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BOSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1861. 
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DAY AT HAND. 
The day is coming fast, 
The sun will soon arise, 
The gloom will all be past, 
The saints ascend the skies, 
For Christ will come with all his train, 
And Eden bloom on earth again. 
0 hasten the glad hour, 
0 let thy kingdom come, 
When sin shall be no more, 
And all thine own get home : 
Now give the spirit of the day, 
That they may love to watch and pray. 
R. H. 
Scripture Illustrations. 
NO. 94. 
A DREAM. 
"And cast ye the unprofitable servant into 
outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth." Matt. 25. 30. 
The Rev. T. Charles of North Wales, at a 
time when unemployed in the ordinary work of 
his ministry, and hesitating what steps he should 
take in a change contemplated by him, had the 
following striking dream:—The day of Judgment 
with all its awful accompaniments, appeared to 
him. He saw millions assembled before the 
Judge ; and what attracted his notice particular-
ly, was the trial of the idle and slothful servant, 
as recorded in Matt. 25. He imagined these 
dreadful sounds uttered from the judgment-
seat,—"Take him, and bind him hand and foot, 
and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth". He thought 
this a representation of his own case : it seemed 
to say to him, as Nathan said to David, "Thou 
art the man." When he awoke, he felt greatly 
alarmed. The dream distressed him exceeding- 
ly. �
The fear of being like the idle and unprofi- 
table servant greatly harassed his mind. Hav-
ing such a dream when be was doing nothing, 
he could not but he much affected by it. It bore 
every appearance of being sent as a warning to 
to him ; and, by his subsequent activity, he ap-
pears to have improved it to the best of pur-
poses. 
NO. 95. 
SIMON, THE CYRENIAN 
"And as they came out, they found a man of 
Cyrene, Simon by name ; him they compelled to 
bear his cross." Matt. 27:32. 
Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge, was at one time 
an object of much contempt for Christ's sake 
and the Gospel. And though usually he bore 
up bravely, it was very trying to know that no-
body liked to be seen in his company ; and one 
day as he walked along with his little Testa-
ment in his hand, he prayed that God would 
shew him some cordial in His Word. Opening 
the book his eye alighted on the text. "They 
found a man of Cyrene, Simon (or Simeon) by 
name; him they compelled to bear Jesus' cross." 
"And when I read that," he tells us, "I exclaim-
ed, Lord lay it on me ; lay it on me ; I will glad-
ly bear the cross for thy sake." "And I hence-
forth bound persecution as a wreath of glory 
round my brow." 
NO. 96. 
REPROACH RECALING. 
"If thou be the Son of God, come down from 
the cross." Matt. 27:40. 
On the occasion of Persia declaring war 
with Russia, 50,000 men sat down before Shusa, 
and the Armenians, as well as the Christians, 
roused to earnest prayer. The Armenians fre-
quently assembled in the churches, to implore 
the protection of the Most High. The danger 
became daily more pressing. The enemy, full 
of arrogance, cried out to those who appeared on 
the walls.---'If Jesus be God, let Him now de-
liver you.' 
But on that very night, when all dreaded that 
an assault would be made, the enemy withdrew, 
to succor his defeated forces. 
Are We Christians 7 
This is the great inquiry. What does it mat-
ter if in six, or ten, or twenty, or fifty years this 
world shall pass away like a scroll, and all its 
cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces crum-
ble in the fervent beat; what does it matter to 
us if we be Christians ? What did Noah care 
for the depth of the flood, the fierceness of the 
hurricane, the height of the giant waves ? He 
was safe, not because the ark was strong, but be-
cause the promise of his God was sure. So will 
it be with us ; we are safe only in Christ, only 
in that ark built in heaven, and in which if we 
be now placed we shall pass through all the storms, 
and winds, and waves of this tempestuous world, 
and of that troubled era into which the world 
is plunging ; and our ark will land us, not like 
Noah's upon the barren hills of Ararat, to go 
forth again upon a world depopulated and dis-
mantled, but upon the everlasting bills of the 
heavenly Jerusalem ; where may God grant we 
may be found at that day ; for Christ's sake. 
Dr. Cumming's Great Preparation. 
George Fox and His Judge. 
They had to lie nine weeks in prison before the 
Assizes came on, at which Judge Glyn, the Chief 
Justice of England, presided. When they were 
brought into Court, they stood with their hats 
on, and George was moved to say to the assem-
bly:--- 
"Peace be amongst you !" 
"Who are those you have brought into Court ?" 
asked Judge Glyn of the gaoler. 
"Prisoners, my Lord," replied the gaoler. 
"Why do they not put off their hats then ?" 
inquired the Judge. 
But the prisoners gave no heed to the intima-
tion. 
"The Court commands you to put off your 
hats," said the Judge. 
"Then," says George, "I spake and said, 
"Where did any magistrate, king, or Judge, 
from Moses to Daniel, command any to put off 
their hats when they came before them in their 
courts, either amongst the JEWS, the people of 
God, or amongst the heathens ? And if the law 
of England doth command any such thing, show 
me the law on the tatute or in the archives 
written or printed.' 
Then the Judge grew very angry and said:---
'I do not carry my law books on my back.' 
'But,' said I, 'tell me where it is written in 
any statute-book that I may read it.' 
Then said the Judge---"Take him away, pre-
varicator.' 
So they took us away, and put us among the 
thieves. Presently after he calls to the gaoler: 
'Bring them in again.' 
'Come,' said he, 'where had they hats from 
Moses to Daniel ? Come, answer me ; I have 
you fast now.' 
I replied:---'Thou mayst read in the third of 
Daniel, that the three children were cast into 
the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's command 
with their coats, their hosen, and their hats on.' 
This plain instance stopped him, so that not 
having else to say, he cried again:---'Take them 
away, gaoler.' " Life of George Fox. 
The "Jerks." 
A singular phenomenon is related by Mr. Mil-
burn in his work, "The Pioneers, Preachers and 
people of the Mississippi Valley," as following 
the earnest preaching of William Burke, who, 
on one occasion, "held forth" to an audience of 
ten thousand persons in the open air. 
He took a stand on his own hook, a fallen log, 
and here, having rigged up an umbrella as a tem-
porary shelter, a brother standing by to see that 
it performed its functions properly, he gave out 
a hymn, and by the time he had mentioned his 
text, there were some ten thousand persons about 
him. Although his voice when he began was 
like a crash of' thunder, after three-quarters of 
an hour or an hour, it was like an infant's. It 
is said that all these people, the whole ten thou-
sand ofmen and women standing about the preach-
er, we. e from time to time shaken as a forest by 
a tornado, and five hundred were at once pros-
trated to the earth, like the trees in a "wind-
fall," by some invisible agency. Some were ag-
itated by violent whirling motions, some by fear-
ful contortions ; and then came "the jerks." 
Scoffers, doubters, deniers, men who came to 
ridicule and sneer at the supernatural agency, 
were taken up in the air, whirled over upon their 
heads, coiled up so as to spin about like cart-
wheels, catching hold, meantime, of saplings, en-
deavoring to clasp the trunks of trees in their 
arms, but still going headlong and helplessly on. 
These motions were called the "jerks ;" a name 
which was current in the West for many a year 
after ; and many an old preacher has described 
these things accurately to me. It was not the 
men who were already members of the church, 
but the scoffiing, the blasphemous, the profane, 
who were taken in this way. Here is one ex-
ample: A man rode into what was called the 
"Ring Circle," where five hundred people were 
standing in a ring, and another set inside. Those 
inside were on their knees, crying, shouting, 
praying, all mixed up in heterogeneous style. 
This man rode up at full speed, yelling like a 
demon, cursing and blaspheming. On reaching 
the edge of the ring, he falls from his horse, seem-
ingly lifeless, and lies in an apparently uncon-
scious condition for thirty hours ; his pulse at 
about forty, or less. When he opens his eyes 
and recovers his senses, he says he had retained 
his consciousness all the time—that he has been 
aware of what had been passing around—but 
was seized with some agency which he could not 
define. I fancy that physiology, nor pyscholo-
gy, nor biology, nor any of the ologies or isms, 
have, thus far, given any satisfactory explana-
tion of the singular manifestations that attended 
this great revival. These meetings taking place 
in the open woods, and attracting such immense 
multitudes, no provision could possibly be made 
for them by the surrounding neighborhood. Peo-
ple came in their carriages, in wagons, in ox-
carts, on horses, and, themselves accustomed to 
pioneer habits and lives, they brought their 
own food, commonly jerked meat and corn dod-
gers, and pitched their tents upon the ground. 
Such was the origin of camp-meetings. 
The Street Conjurer. 
At one of the religions services held recently 
at Victoria Theatre, Loudon, a man who load 
been a street conjurer asked leave to speak at 
the close of the meeting. His name is Craig, 
and a Sabbath or two later he, with Mr. Rad-
cliffe, preached at the City of London Theatre, 
which was well filled. "The Book and its Mis-
sions" tells Craig's story thus : 
"Born in a Scottish home, he had been in-
structed in the Scriptures as a child ; but from 
the age of eight or nine he had been totally un-
cared for. Living without God in the world, he 
sank lower and lower, till at last he was reduc-
ed to gaining a wretched subsistence as a street 
conjurer. One Saturday evening he was found 
in the dirty parlor of a low public-house in Shef-
field. He had wandered thither to a fair. Hav-
ing spent his gains in a week of drunkenness, 
he was sitting in a state of stupid wretchedness. 
One of his companions, a quack doctor, was en-
gaged in roughly searching amongst some papers 
in a box. As he flung the papers about, a little 
book fell on the floor ; the firelight glanced on 
its gilt leaves, and Craig said, with the instinct 
of a Scotchman: 
"What a beautiful little book !" 
"0, it's only a Testament I bought for four-
pence." 
"Fourpence !" said Craig; "why, I'll give you 
that for it." 
He handed the man fourpence, and the little 
book exchanged owners. Dim memories of 
childish reading rose up before his mind, and he 
resolved to study the book the next morning—
Sunday. The dirty room being comparatively 
quiet, he began to read. He read on and on, 
till he reached the First Epistle to the Corinthi- 
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ans. There a verse arrested him. The whole 
wicked course of his life seemed to pass before 
his mind ; his sins appeared to him as they nev-
er had done before, and one thought laid hold of 
his mind with resistless power—"How now shall 
I escape from the wrath to come ?" A city mis-
sionary who was in the habit of visiting this 
public-house found Craig in this state. He read 
with him, spoke to him, and prayed with him, 
pointed him to a Saviour's love, to the blood of 
a crucified Redeemer, and after a while he found 
pardon and peace. He is now a devoted work-
er in the cause of Christ ; and Mr. Bewley, of 
Dublin, purposes employing him in the system 
of tr 'ct colportage which he is engaged in organ-
izing in this country. 
Asleep in Jesus.* 
By Rev. Joseph Collier. 
We must not regard this as a mere poetic fig-
ure, but as deeply rooted in the most fundamen-
tal truths of Christianity. What then, does it 
imply ? 
Not, manifestly, a slumber of unconsciousness. 
The idea of any thing like torpid insensibility, 
as connected with this state, is forbidden by the 
fact that for the believer "to be absent from the 
body is to be present with the Lord." Though 
the bride of Christ "sleep," yet her "heart wak-
eth." Neither does the enjoyment of the depart-
ed Christian resemble that which sometimes 
sweetens our earthly slumbers. Heaven is no 
dream-land, whose visions shall fade with the 
dawning light of the resurrection morn, but a 
—"peaceful rest, 
Whose waking is supremely blest," 
Sleep implies rest from burdens. So when 
life's day is ended, and its sunset comes, the 
Christian lays him down, and commits his body 
to death, very much as he does to his nightly re-
pose—commits his soul to Jesus, and then "rests 
from his labors, and his works do follow him ;" 
rests from his sorrows, cares, and weariness ; rests 
from his conflicts, toils, and dangers, for "there 
remaineth a rest for the people of God." Yet, 
while he slumbers, his griefs and burdens sleep 
not ; they are dead, are cast, with his sins, into 
a land of forgetfulness, and for them there is no 
resurrection. 
Sleep, however, involves the idea of an awak-
ing. We look beyond the night-shadows, to the 
morning, when the saint's slumber shall be brok-
en, and he shall rise again. This precious doc-
trine, so clearly stated in the Scripture, so 
thoroughly established by undeniable facts and 
precedents in gospel history, fully vindicates the 
affirmation of our text, and clothes it with a rich 
significance. The raising of the daughter of Jai-
rus was the first miracle of its kind performed 
by our Lord, and its subject had been only 
a few moments. The next was the raising of 
the widow's son, whose spirit had been longer ab-
sent from the body, for they were carrying him 
to the grave. The third was that of Lazarus, in 
whose case the interval was still greater, for he 
had been buxied four days. You will notice the 
progression, each victory of the Lord of life be-
ing seemingly greater than the last. Now occurs 
a still longer interval, that is measured by the 
centuries. But it matters not ; the miracle shall 
be as complete in the case of every believer, as 
in that at Capernaum or Bethany, for "one day 
is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thou-
sand years as one day." The sleeping dust may 
moulder long, or be scattered to the four winds 
of heaven, but the eye of Jesus is ever upon it, 
and it is precious in his sight. "The morning 
cometh," when he shall say to his angels, as once 
to his diciples concerning Lazarus, "I go that I 
may wake them out of sleep ;" and when his 
voice is heard, "Awake and sing, ye that dwell 
in the dust," the saints shall joyfully recognize 
the summons for which they have so long waited 
and respond to it. 
Oh ! what an awaking that will be ! Not, as 
here, to new rounds of fatigue, new cares and 
griefs, which sweet sleep had for a season caused 
us to forget ; not to a fleeting day whose swift 
hours will soon bring us to its close, and to fresh 
* Extract of a discourse del;vered in Kingston 
at the funeral of the late Margaret Wynkoop Du 
Bois. 
slumbers ; not to new sins and wanderings, and 
recurring tears of penitence—more than all, 
not in the likeness of sinful flesh, of which we 
had become so weary—but bearing the freshly 
enstamped image of the Saviour. "I shall be 
satisfied," sings the believer, "when I awake in 
thy likeness." 
Chris. Intel. 
Baron Rothschild. 
Lady Powell Buxton, in one of her letters, 
gives an account of a dinner at her husband's at 
which Baron Rothschild the millionaire,was pre-
sent. He sat at Lady Buxton's right hand ; 
and his whole discourse was of money and mon-
ey-making, and of the way in which he had 
trained his sons to preserve and expand his colos-
sal fortune. Lady Buxton expressed the hope 
that he did not allow them to forget that never-
ending life, so soon to begin, for which, also pre-
paration must be made. "Oh," replied he, "I 
could not allow theth to think of such a thing. 
It would divert their minds from business. It 
would be fatal to their success. To get and keep 
a great fortune is a very difficult thing, and re-
quires all one's time and thoughts." 
The remark, though a melancholy proof of an 
utterly worldly mind, yet contained a great truth. 
It turned on the same point with that declaration 
of Christ, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." 
Baron Rothschild had made up his mind to serve 
mammon. He did not attempt nor pretend to 
serve God at the same time. He served mam-
mon with his whole heart. Re devoted his chil-
dren, too, on his altar, and educated them to his 
service. 
And mammon brilliantly rewarded this whole-
kearted service. His wealth became so enor-
mous, that it had been said the monarchs of Eu-
rope could not made war without his consent. 
At the marriage of a niece, whom he portioned 
with a dowry which no king in Europe could 
have equalled, the supper service was of pure 
gold, and the desert was served in a set of por-
celain which had belonged to Queen Marie An-
toinette, and for which Rothschild had given 
$12,000. 
But it came to pass that this rich man died; 
and then, of all this wealth and splendor and 
luxury, how much remained to him ? Not one 
farthing. Who would wish to spend a whole 
life of care and toil, and throw away an eter-
nity of happiness, for that which must be lost so 
soon and so utterly ? 
"I counsel thee," says Christ, "to buy of me 
gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich." 
That "gold tried in the fire," will stand unharm-
ed and undiminished in the last fires. All else 
will be utterly consumed when "the earth and all 
things that are therein shall be burned up." 
The price of this "gold," this incalculable and 
imperishable wealth, is the heart, the whole 
heart. Christ asks no more ; he will accept no 
less, "My son give me thy heart." 
The world as you see, and Christ, demand the 
same price—the heart : the one for the decaying 
and transitory possessions, every farthing of which 
must pass from your grasp in the moment of 
death ; the other for the "true riches" which at 
death, you will go to enjoy in "everlasting habi-
tations."—American Messenger. 
Prayer Answered. 
The experience of the last few years has been 
rich in illustrations of direct answer to prayer. 
The promise, "while they are yet praying, I will 
bear," has been often verified, even when the ob-
ject of prayer were wholly unconscious of the 
petitions going up in their behalf. The following 
instance reported for the S. S. Times, from the 
noon prayer-meeting of this city, is in point : 
Several months ago, a geologist engaged in an 
exploring expedition out West, a man who had 
for years been a skeptic in religious matters, sud-
denly remarked to one of his companions, "that 
he was very much distressed and anxious to hear 
from home, and greatly feared that something 
had happened to his family ; perhaps his wife 
was dead. And yet he had heard but a few 
days before that she was in her usual health, 
and all was well. His friend laughed at him, 
called him a spiritualist, and in various ways 
tried to joke it off, but he could not overcome 
his anxiety, and finally in great distress of mind 
he quit work and took to his bed. As he was 
one day walking his room he happened to think 
of his Bible, and although it had been to him a 
sealed book for years, he resolved to open its 
pages and seek for comfbrt. He soon found that 
reading would do no good unless sanctified by 
the Holy Spirit, which could alone be obtained 
by prayer. In an instant he fell upon his knees, 
cried to God for mercy, pardon and a new life. 
His prayer was heard and answered in "peace 
of mind and joy in the Holy Ghost." Renew-
ing his labors in the mines, he awaited patiently 
the coming news, believing all the time that the 
mail would bring him sad intelligence, and that 
God was simply giving him strength to meet it. 
A letter came, but, what was the news ? His 
wife and children were well, and she had become 
a Christian ! And now she says : 
"My dear husband, since I have found the 
Saviour precious to my soul I have not failed to 
pray for you, and although you have been so 
long like myself, a skeptic, and are now four-
teen hundred miles from home, I and eight of 
my friends have commenced a prayer-meeting 
for your cvnversion, and every time we meet we 
pray in "faith believing." 
Strange as it may seem his distress of mind 
which drove him to his chamber, resulted in his 
conversion, commenced at the same time with 
that little prayer-meeting, and a few weeks after 
both he and his wife united with the church. 
Dr. Cumming that "every bullet has its billet," 
or that, "man is immortal till his work is done." 
The medal which he received from Queen Victo-
ria, bearing the names of the five principal bat-
tles in which he fought, is highly prized ; and 
his account of the hardships endured was enough 
to give one a forcible illustration of Paul's ex. 
hortation to Timothy : "Thou therefore endure 
hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." 
Sunday, J an. 27th. I reached Waterloo too. 
late for my appointment last evening, but today 
preached twice, and at the close of the afternoon 
service administered the Lord's supper. The 
season was one of solemn interest. Since our 
last communion one of our members—sister Nan-
cy Taylor--had fallen asleep in hope of a resur-
rection to eternal life at the coming of our Lord. 
Thus one by one the "lively stones" are being 
polished after the similitude of a palace and laid 
away to await the coming of the true Solomon, 
whose stately temple will ere long in endless 
grandeur rise in the kingdom of God. 
In the evening I went to hear Rev. J. Arm-
strong. His text was the parable of the ten 
virgins, Matt. 25: 1-14. Poor parable ! I thought 
it had suffered enough at the hands of some pro-
fessed adventists, but it appears that with oth-
ers it sometimes fares no better. The discourse 
was in my judgment a motley mixture of truth 
and error. We were assured that "the Lord 
may not come for ages yet :" and as I am inter-
ested in the Lord's coming, I gave profound at-
tention to ascertain if possible on what grounds 
such an assertion could be made. Well, the on-
ly reasons given were these (1) The gospel has 
not been sufficiently circulated ; and (2) some in 
the apostolic age and in different centuries since 
expected to live till the Lord came, but were 
disappointed ! 
That the gospel has not been so widely diffus-
ed among all nations as prophecy will warrant 
us to expect before the end, may be conceded : 
for we are assured that "this gospel of the king-
dom shall be preached in all the world for a wit-
ness unto all nations, and then"—not a thousand 
years afterwards, but tote, immediately after—
"shall the end come." Matt. 24 : 14 ; and as 
the end does not come it is evidence that the 
preaching of the gospel as a witness in favor of 
God and against man's sinfulness is not fully 
accomplished, but with the facilities which at 
present exist for spreading the truth and the 
manner in which the world is being opened to 
receive it, who believes that it require "ages 
yet" to do this work ? I do not, but am firmly 
persuaded that God's last message of mercy is 
being widely and swiftly diffused among the na-
tions, and that the end is emphatically near. 
But did not some in the apostolic age believe 
that the day of the Lord was at hand, or literal-
ly impending ? Yes, but the apostle corrected 
their error and said, Let no man deceive you by 
any means : for that day shall not come except 
there come a falling away first, and that man of 
sin be revealed . . . . whom the Lord shall con-
sume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall 
destroy with the brightness of his coming."-2 
Thess. 2 : 1-8. Now, I would ask, has not the 
predicted apostacy come, and has there not em-
erged from it a "lawless ene"—an organized 
ecclesiastical power ? Does not Mr. A. believe 
with the Rev. Richard Watson—who is good 
authority among the Wesleyans—that the man 
of sin is the Pope,—"not this or that particular 
Pope, but the Pope in general as the head and 
chief of this apostacy ?" Does he not know 
that the Reformation almost turned on this 
point, and that the Reformers as a body agreed 
in the application of this prophecy to the Rom-
ish apostacy, as may be seen from their writings 
and the Confessions of faith of the English, Scotch 
and Irish churches ? and is it not the common 
view of Protestants now ? If therefore the hin-
derance to the advent which existed in the apos-
tolic age has been removed, are we warranted 
in saying that "He may not come for ages yet ?" 
or, does not consistency and moral honesty re-
quire that we be looking for the coming of the 
Lord as an event which may take place in our 
day ? It would be well for all to heed the admo- 
nition given in the last verse of �
text : "Watch 
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the 
hour wherein the Son of man cometh." This is 
Vanity of the World. 
The following confession of Lord Chesterfield, 
the most admired and envied man of his age, is 
often quoted, but its truthfulness, and the les-
sons it teaches the worldly, give it a perpetual 
freshness : 
"I have been the silly rounds of business and 
pleasure, and have done with them all. I have 
enjoyed all the pleasures in the world, and con-
sequently know their futility, and I do not re-
gret their loss. I apprise them at their true 
value, which is in truth, very low ; whereas they 
who have not experienced always overrate them. 
They only see their gay outside, and are dazzled 
with their glare ; but I have been behind the 
scenes. I have seen all the coarse pulleys and 
dirty ropes which exhibit and move the gaudy 
machines ; and I have seen and smelt the tallow 
candles which illuminate the whole decoration, 
to the astonishment and adoration of the igno-
rant audience. When I reflect back upon what 
I have seen, what I have heard, and what I 
have done, I can hardly persuade myself that 
all that frivolous hurry, and bustle, and pleasure 
of the world, had any reality ; but I look back 
upon all that has passed as one of those roman-
tic dreams which opium commonly occasions ; 
and I by no means desire to repeat the nauseous 
dose, for the sake of the fugitive dream. Shall 
I tell you that I bear this melancholy situation 
with that meritorious constancy and resignation 
which most people boast of? No, for I really 
cannot help it, whether I will or no. I think 
of nothing but killing Time the best way I can, 
now that he has become my enemy. It is my 
resolution to sleep in the carriage the rest of the 
journey." 
For the Herald. 
Travels about Home. No. 2. 
In the evening of January 1st 1861, I preach-
ed in Magog, from John 6: 44, "I will raise him 
up at the last day." After visiting Bolton and 
holding meetings on the 2nd and 3rd, we return-
ed home and remained at Derby Line and vi-
cinity over three Sabbaths. On Friday, Jan. 
25th. I started for Shefford again, and after 
going about 11 miles found the road so badly 
drifted that we could not proceed, and therefore 
put up with Mr. J. Robinson, where we were 
very kindly and freely treated. Our host, now 
in his 76th year, was a sergeant in the British 
army under the Duke of Wellington, in the days 
of Napoleon Bonaparte, and passed through 26 
engagements "without losing a gill of blood." 
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the key that unlocks the parable. Our Lord hav-
ing shewn in the preceding chapter, v. 33, that 
it might be known when "He is near, even at 
the door," proceeds in the parable of the eastern 
wedding to inculcate the duty of watchfulness,-
the precise time of his coming being unknown to 
the church. "Watch, therefore, lest coming sud-
denly he find you sleeping." 
That "he may not come for ages yet," is a pleas-
ing sound to a godless world and a formal church ; 
but to those who are "looking for, and hasting 
unto the coming of the day of God" (2 Pet. 3 : 
12), and who "love the appearing" of Christ (2 
Tim. 4:8) it is no welcome note. The latter will 
give to the announcement, "Behold, I come 
quickly !"-the joyous response, "Amen, Even 
so, Come, Lord Jesus." The "ready" bride 
longs for the coming of the Bridegroom ; for till 
his arrival creation will not cease to groan, 
death's ravages will not terminate, the tares and 
wheat will continue to grow together, and the 
warfare against the world, the flesh and the dev-
il must be maintained. 
"The church has waited long 
Her absent Lord to see ; 
And still in loneliness she waits, 
A friendless stranger she. 
Age after age has gone, 
Sun after sun has set, 
And still in weeds of widowhood, 
She weeps a mourner yet. 
Come then, Lord Jesus, come !" 
But I close with the Rev. J. Wesley's para-
phrase of the apostolic benediction, Rev. 22 : 
21, "The grace'-the free love, 'of the Lord Je- 
sus Christ'-and all its fruits, 'be with all'-
who thus long for has appearing." 
Sunday, February 3rd. After an illness of 
several days occasioned by taking a violent cold, 
and consequently a failure to meet two week-
day appointments, I reached home yesterday, 
and to-day preached thrice. 
J. M. 0. 
The Chronology of Josephus. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
As we come down the stream of time, when 
we reach the era of Nabonassar, found in the un-
doubted Canon of Ptolemy, the periods of chron-
ology are undisputed ; the numbers in Josephus, 
therefore, can be of interest only as they respect 
the times anterior to the era named. The fol-
lowing compilation from the text of Josephus is 
all that we there find covering the early chronology 
of the world : 
PERIOD L FROM CREATION TO THE DELUGE 
" Seth was born when Adam was in his two 
hundred and thirtieth year," Ant. 1. 3. 4. 
230 y. 
" Seth begat Enoch [Enos] in his two 
hundred and fifth year." Ib. �205 " 
"Who delivered the government to Ca-
inan his son, whom he had at his hundred 
and ninetieth year." lb. �
190 " 
"Cain= had his son, Malaleel who was 
born in his hundred and seventieth year." 
lb. 
"Jared he begat when he was at his 
hundred and sixty-fifth year." lb. �
165 " 
"Enoch was born when his father was 
one hundred and sixty-two years old." �
162 " 
"Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was 
born to him when he was one hundred 
and sixty-five years old." lb. 
He had Lamech for his son, when he 
was one hundred and eighty-seven years 
of age." lb. �
187 " 
Noah "was born to Lamech when he 
was one hundred and eighty-two years 
old." lb. �
182 " 
The flood "happened in the six hun-
dredth year of Noah's government." 1. 3. 
4. 
Total to the flood �
2256 " 
This is an excess over the Hebrew text of 
600 years, and caused by an addition of 100 
years each to the first five and the seventh, in 
the above list ; and this agreeing with the num-
bers in the Septuagint, except that it does not 
add 6 years to Lamech's age, shows that to have 
been mainly the source from which Josephus 
compiled these figures. 
FROM THE DELUGE TO THE EXODE. 
"Arphaxad was the son of Shem, and 
born twelve years atter the deluge." Ant. 
1. 6. 5. �
12 y. 
Arphaxad had Sala "for his son at 
the hundred and thirty-fifth year of his 
age." lb. �
135 " 
Heber was 'begotten by Sala when he 
was a hundred and thirty years old." lb. 130 " 
"Heber begat Phaleg in his hundred 
and thirty-fourth year." Ib. �134 " 
"Ragan had Serug at one hundred and 
thirty ; at the same age also, Phaleg had 130" 
Ragan." �
130 " 
"Nahor was born to Serug at his hun- 
dred and thirty second year." �132 " 
"Nahor begat Haran [Terah] when he 
was one hundred and twenty years old." 
lb. �
120" 
Josephus does not here say how old 
Nahor was when Terah was born ; and so 
we will assume that by Miran, above, 
Terah is meant. �
120 " 
"Terah begat Abraham in his seventi- 
eth year." �
70 " 
993" 
75" 
430" 
Making from the Deluge �1498 " 
Josephus' Nos. for this period agree nearly 
with those of the Septuagint, but varying from 
it in some particulars-See "Time of the End,' 
p. 158. 
III. FROM THE EXODE TO THE TEMPLE. 
"When forty years were completed within 
thirty days, Moses gathered the congregation to 
gether near Jordan," 4. 8. 1. And the people 
mourned for him thirty days," Ant. 49. 40 y. 
Joshua "lived a hundred and ten years ; 
forty of which he lived with Moses, in 
order to learn what might be for his ad-
vantage afterward. He also became their 
commander after his death for twenty-five 
years." 5. 1. 29. �
25 " 
"After the death of Joshua, for eigh-
teen years in all, the multitude had no 
settled government; after which they re-
turned to their former government, they 
there permitting themselves to be judg-
ed," 6. 5. 4. So that this includes the 
eight years under Chushan ; which, being 
given separately, are here deducted. �
10 " 
"When Chushan, king of the Assyrians, 
had made war against them, they. . .un-
derwent all sort of oppression for eight 
years." 5. 3. 2. �
8 4t 
"Othniel ruled over them forty years," 
5. 3. 3. �
40 " 
Eglon "reduced them to poverty for 
eighteen years," 5. 4. 1. �
18 " 
Ehud "died after he had held the gov- 
ernment eighty," 5. 4. 3. �
80 " 
"After him Shamgar, the son of Anath, 
was elected for their governor, but died 
in the first year of his government." lb. 
As he died during his first year his time 
is generally included in that of Ehud. 
"They were brought under slavery by 
Jabin, the king of the Canaanites, and 
time after the slavery under the Moab-
that before they had a short breathing 
ites ," [from which some think the fore-
going "eighty" should read eight,-see 
Whiston's Note.] "They continued to 
undergo that hardship for twenty years," 
5. 5. 1 and 2. �
20" 
Barak "vas commander of the Israel- 
ing of the Temple was "five hundred and ninety 
two years after the Exodus out of Egypt, but 
after one thousand and twenty years from Abra-
ham's coming out of Mesopotamia into Canaan, 
and after the deluge one thousand four hundred 
and forty years ; and from Adam the first man 
who was created, until Solomon built the temple, 
there had passed in all three thousand one hun-
dred and two years." 8. 3. 1. 
Elsewhere, Josephus gives 612 as the time 
from Exode to the Temple. See" Against Apion." 
2. '2. 
To the above we add the years given in the 
Bible which Josephus omits, viz. 
For the 4th servitude, Midian, in addition to 
the "three," �
4 y. 
Tola �
23 " 
Abdon �
8 
Samuel in addition to the 12, given him, 
andthe 20 to Saul, to make Paul's "forty" 8 " 
Making from Exode to Temple �
579 " 
IV. �
FROM THE BUILDING TO THE BURNING OF 
THE TEMPLE. 
Solomon "reigned eighty years"-the Bible 
says "forty"-"and lived ninety four." Ant. 8:7 • 
8-which would be after the temple �
77 y. 
Jeroboam died when he "had lived fifty 
seven years and reigned seventeen," Ib. 8. 
10,4 �
17 
Abijah "reigned but three years," lb. 8. 
11. 3. �
3 
Asa "died happily when he had reigned 
forty and one years," lb. 8. 12. 6. �
41 
Jehospaphat "lived in all sixty years,and 
of them reigned twenty five," lb. 9. 3. 2 25 
Jehoram "lived forty years, and reigned 
eight," lb. 9. 5. 3. �
8" 
Ahaziah "reigned one year," lb. 9. 6. 3. 1 
Athaliah found Jehoash " who was not 
above a year old," and "brought him up 
privately in the the temple six years, during 
which time Athaliah reigned over Jerusa- 
lem," Ib. 9. 7. 1. �
6 " 
Jehoash "lived forty seven years"-
which leaves forty years to his reign. lb. 9. 
8. 4. �
40 
Amaziah "lived fifty-seven years, and 
reigned twenty-nine." lb. 7. 9. 3. �
29 
Josephus leaves no space for an interreg-
num ; but says Uzziah, the son of Amaziah 0 
began to reign over the two tribes in Jeru-
salem, in the fourteenth year of the reign of 
Jeroboam . . . lived sixty eight years, and 
reigned of them fifty two," lb. 9.10.3 & 4 52 " 
Jotharn "lived forty one years, and of 
them reigned sixteen." Ib. 9. 12. 1. �
16 
Ahaz "lived thirty six years, and of them 
reigned sixteen," Ib. 9. 12. 3. �16 
The Assyrians "besieged Samaria three 
years, and took it by force in the ninth year 
of the reign of Hoshea, and in the seventh 
year of Hezekiah, king of Judah �
. . so 
the ten tribes of the Israelites were remov-
ed out of Judea, nine hundred and forty 
seven years after our fore fathers were come 
out of the land of Egypt,and possessed them-
selves of this country, but eight hundred 
years after Joshua had been their leader, 
and, as I have already observed, two hun-
dred and forty seven years seven months, 
and seven days, after they had revolted 
from Rehoboam." Ib. 9. 14. 1. 
Hezekiah "reigned twenty nine" years 
lb. 10. 3. 1. �
29 " 
Manasseh "reigned fifty five " lb. S. 2. 55 " 
Amon "reigned two," lb. 10. 4. 1. �
2 " 
Josiah "reigned thirty one," Ib. 10 5 1, 31 " 
Jehoahaz "reigned three months and ten 
days." 10. 5, 2, �
0 " 
Jehoiakim "reigned eleven," Ib. IO. 6.3. 11 " 
Jehoiachin "reigned three months and 
ten days," lb. �
0 '‘ 
The city was taken "in the ninth day of 
the fourth month, in the eleventh year of 
the reign of Zedekiah" 10 8. 2. �10 " 
469." 
To the above we add the interregnum, between 
Amaziah and Azariah, making 480 years, and 
deduct the excess of 40 given to Solo-
mon, which leaves 440 years from the build.- 
170 " 
165 " 
600 " 
Making from the deluge 
But Josephus says Abraham "was 
born in the two hundred and ninety sec-
ond year after the deluge," lb. Which 
is the chronology of the Hebrew text to 
the 70th year of Terah. Terah lived to 
be "two hundred and five years old." lb. 
"Abraham left the land of Chaldea 
when he was seventy-five years old, and 
at the command of God went into Ca-
naan," 1. 7. 1. 
"They left Egypt �
 four hun- 
dred and thirty years after our forefather 
Abraham came into Canaan, but two hun-
dred and fifteen years only after Jacob, 
removed into Egypt." 2. 15, 2, 
ites for forty years," 5. 5. 4.- �40 " 
"When Barak and Deborah were dead, 
. . . the Midianites called the Amale-
kites and Arabians to their assistance and 
made war against the Israelites, and were 
too hard for those that fought against 
them : and when they had burnt the fruits 
of the earth, they carried off the prey. 
Now when they had done this three years, 
the multitude of the Israelites retired to 
the mountains." 5. 6. 1. The Bible says 
"seven" Jud. 6 : I �
3" 
 
Gideon defeated them and took the 
government, "which he enjoyed forty 
years," 5. 6. 7. �
40 " 
"They lived privately in the mountains 
for three years out of fear of Ambilech," 
7.2. �
3 
Tola is omitted by Josephus; but judg-
ed Israel twenty-three years. 
Jair "kept the government twenty two 
years." 5. 6. 7. �
29 
Jephtha "freed his own people from that 
slavery which they had undergone for 
eighteen years." 5. 7. 10. �
18" 
"When Jephtha had ruled six years he 
died." 5. 7. 12. �
6" 
Ibzan "did nothing in the seven years 
of his administration that was worth re- 
cording." lb. 13 �
7 
Helen "succeeded him in the govern- 
ment, and kept it ten years," lb. 44. �
10 
Abdon is mentioned as judge (Ib. 15.) 
but the length of his judgeship is not giv- 
en. �
The Bible gives eight years. 
"After Abdon was dead, the Philis-
tines overcome the Israelites, and receiv- 
ed tribute of them forty years." 5. 8. 1. �
40 " 
Josephus gives 20 years to Samson 
(5. 8. 12.) but that was during the last 
named forty. 
"After the death of Samson, Eli the 
high priest was governor of the Israe-
lites," 5. 9. 1. He "retained the govern-
ment forty" years Ib. 3.-How much of 
this was during, and how much was after 
the Philistine servitude,Josephus does not 
say. But we will allow what is needed, 
with the 35 years omitted by Josephus, 
to make 450 years between division of 
land and Samuel. �
11 ,, 
The sons of Abinadab ministered to 
the divine service of the ark, and, were 
the principal curators of it twenty years, 
for so many years it continued in Kir-
jathjearim, having been but four months 
with the Phlistines," 6. 1. 4. �
20 " 
"Samuel governed and presided over 
the people alone, after the death of Eli 
the high priest twelve years ; and eigh- 
teen years together with Saul the king." 
13.5. �
12" 
"Now Saul, when he had reigned eigh-
teen years, while Samuel was alive, and 
after his death ended his life in this man-
ner." 6. 14. 9. Josephus evidently named 
the time that Saul reigned after Samuel's 
death, but it is omitted in the text.-
The translator has inserted in brackets, 
the words "two and twenty;" but these 
are not the words of' Josephus, and two 
years at the most are all that can be re-
conciled with the history of Saul, accord-
ing either to Josephus or the Scriptures, 
after Samuel's death. 
That "two" years only should have 
been there inserted, and so making "twen-
ty" years for Saul's whole reign, is also 
evident from what Josephus elsewhere 
writes of the kings of Israel, that, 
"Saul, who was their first king,retained 
the government twenty years." Ant. 10.8. 
4. �
20" 
David "reigned seven years and six 
months in Hebron, over the tribe of Ju- 
dah, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem, 
over all the country," 7. 15. 2. �40 
"Solomon began to build the temple in 
the fourth year of his reign on the sec- 
ond month." lb. 8 3. 1. �
3" 
Total from Exode �
536 " 
Josephus states in whole Nos. that the build- 
sm. 
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BOSTON, APRIL 6, 1861. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
Iirews, according to Willet, though the modern 
Rabbins imagine the kingdom of the Turks to be 
thus symbolized. 
Porphyry, followed by some writers, applied it to 
the kingdom of Alexander's successors ; but theirs 
were divisions of the Grecian, and not another em-
pire. 
Bishop Newton says : "this fourth kingdom can 
be none other than the Roman empire ; for it is as 
absurd, as it is singular, to pretend to reckon the 
kingdoms of the Seleucidm in Syria and of the 
Lagidas or Ptolemies in Egypt as" such. 
Calmet, though adopting the other hypothesis, 
admits that its application to the Roman empire, 
was the exposition "the most commonly received 
among interpreters." 
Wm. Cuninghame Esq. of Scotland, says that 
the four kingdoms "have, by the unanimous voice 
of the Jewish and Christian churches, for more than 
eighteen centuries, been identified with the empires 
of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome." 
This beast "devoured and brake in pieces, and 
stamped the residue with the feet of it : and it was 
diverse from all the beasts that were before it." 
The interpretation of this in v. 23, is that the fourth 
kingdom shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and 
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it 
down, and break it in pieces." In other words, 
this fourth sovereignty was to subjugate to its sway 
and make dependent provinces of the surrounding 
nations. 
It will be necessary here to discriminate between 
the empire, as symbolized by the beast that treads 
down the whole earth, and the residue that is trod- 
den down by it. By a careful comparison of histo-
ry with prophecy, it will be seen that each beast 
symbolized a governing power occupying a distinc-
tive territory. The empire of Babylon never includ-
ed Rome. The Medes and Persians subdued Baby-
lon, but did not conquer the last two previously 
named. The Greeks extended their arms over the 
territories of the previous empires, but made no con-
quests in the west ; and when Rome began the work 
of treading down the earth, her territory was limi-
ted to the countries west of Macedon, and in the 
south of Europe. 
The era of Rome, as brought to view in this pro-
phetic vision, may be dated from about B. C. 198, 
-the epoch of its first triumph over Macedon. It 
was then diverse from all previous kingdoms,-be-
ing republican in its form of government. After 
Macedon, it reduced Pergamos about B. C. 133, 
Syria about B.C. 65, and Egypt about 30 years be-
fore Christ. Besides these, it subdued many other 
provinces and kingdoms, and Roman writers de-
lighted to call it " terrarum orbis imperium,"-the 
empire of the whole world." Dionysius, a Greek 
writer of the age of Augustus Ciesar, wrote thus: 
"The city of Rome rules over all the earth, as far 
as this is not impasSible, but inhabited by men ; 
and it commands all the sea, not only that within 
the pillars of Hercules, but also the ocean, as far 
as it is navigable. It is the first and only one from 
the beginning of time, which has made the rising 
and setting sun the limits of its power ; and the 
time of its dominion is not short, but such as no 
other city or kingdom has attained." 
Mr. Habershon says of Rome, that "It was essen-
tially different in its arms, its arts, and its govern-
ment, from all other nations In its throuoghly 
incorporating with itself all the countries which it 
subdued,-in its subjugating them all to its own 
laws, citizenship, and polity, it may well be said to 
have devoured them, trod them down, and broken 
them in pieces." And he calls it, "The mistress 
of the world," and "The ruler of nations." 
And Gibbon says of its extent, on the comple-
tion of its conquests, that the ancients "gradually 
usurped the licence of confounding the Roman mon-
archy with the globe of the earth. . . . . . The em-
pire was above two thousand miles in breadth, from 
the wall of Antoninus and the northern limits of 
Dacia to Mount Atlas, and the tropic of Cancer. 
It extended in length, more than three thousand 
miles from the Western ocean to the Euphrates. It 
was situated in the finest part of the temperate zone 
between the twentyfourth and fifty sixth degrees of 
north latitude, and was supposed to contain about 
sixteen hundred thousand square miles." 
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CONTENTS OF THE EXTRA EDITION OF 
THE HERALD OF MARCH 16th. 
The Old Earth-poetry ; from the Knickerbocker 
The Chaldean monarch's Dream :- 
The Great Image of Dan. 3 : 31-45. 
The interpretation :- 
The Head of Gold-Babylonia ; 
The Breast and Arms of Silver, Medo-Persia : 
The Belly and thighs of Brass---Grecia : 
The legs of Iron-Rome : 
The Feet of Iron and Clay-Rome divided ; 
The Kingdom of the Stone and mountain ; 
The Smiting of the Image ; 
The Stone, Enlarged to a Mountain and fill-
ing the earth. 
The Heavenly Footman-poetry by John Bunyan 
Declaration of principles, adopted at Albany N. 
Y. April 29, 1845. 
The Mountain of the Lord's House- an exposi-
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Will the Pope remove the Papal Seat to Jerusa-
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Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VII. 
THE NONDESCRIPT BEAST--ROME. 
"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold 
a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong ex-
ceedingly ; and it had great iron teeth ; it devoured 
and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with 
the feet of it ; and it was diverse from all the beasts 
that were before it ; and it had ten horns. I con-
sidered the horns, and, behold, there came up among 
them another little horn, before whom there were 
three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and 
behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, 
and a mouth speaking great things." vs. 7, 8. 
"After this," evidently signifies, after the emer- 
gence from the sea of the other leopard-like,and the 
previous beasts. When the prophet had been shown 
those, he saw this "fourth beast" rise out from the 
sea,-as the previous three had done. 
" In the night visions." This plurality of ex- 
pression has respect, mainly, to the plurality of ob- 
jects seen ; which, doubtless, were all shown Dan-
iel in the same night„and in the same vision. 
"And behold, a fourth beast." There is no re- 
ing to the burning of the Temple, according to 
the Hebrew numbers. 
For the time subsequent to this we have as-
tronomically determined periods, which give 588 
years to our vulgar era. We suppose we have 
not examined the text of Josephus with sufficient 
care to find all the periods he has given, but 
quote the following, without stopping to arrange 
them. 
Josephus says of the Temple:- 
"The number of years that passed from its 
first foundation,which was laid by king Solomon, 
till this its destruction, which happened in the 
second year of the reign of Vespasian, are col-
lected to be one thousand one hundred and thir-
ty, besides seven months and fifteen days ; and 
from the second building of it, which was done 
by Haggai, in the second year of Cyrus [Dari-
us' the king, till its destruction under Vespasian 
nine years and forty five days" Wars, 6. 4. 8. 
Of Jerusalem he says: 
"David, the king of the Jews, ejected the 
Cannanites, and settled his own people therein. 
It was demolished entirely by the Babylonians, 
four hundred and seventy seven years and six 
months after him. And from king David, who 
was the first of the Jews who reigned therein, to 
this destruction under Titus, were one thou-
sand one hundred and seventy nine years ; but 
from its first building [by Melchisedek]v till this 
last destruction, were two thousand one hundred 
and seventy seven years," Wars, 7: 10. 1. 
From the creation to the death of Moses "was 
little short of three thousand years," Against 
Apion 1. 8. 
"The kings of David's race . . . . in number 
twenty one, until the last king . �
. altogether 
reigned five hundred and fourteen years, and six 
months ; of whom Saul, who was their first king, 
retained the government twenty years, though 
it was not of the same tribe with the rest," lb. 
10. 8. 4. See 10. 8. 5. 
'When Nebuchadnezzar had reigned forty 
three years, he ended his life" lb. 10. 1I. I- 
"When Evil-Merodach was dead, after a reign 
of eighteen years, Neriglissar his son took the 
government, and retained it forty years, �
 
.Labosordacus .. nine months ; and when he 
was dead it came to Baltasar, who, by the Ba-
bylonian, was called Noboandelus. . • . It was 
Baltasar under whom Babylon was taken, when 
he had only reigned seventeen years," lb. 
II. 2. 4. 
"In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, which 
was the seventieth from the day that our people 
were removed out of their own land into Baby-
lon, God commiserated the captivity" lb. 11.1. 
I. 
"They at first had kingly government from 
Saul and David, for five hundred and thirty 
two years six months, and ten days, but before 
those kings such rulers governed them as were 
called Judges and Monarchs. Under this form 
of government they continued for more than five 
hundred years, after the death of Moses, and of 
Joshua their commander," lb. 11. 4. 8. 
The foregoing comprises all the elements of' 
chronology that we find in the text of Jose-
phus---the periods given at the heads of his sever-
al chapters being not his, but those of Whiston, 
his translator and annotator. 
* Thirty seven years before the call of Abra-
ham.-See Whiston's Note on "Almon," 1, 14. 
I have read, says Ralph Erskine, of one that pre-
sented Antipater, king of Macedon, with a book 
that treated of happiness ; he refused it, saying, "I 
am not at leisure." Many have the book by them 
-yea, presented to them by Christ-that treats of 
everlasting happiness, but they slight the present ; 
" I am not at leisure," say they. They have oppor-
tunity of hearing the word opened on week days, 
as well as Sabbath days, but they are not at leisure. 
They have means of knowledge for hearing the same 
Word, but they are not at leisure. They take leis-
ure to their own work, their worldly work-yea,for 
idle conversation ; but they have no leisure for God's 
work, their soul's work, eternal work ! Reader, 
have you leisure to be saved ? or are you willing to 
continue in the bustle of the world, neglect salva-
tion, and be damned ? 
semblance to any given animal affirmed of this,as there 
was of the preceding beasts ; and it is described only 
by its characteristics. The reason of its being name-
less, evidently, was its dissimilarity to any known 
animal. For the description given of it shows it 
to have been a nondescript, unlike any living beast, 
-a monster. 
Willet mentions a conceit of the Hebrews that 
this beast must have had a resemblance to a wild 
boar, as previous ones had to the Lion, bear, and 
leopard-basing this supposition on Psa. 80:13. 
"The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the 
wild beast of the field doth devour it." But that 
passage has no necessary connection with this. 
Pererius conceived it to be like an animal which 
Aristotle said was found in India, "having three 
rows of teeth above and below, with lion's feet, be-
ing of the size of a lion, with a man's ears, and a 
scorpion's tail." But no such animal is known to 
exist ; and as no resemblance to any animal is affir-
med in the text, it is presumptuous to designate any 
particular one as referred to. 
The "great red dragon, having seven heads and 
ten horns" with "seven crowns on his heads" 
brought to view in Rev. 13: 3 ; the beast that John 
saw "rise up out of the sea, having seven heads 
and ten horns," with crowns on his horns and names 
of blasphemy on his heads, which "was like unto a 
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and 
his mouth as the mouth of a lion,' (lb. 13:1, 2:) 
and the "scarlet colored beast, full of names of blas-
phemy, having seven heads and ten horns," Ib. 17: 
3 ; are all,with great unanimity, admitted to be dif-
ferent symbols of the same one great power, in dif-
ferent phases of its existence, that is here represen-
ted in all its phases by this nondescript monster. 
But as the same power may be personated by vari-
ous and diverse symbols, it does not follow that any 
agreement existed, between those symbolic figures 
and this, other than is expressly specified. 
We know, indeed, that the monster, here describ-
ed, was "dreadful and terrible and strong exceed-
ingly;" and so was the behemoth which"eateth grass 
as an ox : Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and 
his force is in the navel of his belly : He moveth his 
tail like a cedar: His bones are as strong pieces of 
brass; his bones are like bars of iron." Job 40:15-18 
Of the leviathan, also we read, that "His teeth are 
terrible round about. His scales are his pride, shut 
up together as with a, close seal �
 His breath 
kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turn-
ed into joy before him. The flakes of his flesh are 
joined together. When he raiseth up himself, the 
mighty are afraid. He esteemeth iron as straw, and 
brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot mike him 
flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 
Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the 
shaking of a spear. He maketh the deep to boil like 
a pot. Upon earth there is not his like," Ib. 41 : 
14-33. And yet all this imagery may fall far short 
of illustrating the dreadful terribleness and strength 
of this fourth beast ; which must symbolize the 
greatness, strength, and power of the empire repre-
sented by it. 
"And it had great iron teeth." In v. 19, we 
read that his "teeth were of iron and his nails" or 
claws, "of brass." These must symbolize the in-
strumentalitites by which the empire, thus repre-
sented, extended its conquests ; and in the hardness 
of the constituent metals, we see the strength and 
irresistibleness of its armies and arms. In this re-
spect it is like the iron legs of the image, (Dan. 2 : 
33), which symbolized a kingdom noted for its 
strength: "for as much as iron breaketh in pieces 
and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh 
all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise," (2: 
40.) 
The legs of iron in the image, and this fourth 
beast, must be alike symbolic of the same empire ; 
for they are both divinely interpreted, to be the 
"fourth kingdom." Daniel said of the legs: "And 
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron" (2:40), 
and the angel expressly said, "The fourth beast shall 
he the fourth kingdom upon earth," (7:23). 
To find the correspondence to this beast, then, we 
need to enquire what empire claimed and received 
universal tribute, after the time of the Macedonian 
kingdom. To this both Scripture and history bear 
no doubtful testimony. No power had such homage 
after the Grecian, except the Roman. "There went 
out a decree from Cxstir Augustus,that all the world 
should be taxed," (Luke 2: 1) ; and the fear of the 
Jews was that "the Romans shall come and take 
away both our place and nation." (John 11:48). 
Exceptions there have been to this application of 
the symbol ; but in no interpretation of any proph-
ecy has there been a more general agreement than 
in this. Mr Birks well says : that, "Every objec-
tion which has been brought against this universal 
conviction of the church, serves only on examina-
tion to confirm it the more." 
It was applied to the Romans by the ancient He- 
The Sinner Drawn to Christ. 
Bro. Bliss :-Please give your view of John 6: 
44 58. 
Yours, &c. 
Vernon, Vt., Mar. 11. 1861. 
This Scripture teaches clearly, we think, that all 
men, if left to themselves, would certainly perish ; 
and that we are indebted to our heavenly Father 
for the grace that causes any of us to turn to Christ, 
and thus to lay hold of the hope set before us in the 
gospel. When the Holy Spirit strives with any 
heart, convicting it of sin, of righteousness, and of 
a judgment to come, it is beeause God in tender 
compassion, has extended that Divine influence, 
0. A. SCOTT. 
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109 
THE ADVEN I HERALD. 
ITALY. 
The Pope according to the Monde, an undoubted 
authority on the subject, is beginning to discover 
that the hour of his downfall is at hand. An en-
thusiastic young Frenchman recently had an audi-
ence "to offer his sword" to his Holiness. The 
Pope told him it was useless to attempt to defend a 
cause already lost. To the Archbishop of Rennes, 
who has just returned from the "Holy City," he 
stated that the temporal power would, ere many 
weeks had elapsed,be absorbed by the King of Pied-
mont. He trusted, however, that a cottage might 
be found at Rome or Civita Vecchia where, under 
the protection of the French bayonets, he would be 
allowed to give the faithful an example of humility 
and resignation to the Divine will. The time will 
soon come when revolution would pull down the 
idol it has raised, and when the Pope would return 
to the Vatican, and all the provinces he had been 
robbed of would be restored to the Holy See. 
A letter from Turin says that it has now become 
an article of national faith throughout Italy that 
Rome must be the capital of the kingdom of Victor 
Emmanuel. Those who were once sceptical or doubt-
ful have changed their opinions ; and nothing will 
be able to resist the unanimous demand of the Ital-
ians that the seat of the new government shall be 
removed to its " natural, historical metropolis."—
On no other condition, it is said, can the union of 
the north and south be achieved. 
A correspondent of the Daily News, writing from 
Rome, says there is not a wall in the eternal city on 
which there is not chalked up, " Vive Victor Em-
manuel, king of Italy." 
The Oesterreichifene Zeitung says : "Francis II. 
is determined to stay at Rome as long as the Pope 
remains there. Prince Petrulla has proceeded to 
Paris." 
"SHROUDS HAVE NO POCKETS"—For we brought 
nothing into this world, and surely we can carry 
nothing out. Grasp the gold ever so tightly, there 
is no pocket in the grave-clothes we will wear, in 
which we can hide any treasure that will be of use 
to us when God takes away the soul. Foolish it is 
to lay up treasures on the earth, when there is no 
currency here that is not worthless in that better 
country, whither we ought to be going. 
VIRGINIA AND HER SLAVES From a table of pop-
ulation of Virginia, according to the eighth census, 
recently furnished to the State Convention, and 
printed for the use of that body, it appears that 
there are neither slaves nor free negroes in McDow- 
tales are now told equally appalling of the extrem-
ities to which the population of the native State of 
Travancore, in the south of India, are reduced by 
the drouth, which has caused all the fruits of the 
earth to wither. According to a Cociu newpaper, I 
mothers in Travancore are selling their children as 
slaves for 6d. each, that they may have wherewith 
to purchase bread, if only for a single day. 
While so many millions of the people of India 
are thus afflicted, it is at least a consolation to know 
that both the government and the public have exert-
ed themselves with liberality and promptitude to 
lessen the weight of this terrible calamity. In 
Bombay alone,trom 70,000 to 80,000 r. have already 
been collected ; and Calcutta and other great cities 
have also responded nobly to the appeal of the Fam-
ine Relief Committee, In the Northwest the show-
ers of rain that have lately refreshed the earth have, 
it is hoped, saved the spring crop ; and, bad as our 
situation is,the worst,we believe, is already known." 
A late number of Once a Week states that a very 
large demand has sprung up on the railway book-
stalls for a cheap Bible. The Bible society some 
time since determined to offer for sale at a loss, at 
their stalls, a well got up, neatly bound Bible for 
one shilling. The success of this step was immedi-
ate. The sale has been going on at the rate of four 
thousand copies a year, and is still increasing. 
A promise was not long since made to the Pope 
of a yearly tribute of one million Roman dollars 
from the Catholics of Great Britain, but Cardinal 
Wiseman has since sent an epistle to the Pontiff de-
claring that in spite of the most zealous efforts, 
the amount cannot be raised. There is a willing-
ness to contribute to the Pope's spiritual dignity, 
but it appears that the Catholics of Great Eritain 
cannot be brought to support him in his struggle 
for temporal power ; accordingly Cardinal "Wiseman 
advises his holiness that his interests will be best 
consulted by coming to an understanding with Vic-
tor Emmanuel. 
At a party in a dwelling-house in Hyde Park, 
London, a short time since, a lady who was playing 
on the piano caught her dress on fire from a candle. 
Other ladies rushed to extinguish the flames when 
they caught fire too. Five ladies were burning at 
one time, and their screams were awful. The gentle-
men present were unable to quench the flames for 
some moments. Two of the ladies were so injured 
that they died. 
which, if not resisted, would lead all to Christ ; and 
it is because men resist, and turn away from, and 
disregard these heavenly monitions, that they are 
left to perish. God does not so draw, but that men 
may resist if they will ; but those who comply with 
the movings of the Holy Spirit,and so come to Christ, 
are assured of a part in the first resurrection, at the 
last day. And all such will have been taught of 
God, not by having personally seen him, but by 
having heard Him, by the written word, and by re-
ceiving the grace needed to comprehend and believe 
the troths taught—receiving them in the love of 
them. 
As he, who, believes in Christ, has thus been 
drawn by the Father, has listened to the teachings 
of Inspiration, and has accepted the salvation offer-
ed ; so has he also been given to Christ, and is jus-
tified by faith, he is nourished by the faith in the 
Lord Jesus, and thus he has had implanted within 
his heart, that principle of zoe,—rendered "life," 
which was used by the Greeks as expressive of 
wealth or possessions, but which in the Scriptures 
is put for whatever makes existence desirable, and 
when connected with "eternal," contains the prom-
ise of that holiness and joy which will be unending, 
And this is because Christ is its fountain and source. 
The believer has constant abeess to, and may ever 
partake of this bread of life, which is more than 
meat and drink, as he may ever feed by faith on the 
Son of man ;—not as the Jews supposed, on his lit-
eral body, but by meditating on and accepting the 
atonement, of which the broken bread and wine are 
emblematically significant. Those who thus live 
by faith on the Son of man will never die. Though 
their body crumble to dust, it may be said of every 
believer, She is not dead, He is not dead, but sleep-
eth—a sleep from which there will be a joyful 
awakening, the life received when believing on the 
Son, having been continuous. 
What thie Verse of a Hymn May Do. 
The 14th. of September 1796 was a dreadful day 
for the small Hessian town of Lisberg, built on the 
wooded heights of the Vogelberg ! 
Between nine and ten o'clock, at night, five hun-
dred fugitives of the French army, which had just 
been defeated by the Archduke Charles, fled through 
the city, breathing vengeance ; they shot the wor-
thy old pastor of the town, who on his knees beg-
ged for mercy, and, after they had destroyed, mur-
dered, and plundered for many hours, they set fire 
to the town at all points, so that fifty-eight dwel-
lings,with other buildings,were burnt to the ground. 
On the slope of the hill,outside the town,there stood a 
cottage : within sat a mother at the bed of her sick 
child. For fear of endangering the life of her dar-
ling she would not, in the cold September day, flee 
with it into the woods, as most of the inhabitants 
had done. But when the firing and murder-
ing began in the place, and the smoke of the burn-
ing houses came down from the hill into the valley, 
then was the poor lone woman fearful unto death ; 
she bolted the door of the cottage, and threw herself 
on her knees in prayer beside the cradle of her child. 
Thus she remained a long time, trembling as she lis-
tened to the cry of rage, f the soldiers and the ago-
nizing shrieks of their victims, when her door, at 
last, was struck by the butt-end of' a musket ; old 
and dilapidated as it was, it quickly flew open, and 
a Frenchman dashed furiously in pointing his bayo-
net at the horrified woman. Pale as death, the 
frightened mother laid her hands over her child, and 
with a voice of despair, raised her eyes to heaven, 
and repeated aloud: 
Italy and the Pope. 
Widely as Alford and Wordsworth differ in their 
general theories of the Revelation, both agree that 
the downfall of the Papacy is 2, distinct subject of 
* Thie translation is by Miss Wickworth, in her 
"Lyra Germanica," 1st Series, pp. 226,7. 
that prophecy. Is not that downfall even now at 
hand ?—Not that the Papal Church is likely to be- 
come extinct—nor that its hierarchy is soon to be 
overthrown ; not that there will cease to be a nomi-
nal Pope ; but that the Papacy as a secular power 
in Italy and consequently as a power among the na-
tions, will pass away from the day when the newly 
declared King of Italy shall enter Rome as his capi-
tal. That Rome must become the capital of regen-
erated Italy, none can doubt. The possession of 
Rome by Victor Emanuel is indispensable to the 
holding of Central and Southern Italy. But when 
Victor Emanuel shall enter Rome as King, the se-
cular power of the Pope will be abolished, if in-
deed the Pope himself may not flee to Jerusalem. 
The resurrection of Italy is the death-knell of the 
Papacy. Let all true believers watch and pray for 
this great consummation. Italy, long contemptuous-
ly styled atnere "geographical expression," has risen 
to the rank of a first class power. The present year 
will probably witness its recognition in that charac-
ter by England, France, Russia, and Prussia.—N. 
Y. Ind. 
"Alford" and "Wordsworth," refered to in the 
above, are both authors of Notes on the New Testa-
ment. 
Dean Alford's critical and exegetical Commentary 
on the New Testament, is comprised in four vols., 
the last of which has just appeared. It is known 
as Alford's Greek Testament. In this work, he 
gives in his adhesion emphatically to the premillen-
nial advent—"the necessity of accepting literally 
the first resurrection, and the millennial reign." 
His faith on this point is summed up in these words : 
"That the Lord will come in person to this our 
earth ; that his risen elect will reign here with Him 
and judge ; that during that blessed reign the power 
of evil will be bound, and the glorious prophecies 
of peace and truth on earth find their accomplish-
ment." 
Dr. Wordsworth, Canon of Westminster has also 
just completed his work—"The Greek Testament 
with Notes." Of him, the Independent says: 
"On the question of the advent and the millennium 
Wordsworth is at the furthest remove from Alford. 
He holds that 'the commencement of the thousand 
years is to be dated from the first coming of Christ ; 
—that the binding of Satan was effected by Christ 
at his first advent ;—that the first resurrection is 
spiritual, begun in Baptism, and is continued 
through life, by the operation of the Holy Ghost:"' 
This explains what is said above in respect to the 
difference of their theories ; and there being this dif-
ference, their agreement in respect to the Papacy is 
in harmony with the general expectation of its spee-
dy downfall. 
A Rare Dish. 
The Due West Telescope of March 22d says : 
"We have had a nice and a rare dish. We had 
on the morning of the 17th Inst., a pure, bright, 
beautiful, delicate, white cold dish of snow ! �
• 
We have had a dish of the same kind, only it was 
some hundreds of miles in extent, some feet deep, 
and has covered the ground nearly all winter—what 
the farmers always desire to see covering the earth 
inthe winter, when our bodies may recover their vigor 
from the lassitude of summer. 
• 
"If Contrary to Scripture.' 
The Due West (South Carolina) Telescope of 
March 22d. publishes in full our Declaration of 
Principles, as given in the Herald of March 16th—
giving as the reason for so doing, "that those who 
feel disposed to allude to their doctrines, may do so 
understandingly." It says of those "Declarations :" 
"Some of the views presented in the fifth article 
of these 'Principles,' and in the articles that fol-
low, will be, and ought to be objected to, if contrary 
to the Scriptures." 
True, they ought to be objected to,—"if contrary 
to Scripture." It is equally true, however, that if 
in agreement with the Scriptures, they ought not to 
be objected to. 
Foreign News. 
SPAIN AND THE POPE. 
Madrid, March 7. The Ministry have pronounc-
ed themselves in favor of the temporal power of the 
Pope. They have declared that they consider the 
project of the partitioning of Rome between the 
Pope and the King Victor Emmanuel as unworthy 
of serious discussion. The idea of transferring the 
Papacy to Jerusalem they stigmatized as absurd, 
and stated that Europe must preserve within her the 
chief of the church. 
FAMINE IN INDIA. 
We take the following from the overland Times 
and Standard : 
"The famine is great in the land. Horrible ac-
counts reach us from the Northwest Provinces of 
human beings dying at the rate of 400 or 500 a day ; 
while the desolation is not even limited to the vast 
expanse of country from Lucknow to Lahore ; for 
ell county, in the southwestern portion of the State. 
There is one free negro in each of the following 
counties: Boone, Buchanan, Calhoun, Doddridge, 
Hancock, Logan, and Roane. There are two in 
Marion, Nicholas and Wetzel, and three in Brax-
ton. There are only two slaves in Hancock, (one 
of the "Pan Handle" counties,) and three in Web-
ster. In no other county, except MoDowell, are 
there less than ten slaves. 
PEACE.—Peace is better than joy. Joy is an un-
easy guest, and always on tip toe to depart. It 
tires and wears us out, and yet keeps us ever fear-
ing that the next moment it will be gone. Peace is 
not so—it comes more quietly and stays more 
consentedly, and it never exhausts our strength, nor 
gives us one anxious forecasting thought. There-
fore let us pray for peace. It is the gift of God—
promised to all His children ; and if we have a in 
our hearts we shall not pine for joy, though its 
bright wings never touch us while we tarry in the 
world. 
"There is no peace, saith my God, to the wick-
ed." 
"The way of peace have they not known." Rom. 
3. 17. 
Jesus said, "Come unto me all ye that are weary 
and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take 
my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek 
and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is 
light. "—Matt. 
"These things have I spoken unto you, that in 
me ye might have peace." 
" The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, 
and give thee peace."—Numb. 6. 26. 
METEOR. About four o'clock in the morning of 
March 20th, an wrolite, luminous, and fusing like 
the ignited coil which is used to fire a cannon, pass-
ed athwart the firmament from the northeast toward 
the southwest. It seemed to move slowly and to 
have but a small elevation above the earth, almost 
touching the roofs of the buildings. Its size was 
apparently many times larger than that of a star of 
the first magnitude, and it had a visual diameter of 
six inches. The color was brilliant, and the corus-
cations or rapid flashes of light were distinctly visi-
ble. Between two and five o'clock in the morning 
is the most frequent period for falls of meteors, ac-
cording to Humboldt, who says that "these night, 
or rather early morning hours, are especially adapt-
ed to the ignition of the shooting stars, while in 
other hours of the night more shooting stars pass 
by before midnight invisible."—N. V. Journal of 
Commerce. 
The effect of missions is well illustrated by the 
following statement. When Miss Fisk, of the Per-
sian mission, went to Oroomiah, in the service of 
the American Board, seventeen years ago, to labor 
as a teacher among the Nestorian women, there was 
scarcely one who had any just conception of the 
truths of the Gospel ; but when she left last year, to 
revisit her native land, she had the great pleasure 
of partaking of the Lord's Supper with ninety eight 
women, mostly such as had once been her pupils, 
many of whom are now teachers in various parts of 
that country. 
Dr.King, writing from Athens recently,refers to the 
terrible war of the Druses against the Maronites in 
Syria and says. "Do you remember the history of 
Asaad-Esh Shibiak, as published many years ago 
by the American Board ? Once they led him out 
from his little cell, or dungeon, and presented to 
him, on the one hand, an image of the Virgin Ma-
ry, and burning coals on the other, and ordered 
him to embrace either the one or the other ! He 
took the coals and pressed them to his lips, and re-
turned to his narrow, filthy prison to die ! Those 
coals have now kindled a flame on Mount Lebanon 
which has consumed all the villages and habitations 
of his persecuters." 
The home of President Lincoln (Springfield, Ill.) 
has contributed thirteen thousand bushels of corn 
for distribution among the suffering poor in Bran-
don, Morton, Forest and Lake, Mississippi. About 
16,000 bushels more are to be sent from Jackson-
ville, and 2000 from Peoria. 
A considerable amount of gold, of foreign coin-
age, has recently been forwarded by a bank in New 
Orleans to a Philadelphia bank, for the purpose of 
having it converted into American coin at the Unit-
ed States Mint—the reason assigned for not having 
it coined at the New Orleans Mint, being a want 
of confidence in the latter institution since it has 
fallen into the hands of the secessionists. 
He that grieves for the loss of casual comforts, 
shall never want occasions of sorrow. 
"Jesus, my Joy, now spread 
Thy wings above my head, 
To shield thy little one. 
Would Satan work me wrong, 
Oh ! be Thy angels' song, 
To him no evil shall be none." 
—it being the 8th and last stanza but one, of Ger-
hard's hymn which commences with, 
"Now all the woods are resting." 
Thedevotional attitude of the terror-stricken moth-
er, her prayerful tones, and the sweetness of the 
words, arrested the soldier's attention. He sudden-
ly lowered his deadly weapon, stepped to the cradle 
and laid his rough hand softly on the child's head ;I 
his lips moved as if in prayer, and heavy tear-drops. 
fell over his bearded face. Then he gave his hand 
to the mother and went away in silence. But when, 
after some time, she arose from her knees, and look-
ed out of the little window, behold ! there stood the 
Frenchman, his musket on his arm under a pear-
tree opposite the house door. He had made himself 
the sentinel to protect the house and its inmates 
from all insult or harm. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
Preaching in the evening by Bro. Burtenshaw. 
Friday morning, confereUce convened as usual. 
Moved and seconded, that the next session of the 
conference of Messiah's church be held the 2d Wed-
nesday in February, 1861, and the meeting be at 
Carnsville, in the chapel near Bro. Lampkin's.—
Carried. 
The conference then adjourned to the call of the 
chair. 
Preaching in the evening by Bro. Lake. 
Saturday morning, 9 o'clock, conference as usual 
convened. At the close of the day the conference 
was adjourned until the second Wednesday in Feb-
ruary, 1862. 
Preaching in the evening by Bro. Campbell. 
Sabbath morning, preaching by Bro. Flanders, 
and in the evening by Bro. Litch. 
J. LITCH, Pres't. 
D. W. FLANDERS, Sec'y. 
Image. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure 
hid in a field, which when a man bath found, he 
sells all he has and buys it. 
I would desire to be remembered in your prayers, 
and by all those who are girt about with truth,that 
I may be found of him in peace, that I may be ga-
thered with all the redeemed, and that I may be en-
abled to live soberly and godly in this present evil 
world. 
I have not the privilege of meeting with brethren 
of like faith, because they are not here ; and but a 
dozen, to my knowledge, in Cleveland. 
Yours in hope, 
From Bro. Gco. W. Burnham. 
Bro. Bliss :—There are errors in my report which 
I regret, and which I wish now to correct. 
1st. I have credited the A.M.A. for one Sabbath 
belonging to the church in New Haven, Vt. I was 
absent that Sabbath, but supposed I supplied by 
proxy. 
2d. Have credited the A.M.A. under the head of 
donations, received in Middlebury, Vt., but which 
belonged, as I have since learned, to the New Haven 
church, $9.50. Thus I have now credited that 
church $21 which in my report was incorrectly cr. 
to the Association. 
3d. In reckoning the Sabbaths spent in its service 
I have charged the above Sabbath, and one more 
through mistake, which I did not spend. I am not 
able to say as to where I have counted this one Sab-
bath too many. Here then I have overcharged the 
A.M.A. the amount of salary for two Sabbaths-
24.00 
21.00 
3.00 
• 
20.00 
—which, deducted from $79.77, the amount due as 
last reported in the Herald, leaves balance duo me, 
$59.77. 
By inference, you gave my P.O.address last week 
as New Haven, Vt. I would correct. My residence 
is Worcester, Mass., where I wish all communica-
tions to be addressed, unless I give other direction. 
Yours in hope, 
G. W. BURNHAM. 
East Rockport, 0. 
And have incorrectly cr. the same, 
Balance in its favor, and less my due, 
The matter stands thus — 
Rec'd from friends in Newburyport, Ms. 
13.00 
66 �
6, �" �Providence, R. I. �
4.00 
To be cr. to A.M.A. as per mistake in ac. 3.00 
JOHN BREWSTER. 
Dansville, March 15, 1861. 
From Bro. John Brewster. 
Bro. Bliss :—I still prize the Herald ; and, as a 
religious paper, I have never seen its equal. Its 
outspoken course, and its simple and harmonious in-
terpretations of Scripture, are well calculated to 
guide ua to Christ and his kingdom. It cannot fail 
to commend itself to all who read it. But alas, it 
is difficult to persuade men to read it—their preju-
dice is so great—though they are unable to answer, 
and remain silent, to the presentation of the scrip-
tures pertaining to the kingdom of God. 
The monarch of Babylon desired to know what 
should come to pass hereafter ; and the Lord was 
pleased to make known what should come to pass. 
The Great Image was a representative of the nations 
that should exist, down to the end ; otherwise it 
could not be a perfect symbol. When those nations 
exist, represented by the feet and toes, and are smit-
tea, it is evident that all earthly rule is at an end. 
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in 
the kingdom of their Father. 
It is evident that we are living in the toes of the 
p . 
My Journal. 
Thursday, February 21, 1861. Having arranged 
to spend some months at the Water Cure, under the 
c ire of Drs. James C. Jackson and F. Wilson Hurd, 
in Dansville, N. Y., I took leave of my family and 
friends, and took the cars for that place. I called 
on friends at Albany, Rochester and Springwater, 
N. Y., and arrived Feb. 25th, where I was cordially 
received, and especially by Bro. D. T. Taylor and 
family, Bro. Berry and others of long acquaintance. 
I have now spent three weeks in the Cure, feeling 
quite at home, and pleased with the treatment, the 
food, and order of the institution. I have not been 
here long enough yet, to get any special benefit,but 
feel quite sure of help under the water-cure treat-
ment, as they have not failed in any case of this 
kind. I therefore hope for help, in the course of a 
few months, so as to enter again upon the work of 
publishing the gospel of the.kingdom. 
We have over one hundred persons here, of both 
sexes, seeking health, most of them cheerful and 
hopeful as to the result. 
1 am not able to say much at this time, and will 
close with the following notice of this institution, 
by a gentleman of high standing in Canada West, 
who spent sme time at this Cure. 
" Very properly indeed is the institution called 
Our Home,' however strange that title may sound 
to the public. A person has only to visit it and 
live a few weeks under its hospitable influence to be 
made to feel as perfectly at home' as it is possible 
for one to feel when far distant from near and dear 
relations, and among those who, previous to coming 
here, were every one strangers to each other. Each 
new corner is welcomed to the institution scarcely 
more warmly by the physicians and proprietors than 
by the patients themselves, nearly all of whom, feel-
ing the benefits of friendly hands extended to them 
upon their arrival, endeavor to get acquainted with 
and render at home' each accession to their num- 
birs. And this one feature of the institution has 
very much to do with its marked success in the 
treatment of disease. The physicians often re-af-
firm that they seek to bring to bear, as nearly as 
may be, all of Nature's forces upon those in ill 
health who apply to them for assistance, and of 
these the Social force is not the least important.—
Everything in the nature of an innocent amusement 
or recreation which can be made available for the 
purpose, is sought to be applied, to keep the minds 
of despairing ones from dwelling too constantly and 
morbidly upon their ailments, and to facilitate their 
cure. And the arrangements with this view seem 
to meet most cases admirably, insomuch that very 
few ever leave the institution without a regret that 
circumstances prevent their longer stay." 
So far as my short experience goes, I can bear 
witness to the truthfulness of this statement. 
J. V. Hums. 
From Bro. Thos. Wardle. 
(Continued from our last.) 
It was undoubtedly this fact, which gave rise to 
the term "Ships of Tarshish " Tyrenians trafficked 
by sea ; and when Solomon built his ships at Ezion-
geber, on the lip of the Red Sea, who would, accord-
ing to Solomon's confession, be likely to be the ar-
chitects ? None but the men of Tyre ! When the 
ships were ready for sea, who were sent to man them ? 
Hiram's servants ! and who was sent as Pilot ? Hi-
ram's "shipmen had knowledge of the sea !" Un-
der these circumstances what would the ships be 
called ? Certainly, ships of Tarshish ! although the 
ships built for Solomon never floated on the bosom 
of the Sea of Tarshish. 
Now we wish to state another fact of importance 
in this connection, that the northern shore of the 
Mediterranean, on this old map, is marked I'arshjsh, 
Spain at the western end is called Tarshish, Asiatic 
Turkey at the Eastern end is called Tarshish. We 
conclude then, in the absence of anything to the 
contrary, that all the northern shore of the Mediter-
ranean Sea, was known to the ancients as Tarshish. 
Let the reader remember our quotation from Num-
bers, Isa. and Jeremiah, together with the extract 
from Litch's Exposition, taken from Dr. A. Clark ; 
and say where is the land of Chittim ? only on the 
south of the Mediterranean Sea, which is Africa. 
Those who said Carthage was ancient Chittim, were 
in part right, but not entirely. Carthage was in the 
land of Chittim, as Boston is in Massachusetts, or 
Portland in Maine ; and both are great sea ports, 
Carthage was a great sea port in the land of Chit-
tim. 
"Carthage was founded by some Phoenicians, 
eight hundred and sixty nine years before Christ." 
These were Tyrenians, and this will go to sustain 
the opinion of Jerome on Isa. 23:6, as given above. 
Did the ships of Chittim come against him ? The 
"him" of the 29th verse of the chapter under con-
sideration, was Rome, and as Rome was in her for-
mer days, when she was ruled by one Emperor ; 
not as Rome was to be in her latter times, when 
she, Western Rome, should be ruled and governed 
by a political-religious ruler. 
This then clearly points out the time to which 
this prophecy belongs, in the weakened state of the 
Roman Em ire 
In this department, articles are solicited, °nib e general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as eisentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
Messianian Conference in C. W. 
The conference convened, pursuant to adjourn-
ment, at Wellington Square, Feb. 13th, 1861, at 2 
o'clock P. M. The meeting was opened, agreeably 
to resolution, by reading of the Scriptares, singing 
prayer, and preaching by D. W. Flanders. Sub-
ject, The Day of Christ—based upon 1 Thess. 5:1, 
" But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have 
no need that I write unto you." 
The President called then upon the conference to 
appoint their business committee, which it did as 
follows : Bro. John Lampkin, Eld. Wm. Pickel, 
Eld. D. Campbell ; and adjourned until 9 o'clock 
following morning. 
Services in the evening—preaching by Eld. Litch, 
on our relation to God and his kingdom, based upon 
John's 1st Epistle 3 and 2, " Beloved, now are we 
the sons of God, and it doth not appear what we 
shall be." 
Thursday, 14th, 9 o'clock. The conference called 
to order by the President, by reading the Scripture, 
singing and prayer. A nominating committee was 
then appointed, as follows : Eld. Burtenshaw, Bro. 
David Karnes, Bro. James Campbell. Then pro-
ceeded to hear reports from churches. 
Bro. Wm. Miller from Battersea, said that ,the 
church with which he was identified continued firm 
in the faith, and maintained their meetings regular-
ly ; and although their numbers were small they 
hoped for better times. Their ministerial help has 
been but little hitherto. They therefore pray the 
Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his har-
vest. 
Bro. D. Karnes of Wellington Square said that 
he had not much to say. However, their church, 
although faint are yet pursuing, and under the la-
bors of Elder Lake hope to see the cause prosper. 
Bro. James Campbell of Freelton expressed quite 
an expectancy for the cause in his vicinity ; and al-
though he could not boast of numbers added to the 
church, they had much to cheer them in the removal 
of prejudice and a better hearing—hoping the result 
will be prosperity. 
Bro. Flanders of the Boston church said the mem-
bers of that church have all left the place, with one 
exception, and the chapel, although a dumb monu-
ment, is still a speaking agent in favor of our hope 
of the coming King. 
Bro. Laurence of Fingal reported the church in a 
good condition to be benefited by pastoral labor, and 
they feel some encouraged, as they have Bro. Bur-
tenshaw among them. Brethren, pray that Bro. 
Burtenshaw's labors may be blessed in that portion 
of the vineyard. 
Bro. J. Lampkin of Carnsville said he thought 
the church is now as prosperous as ever it has been 
since its organization. They have had some addi-
tions, and have enjoyed peace among themselves. 
Bro. Pickel of Westminster said that their church 
enjoyed as much spirituality as circumstances and 
their faithfulness would warrant ; and while they 
have fightings without and fears within, they enjoy 
much of the love of the truth, and long for the 
Coming One. 
Elder Lake of the Hamilton circuit, Eld. Daniel 
Campbell of the Bellville circuit, and Bro. Burten 
shaw of the London circuit, gave short incidental 
accounts of their circuits. 
The Business Committee then reported, the report 
was received, then adjourned until 2 1-2 o'clock. 
2 1-2 o'clock. Conference called to order, as us- 
ual. 
Reports from Sabbath schools called for. A con-
versation ensued which it is hoped will result in a 
greater effort in favor of Sabbath schools. 
Character of ordained ministers considered and 
approved. 
Recommendations from the quarterly conference 
called for—none received. 
Items of the Business Committee : 1. A day of 
fasting and prayer. 2. What are the necessary 
qualifications for translation at the coming of Christ? 
3. Is there any prophecy to be fulfilled as a hinder-
ance to present translation ? Adjourned until 9 
o'clock the following morning. 
Having, as we think, laid the foundation of this 
argument strong and true, we shall, as it is deman-
ded at our h gds, take up each word and sentence 
of this prophecy : It is worthy of a more able pen 
than ours: but believing God has set us the task, 
we will by his assisting grace, do what we can. 
Genseric possessed the coast of Africa from Tan-
gier to Tripoli; a stretch of above ninety days jour-
ney ; but their narrow limits were too confined be-
tween the sandy desert and the Mediterrrnean. 
Genseric cast his eye toward the sea ; he resolved 
to create a naval power, and his bold resolution 
was executed with steady and active perseverance. 
The woods of Mount Atlas afforded an inexhausti-
ble nursery of timber ; his new subjects were skill-
ed in the arts of navigation and ship building ; he 
animated his daring Vandals to embrace a mode of 
warfare which would render every maritime coun-
try accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Afri-
cans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and af-
ter an interval of six centuries, the fleets that issued 
from the port of Carthage again claimed the empire 
of the Mediterranean �
 
The designs of the Roman government were re-
,peatedly baffled by his artful delays, ambiguous 
promises, and apparent concessions : and the inter-
position of his formidable confederate (Attila) the 
king of the Huns, recalled the emperor from the 
conquest of Africa to the care of their domestic safe-
ty. 
The revolutions of the palace, which left the wes-
tern empire without a defender, and without a law-
ful prince, dispelled the apprehension, and stimu-
lated the avarice of Genserie. 
He immediately equipped a numerous fleet of Van-
dals and Moors, and cast anchor at the mouth of 
the Tiber, about three months after the death of 
Valentinian, and the elevation of Maximus to the 
imperial throne. 
Senator Petronius Maximus, having slain 
by the hands of his guards, the emperor Valentini-
an the Third, for the violation of his domestic hap-
piness,and on the death of his wife, which occurred 
in a short time : married Eudoxia the widow of 
Valentinian. He was saluted Emperor by the una-
nimous voice of the Senate and people, Maximus 
reigned but three months, for having in an unguar- 
ded moment confessed to his reluctant bride the 
hand he had in the death of her former husband, he 
provoked her hatred. Eudoxia, looking about for 
an instrument to avenge the death of her husband ; 
her eyes were turned towards Carthage. She se-
cretly implored the aid of Genseric, the king of the 
Vandals. He beheld in it a fair opportunity of dis 
guising his rapacious designs by the specious names 
of honour, justice and compasssion. 
Maximus expected with supine indifference the 
approach of the enemy, without adopting any meas- 
ures of defence,—When the Vandal king disembark- 
ed at the mouth of the Tiber, the emperor was arous-
ed from his lethargy by the clamours of a trembling 
and exasperated multitude. The emperor of Rome 
could only think of flight, which lie exhorted the 
senators to imitate. No sooner did Maximus appear 
in the streets than he was assaulted by a shower of 
stones. Maximus was slain, and his body ignomin-
iously cast into the Tiber. 
Genseric advanced upon Rome, and instead of a 
sally of Roman youths, he was met by Leo the 
Bishop of Rome, at the head of his clergy. 
The fearless spirit of Leo, his authority and elo-
quence,mitigated the fierceness of the barbarian con-
queror. The king of the Vandals promised to spare 
the unresisting multitude, to protect the buildings 
from fire and exempt the captives from torture ; and 
althoughsuch orders were neither seriously given nor 
strictly obeyed, the mediation of Leo was glorious 
to himself ; and in some degree beneficial to his coun-
try: but Rome and its inhabitants were delivered to 
the licentiousness of the Vandals and Moors, whose 
blind passion revenged the injuries of Carthage. 
The pillage lasted fourteen days and nights ; and 
all that remained of public or private wealth, of 
sacred or profane treasure, was diligently transport-
ed to the vessels of Genseric. Among the spoils, 
the splendid relics of two temples, or rather of two 
religions. The holy instruments of the Jewish 
worship, the gold table, and the gold candlestick 
with seven branches, originally framed according to 
the particular instructions of God himself, which 
were placed in the sanctuary of his temple, which 
had been ostentatiously displayed to the Roman peo-
ple in the triumph of Titus. They were afterwards 
deposited in the temple of Peace ; and at the end of 
four hundred years, the spoils of Jerusalem were 
transported from Rome to Carthage by a barbarian 
who derived his origin from the shores of the Baltic. 
Now let my readers remember the words we are 
discussing. " For the ships of Chittim shall come 
up against him," and remember the words of the 
historian, that, " the Roman government was im-
poverished in fitting out a force of eleven hundred 
and thirteen ships. The number of soldiers and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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marines exceeded one hundred thousand men. Yet 
Genseric deceived the leaders and burned up their 
fleet." 
Surely, Rome was not as in former days, nor as 
in the latter days. 
Phila., March 23, 1861. 
Waymarks. 
The year 1860 was one of much interest to me in 
my pilgrimage, inasmuch as the truth seems advanc-
ing in all directions throughout the circuit of my 
travels,and the cause of Christ spreading. This is the 
height of my ambition. For this I pray, labor and 
preach. For this I work with my hands to get my 
bread, and preach on its strength. During the year 
we have held many excellent conferences,which left a 
healthful influence on all who united in them, and 
extended their influence far abroad. I have also 
visited about forty towns, and held meetings in 
most of them, and endeavored to speak words of 
comfort, of exhortation or instruction to the people 
in all, as I had opportunity. There is an increasing 
desire to hear the gospel of the kingdom by a por-
tion of community. 
Since the commencement of 1861 I have visited 
Brunswick, spent one Sunday,found the little church 
stedfast in the faith, waiting for the end of their 
trials when Jesus comes. I visited Somerville, 
preached two discourses, found quite an increase of 
numbers of believers. The Lord has greatly added 
to them the past year, and the heart of Bro. Chisni 
is much cheered. Attended a protracted meeting in 
Yarmouth, which was very interesting and refresh- 
ing. Preached once in Freeport to an attentive 
audience. Spent one Sunday in Albion ; found the 
few there active in the faith, and praying for the 
Lord's work to increase. It being stormy, we had 
no meeting. Bro. J. Carr was away on a preach-
ing tour ; he is doing well in the work. I next at-
tended Mt. Vernon conference, which has been re-
ported. It was very good. 
March 1st, started for South Paris, where I had 
an appoihtment for the evening at the house of Bro. 
Knight. By request the Methodist minister had 
given out my appointmet publicly the Sunday pre-
viously, and then changed his class meeting from 
Saturday evening to Friday evening, so it fell on the 
same evening. But we had a room full, they had 
two out. Preached in South Waterford the 3d, in 
the Universalist chapel, three times ; had the largest 
audience out that has ever been there to hear Ad-
vent preaching ; preached two evenings following. 
There are a few in that place still in the faith, and 
living for God and the kingdom to come ; others 
have the theory, but not the works. There are a 
number in the place who are interested in the faith, 
and might be brought in if the brethren had strength 
to act in united energetic labor for God. Bro. and 
Sr. Whitman have been deeply afflicted recently by 
the death of their youngest son Francis. He was 
a fine boy, and much lamented by all his acquain-
tances. I miss him much from the family circle. 
"How long shall death the tyrant reign ?" 
I visited ten families, and exhorted them what I 
could, and parted from them to go to Stoneham, 
taking Bro. S. Leonard with me. He is very feeble 
in body, but active in the work of the Lord. This 
is the third visit I have made to Stoneham. At the 
first, there were no meetings of worship and no 
preaching. I found only two praying families. I 
preached five times and left. On my second visit 
found eight praying families, and some ten or twelve 
converted, several reclaimed, and Methodist preach-
ing one fourth of the time, and an influence exerted 
against the Advent message. I preached five more 
times, and had the ears and hearts of nearly all. On 
my third visit I found Dr. Manning and wife decid-
edconverts to the faith ; also several others who 
are christians, and many unconverted ones, believe 
the doctrine and are impressed with duty to God. 
Others are.opposed to our hope, being influenced by 
their leaders. 
I found Bro. I. K. Lombard in this place, who 
assisted me in our meetings. He came to that place 
last summer a young man just beginning to preach ; 
has labored there and in various parts of the town 
in Lovell and Sweden to good effect, sowing seed 
which is springing up. Several came from six to 
twelve miles to hear me preach. Some stayed to the 
last, feeding on "the word of the kingdom." We 
bad six meetings among them, visited fourteen fami- 
Les, and scattered some books and tracts. Our meet-
ings were interesting. The Lord was truly with us. 
Nearly all the community are interested to hear us 
preach the good news of the coming reign of Christ 
and I trust God will bring some of the unconverted 
to Christ for salvation. Bro. Lombard will contin-
ue to labor with them as he has opportunity, and 
although the battle sometimes waxes hot, and secta-
rain bigotry makes great strides, we will keep at "our 
specific work," leading sinners to Christ, and saints 
to a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, still 
proclaiming, "Behold he cometh ! go ye out to meet 
him." Let us try to "be wise as serpents and 
harmless as doves." Seek to use the choicest of 
words ; speak them for God ; live as the grace of 
God teaches, and look for Christ's appearing. Then 
he will give us eternal life. 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
Richmond, Me. 
After the above was in type, we noticed it had 
been already given in another paper ; and therefore 
it should be credited to the Crisis, where it first ap- 
peared. �
ED. 
From Bro. M. E. Fridd. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-1 prize the Herald very much, 
and should be very sorry to have it discontinued. I 
am well satisfied with the doctrines and truths it 
contains. I hope the Lord will open the way for 
me to do something more for its circulation soon. I 
feel like imploring his blessing upon that, and every 
other effort put forth to arouse a slumbering church, 
reclaim backsliders, warn the unconverted of their 
danger, and exhort them to prepare for the things 
that are shortly coming upon the earth. What is 
done, must be done quickly ; for behold the Judge 
is at the door. As we know not the day or hour of 
his coining, we are commanded to watch, lest com-
ing suddenly he find us sleeping. Let us live before 
the world, our friends, and neighbors, as though we 
believed these things ; and let our conversation be 
in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, is 
my sincere prayer. �
M. E. FRIDD. 
Koro, Winnebago Co., Wis. 
From Bro. George Brownson. 
Dear sir :-I have read the Herald, with but little 
intermissiona nd must say with increasing interest, 
ever since its first appearance ; and as long as it 
keeps on its present course, advocating the doctrine 
of the coming Redeemer, and maintaining its con-
servative character, I mean to continue its perusal. 
GEO. BROWNSON. 
Napanee, C. W. 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, in Hartford, Ohio. Aug. 13, 1860, D. C. 
BUSHNELL, aged 62 years. 
The deceased early made a profession of religion, 
and upon their promulgation,embraced the doctrines 
of William Miller ; dying in the firm faith of the 
speedy coming of Christ. �
His SON. 
DIED, in Truro, Mass., Dec. 16th, 1860, widow 
MELLEYTYRE MAYO, wife of Zephaniah Mayo, aged 
eighty-seven years. 
Her death is supposed to have been caused by a 
shock of the palsy. She lived but a few days after 
the shock. Sister Mayo experienced religion when 
but eighteen years of age, and joined the Metho-
dists. Some twelve or fifteen years ago she heard 
the doctrine of the speedy coming of the Lord, and 
fell in love with that, was baptized by the Advent-
ists, and died in hope of a speedy resurrection to 
eternal life, when she expected to obtain the crown 
of life, with Paul and all others that love the Lord 
at his coming. I tried to comfort the friends from 
1 Cor. 15.57. �
W. M. INon IN. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-The enemy has visited us and 
taken a prey, and so my family associations are sev-
ered, causing grief and mourning such as they only 
know who have been deprived of a beloved child, 
such as our loved one, FRANCES S. MASON. We 
knew not how much we loved her until we found 
we were about to lose her. She was associated with 
the little church in New York, and had many dear 
and sincere friends. When I told her she could not 
live, she said, "I have thought of it-I am prepar-
ed." She suffered greatly, but patiently, and con-
versed to the last. Her age was 28 years, 14 days. 
She left a daughter nearly 5 years old, and a son 7 
days old. Bro. F. G. Brown attended the funeral 
on Sunday, at 253 Bridge street, where was a nu-
merous company of sympathizing friends. Bro. 
Robinson and Bro. Rimes will recognize in her a 
true friend, and she did not forget them in her sick-
ness. Brethren, pray for us, that this chastisement 
may be for our good, that we may be more humble 
and devoted, and prepared either to sleep in Jesus, 
or to meet him in that change which awaits the 
righteous living. Your brother in affliction, 
J. CROFFUT. 
Brooklyn, March 25, 1861. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
for coastir.g. It did very well to make learned to he afraid of dogs—Caesar licked 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT! tracks in. �
his face affectionately, and formally took 
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"FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. �
There was a large meadow near the him under his protection. From that time, 
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 place where they were assembled. It was Caesar spent the whole day in the yard 
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BOSTON. APRIL 6. 1861. �proposed that they should go to a tree with the lamb ; and if a neighbor-dog 
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 which stood near the centre of the mea- made his appearance he drove him away. 
dow, and that each one should start from �
When the winter approached, the lamb 
Questions about Moses. �
the tree, and should see who could make had nearly become alarge sheep; but he 
How long had been the sojourning the straightest track—that is, go from the still retained his attachment for Cesar.— 
of the children of Israel 7 �
tree in the nearest approach to a straight He would follow him wherever he could, 
AllS. " Now the sojourning of the chil- line. The proposition was assented to, and and make a great outcry when Caesar 
dren of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was they were goon at the tree. They ranged leaped over a fence and left him behind. 
four hundred and thirty years. And it themselves around it, with their backs to- �
When the snow came, the lamb, now a 
came to pass, at the end of the four hun- wards the trunk. They were equally dis- large sheep, was put with the other sheep. 
Bred and thirty years, even the self-same taut from each other. If each had gone Caesar seemed to think his office of protec-
day it came to pass, that all the hosts of forward in a right line, the paths would tion now at an end. He never afterwards 
the Lord went out from the land of Egypt." have been like the spokes of a wheel—the seemed to distinguish his former charge 
Ex. 12:40-1. �
tree representing the hub. They were to among the rest of the flock. The lamb 
Did these 430 years date from the go till they reached the boundaries of the once escaped from the fald, and came to 
time Jacob went down into Egypt to so- meadow, when they were to retrace their the house and ran to meet Caesar ; but he 
journ, or from some other event ?. �steps to the tree. �
showed him his teeth, and went into his 
 
Ans. They commenced with the prom- �
They did so. I wish I could give a map little house, where the lamb could not fol- 
ise to Abraham ; for Paul says, " Now to of .their tracks. Such a map would not low him.—Ib. 
Abraham and his seed were the promises present much resemblance to the spokes of �
 
made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of a wheel. 
many ; but as of one, Arid to thy seed, �
" Whose is the straightest?" said James 
APPOINTMENTS. 
which is Christ. And this I say, That the Alison to Thomas Sanders, who was at 
REMOVAL. The Advent Mission church in New York 
covenant that was confirmed before of the tree first. �
will hereafter worship in the meeting-house of the Seventh 
God in Christ, the law, which was four �
"Henry Armstrong's is the only one that day Baptist church on 11th street, between 3d and 4th 
avenues. Preaching by Elder Josiah Litch. The prayer- 
hundred and thirty years after, cannot dis- is straight at all." �
ful support and co-operation of all Christians is solicited. 
annul, that it should make the promise of �
" How could we all contrive to go so 
none effect." Gal. 3:16, 17. �
crookedly, when the ground is so smooth, 
To what 
AMERICAN MILLENNIAL ASSOCIATION. The regular 
promise is reference here and nothing to turn us out of the way ?" quarterly meeting of the Board of the A. M. Association 
made ? �
said Jacob Small. �
will be holden on Tuesday, April 9th ensuing, in the of- 
fice of the Advent Herald, 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Bos- 
Ans. "The God of glory appeared unto �
" How did you come to go straight, ton, Mass. 
our father Abraham when he was in Me- Henry 1" said Thomas. 
sopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, �
" I fixed my eye on that tall pine tree on 
J. T, 
-ITCH, Pres't. 
and said unto him, Get thee out of thy the hill yonder, and never looked away 
country, and from thy kindred, and come from it till I reached the fence." 
Bro. Bliss :—Please give the inclosed notice a place in 
into the land which I shall shew thee.— �
" 1 went as straight as I could, without the Herald, and much oblige yours truly, 
Then came he out of the land of the Chal- looking at anything but the ground," said 
MILES GRANT. 
Boston, March 30, 1861. 
 
deans, and dwelt in Charran. And from James. 
 
thence, when his father was dead, he re- �
" So did I," said another. �
GENERAL CONFERENCE IN BOSTON. A General Relig- 
ious Conference will be held in the Meionaon (Tremont 
moved him into this land wherein ye now �
"So did 1," said several others. It ap- Temple), Boston, commencing Tuesday evening, Apr 9th, 
dwell. And he gave him none inheritance peared that no one but Henry had aimed at 7 1-2 o'clock, and continuing each day and evening 
in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on : at a particular object. �
through the week and over the Lord's day, and we invite 
our dear brethren and sisters from abroad to come. Pro- 
yet he promised that he would give it to �
They attempted to go straight without vision will be made by the friends for all needful enter- 
him for a possession, and to his seed after any definite aim. They failed. Men can- tainment. �
P. B. MORGAN. 
him, when as yet he had no child." Acts not succeed in anything good without a 
GEO. T. ADAMS, �
MILES GRANT. 
 
7:2-5. �
definite aim. In order to mental improve- �
J. G. HAMBLIN, �
Committee. 
What sojournings, then, were in- merit there must be a definite aim. In or- WM. C. ST
ONE, 
eluded with the sojourn in Egypt, in the der to do good, there must be a definite �
 
430 years ? �
aim. General purposes, general resolutions, 
Ans. That of Abraham, Isaac and Ja- will riot avail. You must do as Henry BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
cob in the land of promise, before it be- did ; fix upon something distinct and defi- 
came theirs in possession : For, " By faith nite as an object, and go steadily forward 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
Abraham, when he was called to go out toward it. Thus only can you succeed.— �
— 
into a place which he should after receive S. S. Gazette.
. 
Wm. Dyche. Reed $L24, and will send its value in 
for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went �
those tracts when we get any. 
out not knowing whither he went. By �
The Lamb and the Dog. �
J. J. Chamberlain, 25 cts. Sent the 29th. 
E. K. Marter. Sent the 29th. 
faith he sojourned in the laud of promise, 
as in a strange country, dwelling in tabor- �
In the large drove-yard of Mr. Harmon 
J. M. Orrock. There was a dollar cr. to Mrs E Lee on 
the 28th of June, 1859 ; and the next dollar cr. to her 
flacks with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs there was a lamb which received a consid- was on the 25th of June, 1860. 
B. W. LEONARD, manufac- �
enable share of the attention of such of the �
M. Fuller. Have re-sent the Nos. for March 16 to sub- 
turer of Portable Flouring with him of the same promise: for he �
scribers in N. Creek. Have sent Romanism and vol. 2 of 
and Grist Mills adapted to looked for a city which bath foundations, school children as passed on their way to Tracts—not having the other. The two books are 65 cts. 
Grinding all kinds of Grain, 
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and from the school-house. They always and postage 31—making 96 cts. 
whose builder and maker is God." Heb. 
Cement, Plaster, Salt, Spices, �
II. Lye. NV e cannot now recall who ordered those ex- 
&c. Also the best quality of 11:8-10. �
stopped and looked over the fence at the tras • but whoever did so, paid for them. One cent a copy 
How large a portion, then, of lamb. , Sometimes they .would find him is the legal postage; but the other 24 cts may have been 
eating grass, and sometimes lying down in a charge of the carrier. 
these 430 years elapsed after Jacob went 
C. Patterson, $1. Have sent papers and tracts—leaving 
the shade by the side of a large Newfound- 
down into Egypt? �
21 etc due you, to be sent in Osier's tract when out. 
Ails. "Abram was seventy and five land dog. 
" What does he lie down so near the 
years old when he departed out of Haran,"
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
dog for'?" asked a small boy who was 
French Burr Mill Stones, (Gen. 12:4) ; and he " was an hundred 
of all sizes, and all kinds of years old, when his son Isaac was born " looking over the fence. �
The " American Millennial Association," located in Bos- 
" Because the dog is his mother," said ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
(Gen..21:5) ; which event, therefore, was another little fellow, very gravely, and the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
twenty-five years after the sojourning of 
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
Abraham commenced. "Isaac was three- with
t every appearance of sincerity. The and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
other boy received the explanation with donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
score," or sixty "years old," at the birth 
of Jacob, Gen. 25:26 ; who was " an hun- similar gravity. They passed on, contin- 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
fling their conversation with as much �
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow- 
dred and thirty years" old when he went gravity as a couple of judges. �
lodged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
down into Egypt, (Gen. 47: 9.) This 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
The history of the lamb was as follows: due notice should be at once given to 
makes 215 years from the call of Abra- 
ham, and leaves 215, of the 430, for the When it was quite young, its dam was �
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
continuance of the children of Israel in poisoned by eating the leaves of an ever- 
Egypt. �
green which is commonly called the pois- 
How will you harmonize this with onous laurel. The lamb was taken away James Penniman, N. Abington, Mass.... .... .... ..1.00 
the prediction (in Gen. 15:13, 16) that the from her as soon as it was known she was Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W ...... ...... .... ..1.00 
seed of Abraham should be afflicted "400 but 
poisoned. At first
ght to 
it wasdr fed with a spoon, �
 
years," and return " in the fourth genera- �
was soon tau
ink milk. 
It was Mrs. Harmon who undertook to 
tion" to the laud of promise? �
bring up the lamb by hand, as it is term- 
Ans. The 430 years covers the whole ed. Mr. Harmon told her that the trouble 
period of Abraham's sojourn, which begun 
25 years before Isaac's birth : but the 400 would be more than the lamb would be 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD t. 
worth ; " and, besides," said he, " you �
which the money credited pays. No. 1023 was the closing 
years' affliction of his seed could not corn- �
number of 1860 ; No. 1019 is the Middle of the present 
mence till after Isaac's birth. Some sup- 
 have no time to look after it." �
volume, extending to July 1, 1861; and No.1075 is to the 
close of 1861. Notice of any failure to give due credit, 
pose they began with Ishmael's mocking 
" Caesar will take care of him, won't 
you, Caesar ? won't you take care of the �
should be at once communicated to the Business Agent. 
Isaac (Gen 21:9), and think Isaac was 
then five years old. And as Moses was poor little motherless lamb?" 
the son of Amram, the son of KThath, the �
The above words were uttered in Wm Lowell 1061, W A Chase 997, G D Warren 10462 
Caesar was a large, fine Newfoundland 
son of Levi the son of Jacob he was the �
—each $1. 
, �
, 
A Rockwell 1054, Joseph Nichols 1061, E L Curtis 107J 
dhoisg.hearing, but not with the expectation 
E Rich 1075, IT A Pearsall 1065, J H Elliott 1083, Jas 
fourth generation from Jacob. 
that he would understand them and be ill- Penniman 1075, J R Finton 1088, c Harvey 1069, R cox 
fluenced by them. But when, after hay- 1118 and 20 cts worth of tract with postage, when out ; 
Ezra Smith 1075, Paul Hardy 1088—each $2. 
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racks. �
ing been kept for a few days in a large box 
A light snow had fallen, and the boys in the kitchen, the lamb was placed in the Ira Morgan 1049—$3. 
GT Loomis 01014039,65A0peta; s t Barker
,W0it Griggs 
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1.50 and ld. 
desi
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ed to make the most of it. It was too yard, Caesar went into the yard, and when to 
 
dry for snow-balling, and not deep enough the lamb came up to him—for he had not Mrs S P Daniels 1049,50 cts, H Lye, 2 cops, 1110. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE—A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.—It 
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J. V. HIMES.' 
995, pd. to 1001. 1 yr. 
DR. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : a great CHTe for colds and 
coughs. This medicine is highly prized by all who use it, 
for the purposes named. Try it. Price, 37 1-2 cts. 
DR. LITCH'S ANTI-BILIOUS PHYSIC. As a gentle purga-
tive, a corrector of the stomach and liver, and cure for 
common Fever and Fever and Ague, and all the every day 
ills of a family, this medicine is not surpassed. I confi-
dently recommend it to every family who prize a speedy 
relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland st., 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
27 N. 11th st., Philadelphia. �
No 1010—tf 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, APR. 2, 1861. 
RECEIPTS. 
'P TO TUESDAY, APRIL 2. 
[From the Providence Times.] 
EDITORS :—Seeing Doctor Knight's advertisement in 
your paper, I feel it a duty I owe to the afflicted, as a 
philanthropist, to add my testimony to the honesty and 
correctness of what Dr. K. claims to have done. Having 
been an observer of his treatment in several extraordi-
nary cases, and having had ample proofs of many more 
successfully treated, I have had occasion to investigate 
the various modes of treatment of the eye, and have 
come to the conclusion that Dr. Knight's new treatment 
surpasses all others of which I have any knowledge. I 
would cheerfully and urgently recommend all that have 
any difficulty with their eyes, to call on Dr. Knight, at 
his office, 259 Tremont street, Boston, Mass. 
Respectfully yours, 
LORENZO V. GROSVENOR. 
. South Groton, Mass., Dec. 28, 1860.