time. 
If we turn to Italy, respecting whose fate no 
civilized man can be indifferent, we cannot fail to 
be convinced that the information which reaches 
us through the French, German, and English 
papers, requires to be accepted with extreme 
scepticism. Men must inevitably speculate 
from their own particular points of view, and 
consequently when they undertake to supply 
information, must color it by their predilections 
and wishes. Now there is scarcely any journal 
in England or France, at once desirous of pro-
moting the emancipation of Italy, and intimately 
acquainted with its chances of success. Where 
a friendly feeling exists, it is too often accom-
panied by ignorance; and where we recognize 
the presence of knowledge, we at the same 
time detect lurking beside it the malignant or 
venal desire to employ it in the service of priest-
craft and despotism. 
Sometimes we are assured, with an affected 
show of compassion, that the Italians can never 
hope to enjoy their freedom, unless it be be-
stowed upon them by the spontaneous interpo-
sition of the great European States ; and even 
which, being scarcely possible, is only mentioned 
in order to create despair, Popery and the 
fatal division of the country into so many small 
kingdoms and principalities, are supposed to 
have utterly quenched the valor of the natives. 
Recent examples of courage are treated with 
obstinate incredulity, and the old assertion, that 
the Italians can only fiddle and intrigue, is ob-
stinately reiterated, in order to justify, we sup-
pose, the criminal apathy with which Great 
Britain and other free states stood aloof, when 
it was practicable to have expelled the Austri-
ans from the peninsula, It might not have 
been so easy to prevent the entrance of the 
French ; yet it can scarcely be doubted that a 
vigorous remonstrance from England would 
have preserved the Roman Republic, as a nu-
cleus around which the various populations of 
Italy might have gathered and consolidated 
themselves, 
In spite, however, of all but insurmountable 
obstacles, the Italians we are persuaded will in 
a short time emancipate themselves. Nothing 
can now be clearer than that the rule of Aus-
trians, and of all governments which owe their 
support to them, is viewed in the peninsula 
with universal detestation. The anniversary i f 
the establishment of the Roman Republic was 
celebrated by thousands of bonfires, kindled by 
unseen hands along the crests of the Appennines, 
nay, even in the very streets of Rome ; in spite 
of the French patrols, and the detestable troops 
of Germany. Public opinion throughout the 
country has within the last few years undergone 
a complete change. Instead of apathy, instead 
of a tame submission to a priestly domination, 
instead of a mean desire for personal enjoyments 
disgraceful in an enslaved country, we obs rye 
the growth of a fierce spirit of resistance, of 
generous discontent,. of a manly resolution, to 
postpone private to public good. The events of 
1848 have dispelled the illusion which once 
surrounded the Austrians, teaching the Italians 
that man to man they were at least equal to 
them, and that even new levies knew how to 
snatch victories from soldiers grown old in the 
service of the Emperor. 
Milton once said, that despotism should be-
ware of those writings, which, sown like the 
dragon's teeth, over the surface of society, 
might chance to spring up armed men, This 
miracle has been wrought before our eyes in 
Italy. The works of a few authors multiplied 
by the press, and disseminated through every 
practical channel, have penetrated, and are 
penetrating, into the public mind, and creating 
the greatest possible disquietude in the oppres-
sors of No kern Italy. Literature never did 
better service. Before the great revolution in 
France, we know that books were scattered by 
millions among the population,. and that they 
came at last to be dreaded still more than the 
bayonet and the sword, for these might be 
wresivd from the hands that bore them, but 
when revolutionary ideas had been once instilled 
into the people's mind, it was not to be doubted 
that they would gradolly ripen and bear fruit. 
We observe with extreme satisfaction that 
the Austrian despotism in Italy is deeply dis-
quieted by the spread of popular productions. 
The war has become a war of ideas, in which 
proclamations on the one hand, containing the 
most furious threats of vengeance, contend, 
against journals and pamphlets on the other, 
exciting the public mind to heroic resistance. 
As an illustration of the temper of mind with 
which Austria views the enlightenment of her 
Italian subjects, we subjoin one of Radetzy's 
proclamations, than which nothing more dis- 
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131 
" 'Tis a fugitive entreats you, 
Only let me here abide ; 
Give me but one night's protection, 
And a corner where to hide ! 
" Save me ! for the love of Heaven, 
Save me !" and she turned her eye 
To the hill-top, where it rounded 
Off against the cloudless sky—
Moving figures in the distance 
Did her searching glance descry. 
Shrieked she then with frenzied gesture, 
" See them ! they are on my track ! 
Will you give me to the bloodhounds ? 
Will you let them drag me back, 
To be scoffed at, to be trampled, 
To be tortured on the rack ?" 
" God protect you !" said the pastor, 
"For I cannot grant you aid ; 
Evil times are fallen upon us, 
When such brutal laws are made ; 
But it is the will of Heaven 
That our rulers be obeyed." 
0, that gaze of speechless anguish ! 
0, that heart wrung woman's wail ! 
As the hunted slave flew onward, 
Made his very heart to quail—
Made his very hair to stiffen, 
And his face turn ashy pale ! 
But the door was shut and bolted, 
And the fugitive was gone. 
Ere the strangers from the hill-top 
Had descended to the lawn : 
Vain, good constable and planter, 
Vain the errand ye are on. 
When the moon arose that evening, 
On the evil and the good, 
Two poor tenants of a hovel, 
That beside the forest stood, 
Found the hunted woman lying 
Where they went to gather wood : 
Bore her to their wretched dwelling, 
Placed her on its only bed, 
Wet her parching lips with water, 
Strove to make her taste of bread, 
Chafed her limbs, and watched beside her— 
In the morning she was dead ! 
And the parish gave a coffin, 
And a decent grave was made, 
And a meager group assembled, 
And the parish pastor prayed— 
Standing with his head uncovered 
Where the silent dust was laid. 
Hitherto in speech so gifted, 
Wherefore did his language fail ? 
Wherefore did his accents tremble ? 
What could make his cheek so pale ? 
No one living had accused him, 
And the dead can tell no tale ! 
0 ! bespeak the pastor gently, 
For his punishment is sore ! 
Little lower than the angels 
Had he deemed himself before ; 
Now, even conscious of manhood 
Lives within his soul no more ! 
In his ear a wail is ringing, 
And he hears it everywhere—
Hears it in his quiet parlor, 
Hears it on the pulpit stair ! 
0, entreat the pastor kindly, 
For he has enough to bear ! 
But for that poor hovel's inmates— 
When they thither turned again, 
Well they knew it was an angel 
That upon their bed had lain ; 
For it lighter seemed, and softer, 
To their weariness and pain. 
And their frugal bread seemed sweeter 
To their hunger than before—
Warmer was the sullen hearthstone, 
Smoother was the broken floor; 
And they loved each other better, 
Loved their God, and neighbor, more. 
National Era. 
The Trial of Antichrist. 
(Continued from our last ) 
The Proceedings at a Special Commission, held 
at the Sessions House of Truth ; in order to 
the Trial of Antichrist, for High Treason 
against His Most Sacred Majesty, King of 
Heaven and Earth. 
James I., King of England, sworn. 
Have you any knowledge of the prisoner at 
the bar, as pope of Rome? 
A. I have. 
Q. By what name was he called when you 
knew hint ? 
A. By several; but when he was called 
Pope Clement IX., I took the most notice of 
him. 
Q. Did he not publish a bull against you, 
previous to your being crowned king of Eng-
land, with intent to deprive you of your right 
to the throne ? 
A.—He did. He knew well that when I 
came to the throne, I would never allow popery 
reputable ever issued from the agent of a tyran-
nic government—" Whereas incendiary and 
revolutionary proclamations and pamphlets con-
tinue to be spread among the people, I find it 
necessary to declare :—first, that the proclama-
tion of the 10th of March, 1848, is still in full 
force, whence it follows, that whoever is con-
victed of diffusing and communicating such 
writings is liable to be condemned to death by 
a court-martial ; secondly, I direct that whoever 
shall henceforward be in possession of such 
revolutionary and incendiary writings, whatever 
its title, or however framed, and does not imme-
diately deliver it to the nearest political au-
thority or person in office, were it only a gen-
darme, at the same time stating how it came 
into his hands, shall, if he cannot be convicted 
of premeditated diffusion, be punished for the 
mere possession of such document, and for not 
having given notice of its existence, with carcere 
duro (imprisonment in irons) for a period of one 
to five years, according to the aggravating or 
mitigating circumstances attending the crime." 
From the spirit pervading this ferocious docu-
ment, we may certainly infer the character of 
the whole of the Austrian policy in Italy, where 
the horrors it commits are rendered incredible 
by their very atrocity. It has, however, trans-
pired frequently through the journals that ac-
tive hostilities are carried on against the parti-
zans of democracy under a disguise which none 
but an Austrian politician could have invented ; 
the patriots are denominated banditti, and un-
der that name hunted down remorselessly and 
put to death. It is indeed not to be denied that 
among the men who fought and rendered them-
selves prominent in the recent struggle for in-
dependence, many had so completely comprom-
ised themselves that they had no choice after 
the war of freedom was over but to betake them-
selves to a brigand's life, and levy contributions 
on the common enemy. After all, however, 
these were only the exceptions to the rule. In 
general the republicans returned to their homes, 
concealed their arms, and enveloped themselves 
in reserve respecting late events, and betook 
themselves to their usual callings till such time 
as their country should again need their services. 
—(To be continued.) 
The Wanderer. 
DT M. HEMPSTEAD. 
"Twas a stern December sunset— 
Stern, though fair and gorgeous still-- 
Blushing crimson was the river, 
And. the cloud upon the hill ; 
But the north side of the forest— 
Oh 'twas bitter cold and chill. 
" Father," said a little daughter 
Of the minister, " to-day, 
When you told us about Daniel, 
How he would not cease to pray, 
Though a law made against it— 
It was righteous, did you say ? 
" And the Hebrew men who boldly 
Dared to disobey their king—
Was it right for them to venture 
On so dangerous a thing, 
When they knew not of a surety, 
What deliverance God would bring?" 
" Yea, my child," replied the father, 
And his look was almost stern ; 
" Wherefore does my daughter question ? 
Surely thou art slow to learn 
Of the prophets and apostles, 
And the martyrs in their turn. 
" That a higher law than human 
Is the fearless Christian's guide; 
Sinful men make sinful statutes, 
And the truth is turned aside, 
But the laws of God are perfect, 
And must ever more abide." 
Not again the child made answer, 
But in silence bowed her head, 
While upon the wall the firelight 
Mingled with the sunset red ; 
Then in haste a servant entering, 
To his reverend master said : 
" Sir, there is a stranger woman 
Waits to see you at the door ; 
So forlorn a human being 
Never did I see before— 
One that such a scanty garment 
Or so wild an aspect wore." 
Wonderingly the little maiden 
Close against the window pane 
Pressed her cheek to see the stranger : 
" None have ever sought in vain, 
At my hand," replied the master, 
As the servant turned again. 
To his door the good man hastened, 
But the half had not been told ; 
'Twas no strolling alms-house vagrant, 
'Twas no beggar taught and bold—
But a WOMAN, faint with travel, 
Shuddering with affright and cold! 
" I have need of food and clothing, 
But 1 ask them not," she cried— 
to be encouraged in England, and that I would nants or treaties which you made as Emperor 
oppose his rebellious arms whea I was estab- of Germany ? 
lished. He therefore issued out a bull, to ex- A.—He did. 
elude me from tny right to the crown, and com- Q.—Will you relate to the court what treaty 
manded all the English Romanists to do their he declared null and void, which you had con-
utmost to keep out the Scottish heretic, as he firmed ? 
called me ; and that I might not in anv wise be A.—After much human blood had been spilt 
admitted to the kingdom of England, unless I on the continent to support the Prisoner's au-
would be reconciled to his supremacy, receive thority, I executed the treaty of Alt' Radstadt, 
my crown at his hands, and conform myself arid thereby confirmed certain privileges to some 
and all my subjects to the popish religion. of my Protestant subjects. And I also entered 
Q.—Did he publish this bull or rebellious into alliance with the Protestant princes of the 
proclamation in the presumed title of the Vicar empire. After which, the prisoner sent a letter 
of Christ, and Prince over all Nations? to me bearing date the 4th day of June, 1712, 
A.—He did. He always acted in that char- wherein he wrote as follows, which I will re-
ter before and after I came to the throne. The peat:— 
generality, if not all of his bulls, are issued " We by these presents, denounce to your 
forth in direct conformity to, and with the in- Majesty, and at the same time, by the authori-
junctions and decisions of his conventions of ty committed to us by the Most Omnipotent 
rebels called general councils, of which the God, declare the above mentioned covenants 
prisoner is chairman. 
of the treaty of Alt' Radstadt, and everything 
Q. When did you begin to reign in England ? cotained in it, which are any wise obstructive 
A.—In the month of March, in the year of of, or hurtful to, or which may be said, es-
our Lord 1603. But his bull was published teemed, pretended, or understood to occasion, or 
full two years before. 
to bring, or to have brought the least prejudice 
Q.—Was there not a scheme laid by a con- ' to, or any ways to hurt, or to have hurt the 
siderable number of traitors belonging to the Catholic Faith, divine worship, the salvation of 
society that is headed by the prisoner, to destroy souls, the authority, jurisdiction, or any rites of 
you and both houses of Parliament by gunpow- the church whatsoever, together with all and 
der, soon after you came to the throne? singular matters which have followed, or may 
A.—There was. It will long be remembered at any time hereafter follow from them, to be, 
by Protestants, and it is known in history by and to have been, and to perpetually remain 
the name of the Gunpowder Plot. 
hereafter de jure, null, vain, invalid, unjust, rep- 
I had ordered both houses of Parliament to robated, and evacuated of all force from the be-
assemble on the 5th of November, in the year ginning, and that no person is bound to the ob-
1605. The Queen also and Prince of Wales servation of them, or any of them, although the 
were expected to be present, and I, agreeably to same have been repeatedly ratified or secured by 
my duty, to deliver a speech from the throne. an oath; and that they neither could nor ought 
Under the Parliament house was a vault, into to have been nor can, nor ought to be observed 
which had been conveyed thirty-six barrels of by any person whatever." 
gunpowder, which were carefully concealed un- All the princes being examined, the Attorney 
der faggots and piles of wood. This horrid General stated to the court, that although he 
conspiracy was kept a secret for near eighteen had detained them a considerable time in the 
months, tho conspirators being all sworn with examination of so many emperors and sove-
what is called a sacramental oath. However, reigns as witnesses on this important occasion, 
the kind providences of our most gracious soy- yet the case was too momentous not to demand 
ereign defeated their dark, diabolical designs, the fullest investigation. And though he now 
in such a visible manner, as to make it evident considered the overt act, of deposing princes in 
that the Lord reigned. 
the name of Christ's Vicar fully proved, yet he 
About ten days before the long wished for was compelled to trouble the court a little longer 
meeting of Parliament, I received notice of on this subject, while one or two other witnesses 
their malicious plot, but search was purposely were examined, whose testimony he considered 
delayed till the night immediately preceding the to be too weighty to pass by. 
assembly. A magistrate then with proper offi- 
cers entered the vault, and found there one 
Here the President of the United States was 
Guy Fawkes, who had just finished all his hor- called to the bar as a witness in the case. As 
rid preparations, with matches and everything 
proper in his pocket to set fire to the train.—
He was immediately seized, when his counte-
nance betrayed the savage disposition of his 
heart. He afterwards regretted that he had lost 
the opportunity of destroying so many heretics, 
and made a full discovery. 
He, with a number of other conspirators, 
were executed in different parts of England, 
among whom was a particular emissary of the 
prisoner, one Garnet, a Jesuit; and so deluded 
were other rebels who survived him, that they 
fancied miracles wrought by his blood, and in 
Spain he is considered a martyr. I have very 
briefly related their destructive plot, and the 
merciful deliverance of Almighty God. But, 
from which it must evidently appear, that the 
prisoner's orders were obeyed by such as were 
connected with him in England, and that, agree-
able to his bull, they did their utmost to deprive 
me of my throne, when they formed a plot for 
the destruction of my person, family, and Prot-
estant Parliament. 
Cross-examined by Counsellor Quibble. 
Q.—Are you sure that the prisoner at the bar 
was concerned in this plot, or that it was a pop-
ish plot ? 
A.—I am certain that he was the ringleader 
of the conspirators, and that Romon Catholics 
only were concerned in it. 
Q.—You know that reports are very contra-
dictory respecting the manner of its being dis-
covered. Some say that a Roman Catholic peer 
(Lord Mounteagle) received a letter desiring 
him to shift off his attendance in Parliatnent, 
and who not being able to explain its contents 
The President of the United States, sworn. 
brought it to you. Others, tha enry ., 
t H IV glance ? 
'Q.—Is the President acquainted with the 
prisoner at the bar ? 
A.—I have no personal acquaintance with 
him. I know him only through some of his 
emissaries and subjects who live in my country. 
Q.—How many of these are now (in 1847) 
living under your government ? 
A.—About three millions. 
Q.—Do they take the oath of allegiance to 
your Government ? 
A.—Some of them do, as soon as they are 
permitted by the law of the land, if not before, 
while others do not take it at all. 
Q.—Who are those who do not take this oath 
at all or very rarely ? 
A.—The bishops and priests. Very few of 
them ever take the oath. 
Q.—How do you account for this? 
A.—the most intelligent of my subjects say 
it is in consequence of an oath, taken when 
they assume the office of bishops and priests, 
by which they are solemnly sworn to sustain 
the prisoner at the bar, and to put down all who 
are opposed to him. I have not given much at-
tention to this subject, but many citizens of the 
United States believe that an oath of allegiance 
to our government would be perjury on the part 
of these men, unless they first renounce the su-
premacy of the pope. 
Q.—Do youapermit men to live under your 
government who do not take the oath of alle-
king of France, communicated it to you, and 
A.—The government adopts the principle of 
many deny that the prisoner knew anything of I toleration with reference to all things claimed 
to be matters of conscience. We have no un-
ion of church and state. The scruples of these 
men have been thought to be of a religious na-
ture, therefore they have not been disturbed. 
Q.—What are the words of the oath taken by 
the bishops and priests and Jesuits ? 
A.—They are as follows,,":—(Here the Presi-
dent read extracts from these oaths.) 
it. Can you tell by what channel you received 
the information ? 
A.—The channel through which I received 
the intelligence cannot invalidate the fact.—
The prisoner published his orders to the Roman 
Catholics in England, and commanded them to 
do their utmost to deprive me. What was done, 
was agreeable to his orders. They who did it 
were all his own servants, and before their exe-
cution they confessed their guilt. 
Charles VI., Emperor of Germany, sworn. 
Q.—Look at the prisoner at the bar. Have 
you any knowledge of him ? 
A.—I have. I recollect him by the name of 
Pope Clement XI. and several other titles. 
Q.—Did he ever presume, as the Vicar of 
Christ, to make void and of no effect, any cove- 
he came forward, he had a youthful air among 
the sovereigns of the old world, and there was 
a freedom of manner, an openness and frank-
ness, that commended him to all present. 
Question by the Attorney General. 
" The oath of a Roman Catholic bishop. 
" I, N. elect of the church of N., from hence-
forward will be faithful and obedient to St. Pe-
ter the Apostle, and to the holy Roman Church, 
and to our lord, the lord N. pope N. and to his 
successors canonically coming in. I will nei-
ther advise, consent, nor do anything that they 
may lose life or member, or that their persons 
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or any injuries offered to them, under any pre-
tence whatsoever. The counsel which they 
shall intrust me withal, by themselves, their 
messengers or letters, I will not knowingly re-
veal to any, to their prejudice. I will help 
them to defend and keep the Roman papacy, 
and the royalties of St. Peter, saving my order, 
against all men. The legate of the apostolic 
see, going and coming, I will honorably treat, 
and help in his necessities. The rights, hon-
ors, privileges, and authority of the holy Roman 
Church, of our lord the pope, and his foresaid 
successors, I will endeavor to preserve, defend, 
increase, and advance. 1 will not be in coun-
sel, action or treaty, in which shall be plotted 
against our said lord, and the said Roman 
Church, anything to the hurt, or prejudice of 
their persons, right, honor, state, or power ; and 
if I shall know any such thing to be treated or 
agitated by any whatsoever, I will hinder it to 
my power: and as soon as I can will signify it 
to our said lord or to some other, by whom it 
may come to his knowledge. The rules of the 
holy Fathers, the apostolic decrees, ordinances, 
or disposals, reservations, provisions, and man-
dates, I will observe with all my might, and 
cause to be observed by others, 
Heretics, schis-
matics and rebels, to our said lord or his foresaid 
successors, I will to my power persecute and op-
pose:" 
"A Roman Priest's Oath. 
"I, A. B., do acknowledge the ecclesiastical 
power of his Holiness and the mother Church of 
Rome, as the chief head and matron above all 
pretended churches throughout the whole earth ; 
and that my zeal shall be for St. Peter and his 
successors, as the founder of the true and an-
cient Catholic faith, against all heretical kings, 
princes, states, or powers repugnant unto the 
same ; and although I, A. B., may follow, in 
case of persecution or otherwise, to be hereti-
cally despised, yet in soul and conscience I shall 
hold, aid, and succor the mother Church of 
Rome, as the true, ancient, and apostolic church. 
I, A. B., further do declare not to act or control 
any matter or thing prejudicial unto her, in her 
sacred orders, doctrines, tenets, or commands, 
without leave of its supreme power or its au-
thority, under her appointed, or to be appointed, 
and being so permitted, then to act, and further 
her interests more than my own earthly good 
and pleasure, as she and her head, his holiness, 
and his successors have, or ought to have, the 
supremacy over all kings, princes, estates, or 
powers whatever, either to deprive them of their 
crowns, sceptres, powers, privileges, realms, 
countries, or governments, or to set up others in 
lieu thereof, they dissenting from mother church 
and her commands."—(To be continued.) 
1)c 24ucitt ijeralb. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1851. 
All 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 he 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 dis-
putation. 
SACRED GEOGRAPHY. 
A knowledge of the localities mentioned in Scrip-
ture, is essential to a correct understanding of many 
passages. 
EDEN.—Of the Antediluvian Geography nothing 
is known. We read that " Con planted a garden 
eastward in Eden," Gen. 2:8, where the common an-
cestor of the whole race was placed at his creation ; 
and many have been the guesses respecting its loca-
tion. There is hardly any part of the world in 
which it has not been sought. It has been looked for 
in Asia, in Africa, in Europe, in America, in Tarta-
ry ; on the banks of the Ganges, in China, in the 
island of Ceylon, in Armenia, under the equator, in 
Mesopotamia, in Syria, in Prussia, in Arabia, in 
Palestine, in Ethiopia, among the Mts. of the Moon, 
and near the mts. of Libanus, Antil iban us, and Damas-
cus. The great majority have looked for it in the 
neighborhood of the Euphrates, from the geographi-
cal description of it found in Genesis—one of the 
rivers which flowed out of it being said to be " the 
great river Euphrates," and another the "Hiddekel," 
or Tigris. There is, however, some reason to ques-
tion whether the site of ancient Paradise is now any 
part of the dry land of the earth. 
It is well known that a large part of the present earth 
must once have been the bed of the ocean ; and ti_e 
most rational geographical hypothesis is that which 
makes it to have been the bed of the antediluvian 
ocean, as presented in FAIRHOLME'S " Geology of 
Scripture." Mr. FAIRHOLME, in speaking of the 
change effected by the deluge, remarks :— 
" In the Mosaic record we are told, And God said 
unto Noah, the end of all flesh is come before me ; 
for the earth is filled with violence through them 
(mankind), and behold, I will destroy them, TOGETH-
ER WITH THE EARTH.'—Gen. 7:12. 
" Here we have it distinctly announced by the 
voice of the Almighty, that he was not only to de-
stroy mankind from off the earth, which would have 
implied the earth remaining as at first, to become the 
habitation of a postdiluvian race ; but they were to 
be destroyed TOGETHER WITH THE EARTH on which 
they dwelt. It is also afterwards declared by the 
Almighty in establishing a covenant with mankind : 
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither 
shall all flesh he cut off any more by the waters of a 
flood ; NEITHER shall there any more be a flood to DE-
STROY THE EARTH.'—Gen. 9:11. The latter part of 
this sentence would have been altogether unnecessary, 
were we not given to understand by it, that the 
earth, or dry land, of the antediluvian world, had 
then been destroyed, as well as its wicked inhabi-
tants. 
" A very close critical inquiry has been instituted 
by Mr. Granville Penn, into the various translations 
of the original text on this part of Scripture ; and he 
proves, beyond dispute, that the original, in these 
passages, has never had any other interpretation, or 
translation, than that adopted in our English version : 
implying the destruction of the earth, as well of 
all flesh that moved upon it.' This estimable writer 
has not confined his Scriptural inquiries to the Mo-
saic history alone ; but has most ably drawn from 
other inspired sources, what were the received opin-
ions respecting the deluge, throughout the whole pe-
riod of Jewish history, down to the times of the 
apostles. He brings forward that very remarkable 
passage, from the 2d Epistle of St. Peter, 3d chapter, 
6 and 7 verses, whereby the world that THEN WAS, 
being overflowed with water, PERISHED ; but the hea-
ven and the EARTH WHICH ARE NOW, by the same 
word (of God), are kept in store, reserved for fire, 
against the day of judgment and perdition of ungod-
ly men.' Mr. Penn also quotes a passage from the 
book of Job, in which the friend of Job, reasoning 
with him, says, 'Host thou remarked the old way 
which wicked men have trodden ; who were cut 
down out of time ; whose foundation was overflowed 
with allooa! ; ' which passage the Greek interpreters 
render yet more decidedly, their foundations are be-
come an overflowing flood,' and Michaelis interprets 
it, .A. flood obliterated their foundations. 
" In the very curious and interesting work, called 
the book of Enoch, referred to by St. Jude, 5:14, 
which had long been looked upon as lost, but which 
was at length discovered to the Ethiopic language by 
Bruce, in Abyssinia, who brought home three man-
uscript copies of it. one of which was presented to 
the Royal Library at Paris, a second to the Bodleian 
Library at Oxford, and the third remitted by himself; 
we find a very remarkable corroborative testimony to 
the above view of the subject of the deluge. In 
quoting, from this apocryphal book it is not necessa-
ry in this place to enter into the question of its actu-
ally being, what its title professes it to be, a pro-
phetic work of the antediluvian Enoch. This point 
has been clearly settled by Dr. Laurence, to whom 
we are indebted for an English translation of the copy 
in the Bodleian Library. But although, in the opin-
ion of the learned translator, this original Hebrew, 
or Chaldee work, was composed subsequent to the 
Babylonish captivity, it must be admitted to he a 
very interesting and curious piece of antiquity, though 
not worthy of a place among the canonical books 
of Scripture. 
The passage I am about to quote, however, will 
serve to show the prevailing opinion on the subject 
of the deluge in the times of the author of it, and 
is quite consistent with the passage in St. Peter's 
epistle, and with the above passage in the book of 
Job. 
" In the 82d chapter of the book of Enoch, and 
the 5th verse, we find the writer prophetically de-
scribing the destruction of the earth that then was,' 
in the following manner : 
" And falling to the earth, I saw likewise the 
earth ABSORBED HY A GREAT ABYSS, and mountains 
suspended over mountains, hills were sinking upon 
hills, lofty trees were gliding off from their trunks, 
and were in the act of being projected, and of sinking 
into the abyss. 
" ' Being alarmed at these things, my voice fal-
tered. 1 cried and said, THE DEATH IS DESTROYED ! 
Then, my grandfather, Malalel, raised me up, and 
said to toe, Why dost thou thus cry out, my son ?—
And wherefore dost thou thus lament I 
" I related to him the whole vision which I had 
seen. He said to me, confirmed is that which thou 
host seen, my son. 
" And potent the vision of thy dream respecting 
every secret of the earth. ITS SURPRISE SHALL SINK 
INTO THE ABYSS, and a great destruction shall take 
place. 
" ' Now my son, rise up ; and beseech the Lord 
of Glory, (for thou art faithful), that a remnant may 
be left upon the earth, and that he would not wholly 
destroy it. My son, all this calamity upon earth 
comes down from heaven, upon earth shall there be a 
great 
In 
" In another part of the book, purporting to be 
Noah's vision of the deluge, we find the following, to 
the same effect : On account of their impiety have 
their innumerable judgments been consummated be-
fore me. Respecting the moons have they inquired, 
and they have known that the EARTH WILL PERISH, 
with those who dwell upon it, and that to these there 
will be no place of refuge for ever.'—Chap 14:5, 9. 
" These passages, from such authorities, decidedly 
show, that the destruction of the earth that THEN 
Ness,' formed a part of the effects of that awful judg-
ment, and the phenomena presented to our view over 
the whole earth that NOW IS,' establish the truth of 
the historical record in a manner the most conclusive. 
We have thus given us most important data on which 
to form a judgment of the mode by which this great 
event was brought about, but, as the mere laws of na- 
ture will he found utterly incompetent to it; and as 
the deluge was evidently an operation as completely 
preternatural, as either the creation itself, or the 
gathering together of the waters of the ocean, we 
must come to the same conclusion with regard to 
these events, viz : that it was in the power of God 
alone to bring it about." 
If the above reasoning is correct, any attempt to 
find the location of Paradise on the present earth will 
be unavailing. 
The descriptive account of the rivers of Paradise, 
however, give a probability to the supposition that it 
was on the present earth. This is met by Mr. FAIR-
HOME as follows :— 
"These rivers are described as being four in num-
ber, of which the only one at present known is. the 
Euphrates. The names of the other rivers, and the 
extraordinary and inconsistent geographical account 
of their supposed courses, have long been a source 
of anxious critical inquiry, as well as of local re-
search : for almost all travellers who have visited the 
East, and had an opportunity of becoming acquaint-
ed with the course of the Euphrates, have anxiously 
sought for the situation of Paradise ; and have in-
variably been obliged to relinquish the subject, from 
the utter impossibility of applying the description, in 
the slightest degree, to any part of the course of that 
noble river. 
" Mr. Granville Penn, in his Comparative Esti-
mate of the mineral and Mosaical Geologies,' has 
entered at considerable length, and with his usual 
ability, into a critical examination of this subject ; 
and has most clearly shown the high probability, 
amounting almost to a certainty, of the descriptive 
part of the Garden of Eden, as founded in all mod-
ern translations of the original text, having been 
originally annexed, as an explanatory note, to the 
margin of an early MS., and having been, subse-
quently incorporated into the body of the work, by 
the ignorance of a subsequent transcriber, as has also 
occurred in some other parts of the Sacred Writ-
ings. 
" In support of this opinion, he shows, on the au-
thority of the most learned critics, both ancient and 
modern, that copies of the Hebrew Scriptures for-
merly existed, which exhibited variations, arising 
from marginal glosses and insertions, originally de-
signed as illustrations of the text, but which illus-
trative glosses had become, in some instances, incor-
porated into the text in subsequent copies. 
" One remarkable example, given by this able 
writer, of an incorporated gloss in the New Testa-
ment, and which is not so generally known as it de-
serves to be, is well adapted to show the nature of 
similar incorporations, and of the serious mischief to 
which they invariably lead ; for truth is, in all in-
stances, so consistent and simple, that any deviation 
from the plain tenor of its course, must, generally, 
excite observation, as the following remarkable in-
stance has frequently done. This example is found 
in the remnant of a very ancient Greek MS. of the 
New Testament, in the Royal Library at Paris, en-
titled the Codex Ephremi, which has been pronounced 
by Wetstein to be of the same date as the celebra-
ted Alexandrian MS. In this work; the first five 
verses of the 5th chapter of St. John's Gospel are 
thus read : 
" ' After this there was a feast for the Jews ; and 
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jeru-
salem, by the sheep-market, a bath, which is called 
in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches; 
in these lay a great number of impotent folk, of blind, 
halt, withered ;* and a certain man was there,f which 
had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Je-
sus saw him,' &c. 
" In the MS. in question,' says Mr. Penn, the 
text, and the marginal sentences, though both are in 
the same uncial character, are written by different 
hands ; and it is evident, from the language, and 
from an itacism, perceptible in the latter, that they 
are of a date posterior to the former. It is equally 
manifest, that they were marginal notes, annexed 
with the design of illustrating the popular supersti-
tion, under which the infirm man was waiting at the 
bath : but, at the same time, they adopt the supersti-
tion, and aver it to be true. The original text was 
free from that blemish ; and the simplicity and close 
sequence of the recital, bear internal evidence that 
these marginal passages are alien to it. The super-
stitious clause, therefore, does not pertain to the 
evangelical historian, but has become incorporated 
into his history in the progress of transcription:—
Comp. Estim., vol 2. p. 233. 
"Although the passage we are now to consider in 
the second chapter of Genesis, in which the descrip-
tive account of the situation of Paradise is found, 
has not the advantage of so clear and distinct an evi-
dence of its spurious character, as that of St. John 
above mentioued, yet there does appear, in the narra-
tion itself, the strongest internal evidence of the 11th, 
12th, 13th, and 14th verses of that chapter, having 
been, subsequently, inserted into the original text, in 
a manner precisely similar, from a marginal note, in-
tended, by some ignorant transcriber, as an illustra-
tion of the subject. When we add to this internal 
critical evidence, the remarkable geological proofs of 
the correctness of this view of the subject, the mind 
becomes fully confirmed in this opinion ; and this, 
the only part of the inspired Writings which stood in 
contradiction to the geology exhibited in the rest; be-
comes at once consistent and clear. 
" It appears, therefore, nearly certain, that the 
text and gloss originally stood thus, as Mr. Penn has 
most ably shown : 
" Now the Lord God had planted a garden in Eden 
from the first ; and there He put the roan whom He 
had formed ; and out of the ground the Lord God 
had made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the 
sight and good for food : the tree of life, also, in the 
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of 
good and evil. And a river went out of Eden, for 
(or after) it was parted, and divided into four heads 
* 
 an angel went down at a certain season into the bath, and 
troubled the waters : whosoever, then, atter the troubling of the 
waters, first stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he 
had. 
I Waiting for the troubling of the waters 
(or sources,)* And the Lord God took the man, and 
put him into the garden of Eden, :0 dress it, and to 
keep it, &c. &c. 
" That the illustration, intended by the gloss, is 
unskilful, and does not answer to the text, is mani-
fest ; for the text mentions only the river, whereas, 
the gloss undertakes to describe four rivers. 
" Michaelis shows, that the original word, trans-
lated heads, denotes sources, in time Syriac and Arabic 
languages ; and expressly states, that it never signi-
fies tne branches of a river in the Oriental tongues. 
Thus, the final confluence of our Contributory 
streams, from the four sources or heads, to which the 
historian traces them in Eden, produced one river dis-
charging itself out of Eden, of which he speaks ; 
which four heads, therefore, can have no relation to 
the four rivers recited by time scholiast in the gloss ; 
because, no river separates itself into different rivers 
downwards; on the contrary, it is the nature of all 
rivers to grow by confluence.' 
" Mr. Granville Penn proceeds thins " Most 
certainly," observes Kennicott, " the closest attens 
tion should be paid, iti biblical investigations, to all 
such mistakes as introduce confusion and contradic-
tion. Neither of these could have obtained original-
ly; and both of them have frequently been objected 
by the advocates of infidelity." 
But,' adds Mr. Peon, ` the case before us ex-
hibits a signal example of that contradiction ; and, 
therefore, of the obvious necessity of demanding, and 
therefore warranting, the critical interposition which 
has here been undertaken. For the destruction of 
the primitive earth is a fact rooted in the very sub-
stance of the Sacred Scriptures, and spreading its 
roots from the text of Moses to that of St. Peter 
whereas, the contradiction of that fact, contained 
in the above geographical gloss, lies loosely mud tins 
rooted en the surface, and only on this particnlar 
point of it. Since, then, a manifest contradiction of 
the fernier is produced by the presence of the latter; 
and since the one must, of necessity, give place to 
the other, it is unquestionably the office and the duty 
of sound and scrupulous criticism, to deMonstrate the 
invalidity of the latter, in order that the important 
testimony of the former may stand unimpaired.' 
" Having now viewed this part of our subject crit-
ically, we may proceed- to the geological proofs above 
alluded to, which proofs, being altogether unknown 
to Mr. Penn, at the time his valuabte work was writ-
ten, the judgment he has above given becomes of the 
greater value. Since the period of his publication, 
we have had the advantage of tiernsing the descrip-
tive sketches of an intelligent traveller in the East, 
whose remarks, as far as they relate to our present 
subject, are of the greater consequence; from the cir-
cumstance of their having been written without any 
theory in view, without, any geological knowledge, 
or the smallest desire of supporting or opposing any 
particular question. 
" The traveller I allude to is Mr. Buckingham, 
who, in the year 1816, accompanied one of the cara-
vans which cross the Syrian desert from Aleppo to 
Mousul, on the Tigris, from whence he proceeded to 
Bagdad, on his way to India. He thus had an op-
portunity of passing through the region of Mesopo-
tamia, which is bounded by the two great rivers, the 
Euphrates arid the Tigris ; and by a 'lime across 
the deserts of that country, which had not been 
passed by any European writer during nearly a 
century. 
" I shall now proceed to give a few extracts from 
Mr. Buckingham's work, which mustthrow the most 
important light upon the subject of our present in-
quiry ; and as the nature of the soil over which he 
passed, is mentioned merely in a casual mariner, and 
is altogether unconnected with the chief objects lie 
had in view; there can be no just cause for hesitation 
or doubt as to the correctness of the statement. 
"Ile first canrib upon the river Euphrates, Of Beer, 
where he crossed it, and where he considered its 
breadth to be about that of the Thames, in London. 
" Its greatest depth did not seem tO' he more than 
ten or twelve feet. Its waters were of a dull yel-
lowish color, and were quite as turbid as those of the 
Nile ; though, as I thought, mnelt inferior to them 
in sweetness of taste. The earth with which it is 
discolored, is much heavier, as it quickly subsided, 
and left a sediment in. the bottom of the cup, even 
while drinking ; whereas, the waters of the Nile, 
from the lightness of the mould, may be drank with-
out perceiving such deposit, if done immediately on 
being taken from the river. 
" The town of Beer, which is the Birtha of an-
tiquity, is seated on the east bank of the Euphrates. 
The river is here about the general breadth of the 
Nile, below the first cataract to the sea, arid is at least 
equal to the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. Tie 
',cope of Beer are, in general, aware of time celebri-
ty of their stream ; and think it is the largest in the 
world. It still preserves its ancient name, with lit-
tle corruption, being called by them Shat-el-Fraat, or 
the River of Fraat. It is known also as one of the four 
rivers of Paradise, and the only one, seemingly, that 
has preserved its name. The river Gihon, which is 
mentioned, also, in the Koran, was thought, by an 
Indian pilgrim of our party, to be the Gunga of the 
IIindoos ; and the rest assented to its being in the 
innermost India. It is true, that it is said to com-
pass the whole land of Ethiopia ; but 1-lerodotus 
speaks of the Indian Ethiopians in his time ; and, 
among early writers, the word Ethiopia was applied 
to the country of the black people generally.' 
" We have here another instance of the error and 
inconsistency which is evident in the descriptive 
clause respecting the rivers of Paradise. The whole 
geography of the Euphrates is now well known, and 
that it runs into the Persian Gulf, after being, like 
all other rivers, enlarged by tnany additions, of which 
the Tigris is the most considerable. It is, therefore, 
both unnatural that it should divide into large rivers, 
of various diverging courses ; and, contrary to fact,. 
that any part of it cornpasseth the whole land of 
either Indian or African Ethiopia. 
"But this idea of Mr. Buckingham, respecting IN- 
land is good ; 
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that 
*The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the 
and there is bilellium, and the onyx stone : and the 
name of the second is Gishon : the same is it that enccinpasseth 
the whole land of Ethiopia : and the name of the third is flidilekel• 
that is it which goeth in front of Assyria ; and the Muth river is 
Euphrates. 
soon have to give an account unto God,—that if she 
had known no better, 1 could have had some respect 
for her ; but she did know better, she spake what she 
knew was not so, just indulging the enmity of her 
heart against God,—that her pride would soon be 
brought low, and if she did not repent and flee to 
Christ, the time was not far distant when God would 
leave her to her own way, and at last she would have 
her just portion " in shame and everlasting con-
tempt'." 
As I went on to speak in this strain, she at first 
appeared to he taken by surprise, to he utterly con-
founded, as if she could not believe her own ears. 
But in a little time, her eyes were cast down to the 
floor ; she buried her face in her handkerchief, and 
wept and sobbed as a child. 
I did not heed this at all. I only continued to 
speak in the same manner, till I had finished all I had 
to say. I then told her, that I had done all my duty 
to her, and was now going to leave her forever. I 
had only to say, that so far as I was myself' concerned 
in her vituperation, I freely forgave it all, and hoped 
Grid would forgive it ; but that I very well knew, it 
all proceeded from her enmity against God, which 
he only could forgive ; and I besought her to seek 
his forgiveness, before it was too late. 
While uttering this severe rebuke, I had stood with 
my hat in my hand, ready to depart; and when I 
had finished, I bade her good morning, and turned 
towards the door. She sprang from her seat, and 
reaching out both her hands to me, she begged me, 
with tears coursing down her cheeks, not to leave
y 
her so. She began to entreat my forgiveness. I 
stopped her instantly. " I will not allow you to beg 
my pardon. You have not offended me at all. If I 
have said anything wrong, I will beg your pardon." 
" No, no !" said she, while she cluing to my hands 
in great agitation, sobbing aloud. Said I, " I must 
gu ; if you have nothing to say to me." Said she ; 
" I hope you will consent to stay a little longer. 
Don't leave me, don't leave me. I beg of you to 
stay." 
I did not intend to stay. But slue appeared over-
whelmed, and I had really talked to her so severely, 
that I began to relent. I could not bear to add another 
burden to her heart. 
We sat down, and she immediatly thanked me for 
my plainness with her, and confessed she deserved it 
all. She continued to weep most piteously, and 
with an imploring look she asked me ; " what shall 
such a poor, wicked creature do?" 
I was entirely overcome. I wept with her. I 
could not avoid it. But 1 could not now converse 
with her. After several attempts, I said to her : 
"I cannot talk with you now. If you wish it, 
will come to see you, when I am less agitated." 
" Will you come this afternoon ?" said she. 
"Yes, I will, if you desire it." 
" I do desire it. Now be sure to come. Don't 
forget me. Come immediately after dinner, or as 
soon as you can. I have much to say to you." 
I left her. When I returned, in the afternoon., she 
met me at the door, bathed in tears. She gave me 
her hand affectionately, but in silence. She could 
not speak. Her proud spirit seemed crushed. She 
was all gentleness. As soon as she could subdue 
her agitation, she expressed her joy at seeing me. 
She had been watching for me, and should have gone 
after me, in a few moments, if I had not come. 
She thanked me again and again, for what I had said 
to her. She told me, that when I began to talk to her 
so plainly in the morning, she was surprised, she did 
not expect such an address. " But as you went on," 
said she, " I was confounded. 1 knew what you said 
was true; but I was amazed that you should know 
my heart so well. I thought you knew it better 
than I did ; and before you had done, if you had told 
me anything about myself, I should have believed it 
all. It seemed to me, that you just lifted the cover-
ing from my heart. I felt myself in a new world. 
And it does now seem to me, that 1 am the wickedest 
sinner that ever was. Will God have mercy upon 
nue? What shall I do ? What can 1 do?" 
I saw her many times after this; and all our inter-
course was most kind and pleasant. She sought the 
Lord and found him. In a few months she united 
with the church. I knew her for years afterwards, 
a lovely and consistent Christian, and one of my own 
most precious friends. 
This is the only instance, save one, in which I 
have ever ventured upon such a course of severity. 
I do not know as I should do it again. I thought it 
wise at the time, and the result pleased me exceed-
ingly. After she became a member of the church, 
and an intimate friend, I conversed with her on the 
subject of my treatment of her at the time when she 
said I " uncovered her heart ;" and she expressed 
her opinion, that nothing but such treatment could 
have arrested her in her career. She said, that 
while I was talking to her, at first she perfectly hated 
me ; but before I closed she perfectly despised her-
self, and feared that God would have no mercy upon 
her. 
There can be no question but the power of the 
gospel lies in its kindness and love, and that through 
such affections, rather than the opposite ones, souls 
are to be wooed and won to Christ. But kindness 
and love can censure as well as smile. There are 
circumstances in which censure is demanded, and 
duty cannot be discharged without it. And yet, to 
censure and reprove are things so uncongenial to the 
love-spirit of the gospel, and are apt to be so con-
genial to some of the worst feelings of human nature, 
that few duties are so difficult. None but a truly 
affectionate believer can wisely trust himself to utter 
words of severity to those who oppose religion. St. 
Paul had tears, but no taunts, for the enemies of 
Christ. 
The Fires of Satan and the Fires of God. 
Wickedness burneth as the fire. Open or con-
cealed, in single souls, or conflicting armies, wicked-
ness burneth as the fire ; it burneth the world over, 
this world. 
But there is a greater fire coming, the day when 
all who do wickedly shall be burned up, like chaff, 
with fire unquenchable. Happy is he in whom this 
great day of fire shall find nothing but what is mate- 
rial to consume ; happy he in whom the fire of the 
great Refiner, beforehand, has burned up all that was 
sinful, and left an immortality of holiness and bless-
edness. In that fire everything will be burned up 
that can be, and if anything keeps on burning, it will 
be just only a sinful soul—just time fire unquenchable. 
All the smoke you will see when the universe is 
burned up, and the elements themselves shall have 
melted with fervent heat, will he the smoke of the 
bottomless pit, the combustion of unquenchable 
wickedness, midst the blackness of darkness forever. 
Our GOD is a consuming fire. But the sinner 
makes his own election, whether GOD shall burn 
up his sins by grace, or burn himself up because 
of his sins : if he chooses to hold forever to his sins, 
then will GOD barn him. But if any will trust in 
Goo, will come to him in obedience and faith, to he 
delivered from sin, for such, he will be a consuming 
fire to their enemies, and a refiner's fire to themselves. 
We must all have Gon to be for us either a protect-
ing wall of fire, and an inward fountain of light and 
glory, or else a consuming fire upon us, and against 
us, because of sin. 
Sinful habits are fearful, fiery things. Ordinarily 
they are eternal ; it is rare that they are changed. 
And a single choice may become a habit, may take 
precedence in the whole character, and grow into a 
despotism that can never be broken. Most of those 
persons who perish through intemperance, forge in 
fires of youth the first links of the dreadful chain 
which envelopes them. The Latin maxim is full of 
wisdom, " obsta principiis," resist the beginnings. 
That great writer, Mr. COLERIDGE, says, speaking of 
vicious pleasures, in part from his own dread experi-
ence, therefore the more solemnly, " Centries, or 
wooden frames, are put under the arches of a bridge, 
to remain no longer than until the latter are consoli-
dated. Even so pleasures are the devil's scaffolding 
to build a habit upon, that once formed and steady, 
the pleasures are sent for firewood, and the hell begins 
in this life." 
Rev. G. R. Cheever. 
Mormonism. 
" Mormonism," says the editor of the Christian 
Watchman and Reflector, (Boston,) " grew up amid 
scenes familiar to our boyhood. The elevation on 
which the golden plates are said to have been found, 
was known to us before it received its present name 
of Bible Hill. The store in which we performed a 
short clerkship used to be occasionally swept by the 
father of the Prophet, for a glass of grog., or such 
articles as would sustain his needy family., who were 
mere vagrants, making shift to live as they could, 
and spending much of their time in nocturnal money 
digging. The men whose testimony and affidavits 
concerning, the family are contained in the book alluded 
to, which is an expose of the fraud, were several of 
them our familiar acquaintances. We know that 
what they say of the money-digging, sight-seeing, 
fortune-telling, lying and drunkenness of the family 
is reliable. MARTIN BARRIS, whose:farm was mort-
gaged to print the Golden Bible, and some of the 
printers themselves, are names familiar to our youth. 
Those acquainted with the enterprise in its inception, 
smiled at the clumsy cheat as a thing too contempti-
ble for a thought, and must die in its birth. 
" To us, therefore, its subsequent history is one of 
the most unaccountable things of this unaccountable 
age. 
•To see JOE SMITH hailed as a prophet of the 
LORD by seventy-five or a hundred thousand people ; 
to trace his footsteps through Ohio, Missouri, and 
Illinois ; to see his followers, threading their way 
amid privations incenceivable across time great West-
ern Desert, and planting themselves in the rich vales 
of Utah, and on the borders of the Great Salt Lake ; 
to know that gorgeous temples have risen under 
their hands in Ohio and Illinois, and that another, 
the largest structure in the world, is projected at 
their new home ; to observe their missionaries trav-
ersing this country, Great Britain, and making their 
way even to Palestine, multiplying-their proselytes by 
hundreds, and shipping them Ito their promised land 
in the West, suggests the idea that some powerful 
spirit from the other world must preside over the 
movement, like the devils whom MILTON represents 
as dividing themselves among the gods and religions 
of the ancient heathen nations." 
The Man of Truth. 
But it requires stern integrity and high moral cour-
age to withstand the temptations of worldly policy 
and selfishness. " To be honest as the world goes, 
is to be one picked out of ten thousand." Our will 
must be confirmed to the high principles of immuta-
ble justice, or personal integrity cannot be main-
tained. " He that walketh uprightly walketh sure-
ly, but he that perverteth his ways shall be known." 
All persons must encounter difficulties ; to overcome 
them is the prerogative of the pure arid just. They 
who enter the furnace, in faithfulness to themselves 
and the highest virtue, shall not miss the form of the 
fourth in the flames, but shall come forth unharmed, 
as the Babylonish captives were delivered through 
the fire from the infinitely greater calamity of apos-
tacy. For turning aside from the free and safe path, 
Jacob was chastened to the end of his days. Peter 
was openly rebuked. Judas and Ananias are left on 
record, beacons as frightful in their doom as they 
should he powerful to warn. Man, in his best es-
tate, is weak, and needs to pray with David, " Let 
my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I may not be 
ashamed. I will walk in my integrity : redeem me, 
and be merciful to me." 
Integrity is a lofty virtue, one that is a prime ele-
ment in all trustworthy characters. Says Solomon : 
" A faithful witness will not lie ; but a false wit-
ness will utter lies." A true man is moved neither 
by smiles nor frowns, neither by gain nor ,personal 
obloquy, to swerve from truth. He is actuated by 
the strictest law of verity, and, therefore, is the man 
to trust. 
" His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles ; 
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; 
His tears pure messengers from his heart ; 
His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth." 
Magoon. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
DIAN Ethiopia, appears entirely without foundation, 
in as far at least as Scripture is concerned. 
" Mention is very frequently made of Ethiopia, and 
of the Ethiopians, in various parts of the Old Testa-
ment, both in the historical and in the poetic hooks : 
but in no one instance does the term imply any allu-
sion to India, or to the East. On the contrary, Egypt 
and Ethiopia, are almost always mentioned together, 
as forming parts of the same grea' African continent. 
" Sallust, in his Juigurthine war, gives us a very 
luminous vieiv of the geography of Africa, and of 
its various nations, as tar as both were known in his 
day ; and he places Ethiopia next to r loca exusta 
solis ardoribus,' or the countries burnt up by the heat 
of the torrid zone. This same valuable historian, in 
a fragment which has been preserved, tells us, r that 
the Moors, a vain and faithless people, as all Africans 
are, would make us believe, that beyond Ethiopia 
there is an antipodes, a just and amiable people, the 
manners and customs of which resemble those of the 
Persians.' 
" No one can, persist in his search for Paradise, 
in a country avowedly secondary in its rocks, and di-
luvial in its sandy deserts, or richer soils, without 
advocating a theory in geology still more inconsis-
tent and wild, than has as yet been advanced : for as 
we can trace, over all these regions through which 
the Tigris and the Euphrates flow, the same monu-
ments of the flood, which are so remarkable in every 
other quarter of the world, in the form of boundless 
deserts of sand mixed with salt and shells, we might 
as well look for the rich and beautiful regions of our 
first parents in the plains of America or of Africa, as 
expect to discover any trace of them on the banks of 
the river Euphrates. 
" We thus come to the same point, geologically, 
which various writers have before reached critically; 
and we have, in this united evidence, a striking ex-
ample of what must ever happen, where human rea-
son interferes with the substance and consistent sim-
plicity of, DIVINE REVELATION." 
Tire LAND OF NOD.—After the murder of ABEL, 
CAIN " dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of 
Eden." Gen. 4:17. 
The location of this country has also given rise to 
much speculation. But as it was on the east of 
Eden, its situation is shrouded in the same obscuri-
ty. The Chaldee interpreters render this word Nod, 
not as the proper name of a country, but as an appel-
lation affixed to CAIN himself, signifying a vagabond, 
or fugitive, and read, " He dwelt a fugitive in the 
land." But the Hebrew reads expressly, " He 
dwelt in the land of Nod."—Watson. 
A PASTOR'S SKETCHES. 
"A Pastor's Sketches ; or conversations with Anxious Inquirers 
respecting the Way of Salvation. By lcuArton S. SPENCER, D. D., 
Pastor of the second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pub-
lished by Al. W. Donn, Brick Church Chapel, City Itall square. 
These sketches comprise a large number, taken 
from real life, and coming within the experience of 
the writer. The following one will give a good idea 
of the style and subjects of the volume. 
THE OBSTINATE GIRL. 
There are periods, when the minds of unbelievers 
are more than ordinarily ready to attend to the con-
cerns of eternal life. it is an important duty to im-
prove such seasons. Having called, one morning, 
upon several young people, and found their feelings 
tender on the subject of religion, I determined to 
keep on in this service. I therefore called upon a 
young woman, who attended my Church ; and intro-
ducing, as gently as I could, the reason which brought 
me there, 1 found that her mind was fully set against 
any personal attention to her salvation. I reasoned 
with her as well as I could, explained to her some 
texts of Scripture, and affectionately besought her 
to give immediate attention to the great concerns of 
a future life. 
She replied to it all in a very opposing and inso-
lent manner, which I did not resent in the least.—
The inure impudent she became, the more polite and 
gentle / became ; thinking in this way to win her, 
or at least, that she would become ashamed of her 
want of politeness. But it turned out very differently. 
My gentleness seemed to provoke her to increased 
insolence. She found fault with Christians : called 
them hypocrites ; spoke of ministers as bigoted, and 
domineering, and proud ; and " wondered why peo-
ple could not mind their own business." She be-
came personally abusive to myself; and in her abuse, 
1 believe she made some capital hits, as sire drew 
my character. I bore it all with perfect gentleness 
and good nature ; but tried politely and gently, to 
persuade her to try to be saved herself, let what would 
become of the rest of us. Whenever I got an oppor-
tunity, (for she was very talkative,) I answered her 
objections arid cavillings, as briefly as possible, de-
termined to enlist her own reason against her dispo-
sition, if 1 could. For example ; she said to me 
with a bitter sneer :— 
" What examples your Church members set !" 
I auswered ; " 1 want you to be a Chrstian, and 
set us a good example. You are under as much ob-
ligation to set me a good example, as 1 am to set you 
one." 
" I have a right to my own way," says she. 
" Then," said I, " other people mist have a right 
to theirs. But surely, you do not mean to say, you 
have a right to be wrong. A wrong right is a queer 
thing." 
" Well, I am sincere, at any rate." 
r, So was Paul, when he persecuted the Church. 
He was very sincerely wrong, and afterwards was 
very sorry for it." 
,, I am accustomed to mind my own business." 
r'I thought just now you were minding mine, 
when 
 
you talked sofreely about me," said I " and as to 
minding you own, let me tell you, your first business 
is, to seek the kingdom of God. 
" I abhor' cant !" 
" 'Ffinse were the words of Christ that I uttered. 
I should be sorry to have you call them cant." 
" Oh,. you are mighty cool !" 
--• 
" Yes ; I should he very sorry to he angry with 
you, or injure you, or treat you impolitely. I have 
no feelings towards you, but those of kindness and 
good will." 
" You have got all the young people running after 
you in this excitement, which you call a revival of 
religion. In my opinion there is not much religion 
about it! But I'll tell some of them better. I'll let 
them know what you are !" 
" You may know me better yourself, perhaps, 
before you have done with me. And as to the young 
people, I am happy to know, that many of them are 
trying to flee from the wrath to come ; and if we are 
mistaken about the matter of religion in this revival, 
I hope you will become truly religious yourself, and 
thus give us an example, and be prepared to tell us 
our error." 
In this mode, I aimed to soften her asperities.—
But for the most part, she took the lead in the con-
versation, and kept on, with a more abusive talk than 
I ever received before. 
I took my leave of her, saying I would do myself 
the pleasure of calling again soon. She replied, 
with a triumphant air, and with an accent of bitter 
irony :—" I should be very happy to see you, very 
indeed!" 
After I left her, I thought over the interview, and 
studied her character, with all the carefulness and 
penetration I could muster. I knew that sometimes 
convicted sinners would become opposers, just be-
cause they were convicted,—being led to vent upon 
other people the dissatisfaction they feel with them-
selves. And in such cases I have always thought it 
best to treat them with kindness, and to aim to over-
come their opposition by good will, and by letting 
them find nothing to oppose. But I did not think 
this was her case. She had manifested no dissatis-
faction with herself ; and though she was " exceed-
ing fierce," I did not believe she resembled those 
whom the devils tore, before they came out of them. 
This young woman was very rich, having a large 
property of her own, which she used as she pleased. 
She lived in the midst of elegance ; and several of 
the expressions which she used while talking to me, 
appeared to me to indicate that she was proud of her 
affluence' 
 presumed upon it to give her respectability, 
and was fully resolved to enjoy the pleasures of the 
world. The costliness and elegance of her dress 
rather sustained this idea ; which was still farther 
impressed upon my mind, by my knowledge of the 
kind of accomplishments she had aimed after, while. 
pursuing her education. 
On the whole, I came to a fixed conclusion as to 
the manner in which I should treat her, if she ever 
ventured to talk to me in the same manner again. 
Evidently she felt she had triumphed over me, and 
was proud of her triumph. Little as such a triumph. 
might be, I was afraid the pride of it would still 
farther harden her ; arid thus I should have done her 
an injury. Her mother was a member of my church. 
I had always treated her and her daughter politely ; 
and I knew, or thought I knew, that the young lady 
supposed herself able to over-awe me. And if I 
should allow her to go on in this way, and to feel 
that she triumphed, she would probably become the 
more haughty, and hardened, and worldly. How-
ever, I rather supposed, that on reflection she would 
be sorry for what she had said, and be careful not to 
repeat it again. I very much hoped that she would. 
Brit if she should commence such a course again, my 
duty was plain, and I resolved to aim to discharge it. 
Accordingly I called upon her the very next day, 
and stated to her my desire to have some conversation 
with her, if agreeable to her, very frankly and kindly, 
on the subject of her duty to God, and to her own 
soul. I found her in much the seine mood as before. 
She soon commenced her abusive style of remark 
about professors of religion, and ministers, and re-
vivals. I allowed her to go on in her own way, 
without saying much myself, for about half an hour. 
I only aimed to pacify her opposition by mildness, 
and lead her to speak more reasonably, and feel more 
justly. She seemed to take courage from my for-
bearance, to be the more bitter and abusive. When 
I thought the fit time had come, I requested her to 
pause a little, and just hear what I had to say to her. 
I then talked to her as severely as I was able. I 
told her there was not math truth, and not an item of 
sincerity in all that she had been saying,—that I 
knew it, and she knew it herself,—that she knew 
she had been saying things which were not true, and 
affirming. opinions vvhieh'she did not entertain,—that 
she was just wickedly acting out the deep-seated and 
indulged wickedness of her heart against God,—a 
wickedness which I was surprised to find, had led a 
lady of her sense and accomplishments to forget the 
dignity of her sex, and to descend to mean and low 
abuse, of which she aught to he ashamed, and would 
he ashamed if she had any delicacy left,—that 1 had 
entered her house in :a gentlemanly manner, with 
kind feelings towards her, and had treated her politely 
amid kindly in every word and action, both yesterday 
and to-day; while she had disgraced herself and her 
family by her abuse and coarseness, which were un-
worthy of any one who pretended to the least respecta-
bility,—that, on my own account., I did not care one 
atom what she thought of me, or said to me, for she 
was entirely incapable of hurting my feelings ; but 
that I felt exceedingly sorry for her, to find her acting 
like a poor, wicked fool, " foaming out her own 
shame," and boasting of her sincerity, when there 
was riot an item of sincerity about her,—that, as for 
her influencing other young people against me, and 
turning their hearts away from religion, as she had 
yesterday threatened to do, 1 would take care to see 
to that. She might do her worst, I would caution 
them against her; and any slanders she might utter 
against me would only exalt me in the opinion of 
any one, whose opinion I cared anything about,—that 
she might indulge her wickedness, and rail against. 
Christians and Christian ministers as hung as she 
pleased ; I never would attempt to stop her again, for 
if this was to be her course, 1 was now in her house 
for the last time,—that I was sorry to speak thus to 
her,—I had never done it before to any person in my 
life, and never expected to have occasion to do it 
again ; but I felt it to be my duty now,—a duty 
which I owed to her own soul, for Iliad never, in all 
my experience, witnessed such hardened and silly 
I wickedness as I had seen in her, for which she would 
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1 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
How is the weary traveller comforted when he 
thinks of home. When, after a long and perilous 
journey over a rough and thorny path, through win-
try storms and chilling blasts, with now and then a 
" sunbeam in a winter's day," he at last gets a view 
of the " sunlit " mountain top, which seems to 
smile invitingly upon him, and reminds him that a 
little beyond its towering summit stands the dwelling 
he has long desired to see. It is the habitation of those 
loved ones so dear to his heart. With what vigor 
and animation does he gather up his weary feet and 
address himself anew to his journey. His bounding 
heart seems to leap out at the prospect before him ; 
in passing the way grows more and inure interesting ; 
the feathered songsters seem to bid him a joyful wel-
come as he moves forward with accelerated pace : 
while ever and anon he finds something to remind 
him of youthful scenes and bygone days : both " hill 
and dell," the silver fbuntain, and the" softly purling" 
brook, seem to bring to his memory, " The smiles, 
tire tears, of boyhood years," till at length the de-
sired mansion is presented to his longing eyes. The 
initiates are already in waiting to receive him ; and 
then comes the joyous greeting ; when this is over, 
he seems lost in contemplation, till at last recovering 
himself, he inquires, Is it possible, am I indeed at 
home! Yes, he continues, this is my long sought 
home. But just as through earth might not have any 
real, heartfelt joy without the commingling of tears, the 
joyfulgreeting is hardly past befirre he is impressed 
with an idea that all is not right. True, all seems 
joyous, but then it is a solemn joy; and now and then 
he discovers the trickling tear coursing its way down 
the countenances of those about him, though some-
what hidden by smiles. It is therefore with a throb- 
THE "TRAVELLER" AT HOME, 
LETTER FROM M. D. WELLCOME. 
will give thee a crown of life." He that died for 
us, shall wipe away every tear. " Behold I come' 
quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every 
man according as his work shall be." He is the Lord, 
the righteous judge. The decisions of the judgment, 
and the distribution of the rewards of eternity, will 
he in accordance with justice, and the infinite right-
eousness. of God. We cannot by our works merit 
the crown of righteousness. Eternal life is the gift 
of God through Jesus Christ. A crown, says Paul, 
is laid up which the Lord will give me. " I will 
give thee a crown of life." God bath set forth Jesus 
Christ to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, 
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins 
that are past, through the forbearance of God; to 
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : that 
he might be just, and the justifier of him which 
believeth in Jesus : who of God is made unto us 
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redenttion. 
He that believeth shall be saved. He that spared 
not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? 
To whom will the crown he given ? To all them 
that love his appearing. It is promised to no others, 
and no others need expect it. To love the appearing 
of Christ, is to desire it, to delight in it. We read 
of a class who bath trodden under foot the Son of 
God, and bath counted the blood of the covenant, 
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing : who 
are filled with a certain looking for of judgment and 
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 
Such do not love, or desire the coming of Christ ; 
because, he that feareth is not made perfect in love ; 
perfect love casteth out fear : fear bath torment ; 
there is no fear in love. Those who trust in their 
own righteousness, clearly, do not possess those 
desires for the appearing of Christ, which constitutes 
a love of the same. But that individual who has 
been brought to see his condition as a sinner, and to 
accept of Jesus Christ by faith, on believing, receives 
the earnest—the spirit of adoption, which causes him 
to send back to his Redeemer holy desires, and in the 
language of the Psalmist he is led to exclaim,—
" Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none 
upon earth that I desire besides thee." By faith, the 
believer becomes the property of Christ, as Paul 
saith, " Ye are Christ's, arid Christ is God's." To 
the believer, Christ becomes his righteousness, surety, 
head—his best friend. Christ is his salvation, Sa-
viour, Redeemer ; and the believer looks for his 
coming in this light. In the coming of the Saviour 
he beholds the object of his affections—his life—his 
all. He is divested of the fearful looking for of 
judgment, which dwells in the hearts of unbelievers. 
In the descending Judge, he beholds a friend who 
comes in order to his salvation. Job looked for 
Christ as his Redeemer ; Daniel, as his deliverer. 
In a similar light, all look for him who love his ap-
pearing. On this passage from 2 Tim. 4:8, Barites 
makes the following remarks : " (into all them also 
that love his appearing. 'That is, unto all who desire 
his second coming. 'Po believe in the second advent 
of the Lord Jesus to judge the world, and to desire 
his return, became a kind of a criterion by which 
Christians were known. No others but true Chris-
tians were supposed to believe in that, and no others 
truly desired it. Comp. Rev. 1:7 ; 22:20. It is so 
now. It is one of the characteristics of a true Chris-
tian, that he sincerely desires the return of his 
Saviour, and would welcome his appearing in the 
clouds of heaven." 
When will the crown be conferred? At that (lay 
of the appearing of the Lord, the righteous judge. 
He is now unseen by his people; for they walk by 
faith, not by sight. Whom having not seen, ye love ; 
in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, 
ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. 
Christ is to appear—to be seen visibly by the Church. 
It was the hope of the prophets arid apostles. There 
is such blessedness, grandeur, and glory, connected 
with the coming of Christ, as led the ancient worthies 
to hold it in the profoundest veneration. When 
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye 
also appear with him in glory. Beloved, now are 
we the sons of God, and it loth not yet appear what 
we shall be : but we know that, when he shall ap-
pear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as 
he is. And every man that bath this hope in him 
purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 
A. SHERWIN. 
Sugar Hill (N. IL), May 7th, 1851. 
bing heart he inquires the cause of all this? But 
for a time all is silent as the hpuse of death. 
At last the silence is broken by a tremulous voice, 
informing him that during his absence they had been 
called to pass through some light afflictions, and then 
again all is silent as before ; but after a time he is 
made to understand that the aged grandsire, with 
silvery locks, and several remote, but pious relatives, 
had been called away by death, but to their great 
consolation, they all left the world in the triumphs 
of faith, with earnest longings to depart and be with 
Christ ; and here nothing is heard but the heaving 
sigh, which leads him to mistrust that all has not yet 
been told. Well, on looking around, he discovers 
for the first time that there is one missing from the 
family circle : the little boy, with bland and open 
countenance, and with temples adorned with flaxen 
ringlets, is absent. It is with deep emotion, there-
fore, he inquires for this lovely and interesting child ; 
and he is finally told in loud sobs, a sentence at a 
time, that James is now no more ; that after a few 
(lays' illness, death came up into those windows and 
changed that lovely countenance, and that all that 
was mortal had been housed away in the land of 
silence—the enemy's land. But 0 the heart-rending 
scene ! that manly countenance is bathed in tears, 
and all weep together, with bleeding hearts. As 
time passes, they all feel deeply, but they endeavor 
to make up for the loss, as far as may be, by more 
kind and loving attentions to each other, and thus 
bear the affliction together, realizing that this life is, 
at best, but a checkered scene ; that man is born to 
trouble, and bereavements are the common lot of all. 
Not so, however, in the heavenly family. When 
the weary pilgrim reaches Mount Zion, and enters-
the " city of habitation," his perils are over, and sor 
rows are left behind ; for these can no more enter the 
New Jerusalem than can sin or pollution ; and having 
been redeemed, called, justified, and sanctified, the 
cause of suffering is thereby removed, arid he bids 
an eternal adieu to tribulation as he passes the con-
fines of the better land. The night of weeping is 
exchanged for the joyful morning, at the resurrection 
of the just, the world to come. But 0 what trans-
ports of unmingled and rapturous joy will be his, 
when he joins the palm-bearing multitude, the heav-
enly family, " IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD."—
There will be no absent ones there. " All, all, are 
there." There will be the aged grandsire as well 
as the prattling infant, with all the" ransomed ones," 
out of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. 
Arid, having exchanged their mortal garments, for 
immortality, they put on eternal youth and beauty in 
perfection, and thus are prepared to enjoy an " ever-
lasting spring, and never withering flowers," in the 
paradise of God. Neither can there be any to in-
trude into that company, for they all bear such a 
striking family likeness that an intruder, even if he 
could gain admittance, would be detected in a mo-
ment. And, although the number is so large that no 
one can number them, yet there is no " jarring " 
where the saints of all ages in harmony meet ; nor 
a dissonant note in the song, " Worthy is the Lamb, 
in the New Jerusalem." 'cite joy of the saints shall 
there be wifading, and eternal as the days of heaven. 
There they have noontide glory given them by the 
eternal weight. The Lamb shall feed them, and 
lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God 
shall wipe away (out) all tears from their eyes. 
This is the pilgrim traveller's happy home in the 
heavenly country. 
Kind reader, listen, a moment, and hear Bro. Tay-
lor sing of this home : 
" We're going home ! We've had visions bright, 
Of that holy land—that world of light ; 
Where the long, dark night of time is past, 
And the morn of eternity's come at last; 
Where the weary saint no more shall roam, 
But dwell in a sunny, peaceful home ; 
Where the brow with celestial gems is crowned; 
And waves of bliss are dashing around ! 
CHORUS. 
0 ! that beautiful world ! 
0 ! that beautiful world ! 
" We're going home ! We soon shall be 
Where the sky is clear, and the soil is free ; 
Where the victor's song floats o'er the plaint, 
Arid the seraph's anthem bends with its strain; 
Where the sun rolls down its brilliant flood 
Of beams on a world that is fair and good ; 
Arid stars that dinim'd at nature's doom, 
Shall sparkle and dance o'er the new earth's bloom. 
0 ! that beautiful world," &c. 
N. BILLINGS. 
BRO. HIMES :—Believing that it will rejoice your 
heart to hear of the salvation of souls in any place, 
or with any people, I would inform you of a very 
gracious outpouring of the Spirit in the city of 
Gardiner. 
A protracted meeting commenced some three 
months since, among the Methodists, under very un-
favorable circumstances. But few had faith that 
much good would result therefrom. The pastor, 
however, was confident that God would bless, and 
earnestly prayed that one hundred souls, at least, 
might be given them, as the fruit of their labor. In 
a short time there were many heard inquiring what 
they should do to be saved, and the number of con-
verts was almost daily multiplied. 
The tidings having reached me while on a tour 
with husband, as soon as I returned I hastened to re-
visit the place where I spent my youthful days, and 
which was endeared to me by many pleasing associa-
tions, that I might see for myself what God had 
wrought. I supposed that, as is frequently the case, 
the report might he greatly exaggerated; but, after 
having spent several weeks in this city, 1 am forced 
to exclaim, with the Queen of Sheba, " the one half 
never was told me!" So powerful a revival I never 
before witnessed. 
The Freewill Baptists have shared largely in this 
good work, and other denominations have, in a mea-
sure, participated therein. More than three hundred 
have professed conversion, and some who fbr twenty 
years have been backsliders, are now reclaimed. 
THE CLOSE OF LIFE. 
" Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, 
shall give me at that day : and not to me only, but 
unto all them also that love his appearing."-2 Tim. 
4:8. These are the words of a dying man, to dying 
men. What our friends say when about to leave the 
world, is generally regarded with deep interest by 
us. Their dying words are preserved, and remem-
bered unto the last; especially when they are such 
as evince that the deceased died in the Lord. These 
words afford the best evidence of this, when taken in 
connection with the life. A person in the immediate 
prospect of death, may make expressions of a reli-
gious character, and yet not be prepared to die. The 
life is a sure index to the heart. We have known 
persons who when, as they themselves supposed, 
were about to depart, made expressions of a religious 
nature, but when, in the providence of God, restored 
to health, their words were forgotten, their deter-
minations were disregarded, and their life showed 
that no real change had ever taken place. But when 
confessions of faith in Christ, with a reliance on his 
righteousness, are made in a dying hour, by those 
who have kept the commandments of God, how 
blessed the consideration to Christian friends. Such 
was the case of Paul. In his life, he fought the 
good fight of faith. He breasted the storm. He 
fought. He met sin, Satan, and the world, with the 
armor of God on. He was not the man to retreat, 
and run before the enemy. No ; he fought. While 
in the world he was its conqueror. He was invinci-
ble to the world. He made no compromise with it. 
His eye was watchful—his heart vigilant—his course 
ever oward. He kept. the faith to the end. This 
Paul affirms when about to die. Men generally, if 
they ever speak sincerely, do so when about to die. 
Men will be hottest here, unless they have been great 
in crime, and where pride is deeply seated it may 
follow them to the last. This, however, is not gen-
erally the case. How many who have lived in un-
belief until brought to grapple with death, have then 
made the lamentable confession ; tears of grief and 
anguish gush from their eyes because of their sins. 
If such leave the world without relief, what a picture 
do such death-bed scenes present. Look at the dying 
words, and the awful end of a few of those who 
rejected the faith of Christ, and lived in sin and in-
fidelity. Of Voltaire it is said : " During a long 
life he was continually insulting the Scriptures, and 
disseminating moral poison. In his last illness lie 
sent for Dr. Trochin, who, when lie came, found 
him in the greatest agonies, exclaiming with the ut-
most horror, I am abandoned by God and man.'" 
This is the man who applied the epithet, " The 
wretch," to our blessed Lord ; and the motto append-
ed to all his writings was, " Crush the wretch." We 
now hear what that man's death-bed was. " He 
then said, Oh ! doctor, 1 will give you half of what 
I am worth, if you will give me six months life!' 
The doctor answered, Sir, you cannot live six 
weeks!' Voltaire replied, Then 1 shall go to hell.' 
Mirabeau died, calling out, Give me more lauda-
num, that I may nut think of eternity and of what is, 
to come !' Paine, the vulgar infidel, died drunk and 
swearing. The atheist Hobbes said in his last hours, 
I ant now about to take a leap it) the dark.' Rous-
seau, a notorious debauchee, died, saying, 0 God I 
give Thee my soul pure and untainted as it came 
from Thy hands."—Cumming's Bible Evidence. 
How wide the contrast between the life and end of 
these men, and the life and end of the apostle Paul. 
" Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, 
shall give me at that day." Paul knew in whom he 
believed ; and though ready to be offered up for the 
faith and testimony which he held, still he was not 
about to take a leap in the dark. Death to him was 
a vanquished enemy. The Lord Jesus had passed 
through the tomb, and ascended to God ; from thence 
to come again on the great resurrection morning. 
Paul desired not laudanum to benumb the powers of 
his mind, that he might not think of eternity and 
what is to come; for eternal things, and what is to 
come, presented a theme on which he delighted to 
dwell ; arid the clearer and brighter his view of these 
things, the more he rejoiced in prospect of the time 
when he should be with the Redeemer, and behold 
his glory forever. Paul affirms there is a crown 
laid up for him—what is it? It is not a crown of 
gold, laurels, nor roses; it is not a crown gained by 
pride or ambition ; neither such an one as once en- 
circled the sacred brow of the Prince of Peace ; it is 
not a literal crown, won on the battle-field, or in- 
herited by royal descent ; but a crown won in the 
c ruse of righteousness. It was purchased by the 
work and righteousness of Jesus Christ, and obtained 
by faith in his name, and a trusting in his merit for 
salvation. It consists of that glory, honor, dignity, 
and righteousness, with which the saints shall be 
arrayed in the coming kingdom of God. It compre- 
hends the reward of the inheritance—life, righteous- 
ness, and glory. Says the apostle James : " Blessed 
is the man that endureth temptation, or trial ; for 
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, 
which the Lord bath promised to them that love him." 
John the revelator has given us a similar promise : 
" Be thou faithful unto death, and 1 will give thee a 
crown of life." Peter to the elders writes, " And 
when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall re- 
ceive a crown of. glory that fadeth not away. The 
believer, therefore, shall ultimately be honored and 
crowned with the blessedness of eternal life, dignified 
with the unfading glory of the everlasting God, and 
arrayed in the pure and spotless garment of Jesus' 
righteousness. By whom given ? The Lord, the 
righteous judge. He says, " Be thou faithful and I 
.111•31111.....• 
Very many of the converts are the strongest I ever 
saw. That the word has fallen,in some cases, upon 
stony ground, as has always been the case since the 
parable of our Lord was spoken, there is no doubt, 
yet there is evidence sufficient to convince any but a 
deeply prejudiced mind, that many have received the 
word with good and honest hearts, wino will bring 
forth much fruit. 
Our beloved Bro. Stinson has been laboring ardu-
ously for a long time with Bro. C., the pastor of the 
M. E. Church, who seems to be truly a man of God, 
full of faith and the Holy Ghost. He is with us in 
sentiment, as it respects the pre-millennial advent, 
restitution, and the proximity of the judgment, brit 
has not seen it to be his duty to take the open ground 
as we have done, nor to give the doctrines of the 
Advent a special prominence above other truths which 
he considers of equal importance. 
Bro. S. is one who can labor for the salvation of 
souls wherever he finds an open door. Such is his 
stern Christian integrity, he gains the confidence of 
all who know him. He has a love that is broad and 
expansive, far removed from that narrow, contracted, 
sectarian love which was exhibited at one time by the 
disciples, when they rebuked the man who was cast-
ing out devils in the name of Jesus, because he went 
not with them. They were a little jealous that he 
was not doing the will of God, because not doing it 
exactly in their way, and very justly were they 
reproved by the Saviour, in these words : " Rebuke 
him not, for no man can do these things in my name, 
that will lightly speak evil of me." 
We may all, perhaps, be profited by the same 
instructive lesson. God has his different agents, 
employed in carrying forward the different portions 
of the same great work. " All have not. the same 
office." The same " specific work," belongs not to 
all. While it is the duty of some to give special 
prominence to one grand feature of the gospel, it 
may be the duty of others to bring out prominently 
another feature of the same gospel, and thus the 
cause of God progresses effectively, and harmoniously. 
We ought not therefore to censure our brother who 
may be faithfully laboring for souls in a different 
way from us ; but seek diligently to understand our 
own specific work, and do it with humble reliance on 
the Holy Spirit, to give efficiency to our labor of 
love. 
I cart truly say, that I as heartily rejoice in the 
salvation of souls among those who are not with us 
in all things, as I do among ourselves. I am more 
pleased to have them converted to God, than to mere 
theories. I am not bound by one sectarian shackle, 
hut can co-operate with all who are striving to win 
sinners to Christ. The only true bond of union, is 
that which results from the baptism by one spirit into 
one body, and this, written creeds, or unwritten 
creeds, can never create, or strengthen. It is like 
a three-fold cord, not easily broken. 
1 love the coming of Jesus, believe it near, arid 
am endeavoring to be always ready to meet him with 
joy. Yours, in hope. 
LETTER FROM JOHN J. PORTER. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—The Conference held in this 
city at Hester-street, May 6th to 9th, will be remem- 
bered by those present as a season of great interest 
and profit. The brethren were of one mind. Their 
object was to build up one another in the most holy 
faith, and when one after another stated their views 
in relation to the cause and future operations, all 
appeared resolved to stand thst in the liberty of the 
gospel, and move forward in prosecuting the work 
assigned them by the Master,—that of warning the 
world of approaching judgments, and arousing the 
Church to watchfulness and prayer, in view of the 
speedy coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Each one 
seemed girded anew for the work. And I am confi-
dent they went forth from that meeting with the 
blessing of God, and with firm purposes to be more 
faithful titan ever in the good work. The field is all 
white, and great inducements are offered to enlist the 
hearty co-operation of all true laborers in the vine-
yard. Souls for whom Christ died, are waiting to 
be invited to enter the service. Though they have 
heard of the Saviour, they may riot have had the in-
vitation to come to him pressed upon them. They 
may not have been urged sufficiently and at a proper 
time ; and some probably have concluded that no otie 
cared for their souls. Brethren, let us to the work 
with new zeal, with the fullest confidence in the 
gospel that we preach. The true faith, and the true 
hope of the Church, clearly and faithfully preached,. 
will yet arrest the attention of the sinner, and some 
in these last days will be led to Christ. We are now 
more free from distracting elements than we have 
been for years. And though we may not expect to 
be free from trials and perplexities as long as the 
warfare continues, yet we may now labor with more 
prospect of doing good—with more certainty of ac-
complishing something for Christ. The important 
changes that are taking place in the political world, 
together with the threatening and perplexing aspect 
of the religious world, particularly as it relates to 
Papal aggression in Europe, serves to agitate the 
minds of many reflecting persons ; and while they 
are casting about them to learn if possible what the 
end of these things will be, it is important that the 
Advent believer be ready to profess his faith, and 
give the reason of his hope, with meekness and fear. 
Men are willing to listen, and many are impressed 
with its truth. Let us not slacken our hands, but 
rather let us go forth " weeping, bearing precious- 
seed." Be careful and riot sow tares instead of good 
seed, and in due season we shall reap, if we faint 
not. Yours, in hope. 
Bro. I. R. GATES writes from Rouses Point (N. 
Y.), May 25th, 1851: 
I have been as far as this place. and had good sea-
sons with the brethren at West Troy, Lansingburg, 
Fort Ann, Low Hampton, Addison, Panton, Bristol, 
Burlington, &c. 1 am quite worn down, and hoarse, 
but my health holds good. I have found much need 
of labor in all this region. I hope that my visit may, 
in the end, be found profitable to the brethren. Our 
meetings here (Rouses Point) yesterday were fully 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
attended, and our communion season was one of the 
best that I have attended for a long time. At the 
close of the mmning service, I baptised nine persons. 
The cause here is in a good condition, but is in need 
of more to preach the word of life, Brn. Taylor, 
Sherwin, Bentley, Buckley, and Morgan having been 
called to other parts. 
The brethren at Bristol and Addison wish me to 
request Bro. Rimes to hold a Big Tent meeting 
with them about the first of September. 
I spend about one week more with the brethren 
here and at Champlain. Yours, waiting, &c. 
Beo. HIMES :—As we often find quotations in the 
" Herald," in the Hebrew and Greek languages, will 
you please gratify its readers by the publication of 
the alphabets of those languages. 
J. W. DANIELS. 
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Obituary. 
" I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who believeth in ME, 
though he should die, yet he will LIVE : and whoever liveth and be-
lievetti in me, will NEVER die."-John it : 25, 26. 
and although it greatly confused and hindered my 
business, I submitted. Jacob believed it his duty to 
send Joseph to look after his brethren ; and it was, 
notwithstanding he was betrayed and sold into slavery. 
Afflictions spring not out of the ground. God loved 
Jacob, and theretbre afflicted him, but afterwards 
permitted him to behold his son, little less than a 
king. And I hope one day to see my son a king and 
priest, not in Egypt, but in the New Earth. His 
sufferings were indescribable, yet he never com-
plained while awake, except to exclaim, " Oh !" 
three times, when the abscess broke, and to subse-
quently remark that he never before knew what it 
was to be sick. When asleep, his groans were fear-
ful, but on awaking, he would smooth his brow and 
cease to groan. He asked. and received the prayers 
of all who visited him, said he could trust in Christ 
as his sufficient righteousness, and many such ex-
pressions. 
A little more than two years since, he underwent 
a vast change, which continued and increased till his 
death. 
In the time of the revival at the Advent Church in 
New York city, the winter before the last, he pub-
licly professed religion, and was baptized by Bro. 
Turner, and for a few days appeared to be very 
happy ; yet 1 have never doubted but that he experi-
enced religion several months earlier. At length, 
however, I noticed with much alarm, that notwith-
standing he was generally serious and trust-worthy, 
he had formed a love for light reading. 1 talked 
much to dissuade him from this, without fully con-
vincing him he was wrong. He one day said he 
would give up such reading if I insisted upon his 
doing it, but that he still thought it improved his 
mind. I replied that my mind could never be at rest 
unless I could know he was convinced it was danger-
ous, and gave it up from conviction, and not simply 
from respect to parental authority. When he was 
sick last winter, I reminded him of this, and said to 
him that I had often prayed that God would either 
preserve him from the multiplied snares which sur-
round the youth of this generation, or take him 
to himself before they should ruin him. This 
had a very deep effect upon his mind ; arid he ever 
after confined himself to scientific, historical, and 
religions reading. 
I had not sent him to school but a little since '42, 
yet last fall he drew at the close of his first quarter 
in the Warren Polytechnic School of this city, the 
first prize for good behavior, and the second for draw-
ing and geography. 
have not devoted the attention to him that I ought 
to have done, yet I think that he sleeps in Jesus. 
Within the last five years, four of the strongest ties 
which bound me to this world have been sundered, or 
fastened to the world to come—" When will the 
morning come ?" 
The friends here, as on former occasions, have 
surrounded me with a warm tide of Christian sym- 
pathy. 
I. E. JONES. 
Monitor and Messenger. 
DIED, of consumption, at Kent, Ct., April 15th, 
1851, Mrs. GRATIS. MORGAN, aged 70. Formerly 
Mrs. Morgan was an acceptable member of the Bap-
tist Church in Bristol, Vt., and continued her con-
nection with that denomination until the year 1848, 
when she intelligently embraced the great truth of 
the Advent.,, and joined the little flock in this place 
in waiting for and expecting the soon coming of our 
absent Lord. By the blessing of God, she had reared 
a family of seven children, most of whom had be-
come participat rs with her of the same grace : con 
secrating one et the ministering at the altar, and 
three of whom had gone before her to the grave ; as 
had also her worthy companion, who departed this 
life some three years since. And for two years or 
more past, she had been mostly confined with that 
fatal disease which terminated her stay with us be-
low, so that it may be emphatically said, " she was 
a woman of affliction ; but no less said, " a woman 
of rejoicing :" for nothing seemed to abate her ardent 
love, and commensurate zeal for the cause of her 
divine Lord. Many are the relatives and friends that 
mourn her departure; but we believe she sleeps in 
Jesus, and mourn not as those without hope ; for 
Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, 
When what we now deplore 
Shall rise in full immortal prime, 
And bloom to fade no more. P. B. 
DIED, in Francestown, May 14th, of consumption, 
ROXANA BREWSTER, in the 43d year of her age. 
Fur some months previous to her death, her suffer-
ings were great, which site bore with the fortitude of 
a true Christian. As she felt herself to be drawing 
near to eternity, the strength and value of her hope 
was manifest. She could meet death, not only with 
resignation and composure, but with joy and triumph ; 
the future had nothing dreadful, but everything was 
inviting her away. She had no doubts or fears ; and 
with regard to the day of her departure, could say, 
with the poet, "Fly swifter round, ye wheels of 
time." She was a firm believer in the Advent, be-
coming interested in it about 1842. Since then she 
has kept the faith, and fell asleep in possession of 
that blessed hope, soon to awake to everlasting life. 
She wished me, before her death, to have you insert 
a notice in the " Herald." She was grateful to you 
for sending her the " Herald," which she read with 
deep interest. Yours, in the blessed hope, 
FREDORA BENDER. 
Milford (N. II.), May 26th, 1851. 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN 
PEACE SOCIETY. 
The Annual Address before the Society wes deliv-
ered by Rev. R. W. Clark, of Hartford, Ct. He 
began by alluding to the inadequate means used in 
this cause ; inadequate for the speedy removal of 
such a gigantic and inveterate evil as war; an evil 
that has from the earliest ages overshadowed all other 
evils. Whatis war I He had tried, but felt himself 
unable, to give any adequate definition of it. The 
best is that which represents it as the concentration 
of all crimes. It is hell organized for the widest 
possible wickedness and misery ; the combination 'of 
millions to perpetrate deeds of atrocity beyond the 
power of individuals. 
After glancing at the mission of Christ M a period 
of general peace, the speaker announced as his theme, 
the proposition, that the overthrow of the war-system 
is essential to the success of the various philanthropic 
and Christian enterprises that distinguish the present 
age. 
This he argued from the following considerations : 
War wastes the resources of Christendom, and 
thus cripples every benevolent enterprise. 
The waste of property was so enormous that in 
the attempt to exhibit it, figures seem to Jose their 
functions, and language breaks down under the effort 
to represent it. T. say nothing of the withdrawal 
of so many able-bodied men front the various depart-
ments of industry, the paralyzing effects of war upon 
trade, commerce, manufactures, and agriculture, the 
direct expenses alone seem sufficient to produce 
bankruptcy in a nation. The United States, from 
the adoption of the Federal Constitution to the year 
1849, expended $018,932,000 to sustain the war sys-
tem, and the war debts in Europe in 1840, amounted 
to ten thousand millions of dollars. Where one 
dollar is spent to give the gospel to the heathen, 
three hundred and thirty-two are expended by Chris-
tendom to sustain war. With this gigantic evil, 
wasting and exhausting the Christian nations, prey-
ing upon the vitals of their industrial resources, 
how can we expect the speedy dawn of millennial 
glory ? 
In answer to the objection that a portion of this 
vast expenditure was necessary in order to be in a 
state of defence against foreign invaders, Mr. C. 
showed that preparation for war greatly increased 
the liability of a nation to suffer from war, while 
an absence of such preparation takes away some 
of the most powerful incentives to war. Allusion 
was made to the history of Great Britain, France, 
Russia, and Holland, whose great military forces 
have caused them to drink so deeply of the bloody 
cup of war ; to the Roman empire, over which, for 
so many centuries, the war storms raged, and whose 
myriads of spears attracted the lightning of the tem-
pest, and thus brought upon her own embattled 
hosts the ruin that she struggled to pour upon other 
nations. 
War retards Christianity, by breaking down the 
public conscience, and corrupting the morals of society. 
The power of one nation to bless other nations de-
pends upon the strength of its virtues, and the purity 
of its morality and religion. No one can deny that 
the tendency of war is to destroy every virtue, deaden 
all sense of right, and foster every form of wicked-
ness. It sets at defiance the principles of Christian-
ity, and makes a complete breach over every law in 
the decalogue. Deeds, which, in civilized life, are 
accounted the foulest crimes, are among the duties. 
Treachery, theft, murder constitute the art. The 
murderer of a single fellow-being is regarded with 
public indignation, and his memory consigned to in-
famy. Though he has moved in circles of fashion, 
and been associated with the literary and scientific, 
yet he must, amid the throbbings of thousands of 
agonized hearts, swing from the gallows in yonder 
jail yard. But the murderer of thousands—he who 
comes wading through a sea of blood—is received 
with triumphal arches, illuminations, music, the ap-
plause of the multitudes. Instead of a prison, a 
palace is prepared for him. Such worship may be 
grateful to the deity of misery—to those dark spirits 
that revel in battles and carnage—but bow does the 
God of heaven regard it ? That is the question 
which concerns us, if we are not atheists. How 
does it bear upon the morals and piety of the Christian 
community ? 
Napoleon said that soldiers that had no vices, must 
he taught to contract them. Horrible doctrine ! 
What must be the character of that system that 
draws its vigor and strength from human wickedness 
—that depends upon the vices of its supporters ; sup-
porters whose militarrqualities ripen as their virtues 
die out? 
The war system destroys the life of the Church, 
and thus weakens every Christian enterprise. The 
history of Christianity demonstrates the fact that the 
progress of the gospel has been in proportion to 
the adherence of its followers to the principles of 
peace. 
During the first three centuries after the mission 
of Christ, the principles of peace maintained their 
ascendancy in the Church, and the triumphs of the 
gospel were most signal and glorious. So conscien-
tious were the early Christians in regard to war, that 
they preferred to suffer death rather than bear arms. 
At length the Church took the sword, and frorn that 
moment tier power began to wane, arid the way was 
prepared for that deluge of darkness that for 1000 
years enveloped the nations of Europe. The Ameri-
can Church has projected and carried forward her 
great Christian enterprises during the period of peace 
That we have enjoyed, and we can expect the success 
of primitive times, only as we adhere to the princi-
ples of the primitive disciples. 
14rar prejudices the heathen themselves against 
the whole system of Christianity. 
The only knowledge that many of them have had 
of Christian nations, has been through their wars. 
Christianity, an angel of peace and love, has been 
presented to them as the vulture of war. It has 
approached them to desolate their homes, rob them 
of their treasures, burn their villages, and slaughter 
their citizens. China, particularly, has suffered 
from this cause, and these wars have built around 
her a wall of prejudice that seems almost impreg-
nable. 
The speaker proceeded to illustrate this position 
by a variety of portraits and startling facts, and 
closed by calling on Christians, as the professed fol-
lowers of the Prince of Peace, to wipe this stigma 
from their religion, to remove this great obstruction 
to its spread, to the success of all philanthropic and 
Christian enterprises, by sustaining the cause of 
peace with far more liberality, energy, and zeal. 
REMARKS.—War will continue to the " end of the 
world," and will only end in thelast " great battle;" 
bet we rejoice at the wholesome truths administered 
to time Church in the above sketch. 
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seen. Its great characteristic is, that while it is sufficiently scien tine, 
it is full of the soul of popular music. 
Published by W. J. REYNOLDS & Co., 24 Cornhill, Boston.-
Orders for the " Vocalist" may also he sent to the office of the " Ad- 
vent Herald," 8 Chardon-street. 
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Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, . 
FOR THE CURE OF 
Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Whooping-Cough, Croup, 
Asthma, and Consumption. 
T1118 remedy is offered to the community with the confidence 
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time acquainted with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, hereby certify our 
belief* that it is the best and most effectual remedy for Pulmonary 
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from our knowledge of its composition, and extensive usefulness; 
cordially continent, it to the afflicted as worthy their best confidence, 
and with the fine conviction that it will do for their relief all that 
medicine can do. 
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Reese & Coulson, Baltintore, Maryland. 
Ladd & Ingraham, Bangor,Maiiie. 
Haviland, II arriell & Co., Charleston, S. C. 
Jacob S. Farrand, Detroit, Michigan. 
T. H. McAllister, Louisville. Kentucky, 
Francis & Walton, St. Louis, Missouri. 
Joseph Tucker, Mobile, AAlitib
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Theodore A. Peck, Burlington, Vermont 
Haviland, Risley dc Co., 
Isaac D. James, Trenton, New Jersey. 
Clark & Co., Chicago, Illinois. 
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B. R. Strong, Knoxville, Tennessee. 
Chilton & Dues' Little Rock, Ark. 
Stiller, Slade & Co., Lexington, Miss. 
N. D. Labadie, Galveston, Texas. 
Charles Dyer, Jr., Providence, Rhode Island. 
Joseph Si. Turner, Savannah, Ga. 
Wade, Eckstein & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 
J. G. Coffin & Co., Valparaiso, Chili. 
F. M. Dimond & Co., Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Fred. Rivas & Co., Bogota, New Grenada. 
Provost & Co., Lima, Peru. 
Morton & Co., Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
Wadies & Son, St. Johns, New Brunswick. 
C. G. Salinas & Co., Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
With such assurance, and from such men, no stronger proof can 
be adduced, except that found in its effects upon trial. 
Prepared by J. C. AYER, Chemist, Lowell, Mass., and sold by 
Druggists and Dealers in Medicine generally throuror.
oput 2the 
6-3m.]n-
try. 
EDWIN WELLS JONES died May 18, after an ill-
ness of one week, aged 15 years. Last winter he 
went to the grave's mouth in a hasty consumption. 
For several days he could not speak, except in a low 
whisper, and for twenty-four hours the blood was 
settled under his nails; but it pleased God to then 
raise him up, much to the surprise of all who saw 
hint. He had become strong, and apparently healthy ; 
still I was aware that he was in great danger of a 
relapse from a cold or over-exertion. It became 
necessary for me to fill Bro. Himes' appointment at 
:Hartford, Conn., the Sabbath after the recent Con-
ference in New York city. I left on Saturday. 
Edwin visited Greenwood Cemetery, in company 
with several of his school-mates, and slipped into 
one of the ponds with which that " city of the dead " 
is beautified, and wet his feet above his ancles, after 
which he walked home, three miles, and arrived in 
five minutes after the stage, which left at the same 
time; became exhausted, and took a severe cold, 
which settled upon his lungs, and formed a large 
abscess. The friends had kindly telegraphed me 
Monday morning, but I had left before it was received, 
to•resume the business at the office, which had been 
suspended in my absence—Bro. Turner being absent 
at the time at Salem, Mass. On reaching home, 
saw at once that 1 must part with my first-born. 
Everything had been done for him which could be in 
the circumstances. He never complained till the 
last extremity, and betbre the family were aware of 
the danger, it had become fully established. A skil-
ful and attentive physician was called on Sunday 
afternoon, but at that time no human skill could have 
saved him. Had I been at home, as he slept with 
me, and knowing him so well, I should have detected 
his condition, no doubt, in time to have saved him, 
as I did a little before from a much greater exposure, 
But it was so arranged by Providence, to which t 
bow with solemn reverence, and, I trust, submission. 
The very hairs of our head are all numbered. It 
seemed to me to be a clear duty to go to Hartford, 
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and the Life shall clothe theta with immortality. We sym-
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duty is, so shall his strength be. 
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symbol of the espoused church of Christ. Adultery is used 
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and draw their spiritual food from her teachings. Conse-
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in idolatrous worship. 
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A late number of the London Record, an Episcopal paper, 
contained the following paragraph :—" No less than twelve 
clergymen were present at the fancy dress ball which took 
place in Bath on Easter Monday ! A person must possess 
an unusual portion of brass in his composition to be able to 
set public opinion entirely at defiance. Is this a fit time, we 
ask, for clergymen to mix in scenes of dissipation and gayety? 
While the Jesuits are spreading over the country like lo-
custs, and the affars of the Church and nation are confess-
edly in a very unsatisfactory state, who would have expected 
that twelve ministers of the gospel would be seen capering 
among the votaries of pleasure in a ball-room, as soon as 
they had well escaped from the restraints of the last week in 
Lent ! We are told that Nero fiddled while Rome was burn-
ing ; and it seems scarcely less incongruous that a party of 
gentlemen in holy orders, should so far forget their sacred 
character as to join in the amusements of a fashionable wa-
tering-place immediately at the end of Passion Week, and 
amidst all the appalling signs of the times." 
"The Story in Color I—Bunyan's Pilgrim's 
Progress." 
We have witnessed this beautiful view, and can adopt the 
following notice of it by the Literary World : 
" We take such an exhibition as that recently opened of 
the panoramic painting of the Pilgrim's Progress,'as one 
of the best signs of the times. Its predecessors were, with 
whatever other merit, all in the commonest spirit of appeal 
to idle curiosity, and gratification of a desire fir a little eve-
ryday information with regard to the physical peculiarities of 
the Mississippi River, Cnba, and California. We are safe 
in pronouncing the entire exhibition a happy novelty, a story 
in color, delightfully told, and almost, if not quite, as well 
worth listening to in its steady flow of pictorial eloquence, as 
Henry Clay in the Senate Chamber, or Jenny Lind at Trip-
les Hall." 
The scenes are presented as follows : 
"Part I.—Banyan dreaming ; man in rags ; evangelist 
points out wicket gate ; slough oh' despond ; hill of legality; 
wicket gate ; interpreter's palace ; Christian loses his bur-
den ; hill difficulty ; the arbor ; palace beautiful ; interior; 
viewing the delectable mountains ; arming of Christian ; the 
departure ; valley of humiliation ; a fight with Apollyon • 
Christian receives the healing leaves ; enters the valley of 
the shadow of death ; fiend whispers blasphemy in his ear; 
passes through the valley ; giant's cave ; overtakes Faith-
ful ; they see the city of Vanity; triumphal procession ; 
Vanity fair ; gamblers' booth, &c. ; the temptations ; trial 
of Faithful ; he is led out to execution. 
" Part II.—By-ends, Money-love, and Fair-speech, meet 
the pilgrims ; Demos tempts them to the silver mine ; pillar 
of salt ; river of the water of life ; they lose themselves in 
the grounds of giant Despair ; th giant seizes them ; the 
captives ; the escape ; Delectable mountains ; shepherds 
sh w them the mountains ; hill of error ; distant view of 
Celestial city ; fate of the apostate ; enchanted land ; land 
of Beulah ; ley enter the river of death. 
" Part III—representing scenes from the second part of 
Bunyan's work.--Mercy fainting at the wicket gate ; Great 
Heart, with Christiana and her family, at the spring; Great 
Heart encourages them to enter the valley of the shadow of 
death ; passage through the valley ; land of Beulah ; the 
messenger sent to summon Christiana ; another scene in the 
land of Beulah ; Christiana parts from her family and enters 
the river of death ; gate of the Celestial city." 
The following notice of this work of art is from the New 
Bro. I. A DRIAN informs us that he intends to visit his of 
friends in northern New York, Vermont, Canada East, anti 
particularly his old fields of labor, in August and September. 
May the Lord set before him an open door, and give him 
success. Those who may wish his labors in conferences and 
camp-meetings, will address him at Bridgeport, Ct. 
As the season is with us, when all are liable to the afflic-
tions that follow colds seated on the throat and lungs, we 
should keep in mind that " AYER'S Cherry Pectoral" is the 
proper remedy for these diseases, and that it seldom fails to 
cure. We would here say, that the statement which has 
been made, that Dr. AYER, the proprietor of this remedy, 
is Mayor of Lowell, is incorrect. 
THE FREE LIST TO MINISTERS.-The provision for 
this is not yet exhausted. If any know of those who would 
be pleased and profited by the perusal of the Beredd,let them 
consult with them, and send on without delay. 
" Letters from the Back Woods and the Adirondac. By 
the Rev. J. T. Headley. New York : John S. Taylor,143 
Nassau-street. 1850.
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This volume, in the graphic style of the writer, vividly il-
lustrates his own tour through the region he describes. 
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many they have. 
"CHILDREN'S ADVENT HERALD.”-The June No. of this little 
paper is just issued. The following are its contents :- 
" The Child's Prayer for a New Heart ;" "Harry and his Dog ; 
or the evils of Disobedience ;"" Frank and the Alligator ;" " Facts 
worth Remembering ;" " A Song ;" "A Beautiful Allegory ;" 
"Are you ready ?" " A Soft Answer turneth away Wrath ;" " An-
ecdote of the 'Swedish Nightingale;'" " A Faithful old Horse;" 
" High Wages tiir doing Nothing ;" " The Diamond ;" " Scripture 
Questions ;" " Age of Animals ;" " Arabic Proverbs ;" " Puzzles;" 
&e. 
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SUMMARY. 
In Worcester, on- the 30th ult., two little boys, a son of Mr. Jo.. 
seph Copp, aged five years, and a son of Mr. Solomon Hall, about 
the same age, were at play touter the carriage manufactory of Mr. 
Moses T. Breck,. on Union-street, and where there is a shaft ex-
tending under the street to the Union Mill opposite, and propelled 
by esteem engine in the latter. The Copp boy playfully undertook 
to stop the shaft, which was making Lie evolutions per minute. Af-
ter making one trial, and finding his hands burnt by the friction, he 
took his apron, and throwing it round the shaft to protect his hands, 
was thus drawn over so as to be tightly confined to the shaft with 
his face towards it, and his body clinging, round it. In this position 
he was carried round for the space of about three minutes, making 
not less than tour hundred and fifty evolutions before the other boy 
could give the alarm, and have the steam shut off. The space be-
tween the shaft and the beam overhead was only fourteen inches, 
and less titan that between the shaft and the ground beneath, the 
latter being worn away by the boy's body, as he turned on the shaft. 
The strangest thing of all is, that tae little fellow, though badly 
bruised, is in a fair way of speedy recovery. 
The " Aylesbury News" (Eng.) contains the following notice, 
copied from a bill posted about Drayton Parslow, Buckinghamshire, 
by a landowner and clergyman :-" Whereas some of my tenants 
on the Higgins and Henley's Piece have of late been very irregular 
in their attendance at church out the Sunday, so have not complied 
with the agreement entered into between landlord and tenant, 
That each tenant should, as often as possible, be present at Divine 
worship on the Lord's-day,' I give this timely notice to all whom it 
may concern,-That, unless I see them more regular at church than 
lately they have been, such persons absenting themselves for the fu-
ture, will be required to give up their land or Michaelmas-day next, 
without further notice." 
An old Polish soldier died recently in the Hospital of Invalides, in 
l'aris, in the 127th year of his age. 
A violent hailstorm is reported to have passed over Dinwiddie 
comity, Va., last week. The stones were as large as partridge's 
eggs, and fell in some places five inches deep• In Prince George 
county, the hail fell to the depth of two feet. 
In London there are 20,000 journeymen tailors, of whom 14,000 
earn a miserable existence by working fourteen hours a day, includ 
ing Sunday. There are also in the same city 22,000 sewing women, 
who, on an average, make only 4 1-2d., or 9 cents a day, by working 
tourteen hours-not quite three-fourths of a cent per hour. 
The newspapers tell us that the British Parliament, at a recent 
session, voted $355,000 for the Queen's stables, and at the same ses-
sion refused $150,000 for national education. 
A passenger who was on board the steamer Webster, at the time 
of her conflagration on the Mississippi river, relates the following 
interesting incidents :-" Among the many heroic acts I saw, I par-
ticularly noted the conduct of Miss C. Dill, of Dalton, 0. Not 
seeming to regard her own safety, in the moment when all others 
were flying one way or another, she seized two little girls, children 
of a Frenchman, a passenger, and with them plunged into the wa-
ter, and by her intrepidity saved them." 
Judge Howe, of Wisconsin, opens his courts with prayers. The 
innovation suits some, and displeases others. The Winnebago Tele-
graph says that at a recent sitting of the circuit court in that county, 
some objection was raised to such ceremony, by a certain member 
of the bar of that county. The Telegraph' says that as soon as 
the Rev. gentleman had concluded, and before he had become seat-
td, one of the lawyers rose, and without any prefatory remarks, 
said that as a member of that bar, he entered his protest against 
the innovation of opening courts with prayers. 
Master Tommy Currin, c boy of fourteen, residing in Kildare, has 
eloped with Miss Eliza 5—, a girl aged thirteen, the servant girl, 
who managed the affair as a confidant, being between fifteen and 
sixteen years old. The juvenile fugitive took with her £14, belong-
ing to her mother, and the boy and girl have proceeded to America 
together. 
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To Correspondents. 
1. J. D.—None would blame me for putting up at a hotel, 
or anywhere else, except with those who could write or sanc-
tion the following, which I received in answer to a respect-
ful note, written in response to a former invitation to visit 
Batavia when I went West : . 
was received, and in reply would say, that our brethren ra-
ther decline accepting your proposition. Very respectfully, 
" E. M. SMITH. 
" Batavia (N. Y.), Jun. 29th, 1851." 
This note was addressed on the outside, as within, to " J. 
V. Hug Es, Esq."—not Elder, but " Esq. I received one 
other, from another place, still more insulting. I did not 
intend to expose either, but circumstances require that the 
above should be published. 
G. SEALER-Thank you for your kind letter ; will visit 
Pompey, if possible, when I go to H. 
To the Editor of the Advent Herald — SIR :—Will you 
have the goodness to publish Rev. 18:50.—" And upon her 
forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, 
the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth ;"—
and inform us through the " Herald " who is the mother of 
York Express :— 
" The Panorama of the Pilgrim's Progress is undoubtedly 
a work of decided merit, and is as much above the ordinary 
standard of panoramas as Bunyan's allegory is above the or-
dinary standard of allegorical writings. The pencils of seve-
ral of our most popular artists, of acknowledged ability, have 
been long and diligently engaged in perfecting it for exhibi-
tion, and the result has proved highly satisfactory to all con.. 
" J. V. HIHES, Esq.—DEAR SIR :-Yours of 20th inst. cerned. A visit to this panorama is instructive and enter- 
tanning in a high degree. Intended to illustrate in a tho-
rough manlier Bunyan's beautiful allegory, abundant field is 
furnished for the display of artistical taste and composition 
in the scenery and incidents ; in fact, a more copious field 
for imagination could hardly be conceived than that furnished 
by the Pilgrim's Progress—full of hideous monsters, angelic 
forms, yawning abysses, enchanting scenery, palaces, and 
craggy rocks—the valley of the shadow of death, in all its 
various parts, and the last glorious scene of the passage to 
eternity through the river of death." 
We advise all to go and see it. Admission, 25 cents.—
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WE-have received bound volumes of the Monitor. Price, 
50 cts. They may be had at this office, or of I. E. JONES, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
THE DEFENCE.—The new work entitled the Defence 
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of the Postmaster, who assigned as reason, that it was refused. One 
or two others were stopped at the same time by that order. 
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have been overlooked. We send you a few back 'lumbers. You 
have paid to 508-end of last vol. 
APPOINTMENTS, &c. 
WETHEILBEE & LELAND, 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Ready Made 
Clothing, 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 GERRISH BLOCK, CORNER OF BLACKSTONE AND 
ANN STREETS, 
WOULD respectfully inform their customers and the Trade in 
V V general, that they are now ready to exhiflit and offer for sale 
a splendid assortment of 
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, 
adapted to the New England Trade, and all sections of the country- 
Our Manufacturing and Jobbing Departments being greatly enlargeu, 
and filled with New and FRESH. STOCK of every description of 
Clothing that can be found In the city, 
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS 
Will find it for their advantage to call and examine our immense 
stock, ',enure making their selections elsewhere. 
Boys' Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing goods of every de- 
scription, constantly on hand. 
CUSTOM WORK 
Made after the latest styles and on the shortest notice. 
A. NA ETHERREE. 
[apr. 26.] 
E. LELAND. 
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576 ; LI. J. Orcutt, 560 ; M. Frederick, 540-and books ; T. Challi-
come, 521; H. Noyes, 578; S. D. Howard, 564; L. Wiswell, 560 ; Dr. 
P. A. Carter, 508 ; E. Thompson, 
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of late the number has greatly increased. We thank our friends for 
their aid its this departtneut.1 
C. Green 
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As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednesday, appoint-
ments inust be received, at the latest, by Tuesday evening ; other-
wise, they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
Big Tent and Camp-meeting in New Haven, Vt., commencing 
Aug. 30th, and continue a week, or longer. It is hoped this will be 
a general meeting of Adventists throughout this region, and that 
the cause of spieading the great truth of our soon coming Lord 
may here receive a new impetus. Let brethren come with faith and 
earnest prayer, that God may revive his work. Those contitss from 
the north or south, can come by way. of the Burlington and Rut-
land Railroad, and probably stop within fifty rods of the ground. 
All nt canary arrangements for the accommodation of those who 
may come will be made, the particulars of which will be given 
hereafter. 
Bro. A. Merrill will preach at Clintonville, Mass., June 10th ; 
Westminster, 11th ; Northfield Farms, 12th ; Hinsdale, Vt., 13th ; 
Grafton, 14th ; Houghtonville, Sabbath, 15th ; North Springfield, 
17th ; Woodstock, 18th-each (except Sabbath) at d P M. His P. O. 
address is Holden, Mass., where he has been invited to reside and 
preach a part of his time. 
Bro. F. H. Berick will preach in Clinton, Mass., Sabbath, June 8 
The Second Advent Church in Providence, R. I., under the pas-
toral care of Elder L. Kitnball, meet for worship three times on the 
Sabbath, and on Tuesday and sometimes Thursday evenings, at 
Second Advent (Newmarket) Hall, No. 4 high-street. Friends 
visiting the city are invited to call. 
By order of the Church, ANTHONY PEARCE. 
Advent Meetings . -If providence permit there will be an Advent 
meeting at the Outlet, C. E., to begin on Thursday, 12th of June, 
and continue over the Sabbath ; also at Waterloo, Shefford, to begin 
on Wednesday, the 18th of June, and continue over the Sabbath. 
In behalf of the Church, 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
J. M. ORROCK. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR HARTFORD, CT.-In the old Fourth Church. 
where we have met for a year past, Bro. B. Morley is expected to 
preach the second and third Sabbaths in June ' • I.. Usher, the fourth 
and fifth Sabbaths in June ; O. R. Fassett, the first and second Sab-
baths in July ; 1. H. Shipman, the third Sabbath in July. 
Dur-
ham Flats, C. E., 3di Waterloo, (where Bro. Hutchinson may ap-
JiAineC2d"P
;DPnr-
Itro.I. R. Gates will preach in Clarence Monday, 
point,) 4111 and 5th ; Richford, Vt., 6th ; Derby Line, 7th and 8th ; 
Lisbon (or Sugar Hill>) Vt., from the 14th to the 15th. 
Bro. 
 in j 
I. 
 Shipman 
iiptan will preach at Sugar Hill the second and third 
Sabbaths 
Bro ttA.iii June.
.Slierwi will preach in-Worcester the second and third 
sa 
There willbe a Tent-meeting at East Andover, N. H., to com-
mence Wednesday, June 111.11, at 1 P. M., and continue over the 
Sabbath. 
D. T. Taylor, Jr., will preach at Newton Upper 5 11s7Minas
iNsGs s o. 
Fa. C 
n 
Sunday, June 15th. 
Bro. D. Campbell will preach in the Powely Neighborhood, Slay 
28th. 5 P M ; Asa Spencer's, June 1st, It A M,.and at lout School-
house, at 3 P M ; Haybay, 5th, 5 P M ; Scrimshaw's, on the tint, 
5 P M-Bro. Bronson try to be present ; Kitchpaw, 8111, 11 A M ; at 
Bro. Lomme's, 8th, 4 P M ; l'hilips, 9th, 5 P M ; Sidney, 10th, .5 P M ; 
Smithville, 11th, 5 r M ; BriglitomIsth, 6 r st-Friend Marsh see to 
this appointment ; Colburn, 13th, b P M ; Coburg, 15th, nit A m ; Port 
Hope, 15th, 4 e is, or as tiro. Elvins thinks best, in the afternoon ; 
Bro. Pearce's, 10th, 6 s st-if convenient, 1 wish Bro. Pearce to 
send his son on the above date with conveyance to meet tile at 
Perry's Corners, Elsworth, 12 o'clock ; Bro. Jackson's, 14th ; To-
ronto, 16th, 6 P m ; Bro. Gregg's 19th, 6 P M ; Bro.. Trusdell, 20th, 
ti P M ' Bro. Burrows' 22d, Itistsm, 2 P M, and 6 P m-the above will 
be a field meeting -Brn. Thompson and Trusdell please to be pres 
sent ; Father Campbell's, 24th, 6 r m ; Nelson, 25th, 6 Pat.. 1 want 
the brethren to pray that the above meetings may be blessed of God 
in the salvation of souls. 
D. C. 
BIG TENT MEETING.-The Big Tent will be raised at South 
Truro, Cape Cod, Mass., one mile from Parmet Arbor, about one 
third of a mite from Atwood's new wharf, a quarter of a mile south-
west of the Episcopal Chapel, and near the SchoolHouse in the bth 
District, on the second day of July, and ineetiugs continue over the 
following Sabbath. Elders J. V. Mines, J. Litch, and others, will be 
present to labor. la behalf of the Committee, I. R. GATES, 
JOEL ATWOOD, 
NOAH MAYO, 
AGENTS FOR THE HERALD. 
Albany, N. Y.-H. II. Gross, 44 Milwaukee, Wis.-Sam!. Brown. 
Elm-trisect. 
tfllorrietrille, Pa.-Sanil. G. Allen. 
Auburn, N. Y.-II. L. Smith. ,V e w liedJord, Mass.-II.V. Levis 
Bullalo, " W. M. Palmer. Newbursvort, " 
Des. J. Pear- 
Brattleboro',Vt.- B. Perham. son, sr., Water-street. 
Cincinnati, 0.-Joseph Wilson. New York City--Win. Tracy, 75 
Clinton, Mass.-H.. R. Gray. Delaney-street. 
Derby Line, Vt.-S. Foster, jr. Philadelphia, J. Litch, 701 
Detroit, Mich.-L. Armstrong,. North 11th street. 
Eddington, Me.-Thos. Smith. 
Portland, Me.-PeterJ (Anson, 37 
Glanville Annap., 1r. 8.-Eliab Summer-street. 
Woodworth. 
Providence, ILL-G. R. Giatidir g. 
Hallowell, Me.-4. C. Wellcome. Rochester, N. Y.-Wm. Busby. 
Hartford, Ct.-Aarou Clapp. Salem, Mass.-L. Osier. 
Heuvelton, N. y.-W. D. Gheslin Toronto, tf. W.-I). Campbell. 
Homer, N. Y.-J. L. Clapp. Wardsboro', Wyman. 
Lockport, N. Robbins. Waterloo, Shefford, C. E. - R. 
Lowell, Mass.-E. H. Adams. Hutchinson. 
L. Hampton, N.Y.-D. Bosworth Worcester,Ms.-1). F.Wetherhee. 
Massena, N. Y.-J. Dantiarth. 
FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.-R. Robertson, Esti., No. 1. 
Berwick Place, Grange Road, Bermondsey, London.