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the bird hovered a moment on her wings, and 
just at the instant the steeple began to fall, she 
darted up into it, out of sight. For one instant 
more the lofty spire poised and trembled, and 
then fell with a crash that crushed every tim- 
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 tietam). We did not suffer much, comparatively 
 
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speaking.with other Regts. having only 70 killed 
and wounded. Do not know exactly the number 
The church has waited long, 
killed as the injured ones were left behind and 
Her absent Lord to see ; 
have not heard from them. We lay in support 
And still in loneliness she waits— 
A friendless stranger she. 
of two batteries most of the time, we were in the 
Age after age is gone, 
engagement, and to see the rebels fall before the 
Sun after sun has set, • 
And still in weeds of widowhood 
mouth of those instruments of death was indeed 
She weeps, a mourner yet. 
a horrible sight; for as we lay quietly upon our 
Come, then, Lord Jesus, come ! 
faces we had plenty of time for reflection. It is 
Saint after saint on earth 
strange how soon one will become acustomed to 
Has lived, and loved, and died ; 
And as they left us, one by one, 
the scenes of the battle field so they can look upon 
We laid them side by side ; 
it almost without emotion. The balls and shells 
We laid them down to sleep, 
fell thickly around us. I do not know how many 
But not in hope forlorn ; 
We laid them but to ripen there' 
came near me and can but thank God for my 
Till the last glorious morn. 
presevation as He is the only being that can 
Come, then, Lord Jesus, come'. 
shield us from dangers at all times, and in His 
The serpent's brood increase ; 
hands our lives are. If there is any thing that 
The powers of hell grow bold ; 
The conflict thickens, faith is low, would convince one of the truth that the end is 
And love is waxing cold. 
nigh even at the door, it seems the present state 
How long, 0 Lord our God ! 
of the nations of the world speaks in tones not to 
Holy, and true, and good, 
Wilt thou not judge thy suffering Church, be misunderstood. Is the world being converted? 
Her sighs, and tears, a,ndhlood ? Does it not stand those in hand of experienced 
Came, then, Lord Jesus, come ! 
faith to watch closely the wiles of the adversary 
We long to hear Thy voice, 
lest they are drawn from their own steadfast- 
To see thee face to face, 
To share thy crown and glory there, ness? and may we not well say unless these days 
As now we share thy grace. 
are shortened even the elect shall not be saved? 
Should not the loving bride 
It is a trying place in the army for a Christian; 
The absent bridegroom mourn ? 
Should she not wear the weeds of grief but thanks be to God, the faith He gives His 
Until her Lord return ? 
children grows the brighter for the using of it. 
Come, then, Lord Jesus come ! 
wish I was able to give you something of a jour 
The whole creation groans, 
nal of our marches for we have not been idle 
And waits to hear that voice 
That shall restore her comeliness, since we left home; we have marched as 
And makes her wastes rejoice ! much as a new regiment could stand, and for the 
Come, Ln.d, and wipe away 
last 19 days have been on duty as an acting ar- 
The curse, the sin, the stain, 
And make this blighted world of ours my, passed through one battle and were it not 
Thine own fair world again. 
that we are acting as a reserve would no doubt 
Come, then, Lord Jesus come ! 
have seen more of the reality of war. I am in 
Want of Faith. 
Rev. Dr. McClintock is responsible for the 
following : 
The British people generally will believe the 
Times,and imagine that neither cutlery nor cloth ber in it, and made the ground tremble. I went 
can be made in Ameaica. Some time since I to see it, and there I found the poor dove, lying 
stepped into a cutler's shop in Liverpool to buy between her two little children, all three dead. 
a pen-knife. The knives he showed me had Alas ! poor dove ! You were willing to die 
ugly and awkward handles. I took out my own for and with your children, but you could not 
American-made pocket-knife, which had a han- save them. 
dle of vulcanized India-rubber,beautiful in form, But, oh ! when Jesus Christ died for men, he 
and solid as ebony. "Have you any like that?" saved them. He came up out of the grave, and 
Said he, "That is made of bone; I have will bring all his people out of death, and make 
none like it." "It is not bone, but India-rub- them alive forever. He did not die in vain,like 
ber." The man looked at me, smiling, as though the poor dove. Rev. John Todd, D. D. 
I were chaffing him. "It is an American knife," 
said I, "and the handle is certainly of rubber!! To the Young. 
"Bah !" said he, "that is no American knife ; it 
was made in Sheffield." I showed him the mak- "Remember now thy Creator, in the days of 
er's mark, but it was of no use. He stuck to it thy youth." How few of our young readers rea-
that no such knife could so be made in America ; lize this sacred injunction. They are too much 
that the American mark was put upon it to or- occupied with the follies and pleasures of the 
der by the Sheffield maker ; and that it was a world to give proper heed to the wants of the 
bone handle. Argument was useless; the man soul. For a time, and while under the influence 
knew his own trade, and that was enough. of good teachings, they feel impressed ; but the 
frivolities of companions, and their own natural 
The Mother Dove• desire to be free from restraint and responsibil- 
ity, soon overcome their good intentions,and they 
The old meeting-house was to came down, so drift down the stream of time careless and pur-
that the new one might stand on the spot. It poseless. To them life is as a summer day. all 
had a very high steeple, which could be seen a sunshine and gladness, and they feel like pro-
crastinating all efforts for their soul's salvation, 
great way off, and to which many eyes had often 
forgetting entirely their liability to be called up- 
been turned to see which way the golden roos- 
ter on the top was looking ; for he always kept on to render up their earthly account when they 
his eye directly on the wind, however hard it 
might blow. 
least expect it. There is another stumbling-block 
to earnest effort by the young which should not 
The first thing was to get the steeple down be overlooked by those having in charge the fos-
safely, without crushing the building. So a tering of religious sentiments in their hearts. It 
man climbed far up toward the top, and fasten- is simply this : the fear what "they" will say. 
 
ed a strong rope to it. The rope too, was a The seed planted must be nourished, and the 
very long one. Next they went into the belfry, mind awakened must he encouraged. Hence the 
 
and sawed off the strong timbers on which the absolute need of careful and kindly watching to 
steeple stood. They seemed like legs, and were secure that strength and vigor necessary to enable 
probably as high as two men would be, if one the young soldier to carry his armor, and in time 
stood upon the shoulders of the other. to fight valiantly in the ranks of God's hosts. 
Now, then, the street is full of men and boys, How much better men and women would 
a great many of whom take hold of the long society have among its controlling members,were 
rope to pull the steeple over. But they must they possessed of that "peace which passeth all 
go off a long distance, or it will fall on them. understanding," inculcating the love of right,and 
"All ready ?" cries the master carpenter. the fear of doing wrong. How much better in 
"All ready," shouted a score of voices. the hour of trial would they feel if they early 
"Pull carefully." 
sought that comfort and consolation whichithe fol- 
So they all began to pull, the men to give lowers of Christ alone experience. Instead of 
word, and the boys to shout. Soon the poor feeling it a burden to take up the cross, they 
old steeple began to tremble on its legs. would feel it a tower of strength through I:fe, 
It seemed almost to shudder at the awful fall and an ever present help in time of trouble. 
it must make. It made one almost feel sorry "They that seek me early shall find me." No 
for it. Just then there came a beautiful solita- equivocation in that. Certainty of finding Christ 
ry white dove, and flew round and round the when sought early, may be depended on. And 
steeple, not daring to fly into it, and not able to when found, his protecting arm will encircle and 
leave it. She was evidently aware that some keep from all harm those who put their whole 
great evil was about to befall the steeple. trust in him. He says : "But who,o offend one 
"See that dove !" said a hundred voices. of these little ones which believe in me, it were 
"Poor thing ! she must have young ones up better for him that a millstone were hanged about 
in the steeple ! said a few voices. 
his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth 
Again they pulled, and again the old steeple of the sea." Lean on him for support,carry his 
reeled and tottered. The distress of the poor counsels written on your heart of hearts, doubt 
bird was now so great, that all shouts were hush- not his power and ability to do as he promises, 
ed. Every one felt sorry for her. Not a voice love him as he deserves to be loved, and act in 
was heard ; and now they pulled the rope, and your everyday walk as if you had become pos. 
the steeple again reeled, the timber cracked ; sessed of a treasure that would stand by you in 
Letter from the Army, 
"I WISH TO BE A CHRISTIAN."—Many rest Williams',division. Mansfield was carried through 
o 
contented with merely saying, "I wish I were a our ranks as he was taken from the field. But a 
 
Christian." That may be true. And yet you short time before he rode by our lines full of life 
are not a Christian. Ten thousand things which and animation :such is man I Shall hope Ito re. 
We wish to do, we yet on the whole choose not to ceive a letter this mail ; we have had no maili since 
do- God's requirement is, "Choose ye this day last Thursday. Hoping that God may grant 
 to the Herald that certain sound He requires of 
Whom ye will serve." You "want to be a Chris- 
tan,"
, 
 perhaps. But do you choose to be a Chris- watchman. I remain yours, in the hope of the 
tiara ?Do 
 
 
soon coming kingdom. 
you want to be a Christian in such a 
sense that you set aside every other want which 
JOHN F. KNox. 
Camp 107th Reyt. N. Y. V. near Harper's 
inteproses to prevent ? 
Ferry Sept. 25, 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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all times and seasons,instead of a taskmaster that Thus laying the foundation upon which he is eached." The emigration -,,of Noah was a cern' his present biographer does not seem to be aware' 
requires much and punishes severely. The re- to build his "Biblical Theories" the author trans- plete secession; he left the olden seat of the hu- having not read them, we suspect, with much 
ligion of Christ does not contemplate making a lates and ingenuously comments upon the lead- man race, never to return, and to have no con- care, if indeed at all. 
doleful and sorrowful life, but one of love, joy ing tact given in the Pentateuch. 
sequent communication with their inhabitants It was during the delivery of these Apostolic 
and hope. Who would not rather be joyful in the record of the creation in the first chapter This is represented by their destruction." sketches that we remember to have heard him, 
the certainty of being happy through all time of Genesis was but the mere invention of the The Abrahamic covenants were but qaditions one Sabbath afternoon, in one of the few pulpits 
with one who loves us, than to be possessed of human mind. "This conception of creation by in allegorical character. Says this author, con- that were still open to him ; for friend after 
all the fleeting joys of earth ? Then think of it; a word betrays not only a human origin of the cerning the appearane of "Jeva to Abraham. We friend was drawing back, and that at a time 
think of it now ; and act on the result of your piece, but an origin in superstition—we can ac- have simply the fact of an appearance,and a prom- when most of all they should have pressed for. 
convictions. Do not be hindered by the fear cept this as a fiction, and acknowledge a sublim- ise, I will give this land to your posterity. Is ward to keep him from falling. The text was 
of what this one or that one will say ; but ity and beauty in it ; as a narative of facts it is it credible as a fact ? Certainly not. It has not Eph. I. 13, 14, and the heads of discourse were 
earnestly seek God, and you will find him. absurd and ridiculous." 
a simple element of credibility as a fact, and (1.) the hearing of the word ; (2.) the believing 
He is ever ready to hear your cry ; and though The second chapter of Genesis the author de- must be challenged by honest thorough interpre- it ; (3.) the sealing with the Spirit ; (4.) the in. 
he is just, yet he is full of love. Wait not till Glares to be "an independent tradition, placed tation, and discarded as a fact." Thus the Di- heritance of which the Spirit is the pledge ; (5,) 
the cares of the world have blunted and seared by the compiler as the second document in his vine record and covenant is laid in an absolute lie the glory to God in which all is to issue. It 
your best aspirations. Wait not till the skeptic collection." The record of the creation of man by this pretentious author of Biblical history. was not written, and perhaps occasionally too 
has poisoned the fount of truth for you, but go to and woman are by him endeavored to be made He assigns the following however for this bold discursive, yet it was profitable. The sermon 
your quiet room and pour out your hedrt to God, the most absurd and ridiculous. "The account assertion that these covenants were of mere hu- was very long; but the day was sweet, the 
that he have mercy ou your trensgressions ; keep of Eve's creation, though beautiful and ingenious man origin as handed down from generation to church not orereromled,land the audience in gen.. 
nothing back ; tell him your wants, and he will as an allegory, and fraught with good moral les- generation. After what has been said the ficti- eral interested, or at least patient, till the hour 
give you what you need. 1"And and ye shall re- sons, is so puerile and ridiculous, considered as tious character of this transaction scarcely needs of five was past. As the service had begun at a 
ceive, seek and ye shall find."—Sturgeon. 
 
 a literal fact, that it ought to have had a better to be argued. (1.) It departs from the estab- quarter past two, some impatience became both 
fate than has hitherto been ascribed to it." Eve's lished and known methods of God. (2.) It makes visible and audible, several leaving the church. 
"Reconstruction of Biblical Theo- temptation is only a laudable stride after useful God promise what he could not promise and can- At first the preacher was disconcerted, not ref- 
ries. 
knowledge ; and her eating of the tree of know- not now—the absolute gift of a country to a par- ishing this practical interference 'With' the liber- 
"Or Biblicai science improved in its History, ledge of' good and evil, is her fortunate discovery ticular race. (3.) It makes God promise what ty of the pulpit, for which he had done battle in 
of the cereal grains and luxuriant fruits by which he has not performed. He has not given the London with his elders. But the movement 
Chronology, and Interpretation, and relieved 
from traditionary errors and unwarantable by- man becomes perfect ! "In the next step of the whole lanl of Canaan to the Abrahamites. (4.) went on ; more dropped out ; and the preacher 
pothesis by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer, transla- human race the married life takes the lead, and It makes God give a sign of fidelity and veracity began to say some hard things to these desert-
tor of the scripture, etc. Walker,Wise, and com- demonstrates the vast utility of marriage; the that is not pertinent, and cannot be admitted." ers. In a moment, however, he checked him- 
pany. Boston." 
 
 
God-given help becomes a guide and leader, not &c. (5.) The sign is indecent, and is unworthy self with, "But I forget,—some of you may be 
a seducer, as is generally supposed,and conducts of either God or man."—The force of these rea- servants, and under authority. I may not bin-
No work of late has issued from the American her husband and her race to the condition of the sons are of no effect upon the minds of those who der you." He then proceeded with his discourse, 
gods—knowing right and wrong some have studied and understand the covenant prom- dismissing the congregation about half-past five ; 
press, has made a more bold and unblushing in- 
fidel attack on the authenticity and divine in- suppose the fruit in question was the fig.
ise made to Abraba m and his seed, as explained many of them returning home in fair sunshine to 
This is a noble fruit ; but the more probable in the Old and New Testaments. 
spiration of the Scriptures than the work noticed 
express their weariness and dissatisfaction ; but 
opinion is,that it was wheat and the other cereal The destruction of' the cities of the plain are 
above. "It is an attempt," as the author avers 
some to meditate on the words of truth which 
in his preface, "to improve our theologies and grain, and that they are represented by a tree, regarded by this author as allegorical, and he ac- had fallen from lips that were formed to teach 
, f because that having been the great fruit bearer counts for the traditional record of the death of and to be listened to. 
reconstruct the theories of the earliest parts 
the Bible till the times of Samuel and Daniel, of the race. The serpent is not so great a friend Lot's wife thus; "The Hebrews had a bad opin- In the beginning of this year (1829) the bill 
after all ; for, according to this "author,"—God ion of women,and the traditionists does not deem 
embracing the Pentateuch, Joshua,:and the judg-
for Roman Catholic emancipation had been an- 
es." 
selected the serpent to instruct Eve about the Lot's wife worthy to escape this awful catastro- flounced by the King's ministers. During the 
The Author endeavors to chew that the first new food, perhaps purposely ; the serpent also is phe." 
previous year, Irving had thrown his mighty en- 
books of the Bible were not written until the a son of God, and may yet be redeemed. How A translation and commentary of the record ergies into the opposition which was rising to 
the serpent performed this part, we are not told, concerning Isaac, Jacob, Esau, Moses and the 
days of Samuel and Daniel. That the first part 
 
 
the proposal of this measure. In Edinburgh, 
and are therefore authorized to conclude that he law follows in this work and is of a similar char-
of the Bible,from Genesis to the end of 2 Kings,
and elsewhere, he had lifted the flag of his true 
did it in the natural way, in which all animals acter to those already given. The journey of 
is a single work of the time of Ezra, and perhaps 
 
 
and ancient Protestantism, and waved it from 
teach such lessons, by eating the food himself, the children of Israel through the wilderness and 
from his pen ; but transcribes portions of many
south to north. 
earlier works, all of which have perished." He Serpents are sufficiently inteligent to be tamed their miraculous preservation and deliverance, At the close of' this year, or the beginning of 
and domesticated and to wait on a mistress like a their final receiving the land under Joshua, with 
says, "The ascription of the Pentateuch to Mos- 
 
 
the following, we forget which, he preached two, 
dog, and take food from her hands. Eve perhaps the fall of Jericho and the destruction of the 
es is a Jewish fiction, analagous to that of at- 
remarkable sermons in his own church, which 
tributing to him the unwritten traditions record- had a pet of this kind on which she may have Canaanitish inhabitants as a nation are also coin- were soon after published as a small pamphlet of 
ed in the Talmud ; and there is no good reason Purposely have tried the new food. The serpent mented upon by Mr. Sawyer, in each of which forty pages, entitled "The Signs of the Times." 
to believe that the Hebrews brought up the lan- satisfied her that the new food is harmless instance of recorded history his endeavor is to The biographer does not notice this work, and 
and beneficial ; perhaps he grew fat upon it, and stamp the Biblical record as unauthentic and un-
guage of the Pentateuch from Egypt ; it was
yet it ought not to be forgotten. It is Irving all 
Eve added it to her stores, set it on her table, inspired, and accordingly of' human origin. We 
not the language of the Egyptians, but of the 
over ; and not least the postscript, which was 
Canaanites, whose lands they seized." Which and ate it, and gave it to her husband, and the regret the publication of such a work at this added when the Emancipation Bill, which he so 
language he calls the Aramaean, and belonged serpent's augury was fully accomplished, time, when there are so may sceptical minds much dreaded, was actually announced in Par-
in common, to the Aramaean nations of Western The soul as well as the body thrives on it."— ready to read anything of a nature to destroy liament. 
Asia. 
Thus the whole record of the temptation, the fall the force of Divine truth, and make the word of On the 6th of December 1830, the "kirk-ses- 
As letters were not introduced until the times and the subsequent curse is fritted away by this God of none effect, so as io appease their consci- sion" (not the congregation, as the present biog-
of"improved interpretation" imported from the ences and live in sin until the day of Christ. 
Samuel and David, the events of the past 
rapher has it) agreed to a petition to the King 
were preserved in "Enigmas and allegories" till East by the German neologistic schools. By this 
O. R. FASSETT. 
"reconstruction of Biblical theories" "Satan" be- . 
to appoint a "day of national fasting and humil- 
then, where they were recorded, and from which 
Bro. Fassett forgets that the word "preten. iation." The document is of great length, cov- 
time "we first have a connected and consistent comes "a night shadow, and on being pushed to tious" is tabooed by apologists for error. We ering fourteen octavo pages of print, and was, of 
train of events." The author's argument on the wall may some day prove fictitious." And the think, however, it is rightly used in the present course, the production of Irving,—a production 
first temptation and sin has made a great step in instance. 
this point is not established, and it controverts 
"natural and moral progress upward to the gods 
ED, of which he needed not to be ashamed. It was 
the testimony and subsequent sacred thistory 
From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. 
presented to Lord Melbourne on Tuesday the 
whicn always ascribe to Moses the writings of and immortality." 
The translation and interpretation of Mr. Saw- 
Edward Irving. 
21st of that same month, by a deputation con- 
these early books. These records of the past, he 
sisting of Mr. Irving himself, Messrs Wm. Ham- 
considers
yer concerning the record of Cain and Abel is a 
Continued. 
to be the traditional sayings of former 
ilton, James Nisbet, and Duncan Mackenzie, eld- 
striking illustration of the "wresting of the scrip- Irving's second course of prophetical lectures 
ages written in the allegorical style. It was the 
Lures" to meet one's "improved Biblical history." in Edinburgh (in 1829) was very different from ers. The petition was engrossed in the minute 
" 
 
high prerogative of the Hebrews to receive from
book of session, and an account of the interview 
the earliest times reminiscences of the doings "The story of Cain killing his brother is a tale his first. His lectures in 1829 were very elaho- with Lord Melbourne is here given at length. 
offer repeated, and a tragedy often re-enacted. rate and carefully prepared, though not logical 
and fortunes of the human race lost by all its 
 
 
Mrs. Oliphant makes a slip when she calls his 
It is so common and inevitable, that it may be in structure. They were chiefly exhibitions of 
other branches. These were mostly invested 
Lordship Premier (vol. 2. p. 165)- He was on- 
with the attractive garbs of' allegories and enig- accounted one of the laws of the race, that the Old Testament types, beginning with Adam, ly Home Secretary then, under the Premiership 
mas to make them memorable, only learning stronger branches shall destroy and absorb the "the type of him who was to come," or, as Irv- of Earl Grey. 
enough of literal statements to serve as a key to weaker and it is by this means that the advance- ing expressed it, the type of him who is to come, About the same time,Spencer Perceval, Esq., 
interpretation. It is impossible that those early ment and increased elevation of the race are se- as if the type unfolded itself almost exclusively gave notice in Parliament of a motion regarding 
traditionists who, without letters, undertook to cured ; it is a beneficent law." That which is in the second advent. The lecturer's expositions a day of humiliation. The newspapers represent 
send down information by the lip to the latest condemned as a most heineous crime in both tes- of the curse on the serpent, on the ground, and him as received with laughter ; but he himself, 
taments is made to be a real good by the pro- on woman, were noble and eloquent. But he 
looks the fact of the Saviour's sanction and sea 
says that 
ages, could be fully aware of' the magnitude and 
in a letter to a. London newspaper, 
importance of the work they had in hand. They fessed. Christian Author ! 
hardly sustained himself throughout ; and the there was great exaggeration in this statement. 
acted in this, doubtless, on the views of their The "Noachian deluge" was but an "allegori- end of that course was wholly extempore, con- But his movement was a bold one, and the thing 
cal and traditional account of Noah and his sons sisting of an exposition of the Apocalypse. The 
driven by tyranny to emigrate from the older four volumes afterwards issuing out of these lee- which he was about to call on the House to do 
own, and for reasons of their own, views narrow 
and reasons narrovv,such as the age to which they 
was not at all in accordance with the feeling of 
seats of the race in its equatorial home, to the tures bear little resemblance to their original 
belonged could reach and comprehend." Thus the 
; the members or the spirit of the day. Looking 
high lands of Armenia,where he acclimated it to containing very much more of his "advanced 
Tim. 3: 1t and 2 Peter 1 ; 20, 21 ; and over- a cold and stern region. The bracing air of' the theology" that he had promulgated in his lee- forward to the day fixed, he felt considerable 
author ignores the statements of two Apostles, 
trepidation, and sought to sustain himself by the 
mountain proved a benefit, and the race attained tures, and at the same time some of the most 
new and higher powers than had been before magnificent passages he ever penned ; of which prayers and sympathies of his Christian friends 
to these writing.s Luke 16 : 31. 
in Regent Square Church. On the preceding 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
323 
Erne, deputed by the bishop, by the authority of 
the Pope,everyone understanding from the history 
of the knight and other ancient books, that this 
was not the purgatory which Patrick had from 
God, though everyone resorted to it. The truth 
is the whole concern had been discovered to be a 
pious cheat, too gross even for tne age immedi-
ately preceding the Protestant Reformation, and 
the Roman Pontiff, from sheer regard to the 
Church's character, had to command its destruc-
tion. As a penitent station, Lough Derg gradu-
ally regained its importance among the popular 
masses, who resorted to it fw the cure of spirit-
ual and other diseases, though without the sanc-
tion of Pontifical authority,which it now appears, 
has been obtained on its behalf, after lying under 
ecclesiastical displeasure during 365 years ! 
Whether the cave alluded to will be reconstruc-
ted for the enlightenment of the present scepti-
cal age in the mysteries of the world to come is 
not publicly stated ; but from the courageous 
march of Ultramontane mind in this country, 
would not surprise us to find, in this re-
spect, a mediaeval "revival" of a largely-
developed type. 
EPIIOROS. 
It's very Hard. 
garded as Satan's "mother" soon grew to such a 
size as to fill the entire Lough, and it could suck 
men and animals into its maw at a distance of 
several miles, while so great was its interior heat 
as to require all the water of the Lough to keep 
it from setious inconvenience from its own fires. 
The whole community,as may be readily supposed, 
were enraged against Conan for his folly, when 
he valiantly declared his resolution either to kill 
the "piast," or be killed by it, as so many bad 
been already. Conan accordingly provided him-
self with a proper stock of cutting weapons of 
the right sort, ascended the mountain of Knock-
nachuinny, and permitted himself to be quietly 
sucked into the monster's stomach. The burn-
ing heat admitted no delay, and he instantly be-
gan cutting and slashing at the brute's sides, till 
he opened for himself a free passage to the world 
outside, and this he accomplished with no other 
damage than the loss of his scalp,which was liter-
ally roasted off his head, the monster meanwnile 
filing the country with its infernal bellowlngs,and 
the lake and adjacent shores with its blood ! The 
bowels and bones of this Pagan mammoth are 
still to be seen at Lough Derg, tranformed into 
stones, while its blood still dyes the shores of 
the lake in many places ! Hence the name 
of the place, "Lough Dearg," or the "Red Lake," 
and hence also the title of "Conan Moal," or 
"Bald Conan" by which our hero has ever since 
been recognized in Ossianic minstrely. 
Little Bessie. 
"Hug me closer, closer mother 
Put your arms around me tight, 
I am cold and tired, mother, 
And I feel so strange to night : 
Something hurts me here, dear mother, 
Like a stone upon my breast ; 
Oh, I wonder, wonder, mother, 
Why it is I cannot rest ! 
"All day long while you were working, 
As I lay upon my bed, 
I was trying to be patient, 
And to think of what you said ; 
How the kind and blessed Jesus 
Loves his lambs to watch and keep ; 
And I wish he'd come and take me 
In his arms that I might sleep. 
"Just before the lamp was lighted, 
Just before the children came, 
While the room was very quiet, 
I heard some one call my name. 
All at once the window opened, 
In a field were lambs and sheep, 
Some from out a brook were drinking, 
Some were laying fast asleep. 
"But I could not see the Saviour, 
Though I strained my eyes to see, 
And I wondered if he saw me, 
Would he speak to such as me ? 
In a moment I was looking 
On a world so bright and fair, 
Which was full of little children, 
And they seemed so happy there ! 
"They were singing, oh ! how sweetly ! 
Sweeter songs I never heard ! 
They were singing sweeter, mother, 
Than can sing our yellow bird. 
And while I my breath was holding, 
One so bright upon me smiled ; 
And I knew it must be Jesus, 
When he said, "Come here, my child !" 
And at first I felt so sorry 
You had called me—I would go— 
Oh ! to sleep, and never suffer ! 
Mother, don't be crying so ! 
Hug me closer, closer, mother, 
Put your arms around me tight, 
Oh ! how much I love you mother, 
But I feel so strange to-night !" 
And the weeping mother pressed her 
To her overburdened breast ; 
On the heart so near to breaking, 
Lay the heart so near its rest, 
In the solemn hour of midnight, 
In the darkness, calm and deep, 
Lying on her mother's bosom, 
Little Bessie fell asleep. 
Sabbath he requested the prayers of that church; 
and Irving with his own pen drew out the fol-
lowing intimation, which he read from the pul-
pit• .:--"Spencer Perceval, having received much 
edification and consolation in the Lord in this 
church, earnestly asks their prayers and inter-
cession, with Almighty God for him, that he may 
be strengthened, on Tuesday next, to make a 
faithful witness in the High Court of Parliament 
as to the duty and necessity of a day of humili-
ation and fasting. It was written on a small 
slip of paper, (with several corrections,) which, 
having been picked up at the time by a worthy 
elder as a curious relic,was some years ago hand-
ed to us as a memorial of Edward Irving. 
As we are not writing a life of Irving, but 
merely recording facts not generally known, and 
not given in the present biography, we pass over 
the history of Irving's opinions and doings, both 
while in Regent Square and after his expulsion. 
Perhaps the most remarkable episode in the his-
tory of these strange years is the uprising of Ro-
bert Baxter of Doncaster, as an inspired prophet 
and his subsequent denial of his own inspiration. 
If any warning could have been heeded by Irv-
ing, this might have been. "But if they hear 
not Moses and the prophets,neither will they be-
lieve, though one rose from the dead." 
A little before this, when Irving was in Ed-
inburgh, if we mistake not, a few friends were 
together, conversing variously. At last the dis-
course turned upon error ;—the manner of its 
introduction, and the men who sowed it. An 
honoured minister of Christ took occasion to ad-
vert to the fact of so many good men being con-
nected with its promulgation. "And do you 
think," said Irving, "that Satan is such a fool as 
to introduce error into the church by any one 
but a good man ?" Most true ; yet sadly proph-
etic; though the speaker uttered the words with-
out suspicion of his own future, or any appar-
ent consciousness that there might perhaps be, 
even already, in his own teaching, the seed of 
most devious doctrine. 
On the 9th of February 1831, died Dr. An-
drew Thomson of Edinburgh ; a man honored to 
do a work for God in his day. He had both de-
fended and attacked Irving ; with what success, 
or on what occasions, it is not our present object 
to specify. When Irving heard of his death, it 
is said that he started, and exclaimed, "Have I 
loved that man enough !" 
We heard Irving when he visited Edinburgh 
for the last time in the beginning of 1834. The 
adherents of the new sect met in the small chapel 
in Carrubber's .Close, called Whitefield Chapel. 
Thither Irving went ; and thither we turned our 
steps one week evening, to hear him once more, 
and to judge for ourselves as to-the man and his 
message. The place looked dingy, being but 
poorly lighted; and the audience was small. How 
strange the contrast between this and the "West 
Kirk" in 1828 ! An "apostle" or "angel" was 
in the pulpit, and Mr. Irving occupied the desk 
under him. To us all was melancholy. Irving 
looked twenty years older ; his black hair had 
become gray ; his cheeks thin and sunk. Only 
the old eye and forehead remained to tell of oth-
er days. Even his voice was not what it had 
once been. He expounded a passage in Jere-
miah,if we remember aright ; but the exposition 
was bare and feeble. He prayed ; and the tones 
of his voice still sound to us afar ; low, wailing 
tones of profound melancholy ; while the burden 
of his hopeless cry was, "Have pity, Lord, upon 
Thy desolate heritage !" He looked dispirited, 
and wan and feeble ; a man whose heart had al-
ready begun to break. 
It was about this time that the Rev. H. B. 
M Lean, at whose ordination had been delivered 
the well-known charge in March 1827, turned 
away from Irving in sorrow. When the mirac-
ulous "manifestations of the Spirit" were an-
nounced, he gave them his calmest thought,being 
rota his sympathies and friendships very much 
predisposed in their favour. He made up his 
mind, not without many struggles, and decided 
that Irving and his party were wrong ; that the 
work said to be inspired was not of God. He 
gave his reasons at full length,privately, to Irv-
ing and others—thirty-two reasons in all—for 
the rejection of "the work" in London. 
"It's very hard to have nothing to eat but 
bread and milk, when others have every sort of 
nice things," muttered Charlie, as he sat with 
his wooden bowl before him. "It's very hard to 
have to get up so early on these cold mornings, 
and work hard all day, when others can enjoy 
themselves without an hour of labor. It's very 
hard to have to trudge along through the snow, 
while others roll about in their coaches." 
"It's a great blessing," said his grandmother, 
as she sat at her knitting—"It's a great blessing 
to have food, when so many are hungry ; to 
have a roof over one's head, when so many are 
homeless. It's a great blessing to have sight, 
and hearing, and strength for daily labor, when 
so many are blind, deaf, or suffering." 
"Why, grandmother, you seem to think that 
nothing is hard," said the boy, still in a grumb-
ling tcne. 
"No, Charlie, there is one thing that I think 
very hard." 
"What's that ?" cried Charlie, who thought 
that at last his grandmother had found some 
cause for complaint. 
"Why, boy, I think that heart is very hard 
that is not thankful to God for present bless-
ings." 
From the N. Y. Obsorver. 
Lough Derg. 
The Dying Noble. 
A certain nobleman, as the story goes, had a 
rude wit in his employ, called a fool. Amused 
with a remark of his one day,the nobleman gave 
him his walking-cane,with this injunction : "Take 
this walking-cane, and keep it until you meet 
with a greater fool than yourself, and then give 
it to him." The man kept the walking cane for 
a length of time,not meeting with any one whom 
he deemed a greater fool then himself. In pro-
cess of time, however, his lordship was laid upOn 
a dying-bed, and sending for the rude wit, ad-
dressed him thus : "Farewoll !" "Where is your 
lordship going ?" said the man. "I am going to 
my long home ," replied the nobleman. "Your 
long home ! How long is your lordship going to 
stay there ?" "Oh !" said the dying nobleman, 
"I am never to return !" "Never to return !" ex-
claimed the man, "never to return!" "No," said 
the nobleman, "I am going to eternity, and am 
never to return." "Has your lordohip made any 
preparation for that long home ?" "No," said he, 
"I have not." "Then," replied the man, "your 
lordship will please to take the walking-cane ; 
you are certainly a greater fool than I am—
please to take the walking-cane.' 
If this be deemed a quaint illustration, sure I 
am it is forcible, and much to the point. 
This once renowned scene, whose absurdities 
and impieties are immortalized in Carleton's 
"Lough Derg Pilgrim," has been sanctioned by 
the present Pope, and Bishop McNally has got 
the roads leading to it repaired, boats for the 
pilgrims in readiness, priests and friars in atten-
dance, and host of pilgrims flock to it. I think, 
therefore, that your readers will be interested in 
the following notices. It is in Donegal, where 
that country touches Fermanagh. 
As a matter of curiosity,we may mention that 
Lough Derg has its Pagan, as well as its so-call-
ed Christian celebrity, having received its name, 
according to tradition,from a remarkable exploit 
of Conan Moal, one of Fionn MacCumhall's he-
roes in the third century. This Conan, in the 
fictitious poems attrihuted to Ossian, is the Irish 
counterpart of Homer's Thersites,both in person-
al qualifications and in heroic prowess, having 
been an ill-tongued, babbling, boasting egotist, 
sure to make:his escape whenever danger appear-
ed, while the only act of daring ever ascribed to 
him rests on the authority of this Lough Derg 
tradition. The story, in short, is that Conan one 
day, when hunting amongst the Donegal moun-
tains, chanced to light upon the bones of an old 
sorceress, erewhile famous in that region, and 
while engaged in poking her remains,a dwarf sud-
denly appeared and warned him to take care, as 
the old woman's thigh-born contained a worm, 
and if he (Conan) should let out this demon 
worm upon the country,he would repent his rash-
ness. Conan scoffed at the warning, and, lifting 
the "varmint" on the point of his spear,he pitch-
ed it into Lough Derg, where it speedily grew 
up into a fiery dragon,which desolated the coun-
try in all directions, swallowing up cattle and 
men by wholesale. This monster, popularly re- 
Mercy is like a rainbow which God set in the 
heavens as a aemembranccr to man. We must 
not look for it after night; it shines not in the 
other world. If we refuse mercy here, we 
must have justice in eternity.—.Teremy Tay-
lor. 
PAPAL AUTHORIZATION OF ST. PATRICE'S 
PURGATORY. 
The Ultramontane party in Ireland are mak- 
ing notable progress in the restoration of the 
"dark ages," a phenomenon which we cannot help 
regarding as a good omen in the present state of 
the civilized world. In a late number of the Dub-
lin Catholic Telegraph we find the following au-
thorized announcement, viz.— 
"Lough Derg.—This celebrated and time hon- 
ored sanctuary, to which the Holy See has an-
nexed the fullest plenary indulgence, has been 
opened this year, with the sanetion of the bishop 
of the diocess, the most Rev, Dr. M'Nally, on 
the 29th of June, and will continue till the end 
of August. The island has been greally improved 
last season. Mr. W. Campbell, of the Ferry, 
has fitted out his boats, &c., for the accommoda-
tion and convenience of all persons visiting the 
island." 
During the middle ages, "St. Patrick's 
Purgatory" in Lough Derg was celebrated 
throughout Europe for the miraculous panoramic 
views of "heaven and hell," which were exhibit-
ed to pilgrims possessing fortitude enough to 
brave the horrors of the terrible cave in the prin-
cipal island of the Lough, in which the aforesaid 
"purgatory" was situated, and numerous are the 
legends commemorative of these heroic adven-
tures. One of the most romantic of these imagin-
ary exploits is the story of a sinful knight call-
ed "Owen," who, having become weary of the 
life he had led, came to Lough Derg to expiate 
his transgressions some time during the reign of 
King Stephen, of England, who is represented 
as having given him a species of passport to the 
island, though by what authority history is si-
lent. The tale is narrated at great length by 
Messingham, in his "Florilegium Insula Sanctor-
urn," and Matthew Paris has embodied in the 
history a tolerable full epitome of its main inci-
dents. The story soon spread, and was exten-
sively believed, so that even on the Continent, if 
any sceptic were found to doubt the realities of 
a future life, it was customary to order him to 
make a voyage to "Scotsa" (Ireland), and in St. 
Patrick's purgatory he would obtain ocular de-
monstrations of all departments of the spiritual 
world. For centuries this trade was carried on, 
and it paid remarkably, no place in Europe be-
ing equal to Lough Derg for material as well as 
spiritual wonders ; but unfortunately for their 
own credit, the monks carried the imposition too 
far, and flagrant abuses were the consequence. 
The evil at length reached its climax ; at d, ac-
cordingly by order of the Pope, on the at niv3r-
nary of St. Patrick's Day, in the year 1497, as 
the fact is stated in an entry in the annals of Ul- 
ster, "The cave of St. Patrick's purgatory was 
demolished in that year by the Guardian of Don-
egal, and some persons in the Deanery of Longh 
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324 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
That to seal up is the purpose of preservations 
is seen by comparison with other scriptures, "Is 
not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up 
among my treasures," Deut. 32: 3d. "Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : Take these 
evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which 
is sea!ed, and this evidence which is open, and put 
them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue 
many days." Jer. 32: 14. "Bind up the testi-
mony, seal the law among my disciples." Isaiah 8: 
16. A sealed book is also inaccessible to the read- 
ers, as in Isaieh 29: 11. "The vision of all is 
become unto you as the words of a book that is 
sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, 
saying, Read this, I pray thee ; and he saith I can-
not, for it is sealed." John, also, in Patmos, saw 
in a vision "a bOok" or roll "sealed with seven 
seals," which no man could "open" or "read," un-
til its seals were loosed by "the Lion of the tribe of 
Judah." Rev. 5: 2-5. The shutting up or seal-
ing of it would thus make the record of the vision 
secure against any intermeddling or change, and 
would keep it safely for future use—showing that 
it was not in that age to he understood and appreci-
ated as it might be in the distant future ; though 
the latter idea is secondary to that of its careful 
preservation." 
"For it shall be for many days." This decla-
ration is incompatible with the supposi-
tion that only 2300 literal days, a little more than 
six years, were to complete the full length of the vis-
ion. It was because of the long duration of the 
vision that it was necessary to preserve it so care-
fully ; and 2300 years, therefore, must be under-
stood as its revealed duration. 
Converted, 
The vital thing in saving conversion is the 
turning from the love and the practice of sinning, 
to the heart and the life of real holiness. The 
failure in many sad cases is, they turn—if it be 
any turning to something else besides an earnest, 
holy life. They do not throw themselves earnest. 
ly and truly into the symyathies and efforts that 
are called for in the cause of their Lord. 
Instructive to this point is the case of a Mr. 
II., of California, for years a strenuous oppo-
nent of the Gospel ; but at length on a visit 
among some prayerful Christian friends in West 
ern New York, he was converted. The further 
account, as we read from a private letter, reads 
thus: "He has taken his religion right in among 
all his former ungodly business associates in Cal-
ifornia. One incident shows his character. He 
has been building a new house. One room her 
has prepared for a sort of family chapel, for fam-
ily worship, family meetings, religious instruc-
tion, etc. Over one of the doors on the inside, 
perhaps the main entrance to the family room,he 
has placed in conspicuous raised letters—'As 
for me and my house, we will serve tne Lord.' 
There are similar mottoes in various parts of the 
• 
house.' " 
We doubt whether Paul or Daniel would do 
this sort of thing in a community Where the reign-
ing influences were Christian ; while in the midst 
of a very ungodly community, they would most 
surely do it. In heathen Babylon, Daniel pray-
ed from his open window three times a day ; and 
to proud pagan Rome Paul boldly wrote—"I 
am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ."—Ob-
erlin Evangelist. 
How to Forgive. 
harm." 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, DCTOBER 14, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
The readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to 
give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may 
be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
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error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
Will generous donors please look at our receipts, 
and send such available assistance as shall show 
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Change of Date of the Herald. 
The Herald has heretofore been dated on Satur-
day of each week, but printed on the previous Tues-
day. We have concluded to change the date of the 
paper, to correspond with the time of going to press. 
This will make the date of the paper harmonize with 
that of the latest intelligence given in its columns. 
The regular date of this paper, if issued last week, 
would have been Saturday, Oct. 11 ; but deferring 
its issue one week, as elsewhere noticed, it is dated 
Oct 14--only three days later than last week's pa-
per would have been with the former arrangement 
of dating. We think our readers will be better 
pleased with this arrangement,—though the day of 
issue is not changed. They will also be mailed on 
Thursday morning as heretofore, and received by 
subscribers as nsual. 
No Herald Last Week. 
Our car man who takes the forms for our paper 
from the office to the printer, delayed coming for 
them an hour and a half last week ; and then he 
forgot to return them for a whole day, which 
kept us out of the type for the next number, and so 
made it impossible, without extra help, to issue the 
Herald last week. We were also going to the Con-
ference at Waterbury, Vt., and as we had previous-
ly concluded, we have passed over one week's issue. 
Our readers will excuse this omission when they ap-
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To Correspondents. 
Wm. Sally. Some of your enquiries you will 
find answered in the Herald of July 26—a copy of 
which we have sent you. The others we will look 
at as we get leisure. 
J. Speer. Your notices were not received till 
after the issue of the Herald of Oct. 4 ; we issued 
no paper last week, and this week is too late for 
your purpose. 
"Ruthette." Our opinion of that is indicated by 
a change in the date. Thank you for matertal aid. 
As yon do not give the P. O. address of Miss 
M. R. P., we cannot find the name to correct. 
The Englishnan's Hebrew Concordance. 
A Bro. having ordered ten copies of this work 
from England at a low price, and two or three cop-
ies of it not being engaged, we can probably put 
that number of persons, should they apply early, in 
the way of getting each one copy for sixteen dollars 
per copy—the present retail price being now near 
$30 in our currency. 
"Good-bye, grandmother," said young Stan-. 
ley ; "I am ping to the market-town, and shall 
not come home until day after to-morrow." 
"The Lord go with you, my dear lad," said 
the aged grandmother ; "but before you go I 
want to know if' you have settled the quarrel 
with Ned Brooks." 
"I have settled it that I shall have nothing 
more to do with him. He has treated me very 
badly. I do not intend to treat him badly in 
return, but I do not intend to have anything to 
do with him ?" 
"Have you forgiven him ?" 
"I do not intend to do him any 
"Have you forgiven him ?" 
'Remember what the Lord says : 'When ye 
stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against 
any ; for if ye forgive not men their tresspasses, 
neither will your Father forgive your trespass-
es.' We are allowed to ask forgiveness for our-
selves only as we forgive others. 'Forgive us 
our debts as we forgive our debters.' It is not 
safe for us to live a single day without being for-
given, we must forgive others." 
"Well, grandmother, I will try to do my du-
ty. Good bye." 
The young man went to the market-town. He 
was busy during the day, and thought but little 
of what he had said to his grandmother. At 
night, when he came to lie down on his bed, he 
thonght of what she had said. lie thought of 
Ned Brooks and he became angry. lie thought 
of his own sins, and then he felt his need of par-
don. He thought of the words of his Lord, "if 
ye forgive not men their traspasses." He felt 
that he must forgive Ned Brooks, even though 
he did not turn and say, I repeut. He tried to 
do it, and failed. He then knelt in prayer, and 
asked for a forgiving spirit, and continued ask-
ing till he felt that he could forgive all who had 
done any wrong to him. 
Are you angry with any one? Begin at once 
to show a forgiving spirit, if you hope to be for-
given of God. 
There is scarcely anything more harmless than p 
itical or party malice. It is best to leave it to it-
self. Opposition and contradiction are the only 
means of giving it life or duration. 
Corals, agates and crystals are found on many a 
stormy shore ; thus the souls finds God's most prec-
ious gifts in the rugged path of sorrow. 
CHAPKER VIII. 
"And the vision of the evening and the morning 
is true : wherefore shut thou up the vision ; for it 
shall be for many days." v. 26. 
The phrase, "The evening and the morning," is 
clearly expressive of a day,—as in Gen. 1 ; 5, where 
the same phrase is defined, "Tee evening and the 
morning were the first day." Reference is here evi-
dently made to verse 14, where the length of the 
vision is declared to be 2300 days, or, as in the 
margin, so many "evening-mornings," expressive of 
days. The simple meaning, then, of this, is that 
the vision of ;2300 days' duration, which was 
told, is true ; that is, the events thus revealed are 
fixed and unalterable, and will in the predicted 
time and manner be certainly accomplished. 
Wherefore, because it is true, Daniel is told to 
shut up the vision; that is, he was to make a record 
of it for future use, and to seal it up so that it 
might be safely kept, and preserved in its integrity 
rfom change or interpoltation. 
"And I, Daniel fainted, and was sick certain 
days ; afterwards I rose up and did the king's busi-
ness ; and I was astonished at the vision, but none 
undorstood it." v. 27. 
Daniel having been permitted to look into the dis-
tant future and to commune with celestiai visitors, 
was entirely overcome and prostrated at the vision. 
The literal meaning of "I fainted," etc., is, ac-
cording to Gesenius, ''I was done up and was 
sick," "was done over," etc. Theodotian renders 
it "was laid in my bed ;" and Willet, "was smit-
ten with sickness." How long he was sick can 
only be codjectured—the phrase "certain days" be 
ing indefinite, and corresponding to our "some 
days." When recovered from his sickness, Daniel 
returned to his ordinary employment, which ap-
pears to have had some connection with affairs of 
state ; but its precise nature can only be conjec- 
tured. 
The astonishment of the prophet -at the vision, 
must have been amazement at the magnitude of the 
events symbolized, with a feeling of inability fully 
to comprehend their significance. 
"But none understood it"—understood what? 
Willet is of the opinion that no one perceived or 
understood the cause of Daniel's sickness. And 
there is some reason for this suppositfon ; for, as 
Daniel was commanded to slant up the vision, he 
might not have been permitted to communicate it 
to others—it being committed to him for the future 
use of the church ; and it could not be said that 
Daniel had no understanding of it, for the angel had 
already interpreted its general outline, leaving him 
in doubt only in respect to its more minute details. 
But if the shutting up of .the vision would harmon-
ize with his conversing respecting it, the meaning 
must be that he found no one able to explain what 
the angel had left uninterpreted. 
CINCINNATI, Oct. 12. A special dispatch to the 
Commercial from Corinth says Gen. Grant recalled 
Gen. Rosecrans from the pursuit of the rebels on 
the 9th. The latter reports the enemy dispersed, 
demoralized and incapable of futher mischief. He 
had intended following to prevent another concen-
tration, believing that now is the time to destroy 
them. The enemy spiked and abandoned 11 guns. 
Three caissons were destroyed and most of their am-
munitson and baggage trains were captured. Our 
victory was incontestihly one of the cleanest of the 
war. The enthusiasm of the army for Rorecrans is 
boundless. Altogeuher we have 2000 prisoners, in' 
eluding nearly 100 officers, besides the wound-
ed. About 1000 rebels were killed. Our 
was 350 killed and 1200 wounded. An accurate re-
port is impossible until the army returns to Corinth. 
Ohio had seven regiments and two batteries in the 
battle. Gen. Oglesby's wound is better, but is still 
considered dangerous. 
HYPOCHONDRIA.—Hypochondria has that wont to 
to rise in the midst of thousands—dark as Doom, 
pale as Malady,and well-nigh strong as Death. Her 
comrade and victim thinks to be too happy one me-
ment—"Not so," says she ; "I come." And she 
freezes the blood in his heart, and beclouds the light 
in his eyes. 
'Now as he was speaking wite me, I was in a 
deep sleep on my face toward the ground : but he 
touched me, and set me upright. And he said, Be 
hold I will make thee know what shall be in the 
last end of the indignation ; for at the time ap-
pointed the end shall be.' " vs. 18, 19. 
Daniel, evidently, w•‘s in no common sleep, but 
had fallen prostrate into a swoon so as to be insen-
sible to outward objects, at the appearance of the 
angel. But the touch of the celestial messenger re-
vived and placed him on his feet ; or, as in the mar-
gin, "made me stand upon my standing." In like 
manner a hand touched him, as recorded in the 10th 
chapter (v. I0), and set him upon his knees and the 
palms of his hands. John in Patmos was re-assur-
ed when the Saviour laid his right hand upon him 
and spoke words of kindness (Rev. 1: 17). And 
when Paul had fallen before the supernatural bright-
ness, the Saviour commanded him to rise and stand 
upon his feet. Acts 26: 16. 
Daniel having sought for the meaning of the vis-
ion, and Gabriel having been commanded to make 
him understand, he has solicited the prophet's at-
tention, and now promises to communicate the de-
sired knowledge. lie does not promise to do this 
at one interview, and, therefore, we may suppose 
that all subsequent explanations by Gabriel to Dan 
iel are in.fulfilment of this promise. 
The last end of the indignation must extend to 
the last end of all the tribulation spoken of in this 
vision—to the end of the, treading down of the 
sanctuary and host, as already interpreted, 
which closes with the breaking of this persecuting 
power without hands, and which must be at the 
time appointed ; that is, at the end of the 2300 
days' period. And then follows the explanation o 
the vision. 
"The ram which thou Rawest having two horns 
are the Kings of Media and Persia. And the rough 
goat is the King of Grecia ; and the great horn 
that is between his eyes is the first king. Now that 
being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four 
kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not 
in his power And in the latter time of their king-
dom when the transgressors are come to the full, a 
king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark 
sentences, shall stand up. And this powershall be 
mighty, but not by his own power ; and he shall 
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and prac- 
tise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy peo-
ple. And through his policy also, he shall cause 
craft to prosper in his hand ; and he shall magnify 
himself in his heart, and by force shall destroy 
many ; he shall also stand up against the Prince of 
princes ; but he shall be broken without hand." 
vs. 20-25. 
In the foregoing ,the ita'ic words "are," "is," 
"is," and "himself," are supplied, In the first 
sentence, the w 1 "ram," the nominative, being i 
the singular, Mr. Stuart supplies the singular verb 
"is" instead of the plural "are ;" and he makes 
the sense to he, "Lie ram which thou sawest, hay. 
ing two horns, is the Medo-Persian empire." It 
would however be more euphonious to supply the 
words so as to make the predicate read, "is repre-
sentative of," or, as Mr. Whiting renders it, "sig-
nifies the Kings of Media and Persia"—the kings 
being instanced as dynasties, or reigning powers. 
Lois inspired interpretation of the vision clearly 
commences it at some point within the existence of 
the J)tado-Persian kingdom, comes down through 
the Grecian, shows that at one time the last-named 
is a united empire, and that subsequently it is di. 
vided into four inferior kingdoms ; and then follows 
a new power coining up into one of them, subjuga-
ting them all, becoming greater than any of the pre-
ceding empires, and performing acts which have 
been already considered in connection with the vis- 
on anl that identify Eastern Rune as the one sym-
bolized. This portion of the chapter having been 
already minutely discussed, it is not necessary 
again to consider it in detail in this connection. 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD 
"And when they heard that, they lifted up their 
voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou 
art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and 
the sea; and all that in them is. Who, by the 
mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the 
heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were 
gathered together against the Lord, and against his 
Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Je-
sus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and 
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people 
of Israel, were gathered together, Fur to du what-
soever thy hand and thy counsel determined before-
hand." Acts 4: 24-28. 
The Conference at Waterbury. 
As we return to the office only the day before go-
ing to press, we are unable tozive any portion of 
the secretary's report, which will appear in future 
numbers. The meeting was well attended, both by 
citizens and strangers. The weather was on the 
whole quite favorable,though at times a little rainy. 
The services were generally interesting, and the 
meetings profitable. The citizens, *as well as the 
brethren in Waterbury, manifested a large hospi-
tality and generously opened their doors aud spread 
their tables for the accommodation of guests ; and 
those from other churches there gave a respectful at-
tention and appeared to listen with interest to the 
exposition of the word. We regard this as one of 
the most instructive and profitable of our annual 
conferences, and a respectable number of friends 
from places more or less distant were there to enjoy 
this yearly gathering. 
It was pleasant there to renew acquaintance with 
some whom we had not met for years ; and it was 
also a privilige to see the faces and take by the band 
others of our readers, whose companionship we had 
never before enjoyed. Were we writing a private 
communication, we should enjoy the repetition of 
names and incidents ; but we know it is distasteful, 
as it should be, to persons of sensibility and refine-
ment to see their names needlessly paraded in print, 
made the subject of compliment or flattery, or con-
nected with mere trivial incidents. It is sufficient 
to say that we enjoyed much the social interviews 
with the friends assembled at Waterbury ; and as 
we stamp their names from week to week on their 
several papers, we shall be able to recall forms and 
and faces of many with whom it has been our privilige 
there to form a pleasant acquaintance. 
Vermont is a beautiful state. The hills are re-
markably round, and apparently tillable to their 
very tops. It is a fine dairy country, and visions of 
butter and cheese .are naturally associated with its 
delightful scenery. Its green coated fields and ver-
dant hill sides also remind one of that better coun-
try towards which we trust we are all journeying ; 
and may we there have such reunions as shall eclipse 
all in the past. 
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh ; the 
Lord shall have them in derision. Theh shall He 
speak unto thorn in his wrath, and vex them in hss 
sore displeasure." vs. 4, 5. 
Human malice will never defeat God's purpsses. 
On the contrary, God will vindicate all his prom-
ises and threatenings, visiting with his displeasure 
all three who attempt to frustrate any of his ar-
rangements. And one of the Divine plans is to in-
vest the Son with royal dignity upon Mount Zion, 
as expressed in the following : 
"Yet have I. set my King upon my holy hill of 
Zion. I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said 
nto me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begot-
ten thee." vs. 6, 7. 
The marginal reading of v. 6, is, "1 hava anoint-
ed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness." 
Christ is unloubtedly the subject of this prediction; 
for "the Redeemer shall come to him." Isaiah 59: 
20; "And the Lerd shall reign over them in Mount 
Zion from henceforth, even forever." Micah 4: 7. 
Christ's recognition as the Son of God, was am-
ple proof of his future investment with this world's 
sovereignty ; and this predicted recognition was ful-
filled in his resurrection from the dead. For Paul 
said to the men of Israel at Antioch, 
"And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that 
the promise, which was made unto !the fathers, 
Giod hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, 
in that he raised up Jesus again ; as it is also writ-
ten in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day 
have I begotten thee." Acts 13: 32, 33. 
As Chrfst is thus recognized as Zion's future 
King, it is necessary that he should he invested with 
the predicted sovereignty ; and hence we have the 
promise, 
"Atk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen 
for thine inheritance, and the uttermtst parts of the 
earth for thy possession." v. 8. 
This promise is parallel with various predictions 
like the following ; 
"All the ends of the world shall remember and 
turn unto the Lord ; and all the kindreds of the na-
tions shall worship before thee. For the kingdom 
is the Lord's; and he is the governor among the na-
tions." Psa. 22: 27, 28. 
"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, 
and from the river unto the ends of the earth." Psa. 
72: 8. 
Then will "the kingdoms of this world" have 
become our Lord's and his Christ's; "and he shall 
reign forever and ever." Rev, 11: 15. 
How, then, is this dominion to be established ? 
Will it be by the conversion of every individual liv-
ing at some give epoch, in all nations? This scrip-
ture is usually quoted as if it implied this ; but that 
such cannot be its meaning, is evident from what 
follows : 
"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou 
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." 
v. 9. 
Those thus broken and dashed in pieces are not 
converted and this is in harmony with other scrip-
tures, which affirm that "the nation and kingdom 
that will not serve Thee shall perish ; yea those 
nations shall be utterly wasted,", Isa. 60: 12. And 
then follows the reign of peace and right-
eousness. vs. 13-22, 
And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord 
will smite all the people that have fought against 
Jernsalem. Their flesh shall consume away while 
they stand upon their feet. and their eyes shall con-
Eume away in their holes, and and their tongue shall 
consume away in their mouth." Zach. 14: 12; 
which is introductory to the era when "the Lord 
shall be King over all the earth," v. 9. Our Sa- 
viour has shown that in the end of this world, ere 
the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the 
kingdom of their Father," Matt. 13: 43 ; that 
"the Son of man will send forth his angels, and 
Rebel Raid into Pensylvania. 
It appaars that near the close of last week a body 
of rebel cavalry, sonic 2000 in number, made a suc-
cessful raid into Pennsylvania and retreated across 
the Potomac. We have not room for details. 
"Frederick, Oct. 12. All the information here 
indicates that the rebels accomplished their raid 
with impunity, passing from above the right of our 
army aiong its rear and recrossing into Virginia in 
the vicinity of Conrad's Ferry. They numbered 
2500 cavalry and four pieces of artillery. They 
have no train except a few ambulances. From 
Chambersburg they passed through Emmetsburg, 
Woodsboro' and Newmarkee, and crossed the Bal- 
timore and Ohio Railroad early this morning. At 
Monrovia they cut the telegraph line and tore up a 
few rails. From Monrovia they moved toward No-
lan's ford at the mouth of the Monocacy. 
At the ford we had the 3d and 4th Maine regi-
ments, with a battery of artillery. The rebels were 
severely shelled and replied with vigor, but not 
much damage was done to either side. Having no 
cavalry force there, our forces could not pursue the 
rebels, Who finally moved down the river in the di-
rection of Edwards' Ferry, where it is believed,they 
Passed over this afternoon. Gen. Pleasanton, with 
cavalry, was in pursuit, but was two hours behind 
the rebels. 
It is the opinion of some that only a portion of 
their force has recrossed. 
Battle near Suffolk, Va. The New York Herald 
contains an account of a battle that took place on 
the Blackwater, in the vicinity of Suffolk, Va., on 
the 3d instant, which seems to have been of some 
importance. It says the rebels were at least 5000, 
commanded by Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, and that 
fully 200 of them were killed and wounded. Our 
loss was only three out of a force of 2000. The at-
tack was planned by Gen. Dix, to drive back the 
advancing pickets of the enemy, and it was intend-
ed that the gunboats should co-opevate with the 
land firms by way of Chowan creek,from Albemarle 
Sound ; but owing to some mistake they did not 
participate in the action. The object of the move-
ment was attained. 
Inteliigence is received in official quarters that the 
Sioux Indians in Minnesota had ceased their hostili-
ties, and was surrendering, and further that the 
military authorities were at the latest accounts se-
verely punishing the most prominent of the guilty 
parties. The entire number of warriors does not 
exceed 1100. 
Bro. John Gilbreth of Stanbridge C. E. wishes to 
"call attention to an omission in the last report of 
the North Stanbridge church : It is this, two with- 
draw." 
JOHN GILBRETIL 
them into a furnace of fi;e," vs. 41, 42. And when 
the justified are summoned to the marriage-feast, 
Rev. 19: 9 "the remnant" are to be slain. v. 21. 
It is not, therefore, by the conversion of all indi-
viduals in all nations that the kingdom of God is to 
be established ; but by the infliction of judgments 
on, and the destruction of the unconverted. "This 
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the 
world for a witness to all nations, and then shall the 
end come." Matt. 14: 14. As the result of this 
proclamation of pardon and justification through 
Christ, there will have been redeemed a chosen seed 
"out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation',' who are to "reign on the earth," 
Rev. 5: 9, 10. These "children of the kingdom," 
and "the children of the wicked one," like the 
wheat and tares in a field, are to "grew together till 
the harvest," which the end of the world ;" and 
then the adjudication is to be made, the unconvert-
ed are to perish, and; the blessed of the Father will 
inherit the kingdom forever. 
And it is because the Son will thus break and 
dash in pieces the unconverted kings and rulers of 
he earth, with all who set themselves against the 
Lord and his Anointed, whether king or subject,—
when the dominion and the redeemed from the na-
tions become Christ's inheritance and everlasting 
possession, that they are thus admonished : 
"Be wise now, therefore,0 ye kings ; be instruct-
ed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, 
and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he 
be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his 
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they 
that put their trust in him." vs. 10-12. 
Salvation is as freely offered to monarch as to 
peasant, to crowned heads as the most ignoble of 
the earth. Those of each class who are wise will 
heed the instruction given ; " they will serve God 
acceptably with reverence and godly fear," know-
ing that to the impenitent Ile "is a consuming 
fire," Heb. 12; 28, 29. And hence they are ad- 
monished to "Kiss the Son," that is, to recognize 
the Son as the Lord's Anointed. For when Samuel 
had anointed Saul, he "kissed him, and said, Is it 
not because the Lord bath anointed thee to he 
captain over his inherifance," 1 Sam. 10: 1. And 
this allegiance to the Son is demanded because the 
Either requires "that all men should honor the 
Son, even as they honor the Father." Jahn 5: 23. 
The period when kings and subjects are alike in-
vited to recognize the rightful sovereignty of the 
Son, is during the entire gospel dispensation ; fur 
during all this time the gospel is freely offered to 
all. And though Gud is ever displeased with the 
wicked, his anger is now said to be "kindled but a 
little," because lie is not now implacable, but is 
eady to par lea the vilest offender who will come to 
him through the mediatorial sacrifice of the Son 
whilst all who will not thns eomo will be broken 
and dashed in pieces; they will "perish by the way," 
or will be dnshed in pieces at Christ's coming, for 
John said, "And the, kings of the earth, aud the 
great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, 
and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every 
free man, hid themselves in the dens, and in the 
mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocl 
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb ; for the great day of His wrath is come,and 
who shall be able to stand ?" Rev. 5; 15-17. 
This last interrogation is answered by the closing 
clause of the Psalm. "Blessed are all they that 
put their trust in Him," that is, in the Son. For 
the angel of the Lord eneampeth round about them 
that fear Him, and delivereth them." Psalm 34: 7. 
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 
and whose hope tae Lord is. For he shall be as a 
tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out 
her roots by the river, and shall not see when heal 
cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not 
be careful in the year of drought, neither shall 
cease from yielding fruit." Jer. 17: 7, 8. "Fur the 
scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall 
not be ashamed." Rom. 10: 11. 
A Riedle. 
A sister sends us the following, which she found 
among her mother's papers : 
"Beneath these heavens, a creature once di d 
dwell, 
So sacred writers, uncontested tell ; 
Beneath this earth his vital breath he drew, 
He never sinned, nor never evil knew : 
He never shall he raised from the dead, 
Nor at the day of judgment lift his head. 
But yet in him, there was a soul that must 
Suffer in hell, or reign among the just." 
ENCOURAGING —A new subscriber, who sends with 
his own name that• of another new subscriber, 
writes, "I will try and get another subscriber for 
you soon." 
E naTTLE OF PERRYVILLE. 
Louisville Oct. 12. A skirmish took place on 
Thursday near Lawrenceburg, Bowen county, be 
tween the 19th regulars and 1st Ohio cavalry,against 
Col. Scott's rebel cavalry. Col. Scott was wound-
ed and is now a prisoner at Bardstown. 
One hundred and thirty rebel prisoners from Per 
rysville, including the lieutenants, arrived here to-
night. 
Further particulars of Wednesday's Perryville 
fight state the Federal force was i16,000;;and the 
rebel force sixty-two regiments, the aggregate of 
which is unknown. The Federal loss was front 
500 to 600 killed, and 2300 wounded, and 440 
prisoners. The latter were paroled by Buckner. 
The rebel loss was 1,300 killed, including one Gen-
eral, unknown, and fourteen colonels and Benton-
ant-colonels. This number of killed is admitted by 
the rebel Medical Director of Gen. Cheatham's di-
vision. 
Dispatches received at headquarters state that 
Col. Lyttle's wounds are very slight. Ile ihas bees 
paroled and will arrive to-morrow evening. 
It is reported that Wolford's cavalry captured 
over 100 rebel wagons, 1000 prisoners and one bat-
tery on Friday, between Perryville and Harrods-
burg. 
Gen. Dumont is at Frankfort. Humphrey Mae-
shall, it is said, left Lexington on Sunday last, with 
his whole force of 2000 infantry and 450 cavalry. 
It is believed that Marshall and the forces driven 
from Versailles are at Nicholasville. 
Our forces were massed on Friday between Per-
ryville and Harrodsburg. They are reported to 
have formed in line of battle about six miles from 
Perryvill. 
Capt. Watson of Company G. 80th Indiana Re-
giment, wounded somewhat seriously, has arrived 
here. He left Perryville on Saturday, and was ov-
ertaken by a messemger who left Perryville two 
hours later. The messenger reports the rebel force 
at about 75,000. They heard heavy and constant 
firing for many miles after they left. 
Rumors prevail that a severe engagement between 
the whole of each army was progressing yesterday 
on the Harrodsburg road, and that Gen. Buell drove 
the rebels toward Camp Dick Robinson. 
Paroled prisoners say the rebels are making for 
the camp at Perryville. 
The rebels were so crippled on Wednesday that 
they could not carry away seven pieces of artillery 
they captured. We captured 106,000 rounds of 
their amunition. They buried their dead and their 
wounded were cared for. 
THE MUMMIES OF THEBES—Msssrs. Ayer & Co. 
have received from Alexandria a cargo of rags to 
pay for their medicines, which are largely sold in 
Egypt, They are evidently gathered from all class-
es and quarters of the Pacha's dominions—the cast-
off garments of Hadjiis and Howadjiis—white linen 
turbans, loose breeches and flowing robes. Not the 
least part of their bulk is cloth in which bodies were 
embalmed and wound for preservation three thous-
and years ago. They are now to be made into pa-
per for Ayer's Almanacs, and thus, after having 
wrapped the dead for thirty centuries, are used to 
warn the living from the narrow house which they 
have so long inhabited, and to which, in spite of all 
our guards and cautions, we must so surely go.—
Daily Eve. Jour. 
Excusable. 
Some one, we know not who, in sending a dona-
tion writes as follows and asks us to excuse it. We 
think it perfectly excusable : "I am a subscriber 
of your excelent paper the Advent Herald. Feeling 
that I should do more for the cause of Christ I take 
the liberty to send you a trifle, hoping that it may 
do some good. I receive the Herald every Friday 
with much pleasure aud have receivnd much encour-
agement in reading it. 
From one who is unworthy to be called a child of 
God." 
The A. M. A. cannot receive too many such notes. 
Brother Bliss:—What does this mean, "my King-
dom is not of this world if it was then would my 
servants fight." 
A. G. 
We suppose it means that the rightful servants o 
any divinely authorized government are justified in 
extending to it all needful defense. 
North Barnstead Oct. 5, 1862. 
The Right Thing. 
Bro. Hastings says in a note to us, in reference to 
the ariicle in the last Herald, that he will "proba-
bly be able to correct or cancel the pages" contain-
ing the "foot-note"—not 50 copies, probably, hav- 
ing gone to the public. 
This is as it should be, and what we presumed he 
would do—as no Christian gentlemen need ever hes-
itate to correct his inadvertent errors, when they are 
shown to he such. 
The Second Psalm. 
they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that 
No portion of Scripture is oftener quoted than offend, and those which do iniquity. and shall cast 
the 8th verse of this Psalm, in support of the theo-
ry that all nations are to be converted to Christ be-
fore his advent. To our mind, however, it does not 
teach this. This Psalm commences with 
"Why do the heathen rage,and the people imag-
ine a vain thing ? The kings of the earth set them 
selves. and the rulers take counsel together, against 
the Lord, and against his ,Anointed, saying, Let us 
break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords 
from us." vs. 1-3. 
This is evidently applied to our Saviour's cruci-
fixion, by the disciples, when, having been threat-
ened and forbidden to speak in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 
G. W. BURNHAM. 
Arereburyport, Sep. 15, 1862. 
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endorsed. Corn spondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should bo 
regarded as diset,titling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uneourteous controversy. 
MY JOURNAL. 
CAMP MEETING AT PERRY'S MILLS. 
NNW YORK, Aug. 15th fo 24th. 
• 
Monday, August 18.-I gave three discourses. 
In the morning Isaiah 25. Afternoon, Daniel 9 : 
2-5 ; ,Matt. 6 : 5-13. Evening, Romans 8 : 35 
-37. We enjoyed a good day. 
Tuesday, August 19. Our audiences have in-
creased in numbers and interest. I spoke in the 
morning from Exodus 31: 26. Afternoon, Matt. 
25 : 1-13. In the evening Isaiah 44 : 3-4. The 
word of the Lord never seemed more precious, and 
many spoke of their interest, in connexion with fer-
vent prayer, for the revival of the work of God 
among the unconverted. This afternoon a large 
delegation arrived from Massena, N. Y., which 
much cheered us all. 
Wednesday, August 20. Spoke in the Morning, 
from Deut. 33 : 26-29. God the Refuge and Sup-
port of a saved and happy people. In the after-
noon on Romans 7th and 8th, How to live happy, 
holy, and useful, and be prepared for the kingdom. 
Evening, on the war now raging in our land, as a 
judgment of the Almighty upon us for our sins, 
Isa. 26 : 9. As the result of this affliction many 
"will leave unrighteousness." The Spirit will be 
poured out, as in Isa. 32 : 15, and there will be 
a gathering of souls to Christ under the the Gospel 
of the kingdom. 
We have had a blessed day, and increased attend-
ance. This evening, Elder William Sheldon from 
Wisconsin, and a goodly number from Shataguay, 
N. Y., arrived to cheer us, and be cheered by kind-
ly greetings. 
Thursday, Aug. 21. In the morning Elder 
Wm. Sheldon from Merrimack, Wisconsin, gave a 
sound and timely sermon on Romans 1 : 16, on the 
Gospel and its power over the human heart. The 
effect was good. In the afternoon I spoke from 
Matt. 24 : 14, on the "Gospel of the kingdom," I 
showed that this message was peculiar to the last 
age of the world, and is the true message. to pre-
pare the church and the world for the corning judg. 
meet. At the close of this service some came one 
for prayers, and three were blessed. In the evening 
I spoke to a large audience from Hosea 10 : 12. 
At the close a number came out for prayers. The 
work is deepening. 
Friday, August 22d. We have a rain storm 
and preaching in the large tent. I spoke on the 
133d Psalm, Christian Union. After the discourse, 
Elders Dudley and Sheldon, and a large number 
spoke with much interest on the blessedness of chris-
tian union and fellowship. 
In the P. M. the rain continued to pour down, so 
all gathered into the large tent again, when I gave 
my views of the prophetic period, as in harmony, 
with the best expositors of the age,who terminate it 
in 1867 and 8. In connexion with this view,it was 
shown that the Adventists had a great work to do, 
in connexion with their fellow believers, in this 
faith. We have duties connected with the press, 
and should scatter publications on the subject wide-
ly, Camp and conference meetings should be held 
in every place where practicable to wake up the peo-
ple to the great fact of Jesus soon coming, and to 
a preparation for it. 
These views were seconded at the close by Elder 
Sheldon and Dudley, Alvah Loomis and others, and 
a committee was raised to call a business meeting 
on the subject. 
In the evening I addressed the young people from 
Eccl. 12: 1. A good audience of the young was in 
attendance. and the best attention. After the ser-
vice was closed, we had a severe tempest. But our 
camp is comfortable-Imore so, that most houses, 
where all are shut in, with impure air, and with too 
many the light of heaven also shut out. 
Saturday August, 23. We have a clear and beau-
tiful day after the storm. In family prayers the Lord 
was with us : also, at the public prayer meeting at 
9 P. M. the Lord was present to bless and comfort 
his people. 1 spoke this A. M. from Joshua 18: 2 
-6. Subject, earnestness in the work of God. Some 
were moved to new action. In the P. M. I spoke 
en the "two witnesses." Rev. 11 : Some were con-
vinced of the time, and confessed it. In the even-
ing spoke on the coming of Christ Rev. 16: 15. and 
enforced the duty of readiness and watchfulness, fo 
the event. We have had a heavy shower this P. M. 
that somewhat interrupted us. We have a good 
week and most persons in the camp have pitched 
their tents (in the spiritual sense,) on new ground. 
It has been good to be here. 
Sabbath August, 24. We have a clear splendid 
day after the storm, and a very large gathering from 
all parts of the country I spoke in the A. M. and 
P. M. on the "Seven last plagues," Rev. 15 and 
16. and in the evening on the signs of Christ's spee-
dy coming. 
Our meeting has been a successfnl one, and a new 
interest has been stirred up on the Advent question, 
in this whole region. A committee has been appoin-
ted to prepare a place and call the meeting for next 
year. And it is expected that there will then be a 
very barge gathering. 
The people are eager to hear on the Advent, and 
I had calls in all the regions to visit and preach to 
them, on this subject. We had a delegation from 
Montreal, C. E. with an urgent request to visit that 
city. I shall do so as soon as I can. 
Most of the friends took the parting hand Sabbath 
evening, the xext on Monday A. M. at an early 
hour. ,There is something solemn, and even melan-
choly sometimes connected with these partings. 
Yet, with the hope of seeing each other in the king-
dom in a few short years,where we shall "never part 
again," we rise above all these feelings, and rejoice 
in the blessed hope, even in the midst of separations. 
The following report of the committee &c. will be 
read with interest by the Adventists in the vicinity 
of the meeting. 
Camp meeting for Northern N. Y. and Eastern 
Canada. 
In the last camp meeting in Perry's Mills, N. 
Y. the subjoct of an hnnual camp meeting was in-
troduced, and a committee of two were appointed 
consisting of A. Loomis of Champlain, and James 
Danforth of Massena, who made the following re-
port to the congregation on Sabbath A. M. Aug. 
24th. 
. Whereas there are a large number of people with-
in a circle of fifty and a hundred miles of Champlain 
and Perry's mills, who are greatly interested in the 
doctrine of the personal coming of Christ, and the 
evidence of its nearness. And whereas there are but 
few pastors or teachers of our faith in this region, 
to preach or teach the nearness of the kingdom tnere-
fore ; Resolved, that it be recommended to the con-
gregation, that they establish an annual camp meet-
ing in this vicinity to continue so long as it may be 
needed. 2. That a committee be appointed to carry 
this resolution into effect. 
The report was adopted and the following persons 
appointed a committee. Dr E. S. Loomis, Perry's 
Mills, N. Y. ; Alvah Loomis, Champlain, N. Y. ; 
James Danforth and Ira Hodgkin, Massena, N. Y. ; 
John Schutt, Odletown, C. E ; Benonio. Angel, 
Moores, N. Y. ; Carol Weble, Chattauguay. N. Y. ; 
S. S. Garvin, Richford, Vt. Charles Dow, Stan-
bridge ; M. L. Dudley,Farnham, C. E. ; Linus Buel, 
Essex, Vt. ; Wesley Weeks, Rouse's Point N. Y. ; 
Marvin Stewart, Chattauguary, N. Y. 
The brethren and friends will accept my thanks 
for their united and liberal support given in my la-
hers, in the above meetings. The harmony and in-
terest seemed like the early history of the cause in 
that vicinity. We hope they will get help from 
some faithful preachers of the right sort ; and by 
another year a deep and wide spread interest will be 
created so as to bring together a large number in 
our next camp meeting. 
God is with us, and will bless our efforts, to save 
the purchase of his blood. Let no labour or sacri-
fice be spared to save and prepare a people for the 
coming of the Lord. 
JOSHUA V. HMS. 
Perrys Mills Auy. 25, 1862. 
A LEAF FROM 
MY JOURNAL. 
March 1st. In company with Br. Ingham, I go 
over Granville mountain to labour in the vineyard 
of the Lord. This mountain lies many miles up 
the country, through Cornwallis, bounding the 
shore of the rolling Bay of Fundy ; while on the 
opposite shore lies New Brunswick and the city of 
St. John. As we climb the mountain and behold 
the blue waters of the foaming Bay of Fundy, the 
waves rolling, white foam dashing, the vessels roll-
ing and dancing o'er the mighty billows, and the 
waves wafting them onward with the white sails 
floating in the breeze of heaven. 0 ! thought I, 
what a mighty God have we to trust in. He has 
formed the earth by the word of his mouth, and set 
the bounds of the ocean so it cannot pass ; and like 
a God of power he speaks, Thus far shalt thou go 
and no further. 
We commence our meetings at Chester Cove Bay 
shore; found a people here that had been praying 
for a revival, and for God to send them help. We 
were in time to labor for the upbuilding of God's 
blessed cause, the people received us kindly, and 
as we labored on day after day the saints were re-
freshed, backsliders reclaimed, family altars were 
erected that had been thrown down, God was in the 
place and we knew it, our meetings were refresh-
ing. Two school houses are in the neighborhood-
in one of them the colored Bren. hold their meet-
ings ; we held our meetings in both houses-some-
times at one, and then at the other. 0 ! how de-
lighted was I with the songs and exhortations of 
those colored Bren. they spoke the language of Ca-
naan. 
After having labored two weeks, Br. J. B. Litch 
came down from Cornwallis to take me to that 
part of the Province. Monday evening we meet 
for worship, and it seemed to be my duty to speak 
to the people as I was about to leave them for the 
present. I took for my subject, the suffering of 
Christ and the glory that shall follow, 1 Peter 1, 
11 ; and never was my soul more imbued with the 
spirit of Christ than while speaking at that time : 
never did faith's eye follow the man of sorrows in 
his meanderings here on earth so vividly as at that 
time ; blessed be his dear name ; he was willing to 
suffer for us poor sinners, that we might have salva-
tion ; and if we suffer with him weshall also be glo-
rified together, when he comes in his own glory and 
the glory of his father and the glory of the holy an-
gels. Our meeting wound up to the glory of God. 
many witnessed to the truth, and some of the color-
ed friends almost danced for joy while they portray-
ed the sufferings of the dear Redeemer, his willing-
ness to die to save them, and that with God there 
is no respect to persons. Many arose for prayers, 
with a promise to meet me in the kingdom. 
Bro. Ingham closed by prayer, and it seemed al- 
most as though heaven and earth had met together, 
love and union there abounded : and we take the 
parting hand with the dear pilgrims of the cross, 
while they poured the blessings of the Lord upon 
me-especially the friends ; God bless you my dear 
sister, and go with you wherever you go, and bless 
your labours ; and bless God for sending you here, 
and may he bring you hack to us again. Those 
prayers and blessing I shall never forget. 
March 20th. In company with Bro. Litch I 
leave for the Cornwallis, distance 45 miles ;-two 
meetings in Clarence on our way ; arrived in safety, 
the second day, to good Br. Reeds hospitable dwel-
ling at Upper Dyke Village-a beautiful prospect,a 
lovely and delightful country, a pilgrim home, and 
enough of this world's goods. Upon the center 
table I find an old acquaintance, the Advent Her-
ald. I peruse its columns, eager to feast on the 
crumbs;that fall from my Master's table,and to hear 
from any Bren. at Home. About the first thing 
that greeted my eye was some poetry of my own ; 
but as that was no new thing to me, I searched for 
better food and find much that is interesting. 1 
tarry for the night,bid the family adieu with thanks 
for kindness, and start for our Bro. Fitch's Home. 
A few hours' ride brought us to his dwelling, kind 
wife and children ,who met us with cordial greetings. 
Offered prayers to our Heavenly Father for preser-
vation of life, and that His kind hand had preserved 
us froin danger, and that we had arrived at our jour-
ney's end. 
We were now ready to go out among strangers, 
as the way may open and the good Lord direct. 
Sabbath evening, had a meeting at sheffield Mills, 
spoke to a crowded hall, and leave the event with 
the Lord. Had a call from the mountain and the 
Spirit bid me arise and go towards the south. So 
I will obey. Sabbath morning, I climbed the moun 
tain, and commence our meeting for the week in an 
unfinished meetinghouse--but little interest here ; 
however, curiosity brought the people out to hear, 
and God filled my soul with zeal. I carried a pre-
cious Book with me filled with heavenly wisdom. 
Freedom of thought and of speech attended by the 
spirit of God created quite an interest to hear, and 
as I labored on through the week and over the fol-
lowing sabbath, quite a revival spirit was waked up 
among the people ; Some backsliders were reclaim-
ed one sinner hopefully converted, and 'we repaired 
to a lovely pool of water and after singing and 
prayer Bro. Fitch baptized our Bro. Hale as Philip 
baptized the eunuch, and he went on his way re-
joicing. To God be all the glory. 
A. MuzaEr. 
CHRIST. 
was the Truth of all shadows, the sub-
stance of all the promises, the Object of all the 
prophecies, the Center of all the doctrines, the 
Source and Standard of truth,' and the medium of 
communication of all the grace and blessings that 
ever was made to or conferred on fallen man. 
Review of Editorial Remarks on my Review 
of "Parable of Ten Virgins." No. 2. 
That the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven 
in flaming fire," we do not doubt, but that this fire 
is universal, the scriptures nowhere teach. But that 
it is local, we think is as plainly taught as any oth-
er scriptural truth. We have not space to adduce 
the proofs here ; but any one wishing to examine it, 
will find it ably treated in the third discourse of 
"The Last Times." The locality of the fire at the 
revelation of our Lord, will be at or near Jerusa-
lem ; and will be poured out on the armies of "Gog 
and Magog'' collected there for the last siege at Jer-
usalem (Ezek. 38: 22.) This battle is the same as 
that of Zech. 14: 2-5. identified by the presence of 
the Lord, the earthquake, and other points of simil-
iarity. In Ezek. 38: 20., it is said all the men that 
are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my 
presence,and the mountains shall he thrown down." 
And in Zech. 14: 4, 5, it is said his feet shall stand 
upon the Mount of Olives, and the mount shall 
cleave in the midst ; and ye shall flee like as ye fled 
from before the Earthquake in the days of Uzziah. 
For it is written the .Lord my God shall come and 
all the saints with thee." His being accompanied 
with his saints proves it to be his second coming, 
to sit on the throne of his glory" and gather all na-
tions before him." In that day Jerusalem shall be 
called the throne of the Lord.'! (Matth. 25: 31, 32. 
and Jer. 4: 17, 18.) In that day the Lord shall be 
king over all the earth" Zech. 14: 9.) Look at the 
nature of the events that occur in this incipient 
state of his kingdom ; and we will see that the world 
is still in a progressive state, and that the events are 
such as could not occur in the new Heavens, and 
new earth." For after his feet stand upon the mount 
of Olives, and after it is said the Lord shall be king 
over all the Earth ; there are earthquakes, wars, 
plagues,-which could not be in a complete or per-
fected state. And that there is a state of probation 
is proved by the penal enactments upon the nations 
that will not go up to worship the Lord of hosts at 
Jerusalem." (Ezch. 14: 16-19). Where there is 
punishment, there must be sin, and where tnere is 
sin there must Le probation. All the scenes of that 
chapter occur at the coming of the Lord. , There is 
nothing like them in the past. There has been no 
such conformations of the localities of Jerusalem, as 
are mentioned in verse 10. The lands about Jerusa-
lem have never been permanently inhabited that it 
shall know no more utter destruction." verse 11th. 
There has been no such plagues as are recounted in 
verse 12 15, against any nations that have ever 
fought against Jerusalem in the past. And all thie 
nations, which came up against it, were never re-
quired to go up to Jerusalem from year to year to 
worship the king, the Lord of hosts, and to keep 
the feast of tabernacles :" of which the annual feast 
kept by Jews was a type. 
The result is "holiness to the Lord" (Zech. 14 : 
20, 21). This as we may infer, From other parallel 
scriptures immediately precedes the new heaven and 
new earth. It is difficult to see how any Millenari-
an can read the 14th of Zech. without perceiving the 
probation state. All the scenes are such as could 
not occur in any other then an earthly condition ; 
and all transpire after the coming of the Lord. The 
38 and 39 chapters of Ezekiel are equally clear upon 
the earthly state of existence after the Advent. For 
after all the men of the earth are shaken at his per-
sonal presence, and after he "rains fire and brim-
stone, upon the armies "of Gog and Magog," or in 
other words is "revealed in flaming fire ;" there is 
a state, the occupation and scenes of which are al-
together earthly, and suitable only to men in. the 
flesh They shall burn the weapons that are left by 
their enemies, with fire seven years," they shall be 
seven months burying the slain ; and the place of 
sepulture shall be called Hamon gog or the multi-
tude of gog and city shall be called Hamonah.' 
And it Is said. Behold it is tome and it is done' 
saith the Lord God ; this is the day whereof I have 
spoken." What day, if not the day of the Lord ? 
A. P. J. 
From Bro. Geo. W. Burnham. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS-I wish to inform my friend 
abroad, that my health for 3 months past has not 
permitted, nor does it now permit-me to make such 
efforts in travelling and preaching as formerly. Yet 
I am ready to supply calls from any quarter and la-
bor by the grace of God, to the extent of my abili-
ty, if not called to go a warfare at my own charg-
es, and have my family subjected to want. 
Brethren among whom I have labored, feebly to 
be sure-thus long, shall I hear from you in a way 
that will indicate more clearly whether my work is 
still the gospel ministry, or some other honest em-
ployment in which I may continue to prove that I 
have not "forsaken the faith and become worse than 
an infidel." 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
From Bro. Moses Winslow :-BROTHER BLISS. 
As I have been confined to the house by sickness two 
or three weeks, and I see Brother Chapman is out 
again in his P. S. of letter dated Aug. 15 1862, 1 
must simply say Iliad no thought of setting B.C. as 
misrepresenting the truth. I have on hand all the 
papers of that little church, and have never been 
ashamed of being identified with them ; bnt the 
truth is, I was chosen Moderator of the church (an 
awkward position to be in under a regular ordained 
Pastor of the same church). Had Brother C. gone 
from place to place as he did, and never stopped to 
organize churches which have been left, like sheep 
without a shepherd, the converted members joining 
other Christian churches, and he unconverted ones 
dishonoring the Christian religion, and a disgrace to 
the Advent iaterest, more good might have been 
done. Who could expect anything but apostacy 
under such bright prospects of Jesus being right on 
the earth, it renovated, and the fulfilment of all of 
Daniel's visions, and that without death, with but 
very little of the old sound doctrine taught by Je-
sus and his apostles, but simply the isolated truth 
on the one point-the second coming of Jesus, about 
which time we know as little as we do when the 
present war will close, only that his coming is near ! 
Ilow near none can tell. Now Brethren, why all 
this great repetition of chronological dates and pe-
riods which Dr. Barnes in his comments on the 
Book of Daniel tells us, was kept in the sand ! I am 
glad the Editor of the herald has not been into 67 
or 68. It is the same old track run over, with a lit-
tle variation where the truth is, we only see some-
thing near in the future, Will learn nothing from 
the past ? Has there not been fixed times for the 
second advent even since the days of ancient Rome ? 
and in particular, since 1836 by Wesley to 1872 by 
others-each one having his own arguments to sup-
port his time, and all from the same chain of chron-
ological dates and periods, about which we know 
nothing more than we knew in 1843-except where 
history has recorded the fulfillment of prophecy ? 
Let us, my brethren, learn from the signs which are 
to show his coming near, even at the door, as those 
signs make their appearance, and not speculate 
about the future which belons to Gud. I acknowl-
edge I am unable to divine the present affairs of our 
nation or those of the old world. But I rest assur-
ed that God will cause all things to work for the 
good of his children, who love him and cry day and 
night for his protection. What we do for the salva-
tion of our friends and fellow travelers to eternity 
must be done soon ; for we are swiftly passing 
away-to day in time and perhaps tomorrow in 
eternity. Yours looking for our reward when Je-
sus comes. 
M. WINsLow. 
Perry Pike Co. M. Sep. 14th 1862. 
Please 'send the Money. 
We would say to those who have subscribed for 
the Maine Mission for the past year, and have not 
paid. We now need the money subscribed, expect-
ing to have it paid in soon, just enclose it in letters 
and mail it to me at Yarmouth, Maine, let us keep 
our covenants and do all we can while time lasts, 
fur the Cause of Christ. We would also be glad 
if you will renew your subscriptions for the future. 
We have engage Eld. P. P. York of Yarmouth, 
to travel as Missionary the coming year, who will 
visit you in your various places, as he has opportu-
nity and preach to you the gospel of the kingdom. 
We have also engaged Eld. Smith, of Bangor, to 
travel, as a Second Missionary, who will travel in 
new and old fields and work in the cause as he is 
able. Let us work while it is day,do all we can 
and enjoy the day of eternal rest, when Jesus comes, 
I. C. WELLCOME, Treasurer. 
A CHRISTIAN should look upon himself as sacred 
and devoted. For that which involves but an ordi 
nary degree of criminality in others, in him partakes 
of the nature of sacrilege ; what is a breach of trus 
others, is in him the profanation of the temple.-
Robert Hall. 
IIr3tAx Tort.-The sentence of toil and the prom-
ise of glory have issued from the same throne. Even 
our trouble here may make the materiai of enjoy-
ments above the circumscription of the earth. All 
are agents in the restorative mercy of the great Dis-
poser, all turn into discipline. The obstacles to 
knowledge, the struggles of :he heart, the incidents 
of the common path of man, are converted into the 
muscular force of mind. We are bul sowing in the 
winter of our nature the seed which shall flourish 
in immortality.-Dr. Crobp. 
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friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a short time, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. II. 
Mr. II. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligences, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, Ac., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have used your 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom_ 
mend it to be. 
J. V. HIMES. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer 
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country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
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For sale at this office. 
DANIEL CAMPBELL, 
GENERAL AGENT. 
P. 0. address, Carlisle, C. W. 
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Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, 
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. 
Ayer's Cathartic Pills. 
THE peculiar taint or infec-
tion which we call Scuor-
rLA lurks in the constitu-
tions of multitudes of men. 
It either produces or is 
produced by an enfeebled, 
vitiated state of the blood, 
wherein that fluid becomes 
incompetent to sustain the 
vital forces in their vigorous 
„st action, and leaves the sys-
tem to fall into disorder 
and decay. The scrofulous 
contamination is variously. 
'caused by mercurial dis- 
ease, 
 
low living, disordered 
digestion from unhealthy food, impure air, filth and 
filthy habits, the depressing vices, and, above all, 
by the venereal infection. Whatever be its origin, 
it is hereditary in the constitution, descending "from 
parents to children unto the third and fourth gen-
eration ; " indeed, it seems to be the rod of Him 
who says, "I will visit the iniquities of the fathers 
upon their children." The diseases which it orig-
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it attacks. In the lungs, Scrofula produces tuber-
cles, and finally Consumption ; in the glands, swell-
ings which suppurate and become ulcerous sores ; 
in the stomach and bowels, derangements which 
produce indigestion, dyspepsia, and liver complaints; 
on the skin, eruptive and cutaneous affections. 
These all having the same origin, require the same 
remedy, viz., purification and invigoration of the 
blood. Purify the blood, and these dangerous dis-
tempers leave you. With feeble, foul, or corrupted 
blood, you cannot have health ; with that " life of 
the flesh " healthy, you cannot have scrofulous 
disease. 
DR. J. C. AYER & CO., 
Practical and Analytical Chemists, 
Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by all druggists everywhere, and by 
The Restitution 
Osler's Prefignrations 
The End, by Dr. Cumming 
Letter to Dr. Raffles 
Stewart on Prayer and Watchfulness 
Brock on the Lord's Coming a Practical Doctrine 
Brock on the Glorification of the Saints 
Litch's Dialogue on theNature of Man 
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THE 'ADVENI".'ilERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
BOSTON, OCTOBER 14, 1862. 
" FEED MY LAMBS."-John 21:15. 
Laura Danvers. 
"I wish to go and see your aunt, who is 
not very well," said Mrs. Danvers to her 
daughter Laura. "I shall be away about 
two hours. In this time you can learn all 
your lessons, do your sum, and write your 
copy." 
"I will be very attentive while you are 
away, mamma," answered LAura ; "and 
besides what you have told me to do, I 
shall be able to finish my sketch of the 
map of England." 
As map-drawing was Laura's favorite 
pursuit, she settled to it as soon as her 
mamma left her; but, as she wanted a 
pair of compasses, she stepped into her 
papa's study to procure them. On his desk 
she saw three beautifully-bound volumes, 
containing very amusing tales for young 
people. Laura began reading one of the 
stories, determining to leave off at the end 
of the first chapter; but, in spite of the 
reproaches of her conscience, she allowed 
herself to be lured on and on, until she 
heard her mamma's knock at the street 
door. Then she quietly replaced the book 
and hurried back to the school room. On 
her way, she glanced at the clock in the 
hall, and she found she had been nearly 
two hours reading the story-book. 
Mrs. Danvers was quite alarmed at the 
agitated state in which she found Laura, 
for by turns she grew red, and then very 
pale, and she trembled violently. 
"What is the matter, my dear child T' 
said the mother, "Are you ill ?" 
"Yes, mamma," stammered out Laura; 
"I have a dreadful 'pain in my right foot 
and leg." 
Mrs. Danvers was much alarmed. She 
immediately sent for the doctor, and rang 
for Susan, her confidential servant, who 
had been Laura's nurse. 
On the arrival of the doctor, Laura's 
shoe and stocking were taken off. During 
the process she uttered piercing cries, but 
on examination there was, of course, no 
evident cause for 'a pain that was merely 
a pretense. However, the doctor observed, 
it must proceed from some inward wound 
or bruise. He said he should immediately 
send a cooling lotion, and ordered that 
Laura should forthwith be put to bed. Su-
san established herself in the room of the 
patient, that she might want for nothing. 
This farce lasted four or five days. 
Laura grew terribly tired of her bed, and 
repented of the falsehood she had told 
he„r mamma, without knowing how to ex-
tricate herself from the consequences Of her 
deceit. 
In the mean time Susan suspected the 
truth, and in the morning, before the doc-
tor called, and while Laura was very 
sleepy, she bound up the little girl's left 
leg with the rag and the lotion, instead of 
putting it on the right one. 
When the doctor saw the change, he was 
very much surprised, but perceiving a sign 
made to him by the old servant, he re-
strained all expressions of astonishment 
when Laura said that the leg that was 
bound up, still pained her. He merely 
observed that it was a very serious case 
indeed. 
In fact. he thought so too, for now he, 
too, found out that Laura had been en-
deavoring to impose on them all. 
He determined to give her a lesson ; so, 
taking Susan aside, he said to her in an 
nder tone, but quite loud enough for Lau - 
APPOINTMENTS. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STAI'E CONFERENCE 
According to the following resolution. passed at 
the last session, it will be seen that the time for 
holding the next session is just at hand. 
"Resolved, That the time of holding our State 
Conference be changed from the third Thursday in 
June to Friday nearest the 20th of October, and 
commence at 10 o'clock, A. M." 
As Clerk of the Conference, it becomes my duty 
to give:notice, that the next session of our State 
Conference will commence on Friday next, Oct. 17, 
at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continue over the Sab-
bath. 
It belongs to our brethren to say where it shall 
be. Those desiring it to be holden with them, will 
write me as soon as practicable, that I may have 
time to give reasonable notice of the place. 
The next session of our State Conference will be 
holden at Loudon Ridge, to commence Friday, Oct. 
17th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continue over the 
Sabbath. T. M. PREBLE, Clerk of Conference. 
Concord Sept. 27, 1862. 
APPOINTMENT. 
At Concord, Sabbath, October 5th. 
T. M. PREBLE. 
NOTICE. 
Rev. 0. R. Fassett has commenced his pastoral 
labors with the Hudson street church in this city, 
corner of Hudson and Kneeland streets. Brethren 
and sisters, and friends coming into the city are invi-
ted to attend service at the Chapel, and make them-
selves at home. His Post Office address for the pres-
ent is care of S. BLISS, 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Boa. 
ton Mass. 
The P. 0. Address of Eld. S, W. Thurber is 
Hatley, Canada East. 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
Alexander Wattles, Troy, Mich.,. 
.1.00 
James Penniman, Milford, Mass., .................$1.00 
Philadelphia, no name .... 
$5.00 
Mieajah C. Batman, Lynn, Mass. 
1.00 
Mrs. Boardman, Seneca Falls, New York........ 
 
M. B. Woolson,Milford, N. H................ 2.00 
William B. Sce
rmerhorn, Schenectady, N. Y $1.00 
We leave a blank space here, which it is desirable to see 
filled with names and amounts, of pledges of annual pay-
ments. 
RECEsPfS. 
S. Farnsworth 1127 ; Mrs. Lewis Baker 1148: 
Benjamin Drake 1140 ; Mrs. Elizabeth-dont find 
your name, and so Cr. to John F. B. Cope 1153-
is that right? Mrs. J. Tooker 1112,-what is first 
name? Simon B. Howland 1127 ; Robert Turner 
1130 ; B. M'Cain 1130 ; Heman Durkee 1127 ; W. 
M. Bullock 1127 ; S.Judson 1127 ; Mrs. E. Church-
hill 1137 : Joshua Roberts 1127 ; A. Bliss 1127 ; 
E. W. Case 1127 ; A. Collins 1144 ; J. A. Win-
chester 1153 ; Miss 0. W. Allen 1153 ; T. Whee-
ler 1140 ; H. Bundy 1101 ;- each $1. 
Rev. J. A. Cleveland 1101 ; Mrs. Angeline T 
Walker 1141,- if a N. S. at C? Mrs. Mary Cor-
rell 1141 ; B. S. Reynolds 1127 ; Mrs. E. M. Rob-
inson 1141 ;- each $1. 
Miss A. M. Gibson 1110; Hugh McKenzie 1140; An-
gus McKenzie 1140; Eld. L. M. Dudley 1101 ; D. B. 
Salter 1141; Ishi L. Craven, changed from "Asher,"1096; 
J. S. Bliss 1127, and 50 cts. for extras, each $1. 
Sacob Sharer 1189; Wm. Sully 1166; John J. Mc-
Keuzie 1184; L. E. Freeman 1153; Samuel Swingle 
1179; Mrs. M. Reynolds 1127-the other will do as Well 
when you can do so-thank you; Joseph Everall 1171; 
H. H. Tooker 1132, each $2. 
Mrs. Mary J. Knowlton, 1075-to January 1, 
1862 ; John Gilbreth 1130 ; Win. S. Cutting 1106 ; 
Mrs. Patty A. Palmer 1153 ; John Phillips 1132 ; 
Asa Garland 1153 ; Joseph Wilson 1221 ; Mrs. C. 
T. Woodman 1153 ; Joseph Nichols 1112 ; Morris 
Fuller, bal. of old acconnt & on new to No. 1130 ; 
Charles Merriman 1171 ; Mrs. G. Rittenhouse 1153; 
Abial Grow 1101 ; Henry Coburn 1153 ; Asahel 
Coburn 1153 ; Wm. M. Atwood 1158 ; Geo. D. 
Warren 1150 ; L. Gibson 1179 ; C. Benns 1191 ; 
0. Doud 1179 ; Geo. A. Marshall Esq. 1101 ; E. 
Howard 1132 ; Mrs. Mary Hopkins 1153 ; R. M'Kee 
1066, each $2. 
W. Cowles 1236 ; Jesse T. Perry 1075 ; Samuel 
Holmes 1040 ; S. II. Chaffee 1138 ; Helon Nichols 
1140 ; Mrs. B. E. Thompson 1179 ; Amos G. or 
Galusha A. Matthews [whichl 1142 ; Joseph Crane 
of Mohawk, C. W.-changed to Joseph S. Crane of 
Norwichville C. W.-1121 ; Sylvanus Flagg, ch to 
Almon Thomas 1075 ;- each $2. 
Z. Harding 1153, $3. 
Edward Matthews 1218,-Bro. Z. B. has paid 
to 427 ;- $3. 
A. Etnonds (2 copies) 1127 ; C. F. Stevens 1186 ; 
Mrs. Win. H. Smith 1179 ;- $4. 
Charles E. Beckett 1133 ; Win. P. Mason 1114 ; 
paid $5. 
Mrs. D. S Green 1140-50 cts-sent 50 cts to Eld. 
II. 
Johnson Geer 1127, 50 cts. 
DONATIONS. 
Wm. Plummer, Londonderry, N. H 
.$400. 0 
Arnold W. Brown, Providence, R. I 
2.50 
Ruthette ........ . ....... 
.. 2.00 
Shailor Hubbard, South Norwalk, Conn .... ........ 1.00 
Luther Jackson, No. Abington Mass..... $1.00 
Alexandei Ednionds, Portland Me 
 3.00 
Charles E. Beckett 
5.00 
Mrs. S. C. :Beckwith, McDonough, N. Y. . . 3.00 
M. Salem, Mass. . . . . 1.00 
Mrs. Sarah A. Coburn Haverhill Ms. . . . 2.00 
Mrs. Sarah A. Doud, New Haven Vt. . . . 5.00 
John A. Winchester, Claremont N. H. . .. 1.00 
Edwin Howard, St. Johnsbury Vt. . . . . 1.00 
Mrs. Mary Hopkins, E. Broodfield Vt. . . . 1.00 
Helon Nichlos, E. Warren Vt. 
1 00 
Erastus Parker, Waitsfield Vt. . . . 1.00 
Mrs. E. Thompson, Northfield Falls Vt. . . . 1.00 
Aaron Miller, Perry's Mills, N. Y. . . . . 2.00 
Collection for tracts at Conference in Waturbu- 
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15.00 
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ministers. 
40.00 
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A subscription was commenced at Waterbury by 
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more persons, paying ten dollars each, to send the 
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 as we do not know 
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Toronto, C. IV 
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Waterbury, Vt........... 
 
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Yarmouth, Me 
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ra to hear, "it will be neecssaryto cut off 
that leg. Pray put everything in com-
plete readiness while I go and procure the 
instruments." 
"Oh, Susan," said Laura, (her voice 
scarcely audible for her sobs) "before 
the doctor goes I must see mamma; 
have something of great importance to 
tell her." 
"I will go and fetch her, Miss," answer-
ed Susan. 
The faithful servant, to save her mis-
tress from recetving too severe a shock, 
took care to prepare her for Laura's con-
fession, which nothing but the dread of 
having her leg cut off would have induced 
her to make. 
The doctor respectfully took leave of 
Mrs. Danvers, but be did not say a word 
to the sham invalid ; neither did her moth- 
er feel at all disposed to speak to her, bu t 
she directed Susan to dress her, and to 
take her down into the school-room. "And 
I must beg you, Susan," added Mrs. Dan-
vers, "to take your work and sit with 
Laura while she is preparing her lessons. 
I have now lost all confidence in her, 
I cannot trust t' her promises, and what 
is still worse, 1 cannot believe her state-
ments." 
The amusing books which Laura had 
seen in tier papa's study, had been intend-
ed as a present for her; but, when her 
papa heard of her conduct, he determined 
she should never have them. 
It was long before Laura was restored 
to her parents' favor, and we do not hes-
itate to say that Laura never forgot the 
lesson she had thus learned of the wick-
edness of deception. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
teat purpose. 
We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, 
5 00 
Stephe Sherwin, Grafton, . ........ ........ 1.00 
Martini. Jackson, Milesburg,.................2.00 
 
Mill. Aid Society in Providence, 
..............16.30 
Millennial Aid Society in Shiremanstown, Pa.. ..... 9.00 
" " " New Kingstown, Pa .... -4.50 
S. Blanchard, Barre, Vt........ ..................1.00 
Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W .... 1.00 
Church in Newburyport. 
...9.00 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landinc, N. J.. 
2 00 
Josiah Vose, Westford, Mass. (" or more") 
2 00 
 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass.... ..2.00 
Church in Stanstead, C. E ........ .... 4.00 
Joel Cowee, Gardner, Mass....
..1.00 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W ....... ........5 00 
H. B. Eaton, M.D , Rockport, Me .. • • .... 5.00 
Edward Matthews, Middlebury, 0........
1 00 
Mrs. F. Beckwith, Cleveland, Ohio. 
1 00 
Mrs. Mary Jane Yoder, Harrisburg, Pa.... ........5.00 
Miss 0. W. Allen, Johnson, Vt....................1.25 
 
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THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,-The population of the 
Sandwich Islands has dwindled' to 67,090, from 
150,000 in 1823. Disease, and other accompani-
ments of Christian civilization, are rapidly sweeP 
ing off the native inhabitants. 
Anthony Pearce 
.John V. Pinto 
 D. Boody 
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S. H. Withington 
county, W. Spencer 
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William Trowbridge 
Daniel Campbell 
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.... J. M. Orrock 
D. Bosworth 
.. Benjamin Emerson 
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