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THE SECOND ADVENT. 
Age after age had rolled away ; 
The lamp of truth grew dim ; 
The cup of sin, increasing aye, 
Was filling to the brim ; 
Ilow could 1 come to such as they 
Not mine their vesper hymn. 
Age after age still passed away ; 
1 looked b a* truth and love ;t 
Few were the hearts to heaven to pray, 
Few sought for light above ; 
The Spirit's flame was quenched alway, 
Failing cold hearts to move. 
I sett my servants oft of yore— 
How many have ye slain ? 
Ask of the hill-tops dyed with gore 
Ask of the purple main ! 
Front the Wrest cave to temple floor, 
Their red blood flowed like rain ! 
And are ye ready now for me ? 
Burn not your lamps yet (hill ? 
Will ye again prepare the tree r 
Again extend the limb ? 
I sent my messenger to see—
How have ye treated him ? II 
When shall I cease for sin to groan? 
Cold Echo answers, When ? 
Pm weary still of heaven's throne, IT 
Waiting the thoughts of men—
When shall 1 come to claim my own ? 
When Earth is ready—THEN 
And he could there do no mighty work.—Mark 6:5. 
t 1 looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, 
but behold a cry.—lsa. 5:7. 
$ Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost.—Acts 7:51. Quench not 
the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings.—I. 'Tess. 5:12. 
I seat to you all my servants—daily rising up early and sending 
them.—.1er. 7:25. 
11 As ye have done unto the least of these, ye have done unto me. 
Mett. 22:40. 
If Thou bast wearied me with thine iniquities.—Isa. 43:24. 
Travels in Europe. 
BY DR• J. V. C. SMITH. 
(Continued from our last.) 
VIENNA. 
Vienna equals, if it does not excel, any city 
heretofore visited in Europe, on the score of neat-
ness and order. The public squares are small, 
but they are clean enough to be cited as patterns 
of neatness. The pavements are small hewn 
stones, jointed together, water tight. They are 
smooth, and therefore there is little of the noise 
by carriage wheels, which in Boston is so disa-
greeable. Houses are carried up six or seven 
stories, and they are immensely large on the 
ground, resembling in their general appearance 
those of Rome. Some of the churches are 
richly decorated—especially the cathedral, a 
monster edifice—abounding in things that catch 
the eye even of one who has become satiated 
with sight-seeing. A monument is in excellent 
condition, in one part of the cathedral, erected 
to the memory of Archduke Frederick, about 
100 years since, made of a single stone, on which 
there are 140 figures—statuettes. It is a sur-
prising specimen of the skill and genius of the 
artist. For building purposes, brick, universally, 
are in request—of a large size, coarse and rather 
soft. When the walls are up, they are covered 
with a thick coat of cement, nearly white, lined 
off to look like stone. The appearance is fa-
vorable. Of the economy in regard to the first 
cost, there can be no question ; and as to dura-
bility, the oldest palaces and private dwellings 
still present the appearance of being stone, in-
stead of very cheap brick, All apartments are 
high studded, which imparts an air of grandeur 
to the public edifices, and elegance to the ordi-
nary houses on the streets. All the fountains 
are superb specimens of bronze figure castings. 
Those stiff up and down streams, sometimes 
seen, with great cast-iron dishes, are rarely met 
with in Europe. Talent is brought into requisi-
tion, and no designs are better patronized than 
those for fountains. Water in Vienna is sup-
plied by a force pump at a small river, worked 
by steam. It is used freely and without expense 
by all who may choose to avail themselves of 
it in the streets and squares ; but in no instance 
is it conveyed into the houses. Wells are the 
main dependence of the citizens. 
But of all the wonders of Vienna, the royal 
vaults, in which are placed the metallic sarco-
phagi, containing the remains of emperors, em- 
presses, and their families, are the most surpris-
ing. A more elaborate and truly astonishing 
specimen of sculpture in bronze cannot be found 
on the globe, than the sarcophagus of Maria 
Theresa. It must weigh several tons ; is not 
less than eight feet square by six high, wrought 
into forms and figures, as though the material 
had been as soft as wax when they were exe- 
cuted. The empress had it made in her life time, 
and consequently must have watched the pro-
gress of the work with no ordinary sensations, 
as it was to contain her own body_ One of the 
emperors is placed in a silver sarcophagus, cov-
ered with chased work of surprising beauty.— 
In short, of all the royal sepulchres I have seen 
in England, France, Turkey, and Jerusalem, 
none of them compare with the magnificent rest- 
ing places of the royal family of Austria. Na- 
poleon's only child, the Duke of Reichstadt, is 
in a plain copper sarcophagus, tinned, as are all 
which are made of that material, in which the 
coffin is hermetically sealed. His mother lies 
by his side, in a similar enclosure. All these 
are placed in the cellar of a convent, to which 
the traveller is shown by a monk, who goes from 
one to the other with a light. 
Some of the many pictures in the imperial 
gallery are from the first masters ; but in sculp- 
ture there is nothing remarkable. In returning 
from an excursion to one of the national collec-
tions, 1 witnessed a great military funeral. A 
general Wallgemuth died in Hungary, and his 
remains having been brought to Vienna on a 
railroad, were forthwith carried to a cemetery in 
the suburbs, escorted by a vast body of soldiers 
and a multitude in carriages. On the top of the 
hearse was the figure of a knight reclining, in 
shining armor, followed by another on horse- 
back dressed in a complete suit of burnished 
plate mail, even his face being covered. Next 
followed the general's horse, led by a groom, 
arid covered with a pall trailing to the ground 
all around, but held up behind by a servant, 
who kept at a respectful distance from the 
fiery charger's heels. Then came the emperor, 
dressed like his officers in a white coat, blue 
pants with red seams at the side, and a hat 
edged with green. He is not apparently more 
than twenty years of age. I afterwards saw 
him walking with his brother and one other per-
son, unaccompanied by any show of parade, and 
seeming to enjoy himself like any other well-
bred young man. 
One of the national cabinets in Vienna espe-
cially worthy of note, is the geological collec- 
tion in the palace. It is extensive and beauti- 
fully arranged. I saw several specimens marked 
Massachusetts and New Jersey. A model of a 
lump of native gold from the Ural Mountains, 
weighing sixty-four pounds and some ounces, 
quite equals any of the California specimens. 
Among the number of public institutions es-
pecially instructive and not to be negledted by 
a stranger, is the Polytechnic School, which em- 
braces specimens of the mechanical industry of 
Austria and its dependencies. Several of the 
halls, of tedious length for walking, contain 
models of machines, tools and ingenious contriv-
ances of every nature and kind devised since 
civilization dawned upon this part of the earth. 
They are placed in the best possible condition for 
inspection, and are always open, free of expense. 
The collection bears a striking resemblance to 
the Patent Office in Washington. In the apart-
ment containing agricultural instruments, were 
articles manufactured by Nelson, of Rhode 
Island, but they were rather calculated to convey 
the idea that we are just emerging from the say- 
age state. It would be creditable to our country, 
if some gentleman would make a selection of ar-
ticles from the great Agricultural Ware House 
over Quincy Market, in Boston, and send them 
to the imperial collection in the Polytechnic 
school. In the Cabinet of Natural History, the 
stuffed animals were well prepared, and exten-
sive ; so of the entomological department. 
Being exhausted with peering into glass cases, 
and gazing about royal residences, I recreated 
myself one half day by going to the Prater, the 
fashionable drive, where the multitude vie with 
each other in showing off equipages. Unlike 
the show in Hyde Park, in London, or the one 
in Paris, which commences about five in the af-
ternoon, punctually at 2 P. m. the Prater is sud-
denly transformed into a theatre, in which parts 
in the cotnedy of life are played by all classes, 
from the great performer on the throne to a 
blind fiddler by the hedge. There I again saw 
the emperor, driving four spirited horses—and 
he drove quite as well as a cabman. Then his 
father came along on foot, a small, slender, gen-
tlemanly person. His mother is tall, with high 
cheek bones, yet graceful in her movements.—
Nearly all the prominent nobility of the realm 
were out, arid the opportunity was favorable for 
seeing all the dukes, princes, and princesses, 
with unpronounceable names, known in the 
modern annals of the kingdom. A few great 
generals were pointed out, with very long mous-
taches, which gave them a barbarous appear-
ance. From thence I rode to the steamboat 
landing on the river Danube. Having seen the 
Black Sea, into which that celebrated river emp• 
ties, I had a curiosity to examine here. It is a 
turbid stream, flowing exceedingly swift, like the 
Jordan at its exit into the Dead Sea. To pre-
vent it from cutting into the land, the banks are 
securely paved at different points. It is deep, 
too, and may well be considered one of the es-
sential arteries on which the life of several 
countries depends. On the way there and back, 
the number of young females seen working in 
brick-yards, breaking stone for Macadamizing, 
carrying burdens on their backs, and employed 
in the meanest offices, called forth my sympathy 
and indignation. Each brick manufactured ap-
pears to bear various marks, indicating the year 
in which it was made. What assistance such 
thoughtfulness will render antiquarians at some 
distant epoch, when they will deposit one or a 
series of them in the museums of that day, as 
the present archwologists do those of Babylon, 
which also bear characters, but which, unfor-
tunately, cannot be decyphered. If the brick-
makers of our neighborhood would put a few 
type in the bottom of the mould, each brick 
might be a chronicle more enduring than any 
granite monument. 
While on the same pleasant excursion, it was 
a queer exhibition to see the skins of oxen, that 
had been taken off nearly whole, brought along 
in wagons from Hungary, filled to their utmost 
capacity with tallow. In Asia Minor, I have 
seen ox hides filled precisely in the same man-
ner with butter. Oxen about Vienna draw by 
their horns, and not with yokes. A band of 
iron is bent across the forehead to fit the prom-
inence of the head, braced as it were against 
the horns, and from the extremities and the base 
of the horns, rope traces extend to the cart. 
In one of my rambles in search of extraor-
dinaries, 1 saw in the church of St. Augustine, 
the unmatched and priceless monument by Cano-
va to Maria Christina. Such grouping of speak-
ing, weeping marble was never beheld any where 
else. Near by, in the same church, is the sar-
cophagus of the Emperor Leopold; and a place, 
too, within a few feet of it, where the hearts of 
all the members of the royal family who have 
died since the organization of the empire, are 
deposited. Their bowels are in a vault near 
the centre of the cathedral, over which is an in-
scrption. In the church of St. Augustine there 
are other objects highly prized by the devout, 
but shocking to those unaccustomed to the exhi-
bitions of Roman Catholic countries ; they are 
the skeletons of St. Victoria and St, Clements, 
covered with jewels, brocade, &c., to the ex-
tremity of each rib, finger, and toe, with crowns 
on their skulls! Such things are very common 
in Belgium and Holland. 
No doubt it has been a source of amusement 
to most outside barbarians from America, as it 
was to me, to read the signs over places of busi- 
ness in this metropolis. Think of pronouncing 
the name Shcrldttpdt—a man who sells pins and 
needles, which fact is ascertained by seeing 
them in a window. But Kdhmm/dift deals al-
together in umbrella heads; while his next 
door neighbor, Jima Schptddofdomthdlhz, has 
fish hooks and other piscatory apparatus for 
sportsmen. 
On another occasion I went to the hall of an-
tiquities—a priceless collection of gold, silver, 
bronze, and copper—the fabrication of mechan- 
ics unnumbered centuries ago. Some of the 
devices for table furniture, seal cutting, enamel- 
ing, cameos, die sinking, medallions, coins, and 
statuettes, almost a thousand years older than 
the advent of Christ, show, what has often been 
demonstrated before, that the arts are no better 
understood now than when Homer lived. Of 
the imperial library of four hundred thousand 
volumes, nothing in the United States, of course, 
can compare with it. The apartment is mag-
nificent in all its details, and ornamented with 
marble statues of kings and dukes, rather than 
authors. 
Nothing in Vienna delighted me more than 
the matchless machinery of the famous Pierre 
Jaquet Droz, in his androides or self-moving fig 
ures. He must have been one of the very high-
est order of mechanical geniuses. He exhibited 
three of his automaton children before Louis 
XV. of France, in. 1772, who at once raised him 
to distinction, as far as royal influence could 
dignify a man of such rare powers. One of 
these figures writes a beautiful hand—any sen-
tence proposed—by simply guaging the dial 
plate to a particular order of letters. The sec- 
ond draws the figures of animals on paper, and 
actually shades off a profile; and the third plays 
with its fingers on a keyed instrument something 
similar to a piano. They have all the appear-
ance of life, even to the expression of thought- 
fulness. I was permitted to inspect the mechan- 
ism at leisure, while in motion and at rest; and 
of all the complicated, inexplicable combinations 
of wheels, pinions, chains, endless screws, cams, 
and levers, on which my eyes ever rested, these 
are the most perplexing and astonishing.—After 
the inventor had astonished all France and Eng- 
land, he made a trip to Spain, with an expecta-
tion of reaping a rich harvest in that then 
wealthy kingdom; but he had hardly com-
menced the exhibition before the Inquisition ar-
rested him and threw him into prison for being 
in league with the devil. Had it not been for 
the interest felt in his case by the archbishop of 
Toledo, who comprehended the nature of the 
mechanism, and favored his escape, it is thought 
he would have been burned alive. This sad 
misfortune darkened all his prospects, and 
stripped him of the avails of his ingenuity. He 
fled, leaving the autornati in the strong box of 
the holy office, where they remained till Napo-
leon entered, when, by the agency of some 
friends who knew the history of the transaction, 
they were recovered and sent to Paris—not, 
however, till the unfortunate Drozand his equal- 
ly talented son had been many years in their 
graves. In the rough handlings to which they 
had been subjected, the apparatus got out of or-
der, and no one could be found competent to re-
pair them, till by the merest chance the present 
proprietor, a young German, on learning their 
history, made a visit of inspection. They were 
considered worthless, and no one, however emi-
nent as a mechanist, dared undertake the res- 
toration. By persevering study, Mr. Henry Mar-
tin, the gentleman alluded to, discovered the 
principle of the movement, and they are now 
again in motion. He would like much to go to 
the United States with them, but dreads the 
idea of crossing a turbulent ocean. Maelzel's 
celebrated rope-dancers, and 
i 
 even his chess- 
player, are not to be named n the same day of 
the month with them. Here is a true mechani-
cal movement, open for the most critical exam-
ination of the spectator, while his was a decep- 
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tion. Connected with these figures, Mr. Mar-
tin has a miniature handcart, drawn by an old 
man, smoking. He tugs away awhile, stops and 
breathes hard, looks around, and then pulls 
again at the load with all the naturalness of 
every-day life. It is the work of a watchmaker, 
who employed his leisure moments in the con-
struction, and realized 500 florins for his inge-
nuity. I have been more particular in speaking 
of this exhibition, because it is of so rare a char-
acter, and evinces the resources of a mind,'in 
the Alpine regions of Switzerland, in the person 
of Droz, which has not yet had a parallel in the 
history of inventions. 
Smoking being out of the leading pursuits of 
the people here, they must have suitable appara-
tus, and hence the manufacture of German pipes 
is an important branch of domestic industry.—
Buerich as some of the show cases are in these 
contrivances, I have seen nothing in the Austrian 
capital yet that comes up to a mouth piece and 
pipe stern shown to me in a bazar at Scutari, 
the price of which was two thousand dollars! 
In some former letter, it was stated that a new 
medical college was now being finished at Pera 
(one of the three divisions of Constantinople), 
quite as large as Faneuil Hall. The medical 
college in the suburbs of Vienna, fully equals 
the capacity of that venerable edifice. As the 
government is a military despotism, the army 
requires the services of all the surgeons that 
can be educated. The school is therefore a large 
one, and thoroughly taught. I spent some time 
in the cabinet of anatomical wax work—but it 
falls far below the collection in the Pitti Palace 
at Florence, or the great Civil Hospital in Rome. 
The other part of the museum, the wet and dry 
preparations, are not remarkable, nor is the mu- 
seum large. Apothecary shops are here excel-
lent, and medicines much cheaper than with us. 
Dentists are not numerous, nor are they such 
nice mechanics as would have been supposed. 
Among the novelties of Vienna, is the bird 
market. Quite a long street; on one side, is in 
quiet possession of boys, old women, and country-
men, who bring together a variety of little war-
blers, by the thousands. The cages, boxes, bas-
kets, &c. containing them, are piled up in some 
places ten feet high. There is, however, a dis-
gusting accompaniment to the business, which 
takes away much of the pleasure that would 
otherwise be enjoyed in the midst of such a va-
riety of notes and plumage. Tubs, jars, &c., 
holding bushels, are kept on hand, filled with 
ants' eggs, for the food of the birds. These are 
at first taken for kernels of some kind of grain; 
but, on closer inspection, young ones are seen 
forcing their way out of the loose sac in which 
they had undergone a series of metamorphoses. 
Worms, too, are raised by quarts for the same 
purpose, and kept on the stands in dry bran.—
When a customer stops, the women thrust their 
hands down into the moving vermicular mass, 
lift up a handful of it, and praise the quality, 
as other dealers do their wares. 
There are no market houses in the city.—
Vegetables and fruits are sold in the squares; 
and in the morning, meats, in moveable stalls, 
are occasionally seen on particular side-walks. 
All the necessaries of life are much dearer than 
in other cities in this part of Europe. Fuel, 
too, is high. Wood brought in from the coun-
try, or up the Danube, costs not far from $10 a 
cord when fitted for the fire Coal is brought 
from England for the boats on the Adriatic, but 
in the interior is rarely to be found. Meal is 
sold in the streets, in temporary stalls, by fe-
males, in bags or tubs. The bread is extreme-
ly white, light, and nutrittous. 
As in all purely Roman Catholic countries, 
while there are some who are truly pious, others 
have a superstitious belief that miracles are 
wrought by marble and wooden saints. Minia-
ture arms, legs, eyes, hands, fingers, &c., made 
of silver, abound at the shop windows of silver 
smiths, and are purchased by persons who have 
been relieved Of some bodily infirmity by pray-
ing at the shrine of a saint. If, after importu-
nate supplication, the wooden saint relaxes, and 
the cure of a sore shin follows, then he is orna-
mented, or the sides of his altar are, with one 
of these silver legs, as a memorial of thankful-
ness. In some parts of Italy, wax models please 
the dum miracle-worker quite as well ; but in 
Rome, silver ones are stuck up by the peek. 
fect of the heat, unless intense enough to dissi- 
pate it, would be to melt it. If, therefore, the 
apostle had said only that the world would be 
burnt up, the sceptical chemist would have in-
ferred that he had made a mistake through ig-
norance of chemistry,. But we cannot now 
draw such an inference ; for the apostle's lan-
guage clearly implies that only the combustible 
matter of the globe will be burnt, while the 
elements, or first principles of things, will be 
melted ; so that the final result will be an en-
tire liquid, fiery globe. Such a wonderful adap-
tation of his description to modern science could 
not surely have resulted front human sagacity, 
but must lie the fruit of divine inspiration. 
And this adaptation is the more wonderful 
when we find it running through the whole 
Bible wherever the sacred writers came in con-
tact with scientific subjects. In this respect, 
the Bible differs from every other system of re-
ligion professedly from heaven. 
Whenever other systems have treated of the 
works of nature, they have sanctioned some 
error, and thus put into the hands of modern 
science the means of detecting the imposture. 
The Vedas of India adopt the absurd notions 
of an ignorant and polytheistic age respecting 
astronomy, and the Koran adopts as infallible 
truth the absurdities of the Ptolemaic system. 
But hitherto the Bible has never been proved to 
come in collision with any scientific discovery, 
although many of its boots were written in the 
rudest and most ignorant ages. But the re-
markable adaptation of its language to such dis-
coveries, when they are made, seems to be a 
more striking mark of its divine origin than if 
it had contained a revelation of the whole sys-
tem of modern science. 
In the fifth place, the passage under consid-
eration teaches that this earth will be renovated 
by the final conflagration, and become the 
abode of the righteous. After describing the 
day of God, " wherein the heavens, being on 
fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat," Peter adds, '° Neverthe-
less, we, according to his promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness." Now, the apostle does not 
here, in so many words, declare that the new 
heavens and earth will be the present world and 
its atmosphere, purified and renovated by fire. 
But it is certainly a natural inference that such 
was his meaning. For if he intended some 
other remote and quite different place, why 
should he call it earth, and, especially, why 
should he surround it with an atmosphere ? The 
natural and most obvious meaning of the pas-
sage surely is, that the future residence of' the 
righteous will be this present terraqueous globe, 
after its entire organic and combustible matter 
shall have been destroyed, and its whole mass 
reduced by heat to a liquid state, and then a 
new economy reared up on its surface, not 
adapted to sinful, but to sinless beings, and, 
therefore, quite different from its present con-
dition—probably more perfect, but still the same 
earth and surrounding heavens. 
There are, indeed, some difficulties in the 
way of such a meaning to this passage, and ob-
jections to a material heaven; and these I shall 
notice in the proper place. But 1 have given 
what seems to me the natural and obvious 
meaning of the passage. 
Such, as I conceive, are the fair inferences 
from the apostle's description of the end of the 
world. Let us now inquire whether any other 
passages of Scripture require us to modify this 
meaning. 
The idea of a future destruction of the world 
by fire is recognized in various places, both in 
the Old and New Testaments. Christ speaks 
more than once of heaven and earth as passing 
away. Paul speaks of Christ as descending, 
at the end of the world, in flaming fire. And 
the Psalmist describes the destruction of the 
heavens and the earth as a renovation. " They 
shall perish," says he, ' but thou [God] shalt en-
dure ; yea, all of them shall wax old like a gar-
ment, and as a vesture shalt thou change them, 
and they shall be changed:" In Revelation after 
the apostle had given a vivid description of the 
final judgment and its retributions, he says, 
" And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; 
for the first heaven and the first earth were 
passed away, and there was no more sea."..._ 
He then proceeds to give a minute and glowing 
description of what he calls the New Jeru-
salem, coming down from God, out of heaven. 
It is scarcely possible to understand the whole 
of this description as literally true. We must 
rather regard it as a figurative representation 
of the heavenly state. And hence the first 
verse, which speaks of the new heavens and the 
new earth, in almost the same language which 
Peter uses, may be also figurative, indicating 
merely a more exalted condition than the pres-
ent world. Hence, I would not use this passage 
to sustain the interpretation given of the literal 
description by Peter. And yet it is by 110 
means improbable that the figurative language 
of John may have for its basis the same truths 
which are taught by Peter, Nor ought we to 
infer; because a figure is built upon that basis 
in the apocalyptic vision, that the simple state- without the loss of one particle of the matter 
meats of Peter are metaphorical. 
now existing, will be melted ; and then, that 
In this passage quoted from Peter, it is said, the world, thus purified from the contamination 
"Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, of sin, and surrounded by a new atmosphere, or 
look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein heavens, and adapted in all respects tothe nature 
dwelleth righteousness." Most writers have and wants of spiritual and sinless beings, will 
supposed the apostle to refer either to the pro- become the residence of the righteous. Of the 
mise made to Abraham, that his seed should precise nature of that new dispensation, and of 
inherit the land, or to a prophecy in Isaiah, the mode of existence there, the Scriptures are 
which says, " Behold, I create new heavens, indeed silent. But that, like the present world, 
and a new earth, and the former shall not be it will be material,—that there will be a solid 
remembered, or come into mind. But be you globe, and a transparent expanse around it,—
glad and rejoice forever in that which I create ; seems most clearly indicated in the sacred re-
for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and cord: 
her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jeru- The wide-spread opinion that heaven will he 
salern, and joy in my people ; and the voice of a sort of airy Elysium, where the present laws 
weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor of nature will be unknown, and where matter, 
the voice of crying. There shall be no more if it exist, can only in its most attentuated from, 
thence an infant of days, nor an old man that is a notion to which the Bible is a stranger, 
bath not filled his days ; for the child shall die The resurrection of the body, as well as the 
a hundred years old; but the sinner, being a hun- language of Peter, most clearly show us that 
dred years old, shall be accursed. And they the future world will be a solid, material world, 
shall build houses, and inhabit them ; and they purified indeed, and beautified, but retaining its 
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them, materialism. 
They shall riot build, and another inhabit ; Let us now see whether, in coming to these 
they shall not plant, arid another eat ; for as conclusions from Scripture language, we are in-
the days of a tree are the days of my peo- fluenced by scientific considerations, or whether 
ple, and mine elect shall long enjoy the works many discerning minds have not, in all ages, at-
of their hands. The wolf and the lamb shall tached a similar meaning to the inspired record, 
feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like Among all nations, the history of whose 
the bullock ; and dust shall be the serpent's opinions have come down to us, and especially 
meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all among the Greeks, the belief has prevailed that 
my holy mountain, saith the Lord." a catastrophe by fire awaited the earth, corres- 
Now, it seems highly probable that the new ponding to, or rather the counterpart of, a pre 
heavens and earth here described, represent a vious destruction by water. These catastro-
state of things on the present earth before the plies they denominated the cataclysm, or des-
day of judgment, and not a heavenly and im- truction by water, and the ecpyrosis, or destruc-
mortal state ; for sin and death are spoken of tion by fire. The ruin was supposed to be fol-
as existing in it ; both which, we are assured, lowed, in each case, by the regeneration of the 
will be excluded from heaven. Hence able earth in an improved form, which gradually de- 
biblical writers refer this prophecy to the rail- teriorated ; the first age after the catastrophe, 
lennial state, or the period when there will be a constituting the golden age ; the next, the silver 
general prevalence of Christianity. In this they age; and so on to the iron age, which preceded 
are probably correct. But some of these writers, another cataclysm, or ecpyrosis. The intervals 
as Low and Whitby, proceed a step farther, and between these convulsions were regarded as of 
infer that Peter's description of me new heav- various lengths, but all of them of great dura-
e s and new earth belongs also to the millen- tion. 
Mal period; first, because they presume that the These opinions the Greeks derived from the 
apostle referred to this promise in Isaiah ; and Egyptians. 
secondly, because he uses the same terms; The belief in the future conflagration of the 
namely, " new heavens and new earth." But world also prevailed among the ancient Jews. 
are these grounds sufficient to justify so im- Philo says that " the earth, after its purification, 
portant a conclusion ? How common it is to shall appear new again, even as it was after its 
find the same words and phrases in the Bible first creation."—De Vita Mosis, tom. 2. Among 
applied by different writers to different sub- the Jews, these ideas may have been, in part, 
jects, especially by the prophets! Even if we derived from the Old Testament ; though its 
can suppose Peter to place the new heavens and language, as we have seen, is far less explicit on 
the new earth before the judgment, in despite this subject than the New Testament. That 
of his plain declaration to the contrary, yet distinguished Christian writers, in all ages 
there are few who will doubt that the new heav- since the advent of Christ, have understood the 
ens arid earth described in revelation are sub- language of Peter as we have explained it, 
sequent to the judgment ,day, so vividly des- would be easy to show. I have, room, however, 
cribed in the verses immediately preceding. to quote only the opinions of a few distinguished 
And as to the promise referred to by Peter, modern writers.—(To be continued.) 
if he really describes the heavenly state, surely 
it may be found in a multitude of places ; 
wherever, indeed, immortal life and blessedness 
are offered to faith and obedience. Isaiah, 
therefore, may be giving a figurative description 
of a glorious state of the church in this world, 
under the terms " new heavens and new earth," 
emblematical of those real new heavens and 
new earth beyond the grave, described by Peter. 
And hence, it seems to me, the language of 
the prophet should not be allowed to set aside, 
or modify, the plain meaning of the apostle. 
I shall quote only one other passage of the 
Bible on this subject. 1 refer to that difficult 
text in Romans, which represents the whole 
creation as groaning and travailing together in 
pain until now ; .and that it will be delivered 
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious 
liberty of the children of God. 
I have stated in a former lecture, that Tho-
luck, the distinguished German theologian, con-
siders this a description of the present bound 
and fettered condition of all nature, and that 
the deliverance refers to the future renovation 
of the earth. Such an exposition chimes in 
perfectly with the views on this subject which 
have long and extensively prevailed in Ger-
many. And it certainly does give a consistent 
meaning to a passage which has been to com-
mentators a perfect labyrinth of difficulties.—
If this be not its meaning, then I may safely 
say that its meaning has not yet been found 
out. 
In view, then, of all the important passages 
of Scripture concerning the future destruction 
and renovation of the earth, 1 think we may 
fairly conclude that none of them require us to 
modify the natural and obvious meaning of 
Peter which has been given. In general, they 
all coincide with the views presented by that 
apostle; or if, in any case, there is a slight ap-
parent difference, the figurative character of all 
other statements besides his require us to re-
ceive his views as the true standard, and to 
modify the meaning of the others. We may, 
therefore, conclude that the Bible does plainly 
and distinctly teach us that this earth will 
hereafter be burned up ; in other words, that 
all upon or within it, capable of combustion, will 
The Future Condition and Destiny 
of the Earth. 
BY EDWARD HITCIICOCK, D. D., CL., 
President n/ Amherst College, and Professor af Natural Theology 
and Geology, 
 
(Continued from our last.) 
Again, when we consider the notions which 
then prevailed, and which are still widely dif-
fused, why should the apostle add :o the simple 
statement that the earth would be burnt up, 
the declaration that its elements would be 
melted ? For the impression was, that the com-
bustion would entirely destroy the matter of 
the globe. But the chemist finds that the 
greater part of the- earth has already been oxi-
dized, or burnt, and on this matter the only ef- 
Paul as a Passenger. 
Some people go to sea because they love to. 
Paul went because he had to go. " They de-
livered Paul and certain other prisoners unto 
one named Julius." And fairly at sea, it is 
worth while to see what sort of a voyage he 
had, and especially what sort of a passenger he 
was. Some people who are of very fair charac-
ter on shore and at home, become as rude and 
reckless as the winds at sea. Let us, there-
fore look after Paul. 
The sea is a fierce and rough old fellow, and 
when out of temper, knocks people about with-
out mercy, saint, savage, sage, all alike. And 
the ship even that carried so good a man as 
Paul could not escape a specimen of the sorrow 
that is on a sea. 
Paul, the passenger, who could give such 
good advice about the way of being saved, was 
a man of common sense, about other matters, 
and could drop a word of wisdom even about 
sea affairs. He cautioned the seamen about 
leaving Crete, a port they took in their way ; 
but they slighted his counsel, and well they got 
paid for it. It cost them untold hardship and 
trouble, and the ship, as a part of the price, left 
her timbers for kindling wood for the people of 
Malta. Ministers are sometimes said to be 
fools out of their profession. But here certainly 
was an exception. Their advice is sometimes 
worth a trifle in worldly matters. Paul could 
" bear a hand " in a storm. He did not shrink 
away into the cabin as if he were a delicate 
gentleman who must not he roughly smitten of 
the winds, nor spattered with salt-water, nor 
soil dainty hands with hard labor. He took 
hold " with a will," just where he was wanted, 
and did his duty like a mane See the record : 
" And the tihrd day we cast int with our own 
hands the tackling of the ship," Paul at a 
rope ! To be sure ; and there was riot a more 
appropriate place for him in the universe at that 
precise juncture. He was as really serving his 
Master when pitching the ship's lading over-
board, as when he was dashing a Pharisee's 
false hope to pieces, or making a Felix tremble 
be consumed, and the entire mass, the elements, with the thunder of his eloquence. 
will and authority of the parent. As a cheer-
ful submission is, perhaps, the most important 
virtue of a child, and the most conducive to 
the order and happiness of the family, so often 
it is the most. difficult to secure. In some chil-
dren, it is like giving up the ghost. But it 
should be remembered, that if not found in the 
child, it will seldom be found in the man ; if 
not manifested in respect to the parent, it will 
seldom be manifested in respect to God. It 
was the highest honor in Christ, as a child, that 
he was " subject to his parents ; " as it was his 
crowning glory in his manhood in view of the 
cross and its agonies, that he said unto his 
Father, God--" Not my will, but thine be done." 
And of all attainments: in this sinful world, and 
of all evidences of true piety, submission to the 
will of God is the highest. Said Payson on a 
dying bed, " Oh, what a blessed thing it is to 
lose one's will ; since I have lost my wil1,1 have 
found happiness. There can be no such thing 
as disappointments to me, for I have no desire 
but that God's will may be accomplished." He 
was on the verge of heaven. 
Let parents then, by every wise and proper 
means, secure the submission of their children 
to their authority, as one means, and an impor-
tant preliminary to their children's submission 
to God, and their final happiness. The " diso-
bedient to parents," an apostle classes with 
those against whom " the wrath of God is re-
vealed front heaven." 
Ruins of Nineveh. 
A correspondent of an eastern paper, who is 
traveling in the East, gives the following des-
cription of the present state of Nineveh, " that 
great city." 
" Opposite to Mosul, on the left bank of the 
Tigris, are a great series of mounds which 
have been noted on the maps from ancient 
times as the ruins of Nineveh.' A verdant 
ridge, which, but for the regularity of its form 
and height, might be taken for a natural undu-
lation of the ground, encloses a quadrangle of 
a little more than a mile in length, and little 
less than a mile in breadth. Within this quad-
rangle are two very considerable hills, Tell 
Koyunjik and Nebbi Yunus, which, had they 
been found elsewhere, would hardly have been 
expected to be anything else than natural hills. 
The first named of these hills has been pretty 
thoroughly explored by Mr. Layard. The other, 
being covered in part by a village with' a 
mosque in honor of the prophet Jonah, cannot 
be explored at present. I visited Koyunjik yes-
terday. The mound is from forty to fifty feet in 
height; its sides are so steep that some effort 
is required in climbing to the top. Near the 
level summit of the hill, we entered the interior 
through a lateral opening ; and soon found our-
selves among the calcined remains of a royal 
palace or temple which was destroyed by some 
great conflagration when Rome was less than 
two hundred years old, and which ever since 
(till recently uncovered in part) has been buried 
horn the sight of men. I knew that many of 
the choicest and grandest sculptures among 
these ruins had been removed. Some of them 
1 had seen in the British Museum. Others, a 
far greater collection, have recently been for-
warded in the same direction by Nr. Layard, 
who has just gone to see them safely through. 
But it is something to see what is left, and to 
see it as it stands. Those grand colossal struct-
ures—objects of Assyrian idolatry — human-
headed bulls, iron-headed and lion-footed human 
figures—those elaborate and minute represen-
tations of battles, of marches, of sieges, of tri-
umphs, still adorning the walls which resounded 
of old perhaps with the revelries of Sardanapa-
lus, perhaps with the solemn pomp of Senna-
cherib as he was worshipping in the house 
of Nisroch his god '—are a sight to be remem-
bered. Not the least wonder is, that so much 
remains after so much has been carried away. 
A visit to the mound as it now is, pierced and 
riddled with recent excavations,—long, narrow 
passages, cut through the clay and lighted only 
by perpendicular shafts from the surface,--is 
like a visit to a mine or quarry. It seems to 
the visitor as if he were studying some won-
derful geological formation. Nor is that im-
pression diminished by observing the extraordi-
nary marks which the fire has left upon the 
sculptured gypsum. Here and there the gigan-
tic figures are cracked and calcined. In other 
places it seems as if the walls had been half 
liquefied with the intense heat, and in that con-
dition bent and distorted, while yet the most de- 
licate traces of the sculpture are reserved like 
the bird tracks in the old red sandstone, or the 
fibres of a leaf in the carboniferous slate. 
" After finishing our climbing and creeping 
through the excavations of Koyunjik, we as- 
cended to the summit of the hill, and surveyed 
the extent of the enclosure, as one looks down 
from the cupola over the exchange on the city 
of New Haven. Through the verdant line of 
wall openings are visible at intervals, marking 
obviously the grand entrances to the city, or 
more properly the fortress or citadel in that 
exceeding great city of three days' journey.—
By the side of one of these openings, the 
mound swells into a hill which has been exten- 
sively explored by Mr. Layard. We rode 
across the plain to the opening, and climbed the 
hill. Here was something like a grand temple 
by the gate, but it was never finished, The 
colossal sculptures stand, granite in outline, 
with the marks of the tool upon them, testifying 
that the bloody city, all full of lies and rob-
bery,' fell not by slow decay, but suddenly, 
from the height of its grandeur, while the noise 
of the rattling of the wheels and of the pranc-
ing horses and of the jumping chariots' was in 
all the streets. '" 
Galileo and the Inquisition. 
The Melanges Religieux and the Rev. Mr. 
Wilkes entertain different views respecting the 
persecution of Galileo by the Inquisition. Mr. 
Wilkes observed, in his recent Lecture, that 
Galileo had been persecuted by the Inquisition 
for maintaining the motion of the earth and 
the sun. 
" No," says the editor of the Melanges Re. 
ligieux, " that is not a fair statement ; he was 
not persecuted because he maintained the motion 
of the earth, but because he endeavored to prove 
that his opinion was agreeable to Scripture !" 
Another writer in the same journal says that 
the court of Rome permitted, nay, even advised 
Galileo to prove his astronomical doctrine by 
mathematical reasonings, and not by Scripture. 
These subterfuges must be exposed. Galileo 
was twice denounced in the Inquisition—in 
1615 and 1633. On the former occasion it was 
decreed that— 
" 1. The proposition that the sun is in the 
centre of the world, and immovable from its 
place, is absurd, philosophically false, and form-
ally heretical, because it is expressly contrary to 
the Holy Scripture; and that, 
"2. The proposition that the earth is not the 
centre of the world, nor immovable, but that it 
moves, and also with a diurnal motion, is also 
absurd, philosophically false, and, theologically 
considered, at least erroneous in faith." 
The philosopher having persevered in teach 
ing this alleged heresy, was cited to Rome in 
1633, where he was compelled to " abjure, curse 
and detest the error and heresy of the motion of 
the earth." So far from being permitted to 
prove his doctrine by astronomical reasoning 
rather than Scripture, he was condemned for 
having maintained " that an opinion can be held 
and supported as probable, after it has been de-
clared and finally decreed contrary to Holy 
Scripture." His punishment was imprisonment 
during the pleasure of the inquisitors, and the 
recital of the seven penitential psalms once a 
week for three years. 
Rome has declared that the earth stands still, 
and that the sun moves from east to west ; or, 
in other words, that the earth does not go round 
the sun, but that the sun goes round the earth. 
Galileo taught the contrary—taught the true 
system—and was compelled to abjure it on his 
knees. Rome is infallible arid unchangeable.—
What is the astronomical system taught in the 
Roman Catholic Colleges of this country? We 
shall be thankful for information on this head. 
Galileo was not cast into the dungeons of the 
Inquisition, as is sometimes affirmed. His im-
prisonment was light. But the fact of his per-
secution cannot be denied, and it is worse than 
useless to attempt to gloss it. Montreal Register. 
Preaching. 
A writer in the Presbyterian Herald, speak-
ing of the low state of Zion, gives the following 
as one of the causes:— 
" One cause of the low state of piety in our 
churches is the style of preaching—the manner 
of delivering the messages of God to the souls 
of men. It is not that of Nettleton, Bull, John 
Breckenridge, and Rice. The address is now 
made to the intellect, the taste, the fancy, while 
no strong, pointed, pungent, warm, tender, and 
awakening appeal is made to the consciences 
and hearts of men. Ministers move in hampers, 
yea, are manacled with paper fetters, servilely 
tied to written discourses. My brother, am I 
wrong? am I prejudiced ? am I doing any injus-
tice ? I would not. But honestly, though crimi-
nating myself as much as others, there is great 
fault in this matter, not only here, but every-
where. We do not so address the people as to 
make them feel that we are charged with a mes-
sage from God to their souls—as if we deeply 
felt the nearness, the vitality, and unutterable 
importance of the verities of the eternal world, 
whither we are all going each beating pulse—
as if we felt that men were really dead in sin, 
and the gospel of Christ, without we know they 
must perish forever. Hear the voice of one now 
sainted many years, but who still lives arid 
speaks effectively :—‘1 seldom come out of the 
pulpit but my conscience smiteth me. It accus-
eth me not so much for want of ornaments and 
elegancy, not for letting fall an unhandsome 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
219 
And Paul, the passenger, could not only help 
lighten the laboring ship, but he could lighten 
laboring hearts by his own animated soul and Jesus is before his people to protect, by them 
voice. In that doleful tempest which had to assist, in them to inspire. He is an ever- 
wearied them many days, and all hope was present helper; for if he was not ever-present, 
taken away that they should be saved, and long the season of his absence would become the 
abstinence had weakened their bodies, and the chosen periods of Satan's triumph and the hour 
deepest gloom was settling down upon their of the believer's overthrow. Jesus stands to 
minds, and in the midst of all this Paul lifts assist. He reigns in glory, but is present with 
up his cheering voice. Loud and clear the the sons of men to raise them from the gloom 
pleasant notes rang through the ship : " And of perdition to the light of happiness and 
now I exhort you all to be of good cheer ! " heavenly transport. He came from glory to 
Some men, and good men, too, sink with the exhibit and declare his character as a Saviour. 
despondency which fills other men's minds, and He did not come by the mandate of a superior. 
they all go down together in the slough of des- He did not come as an ambassador from a 
pond, and splash together there. But it is no court of royalty, whose edicts he was forced to 
easy thing to get such a man as Paul down obey. He came willingly. His mediatorial of- 
there. There were plenty of people there fice was assumed, not imposed. He was a wil- 
during this tempest with him. He could not ling sacrifice. Nothing but love brought him 
afford to give them his company. And he had down from heaven. 
a basis for his cheering words. For a mission Legions of angels could not have brought him 
from above had given him assurance that, though to earth. The sufferings of man moved to pity 
they were to suffer shipwreck, yet not a life the Lord of glory. Therefore we may argue, 
should be lost. And it did his benevolent soul that a Saviour who could sacrifice so much for 
good to be able to give such a word of comfort our welfare, and yield himself a sacrifice for us 
to his ship-mates. 
all, would assist the beings he came to ransom. 
And Paul the passenger was on hand, too, to He is a present helper. He is nearer in danger 
expose and prevent the miserable, selfish scheme and darkness than in prosperity and sunshine; 
of the sailors to get privily into the boat and more gracious and lovely when the storm 
save themselves and leave the rest to perish. lowers, than when the landscape is spangled 
He fearlessly resisted the effort, announcing, with dew and bordered with flowers. He listens 
" Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be to the faintest whisper. 
It is sweet music unto 
saved." And men who had once scorned his hint. A single compassionate pleading is more 
voice, now saw Paul was a man of sense if he grateful melody to his ears than the sweet 
was a prisoner and a preacher. His course strains bursting for ever from the harps and the 
sharpened the knives of the soldiers, and, cut- tongues of heaven's adoring hosts. What 
ting the line that held the boat, she floated would man be, what were his hopes, what his 
away, nobody the better for her. 
prospects, apart from the mercy of the Son of 
Neither was our passenger the man to fail God ? The conscience may be seared to indif-
of giving wholesome counsel touching the nat- ference by a long course of iniquity, but it will 
ural wants of his ship-mates. They were awaken, and present its deformed character to 
weakened by long abstinence from food. Paul the gaze of the alarmed sinner. Jesus Christ 
cared as really for the body as for the soul.-- is a helper when all others fail. If man de-
Some disciples, in an ill-judged zeal for the serts the Christian, if health departs, if comfort 
latter, sometimes overlooked the former. And fades like the dew before the ascending sun, 
we have heard of certain who could seemingly Jesus departs not, is not absent, does not betray 
pray with great fervency for their neighbor's the trust or abuse the confidence. 
salvation, who would scowl like a chilly day in The slave of Africa, the beggar of Italy, the 
November on them, if they should seek a tern- oppressed laborer of England, the child of want 
poral favor at their hands. But our passenger's and penury the world over, is near to the affec-
religion had breathed another atmosphere. He Lions of Jesus Christ our Lord. The being who 
sympathized in the bodily wants of those about lays his love on that bosom obtains the re-
him. " Wherefore, I pray you, take some compense, though the whole world, or tyranny 
meat, for this is for your health." And he as fiendish as that of hell, should mock his 
kindly and skilfully sharpened their appetite by feelings and abuse his morality. His path may 
those sweet and animating words : " For there be a causeway of clouds, and his home a dun- 
shall not a hair fall from your heads." geon, but his last state shall be all-joyous all- 
And Paul's religion was not like Sunday brilliant, all-glorious. Jesus Christ has promised 
clothes packed away, and forthcoming only at to keep his people. He has kept them ever 
intervals. It was bubbling up all the while like since his ascension into glory. The more bitter 
a perennial spring. He would honor God be- has been the persecution waged against them, 
fore the whole ship's company. " He took the more watchful has his love been ; the more 
and gave thanks to God in the presence of them base the subterfugeS employed to ensare them, 
all." Some omit grace at meals, if strangers the more have been the exhibitions of his provi-
are present. That is not Paul like. He would deuce. It is no argument against the love of 
confess the Father of mercies whenever oppor- Christ that Christians have suffered shame, im- 
tunity offered. 
prisonment, mockery, torture, and martyrdom 
Some passengers so demean themselves dur- for the name they professed. Jesus Christ suf-
ing a voyage, that, when it ends, they are fered at Calvary. Was this a refutation of the 
very low in the captain's opinion. But Paul's supreme love of God ? The apostle Peter suf-
deportment made a very deep and happy im- fered crucifixion. Was this an evidence of the 
pression upon the centurion who had him in enmity of Christ ? The Covenanters of Scot-
charge. And Paul owed his own life to the ex- land, the Huguenots of France, the stern Puri-
cellence of his deportment ; for when the sol- tans of England, the Waldenses and the Albi-
diers advised to kill the prisoners, lest they genses of the south of Europe, all these were 
should escape, the centurion " willing to save driven, abused, tortured, imprisoned, or slain 
Paul, kept them from their purposes." It stood because they dared to love Jesus. Was the 
to his account that he had behaved well at sea. love of Jesus there withheld, because the fury 
And it was a great mercy to the other prisoners of man triumphed ? Jesus has not said that his 
that Paul, their associate, was so well behaved ; people should pass through the world without 
for it was on his account that their lives were enduring a pang or submitting to an injury. 
spared. If one Jonah endangered a ship's coin- He has promised to keep them for glory, to pro- 
pany, one Paul caused safety to another. vide for their spiritual necessities more than 
What a mercy were all passengers on ship- their temporal desires, arid to look more ear-
board as well behaved as Paul ! What differ- nestly to the everlasting demands of the soul, 
ent scenes would transpire in the cabin ; and than to the present, and at best but fleeting 
what a happy influence might go out from wants of a fragile body. To the soul of the 
thence to the forecastle. He was a Christian Christian, to the Christian's nobler self, He is 
gentleman in his entire deportment. There the helper which he needs, Christ in us, Christ 
was not an officer, sailor, or soldier on board that for us, Christ with us : what can a Christian 
ship through the long voyage, and through all hope for more ? 
Christian intelligencer. 
those trying scenes, that saw him, at any time, 
off his balance. Contrary winds did not chafe 
and fret him. Ungodly ship-mates did not ridi-
cule him or frighten him out of his religion—im 
minent danger did not disturb the peaceful se-
renity of his mind. He was cheerful with a 
happy conscience, and a capital specimen lie 
was, of what a Christian may beat sea. Navi-
gators had better carry all the Pauls to sea they 
can find to accompany them. Such passen-
gers are rare. 
Paul's passage money came out of the trea-
sury of paganism. Satan made such a stir 
about him in India, that he was driven from the 
field of labor. But it cost him nothing to get 
conveyance three or four hundred leagues ; and 
no comfort could it have been to Satan that the 
passenger Paul went free of cost; had a good 
congregation to preach to all the way, and en-
tered a new and more important field than 
ever, even Imperial Rome. It is not often that 
heathenism transports, at is own cost, such a 
passenger as Paul. 
Puritan Recorder. 
The Present Helper. 
Submission an Important Lesson. 
Insubordination is the great sin of the race. 
It manifests itself almost with the very dawn 
of our being, and arrays itself against every 
form or species of authority ; and it grows with 
our growth and strengthens with our strength. 
To counteract this, parental effort must be 
made early. The child's submission should be 
required and secured at an early period—pre-
cisely how early, I will not attempt to decide—
for children greatly differ in their comprehen-
sion of duty; but as early as practicable—and 
that submission should be required, at least 
sometimes, on the sole authority of the parent. 
I would not give a rush for a submission which 
must be bought—to secure which the parent 
makes promises of gilts or rewards ; nor is it 
safe to appeal only to the child's reason or 
judgment. That submission is only genuine 
which springs from a love and respect to the 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Yet this is no easy process. This training is lArd 
and sore. The heart bleeds under it. Yet it must 
go on. No part of it can be spared. Nor will it 
cease till the heart is won ! if the 'chastener should 
stay his hand before this is effected, where would be 
his love? What poor, what foolish affection ! He 
knew this when he said, " let them alone;" and it 
was the last thing that his love consented to do, after 
all else had failed. One of the sharpest, sorest 
words he ever spoke to Israel was, " why should 
ye be stricken any more ?" Let us remember this 
and not faint, even though the heart has been long 
bleeding. Let us remember it, and seek to make the 
sorrow shorter, by gladly joining with him in his 
plan for getting possession of our whole heart. We 
need not grudge it. He has " good measure " to 
give us in return. His love will taste the sweeter, 
and it will abide and satisfy us for ever. And it is 
well for us to he thus trained up to love him here, 
with whom, in love and fellowship unbroken, we are 
to spend the everlasting day. 
4. It is the training of the conscience. A seared 
conscience is the sinner's heritage. It is upon this 
that the Holy Spirit first lays his hand when he 
awakens the soul from its sleep of death. He 
touches the conscience, and then the struggles of con-
viction come. He then pacifies it by the sprinkling 
of the blood, shewiiig it JESUS and his cross. /lien 
giving it to taste forgiveness, it rests from all its tu-
mults and tears. Thoughts of peace are ever 
breathed into it troth the sight of the bleeding sacri-
fice. It trembles nu more ; for it sees that that which 
made it tremble, is that very thing concerning w hick 
the blood of CHRIST speaks peace. " Their sins and 
their iniquities will I remember no more." Thus 
it is softened. Its first terrors upon awakening could 
not be called a softening. But now conscious for-
giveness and realized peace with GOD, have been to 
it like the mild breath of spring to the ice of winter. 
It has become soft and tender. Yet only so in part. 
Goo's desire, however, is to make it altogether 
tender. He wishes it to be sensitive in regard to 
the very touch of sin, and earnest in its pantings al-
ter perlect holiness. To effect this, tie afflicts; and 
affliction goes directly home to the conscience. The 
death of the widow's son at Sarepta, immediately 
awakened her conscience, and she cried to the prophet, 
" 0 man of Gore art thou come to call my sin to re-
ineinbiance?"-1 Kings 17:18. So GOD, by chas-
tisement, lays his finger upon the conscience, and 
forthwith it starts up into new life. We are made 
to feel as if GOD had now come down to us ; as if he 
were now loosing into our hearts, and commencing a 
narrow search. Moreover, we see, in this affliction, 
GOD'S estimate of sin. Not, indeed, the full estimate. 
No, that we only learn from the sufferings of JESUS. 
But still we gather somewhat of his mind regarding 
sin, from this new specimen of sin's bitter fruits.—
This teaches the conscience, by making the knowledge 
of sin a thing of experience,—an experience that is 
deepening with every new trial. " It they be bound 
uh tetters, and be holden in cords of affliction, then 
he sheweth them their work and their transgressions 
that they have exceeded. He °pellet!' also their ear 
to discipline, and cunitnandeth that they return from 
iniquity."—Job. 36:8-10. 
word ; but it asketh me, How couldst thou 
preach of heaven and hell in such a careless. 
sleepy manner? Dust thou believe what thou 
sayest? Art thou in earnest or jest ? How 
canst thou tell people that sin is such a thing, 
and so much misery is upon them and before 
them, and be no more affected with it ?' 0, 
Lord ! save us from the plague of hard-hearted-
ness and infidelity, or how shall we be fit instru-
ments of saving others." 
T..1)c lbuent ryna. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1851. 
All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may he conducted in faith and love, 
with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing 
carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly dis-
putation. 
THE GRAMMAR OF PROPHETIC INTER-
PRETATION. 
(Continued front our last.) 
In comparing the interpreted symbols with the 
agents, acts, qualities or conditions, which are af-
firmed by inspiration to be symbolized, it is found 
that the relations and agencies of the one are invari-
ably analogous to those of the other, i. e., If the 
symbol is the likeness of a living agent, then that 
which is symbolized is also a living agent. If one 
living agent is represented in the symbol, as rushing 
on another similar agent, of treading it down and 
stamping on it ; then the things symbolized must bear 
a like relation, the one to the other,—the one con-
quering and degrading the other. There being thus 
invariably to be found, the like agencies, acts, of-
fices, effects, qualities, conditions and characteris-
tics in the things symbolized that are in the symbols, 
Mr. LORD has deduced the following universal law 
of symbolization. He calls it 
" The first Law of Symbols.—THE SYMBOL AND 
THAT WHICH IT REPRESENTS RESEMBLE EACH OTHER 
IN THE STATION THEY FILL, THE RELATION, THEY 
SUSTAIN, AND THE AGENCIES THEY EXERT IN THEIR 
RESPECTIVE SPHERES." 
This law being invariably true in the symbols 
which are divinely interpreted, we have no right to 
violate it in the interpretation of those which are left 
by inspiration unexplained. To make a living agent 
symbolize an inanimate object, or an abstract prin-
ciple, or to make an active symbol, represent that 
which is acted on, would be a violation of the above 
law, and therefore could not be a true interpreta-
tion. And the argument between the two must not 
be true only in one particular, but in all the particu-
lars which are specified in the symbol. Thus every 
act, quality, characteristic &c., specified in the sym-
bol must represent sonie analogous act, quality, char-
acteristic &c., in the thing symbolized. 
In tracing out the relation between the interpreted 
symbols, and that which they are divinely explained 
to denote, it is found that sometimes the explained 
symbols are of the same class or order as that which 
they symbolize ; and that sometimes they are from 
different, but analogous classes of objects. Thus in 
the 7th of Daniel, tour great beasts rising out of the 
sea, are explained to denote four kings or kingdoms 
that should arise out of the earth ; but in Rev. 7th, 
a great multitude clothed in white robes, taken from 
all nations, are explained to be those who have washed 
their robes and made them white ill the blood of the 
Lamb. In the former case, the symbol and the thing 
symbolized are from different classes of objects. In 
the latter they are from the same class. Now if 
the symbol and the thing symbolized may be arbi-
trarily taken from the same, or from different classes 
irrespective of any reason for the one or the other, 
the expositor would be perplexed in interpreting 
the unexplained symbols ; and he would not know 
whether symbolic locusts represented real locusts, or 
an analogous class of objects ; and the same with 
other symbols. He would have to guess respecting 
the class of objects represented. 
As we may not suppose GoD would express himself 
to man in language which man might not understand, 
we may not conclude that symbols are thus loosely 
selected ; and we are required to look narrowly res 
petting the nature of the symbols used, to see, if 
we can, the principle on which this selection is 
made. Beasts are explained to denote kingdoms ; 
and there is a correspondence between the symbol, 
and that which is symbolized, which makes the one 
a fit representative of the other. A wild beast 
rushes on inferior animals, conquers and devours 
he thus shows : 
That the symbol and that which it symbolizes are 
the counterpart of each other in the order and sta-
tion which they occupy in their respective spheres, 
agents representing agents, acts denoting acts, and 
effects effects, is verified by every interpretation, 
near a hundred and fifty in number, that is given. 
The second, that the symbol and that which it 
denotes are of different species or kinds in all cases 
where the symbol is such that it can represent 
a different species, is verified by all the interpreta-
tions,—upwards of a hundred in number,—that are 
given of symbols and their acts that are used on that 
principle. The third, that a symbol that is of such 
a nature that it cannot symbolize a thing of a differ-
ent species, represents itself, one or more of its own 
kind, is confirmed by all the interpretations that are 
given of symbols of that nature. 
These laws are applicable to all the symbols that 
are not interpreted in the prophecies themselves, and 
adequate to their solution ; and it is owing to their 
having proceeded on other principles in their expli-
cations, the expositors have failed to give just in-
terpretations of them.—( To be continued.) 
THE FAMILY DISCIPLINE. 
BY REV. HORATIUS DONAU. 
(Concluded from our last.) 
As we observed before, GoD's object in chastise-
ment is the education of his children, the training up 
of the saints. It is their imperfect spiritual condi-
tion that makes this so necessary. And now we pro-
ceed to inquire in what way it works, and towards 
what regions of the soul it is specially directed. For 
while, doubtless, it embraces the whole soul in all its 
parts and powers, it may be well to consider it as 
more especially set to work upon its mind, its will, 
its heart, and its conscience. 
1. It is the training of the mind. We are natur-
ally most unteachable as well as most ignorant ; nei-
ther knowing anything nor willing to know. The 
ease of prosperous days augments the evil. Goo 
at length interposes and compels us to learn. " The 
rod and reproof give wisdom."—Piov. 29:15. He 
sends trial, and that makes us willing to learn.—Our 
unteachableness gives way. We become aware of 
our ignorance. We seek teaching from on high.—
GOD begins his work of instruction. Light pours in 
on every side. We grow amazingly in knowledge. 
We learn the meaning of words now which we had 
hitherto used but as familiar sounds. Scripture shines 
out before us in new effulgence ; it flashes into us ; 
every verse seems to contain a sunbeam ; dark places 
become light ; every promise stands out in illuminat- 
ed splendor; things hard to be understood become in 
a moment plain. 
How t'ast we learn in a day of sorrow ! It is as if 
affliction awoke our powers, and lent them new 
quickness of perception. We advance more in the 
knowledge of Scripture in a single day than in years 
before. We learn " songs in the night," though 
such music was unknown before. A deeper experi-
ence has taken us down into the depths of Scripture, 
and shown us its hidden wondets. 
LUTHER used to 
say, " Were it not for tribulation I should not under-
stand Scripture." And every sorrowing saint re-
sponds to this, as having felt its truth,—felt it as did 
DAVID, when he said, " Blessed is the man whom 
thou chastenest, and teachest him out of thy law."—
Ps. 94:12. " It is good for me that I have been af-
flicted ; that I might learn thy statutes."—Ps. 119:71. 
What teaching, what training of the mind goes on 
upon a sick bed, or under the pressure of grief!—
And, 0, what great and wondrous things will even 
some little trial whisper in the ear of a soul that is 
" learning of the Father !" 
In some cases this profit is almost unfelt, at least 
during the continuance of the process. We think 
that we are learning nothing. Sorrow overwhelms 
us. Disaster stuns us. We become confused, ner- 
vous, agitated, or perhaps insensible. We seem to 
derive no profit. Yet ere long we begin to feel the 
blessed results. Maturity of judgment, patience in 
listening to the voice of GOD, a keener appetite for 
his word, a quicker discernment of its meaning—
these are soon realized as the gracious results of 
chastisement. The mind has undergone a most 
thorough discipline, and has, moreover, made won-
drous progress in the knowledge of divine truth 
through the teaching of the Holy Ghost. 
It is the training of the will. The will is the 
seat of rebelliousness. Here the warfare is carried 
on. " The flesh lusteth against the spirit, arid the 
spirit against the flesh." At conversion the will 
is bent in the right direction, but it is still crooked 
and rigid. Rebelliousness is still there. Prosperous 
(lays way sometimes conceal it, so that we are almost 
unconscious of its strength. But it still exists.—
Furnace-heat is needed for softening and strengthen-
ing it. No milder remedy will do. " It requires 
(says a sulking; saint) all the energy of GOD to bend 
my will to his." Yet it must be dune. The will is 
the soul's citadel. Hence it is the will that GOD 
seems so specially to aim at in chastisement. Fire 
after fire dues he kindle in order to soften it; and 
blow after blow does he fetch down on it to straighten 
it. Nur does he rest till he has made it thoroughly 
flexible, and hammered out of it the many relics of 
self which it contains. He will not stay his hand 
till he has thoroughly marred our self -JOH-lied plans, 
and shown us the telly of our self-chosen ways. 
'This is specially the case in long-continued trials ; 
either when these come stroke after stroke in sad 
succession, or when one fearful stroke, at the outset, 
has lett behind it consequences which years perhaps 
will not fully unfold. Tile bending and straighten-
ing of the will is often a long process, during which 
the soul has to pass through waters deep and many, 
through tires hot and ever kindling tip anew. Pro-
tracted trials seem specially aimed at the will. Its 
perversity and stiffness can only be wrought out of 
it by a long succession of trials. It is only by de-
grees that it becomes truly pliable, and is brought 
into harmony with the will of Goo. We can at a 
stroke lop off the unseemly brai.ch ; but to give a 
proper bent to the tree itself, we require time and 
assiduous appliances for mouths or years. Yet the 
will must give way. However proud, however for-
ward, it must bend. GOD will not leave it till he has 
made it one with his own. 
it is the training of the heart. Man's heart 
beats false to Goo. It is true to many things, but 
false to him. When first the Holy Spirit touches it, 
and shows it " the exceeding riches of the grace of 
Goo," then it becomes in some measure true. Yet 
it is only in part. Much false-hearteduess still re- 
amiss. It clings too fondly to the creature. It 
cleaves to the dust. It is riot wholly GOD'S. But 
this cannot be. GOD must have the heart; nay, 
and he must have it beating truly towards him. He 
is jealous of our love, and grieves over its feebleness 
or us falling away. It is love that he wants, and with 
nothing but true-hearted love will he be satisfied.—
For this it is that he chastises. These false throb-
bings of the heart ; these goings out after other ob-
jects than himself, he cannot suffer, but must correct, 
or else forego his claim. Hence he smites and 
spares not till he has made us sensible of our guilt 
in this respect. He strips off the leaves whose beau-
ty attracted us ; he cuts down the flowers whose 
fragrance fascinated us ; he tears off one string after 
another from the lyre whose music charmed us.—
Then when he has shewed us each object of earth in 
its nakedness or deformity, then lie presents himself 
to us in the brightness of his own surpassing glory. 
And thus he wins the heart. Thus lie makes it true 
to him. Thus he makes us ashamed of our false-
heartedness to himself, and to the Son of his love: 
In these last days how little is there of tenderness 
of conscience ! 'I' he world seems to know 'milting 
of it save the name. It is a world without a con-
science ! Aid how much do we find the church 
of CHRIST a partaker in the world's sins. " Evil 
communications corrupt good manners." It is sad 
to observe in many saints, amid much zeal, and energy, 
and love, the lack of a tender conscience. For this 
Goo is stinting us, and will smite us yet more heavi-
ly, until lie has made it thoroughly tender and sensi-
tive all over : " hating even the garments spotted by 
the flesh." This training of the conscience is a thing 
of far greater moment than many deeni it. GOD will 
not rest till he has wrought it. And it' the saints 
still continue to overlook it ; if they will not set 
themselves in good earnest to ask for it, and to strive 
against every thing that would tend to produce seared-
ness and insensibility, they may yet expect some of 
the sharpest strokes that the hand of GOD has ever yet 
administered. 
Such, then, is the family discipline ! We have 
seen it as it conies forth from GOD, and we have seen 
it as it operates upon man. And is it not all well ? 
What is there about it that should disquiet us, or 
call forth one murmur, either of the lip or heart ?—
That which opens up to us so much more of GoD, 
and lets us niece fully into the secrets of his heart, 
must be blessed, however hard to bear. That which 
discovers to us the evils within ourselves, which 
makes us teachable and wise, which gives to the stiff 
will, flexibility and obedience, which teaches the cold 
heart to love, a.id expands each straitened affection, 
which melts Hie callous conscience into tender semi-
tiveness,—w hick trains up the whole soul for the 
glorious kingdom, that must be precious indeed. 
Besides it is the Father's will ; and is not this 
enough for the trustful child? Is not chastisement 
them, and is devoid of remorseless feelings for its 
blood thirsty acts of aggression. Like them, the 
several great empires, have crushed and devoured 
weaker kingdoms, and have been courageous, merci 
less, and blood thirsty like the beasts. There is con 
sequently a reason for such use for the symbol. To 
bring before the mind of the prophet in vision several 
kingdoms in succession, it would be clearly shown 
by a succession of such beasts, and it would he dif-
ficult to present the kingdoms as kingdoms in their 
own person. In this case the symbol is the counter-
part of an object of a different species from itself. Ob-
serving this, after comparing the various symbols, 
Mr. LORD has unfolded the following as 
" The Second Law.—THE REPRESENTATIVE AND 
THAT WHICH IT REPRESENTS, WHILE THE COUNTER-
PART OF EACH OTHER, ARE OF DIFFERENT SPECIES, 
KINDS, OR RANK, IN CASES, WHERE THE SYMBOL IS OF 
SUCH NATURE, OR IS USED IN SUCH A RELATION, THAT 
IT CAN PROPERLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING DIFFERENT 
FROM ITSELF." 
Other symbols are used for which no correspond-
ing class of objects exists. When GOD, the souls of 
martyrs, the white robed multitude, the Son of man, 
&c., are thus used, no analogous class can be found 
that they can be supposed to be representatives of. 
From this fact he deduces 
" The Third Law.—SYMBOLS THAT ARE OF SUCH 
A NATURE, STATION, OR RELATION, THAT THERE IS 
NOTHING OF AN ANALOGOUS KIND THAT THEY CAN 
REPRESENT, SYMBOLIZE AGENTS, OBJECTS, ACTS, OR 
EVENTS OF THEIR OWN KIND." 
A fourth law he thus states: 
The Fourth Law.—WHEN THE SYMBOL AND THAT 
WHICH IT SYMBOLIZES DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER, THE 
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE AND 
THAT WHICH IT REPRESENTS, STILL EXTENDS TO THEIR 
CHIEF PARTS ; AND THE ELEMENTS, OR PARTS OF THE 
SYMBOLS DENOTE CORRESPONDING PARTS IN THAT 
WHICH IS SYMBOLIZED." 
The two remaining laws he gives as follows : 
" Fifth Law.—THE NAMES OF SYMBOLS ARE THEIR 
LITERAL AND PROPER NAMES, NOT METAPHORICAL 
TITLES. If their names were not their proper names, 
there would be no means of knowing what the agents 
or objects are for which they stand. If that which is 
called a candlestick was not a real candlestick, there 
is no indication in the prophecies in which it is used 
what it was ; and no means,, therefore, of discovering 
that it presents any analogy to churches, which it is 
employed to represent." 
" Sixth Law.—A SINGLE AGENT 1N MANY INSTAN-
CES, SYMBOLIZES A BODY AND SUCCESSION OF AGENTS. 
Thus waters represent people and nations ; a candle-
stick, a church consisting of many individuals; a 
wild beast of seven heads and ten horns, the com-
bined rulers of a nation for many generations and 
ages." 
That these laws are founded on correct principles 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
221 \. 
just one of the methods by which he intimates to us 
what he would have us to be ? Is not his way of 
leading us to the kingdom, the safest, surest, shortest 
way ? It is still the paternal hand that is guiding 
us. What though in seeking to lift us up to a higher 
level, it has to lay hold of us with a firmer, or it may 
be a rougher grasp? It is still the paternal voice 
that speaketh unto us as unto children,"—dear 
children—only in a louder, sharper tone, to constrain 
the obedience of his too-reluctant sons. 
One remark more would I add to these concerning 
this family discipline. It is not designed even for a 
moment to separate between them and their Goo, or 
to overshadow their souls with one suspicion of their 
Father's heart. That it has done so at times, I know ; 
but that it ought never to do so I am most firmly per-
suaded. Is it not one of the tests of sonship, and 
shall that, without which we are not accounted sons, 
make us doubt our sonship, or suspect the love of 
our Goo ? That love claims at all times, whether in 
sorrow or in joy, our simple, full-hearted, peaceful 
confidence. It is at all times the same, and chastise-
ment is but a more earnest expression of its infinite 
sincerity and depth. Let us do justice to it, and to 
him out of whom it flows. Let us not give it the 
unworthy treatment which it too often receives at our 
thankless hands. Let us beware of " falling from 
grace," at the very time when Con is coming down 
to us, to spread out before us, more largely than be-
fore, all the treasures of his grace. " We have 
known and believed the love that Gon bath to us," 
is to be our song ! It ought always to be the family-
song ! And shall it cease or sink low at the very 
time when it ought to be loudest and strongest?—
Should not trial just draw from us the apostle's tri-
umphant boast? " Who shall separate us from the 
love of CHRIST? Shall tribulation, or distress, or 
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or 
sword? Nay, in all these things we are more than 
conquerors through him that loved us ; for I am per-
suaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor 
things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other 
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of 
GOD, which iS in CHRIST JESUS our LORD."—Rom. 
8:35. For is it not just when we are brought under 
chastening, that we enter upon the realities of conso-
lation., the certainties of love, and the joys of heaven-
ly fellowship, in ways unknown and unimagined 
before "! 
AFFLICTIONS. 
" Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth." 
How unlike human love is this ! Those whom we 
love we cherish, make happy, and bless. When the 
LORD makes sick, we would make well. When He 
gives pain, we would give ease. When He gives 
poverty, we would give wealth. When He takes 
friends, we would spare them. When He casts 
down, we would raise up. We would have put Jos 
in the place of SOLOMON, and LAZARUS It) the con-
dition of the man at whose gate he lived and died. 
GOD has ordained " that we must enter the king-
dom through much tribulation." All whom JOHN 
saw on the heavenly plains, white robed and glory 
crowned, had gone thither " through great tribula-
tion." We would have made the vain attempt of 
leading them there without a pain or a sigh ! 
" In the world ye shall have tribulation." So 
says the SAVIOUR. Were it left to us, we would 
dry every tear, hush every sigh, ease every pain, 
and give unending prosperity in the world. 
We see only the present, while Goo sees the mea-
sureless future ; and therefore, if the work of Divine 
providence were left to us, we would blindly damn 
those whom we labored most to bless, and sometimes, 
perhaps save by chastisements, our worst enemies! 
Yet, if by afflicting a friend for one minute, we 
could secure to him a thousand years, who would 
not rejoice with him in it? If " our light affliction, 
which is but fur a moment, worketh out fur us a far 
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory," it 
will justify the LORD in sending them, infiniteiy more 
than in the case of the minute and the thousand 
years. Could we but realize this truth, we should 
often congratulate our friends when we now weep 
over them. 
There is a case in the water-cure establishments 
which illustrates this. Under that treatment, what 
is called " a crisis '' is produced — it may be a 
" water-brash," " boils," ur " ulcers " — but in 
either case, it is very distressing, and, to one unac- 
quainted with it, often alarming. Yet following 
this, the health takes a decided improvement ; and 
the older patients often call to congratulate and re-
joice with him in his good fortune, at the very time 
when he is most alarmed ! They know that this 
exacerbation is necessary to health, and therefore re-
joice when the other mourns. And how often do 
angels rejoice, when they see us in the furnace of 
afflictions ; knowing that these afflictions, (if the 
subject of them " look not at the things which are 
Been and are temporal, but at the things which are 
not seen and are eternal,") " shall work out for us 
a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 
The LORD says of JACOB: " As an eagle stirreth 
up her nest, and fluttereth over her young, so did 
the LORD lead him, and no strange god was with 
him." Et is said that the eagle is the most sluggish 
of all birds, and that the parent has to stir up and 
oust the young ones from the nest, before they can 
be made to fly ; but " she flutters over them," and 
if they cannot fly, " she taketh them on her wings 
and beareth them." How tender is the expression 
—" So did the Loan lead him." And the result of 
his with JACOB was :—" And there was no strange 
god with him." 
At the time when he had to part 
with BENJAMIN he said, " All these things are 
against me ; " yet they were all planted for him by 
Infinite Love! 
The Psalmist's " feet had well nigh slipped," 
when he reflected that" the wicked are not in trouble 
like other men," (that is, the righteous,) " neither 
are they plagued like other men." But when he 
went into the sanctuary of GOD, he saw their end, and 
chose " to suffer afflictions with the people of GOD, 
rather titan to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." 
Like the earth, which is warmest when it is 
farthest from the sun, we often think the LORD is 
farthest from us at the time of his greatest mercy. 
The refiner sits by the furnace and blows it till 
the metal perfectly reflects his image, when he knows 
it is pure. 
And the great Refiner will keep his 
people in " the furnace of affliction, till they are 
purified, tried, and made white," and reflect his 
image of " righteousness and true holiness." 
" All things shall work together for good to them 
that love GOD." The gold suffers no loss from in-
tense heat, except the dross ; and the Christian loses 
nothing by afflictions, if sanctified to him, but the 
love of this perishing world." 
But while sanctified afflictions have this result on 
the Christian, they harden the sinner; as the same 
fire that softens the wax hardens the clay. When 
hungry and thirsty, the Israelites in the wilderness 
wished themselves back in Egypt, MOSES wished 
that he were in Canaan. The same affliction which 
made the one look back, drew the longing soul of 
the other 'inward with the intensest desire ! Many, 
in afflictions, are continually contrasting their pres-
ent condition with pleasant periods in the past ; 
while others see and feel that all things here are 
changing, and full of " vexation of spirit ; " and the 
severer their afflictions, the more earnestly they cry : 
" Come, LORD JESUS." Monitor and Messenger. 
HAIL STORMS. 
The last few weeks have witnessed a number of 
severe hail storms in New England and elsewhere. 
On Wednesday, the 13th, a severe storm visited tins 
city, and stones fell two or three inches in circum-
ference ; but elsewhere storms have been more 
severe. A correspondent of the Hartford Courant, 
thus notices one winch visited Connecticut a few 
clays previous : 
" We left the Depot at Bolton Notch on Saturday 
last, about 4 P. M., in the Express Coach, to spend 
the Sabbath at North Mansfield. Just after we 
crossed Coventry line, I noticed the clouds were 
gathering for a shower. We rode a tittle way 
further, it grew darker and darker, and looking 
back, 1 was satisfied that a terrible storm was hard 
upon us. The clouds had risen above the western 
sky, and mounting upward like some fierce engines 
of wrath, they had already darkened the heavens ; the 
moaniug of the winds began to be heard in the dis-
tance ; the green leaves went rustling by ; the light-
nings danced and crinkled, and leaped from cloud to 
cloud ; the thunder rolled, and rattled, and pealed 
away in its mighty chariot ; and all things betok-
ened a hasty and fearful crisis of the warring ele-
ments. 
" Our driver hurried to the Post Office, kept in an 
old store near the railroad, and we whirled around 
first one side and then the other, as if we were 
a plaything fur the wind and hail now beating upon 
us in earnest. I sprang from the coach, rushed 
into the store, and the door was hardly closed, before 
the blast of the tempest swept by in its strength ; 
drove in one half of a window ; and cause after it 
came the wind and the rain, and the hail stopping 
not for glass or sash ; the old building shook ; the 
very earth seemed to tremble ; and with the dark-
ness, and hurricane, and hail steno, and thunder 
storm, all in apparent competition for success, the 
amid heart began to feel as if the ribs of creation 
would snap asunder. Such a sc,ne of terror 1 never 
witnessed before. The only relief was, it was soon 
over. I began to look fur driver and horses, and 
foUnd them on the east side of the store, the very 
place to be crushed if we had caught a surnerset, 
and yet the right side up, safe and sound. Thank-
ful for preservation anl shelter in this scene of con-
fusion and danger, we rode cheerfully on, marking 
the wreck which the storm had made. Fences were 
prostrate, corn lay flat upon the ground, limbs of 
trees—not less than six inches through' and twenty 
feet long—were torn from their trunks and carried 
three or four rods away, while other trees were torn 
up by the roots. But now the sun shone brightly 
again, and painted the bow of promise upon the eas-
tein sky. 
" On my return on Monday, I found the hail storm 
was still more severe on the hills in North Coven-
try. I cut a corn stalk,. which was a fair sample of 
the state of corn there about this time, and it was 
battered, and hammered, and splintered almost to 
shreds. Many a pane of glass in the houses on the 
north and north-west side escaped. This was liter-
ally true of the churches at Mansfield Centre, Chap-
lin, and other towns in that direction. There seemed 
to be a narrow vein of the tempest, sweeping from 
the north-east. In Manchester there was less of 
hail and more of wind ; many trees full grown were 
either twisted in two or torn up by the roots. Hail 
stones were picked up in Mansfield larger than hazel 
nuts, and it is said in Chaplin as large as hen's eggs. 
" Such a storm has not been known in the neigh-
borhood for forty years. About forty years ago, a 
tempest of wind still more severe drove over those 
hills, blowing over a multitude of barns, and threat-
ening the houses of many terrified occupants. In 
one instance a farmer had driven his oxen and load 
of hay upon the barn floor, and ran for the house, 
when the barn fell. But the timbers took such a 
posture as to save theteam unharmed. In another a 
man from home drove into an open barn, and was sit-
ting in his carriage, when the lady of the house being 
alone, greatly alarmed, begged him to come in. He 
had scarcely complied with her request, before the 
barn fell. After a long and earnest search, the val-
uable horse left in it was crushed to the earth, but 
two timbers in falling had struck each other, and 
spared the noble animal. 
" Such scenes forcibly admonish one of that 
great day of the LORD, when the hearts of simple 
men shall tremble and sink within them, and will 
need a hiding place from the descending tempest of 
Divine wrath." 
The correspondent of the Times gives the fol-
lowing additional particulars : 
" lit Pleasant Valley it exceeded in fury anything 
of the kind ever before witnessed. Housed were un-
roofed and blown down, trees torn up by the roots, and 
fences levelled ; and after the storm went by, a 
scene of desolation and waste presented itself.—
One gentlem'an, on a farm of about one hundred 
acres, had hardly a rod of fence left standing.—
Another, who had just got his house up and covered, 
had it blown clown—the timbers smashed to pieces 
and bloon aoout the fields. A neighbor of his had 
the south roof of his house—a large two story build-
ing—blown off; his chimneys blown down, latches 
turn from the doors, &c. 
" In New Hartford, it did considerable damage 
in the line of blowing down trees, &c. 
" In Winstead, the destruction of property was 
general. Mr. JAMES ALFORD, who had a beautiful 
house in process of erection, had it blown down and 
smashed to pieces. The cabinet shop of Mr. WIERS 
was blown from its foundations ; the barn attached 
to the hotel of Mr. STEPHENS in East Winstead, was 
started from its foundation, and a shed attached had 
its roof torn off, which in falling, struck upon the 
horse and carriage of Mr. CHESTER DowD, of this 
village, containing his wife and two daughters. His 
wile and eldest daughter were but slightly injured, 
but the youngest daughter—a young lady of about 
sixteen—was very badly bruised. 
'" In Mansfield many dwelling houses had from fifty 
to one hundred panes of glass broken out. In one 
instance, part of the roof of a dwelling house was 
blown down. Trees were uprooted and twisted off 
in every direction. Crops suffered considerably. 
" The Springfield Republican gives details in full 
of the effects of the Saturday night's storm in that 
vicinity. The rain was very copious, and, as here, 
there was some hail. The wind was more violently 
HI this neighborhood than in Springfield. A French- 
man, by the name of Louis LORD, was killed by the 
lightning, and several other persons severely injured. 
A barn was struck at Holyoke, which, with the 
house adjoining, was burnt. The crops were much 
itijured ; the tobacco, especially in Westfield is des-
troyed. 
•• lire New Bedford Mercury says that at Westport, 
about twelve miles south of that place, the tempest 
tit Saturday night was unprecedented in its fury, 
and was accompanied with hail. The crops were 
an levelled, orchards destroyed, poultry killed by 
the hail stones, and a large amount of glass des-
troyed." 
INDIA.—The Bombay "Times " of June 25th, has 
the wituwing account of a severe " ice storm " which 
occurred in that vicinity on the 22d of May :—" An 
extraordinary tall of ice occurred near Bangalore, 
during a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. The 
hailstones winch at first made their appearance were 
about the size of limes, and oranges, and broke 
through the tiles and roofs of houses, and destroyed 
garden and fruit trees. Some of the hailstones found 
next unniiing were as large as goose eggs, sortie as 
big as punipkins—one block, fOund in a dry well, 
measured tour feet and a half in length, three in 
breadth, and one arid a half in thickness—it was pro-
bably the result of the cementation of several of the 
smaller pieces into one lump, although the fall of 
pieces of ice of this size is not unfrequent in India. 
In the reign of Tippo Sultan a piece was found the 
size of an elephant, which took several days to melt ; 
in 1826 a piece of similar size fell in Candeish ; in 
1838 a block of ice, apparently a mass of cemented 
hailstones, was found near Dharwar, measuring 
twenty feet in circumference. 
:QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE MINISTRY, 
A SERMON, 
Preached May 7th, 1851, before the Second Advent Conference held 
in the city of New York, 
BY PROFESSOR N. N. WHITING. 
(Phonographically reported by Philo M. Slocum.) 
TEXT—" Till I come, five attendance to reading, to exhortation, 
to doctrine."-1 TIM. 4:13. 
The word " doctrine," as employed in this in-
stance, is sometimes used to signify the truth presented, 
and sometimes the act of teaching the truth. It is 
believed that in this instance it has reference to the 
work of communicating truth through the medium of 
the word. The language employed in presenting 
the thought of the apostle is highly important and 
expressive. Anticipating the time when he expected 
to meet his young son in the faith, he directed him 
to devote his mind and his strength " to reading, to 
exhortation," and " to teaching." These words 
merit especial attention from the fact, that in the 
epistles to TIMOTHY and TITUS, we find embodied, 
nearly all the directions given in the New Testament, 
to those who are ministers of the gospel of JESUS 
CHRIST. The qualifications necessary for the office, 
both moral and intellectual, are enumerated. We are 
told what the minister of the word is to be in spirit, 
what he is to be in the direction his affections shall 
take, and what he is to be in faith and conduct. These 
topics embrace a wide range ; but it is not my design 
to notice particularly the moral qualifications of the 
preacher. There is a very general agreement on this 
topic. 
It is a common and just opinion, that those who 
are enlightened by the word of GOD,—that the men 
who teach moral truth, should have experienced the 
power of that truth ; that they should be able to pre-
sent the motives, which GOD has embodied in his holy 
word, to their fellow-men, in that manner best adapted 
to lead them to righteousness, with that conviction of 
their reality which actual experience alone can give. 
Such men should know the energy of truth,—should 
possess an unshaken confidence in the testimony of 
Con, and be established in " the faith once delivered 
to the saints ;" they should be men who fear GOD ; 
men, who enjoy the influence of the Divine Spirit, 
who have the mind of their Master, and that share 
of Christian courage that will enable them to stem 
the current of opposition to the revelation of Goo, 
which exists in a fallen world. These directions in 
the text, my hearers, were given in an age when 
men enjoyed the light of direct inspiration. It 
would be, however, difficult to show, that all the 
ministers of the gospel, even in the age of the apos-
tles, were inspired, as they were. So many of 
the teachers were inspired, as were necessary for the 
peculiar circumstances in which Gon had placed his 
saints. They were thus made infallible witnesses to 
the truth, and thus prepared for the work that lay 
before them. They were made instruments to com-
municate to mankind that mass of truth, which fell 
from the lips of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and which 
could not be found in the writings of the Old Testa-
ment. Beyond this, there was an economy in that 
communication of the Divine Spirit, which is termed 
" inspiration," as there was an economy in the work-
ing of miracles, in healing the sick, and ofiening the 
eyes of the blind. Beyond this, there was no dis-
play made, no useless exhibitions of the power of 
GOD. 
Those who preached in that age, like those who 
preach now, were to give themselves to reading—to 
searching the Scriptures,—they were to learn the 
truth already on record, and to receive that portion 
of it peculiar to the New Covenant, through inspired 
men, like the apostles. I shall dwell a moment 
longer on this subject, lest the speaker should make 
any mistake, or mingle, even unintentionally, any er-
ror with the truth. It is obvious that he who speaks 
by inspiration, has no occasion to reason—to reflect, 
or to proceed with a cautious step, lest he should ut-
ter something not in accordance with the mind of the 
Spirit. I say, therefore, that when JESUS calls un-
inspired men to the office of the ministry, by giving 
them the moral qualifications which his word indi-
cates as essential to their fitness,—when he puts in 
their hearts " a desire " for the " good work," a 
wish to advance his glory, and promote the salvation 
of souls, He always treats them as intellectual and 
moral beings. He places them within reach of the 
means necessary for an acquaintance with truth. 
They must then summon their own minds to the task 
of reading and meditation,—in other words, they must 
study the word of GOD with that diligence which its 
immense importance demands, relying on Him, while 
they do not neglect the aids for acquiring a thorough 
knowledge of the book of truth—that the entrance of 
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that word may give them light. It is believed that the the miracle, knew that it was his power that " made 
position of all the ministry (who were not inspired), the billows •sleep." So in all his miracles. He 
has been exactly the same in all ages—that they were acted upon matter by a direct exertion of Divine en-
as much laid under the necessity of " understanding " ergy. How did he act on the mind ? It was by the 
the truth " by books "—as was the prophet Daniel. force of truth, by motives fitted to act on man's intel- 
It will easily be inferred from the Scriptures' enu- lectual and moral nature. 
meratiou of the qualifications of ministers and over- Ministers are not now called to work miracles. 
seers of the Church of God, that there is an order of The few efforts of this kind which have been made 
men in the Church especially fitted for the work of in later ages, have thus far proved unsuccessful, and 
teaching, in that that all are not teachers, or evange- sadly disappointed the expectations of those who 
lists, or prophets. 
hazarded the experiments. 
It has been a device of Satan to lead some into a But to return. Christ himself was a preacher of 
belief that the ministerial office exists no longer.— the gospel.—How did he act in that office? Pre-
Those who have fallen into this error, havenot unfre- cisely, my hearers, as lie requires all his servants to 
quently been misled through their own spiritual act. He preached the truths communicated before 
pride. That they might rise, they have wished to he was upon the earth, and those which were deliv-
level down all the offices in the Church to the same ered directly to him from the Father, and urged those 
standard. Thus their own supposed gifts, might mighty motives designed to influence the human mind. 
have a wide field for exercise, and their fancied light He was the creator of all things, visible and invisi-
no longer be hid under a bushel. Wherever this ble, of mind as well as of matter. To this mind he 
sentiment has become general in any church, confu- gave laws, rendering it capable of being influenced 
sion and every evil work has been the result. The by motives. As a preacher, he seized the motives 
attempts to maintain order or public instruction with- found in Divine truth, and urged them on the atten-
out a ministry, have been most unfortunate. How tion of those to whom he preached. The Lord con-
should it be otherwise?—when all have claimed to verted no man by miracles—by the power he exerted 
be teachers, no hearers have been found-when all on matter. He wattled men to flee from coming 
were shepherds, there has been no flock. 
wrath,—he appealed to their fears. Now many deem 
At this point we may properly inquire, whether it entirely wrong, if preachers present the danger to 
every man who deems himself qualified for the New which the wicked are exposed. They tell us that 
Testament ministry ought to submit his claims to the men are saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is 
judgment of the Church, or can he, in accordance true; but how are men made willing to be saved by 
with the directions given in the Scriptures, act as the the gospel, and to take up the cross and follow Je 
sole judge of his claims? Is his own conviction of sus? Is it not by presenting the claims which God 
duty a sufficient guide in the work of preaching the has on their obedience, and showing them the pen-
gospel, and administering the ordinances instituted alty of violating the law? If any one of my hearers 
by the Saviour? It is most difficult to answer these imagines that the Saviour did not appeal to the fears 
interrogatives. The rules as to ministerial qualifica- of men, let me read his own language in testimony : 
Lions, in the epistles to Timothy and Titus, certainly " Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after 
imply that they are to be used as a guide to the judo- that have no more that they can do ; but I will fore-
mem of the Church and its officers. Hence Tiino- warn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after 
thy is told " to lay hands suddenly on no mare" The he bath killed, bath power to cast into hell ; yea, 1 
hands of the eldership had been laid on Timothy say unto you, Fear him." Here there is certainly 
himself. (1 Tim. 4:14.) The apostle says to Titus an appeal made to fear. We find that the Saviour 
(1:5) : " For this cause Deft thee in Crete, that thou made the same kind of appeal, when he said to the 
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, Pharisees, " Ye serpents ; ye generation of vipers ; 
and ordain (appoint) elders in every city, as I have how can ye escape the damnation of hell?" To 
appointed (commanded) thee : if any be blameless," what did he appeal when he said, that all the nations 
&c. The miraculous call of Paul to the office of an of the earth were to be assembled before him, and 
apostle and teacher, did not cause him to refuse cum- hear his decision? or when he says, " Depart from 
municating the gospel which lie had received by the me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the 
revelation of Jesus Christ, to the other apostles, that devil and his angels." This is a fair example of his 
they might be convinced that he was one of the cho- mode of appealing to the fears of men. - 
sen vessels to beat the name of Christ before the Gen- I have said, that the Saviour, when a minister of 
tiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. " I went the gospel here on earth, pursued the same course 
up to Jerusalem with Barnabas . . . . and I went up which he demands shall be taken by all who speak 
by revelation, and communicated unto them that gos- in his name, till time shall end. Mark his language : 
pel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately " Now ye are clean." How ? By some miracle,— 
to them that were of reputation Arid when something wrought without the word? No : " Now 
James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, ye are clepn through the word I have spoken unto 
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they you." So he plays to the Father that the truth might 
gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellow- be employed in sanctifying men : " Sanctify them 
ship, that we should go unto the heathen," &c.— through thy truth : thy word is truth." Now, then, 
Gal. 2 : 1, 2, 9. 
if Christ took this course, if lie drew his motives 
Let me remark as to Paul, that there could have from the tenths which were revealed from heaven to 
been no doubt in his own mind that he was called to do good to men, to save souls, and to sanctify his 
the ministry. Now, here we have an apostle who people, we can easily comprehend why the apostle, 
submits to the leaders of the Church his claims as a who had been commissioned by Christ to turn men 
teacher : he communicates the gospel he preaches, from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan 
and the truths he urges, and tells them frankly what unto God, and who adopted no different plan from 
his message is. They had nothing to communicate that etnoloyed by his Master, should have urged 
to him. We may learn a lesson from one of the Timothy to give himself " to reading," that he might 
chiefest of the apostles,—one who labored most suc- be furnished from the storehouse of God with all 
cessfully to build up the cause of Christ in the world those motives adapted to the great end for which the 
—who turned the greatest number to righteousness, ministry of reconciliation has been instituted. It 
—one who received his commission directly from the being an axiom in the economy of grace, that " the 
lips of the Saviour. 
seed is the word of God,"—it will follow, that from 
It is important that our claims to the office of the this seed alone we are authorized to expect the fruits 
gospel ministry should be submitted to the judgment of righteousness. If we employ motives which are 
of the Church, from the fact, that in weighing those not found in the word of God, we may influence the 
claims we are liable to mistakes when acting in a human mind,—we may produce effects; but they will 
case where we are interested. No prudent man will have no connection with the spiritual improvement of 
trust his own heart. It has been common in some the human heart. If we sow the wind, we shall reap 
churches with which I have been acquainted, for per- the whirlwind. The fruits which spring from that 
sons, whenever good exhorters, or often merely fluent " seed, which is the word of God," or, as they are 
speakers, to imagine, from the notice taken of their termed also, " the fruits of the Spirit," (Gal. 5: 22—
volubility by some of "the weaker brethren "—that 26,) are, " love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle-
they were fitted for the ministry of the word. Self- ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." In 
sufficiency, and the crafty suggestions of Satan, have other words, while men are employed to preach the 
led them, without proper deliberation, to assume a truth, to urge its motives on their fellows, the Divine 
public position, where they were brought into con- Spirit renders it effectual, impresses it on the soul, 
tact with men of superior minds, men who would and God thus works in man both to will and to do of 
receive nothing merely on their authority, and in the his own good pleasure. Though it be true that if 
result the truth has been disgraced, and a reproach Paul preach, and Apollos water, God must give the 
brought on the ministry. Such facts prove the im- increase, still, we have no scriptural warrant to be-
portance of adhering to the scriptural principle or• lieve that he will give the increase, if the seed is 
listening to the judgment of the Church. neither sown nor watered ; or in other words, we 
My text shows that Paul did not regard " reading'' must yield to the Divine declaration, that " faith 
as an exercise which was to be suspended by any in- cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." 
fluenee of the Divine Spirit. Whatever others may The fact that Jesus became a man himself—not only 
have thought as to the influence of " much learning that he might die as the propitiation for our sins, but 
in making men mad," he evidently supposed that that he had all the feelings, all the affections of one 
Timothy might give himself to reading, to medita- of our race, before he could preach the gospel of the 
Lion, and to doctrine, and yet be able to " speak forth kingdom—goes far to settle every question in refer-
the words of soberness and truth." His extensive ence to the instrumentality of man in the salvation of 
experience in the work of the ministry gave him pe- our race. 
culiar advantage in speaking on this subject. He My hearers, Christ might have communicated the 
had learned the most effectual mode for promoting truths of the gospel by direct suggestion to every 
the cause of Christ. If a minister listened to the man who heard him while he was on the earth.—
advice of the Church, he did not think it made him There would have been no difficulty in this—his om-
less efficient, or that he would have less of the Holy nipotent energy was sufficient for such a result. Yet, 
Ghost. 
instead of this, he comes to earth—God is manifest 
The appropriate business of the ministry is to in the flesh. The angels announce the arrival of the 
propagate the truth. The truth is to be disseminated Saviour, but the angels did not commence preaching 
through a knowledge of the Scriptures, which the the gospel. After the ascension of Jesus, when the 
Lord has made the medium of his communications to Roman centurion was to hear the truth, an angel ap-
mankind. In the work of saving souls, it should he geared to him. The centurion trembled when that 
recollected, that the Lord has made it the duty of angel appeared, but after all, he was not to learn the 
men to employ this truth, because that is the chosen truth from him. 'clue angel was sent merely to tell 
instrument for that end. " The seed is the word of Cornelius where he could find Simon Peter, who not 
God." Our Creator regards man as a being who long before had, through feat, denied his Master. 
possesses a mind that is so constituted, that it may This very man, after he was brought to repentance, 
be influenced by motives. By the laws of human was ordered to go from Jordan to Cesarea, arid preach 
nature changes are produced in the mind or princi- the gospel to a Gentile. He went with his brethren. 
pies altogether different from the effects produced in When this man—this fisherman—rose up and pro-
matter. In the case of miracles, the change was ef- claimed the word of the Lord Jesus, the Holy Ghost 
fected by a direct exertion of omnipotent power.— fell upon them all, as it did upon the apostles at the 
Thus, when Christ stilled the rolling deep, he did day of Pentecost. Peter then learned that God was 
not reason with it, but merely said, " Peace, be still." no respecter of persons, and those who had received 
A. mere volition in the mind of the Saviour would the word were baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ. 
have had the same effect, and those who witnessed (To be continued.) 
Sprinkle me with perfumes, crown me with flow-
ers, surround me with music, that I may enter on 
eternal sleep." A shade stole over his black brow ; 
a tremor shook his frame, and the sensual Mirabeau 
slept in calmness his death sleep. 
Christian Chronicle. 
Humble Christian, with me go, 
To the hall of pais and woe, 
'Tis the dying Mirabeau 
Lies before thee. 
See a man of noble powers, 
Who in folly spent his hours, 
Asking to be crowned with flowers 
On his death-bed ! 
He has tasted, in a measure, 
Joys which flow from earthly treasure, 
And has drained the cup of pleasure 
E'en to the lees. 
See him now,—his body pained, 
Through his vices unrestrained, 
And his guilty conscience stained 
With awful sins. 
Hear his words—(let angels weep 
While he takes the awful leap)—
Death is an eternal sleep." 
And thus he shed. 
Christian, dust thou envy one 
Who was gifted, yet undone,—
Who had glory, yet his sun 
%Vent down in night? 
" No," methinks I hear you say, 
" I will walk the narrow way, 
To the realms of endless day, 
Where all is bright. 
" Though affliction oft may be 
In the cup prepared for me ; 
My hope I would not give to thee 
For all the world." j. at. o. 
MR. EDITOR :—" The Family Life," in No. 25 of 
your valuable paper, is doubtless interesting and re-
freshing to all of the spiritual members in the house-
hold of faith who have read it. It is however the 
following passage, near the close of that beautiful 
article, which brought pleasingly and forcibly to my 
mind this saying of our Lord, " God is a spirit :" 
As if to mark more vividly the pilgrim condition 
of the family, God himself, when coming down into 
the midst of them, chooses a tent to dwell in. It is 
called the tabernacle of the Lord,' or more literally, 
' Jehovah's tent.' Jehovah pitches his tent side by 
side with Israel's tents, as if he were a stranger too, 
a wanderer like themselves." 
And yet " God is a spirit." What is that? None 
can tell. It bath not flesh and bones, (said Jesus,) 
as ye see me have. 
" In thoughts, from the visions of the night, when 
deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, (says 
Eliphaz,). and trembling ; which made all my bones 
to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the 
hair of my flesh stood up ; it stood still, but 1 could 
not discern the form thereof: an image was before 
mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice." 
So, thoughts arose in the hearts of the troubled, af-
frighted, and terrified disciples, when they supposed 
they had seen a spirit, till Jesus said, " Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I MYSELF ; handle me, 
and see. And when he had thus spoken, he showed 
them his hands and his feet." 
But " God is a spirit," and " no man hath seen 
him at any time," (John 1 : 18,) save only as [lie is 
manifested through his works—as] " lie glows in the 
stars, or blossoms in the trees,"—appears in the won-
drous cloud, defending, guiding to a resting place, or 
dwelling, tented, in the midst of Israel,—or in the 
only begotten of the Father, who bath declared him, 
being full of grace and truth. 
Thus, as in the tent, God appears a sojourner in 
the Man of Sorrow. " He that hath seen me, bath 
seen the Father "—God, a spirit, embodied,—the 
brightness of that glory which the heavens subordi-
nately declare ; and the express image of that per-
son in whose likeness man was created. 
God was in Christ, in these last days, reconciling 
the world to himself. He was the tabernacle of God 
with men, leading to a city that hath foundations,—
a better country. As the tent of the congregation 
was Jehovah's tent, which he only left to seek out a 
resting place for, and, typically, lead Israel to, a land 
flowing with milk and honey ; so also the tent, or 
the tabernacle, is now gone " to prepare a place." 
The occupant of the grave went from the territory of 
the dead, as did the inhabitant of Israel's tent, " lead-
ing captivity captive ;" and in the glory of Him who 
was great in the midst of, shall he return to, his 
thousands of Israel. 
" God is a spirit." Yet Adam and Eve are said to 
have heard the voice of the Lord God in the evening ; 
and it may be said, He that made the tongue, shall 
he not speak ? Nevertheless, the voice of the Lord 
is said to be upon the waters, when the God cf glory 
thundereth. (Psa. 29:3.) It is said to be powerful 
—full of majesty, breaketh the cedars, divideth the 
flames of fire, arid shaketh the wilderness. If the 
voice of the Lord God can do these things without 
the employment of a [material] organ of speech, then 
may the Spirit who moved upon the face of the wa-
ters, move to the design of the Divine will the air, 
the ear of man ; and this be the voice of the Lord 
God in the cool of the day. Thus the air wrote, or 
OOMMICELDONEMICM. 
THE DEATH OF MIRABEAU. 
GOD IS A SPIRIT. 
spoke with holy men, as they and it were MOVED by 
the Holy Ghost. 
Did God have a tent in the midst of Israel ? Nev 
ertheless, " Ile spake unto the fathers in time past 
by the prophets, saying, Thus saith the word of the 
Lord," &c. It is by his Son (whom he hath ap-
pointed heir of all things, and by whom lie also made 
the world,) he bath spoken unto us, with gracious 
words, such as never man spake. Now, God is a 
spirit, whom the only begotten bath declared. If he 
speaks to' the world in love from the " excellent 
glory," it is only thrice, and then of the " Heir of 
all things." Hear the unseen One : " This is my 
beloved Son, in whom /am well pleased." 
Hear 
again—no vain repetition : " This is my beloved 
Son, hear YE him." 
Hear once more, while he 
shakes the heaven with his determination to glorify 
himself in his Son. " Father," said the ineffable 
Christ, " glorify thy name." Then came there a 
voice from heaven, saying, " I have glorified it, and 
will glorify it again.". 
Thus the Spirit, which the heaven of heavens can-
not contain, maintains his sovereign authority and 
excellent honor and glory, while he dwells in a tent 
as a sojourner with his people, and goes about in hu-
man nature doing good. 
With the dear Bonar, I desire not to turn away 
from Rim who spake from heaven, and of whom 
heaven spake, saying, " Hear ye him." I desire to 
hear him and follow him, that I may have eternal life. 
And 0 God ! let no one pluck me out of his hands ! 
F. G. 
It is known to many of the readers of the " Her-
ald," that the Advent cnurch in Portland, Me., has 
been for some time past destitute of a pastor, and at 
times under very discouraging circumstances. They 
have not had preaching regularly since Elder Hervey 
left them. But notwithstanding the many trials 
through which they have been called to pass, there 
yet remains a people who I believe are looking for 
arid loving the appearing of our long absent Lord. 
A few months since I was requested by Bro. Oster, 
formerly pastor of this church, to visit them. I did 
so, and since have had urgent and repeated calls to 
remove there and settle with them. I have finally 
concluded, Providence permitting, to do so. 
If I mistake not, there are in this beautiful " for-
est city," (so called,) no less than some twenty-six 
thousand inhabitants, of which not one half (I think 
am informed) regularly attend religious service. 
Formerly much prejudice existed in this place against 
the peat truths preached by Adventists ; but now, 
many who are not with us nominally, manifest true 
respect for our views. 
Under such circumstances, may we not cherish the 
most ardent hope that, with suitable effort, we may 
yet see a glorious gathering of precious souls in this 
place! What shall prevent? Is not ours the pre-
cious cause of our Divine Lord ? If God be for us, 
who can be against us? Verily we say, there can 
be nothing to hinder such a work but a lack of de-
votedness and faith on our part. 0, then, let us 
arouse, and while the day of judgment is rolling on, 
that " day of wrath, that day of burning,"—yea, 
while it hasteth greatly, let us arouse and acquit our-
selves like men. 0, how can we, while souls are 
perishing, and the storm is gathering, slumber on, 
careless and indifferent ? Up, 0, up, drowsy sol-
dier ! for the heavens brood darkly o'er thee. May 
God help us. Will not our brethren who have ac-
cess to the holy place by the blood of Christ, pray 
for the flock in Portland, that He may help ? Then 
doubt and darkness shall be dispersed, the turbid and 
rolling waters of the Red sea shall give way, and 
the marshalled host shall pass on ; truth shall tri-
umph, and sinners shall be converted. Amen. 
Yours in Israel's hope, P. B. Moauart. 
[The following poetical effusion was composed by 
a young lady, Miss E. P. THAYER, who soon after be-
came subject to insanity, and two weeks since died in 
the Insane Hospital at Somerville. She was a mem-
ber of a Baptist Church in this city, and doubtless 
will unite, in Gon's time, her voice with the choir of 
her Redeemer.—c. H. E.] 
Methought I saw the spirit-land, 
Methought I heard the happy band 
Of angels sing, 
And this the theme, and these the strains, 
That o'er those ever-verdant plains, 
Did loudly ring. 
Come pluck these sweet ambrosial flowers, 
Come range with us these sylvan bowers, 
Of love divine ; 
Bathe in these crystal waters bright, 
Gaze on the fields of dazzling light, 
That round us shine. 
Drink of the springs that never dry, 
Oh drink, and thou no more wilt sigh, 
They'll fill thy soul, 
And springing in thee as a well, 
Into heavenly life they'll swell, 
And ceaseless roll. 
A robe of pure, unsullied white, 
A crown with stars of glory bright, 
Our God will give. 
On Christian, in the glorious way, 
And though thine earthly powers decay 
Yet thou shalt live ; 
And on celestial wings shall rise, 
And join the chorus of the skies, 
In endless day. 
Farewell, we wait thy presence here, 
pilgrim of earth, no longer feat, 
0 come away, 
They cease ! and lo, before the throne, 
In radiant beauty they bow down, 
And God adore : 
Salvation, to the Lamb, they cry, 
Salvation, let the echo fly, 
For evermore. 
THE CHURCH IN PORTLAND. 
A VISION OF HEAVEN. 
Albany, N. Y.-H. H. Gross, 44 
Elin-street. 
Auburn, N. Y.-H. L. Smith. 
itullalo, " W. M. Palmer. 
drattltboro',Vt.- B. Perham. 
Cincinnati, 0.-Joseph W ilson. 
Clinton, Mass.-1i. R. Gray. 
Derby Line, Vt.-S. Foster, Jr. 
Detroit, Mich.-L. Armstrong. 
Lddington, Me.-Thos. Smith. 
Glanville Annap., N. S.-Elias 
W oodw orth. 
Hallowell, Me.-I. C. Wellcome. 
Hartford, CL-Aaron 
Heuvelton, N. Y.-W. D. Ghoslin 
Homer, N. Y.-J. L. Clapp. 
Lockport, N. Y.-11. Robbins. 
Lowell, Mass.-E. H. Adams. 
L. Hampton, N.Y.-D. Bosworth 
Massena, N. Y.-J. Danforth. 
brown 
Pa.-Sand. G.A Hen 
New Bedford,Ma.ss-H.V. Davis 
Newburyport, " Des. J. Pear-
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Philadelphia, Fa.- J. Litch, 701 
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Rochester, N. Y.-Wm. Busby. 
Salem, Mass.-L. Osier. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
223 
Obituary. 
" I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who beheveth in ME, 
though he should die, yet he will LIVE and whoever liveth and be-
lieveth in me, will NEVER die."-John 1.1: 25, 26. 
DIED, in Philadelphia, July 29th, 1851, HENRY 
LYE, Jr., only son of Henry and Elizabeth Lye, 
aged 28 years. Thus death has again visited the 
family of our afflicted brother and sister, and left 
them again to feel the frailty of life, and the uncer-
tain tenure by which we hold our earthly friends ; 
but they do not sorrow as those without hope, but 
have strong ground for confidence that he sleeps 
in Jesus. His sickness, which was one of the most 
dreadful sufferings, was also one of comfort, both to 
himself and friends. Throughout the whole, he en-
dured his sufferings with entire resignation to the 
Divine will, and expressed the fullest trust in Christ 
for the pardon of all his sins. And as the hour of 
his dissolution approached, when told that lie could 
not last long, his language was, " Bless the Lord." 
He rather desired to die than recover, and longed 
for the moment of release from the body to arrive. 
During my last visit, about two hours before his 
death, after prayer, in which he seemed heartily 
to join, he wished me to sing " The last lovely morn-
ing," &c. But not being able to do so, I could 
only repeat the words, which seemed much to ani-
mate his feelings, and he frequently broke forth in 
praise. He retained his senses and peace of mind 
to the last, and bid adieu to the world in the hope of 
a better resurrection. 
J. LITCH. 
Philadelphia, Aug. 9th, 1851. 
DIED, in Elk Grove, Ill., on the morning of June 
1st, while parents and friends were far away, Mrs. 
SARAH DOTEN, and none but her children to console 
her. She " fell asleep " in Jesus, to awake, doubt-
less, in Paradise. By her death seven children are 
deprived of their only parent. 
The angel of the Covenant was come, 
And faithful to his promise stood 
Prepared to walk with her through death's dark vale ; 
And now her eyes grew bright and brighter still, 
Then closed without a cloud. 
They set as sets the morning star, 
That goes not down behind the darkening west, 
Or hides obscured among the tempest of the sky, 
But melts away into the light of heaven." 
Waterhury, Aug. 10th. 
L. A. B. 
DIED, in Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 13th, after a 
painful sickness of several mouths, ABBY FRANCES, 
only child of our beloved Bro. and Sister ROBINSON 
F. BERRY, aged one year and eight months. 
Sleep, lovely one, a peaceful, quiet sleep ;-
No pains disturb thee now-no anguish deep; 
Thy slumbers in the gloomy vault so drear 
Shall not be long-thy Lord will soon appear. 
EDWIN BURNHAM. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Advertising for Ministers. 
The " children of this generation " understand 
very well, that newspaper advertising is the highway 
to notoriety, if not to fortune. And it would seem, 
from the following advertisement which we find in 
one of our Baptist exchanges, that .‘ the children of 
light," (those, at least, who ought to be such,) are 
learning the lesson. 
A PASTOR WANTED.-A minister of the Baptist 
denomination, of sterling piety, possessing fair tal-
ents, and good preaching gifts, wishing au exten-
sive field of labor and usefulness, in an important 
and pleasant location, and will obey the high man-
date of Heaven, " Go preach my gospel," instead of 
reading his sermons, would ensure the approbation 
of God, and a fair remuneration for his labors of 
love, from the Baptist church of Warsaw, Wyoming 
county, N. Y. None others need apply. 
R. B. CRISPEN, Clerk. 
Warsaw, June, 21st, 1851. 
A man of " sterling piety" and " good preaching 
gifts "-" none other need apply ! " We should 
like to see the man who, on the strength of this no-
tice, applies to the Baptist church in Warsaw for a 
situation. Perhaps there would be no great im-
propriety in a preacher's recommending himself as 
one who possesses " good preaching gifts ; " for 
those who really have such gifts generally know it 
as soon as anybody ; and indeed we have heard 
of persons who knew, or thought they knew, that 
they had preaching gifts, when such an idea had 
never occurred to their intimate acquaintances. But 
for a man to praise his own " piety "-to claim that 
it is such as may properly be denominated " ster-
ling "-is carrying the matter a little farther, and 
implies peculiarities of make-up which, it is to be 
hoped, are not often found in the ministry, but 
which, if they do really exist, it would be a curi-
osity to see. Somewhere we have read of a talkative 
upstart who reproved an aged minister for his com-
parative reserve, and asked him if he thought he 
possessed any religion ; to which the venerable man 
replied, with an accent that gave force to his words, 
" None to speak of." Such a man would not answer 
for the Warsaw church ; but if they could find the 
upstart, probably a bargain might be struck. " Like 
to like." 
Sabbath Recorder. 
A Tragedy. 
On the 15th of June, at nine o'clock in the evening, 
M. Evangelisti, Chancellor of the Criminal Tribune,, 
 
(which I believe means a kind of sheriff,) and a friend 
to his Holiness, Pius IX., was assassinated in the 
street, as lie was about entering the house of a friend. 
M. Evangelisti, celebrated for the violence of his l 
character, treated the political prisoners under his 
charge with the greatest cruelty. Among others 
imprisoned for political offences was a young man, 
of excellent character and family, and the husband 
of a beautiful, devoted wife. He had been in prison 
several months, suffering every privation and cruelty, 
and causing the most heart-rending anxiety to his 
young wife. She had been, again and again, to 
Evangelisti, and on her knees implored him to in-
tercede for the release of her husband. His answer 
was always the same ; lie would grant her request but 
only on one condition, a condition which always 
made the beautiful young woman bow her head in 
shame, and leave the monster in despair. At last 
her husband's sufferings were increased, and his 
state of health became alarming ; the poor woman 
could bear it no longer ; once more she went to 
Evangelisti, and returned with her husband's par-
don in her hand, and with dishonor branded upon 
her brow. But she was a Roman, and she did not 
forget the example of her heroic ancestors. The 
next day her husband was free, hut when the shadows 
of the night fell over the city, the wife who had of-
fered herself up a sacrifice for him she loved, watched 
alone, in the street, for her destroyer. Evangelisti 
left his house, but saw not who followed him, knew 
not until he felt a dagger in his heart ; then, as he 
looked up, he saw two black eyes, which he knew, 
even in their fury, as they gazed an instant upon him 
from out the hood of a man's cloak. The next 
morning in one of the small rooms of the public bath-
house of Genoa, the dead body of the devoted wife 
was found. She had brought the tragedy to its most 
terrible point by ending her own lite. 
The Pope, it is related, wept when he heard of the 
" melancholy " death of his dear friend and worthy 
officer, Evangelisti, and crowds gathered round' his 
coffin, and begged to see his face, and a brilliant cor-
tege followed him to his tomb, but a heart-broken 
husband and a motherless child were all who accom-
panied to its last resting place, the body of Evange-
listi's victim. 
Never, it is said, has the persecution of political 
prisoners been so great in Italy, as at this time, and 
murmurs loud and deep against the Pope, are again 
rising from all quarters, and that at the first news of 
a disturbance in France, Italy would once more make 
au-effort fitr disenthralment from Papal power. 
Population of the Principal Towns 
IN CONNECTICUT. 
New Haven, 22,529 ; Hartford, 17,966 ; Norwich, 
10,2 .1 ; New London, 9,006 ; Middletown, 8,791 ;-
Bridgeport, 7,558 ; Waterbury, 5,137 ; Danbury, 
5,964 ; Stonington,5,434 ; Greenwich, 5,040 ; Stam-
ford, 5,004 ; Norwalk, 4,651 ; Thompson, 4,638 ; 
Windham, 4,636 ; Kil I ing ly , 4,545 ; Enfield, 4,460. 
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Manchester, 13,933 ; Portsmouth, 9,739 ; Concord, 
8,584 ; Dover, 8,186 ; Nashua, 5,820 ; Somersworth, 
3,943 ; Claremont, 1,606 ; Exeter, 3,329 ; Keene, 
3,392 ; Winchester, 3,296 ; Gilmanton, 3,282 ; Nash-
ville, 3,122 ; Rochester, 3,006. 
IN RHODE ISLAND. 
Providence, 41,513 ; Smithfield, 11,500 ; New-
port, 9,563 ; Warwick, 7,740 ; North Providence, 
7,680 ; Tiverton, 4,699 ; Cranton, 4,312 ; Scituate, 
4,582 ; Cumberland, 6,662. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Newark, 38,893 ; Paterson, 11,341 ; New Bruns-
wick, 10,020 ; Camden, 9,618; Newton. 8,276 ; 
Jersey City, 6,856 ; Trenton, 6,466 ; Elizabeth, 
5,583 ; Burlington, 5,398 ; Woodbridge, 5,376 ; Mor-
ris, 4,997 ; Van Vorst, 4,619 ; Chesterfield, 4,514 ; 
Nottingham, 4,489; Orange, 4,387; Raritan, 4,164 ; 
Pequannock, 4,118 ; Bridgewater, .4,070 ; Howell, 
4,058. 
Possession of the Holy Sepulchre. 
Letters from the Levant announce that a question 
has been raised between France and the Ottoman 
Porte in relation to the possession of the Holy Sepul-
chre. The French Ambassador claims it for the 
Roman Catholics, while the Pone replies that the 
Sultans have always attributed its ownership to the 
Greeks, and that it is therefore impossible to take it 
from them. 
Here is something more than a mere religious fact : 
a political question of the first importance is involved. 
The possession of the Holy Sepulchre yielded to the 
Greeks is the abandonment of the protectorate of the 
Christians in die East exercised by France from time 
immemorial ; it is at the same time the intrusion of 
Raisian influence in the affairs not of Turkey, but of 
the Christian East, which is a very different thing. 
It is known that the Emperor of Russia considers 
himself, and is 'considered by the schismatic Greeks, 
as the spiritual chief of the Greek Church-Catholic, 
but not Roman. Whatever is done in Turkey by the 
Greek schismatics against the temporal authority of 
the Sultan, and against the French protectorate of 
the Christians, results to the advantage of the Czar. 
It is to be hoped that the French Government will 
open its eyes to the plots which are in operation to 
deprive it of one of the most precious prerogatives in 
the East. 
The Total Eclipse. 
A. writer in the London Times, in reference to die 
approaching total eclipse of the sun, on the 28th,ult., 
says, "The effects of a total eclipse upon the animal 
creation are very curious. In 1842 horses came to a 
sudden stand-still, and neither whip nor goad would 
induce them to move. Oxen in the fields arrayed 
themselves in a circle, back to back, or with their 
horns outwards, as if to resist an attack. Dogs fled 
for refuge to their masters, howling piteously during 
the continuance of the darkness. A hen surrounded 
by her chickens, hastily collected them under her 
wings. Birds fell upon the ground apparantly dead 
from fright, or perished by dashing themselves against 
walls and chimneys. At Venice swallows were 
readily taken in the streets, fear having deprived 
them of the power of escape. Owls and bats made 
their appearance, but quietly retreated when the 
eclipse was over. Bees, which had left their hives 
in great numbers at sun-rise, returned until the dark- 
ness ceased, and a swarm of ants was seen to stop 
suddenly on their march. Delicate plants, as the 
convolvulus, mimosa, &c., closed their leaves." 
Knockings Outdone. 
There is a woman residing in Hancock county, 
Illinois, says the Chicago Tribune, who claims to 
he inspired. She is a native of Vermont, and has 
lived 30 years near Cincinnati. It is said that she had 
no education whatever, and that she was taught to 
read and write by the Spirit of God, and received at 
the same time a command to prophecy and write a 
hook for the instruction of mankind. Obedient to 
these heavenly teachings, she addressed herself to the 
task thus miraculously assigned her. 
For four weeks she wrote incessantly, day and 
night, without food or sleep-at the end of which 
time the holy influence was withdrawn, with the 
promise, however, that it would again be communi-
cated to her at some future time. Three years after-
wards the promise was fulfilled, and Celia Spaulding 
(such is her name) has recently gone to Cincinnati to 
superintend the publication of her work, written un-
der such auspices. It is to be of quarto size, and 
will contain 500 pages. She styles it " A Memoir 
and Prophecy, written by the inspiration of the Holy 
Spirit of God, under the character of Shiloh, or the 
weary sufferer, who is to bring the true light of the 
hidden gospel to fallen man." She also " comes un-
der the light of the woman, clothed with the sun, and 
pointing out the seven Churches of John, &c., Rev. 
1st, 2d, and 3d chapters." 
"Miracles." 
MR. EDITOR :-I was drawn last evening to the 
church of St. Vincent de Paul, by the announcement 
in your paper of Saturday that Rev. Dr. Forbes, who 
lately recented from the Protestant Church, would 
deliver a lecture on " Miracles." It being a charita-
ble occasion, the admission was fitly cents, notwith-
standing which the church was well filled by a large 
assemblage, who, from the nature of the subject, 
as well as the peculiar position of the speaker, 
listened throughout with much interest. The learned 
divine endeavored c.hiefly to maintain that the age of 
miracles had not terminated with the Apostolic min-
istry, but had continued down to the present, and 
would continue throughout all time, in proof of which 
he cited numerous instances of miraculous agency 
and interposition, though confined exclusively within 
the Roman Catholic Church. N. Y. Tribune. 
The Lord's Prayer. 
I remember on one occasion travelling in this coun-
try with a companion who possessed some knowledge 
of medicine ; we arrived at a door, near which we 
were about to pitch our tent, when a crowd of Arabs 
surrounded us, cursing and swearing at the rebellers 
against heaven. My friend, who spoke a little Arabic 
to an elderly person whose garb bespoke him a priest, 
said-" Who taught you that we are disbelievers! 
Hear my daily prayer, and judge for yourselves."- 
He then repeated the Lord's Prayer. All stood 
amazed and silent, till the priest exclaimed-" May 
God punish me if ever 1 again curse those who hold 
such a belief; nay, more, the prayer shall he my 
prayer till my hour be come. I pray thee, 0, Naza-
rene, repeat that prayer, that it nay be remembered 
among us in letters of gold." Day's Vuesteru Barbary. 
• 
Sabbath Schools. 
The most gifted cannot find a worthier field of la-
bor than the Sunday School. The noblest work on 
earth is to act with an elevating power on the hu-
man spirit. The greatest men of past times have 
nut been politicians or warriors, who have influenced 
the outward policy or grandeur of kingdoms ; but men 
who, by their wisdom and generous sentiments, have 
given life and light to the hearts and minds of their 
own age, and lett a legacy of truth arid virtue to pos-
terity. Whoever, in the humblest sphere, imparts 
God s truth to one human spirit, partakes their glory. 
He labors on an immortal nature. He is laying the 
foundation of imperishable excellence and happiness. 
His work, if he succeeds, will outlive empires and 
stars. 
MANKIND, it is said, may be divided into three 
distinct classes-those who are too stubborn to aban-
don error, even after conviction-those who are so 
gullible as to be deceived ; and those who are pos-
sessed of good common sense, and use it to the best 
advantage. 
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BY REV. D. H. MANSFIELD. 
THE popularity of this excellent Collection of Music is sufficiently 
iittested by the fact, that although it has been published but 
about one year, 19,000 copies have been printed, and it is in greater 
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It is divided into three parts, all of which are embraced in a single 
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From Rev. G. P. Mathews, of Liberty. 
I do not hesitate to give the " American Vocalist" the preference 
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From Rev. Samuel Souther, Belfast. 
On a single opening, in the Second Part of the book, I have found 
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From Henry Little, Editor of the Wesleyan Harmony. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Foreign News. 
ENGLAND.-The Exhibition continues as attractive 
as at first. More contributions are expected from the 
Continent and the United States. 
Notwithstanding the passage of the Ecclesiastical 
Title Bill, the Catholic Bishops in Ireland persist in 
assuming the prohibited titles. 
A report was current that two Duchesses of high 
rank and consideration at court, had decided to aban-
don the English Church for that of Rome. One of 
them is said to he the Duchess of Sutherland, and 
the other the Duchess of Kent. 
A select committee of the House of Commons have 
reported against retaining the penny stamp upon 
newspapers, unless necessary to do so for the sake of 
revenue. 
There was a report that M. Carnot, representative 
of Paris, would probably be the Republican candidate 
for President. The Orleanists still think of running 
the Prince de Joinville. 
On Sunday last, M. and Mme. Poitevin made their 
second ascent in a carriage and two horses, Leon 
Faucher having been induced to take back his pro-
hibition. Immediately beneath the balloon was a 
small car, in which an assistant took his place ; 
from this hung the ropes and irons to which the car-
riage was made fast. The balloon rose, at the given 
signal, with its ponderous load, with all the grace 
of a butterfly. Mme. Poitevin showered the specta-
tors with roses, and M. Poitevin held the reins as 
uuconcernedly as if he was driving a slow team out 
to Bloomingdale. But the most wonderful part of 
the spectacle was not down upon the hill, and was 
only visible to those who had fortified themselves 
with lorgnettes and telescopes. At the point where 
the naked eye lost its power of vision, the magnify-
ing glass revealed the following scene : The man 
in the car let down into the carriage, some twelve 
feet below, a rope ladder; up this walked M. Poite-
vin, with a glibness and an unconcernedness posi-
tively frightful : Mine. P. was just on the point of 
following suit, when the strongest magnifiers gave 
out in their turn, and the spectators remained in 
doubt as to the successful issue. A thunder storm 
coming up, these intrepid aeronauts thought it best 
to get out of its way, by going above it. They 
therefore penetrated the muttering clouds that veiled 
the face of the sun, and in a few moments were per-
fectly high and dry. They descended an hour and a 
half afterwards, and found themselves about forty- 
five miles from Paris. The next morning, the 
hotel where they had taken lodgings fur the night 
was besieged by a crowd so dense, that the gend 
armerie had to be called upon to procure an exit for 
the party. All the way back to the capital it was 
a triumphal march. It was no use trying to travel 
incognito, having, as they did, a balloon to take care 
of, and one that you couldn't hide under a bushel. 
They re-entered the city, safe and sound, after an 
absence of twenty-four hours. 
wheel loaded with powder and grape-shot, which was 
to set fire to a quantity of combustible matter in the 
cellar, exploded before it reached its destination, and 
only caused some slight damage to the outer wall of 
the building. The unknown authors of this criminal 
attempt had previously had the hardihood to stick up 
bills in the streets, inviting the friends of the prelate 
to be present at his funeral. 
AUSTRIA.-The Milan " Gazette " of July 19th con-
tains a proclamation by Marshal Radetsky, alleging 
that fresh attempts at insurrection are making, and 
that he is prepared to adopt very rigorous measures. 
The state of siege is still kept up. 
Probably the Government will abandon the plan of 
embracing in the Germanic Confederation the entire 
States of the Empire. 
TURKEY.-The Sultan has promised England and 
France to release Kossuth on the 1st of September. 
Austria threatens war. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, AUGUST 23, 1 8 51. 
The Advent Herald. 
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THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN. 
HARTFORD TENT-MEETING. 
Nearly ten years ago, in connection with Mr. MILLER, 
we first proclaimed the doctrine of the Second Advent in 
Hartford, New Haven, and elsewhere in Connecticut. Good 
success attended the labors in Hartford, where many were 
brought to a knowledge of the Advent faith. Since that 
time we have labored but little there ; but there have been 
some there who have maintained an interest on the subject 
of the LORD'S coming, and who have remained faithful not-
withstaiiding the peculiar trials that surrounded them. At 
length the providence of GOD opened the way for us once 
more to unite with the true-hearted in H., and shoulder to 
shoulder labor in the glorious cause of our corning King.-
The large tent was accordingly pitched in the midst of the 
city, in a most eligible place. The attendance was good, 
much better than was expected, and the best of order pre-
vailed throughout the entire meeting. The same class of 
elements exist here as in Providence, with a like end in view. 
An individual put some of the pamphlets containing the" mock 
trial" into a news-room, and another offered a bundle of them 
to a brother, requesting that he would distribute them among 
the people in the tent. But no man could be found in Hart-
ford who would do it. It was understood that I was to be 
tried again by the " conspirators " and their supporters,-the 
trial having been announced to take place the same week that 
the tent meeting was held ; but I have received no definite 
information of the proceedings of those engaged in the mat-
ter, but from the absence of any considerable noise, it is sup-
posed by many that things did'nt work exactly as sonic ex-
pected. However, it is gratifying to see these elements de-
veloping their true character, and the entire Advent body 
have reason to rejoice in the prospect of soon being wholly 
rid of them. 
Our meetings were wholly free from all annoyance, within 
and without. The prayer meetings were blessed, happy, and 
reviving to the saints. The preaching was both doctrinal 
and practical, and met the wants of all who attended. The 
church was much encouraged, and now that they have a 
faithful and able pastor, Bro. 0. R. Fa ssErr, they regard 
their prospect as highly encouraging. It is hoped that the 
brethren in Hartford, and elsewhere in Connecticut, will 
"stand fast in the liberty " of the gospel, and not be moved 
away from their hope. To the brethren and citizens of H. 
we return our thanks for their kindness and liberality. 
Bin. Mathewson, Grant, Burnham, Adrian, Roney, and 
myself took part in the services. 
J. V. H. 
TENT-MEETING at CLINTON.-This meeting closed on 
Sunday evening last, having been continued over two Sab-
baths. The attendance throughout was good, and the best 
feeling prevailed. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings 
of last week, however, the friends were disturbed by the at-
tempts of some rowdies to break up the meetings. Spirits 
of turpentine and oil of vitriol were thrown upon the tent, 
with the design of setting it on fire, and Chinese crackers 
burned during the service, so that it was concluded to hold 
no more evening meetings ; but at the request of many citi-
zens and friends, and being assured by the authorities that 
full protection should be afforded, it was finally deemed best to 
proceed with the meetings as first contemplated. The prompt 
arrest of two of the rioters, the infliction of a smart fine on 
each, and the placing of them under bounds of $100 each to 
keep the peace, together with a severe rebuke from the jus-
tice, and the expression of the determination of the authori-
ties to protect the brethren in the fall exercise of their privi-
leges, seemed to have a subduing effect upon the turbulent-
peace arid quietness thereafter prevailed. 
Bro. HIM ES left on Tasclaay afternoon for Richmond, 
Me., to make preparations for the meeting which commences 
there on the 20th. His health is measurably improved, while 
his anticipations are cheering and satisfactory. 
Something New. 
" Wood's Monochromes, embracing a rich and varied col-
lection of original landscape gems, front American and for-
eign scenery, executed in a style never before exhibited in 
Boston, which, fur boldness of effect, truthfulness of perspec-
tive, delicacy of shading and exquisite execution, are univer-
sally thaught to be unsurpassed in this or any other country, 
will continue open a few days fir exhibition at No. 5 Amory 
Hall, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from 71 to 9 in the even-
ing. Cards of admissoin, 25 cts. each, to be had at the door." 
The peculiarity of these pictures consists in the manner of 
their production, which is an original mode perfected by Mr. 
Woon. It is easily learned, and when learned a fine pic-
ture can be produced in a very short space of time.-Some 
beautiful specimens in the collection being produced in less 
than till hour. The ease with which it can be learned, and 
the beauty of the effect produced, make it desirable to be 
known by those who by travel, or otherwise, are placed in 
circumstances where they wish to preserve views of land-
scape scenery, &c. &c. 
Won purposes, if sufficiently encouraged, to afford 
classes the opportunity of learning his new art. We were 
much gratified in examining his pictures, which are worthy 
the attention of the lovers of the art. 
SINGULAR PHENOMENON. -The Chicago Journal of 
July 2d states, (says the Hartford Courant,) that the day 
previous, the waters of Lake Michigan alternately rose and 
fell from two.to four feet every half hour or so, all day. At 
dusk, while the lake was as smooth as a mirror, without 
wind, or any apparent cause, the water rose to the height of 
four feet twice within an hour. What has caused this sin-
gular phenomenon is a mystery unexplainable. 
We have never beffire seen this feature noticed respecting 
:my of the American lakes ; but it is by nu means unprece-
dented. Lake Geneva, or Leman, as it is sometimes called, 
and also Lake Constance, in Switzerland, are subject to the 
same phenomenon, which is termed the " seiches," the cause 
of which has never been satisfactorily explained. Their 
waters suddenly rise one, two, and sometimes four or five 
feet ; and then as suddenly fall. 'Phis rise and full some-
times goes on alternately, once in about twenty minutes, for 
several hours. The same has been noticed la a few smaller 
lakes, but not before, to our knowledge, in one so large as 
Lake Alichigan. 
NEW VOLUME.-The present is a good time to procure 
new subscribers, and we hope our friends will endeavor to 
increase our subscription list. We think we may assure our 
readers, that the present volume will be one of great interest. 
While it shall be our endeavor to draw forth from the trea-
sury things " new and old," we shall strive to do so in a 
manner that it will nut be necessary nor desirable to demolish 
one day as old, what we built as new the day before. To 
look for the" old paths" is nu less an injunction to us titan 
it was to those to vvhoun the prophet spoke; and we feel con-
fident, that it is only by walking in the old way, that we shall 
be able to continue in the'new and living way. 
ELDER I. R. GATES.-We have received a letter from 
Bro. G., dated Baltimore, iii which he interns us that lie is 
to labor in that city for a few weeks, and that there is a good 
prospect of gathering and strengthenitig the brethren in that 
place. We are glad to hear of returaing prosperity to that 
tried and faithtiii people. May their light shine anew to all 
about them. We would take this occasion to express our 
indebtedness to Bro. BATES for his efficient labors at the late 
'Pent meetings in Truro, Phoenix, arid Providence ; he may 
be assured that his untiring labors and watchings, day and 
night, with us, are appreciated by all. May the blessing of 
Gov attend his labors wherever lie may go. 
The Christian Parlor Magazine fur August contains its 
usual choice selections. Published by GEO. PRATT, 116 
Nassau-street, N. Y. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
B. Murphy-We do not exprct to publish the "'Trial 
of Antichrist" in a pamphlet form. 
E. Weaver-Have inquired at the Post Office-found no 
such letter there. 
A. Clapp-Both C. G. and G. C. Crane were credited $1 
each to No. 534. 
E. Ballou-You are credited to 534. 
J. Litch-Received. 
. 1. C. Wellcome-The " W. W." in the paper was a mis- 
take of the printer-it should have been N. W 
J. D. Boyer-Sent you books, to care of J. Litch, Phila-
delphia, on the 151h, by express. 
J. Lyon-Sent you books, to care of C. Benno, Burling-
ton, on the 16th, by express. 
D. Olmstead-Received $2 from you June 25th, 1849, 
which was entered to your credit on Herald to No. 430-
have received no money from you since. The $2 you say 
you sent in July last directed to S. Bliss, did not come to 
hand. There being several S. Misses in Boston, your letters 
would he less likely to reach this office than they would were 
they directed to J. V. H. However, as you were marked 
free on our books, we have marked you up to 534, and will 
continue. 
Big Tent Meetings. 
New Haven, Vt., August 31st to Sept. 7th. 
Champlain, N. Y., Sept. 11th to 21st. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28th and (Inward. 
Rochester, the week following that at Buffalo. 
Full particulars will be given hereafter. 
FOR THE DEFENCE. 
Cheney 
 1 00 
To AID IN OUR TENT OPERATIONS. 
We need help in our Missionary and Tent-meetings very much. 
We have been much prospered in them, but have not received an 
adequate pecuniary support. However, we thank our, friends for 
their assistance thus far. 
Mrs. F. Beckwith........ 2 00 1 W. 
 2 00 
APPOINTMENTS, di.e. 
NOT1cE. -As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednes-
day, appointments must be received,. at tine latest, by Tuesday 
evening, or they cannot be inserted untrl the following wee]. 
I will preach in Nashua, N. H., Sunday, Aug. 24th ; Northfield 
Farms, Mass., 26th; Claremont, N. b., 29th-a conference wul cola. 
tinue over the Sabbath. Brethren in the vicinity, 1 want to see you 
rally, as 1 have some business to bring before you. 
[iN o Raffle was attached to the above, but we presume it is from 
Bro. Adrian.1 
Bro. J. G. Smith will preach in Manchester (Union Hall, Elea-
street), Sammy, Aug. ',till. 
e 
 burs- 
quested to give due notice should they want it at that Ellie. 
and adJuwwg 
 towns will come up to this anniversary least clad id 
are expected to attend. The brethren who own the teat, are re-
kaeenpeil)ilig"leb'rl 'tell:Lie a 
ravish
hmfwitshhe,i1or 
r'enas (numb ie terms. AD will be pro-
(or head u1 the bay), Stanstead, C. L. 'commencing Sept. zUth, and 
to continue a week or more. It is hoped that the brethren in this 
tilel 
, that the cause boefuGaohdd ibioarayrure.cheioleida utihesit inn_ 
 
pulse. A house is engaged for the accommodation of nose wino 
vided tor. Brit. S. W. Thurber, B. S. Reynolds, and Bomberger, 
Providence permitting, there will be a tent-meeting in Centreville 
DANIEL BLAKE, li. L. AlEititiLL, F. S. DOLLOFF, Corn. 
The Lord willing, a Camp-meeting ilLinibeenclete61depintn. Elk euwrty, 
Pa., on the bindienualionnig river, as the junction of Drift-Wissi, on 
criument(ijiltilueAtttlOtigi'llLS 
caws ;round, 
Viii, and to 
the glory of God. Linens J. 
n-. titular, 4v. Lane, and J. D. buyer Will be pi esent to labor. The 
brethren and sisters in that vicinity especially are regue.steti to make 
the meeting a summed of prayer, that sinners may be converted, 
saints quickened, and the truth or the speedy Advent Inc spread 
abroad more extensively., by order of committee, Elders Wm. 
LANE, Tot.UOUSE bUIES, I'. WOOLWORTH. 
-,There will be a Canipmieeting near amerloo, in Warner, N. II,. 
joininencing Dept. tli, nu continue a week Of more. A geberul In.-
vitstanin is given. Let those who can bring tents, &C. 'those who 
Cain bring provisawmisii, iaenuoinuovtiuteenuitiso, jAf..nuttlyulmiut 
sNowe,sisii:11,t1cro.tiliitvioie.seib,yitafilLiefaild- 
mauslitibsttntimnit aet.n
ii'veitierlou or Itoby's Corner. behalf or time brethren. 
• 
There will be a Tent-meeting at New Discovery.,1.but lulomli,dueNr(iness.s, 
N. 11., commencing Aug. ;:our, an. to A al, Sind euStlinUe then' tile 
Sa lnisith. 
There will be a Conference ill Whitefield, (in the thaw.; rte. tii, 
house,) On "furner's bill, codto:eherbg trinity mormhg, Aug. cairn, 
slut continue Over tlit BaUtnitil.- Lilo. 111..Luei:lewli 
pmt 
EWLLIICI OamiELe.lid 
preach the word. fin behalf of tile 
A Tent-ineetimi will commence at West Denby on Tuesday, Aug. 
'Sulu, lu Cuutuue Oven the Saidiaill. As tins may be the uniy meltt-
uneetnug on Adventists un this part Or tile State this season, ii ns 
liniveu must brethren is line Vielsity will (sue an active Interest in it, 
and Connie prepaieti to labor ILA the suivation on simmers. 1s- 
t:alio. IS 1.81' We head on Me Lake, anal is pleasant anti easy of ac-
cess. tt carriage will be um atting each Inn)' at the wino-n oil the 
arrival mil mile steamboat. All necessary arrangements Will he theme 
for the accommodation 01 1.1106C WIIO may come hunt a uLskance. 
BM. F. n. berms., J. al. throes, and li. s. licySitolvtl&airentieintliuesitl.ed 
no 17.
i:ruseit. 
T e will be a Camp-meeting held oh the ground owned by Mr. 
Died and others, live ninnies hum beimanit, and twee n,nta trout 
nSiheabulg, 1-a., comateuenig Aug. and continue nine week or 
(mute. tin na Iwpeu there will be a general gathering. ul AtIVelitiStS 
throughout this until uUJUlli1114 COUlitica ; Man they will come lull on 
imin and earnest prayer, that the truth et 011f soUll C0111111g bulb, 
aim a prepum awn, to meet him iti peace, isii) receive s new impuise. 
all necessary kulAnelllehla wlil be tuuue nor tine accommodation of 
WU. Vvliu cannot cuilVtLieintlt biting Lents. Liners J. Litch, 1. h. 
others will 
lieaPrr,'el!eitti s. 
ulisLahL6Ouiri 
"'Lt 
 buyer,
es, ahUutw1. 1-. rtirm 
J.L.
liy, R. McMullen, Joseph 
Rckley, Jr. Ii. 
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1 , be 
eselil, as s. consultation, wall Us field at Hie close on the westing, 
Lutienniug tine best way mil lotwariling line cause. A collection will 
DC LISem up tu uelray the expenses mil tine meeting.. on lice 
ttrelluen, J. Burroughs, VI.. On Marti, %N. Cornwell, 
A meeting will be held at Coburg, coniniebeing Sept. 
ants common seVelal Lillys. Also une at Asa apcliCer's,. sept. 
at 
5 
 A i'C'ain.iplinli.eiveli."Iiisig"'
Weillirciluetunilhoe:c"eellu. 
ill the Powley neighborhood 
Sept. Lium, al J e H, and COGIlialc a week ur mute, as dot), may re- 
Unice. W Ill bring their tents. A‘coiiection vv in be Luken 
op to delta) tine exPelibes.ul I/A,Gli.g• As we want tu circulate 
graluituusay a number ut excellent Iracla at all of die above meet-
ings, net all the Menus 01 the Au v eat cause remelidier their It:Spim-
snuhllty 
 
tu spieml the leght comiditteu to diem, and td wwlima limy 
will lisle to give an atelltilit. 1.1i. J. Pow let, Peer, a. 
bell, 01 !idiom, l'ellec, until ituesuale, ore to vnucu. 1111a:11ml mil tune 
tnetinea, t.. I own:), ww . Jat;..sun., 11. 1,alinbell. 
t U. tor Am please copy the shove.> 
'There will be a Camp-meeting at rwurthltrld Farms, near the rest- 
lLitvu,..,
,,aite.tidteoncell.niti6tiepitititiu,e,i,,,o,,,ileee,r., 
uretlln 
n atiovidtizlitunielstIou
nc L
• 'ov"truring tents and provisions ; 
lei we 
b
tine 
 
eie:neIlVte L 
ur- 
Will inc Iliaue at bro. kW ail Others h-tiis pour 
small be let, awl nave Hie gospel pmitened no them. It Orses inept nut 
btu. Lagers. btu. X11.111. 1,Clile and others will be inn attendance 
to uivimie the word on bunt. ANSON GAGE., . bishop, a. y,y . 
 
.c°Clalh(Znen
u'i
itig tin
be
1'bere will 
 Winstead, two miles from time 
depot, commencing Sept. 2u, anal continuing probably Ott, the Ion- 
lowing subbatli. We invite all the lovers 01 Jesus, and those who 
wish to become his lollowers, to Connie nun the name of the how, nor 
Ste expect me good born Will Meer with his people, and uirgivo 
sinners. NA e hope Muse who can wilt brilig theiromi Ls and provi-
sions. Board and horse keeping oh iesson,sbie terms, with a tree 
table nor God's poor. Those coining by public conveyance will suit, 
at the depot, or hotels inn time place, where they can procure a Cheap 
Culiveptikee to Line eaninp-ground. iwl. GRANT, 0, b. iMATHEWsON, 
aibuourt, Committee. 
Second Advent Big Tent Meetings. 
There will be a Big Tent and camp-meeting in New Haven, Vt., 
counnehen,“ Aug. Ada, and to continue till Sept. 7111. Eiders J. V. 
tiuuea, 1. L. Jones, 
aim timers, are expected to at- 
tend. The object or the meeting is to consider the great troth of 
our Looks beau Coining, the doctrines connected therewith, tu,a to 
piepunee a people for the coinnig of the Lord. All extrahtous ques- 
tions, such as gender strife., am be out. It is hoped this will lie 
a general meeting 01 Adventists throughout this region. 
Brethren coining front the tiorth or south can come by the Mil-
haud and Burlington railroads, and be left within a lew rods of the 
ground. The isle each way ad! be hail-price. 'flume who can are 
requested to bring weir tents; ample provision will be made lor 
those whorl° not, on reasonable ternis. besides, good accommo-
dations ear, he had at two respectable hotels withal hall a hide of 
the ground. beds!! tit the committee mil arrangements.) 
Y. B. MORGAN. 
Receipts from Aug. 12th to the 19th. 
ITALY.-A despatch from Rome dated 22d ult., 
states that Gen. Gemeau, Commander-in-chief of the 
French troops, has, without permision of the Roman 
Government. seized all the powder in the magazines, 
and had it conveyed to the Castle of St. Angelo, 
whera he has Roman cannon pointed on the city.-
'rhis act has increased the ill feeling which already 
existed against the French. 
Several political arrests have taken place at Verona 
and Venice. 
The Herald says that Mazzini has circulated a 
proclamation, calling on _the friends of liberty to be 
prepared, as the hour of Italy's regeneration is at 
hand. 
The Univers quotes a letter from Rome of the 20th, 
stating that a serious misunderstanding has arisen 
between the French and the Papal authorities at 
Rome under the following circumstances At the 
time the French occupied Rome they took possession 
of the offices of the Inquisition, and lodged some 
companies there. Some time after, however, they 
restored the building to the Congregation of the Holy 
Office, who got it repaired at a cost of 15,000f., and 
were enabled to occupy it but a few months ago. On 
the 16th the French Commission for quartering the 
troops suddenly received information that the 7th 
battalion of Chasseurs was conning on the following 
evening. Not knowing where to quarter them at so 
short a notice, the commissioners immediately sent 
to the Holy Office, announcing, in rather an imperi-
ous tone, their intention of taking possession of the 
buildings, and demanding the immediate removal of 
the officers of the Inquisition. It being urged on the 
part of the latter that it was impossible to remove 
the archives, the tribunal, &c., at a moment's warn-
ing, a respite of three days was at length granted, 
with the proviso, that those parts of the building 
which were empty should he immediately occupied 
by the French troops. The Holy Father, who is 
himself the Prefect of the Congregation, gave orders 
to look out for andther suitable building wherein to 
instal the now homeless tribunal ; but every effort 
having proved fruitless, his Holiness has been at last 
obliged to apportion for the officers of the inquisition 
a few rooms in the Palace of the Vatican. 
The " Observatore Romano " states that, on the 
10th inst., another attempt at assassination took place 
at Rome, on the person of Signor Squaglia, connect-
ed with that paper. He received four stabs, but all 
without effect, a slight cut on the right hand being 
the only wound inflicted on him. 
A letter from Rome, of the 14th, states that an at-
tempt was made on the 11th to assassinate Monsignor 
Tizzani, Bishop of Terni, by blowing up the house 
he inhabited at Santa Maria Maggiore. Fortunately 
the incendiary missile, consisting of the nave of a 
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you with ,i64; T. Godfrey, 560; W . 560; E. Woodworth, sib; 
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len, 334; J. 11..Boyer, 508 ; T. A. Esworthy, 44; P. Knapp, 508-$1 
due; A. M. Pierce, 402-$2 due; J. brooks, 534;G. Vose, 534; A. B. 
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